After a long while, Xiao Qingwan slowly clenched her fist, forced a composed smile, and apologized in a neither arrogant nor humble manner.
Mu Sheng then took a good look at her and waved for the people around him to disperse.
"...You make it sound so easy. You want me to fight Xiao Lingchen for a woman? Why would I do something that doesn't benefit me?"
She lowered her head and said meekly, "Everyone knows that you, Young Master Mu, and my brother don't get along. We've already fallen out, so it's not a big deal... I heard that last time when we were developing that land on the west coast, my brother tricked Young Master Mu, and he lost over a billion yuan. My brother went too far back then. If there's a way to appease Young Master Mu, that would be a good thing."
"So you're telling me to seduce Xiao Lingchen's women?"
"Young Master Mu has always preferred girls from ordinary families who are beautiful, and Ji Baishu is a perfect fit—"
Mu Sheng burst out laughing, his face full of sarcasm and irony.
"You're both stupid and vicious, aren't you? Yes, I do enjoy playing the game of swapping lovers, but Xiao Lingchen is clearly not someone who can handle that! Or do you think I'll listen to you just because you say something casually? Who do you think you are, some kind of powerful illegitimate daughter of the Heavenly King, or a Mary Sue heroine from a TV drama?"
Xiao Qingwan blushed deeply from his humiliation, but she still forced herself to endure the embarrassment and continued to repeat the words that Madam Xiao had instructed her to say.
“My target is the young mistress of the Xiao family. Only when Ji Baishu is gone can my brother see me… This is a deal. Young Master Mu, if the Xiao family and the Mu family have the same business conflict as last time, if you have an inside man who can keep you informed of the Xiao family’s movements, you won’t fall for that kind of trick again, right?”
Mu Sheng scrutinized her face with great interest several times.
He was indeed good-looking. When the corners of his lips curled into an interesting smile, he was no less charming than the celebrities in the entertainment industry. Xiao Qingwan was at a loss under his blatant gaze and bit her lip tightly.
"As expected, a woman's heart is like a scorpion's stinger, it really is venomous... For the mere position of young mistress, you'd be willing to betray the Xiao family? Tsk tsk tsk." He shook his head, but then gave a strange laugh. "Speaking of young mistress, I've heard a story, I wonder if you'd be interested."
Xiao Qingwan's heart skipped a beat, and she felt inexplicably uneasy. She stammered, "What...what story?"
"The story goes that the head of a wealthy family married a young and beautiful second wife. But she was just a second wife. In her youth, she always wanted to marry a rich young master, and she became pregnant before marriage."
Xiao Qingwan's face turned pale instantly.
Mu Sheng pretended not to see anything, shaking his head and talking happily: "This child's stepmother can't bear to abandon her, so she claims to be raising her as her niece. She even wants her biological daughter to marry her current stepson, so that the mother and daughter can control this wealthy family..."
"Young Master Mu, what do you mean by this!"
"I don't mean anything by it, it just so happens that I have a seventh uncle who died young. He was a womanizer and a spendthrift. His record was dating seven or eight girlfriends at the same time... His daughter, in that sense, is half of my Mu family. I don't like being used as a pawn or being fooled with vague benefits, but if we're family, then I can help out."
Xiao Qingwan felt a chill run down her spine: "What do you mean?!"
"What do you mean? It's simple. You came to me to discuss a deal, you don't think I'm leaving no room for maneuver, do you? I've recorded everything. If things fall apart, I might go and have a heart-to-heart talk with Uncle Xiao. But don't worry too much. Since you're here to tip me off, and the Mu and Xiao families are such good friends, they can totally merge into one family..."
Seeing Xiao Qingwan's terrified expression, Mu Sheng suddenly grinned and said, "I was just kidding. Don't be nervous, I'll help you with this."
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