Mu Nanxun frowned. "It's not that I want to fire him, it's that he wants to resign. This old geezer, relying on the effort he put into the company when he was young, now acts like a senior and enjoys the fruits of others' labor. And now he's even threatening me. I, Mu Nanxun, am not afraid of threats from others. Including those two old employees who threatened me with their resignations today, I will grant them their wish."
"You did a really good job on this..." The old man paused, then suddenly changed the subject, saying with a hint of pride, "You did a really good job, you've won my heart!"
Mu Nanxun: "..."
So you were just acting all along.
"That old bastard Ji Nian, I've disliked him for a long time. He was arrogant when he was young, and he's even more outrageous now that he's old. Back when I was still working at the company, that old bastard often disregarded my rules and made company decisions for me. People who didn't know better would think he was the boss of my Mu Corporation!"
The old man launched into a tirade of complaints, seething with resentment.
"So you've been playing the 'good guy' all this time, just waiting for me to be the 'bad guy' today, right?"
"Well, you could say that. Whether that old bastard leaves the Mu family or not, at least we've deflated his arrogance and vented my anger!"
"You called me just to say this?" Mu Nanxun was about to hang up.
The old man on the other end of the phone suddenly changed his tone, saying in a deep voice, "Dream on! Of course not! I can let your conflict with Ji Nian and the others slide, but you need to explain this other matter to me properly. I'm asking you, why did you break off your engagement with Xia Bingqing without my consent? You didn't even discuss it with me beforehand. Our two families are old friends..."
“Grandpa—” Mu Nanxun interrupted him impatiently, “I can recite these words by heart, you don’t need to say them again.”
"Don't you need to explain this to me? How am I supposed to explain this to the Xia family?"
"I'll only tell you this once, and for the last time: this decision I've made is well-considered and will not change. That's it."
Ignoring the old man's frustration on the other end of the phone, Mu Nanxun decisively hung up.
He closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and leaned back, settling onto the cushion in the back seat.
The old man, who is far away abroad, already knows about his announcement of the annulment of the engagement, and will probably soon find out about Xia Bingqing's blindness. That will likely cause a lot of trouble.
I'm just worried that the old man might suddenly come back...
...
Philadelphia, maple-lined waterfront.
"Daughter, what's the situation on your end?" came Xia's father's voice from the phone.
Xia Bingqing closed the door, held her phone and whispered, "It's not bad, at least Brother Xun believes that I am really blind. Moreover, he even fed me himself."
As the woman spoke, a hint of shyness and pride appeared on her face. Her eyes darted around, showing no sign of blindness whatsoever.
That's right, her so-called blindness was nothing more than a deception to gain Mu Nanxun's sympathy. Just like how she deliberately made him mistakenly believe that she was the one who saved him in the jungle.
“Daughter, don’t let your guard down. Mu Nanxun is a cunning man. Back in the hospital, he already suspected that your blindness was real. He will definitely keep testing you.”
"Don't worry, Dad, I'll be careful. By the way, didn't you get some of Xun's older colleagues to threaten me with my situation? What happened?" Xia Bingqing asked impatiently.
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