"Mm, let's go home then. I'll go kneel on the keyboard," Mu Qi said without hesitation.
Yun Shunan blinked, feeling that Mu Qi seemed very eager to go home.
Neither of them paid any mind to the woman in the red fishtail dress.
Yet, the woman in the red fishtail dress saw herself as an envoy of justice, determined to seek fair treatment for Mu Qi.
"Why? Mu Qi, it's not that I'm meddling.
It's just that you, the esteemed head of the Mu family, would kneel on the keyboard just because Mrs. Mu said so?
Wouldn't that diminish your prestige and make it difficult for you to command respect within the Mu family?"
The woman in the red fishtail dress spoke with passionate sincerity, believing she was presenting a well-reasoned argument.
Unfortunately, this judge had the wrong time, place, and person for her pronouncements.
She was brazenly causing trouble on someone else's territory, targeting someone who couldn't be trifled with.
"Command respect?" Mu Qi tilted his head slightly, looking at her. His gaze, however, lacked the gentle warmth he directed at Yun Shunan.
He wore no discernible expression, yet he was more unsettling.
The woman in the red fishtail dress, however, was completely captivated by herself at this moment.
She felt a sense of superiority in appearing sensible in front of Yun Shunan, so much so that she failed to realize her own precarious situation.
"You're right about that."
Seeing Mu Qi seemingly agree, the woman in the red fishtail dress's chin lifted slightly.
Yun Shunan had intended to call her meddlesome, but Mu Qi spoke first.
Mu Qi raised an eyebrow and continued, "I think you're the one who doesn't respect me first. What, are you also coveting my position?"
"Mr. Mu, it's not like that. I didn't mean that. I meant others would..."
The woman hadn't expected Mu Qi to suddenly say that, and her brows immediately furrowed.
"Don't worry, I'm always ruthless towards those who covet my position. If even you don't respect me, they must be very restless.
Since you're so sensible, why not be a chicken in my hands and help me scare those restless monkeys?"
Mu Qi interrupted her, his tone as steady as if he were stating a settled fact.
Yun Shunan watched, dumbfounded.
Mu Qi's words were truly profound.
If you said he was rude, he complimented her sensibility.
If you said he was polite, he treated her like a chicken.
It seemed like the first time she'd heard Mu Qi speak so forcefully.
Yun Shunan blinked, watching Mu Qi with keen interest.
"No, I..." The woman, her aura of righteous indignation gone, frantically waved her hands in refusal.
"Oh, seeing as you're so sensible, why would I need to ask? Shan Gong." Mu Qi interrupted her again, then coldly called Shan Gong's name.
Shan Gong immediately obeyed, seizing the woman.
"Take her away."
Shan Gong, hearing the command, dragged her to leave.
Just then, the woman in the beige fishtail dress, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.
"You... you can't do this."
Her voice was initially soft. Seeing it had no effect, she hesitated for a few seconds, then seemed to make up her mind.
"Hey, quick, look! This person is using his high position and power to openly take my friend away. Is there any justice anymore!"
The woman in the beige fishtail dress was quite chivalrous. Her voice, previously elegant and ladylike, transformed into that of a common shrew found on any street.
Yun Shunan was initially surprised, then mused, thinking her last sentence was truly classic.
As she predicted, before long, they were surrounded by a crowd, layered three deep.
However, no one dared to speak.
Even when Shan Gong tried to leave, many people actively made way for him.
Seeing Shan Gong about to lead the woman away.
It was then that the red fishtail dress woman's clique could no longer hold back.
"Hey, how can you just take someone away? What did we do to you?"
"Exactly, you think you're so great just because you have money?"
"Why are you treating my sister like this?"
"Right, have you no shame?"
...
The friends of the woman in the red fishtail dress swarmed forward, blocking Shan Gong's path.
Perhaps they hadn't expected Mu Qi to argue with a woman, so the group glared fiercely at Yun Shunan, intent on verbally tearing her apart.
However, before they could spew much abuse, Mu Qi stepped in front of Yun Shunan.
At that moment, they finally realized something was amiss, but they pressed on, emboldened by their numbers.
Yun Shunan frowned.
Although she had secretly sent a text to call the police, intending for them to handle it, she still worried about damaging Mu Qi's reputation.
Shan Gong, blocked by a group of young women, found himself in a difficult spot.
If the people in front of him had been intimidating burly men, Shan Gong wouldn't have been so flustered.
Shan Gong truly had no experience dealing with a swarm of young women.
So, Shan Gong gripped the girl's shoulder tightly and turned to seek instructions from Mu Qi.
Mu Qi didn't meet Shan Gong's eyes. Instead, he looked past him and let out a disdainful chuckle at the human blockade surrounding them.
"What, are all of your hearts as precious as your own daughters'?"
Upon hearing Mu Qi's words, the crowd understood immediately. The focus shifted from Mu Qi and Yun Shunan to their own children.
"What are you doing? Come back here right now."
Instantly, these onlookers transformed into stern parents, and the young ladies blocking Shan Gong were pulled away one by one.
The woman in the red fishtail dress, whose chest had been puffed out moments ago, deflated.
She hadn't expected the crowd to disperse so quickly.
Seeing the last person about to leave, the woman in the red fishtail dress, tears welling up instinctively, nudged the person's ankle with her toe.
The person couldn't bear it and stopped.
"Dad, with so many of us, can't we stop him from taking her away?"
The man, burly and clearly a nouveau riche, turned and sighed at his naive daughter, his brows furrowed.
"Forget about the dozen or so of you, even 100 people here wouldn't amount to a hill of beans."
"Dad, can you speak a little softer?"
"Dad, isn't it soft enough? We went through connections to get in here. I can't just speak like I usually do."
Those who were startled by his voice: ...
Yun Shunan, who heard it all clearly: ...