Hu Meiling grabbed Mu Yu’s arm and scolded, “Stop pretending and tell me honestly. Don’t you dare tell another lie, otherwise I will immediately drown you in the toilet!”
“Don’t do that. You’re scaring your daughter. Talk nicely.” Mu Ziyao ‘rescued’ his daughter from his wife’s grip. Then, he pointed at the screen of the phone and asked, “Yu, are the contents here true?”
Aware that she could no longer hide, Mu Yu nodded and quickly explained, “We did stay in the hotel, but our relationship is not as complicated as what the news is suggesting. Nothing happened between us. It’s true!”
“You are both single and stayed in the same room for so long. You were even drunk. When you came out of the hotel, your clothes had even been changed. Nothing happened, you said? Unless you prove to me that Young Master Qin isn’t a real man, I will never believe that nothing happened.” Hu Meiling looked at her as if she could already see through Mu Yu’s façade.
Mu Yu blushed and figured that there was no way to convince her mother to believe her.
Bhen she came back before this, her parents had questioned her. She explained that Qin Jinhuan and her were only friends. The reason he helped her was to save her from public embarrassment. Her mother didn’t believe her then, and now with the 'proof' laying bare in front of her, her explanations were even more unbelievable.
Sure enough, it was so easy to cause a scandal with someone that had status. She should really keep that in mind!
When Mu Yu remained silent, Mu Ziyao and Hu Meiling exchanged glances. Mu Ziyao coaxed her with a gentle tone, “Yu, you are an adult. It’s normal to be in a relationship, so there’s no need to hide from your parents. Aren’t we always eager for you to go on a blind date and find a boyfriend? However, you must bring your boyfriend home so that we can get to know him. After all, this is about your lifetime of happiness.”
“Yes!” continued Hu Meiling. “You shouldn’t hide from us, especially someone like Young Master Qin who has high status. You have everything to lose if you do. Give me his number. I’ll call him and find out his intentions.”
Mu Ziyao agreed and said, “Everything is on the news now. He should answer to us even if he doesn’t marry our daughter!”
“Dad! Mom! You’re really overthinking it! There’s nothing going on between us! Hey, Mom, what are you doing?”
Hu Meiling snatched her daughter’s phone and ignored her cries as she scrolled through the contacts.
“Mom, please don’t do this. Listen to me, we’re…”
“Fox Qin? Is this it? You have only one friend whose family name is Qin.”
Qin Ziyao craned his neck and looked over, smiling. “Fox Qin? Gee, what a nickname! Sounds so intimate and yet you say there’s nothing going on?”
Mu Yu was speechless as she watched her mother dial the number. She gave in helplessly and said, “Mom, I’ll call him myself. Let’s not be too sudden.”
“So you admit that the both of you are in a relationship?” Hu Meiling and Mu Ziyao’s faces were filled with excitement.
Could she not admit it?
Mu Yu grumbled to herself.
“You will believe it tomorrow.” She took her phone and silently walked toward the bathroom.
“Go and make your call. I’ll wash the shirt.” Hu Meiling made it to the bathroom before Mu Yu could.
Mu Yu didn’t resist. After all, things had escalated to this point, and she decided that it was no big deal even if her mother found out she was washing Qin Jinhuan’s clothes.
She walked into her room and locked the door. Then, she clicked on a web page to browse the news. Other than the news of her staying in the hotel with Qin Jinhuan, she even saw photos of them being intimate at the wedding and the roadside.
Had the paparazzi been following him all along? Wasn’t that a little too diligent?
Mu Yu was furious.
As she scrolled down, her eyes bulged. It was a detailed profile of herself!
Looked like she was already famous. No wonder her parents insisted on calling Qin Jinhuan.
She had run out of tears.
Now, only Fox Qin could properly settle this matter.
She dialed Qin Jinhuan’s phone in distress.
“Little Mayo?”
“Yes.”
“Miss me?”
“How are you still in the mood to joke? Didn’t you watch the news? We’re all over the headlines!” Mu Yu was very upset.
“Yes, we made the headlines. Sigh! You dragged me into this.”
“I dragged you into this? You dragged me into this!”
“If I hadn’t stopped you from embarrassing yourself and chosen to leave you drunk on the streets, I wouldn't have been in the headlines at all. Now that you have ruined my reputation, how are you going to compensate me?”
“You! I…” Mu Yu was speechless.
She was the victim here!
Fine. She should forget about it and not argue at a time like this. Most importantly, they should find a way to mitigate the scandal.
Thinking of this, she eased her tone and apologized unwillingly, “Mr. Qin, I’m truly sorry for bringing this inconvenience upon you. In order to protect your reputation, you should think of a way to mitigate the scandal between us. As for compensation, shall we talk about it later?”
Only if the scandal was temporarily mitigated, would she be able to make up excuses for her parents.
“Let’s talk about compensation first. Otherwise, I won’t have the heart to deal with other matters.”
“How do you want me to compensate you?”
“Well, I haven’t really thought about it yet. I’ll tell you tomorrow after I think about it. Okay, I’m tired, we’ll talk tomorrow.”
“But now… Hello?” The line had ended on the other side. Mu Yu was so angry that she scolded loudly, “A*shole! That stinky wicked fox!”
Mu Yu lay on her bed and all kinds of worries filled her heart. It was doomed to be another sleepless night.
In order to avoid her parents’ questioning, she quietly left the house before they woke up.
As soon as she left her neighborhood, she called Qin Jinhuan. However, he did not pick up. Assuming that he was asleep, there was nothing that she could do, and so she decided to go to work.
Because of last night’s scandal, she moved like a thief, scurrying in shadows all the way from her neighborhood to her work place. Fortunately, no one paid any attention to her. Moreover, she didn’t know anyone from her work place. She ran quickly into her office.
As it was still early, she was alone in the office. She felt sleepy and lay her head on the table for a short nap.
“Mu? Mu? Your phone is ringing.”
Feng Rubing’s voice sounded, and Mu Yu instantly awakened and sat up. She looked down and saw that her mother was calling. Then, she greeted Feng Rubing in a hurry and turned slightly sideways to pick up the call.
“Yu, come back home quickly! Hurry up!”
“What is it?” She thought her mother had questions about Qin Jinhuan.
“It is very urgent! I can’t tell you over the phone, so hurry back! Or else someone might get killed!”
“What?!” Mu Yu was so terrified that she hurried home before she could even request the day off from Feng Rubing.
“Yu, we’re here!”Even before she reached the entrance of her neighborhood, Mu Yu could already hear her parents’ shouts. She saw them standing in front of a taxi and rode her scooter toward them, asking anxiously in a loud voice, “Dad, Mom, what’s wrong?”“Get into the car first.”Mu Ziyao helped Mu Yu park her scooter while Hu Meiling helped Mu Yu to remove her helmet. They moved quickly and stuffed Mu Yu into the car at a speed of lightning. “What the hell is going on?” Mu Yu was shocked by her parents’ nervousness. Hu Meiling didn’t respond to her daughter’s words. Instead, she told the driver, “Sir, to the airport.”“Why are we going to the airport?”Mu Ziyao said softly, “Yu, we have to leave An City immediately.” Mu Yu was shocked and nervous. “Why are we leaving An City? What is going on?”Hu Meiling looked forward and lowered her voice. “This is what the O
“What-What debt?” Hu Meiling and Mu Ziyao looked at their daughter in fear. Mu Yu mumbled as she explained, “I scratched his car and owed him 100,000 for repair.”“100,000, is it?” Mu Ziyao heaved a long sigh and said with a smile. “Young Master Qin, give me your bank account number. I’ll transfer the money to you immediately.”“I don’t need the money, may it be 100,000 or it’s 20,000,000.” Qin Jinhuan paused and looked at Hu Meiling and Mu Ziyao, who had changed the looks on their faces. Then, he pointed at Mu Yu and continued, “I need only her.”Hu Meiling’ eyes instantly filled with fear and she quickly took an envelope from her bag and handed it to him. She begged, “Please take mercy on her and let my daughter go. I’ll pay you back with this 20,000,000.”“20,000,000 dollars?” Mu Yu’s eyes bulged. “Mom, where did you get that money from?”Mu Ziyao was ashamed. He said, “Aren’t we leaving An City? This
Fearing that Qin Xiaozhi’s men would lay their hands on her, Mu Yu quickly got to her feet. She shouted, “Don’t come over!” as she quietly whipped out her phone to call Qin Jinhuan for help. However, as soon as she took her phone out, Dong Wanqing slapped her hand and the phone fell onto the ground. At the same time, Dong Wanqing slapped her face and her face burned with pain. She had never been through this kind of misery before, had she? She felt so angry that she instinctively raised her hand to fight back, but was too slow. Qi Hao and Qi Han—Qi Xiaozhi’s twin bodyguards—caught her hands, but she raised her leg and tried to kick Dong Wanqing’s stomach. If you don’t offend me, I won’t offend you. But if you offend me, I’ll give you a taste of your own medicine. She always remembered what Brother Yihan had taught her. However, things didn’t go her way. Once she raised her leg, the twins saw thr
“Are you saying that I can’t?” Qin Jinhuan gave her an evil smirk and leaned toward her. “Do you want to try?” “What nonsense are you talking about?” Mu Yu blushed and exclaimed. “I was talking about the disagreeable clauses here! Look at this clause!” She pointed at the agreement and continued, “I don’t have any opinion against being intimate in public, but why do we have to sleep on the same bed at night? Nobody will see where we’re sleeping at night! Don’t tell me you still need your grandpa to tuck you in at night?” He could hear the teasing in her voice. Qin Jinhuan wasn’t angry. Instead, he asked slowly, “Do you know why Grandpa changed his mind and let you stay?” “Because you wanted to leave with me. He couldn’t bear to see you leave, so he let me stay.” “No.” “No? Then why did he?”“He let you stay in order to verify if we have a real relationship, other than t
How despicable! How dare he take advantage of me again?! Mu Yu was embarrassed and annoyed. She tried to break free of him but couldn’t. So, she bit his lips and stared into his big eyes with anger. The pain made Qin Jinhuan knot his eyebrows. However, he never left her lips. Looking into her eyes, he moved her body slightly and darted his eyes around. Through his hint, Mu Yu finally caught a glimpse of Dong Wanqing and understood what his intentions were. Despite that, she still wasn’t going to forgive the fact that he took advantage of her. So, she didn’t follow through with the performance and pushed him away instead. She pretended to be shocked to learn that Dong Wanqing was standing at the door. Then, she ‘shyly’ buried her head in his chest and pouted. “Hey, you are so annoying. The door isn’t even closed.” At the same time, she put her hand on his waist, gave him a hard pinch, and felt his body tremble sligh
As they entered the room, Mu Yu quickly broke free from Qin Jinhuan as he was locking the door. She jumped two meters away from him and smiled at him, saying, “There are no outsiders here, we don’t have to act anymore.” Qin Jinhuan looked at her with a sweeping glance of dissatisfaction. As he undressed himself, he said softly, “Go and take a bath.” “Oh, suit yourself.” Mu Yu rubbed her hungry tummy and remembered that there were some snacks in her bag. She quickly went to the bedside to get her bag. “I told you to go and take a shower.” “Me?” She raised her head and saw him staring at her. She instantly had a bad feeling in her gut and quickly searched for an excuse. “I’m a night owl. I’m not used to bathing so early. You take your bath first.” “Either you go and bath yourself, or I’ll carry you in and we can bath together.” Mu Yu asked weakly, “Can’t you bath first?”
In the room, Mu Yu had finished applying the ointment, but the pain on her thigh had not eased one bit. This made her feel so upset and angry that she couldn’t calm down. There were a few times when she wanted to take the scalpel out and slash a few cuts on Qin Jinhuan’s leg in order to reduce her anger. However, she was still rational and knew very well the consequences of doing so. In order to distract herself, she got off from the bed reluctantly. She limped to the sofa and sat down. Her leg hurt a lot. She wanted to take the remote control to switch on the television, but worried that Qin Xiaozhi might see through their facade upon hearing the sound of the television. Then, she wanted to play with her phone but once again learned that her phone was left in her bag by the bed. She had no choice but to curl up on the sofa, close her eyes, and took a nap. She was very hungry. She had not even h
After she walked downstairs, the maid, Li Xianglan, led Mu Yu to the living room. For now, Qin Xiaozhi wasn’t in the living room. The only ones there were the family of Qin Wentao and Dong Wanqing. Mu Yu had never seen Qin Wentao’s family, so she didn’t know them. However, since they were casually sitting in the living room of the Qin manor, on top of being close to Dong Wanqing, she guessed that they must be close to the Qin family. Dong Yueyun cleared her throat, casted a sidelong glance, and asked, “You are the woman that Huan brought back home?” Her attitude made Mu Yu very uncomfortable, but she responded politely anyway, “Yes.”“You have registered your marriage with a certificate?”“Yes.”Qing Chengxi, who was sitting alone on the small sofa, brightened at her words. He immediately straightened up and smiled at Mu Yu. Mu Yu noticed him and returned a smile. But then, Qin Chen