Xiang Zhilan frowned, looked up at Shen Muzhi, and said coldly, "What is Mr. Shen doing?"
"Are you going back to find that man?" Shen Muzhi asked instead of answering.
"Of course I'm going back to my boyfriend." Xiang Zhilan was afraid he would bring up the idea of keeping her as a mistress again, so she emphasized the word "boyfriend" to remind him that she was already taken.
"That man is no good, don't be with him," Shen Muzhi said seriously in a deep voice.
Xiang Zhilan and Feng Jingxian were deeply in love, so she couldn't tolerate Shen Muzhi speaking ill of Feng Jingxian. She couldn't help but retort, "If he's not good, then are you good? Mr. Shen, are you slandering my boyfriend in front of me? Are you trying to tell me that you've fallen in love with me? And are you planning to steal him away?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Muzhi's eyes darkened slightly. He was not one to offer much explanation, but he kindly reminded her out of consideration for Xiang Zhilan's past care for Jinji, only to be met with such sarcastic remarks.
But he still didn't want to see her get too involved, so he added, "For him, climbing the social ladder is more important than you."
Xiang Zhilan froze, thinking that Shen Muzhi was referring to Feng Jingxian for not keeping her company earlier, but instead staying to continue chatting with Pei Yang and the others.
“He’s not the kind of person you’re describing.” She stared at Shen Muzhi, convinced that Feng Jingxian had only meant no harm.
"He's the one who asked you to bring him to this cruise ship, right?" Shen Muzhi knew Xiang Zhilan's seasickness best.
"I came of my own volition," Xiang Zhilan said stubbornly, defending Feng Jingxian.
"I thought you were a smart woman." Seeing how devoted she was to Feng Jingxian, Shen Muzhi's face darkened.
"Mr. Shen, what kind of woman I am is none of your business," Xiang Zhilan said coldly.
A waiter was passing by in the corridor. She reached out and pushed away Shen Muzhi's chest, preparing to break free from him and the wall.
But Shen Muzhi pulled her back, pressing her even closer until his body was almost touching hers, and his cold aura enveloped her instantly.
She struggled, but he held her down firmly. She became furious and glared at him coldly, saying, "Shen Muzhi, what exactly do you want!"
"Leave him and stay by my side," Shen Muzhi said succinctly, his words carrying a powerful sense of command.
Xiang Zhilan, however, was not one to back down from a tough argument. She sneered, "What makes you think you can? Aside from money and status, Brother Xian is a hundred or a thousand times better than you in every other aspect."
"That man isn't any good. He's not as simple as you think, he..."
"Enough!" Before Shen Muzhi could finish speaking, Xiang Zhilan stopped him, looking at him with disgust. "You have no right to judge him. At least he doesn't hit women."
Upon hearing this, Shen Muzhi's expression stiffened slightly; he knew he was in the wrong and shouldn't have done that.
Xiang Zhilan blurted it out, and then regretted it. She had already retaliated by punching him back then, and she had said that they were even and should let it go.
It's really unethical of her to bring up this old issue again and use it to mock him.
“Mr. Shen, I think we should keep some distance from each other in the future. I don’t want my boyfriend to misunderstand.” Xiang Zhilan felt his hand loosen a little, so she immediately stepped out from between him and the wall, took a breath, and said, “I hope Mr. Shen won’t say those inexplicable things to me in the future.”
After she finished speaking, she gave a slight bow, polite yet distant, and then turned and left.
Shen Muzhi clenched his empty hand; her body heat seemed to still linger in his palm.
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