“Mu Yu, don’t overreact. You will scare your friend.” Wen Zeyu smiled and put his arm on Mu Yu’s shoulders as he slowly pressured her to sit down.
Mu Yu had a serious look on her face. “Zeyu, tell me the truth. Do you have anything to do with Gan Wulin’s car accident?”
The ‘you’ that she mentioned included Qin Jinhuan, and Wen Zeyu knew it. He asked jokingly, “Mu Yu, would you believe me if I say no?”
“Stop fooling around. I’m talking about a serious matter with you!”
When he saw Mu Yu’s face turn sour, Wen Zeyu immediately gave an apologetic smile. “Come on, don’t be angry. Didn’t I just say no? It’s nothing. Huan and I are good citizens! Really good citizens!”
“Then how did you know that he broke his right leg? Wenwen doesn’t know this even though she is Gan Wulin’s neighbor.”
“Nobody in our neighborhood knows about this.” Jiang Wenwen’s eyes lit up as she added. The way she looked at Wen Zeyu had traces of adoration.
She had extremely loathed Gan Wulin, especially when witnessing his bossy ways. She wished so badly that she could turn into a hero, and root out the scums of the society.
Wen Zeyu shrugged. “That is because nobody in your neighborhood asks about it. Gan Wulin’s broken leg isn’t even something that’s kept confidential. You can just simply find out about this by going to the hospital that he’s admitted in.”
“There are so many cases of car accidents every day. Why did you inquire about Gan Wulin’s situation in particular? Also, Qing Tian Group had just compensated him yesterday, and today he’d met with a car accident. Isn’t the timing of it too coincidental?” After Mu Yu finished talking, she stared at him.
Wen Zeyu seemed helpless after being questioned in such an aggressive manner. He slowly sipped on his wine and responded, “Mu Yu, I’ll tell you this. I really hate this Gan Wulin, and I would really want to teach him a lesson. But just like I said before, Huan and I are good law-abiding citizens. Even if I hate him, I won’t break the law just to teach scums like him a lesson. Also, since Rong Jian had told you about Gan Wulin using Sun Meilan’s death to find trouble with Qing Tian Group, he must’ve also told you why Qing Tian Group used money to settle this matter, didn’t he? Presumably, Sun Meilan’s death had nothing to do with Qing Tian Group, so we can totally put this matter behind us.”
Mu Yu nodded. “Chief Rong said that the Qing Tian Group is tendering for a big project, and doesn’t want this issue to be an obstacle.”
“Actually, I was afraid that this incident would be taken advantage of by people with bad intentions. Of course, Qing Tian Group isn’t actually intimidated. It’s just that we would weigh things out first before taking action.” Wen Zeyu continued saying, “We have already taken a step back, letting Gan Wulin have his way, just to avoid unnecessary ramifications. If we sent someone to create a car accident to break Gan Wulin’s leg, aren’t we inviting trouble to ourselves again?”
“So it wasn’t you?” Jiang Wenwen was obviously disappointed.
Wen Zeyu understood what she meant and joked, “My dear, don’t worry. I will become someone that deserves your adoration one day.”
Mu Yu ignored the joke in his last sentence. She considered what he said for a while, and felt that he did make sense. Suddenly, she realized something and couldn’t help but exclaim, “You just said that someone wanted to take advantage of Gan Wulin to create trouble for you. Is there someone who didn’t want Gan Wulin and Qing Tian Group to make peace, and deliberately caused this car accident? After all, Gan Wulin met with a car accident at this sensitive time. It’s easy to make people think that Qing Tian Group was behind it.”
“Wow, my sister-in-law isn’t only a great forensic doctor, she’s also a reasoning expert! I admire you, I really do! Come, come, come, Mu Yu, let me raise you a toast!” Wen Zeyu raised his glass.
However, Mu Yu didn’t raise her glass and expressed her worries. “If what I’ve guessed turns out to be true, then Qing Tian Group couldn’t be in peace.”
“Mu Yu, don’t worry. Your guess might not be right, but even if it is, it doesn’t really matter. The contract for the project will be signed within these few days. Moreover, Gan Wulin will be staying in the hospital for at least half a month before getting discharged. He wouldn’t be able to cause any trouble. Once the project is obtained, I will have my own ways to deal with him.”
Jiang Wenwen looked at Wen Zeyu and then at Mu Yu. Suddenly, she laughed.
Wen Zeyu was stunned for a while before joining in.
“What are you all laughing about?” Mu Yu looked at the both of them, confused.
“Turns out Mu Yu cares about my Bro so much. Hehehe, I really envy my Bro. He is really blessed!”
It turned out they were laughing about that.
Mu Yu blushed and argued, “What are you guys talking about? I was only laying out the facts. I…”
Jiang Wenwen pinched Mu Yu’s face and interrupted, “Hey, Young Master Qin is your husband. It’s normal that you care for him and love him. What is there to be embarrassed of?”
“Me? Love him? Nonsense!”
“You’re already married to him. You’re telling us that you don’t love him?”
“Do I have to love him just because I’m married to him? We are just…”
“Just what?”
Qin Jinhuan’s voice suddenly rang behind her. Mu Yu almost bit her tongue and instantly stuttered, “Just that-that…”
While she was still stuck at speaking ‘that’, Qin Jinhuan hugged her waist and said to Wen Zeyu, “Do you want to witness your sister-in-law confessing her love to me?”
Wen Zeyu nodded like a chick chirping for corn. “Yes! I do, I do, I do.”
Qin Jinhuan gave him a light kick and spat “Get lost.”
“Just tell me if you don’t want me to see it. It’s not nice if you start laying hands.” Wen Zeyu winked at him when he managed to jump away and avoid his kick. As he saw Jiang Wenwen still stunned on the spot, he pulled her toward him. “There’s going to be some adult rated scenes soon. We might see the things that we shouldn’t see. Let me bring you to the dance floor.”
“Hey…” Feeling a slight pain on her waist, Mu Yu swallowed the rest of her words back into her throat, and looked timidly at Qin Jinhuan.
“This lotus cake tastes really good. Try it.”
Qin Jinhuan presented the fork to her with a deep loving gaze. His expression was totally different from when he was scolding Wen Zeyu prior.
Mu Yu nervously opened her mouth and slowly ate the lotus cake.
“Does it taste good?” His voice was much sweeter than the lotus cake.
Mu Yu instinctively nodded her head.
“Do you love me?”
“Um…”
“Eat slowly. Here, drink some water.” Qin Jinhuan patted her back lightly while he gave her a glass of water.
When he waited for her to swallow the cake, he repeated his question that he asked before.
“This lotus cake tastes really good. Do you want to try it?” Mu Yu laughed dryly and changed the topic.
Qin Jinhuan pushed away the lotus cake she gave him and hugged her waist again. His lips were at the side of her ears. Gently but stubbornly, he asked again, “Do you love me? Do you love me?”
Mu Yu wanted so badly to push him away and said loudly that she didn’t love him, but she knew she couldn’t do so.
At this time, Qin Jinhuan repeated his question again, as if he would continue asking as long as she didn’t answer him.
Understanding his intentions, Mu Yu hesitated for a while. Finally, she bit her lip and said loudly, “I love you.” At the corner of her eyes, she could see everyone looking toward her immediately.
She instantly felt so embarrassed that her face was flushed all the way to her neck. She quickly lowered her head to avoid everyone’s gazes.
“Silly girl, I know that,” Qin Jinhuan said while he gently hugged her toward his chest. He lowered his head to kiss her head and responded softly, “I love you too.”
Isn’t this acting a bit too much?
Mu Yu buried her face deeper into his chest and could feel all eyes on her back.
At this moment, the banquet hall suddenly had loud waves of whistles, shouts, cheers, applause and ear-shattering drums that rang altogether.
“Does anyone want to confess to me? Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly get onto it! Oh yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” Wen Zeyu grabbed this opportunity to beat the drums crazily and hooted.
The whole crowd cheered loudly and responded, “Mr. Wen, we love you!”
“I love you all too!” Wen Zeyu stood on the stage and gave everyone flying kisses. Then, he threw a flirty look at Mu Yu. “Sister-in-law, I love you too!”
The crowds responded, “Sister-in-law, we love you too!”
Shouts came one wave after another, which made Mu Yu even more reluctant to lift her head. She pulled Qin Jinhuan’s sleeve and whispered, “Can we go back?”
“Sure.” Qin Jinhuan then pulled her hand. Asking Wen Zeyu to come over, he mentioned Mu Yu being tired and that she wanted to go home. After asking him to send Jiang Wenwen home, he left the Gloria Hotel with Mu Yu.
As soon they got into the car, Mu Yu heaved a sigh of relief. She patted lightly on her hot flushed cheeks to dissipate the heat.
“Go back and practice properly on saying this sentence.”
“What sentence?” Mu Yu looked at Qin Jinhuan in shock.
“The sentence that you’ve said so loudly just now. If you aren’t used to it, then you can go stand in the backyard and practice every morning. Practice loudly.”
Oh my God, I thought he was doing it just to show affection. Turns out he wanted to punish me for denying loving him in front of Jiang Wenwen and Wen Zeyu.
This person is really… petty.
Can’t he just accept that I’m shy and embarrassed of saying that I love him in front of others?
“Alright?”
“Understood.” She responded reluctantly and thought to herself, lunatic.
“Let’s practice it once.”
How ridiculous.
While she was cursing in her heart, Mu Yu still blurted the three words ‘I love you’ unwillingly.
“There’s not enough expression. Go back and practice more.”
“Yes.”
When they reached home, after seeing Qin Jinhuan getting down from the car, Mu Yu muttered angrily, “I’m just a forensic doctor, not a professional actress.”
After they returned to their room, Mu Yu was still feeling unhappy. Gloomily, she went to get her pajamas and was ready for a bath. Suddenly, she remembered that he wanted her to write down his phone number a thousand times. In order to avoid the punishment and to have better days ahead, she decided to curry favor with him. When she saw him lowering his head to focus on his phone, she adjusted her emotions for a while. Then, she went toward him with a smile and pointed at the dress she’s wearing, saying, “Hey, you’re really awesome! Not only the dress you picked looks good, it even fits me!”
Qin Jinhuan looked up at her faintly, replying lightly, “I’ve picked these kinds of things for women many times before. I know what to do.”
Mu Yu instantly felt as if she had swallowed a dead fly as her smile froze. Pouting angrily, she stormed into the bathroom.
After she finished bathing, she didn’t even look at Qin Jinhuan while getting into bed by herself. After placing the pillows between them as a boundary, as if still resenting him, her back was facing him as she slept.
When being alone with him, compared to his cold distant manner right now, she suddenly missed the times when she was arguing with him.
If he were to treat me the way he does in public when we are alone, how would it feel like? Will it be sweet? Will it…
Realizing the hope garnered within her, her whole body couldn’t help but shiver. She went under the sheets and gave herself a hard pinch.
Mu Yu, don’t you like Yihan? How could you be interested in other men? Especially this Qin Beast who you can’t afford to mess with!
Stop overthinking and quickly go to sleep!
After scolding herself, she closed her eyes.
However, she couldn’t really fall asleep even after closing her eyes. She actually tossed and turned half the night.
While Mu Yu was suffering from insomnia, Yi Yunzhe didn’t sleep either.
At this moment, he was walking back and forth nervously in the presidential suite room of the Sky International Hotel.
His phone rang, and after recognizing the caller, he answered the phone at once.
“Boss, I’ve gone through everything thoroughly. This is what’s going on…”
After hearing the detailed report, Yi Yunzhe eased his frown. Slowly putting down his phone, he revealed a cold smile on his face.
Qin Jinhuan, you have your weakness too.
Hmph, let’s wait and see.