Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today-Chapter 31 - Faded Photo_1
Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Faded Photo_1
Chapter 31 -31 Faded Photo_1
Her heart felt like it was brutally pricked by a needle, and silken ripples undulated in her clear, beautiful eyes.
The book contained an somewhat faded photograph, yet the two people nestled together within were still smiling so blissfully, so brilliantly!
In the photo, she was wearing a long white dress, snuggled up against him in his white shirt, making scissor hand gestures and beaming at the camera with radiance, while he, with his head lowered, lovingly gazed at her in his arms, a mesmerizing smile hanging on his beautiful lips.
She covered her mouth in shock; she remembered this photo was taken when they had been dating for a month.
That time, when Ji Hua and the others were playing football in the field, she complained to him that they had been dating for a whole month without a single picture together, insisting that Ji Hua take a photo of them.
At first, he seemed reluctant, and she thought it was because he didn’t like her enough to have a photo taken with her. Afterward, he wouldn’t let anyone see it and immediately stuffed the camera into his backpack.
She had been sullen for several days because of this, always thinking that he didn’t like her enough.
Her eyes began to sting, and her slender fingers tenderly traced the curve of the mouth in the photograph.
So, back then, he had loved her too; it wasn’t just her own wishful thinking…
A single tear dropped onto the photograph, and she quickly wiped at her eyes and shut the book hastily.
Perhaps the sound of the book closing was a bit loud, as Mu Yingchen glanced up at her, but she had her head down, and given the distance between them, he didn’t notice anything unusual.
“Coffee,” Mu Yingchen shifted his gaze back to the documents and uttered two words.
Su Wanxia pushed aside what she was thinking, adjusted her state of mind, and casually touched her nose without thinking before blurting out, “I don’t drink!”
Mu Yingchen looked up at her with a teasing tone, “I’m drinking!”
Her eyelid twitched, and she let out two awkward laughs as she stood up, “I’ll make it for you.”
Only then did Mu Yingchen contentedly lower his head to continue working.
That day, Su Wanxia spent her time brewing coffee, more coffee, and still more coffee; the secretaries’ eyes also changed from initial surprise to a knowing look.
Su Wanxia was utterly exasperated, and when Mu Yingchen asked for coffee again, she couldn’t hold back her irritation, “Drinking too much coffee at night isn’t good for sleep.”
Only then did Mu Yingchen reveal a look that suggested he realized it was already evening, and then he said to her, “Then, bring some water!”
In truth, she wanted to say you have a bunch of secretaries, don’t you? But in the end, just like the previous times, she silently went to pour water for him.
When she opened the CEO’s office door again, the secretaries were again full of exclamations.
Secretary Aisha even greeted her with a smile, “Miss Su, making coffee, eh?”
“Hehe, yes,” the glances from the secretaries were too much for Su Wanxia to bear, and without further explaining that she was going to fetch water, she walked away awkwardly.
As she returned to the CEO’s office after getting the water, she overheard their hushed discussions, “Ah? How many cups has it been today?”
“This is the seventh since the morning.”
“Does our Mr. Mu usually drink this much?”
“No way! At most three cups.”
Su Wanxia slammed the door shut, walked in feeling rather suffocated, and placed the hot water in front of Mu Yingchen.
Hearing the sound of the cup being put down somewhat heavily, Mu Yingchen spoke with a doting tone, “Wait a moment, it will be done soon.”
Su Wanxia ignored him and sat back down on the couch, her eyes instinctively sweeping towards the bookshelf, landing on the top shelf books, the ones she secretly put back when he wasn’t paying attention.
“Let’s go!” Mu Yingchen suddenly stood up and said to Su Wanxia.
“Uh, oh,” she quickly diverted her gaze, afraid he would notice something.
“Have you finished all your work for today?” she asked, trying to cover up her just now awkwardness.
“Mm,” Mu Yingchen said as he tidily arranged the files.
“Let’s go then!” Su Wanxia walked towards the door feeling somewhat guilty, opened it, and stepped out first.
Mu Yingchen narrowed his eyes and followed her out.
Su Wanxia had planned to drive her own car, which had been sitting idle for nearly half a month, but Mu Yingchen said her foot had just healed and it was not advisable to drive. She was really at a loss for words and reluctantly got into his car again.
After dinner, Mu Yingchen drove her home in his usual way, left a message saying, I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning, before driving off in style.
Watching him drive away, Su Wanxia offered a bitter smile, then turned and headed home.
Upon arriving home, her mother and father bombarded her with questions about where she had been on a business trip for the past few days, without even a phone call, asking why she left so suddenly and why she hadn’t informed them in advance.
Seeing her parents’ concerned expressions, she had no choice but to suppress her guilt and tell them it was a sudden business trip, and that the site of the new development was somewhat remote, which made the signal poor.
Seeing that she seemed normal, Su Wanxia’s parents finally let her go to rest. Back in her room, she took a deep breath. It felt so wrong to lie, especially to the people who cared about her.
The next day, as soon as she stepped out, Mu Yingchen’s car was already waiting in front of her. She couldn’t help but wonder if this man timed his arrival, it was too precise.
At the company, Meng Can came over to greet her with surprise, “Summer, where have you been these past days?”
What Su Wanxia dreaded most now was someone asking where she had been or what she had been doing during this time.
Fortunately, she had a good relationship with Meng Can, so she whispered, “I accidentally twisted my ankle and rested for a few days.”
“Ah? Are you okay?” Meng Can raised his voice involuntarily.
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“Shh–” Su Wanxia held up a finger, let out a dry laugh, and shook her head at Meng Can.
Meng Can, ever so clever, smiled and nodded knowingly.
“It’s better now,” Su Wanxia added.
“Okay, that’s good. I’ve designed a few prefab plans and will send them to you to check out in a bit,” Meng Can said.
“Alright,” she responded.
Back in her office, Su Wanxia regained her usual charisma and confidence. Her work efficiency and rich design style even earned Meng Can’s applause.
Just as she finished a design drawing and was rendering it, QQ flashed. Curiously, she clicked to open it: Your friend “Idiot” invites you to join the Mu Family VIP Base.
“What is this?” she muttered to herself, before clicking to agree.
She thought Ji Hua, that fool, had invited her to a work-related group, but to her surprise, once she joined, there were only a scarce six people, including herself.
Upon closer inspection, her gaze stuck on the QQ nickname that was just one character: Chen.
Concise and clear, it was him.
She was slightly astonished to herself; she didn’t expect he would use something like QQ, but then she thought it wasn’t really surprising. In today’s technologically advanced world, QQ was indeed a good communication tool for work.
Then she went through the others’ information, Kang Xiaolan was also there, and the rest were Mu Feng, Ji Hua, and Mu Chuyang.
However, currently only she and Ji Hua were online, the others were displayed in inactive grey.
