On the bus, Yuan Mu held his bag, his eyes fixed on the buildings rushing past and the bustling street scene.
His phone screen was still lit up, showing a picture of Hua Se attending a charity gala in The Insider magazine.
No wonder her friend asked, "Do you know who she is?"
Haha, a socialite from Beijing.
How could this socialite from the capital, with such a beautiful face, be so repulsive?
Oh, Yuan Mu doesn't know that a socialite's face is built with money; it's the result of hyaluronic acid, ultrasound, and water-light injections working together.
Jian Yan, that adorable girl, flashed through his mind. A girl who never wore makeup, suddenly looking so beautiful after dressing up. Yuan Mu had to admit that his heart skipped a beat when he first saw her today; that little beauty mark had successfully aroused his protective instincts.
When that strange man struck up a conversation with her, she felt a lump in her throat and wanted to hit him with a hammer.
That was the girl he was dating.
That's why his blood boiled, that's why he lost his rationality, and that's why he flew into a rage.
If time could be turned back, and if he had known Hua Se's true identity, he wasn't sure he would still have done it.
Will this ruin his future? He finally became a full-fledged editor.
His legs are still trembling a little.
Fine, I'll allow myself this one moment of recklessness. A youth without a touch of wildness is a wasted youth!
If I really lose my job, I can always start over. I can learn from the experience later.
Thinking of this, he pressed the button on his phone, which was already black, and sent the girl a message: "Xiaoyan, are you home yet?"
He felt embarrassed to call me that in person, but since it was on the phone, he didn't need to make a sound.
That's a nice name.
He silently repeated "Xiao Yan" ten more times in his mind.
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In the Central Villa District, inside high-end villas.
Hua Se sat on the sofa, legs crossed, a cigarette between her fingers, listening to the family assistant's report.
"Miss, everything has been investigated. This person's name is Yuan Mu, a graduate of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. He later became an editor for the 'Fashion Vanguard' magazine's People Interview section. Oh, he was promoted not long ago; for the previous two years, he was just a nobody intern."
Hua Se exhaled a smoke ring, looking alluring, "You nobody, no wonder you're so naive. You haven't been tempered by society, all you have is a headstrong courage."
The assistant then asked, "His direct supervisor is Xu Na, a very capable person. Should I make a call and fire him?"
The ash had grown long. Hua Se lightly tapped it in the ashtray and said slowly, "Don't be like that. You're making us look like something. Just suppress him a little, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him later. This person is so interesting, I'll only feel a sense of accomplishment if I do it myself."
The assistant confirmed. He was paid by the Hua family, so whatever Miss Hua said went.
Just then, the door opened and a middle-aged couple walked out.
Hua Se quickly stubbed out her cigarette, put on a well-behaved act, and went to greet them, "Dad, Mom, you're back!"
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Back at the villa, Jian Yan, wearing her new dress, swung back and forth on the garden swing alone, her lips never stopping curving upwards.
So happy, so blissful!
Xue Qiandai looked at the girl outside the window, giggling foolishly. She changed her clothes and walked out with a belly full of suspicion.
"Jane, you..."
Caught red-handed, Jian Yan suddenly blushed and her face twitched. "Dai Dai, what's wrong?"
Xue Qiandai caught the swing, stared at her intently, and asked, word by word, "Jane, did you... eat an apple? Did you... take precautions?"
There are three great apples in human history: the second one hit Newton, the third one made Steve Jobs, and the first one was stolen and eaten by Adam and Eve.
Jian Yan was completely taken aback by the question. What apple? But she was a perceptive person, and after a moment's thought, she realized that Xue Qiandai had misunderstood. "Dai Dai, why would you think that?"
Xue Qiandai pouted, as if to say, "Your clothes."
Jian Yan could only briefly recount what had happened at the movie theater. Xue Qiandai was about to explode.
"Hua Se, you're always causing trouble. Jane, it's my fault that you've suffered."
"I'm not upset at all!" Jian Yan smiled faintly. "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be sure about my decision. Dai Dai, let me tell you a secret. I've always had a little crush on Senior Yuan, but today, I've truly fallen in love with him. It feels so strange, like I fell in love with someone in just one glance, in an instant. Don't you think I'm being naive?"
The legendary love at first sight.
"How could that be? It's his good fortune that you fell in love with him." Xue Qiandai recalled how she herself had fallen in love with a beautiful man on a whim. "You're so wonderful, you deserve it."
What a great line, "You deserve it."
Jian Yan's gaze was intense as she boldly asked, "Then how should I tell him?"
"Let me think about it. I need to design something, something romantic." Xue Qiandai loves romance; she thinks everyone in the world loves romance.
The phone rang at just the right moment. Xue Qiandai opened it and saw that it was his beautiful Huo.
A smile played on her lips as she pressed the answer button. "Hello, beauty?"
A beautiful, magnetic voice came through the phone: "DaiDai, we've reached an agreement with TC Group to officially merge Happy Farm and Letu.com into TC. The merger ceremony will be held next Thursday at 3 PM. Can you attend?"
Huh? Xue Qiandai was dumbfounded. This time coincided with Rong Xiao's graduation show.
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