Chapter 29: She doesn't want to work hard anymore
The New Year holiday is short, and after the New Year, everyone returns to their busy studies and work.
The Mu family is currently negotiating a big deal. If the deal is successful, the Mu family may be able to move up to a higher level, so Mu Yanshan devotes himself to the project, leaving home early and returning late every day.
During this period, he didn't have time to cook, so he asked his aunt to come over to cook. He also asked Mingnan to take photos and check in to make sure she ate well and didn't get hypoglycemia due to hunger from painting and practicing the piano.
The truth is that Mingnan has a criminal record, so Mu Yanshan is a little worried.
Mingnan cooperated and told him that he would take good care of himself and told him not to worry.
At the same time, Mingnan was also collecting information about the projects that the Mu family was discussing on the Internet.
The core content of the project is confidential and Mingnan cannot find it, but some basic information will be made public. She combined this information with the original text and restored the general truth.
The original text did not dwell too much on the decline of the Mu family, because he was not the protagonist, nor even a very important supporting role, so he had very few scenes. This part was just mentioned briefly, and was basically filled in by piecing together his character's lines.
It was said that there was a traitor inside the Mu Group, who colluded with its rivals to steal company secrets and replace meeting documents, so that Mu was caught off guard and the project was snatched away by the rival company.
However, a project that Mu's invested in earlier ran into problems, and the company not only failed to recover the funds but also suffered a lot of losses. At the same time, another project of Mu's was about to start and urgently needed funds to turn over.
At this critical moment, the Mu Group was reported to have financial problems. The rival company took advantage of the situation, poached many people from the Mu Group, and fanned the flames to seize other businesses of the Mu Group.
Under attack from both inside and outside, Mu's family had a hard time moving forward, and his former partners also followed suit. Finally, Mu's family could not bear the heavy burden and went bankrupt completely.
Although we don’t know the specific situation, we can see from this passage that the problems of the Mu family mainly lie internally.
If the traitor can be found out in advance and their conspiracy can be foiled, allowing the Mu family to successfully take over the project, the Mu family can collect funds, turn defeat into victory, and reverse the situation of the previous life.
After Mingnan figured it out, he immediately asked Mu Yanshan for a copy of the Mu Group's personnel information.
Mu Yanshan only asked her what she was going to do. Mingnan said she was going to check something, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Mingnan was touched by her trust in him, but also a little confused.
He gave me such an important thing just as he said he would. Did he really not have any doubts at all?
Maybe this is a bug in the novel?
However, now was not the time to think about this. As soon as she got the information, she contacted a famous private detective, identified several suspects, and asked the detective to focus on the follow-up.
Within a week, the detective found important clues.
One of the people being followed behaved strangely. He had gone to the same hot spring resort as a beautiful executive from a rival company.
On the surface, it seemed to be an accidental encounter, but during this period the man stayed in the beautiful executive's room for three hours.
After locking on to the target, Mingnan asked a private detective to follow him specifically and make sure to find evidence of their private collusion.
At the same time, Mingnan sent a copy of the photos taken by the private detective to Mu Yanshan, telling him that there was something wrong with this man and asked him to be careful.
After seeing the photo, Mu Yanshan immediately called Mingnan back and asked her how she found this person. Mingnan briefly explained the whole story.
Mu Yanshan said, "Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."
Mingnan couldn't help but remind him, "The project you've been trying to get recently is very important. You must be careful. It's a hot commodity and many people are eyeing it. At this critical juncture, we are most afraid of problems inside. You'd better hold the important information in your own hands and don't let others handle it, so as to avoid being tampered with."
Mu Yanshan was silent for a while after listening to this, then smiled and said, "I obey your order. Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
Seeing that he was still in the mood to joke, Mingnan felt relieved. "No instructions, I just miss you a little. Let's go on a date after this project is finished. I heard that the peach blossoms in Beishan are in full bloom."
"good."
Mu Yanshan stroked the pen in his hand and whispered, "I miss you, too."
"I really want to."
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The days passed quickly, and the day when the project would fail was approaching.
Mingnan draws a circle on the calendar every day.
As the time got closer, she became more and more nervous.
But during this period, Mu Yanshan was out of town and had meetings back to back. He would rush to the next meeting almost as soon as he had a sip of water after one meeting. He was so busy that he didn't even have time to make phone calls. The two of them only sent messages on WeChat, and whoever saw it would reply.
Finally, the day came, April 17th.
Mingnan opened his eyes early in the morning before the alarm rang.
Her subconscious mind knew that today was important, so her biological clock woke her up in advance.
It was just dawn. I opened the curtains and looked far into the distance. I saw a gorgeous morning glow in the east.
Soon a red sun rose above the horizon, and in an instant, golden light pierced through the clouds and filled the world.
The majestic vitality made Mingnan excited to take out his mobile phone to take a picture of the scene and send it to Mu Yanshan.
"The rising sun is a good sign. Today will definitely go well."
Unexpectedly, Mu Yanshan replied immediately this time. He also sent a photo. The photo showed half a car window, with people walking in a hurry and cars passing by outside the window.
"I'll take your good words and wait for me to come back."
Mingnan felt a little relieved.
At this moment, she couldn't help Mu Yanshan in any way. She could only take care of herself and not distract him.
She had nothing to do so she set up an easel by the window, took out paper and pen, and painted this scene.
When people are immersed in what they love, they don’t feel the passage of time. By the time they finish the last stroke, it is already noon.
Her stomach growled with hunger, and she realized that she hadn't even had breakfast.
Mingnan stood up and stretched her stiff body, then went downstairs to the refrigerator to see if there was anything to eat. However, as she reached the first floor, the door lock rang.
The only one who knew the password to her door lock was Mu Yanshan, but wasn’t Mu Yanshan out of town at the moment?
Who could that be?
Mingnan secretly raised his vigilance, walked lightly to the door, and glanced at the display screen at the door, but still couldn't see anything clearly.
The door opened with a click.
All the hairs on Mingnan's body stood up. She picked up a pair of disposable slippers and prepared for the attack.
It turned out that the hand that reached in was wearing a watch exactly the same as hers. Looking at the blue baby's breath, Mingnan was stunned for a moment, put down his hand, and opened the door for him.
"Brother Mu? Why are you here? Why did you come back so soon?"
Mu Yanshan pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing her standing there with a look of being about to explode at any moment, holding a disposable slipper in her hand, he couldn't help laughing, "Did you get scared?"