A Generous Meal and Awkward Conversation

Chapter 57: How Generous
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“That goes without saying. As a smart girl, I need to have foresight!” she
proclaimed proudly.
Wu Xingye rolled his eyes at her. “Tsk, you were only eyeing the good food
that the shops were providing for their employees, that’s all! It has nothing to
do with foresight!”
“Chey, do you think you know everything?!” She rolled her eyes at him in
return.
“Of course I know a lot. Haven’t the two of you come to me whenever you
need info? I’m known as the Prince of Information at Know-All Agency!”
“Tsk!” The girls sneered at him at the same time.
“Tsk! Bring out the mutton! Let’s have three plates of mutton for a start!” the
boy roared.
“This place has very nice mutton. Let’s have six plates instead,” Mu Huan
retorted.
“Wow, how generous you are today!” he teased.
“Don’t be shy! For today, let’s eat ’til we need to crawl out of this place!” she
declared with the base pride of a tuhao.
“Can we have some alcohol?” Wu Xingye asked with eyes full of anticipation.
“What goes well with hot pot? It should be beer, right?! Well, there’ll be no
shortage of beers tonight!”
The boy spurted out two gulps of drinks as he quipped, “Let’s get drunk
tonight!”
“Both of you can get drunk. I won’t be drinking.” She made her stand clear to
her friends.
“Today is a happy day. Why aren’t you drinking?” both of them asked in
unison.
“I’ve sworn that if I were to drink again, I would chop off my hand!” Her stupor
had left a deep impression on her!
“No problem, you still have another hand after you chop off one,” the male
friend said.
“Get lost!”
He reached out to pinch her face, pretending to be angry and fierce. “Little
lass, who are you telling to get lost?!”
Right at this moment, Bao Junyan was in his car when he happened to look
up from the stack of documents he was holding. Upon seeing this sight, his
face sank. He put down the files in his hands, alighted from the car, and
walked into the hot pot store.
PA Wang, who was just walking back to the car after he packed food from the
restaurant next door, quickly rushed forward when he saw his boss getting off
the car. Thinking that the president had gotten impatient from the long wait, he
apologized profusely, “Sorry, President. The business is brisk at this
restaurant so the queue is longer than expected. Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“You can keep the takeaway for yourself. And one more thing, cancel the rest
of the program for the rest of the day.”
Before the assistant could reply, he walked into the hot pot store.
PA Wang: “...”
Why is the CEO going into a hot pot store? He has never liked hot pot,
deeming it unhygienic to eat from the same pot with so many others...
Mu Huan slapped away her friend’s hand. “Don’t get touchy with me. Your sis
here is already married.”
She had a strong moral sense. Regardless of the reason for being married,
her status of a married woman remained unchanged; hence, she needed to
keep a distance from men, even this close male friend of hers.
“Alright, married lady.” The boy found her reaction amusing and was just
about to caress her head on impulse when, suddenly, someone grabbed hold
of his hand in mid-air. The force rendered by the attacker was so powerful that
he thought his wrist was going to break!
He looked up in shock.
He was about to demand an explanation when he heard his friend

stammering...
“H-Hubby...”
After giving a glance at his wife, he looked at Wu Xingye and reprimanded

sternly, “Since you know that she’s already married, don’t get too cozy with
her.”
Wu Xingye: “...”
Is this man Mu Huan’s husband? Why, he’s so young and handsome! He

looks like a demi-god!
He recomposed himself and turned to Mu Huan instinctively. “Didn’t you

mention that you married a 30-year-old hag?”
Mu Huan: “...”
Bao Junyan is indeed 30 years old...
“Thirty-year-old hag?” Her husband turned to look at her.
Mu Huan: “...”
You are really 30 years old, right...?
Chapter 58: Dire Awkwardness

The atmosphere turned awkward.
Until...
“Pain... pain... Xiao Huan, please get your hubby to release my hand!” Wu
Xingye shouted. His wrist would really snap if the man continued to grip it.
“Hubby, please release him. He’s my good friend, and he was just teasing me
earlier...” Mu Huan quickly clarified.
The man swept his gaze coldly at Wu Xingye before releasing his hand. “You
are not allowed to tease her in this manner again.”
The boy was so relieved to be spared that he instinctively replied, “This will
never happen again!”
Seeing that her husband was still unhappy, Mu Huan stood up immediately.
“Hubby, have you eaten? The hot pot here is superb. Do you want to try it?”
He was about to say that he would have his meal at home when she
continued, “Hubby, the hot pot here is really nice. I’ve been craving to come
here for a long, long time. Let’s eat together, shall we...?”
Bao Junyan: “...”
In the end, the man sat next to his wife.
She tried her best to find some common topics to share with him, but she was
really lost in this aspect. Since they got married, they only spoke to each other
when there was a need to. They hardly ever engaged in casual conversation.
After a long while, she suddenly thought of something. “Hubby, let me

introduce my good friends to you. They are Li Meng and Wu Xingye.”
He snorted in acknowledgment.
And the atmosphere turned awkward again.
Moreover, he was a man of high status. Even if he did not speak, his
overpowering presence was oppressive even when he was just sitting there
quietly.
Her two friends looked to her and signaled her to ease the mood. They were
too overwhelmed by him!
Feeling forlorn and helpless, she was lost for words as well! She very much
wanted to ease the mood, too, as she was equally overwhelmed by him.
However...
Right at this moment, the attendant served up the dishes.
She looked at the food as if the spread on the table was her savior. With her
chopsticks, she hurriedly picked a piece of meat for him. “Hubby, the mutton
here is the best. Have a try.”
He watched her putting a piece of raw mutton on his plate. “...”
Although he had not tried having hot pot in a restaurant in the past, he still
knew that mutton could not be eaten raw.
Mu Huan: “...”
Why is the atmosphere becoming worse?
“Xiao Huan...” Li Meng called out quietly to her.
She turned to face her with a quizzical look.
Her friend had to signal to her with her eyes for some time before she realized
what she had just done.
With her palm slapped over her face due to her deep embarrassment, she
almost wished there was a hole in the ground for her to crawl into and hide in.
Still, she could not do that even if a hole did appear in the ground. Hence, with
a sheepish look, she turned to look at her husband with an embarrassed
smile. “Hubby, I was so excited to see you that I made the mistake of passing
you a raw piece of mutton.”
He did not want her to be embarrassed further so he reached out to ruffle her
hair instead. “Aren’t you looking forward to the hot pot here? The broth is
ready now for your food.”
“Oh! Oh! Eat... eat...” she quickly put the meat inside the boiling hot pot.
The three of them were gluttons and could easily forget the task on hand
when facing a delectable feast. They extended their chopsticks toward the hot
pot simultaneously, and pretty soon, the pieces of meat inside the boiling pot
were gone.
The man could tell that these three shared a camaraderie that came from a
long-term friendship.
It was also difficult for anyone else to be part of their clique.
The thought of this made him frown, his eyes turning pensive and morose at
the same time.
She could feel the atmosphere turning cold again, and this was when she
realized that her husband sitting beside her had... not had a chance yet with
the meat inside the hot pot.
Is he upset because he couldn’t get any food from the hot pot?
Chapter 59: Little Wifey

Hence, this girl, who never once shared the food she took for herself, passed
the man the meat on her plate.
“Hubby, try the meat I got for you.” She picked up a piece and was placing it
on his plate when she suddenly recalled the list of pointers the butler had
passed to her on the second day of her marriage. One of the items highlighted
was that he found the hot pot at restaurants to be unhygienic and would never
go for a hot pot meal.
She immediately apologized, “Sorry, Hubby, I forgot you don’t eat hot pot.”
Her friends were rather stunned to hear that. Are there people in the world
who reject hot pot?
Just when she was about to retrieve the meat from his plate, he got ahead of
her to pick up that piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
Mu Huan: “...”
Li Meng: “...”
He doesn’t eat hot pot, was it?

Now that the man had made the first move to eat the food cooked in the hot
pot, she was caught in a fix and did not know if she should continue to serve
him food.
He doesn’t like hot pot, right? Now that he’s having food from the hot pot,
what should I do next?
“Hubby, how do you find the food?” she decided to probe in the end.
“Not bad.”
Thinking that he wanted more when he approved of the food, she asked the
service staff to bring a few more pairs of chopsticks and indicated to her
friends to use these chopsticks to pick the food from the hot pot instead for
hygiene purposes.
Despite this, the man did not show any indication of wanting to eat from the
hot pot on his own.
Mu Huan: “...”
Does he want to eat or not?
If he’s not eating, then I can have my share, quick!
Hence, to test his reaction, she gingerly placed another piece of meat on his
plate, which he obligingly took again.
Mu Huan: “...”
Is he eating only what I serve?
Is he doing this on purpose because he is upset at being addressed as a 30-

year-old hag just now?
If so, then she could only serve him as he wished.
In the end, she continued to feed him with nice food.
Her two friends were gloating as they watched her serve her husband as a
little wifey. In the past, she would fight it out with anyone who dared to snatch
her food. Now, all she could do was to pass these delectable meat pieces to
the man, which she could have kept for herself!
And then they made a public display of their own enjoyment with the food in
front of her.
This was rubbing salt to the wound!
Mu Huan: “...”
She felt like punching someone!
Reckoning that the man would not want his wife to foot the bill herself, Wu
Xingye took the opportunity to order more. “Xiao Huan, the attendant told me
that the abalone was fresh and a rare catch. It would be delicious. Why don’t
we order some to try?”
Mu Huan: “...”
“Their four-gilled perch is especially fresh, too. I want to order that as well!” Li
Meng quipped.
“Oh, I just saw the lobsters fresh and alive!” The boy added another item.
Mu Huan: “Are you here for the hot pot?”
The beef and mutton slices are good enough for hot pot! What are they doing
now? Not only are they going for seafood, but they are even ordering the most
expensive items on the menu!
“This restaurant is famous for their seafood hot pot!”
“That’s right! That’s right! Their seafood is especially fresh and delicious.
Didn’t you salivate at the sight of their abalone previously?” Her buddy
decided to dig it in further.
Mu Huan: “...”
How despicable can both of you get?!
Before she could say anything, Wu Xingye signaled the attendant over for
more orders.
The wild abalone cost a few hundred yuan for one while the fish cost about
the same as well. With their big appetites, they had unabashedly ordered a
few of each in one go. In the end, it was the Boston lobster that came up to be
the cheapest.
She glared at them, but alas, her look of anger was lost on the two of them.
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Chapter 60: They Look Like a Loving Couple

In order to enjoy the seafood at its freshest, they even decided to forego the
spicy stock and went for the clear stock instead.
The two of them could really eat.
As for her, she could lose out on everything except when it came to food.
However, she was so busy serving her husband with the food and having her
share that she stopped being nervous.
Her friends were also busy with eating.
And the atmosphere was no longer awkward.
What was left lingering was the fragrance of food; even the man was moved
by the ambiance to take a few more mouthfuls.
After having their fill, her two friends wiped their mouths with great
satisfaction, stood up, and said, “Xiao Huan, thank you for your meal tonight.
We’ll take our leave first!”
Then, they shamelessly put on a look to indicate that they were leaving first so
as to give the couple some private time.
Mu Huan: “...”
What kind of friends had she been mingling with?!
After they left, Bao Junyan went to pay for the meal.
This hot pot meal cost ten thousand yuan.
Mu Huan: “...”
She was about to say something when she decided against it. With his status,
it might seem inappropriate for her to add further comments. As she was
looking down, the man walked away first.
“What happened?” he asked while looking over his shoulder, seeing that she
wasn’t following.
“Nothing much,” she quickly uttered.
He did not say anything more. Reaching out to take her hand in case he lost
her again, he walked out of the place with her.
She looked down at his broad palm that was holding her hand.
For an unknown reason, her heart started to pound fast and furious.
She did not know why her heart was racing with his little action.
The evening breeze from the river was slightly chilly on this hot summer day,
which was especially refreshing. On top of that, they were on the antique
street of Yun Cheng that sparkled with beautiful lights from the shops that
lined the street at night.
One could not help wanting to take a walk along this street.
PA Wang saw them coming out of the restaurant and hastily greeted them.
“CEO, Madam.”
“Hubby, you go and get busy with your work. I’ll take a walk around here and
then hail a taxi back later.” She retrieved her hand and tried to take this
opportunity to take her leave from him.
Unexpectedly, she heard him say, “I’m free.”
Mu Huan: “...”
“Let’s go.”
“Ah?”
“Didn’t you say you want to take a walk?” He held her hand and tugged her
along.
Mu Huan: “...”
Why does he like to hold my hand? And what’s more, how is it possible that
he’s free now? He’s always so busy! Back in the past, he would reach home
only at 1 or 2 in the morning!
PA Wang: “...”
His CEO found women to be nothing but irritating in the past, and would, in
fact, be opposed to any women who tried to get close to him. Now, he’s taking
the initiative to hold a woman’s hand?!
Furthermore, how can he say that he’s free when there are so many
proposals waiting for him to vet and approve?!
He’s a workaholic in the first place!
Still, he had told her that he was free and even held her hand. There was
nothing more she could do except to follow him.
Like a loving couple, the two of them held hands to take a walk.
As they strolled beneath the wisteria flowering arch, a gust of wind blew
across that sent the lovely purplish petals aflutter. She was moved by the
scene as she reached out to touch the petals. “How beautiful...”
He did not find the wilted petals in her hand pretty. Rather, it was the smile
that she wore on her lips.
This also seemed to be the first time he saw her with a heartfelt smile.
Under this beautiful evening skyline, the tall and slender man watched the
young lady with loving indulgence in his eyes. As the wind blew, petals
scattered around the couple, forming such a romantic scene that passersby
could not help scanning the surroundings for hidden cameras. They thought
the two were filming a romantic drama series.
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Chapter 61: Confirming with Their Gazes

Suddenly, Mu Huan could smell a burst of aroma.
“This is the smell of the beggar’s chicken! The beggar’s chicken here is
extremely delicious! The boss is very headstrong. He will sell it only when he
feels like it. Since the start of last year, he has been opening the store less
and less frequently. This is a rare opportunity. We should quickly go get one
to savor!” Mu Huan tugged at Bao Junyan excitedly, hoping to buy a beggar’s
chicken.
Didn’t they just eat?
“Quick! If we go late, not only would we have to queue, but there might not
even be any left!” Mu Huan pulled on Bao Junyan and began to run.
Bao Junyan was a little surprised as he looked at her behaving like a running
athlete. Her strength and speed did not seem like those of someone who had
just started training.
When Mu Huan and Bao Junyan arrived, only one person was queuing at the
beggar’s chicken stall. The aroma earlier was from when the boss had opened
the cover for the customer who had ordered the beggar’s chicken. That
customer was first, and Mu Huan was next in line.
“Hubby, this stall’s beggar’s chicken is extremely delicious. Would you like to
have a taste?”
“Sure.” Bao Junyan couldn’t help but want to try the delicacies she mentioned
when he saw how bright her face shone every time she talked about different
cuisines.
“Then we shall have two!” Mu Huan had always wanted to eat an entire
beggar’s chicken on her own. Therefore, she did not allow anyone to share it
with her.
“We just finished our meal,” Bao Junyan reminded her.
“Seafood hotpot cannot fill our stomachs for long. And this beggar’s chicken is
stuffed well. Most of our food will have been digested by the time we get
home, and it will be just the right time for us to eat.”
While Mu Huan and Bao Junyan were exchanging words, a long queue
formed behind them.
“I told you that you would have to queue if you were late!” Mu Huan
commented excitedly.
Bao Junyan looked at her expression, the corners of his lips curving up
slightly.
After buying the beggar’s chicken, Mu Huan thought of a delicious ice cream
shop around the area. However, there would probably be many people
queuing at this time right now, and she did not dare to let Bao Junyan
accompany her to wait in line.
Just when she had decided not to eat it, Bao Junyan received a call. It
seemed like it was an important work matter and he needed to talk for a long
while.
She instantly informed Bao Junyan of her intention happily and went to queue
for the ice cream.
As she stood in line, Mu Huan heard a loud disturbance and turned her head
around instinctively.
However, turning her head had been a bad mistake!
The person leading the uproar was a huge hoodlum that Mu Huan had
offended during one of her cases.
The hoodlum looked over just as she turned around to stare. When their
gazes met, the hoodlum confirmed that she was the foe he was looking for.
The hoodlum led a group of underlings and walked over ferociously.
Witnessing the situation, Mu Huan turned around and ran!
After running a few steps, she turned back around as she suddenly recalled
that Bao Junyan was still waiting for her. If she ran away just like that, there
was no way she could explain the situation to him later.
Seeing her turning back around, the hoodlum initially thought that she was
planning to fight with them. Therefore, he seized a rod by the side and swung
it.
Mu Huan avoided the rod and ran toward the alley as she decided to take a
detour to find Bao Junyan.
When he saw that she was running away, the hoodlum shouted instantly,
“Chase her! Chase that woman and kill her!”
A group of people ran into the alley after her.
When Mu Huan reached Bao Junyan, panting heavily, he had just ended his
call. “What’s wrong?” he asked after seeing her drenched in sweat.
“I...” Just when Mu Huan was about to speak, she heard a loud string of
curses.
When she thought about how the group of men was about to catch up to
them, she panicked and tugged Bao Junyan harshly into a dark alley. Without
waiting for Bao Junyan to say something, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed
him.
The tall and well-built man was completely taken aback.
Chapter 62: Couldn’t Control Myself

After hearing that the foul-mouthed voices had gone farther away, Mu Huan
released her grip on Bao Junyan.
Bao Junyan lowered his head and looked at her with deep, unpredictable
eyes.
“That... That, I....” Mu Huan forced herself to calm down. “I forgot to ask what
flavor of ice cream you wanted, that’s why I came running back... After I saw
you standing there looking all so... handsome... I... couldn’t control myself...”
Bao Junyan stared at her speechlessly.
The way he looked at her left Mu Huan with goosebumps.
She didn’t know if he was looking at her this way because he had sensed
something amiss or if it was because of something else.
“I’m sorry... I... You... Do you not like this...?
“Next time, I... I wouldn’t do this again... I’m sorry...” Mu Huan lowered her
head and released him as she tried to move farther away from Bao Junyan.
And yet, just as Mu Huan was about to move, she was held by his large hand
and pulled fiercely into his embrace.
With his other hand, he raised her chin, forcing her to look directly at him.
As she matched Bao Junyan’s dark, deep gaze, Mu Huan became even more
nervous. “Hubby, I...”
He still didn’t say a word as he continued to stare at her.
Just as Mu Huan was wondering in dread if things were over for her, he
lowered his head and said, “Since you wanted to kiss, then kiss me properly.”
...
The hoodlum who did not manage to catch Mu Huan after running for a long
time believed that she couldn’t have gotten so far. However, he still had not
caught sight of her. Therefore, as he turned back around, he just so happened
to encounter the scene before him. Due to their positions, Mu Huan was
blocked by Bao Junyan’s tall and huge figure completely.
He yelled out a curse and left.
Their vulgarities caused Bao Junyan to regain his senses as he realized that it
wasn’t right to do it here.
“Let’s go home.” His voice was lower than usual as he said that.
The next day, Mu Huan came to a conclusion after having two experiences.
To deal with the shrewd, hypocritical man, all she had to do was kiss him on
the lips.
Just as Mu Huan was getting ready to get to work after they ate, she received
a call from Matriarch Mu, who asked her to head over to the Mu family’s
house.
Mu Huan informed Li Meng of it before heading over.
The moment she stepped into the house, she could sense the depressing
atmosphere in the household. The corners of her lips curved up as she
walked in happily.
Matriarch Mu was sitting at her main seat with her eyes closed, resting while
twirling a string of Buddha beads in her hand.
Mu Huan felt that it was useless for her Grandma to pray to Buddha or burn
any incense as she had done too many shameful deeds.
When she heard the sound of footsteps, Matriarch Mu opened her eyes. That
gaze filled with weathered hardships was astutely terrifying.
“Grandma, did you ask me to come over so that you can pay me the ten
million dollars?”
They wanted to give her 20 million dollars to drug Bao Junyan, did they?
Come on! Give her the money!
Suddenly, Matriarch Mu stood up and walked toward Mu Huan. “What ten

million dollars?”
“Didn’t you say that you would give me ten million dollars first if I agreed? Why
are you going back on your words now?” Mu Huan raised her eyebrows.
In the next second, Matriarch Mu sent a harsh slap across her face, causing
the corner of Mu Huan’s lips to bleed.
Chapter 63: So What If You Knew?

Mu Huan’s gaze swiftly turned cold.
Just as Matriarch Mu had raised her hand to slap her a second time, Mu Huan
grabbed her wrist roughly and said with an icy gaze, “Grandma, if you want
someone to respect you as an elderly, please conduct yourself with dignity
first!”
“Why? Are you unable to hit me even though you want to? Hit me, then!”
Matriarch Mu said with a stern voice.
“Grandma, I am saying this again. Do not go overboard!”
“You’re the one who went overboard, Mu Huan! I’ve never been ruthless
toward you because you are my biological granddaughter, yet you are unable
to tell good from the bad. You are so wretched!” If it wasn’t for the fact that Mu
Huan was still useful, Matriarch Mu would have really wanted to beat her to
death.
Mu Huan was taken aback.
“Did you think that everything will be fine as long as you sent those videos and
photographs to Mu Weiguo? All I had to do was inebriate him and he
immediately divulged everything!” Even after Matriarch Mu found out that it
was Mu Weiguo who had sent those videos and photographs, she did not
believe that he had the intellect to plot against Bai Xuexian. Therefore, she
made use of his weakness toward alcohol and got someone to find things out
from him using a bottle of wine. That’s how she learned about everything.
A look of realization flashed across Mu Huan’s eyes. It turned out that

Matriarch Mu had figured out the truth. It was no wonder she was so angry.
Even though she knew that her grandma would be suspicious, she never
thought that her grandma would figure out that she was the one behind this so
quickly. However... “So what if you know about this?”
“You...!” Matriarch Mu almost couldn’t catch her breath due to her anger.
“Grandma, although I have no idea what bargaining chip you have in your
hands that made you think that you will definitely be able to have Mu Kexin
marry Bao Junyan, I know now that no matter what that chip is, you will never
be able to matchmake them together.”
Grandma would have to take care of Mu Kexin if she was unable to find a
husband.
“You wretched, evil creature!” Matriarch Mu yelled furiously.
“If I am an evil monster, then what about you?” Mu Huan sneered in response.
Matriarch Mu was ready to explode. “Guards! Guards!”
“Why is Grandma shouting for someone? Do you want to get somebody to

beat me up?”
“You wouldn’t know what fear is until I beat you half to death today!”
“Does Grandma still think that I am young and weak? That I will just take your
scolding and beating?” Mu Huan laughed coldly.
“Mu Huan, don’t forget that your granny is in my hands!”
“I didn’t forget. It’s because my granny is still here that I still came. That’s why
I am still willing to talk to you amicably. If anything happens to my granny,
what do you think I will do?”
“You...”
“After this issue with Bai Xuexian, have you not realized yet that I am no
longer like how I was in the past? If any one of you dare to touch my granny, I
will return a tooth for a tooth!
“Therefore, Grandma, you shouldn’t be thinking about how badly you could
treat my granny. Rather, you should think about how well you can take care of
her such that she lives to a hundred years old. This way, you will always have
a weakness of mine and can continue to make use of me. If not, you can
forget about even using me. I will be the sharpest knife that will destroy this
Mu family! I will ruin the family property you value the most, as well as your
precious grandson!”
“Mu Huan!” Matriarch Mu bellowed.
At this moment, she finally realized that the woman before her was no longer
that ten-year-old girl who would cry and beg her whenever she was beaten or
threatened.
“Grandma, I will say the same thing once again. If you want the Mu family to
be well and your grandson to be fine, then let my granny be alright! Do not
use her as a threat whenever you want! Of course, I will still do everything that
you ask of me.”
Chapter 64: You Have to Save Dad!

Mu Huan knew that she couldn’t anger Matriarch Mu completely. If she was
reckless, she would not be able to withstand her with her current capability.
She needed to use both the carrot and the stick.
“Also, Grandma, I know that you have always wanted Mu Kexin to marry Bao
Junyan because of your baby grandson. Even though I am not close to him,
he is ultimately my little brother. As long as Grandma treats my granny well, I
will do more than Mu Kexin would, but never less.”
Matriarch Mu felt that Mu Huan would not do as she said.
But...
She was aware that it was as Mu Huan had said. Now, no matter what
bargaining chip she had in her hand, she was never going to be able to
matchmake Mu Kexin with Bao Junyan. Therefore, she needed to use Mu
Huan from now on.
So even if she didn’t want to believe her, she could only choose to believe Mu
Huan and calm down from her fury.
But she was not delighted in the slightest bit.
Therefore, when Mu Huan released her hand, she still delivered two harsh
slaps across Mu Huan’s face.
Mu Huan knew that Matriarch Mu needed to vent her anger. Thus, she did not
hold her back.
Her fair and tender face had turned swollen and red from the three vicious
slaps.
“You’d better do as you said you would. If not, do not blame me for being
heartless! Even if you are no longer how you were when you were young, if I
wanted you to have nowhere to go, you can forget about staying alive!”
Matriarch Mu sneered.
Mu Huan lowered her head. “I know.”
All the harsh words she said earlier was to let her grandma know what the
consequences of touching her granny were. She wanted her grandma to
realize that she should absolutely not touch her granny, especially over the
anger she was feeling right now.
It was not because she was strong enough now. Therefore, she could only
bear with it as Matriarch Mu vented her fury.
“You have to ask Bao Junyan to attend my birthday feast, as well as to get
him to prepare generous gifts!” She wanted to use Bao Junyan to regain her
dignity.
“Yes.”
“Get out!” Matriarch Mu was annoyed if she had to look at Mu Huan for
another second.
...
Mu Huan came home with a swollen face. Mu Dongsheng, who had been
waiting by the door, instantly went forward. “My poor baby girl, it must have
hurt!” he said with a face full of heartache.
Mu Huan raised her head to look at him.
Mu Dongsheng reached out with a sweet in his palm. “Be good. Here’s your
favorite sweet. It won’t hurt anymore after you eat this.”
Mu Huan’s eyes began to turn red as she stared at the sweet in his hand.
When she was young, no matter where she fell or what she cried over, her
dad would always magically present her with candy to coax her.
Even though she felt it wasn’t good that her dad always listened to her
grandma, she always thought that she had the best dad in the world.
But now...
“Dad, be direct with what you want to say. You are terrible at acting
affectionate.” Now, he only showed his fatherly love whenever he needed her
help for something.
Sometimes, when she looked at him, she wanted to ask why things had
turned out this way. He treated her so well and loved her so much when she
was young. He always said she was his most beloved baby and princess.
Did he only treat her well because it was a request from Grandma?
But every single time, she controlled herself as she refused to destroy the
fond memories she had from when she was young.
After all, those beautiful times were all that was left in her life.
Mu Dongsheng seemed to never know what awkwardness was. Every time he

was exposed by Mu Huan, he would reveal his true intentions as if it was
nothing. “Xiao Huan, you have to save Dad! If you don’t, there’s no way I can
continue to survive!”
Chapter 65: I Am Your Biological Father!

“Save you? How do I save you?”
“Five million! As long as you give me five million, you can save your dad! If
not, my hands and legs will either be chopped up or your grandma will banish
me to the countryside. Xiao Huan, you have to save me!” Mu Dongsheng said
with a pitiful face.
“Five million?” Mu Huan wanted to laugh herself to tears. “If I had five million
yuan, would I still be in this state right now? And yet you want to ask me for
five million?!”
“You don’t, but Bao Junyan does! To him, five million is just a piece of cake.
You just have to act coquettishly and you will be able to get it from him!” Mu
Dongsheng obviously knew she didn’t have the money.
“Act coquettishly and I’ll get it?”
“Yes, yes. All you need to do is act coquettishly!” Mu Dongsheng nodded

vigorously.
“What do you take Bao Junyan for? A fool?” Just because she was acting
adorable, he would give her five million yuan?!
“An old man will become a fool if he meets a young lady. If I had a young
girlfriend, I would think of every single way to give her anything she wants.
What more Bao Junyan, who is rich?! To him, five million is not even worth
anything!”
Mu Huan looked at him silently.
“Xiao Huan, Dad only wants you to ask Bao Junyan for five million. I am not
asking you to earn five million yuan. You wouldn’t even do something so
simple for me? I am your biological father!
“Bao Junyan is so wealthy. It wouldn’t be an issue at all to ask him for that
little amount of money!”
“No matter how rich he is, it is still his money! What right do I have to ask
others for money, and for an amount like five million yuan?!”
“What do you mean ‘what right do you have’? He slept with a fragile and
lovely woman like you. What’s wrong with asking for five million yuan from
him? Did I raise you just for you to sleep with him for nothing?”
“We are lawfully wedded!” That was the duty of a husband and wife!
“You are no longer young, but why are you still so foolish? What did you think
a 20-year-old woman would marry a 30-year-old man for? Of course it’s for his
money! If you married him not for his money, then what else did you marry
him for? Nothing?”
“If I married him for money, then what have I become? A woman selling her
body?” Mu Huan’s pride and self-respect had allowed her to get into an
arranged marriage only for survival, but never to use her body for money.
“Don’t make it sound so nasty. You originally married Bao Junyan to bring
some benefits to the Mu family. Now, I am only conveniently asking you to
help get five million yuan! Why are you like this? What’s wrong with helping
your biological father?”
“Why am I like this?” Mu Dongsheng’s words left Mu Huan’s heart icier than
ever. She was rendered speechless and could only repeat his words.
A biological father who not only knew this was a pit of fire but also wanted to
push his own daughter into it, and then create benefits for himself over her
burning body. What else could she say?
“That’s right! You did those things for your grandma even though I asked you
not to. Asking for some money is really something simple!” Mu Dongsheng felt
that Mu Huan should not reject him. She was now Mrs. Bao, after all. What
was wrong with asking for some money for her father?
Although Mu Huan spoke to her grandma in that manner, she never planned
to gain anything from Bao Junyan for the Mu family. Even if she had no
alternatives, she would think of a plan in order to counteract. She absolutely
did not want to owe Bao Junyan anything.
Asking Bao Junyan directly for money was out of the question.
“I will not help you. You can forget about it.” She did not want to say anything
else to her father.
Seeing that Mu Huan was about to leave, Mu Dongsheng grabbed her arm.
“Xiao Huan, you cannot reject me and not care about me! I am your biological
father!”
Chapter 66: This Is Called Happiness?
Mu Huan looked at him silently for a moment before suddenly asking, “What
do you need five million yuan for?”
Mu Dongsheng thought this meant that she wanted to help him. “I went
overseas with my friends a while back to gamble, and I lost a few rounds.
Originally, your grandma said that she would give me five million after I’ve
persuaded you to agree, and I would then be able to fill the gap. Who knew
that you would cause such a problem and send your grandma into a violent
rage? Why would I dare to still ask her for any money now? If not for that, I
wouldn’t be asking you to get the money from Bao Junyan in the first place.”
Until the end, Mu Dongsheng seemed to be blaming Mu Huan. If she had not
tarnished Bai Xuexian’s reputation and destroyed Matriarch Mu’s game, things
wouldn’t have come to this.
“You lost five million?”
“I had times when I won as well, but you know you can never keep winning in
such things.”
Mu Huan suddenly lost all control and grabbed Mu Dongsheng’s arm. “You
can go overseas and lose five million yuan, yet you refused to lend me fifty
thousand in the first place?! You just watched them destroy my entire life?!”
Previously, she’d tried to find an excuse for him and convinced herself that it
was as he said. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help her; he was just helpless.
However, what was this now?!
He dared to lose five million yuan but didn’t want to lend her fifty thousand?!
“Xiao Huan, this is different. No matter how much I lose, your grandma would
only think I am a failure and send me to the countryside to reflect. But if I go
against her, she would take my life! You know I already have a son, so the Mu
family now has a successor. Your grandma no longer needs this useless son
of hers.”
“Take your life? You really think Grandma would take your life?”
Mu Dongsheng: “...”
Alright, he was exaggerating a little. No matter how useless her mother
thought he was, she would never take away her only son’s life. But even then,
he did not dare to oppose her!
“Xiao Huan, there’s no meaning behind what we are saying anymore. Also,
how is this ruining your life?! It’s great that you married Bao Junyan! Bao
Junyan is handsome and rich, and he dotes on you. All the clothes you are
wearing now are branded. Your life is going to be a wonderful one as you are
living in the lap of luxury. It isn’t ruined—you are profiting from a disaster! Stop
thinking about the past!”
“Profiting from a disaster? Grandma is holding Granny against me, so I can

only listen to her instructions obediently like a dog, doing whatever she asks
me to do. This is called happiness? Look at my face. Do you really feel this is
a blessing?” Mu Huan pointed at her face.
Mu Dongsheng could not bear to look at her red and swollen face.
“Xiao Huan, don’t make it sound so nasty. You have to think about it this way.
Your grandma is your elder. It is a must for you to be filial and obedient to
your elders. As long as you are obedient and do whatever Grandma asks you
to, you wouldn’t have to take any beating.”
He had told her very early on to be like him. Be obedient and let Grandma do
whatever she wanted to do, and things would be fine. Yet, she had to create
such a problem.
“I should just do whatever she asks me to do? She asked me to drug Bao
Junyan, and I did. Forget about her letting me live a good life with 20 million
yuan. She will only think of ways to put me in a tight spot and repeatedly use
me over and over again until I am useless to her!”
Mu Dongsheng: “...”
This was a possibility.
But...
“Xiao Huan, no matter what, things are already this way. Kexin can never
marry Bao Junyan, so you have to keep being Mrs. Bao and be used by your
grandma. Since that’s the case, you can just conveniently lend your dad a
hand! I am your biological father, after all!” Mu Dongsheng reinforced his
identity as her dad once again.
Chapter 67: Let Me Stay with You for Two Days, Please
“I’m your biological daughter! Why are you doing this to me?! Why do you
have to do this to me?!” she said, uncontrollably lambasting her father.
Her biological father could watch others bullied, beaten, threatened, tortured,
and even drugged. Now, he wanted her to prostitute herself so she could earn
some money for him to pay his debts.
He’s my daddy! My very own father!

“Your dad here knows he’s useless and despicable, but I didn’t want this to
happen either! I wanted to protect you, and wish I had the ability to do that!
But whatever I can do, I’ll do my utmost best for you! Look, every time you
quarrel with Kexin, I always side with you...”
She looked at him and started to smile. Her smile broke into a chuckle before
it turned into a sob. Soon, she was crying helplessly. “Dad, sometimes I wish
for you to drive a knife through me instead. You can finish me off...”
Or, perhaps, she wished that he could be more heartless or ruthless, so she
could give up on him once and for all. Then she would not be hurt by him,
over and over again.
“What nonsense are you spouting? Why would I do that to you? You’re my
daughter!”
She sobbed and laughed as she looked at him. And it was in this manner,
crying and laughing intermittently, that she finally let go of his arm and walked
away.
Mu Dongsheng wanted to stop her. He wanted to beg her to help him but,
somehow, his feet stayed glued to the ground. Never had he seen his
daughter behave like this before. She had been a strong and stubborn girl up
to now.
Sometimes, it did not take a lot for a father to hurt a child. All he had to do was
to give her love and hope, and then build her anticipation, before mercilessly
destroying all that he had built within her heart.
The worst was how the pain was still not sufficient for the child to let go. With
that little love inside her heart, she could not put down their fetter even if she
wanted to. And so, she had to bear with his betrayal time and time again.
The summer night was unpredictable indeed. The bright and sunny sky was
suddenly covered by dark clouds and raging wind, hinting of an approaching
thunderstorm.
While pedestrians were busy looking for shelter, she continued to wander
aimlessly on the pavement.
She had been hardworking and motivated all along, but even the most
positive person would have their downtime, too.
And right now, she was just too tired and burned out.
She had tried her very best to live life the way she ought to, but it seemed like
a futile attempt now.
Droplets of rain fell heavily and speedily on her. The large droplets slapped
relentlessly on her face, making her red and bruised face even more swollen.
Still, that did not stop her from moping around on the street like a soulless
ghoul. So much so that the harried passersby could not help stopping to take
a second look at her.
...
The thunderstorm in summer passed as quickly as it came.
After the rain, Li Meng was about to go out of the house to look for food when
she saw her bestie looking drenched and despondent outside the door.
Mu Huan’s face broke into a smile when she saw her.
“What happened? Who hit you?!” Li Meng’s eyes instantly rimmed red upon
seeing her ugly and swollen face.
She knew the answer after she asked, though. There were only two people
who could hit her—Bai Xuexian or her grandma.
“Can I stay over with you for two days? I cannot let Bao Junyan catch me
looking like this.” If the man were to see her in this state, he would jump. He
would take these punches personally. It would be terrible if he was
antagonized.
“Then how are you going to explain your disappearance to him?”
“I don’t know if he would believe me if I were to tell him that my good friend fell
out of love again,” she commented with a laugh.
“Look at your face, you look terrible when you smile! Stop laughing!” Her
bestie hurled her into the house.
Chapter 68: I Cannot Bear to See You Leave

After she got into the house, she took a shower and changed her clothes
before she could finally take a seat on the sofa. Her bestie went to retrieve
two ice packs from the fridge to apply on her bruises.
“Your grandma is a formidable demoness! Most women at her age are either
sick or amiable old ladies. But she is still going strong at her age, and she’s
merciless when it comes to hitting her granddaughter.” By now, Li Meng was
really disgusted with the old lady.
“Well, she was already heartless when she hit her own son, not to mention
me.”
“How can there be such a grandma in the world...?” Her bestie’s voice trailed
off, having no words to describe her feelings.
“What should I tell Bao Junyan to convince him to let me stay away for two
days?” She was more concerned about this matter right now.
“If you were aware of this problem prior to this, then why didn’t you try to avoid
the situation in the first place? Who could have hit you if you meant to run?!”
“How could I have avoided it? If I didn’t let that old woman vent her frustration,
she might take it out on my granny,” she retorted with a pout.
Her friend was about to say something when she realized the truth in her
words. What if that demoness really went after the granny?
A man truly cannot have any kind of weakness. If her friend did not, with her
capabilities, she would not have had to bear with such humiliation!
“I have to say, though, my grandma has always been careful. When I was
little, she would not allow my stepmother to hit my face in case others found
out about the abuse. But she really lost her cool today. The fact that Mu Kexin
cannot marry Bao Junyan must be a terrible blow to her!” This thought
cheered her up very much.
“It would be good if this blow was heavy enough to knock her out so she can’t
cause any more trouble to you,” her friend said.
“Well, she may want Kexin to marry Bao Junyan for the sake of her precious
grandson, but the person she loves most is herself, after all. She won’t be
easily defeated. If not, the title of the thousand-years’ demoness will not be
befitting for her!”
Her bestie had to agree. “She’s a true-blue demoness!”
“Ay, let’s not talk about this now. Come and brainstorm with me. What should I
say to convince the man to let me stay over at your place for two days...?”
This was getting to be a major headache!
“How about telling him that I tried to slit my wrist because of family problems?”
Li Meng reckoned a tough, sad story would probably be able to earn a few
days’ absence without incurring any suspicion.
“What if he decides to come and see you?” She had told her husband that Li
Meng was her very best friend. And for her best friend, he would likely pay a
visit as a courtesy if he were to find out that she had attempted suicide. That
would spell trouble!
This plan was too risky!
Her friend had to agree with her after thinking it through. “But I doubt he’s
gonna believe you if you tell him that your best friend is brokenhearted. I
mean, we were having such a good time with the seafood hotpot...”
“How about other friends falling out of love?”
“I think this excuse can work only once. You’re gonna arouse his suspicion if
you use the same excuse again!”
“I think so too.” That was the reason she hesitated on this matter.
Just as the two of them were mulling over the best excuse to use, Bao Junyan
called.
The girl immediately signaled her friend to keep quiet.
“I need to make an urgent trip to the UK. I’ll return about three days later.”
The girl brightened up instantly at his message. Heaven was on her side!
“Hubby, please go ahead and get busy!”
The man asked, “Are you that happy to hear that I’m going away?”
Hearing her exuberance, it sounded to him like she was going to send him off
with firecrackers and cheerleading.
“That’s not true...” She hastily muted her tone. “Hubby, I can’t bear to see you
go!”
“That’s good to know. Come back and pack your stuff. You’re leaving with
me,” he told her.
“What?!”
Chapter 69: I Will Be Good

“What?!”
What is this?!
“Hubby...”
“Yes?”
“Hubby...”
“Yes?”
“Hubby...”
Her voice became more pleading and petulant at each turn, until his lips
hooked into a smile. “Yes?”
“I, er...”
“What is it?”
“I...”
“You don’t want to go?”
“It’s not that... I... erm, school is about to start soon, and also, my grandma’s
birthday feast is coming up soon. I have to help out at home...” She was glad
that she need not face him directly or she would definitely be exposed through
and through.
“You found a good excuse.” He could not help praising her.
“...”
Was he exposing her?
Just when she felt cornered and was desperately trying to find some
justification for herself, the man commented, “Be a good girl and do what you
need to do at home.”
Her eyes lit up. Will this do, too? Quickly, she nodded in acquiescence. “I’ll
definitely be a good girl!”
“Alright.” The man hung up the call after that.
PA Wang was dumbstruck by what he had just heard.
Was CEO trying to humor his wife just now?

I didn’t know the President could be this patient!
The girl collapsed on the couch with relief after putting down the phone. “What
a scare!”
“Hey, I can see that Bao the Lord dotes on you! He gave in to you despite
knowing that you were lying!” Her friend had nothing but praise for him. It
looked like he had won her over.
She got up from the sofa. “I have to say that he really is good to me.”
Her friend reacted instinctively. “Then you have to hold tight to him!”
“Ha... ha...” The girl could only laugh dumbly in response.
This was when Li Meng recalled the unfortunate situation her bestie had been
ensnared currently. With a tinge of sorrow, she changed the topic
inadvertently. “I’m feeling hungry now. What about you? What do you want to
eat?”
“I want to enjoy good food today. Only food can comfort my hurting heart.”
She was the kind whose appetite remained good regardless of the
circumstances she was in. In fact, food was the motivator for her.
“What do you want to eat? It’s my treat today!”
“Let’s have stewed goose! I was thinking of checking out the stewed goose in
that famous store!”
“Can you still go out looking like this?” Her friend glanced at her swollen face.
“Call to reserve a table first while I apply a cold compress. We can go over
once the swelling subsides.”
“That’s a good idea.”
At the restaurant, Mu Huan received a call from the lead host while eating.
Once dinner was over, they headed straight to the meeting place to see him.
He was concerned at once when he saw her. “Your face...”
The girl replied with indifference, “It’s nothing much. This is minor.”
“A friend told me that my boss is looking for me now so I want to leave this
place tonight.” Although the clubhouse owner suffered a few strikes this time,
he remained powerful. Thus, he wanted to leave before it was too late.
“I’ve arranged for someone to prepare your passports. The money is ready
too, although it isn’t much...”
“I know you did your best. Besides, you’ve helped me so much so I shouldn’t
take your money in the first place. But I really need some quick cash now, so
just pretend that I’m borrowing the money from you for now. I’ll return it to you
one day!” With her help, he and his sister managed to escape safe and
unscathed. To be honest, he felt bad about taking her money, but he
promised himself he would return double the sum to her one day!
“You can repay me when you make it rich one day. But don’t push yourself too
hard, it’s not easy making a living overseas. It’s more important to take care of
your sis and yourself!”
He looked at her, full of gratitude. The girl standing before him was also
having it tough, but that did not stop her from being kind to them.
Chapter 70: Were You Happy These Last Few Days?

After sending off the lead host and his sister, she became a pauper overnight.
“I’m feeling the pinch now...” she uttered mournfully while clutching her chest.
My money! Oh, my money!

Her bestie did not have the heart to chide her further. “How about I soothe
your pain with some ice cream?”
She lifted her head with a piteous look. “I want two!”
Li Meng could not bear to look into her bruised and swollen face. “I’ll get you
two.”
As she enjoyed the ice cream her friend got for her, she felt her pain slowly
dissolving away.
“I’m gonna work harder from today onwards!”
“How much more do you want to do? Other than when you’re sleeping at
night, you’re working the whole time.” Her friend rolled her eyes.
“Sigh. If only there’re 48 hours in a day,” she lamented.
“Even 48 hours wouldn’t be sufficient for you.”
Right at this time, Wu Xingye called. “I have an assignment here that pays
well. Since I can’t do this alone, do the two of you want to join in?”
“Definitely! Wait for us, we’ll be there soon!” After she put down the phone,
she dragged her friend along enthusiastically.
The moment Wu Xingye saw her face, he threw her a surgical mask. “You
better cover your face to avoid ruining our reputation.”
Her mouth twitched. “What kinda comment is that?!”
...
By the time the man had returned, her face was cleared of all marks. Due to
her diligent cleansing and maintenance, her small face shone and was even
more translucent and rosy. She looked better than before.
“You look like you’ve enjoyed yourself when I wasn’t around.”
She was absolutely glowing.
She was indeed happy these last few days. Not only did she manage to avert
a crisis with him, she had accepted a big assignment while at her poorest. A
big sum of money would come her way after the mission was accomplished.
Furthermore, she’d had ample sleep without him around.
Nevertheless, his tone spelled danger.
“How is that possible? Look at me, look at my eyes. Can you see the dark
circles around them?” Standing on tiptoe, she lifted her small face for him to
examine.
He closed in on her for a better look but could not find anything. All he could
see was her glowing, translucent cheeks.
“I didn’t sleep well at night.” Her demeanor looked as if she had it terrible
every night because he was not around.
He glanced at her without a word.
She was elated. Am I safe now?

“Hubby, are you hungry? Do you want me to cook noodles for you?” She
activated the virtuous wife mode.
Staring at her, he replied with a pensive and mesmerized look, “Okay.”
“I’ll go and cook for you...” Before she could finish her sentence, the man went
to sweep her up in his arms.
She could not help stammering under his watchful, blazing eyes. “Don’t... you
want me to cook for you?”
“Eh, I’ll bring you to the kitchen.”
...
The next day when she woke up, she could not help thinking that she was the
losing party in this marriage. It required so much of her energy and physique!
“If only we were living during the imperial days...” she muttered under her
breath as she sat up on the bed.
But quickly, she changed her mind. “No, no... ancient times won’t do...”
“What is it about ancient times?”
A male voice suddenly boomed beside her, which startled her so badly that
she pulled the cover over her head and burrowed between the sheets.
Why was he still here?!
Chapter 71: What Have You Done Wrong?

“...”
When did she become so timid? She was audacious enough to make up an
excuse to give me the slip a few days ago, right?
Walking up to her, he flipped the quilt aside to reveal her cherubic face. “What
have you done wrong?”
“Done wrong... I... I’m only lying here... What could I have done wrong...?” she
stuttered along.
He cocked his brow at her guilt-ridden face. Is this a face that has done
nothing wrong?
“My friends will come over tonight.” Truth be told, he had caught that strange
look of hers many times. However, he never pursued the matter further.
He was very satisfied with his little wife right now, so if she wanted to keep
some small secrets to herself, he would not object.
Remembering her role as his virtuous wife, she immediately quipped, “Do you
want me to prepare anything for your gathering tonight?”
“Something simple will do,” he told her.
Although he had said that the dinner would be a simple affair, she dared not
venture out today and, instead, stayed at home to get ready.
One of the rules for a virtuous wife was that the woman had to be capable,
whether as a housekeeper or in the kitchen. In short, she should not disgrace
her husband.
To start with, she made a call to PA Wang to find out the culinary preferences
of his friends who were coming over tonight. Besides getting the kitchen
helpers to prepare the meal according to their tastes, she also stepped in to
cook some dishes she was good at.
After that, she changed into an appropriate attire and waited for him to return
home.
When the man came through the door with his friends, she thought she was
watching a fashion catwalk there and then!
All of them were slender, tall, and were absolutely drool-worthy oppas1!
It was heart-throttling as they moved toward her in a singular line, so much so
that she almost wanted to raise her hand to her chest to calm her racing heart!
She wanted very much to call Li Meng at this time. Surely, her bestie would go
crazy being surrounded by so many handsome men!
Still, despite her unsettled nerves, she maintained an elegant smile as she got
up and greeted her husband. “Hubby, you’re back.”
“Yes.” He hummed a soft acknowledgment.

Due to his father’s poor constitution, the two of them had merely registered
their marriage but did not hold a wedding. Hence, other than Gong Zeye, who
was their marriage witness, the rest of his friends had not seen her before.
This was the reason they made a trip to his place tonight as well.
“Good evening, little sister-in-law!” Gong Zeye led the troop to greet her.
“Good evening, Mr. Gong.” She gave him a smile that was befitting of a
graceful lady.
Although she had dressed for the part of a good wife, formal and refined, her
youthful and pixie-pie face gave away her age. As such, the rest of his friends
decided to address her in the manner that Gong Zeye did.
“Little sister-in-law, I’m Fu Siye.”
“LIttle sister-in-law, I’m Han Yichen.”
“My name is Meng Lichuan, little sister-in-law.”
“Jin Chen here.”
“Good evening, everyone.” Her smile became sweeter and wider.
“This is a gift from us to you, little sis-in-law. Hope you like it.”
“Thank you.” She received it with a smile.
After exchanging courtesies, she went to the kitchen to get the food ready.
“What do you think? How do you find her? Our little sister-in-law is indeed
pretty and adorable, right?!” Gong Zeye blurted.
“I didn’t know Brother Bao was into such a look,” Jin Chen retorted. He had
been curious to find out what kind of woman their chief was in love with—one
whom the latter readily doted on.
After today, all he could say was that his chief liked freshmeat1!
The rest of the guys chipped in their agreement; this was the last thing they
expected, indeed!
Chapter 72: She Feels Like Accepting the Challenge
All these years, they’d constantly been wondering what kind of woman would
be good enough for their one-and-only Brother Bao...
And it turned out that... it was a girl who had just graduated from high school!
How to describe what we’re feeling now...?

Actually, they could not describe the feeling that they had right now.
After they had the meal, the impression they had of his wife was that, besides
being young, she was quiet and dutiful.
Sitting quietly by his side, she was so petite, quiet, and submissive that one
could not help feeling fond of her.
When Gong Zeye suggested a card game after dinner, she was slightly taken
aback.
Card game?
Can these men, cream of the crop, and each armed with such an angelic look,
know how to play cards like an average folk?
“What is it?” The man looked at her.
“Nothing much.” Forcing back the shock inside her, she’d responded with a
sweet smile.
So the six guys decided to split into two teams.
Just when she was about to excuse herself from their game and return to her
room, the man pulled her into his lap and asked, “Do you know how to play
dou dizhu1?”
Intuitively, she reacted, “Yes.”
“You play with them.”
“...”
Maybe I should have said ‘No’!

“I’ll take care of all your losses, and you can keep whatever you win as pocket
money.”
His subsequent words gave her a great morale boost. She was wide alert
instantly.
Trying to suppress the excitement in her heart, she said petulantly, “Hubby,
I’m not good with this game. You have to help me out.”
“Okay.”
The others were speechless.
Why did they get a feeling that they were being force-fed with too much lovey-
doveyness somehow?
Initially, she had reckoned that this would be an easy win, but it turned out that
she was down on her luck today. Every card that she picked was so bad that
no amount of I.Q. could help her win the game.
When the best card she picked turned out to be “king” yet again, she really
wanted to throw in the towel.
What is this?!
Knowing that the boys went for high stakes in their games, she had wanted to
reap some big wins from them. Little did she expect her cards to be lousy.
This is too much!

In fact, the cards she drew were so bad that even the man had to shake his
head.
Besides her, Gong Zeye had a terrible hand at the games tonight as well. His
cards were as equally bad as hers, and he lost every game.
“It’s so terrible, I’m not playing anymore!” He pushed away the card and
refused to continue.
Mu Huan immediately followed suit. “Hubby, I don’t want to play either...”
He could see that she was badly affected by her bad luck today so he agreed.
Caressing her head, he said to her, “Alright, we’ll stop playing.”
Once they stopped their game, the group started to chat about the stock
market and shares.
She was not interested at all and wanted to leave, but the man showed no
intention of letting go of her.
She could tell that he wanted her to mingle with his friends. Hence, she stayed
put in his arms and would chip in to their conversation occasionally.
Until...
“WTF, I’m gonna put up a reward! Whoever can help me to defeat this
challenger will get a reward from me, 100,000 yuan!” After Gong Zeye
stopped his card game, he went to play video games on his cell phone
instead. Unfortunately, he met a formidable player who was able to take him
down time after time. His series of misfortunate with his games tonight fully
exposed his tuhao nature.
When she saw what game he was playing, her eyes sparkled at once.
She was invincible in this game!
A hundred thousand yuan!

This is so tempting...
Although she was tempted, she knew that playing video games would not
qualify as a sign of a dutiful wife.
But, still...
A hundred thousand yuan was a sum that would not come by easily. She
would need to accept countless assignments before she could hit this number.
Besides, she was terribly poor now! Very poor, in fact!
She fidgeted restlessly on his lap as she wrestled with her thoughts.
“What happened?” he asked, dipping his head.
“I... I...”
She really wanted to accept this challenge!
Chapter 73: Did Not Give Household Allowance?

Finally, like a poor person acting from courage borne of evil, Mu Huan said
callously, “I am actually very good at playing games. I would like to accept Mr.
Gong’s reward offer!”
As she had been gritting her teeth and had decided on this callously, her voice
was a little louder than normal.
The cold atmosphere quietened down as everyone looked at her.
Terrified, Mu Huan shriveled further into Bao Junyan’s embrace. “That... I...
I...”
“Sister-in-law is good at playing games?” Gong Zeye was utterly surprised

that the quiet and obedient Mu Huan would suddenly say that she was good
at games and wanted to accept the reward offer!
“Nowadays... students are really good at playing games.” Mu Huan smiled

awkwardly.
Gong Zeye nodded. “That’s true.”
The main market for gaming was the students.
“Then, sister-in-law, help me play a round and chop this player up!”
Hearing this, Mu Huan turned her head to look at Bao Junyan.
Bao Junyan’s dark eyes were serene and deep as always, not allowing her to
figure him out.
Just as she was about to say something, Bao Junyan extended his hand
toward Gong Zeye.
Gong Zeye instantly handed the phone to him.
Bao Junyan received it and passed the phone to Mu Huan. “Play it.”
Mu Huan took the phone and hesitated for a moment before looking at Gong
Zeye. “If I manage to chop this player up, you’ll give me a hundred thousand
yuan?”
She was taking a huge risk in accepting this reward offer. She needed to
clarify and confirm the reward!
“If sister-in-law can cut him down, I will give you 200,000 yuan!” Gong Zeye
said heroically.
Mu Huan smiled promptly and replied, “Alright!”
Everyone else remained silent.
It seemed like their sister-in-law was short of money.
Was their Brother Bao not giving her any household allowance?
At that moment, everyone looked at Bao Junyan.
Right at this moment...
“Do I just have to cut him down, and that’s it? Do you want him to get the
entire server to beg you to let him off?” Mu Huan felt that taking 200,000
dollars from someone was too easy if all she had to do was chop one person
up. She needed to provide a little more service.
“Get the entire server to beg me to let him off?”
“Yes, ask him to get the entire world in-game to shout and beg for you to let
him off, then make him avoid you if he ever sees you again in the future,” Mu
Huan said.
Gong Zeye looked at Mu Huan in surprise. Even if a quiet, obedient, and

virtuous lady like his sister-in-law played video games, shouldn’t she be
playing them gently? Like how she spoke sweetly when they were playing
cards earlier, saying things like “I do not know how to play,” “help me,” and
whatnot?
It was already unexpected to hear her say that she would chop someone up,
but now, she was even saying she would make them beg to be let off...!
“Okay!” He wanted to see how his sister-in-law would make someone beg to
be let off.
Mu Huan gestured an “ok” sign with her hand and began to play.
Everyone surrounded Mu Huan seamlessly as they wanted to see how their

obedient and quiet little sister-in-law would chop another player up. Although it
was just a game, hearing the term “chop” made it sound so violent and
aggressive!
A video game maniac like Gong Zeye was unable to do it. Could their small,
quiet, and obedient sister-in-law succeed?
In the game world...
World’s Most Handsome was online.
The corners of Mu Huan’s lips tugged up into a smile when she saw Gong
Zeye’s player username.
Flower Woods: “You still dare to come online? Are you not satisfied enough
by being chopped up? Do you want to die a few more times?”
Gong Zeye was furious when he saw the dialogue comment. “That’s him,
that’s the one who keeps chasing after me to chop me up!”
“Oh.” Mu Huan controlled the character and walked toward him silently,
destroying the user in three moves.
Gong Zeye: “...”
They used the same equipment, the same character rank, yet he was
constantly killed while she destroyed the enemy with just three moves!
Couldn’t she give them a chance to live?!
Chapter 74: Evil People Would Always Die More Times Than They Stay
Alive
After Flower Woods revived in the same spot, he said: “Tsk, you damn...”
Before he could even finish typing his words, he was extinguished by Mu

Huan.

Flower Woods revived again in the same spot: “You...”
Ka cha, he was destroyed again.
Mu Huan: “Evil people would always die more times than they stay alive.”
Her clean and nimble style was just like their Brother Bao’s!
Afterward, when Flower Woods revived again, he immediately tried to chop

Mu Huan without saying anything else, but he ended up dead again.
After being chopped dead a few times, he tried to hide by going to other
maps. However, this game had a settings preference where if you set
someone’s account as your enemy, you can chase after him when he’s online,
no matter which map he was on.
So, no matter where Flower Woods appeared in the game, Mu Huan would
ultimately kill him.
Finally, he could only apply for armistice protection. But a player could apply
for it only once a day.
Flower Woods: “What exactly do you want?”
World’s Most Handsome: “Get the entire server to beg me to let you off, and
avoid me when you see me. Only then will I let you off.”
Flower Woods: “F*ck! I will never apologize. I’m going to go offline. If you have
the f*cking skill, then stay online and keep waiting for me!”
World’s Most Handsome: “There’s still five minutes before the treasure valley
will be bursting with rare treasures, which are only available during the
anniversary event. If you miss it, you won’t be able to get them.”
Flower Woods: “F*ck!”
He kept getting killed, but he kept going online to try getting the rare treasures
in the treasure valley!
Getting the entire server to beg was embarrassing, but if he missed the rare
treasures today, it would be devastating!
Finally, Flower Woods talked to the server to beg World’s Most Handsome to
let him off.
Mu Huan handed the phone back to Gong Zeye for him to have a look. “He
has begged to be let off. He won’t ever provoke you again.”
This was honestly the easiest she had ever earned money in all these years!
He was rendered speechless from his admiration toward Mu Huan.
“Oh, do you have WeChat or Alipay?”
“Yes,” Gong Zeye said.
“Then I’ll add you as a friend. You can then transfer me the funds.” Mu Huan
took out her phone and was about to add him as a friend.
Sensing the change in the surrounding atmosphere, Mu Huan raised her head
and looked around. What’s the matter? Did she do something wrong? He
offered a reward offer, she accepted it and accomplished the mission. So
shouldn’t they talk about the remuneration?
Gong Zeye regained his senses. “Little sister-in-law, let’s be friends on the
game as well! Next time, please carry me and raise my rank!”
“Alright! Next time, if anyone finds trouble with you, just let me know.” Mu
Huan started her game.
As her phone was a little old, the game was loading slowly.
“Sister-in-law, doesn’t the game lag when you play it?”
“It doesn’t affect much if it is slow by one or two seconds.”
Bao Junyan furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at her phone.

Gong Zeye was shocked when he saw Mu Huan’s ranking. “Sister-in-law, you
have reached the maxed rank!”
“I really like to play games.” Mu Huan lowered her head shyly.
She had trained this account when she was boosting the game. As her small
account was carried by the larger account, her small account was able to
raise in ranks fast.
“Sister-in-law loves to play games but still got into Yun University as the top
scholar. That’s amazing!” Gong Zeye knew quite a lot about Mu Huan.
“I actually love to study the most. I only play games when studies are tough
and I need something to help me relax my nerves.” After saying that she loved
to play games earlier, Mu Huan was afraid Bao Junyan would think that she
was an Internet addict who loved to play video games, not matching up to the
image of an obedient, perfect wife. Therefore, she hurriedly tried to salvage
her image.
Chapter 75: Being Unfamiliar Is the Best

As the crowd had seen Mu Huan playing the game so well earlier, as well as
how she was aggressive and threatening, they found that this did not match
her image. But after hearing her words, they believed they must have been
overthinking it.
The stress of entrance exams was intense, especially since their sister-in-law
was not favored at home. She’d had to rely on herself and score well to have
a way out. Therefore, she definitely studied hard. With that high level of
stress, this little lady could only use games to relax.
Now that they thought about it, there were many people right now who were
restricted in many ways in their lives, and they could go wild only in video
games. Therefore, Mu Huan seemed more normal now and no one else
continued to ponder over it.
Bao Junyan stroked Mu Huan’s head affectionately.
The wealthy daughters who were similar to his wife knew only how to fool
around and shop all day. If he was to put it nicely, they did go overseas to
study. However, they mostly had to spend money in order to study abroad. On
the other hand, his wife scored first and entered Yun University, one of the
few local universities in the country. She really had a great drive.
Mu Huan did not know that that single sentence she’d said to salvage her
image had crafted her into an encouraging figure to others, where she was a
pitiful girl who was not favored. In order to stand out among her peers, she
studied extremely hard. She reduced her stress by avidly playing video
games, yet she was still able to score well.
She was currently busy trying to steal the rare treasures in the treasure valley.
Earlier, she was dying to head back to her room upstairs to get these
treasures and trade them in for money.
Now that Bao Junyan knew she played games and she had just added Gong
Zeye as a friend on the video game, it was a waste to not try to attain the
treasures!
As a maxed-level character, Mu Huan was able to attain the rarest treasures

even if her phone was a little slow.
If she sold what she managed to get today, she could sell them for at least a
few thousand. Thinking about the 200,000 yuan Gong Zeye mentioned earlier,
she was beaming with joy in an instant.
“Wow! Little sister-in-law, you managed to snatch so many incredible rare

treasures!” Gong Zeye followed after Mu Huan when he saw her entering the
treasure valley to steal the treasures, but while he’d gotten only one, Mu Huan
had managed to get six.
“Here, let me give you one.” Mu Huan was generous today as she was in a
good mood.
“Thank you, sister-in-law. Next time, I am going to mingle with you. Please
carry me and help me raise my level!”
Mu Huan originally wanted to say yes, but when she thought about how Bao
Junyan was here, she said, “I do not have that much time to play the game as
we are starting school soon. There are many things I need to prepare.”
“When you have the time to play, please carry me!”
“Alright.”
“Today is the anniversary event. The game is giving double experience points.
I heard that there will be a big boss later who will drop top-notch equipment
when it is defeated. Sister-in-law, please carry me to fight the boss later.”
“No problem.”
Noticing how happy Mu Huan was playing with Gong Zeye, Bao Junyan
placed her on the sofa to play while he went to join a discussion with the
others over drinks.
When he left, Mu Huan instantly felt extremely relaxed. She sat cross-legged
on the couch, staring at her phone, displaying the qualities of an Internet-
addicted maiden.
The next morning.
Mu Huan walked into the dining table and was a little surprised to see Bao
Junyan. Normally, he would have already left for work at this time.
“Morning, Hubby,” she greeted him with a sweet smile.
“Mm,” Bao Junyan answered nonchalantly.
Mu Huan felt that Bao Junyan was a good husband most of the time. But
occasionally, like now, he would respond in a cold manner despite her
enthusiastic greeting.
However, this was also a good thing.
It was best if the two of them remained unfamiliar with one another until they
separate.
After Mu Huan sat down, the butler placed a box in front of her and retreated.
Mu Huan glanced at the box before raising her head to look at Bao Junyan.
Chapter 76: Spend It Any Way You Want

“Open it and have a look,” Bao Junyan said.
Mu Huan opened the box obediently.

Inside the box lay a phone. It was the newest model, and it was the pink
sakura version that many girls adored.
She...
What did this mean? Was he giving her a phone as a gift?
“Do you not like it?” Bao Junyan asked, seeing that she wasn’t elated.
“Is this for me?”
Did she still have to ask?
Realizing that she had asked a dumb question, Mu Huan smiled and tried to
curry some favor. “My phone is still fine. I do not need to have a new one.”
“It’s still fine?” Bao Junyan’s eyes darkened.
“Yep. It’s still fine. Have a look if you don’t believe me!”
“Pass it to me. Let me have a look.” Bao Junyan reached out with his hand.
Mu Huan instantly handed her phone over to him.
“Isn’t it still fine?”
Bao Junyan glanced at Mu Huan before slamming the phone down.
Her phone screen was smashed broken.
Mu Huan: “...!!!”
What the f*ck!
“Your phone is so damaged that you might cut your hand if you continue using
it. Switch to the new one right now.” Bao Junyan returned the phone to Mu
Huan.
Mu Huan: “...”
“Also, there’s this. Take it.” Bao Junyan took out a card from his wallet for Mu
Huan.
Mu Huan saw the card in his hand and was afraid to take it and not take it at
the same time.
“This is my secondary card. There’s no limit to it so you can spend the money
however you like. Do not bother saving.” Bao Junyan was a workaholic and
had not planned to be married so early. However, due to his father’s health,
he was constantly forced by his mother on blind dates.
No longer able to tolerate it, he’d decided to simply let his mother gather a few
candidates she thought were good and let them all meet him at the same time
while he chose one amongst the group.
During the matchmaking party, he chose the seemingly obedient and lovable
Mu Huan.
After the wedding, she was indeed obedient and not clingy. She was not
ambitious and did not find trouble.
He was extremely pleased and free of worries. Therefore, he ended up

neglecting her.
When he saw how moved she was by a hundred thousand yuan yesterday
and how old her phone was, he suddenly remembered how, apart from that
one time he bought her clothes, he had not given her any money to spend.
She was not favored in her family. Thus, she definitely did not have much
money.
That’s why she was so moved by the hundred thousand yuan. That’s why she
was so happy when she heard she would be given 200,000 yuan.
Mu Huan thought about it and felt that she needed to take this card or she
would definitely not be able to cross this barrier. Therefore, she reached out
and took it from him. “Thank you, Hubby.”
“Good.” Bao Junyan caressed her head.
Mu Huan let out a sigh. Just as she thought that she was going to just take it
and not spend anything...
“If you take this card and not spend anything, I will be very angry.” She was
not willing to say why she did not like him buying things for her or why she did
not like to spend his money. However, as Bao Junyan’s wife, how could she
live a hard life? She had to want it even if she didn’t and spend even if she
didn’t want to.
Mu Huan: “...!”
Was he a monster? How did he know everything she was thinking?!
When Bao Junyan glanced at her look of astonishment, his lips curved into a
smirk. He lowered his head and went back to his breakfast.
He was a man who did not speak when he ate.
Seeing that he had begun eating breakfast, Mu Huan hurriedly lowered his
head and followed along.
When Bao Junyan left for work after he was done with breakfast, Mu Huan
quickly left the Bao household.
She busied herself ’til the afternoon before she recalled that Gong Zeye had
yet to give her 200,000 yuan. Afraid that someone as busy as he was would
probably forget about the money a couple of days later, she decided to take a
photo of a cloud in the sky.
She edited it and sent it over to Gong Zeye via WeChat.
“Look! Does this cloud look like 200,000 yuan?”
When Gong Zeye, who was currently in a discussion with Bao Junyan, saw
the picture she sent, he laughed out a grunt.
Chapter 77: Do You Believe Your Own Words?

Bao Junyan raised his head and glanced at him.
Gong Zeye hurriedly moved closer to him. “Brother Bao, look! Sister-in-law is
chasing me for a debt.”
This was the first time he had been chased to pay up by someone! And in
such a suave and plainspoken manner as well.
Bao Junyan looked over, the corners of his lips curving up as he saw how the
clouds in the picture did indeed look like 200,000 yuan.
“I’d better send sister-in-law the money or she might think I’m reneging on a
debt,” Gong Zeye said as he was about to transfer the money over.
When Bao Junyan recalled that Mu Huan had taken his card this morning, his
face darkened as he responded, “Tell her that you’ve been a little tight on
cash recently and currently have no money. Let her know you will send her
the money some other time.”
“Tight on cash and currently have no money?” Gong Zeye asked.
“Yes,” Bao Junyan said.
“But, Brother Bao...” As a man from a very wealthy family, who would believe
that he was tight on cash and couldn’t give 200,000 yuan?!
“Yes?” Bao Junyan, who was originally about to lower his head again and
return to their work matters, raised his head again.
“If I do not give sister-in-law the money, she will definitely be angry and will no
longer carry me when we play video games.”
“So what, you are going to give it to her?” Bao Junyan raised his brows.
The danger that emanated from him at the moment caused Gong Zeye to
instantly respond, “I am a little tight on cash these few days. I am very poor!”
The moment Mu Huan saw Gong Zeye’s text on how he was a little tight on
cash and could only give her the money next time, she was dumbstruck.
F*ck! Where did he find the nerve to say such words?!
As someone who came from a wealthy family and who probably had a
random diamond worth millions in his pocket, how could he say that he was
tight on cash and didn’t have the money?
When people say that Gong Zeye had a wealthy family, they meant they were
truly rich. Coal mines, iron ores, gold ores, diamonds, jades, he could have
anything that he wanted!
He was truly from a wealthy family who had mines!
Mu Huan: “Do you believe your own words?”
Gong Zeye: “I have no idea if you believe it, but I do.”
Mu Huan: “Mr. Gong, you seemed to have dropped something.”
Gong Zeye: “What?”
Mu Huan: “You dropped your face. Do you still want it?”
When Gong Zeye saw her text, he banged the table and laughed out loud.
“Little sister-in-law is so entertaining!”
Bao Junyan looked over to him.
Gong Zeye knowingly passed the phone over in an instant.
Bao Junyan couldn’t help but curl the corners of his lips.
“Sister-in-law obviously does not believe me. Is it really okay for me to not
give it to her? Would I offend her?” Gong Zeye asked.
“So you are not afraid of offending me?” Bao Junyan retorted.
“What software is this?” Bao Junyan suddenly asked.
“WeChat. What? Brother Bao, you do not know what this is? It can’t be. My
70-year-old grandpa is also using it!” Gong Zeye commented in shock.
“Brother Bao, why don’t I help you register an account and you can add sister-
in-law? Don’t you think sister-in-law talks in a very interesting manner online?
“Also, when she played games with me last night, sister-in-law was like a
completely different person. In the game, she was genuinely domineering.
Extremely! The people in the game all refer to her as the queen!” His sister-in-
law had never chattered nonsense with others. Whoever tried to challenge her
or find trouble, she instantly chopped them up. Therefore, she had many
followers in the game.
“When she begins to play games, this girl is different from how she usually is.”
Even though Bao Junyan saw it only for a moment last night, he could tell that
his wife was someone who ran rampant in games.
“I know, right?!” Gong Zeye nodded his head excitedly when he received an
agreement from Bao Junyan.
“She is normally very timid, which is a huge contrast from her aggressiveness
when she plays.”
Chapter 78: You Do Not Seem Trustworthy

Gong Zeye went on, “This is a common phenomenon. In our society, there are
those who appear timid, quiet, and honest yet are actually very audacious
online. They may be easy to bully in person, but when it comes to the Internet,
they are the first to point their fingers at others. These are the keyboard
warriors who like to hide behind the screen and criticize others. For instance,
they like to lash out at others for traveling overseas even though they are also
unpatriotic in the first place.”
“So are you saying that my wife is a classic keyboard warrior?” he asked his
friend, eyes narrowed.
Gong Zeye immediately gave a slight pout. “What kind of bad example have I
given just now? I should kick myself, indeed!”
Bao Junyan rolled his eyes at him.
“Brother Bao, let me create an online account for you!”
“Okay.”
His bestie was surprised to see him agreeing so readily. He had thought that
he would need to spend some time to persuade him otherwise. Who could
bring about such a change in him?!
Not only did his chief proactively ask him about the software he was using,
now, he also instantly agreed when he volunteered to create an account for
him. One must know that his Brother Bao had never liked such online chatting
platforms in the first place!
In the end, he decided that he would return the money to his little sister-in-law
by hook or by crook. Since this little woman was already holding such power
over his chief, he would need to ensure that he would not offend her in the
future especially!
“Brother Bao, what do you want for your nickname?”
“Bao Junyan.”
“Nobody gives their own names online!”
“Me.”
“C’mon, Brother Bao, don’t be so straight-laced! Let me help you with this!” He
was eager to give a name that would make his chief feel good about himself.
You are a casanova and I am God.
“Brother Bao, I’ve added your wife. Come and send a message to her now!”
He passed the phone to his friend.
He took the phone over and sent a message to her: “I’m your hubby.”
As Mu Huan was working in an agency, the flyers would have her number on
it. Others would not need her approval to add her as a friend.
When she received the text from Bao Junyan, she was still fuming from the
fact that Gong Zeye would not pay her.
The message only added fuel to the fire.
She replied with a text: “B*stard! Then I’m your granny!”

“What is this name—You are a casanova and I am God? The name doesn’t
spell anything good!”
When Gong Zeye heard the beep on his phone, he called out excitedly,
“Brother Bao, your wife has returned a message!”
The man switched on his phone and his friend drew close for a look.
When Gong Zeye saw what was written on the phone, he could not help
bursting into loud laughter while his friend’s face turned terribly dark and
sullen.
He picked up the phone and called his wife.
Soon, her sweet voice could be heard over the phone. “Hubby...”
He asked, “Are you my grandma?”
She was taken aback. What happened to this chap today? Did he just address
her as his grandma?
She was just about to check with her husband on the meaning of his words
when she was struck dumb with a sudden realization!
She recalled receiving an earlier message, which told her that he was her
husband, to which she then replied that she was his grandma!
“Yes?” he prompted.
From across the phone line, she could sense the pending doom from his
leisurely prompting.
She quickly replied, “Hubby, I didn’t know that was you. When I saw your
nickname as ‘You are a casanova and I am God,’ I had a bad feeling
immediately. That was why I replied with a scolding. I thought you were a bad
guy!”
She realized she had said something wrong the instant the words came out of
her mouth. Was she implying that the nickname he gave himself was rubbish
and fitting only for a baddie?
“Hubby, I...” She tried to find an explanation but, somehow, she could not
make it past the first word.
Chapter 79: I Am Your Hubby

“You’re right. This isn’t a good name. You were right to have been fierce.” He
swept a stern gaze at his friend.
What kind of a name is this?

Gong Zeye: What’s wrong with this name? Doesn’t it sound awesome?
She was dumbfounded. To hear her husband saying these words to her just
when she was panicking was too much for her.
Does this mean he isn’t angry?

Bao Junyan: “I’ll change the name immediately.”
She stared at the phone after hanging up, too startled for words. “...”
Not long after, her phone beeped once more. It was a WeChat message.
She opened her phone for a look.
Bao Junyan: “I’m your hubby.”
“...”
Why did he send the same message again? This is so embarrassing!

Besides, how would he want me to reply? If I were to say that I know, would
that be too cold and indifferent? Will he be displeased with my response?
After thinking for a while, she replied: “Hubby, muack muack!”
When he received the message, he saw his screen full of hearts spurted by a
little yellow face. Somehow, he could tell that this was a message of love.
Gong Zeye peeped in for a closer look. “Wah! Look, Brother Bao, little sister-
in-law is sending kisses to you!”
“The muack-muack sign means love?”
“Yes, yes!”
He could not help recalling that day when they took a walk after dinner. She
wanted to buy ice cream but then came running back to him suddenly, and
she pulled him into the back alley to tell him that he was so good-looking that
she could not help wanting to kiss him.
For unknown reasons, his mood was elevated by that recollection.
He sent back a reply: “I’ll get busy now.”
Her reply came quick and fast: “Hubby, thank you for your hard work. I’ll see
you tonight!”
He stared at the phone for a long time before putting it away.
Somehow, Gong Zeye felt that he had been tortured by this couple.
Right about this time...
“Miss Xiao Huan, what has happened today that makes you so generous as to
give us a good treat?” Wu Xingye was a foodie, and the thought of the good
food that awaited him later perked him up exceptionally.
“Whatever. You’ll only get to enjoy noodles today.” The moment she thought
about the 200,000 yuan that Gong Zeye owed her, she felt a sharp pinch in
her heart.
Wu Xingye could not help commenting, “Mu Huan, what’s wrong with you
today?”
She had promised a good meal earlier. Why was she allowing only a simple
meal of noodles now?
“What’s wrong, Xiao Huan?” Even her bestie was surprised at her change of
attitude.
“That fella with plenty of money told me that he was tight with cash now. He’ll
give me the 200,000 yuan that he owes later. But somehow, I have a feeling
that he’s not gonna pay up,” she explained with a pout.
“What? Were you cheated? Who dared to play such a prank on you? Let’s
teach him a lesson!” The boy stood up with a vengeance.
“Weren’t you the one who informed us that this fella was Bao Junyan’s friend?
Why would his friend not return the money he owed?” Her best friend was
aware that the man had won the game because of her skills.
“I find that strange too! How would he dare to say such a disgraceful thing?
No matter what, he has to pay up on account of my husband, doesn’t he?
With Bao Junyan around, there’s no reason he wouldn’t pay!”
Li Meng was just about to say something when Mu Huan sat upright all of a
sudden.
“Unless... Bao Junyan forbids him to give me the money!”
“Why would he do that?”
“He passed me a credit card this morning, and he knows that I don’t want to
spend his money. He wants to make use of this opportunity to make me
spend his money!” The more she thought about it, the more she believed this
to be the case!
“Then what are you going to do about this?”
“I have no other choice except to use his money now. I’ll return the money to
him once I’ve saved up again. I won’t owe him anything.”
One must learn to be adaptable and to not be fixated on a certain way.
“Yes, yes!” Her bestie nodded in eager agreement.
“Come and take a look. This is the legendary supplementary card that has no
spending limit. With his financial capability, I can take this to buy an airplane!”
She flashed out the card for them to have a look.
Chapter 80: A Smart One

Li Meng was impressed. “Wow!”
Wu Xingye said, “Mu Huan, do you want to sacrifice yourself for the sake of
your friends here?”
This is a card that can buy a few airplanes!

What are we waiting for? It’s time for us to show off!
“Get lost.” She chased him away disdainfully.
“If you aren’t going to share your good fortune, then at least treat us to a good
meal!” To him, the promise of a good meal remained unchanged.
“That is possible. If I were to use this card to swipe a bill of 30 yuan or so for
bowls of noodles, my hubby might think that I’m trying to humiliate him.”
“Then what should we eat?”
After thinking for a while... “Let’s go to Dragon Court! I’ve been wanting to try
the dishes there but couldn’t bear to spend the money.”
Dragon Court was Yun Cheng’s most expensive restaurant. The eatery did
not carry a menu. Instead, the diners would get to enjoy what the chef cooked
that day. Those who had tried the food there would want to go a second time
even if it would cost them an arm and a leg. Due to its extravagant price tag,
she did not have the chance to try the food yet.
“Really?!” The eyes of her two friends lit up instantly!
They would drool when they passed by the place every time!
“Of course! Since he stood in the way of my 200,000 yuan, I’m gonna spend a
bomb on his account!” She decided that she would not pay him back for this
meal after all.
“Let’s go!” If this were her money, they would be rather reluctant. But now,
they could not wait to leave upon knowing that this meal was on his tab!
In the evening, just as the man was having a video-conference, he received

an expense alert on his cell phone. He hooked his lips in a quiet smile. His
wife was a smart woman.
Just when he was about to put down his phone, she sent him a WeChat
message.
It was a picture of her dinner spread.
Mu Huan: “Hubby, the meal was really superb. Let’s eat here again next time.”
Bao Junyan: “Okay.”

She sipped her lips when she saw his simple reply.
At the Mu house...
“Grandma, I think you shouldn’t send Mommy abroad,” Mu Zixuan said.
“What’s the point of letting her stay in the country? She’s such a disgrace to
the Mu family.” Although the matriarch doted on her grandson, she would not
make a concession on this matter, not even for his sake.
“Grandma, I think if you were to exile her, then we’ll truly be disgraced. I’ll be
mocked for having a lascivious mother and sister for the rest of my life.” Mu
Zixuan was Mu Huan’s brother. Younger than she was by four years, he was
14 years old now. After the summer holidays, he would start his junior high
school as his results were good enough for him to skip grades. Ever since he
was young, he’d been exceptionally smart and talented, which delighted the
matriarch. He was the apple of her eye.
She frowned upon hearing his words. Indeed, she was unwilling to see her
precious grandson be made into a laughingstock. “Keeping her in the country
would not change the fact. The video clip and photos were so clear that we
have no way to refute the truth! No one would believe us if we deny it!”
She had wanted to salvage the situation, but since nothing could be done
regarding this matter, she decided that the next best option would be to send
the shameful mother-daughter pair away. Out of sight, out of mind.
“Others may not believe our words at first, but if we stand firm on our story,
people will slowly come to believe us. However, if we don’t do anything and
send my mother away instead, then it’s an admission of guilt indirectly. We’ll
never be able to hold our heads high for the rest of our lives!”
“You have a point, but what else can we do? I think...”
“Grandma, don’t worry. I already have an idea.” Besides being endowed with
a sharp mind, this young boy was also mature in his thinking, thanks to the
nurturing showered by his conniving grandmother.
Chapter 81: Give a Legitimate Reason

“What do you have in mind?” she asked him instinctively.
“Since we cannot explain the HD video clip and the photos, instead of denying
the fact, let’s just admit the truth.”
Just when she was about to say something, her grandson quickly added, “We
just have to give a justification for this fact.”
“A justification?”
“The reason my mom had looked for that young gigolo was that she wanted to
save her daughter who had fallen hopelessly in love with him. To prove that
this man was only out to get her money, she got close to him as well. In this
way, her daughter would realize that this gigolo had no love in mind when he
would accept women much older than himself. This wasn’t a case of a mother
and daughter fighting over a kept man; this was a story of a selfless mother
trying to save her daughter who had gone astray. For her daughter, she was
willing to do anything.”
The old woman was dumbstruck. Her face clearly displayed the bewilderment
she held in her mind.
Recomposing herself, she commented, “Who would believe such a story?”
Although this seemed viable, who would believe their story when they
broadcast it?
“With my father telling the story, many will believe it,” the boy replied
affirmatively.
“With your father involved?” The matriarch realized that age must have caught
up with her. Up until now, she still could not understand what her grandson
was trying to do.
“Get my parents to appear as a loving couple in public, and get Daddy to say
that he knew about this matter. Both of them came up with the plan for her to
get close to the gigolo. I know that that young chap did not have any sexual
relations with my mother or sister. He has run away from the country, but even
if he were still in Yun Cheng, there is nothing to be exposed. This plan will
work just fine.”
“But think about it, for your parents to save your sister, they didn’t need to do it
personally. They could have gotten someone to seduce the gigolo instead.
For your dad to allow your mom to get so intimate with another man seems...
impossible.”
When Bai Xuexian got into trouble, the matriarch did not think that she could
clean up the mess not because she was not capable enough but because,
deep down inside her, she did not want to do that. Although she admitted that
her son was a good-for-nothing, he was still her biological son. Hence, her
daughter-in-law’s betrayal was not something she could forgive. Naturally, she
did not want to clear her name.
As such, any idea proposed by her grandson would not seem viable in her
eyes.
“We can explain that with our family’s high reputation, it would be a shame to
let others find out that the daughter was after a gigolo. As Mommy did not
trust anyone to do the job well, she decided to carry out the assignment
personally.” The reason why he did not come to his mother’s rescue at the
first instance was that he was trying to figure out a way to salvage the
situation.
He’d gone through all the possibilities in his mind during the past few days.
“Still, I don’t think others will buy this story...”
“Daddy had been keeping tabs on Mommy all along. He has other images
with him as well. We can take this chance to reveal all these photos and say
that the pictures were originally meant for my sis only. However, an
opportunist had exposed this matter for their own benefit. This will prove my
daddy’s involvement even more. We can dramatize this matter, get it
publicized, and pay others to stir up the heat. People will start to believe the
story!
“In this way, even if no one believes the story, there’s nothing they can do
about it. We have a legitimate reason for the fact, and no one will dare to
make fun of us again!”
Chapter 82: Going for a Competition

The boy gave no chance for the old lady to reject his plan. Inside her heart,
though, she abhorred the idea of romanticizing her wanton daughter-in-law as
a sacrificial mother in public.
In the end, she took out her anger on her son.
She blamed him for not informing her even though he was well aware of it!
Now, it had turned into a fiasco because of him!
The one who had it worst was none other than Mu Dongsheng.
All these years, he had borne with his wife’s increasing condescension and
bossiness. He wanted a divorce but his mother forbade it. Hence, upon
noticing his wife’s strange behavior, he got someone to follow her secretly so
he could collect evidence to justify his request for a divorce before his mother.
Now, not only was he unable to divorce his wife, his pictures that were
supposed to implicate her were to be used to build a false story of a great
mother instead. This was the last thing he’d expected.
He could only count himself unlucky. There was no way he could go against
his formidable mother and her beloved grandson.
In the end, he succumbed to their plan unwillingly by appearing as Bai

Xuexian’s loving husband in public to exonerate her shame.
The Mus might not be as powerful as the Baos, but they were still influential in
their own right. For one thing, their public relations’ arm was dependable.
The next day, the media headlines were all about this sacrificing mother who
went to great lengths to save her daughter from going astray.
Li Meng almost wanted to vomit blood after reading it.
“What happened?” Mu Huan looked at her.
“Quick, come and take a look! The Mu family is so shameless!” Her bestie
showed her the latest news.
She took a look. “WTF!”
“I really admire your grandma! No matter how partial she is toward your
stepmother, how could she bend herself backward just to help the woman
who made her husband a cuckold?!” The young girl could not believe what
she had just read.
Her friend read through the entire news clip. “This couldn’t have come from
my grandma,” she explained.
“If this wasn’t from your grandma, then who could it be from? Don’t tell me it
was your dad? Do you mean that your father is so benevolent...” The thought
that that man would actually help his unfaithful wife rendered her speechless.
“It wasn’t my dad either. He must have been forced to do this. This idea must
be from Mu Zixuan.” Mu Huan knew the Mu household well. Her grandma was
not the kind who would condone her daughter-in-law’s betrayal, so there was
no way she would bother to prove the innocence of Bai Xuexian.
As for her father, he could not wait for an opportunity to get a new wife, so
helping Bai Xuexian would have been a no-no for him, too. The only one who
would go all out to help this wanton woman would be her son, Mu Zixuan.
After all, the boy would not want to be mocked for having such a mother.
“Mu Zixuan? Isn’t he just 14?”
“He may be young, but he’s conniving enough. He’ll be a force to reckon with
in the near future.” The girl had high praises for this brother of hers, although
they did not come from the same womb.
“What are we going to do now?”
“We do nothing; let them be. My grandma isn’t keen to wash off that woman’s
guilt in the first place. She’s being forced to do this right now. This means that
my stepmother will only irritate her in the future. That woman will no longer
have any power, nor will she be able to eye the director’s post. No amount of
goodwill will win her affection from the matriarch.”
After she finished with the chicken wing, she stood up and said, “Let’s go. I
want to enter a competition.”
“Aren’t you going home?” The sky had turned dark by then.
“Bao Junyan has left the country this afternoon. He’s to return after a week.”
There was no doubt that she was the happiest when her husband was not
around.
“What kinda competition?” Li Meng asked her in return before she recalled
something abruptly. “Don’t tell me you wanna join the boxing match at the
Barons Club?”
Chapter 83: Woman, Are You Courting Your Death?

“Yep.”
“Are you mad to join that kind of competition?” Her bestie quickly grabbed
hold of her.
“I know that the prize money for this season is especially high, with half a
million yuan at stake.” She had wanted to enter the competition the moment
she heard the amount of prize money. Now that her hubby was not around as
well, all the more she should not give up this chance.
“With this kind of money, I’m sure it must be a ruthless opponent you’ll be up
against! You may lose your life!”
“It won’t be as bad as you think. As you know, I used to work there.” She took
out her makeup kit and started to apply makeup on her face.
“It’s still very dangerous, regardless! Now that you have won against your
stepmother and your granny is out of danger, what are you still striving so
hard for?!”
“School is about to start soon and I’ve decided to take on two majors.
Besides, I also plan to complete my studies sooner. This means that I’ll have
less time for side hustles soon. I can’t miss this opportunity to earn big bucks.”
She knew that if she wanted to shake herself loose from a tough livelihood like
the one she had now, she would need to make a name in the medical
profession. This was the life she had envisioned for herself; as such, her
studies could not afford to take a backseat at all.
Hence, she would risk her life for this money despite the grave dangers.
“Xiao Huan...” Her bestie knew very well the reason that drove her hard, but
still, she was very reluctant to see her enter the fight.
Patting her shoulder, Mu Huan reassured her friend. “Don’t worry, I’ll take
good care of myself. I still love my body, so I wouldn’t have joined if I didn’t
have the confidence.”
Li Meng knew very well that her words would fall on deaf ears, so she could
only caution one more time, “Once you see that you’re losing, you must run or
admit defeat immediately, alright? You mustn’t fight a losing battle!”
“Understood,” she replied, smiling.
When the night fell, the boxing ring was surrounded by shouting crowds,
rowdy and passionate!
For contingency’s sake, Li Meng decided to get Wu Xingye to go along to

watch the match. At least there would be an additional pair of helping hands if
a mishap were to happen.
“You should have stopped her, or threatened to take your life if she were to
insist on going. How could you allow this to happen?!” The boy had gotten
wind of the news that the reigning champion this time around was a
formidable chap.
Rolling her eyes at him, she explained her thoughts in great length. “I know
that girl well. If I had blackmailed her, she would have just knocked me out
cold and then come to the match on her own. So I chose to agree with her
and got you to come with me. At least if something were to go wrong, the two
of us could join in on the fight too. This is a better plan.”
“...”
Alright, she had a point!
At this point, it was their friend’s turn to go up on the stage. The two of them
immediately shifted their attention to her.
There were not many rules in the matches here. Anyone could enter the
match, and the person who could defeat the three boxing kings on stage
would go away with half a million yuan!
The reason that the prize money was higher than usual for this match was
that the last reigning champion was a well-known boxer. Their friend could
easily overcome the first two boxers, but the last would be especially risky for
her. Mu Huan had watched him fight when she arrived, and she came to the
same conclusion as her friends as well.
When she entered the ring, she was instantly boo-ed by the crowd.
“It’s a woman! How can it be a woman this time?!”
“Tsk tsk, how did the girl find the nerve to come? Is she courting her death?”
“Girl, get off the stage now or you’ll suffer terrible consequences!”
“Woman, are you courting your death?!”
“You can die wherever you want to, so why did you choose here to die, of all
places?!”
Although the rules here allowed anyone to enter the match, there had never
been a girl who dared to take on this challenge, and especially not someone
who looked feeble and frail like she did.
Hence, in order to appear tougher than she looked, she had gelled up her hair
and applied cosmetics to make her look dark and fierce. With that same
makeup, she added a few scars on her face.
Chapter 84: Boxing Champion of Asia

Her opponent shared the same sentiments as well.
“Little one, it’s not too late to step down from the ring!” sneered the boxer at
Mu Huan’s guts for challenging him in the boxing ring despite her being a
puny little thing who was not even the size of his thigh. The ring was not a
place for anyone to fool around in. It was a place of life and death!
She kept her silence, though, and only arrogantly hooked a beckoning finger
at him to signal him, Bring it on!
“Knock her out with one punch!”
“Knock her out with one punch!”
“KO her!”
Upon seeing that she not only refused to get off the ring but even dared to
make such an arrogant gesture at her opponent, the audience clamored for
the boxer to KO her with a punch in order to let her know that she was
courting her death!
Under the belief that it would be a real letdown to this atmosphere and the
audience if he did not do exactly that, the boxer threw a straight punch at her
the moment the referee hand-signaled the start of the match.
Just when everyone thought that his aggressive punch would deck her out,
Mu Huan nimbly leaned away and evaded that lethal attack while exerting all
the strength she could muster into punching him near the pressure point of his
tragus.
A boom was all she heard thereafter.

The tall, stocky boxer had collapsed and was unable to climb back to his
feet...
A still silence instantly reigned in the arena.
At the VIP seat upstairs.
A young man, who was originally lounging indolently on the sofa with two
beauties feeding him grapes, sat straight up when he saw that scene. That
expressive face of his was brimming with excitement.
What followed after that still silence was the loudest cheers ever heard in
history.
“Impossible!”
“Is this a rigged match?!”
“Was there a mistake?!”
Instead of the other way around, the boxer had gotten KO’d by that woman
with just one hit!
“No mistake at all! It’s all real!” shouted Li Meng in reply to the man beside her
who questioned if there was a mistake.
That’s just how formidable our Xiao Huan is!

“What nonsense! This is clearly rigged! How can there be a woman who’s so
formidable?!”
“Well, there is one, and she’s right in the boxing ring right now!”
“D*mn! That’s impossible!”
“Exactly, it’s absolutely impossible!”
“Watch on, then, and you’ll be convinced of the possibility!” She knew that her
friend would have no problems dealing with her first two opponents. What
worried her the most was the third and last boxer — the defending champion.
“D*mn! Just hurry up and get started on the second match!”
“Shake a leg!”
“Hurry up!” After a few loud calls, everyone else started to follow suit and
holler for the organizer to step on it. They wanted to watch the second match
right away and find out if that woman truly had such capability, or was it that
the organizer had rigged the match in order to hype up the atmosphere?
Most of the audience reckoned that it was the latter and that a woman could
not possibly knock out a big-sized man with just one punch.
And so, under the clamoring and hollering of the crowd, the second match
began.
The boxer of the second match was much more formidable than the one in the
first. Moreover, after watching that first match, he now knew that his rival had
real potential and, hence, did not let down his guard around her like how the
first boxer did, making him much more of a difficult opponent to deal with.
It was only after a long bout of exchanging punches that Mu Huan finally
emerged as the victor of that match.
This time, though, her victory was accompanied by only thunderous applause
and cheers. Those who were previously suspicious of the matches being
rigged were now all convinced of her true capabilities!
To think that a woman could have such capabilities and be able to KO two
boxers!
The thought that she might very well win against the celebrity boxer and
defending champion in her third match sent the audience’s blood bubbling
with excitement!
The young man on the VIP seat upstairs was also getting increasingly excited.
The boxer of the third round once won the title of “Boxing Champion of Asia”!
Chapter 85: Medical Knowledge Attacks

The boxer of the third round once won the title of “Boxing Champion of Asia”!
Mu Huan’s gaze became a lot fiercer with hints of bloodthirst in her eyes as
she faced him.
The boxer already dared not take her lightly after watching her performance in
the second match, but seeing her look now, he sharpened his focus even
more. He must never lose to this woman! Should he be defeated by a woman,
he would never be able to mingle and survive in this circle any longer!
“Bets are open! Bets are open!”
The biggest source of income of Barons Boxing Competition came from the
betting audience. The more intense the match was, the higher the odds and
payouts would be. Even though the second match had revealed Mu Huan’s
true potential and everyone thought her to be formidable, her chances of
winning against the third celebrity boxer were slim after that strenuous match
with the second boxer.
Nevertheless, her performance tonight had surprised everyone time and

again, so they also reckoned that she might create a miracle.
Hence, there was no telling who the winner and loser would be, not until the
end of the match.
The more suspense-filled the match was, the higher the odds and payouts
would be, thereby creating a stir among the audience. People who never bet
before had now placed a bet.
A hush instantly fell in the entire arena when the referee signaled the start of
the match.
Li Meng nervously grabbed Wu Xingye’s arm. Her grip was so tight that it hurt
the latter, but he said nothing about it as he was, in fact, equally uptight as
well!
Among the trio, Mu Huan was the strongest, having previously practiced her
boxing with the best boxer here while working part-time and having learned
other forms of martial arts. Even so, they could not help worrying and feeling
afraid for her since she was met with a formidable opponent.
It was an extremely intense match that captured the audience’s attention right
from the start, to the point that no one dared to blink lest they missed out on
an exciting moment or the winning blow.
The two exchanged attacking and defending blows, and each attack was so
vicious that it made people think that the other would collapse in the next
second, but it did not happen.
It was exactly as Mu Huan predicted — this opponent was one tough nut to
crack. He had a strong physique while she had just finished a match. She
would have a great chance of winning against him if this was a fight, but alas,
even though there were not many rules for underground boxing, there were
restrictions in place. This, in turn, limited what she could do during the match.
She had excellent spurts of energy, but her stamina, especially after she had
exerted her strength in the previous match, was somewhat poor. If she could
not end this match speedily, the loser would be her.
And for the sake of that half a million yuan, she must not lose!
After a half-time break, she began launching her attacks based on her medical
knowledge.
Coming from a family who ran hospitals, with her grandmother, granny, and
father being doctors and with her maternal grandfather’s family being in the
pharmaceutical industry, she had naturally been influenced by them since she
was little. Although she had yet to start on her medical career, she already
had a deep understanding of human anatomy. She knew where to hurt
someone the most and where to easily make someone collapse while not
putting that person’s life in danger.
To save her strength in the first match, she simply KO’d her opponent with a
punch on the most delicate spot of the human body.
Not launching attacks based on her medical knowledge in the second match
and during the start of the third match was all for the sake of preventing her
opponents from seeing through her attacking tactics and guarding against her
by using ways to drain her energy. Now though, she could finally use them.
After exchanging blows with her for half a match, the celebrity boxer already
had an understanding of Mu Huan’s tactics and stamina, and he also knew
that she would not be able to last long despite her strong explosive power.
Even if he could not beat her, he would eventually emerge as the victor if he
went on draining her stamina.
He, therefore, took things a little less seriously.
Chapter 86: Our Young Master Wishes to Meet You

Unfortunately for him, Mu Huan’s attacking style changed the moment the
match started again. Each time, she would hit him in places where he could
not bear the pain. He wrote it off as accidental strikes for the first two times,
but the third, fourth, and the subsequent attacks all landed in spots that hurt
him a lot as well. That was when he realized that something was amiss.
It was also then that he suddenly recalled her match with the first boxer. He
had initially chalked it up to that boxer’s lousy stamina and to him
underestimating his opponent, which resulted in him being KO’d. Thinking
about it now, he realized that that punch landed on the spot where it most
easily made people collapse and unable to climb back to their feet!
This made him conscious of the fact that his rival had a deep understanding of
human anatomy. Despite him having a basic knowledge when he learned
boxing, what she knew was far beyond his understanding, and each attack
landed so precisely in place.
Alas, it was by far too late by the time he realized this. After a series of
accurate attacks from Mu Huan, he was now unstable on his feet and could
only rely on his last ounce of strength to flung his fist at her.
That punch sent Mu Huan and him tumbling down together.
It instantly caused an uproar among the crowd. Was this a draw?
Avid fans of boxing matches were aware that the two were truly drained as of
now.
Right then, the referee stepped forward in preparation to begin the
countdown.
“Get up! Get up!” urged Li Meng and Wu Xingye loudly as they cheered for
their friend and encouraged her to stand up.
If she could not get up, then she would have wasted her time and energy in
today’s matches and suffered injuries all for nothing!
There was no prize money for draws.
Their shouts brought the audience back to their senses and they began
shouting too. Some cheered for Mu Huan while others cheered for the
celebrity boxer to get up. The atmosphere of the arena had reached its peak!
Just when the referee was about to start counting down...
The celebrity boxer watched Mu Huan effortlessly getting to her feet while he
remained on the ground, regardless of how much energy he exerted.
As she regarded him, she shook her head and said, “It’s no good that you’re
too bulky. When you need to get up, your weak strength can’t support the
weight of your body.”
The boxer almost spat out blood when he heard that.
And yet, he could not help but find that there was a point to her words!
As for the young man on the VIP seat upstairs, the excitement in his eyes
intensified when he saw that Mu Huan remained the last one standing. He
summoned the manager who was attending to him from the side. “Get her to
come upstairs and collect the money from me later!”
“Roger.”
After the match, the manager invited Mu Huan to go upstairs.
Having worked part-time here before, she knew that the winner need not go
upstairs and could just collect their prize money downstairs.
“Manager Wang, I’m in a hurry.” What she meant was for him to transfer the
money directly to her bank account.
“Our young master wishes to meet you.”
“I have something urgent on.” All she wanted was the money, and she did not
want to meet anyone.
“How about this? Why don’t you go settle your urgent matter first, then come
back and collect your money after that?” the manager suggested with a smile.
Mu Huan: “...!!!”
Will I still be able to receive the money by then?

Her friends began making their way to her when they sensed trouble, only for
her to signal them to wait there in that spot. To ensure that she could get her
prize money, it was better to keep them out of this matter first.
And so, she ultimately decided to head upstairs with the manager to check
things out.
As she left, she sent Li Meng an eye signal, indicating that if she was yet to
come down in fifteen minutes, they were to call the police before rushing
upstairs to look for her.
When Mu Huan arrived upstairs with the manager, she saw a young man
lazily leaning against the sofa with beautiful women surrounding him, feeding
him wine, and massaging him. That was one vivid and captivating image.
Despite noticing her arrival, the man did not move and only lazily lifted his
gaze to her.
Chapter 87: Follow Me

“Young Master, she’s here,” announced the manager respectfully as he
stepped forward.
“I can see that.” The man’s gaze stopped and remained fixed on Mu Huan’s
eyes.
Although the former appeared to be a young and frivolous person, the latter
did not drop her guard.
Just then, the man opened his mouth. “Go wash your face, then come back
and talk to me with it clean and bare.”
Her eyes drooped. “I’m here only to collect the money.”
“You joined the competition for the prize money, yeah?” He cocked a brow
slightly.
“Yes.”
“If that’s so, it’s all good, then. Follow me, and I’ll guarantee that you’ll live in
the lap of luxury!” She was the first person he found to look so alike.
“...”
Is there a problem with his eyes? Given my current appearance, he actually

wants me to follow him?
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m not interested in your type. All I want is a female
bodyguard. If you follow me, I’ll give you an annual salary of at least ten
million, and if you’re good at your job, there’ll be a big reward for you as well.
The money you make will be much more than what you’ll make from boxing.”
An annual salary of ten million...

If this had been proposed to her before her marriage with Bao Junyan, she
would certainly have agreed to it right away. She could not do so now,
however.
“Thanks for looking kindly upon me, but I’m afraid I’ll have to decline. It’s only
out of interest for the prize money that I joined the boxing match. I don’t box
for a living, and I have no intention of working as a bodyguard.”
“You might not have had the intention before, but you can start planning to be
one now.” The more he looked, the more he found those eyes to be alike.
Mu Huan: “As of now, I don’t plan to be one either.”
“Then you can forget about collecting your prize money of half a million!”
“I won it!”
“Well, I’m the boss here. My words are final.”
“You’ll lose credibility if you don’t give me what I’ve earned. Will you still be
able to operate your business here, then?”
“So be it. I could hardly care about losing a piece of this industry.”
Mu Huan: “...!!!”
What the f*ck!

“Be my bodyguard, and I’ll give you that half a million right away, followed by
an annual salary of ten million and lots of benefits. If you don’t, you’ll have
wasted your time and effort competing in today’s competition. Here’s my
name card. Give me a call once you’ve thought it through.” As he spoke, he
tossed a name card toward her.
She did not catch it, though. Instead, she let it freely drop to the ground before
sweeping her eyes over the name printed on it. Long Feiting.
That name rang a bell, but she just could not recall where she’d heard it
before.
“No need for any consideration as I won’t become your bodyguard. Please
give me that half a million. It’s what I deserve.”
“No means no!” Long Feiting was never one to accept rejections.
With her gaze turning sinister, she lifted her eyes and warned, “Don’t regret
this.”
The two things in life that she could never accept were betrayal and being
robbed of her money.
Both were equally unforgivable!
“Regret? I’ve never known what is called regret. Do you honestly think you
can make me regret anything?” He lifted a brow. If not for those eyes of hers
that captivated him and made him wish for her to stay, he would never be
interested in her, a boxer. To think she actually could not tell good from bad
and dared to reject him. And now, she even wanted him to regret his decision.
He would just like to see what capabilities she had to make him do so!
“Are you sure you won’t give me the prize money?” she asked again for the
last time.
“No. What about it?”

Mu Huan gave him no response, though, and merely gave him a hard look
before turning around and leaving.
It was only after she left that the manager dared to speak.
“Surely this is inappropriate, Young Master.” Their young master was simply
too willful.
“What’s inappropriate about it?” Long Feiting snorted in reply.
“We work in this line, but we’re not giving her the prize money she won... Are
we truly quitting the industry?”
“That depends on whether or not she has what it takes to put you out of a job.”
Chapter 88: A Bad Year

“Young Master, why the sudden urge for her to be your bodyguard?” The
manager just could not fathom it. Never mind that Young Master had
developed an interest in the girl and wanted to call her up to take a good look
at her after watching her win the competition, but why did he suddenly want
her to become his bodyguard and refuse to give her the prize money?!
“Since when have you had the right to come meddling in my affairs?” Long
Feiting swept his cold eyes over him.
The manager instantly fell silent.
“Get lost!” He aimed a flying kick at the manager.
Downstairs.
When Li Meng saw Mu Huan coming down, she hastily walked over to her.
“What’s going on?”
“D*mmit. Am I having a bad year?” Mu Huan found herself to be down on luck

recently.
Forget about the supposedly easy 200,000 yuan flying away, my hard-earned
half a million is denied from me just like that! G*dd*mmit!
“What’s wrong?” asked her friends at the same time.
“I don’t know where this harebrained young master popped out from, but he
suddenly wanted me to become his bodyguard and said that if I refused, he’s
not giving me that half a million. Really! I must’ve lived too long a life to be
encountering such a thing!”
“WTF! How can he do this?!” Li Meng was about to lose her temper.
“Come, let’s go find him! If he still refuses to pay you, we’ll give him a
thrashing!” As Wu Xingye spoke, he made a move to head upstairs.
Mu Huan grabbed hold of him at once. “If that’s possible, why would I be here
empty-handed?”
That half-witted young master had plenty of bodyguards around him, and she
could tell that they were all highly skilled. Now that she was all injured and
drained, if the two went up to pick a fight, it would pretty much equal to them
courting their deaths.
“What should we do, then? Are we just letting things slide?” Her two friends
could not take this lying down.
How could anyone refuse to give Xiao Huan her hard-earned prize money
after she fought so desperately and got beaten to such a state?! Surely this is
just absolutely lawless and unreasonable!
“How can I let it slide just like that? Follow me.” Mu Huan asked them to follow
her, and the two immediately trailed after.
And so, the trio arrived at the arena’s staff carpark.
Mu Huan swept her gaze around her before it eventually came to a stop at the
most luxurious sports car there.
“That’s the harebrained young master’s car.”
Li Meng: “It looks rather expensive.”
Wu Xingye: “It’s a limited edition Lamborghini.”
Mu Huan’s lips hooked up into a cold sneer. “Smash it!”
Swallowing my half a million? Bullying me?

“Alright!”
After putting on gloves, the trio picked up the iron bars they had taken from
the security office and dragged them forward before smashing them down
hard on the car.
Mu Huan was no saint. By hook or by crook, she would find a way to pay back
double to whoever dared to bully her!
And so, when Long Feiting saw the devastating state of his beloved car, he
was instantly reminded of her last words, Don’t regret this!
“Find her! Find me that woman even if you have to dig her out from the
ground!”
How dare you touch my car?!

See how I end your life!
...
After Mu Huan boarded the car, she suddenly spat out blood.
It totally scared her friends witless.
“Xiao Huan!” Li Meng’s voice was trembling.
“I’m fine...” She extended a hand to comfort her.
“What’s fine?! You spat out blood! Didn’t I tell you not to participate in such
competitions? You just had to insist on it!” cried her female friend with red-
rimmed eyes.
Wu Xingye made a sharp turn and headed straight to a hospital.
“No need for hospitals. I’m probably just overagitated such that my blood
pressure rose.” Despite how she had risked her life to participate in that
competition, that imbecile actually refused to give her the prize money she’d
won. Half a million! She truly felt that she had spat out blood from anger.
“What overagitated?! Stop fooling around, you have to go to a hospital!

Earlier, I saw that person landing several punches at your chest!”
“I safeguarded the vital parts, so I’ll be fin—” All of a sudden, she blacked out
mid-sentence.
Chapter 89: Getting into Trouble

It frightened her friends so much that their limbs went icy cold.
Hospital...
“Doctor, aren’t you going to conduct more examinations?” asked Li Meng

frantically as she grabbed hold of the doctor’s arm.
“All the necessary examinations have been conducted, and there are no signs
of damage in her internal organs. She’s only suffering from superficial
injuries.”
“Then why did she pass out after coughing up blood?” Wu Xingye’s brows
were tightly squished together.
“Didn’t you say that she had just suffered from a huge blow? Medically
speaking, when a person’s emotions receive a huge stimulation, it will lead to
ruptured capillaries in the nasopharynx and to bleeding. In short, the patient
being overagitated caused her blood pressure to rise and her to cough up
blood. Moreover, she has a relatively low blood sugar count, which was the
cause of her fainting.”
Li Meng: “...”
So it’s really a case of overagitation?

At the thought of how desperate their friend’s need for money was, having lost
200,000 a couple of days back and now, another half a million, they were now
somewhat convinced that she might have very well coughed up blood out of
anger. Otherwise, she would not have gone to the extent of smashing that silly
young master’s car.
They heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.
After the doctor left...
“Trust that idiot not to give Xiao Huan her hard-earned money! He really
deserves to die!” The thought of her bestie coughing up blood from anger sent
a ball of fury that was temporarily extinguished when Mu Huan fainted to
course through Li Meng once again.
“We can’t let him off so simply! We must find some ways to exact vengeance!”
hissed Wu Xingye, his eyes cold and dark.
Having come a long way with Mu Huan, they knew very well how pressed she
was for money and how important that half a million was to her, so they could
never permit anyone to cheat her in such a manner!
“Right. You go run an investigation on that harebrained young master’s

background.” Li Meng could not take it lying down.
“His name is Long Feiting, and the name seems to ring a bell with me, but I
just can’t recall where I’ve heard it from. You go check,” said Mu Huan as she
sat up.
“You’re awake, Xiao Huan!” The two hastily crowded around her.
“Trust me to faint. This is really...” She reckoned that she must have lived too
long a life to have encountered such a thing. “I’m fine. No internal injuries,
right?”
During the competition, she had never taken the initiative to attack her
opponents and had chosen a defensive attack style instead. Hence, with her
good agility, she was able to evade attacks on her vital organs each time.
“Nope.” Wu Xingye nodded.
“You were really overagitated.” Seeing how she seemed to be in pretty good
spirits after gaining consciousness, Li Meng could now completely put down
her worries.
“I was really incensed.” Her heart ached badly at the thought of that prize
money.
“Simmer down. We can always earn that money again.”
While the two girls were chatting away, Wu Xingye had found information on
Long Feiting...
“We might’ve gotten into trouble...”
“What’s the matter?” The other two turned their heads toward him at the same
time.
“Long Feiting, aka Young Master Long of the Emperor Group in the Imperial
Capital, is fondly favored by his grandfather. He’s notorious for being an
arrogant and domineering tyrant.”
Mu Huan frowned. “That world’s top 100 Emperor Group?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t fret about it, Xiao Huan. Your husband’s company is much more
impressive than the Emperor Group,” assured Li Meng.
“That might be true, but surely you don’t want her husband to find out that
Xiao Huan got duped and have gotten herself into trouble for smashing
another person’s car while trying to earn money through boxing?” Wu Xingye
rolled his eyes at her.
The latter could not help sharing his sentiments after thinking about it.
“Xiao Meng, go settle the discharge procedures and we’ll leave right away. I’ll
lock myself at home during the next few days. You two best not go out in the
meantime as well!” After pondering for a bit, Mu Huan continued, “Xingye, go
hack into the hospital’s surveillance system.”
Because of her familiarity with the surroundings, she was able to avoid all the
surveillance cameras during the competition and, hence, did not leave a trace
behind. Now, though, she could only resort to hacking into the surveillance
system to wipe out her traces as a precaution since she had undergone so
many examinations in the hospital.
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Chapter 89: Getting into Trouble

It frightened her friends so much that their limbs went icy cold.
Hospital...
“Doctor, aren’t you going to conduct more examinations?” asked Li Meng

frantically as she grabbed hold of the doctor’s arm.
“All the necessary examinations have been conducted, and there are no signs
of damage in her internal organs. She’s only suffering from superficial
injuries.”
“Then why did she pass out after coughing up blood?” Wu Xingye’s brows
were tightly squished together.
“Didn’t you say that she had just suffered from a huge blow? Medically
speaking, when a person’s emotions receive a huge stimulation, it will lead to
ruptured capillaries in the nasopharynx and to bleeding. In short, the patient
being overagitated caused her blood pressure to rise and her to cough up
blood. Moreover, she has a relatively low blood sugar count, which was the
cause of her fainting.”
Li Meng: “...”
So it’s really a case of overagitation?

At the thought of how desperate their friend’s need for money was, having lost
200,000 a couple of days back and now, another half a million, they were now
somewhat convinced that she might have very well coughed up blood out of
anger. Otherwise, she would not have gone to the extent of smashing that silly
young master’s car.
They heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.
After the doctor left...
“Trust that idiot not to give Xiao Huan her hard-earned money! He really
deserves to die!” The thought of her bestie coughing up blood from anger sent
a ball of fury that was temporarily extinguished when Mu Huan fainted to
course through Li Meng once again.
“We can’t let him off so simply! We must find some ways to exact vengeance!”
hissed Wu Xingye, his eyes cold and dark.
Having come a long way with Mu Huan, they knew very well how pressed she
was for money and how important that half a million was to her, so they could
never permit anyone to cheat her in such a manner!
“Right. You go run an investigation on that harebrained young master’s
background.” Li Meng could not take it lying down.
“His name is Long Feiting, and the name seems to ring a bell with me, but I
just can’t recall where I’ve heard it from. You go check,” said Mu Huan as she
sat up.
“You’re awake, Xiao Huan!” The two hastily crowded around her.
“Trust me to faint. This is really...” She reckoned that she must have lived too
long a life to have encountered such a thing. “I’m fine. No internal injuries,
right?”
During the competition, she had never taken the initiative to attack her
opponents and had chosen a defensive attack style instead. Hence, with her
good agility, she was able to evade attacks on her vital organs each time.
“Nope.” Wu Xingye nodded.
“You were really overagitated.” Seeing how she seemed to be in pretty good
spirits after gaining consciousness, Li Meng could now completely put down
her worries.
“I was really incensed.” Her heart ached badly at the thought of that prize
money.
“Simmer down. We can always earn that money again.”
While the two girls were chatting away, Wu Xingye had found information on
Long Feiting...
“We might’ve gotten into trouble...”
“What’s the matter?” The other two turned their heads toward him at the same
time.
“Long Feiting, aka Young Master Long of the Emperor Group in the Imperial
Capital, is fondly favored by his grandfather. He’s notorious for being an
arrogant and domineering tyrant.”
Mu Huan frowned. “That world’s top 100 Emperor Group?”

“Yes.”
“Don’t fret about it, Xiao Huan. Your husband’s company is much more
impressive than the Emperor Group,” assured Li Meng.
“That might be true, but surely you don’t want her husband to find out that
Xiao Huan got duped and have gotten herself into trouble for smashing
another person’s car while trying to earn money through boxing?” Wu Xingye
rolled his eyes at her.
The latter could not help sharing his sentiments after thinking about it.
“Xiao Meng, go settle the discharge procedures and we’ll leave right away. I’ll
lock myself at home during the next few days. You two best not go out in the
meantime as well!” After pondering for a bit, Mu Huan continued, “Xingye, go
hack into the hospital’s surveillance system.”
Because of her familiarity with the surroundings, she was able to avoid all the
surveillance cameras during the competition and, hence, did not leave a trace
behind. Now, though, she could only resort to hacking into the surveillance
system to wipe out her traces as a precaution since she had undergone so
many examinations in the hospital.
Chapter 90: Is It Her?

A crucial point suddenly hit Mu Huan right then. “What name did you register
me in for the hospitalization records?”
“Song Xing.” Li Meng had registered her under the alias she usually used
when she was hospitalized.
“All’s fine, then. Hurry and get moving!”
While Li Meng hastily left to settle the discharge procedures, Wu Xingye

proceeded to hack into the hospital’s surveillance system with his laptop.
No sooner had he just entered the system that the other woman returned.
“We’ve got to leave now. Just moments ago, I saw someone asking the
hospital reception about us!” panted Li Meng.
Mu Huan’s forehead creased. The other party had arrived far sooner than she
had expected.
Wu Xingye urged, “You two leave first. I’ll continue doing this next door, and
once I’m done, I’ll head home straight.”
“Alright.” And so, the two ladies took their leave first.
With his laptop in hand, Wu Xingye headed next door, which was a ten-
bedded ward. As it was crowded there, people mistakenly assumed him to be
a relative of a patient there, so no one paid any attention to him.
Not long after their departure, several black-clothed bodyguards broke into Mu
Huan’s ward.
When they found no one there, they grabbed hold of a nurse and interrogated
her.
The trembling and frightened little nurse stammered out, “She was here just
moments ago!”
Just when Wu Xingye was about to leave after successfully hacking into and
wiping out the hospital’s surveillance footage, he heard the leader of the
bodyguards requesting to view that very footage. His lips hooked up slightly,
and he happily left the hospital after that.
A villa in the western suburbs.
Long Feiting, who was lounging on the sofa while playing games, lifted his
head when he heard the sound of footsteps. “Where is she?”
Li Minghai bowed his head. “I’m sorry, Young Master. I’ve failed in my task.”
“What’s the use of apologizing? If apologizing works, then why is there a need
for punishment?!” There were so many of them, yet they still could not find an
injured woman!
“Please punish me, Young Master.” The subordinate bowed his head even
lower than before.
This greatly antagonized Long Feiting, though. Am I seeking to punish

people? All I want is the woman!
“Didn’t you say that she was traced to the hospital? You were given so many
people that all of you could practically envelop the hospital, so how on earth
could you all not find her?!”
“By the time we arrived, they have already left. All we know is that it was a
man and a woman who brought her to the hospital.”
“What about the surveillance cameras?”
“The hospital’s surveillance system has been hacked into, and the
surveillance footage from today has been formatted.”
Angry mirth burst out from him. “Should I praise them for being capable or
scold you all for being useless?!”
With his head hanging low, Li Minghai dared not make a squeak.
“What about the hospital records? Surely, there must be something that they
used to keep a record of the patients that are hospitalized there!”
“Yes, but there wasn’t any identification number. Only a name, Song Xing.”
The enraged young master suddenly quietened down at once. “What did you
just say?”
The young chap, in this state, sent chills down the subordinate’s back. His
voice could not help quivering as he repeated himself, “Only a name, Song
Xing...”
“The ‘Song’ in the Song Dynasty, and the ‘Xing’ for stars?” Hints of excitement
appeared in Long Feiting’s eyes.
“Yes.”
His heart suddenly started to race. Is it her? Could it be her?

Over the years, he’d found plenty of people with the name “Song Xing,” but
they were never her. The repeated failed attempts had had him beginning to
question his life and his memory — was there a possibility that he
remembered things wrongly? That was, until he met those eyes that were so
similar to Song Xing’s, and that person was in Yun Cheng!
“Send additional men to go seek her out right away, even if you have to turn
over the entire Yun Cheng!”
“Roger.” Li Minghai was about to take his leave upon receiving his order
when...
“Don’t hurt her in any way once you’ve found her, and inform me straight
away!”
This came as a surprise to him. Wasn’t Young Master so furious that he

wanted to kill that woman for smashing his car? Why the sudden order not to
hurt her?
Something occurred to him right then.
Song Xing! That girl’s name is Song Xing!

That’s the name of the girl whom our young master has been searching for all
this while!
Chapter 91: How Did These Marks Come About?
No wonder he had found that name, Song Xing, familiar in the hospital and felt
that there was more to the name. Due to him fretting over how to give account
to his young master for his inability to nab the woman, this did not occur to
him at all! From the looks of it now...
“Young Master, is this... is this the girl you’ve been looking for all along?”
After the years of futile searching, he bumped into her just like that? What...
What an unbelievable surprise!
“Similar-looking eyes, same name, and she’s in Yun Cheng, so it’s probably
her!” The thought that the person whom he had been looking for for so many
years was finally about to be found sent him into a frenzy.
He could not help but start to wonder about the gift he should give the woman
if she was truly the Song Xing he was looking for.
The very thought of those wondrous memories excited him greatly.
Alas, a week soon passed by with his men searching across Yun Cheng over
ten times to no avail. That female boxer seemed to have vanished into thin air
without a trace, and there was no news of her companions either.
This sent Long Feiting into a rage. He refused to believe that a person was
capable of not leaving behind any traces of their life!
He then sought out the manager of the boxing competition. “For someone to
be able to take part in the competition with the knowledge of the prize money,
to know the location of the staff carpark, and to avoid all the surveillance
cameras on site, that person is obviously very familiar with this place. Now, go
inform all the groups who can get a hold of the news of the competition that
I’m looking for the girl who had won the competition that night. Tell them it was
only a joke that I wanted her to become my bodyguard and say that she’s
welcome to collect her winnings without having to worry about my destroyed
car. In fact, I have plenty of such cars in my garage, and she’s more than
welcome to come and smash them as she likes.”
“Understood.”
That night, Mu Huan saw that piece of news.
“Huh, are you kidding me? He’s allowing me to go collect my winnings and
smash his cars? Am I stupid to the extent that I will deliver myself to your
doorstep for you to catch me?” What rubbish!
“What do you mean by that?”
The sudden booming male voice frightened her so much she fell off from the
chair.
The feeling of his little wife having a guilty conscience instead of being
frightened by him due to her timidity was growing more intense.
“Hubby... Hubby, you... when did you return...?”
Has one week passed by so quickly? It sure doesn’t feel like I have done
anything at all!
“Just.” He then looked toward her phone, which she was speaking to while
looking at it.
Mu Huan instinctively withdrew her hand and hid her phone away, lest her
husband sees something.

It was such a blatant attempt on her part that he questioned himself if he
should continue pursuing the issue or just let her off.
“You’re finally back, Hubby! I missed you a lot!” The woman climbed to her
feet, flew into his arms with extended arms, and hugged him tightly.
I’ll let her off this time.

“Let’s head to the bedroom.” A week went by without him seeing his little wife,
and it made him miss her badly.
Mu Huan: “...”
After his tiring business trip, can’t he go take a bath and have a good rest
upon coming home?
She lifted her head. “Hubby—”
Before she could complete her sentence, Bao Junyan picked her up and
made his way to their bedroom.
The words she wanted to say got swallowed back down when he smooched
her.
Until...
“How did these marks come about?” asked the man with a frown as he took
stock of the bruises all over her.
She suffered only from superficial wounds, but despite her carefully applying
medication to the wounds during the past few days, there were still some
remaining marks on her skin that had yet to fade off.
Chapter 92: Somehow a Little Irked

She suffered only from superficial wounds, but despite her carefully applying
medication to the wounds during the past few days, there were still some
remaining marks on her skin that had yet to fade off.
With her mind currently somewhat dazed, Mu Huan instinctively answered, “I

got them... from boxing...”
“Boxing?” The frown on the man’s face became deeper.
When she came back to her senses and realized what she had just said, a
shiver ran down her back.
“I... I wanted to pick up... pick up some self-defense skills... I...”
“You can pick up some other skills. Boxing doesn’t suit you.” The lass was so
delicate and fragile that she was not suited for such an aggressive sport.
Those wounds were a glaring eyesore to him.
“Right, right.” She nodded earnestly.
That night, Bao Junyan was especially gentle toward her, treating her as if she
were a delicate ceramic doll.
He did not torment her too much and merely hugged her to sleep.
The man was surprisingly resting at home the next day.
This made Mu Huan a little restless as she did not know how to get along with
him normally.
It was a good thing that he headed straight to the study to busy himself after
he was done with breakfast.
She heaved a sigh of relief at that. At the thought that she could not step out
of the house today, she then took out the pharmaceutical book she bought
from the bookshop the other day and began reading it.
When Bao Junyan came out from the study later, he found Mu Huan sitting on
the sofa before the French window, fully engrossed in her book with sunlight
shining down on her and enveloping her entirely in a glow.
It was his first time taking such a good look at this little wife of his, and he
concluded that she was a very attractive person.
Mu Huan lifted her head when she sensed that someone was looking at her,
and when she saw her husband standing there, she immediately became
restless again.
The reason why she refused to get close to him was that it would make things
a lot more difficult to hide from him.
As time went by, however, they would only get more familiar with each other.
She had originally planned on leaving upon gaining some foothold after her
graduation, but on second thought, now... could she actually remain safely by
Bao Junyan’s side without exposing herself?
She was being a tad too naive in her thinking back then.
Nonetheless, having things come to this stage now, she could only take one
step at a time.
“You’re done busying yourself, Hubby?” The woman flashed a brilliant smile at
him as she stood up and made her way toward him.
The sight of her forced smile, however, somewhat irked him.
“Mm.”
“What would you like to eat for lunch? Shall I cook for you?”
“No need.”
“Is my cooking too terrible?” She immediately reflected on her cooking skills. If
she could not even prepare a meal well, then she could not be deemed as a
virtuous wife.
“I didn’t marry you to make you cook for me. There’s a chef at home for that.”
Somehow, she sensed that the man seemed to be fuming away.
She reflected on herself for a bit, but she did not seem to have done anything
that could cause his anger at all.
And so, she could only hum an acknowledgment with bowed head.
The sight of her fluffy head irked him even further.
Just when he wanted to turn around and head upstairs...

She lifted her head. “Hubby, it’ll be my grandma’s birthday banquet in two
days. Can you go back with me?”
Her question was asked ever so carefully with hints of a begging tone in it.
For something that was only right for him to go back with her for, she actually
used such a pleading look on him.
“Hubby?”
“Alright.”
A smile immediately spread across her face before she continued asking,
“Can you draw or write calligraphy?”
“What about it?”
“My grandma lacks for nothing, so I really don’t know what present I should
prepare for her. I’m sure she would be overjoyed to receive a handpainted
artwork or handwritten calligraphy piece from you as a birthday gift!” Her
grandma might have said that she wanted a generous gift, but she did not
specify in which aspect.
Who would dare to deem her husband’s handpainted artwork or handwritten

calligraphy piece worthless?
Chapter 93: Is It Because of Your Granny?

Such inexpensive yet valuable gifts were, of course, the first choice of a
birthday gift Mu Huan intended to give her grandma.
“I don’t think your grandma would like such gifts.”
Mu Huan: “...”
Well, that was indeed so. What the old lady meant by “a generous gift” was
something expensive, not the type of meaningful gifts where only the thought
counted. Nonetheless, if it was given by Bao Junyan, all she could do was to
accept it with a smile and claim that she liked it!
“I heard that she’s a Buddhist, so I got my secretary to get her a jade
Buddha.”
Taken aback by this piece of news, she asked right away, “You know when
her birthday is?”
The gift had even been prepared!
“Before I went abroad, I received an invitation from her.” Thus, he got his
subordinate to prepare a birthday gift.
Mu Huan: “...”
Is Grandma worried that I won’t mention it to him, hence, the double

insurance?
“If you want to give her a calligraphy piece or an artwork, though, we shall do
just that.” Ever since the man came back from abroad and saw that piece of
news where Bai Xuexian was washed clean of her foul image, he’d been very
dissatisfied with Matriarch Mu and her family.
His reply took her by surprise. “Ah?”
Bao Junyan reached out to caress her head. “Do you not want to give your
grandma an expensive gift and thus want me to write her a birthday greeting?”
Her grandma is notorious for her greed for money and concern for image.
How could she possibly not know this?
Despite knowing very well that her grandma will surely want me, her
grandson-in-law, to give her a generous gift, she actually requested me to
write a set of words for the elderly one instead. It’s clear that she refuses to do
so at all.
Mu Huan’s eyes bulged wide in surprise.
D*mn! Trust him to see through my plan!

To think I even said it with much sincerity!
“Hubby, I... I...” She wanted to find an explanation for herself.
“You’re not wrong for doing so since she practices favoritism.” He had
previously gotten someone to investigate the abuse his wife had received
during her childhood. Even though no results showed that the elderly woman
had ever abused her, the former, as her biological grandma, not intervening in
the issue was a form of abuse as well.
Hence, instead of being angry, he was rather satisfied with her current
behavior.
His wife was no fool, after all.
As she looked at her husband, a surge of gratitude suddenly overwhelmed

her. He... really treats me very well! Having seen through my thoughts, not
only did he not blame me for doing so, but he also sees it as justifiable. From
the look on his face, he even seemingly wants to praise me for it.
Right at that moment, he asked an unexpected question out of the blue.
“Since you’re not foolishly filial, then why did you still attend the matchmaking
session back then?”
According to what she said previously, she was forced to attend that event,
but when he wanted to stand up for her, she did not want him to do so. Thus,
he had the impression that she was too obedient and foolishly filial for her own
good — doing things as told despite her reluctance and wanting to get along
with her family and be filial to her grandma even when she knew her family did
not treat her well at all.
From the looks of it now, though, she did not seem to be foolishly filial.
Mu Huan: “...!!!”
Why on earth is he suddenly asking this?! Why is he reminded of this?!

“Is it because of your granny?” He suddenly recalled PA Wang telling him that
his wife was taken away by her granny at the age of 11 and that they lived
together until her granny suffered from a stroke early in the year. It was only
for the sake of her granny receiving better medical treatment that she returned
to the Mus.
When he first heard about this, he did not bother showing any concern for his
wife’s granny. Thinking about it now, it seemed a little irresponsible of him.
Since he had married her, then he should take responsibility for her and must
no longer be so unconcerned about her affairs. All he asked for was that she
be obedient and that she does not come bothering him.
Feeling alarmed, Mu Huan knew that they must not continue with this topic.
Otherwise, it would catch his attention. And if he were to investigate the
matter, everything would be over!
Chapter 94: It Was Reassuring Only When It Was in Her Hand
It was because Mu Huan’s granny was in her grandma’s hands. If it weren’t
for those unexplainable “evidence” about her after she was drugged by her
grandma, she would have taken the opportunity to say that it was because of
her granny.
Because then, Bao Junyan could help her out and bring her granny out of the
Mu family. No one would bully them when they were under his wings.
But there were still those things.
With those things, she would have to leave Bao Junyan and not rely on him.
She couldn’t even let him take notice of her granny.
If anything happened, her plan would be for naught.
She would not be able to bear the consequences.
She lowered her head and said, “In the beginning, I was forced. But I realized
that since my granny and I have not been living well as I am not favored,
things will probably be different if I attended your matchmaking session and
ended up marrying you...”
“If you married me because you wanted to live a good life, then why are you
not willing to spend my money?”
“It’s because... because with the status of Mrs. Bao, I have already received
many benefits. I am afraid that if I were to spend your money as well, you will
not like me and will not want me to be your wife any longer.” Mu Huan lowered
her head even further.
He originally wanted to find someone who was docile, obedient, not clingy,
and not ambitious to marry as his mother was forcing him to because he was
of age. This way, he could continue focusing on his work. But now, even
though she was obedient, someone who knew her place, contented, not clingy
at all, and not ambitious, he was indescribably jittery and in a bad mood.
Also, they clearly did not marry because they were in love. She was still young
and not in a rush to get married, but she did marry him. He knew what the
reason was. But for her to say it out loud like that still made him feel unhappy.
Bao Junyan did not say anything else, leaving the atmosphere still and stifling.
Just when Mu Huan was unable to take it any longer...
“Go out,” Bao Junyan said.
“Hubby, I...” She couldn’t anger him either.
But...
Bao Junyan had already sat at his desk and begun working.
Seeing this, Mu Huan did not know what else she could say. Therefore, she
could only leave the study room.
After she had left, Bao Junyan suddenly couldn’t absorb a single word from
the document he was holding.
Finally, he simply stood up and went out.
After Bao Junyan had left, Mu Huan left the Bao household as well.
Li Meng, who was currently holed up at home playing video games, was
stunned to see Mu Huan after she heard a knock on the door.
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t be going out today?”
“Bao Junyan is angry with me and he left. So I came out as well.”
“What happened? Why is Deity Bao angry with you?”
“He asked me...” Mu Huan roughly explained the entire situation that
happened earlier.
“Why didn’t you tell him that it’s because of your granny and let him help you
get your granny out? This way, wouldn’t you feel more reassured?” Li Meng
asked confusedly.
“Because the Mu family still has those pieces of evidence against me. I have
to leave. In fact, I have to leave earlier!” Bao Junyan was too astute. As time
went on and they began to interact more, there would be no way she could
continue pretending.
“Even if you want to leave, your granny will still be safer with Bao Junyan than
with your grandma!”
“My granny is safe only with me. That’s the only way I will feel the most
assured!” If Mu Huan had to leave before she could be strong enough to fight
against her grandma, she only had one way to do so.
She would have to hand that unexplainable evidence to Bao Junyan and have
Bao Junyan not want her anymore. He would explode in rage and destroy the
Mu family.
Leaving her grandma unable to control her any longer.
Chapter 95: Had to Be Unwillingly Unwilling

But it was very likely that she could be fatally wounded amid the crisis.
Therefore, from the beginning, she must bring her granny away from the
storm and away from Bao Junyan, as a precaution.
“What do you mean?” Li Meng was confused.
“My grandfather’s close friend has just returned from overseas a while back
and he took over a private hospital in Haicheng recently. His medical
expertise is top-notch. I have already discussed with him to transfer my
granny over to his hospital after a week.”
Previously, she had nowhere to go to and could only let her granny stay with
the Mu family. Now that she had a trustworthy elder, placing her granny in his
hands was like placing her in her own hands. It was better and more
reassuring than placing her under the care of anyone else.
“But will your grandma let you transfer your granny away? Your granny is her
biggest trump card!”
“That’s why we need to wait until my granny’s condition has stabilized before
we secretly transfer her over. When that time comes, I will need you and
Xingye to come over.”
“Would your grandma be willing to?”
“I will make her be willing! It’s impossible now for Mu Kexin to marry Bao
Junyan. She has to rely on me to get what she wants from Bao Junyan. The
evidence she has that can control me could also destroy the Mu family as
well. If she does not want to be destroyed indiscriminately with me, she needs
to be willing!”
The way Bai Xuexian treated her granny last time made Mu Huan realize that
she needed to be ruthless. Only by being harsher than her grandma could she
seize the wheel.
Also, if she left as well and not give her grandma any benefits, her grandma
would definitely not let her and her granny off. She would think of a way to
leave them with nowhere to run. But as long as she stayed here and gave her
grandma what she wanted and they continued to threaten one another, her
grandma would not dare to act blindly without thinking, no matter how angry
she was at Mu Huan for transferring her granny away.
Li Meng felt that she had a point. Xiao Huan had to leave because she could
not be with Bao Junyan over that evidence. If that’s so, her granny would be
the safest in her hands.
“How do you plan to secretly transfer your granny away?”
At the Mu house...
“Mom! Mom! I overheard Grandma and Zixuan’s conversation. She said that
the person who plotted against us was not uncle but Mu Huan, that b*tch!”
After listening in on their conversation, Mu Kexin immediately ran to Bai
Xuexian to let her know.
“What?!” Bai Xuexian stood up furiously.
“It’s Mu Huan who found that host to seduce and frame us!” Mu Kexin said
through gritted teeth.
“That d*mn b*tch!” Bai Xuexian said as she walked out. She planned to find
Mu Huan and beat that woman half to death!
“Mom, where are you going?” Mu Zixuan asked as he blocked the

entranceway.
“I am going to find that b*tch Mu Huan and settle scores with her!”
“Mom, you can’t go,” Mu Zixuan said.
“Why can’t I?”
“Have you not realized from this issue that Mu Huan is no longer how she was
in the past?” Mu Zixuan asked.
“I don’t care whether she’s still how she was like when she was young or not!
Her granny is in our hands. If she dares to disobey us, I will kill her granny!”
Bai Xuexian said tyrannically.
“Do you want to bury us along with you?” Despite being a 14-year-old kid, Mu
Zixuan was extremely mature for his age.
“Don’t worry! She wouldn’t dare. She can’t bear to let that old thing die. That’s
why she can only listen to me obediently!”
“If she only listened to you obediently, she wouldn’t have dared to do this to
you.”
“I will go over right now and torment her granny. I’ll see what she can do about
it!”
“The people with her granny have been switched for Grandma’s underlings.
You can no longer go near her,” Mu Zixuan answered.
Chapter 96: She Should Be Destroyed!

“That f*cking old hag! She clearly has such a good hostage in hand, and yet
she doesn’t make use of it! What on earth is she protecting that old thing for?!”
growled Bai Xuexian in her rage.
“That’s in consideration of the big picture. Grandma knows her limitations and
knows that she mustn’t drive Mu Huan to desperation. If you hadn’t acted
rashly and forced Mu Huan’s hand, she wouldn’t have done that to you to
ensure her granny’s safety. The one who would marry Bao Junyan a few days
later would’ve been my biological sister and Mu Huan, being completely
useless by then, could have been dealt with as you desire. Also, things
wouldn’t have come to this stage such that we can only rely on her from now
on!”
She wanted to say something in her defense, but at the thought that she had
indeed singlehandedly destroyed any chances of her daughter marrying Bao
Junyan, she was unable to spit out a single word.
“Just bear with it, Mom.”
“You want me to bear with it? Bear with it?” She was practically in a rage now
despite her being a composed and scheming person. Because of this matter,
her position as the hospital’s director had been revoked, and even though her
image was considered clean once again, she had to lead a careful life of
putting up with her mother-in-law’s attitude.
For someone used to having a lofty status, the woman could not take this
lying down at all. She, therefore, became very hot-tempered, no longer the
composed person she used to be.
“With Mu Huan’s current status as Mrs. Bao, the future of our family and mine
now lie in her hand. What else can you do but bear with it? I hope you’ll be
able to calm down and think for the sake of me, your son.” Mu Zixuan had
developed huge ambitions from a young age under his grandma’s teachings,
and he wanted many things. The Baos would be the stepping stone to his rise.
So, he hoped that his mother would just calm down and stop brainlessly
picking trouble with his half-sister.
“What do you think Mu Huan will help you with in the future?”
“With that incriminating evidence and her granny in our hands, she’ll be
obedient as long as we don’t go overboard.” The boy relayed what he heard
from his grandma to his mother.
“Obedient, my *ss! That little b*tch is best at paying lip service!”
“Regardless, you’ll still have to keep out of trouble, Mom! Grandma will never
agree to let you out.” With that, he simply left the room.
Moments later, several black-clothed bodyguards stood guard by the

doorway.
Bai Xuexian was utterly incensed.
I can’t take this lying down! No way can I do that!

That little wretched thing whom I can easily squish to death and who dared
not to retaliate when I beat and scold her, how dare she bite the hand that
feeds her!
I’ll surely turn in my grave if I don’t kill her!
With her current situation, however, she could not even step out of the room,
let alone go teach Mu Huan a lesson.
In her fury, she smashed everything in the room.
“Simmer down, Mom. We might not be able to leave the house, but Mu Huan
will be coming in! When the time comes, we can still teach her a lesson!” Mu
Kexin was being smart for once.
“What do you mean by that?”
“It’s Grandma’s birthday feast in two days. Mu Huan’s bound to return and
attend the event, so we can make use of this opportunity!”
Having been upset and frustrated these past few days, Bai Xuexian had totally
forgotten clean about her mother-in-law’s upcoming birthday feast.
“Mom, shall we get someone to secretly move Mu Huan’s granny over, get her
to kneel before us, then beat the daylights out of her?” The thought of that
very scene had Mu Kexin squirming in excitement.
“No, we can’t use her granny against her. Even if she yields, she’ll come up
with some other ways to get back at us.” The older woman got a hold of
herself immediately when she became aware of her impatience.
She also realized that she could no longer use Mu Huan’s granny to deal with
her.
Destroying that stepdaughter of hers and rendering her as a useless pawn

was what she should do!
Chapter 97: Hubby, I’m Kneeling for Forgiveness

Her mother-in-law would protect Mu Huan as long as she still had worth. In
that case, she would forever be under that wretch’s feet and be at her mercy.
In no way was this an acceptable life for her, so she must destroy Mu Huan to
the point that she’d lose all her worth and become the mud beneath her feet
so that she could step on her however she wanted!
“If not her granny, then what do we use to deal with her?” Mu Kexin truly did
not know what other cards they could possibly have in their hands to deal with
her half-sister besides her granny.
She really wanted to torment her to death!
The reason for her absolute abhorrence for her half-sister was that the latter
outshone her in every aspect.
With them sharing the same father, Mu Huan was born as the Mus’ big missy
while she was an illegitimate daughter. Although she ultimately acknowledged
her roots and ancestors, the other missies of the upper society looked down
on her.
Her half-sister, being a pathetic creature whose mother had passed away and
who did not have the love of her father, was able to attract a group of people
to play together with her the moment she appeared.
Not only was she was better-looking than Mu Kexin was, but she was better at
studying as well!
When she was young and her grandpa was still alive, he would ask them
questions about medical knowledge which she had never even heard of
before, but Mu Huan would always be able to give the correct answers to
them. This resulted in her grandpa smiling with joy whenever he saw Mu Huan
while shaking his head when he saw her!
With me around, Mu Huan should never have existed!

I’m the big missy of the Mu family, and the only one!
After pondering for a bit, her mother ordered, “Go get Lin Qingya to come over
later.”
“What for?”
“Just do it. Be sure to use the excuse of going out with your classmates, and
don’t let your grandma find out anything about it!”
“Why the hell are you looking for her?” She had never liked Lin Qingya as the
latter was always acting as a rich missy when she was just the child of a
servant!
“Just do as you’re told and properly settle this matter. Otherwise, we’ll be
completely done for!” Seeing her daughter as a useless person who could
never do things right, Bai Xuexian was naturally reluctant to divulge her plans
to her.
At dusk, the reddish sun hanging up high in the blueish western sky was
simply one mesmerizing sight.
Mu Huan, lying sprawled against the window, was not in the mood to
appreciate that beautiful scenery, however.
Because it had been two days since Bao Junyan left home, and he had never
once returned.
The butler told her that the man was not abroad but at work in the company
when she asked him about it.
There had not been a time whereby he failed to return home despite him
being in the country.
This meant that he was still angry with her, yet tomorrow would be her
grandma’s birthday already.
Since she intended to have her granny transferred away next week, she
would definitely have to make her grandma relax her vigilance in the next
coming days. If her husband were to not show up at her grandma’s birthday
feast tomorrow, her grandma would surely blow a fuse and threaten her with
her granny again. This would ultimately affect the plans she had for next
week.
Hence, she wanted to call the man and ask when he would be returning home
and whether or not he would be attending her grandma’s birthday banquet.
Alas, she lacked the guts to do so.
How furious must he have been to not come home for two days straight!
Still, she could not leave it unquestioned.

After ruminating for a long while, she eventually pulled out her phone, clicked
on the WeChat application, and searched and edited several images before
sending them to her husband.
Bao Junyan, who was in the middle of a meeting, heard the notification sound
and clicked open the application, only to see the image his wife had sent.
It was an image of a beautiful girl hugging the thighs of a man, and it was
captioned: “Hubby, I’m kneeling for forgiveness!”
Shortly after, she sent another image of the same beauty, though this time,
she was lying across the man’s legs and the man’s hand was raised high as
though he wanted to smack her butt.
It was captioned: “Hubby, please beat me!”
Chapter 98: Meow...
Then came another image of the beautiful girl — with cat ears and in a cute pose.
The caption was: “Hubby, please forgive me, meow...”
Not one response did Mu Huan get from him for the three pictures she sent.
And so, she sent another image of a withered flower.
In the captions, she wrote: “Hubby, please respond to your cute wife. Otherwise, your cute wife, who is
as tender as a flower, is gonna wither like this flower!”
A few seconds later, he sent a reply saying, “I’m in a meeting.”
Her response came fast. “Oh, then I shall not disturb my hubby any longer. It’s been tough on you. I shall
wait for you to come home tonight! Muacks!”
The man stared at that little yellow face, which was blowing out hearts on the screen.
Just when he was about to reply, “Okay,” he noticed a new message from his wife.
Mu Huan: “Oh, right. I’ve thought about it, Hubby, I think we should give that jade Buddha to Grandma
instead.”
She was secretly inquiring whether or not the man remembered tomorrow’s birthday feast and whether
or not he would be attending it with her.
Bao Junyan could tell what his little wife was after.
The “Okay” he wanted to reply changed to “I’m busy tonight, so I’ll not be going home.”
Mu Huan fell silent for a good while after reading that message. She then sent several other images and
messages to him, but he no longer replied.
When she called him the next day, all she received for an answer was that he was busy.
It was not until that afternoon that he returned the call and asked her to go to the Mus first while he
would head straight there later from the company.
There was nothing she could do but to attend the birthday banquet alone first.
The moment she stepped into the house, she was greeted by her father.
“Xiao Huan, why are you here alone? Where’s Junyan?”
“He said that he’s busy at work, so he’ll be coming here directly later.”
“You must make sure that he comes! Otherwise, your grandma will surely blow a fuse! I don’t want to
see you get beaten again!” cried Mu Dongsheng.
Mu Huan: “...”
Despite her eagerness for her husband’s attendance, there was nothing she could do if he did not show
up, though.
“Oh, yeah. Have you mentioned anything about that five million to Bao Junyan?” This was the only thing
in her father’s mind when he welcomed her so eagerly.
“No. I won’t ask him for that money on your behalf, so you can forget about it!” Her eyes turned cold at
the thought of her father having some other motives whenever he showered her with concern.
“Why, child. You were so cute and obedient when you were young. You even said that you love me the
best and want to be my little princess forever. How can you not lend me a helping hand when I’m in
trouble now?!” grumbled the older man grudgingly.
No longer wanting to say anything more to her father since it would just hurt her, she simply walked
past him and left.
He hurriedly followed after her. “Xiao Huan, I’m not joking. I might very well die this time! You must help
me! You can’t just leave me in the lurch!”
When Bai Xuexian saw this scene from upstairs, the corners of her lips hooked up into a cold, sinister
smile.
Bao Junyan not showing up means that even God is on my side!
She retracted her gaze, then turned around and surveyed the woman sitting on the sofa.
“If you handle things well tonight, not only will you not have to fret over your tuition fees, but I’ll also
arrange a good job for you after your graduation!”
Lin Qingya let her eyes droop. “Don’t worry, Madam. I’ll do a good job.”
In fact, I’ll do an excellent job here!
Looking at this young woman who was calm, manipulative, and ambitious in wanting to climb up in
status, the older woman could not help wishing for her daughter to be at least half as conniving as her.
“I know you’re very fond of Gu Chenyi and want to be with him, but you must never be swayed because
of your feelings. Rest assured that I’ll matchmake you two together once this matter is settled!”
Chapter 99: Old and Ugly Man

“Yes, I trust Madam. I’m entrusting my future in your hands! I’ll be sure to do a
good job!” Lin Qingya lifted her head with a look of resolution that she would
perform well in this matter.
“Great, you may take your leave, then.” After getting a definite answer from
her, Bai Xuexian waved her out.
As soon as the young lady stepped past the doorway, that submissive look of
hers vanished and what came in place was a mocking sneer.
Need not fret over my tuition fees and will arrange a good job for me?
She’s behaving as though she’s bestowing a great favor on me by giving me
that little bit of thing. Want me to do your dirty work? Jeez, dream on!
Matchmake me and Gu Chenyi together once this matter is settled?
Only a fool would buy that nonsense!
She wants to make use of me like a fool? I’ll show her who’s the real fool
here!
Lin Qingya then headed downstairs to a safe and quiet corner before
adjusting her taunting look and pulling out her phone to call Gu Chenyi.
“Chenyi, can you make a trip here to the Mus?”
“Haven’t I told you that I don’t have time for that?” Gu Chenyi furrowed his
brows. He had already declined her invitation to attend Matriarch Mu’s
birthday feast together the day before.
Yet now, she was calling him about this again.
“I know you’re busy. Still, can’t you squeeze some time out? I heard that Xiao
Huan—”
“What about Xiao Huan?” asked the man frantically at once.
She could hear the anxiousness in his voice, and it infuriated her so much that
her hands were all balled up. His voice was filled with impatience when he
was speaking with her, but at the mention of that b*tch, it became full of
anxiousness and concern!
“From what I heard, Xiao Huan will be attending Old Madam’s birthday feast
with that old and ugly man and wants to announce her marriage to the public.
If she were to do so, in the case that she repents and realizes her mistake in
the future such that she wants a divorce, everyone will have known that she
has married an old man for money. By then, her life will be ruined!
“I want to dissuade her from doing so, but she surely won’t listen to my advice.
I’m really at a loss here, so I thought to ask you to come over and try
dissuading her.”
Ever since Mu Huan had gotten married to him, Bao Junyan had eaten only
one meal with the Mus. No one, other than the Mus, had ever met her
marriage partner.
Although Lin Qingya might have heard from Mu Kexin that Bao Junyan was, in
fact, a dashing man and not at all old and ugly, she still went on describing
him as one so that Gu Chenyi could rush over and play hero to save the
damsel in distress.
“I’ll be right there!” blurted Gu Chenyi before he ended the call.
She hastily said, “Come around from the back door, I’ll be waiting there for
you.”
“Why the back door?” He wrinkled his brows.
“Everyone, including Xiao Huan’s husband, would know about your arrival if
you were to come in from the front. And if he finds out that you’re her ex, he’ll
definitely not give you the chance to be alone with her.” Matriarch Mu must
never find out about today’s plan, and so, he could only secretly sneak in.
He reckoned that her words made sense. “Alright. I’ll give you a call when I
arrive.”
“Okay.” After the call ended, her face became contorted with rage at the
thought of the guy impatiently rushing over at the mention of her nemesis.
Soon enough, however, she assumed her usual gentle and elegant look.
No matter how much you miss Mu Huan, you’ll be mine after tonight!
From then on, I’ll be the only one in your eyes!
Upstairs...
Bai Xuexian was about to change her clothes when her mother-in-law walked
in on her.
“Mother,” she greeted with bowed head.
Chapter 100: Who Is Scheming Against Whom? (1)

“I know you can’t take it lying down, but you must suppress your anger, no
matter what it takes! Perform well tonight and don’t cause trouble. Otherwise, I
won’t let you off no matter how your son pleads mercy on your behalf!”
warned Matriarch Mu sternly.
She understood this daughter-in-law of hers well. With her having lived in the
lap of luxury for years, her nose was high up in the air now and she could not
tolerate anyone trampling over her head. Now that she had found out about
Mu Huan being the culprit of her predicament, she would surely not spare her.
Of course, if possible, the old lady wanted to keep her locked up today as
well. For the sake of cleaning up her image for the last time, however, she
needed her gracefully attending her birthday feast. Hence, all she could do
was to inject her with a stern verbal warning beforehand.
“Mother, no matter how insensible I might be, I would never cause trouble and
have any funny ideas on your birthday banquet.” Bai Xuexian raised her head,
looking all docile and obedient.
The former scrutinized her coldly for a while. “It’d better be!”
Before leaving, the elderly woman added, “As a matter of fact, the fault isn’t all
on Xiao Huan. If you had conducted yourself properly, treated your husband
with respect, cherished your reputation, and did not harbor any funny
thoughts, would you have fallen into her trap?”
She still could not get over the fact that her daughter-in-law had betrayed and
made a cuckold out of her son, and so, there was no way she could treat her
fairly with a good attitude.
Bai Xuexian’s eyes drooped. She knew, no matter how obediently she
behaved from now on, it would all be futile. Her existence was akin to a pesky
fly in that old hag’s heart now.
Her stepdaughter, if left undestroyed, would only become increasingly useful

to the old hag while her life would grow increasingly hard. She could hardly
imagine herself leading such a life, let alone living it for real!
Thus, her mother-in-law’s warning did not change her mind about tonight’s
plan of destroying Mu Huan. On the contrary, it fortified her determination of
implementing that plan! Destroying Mu Huan was a must!
After changing her clothes, she summoned her daughter to the room.
Downstairs...
“Why isn’t Bao Junyan here yet?” asked Matriarch Mu with a frown upon
noticing that Mu Huan was here alone.
“He said that he has an important meeting to attend and will be here later,”
answered her granddaughter with drooping eyes.
“Are you sure he’ll be here later?” Her gaze grew considerably stern.
Mu Huan: “I’ll call him later and urge him to hurry.”
“I’ll not let you off if he doesn’t show up!” What she was looking forward to the
most today was Bao Junyan attending her birthday feast and, thus, giving her
face!
Since the Baos had never announced the news of Bao Junyan’s marriage to
the public after the two wedded, the Mus naturally dared not reveal the fact
that Mu Huan was married to him as well. Hence, the old lady wanted
everyone to know that the two families were related by marriage and let those
who ridiculed her previously to be in envy of her for having Bao Junyan as a
grandson-in-law.
So, she would never accept her granddaughter not calling him over.
Mu Huan bowed her head and kept silent.
Her grandma wanted to say more, but upon noticing the arrival of an important
guest, she shot her a furious glare before heading off to greet the guest.
She then sent her husband a message: “Hubby, what time will you be
arriving?”
It took a long while before the man finally replied.
“Once the meeting is over.”
Mu Huan: “...”
So, what time will the meeting end?

She dare not ask him outright, though, so she could only patiently wait for him.
Upon sighting his daughter, Mu Dongsheng wanted to go over and pester her
about that five million again. So, he picked up a cup of her favorite fruit juice
and was walking in her direction when he was called by his wife halfway.
He looked toward Bai Xuexian. “What do you want?”
While her parents were speaking, Mu Kexin seized the chance to drug that
cup of fruit juice.

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Chapter 57: How Generous

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“Tsk!” The girls sneered at him at the same time.

“Wow, how generous you are today!” he teased.

He was about to demand an explanation when he heard his friend

After giving a glance at his wife, he looked at Wu Xingye and reprimanded

Is this man Mu Huan’s husband? Why, he’s so young and handsome! He

He recomposed himself and turned to Mu Huan instinctively. “Didn’t you

Bao Junyan is indeed 30 years old...

“Thirty-year-old hag?” Her husband turned to look at her.

You are really 30 years old, right...?

Chapter 58: Dire Awkwardness

The atmosphere turned awkward.

Bao Junyan: “...”

In the end, the man sat next to his wife.

After a long while, she suddenly thought of something. “Hubby, let me

And the atmosphere turned awkward again.

He watched her putting a piece of raw mutton on his plate. “...”

Why is the atmosphere becoming worse?

“Xiao Huan...” Li Meng called out quietly to her.

She turned to face her with a quizzical look.

It was also difficult for anyone else to be part of their clique.

Chapter 59: Little Wifey

He doesn’t eat hot pot, was it?

Does he want to eat or not?

If he’s not eating, then I can have my share, quick!

Is he eating only what I serve?

Is he doing this on purpose because he is upset at being addressed as a 30-

If so, then she could only serve him as he wished.

In the end, she continued to feed him with nice food.

This was rubbing salt to the wound!

She felt like punching someone!

Mu Huan: “Are you here for the hot pot?”

“This restaurant is famous for their seafood hot pot!”

How despicable can both of you get?!

Thank you for your understanding.

Chapter 60: They Look Like a Loving Couple

The two of them could really eat.

Her friends were also busy with eating.

And the atmosphere was no longer awkward.

What kind of friends had she been mingling with?!

This hot pot meal cost ten thousand yuan.

“Nothing much,” she quickly uttered.

Unexpectedly, she heard him say, “I’m free.”

He’s a workaholic in the first place!

Thank you for your understanding.

Chapter 61: Confirming with Their Gazes

Bao Junyan: “...”

Didn’t they just eat?

“We just finished our meal,” Bao Junyan reminded her.

However, turning her head had been a bad mistake!

The hoodlum led a group of underlings and walked over ferociously.

Witnessing the situation, Mu Huan turned around and ran!

A group of people ran into the alley after her.

The tall and well-built man was completely taken aback.

Chapter 62: Couldn’t Control Myself

Bao Junyan stared at her speechlessly.

The way he looked at her left Mu Huan with goosebumps.

“I’m sorry... I... You... Do you not like this...?

He yelled out a curse and left.

Mu Huan informed Li Meng of it before heading over.

Come on! Give her the money!

Suddenly, Matriarch Mu stood up and walked toward Mu Huan. “What ten