Chapter 23, The 23rd Beam of Light: "Could it be that she also attempted to assault me?"...

Song Xingyun was chased out of the bathroom with her head covered. Only when she heard the door close behind her did she peek out from under the large bath towel. At that moment, she looked no better than Mu Shang.

She wrapped herself tightly in a bath towel and fled back to her room, thankful that Yu Mushang hadn't said much in the latter half of the conversation, otherwise she wouldn't have known how to respond. Her mind was filled with the man's last words, "Aren't you leaving? Want to fall ill and never recover?"

Song Xingyun felt both guilty and embarrassed, thinking: "He's already taken such a big advantage of me, and he's still worried about my illness? My boss is so kind; I'm such a jerk!"

The bathroom was now filled with steam after she left. The man let the water run wildly, trying to wash away the delicate feeling left in his palm, as if only in this way could he suppress the stirring in his heart.

Only he knew that if he didn't get rid of her soon, he might try to get something back from her. "Song Xingyun... are you sure you didn't do this on purpose?"

When Song Xingyun came out of the shower, she sneezed loudly. She quickly put on another layer, dried her long hair, and started packing her things, looking somewhat like she was on the run.

After Yu Mushang came out of the bathroom, he didn't see that person again until there was a knock on the door. He raised his head, and the unlocked door was pushed open by the person outside, and a large head poked in.

"Boss?" It was Ying Qi.

Yu Mushang sounded somewhat dejected upon hearing his voice. "What are you doing here?" Ying Qi moved to the old house today; he should be over there right now.

Ying Qi walked in and saw Yu Mushang sitting on the sofa in a bathrobe, his hair still damp with moisture. He glanced at the sky outside, which was just beginning to darken, and couldn't help but wonder, "Don't you usually take a shower before bed?"

Yu Mushang remained silent; he couldn't very well reveal what Song Xingyun had done. "What are you here for?" he asked again, his intuition telling him that Ying Qi hadn't come for no reason.

Ying Qi took out the message that Song Xingyun had sent him, "Xiao Song said she has some things to do this weekend and won't be at the villa, so she asked me to come and keep an eye on you."

Weekend? Yu Mushang suddenly remembered that tomorrow was a day off. Was there really something going on, or was she just pretending? "She didn't say what was going on?"

Ying Qi shook her head. "No."

Yu Mushang was dissatisfied. "Call her over." He thought he had to call her over and "warn" her about what had happened today.

Ying Qi scratched his head in distress, "It's difficult. She had already left when I arrived, and she took the dog with her."

Yu Mushang: ?

"They escaped?"

"Escape?" Ying Qi caught the word and became alert. "What happened? Did she steal something? Run away with the money? We should call the police right away!"

Yu Mushang's emotions were completely ruined by his agitation. "Don't drag me into this if she sues you for defamation and slander."

Isn't that right?

Ying Qi calmed down then, "That's true, if she really did something wrong, she wouldn't have notified me to come over. She even told me to put on the plaster for you tonight. Assistant Song is so thoughtful."

Yu Mushang snorted coldly, "She really knows how to make arrangements." She probably wouldn't dare to do it herself.

Ying Qi continued, "Your words are too misleading. But why is she running away? She didn't rob anyone, so why would she try to rape her? Ha..." His laughter stopped abruptly as he looked at Yu Mushang's expression and it darkened. "Really?"

He quickly approached Yu Mushang and cautiously examined him. "No wonder you took a shower so early, she...she...she..."

"Shut up." Yu Mushang interrupted him, looking somewhat uncomfortable. "What can she do to me, a grown man? Don't use your pig brain to think about it."

Ying Qi really couldn't understand her boss anymore. She was saying things to refute him, but what did it mean when her ears turned bright red?

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When Song Xingyun was dragged out of Villa No. 9 by Changming, she realized that she hadn't been out for several days. Hearing Baisui's shouts behind her, she felt very guilty. "I wanted to take you with me, but I was afraid of being reported for stealing dogs. I'll definitely do it next time!"

As the man and his dog walked along the road, Changming looked around curiously. Song Xingyun chuckled and said, "We've walked this road before, why do you act like it's your first time in the city?"

Changming barked once, and Song Xingyun began to negotiate with it again, "Next time, you stay in the villa and I'll bring your brother out, okay?" This was the best plan she could think of. If she couldn't take both of them at once, then they could take turns.

Regardless of whether Changming understood or not, she patted its head and asked, "Is that the decision?"

Long life: Woof?

Song Xingyun was still muttering to herself, trying to add a reason, "Every time Bai Sui goes out, it takes its owner and has a mission with it, so it doesn't have as much carefree time as you do. Let's secretly pamper it a little..."

Song Xingyun, holding Changming's hand, arrived at the intersection where she had agreed to meet Wen Ying, and saw Wen Ying's car with its hazard lights on.

She tucked Changming into the back seat and got into the passenger seat herself. "I've missed you so much!" she said as she hugged the person in the driver's seat.

Wen Ying enjoyed her affectionate touch, but joked, "I thought you had completely forgotten about me, and that you only had that new boss in your heart and mind."

Song Xingyun: ...

"Don't talk about work during your break, okay? Be good." Whenever she thought of Yu Mushang, her mind was filled with all sorts of inappropriate thoughts.

Wen Ying knew there was something going on as soon as she heard her words and saw her expression. "I didn't say anything, why are you blushing?"

Upon hearing this, Song Xingyun immediately covered her face, "What do you mean? I clearly have a cold, maybe a slight fever..."

Wen Ying placed the back of her hand on her forehead and replied bluntly, "You don't have a fever, you're just blushing!"

Song Xingyun's face burned even hotter, and she could only beg for mercy, "Miss Wen, please let me go? If you keep talking, I'm going to jump out of the car."

Wen Ying had never seen her like this before, and she burst into laughter. "I'll torture you later, let's eat first." As soon as she finished speaking, she stepped on the gas, and the car sped away.

Changming was taken to its usual pet spa for a spa treatment, and the two chose a chic and romantic restaurant. "It's really nice to end the week with a beautiful meal."

Wen Ying sat opposite her, sizing her up. "Had a tough week?"

Seeing this, Song Xingyun touched her face. "It's not tiring. What? Have I lost weight?" She didn't feel that she had changed at all.

Wen Ying shook her head. "No wonder, I was wondering why her face looked so round."

Song Xingyun: ?

"That hits home, bro." Indeed, she's been keeping a stable routine at Villa No. 9 lately, and she's been spending all her time in the kitchen. Don't they say that a relaxed mind leads to a plump body? She's probably really gained weight.

Thinking of this, Yu Mushang's angular face reappeared in her mind, and she muttered, "Then why hasn't he gained weight?"

Wen Ying had very sharp ears, "Who is he?"

Song Xingyun then realized that she had blurted out her true feelings. She buried her head and pretended to be dead, saying, "I said I..."

Wen Ying just smiled and kept piling food onto her plate. "No matter what, this job is much better than your last one." Speaking of the last one, she added, "There's still no result on that report?"

Song Xingyun then composed herself. "I haven't received a reply yet. I knew from the beginning that this wouldn't be a simple matter, and now it seems it really is." She almost lost her appetite when she thought of Zhong Shichao's face.

Wen Ying cut her steak. "Zhong Shichao? Always plagiarizing? His parents really gave him a very accurate name; it almost sums up half of his life." She had indeed heard quite a bit about Song Xingyun's past as the former director.

Song Xingyun was amused by her words, "You're a genius, you even came up with that homonym, that's a sharp remark, I like it." She raised her wine glass and clinked it with hers.

They rarely gossip about others behind their backs, except for truly rotten ones.

The meal was relaxed and enjoyable. Afterwards, the two went to a small bar not far away. Song Xingyun was in high spirits, and Wen Ying placed the back of her hand on her head again, asking, "Are you feeling better?"

Song Xingyun pulled her away, saying, "A couple of drinks will do the trick. Have you ever heard of fighting poison with poison?"

Villa No. 9.

Yu Mushang was inexplicably irritable, and with Ying Qi making noises from a short distance away, he was about to lose his temper and kick him out.

"Huh." Just as Yu Mushang was about to speak, unable to contain himself any longer, Ying Qi uttered this, when he heard Ying Qi say the next key point: "Assistant Song is actually having a blast at a small bar!"

A small bar? Having fun?

Yu Mushang heard it clearly, but he still asked again, "What did you say?"

Ying Qi scrolled through Song Xingyun's newly updated WeChat Moments. "A wine glass, and a group photo with other people, they must be friends, right?" Not content with just that, he also read aloud the text she had written: "If you don't drink during your vacation, you've wasted your life, tsk tsk."

If Song Xingyun knew, she would definitely scold him, "Are you dyslexic?!"

But Yu Mushang's attention was focused on the "friend" Ying Qi mentioned. He pretended to be casual and asked, "Oh? She has a boyfriend?" But his heart was in turmoil.

Ying Qi was zooming in on one of the photos when she casually replied, "I don't know. The people in the photo are girls, probably best friends or something?"

Yu Mushang's frustration hadn't dissipated much. "Hmph, is this what she meant by 'something'?" She went drinking before she was even fully recovered? Quite something, Song Xingyun.

As soon as these words left his mind, Yu Mushang put down the blind pen in his hand. A self-deprecating smile appeared on his lips. What right did he have to say anything to her?

He gently rubbed his aching temples. Ying Qi turned around and had long noticed his boss's low mood and the restlessness that was almost overflowing from Villa No. 9. He risked being kicked out and asked, "Boss, there's no end to the work. How about we go have some fun?"

Yu Mushang's head throbbed even more at these words. What kind of people had he hired? All they knew was how to party? "It's so late, where else do you want to party?"

Ying Qi glanced at the photo in her hand again, where the information on the table corner was clearly visible. "Let's go have some fun at a small bar too. How about the one where Assistant Song works?"

Yu Mushang suddenly looked up, then lowered his eyes, realizing he had overreacted. "Do you know where she is?"

Ying Qi obediently reported the "clues" he had found, and Yu Mushang's lips twitched as he listened. "Am I wasting someone's talent on me?" He thought to himself that he should find a time to remind someone not to post photos on social media so casually, in case they were targeted by someone with bad intentions...

Girls, late at night, bars, shady characters… the combination made Yu Mushang clench his fist in worry, but the next second he let it relax weakly, muttering, “What if we run into them? What side are we on…”

This was the first time Ying Qi had seen her boss look so hesitant. She understood perfectly well what was going on and gave him a straight answer, "From the boss's perspective, it's about caring for the employees! Besides, that little bar doesn't have any rules about whether they can go or we can't. If all else fails, just say it was a chance encounter!"

You know what, right? After saying that, Ying Qi felt like a genius, and thought she could even be the boss's love strategist.

Ying Qi was just having a good time when she saw Yu Mushang walk past her and head out. "Hey, boss, where are you going?"

Yu Mushang's calm and composed demeanor was completely at odds with his words. Ying Qi only heard him say, "Let's have some fun."

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