Chapter 29

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

On the 16th floor, they tightly shut the meeting room’s door. Outside the president’s office was the office area for the secretaries. Secretary Chen walked her into the office and nodded slightly. “Madam Mu, please rest here for a while. President Tang will probably end the meeting in half an hour.”

Mu Qingyu sat down obediently and thanked Secretary Chen politely. On the leather sofa was a floral blanket that she often used. And on the desk was a photo frame of her and Tang Xin in middle school. Tang Xin said there was peach-flavored ice cream in the refrigerator, but before she went to get it, Secretary Chen brought it in. Mu Qingyu was speechless. She was flattered and felt she was the white moonlight in the overbearing CEO’s novels, and Tang Xin was that CEO.

When she returned from her meeting, Tang Xin saw Mu Qingyu sitting at her desk and drawing comics. She didn’t disturb her and went to the balcony to smoke a cigarette to relax. Mu Qingyu waited for her when Tang Xin returned from cigarette smoke. Tang Xin unbuttoned her shirt sleeves and rolled them up.

She sat on the sofa and asked, “Why did you come out to see me so late? Did Shen Jingmo bully you?”

Mu Qingyu, who had already calmed down a lot, couldn’t help but feel wronged again when she heard Tang Xin’s gentle voice. Mu Qingyu hugged Tang Xin and said in a muffled voice, “No, I just missed you.”

Tang Xin looked at Mu Qingyu while she sniffed around her body like a little kitten and couldn’t help but laugh. “What are you doing? Did you hug another sister behind my back?”

Mu Qingyu sat up straight and ate a mouthful of ice cream.

“I want to eat roasted meat! Roasted meat that’s sizzling with the oil!”

“Sure, there’s one nearby. Let’s go.”

It was how Tang Xin and Mu Qingyu got along. When they were happy, they would go to a restaurant to celebrate. When sad, they also go to a restaurant to comfort each other. Whether windy or rainy, as long as the two were together, they would just eat and fill their stomachs.

Mu Qingyu forgot about her sadness and went to eat meat with her friend. She didn’t know that a CEO locked himself in his room and sulked.

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Shen Jingmo regretted his words the moment they left his mouth. He remorsefully got off the car and left. He didn’t have the face to apologize to anyone. After he realized that Mu Qingyu had left, he locked himself in his room and pondered for two hours. Night had fallen outside, and the entire villa was quiet. One could only hear his breathing.

Mu Qingyu was out for almost three hours and hadn’t returned. She must be angry with him.

Shen Jingmo was angry at himself for not knowing how to speak. He would be mad at those hurtful words if it were him. Moreover, Mu Qingyu was still a young girl. She came from her hometown to Yan City, which was unfamiliar to her, just to marry him. She had no one to rely on here, and his words hurt her heart. She must be intensely upset. Shen Jingmo couldn’t help but slap himself.

The longer he stayed in the dark room, the more regret he felt. However, Mu Qingyu must be extremely angry right now. He didn’t dare to take the initiative to look for the little girl, afraid she would be even sadder if she saw him. Shen Jingmo wanted to look for her, but he suddenly realized he knew nothing about her and had no idea where she might have gone.

It was so dark outside. Would a young lady like her encounter danger? Would other men with bad intentions abduct her? The more the man thought about it, the more uneasy he became. His heart beat wildly, and the scarlet color in his eyes became increasingly distinct. Until the darkness fully embraced the sky. The room was so dark that one couldn’t even see their fingers. Alone in the room, Shen Jingmo’s breathing suddenly quickened.

Aside from his family, almost no one knew that a group had kidnapped Shen Jingmo when he was young. The kidnappers threw him into an abandoned factory in the suburbs and locked him up for 30 hours or more. After dark, the active beasts roared around the factory, and Shen Jingmo, who was less than ten years old, had a high fever inside. The kidnappers worked for someone else.

To get what their employer wanted from the Shen family, they even used other means to threaten the young Jingmo. They forced him to cry hysterically on the phone. The young Jingmo suffered from post-traumatic trauma following his rescue. He couldn’t stay alone in a dark and enclosed environment. Otherwise, he would become extremely violent and dangerous, like a bloodthirsty monster.