Mu Qi paused for a moment, then allowed Yun Shounian to loop the tie around his neck.
"Mm."
"Black, classic and versatile, it's the undeniable king of ties," Yun Shounian murmured to herself as she tied Mu Qi's tie.
Mu Qi remained noncommittal, his gaze fixed only on Yun Shounian's occasionally moving head.
Time trickled by. Yun Shounian took her time, and Mu Qi didn't rush her.
After an indeterminate period, Yun Shounian's actions finally ceased.
"Mu Qi, this doesn't seem right."
Yun Shounian looked at the messy knot of the tie on Mu Qi's chest. She cast a guilty glance at Mu Qi, then her gaze returned to the tangled mess.
Mu Qi followed Yun Shounian's gaze downward. His expression remained neutral.
"I'll teach you," Mu Qi said, then guided Yun Shounian's hands to his tie.
Before long, the messy knot on Mu Qi's chest was neatly draped.
"It looks so good," Yun Shounian said, reaching up to adjust Mu Qi's collar for the last time, her crescent eyes fixed on Mu Qi's handsome face.
Had Yun Shounian not given him that look, one might have thought she was praising the tie she had chosen.
Mu Qi put on his suit jacket, and Yun Shounian once again casually took his hand. "Are we going to work now?"
"Mm."
...
The two of them have finally arrived.
Ever since he learned of Mu Qi's return, Assistant Li had summarized all his work progress, fearing that Mu Qi would deem him lazy and fire him.
"President, Madam."
Assistant Li announced their arrival as he opened the car door.
Yun Shounian and Mu Qi nodded and got into the car.
On the road, Assistant Li happened to glance in the rearview mirror and thought, "The President and Madam have such a good relationship. My days at the company will be as smooth as their relationship."
However, Assistant Li's glance was somewhat blinded.
He only saw Yun Shounian tightly clasping Mu Qi's arm, leaning against him. He did not see the deep, night-darkened depths of Mu Qi's phoenix eyes.
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"Found her?"
The sun shone brightly today, its reddish rays streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows and into Ling Xue's bedroom.
Yu Sheng was kneeling on one knee before a stuffed bear on Ling Xue's bedside table, holding his phone in one hand. The eyes of the small bear held intense emotions that it could not comprehend.
"Young Master, Miss Ling should be in Country L."
"What do you mean 'should be'!" Yu Sheng's furious voice boomed through the phone.
"Young Master, I will head to Country L immediately to continue investigating Miss Ling's whereabouts."
"Wait for me at the airport. I'll go myself." Yu Sheng hung up the phone abruptly.
A few minutes later, a roaring sports car seemed to fly down the road.
Seconds later, the car screeched to a halt at the airport.
"Young Master."
As soon as Yu Sheng arrived at the airport, someone came to greet him.
Yu Sheng ignored the man respectfully standing by and headed straight for his private jet.
Many knew Yu Sheng as the top performer at Ye Se, but few knew that he was also the young master of the Yu family, who had single-handedly established the world's largest underground trafficking group.
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"Mu Qi, want to know who Zhao Xue is?"
One minute ago, in Mu Corporation's president's office, Mu Qi was working diligently at his desk while Yun Shounian enjoyed dessert on the sofa.
One minute later, Mu Qi's private phone rang. As it was his private number, Mu Qi answered without much thought.
"Who are you?" Ling Xue asked. Mu Qi's lips tightened, his gaze sharp.
A sigh came from the other end of the phone. "Mu Qi, when will you ever remember my voice?"
"If you want to know who Zhao Xue is, bring me back to the Imperial Capital," Ling Xue said, and promptly hung up.
"Zhao Xue, Ling Xue?" Were the two of them related?
"Mu Qi, who was it?" Yun Shounian's voice interrupted Mu Qi's thoughts.
As Yun Shounian spoke, Mu Qi's brow unfurrowed. He shook his head and said nothing.
Yun Shounian, with her keen senses, sensed something amiss. She instantly threw her fork back into the cake and then quickly walked over to Mu Qi, burying herself in his arms.
Bang bang—
Just then, the door to Mu Qi's office was suddenly knocked.
Yun Shounian's movement of burrowing into Mu Qi's embrace froze.
But soon, Yun Shounian's movements quickened, clinging to Mu Qi as if glued, utterly still.
Mu Qi looked down and dotingly stroked Yun Shounian's hair. When Assistant Li entered, this was the scene he saw.
At that moment, Assistant Li felt that the President and Madam's overly affectionate relationship wasn't entirely a good thing; it meant every visit to the office was a blow to his single status.
"Aren't you coming in?" Mu Qi glanced up at Assistant Li, his hand still gently caressing Yun Shounian's hair.
Assistant Li blinked for a moment, then, hearing Mu Qi's voice, immediately entered with his work summary.
As Assistant Li approached Mu Qi, Mu Qi glanced at the title of the document in Assistant Li's hand before looking away.
"If there's nothing else, you may leave."
"Yes."
After Mu Qi spoke, Assistant Li's mind hadn't quite caught up before his body had already exited the president's office. Sudancn.com
"Why did Assistant Li leave so quickly? Am I interfering with your work?"
After the door closed, Yun Shounian felt a belated sense of shyness. However, even with her shyness, she had no intention of getting off Mu Qi.
"No. Don't mind him."
Saying this, Mu Qi put down his pen, carried Yun Shounian to the sofa, picked up a fork, and fed her dessert.
"Eat, I'll keep you company," Mu Qi said. Yun Shounian ate a few bites from his hand, then decided that wasn't satisfying enough and took the fork to eat herself.
These past few days, Niannian has been very uneasy. Why?
Mu Qi looked at Yun Shounian, who was eating heartily beside him, like a series of unsolved mysteries.
In this world, the only person who could pique Mu Qi's curiosity was her.
"Mu Qi, you eat too."
Before Mu Qi could figure things out, Yun Shounian placed a large piece of cake on his lips.
Did Niannian also feed Zhao Xue like this before?