Chapter 40

"Chu Muchao, don't push your luck!"

Under the restraint of two strong and tall bodyguards, Ah Dong let out an angry roar.

Chu Muchao chuckled.

"Oh dear, that's strange. Weren't you just planning to force her to drink? When I came in, you were holding Shi Xiyu's hand. Don't tell me you weren't planning to force her to drink, but just wanted to coerce her into dancing with you?"

"What, I'm being bullied just because I gave them a taste of their own medicine? Don't you know the pain until you're hit with the stick?"

Chu Muchao crossed his arms and slowly walked up to A Dong.

Looking down at him with pity in his eyes.

"Fine, I feel sorry for you. I'll give you two more bottles of wine."

After speaking, Chu Muchao turned around and made a gesture to the head of the bodyguards.

The head bodyguard understood: "Yes, Miss."

Chu Muchao returned to Shi Xiyu and Jiang Lan, looking them over.

Shi Xiyu shook her head: "It's nothing, you came just in time, thank you."

Jiang Lan also thanked her timidly, "Th-thank you..."

Chu Muchao pursed his lips and said softly, "Your voice is trembling, and you're still talking. Let's go outside and talk first."

"Miss Chu..."

With a forced smile, the man looked at Chu Muchao through the tall Chu Wen, who seemed like the young lady's closest and most loyal bodyguard.

"Wouldn't a person be able to handle drinking all this alcohol?"

"Can't you handle it? There are seven men in total. These seven men were just planning to make two women finish all the drinks on this table."

Chu Muchao laughed and said, "They're not worried that two women won't be able to handle it, so why should I worry that seven men won't be able to handle it?"

Chu Wen, who had been standing motionless and silent beside Chu Muchao like a gatekeeper, finally made a move.

She raised her hand and put it around Chu Muchao's shoulder, patting him gently twice as if to comfort him.

"Chaochao, don't get angry with them, let's go."

"Um."

Chu Muchao turned around and casually took Shi Xiyu's hand. "Let's go."

-

Ah Dong and Ah Liang were still a little unconvinced and harbored a glimmer of hope.

If Chu Muchao leaves, and they wail even more pitifully, will these bodyguards soften and let them go?

After all, they're all men, except for Chu Muchao, who only has one woman...

To everyone's surprise, Chu Muchao left with his men.

Leaving Chu Wen behind to supervise them finishing their drinks?!

"President Chu..."

"President Chu, please let us explain..."

Chu Wen raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and said in a cold voice.

Five minutes.

The bodyguards replied in unison, "Yes, sir."

-

Chu Muchao took Shi Xiyu and Jiang Lan into the car and sent them home first.

In the back seat, Jiang Lan was still a little shaken and thanked Chu Muchao tremblingly.

Suddenly, she burst into tears.

She had never seen anything like this before. At most, she had only exchanged a few words with Ah Dong in the office. If Director Zhou saw it, he would act as a peacemaker and take sides to resolve the conflict.

Shi Xiyu put her arm around Jiang Lan's shoulder and patted her gently to comfort her.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Chu Muchao sat opposite them, looking at her two older sisters who were only a few years older than her.

Even though she already knew the whole story from the system, she still asked.

"Sister, what happened today? Can you tell me about it?"

Shi Xiyu was not greatly disturbed.

Having already received help from Chu Muchao once, she naturally developed trust and dependence on him.

She answered the question when asked. She believed that Chu Muchao wasn't questioning her, but simply wanted to understand the situation.

Jiang Lan, however, was not like that.

In her mind, the new employee who was bullied by her not long ago has suddenly become a rich heiress and will definitely take revenge!

Just like now, they must be questioning someone!

She opened her mouth to argue, but then she heard Shi Xiyu talking about what happened in the group chat that morning.

“The other party would provoke and provoke us every time via phone voice messages, without leaving any trace. Jiang Lan impulsively got into a conflict with the other party in the group chat. I was worried that the other party would pursue the matter, so I took Jiang Lan to apologize. And then what you saw happened.”

Shi Xiyu said, "A Dong knows their business manager, so it seems that every time he caused trouble before, it was at A Dong's behest. I'm sorry that my personal grudge with A Dong has affected the company."

"He's petty and can't stand that you're better or more capable than him. What does that have to do with your sister?"

Chu Muchao said irritably, "He only knows how to use these underhanded methods to suppress others, but he doesn't want to improve himself. This kind of person is really annoying."

"Hmph, it's alright, my brother's staying there to keep an eye on them. Nobody's leaving until they finish all that wine!"

Shi Xiyu smiled and said, "Thank you."

Chu Muchao leaned forward and took Shi Xiyu's hand: "Sister, this was obviously done on purpose. It's not good to leave marks after insulting someone, but it's not worth going over to apologize in person. If the cooperation falls through, so be it. Only those who benefited will know."

Shi Xiyu paused for a moment, then nodded.

"When I saw A-Dong, I realized that all the unreasonable parts of the contract were clear. A-Dong must have taken kickbacks from the other party. Plus, he has a say in the company and knows that the leaders won't care too much when they sign off, so he's acting with impunity. Tomorrow when I get to the company, I need to check again to see if there are any loopholes in the upcoming cooperation."

"Yes, that's right."

Chu Muchao strongly agreed.

She really likes Shi Xiyu; she's so smart!

Jiang Lan, who was standing to the side, was dumbfounded.

After a long pause, she finally spoke, her voice trembling slightly: "You... weren't you going to hold someone accountable?"

"What are you asking about?" Chu Muchao mistakenly thought Jiang Lan was referring to A Dong, waved his hand dismissively, and said, "No need to ask. I know what kind of person he is. I won't let him stay here any longer."

Shi Xiyu paused for a moment: "I think what Jiang Lan wants to ask is to hold her accountable."

"Ask her what responsibility?" Chu Muchao looked at Jiang Lan, sizing her up. She was trembling like a leaf. He shook his head. "Order some takeout first, go home and eat, then get some rest."

After thinking about it, I felt I should say a few words to Jiang Lan.

Chu Muchao added, "Next time, you should learn from them. If you want to argue with someone, just make a phone call and don't leave any trace."

Jiang Lan: "..."

Is this a formal meeting between leaders?

Oh, that's not standard.

For now, the young lady is just their colleague.

-

After Chu Muchao had sent everyone home, he then had the driver take them home.

When she arrived home, Chu Wen had already been back for a while and was waiting for her in the living room.

Upon seeing her enter, Chu Wen stood up.

Seeing him stand up, Chu Muchao sweetly called out "Brother," ran into the house, and hugged his arm.

Before Chu Wen could speak, Chu Muchao preemptively struck.

"Thank you so much, brother, for calling so many bodyguards to protect me today! You're the best, brother! I love you the most!"

Chu Muchao deliberately acted coquettishly, her soft voice even sweeter than usual.

The repeated calls of "brother" made Chu Wen dizzy.

He subconsciously raised his hand to support the person who had fallen into his arms, his lips slightly parted, his ears beginning to burn.

"Yes, I'm glad you... are willing to ask your brother for help."

"Zhaochao is happy too~"

Chu Muchao looked up and beckoned to Chu Wen with his finger.

Chu Wen slightly raised his eyebrows, lowered his eyes, bent down, and leaned closer to Chu Muchao.

"Brother is so good."

Chu Muchao cupped Chu Wen's face in his left hand and placed his right hand on his shoulder.

She pouted, touched Chu Wen's cheek, and quickly moved away.

"A reward for my brother."

"Ugh, I'm so tired today. I'm going upstairs to take a shower and go to bed. Goodnight, brother~"

Chu Muchao ran away from Chu Wen at an even faster speed.

I got into the elevator.

The system's voice suddenly rang out.

[Miss Mu Mu's reward has left him frozen like a log, completely motionless.]

ha.

She found it amusing to think of the surprise and blankness in Chu Wen's eyes.

*

The joint campaign is still proceeding in an orderly and normal manner.

The event coordination group for the two companies was quietly disbanded in the early hours of a certain day.

One day later, someone happened to run into Jiang Lan in the break room and asked about the follow-up to the incident where Shi Xiyu took her to the partner company to apologize.

Jiang Lan's eyes revealed undisguised disgust, and she used every vicious word she knew to curse A Dong.

"That guy isn't human. He's the one who sabotaged our cooperation. He even interviewed at that company and got the job! Damn, that's disgusting!"

The group thought about it.

"I don't think I've heard that A-Dong passed the interview."

"The rumor I heard is that Ah Dong has been 'softly blacklisted' in the industry, and nobody's allowed to use him. Ah, although he's not really that useful anyway."

"What? The rumor I heard is that he offended someone he shouldn't have, and no one in the entire South City will hire him."

Jiang Lan murmured, "I offended someone I shouldn't have..."

Who else could it be?

Who could have such a great influence?

The group exchanged unspoken understandings and looked towards the door.

"Well, she didn't suddenly appear today, huh?"

"I'm off, I have to get back to work."

-

Chu Muchao hardly ever goes downstairs anymore.

Every morning, I ride with Chu Wen to work.

When the elevator reached the sixteenth floor, wait for her to clock in at the front desk before continuing upstairs.

During working hours, Chu Wen was busy with his own work, while Chu Muchao studied with his teacher in Chu Wen's office.

When it was time to leave work, Chu Muchao went to the sixteenth floor to clock out, and then they went home together.

Occasionally, Chu Wen would be too busy to accompany her to and from get off work.

Chu Wen would always have Wu Mi handle the pick-up and drop-off.

Chu Muchao said jokingly, "Brother, sending Secretary Wu to pick me up is like having your confidant personally detain a prisoner."

Chu Wen's gaze immediately turned cold, his dark eyes fixed on Chu Muchao's eyes.

"You don't want to?"

Oh dear, I'm getting impatient again.

Chu Muchao clung to Chu Wen's arm and said coquettishly.

"I just want my brother to pick me up and drop me off himself. If he doesn't have time, I can go by myself without bothering others."

"Besides," Chu Muchao said, leaning on Chu Wen's shoulder and breathing into his ear, "Brother isn't hiring anyone to spy on me, so why would I object?"

Chu Wen hesitated, as if he wanted to speak.

However, Wu Mi stopped picking him up and dropping him off after that.

It just so happened to be the weekend, so Chu Wen flew to another city at the last minute.

I don't expect to be able to come back for several days.

Chu Muchao removed the blank ID from the blacklist.

Chao: My brother's gone on a long trip! Time to play!

Then I went to the three-person group chat to send a message.

Chao: My brother's gone out~

Morning: Tomorrow night, 8 PM, see you there!

Chao: I also have a good friend I met abroad. I'll introduce you to him/her later!