His first sentence was, “Where are you?”
I answered truthfully, “I am in the Junyue Hotel.”
He got angry at once, “That is Mu Chen’s hotel. Are you still staying with him?”
“I have something to deal with here …”
“What can you do with him? Go back to Maple Villa now!” Leon said angrily.
Since Mu was right beside me, I did not continue to quarrel with Leon but promised to go back later.
Hanging up the phone, I saw Mu smiling lightly, “It seems that Leon still cares about you by keeping calling you.”
I thought with a wry smile that what he had seen was just the surface. The person Leon really cared about was Nan Lin. As for me, I was his wife in name only. As an object of his, he had the sovereignty not allowing others to intervene in, in order to ensure his dignity not being damaged.
“Leon looks cold but inside of him is effervescence. He indeed value brotherhood. Among people in Hai City who only know that Fourth Brother is fierce and violent, few find his authentic side. His behavior is always opposite to the inside.” Mu said.
I smiled and asked, “Really?”
“Although he doesn’t like me, I still admire him. If it were not for his elder sister, we would have been good friends.”
Speaking of his sister, I couldn’t help but asked, “Why did you push her down the cliff?”
Mu stopped in silence. I realized immediately that it was abrupt and arbitrary to mention his deepest secret in heart.
“I’m Sorry.” I said embarrassedly.
Mu just smiled, motioning that he didn’t mind.
On the third floor, we sat by the window. As the waiter brought the menu, Mu asked me with a smile, “Miss Yao, do you have any food that you don’t eat?”
I said, “No.”
He said, “Well, I will order it.”
It was said by Leon that the hotel belonged to Mu. He must know the signature dishes clearly, among which there should be one whetting my appetite. So I did not argue with him but followed his ordering.
What served were mostly dainty dishes. I was a little embarrassed by his hospitality regardless of my distrust of him before. It seemed that I was scrounging food here by right of Ying Hua.
“Thank you for your hospitality. In fact, I’m willing to agree to your request, but I …”
Mu waved his hand, “I understand. I have said before that the more cautious you are, the more trustworthy you are to me.”
I nodded, “Thank you for your understanding.”
After a while, someone was running up to us, “Mr. Chen, Keeper Jiang has come. He is breaking in.”
“Keeper Jiang” was Xuanlong Jiang’s nickname. It must be Leon who had him here.
“I’m eating with Miss Yao. No one can disturb.” Mu said lightly.
“Yes, sir.” The man aside answered.
I felt uneasy. I knew what kind of person Xuanlong was. It must be Leon who asked him to pick me up. He would not give up if he didn’t finish it.
Though Mu looked elegant, I knew he was not a man to be trifled with. A conflict would be inevitable unless I showed up.
“Mr. Chen, he aims to pick me up. I don’t want to see you clash with each other.” I looked at Mu and said.
Mu glanced at his watch, “But it hasn’t been three hours that we agreed before and we have not finished the meal yet. Look, how about asking Jiang to join us in this meal? At least you have to wait for three hours to ensure that there is no problem with the medicine I have taken. It is the only way to prove it. ”
“Actually, I have already believed that you bear no malice to Miss Hua.” I explained quickly.
“Really? You have changed your mind?”
“With your ability, it’s easy for you to send someone to break into the TCM Pavilion to frame Miss Hua. There is no need for redundant tricks. Besides, when I mentioned Miss Hua, your eyes were full of sadness. It seems that you have fallen in love with her. In this case, how can you have the heart to hurt Miss Hua? As for the medicine, I will give it to her for you. ”
Mu smiled, “Thank you, Miss Yao, sorry to trouble you. This meal was disturbed by rude keeper Jiang. I will invite you next time.”
I smiled and stood up, “Thanks for your hospitality. I will give the medicine to Miss Hua as soon as possible.”
Mu stooped slightly, leaning over, “Thank you so much. Miss Yao, let me lead you out.”
On the first floor, several black dress men were fighting around a man.
The man was Xuanlong.
These black dress man had different degrees of wounds on their faces while Xuanlong’s left eye was also hurt.
It was because of his breaking in that Mu’s men would certainly stop him to keep him in the trap.
“Brother Xuanlong, what a hot temper as before. It’a admirable that you can still fight at such an age.” Mu walked behind me and smiled. “Everybody stop it and apologize to Brother Xuanlong.”
Regardless of Mu, he walked to me and asked, “Fourth Brother asked me to pick you up. Are you all right?”
I felt sorry for the would on his eyebrows, “I was having a meal with President Chen. Everything is okay.”
“Good. Let’s go home now.” Xuanlong said.
“Okay.” I answered.
One that fought with Jiang just now stood in his way, “Keeper Jiang, dare you leave after a fight here? It is President Chen’s hotel …”
“Enough,” Mu stopped lightly. “Let them go. Brother Xuanlong, have a drink some time.”
“I’ve kicked liquor.” Jiang responded and nodded to Mu coldly, “See you.”
Mu looked at me again, “Miss Yao, don’t forget our agreement.”
I nodded and walked out with Jiang.
In the car, I asked him right away, “Are you badly injured?”
He said, “It’s okay, nothing serious.”
I said, “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault.”
“It’s okay. Though I don’t have the right to intervene in your affairs, I have to remind you not to approach Mu, which will irritate Fourth Brother. Fourth Brother doesn’t like him most. I am afraid it will be even more troublesome if he knows the agreement between you. ”
In euphemism, he was actually reminding me to keep self-respect.
I didn’t know how to explain it unless I told him about the medicine. In pursuance of order, it was really not good to let his private matter out before I got it down.
“I’ll pay attention to it.” I responded. “But it’s not as what Leon thought. He has helped me a lot in our several encounters. Really.”
“What if all these were schemed by him?” Jiang said.
His words were really tuned to Leon.
I did not refute him directly but said lightly, “It shouldn’t be. After all, I am not a child. I’m able to distinguish right from wrong.”
“By the way, Brother Long, it was Nan Lin’s partner who attacked Leon this morning. The man was injured and treated in the clinic. Nan went there to visit him, when they even had a quarrel. At that time, Nan said what he did would do harm to her. Leon may not believe me. So please tell him the truth. He can’t be tricked by that woman again! “