Xiao Xin sighed and said, "I lost my job and I'm in debt."

Yu Muqing: "Are you still at the villa?"

Xiao Xin got a little angry when this was mentioned, and he complained to Yu Muqing directly: "Fu Yan won't let me leave the room..."

Yu Muqing sensed the grievance in his tone and immediately understood what had happened. She said calmly, "Wait, I'll deal with him when I get back."

Xiao Xin gave a muffled "hmm".

Yu Muqing was about to board the plane when he said on the phone, "I have something to do here, so I'll leave it at that for now."

"good."

Xiao Xin had just hung up the phone when another call came in from an unknown number. Thinking it was from the phone store, he answered.

As soon as the call connected, Wang Lili's voice came through the phone, "Where have you been hiding, you ungrateful wretch? You snagged a rich husband and didn't even tell your mother?"

Xiao Xin didn't want to talk to her and hung up the phone.

As a result, the phone that Mo Xuan bought for him rang again.

It's the same number as before.

Xiao Xin answered the phone and asked, "How did you get my number?"

This number wasn't registered using his ID card, so Wang Lili shouldn't be able to find it.

Wang Lili laughed, "I don't know. Someone said this is your phone number, so I called to see if you dare hang up on me?"

"You've snagged a rich husband and now you think you're all grown up?" Wang Lili's sharp voice almost pierced Xiao Xin's eardrums.

Xiao Xin ignored her, blocked the number, and then sent Wang Lili's phone number to Yu Muqing.

He had nothing left to lose, and the chances of getting help from Yu Muqing were few and far between, so he sent Yu Muqing a message: "Brother Qing, help me check this number, I want to arrest someone."

After sending the message, he put his phone aside.

He used two phones because he was afraid the phone shop owner wouldn't be able to contact him.

But how did Wang Lili find out his other phone number...?

Xiao Xin immediately thought of Jiang Yuqing, and a chill ran through him.

He couldn't get through to Xiao Lin's phone; he could only pray that something had happened to Xiao Lin.

*

Yu Muqing went straight to the company as soon as she got off the plane.

When he arrived at the Fu Corporation, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as he opened the office door, he saw Fu Yan sitting behind his desk and Qiao Chen drinking tea on the sofa.

He closed the office door behind him, took off his coat, and unbuttoned his collar to let in some fresh air.

Fu Yan stood up and asked Yu Muqing, "The contract with the Jiang family..."

Yu Muqing raised his hand, signaling him not to continue speaking. He walked behind the desk, stuffed Fu Yan's things into his arms, and pushed Fu Yan towards the door.

As he pushed Fu Yan out, he said, "You wait outside first."

Fu Yan stood at the door, somewhat puzzled: "Cousin, I have something else to say..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Muqing slammed the door shut and locked it.

Fu Yan stared at the closed door for two seconds, then finally shut up.

Yu Muqing locked the door and turned to walk towards Qiao Chen on the sofa.

Before Qiao Chen could react, Yu Muqing kicked him in the lower abdomen, the kick gradually moving downwards, the sole of her shoe crushing him heavily.

Qiao Chen winced in pain. He grabbed Yu Muqing's ankle and looked up to see Yu Muqing's face full of anger.

He unconsciously lowered his voice: "Qingqing, are you angry?"

Yu Muqing snorted coldly, glancing down at him: "Keep pretending, I want to see how long you can keep up this act."

Qiao Chen pulled down his ankle and was about to reach for Yu Muqing's hand when Yu Muqing took a step back, creating distance between them.

Qiao Chen stood up and took a step forward, while Yu Muqing took a step back.

Qiao Chen pulled her foot back and stood still, then asked him, "What was I pretending for?"

Yu Muqing suppressed the urge to slap him, her face full of sarcasm, "What's your relationship with Jiang Yuqing?"

Qiao Chen's brows furrowed even more. "Work partners."

Yu Muqing looked at him and sneered, "A partner? Planning how to bring down the Fu family's partner?"

Qiao Chen looked at him calmly without responding.

Yu Muqing took a step closer to him, raised her hand and pulled down his shirt collar, staring intently at him: "Your silence means you agree?"

Yu Muqing's hand tightened around his collar, wrinkling the neat shirt.

Qiao Chen looked at him with her eyes half-lowered: "Who told you about this?"

"Let's not worry about who told me."

Yu Muqing's eyes were filled with anger, and her voice trembled with rage: "Have you forgotten what you promised me? If I slept with you, you wouldn't touch the Fu family, but now you're secretly colluding with Jiang Yuqing to harm the Fu family, is that it?"

Qiao Chen: "Qingqing, calm down first."

"How the hell am I supposed to calm down?!"

Yu Muqing's eyes reddened with anger, "You're two-faced, playing me for fools. I'm a laughing stock now!"

Qiao Chen remained calm, seemingly unaffected by Yu Muqing's emotional fluctuations.

Yu Muqing got angry just looking at his face and kicked him in the knee.

Qiao Chen's brow twitched, but he remained silent.

Yu Muqing chuckled, two lines of tears sliding down his cheeks. He stubbornly wiped his face with his hand and looked at Qiao Chen, saying, "Fine, you have backbone. I'll consider you a cheapskate who believed you, you beast."

He poked Qiao Chen's shoulder and said ruthlessly, "From today onwards, if you dare to touch the Fu family, it's either you or me who lives."

As Yu Muqing turned to leave, Qiao Chen grabbed his wrist, "Qingqing..."

Yu Muqing shoved him away: "Don't fucking call me that, it's disgusting."

Qiao Chen felt a dull pain in his heart, as if countless needles were pricking it. He looked at Yu Muqing's back and shouted, "What do you want me to do for you to forgive me?"

Yu Muqing stopped at the door, took a deep breath, and said with his back to Qiao Chen, "Tell me all the secrets between you and Jiang Yuqing, as well as all the crimes you have committed in the past, and I will forgive you."

Qiao Chen remained silent. Yu Muqing, holding the doorknob, reminded him, "Yes or no?"

Qiao Chen slowly relaxed his clenched fist. Just as Yu Muqing was about to open the door, he immediately called out to him, "Okay, I'll tell you..."

Yu Muqing withdrew her hand and turned to walk towards her desk.

He turned on his laptop's webcam, pointed to the chair at Qiao Chen, and commanded, "Sit over here."

Qiao Chen didn't say anything, quickly walked over and sat down in the chair, and his face immediately appeared on the computer screen.

Yu Muqing sat on the desk with her arms crossed, her legs dangling in mid-air, gently swinging as she reminded, "You can begin once you're ready."

Qiao Chen nodded, and then began to recount all the bad things he had done.

As Yu Muqing listened, her brows furrowed more and more, and her disgust for Qiao Chen deepened from the bottom of her heart.

An hour later, Qiao Chen finished recounting all the bad things he had done. Apart from cleaning up Jiang Yuqing's crime scene, almost all the other bad things he had done were directed at Fu Yan.

Qiao Chen turned his head and saw Yu Muqing staring blankly. He called out to him, "Qingqing?"

Yu Muqing glanced coldly at him, and seeing the innocence in Qiao Chen's eyes, a mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips: "How do you have the nerve to continue sitting in this position?"