CH 39

After more than two months, the wrap party for <Lost in the Stars> finally arrived.

As Jishi Group was the producer and investor, the wrap party was naturally held at a hotel under Jishi Group’s umbrella, with Ji Liyun as the host.

Since all the filming was finished the day before, Mu Qingyan went to Jishi Group early in the morning to report on the progress of the real estate cooperation plan and the construction of the retirement apartment in the new development area.

After the meeting, he hurried to MU Company to deal with work, and even his lunch was packed by Ye Qiqi from the cafeteria.

But even when Ye Qiqi woke up from his nap, she found that Mu Qingyan had been working on the documents and hadn’t touched the lunch on his desk through the glass wall of the general manager’s office.

She walked into the office and opened the lunch box, urging in a commanding tone, “Boss, you have to eat even if you’re busy. If Mrs. Shen finds out you’ve lost weight, she’ll blame me for not taking care of you.”

Mu Qingyan didn’t lift his head and replied, “Right away.”

Ye Qiqi stood with her arms akimbo and said, “Don’t ‘right away’ me. If you keep doing this, I’m afraid I’ll lose my job.”

Seeing her pretending to be angry, Mu Qingyan stopped his work with a smile, picked up his chopsticks, and said, “Okay, for the sake of your job, I’ll finish this bowl of rice in front of me.”

“That’s more like it.”

Mu Qingyan savored his food slowly and meticulously, making it seem like he was enjoying the act of eating.

Ye Qiqi couldn’t help but ask, “Boss, your filming is over and the company’s affairs are not falling behind. Why aren’t you taking a break today? Are you not coming to work for the next few days?”

“No,” Mu Qingyan took a sip of soup and said, “this morning at the meeting, Old Guo finally agreed to let me join the Polar Plan. I want to finish up MU Company’s work today, so I can go see the internal progress of the Polar Plan with Lao Guo tomorrow.”

“Oh. By the way, is President Ji coming to pick you up for the wrap party tonight? Or should I contact the driver?”

Mu Qingyan’s expression sank slightly, then quickly returned to normal. “Contact the driver.”

According to convention, whenever there is a formal or private event that Ji Liyun participates in, he always personally comes to pick him up. Ye Qiqi was just casually asking, but she didn’t expect the opposite of her guess.

“Why isn’t President Ji coming to pick us up today? It’s so strange,” Ye Qiqi muttered to herself in a low voice.

Mu Qingyan shrugged his shoulders, “He’s been in a bad mood these past few days.”

Since Lu Wenzhe began to show frequent attentiveness to Mu Qingyan, Ji Liyun could always see him approaching Mu Qingyan when he visited the set, and even when Ji Liyun made it clear that he wanted him to leave, he still wouldn’t budge.

Mu Qingyan felt that everyone was in the same drama crew, and it was fine to chat together in their spare time.

But Ji Liyun was just unwilling to accept it, and gradually he became angry.

Before Mu Qingyan’s scenes were finished, he had not visited for a week, and did not contact him proactively.

Mu Qingyan instead thought that Ji Liyun was being inexplicable, thinking to himself, “If you don’t contact me, I won’t contact you either. I won’t pay attention if you won’t.”

Seeing that Mu Qingyan’s expression was getting worse and worse, with a cold look even when looking at the food, Ye Qiqi knew he must be angry. To avoid getting involved, she consciously stopped asking and said, “Then…I’ll go do something else!”

“Wait.”

Ye Qiqi was startled when called, and showed a professional smile, “Boss, is there anything else?”

Mu Qingyan pushed the lunch box and chopsticks forward, “I can’t eat anymore, ask Wenye how things are going with Ma Xiaofen and Xie Ming.”

“Okay.” Ye Qiqi ran out of Mu Qingyan’s office like a flying bird.

The more Mu Qingyan thought about how Ji Liyun could get angry over such a small matter, the angrier he became, and he simply left his desk and stood at the window to breathe.

He knew that the reason for this was that Ji Liyun wanted him to stay away from Lu Wenzhe, but he just treated it as if it were nothing. Although he could stay away, he did not actively approach him, so why should Ji Liyun be angry?

He really couldn’t figure it out.

Since he transmigrated, Ji Liyun had always taken care of him, and he remembered everything, but gradually their relationship became subtle.

Especially on Saint Island, before he got drunk and had blackouts, when Ji Liyun said “I like you,” he didn’t want to think about it, but he had to think about it. In Ji Liyun’s heart, were they really just pure friendship?

“Ah.” Mu Qingyan couldn’t help but let out a sigh.

He wasn’t afraid that Ji Liyun liked him. He was afraid that Ji Liyun liked the original owner, and treated him well only because he possessed the original owner’s body after transmigration.

Although, his physical appearance before and after transmigration was exactly the same.

But he still felt that the original owner was the original owner, and he was himself.

If Ji Liyun liked him because he liked the original owner, then he would rather Ji Liyun be angry forever before this, and never bother with him again.

He didn’t want to be a substitute.

Mu Qingyan, who was immersed in his own inner world, did not notice that someone was already standing behind him.

“Ahem.”

The person behind purposely cleared their throat, startling the “contemplator”.

“Who?” Mu Qingyan immediately turned around and saw that the person standing behind him was Ji Liyun, whom he hadn’t seen in a week. He said indifferently, “It’s you.”

There was no expression on Ji Liyun’s face, he just said, “Not welcome?”

“Sit down,” Mu Qingyan gestured to the long sofa, and then sat on the adjacent single sofa, saying, “I just didn’t expect you to come.”

“I’m here to pick you up to go to the wrap-up party of <Lost in Space.>”

Mu Qingyan thought to himself, wasn’t the wrap-up party at 6:30 in the evening? Why come so early?

Seeing that Mu Qingyan was still indifferent, Ji Liyun said again, “By the way, I came to tell you about the new developments regarding Xie Ming.”

Sure enough, when he said that, Mu Qingyan immediately became interested and asked, “What developments?”

“The police have collected all the evidence and found the person who provided the hallucinogenic drugs. They confirmed that it was Xie Ming who purchased the drugs from him, and provided transaction documents and recordings.” Ji Liyun said.

“Xie Ming actually bought it directly? Without going through Xing Hao?” Mu Qingyan was surprised.

Ji Liyun said, “I was surprised too, but it’s true. Even if Xing Hao was involved, he could only have acted as an intermediary and introduced the seller of the drugs to Xie Ming.”

“What did Xie Ming say?”

“He still denies it and claims that Ma Xiaofen framed him,” Ji Liyun skillfully poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and said again, “When the police asked him whether Xing Hao was involved or acting as a go-between, he also denied it.”

Mu Qingyan rubbed his chin, “It seems that he believes the lawyer will defend him as not guilty, so he doesn’t admit to anything.”

“Not bad.”

“What about the follow-up?”

Ji Liyun suddenly smiled and teased, “Promise me that you won’t be cold to me, and I’ll tell you.”

Author’s note:

Ji Liyun: Hey! I’m just jealous! I just want Ah Yan to coax me!

Mu Qingyan: … Hmph.

Ji Liyun: Okay! Then I’ll just coax myself. QAQ”