Chapter 189 I've Thought It Through [VIP]
Chapter Summary: Let's establish a romantic relationship and be together!
After the initial shock, Mu Zhi put the equity transfer agreement documents she had just read together on the coffee table.
He Zhiyue meant that she could be a hands-off manager.
But if she becomes the boss of Lanxing Media, she will have to take on that responsibility and will have to devote some of her attention to it.
Mu Zhi only wants to focus on one thing.
He stated in person: "I have no interest in running a company."
"But I saw the sincerity of Lanxing Media in renewing my contract."
Mu Zhi looked at He Zhiyue and asked him, "You handed over Lanxing Media so easily, isn't that using your position for personal gain?"
He Zhiyue choked, realizing that Mu Zhi had seen through her.
He transferred all his shares to Mu Zhi, making her the boss of Lanxing Media. This generous gift was intended to keep Mu Zhi in the company, and it was also a way for him to show his sincerity towards her and try to win her over.
He Zhiyue's thoughts were laid bare before Mu Zhi. He touched his broken eyebrow and looked up to meet Mu Zhi's gaze.
"Teacher Mu, your 5-year contract with Lanxing Media has expired."
"My feelings for you are as clear as day." Everyone knows it.
You can't be shy when pursuing a girl! So he decided to go all out and picked up the necklace box he had prepared beside him, a high-end gift box made of blue velvet.
Mu Zhi recognized the box immediately and quickly remembered what was inside.
He Zhiyue placed the jewelry box containing the [Heart of the Sky] in front of Mu Zhi: "Teacher Mu, from today onwards, I will officially begin pursuing you."
Consider this necklace a gift to please you. Since you don't want to be the boss of Lanxing Media, could you please cross out the clause in your contract renewal that states you "don't want any other relationship with the company's boss"?
His face said, "Please, have some mercy and look at me."
Mu Zhi glanced at the necklace; first, it was from Lanxing Media, and second, it was a necklace worth tens of millions.
It wasn't that she was being pretentious; the two things He Zhiyue prepared were both material items.
For Mu Zhi, wearing a necklace worth tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions is all the same; she can buy it herself, and she lacks nothing materially.
This necklace was left to He Zhiyue by her mother, so she couldn't accept it.
"This necklace is beautiful, but I can't accept it."
"This gift is too precious."
He Zhiyue watched as Mu Zhi closed the gift box and pushed it in front of him.
Mu Zhi said the necklace was valuable, but she wasn't flattered at all; it was as if the necklace was just a cabbage placed in front of her.
For the past few days, he had been racking his brains trying to think of something he could give Mu Zhi, since Mu Zhi seemed to have everything she needed...
But a gift was a must, and it had to be expensive to be worthy of her. In the end, he decided to give her the necklace [Heart of the Sky] that Mu Zhi had worn, which he had wanted to give her for a long time.
Despite being mentally prepared, Mu Zhi might not accept it.
With the gift he had just given returned, He Zhiyue's eyelids drooped, and he couldn't help but feel a little dejected.
Today's meeting is about Mu Zhi's contract renewal with Lanxing Media. Since the relationship between Mu Zhi and He Zhiyue in private has become known to the whole internet, the future of their relationship also needs to be discussed. Inevitably, personal matters are mixed in with business matters.
So He Zhiyue prepared a necklace, and another gift.
I'm just not sure if Mu Zhi will like it or not...
Seeing that He Zhiyue looked a little downcast, Mu Zhi wondered if she had hurt her feelings. He had already done so much for her.
Mu Zhi doesn't need He Zhiyue to make any further emotional sacrifices to win her over.
Just as she was about to speak, He Zhiyue suddenly handed her a small notebook.
"What's this?"
"My wish list."
Mu Zhi curiously took it in her hand and examined the small rectangular notebook, about the size of her palm, with a cover depicting a dazzling starry sky.
He Zhiyue's wish list?
As soon as she opened it, a faint scent of paper wafted out.
There is a sentence in the middle of page 1.
[You've recently seen a gift you like? I'll pay for it.]
The penmanship is neat and beautiful, with strong and elegant strokes, as if the writer is making a solemn promise.
Turn to page 2.
What do you want to eat? I'll cook.
Turn to page 3.
What flowers would you like to receive today? Roses, lilies, or sunflowers...?
Page 4 [I can try to help you with your lines], Page 5 [Let's go shopping together], Page 6 [Let's go to Nebula Observatory to see the stars again]...
After reading about 20 pages in one go, Mu Zhi flipped to the bottom and found that there were 100 pages in total.
One thing was written on each page.
This isn't He Zhiyue's wish list; it's a list of 100 things he wants to do for her or for them to do together.
He Zhiyue noticed that Mu Zhi had been watching quietly without saying a word.
He said somewhat nervously, "In the second half of next year, my work at the He Group will be on track and I won't be as busy. I'll be able to free up more time then."
If there are any of these 100 things in this notebook that you'd like to do sooner, well, I can occasionally drop what I'm doing and be there whenever you call.
The implication is that it wasn't written to deceive her.
These are all heartfelt words from him, and he is willing to do everything in his power for her.
The temperature in the northern part of the city dropped sharply today, to below 10 degrees Celsius.
When Mu Zhi drove over and got out of the car in the parking lot, she felt a little cold.
Right now, perhaps because the office heating is on so high, she feels warm in her hands and feet, and her cheeks are slightly flushed.
She pressed down the corners of her mouth and closed He Zhiyue's wish list.
Mu Zhi raised her head and looked at He Zhiyue calmly, her face concealing her emotions so that no one could tell whether she was happy or angry: "There are 100 things written on this notebook. I may not be able to find that many schedules to arrange."
Seeing He Zhiyue's expression turn somewhat disappointed upon hearing this, a sly glint flashed in her eyes the next second, and she shook the notebook in her hand.
"However, I'll accept the notebooks. We can take them one at a time."
Last week, during her conversation with Mu Zhi, Ji Binghe mentioned that many of Mu Zhi's fans left messages on Ji Binghe's Weibo, expressing their concerns that if Mu Zhi got together with He Zhiyue, it would affect her career development.
Ji Binghe was very confident in Mu Zhi's ambition.
However, Ji Binghe reminded He Zhiyue, "Although President He has never interfered with your choice of roles. For example, he was worried that your relationship with Tai Feng would develop further if you worked together again, so he did not stop you from taking on the role in 'Claws and Fangs'."
For the company's big-budget movie, he specifically requested Bian Wu to star. I guess President He's intentions were twofold: first, to promote one of the company's artists, and second, because he felt that Bian Wu was a younger guy, not your type, and he felt reassured...
"Zhizhi, men have a strong possessive desire for the women they like."
Previously, as the company boss, He Zhiyue gave Mu Zhi absolute freedom to choose roles, and he had no right to interfere; now that they're in a relationship, as her boyfriend, he might get jealous.
It is suggested that Mu Zhi and He Zhiyue discuss the issue of accepting acting roles before confirming their relationship.
Mu Zhi's contract renewal with Lanxing Media means she will naturally want to control her own decision-making power regarding roles. However, Ji Binghe is right; to prevent He Zhiyue from using emotional appeals to interfere with her choice of roles, it's necessary to make things clear.
The two people need to reach an agreement.
What are your thoughts on my accepting roles and filming romantic scenes?
He Zhiyue, who was overjoyed as Mu Zhi accepted the notebook, slowly suppressed her smile.
He met Mu Zhi's gaze, his brows furrowed, his expression extremely serious.
"Of course I have possessiveness."
"I have been the boss of Lanxing Media for 5 years and have a very mature understanding of the acting profession. A large part of my liking for you is that I like you when you shine on set and on the big screen."
You can separate your personal life from your work, and I will respect and support your acting career.
"But I do get jealous sometimes; it's an uncontrollable instinct, and I'll manage it myself."
He Zhiyue's answer was very honest.
Mu Zhi recalled her previous meeting with He Hongshuo, during which He Hongshuo used his story with He Shuhui as an example, expressing his disapproval or, more accurately, his disapproval of her relationship with He Zhiyue.
Mu Zhi didn't take it to heart.
Her biological mother is a three-time Golden Horse Award-winning actress, and her father's group company, while not as large as the He Group, is still quite substantial; their situations are roughly the same.
The two parents loved each other very much.
Therefore, He Hongshuo and He Shuhui's failed marriage doesn't mean anything.
Mu Zhi nodded after hearing He Zhiyue's words, indicating that she understood.
She stopped hiding her thoughts and decisions and revealed them to He Zhiyue.
"Actually, I had already decided to be with you several months ago."
He Zhiyue: "?!!!" Is being together the kind of being together he understands?
But... wait, he hasn't officially confessed yet.
He Zhiyue's plan was to first secure the renewal of Mu Zhi's contract with Lanxing Media, then invite Mu Zhi to dinner another day, and finally plan a ceremony to formally confess his feelings to her.
Unexpectedly... Mu Zhi gave him such a big surprise.
Overwhelmed with ecstasy, He Zhiyue was also enveloped by a sense of unreality.
A raging storm was brewing within him, but Mu Zhi appeared to be a calm lake.
He Zhiyue hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Mu, I want to know how you feel about me?"
Mu Zhi nodded. When she said that she had "made up her mind to be with him," He Zhiyue's first reaction was surprise, with a hint of disbelief.
She rarely responded to He Zhiyue, but everyone knew about his feelings for her.
Mu Zhi thought for a moment and then said, "I've never built a relationship closer than family with anyone, and I won't fall in love with anyone at first sight..."
This wouldn't have happened in the original world, and it's even less likely to happen here.
At first, she viewed the people here as two-dimensional characters. Realizing she could never return to her original world, Mu Zhi thought, "I'll just pretend I'm a two-dimensional character like them, or I'll treat them as the same as me."
We are all made of flesh and blood, and we all experience joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. We can get hurt, bleed, and shed tears.
Nothing's different, is it?
She'd go crazy if she kept seeing herself as an oddball.
Furthermore, the novel "The Boss Spends Money to Spoil Her Debut" only tells the story of a talent show.
After the show ended, everything was new and unknown.
Five years have passed, and apart from Lanxing Media, which, as mentioned at the end of the book, has developed very well and is about to become the top of the four major brokerage companies.
Furthermore, this poorly written novel has long since lost all its influence.
The invisible male protagonist He Zhiyue and Xia Xinyan, who never officially appear in the book, never ended up together.
She treats herself as if she is in a parallel world, cherishes her second life, and wants to live it well here.
“We’ve known each other and worked together for five years. From being company owners to neighbors to friends, I’ve gradually gotten used to your presence and your presence over these years of getting to know you.”
In the past few years, I've been so busy filming that I haven't considered romantic roles. Now my career has reached a stable stage, and my contract with the company has expired...
What actually drove her to want to get closer to He Zhiyue was that night in Country Z.
She woke up in a hospital in a foreign country, and he appeared out of nowhere to stay by her side. Before leaving, he secretly and tenderly put a safety buckle on her wrist and told her to "stay safe."
Mu Zhi paused for a moment, then continued, "I may not be able to describe my feelings for you very accurately. You are always there for me when I need someone to be with me the most. I may have become a little dependent on you, and we have built up a sense of trust."
When you get close, my heart sometimes beats a little faster. In the past few months, I've been thinking about you while I've been busy filming. I feel a little embarrassed when I look at your Weibo side account. Is it because I'm falling for you?
I imagined what it would be like to be with you. I found that I wasn't opposed to it, and the thought of 'let's try being together and see' came to mind.
Mu Zhi said uncertainly, "I think I might like you a little?"
She laid bare her innermost thoughts to him, sincerely and frankly.
He Zhiyue felt as if her world was bursting with fireworks, a dazzling spectacle.
His voice was a little hoarse as he said, "That's enough. Your words are enough."
Mu Zhi still had something to say about the development of their relationship after they confirmed it.
As a public figure, she needs to make things clear beforehand.
"If we are unhappy after we get together, or if one or both of us feel that we are not suitable for each other, I hope we can break up peacefully and part ways amicably."
You can't tell anyone else about what's between us, and you definitely can't post it online, and of course, neither can I.
She didn't want any public spats or drama to trend on social media after their breakup, which would waste public resources.
He Zhiyue: ...Can't she have a little faith in him?
He knew that Mu Zhi was rather pessimistic about building relationships with others.
He Zhiyue nodded: "I promise you."
"Also, I haven't decided whether to make it official after we get together... But I can foresee that our relationship will be exposed soon. After what happened last time, netizens tried to dig up information about you but didn't find anything."
Once you're officially together, public attention on you doubles. Meeting friends, having meals together, or even just having normal business discussions with female clients can be misinterpreted and trend on social media. Your every word and action will be scrutinized; you'll live under public watch and even surveillance.
He Zhiyue already knew what Mu Zhi was talking about.
He smiled nonchalantly: "I'm being watched now too, so there's not much difference."
Mu Zhi: "So, you know all this, have you thought it through...?"
Before she could finish speaking, He Zhiyue looked at her firmly and said, "I've thought it through very clearly. I've been waiting for several years."
I want to be with you.
Mu Zhi nodded: "Then let's make it a relationship and be together."
That afternoon.
He Zhiyue returned to the chairman's office of the He Group.
He felt that it was all too real that he and Mu Zhi had confirmed their relationship.
He Zhiyue called his secretary in and instructed her to plan a confession ceremony for him.
I plan to hold a confession ceremony for Mu Zhi, and also organize a dinner party for my friends.
If he and Mu Zhi were having a secret relationship and didn't plan to make it public, there would be no need for him to inform his friends.
But their relationship is known to everyone online, so they still need to have some sense of ceremony.
Mu Zhi received a call from He Zhiyue, who discussed inviting her friends to dinner.
She recalled having dinner with Zhou Jingzhu and Liu Cai a while ago, where the two teased her that once they confirmed their relationship, she must introduce He Zhiyue to them.
And there's Ji Binghe, Minmin...
"Should we call your team members too?"
"I'd like to discuss dinner arrangements with Director Ji. Leave it to me?"
Seeing He Zhiyue's enthusiasm, Mu Zhi said "okay" and let him make the arrangements.
The dinner arrangements were quickly finalized.
It was scheduled for three days later at a resort in the northern part of the city.
When Mu Zhi saw the address, she looked puzzled. Was it really necessary to go all the way up the mountain to have a meal? But Ji Binghe, Zhou Jingzhu, Liu Cai and others had no objections.
She didn't know much about places for eating, drinking, and having fun, so she guessed the food there must be delicious.
Three days later, at dusk.
Mu Zhi, Zhou Jingzhu, and Liu Cai drove together in one car to the resort.
The car drove directly to the top of the mountain. When we arrived at the parking lot, we had to get out and walk a bit further up the mountain.
Mu Zhi looked at the steps in front of her. They weren't high, but the path looked quite winding, with no end in sight.
This road doesn't seem that short.
According to Liu Cai, it takes about 10 minutes to walk.
Mu Zhi: "..."
He Zhiyue chose to gather today, probably because he checked the weather forecast beforehand.
The temperature tonight is in the teens, not cold, and the wind is light.
Otherwise, in temperatures several degrees Celsius or below zero, inviting people over for dinner would mean walking a 10-minute walk in the cold wind...
"Let's go, let's treat this as a pre-dinner walk and get some exercise."
"It doesn't look dark up there; it even looks like it's decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Maybe there's some good news going on."
Zhou Jingzhu and Liu Cai looked very happy, each taking one of Mu Zhi's arms as they walked upstairs.
After walking for a minute.
As you turn the corner, you see beautiful antique-style palace lanterns illuminating both sides of the steps, and a small gift box in the middle of the steps.
"Zhizhi, look! There's a gift."
Zhou Jingzhu pulled Mu Zhi forward, picked up the gift, and handed it to Mu Zhi.
There was a card on the gift box that read: A 1st birthday gift for Muzhi.
Mu Zhi understood everything perfectly; this was something He Zhiyue had meticulously prepared.
Urged on by Zhou Jingzhu and Liu Cai with expectant looks, Mu Zhi opened the box. Inside was a small gold bracelet with tiny bells, the kind that babies wear on their hands or feet.
Keep going up.
The gift for my 2nd birthday was a handmade dragonfly;
My 3rd birthday present was a pair of stylish little shoes;
The gift for the 4-year-old was a cute doll;
The gift for age 5 is...
Some gifts were too bulky to carry, so only the contents were written on them, and they were delivered to Muzhi's house later.
Zhou Jingzhu and Liu Cai helped carry the gifts that Mu Zhi opened. When they couldn't carry any more, they went upstairs. Standing next to the gifts were Mu Zhi's familiar team members, including Assistant Wen who was with He Zhiyue, the doctor Zhou Jing who had treated her in Donghua Prefecture, and Zhou Cheng, a friend she had never met before.
The people who appeared were her and his friends or familiar colleagues.
Each person held a gift and a rose, waiting for Muzhi to come up so they could give her the gift and the rose.
The 25th gift features Ji Binghe standing.
Upon seeing Mu Zhi's appearance, Ji Binghe smiled and said, "Were you a little frightened by this scene?"
"If I weren't in the know, I would have been shocked too. I would have thought He Zhiyue was going to propose."
[Author's Note]
I was originally planning to end the chapter after the two officially announced their relationship, but I'll leave it for the next chapter... (My typing speed is too slow).
Originally, I planned to end the main story after Zhi Bao renewed her contract with the company and confirmed her relationship with Yue Ge, then write the rest of the plot in the epilogue. However, I decided to follow the title and write the story after "Doomsday Virus" was released and Zhi Bao won three Golden Horse Awards. The next few chapters will focus more on the romance. Love you!
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