Mu Ci closed the door tightly to ensure that the movement downstairs would not disturb Chu Xi's rest as much as possible. Then she walked downstairs slowly and looked down from a distance. She found that quite a few people had come.

This must be a big deal for them. After all, Chu Xi has been missing from the Chu Group for just a few days. These people must be panicking.

The people who came were Chu's father, Chu's mother and Chu Zhuo. Mu Ci felt that if the Chu family's old house was not too far away from here, maybe old man Chu would have to come here in person. It would be really grand.

When Mu Ci came downstairs and walked in front of them, Father Chu spoke directly.

"Xiao Ci, why are you alone? Where is Chu Xi?"

Mu Ci shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.

Seeing her shameless appearance, Chu's mother said directly, "As a young person, you should listen to your elders. It's not right to stand or sit properly. If you keep on doing this, Chu Xi will divorce you sooner or later."

Although Mr. Chu frowned, he did not stop it.

Mu Ci looked aggrieved: "Mom, what are you talking about? Chu Xi and I are officially married and have obtained a marriage certificate. We have a very good relationship now. Mom, what you said is a bit hurtful."

Seeing this, Chu Zhuo quickly tried to smooth things over: "Sister-in-law, my mother didn't mean that, you..."

"Xiao Zhuo, what did you say to her? You know how shameful her messy things are. Don't have anything to do with her." Chu's mother pulled Chu Zhuo over and whispered.

Although her voice was much lowered, it was obviously meant to annoy Mu Ci, so Mu Ci could hear it clearly.

Mu Ci sneered and watched them act out their true feelings.

Indeed, they are really just preaching here out of their true feelings.

Finally, when they had almost finished talking, seeing that Mu Ci had not said a word from beginning to end, they stopped.

Father Chu frowned, looked stern, and pretended to be dignified. He said, "Xiao Ci, tell me, what happened to Chu Xi recently?"

Seeing that they were no longer talking about irrelevant things, Mu Ci's face suddenly turned cold and she didn't plan to continue pretending.

"It's nothing serious, I just feel a little unwell. I will go back to work in a few days. Mom and Dad, if you have nothing else to do, please go home early."

"He's just not feeling well. Why is he so willful? Xiao Zhuo was still thinking about going to work when he had a high fever. How come he has become like this after not seeing him for a few days?"

Mother Chu looked disapproving, as if there was still disbelief in her expression.

Mu Ci was shocked when he heard what she said.

She really didn't expect Chu's mother to say such words. Even if it was ordinary relatives, friends or even neighbors, they would not say such words even if they were in a relationship.

Moreover, when it comes to Chu Zhuo and Chu Xi, even if Chu Zhuo really gets willful, they will just make excuses for him. Because in their eyes, Chu Zhuo who is always by their side is always good, while Chu Xi who works diligently outside is just a stranger with a name.

Although Chu's father and Chu Zhuo, who were standing next to Chu's mother, did not express their attitudes clearly, they seemed to think there was nothing wrong with what was said by looking at their lack of reaction.

Mu Ci really suspected that Chu Xi was picked up.

It seemed that he was born with only one mission, which was to dedicate everything to the Chu family.

At this moment, Mu Ci's anger was rising, and she could hardly control herself and wanted to have a good argument with them without caring about her image.

But Mu Ci still tried hard to calm down.

She has memories of being a missionary, so she generally doesn't have too many feelings for the people in these virtual worlds, so she can look at this matter calmly from an outsider's perspective.

But Chu Xi is not like that. Chu Xi has no memory of his past. Now he is just a native of this world, a young man of the Chu family in this world, the one who has been strictly taught since childhood to become a qualified heir of the Chu family, and now the president of the Chu Group.

So even if they are going too far, what will happen in the end still depends on Chu Xi's attitude. She can silently support and accompany him from behind, but will not interfere too much. Moreover, Mu Ci believes that Chu Xi will not let himself live so depressingly. He is a proud and aloof person by nature, and he will make rational judgments and choices.

Just when Mu Ci was about to say something, there was a sound of a door opening upstairs.

Mu Ci was startled and quickly looked upstairs.

But Chu Xi, who was supposed to be resting in bed, was now wearing a grey turtleneck sweater and trousers. He had a fever-reducing patch on his forehead, and his hair, which was usually well groomed, fell down softly, covering the white fever-reducing patch. He was standing at the entrance of the stairs with a pale face.

He was not wearing a suit as usual. At the moment, he was dressed like this, and his stern and intimidating aura seemed a lot softer.

Chu Xi was standing at the stairs and didn't come down. At this moment, the light was shining down on him from behind, and it was impossible to tell what expression was on his handsome face.

He looked over like this, first glanced at Mu Ci who was looking at him in slight surprise, then his gaze fell on Chu's father and mother and the others, and he said lightly.

"I have always been in charge of the company. No one knows what is going on inside better than me. The company is currently running as usual. You don't have to worry about the specifics. I will be at work on time tomorrow. You don't have to say anything more."

He said this lightly and continued.

"Mu Ci is my wife, and we have a very good relationship, so you don't have to worry about our affairs. I will deal with the rumors outside, so I hope you can respect her in the future."

"It's getting late. Let's go home as soon as possible. Sister Li, take my parents out."

From the time Chu Xi appeared until now, he had only spoken in such a cold and indifferent manner, laying out all the issues on the surface.

His expression was calm and indifferent from beginning to end. If he hadn't added the words "Mom and Dad" at the end, it would have been as if he was talking to a stranger.

Father Chu seemed to want to say something, but facing Chu Xi at this moment, he couldn't say a word. All the words that Old Master Chu had told him before coming here were choked in his stomach.

Mother Chu opened and closed her lips several times as if she wanted to say something, but was pulled back by Chu Zhuo in the end.

Chu Xi seemed to have changed and was different from before, which made Chu Zhuo feel scared.

Without saying anything more, they just went back.

Looking at them like that, Mu Ci guessed that they should go back to complain to Old Master Chu and discuss countermeasures.

She originally wanted to say something, but she never expected that Chu Xi would wake up at this time.

Mu Ci turned around and looked over.

Chu Xi was still standing there quietly, with his head slightly lowered, looking somewhat pitiful, which made people feel a little sad.

Mu Ci walked up the stairs and came to Chu Xi's side, and asked softly: "How are you? Why don't you continue to lie down?"

His eyes were a little dazed at this moment, and his hands holding the railing were a little weak. Seeing Mu Ci coming to him, he fixed his eyes on her.

Mu Ci raised his hand and placed it on his neck, the temperature was still a little high.

Chu Xi, however, perked up a little because of this sudden action. The hand she had placed on his neck was icy cold.

Chu Xi leaned forward slightly and lowered her head, leaning on Mu Ci's shoulder, with her face close to her slightly cool white neck. She just stood there straight, leaning on Mu Ci.

"tired……"

He spoke softly in a hoarse voice with great dependence.

"Mu Ci... I'm so tired..."

It seemed that his brain was a little confused due to the fever, and he said it so bluntly with a nasal and hoarse voice.

She leaned her whole body on Mu Ci.

When Mu Ci heard this, the lonely figure standing here with his back to the light and his head slightly lowered emerged in her mind. Her heart suddenly ached, her nose felt sore, and she almost cried.

She suppressed the sadness that was welling up in her heart, then raised her hand and gently placed it on his hair, caressing it slowly and soothingly.

"Well...thank you for your hard work."

Get some good sleep and don't think about anything else.

The morning sun shines in.

Two people hugged each other tightly on a big bed.

But if you look closely, you can see that the man is holding the woman in his arms with an exclusive attitude and gentle tenderness.

Chu Xi gradually woke up from his sleep. He slowly opened his eyes, and after his consciousness gradually recovered, he could see clearly the person he was holding in his arms.

There is a familiar faint fragrance around me, which can't help but entangle with it with my breath.

The person in his arms seemed to be extremely sleepy. When Chu Xi woke up just now, he accidentally moved his arm, but the other person didn't notice at all. He just seemed to find a comfortable position again unsteadily, and then continued to sleep soundly. He was unusually well-behaved and quiet.

Chu Xi stared at Mu Ci for a long time, then put his long arms around the man in front of him and pulled him tighter in his arms. The two of them were tightly pressed together, and then he closed his eyes again, and fell into a deep sleep with a sense of satisfaction.

At the dinner table.

Mu Ci ate her meal inattentively, but her eyes kept looking at the man sitting opposite her. The man naturally noticed her staring at him, but continued to eat his meal openly. He even picked up her favorite dish and put it in her bowl. His movements and expressions were extremely familiar, leisurely and comfortable.

Mu Ci was slightly frightened.

When she woke up in the morning, she opened her eyes and found that she was sleeping in the same bed with Chu Xi again, and she was lying peacefully in each other's arms, with her face directly against that textured chest.

Then the man woke up, stared at the harmless face in the early morning, kissed her forehead as if nothing had happened, said "morning", and started changing clothes right in front of her.

It's unbelievable what happened.

At this moment, my mind is still replaying that strong chest and the...

Mu Ci was in a daze as she came back to her senses from her memories of the morning. If she hadn't known clearly that she was not drunk last night, she would have thought that she had lost her memory again.

So what happened last night?

Nothing should have happened!

Mu Ci was racking his brains and thinking wildly, when the cell phone on the table beside him rang.

It's an unfamiliar number.

Mu Ci was surprised for a moment, then pressed the answer button.

A man's voice came directly through the phone.

"Mu Ci..."

It was a pleasant male voice, clear yet slightly hoarse, as if it was the tiredness from a sleepless night and a slight drunkenness.

It’s... Yuan Jing!

He did not call her "sister" as before, and the voice was a little different from before, the tone was completely different from before, and after explaining it to Yuan Jing before, she deleted all his contact information, so Mu Ci did not know who it was at first, until he said the second sentence, Mu Ci recognized his identity.

"Do you have time recently? I...I want to talk to you and understand something."

Mu Ci frowned when he heard him say this.

"Tomorrow afternoon." Mu Ci said a time.

"Okay, then we'll meet at the usual place tomorrow afternoon."

In short, the person on the other end of the phone seemed to be afraid that the other party would go back on his word and hung up the phone directly.

Mu Ci's expression was somewhat complicated at this moment.

Now thinking about Yuan Jing's matter, it seems that she handled it a little hastily at the beginning. Tomorrow she will explain everything thoroughly.

Just as Mu Ci was frowning and thinking about this matter, a voice suddenly came from above.

"who?"

With a subtle sense of anger.