Although Su Qingluan can be considered as Mu Xingzhi's subordinate in a broad sense, in fact, she has always been doing things outside her own responsibilities and just watching from the sidelines.
The reason why she got involved with Mu Xingzhi in the first place was not only to be able to temporarily escape from the little tricks of the Xie Mansion, but more importantly, she felt that although Mu Xingzhi was a little unpredictable, as a boss and leader, as long as you completed the tasks within the prescribed scope, the compensation would be completely unambiguous.
Moreover, Mu Xingzhi never writes a blank check, and all the promised remuneration has been fulfilled without any reduction - even Su Qingluan recently learned from Song Bo's unintentional words that her younger brother Su Xuanhe was originally not qualified to go to Master Zhou's school, but Master Zhou received instructions from Mu Xingzhi, and Su Xuanhe himself was not a useless person, so Master Zhou changed his mind.
Of course, Su Xuanhe’s own efforts were also indispensable, but if Mu Xingzhi hadn’t given him some advice, it would be hard to say whether he could have successfully enrolled.
He gets paid for overtime, doesn't make empty promises, and has high emotional intelligence; he doesn't take his own problems and worries out on his employees... He's definitely one of the top ten bosses in the eyes of office workers!
However, although Su Qingluan was not interested in fame and fortune, she was not so narcissistic as to think that she was so unique that she was chosen by Mu Xingzhi as the "wife".
In Su Qingluan's opinion, Mu Xingzhi, as "Mu Xingzhi" now, would never marry a woman from an aristocratic family as Yaoguang imagined. On the contrary, if he had a wife, she must be from a humble family, because "Mu Xingzhi" was a commoner who was frustrated and had no chance of a career in officialdom because of his poor mobility.
But it was obvious that this "wife" was not something that could be decided casually. First and foremost, Mu Xingzhi's disguise had to be removed every day, so as his "bedside companion", even if she didn't necessarily need to know his true identity, she at least had to understand that his face was a disguise.
And this "madam" must be able to cover for him at critical moments and conceal the fact that he has a dual identity.
When Mu Xingzhi first proposed to Su Qingluan that she marry him, Su Qingluan once asked why she was the one - after all, no matter how you think about it, Mu Xingzhi's female subordinates, who had known about it from the beginning, were more suitable candidates.
Su Qingluan just didn't believe that Mu Xingzhi didn't have a trustworthy female subordinate - if that was really the case, then in a sense, there was something wrong with him.
But now that she saw Yaoguang, she understood Mu Xingzhi's concerns: if a subordinate was as loyal and respectful to his master Mu Xingzhi as Yaoguang, then it was very likely that when they were together in front of outsiders, they would show an unusual obedience of a "wife" to her "husband".
The average person might naturally think that the man of the house is simply more prestigious or has a bad temper, which is why the wife is afraid. However, anyone with even a little understanding of people will understand that it's not fear but obedience, and that they are not husband and wife but master and servant.
Mu Xingzhi had painstakingly laid low for years, and Su Qingluan didn't believe he'd gone to such lengths to play house in this remote village just to kill time. And for an opponent who could make Mu Xingzhi so wary, Su Qingluan was convinced he definitely had the ability to see through relationships at a glance.
The reason why she could get along with Mu Xingzhi normally was entirely because she was standing on the other side of time, and could do "as long as there was no threat to personal safety, even if the king of heaven came, she could treat him normally after getting to know him."
The reason behind this, not to mention a third person, even Mu Xingzhi couldn't know it - although Su Qingluan felt that he already had more or less a guess, she didn't think his imagination could be so broad that he could guess it completely.
Because of this "casual" way of getting along, Su Qingluan and Mu Xingzhi's "plastic couple" relationship has been given a very confusing protective color, which is something that no one except herself can do.
However, Su Qingluan had no obligation to explain the reason to Yaoguang in detail, so she only said vaguely: "Mu Xingzhi must have his considerations when choosing me for this position, but one thing can be absolutely excluded - this consideration is not mixed with personal feelings."
Just kidding, she is not tired of living yet. As for office romance, let alone she and the other party probably don't have that kind of intention, even if Mu Xingzhi really likes Su Qingluan in every aspect, she has no intention of developing an office romance.
I don’t know whether it was because Su Qingluan’s letter arrived in time or because Mu Xingzhi really had a grasp of the overall situation, but when the people in Huaxi Village gradually began to spread rumors about whether “Mr. Mu would not survive this time”, Mu Xingzhi finally "got better" and showed up in front of the villagers after a long time.
Considering her poor acting skills and the fact that she had been feeling uncomfortable during her menstrual period these days, Su Qingluan simply hid in the bedroom to find some peace and quiet, using the excuse that she had been serving her husband day and night and ended up falling ill.
Yaoguang, the aloof and socially anxious person, was also left behind by Su Qingluan to "take care of her".
"Is it okay for us to leave our master...the boss outside alone?" Yaoguang turned around and looked towards the door for the twenty-eighth time.
Su Qingluan held a cup of steaming ginger and jujube tea in her hand and drank it slowly, sighing with satisfaction. Then she looked at Yaoguang helplessly: "Isn't it 'cousin'?" She had clearly changed the address once, but she still said it wrong.
Placing the ginger and jujube tea on the low table beside her, Su Qingluan looked at Yaoguang soothingly: "As a subordinate, you should fully trust him, right?"
"I naturally trust... Cousin Dong... But as... your cousin, you are so negligent..."
Su Qingluan realized: It turned out that it was not that she did not trust Mu Xingzhi's ability, but that Yaoguang, as a loyal subordinate, felt uncomfortable with her "hiding" alone in the back.
Alas... Su Qingluan sighed in her heart: It turns out that I am narrow-minded.
After this incident, the rumor that Mu Xingzhi was "seriously ill and dying" finally disappeared, and was replaced by the news that "Mr. Mu will return to his hometown to visit his uncle after he recovers."
Of course, the location of this "township" is very cleverly designed. It is a small town called "Xunyang County". It is much smaller and more remote than Lefeng County, so almost no one has heard of it. It can only be seen on a more detailed map.
Xunyang County is located along the way from Huaxi Village to the capital Jingzhou. It is relatively closer to the capital between the two places, but it is not near Jingzhou City. Therefore, the idea of "temporarily settling in the capital and visiting Xunyang County by the way" is out of the question.
Su Qingluan felt that even if she really went to Xunyang County now, there would probably be a "relative" of Mu Xingzhi there. However, she still had to sigh that Mu Xingzhi had really calculated everything. In such a place, it was very difficult to obtain evidence, and investigation would be even more difficult.
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