"Su Jiayu, what nonsense are you talking about!" Xie Fangfang shouted from the side.
"Su Jiayu, come downstairs quickly. You've had too much to drink. Go and rest first." Seeing that things were not going well, Yu Xingfa quickly came to pull her away.
"Oh?" Murong Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. "And then?"
"And then?" Now it was Su Jiayu's turn to be stunned.
Why is he acting as if he already knew about this, without any surprise or astonishment?
"And then...and please take good care of her, Mr. Xiao. After all, she's a girl, and she's quite sensitive and sentimental. You don't know, she gets along very well with several men in our warehouse," Su Jiayu said.
Murong Xiao scoffed coldly.
"Are you done talking?"
"Huh? I'm done, I'm done." Su Jiayu was a little stunned.
"I don't want to hear these words a second time." Murong Xiao raised his eyes and looked across the entire private room.
Clearly, this statement was addressed to everyone.
Everyone remained stunned.
"What does Master Xiao mean by this?" For some reason, Su Jiayu didn't dare to meet his gaze, and her voice was somewhat weak.
"It's nothing, I just don't want my wife's reputation to be damaged. Otherwise, Fengrong Group will spare no effort to pursue this to the end."
A cold tone, a chilling aura.
After saying that, Murong Xiao left the private room.
The private room was deathly silent.
"Smack—"
Someone's wine bottle fell to the ground, and bubbling foam rolled all over the floor.
The others inexplicably trembled as well.
"Wh...what does that mean? What did Master Xiao just say about a wife? Could it be, could it be..." Someone's lips trembled as they spoke.
"Sigh, I told you not to cause trouble, but you still insisted on going along with it." Yu Xingfa looked at Su Jiayu, shook his head, and downed a glass of wine.
Su Jiayu was stunned and didn't move for a long time.
"President Yu, you don't know anything, do you? Xiang Jin really is... Boss Xiao's wife?" Xie Fangfang asked.
"Otherwise what?" Yu Xingfa retorted.
A collective gasp filled the private room.
Holy crap! Xiang Jin, who had been to prison and was once mute, who worked hard moving goods in a warehouse, who was mocked and ridiculed as a mistress, is actually the wife of the richest man in China?!
This is too fantastical.
This is way too surreal!
The big shot was right next to them, and they didn't even notice?!
At this moment, Su Jiayu, who was standing at the door, finally realized what was happening. Her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.
*
The Maybach slowly came to a stop in front of the Lakeside Villa.
Murong Xiao got out of the car with a cold face.
Xiang Jin chased after him with his head down.
"Madam, would you like some late-night snacks?" Aunt Yang asked, pulling Xiang Jin aside.
"No need. Just make a bowl of hangover soup, and bring up the stomach medicine that the young master usually takes."
"Okay, sure."
Aunt Yang pulled Zhou Zhou away, and Xiang Jin followed Murong Xiao into the room.
"Is your stomach alright?" Xiang Jin asked hesitantly, her voice slightly soft.
"Okay? Do you think it will be okay after drinking a whole bottle of wine?" He started to get angry again, showing a childish temper that Xiang Jin hadn't even noticed.
"I didn't ask you to drink..." Xiang Jin muttered softly.
"What did you say."
"Uh, it's nothing, I'm going to get my stomach medicine." Xiang Jin quickly slipped out of the room.
After a while, she came in carrying a tray, handed it to him, and looked at him expectantly.
Murong Xiao did not move.
"Take your medicine." Xiang Jin divided the pills and handed them to him.
Murong Xiao did not answer.
"Please take your medicine, Murong Xiao." Her voice was pleading.
Murong Xiao was slightly taken aback.
She looked just like the night in Fengjia Village when he had a stomach ailment. She went out in the rain to buy medicine for him, getting soaked but not caring, her mind only on him.
At that time, she looked at him like that, pleading with him to take his medicine.
"Please, please take your medicine..." she pleaded, her voice growing increasingly submissive, on the verge of tears.
Murong Xiao's expression softened a bit. He picked up the pills and swallowed them with plain water.
Xiang Jin's expression relaxed, and she picked up the tray, ready to leave.
"By the way, what exactly did you want to say to me at the karaoke bar?" he suddenly asked.
Xiang Jin stopped in her tracks, her body stiffening slightly: "It's nothing."
"If you don't tell me, don't bother going to work tomorrow." He withdrew his hand, walked to the French windows, and casually flipped through the magazines on the shelf.
Xiang Jin: "..."
Threatening her with her job is going too far.
She stared angrily at his retreating figure, and as she watched, the light in her eyes became hazy.
The cool night light shone through the glass, making his tall and elegant figure appear even more striking.
This figure from behind appeared in her dreams countless times.
That back view is what she's been looking at for ten years.
There was something she wanted to say but never voiced, and perhaps when Xiang Qi returned, she would have even less of a chance to say it.
"It's really nothing, just a truth or dare game." She took a deep breath. "I was chosen, so I have to say to the first person of the opposite sex I meet—"
"I've liked you for a long time, can I kiss you?"
I've liked you for a long, long time, so did you realize it, Murong Xiao?
Xiang Jin's voice trembled slightly.
Murong Xiao was stunned.
He turned to look at her, at those bright, clear, and captivating fox-like eyes, like moonlight in the night.
Those beautiful eyes seem to have a thousand words to say to him.
"And then?" he asked.
"And then? Then I met you, and that was it." Xiang Jin silently picked up the tray, concealing the disappointment in her eyes, opened the door, and went downstairs.
Murong Xiao gazed in the direction she had left.
Then, he scoffed lightly, the curve of his lips extremely sarcastic.
Murong Xiao, what are you hoping for? It was just a game of adventure, just a joke, and you actually took it seriously?
Naively believing... that she was really confessing her feelings...
*
Xiang Jin got up early in the morning.
Today is her first day at work, and she has never been late.
"Vegetable porridge?" Xiang Jin's eyes lit up.
After taking a sip, the light in his eyes dimmed again: "Why doesn't it taste as good as last time?"
Aunt Yang paused for a moment, then laughed: "Maybe it was my mistake. If you don't like it, don't drink it. Eat something else."
"No, this is fine." Her upbringing taught her that even if the food wasn't good, she shouldn't waste it.
"Where is Murong Xiao?" she asked casually.
"Young Master left a long time ago, it seems there's something going on at the company." Zhou Zhou was stroking Mei Ren Jiao's fur, but Mei Ren Jiao wouldn't let her, and looked at Xiang Jin with a sob.
"oh."
Xiang Jin quickly drank the porridge, grabbed his things and rushed out, while also rubbing the dog's head.
"Woof woof!"
Mei Renjiao acted as if a disgraced concubine had suddenly gained favor, chasing after Xiang Jin like a shot. Zhou Zhou followed behind Mei Renjiao, calling out as they ran, "Madam has to go to work, hurry back!"
The dog won't listen.
"If you don't come back soon, I'm not going to find you a female dog!"
The dog stopped its paws.
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