Chapter 10

"So you just moved into Boss Mu's house?" Tang Yixi's voice came from the phone, mixed with the background music of "Nucleic acid test - nucleic acid test".

Su Qiong hummed, standing on the balcony, pinching and twisting the leaves of a green radish. She turned around, her phone in hand, and peeked over. She saw Mu Yunting sitting in the study with headphones on, doing something unknown. She breathed a sigh of relief, then turned back and immediately complained.

"Oh my god, you really don't know how bored and embarrassed I've been these past few days!"

"Every day I just eat and sleep!"

Su Qiong complained about her boring life these days, "I'm almost suffering from electronic impotence." Her daily routine now is to wake up - eat - kill time - eat - kill time - sleep - wake up, and the process becomes complicated.

Tang Yixi sighed on the phone, "You should be content, you don't know how busy I have been these days because of the epidemic!" She had just been transferred to the respiratory department, and she didn't expect to experience the busy life of a popular attending physician. Now that she has free time, she was asked to teach volunteers how to test nucleic acid.

"Why don't you find something to do? I guess your handsome boss is also bored. If you two play together, you won't get sick from being bored."

Su Qiong was about to open her mouth to argue, but Tang Yixi said that work had begun and hung up the phone in a hurry. She sighed, stroking the leaves of the green radish in a daze. How could the mindset of a boss and his subordinates be changed so easily?

She'd tidied the leaves of her pothos until they were almost glossy, yet she still spent her time on the balcony, breathing in the air of this upscale residential complex with top-notch greenery. Lying on her side every day felt like being in prison; it would be better to get some fresh air on the balcony.

It's not that she hasn't thought about spending more time with Mu Yunting, but Su Qiong couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart. She had never told anyone that she admired and looked up to Mu Yunting.

When she failed the postgraduate entrance exam, she knew she didn't enjoy her major and resolved to pursue a career. Because she'd studied tourism management in college, Su Qiong's resume was repeatedly rejected. Despite her inner strength and a reluctance to self-pity, she ultimately felt lost and a bit self-deprecating. During Mu Yunting's interview, she maintained a confident facade, but upon receiving the confirmation that she'd passed, the first moment of recognition nearly brought her to tears. From a complete novice in the field, she rapidly advanced under Mu Yunting's guidance.

Although Mu Yunting had a lot of bad looks, he spoke in detail and patiently.

Although Su Qiong had been his personal secretary for so long and had a thorough understanding of Mu Yunting's personality, and sometimes found him speechless, in her heart, even though she had long since become a capable person, she was still a little afraid of Mu Yunting. It was the kind of feeling that only wanted to show her best side in front of the teacher.

So, let her spend time with Mu Yunting? Su Qiong rolled her eyes and didn't even think about it.

I didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly. After dinner that night, Mu Yunting's "supervisor" Su Qiong washed the dishes and, contrary to his usual behavior, did not go to the study. He held up a stack of discs and said to Su Qiong, "Do you want to watch a movie together?"

Su Qiong was quick-witted and responded immediately: "Okay." After saying so, she felt it would be awkward to refuse, so she didn't think about why she agreed so quickly.

The screening room wasn't too big, just a few lazy sofas haphazardly stacked together. Some unopened snacks like chips and cola were scattered around the sofas. Su Qiong couldn't make out a few of the snacks, briefly amazed that her boss had such a room. She randomly picked out a few that interested her and asked Mu Yunting to choose. They finally settled on a disc with a dark cover resembling a female ghost. As she watched Mu Yunting stuff the discs into the screening room, she wondered why Mu Yunting had suddenly invited her to see a movie.

Naturally, the doubt could not be resolved, and Su Qiong could not ask, so she put it aside and waited curiously for the disc, which might be a horror movie, to start.

Mu Yunting waved his hand generously: "You can eat as many snacks as you want here. They are prepared just for you to see j——things." He paused suspiciously in the middle.

At the beginning of the film, the distance between the two was neither far nor close.