Mu Yichen didn’t even look at him, simply flicking out a cigarette and lighting it up.
Jiang Yan stood outside with him by the glass screen; their silhouettes were witnessed by an auntie coming out to fetch things. She even murmured, "It’s so late, what are these kids up to, being all secretive?"
The auntie felt that the two seemed to have a good rapport, even though on the surface Mu Yichen always appeared indifferent to Jiang Yan.
That night, the two talked until midnight.
The next morning, Jiang Yan left with Mu Qingxin and his son. Before leaving, Mu Qingxin wound down the car window and popped her head out to address them both, "Brother! Don’t bully Qin Mu. I’ll come back early for your wedding."
Having spoken, Mu Qingxin waved at them and rolled up the car window.
This was the first time Mu Qingxin had asked her brother to take care of Qin Mu. Past enemies now seemed like best friends, or perhaps it would be better to say family.
Mu Yichen looked down at Qin Mu, "Was she just speaking up for you?"
Qin Mu softly agreed, also somewhat disbelieving.
Three days later, Le Yuanyuan found Qin Mu again, and she brought their boss—a man nearly fifty years old.
Le Yuanyuan’s dress was as artsy as ever, and she still seemed very much like an angry youth.
But the man beside her with a protruding belly and a balding head...
Even though he was the chief editor...
"Qingxin left three days ago, didn’t you know?"
Qin Mu sat across from the two of them and asked softly.
"We know! We’re here to see Mrs. Mu this time."
Le Yuanyuan said, turning to look at the man sitting beside her.
"Yes, we specially came to visit Mrs. Mu."
The man nodded with a smile, trying to charm Qin Mu with his words.
Qin Mu just smiled slightly, with no intention of saying another word.
"It’s ! Our newspaper is planning to do an exclusive interview with Mrs. Mu and President Mu, to be published across seven issues in our publication. We’ve come to discuss this with Mrs. Mu."
Seeing her boss not doing much to persuade, Le Yuanyuan, driven by the prospect of profit, felt compelled to speak first.
An exclusive interview?
And spread over seven issues?
At that moment, the only thought in Qin Mu’s mind was, how much of her past needs to be serialized in a newspaper.
Moreover, she had never intended to display her past to others again; there was no benefit in it for her.
Some memories are always painful.
"If Mrs. Mu thinks that seven issues is too many, we could do fewer. What do you think?"
Le Yuanyuan could tell from Qin Mu’s expression that she was reluctant, so she immediately asked for her opinion again.
In front of people who were neither friends nor foes, Qin Mu remained easygoing, smilingly saying, "Sorry, I have no plans to do any interviews!"
"You don’t need to worry about our newspaper publishing anything detrimental about you. I guarantee we’ll only praise your legendary love, never a word of unfavorable commentary."
Le Yuanyuan continued.
"But our love is not legendary, on the contrary, it’s very ordinary!"
Qin Mu responded after listening.
"How could the love between Mrs. Mu and President Mu be ordinary? I’ve heard you’ve been together since you were very young, with President Mu running off to Paris with you in his teens, and you had your little princess even before you were married."
Le Yuanyuan continued, spouting these information like a true media person.
"Rest assured, Mrs. Mu, our newspaper’s reputation needn’t cause you any concern. Plus, Yuanyuan’s relationship with the Second Young Miss of the Mu family is so good, so please, Mrs. Mu, just cooperate a little bit with us. It won’t take much of your time."
Seeing Qin Mu still hesitant, the boss started to make his own assurances.
The auntie stood behind Qin Mu, who had been at the Mu family’s house for a while and had gotten a sense of Qin Mu. With the elders and Mu Yichen not around, she spoke up for Qin Mu, seeing as she remained restrained and was not overly talkative, "Our young lady is aware of her current situation, which you both also know. If it weren’t for the fact that Miss Le is our second young miss’s classmate, in truth, you wouldn’t even be able to enter the Mu family’s door today. As for anything else, if you’re really insistent, why not visit our young master’s office building? If our young master agrees, our young lady will naturally cooperate."
Qin Mu felt a little better after hearing what the auntie said, her eyes calmly observing the two people seated before her.