At work, Mu Sijue was like an autocratic tyrant who accepted no excuses .
When Xu Youning first started working for him, she complained every single time in her heart . She even asked Ah Guang why they had endured Mu Sijue’s temper for that long .
Ah Guang didn’t answer at that moment .
As the time passed, she realized that Mu Sijue’s brain was like a super computer with the utmost preciseness . Everything in his mind was well-organized . He could even analyze the trade-off when everybody else was still processing .
Even when he was wasted, the alcohol couldn’t affect him at all, and always made the right decisions .
Obeying him and following his instructions was always the right thing to do to, no matter what .
Xu Youning realized that a man like him had all the right to be proud or to be a tyrant . Afterwards, she had no comments on that .
But, she never expected that the way Mu Sijue kissed a person could also be naturally tyrannical .
His kiss was more likely a form of plunder .
He clenched her chin, unreasonably forcing her to open her mouth with his tongue, as if he were the king and was attacking other countries arbitrarily . Xu Youning couldn’t breathe, let alone fight back .
Gradually, Xu Youning started to feel numbness on the tip of her tongue . Breathing heavily, her chest moved up and down because of the lack of oxygen . It reminded her the feeling of suffocation when she had been thrown into a lake by Mike’s people .
But, why did she have to be bullied by Mu Sijue like that?
Driven by the unwillingness, Xu Youning tried to take revenge . She attempted to bite Mu Sijue a few times . But every time, Mu Sijue sensed her intention; he avoided her bites smoothly and kissed her even more deeply, further grasping the taste of her .
Xu Youning was even more annoyed . She bit for the last time while she still had her power, but that time, she accidentally bit her tongue, for god’s sake .
It was hundreds of times more painful than when you accidentally bit yourself while you were chewing . She gasped, with tears welling up in her eyes . Mu Sijue, finally, released her and looked at her playfully .
Forcing to kiss her, then look at her as if he were looking at a monkey in the zoo? Damn, what an insult!
Xu Youning tried to kick Mu Sijue hard with her uninjured leg . She said, “You jackass!”
She couldn’t stand a chance to beat him at her best condition, let alone when sitting in a wheelchair . It was as easy as pie for Mu Sijue to keep her down .
That was more embarrassing for Xu Youning . She gazed at Mu Sijue and asked, “What am I to you?”
She could overlook the other kiss, but what about that one? Just then, Mu Sijue couldn’t be more sober . All she wanted to know was what exactly she meant to Mu Sijue . Was she just a pet that he could occasionally mess with?
“Before I answer you, you answer me first . ” Mu Sijue’s handsome face was covered in ice, showing indifference and aloofness . “Why did you save me that night?”
A lot of people asked Xu Youning that question, including Ah Guang and Su Jianan . Xu Youning answered them vaguely by saying that it was the instinct of protecting her boss .
That day, it was Mu Sijue asking the question .
“Keep it vague? Or…take a chance?”
That crazy idea popped up in her head again . Xu Youning wanted to confess her feelings to Mu Sijue, and to take it as a huge bet in her life . If Mu Sijue liked her back, then it would be like a pie dropping from heaven . If Mu Sijue rejected her… what’s the big deal anyway? At the end of the day, she was destined to be unable to stay with him . If he turned her down, she could leave without strings attached .
As her thoughts were getting crazier, Xu Youning’s heartbeat speeded up, as well as her breathing . The way Mu Sijue looked at her was hot, burning inside her heart . She opened her mouth and heard herself saying, “Mu Sijue, I fell for you . ”
She didn’t call him Seventh Brother . Instead, she addressed him by his name .
At that moment, Mu Sijue was just a man; the man she fell for, not the man she obeyed .
Xu Youning exhausted all her courage to confess . But clearly, by seeing Mu Sijue’s unwavering eyes, he felt nothing .
He was as cold as ever . He even stood right in front of her, still out of her reach .
After a while, he asked flatly, “Why?” Simple, as if he was asking why something normal or unrelated happened . He wasn’t emotionally affected, at all .
Xu Youning felt a sort of disbelief about his attitude . But that was the truth . The way he rained on her parade doused the passion in her, and her heart was cooled down as well . “I…”
She stuttered; she couldn’t get anything out of her system . At last, she shook her head, innocently she replied, “I don’t know where I was heading . ”
If she had known, she would have never fallen for Mu Sijue . She was not submissive, and never was .
Unexpectedly, Mu Sijue snickered and left the ward .
He assumed, “Xu Youning knows why she fell for me . It’s just that she doesn’t know how to put it . ”
Falling for him—One of the missions that had been assigned by Kang Ruicheng .
It was one of Kang Ruicheng’s most used tricks—setting up a girl to fall for him so as to be around him, getting into his mind, taking the advantage of it, and eventually accomplish the missions .
The person she really fell for should be Kang Ruicheng, the man who had saved her years ago in the street when she had been in danger .
Walking out of the elevator, Mu Sijue ran into Shen Yuechuan, who had just delivered some papers to Lu Boyan .
Shen Yuechuan sensed Mu Sijue’s bad mood, walking towards him with his hand in his pockets, “You look like someone rubbed you the wrong way . Who’s got the nerve to irritate you?”
Mu Sijue didn’t have the mood for bantering . He asked, “You have time?”
“Yeah . ” Shen Yuechuan thought about it and replied, “There’s a new bar down on En Ning Road . You wanna go there?”
On the way to the bar, Mu Sijue kept silent .
The first time when he kissed Xu Youning, it was in the name of ‘punishment’ . But it was actually his eagerly awaited desire stirring at the late night . Not because of curiosity, it was just him purely out of control .
After the first kiss, Xu Youning’s face and the kiss had always popped up in his head .
Xu Youning had been stunned . Only God knew if she had been scared or if she felt upset about being kissed unwillingly .
She had had all the reasons to be upset . But in order to accomplish Kang Ruicheng’s missions, she had sucked it up . And also, that unexpected kiss may had given her the courage to confess her feelings .
At the time, Mu Sijue couldn’t deny it, he kissed her again because of obsession and nostalgia .
Xu Youning seemed ordinary, just like one of the girls with no surprises . But once you really kissed her, she was irresistible .
He had tried to get himself busy for the past few days . He wasn’t at all distracted when he was at work . But when he slowed down, while having a break, the taste of her red lips would come to his mind .
He had brought along camellias, Su Jianan’s favorite flower, but he sent away Ah Guang, and looked for Xu Youning as soon as he opened the door of the ward . At that moment, even if he was good at hiding his emotions, he couldn’t deny that he had feelings .
And then, Xu Youning was defensive and scared of him, which, admittedly, led to the kiss .
The only thing that was out his expectation was that little out-of-the-blue ‘confession’ coming from Xu Youning .
He knew exactly that it was part of her scheme . But when he heard her saying that she had feelings for him, he was thrilled, like a loser .
Outweighed by rationality, the thrill didn’t last for long . Then, it was the rage coming after that .
However, the rage came up against himself .
At the bar, Shen Yuechuan was very supportive, drinking one glassful of wine after another with Mu Sijue and planned on getting him drunk to get something out of him .
But there was one thing about Mu Sijue: No matter how drunk he was, he could always stay clear and organized, which meant that it was hard to get him to talk .
Unsurprisingly, when he asked Mu Sijue why he was in a bad mood and whether it had to do with a woman, Mu Sijue responded, “Fuck off!”
Nonetheless, Mu Sijue drank too much . Shen Yuechuan had to drive him home eventually .
Being carried, Mu Sijue murmured out of the blue . Shen Yuechuan didn’t quite catch that, asking, “What? Say that again . ”
“I said…” This time, Shen Yuechuan heard him clearly . “I fell for a woman whom I shouldn’t fall for,” Mu Sijue said .
Shen Yuechuan knew who he was referring to . He sneered and said, “What do you mean by ‘shouldn’t’? Lu Boyan fell for Jianan 15 years ago . The point is, Jianan was only 10 years old! Listen to me . Seize the opportunity while you still have one . ”
“Seize the opportunity?”
Before Mu Sijue passed out, the last thing in his mind was, “that seems like a good idea . ”
The lights in the city dimmed, and the night was getting late . The city, like Mu Sijue, was gradually sunken in sleep .
Only Xu Youning, who was far-off in the hospital, couldn’t sleep at all .
She sent Aunt Liu back, took two painkillers, and stayed awake .
Not only there was pain, but also the disregard from Mu Sijue, resulting in her sleepless night .
Mu Sijue had been surrounded by people who loved him, so maybe he was tired of people saying “I fell for you” or “I love you” to him .
But… it had been her first time ever to say things like that . Shivering, she warily confessed her feelings with all her courage . Back in those days when she had utterly admired Kang Ruicheng—more precisely, was obsessed with him—she didn’t tell him that she had fallen for him .
Mu Sijue was the first one to whom she confessed her feelings . And all she got was an ambiguous sneer and the view of his back when he had left .
He taunted her, right? He taunted her for her unawareness and her ridiculous daydreams .
“Well, yeah . He’s Mu Sijue, a man who’s immensely influential and powerful in City G . He can get whatever and whoever he wants, including women . ”
She was just a spy, a spy approaching him with despicable reasons, which meant that it had been impossible for them to be together in the first place .
Despite all that, Xu Youning didn’t regret confessing .
She had always been decisive, like that time when she had made the decision of working for Kang Ruicheng . A momentary decision that had led to a life-time impact .
But on second thought, it was unnecessary for her to regret working for Kang Ruicheng . If it weren’t for Kang Ruicheng assigning her all those missions, she would have been unable to meet Mu Sijue, let alone tragically fall for him .
Speaking of that, secret love had never been a delightful matter . She would rather go for it and tell the guy her true feelings than hide it cautiously . She couldn’t make him fall for her, but the least she could do was to let him know that she liked him .
Though, one day, when her identity was revealed, Mu Sijue would suspect that her confession was a part of her scheme .
At least, she knew that it was heartfelt .
In a short period of time, she really did like a guy named Mu Sijue .
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