"Hello... The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later... sorry..."
The first call didn't go through, so Yu Mobai called a second time, and Ji Mushu answered the second time.
What do you want from me?
His tone was a bit harsh, but he didn't seem angry at all; he was probably just pretending.
Yu Mobai knows Ji Mushu well; if she were truly angry, he probably wouldn't answer the phone.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.
"What's wrong with Christmas Eve?"
Ji Mushu pretended not to know anything, but there was a strange sense of anticipation in her tone.
"Assistant Wang from Alipay in Hangzhou is coming tomorrow to discuss cooperation; it will probably take two days."
Yu Mobai said, word by word, "So I probably won't be able to spend the holiday with you."
"oh."
After a long silence, Ji Mushu uttered only one word, clearly indicating her deep disappointment.
However, the breathing sounds coming from the phone proved that she was still listening to the call.
"But I've thought about it."
Yu Mobai continued with a grin, "I want to take you to broaden your horizons, so we can have a different kind of Christmas Eve. A Christmas Eve at the negotiating table, and then we can have a seafood feast with them in the evening. What do you think?
"Hmm...."
Upon hearing this, Ji Mushu immediately perked up. "You really want to take me?"
"Yes, otherwise why would I tell you this?"
Making a phone call outside in winter is like holding an ice ball in your hand—it's freezing cold. Yu Mobai had to keep switching hands while holding the phone. "What do you think?"
"That sounds good."
Ji Mushu's excited tone was tinged with frustration, "But, but Professor Hu just called me and said there's a lecture by an industry leader tomorrow, and he'll take me to it. It's a rare opportunity, and I don't want to miss it..."
"Wow, this is great news!"
Yu Mobai said in a pretentious tone, "But can't I not go? He's such a big shot, even more important than Professor Hu. You'll have to come with me."
"I can't say for sure either."
Hearing Yu Mobai's repeated invitations to spend Christmas Eve together, Ji Mushu's frustration disappeared, and she said with joy, "But seeing how much Professor Hu values it, we...we can go out next time. You go and discuss the cooperation properly. I don't know anything, and I'll just be sitting there doing nothing."
"That's such a pity."
Yu Mobai looked regretful, but if Ji Mushu could see the expression on Yu Mobai's face at this moment, she would definitely point her finger at him and scold him, "You were just acting!"
That's right, it was all an act.
Before calling Ji Mushu, he called Hu Xiuyan, hoping she could find an excuse to take Ji Mushu away the next day.
Unexpectedly, Hu Xiuyan really wanted to invite Ji Mushu to a symposium tomorrow. Yu Mobai had just asked Hu Xiuyan to tell Ji Mushu the news in advance.
He specifically instructed that Ji Mushu be told to make it sound serious, preferably the kind of thing that she could only hear once in her life.
Now it was his turn to perform.
He wanted Ji Mushu to feel that he wanted them to spend the holiday together, and even wanted Ji Mushu to decline the meeting.
In this way, Ji Mushu will feel that Yu Mobai cares about her, and then she won't be unhappy.
On the contrary, it would allow Yu Mobai to properly discuss cooperation without disturbing him.
After going through this process, the naive Ji Mushu naturally believed it, and Yu Mobai achieved the result he wanted.
"By the way, Chen Zhixi has been blocking me these past two days, trying to get me to have dinner with her tomorrow. You know, she's capable of anything..."
What Chen Zhixi said at the dinner table today reminded Yu Mobai that he needed to give Ji Mushu a heads-up.
Otherwise, if Chen Zhixi really comes knocking on our door and says something she shouldn't, it could cause another uproar.
"Oh, that junior girl."
Ji Mushu said softly, "I remember her."
"It's good that you know. I just wanted to let you know. That's all for now, bye."
Yu Mobai hung up the phone after speaking. As long as Ji Mushu was dealt with, everything would be easy.
In the grand girls' dormitory.
Ji Mushu stared at the phone, lost in thought. She knew something about that girl; she was relentlessly pursuing Yu Mobai.
However, Yu Mobai didn't give her a friendly look.
"Ding~"
Suddenly, a text message arrived on my phone.
Ji Mushu opened it and took a look.
"Senior Ji, this is Chen Zhixi. Are you free tomorrow? I'd like to ask you out for dinner..."
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