Chapter 330 Surprise

At exactly 4:00 PM the next afternoon, a sexy older sister in a hip-hugging skirt appeared at the capital's central airport on time.

Ling Xue pulled down the sunglasses covering her eyes and scanned the surroundings, unable to find the person she wanted to see. Her expression immediately soured.

Not far from Ling Xue, Assistant Li, who was holding up his phone and glancing between Ling Xue and the photo on his screen, let out a sigh of relief.

While he was considered Mu Qi's all-around assistant, he had never picked anyone up from the airport before.

"Hello, Miss Ling. I am President Mu's assistant. You can just call me Assistant Li," Assistant Li said, lowering his phone and hurrying over to Ling Xue.

"Assistant?" Ling Xue sneered, pulling her sunglasses back down over her eyes.

"I sent a message to your president, not his assistant. What's it to you that you're here?"

Ling Xue crossed her arms, her pursed lips clearly conveying her displeasure.

"Ahem, you see, our president is a very busy man and naturally has more than one assistant. Normally, tasks like picking people up from the airport are delegated to my subordinates.

The fact that the president specifically requested me to come personally shows how important you are in his heart."

As Mu Qi's assistant, he had encountered countless women seeking to climb the social ladder by using his connection to Mu Qi.

If Assistant Li didn't have a few tricks up his sleeve, he probably wouldn't even be able to get through the gates of Mu Corporation.

Ling Xue raised an eyebrow, appearing still very suspicious. "Really?"

"Naturally," Assistant Li replied smoothly.

"Then let's go."

Upon hearing Assistant Li's words, Ling Xue no longer played hard to get and, with a lighthearted tone, walked towards the airport exit.

It was a pity for Assistant Li, who was as thin as a rake, to be trailing behind Ling Xue, laden with luggage, in a disheveled manner.

"Miss Ling, where are we going now?" Finally settled in the car, Assistant Li steadied his rapid breathing and turned to ask Ling Xue, who was touching up her makeup with a small mirror behind her.

"Of course, we're going to Mu Corporation to find Mu Qi. Otherwise, why would I have messaged him yesterday? Do you even need to ask such a question? What kind of assistant are you?"

Ling Xue had taken off her sunglasses by now. As she spoke, she furrowed her willow-leaf eyebrows.

Assistant Li was taken aback, clearly not expecting this endeavor to be so complicated.

Seeing Ling Xue's overbearing and unforgiving demeanor, Assistant Li felt that even if he didn't take her to Mu Corporation, she would go on her own, and the situation might escalate beyond control.

With this in mind, Assistant Li sent a message to Mu Qi to inform him in advance before driving towards Mu Corporation.

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Ever since Yun Shunnian saw the message Ling Xue sent to Mu Qi yesterday, her heart had been in turmoil, her anxieties unalleviated.

Now, even as she accompanied Mu Qi to Mu Corporation, Yun Shunnian had no mood for leisure. She paced back and forth in front of Mu Qi's desk, holding his phone.

It wasn't until Assistant Li's message arrived on the phone in Yun Shunnian's hand that her pacing finally stopped.

"She is indeed coming to see Mu Qi," Yun Shunnian muttered to herself fiercely, looking at the message from Assistant Li and then sending an "OK."

"What's wrong?"

Mu Qi had appeared behind Yun Shunnian at some point, startling her, and she instinctively flinched away.

"It's your friend," Yun Shunnian wanted to say that Ling Xue had impure intentions, but the words caught in her throat, and she suppressed them.

She worried that speaking ill of Mu Qi's friend would displease him.

"What friend?" Mu Qi's eyes tended to forget everything else when they met Yun Shunnian's gaze.

Heaven had gifted Mu Qi a brain with excellent analytical abilities, yet it turned him into an absolute love-struck fool when he faced Yun Shunnian.

Whether this arrangement was deliberate or natural was unknown.

"The friend who asked you to pick her up at the airport yesterday."

Yun Shunnian blurted it out but then immediately realized something was amiss.

"No, Mu Qi, besides her, how many other female friends do you have?" Yun Shunnian advanced step by step towards Mu Qi, her high heels clicking loudly.

"I'm not entirely sure," Mu Qi replied after a few seconds of stunned silence.

In terms of categorizing people, Mu Qi only divided them into two groups: Yun Shunnian, and everyone else.

Regarding Ling Xue, when Yun Shunnian asked, Mu Qi didn't know how to explain her to Yun Shunnian, so he casually placed her in the "friend" category.

"Not entirely sure?" Yun Shunnian pouted, then stomped her foot, her entire being radiating dissatisfaction.

"Your foot will hurt like that," Mu Qi frowned and looked down, then directly carried Yun Shunnian to the sofa.

Forced into Mu Qi's embrace, Yun Shunnian weakly pushed him. "You're not allowed to touch me, I'm still angry!"

"Angry? Why?" Mu Qi asked, looking at Yun Shunnian as he massaged her foot.

"You... how dare you ask me why I'm angry?" Yun Shunnian's index finger trembled as she raised it.

Mu Qi tilted his head, his phoenix eyes still filled with innocent confusion.

Yun Shunnian instantly exploded in anger.

"I don't even know who your female friends are! And you're just going to brush me off with 'not entirely sure'?

Are you showing off your charm and then, when I'm not looking, letting them barge in and kick me out when I'm not paying attention?"

Divorce?

Hearing these words, Mu Qi's hand on Yun Shunnian's waist instinctively tightened.

"Fine, Mu Qi. You're even trying to murder me now?" Yun Shunnian's eyes welled up with tears from the pain, and she pushed Mu Qi away with all her might.

"Niannian, we will never divorce. Have you forgotten? We are destined to share a life and a tomb.

No one can compare to you. You are the moon in the sky, and they are mere dust on the ground, including myself."

Mu Qi's tone was urgent and sincere. Yun Shunnian softened, and with a playful pout, she kissed his cheek. "You know how to talk."

"Ahem, continue massaging," after the kiss, Yun Shunnian tucked her ankle further into Mu Qi's embrace, her slightly raised head looking exceptionally proud.

Mu Qi obliged, cupping Yun Shunnian's ankle in his hands, his heart still racing.

Before long, just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly harmonious, Ling Xue suddenly barged into Mu Qi's office.

"Mu Qi, surprise!"