Chapter 341 (70% of the content is by Shao Ting and Li Jing)...
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Mu Shaowu felt a little embarrassed after hearing his words.
He mumbled an "Mmm" and quickly lowered his head to eat the meat on his plate.
Feng Que looked at him with a smile, feeling as if a breeze was blowing through his heart, making him feel relaxed and happy.
He quietly started grilling the other meats for Mu Shaowu.
After finishing their meal, the two chatted about movies for a while, and then it was time to pick up Ye Qingxi from school.
Feng Que drove with Mu Shaowu to pick up Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi looked at him with a teasing smile on her face.
"Uncle Feng, are you coming with my dad?"
Mu Shaowu: ...
Mu Shaowu suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
He immediately regretted not refusing when Feng Que offered to give him the gift, but instead agreeing without hesitation!
“Yes,” Feng Que replied generously. “What would you like to eat? I’ll treat you to a meal.”
Ye Qingxi thought for a moment and said to him, "Let's eat steak."
“Okay,” Feng Que replied.
The three of them had dinner together before going home.
As soon as Ye Qingxi got home, she asked curiously, "So Dad, did you go and talk to Uncle Feng today and ask if you'd be willing to let him pursue you?"
Mu Shaowu: "...Hmm."
"And then? Uncle Feng, are you very happy?"
"Um."
"So you two are going to start dating now?"
Mu Shaowu: ...
Looking at his gossipy little face, Mu Shaowu poked his forehead and said, "You're acting like a little paparazzi right now."
Ye Qingxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dad, I definitely won't expose your relationship."
Mu Shaowu: ...
But he himself decided to expose his relationship.
After Ye Qingxi returned to her room that evening, Mu Shaowu went to Mu Feng's study and told him about it.
Mu Feng looked at him and put the documents in his hand aside. "Who was it that said back then that they wouldn't take a fake relationship for real?"
"I said it, and I really didn't. Feng Que was the one who made the charade real, and I was just responsible for the charade."
"But now, aren't you going to be his boyfriend?"
"That's not necessarily true," Mu Shaowu said. "Maybe we'll find out we're not compatible as we talk, and then we'll break up."
"Really? Then you'd better not be reluctant to part with it."
Mu Shaowu: ? ? ?
"What a joke! How could I?! I'll definitely be carefree and without a trace of regret when the time comes."
Mu Feng nodded, "That would be best."
Mu Shaowu looked at him, somewhat curious, "Dad, what did you feel when you liked Mom back then?"
Mu Feng chuckled upon hearing this, "The fact that you can ask this question shows that you don't really like him that much yet."
“That’s true,” Mu Shaowu said. “I’m only allowing him to pursue me now; whether he’ll actually succeed is still uncertain.”
"Okay, then you can continue talking to him for now. If he makes you unhappy by pursuing you, then you should stop paying attention to him."
Mu Shaowu: ...Doesn't have to be so heartless?
However, if we don't act so ruthlessly, won't we leave Feng Que with hope again?
Sigh, that's why dating is such a difficult subject.
Even now, Mu Shaowu still feels that he doesn't quite understand.
The next evening at dinner, Mu Shaowu saw that Mu Shaoyan had returned, so he simply announced the matter to everyone.
Mu Shaoyan: !!!
Mu Shaoyan looked at him in surprise. Good heavens, his brother is in a relationship too?!
The next second, Mu Shaoting said, "Then let me mention it too. Li Jing has also been pursuing me recently."
Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ? ! ! !
Mu Shaowu: !!!
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Mu Shaoting looked at the six pairs of eyes staring at her, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you all looking at me like that? Is this so hard to accept?"
Ye Qingxi shook her head.
It wasn't hard to accept; he'd even figured it out a while ago. He was just a little confused. "When did this happen?"
“Just a few months ago,” Mu Shaoting said.
Although she was a bit slow on the uptake when it came to relationships, five years had passed since her senior year of college. Even if she was slow, she gradually realized that Li Jing's feelings for her seemed to be different from those for others.
That day, Li Jing traveled a long way to pick her up and take her home.
The night breeze was slightly cool. In order to look pretty, she wore only a thin long dress. Li Jing helplessly took off his coat and draped it over her shoulders.
Didn't I tell you it would be cold tonight?
Mu Shaoting thought he was being long-winded, "You talk too much."
"I talk too much? Who am I doing this for? You'll be happy when you're lying in bed with a cold and fever, feeling weak all over?"
Mu Shaoting: ...
“You meddle more than my dad.”
"I'm your boss! Your health is the foundation of your work. If your health is damaged, I'll be the one who suffers the loss."
Mu Shaoting was about to laugh at him, but he was still the boss. All the money she earned throughout the year went into her own pocket. What business was it of his?
And her boss, with the way he's coming to pick her up at almost midnight, anyone who didn't know better would think he's her driver.
As she thought this, she laughed.
But as she laughed, she remembered something her friend had told her before.
They asked, "Shaoting, does Li Jing like you?"
"Li Jing likes you, doesn't he? He's so good to you."
At first, Mu Shaoting replied without hesitation, "No. How could that be? We're just friends."
But as more and more people said this, she gradually began to wonder if Li Jing might like her.
Just now, when the party ended, a guy came up to her, trying to curry favor by offering to take her home.
Her friend laughed and said, "Do you think it's your turn? We at Shaoting have people who come to pick us up."
After saying that, she asked her, "When is Young Master Li coming?"
Mu Shaoting said, "He probably won't be coming today."
"Why?"
He has a drinking party tonight.
"Really? Then come with me."
"No, I've already called a car," Mu Shaoting said.
But before the car she called arrived, Li Jing showed up.
He shouldn't have appeared, he shouldn't have appeared here, he shouldn't have appeared at this time, but he did.
Mu Shaoting was wearing his coat, and you could faintly smell the alcohol on it.
He did indeed have something to do tonight, as he said, but he still rushed over anyway.
"You haven't been drinking?" Mu Shaoting asked him.
Li Jing opened the car door. "Nonsense, how could I pick you up if you've been drinking?"
He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this logic, and said to her, "Get in the car."
Mu Shaoting looked at him quietly and attentively.
She asked, "Li Jing, do you like me?"
Li Jing chuckled, as if he had heard a joke.
"I like you? I like you?" He laughed, turning his head away as if it were the funniest thing ever.
Mu Shaoting looked at his smile and listened to his joking voice.
She said nothing, just watched quietly, watching his profile as if he were fleeing in the night.
Li Jing felt her silent and patient stare, and for some reason, he slowly seemed unable to smile anymore.
A night breeze blew by, causing him to unconsciously turn his head and meet Mu Shaoting's eyes.
Mu Shaoting remained as graceful as ever, her beautiful face showing youthful confusion, as if she was still waiting for his answer.
Li Jing felt his disguise peeling away layer by layer, crumbling and falling apart, revealing the heart he dared not let her see, a heart that had already been captured by her.
"Yes, I like you." He heard himself say that.
They no longer used laughter as a cover-up.
He stopped pretending to be naughty.
He looked at him, seriously and intently.
Mu Shaoting asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you tell me?"
Li Jing: ...
Li Jing remained silent.
He didn't know what to say.
Throughout the long course of time, his feelings for Mu Shaoting remained a secret known only to himself.
She was bright, flamboyant, glamorous, and dazzling, and he was just one of many people who were unconsciously attracted to her.
Knowing I was unworthy, I once distanced myself from it.
Therefore, knowing that he was not worthy, he remained silent.
"You don't mean you want me to pursue you, do you?" Mu Shaoting wondered.
Li Jing quickly grasped at this straw, as if that was exactly what he was thinking, "Is it not okay?"
"Of course not." Mu Shaoting said matter-of-factly, "I would never pursue anyone. The person I could pursue hasn't even been born yet!"
Li Jing: ...
Li Jing thought so too.
"So if you like me, you have to pursue me. If you wait for me to pursue you, then you'll just have to wait."
After Mu Shaoting finished speaking, he bent down and got into the car.
Upon hearing his words, Li Jing felt as if something had exploded.
He sat back in the driver's seat, but couldn't help glancing at the person in the passenger seat.
Mu Shaoting leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes wearily, and listened to music.
When they arrived at his doorstep, Mu Shaoting opened the car door and got out.
She turned around and thanked Li Jing, "Thank you, take care on the road."
“Mm,” Li Jing replied.
Mu Shaoting turned and walked back.
She had only taken two steps when she heard Li Jing calling her again.
She turned around, and Li Jing had already gotten out of the car.
Mu Shaoting watched him walk up to her, and before she could speak, she heard Li Jing say, "Mu Shaoting, I like you."
Mu Shaoting: Huh?
She blinked, somewhat bewildered, "You already said that before."
I want to pursue you.
"Sure," Mu Shaoting said without refusing.
Li Jing laughed.
My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was finally at ease.
He looked at the girl in front of him and said in a tone gentler than the moonlight, "You look beautiful tonight."
Mu Shaoting chuckled, "Don't you think I'm dressed too lightly now?"
Li Jing approached her and draped his coat over her shoulders again.
"You're always beautiful, so there's no need to freeze like this."
Mu Shaoting: ...
"I'll pick you up tomorrow morning," Li Jing said.
Mu Shaoting refused, "What are you thinking? I probably won't wake up until noon tomorrow."
"Then I'll pick you up around 2 o'clock."
"Mm," Mu Shaoting replied.
She put on Li Jing's coat and walked back.
Li Jing happily made a phone call to his older brother after getting back into the car.
"Brother, how do you pursue a girl?" Li Jing asked sincerely.
Li family elder brother: ? ? ?
The eldest brother of the Li family was speechless. What kind of decent person would be awake at almost 1 a.m., asking this question here?!
"How would I know?!"
"Then what about you and your sister-in-law?"
"It was your sister-in-law who pursued me!"
Li Jing: ...
Li Jing said disdainfully, "You're so useless."
Li family elder brother: ? ? ?
Li family elder brother: ...
After hearing this, Ye Qingxi exclaimed "Wow!" So now his uncle, his aunt, and his father are all in the dating phase?
Their family is truly blessed with many suitors!
“I knew he wasn’t interested in you,” Mu Shaowu said. “Otherwise, when you were competing, would he have come over every day to be your driver? Didn’t he have anything else to do?”
Mu Shaoting looked at him and asked, "Then why didn't you tell me?"
Mu Shaowu retorted confidently, "I'm your brother, not his. He's your driver, not the other way around. What do I have to say?"
Mu Shaoting: ...He really is his older brother.
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