So, according to Xiang Qing, all the logic and reason in the entire universe revolved around her?
Xiang Qing had been so busy staring at her phone earlier that she missed the green light, only darting forward in a reckless rush right as the light turned yellow.
Meanwhile, the traffic on this side moving straight ahead had already gotten the green light and begun to move. There was a large cargo truck driving directly ahead of Su Chen’s car that blocked his line of sight; who could have anticipated that she would suddenly cut right through the middle?
Fortunately, the car had only just started accelerating, so its speed was low. Thanks to the driver’s quick reflexes, the collision merely resulted in a minor scrape.
The moment the driver stepped out of the vehicle, he had immediately apologized and asked if she was injured.
Yet Xiang Qing was consumed by her own rage, shouting at the top of her lungs about how he drove, asking if he was blind and couldn’t see a human being…
That was how the heated argument had broken out in the first place.
When Su Chen stepped out and offered compensation, she claimed she didn’t want the money.
An apology was given, and financial compensation was offered, yet neither was acceptable to her—was she looking for a early grave or what?!
And besides…
How on earth was their money suddenly “stinking cash”?
Was she so bitterly resentful of the wealthy? A rich person’s money didn’t just blow in from a freak gust of wind either!
Refusing compensation—did she honestly consider that being “unmoved by money”?
“Well, if it isn’t Xiang Qing. What’s the matter? Done hooking up with my fiancé, so now you’ve run over here to pull a staged accident scam?”
Su Mu lifted her chin slightly, her expression painted with a touch of arrogant disdain.
Catching sight of Su Mu walking over, Xiang Qing’s face drained of color. Tears instantly welled up in her eyes, giving her the exquisite appearance of a helpless, pitiful victim.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about! Yeyi and I are genuinely in love with each other…”
“Genuinely in love? Is that your excuse for shaking my fiancé’s car during a passionate hookup? Absolutely disgusting.”
The disdain and disgust in Su Mu’s eyes were completely unhidden. Noticing the handsome man standing nearby knit his brows slightly in reaction, a surge of burning resentment welled up inside Xiang Qing’s chest.
Why did this Su Mu have to show up everywhere?! Did she really have to pick a fight right in front of a crowd?!
She couldn’t keep a leash on her own fiancé—what did that have to do with her?!
“Su Mu, I’ll say this one more time: I did NOT hook up with your fiancé! He was the one who insisted on pestering me! If you have any real capability, go keep an eye on him instead of coming here to make trouble for me!”
“Furthermore, today’s matter has nothing to do with you! Please stop sticking your nose into other people’s business!”
At the thought of Su Mu accusing her of pulling a staged accident scam, Xiang Qing grew even angrier. She truly had never intended to scam anyone, and she had no idea what that handsome man must think of her now.
With that thought, Xiang Qing turned her gaze back toward the man, only to discover that he wasn’t looking at her at all.
Xiang Qing bit her lower lip softly.
Did he…
Despise her that much?
“You think I want to stick my nose into your business? The driver apologized to you and offered to compensate you for the damages, yet what is your intention by holding onto this refusal? It was clearly you who ran a red light and cut in front of us, yet somehow all the logic lies on your side! Compensation isn’t good enough, an apology isn’t good enough—what, are you trying to reuse your old tricks to hook up with the car owner instead?”
Su Mu’s eyes were drenched in pure mockery.
Back then, hadn’t Xiang Qing simply “accidental spilled” coffee all over Shen Yeyi’s shirt in a cafe, frantically and bashfully wiping down his clothes until they ended up wiping right into bed together?
Following Su Mu’s sharp words, Su Chen turned a cool, scrutinizing gaze onto Xiang Qing.
Panicking, Xiang Qing let the tears spill down her cheeks in earnest.
“You’re talking nonsense! I did not!”
Xiang Qing frantically tried to defend herself, but absolutely no one was listening to her.
“Dong’an, call the police. Let the traffic police determine primary and secondary liability. If the liability falls on this young lady, she will pay the compensation accordingly.”
Su Chen’s gaze shifted back onto Su Mu; this little sister of his had recorded the entire incident on her phone just now.
Hearing his command, a gloating smile curled up the corners of Su Mu’s lips.
“His car costs tens of millions. For a scrape like this, you’ll have to pay at least a hundred thousand or more in damages.”
“Su Mu, you clearly know my financial situation! What good does it do you to harm me like this?!”
Tears streamed down Xiang Qing’s face like pear blossoms in the rain as she hurled her sorrowful accusation at Su Mu.
“It brings me zero tangible benefits. But watching you cry like this… makes me genuinely happy.”
Though there was no smile on Su Mu’s face at that moment, her demeanor was imperious and domineering to the extreme.
“I wonder if I might have the honor of asking this young lady for a ride?”
A faint, subtle smile curved the corners of Su Chen’s lips. Su Mu rolled her eyes at him, sensing that he had zero favorable feelings toward Xiang Qing now.
After all, she had already subtly reminded him that Xiang Qing was the very woman who had slept with his sister’s fiancé—whatever initial goodwill he might have harbored had been completely wiped clean.
If this guy still had a hole in his brain and insisted on jumping right into the fire anyway, then she…
“Little Cutie, tell me—what are the consequences of taking out a male supporting lead?”
w-444: “Game over…”
So Host, please just be a normal, reasonable human being!
Sob sob sob~
System w-444 chewed on a handkerchief, feeling utterly miserable inside.
This host was so hard to handle! Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone just lived together in peaceful harmony~?
“Let’s go.”
Su Mu pushed her little electric scooter forward and patted the tiny back seat. She honestly wasn’t sure if his long legs could even fit on it.
For some reason, the memory of what she had witnessed yesterday suddenly flashed across her mind, causing her heart to skip a subtle beat.
Perhaps she was starting to miss men…
Maybe next time she bumped into one of her suitors back at headquarters, she should give dating a try?
“What’s on your mind, little girl?”
Su Chen was forced to awkwardly curl his long legs onto the narrow back seat, only to catch Su Mu staring off into space.
“Thinking about men.”
Su Mu answered purely on instinct.
“Hmm?”
The pitch of Su Chen’s voice instantly shot up several notes.
Su Mu: “…”
Too lazy to explain, Su Mu revved the throttle and sped off toward the company with Su Chen in tow.
Meanwhile, Xiang Qing—who was still stuck dealing with Dong’an over the scraped vehicle—stared at the pair’s retreating figures. Her hands clenched into tight fists, her eyes brimming with pure malice and venom.
Shen Yeyi didn’t love Su Mu—he loved her!
What right did that woman have to hold onto him while shamelessly hooking up with other men everywhere she went?!
“Alright, walk the rest of the way yourself. Dad said I have to behave and start from the absolute bottom.”
Su Mu pulled over a short distance away from the company building.
It was best to avoid giving Su Father an excuse to nag endlessly again; once people hit a certain age, they just couldn’t stop chattering.
Besides, if the company employees saw their grand, newly arrived executive chief riding in on the back of a little electric scooter, it would look rather terrible…
“Oh, right—I have something to take care of this afternoon, so I’m taking a half-day leave.”
This afternoon, she needed to accompany Bai Xiu to the talent agency, and while she was at it, meet up with her best friend whom she hadn’t seen in days.
“Submit the leave request yourself.”
Su Chen stepped off the electric scooter, lightly dusted off the hem of his suit jacket, and walked toward the company without so much as turning his head back.
Su Mu: “…”
Glancing down at her tragically abused scooter, Su Mu felt as though she had given Su Chen a ride entirely for free.
Although it was merely a subsidiary, the company housed a sizable workforce of nearly a thousand employees, serving primarily as a training ground for Su Chen upon his return.
Su Mu’s onboarding had been routed through the HR Department, though she had ultimately taken a backdoor entry—otherwise, the paperwork wouldn’t have been finalized in a single day. However, very few people were actually aware of this secret.
On her first day on the job, she began as a low-level intern secretary.
Su Mu silently spent her morning pouring tea and serving water for the senior secretaries. She hadn’t accomplished much actual work, but she had certainly handled a mountain of menial chores.
Watching Su Mu being ordered around back and forth, Su Chen’s executive assistant, Yin Wenbo, felt his face flush with so much awkwardness he barely dared to look in her direction.
He naturally knew Su Mu’s true identity, as he had personally processed her onboarding paperwork.
Yet since the big boss had forbidden anyone from speaking out, he didn’t dare utter a single word either.
Why were those senior secretaries so completely lacking in foresight?! When other newcomers arrived in the past, they had never ordered them around like this!
Yin Wenbo covered his face in utter despair and helplessness.
Why on earth did the eldest young lady have to come to their subsidiary for an internship? Couldn’t she have gone to wreak havoc at the main corporate headquarters instead?!