Yi Wulan persisted, asking, “Then what do you want?”
Mu Yanxi said vaguely, “Let’s put it on hold for now. I’ll settle the score with you once you’re feeling better…”
After speaking, Mu Yanxi slowly raised her head.
However, the next second, Yi Wulan, who had regained a bit of strength, raised a hand and pressed it against the back of her head, pushing her down again.
These past few days, Mu Yanxi’s nerves had been stretched taut. She had been running back and forth between Rongjia and the hospital, severely lacking sleep. Now, relaxing with Yi Wulan, she actually felt drained of all strength.
She shook her head and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Yi Wulan’s gaze swept over her face. “Is there something you want to say?”
Mu Yanxi blinked slowly, then suddenly avoided Yi Wulan’s gaze. Under Yi Wulan’s increasingly suspicious look, she put on a bashful expression and deliberately misinterpreted her meaning:
“You-you just woke up. You should get those messy thoughts out of your head. Now is not the right time…”
Yi Wulan: …
It was the first time President Yi had ever been told her thoughts were “messy,” and for a moment, she didn’t know how to react.
Mu Yanxi grinned. The moment Yi Wulan finished speaking, she leaned up and kissed her on the lips, as light as a dragonfly skimming the water. She coaxed, “Alright, alright, that should be enough, right?”
The little liar was fond of using intimate kisses to brush things aside. Having been fooled so many times, Yi Wulan naturally wouldn’t be so easily tricked.
But she had also just woken up and was finally able to see Mu Yanxi again. Yi Wulan didn’t want to make things difficult for her. She simply pressed the back of Mu Yanxi’s head again and deepened the kiss.
The moment her lips were parted, Mu Yanxi’s eyes widened in shock, yet she had no intention of resisting. As their lips and tongues met, Mu Yanxi finally felt a sense of reality that Yi Wulan had truly woken up.
Although Yi Wulan had undergone surgery, it was just as Doctor Xiusina often said during her rounds these past two days: Yi Wulan’s recovery speed was nothing short of a miracle.
For someone with injuries as severe as Yi Wulan’s, who had been given a prognosis of three years to live at most a year ago, there were often unavoidable side effects that would affect daily life even if the surgery was successful. It was also very common for patients not to wake up at all.
Even if there were no side effects, it would take a long time for the brain, now cleared of blood clots, to adapt to the new environment and function again. For someone like Yi Wulan, whose various physical indicators had rebounded sharply within a week of surgery, what else could it be but a miracle?
What was a miracle to the doctors, Mu Yanxi could roughly guess the reason for.
On the way back to Yuncheng, her entire power core had been transferred into Yi Wulan’s body. Such a massive amount of energy needed to be slowly absorbed by Yi Wulan’s body on its own.
A portion had been consumed to stabilize her condition before the surgery, and it was highly likely that the remaining power had also contributed to Yi Wulan’s post-operative recovery.
As a result, Mu Yanxi, a normal person who had been running on fumes for over a week, was now no match for the supposedly weak patient, Yi Wulan. Before long, Yi Wulan had completely seized the initiative. One moment, she was hooking Mu Yanxi’s tongue as it tried to flee in a panic; the next, she was holding her by the waist to prevent her from sliding down, letting Yi Wulan have her way.
Mu Yanxi let out a couple of whimpers. The hand on her waist held her so firmly she didn’t dare move, forced to endure the increasingly urgent kiss.
It was as if Yi Wulan knew her own body was weak and that Mu Yanxi wouldn’t resist. So, when she sensed Mu Yanxi struggling more intensely, she would pause slightly to let her take a couple of breaths before pressing her lips back again.
Mu Yanxi: …
Mu Yanxi felt completely dazed. In her stupor, she remembered that this was still a hospital room, and her cheeks flushed crimson with shame.
In a room filled with the scent of disinfectant, where a doctor on duty could push open the door at any moment, they were indulging in reckless pleasure on this bed.
After waking up this time, Yi Wulan’s mental state seemed to have truly recovered. She didn’t show the slightest sign of breathlessness even after such a long kiss.
When she finally released Mu Yanxi, Mu Yanxi was already limp, half of her body collapsed on the bed, the moisture on her eyelashes filled with accusation toward Yi Wulan.
Mu Yanxi’s eyes were slightly red, a layer of mist covering her beautiful eyes, clinging to her long lashes, about to fall but not yet falling. It wasn’t like the heart-wrenching tears Yi Wulan had seen before she fell unconscious; instead, it stirred one’s desire to bully her.
But Yi Wulan didn’t continue. She knew someone could enter the room at any moment and simply stroked Mu Yanxi’s back soothingly.
The air conditioning in the room was set high. Mu Yanxi was only wearing a thin, form-fitting slip dress, the fabric clinging snugly to her back, accentuating her figure.
At this moment, each of Yi Wulan’s fingers felt as if it carried an electric current, stroking her already sensitive back again and again. Mu Yanxi struggled to reach back and grab Yi Wulan’s wrist, her fingertips trembling.
Yi Wulan looked down and asked, puzzled, “What’s wrong?”
Mu Yanxi shot her a glare, feigning composure. “What do you mean, what’s wrong? There are so many documents at Rongjia waiting for me to handle. Are you planning to hold me here until we both have nothing left to eat but the northwest wind?”
Yi Wulan paused. After so many years of being in a high position and having her word be law, this was the first time she had the illusion of being kept like a canary.
The feeling was very strange.
But, if the benefactor was Mu Yanxi…
It didn’t seem so bad.
Seeing Yi Wulan fall silent, Mu Yanxi felt a bit more confident. She arrogantly lifted her chin and turned away.
Then she began to rack her brain over a very important question: now that she no longer had the power to heal her body, what would she do if she was truly played with until she broke once Yi Wulan’s body had completely recovered?
The next day, several major personnel changes occurred at Rongjia. A number of managers at the Rongjia headquarters were transferred to branch companies to take on important responsibilities.
On the surface, it seemed like a promotion, but in reality, it was a move away from the center of power at headquarters—an apparent promotion but a demotion in reality.
This personnel reshuffle made everyone in the senior management feel insecure. They soon discovered that all those transferred were people who had made things difficult for Mu Yanxi in meetings or during project decisions. Many had worked hard to get transferred to headquarters and climb to their high positions, and they all worried they would be the next to be sent away.
Originally, they had harbored a sliver of hope, thinking Yi Wulan wouldn’t let Mu Yanxi act so recklessly. But they never expected that just one day later, Yi Wulan herself would issue the transfer documents.
However, Yi Wulan wasn’t so muddle-headed as to blindly reassign people. Those who were sent away were all people who had stood against her during the Yi family’s internal power struggle back then.
At the time, Yi Wulan had given them a chance. Over the years, even if they made small moves behind her back, as long as it didn’t harm the company, Yi Wulan would turn a blind eye.
But she hadn’t expected that the moment she was hospitalized, those people would be so eager to reveal their ambitions.
This was the perfect excuse to clean house.
This incident sent two signals to Rongjia’s senior management: first, Yi Wulan’s condition was not as serious as they had imagined. Even when not at the company, she was monitoring their every move.
Second, that Second Miss Mu was truly as spoiled and willful as the rumors said. When she said she would tattle, she really tattled, not leaving them any face at all.
Therefore, the next time Mu Yanxi went to Rongjia for a meeting, everyone’s attitude was impeccably good.
But the grudge-holding Second Miss Mu still didn’t give them a pleasant look. After assigning the work, she left without another word, leaving the terrified crowd in the conference room.
Although Mu Yanxi presented a noble, aloof, and capable front, she could understand the psychology of Rongjia’s senior management.
But sometimes, understanding was one thing, and one’s attitude when doing things was another. Although Yi Wulan’s body was recovering faster than others, that power could be depleted at any time.
No one could give a definite timeline for Yi Wulan’s hospitalization.
In the short term, she could rely on Yi Wulan and Xinyu behind her to suppress the gossip, but if it dragged on, a group this large was no joke. Everything had to be backed by actual results.
And now, there was an opportunity right in front of her.
Mu Yanxi took the invitation to the financial summit handed to her by Gu Yan, flipped through it, and asked, “Does Rongjia’s new product launch have to be on that day?”
Gu Yan nodded and explained, “The theme of this summit is related to financial technology. Leaders of well-known enterprises in China will gather there. Rongjia’s holographic products have been accepted by the public, but we also need to build a reputation and prestige among corporations. This is an excellent opportunity.”
“Did Yi Wulan ever consider having someone else attend?”
“No.”
Given Rongjia’s current status in the business world, Yi Wulan no longer needed to network with anyone. An event that Yi Wulan had decided from the start to attend personally must be extremely important.
Mu Yanxi no longer demurred. “Then it looks like I have to go.”
On March 16th, business tycoons gathered in Yuncheng.
This international financial summit, centered on the theme of technology and finance, invited renowned domestic and foreign entrepreneurs and leading figures in the financial sector to gather and create a grand financial event.
In response to the national call to promote the development of emerging industries, this financial summit would focus on showcasing important content such as 5G communications, new energy vehicles, and holographic technology.
Without a doubt, the scale of this financial summit was enormous, and it was a gathering of distinguished figures.
As various low-profile luxury cars drove into the venue and major official media outlets got ready, the summit’s red carpet ceremony officially began.
When Mu Yanxi got out of the car, she ran into Mu Yanqing. However, an entrepreneur like Mu Yanqing, who had no real industry and whose family had nothing left but money, was slightly different from the others present.
Mu Yanqing had nothing much to discuss and nothing to showcase. She leisurely held two cups of milk tea, looking as if she had come for a stroll.
But… wasn’t she just here to stroll and shop?
If she saw a project she liked, she would just spend some money to partner up.
In comparison, Mu Yanxi had it much worse. Before getting out of the car, she was still consolidating the ten-plus-page speech Gu Yan had written for her.
In the parking lot, Mu Yanqing slowly poked a straw into the lid of a milk tea and held one of the cups she had specially brought up to Mu Yanxi’s chin. “Want some?”
Mu Yanxi’s mind was full of her speech. She took a sip and mumbled, “Don’t bother me.”
“Instead of staying at the relaxing Xinyu, you just had to go help that dog Yi Wulan. Didn’t you bring this on yourself?” Mu Yanqing sneered. “Oh, right, how is she?”
Mu Yanxi heard the concern in Mu Yanqing’s voice and was used to her stubborn, sharp-tongued nature. She finally pulled herself away from the speech and smiled. “Didn’t I tell you a couple of days ago that she woke up? She’s been recovering quite well these past two days.”
“That’s good.” Mu Yanqing put her arm around Mu Yanxi’s shoulder, as if seeking credit. “I deliberately held up the documents for Rongjia’s funding requests during this period, demanding they get your signature before releasing the funds. Isn’t your big sister good to you?”
Mu Yanxi chuckled. “Stop messing around.”
Mu Yanqing idly twirled a strand of Mu Yanxi’s hair around her finger. “That dog Yi Wulan will really get better, right? She’s not going to just leave this mess of Rongjia to you forever, is she? I can’t even bear to see it. Look, you’ve gotten thinner.”
“She won’t.” Mu Yanxi tilted her head to look at her and blinked. “Unless she really wants to watch me squander Rongjia to the ground with her own eyes.”
“You’re ruthless, Xiao Xi.” Mu Yanqing slung an arm over Mu Yanxi’s shoulder. “Why don’t you take advantage of your power at Rongjia and quickly change all the contracts between Rongjia and Xinyu? We can empty it out together.”
The corner of Mu Yanxi’s mouth twitched. “Aren’t you afraid of getting arrested by the police?”
Mu Yanqing glanced around. Seeing that no one else was paying attention to them, she grinned at Mu Yanxi without any sense of decorum. “You ungrateful little thing.”
Mu Yanxi: …
Mu Yanxi rolled her eyes, feeling that being caught between these two was just too difficult.
It was as if she really were a spy with ulterior motives sent over by the Mu family.
Seeing Mu Yanxi’s attitude of siding with an outsider, Mu Yanqing lost the heart to continue the topic and irritably pulled her towards the venue. “It’s about time. Let’s go.”
“What’s the rush?” Mu Yanxi seemed like she was just here to complete a task, lacking any of the excitement she usually had when walking the red carpet in the entertainment industry. Even her outfit was a rather formal white suit, completely failing to satisfy the little peacock’s vain love for beauty.
Every circle has its barriers, and the finance and entertainment circles were worlds apart. Normally, no matter how grand a conference or summit was, its popularity on Weibo probably couldn’t compare to the scandal of some random celebrity.
Who would have thought that this time, this summit, which was grand within the financial circle but low-key outside of it, would hit Weibo’s hot search list not long after it began.
It started when a financial magazine’s official Weibo account, which was invited to the summit, had its reporter take many candid shots in the red carpet waiting area to capture more big shots. One by one, they were all business tycoons in suits and elegant dresses, people usually only seen on television.
Although this official account had a million followers, much like Mu Yanxi’s previous 7.7 million zombie followers, it was heavily padded with fake numbers. Its usual posts rarely got over a hundred retweets, likes, or comments.
But it was precisely this kind of post that, after being seen by some industry professionals, was opened up to identify the people in the photos. This one was the chairman of a steel group, that one was the regional manager for a real estate company in East China, that one was an economist nominated for a Nobel Prize this year…
Then, out of the blue, amidst a crowd of older presidents, they saw a pair of beautiful sisters. Even though they were surrounded by many people, they could be spotted at a glance.
The more they looked, the more familiar they seemed.
Wasn’t that the female celebrity who acted in historical dramas and blew up at the end of last year?
Those who found Mu Yanxi familiar initially just sought confirmation in the comments section. As this comment shot to the top, the original post began to be reposted with Mu Yanxi’s name attached.
People in the entertainment industry recognized her as Mu Yanxi at a glance. Coupled with the fact that Mu Yanxi had gained a burst of popularity at the end of last year for her role as the little commandery princess in 《Peach Blossom Debt》 and for outshining Yanche at the concert, she was already one of the more popular new-generation actresses.
After this set of photos was released, it immediately caused various forces in the entertainment industry to jump in and muddy the waters. Normally, the two circles didn’t intersect, but they could connect when it came to investment.
Many artists had long wanted to break into that circle to seek opportunities, but this year’s financial summit was particularly exclusive. You couldn’t get in without a significant family fortune.
But there was another possible way in: as an assistant to a tycoon or, in a more special and ambiguous capacity, as a family member.
Even if Mu Yanxi’s original backing wasn’t strong enough, once she entered this kind of event, wouldn’t it be a matter of minutes to find a new backer?
This financial summit had long attracted the attention of many artists in the entertainment industry, but because the entry threshold was raised again and again this year, a company without at least ten-figure assets couldn’t even dream of getting in, let alone bringing someone along.
Mu Yanxi had stopped almost all her public appearances for the past few months, but her act of attending the financial summit was like announcing to everyone that she had found a patron.
It quickly triggered various parties to take action to suppress her rise.
After the nearly one-hour red carpet session of the financial summit ended, several marketing accounts deliberately brought this set of photos to the public’s attention. Under the guise of a leak, they posted the photo featuring Mu Yanxi. The comment section below immediately started to buzz with discussion:
【Hey, isn’t this the little vase I follow? She looks pretty good in a suit.】
【The little vase who’s been idle at home for so many months is finally back to work? Is she out of money? (doge)】
【Back to work? Why do I feel like she’s just clout-chasing at some event again? Other people know to lay low after getting famous. Did you all forget she was still shamelessly clout-chasing with Black Swan 707 on New Year’s Eve?】
【Hahahaha, that’s our Mu Yanxi.】
【I don’t care where she’s clout-chasing, I just care when she’s going to post her official photos from today’s event (☆▽☆)】
The marketing accounts’ goal was certainly not to give Mu Yanxi free publicity. Seeing the comments being led astray by Mu Yanxi’s anti-fans, the people behind the scenes couldn’t sit still any longer and immediately gave a more obvious hint.
As if coordinating with these marketing accounts, identical posts appeared on Douban and a certain anonymous forum on L-Jiang: 【A certain popular starlet with tens of millions of followers who just blew up is being kept. The other party has a very powerful background and even introduced her to various capital bigwigs to please her.】
In an instant, the public and anonymous forums were linked, and almost everyone was discussing this matter. Having a powerful backer right after becoming famous, wasn’t that just getting ahead through the casting couch? The most crucial part was that the powerful backer was even willing to introduce her to more capital bigwigs to please her.
Just how much charm did she possess to make someone willingly let her have multiple partners?
Even a reincarnated Daji would have to admit defeat before this starlet, right?
Netizens scrambled to unmask the person, starting to guess which female celebrity in the domestic entertainment industry was so resourceful.
Coincidentally, the photo that was supposedly a leak of Mu Yanxi was still on the hot search list. The timing of this exposé was just too perfect; she was identified almost instantly.
A dozen marketing accounts coordinated to repost the original photo, bringing the matter completely into the public eye.
This wasn’t some film set, nor was it some ordinary event where one could easily ride on coattails.
This was clearly a grand event in the financial circle this year, with an ridiculously high entry requirement!
For ordinary people, a celebrity’s income was indeed high, but at a financial summit teeming with distinguished figures… to put it bluntly, Mu Yanxi was just an ordinary person. What right did she have to attend?
It was practically a solid confirmation that Mu Yanxi was being kept.
At this moment, some marketing accounts were still sarcastically stirring the pot: 【Finally understand why a certain female star could afford to pay QT’s sky-high breach of contract fee, and why she even looked down on Rongjia’s holographic endorsement. With such a powerful backer, of course she doesn’t care.】
Such comments also jogged the memories of netizens:
【No way, Mu Yanxi is being kept? My newly built house of cards just collapsed?】
【I was just about to say that Mu Yanxi graduated from Yanjing University with a degree in finance, but after inquiring about the entry requirements for this summit… forget it, Mu Yanxi could work her whole life and never get in.】
【I used to have a pretty good impression of Mu Yanxi, thinking she was direct and unpretentious. Turns out that unpretentiousness was because she had a backer and wasn’t afraid of anything?】
【Damn, I finally know why Mu Yanxi loves to crash these high-society events. Turns out she was looking for patrons?】
【I’ll be bold and say it, when it comes to gold-digging, Mu Yanxi is the one to watch. An ordinary person really couldn’t dig their way into this financial summit.】
【Girls from poor families, look closely. Mu Yanxi has provided you with a textbook template for fishing for a rich husband. First study finance, then enter the entertainment industry. Getting rich overnight couldn’t be easier.】
And so, three topics instantly appeared on Weibo’s hot search: #MuYanxiBeingKept#, #MuYanxiFishingMaster#, #MuYanxiGoldDiggerTextbook#.
Clicking into the topics revealed all sorts of opinions. At first, some netizens were hesitant to use her full name in their comments, but later, everyone simply dropped the pretense and started gossiping using Mu Yanxi’s full name.
However, at this time, some rational netizens also raised doubts:
【Hold on, I remember Mu Yanxi is married, right? What if her family is actually rich, or her partner is rich?】
Within a minute, this post was flooded with hundreds of angry replies:
【LOL, don’t you know how unpopular Mu Yanxi was for the past two years? Do you really think a rich second-generation would hide their identity to experience life in the entertainment industry these days? For what? For the joy of being an obscure artist?】
【Mu Yanxi’s spouse has been with her for many years. If they could have promoted her, they would have done it long ago. Besides, the entry barrier for this financial summit is so high that even someone who got rich overnight couldn’t get in, okay?】
【Can Mu Yanxi’s fans stop trying to defend her? Are you trying to announce to the world that Mu Yanxi is cheating on her spouse?】
After this comment appeared, those who refuted it demanded proof. Several marketing accounts immediately collected all the photos from banquets Mu Yanxi had previously crashed. Some weren’t even sourced from Mu Yanxi herself but were found on the Instagram accounts of various rich second-generation kids.
It was a clear message to everyone: this wasn’t Mu Yanxi’s first time cheating!
Sometimes, the same thing can have different effects at different stages of a person’s career. Before, Mu Yanxi was too obscure. If these photos had been released, not only would no one have criticized her, but it might have even brought her some popularity. The marketing accounts wouldn’t have bothered with such a thankless task.
But now that Mu Yanxi had had a small breakthrough in the entertainment industry, it was a crucial period for her to consolidate her fame and clean up her negative history. If these photos were dug up again with some added embellishments, they could directly become a major stain on her reputation.
Among the photos from those marketing accounts, the first showed Mu Yanxi standing intimately with several wealthy young ladies in front of a castle. The second was at an auction, where Mu Yanxi was speaking intimately with the person next to her who was raising a bidding paddle. The third showed Mu Yanxi horseback riding with a group of rich kids…
There weren’t even enough spaces in a nine-photo grid to fit them all.
These photos were originally shared by those rich kids on Instagram to show off their daily lives, so the quality was naturally good. Netizens didn’t know Mu Yanxi’s true identity, but those rich kids were shameless about riding on Second Miss Mu’s family fame, so the photos with Mu Yanxi almost all looked particularly intimate.
But in the eyes of the netizens, these photos were automatically translated into another meaning—this social butterfly Mu Yanxi’s skin was as thick as a city wall; she had actually latched onto so many people.
As if worried that passersby wouldn’t understand, those marketing accounts also flooded the comment sections with paid commenters:
【Isn’t Mu Yanxi a positive energy artist who has always relied on herself? How does she know so many rich kids?】
【Help! Mu Yanxi looks so desperate, look how she has to stick close to those rich kids in every picture.】
【A passerby weakly says: Mu Yanxi has so many ‘good brothers’ and ‘good sisters’~】
【Mu Yanxi is truly a fishing master. Everyone, stop giving her face. She’s an unknown 18th-tier celebrity. How do you think she got connected with the rich kids?】
【No wonder Mu Yanxi has had fewer gigs in the past six months despite her popularity. Looks like she was busy accompanying her patrons?】
After these marketing accounts successfully set the rhythm, other accounts that had been watching from the sidelines finally couldn’t resist joining in to ride the wave of popularity. With one repost after another, they directly sent Mu Yanxi to the top of the entertainment hot search list!
Seeing the organic readership of this post soar, the several artists behind it were extremely pleased. However, their smugness lasted only a few minutes before the hot search topic suddenly vanished into thin air!
The moment the hot search disappeared, a new one about a certain Best Actor being married appeared out of nowhere!
The Best Actor’s popularity was undeniable, and it quickly diverted a large amount of attention.
But how could the artists behind the Mu Yanxi hot search be willing to accept this?
It was one thing for passersby to be distracted by the new gossip, but how could they not see that the Best Actor was being used as a shield?
To be able to use even the news of a Best Actor’s marriage as a shield, it was clear how powerful Mu Yanxi’s backer was.
They had worked so hard to get Mu Yanxi to the top of the hot search. If all their efforts were in vain, wouldn’t Mu Yanxi be able to walk sideways in the entertainment industry from now on?
Thus, several artist studios simultaneously bought more marketing accounts and hired a large number of paid commenters to push Mu Yanxi’s topic back onto the hot search list:
【Damn, the top hot search topic disappeared just like that, and the Best Actor was used as a shield just like that. I wouldn’t believe Mu Yanxi doesn’t have a backer even if you told me.】
【I was skeptical before, but now it’s really confirmed.】
【Mu Yanxi is such a disgrace to Yanjing University. Instead of using her professional skills, she has to resort to compensated dating.】
【When I saw her being attacked by the whole internet before, I felt sorry for her. When I saw her become popular, I was happy for her. Now I just feel like an idiot.】
【The State Administration of Radio and Television needs to get to work. Shouldn’t this kind of artist who doesn’t take the proper path and cheats on her spouse be blacklisted on the spot? I’m afraid she’ll be a bad influence on children.】
【Blacklist Mu Yanxi!】
Usually, the negative comments under Mu Yanxi’s hot searches included the words ‘little vase,’ but this time, there were hardly any to be seen. It was clearly the last bit of respect from that group of anti-fans before they parted ways for good.
With things having developed to this point, the comment sections on Weibo and the forums for several topics were completely out of control. Even the Best Actor’s marriage hot search, which would normally have secured the top spot in entertainment, was squeezed out of the top three this time.
Netizens transformed into crusaders for justice, demanding that the authorities deal with the substandard artist. At the same time, they were even more eagerly awaiting follow-up reports from the financial summit, hoping to find out which corporate leader’s thigh Mu Yanxi had managed to hug.
Preferably an old, bald, pot-bellied one. And preferably, that tycoon already had a family, so that Mu Yanxi could truly be driven out of the entertainment industry.
However, the netizens’ luck was extremely good today. At this financial summit, which usually wouldn’t have official press releases until the very end, there was also a handsome rich kid who had been brought by his parents to see the world.
This handsome rich kid had grown up abroad, and his ancestors had caught the first wave of business opportunities. Since it was his first time back in the country, he was a bit unaccustomed to such serious business occasions, so he took the opportunity of a bathroom break to open Weibo and relax.
He hadn’t expected to see what he saw. The protagonist of the top three topics on the entertainment hot search list… seemed a bit familiar?
After all, the entry barrier for this financial summit was excessively high, and most of the attendees were businesspeople of his father’s generation. The few people his age were so conspicuous that they were unforgettable at a glance.
This handsome rich kid was also quite popular on Instagram and had already accumulated a large number of followers. Now that he was back in China, he found that Chinese people used Weibo more and was just worrying about how to quickly build a following.
These few hot search topics directly gave him a new idea.
The handsome rich kid sat in a corner in the middle row and started a livestream under the gimmick of broadcasting the financial summit. Within a few minutes, netizens, who were frustrated that the entertainment media had been denied entry and couldn’t get the latest gossip, swarmed in like moths to a flame.
The livestream was showing a capable female president in her fifties, introducing 5G communication-related R&D products. It was like an investment promotion conference, where she spoke in obscure professional jargon while painting a grand picture.
Under normal circumstances, netizens would have clicked in and then left. The soporific effect was on par with the evening news.
But now, in just a few short minutes, the number of online viewers had directly broken a million. One could imagine how desperate the netizens were to get the full scoop at the first opportunity.
For the sake of his own popularity, the handsome rich kid even secretly panned his phone across the magnificent venue. As far as the eye could see, everyone was dressed in formal attire, and there were no empty seats. Many tycoons who had appeared in financial newspapers were also present at this summit.
The livestream’s bullet comments scrolled by rapidly, with everyone guessing names as if it were a prize-winning quiz.
Unfortunately, the livestream’s angle was limited. The handsome rich kid’s camera panned around several times but couldn’t find Mu Yanxi. Furthermore, his actions were noticed by many people around him, which immediately drew his father’s displeasure.
The handsome rich kid had no choice but to stop panning the camera and just point his phone towards the stage.
But the people in the bullet comments weren’t in a hurry. Since they were already here, what if they could see who Mu Yanxi was sitting with and recognize that tycoon’s identity?
Getting the gossip firsthand was the only way to be happy.
But this financial summit wasn’t entirely boring. Since its theme was related to tech products, the presentation slides also included many new products, which attracted the attention of the netizens watching the livestream.
It wasn’t until the entrepreneur on stage finished her speech and the host announced a mid-session break, giving the tycoons present time to digest and discuss as usual.
At this point, the handsome rich kid’s camera quietly started to pan again, searching for the figure of that Mu Yanxi for the crowd in the bullet comments.
Suddenly, a commotion arose in the middle of the front row. Several tycoons stood up one after another to greet two young women. One seemed to be introducing something, while the other was being introduced to the others.
The attitude of the people around them towards the two women in the center was extremely respectful, showing just how impressive Mu Yanxi’s backer was.
This scene should have been common at a financial summit, but when it appeared in the livestream, it caused the entire stream to be flooded with comments:
【WTF WTF WTF, is that Mu Yanxi and her patron?】
【TBH, Mu Yanxi’s patron is quite young. Help, I want to latch onto a sister like that too.】
【You’re not alone, I’m a little tempted too…】
【So the marketing accounts really weren’t lying this time, Mu Yanxi really did crash the financial summit?】
【The financial summit that hardworking small-time entrepreneurs would kill to get into for a chance to cooperate was infiltrated by this kind of artist. How fucking ironic.】
【Look, the fishing master is giving everyone a live demonstration on how to meet rich people. Everyone present, hurry up and learn!】
Due to the excessively fast scrolling speed of the bullet comments, the handsome rich kid’s phone was kicked out of Weibo by the lag.
When he clicked back in, oh boy, Weibo had crashed.
The netizens who were kicked out of Weibo were right in the middle of enjoying the gossip. One lag, and the video was gone. One refresh, and Weibo had crashed.
As for the few people who had just stood up to chat at the financial summit, their mindset was the complete opposite of those netizens.
After the first few entrepreneurs had spoken, those sitting around them had overheard some of Mu Yanxi and Mu Yanqing’s discussion. The two young women were calm and composed in their analysis, and their grasp of the financial market was spot on.
Their insight was sharp, able to accurately analyze the strengths and weaknesses of those projects. They were young but not naive. Moreover, the seating arrangements were based on the power behind them. To be able to sit so far in the front at such a young age, they were clearly not to be underestimated.
It wasn’t until they finally couldn’t resist bringing it up that they learned these two were actually the representatives of Yuncheng’s Xinyu Bank and Rongjia Group! Yet despite their status, the two were always modest and polite in their conversation. In an instant, the people around them couldn’t help but go over to network, which led to the scene that was just captured on the livestream.
As the people on Weibo cursed incessantly at their screens, a few minutes later, the paralyzed Weibo finally recovered.
The handsome rich kid had clearly been trying to restart the livestream. Two minutes after Weibo was back up, the livestream finally resumed.
And this time, the livestream had fast-forwarded to the host delivering the opening remarks, finally naming the owner of the holographic product—Rongjia Group.
Those gossiping netizens were no strangers to Rongjia Group. Following the holographic shopping mall decorative screens, holographic butlers, and holographic movies, they were even more expectant of the holographic product it was about to introduce.
However, next, amidst the applause of the entire audience, Mu Yanxi, who was sitting in the front row, stood up.
The bullet comments were instantly filled with question marks:
【???】
【I’m not seeing things, am I? The person who stood up is Mu Yanxi, right?】
【Case closed, Mu Yanxi’s skin is really not just thick, she’s deliberately trying to attract the attention of the Rongjia representative.】
【She voluntarily withdrew from the holographic product endorsement competition before, and now she’s pulling this stunt because there’s no entertainment media present.】
【When Rongjia announces the spokesperson later, is Mu Yanxi going to casually accept it to boost her own prestige? Ugh~】
【Are business tycoons who are usually under immense pressure really so easily deceived by this kind of vixen?】
【So disgusting… I was starting to have a good impression of her.】
【I’m gonna puke. She built a positive energy persona when she got famous, I can’t believe she’s this disgusting in private.】
Just as the livestream’s bullet comments were raging with curses, Mu Yanxi, who had stood up from her seat, walked straight towards the stage. There was not a hint of feigned composure; she was truly calm and at ease.
It was as if she wasn’t attending a summit of distinguished figures, but taking a leisurely stroll in her own backyard.
And from the perspective of those present, no one else stood up from their seats.
At this point, the speed of the bullet comments had already slowed down. Many netizens began to feel that something was wrong, but they still comforted themselves in their hearts: maybe the Rongjia Group representative’s seat was far away and hadn’t been captured by the camera yet.
The short few seconds seemed to stretch on indefinitely, as long as a century.
Not just the netizens, but the marketing accounts that had been paid and the artist teams manipulating public opinion behind the scenes were also staring at this summit. This was the first time a formal financial summit had received so much attention.
A second passed, and Mu Yanxi was still walking towards the stage.
Another second passed, and still no one else stood up in the frame.
Everyone held their breath.
Just as the netizens in the bullet comments were about to think they had guessed wrong, a young man in a suit suddenly walked out from the side of the stage, holding a folder. He walked with composure, his destination—the stage!
Seeing this, the bullet comments finally breathed a sigh of relief:
【OMG I was so scared, I actually thought Mu Yanxi was going on stage just now.】
【The person above is not alone. If Mu Yanxi really can go on stage, I’ll eat the holographic butler I just received.】
【Hahaha what kind of filter do you guys have for Mu Yanxi?】
【Can Mu Yanxi’s fans stop defending her? Did Mu Yanxi give birth to you or raise you to make you so loyal?】
【…】
【WTF】
【WTF WTF】
In an instant, the bullet comments completely changed, filled with a screen of ‘WTF’.
It was already outrageous enough that Mu Yanxi could stand up at a time like this to crash the event.
But the person everyone thought was the representative of Rongjia Group actually bent down slightly due to his height when he met Mu Yanxi and respectfully handed her the folder!
Mu Yanxi showed no surprise at all. She took it and, without a word, turned and walked onto the stage!
Then, an incredibly surreal scene unfolded.
Mu Yanxi actually walked step by step to the podium, put down the folder, and swept her gaze over the audience. Her voice was faint, but it didn’t diminish her imposing manner in the slightest:
“Good afternoon, everyone. I am Mu Yanxi, the acting chairman of Rongjia Group. Next, I will be representing Rongjia Group to introduce our holographic technology to you.”
As Mu Yanxi’s voice fell, the bullet comments froze solid.
If it weren’t for the holographic projection on the screen slowly covering the entire stage, one would have thought Weibo had crashed again.
No matter how shocked the netizens watching the livestream were, this shock didn’t affect the progress of Mu Yanxi’s speech in the slightest.
Next, the entire bullet comment section fell silent, everyone captivated by Mu Yanxi’s speech. From the simplest introduction of holographic technology, to the presentation of already launched holographic products, to the future directions Rongjia Group would continue to tackle in holographic technology.
The holographic projection behind her constantly changed with her speech, presenting each product she introduced with extremely realistic effects. Its appeal far surpassed the flat PowerPoint presentations of any previous company.
This technology alone held a fatal attraction for the entrepreneurs present. Whether for daily project reports or negotiations with other companies, the use of PowerPoint was inevitable, and sometimes it was the key factor in the success of a project collaboration.
The more perfect the prepared materials, the more satisfied the other party would be with the picture painted, and the higher the chance of reaching a deal.
Although external conditions were just the icing on the cake for a perfect proposal.
But many times, it was precisely this icing that allowed a company to secure the final partnership. Otherwise, why would some PowerPoint presentations command sky-high prices today?
However, the effect of 2D was far inferior to the shock of a holographic projection. In two identical collaboration proposals, if one company used a rigid, flat PowerPoint to introduce the project, and the other presented it as if the real thing were in front of you, which would you choose?
Just like when shopping online, the contrast between a flat lay photo and a model wearing the clothes, the answer was obviously the latter.
But the corporate holographic technology Mu Yanxi brought was far more than that.
Just as Rongjia Group designed a holographic butler for families, it also created a set of enterprise-exclusive holographic intelligence for businesses. It could be used in dozens of aspects such as human resources, team building, project handovers, corporate culture, and employee benefits, allowing holographic technology to cover the entire company.
One after another, the introductions did not make people feel annoyed by advertising, but instead drew them deep into the holographic life Mu Yanxi had planned. Whether it was Mu Yanxi’s calm and composed demeanor or the charm of her eloquent speech, while bringing holographic technology to everyone, she also won everyone over with her presentation.
The cunning and arrogant little obscure celebrity from Weibo had completely transformed into a steady and rigorous entrepreneur, at ease and full of spirit, as if she were born for that stage, exuding an unparalleled nobility in every gesture.
For the first time, netizens realized—Mu Yanxi really was a graduate of Yanjing University’s finance program. Just like the dozen or so people at the top of the pyramid who graduated from Yanjing’s finance program each year, she hadn’t dragged Yanjing University’s name through the mud at all!
At the very end, Mu Yanxi paused and finally revealed her first smile since getting on stage. But it wasn’t as flamboyant and bright as usual, instead giving people a gentle and uplifting encouragement like a spring breeze: “Welcome to the holographic era.”
As her voice fell, thunderous applause erupted. The long-still livestream bullet comments finally seemed to come back to life and flooded the screen:
【Ahhhhhhh】
【Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh】
【I’m like a screaming chicken! Who gets it? Who gets it!】
【Help help help, is this really Mu Yanxi?】
【If I didn’t know she graduated from Yanjing University’s finance program, I would have thought her soul was swapped.】
【TBH, it’s a real shame Mu Yanxi’s talent for painting grand pictures isn’t used in finance.】
【Daily question: Why did Mu Yanxi enter the entertainment industry?】
【After listening to the speech, I just want to buy out Rongjia Group on the spot, but unfortunately, I have no money.】
【I used to call her a little vase every day…】
【No wonder I haven’t been able to win an argument against her on Weibo for the past two years…】
【If Mu Yanxi is a vase, then I must be dirt.】
【I suddenly have a ridiculous idea. Did Mu Yanxi enter the entertainment industry just for fun? With that face and that eloquence, it shouldn’t be hard for her to paint some grand pictures and get people to invest in her, right?】
【Person above, don’t go, I want to spend all my money on her!】
【Me too… but I have no money TVT】
In that instant, the hot search was completely blown up!
Because Mu Yanxi was attending a financial summit, and with the change in her identity, she went from monopolizing the top three spots on the entertainment hot search list to monopolizing the top three on the overall hot search list:
#MuYanxiFinancialSummit#, #MuYanxiSpeech#, #MuYanxiMasterOfPancakes# firmly occupied the hot search positions, their readership skyrocketing.
At the same time, the doubts of new passersby about an artist attending a financial summit finally awakened a memory that netizens had almost forgotten.
It would be one thing if one or two people had poor memories, but for everyone to have collectively forgotten this piece of information that should have caused a frenzy, was this normal? Was this reasonable?
Anyone who had seen Mu Yanxi’s speech would answer: This is very normal, this is very reasonable!
Some people can, in just a few short minutes, display their charm and win everyone over with a single speech.
It has nothing to do with her identity or status; it relies entirely on personal charisma!
But since someone had raised this doubt, netizens also began to recall their memories.
What did Mu Yanxi introduce herself as before she went on stage?
Acting what?
Oh, acting chairman.
Damn—
Who would have thought Mu Yanxi had such an identity?
Acting chairman was not some idle position. Even if Mu Yanxi was a graduate of Yanjing University’s finance program, and even if she had sufficient ability, being an acting chairman was not something one could achieve with ability alone.
It was just that Mu Yanxi had brought too many surprises, to the point that they no longer dared to speculate wildly.
Because every time they thought Mu Yanxi was done for, things would always take a turn. And it wasn’t just a turn; each reversal was like a rocket launch, so far beyond their imagination.
For a time, all the marketing accounts and gossiping netizens stopped guessing and began to hope for a handout, waiting for someone to just tell them the truth.
However, what was most outrageous was that ten minutes after Mu Yanxi’s speech ended, they really did get the result they were waiting for!
A hot search topic #XinyuBankSpeaksOut# appeared in the top five of the hot search list, arrogantly telling everyone that it was a paid user.
Normally, if netizens saw this topic on the hot search list, it probably wouldn’t be their first choice to click on.
Everyone came to Weibo to relax and gossip, who wanted to see what was happening with your company?
But at this moment, when this topic descended from the sky, everyone’s first reaction was: Click it!
The topic #XinyuBankSpeaksOut# did not disappoint. As soon as it was opened, the pinned post was a statement from Xinyu Bank’s official Weibo account:
Xinyu Bank:
【Solemn Statement: Recently, some internet users have been spreading and slandering our group’s chairman, Ms. Mu Yanqing, and her younger sister, Ms. Mu Yanxi, on various public online platforms. In multiple posts and comment sections, they have maliciously distorted facts, deliberately smeared, and spread defamatory rumors, which has seriously infringed upon Ms. Mu Yanxi’s reputation!
We hereby warn all internet users that the internet is not a lawless place. Our company resolutely opposes all defamatory and insulting remarks against Ms. Mu Yanxi. Our legal team has already begun collecting evidence and will use legal means to strictly pursue all legal responsibilities of the relevant users!】
After Xinyu Bank issued this incredibly firm statement, Weibo once again crashed.
It took a full ten minutes of emergency repairs by Weibo’s technical staff before the gossiping netizens could finally enter the comment section as they wished:
【WTF WTF WTF, is Xinyu Bank’s account really not hacked?】
【So Mu Yanxi’s real identity is actually the little princess of Xinyu Bank?】
【Help, I just guessed that Mu Yanxi’s family background was good, but I didn’t expect it to be this amazing.】
【Xinyu Bank, it can almost be called the number one commercial bank in China, and it’s actually Mu Yanxi’s family’s?】
【It wouldn’t be an exaggeration for me to say that Mu Yanxi is holding the script of a L-Jiang female protagonist, right?】
【I’ve read it over and over again, and I actually have a sense of ‘of course it’s true’?】
【I suddenly remembered all those counterfeit goods Mu Yanxi was accused of wearing before…】
【I suddenly remembered all those parties Mu Yanxi was accused of crashing before…】
【I suddenly remembered all the photo-op popularity Mu Yanxi was accused of chasing before…】
【I suddenly remembered Mu Yanxi being accused of being kept before…】
【A thousand words converge into one sentence: WTF!】
【Help help, what kind of character setting only exists in novels is this?
It’s one thing to be rich, but you’re also that beautiful.
It’s one thing to be that beautiful, but you actually got into Yanjing University’s finance program.
It’s one thing to get into Yanjing University’s finance program, but you also pursued your dream in the entertainment industry?】
【I get it now, it turns out I was the clown all along (yellow bean smile)】
However, at this moment, some netizens who were crying from all the gossip were still not satisfied and started asking: 【So what is the relationship between Mu Yanxi and Rongjia?】
【Can someone make me shed tears of emotion for her perfect life?】
Today seemed to be a good day; netizens got whatever they asked for.
Soon, Rongjia Group’s official Weibo account issued a lawyer’s letter almost identical to Xinyu Bank’s, only the beginning was modified to:
Rongjia Group:
【Solemn Statement: Recently, some internet users have been spreading and slandering our group’s chairman, Ms. Yi Wulan, and her wife, Ms. Mu Yanxi…】
Netizens: …
So Mu Yanxi’s partner, who had been hidden for almost three years, was actually the chairman of Rongjia Group?
So the reason Mu Yanxi could serve as the acting chairman of Rongjia Group was because of their marital relationship?
Photos of Yi Wulan attending the Shuilin Fang event had already gone viral online. If not for her low-key personality, her popularity would have long surpassed that of a top celebrity. And not long ago, Yi Wulan had also been on the hot search for a business project she handled, making her almost a goddess-like figure in the eyes of netizens.
And such an outstanding person had long been Mu Yanxi’s?
Very well, another important reason was added to the list for assassinating Mu Yanxi.
For a moment, netizens thought back to the Weibo post Mu Yanxi had made during the New Year’s Eve concert.
At the time, some had guessed that Mu Yanxi’s partner was also at the scene, but they couldn’t pinpoint the location because of the photo’s angle and the holographic starlight in the background.
It wasn’t until this moment that they realized, Mu Yanxi’s partner wasn’t sitting in the same audience seats as them. As the biggest sponsor of the concert, she was clearly taking the photo from the VIP lounge on the second floor!
So, Mu Yanxi was not only the little princess of Xinyu Bank, but also the chairman’s wife of Rongjia Group?
At this moment, the same question popped into the minds of all netizens: Why did Mu Yanxi enter the entertainment industry?
The most upvoted conclusion below was: For fun.
But on second thought, for a little drama queen like Mu Yanxi who argued with anti-fans on her main account every other day, she did seem to be having a lot of fun.
She did whatever she wanted, never using her privileges to forcibly change the rules, nor becoming impetuous because of the clamor of this circle.
More than two years had passed, and she was still the same Mu Yanxi who had not forgotten her original intentions.
If there was one group that was the most excited about this whole affair, it was definitely not the netizens who had been slapped in the face, but Mu Yanxi’s group of anti-fans who had been hating on her for over two years and still called her a little vase upon their return.
【Damn damn damn, little vase, you really made daddy proud.】
【It’s over, I feel like I’m really not worthy of the little vase this time.】
【Little vase, charge forward bravely, mommy is going to save up to buy holographic products now.】
【We agreed to be useless together, but you were hiding so many secret identities behind my back?】
【So this is the life I can’t have and the person I can’t get?】
【I took the salary I withdrew from Xinyu Bank to buy stocks in Rongjia Group. Then I used the money from stock trading to support your endorsements. So in the end, the money still went into your pocket?】
【Hahahaha I declare, from today on, I can walk sideways in the domestic entertainment industry. Don’t ask why, because my idol is the little vase!】
【I finally know why she had the guts to refuse Rongjia’s holographic endorsement and wasn’t afraid of being blacklisted by Rongjia hahahaha.】
【But since the little vase already spoke on behalf of Rongjia at the financial summit, why not just take the endorsement?】
【I also want to know, isn’t it good for Rongjia’s money to go into her own pocket?】
【Wouldn’t it be great if all the Huazhen shopping LED screens across the country promoted her beauty?】
However, at this moment, Mu Yanxi, who hadn’t appeared on Weibo all day, suddenly replied to this question, saying lightly:
【Mu Yanxi: Afraid it would ride on my coattails.】
After replying to that comment, Mu Yanxi paid no more attention to Weibo.
Her management team wasn’t getting paid for nothing. What’s more, now that Rongjia and Xinyu could legitimately protect her, did they think she was a fool for not taking advantage of it?
After all… she had something more important to do now.
It had been half a month since Yi Wulan’s surgery. During this half month, Yi Wulan’s body, due to the continuous effect of the power, had recovered at an astonishing rate. Two days ago, the frequency of her IV drips had been reduced to two bottles a day.
Therefore, for most of the past two days, Yi Wulan was almost no different from a normal person. Even Doctor Xiusina’s precious medical team had been reduced to just Xiusina herself as the attending physician remaining in Yuncheng; the others had flown to various parts of the world.
Perhaps having walked through the gates of hell and back, Yi Wulan’s emotional expression was also a bit more than before.
Of course, this was only in Mu Yanxi’s eyes.
To outsiders, Yi Wulan still wore that cold and distant expression all day long.
But as Mu Yanxi watched Yi Wulan gradually recover, and the way she looked at her gradually became more dangerous, Mu Yanxi grew more and more concerned for her own personal safety.
But it was okay, she was prepared!
As soon as Yi Wulan had woken up, the clever Mu Yanxi had extracted a promise from her.
Actually, at the time, Mu Yanxi had intended to use this promise to threaten Yi Wulan, to make her promise never to let something like what happened on the day of the new energy vehicle ribbon-cutting ceremony happen again—where she had clearly promised not to go to Feicheng but was still tricked into going by Mu Yanche’s words.
From the moment Yi Wulan fell unconscious, Mu Yanxi had been filled with self-blame, torment, and regret.
If her attitude had been a bit firmer, or if she had thought of other ways to deal with Mu Yanche’s system, would Yi Wulan not have been attacked by him?
But her mind, which always became chaotic when it came to Yi Wulan, had gradually figured things out after Yi Wulan woke up. The barrier that this world had imposed on Yi Wulan, although it blocked all possibilities of medical treatment, had at least delayed Yi Wulan’s death.
If Yi Wulan hadn’t gone to Feicheng that day, if that barrier had suddenly disappeared, if she hadn’t been by Yi Wulan’s side, the injury in Yi Wulan’s brain could very well have caused an irreversible tragedy.
Mu Yanxi couldn’t help but feel that Mu Yanche had, for once, done a good deed.
At least at the moment the system was destroyed, it had also brought Yi Wulan to her side.
Therefore, Mu Yanxi dismissed her original idea and began to reconsider how to use the promise Yi Wulan had given her.
In the ten-plus days since Yi Wulan had woken up, Mu Yanxi had thought it over and over. What she most urgently needed right now seemed to be a layer of protection.
Mu Yanxi slowed her steps and looked at the divorce agreement she had just printed out:
【Divorce Agreement:
From this day forward, if Yi Wulan is insatiable in bed, Yi Wulan will be forced to dissolve her marriage with Mu Yanxi, and Mu Yanxi will take all assets under her name.】
Mu Yanxi had already signed her name at the bottom. As soon as Yi Wulan signed, this tyrannical agreement would take effect.
In order to protect her waist and legs, the little ancestor who refused to suffer even the slightest loss had gone to great lengths.
Mu Yanxi rolled the divorce agreement into a paper tube and played with it in her hand, tapping it against her palm again and again. In a good mood, she pushed open the door to Yi Wulan’s hospital room.
In the room, Yi Wulan was following the doctor’s orders. Even though she could get out of bed freely, she was still lying on the hospital bed, seemingly looking at some important document. Even Mu Yanxi’s entry failed to draw her attention away from her phone.
It wasn’t until Mu Yanxi slowly strolled to the bedside and leaned over to see what was on Yi Wulan’s phone that she finally caught Yi Wulan’s attention.
Yi Wulan’s phone was on the Weibo page, clearly checking the trends. Although Rongjia Entertainment had been doing public relations for her from the beginning, something like the official Rongjia account issuing a lawyer’s letter was something only Yi Wulan had the authority to do.
Mu Yanxi had long known it was Yi Wulan working for her.
She snatched Yi Wulan’s phone, tossed it to the foot of the bed, and leaned in with a smile. “Xiusina said you need to rest quietly. Why are you secretly looking at my Weibo again, President Yi?”
Yi Wulan didn’t insist on getting her phone back, but simply reached out and took Mu Yanxi’s free hand in hers. “So much happened today. Are you very tired?”
Mu Yanxi sat down lazily, playing with Yi Wulan’s hand. “Not tired. Not as tiring as when President Yi used to torment me.”
Yi Wulan: …
Yi Wulan’s brow furrowed. The scolding words she was about to habitually say were forcibly swallowed back after she thought about Mu Yanxi’s performance at the financial summit today.
“How are you feeling today? Did you have your daily check-up? How were the results?” Mu Yanxi idly played with Yi Wulan’s fingers.
Yi Wulan glanced at her own hand before looking away. “I did. Normal.”
Mu Yanxi nodded and silently played with Yi Wulan’s fingers for a while longer. Suddenly, she placed her entire hand in Yi Wulan’s palm and looked up at her with a deeply affectionate expression.
Yi Wulan had long figured out Mu Yanxi’s temperament. Seeing this expression, she knew she was brewing some wicked idea to use against her.
Especially after she had woken up, Mu Yanxi seemed to be extra clingy.
Yi Wulan didn’t mind.
After all, she was also very glad that she had woken up.
Glad that she hadn’t broken her promise, that she would have the chance to accompany Mu Yanxi through the years to come.
Yi Wulan was just about to lean in and listen to the sweet nothings and nonsense the little ancestor had cooked up, but this time, Mu Yanxi didn’t play by the rules. She didn’t try to turn the tables, nor did she say anything flirtatious to change the subject.
Instead, with an even more serious expression, she looked at her affectionately and said, “Yi Wulan, let’s have a wedding, okay?”
Yi Wulan: …
“A wedding.” Mu Yanxi held Yi Wulan’s palm and began to paint a grand picture nonstop:
“Look, we’ve been married for almost a year. Anyway, your illness is almost better, so you don’t have to worry about leaving at any moment like you did a year ago. Mmm… why don’t we just have a wedding to celebrate?
After all, you’ll have to go back to Rongjia to manage the group’s affairs, and I’ll have to take care of the entertainment industry and occasionally help my sister find projects and make investments. Everyone will be busy, so why not do it sooner rather than later?
Mmm, mmm, not bad, not bad. We can throw the bride’s bouquet to my sister. Her peach blossom luck will surely come then, right?”
Yi Wulan: …
Yi Wulan didn’t have the heart to puncture Mu Yanxi’s beautiful fantasy of finding a partner for Mu Yanqing. She just asked again in a low voice, “You said… you want to have a wedding with me?”
Back then, after Yi Wulan and Mu Yanxi had gradually developed feelings for each other and had a physical relationship, she had thought that once Mu Yanxi graduated from university, they could fulfill the engagement set by their elders and hold a grand wedding with the blessings of their relatives.
But after Mu Yanxi went to Yancheng for her studies, what she got was an increasingly cold response from Mu Yanxi. To the point that even after they registered their marriage and even after they had a physical relationship again, Yi Wulan had never brought up the matter of a wedding.
The marriage certificate represented their relationship, but a wedding had to be a ceremony held willingly to be considered a wedding. Otherwise, it would all be meaningless.
Mu Yanxi nodded. “Yeah, is it so surprising that I said I want to have a wedding with you?”
Mu Yanxi’s face was full of confusion, as if to say, ‘Isn’t this a normal step for a married couple?’
But in reality, she was only pretending to be calm on the outside; her heart was pounding with nervousness. To hide this nervousness, she even lowered her head and watched her fingertips draw circles on Yi Wulan’s palm, asking again in a small voice, “Is it okay or not??”
Yi Wulan had long been won over by Mu Yanxi’s endless stream of flirtatious words, swallowing every grand picture Mu Yanxi painted. This time was naturally no exception.
She reached out and held Mu Yanxi’s restless hand in her own. After a long moment, she said softly, “Don’t lie to me.”
Yi Wulan could tolerate Mu Yanxi forgetting their past because of her illness, and she could tolerate Mu Yanxi’s usual jokes and banter. But she didn’t want to be deceived by Mu Yanxi on such a solemn and sacred matter.
Mu Yanxi’s heart trembled. She met Yi Wulan’s eyes seriously and promised, “Not this time.”
Sensing Yi Wulan’s resistance towards her, the sensitive girl scratched Yi Wulan’s palm again and coaxed in compromise, “Alright, alright, it’s okay if you don’t want to have a wedding. Anyway, on Weibo, everyone already…”
“No.” Yi Wulan suddenly interrupted Mu Yanxi. “We will have a wedding.”
Mu Yanxi was stunned for a moment, then couldn’t help but throw herself into Yi Wulan’s arms, laughing uncontrollably. She rested her head on Yi Wulan’s chest, feeling the heart that was beating faster and faster for her.
But before she could listen for long, Yi Wulan added, “But we’ll have to wait a while longer. Wait until the new house is renovated, and also until the weather gets warmer.”
With the little peacock’s vain nature, Yi Wulan had no doubt that Mu Yanxi would dare to wear a backless, low-cut wedding dress even in this transitional season just to look good.
And with the little ancestor’s love for extravagance, Yi Wulan also didn’t think Mu Yanxi would choose an indoor wedding with limited space.
Mu Yanxi had no objections to this and said obediently, “Sure, we can take our time.”
However, Yi Wulan frowned again and refused, “But we can start preparing. Where do you want to have the wedding?”
Mu Yanxi had thought several times that Yi Wulan was going to refuse her, only for it to be a feint each time. Her gaze couldn’t help but become a little resentful. She put away her feigned obedience and replied perfunctorily, “Anywhere is fine. As long as I’m with you at the wedding.”
She was just stating a fact. A wedding was a wedding; as long as the two parties were together, even bowing to heaven and earth three times like wild lovers in ancient times could be considered a wedding ceremony.
But when Mu Yanxi said it in that slow, deliberate tone, it sounded like she was speaking seductive sweet nothings.
Yi Wulan’s fingertips curled uncontrollably.
Mu Yanxi thought for a moment, then suddenly suggested, “Why don’t we do it at Shallow Islet Bay?”
That island that Yi Wulan had gifted to her, even when she was controlled by the world’s consciousness in her past life.
It seemed to be the only gift in her two lifetimes that hadn’t been taken away by the world’s consciousness.
Mu Yanxi already loved the scenery there, and now with this added good fortune, she liked Shallow Islet Bay even more.
“Okay.” Yi Wulan rubbed Mu Yanxi’s head. “Any other requests?”
Hearing this, Mu Yanxi immediately started chattering away. The wedding wine had to be air-freighted from a certain winery in France, which guests to invite, how many wedding dresses they would have and where to have them custom-made…
Once she started, Mu Yanxi’s mouth seemed unable to stop. Her lively fox-like eyes danced with her expressions, her entire face filled with joy.
Yi Wulan said nothing, just quietly listened and took note of the key points.
Mu Yanxi was long used to this kind of interaction with Yi Wulan and didn’t find it boring at all. On the contrary, Yi Wulan’s patient listening gave her chattering little mouth plenty of room to perform.
It wasn’t until she said she was thirsty and took a sip of water from the cup on the bedside table that Yi Wulan suddenly spoke: “…For the wedding flowers, let’s use daisies as accent decorations.”
Mu Yanxi was stunned, blinking in surprise. She clearly hadn’t expected Yi Wulan to join her in this kind of daydreaming.
“Okay.” Mu Yanxi put down the cup and smiled at Yi Wulan. “We’ll use them, we definitely have to use them! I’ll cover all the aisles at the wedding venue with daisies.”
Looking at Mu Yanxi’s smiling face, the corners of Yi Wulan’s lips were also infected and curved up slightly. She wrapped an arm around Mu Yanxi’s waist, about to lean in for a kiss.
However, at this moment, Mu Yanxi seemed to wake up from a dream and hurriedly pushed her away. “Wait, wait, Yi Wulan, I have something very important to tell you.”
Yi Wulan, having been interrupted, frowned slightly in displeasure. She took a deep breath and stopped, her tone still patient. “What is it?”
Mu Yanxi licked her lips and cautiously probed, “Do you remember the promise you gave me when you first woke up?”
Yi Wulan was taken aback, clearly not expecting Mu Yanxi to suddenly bring this up. She nodded.
Mu Yanxi continued to probe, “You wouldn’t go back on your word, would you?”
Perhaps the picture Mu Yanxi had just painted was too magnificent, making Yi Wulan feel that the little ancestor probably wouldn’t pull any strange stunts.
So, she nodded lightly. “What do you want me to do?”
Mu Yanxi took out the divorce agreement she had prepared long ago and looked at Yi Wulan with expectant eyes. “I want you to sign this!”
Yi Wulan took the rolled-up paper tube with suspicion. She had only unrolled it a third of the way when the large words ‘Divorce Agreement’ came into view.
Yi Wulan glanced at Mu Yanxi, her gaze darkening.
Mu Yanxi was leaning over the bedside table looking for a pen. Sensing Yi Wulan’s gaze, she looked at her innocently. “What are you looking at me for? I’m looking for a pen for you to sign with. Hey, I remember there was a pen here before.”
Yi Wulan: …
Yi Wulan stiffened, her gaze darkening even more.
Mu Yanxi looked at Yi Wulan in confusion, thinking she was unwilling to agree to the terms. So she leaned over and coaxed, “Elder Sister, Elder Sister, what part are you not satisfied with?”
Yi Wulan suppressed her temper with the greatest restraint of her life, half-lowering her eyes so that Mu Yanxi wouldn’t be frightened by the emotion in them. “Is it because during this time…”
Hearing this, Mu Yanxi also remembered the shameless and intimate things they had done in this hospital room since Yi Wulan woke up, stopping short of the final step.
She was already so excessive before she was even fully recovered. She really should exercise some restraint.
Mu Yanxi nodded and, using that all-purpose line, spoke with immense affection, “After all… I have admired you for many years, and my longing has made me sick.”
Because of her longing, she had neglected Mu Yanxi due to her illness during this time, which was why Mu Yanxi was dissatisfied.
Yi Wulan felt there was no need to even look at the divorce agreement anymore.
Even though Mu Yanxi had said this many times, her face still couldn’t help but turn red when she said it now.
Just as she was racking her brain for a way to urge Yi Wulan to sign the agreement quickly, Yi Wulan suddenly placed a hand on her waist and gave it a gentle squeeze, causing her to lose control and lunge towards Yi Wulan.
At the same time, Yi Wulan’s other hand stuffed a thin paper tube into Mu Yanxi’s mouth. “I have neglected your feelings. From now on, I will be sure to satisfy you properly.”
Mu Yanxi, still in shock, realized the divorce agreement had been stuffed into her mouth and immediately tried to push it out with her tongue, mumbling, “What are you doing?”
Yi Wulan: “Hold it.”
Mu Yanxi: …
Mmph.
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