Assistant Li had no idea and didn't want to know, only wanting to hurry away from his cold and heartless boss with this stack of documents.
However, just as Assistant Li was about to leave the office, he found out the reason.
Mu Qi: "It's lunchtime, go eat."
Assistant Li: He knew it was all because of the President's wife.
Yun Shuniang, who was completely engrossed in the novel world, suddenly heard Mu Qi's voice and looked up blankly.
"Why are your eyes red?" Mu Qi touched the corner of Yun Shuniang's eyes, visibly panicking.
"Shenzhi is too pitiful." Thinking of this, Yun Shuniang's eyes turned redder. She wiped away a tear, but unexpectedly, while her tears were wiped dry, her snot rushed out unexpectedly.
Yun Shuniang: "..."
Could a lady be granted some dignity?
Yun Shuniang instantly retreated, and Mu Qi's hand immediately came down from the corner of her eye.
Yun Shuniang casually tossed her phone aside, then swiftly pulled out a tissue and covered her nose, which was running.
Thinking of her embarrassing moment just now, Yun Shuniang couldn't help but mentally brainwash Mu Qi.
Forget it, forget it, forget it...
"Who is Shenzhi?" Mu Qi's hand, which had just come down from Yun Shuniang's eye corner, clenched into a fist, struggling to forcefully hold Yun Shuniang's chin to face him.
But now, even without looking, she knew how stern his face was. He didn't want to scare her.
At this moment, Yun Shuniang was still embarrassed by her snot and therefore didn't detect the coldness in Mu Qi's words.
"Shenzhi, that's the name of a character I just saw in a novel."
Images of blood and heartache flashed through Yun Shuniang's mind, filled with regret and sympathy.
"Just a character?" Mu Qi's icy aura slightly subsided, his phoenix eyes fixed on Yun Shuniang, as if trying to bore a hole through her with his gaze.
"Mhm, he's a character, but he's truly pitiful." Yun Shuniang didn't know how to describe her feelings.
Only vivid scenes of blood and gore kept flashing in her mind.
What made her saddest wasn't the injuries he sustained, but that they were inflicted by the parents he trusted most.
Perhaps because of Yun Hongzhi, Yun Shuniang felt this deeply.
"No matter how pitiful, he's just a fictional character in a novel." Mu Qi subtly took Yun Shuniang's hand and led her out.
The warm touch in her hand brought Yun Shuniang back to her senses. She couldn't help but think of her uncontrollable snot, and her head drooped lower and lower.
Even after they got into the car, Yun Shuniang's low mood hadn't lifted.
She completely failed to notice that Mu Qi was now holding her entire arm to his chest, his fingers gently caressing the back of her hand.
"Young Master, where are we going?"
Shanggong, in the driver's seat, immediately sensed the unusual atmosphere between the two. His already rigid posture involuntarily straightened even further.
"What do you want to eat?" Mu Qi paused his caressing motion on Yun Shuniang's hand and turned to look at her.
Yun Shuniang didn't speak, clearly still engrossed in the tragedy of her shattered ladylike image.
Shanggong, glancing through the rearview mirror, saw Mu Qi's gloomy expression and felt an oppressive sense of impending storm.
Suddenly, Mu Qi let out a scoff, and the pressure of his caress increased slightly.
"It hurts." Yun Shuniang came to her senses and looked at her reddened fingers.
"What do you want to eat?" Mu Qi's tone was as usual, showing no trace of his previous irritation.
Yun Shuniang: "Anything is fine."
"Anything is fine?" Because she was thinking about that Shenzhi, she didn't even care what she ate?
"Mhm, anything is fine." Yun Shuniang's mind was preoccupied with how to salvage her image, so she didn't notice Mu Qi's low tone.
A dark aura seemed to surround Mu Qi.
"Anything is fine, so does this also work?"
Accompanied by Mu Qi's forceful tone and Yun Shuniang's gasp, Yun Shuniang was abruptly pulled onto Mu Qi's lap.
"This also works, right?" Mu Qi held Yun Shuniang tightly in his arms with one hand, while the other lifted her chin.
Yun Shuniang was still thinking about her uncontrollable snot and instinctively tried to pull her chin away from Mu Qi's grasp.
However, Mu Qi's grip was strong, and even though Yun Shuniang struggled promptly, it was still insignificant to Mu Qi.
Yun Shuniang was forced to meet Mu Qi's gaze, then immediately looked away.
In that moment, a whirlwind of thoughts raced through Yun Shuniang's mind.
What was happening all of a sudden?
Did Mu Qi want to check if I was still running a snot?
How can I make Mu Qi forget that moment?
Or, it would be good if Mu Qi's memory of that moment could be diluted!
Yun Shuniang wished she could bury herself in the ground to calm down.
But at this moment, her chin was held by Mu Qi, causing Yun Shuniang to repeatedly replay the intense awkwardness and embarrassment in her mind. Especially in front of Mu Qi.
Or rather, it was only in front of Mu Qi that Yun Shuniang felt so awkward. Otherwise, in front of anyone else, she could wipe her snot with a haughty and unrestrained demeanor.
But she had to do it in front of Mu Qi!
The lady in Mu Qi's heart...
Oh no, a fairy!
How could a fairy have a runny nose!
The more Yun Shuniang thought about it, the more ashamed and indignant she felt. As she was getting agitated, Yun Shuniang grabbed Mu Qi's other hand.
The moment Yun Shuniang took Mu Qi's hand, she calmed down.
At this moment, Yun Shuniang's mouth was open, and Mu Qi's well-defined large hand was within reach.
Yun Shuniang certainly wouldn't actually bite, and quickly let go of Mu Qi's hand, her lips tightly shut.
Ah~
Why did she feel like every move she made was like a clown's performance?
Yun Shuniang felt frantic in her heart, but her body dared not move.
Was he disgusted because she was dirty?
Did she really fall for a character who never existed?
Mu Qi pulled Yun Shuniang tightly into his embrace.
Yun Shuniang was in a bad mood and didn't pay attention to Mu Qi's actions.
She was now completely focused on proving her fairy status to Mu Qi.
The force of Mu Qi's embrace was suffocating.
Fortunately, Yun Shuniang was lost in her own thoughts, otherwise, she would have felt unable to breathe, and her waist felt like it was about to break.