Chapter 531: The Awful Taste of Singlehood

Mu Xichen was silent for a moment, and then asked, “What do you mean how big is he?” [In Chinese the same word can be used for “big” and “old”]

Li Beinian quickly replied, “… Of course, I’m referring to age!”

She had an impulsive urge to kick him, but asked again, “Is he elderly?”

The man appeared to ponder for a moment, then said unhurriedly, “I don’t think so.”

She nodded at his indifferent response and concluded. “Perhaps he’s ugly and therefore looks old.”

Mu Xichen was flabbergasted.

Having got her answer, Li Beinian seemed even more unhappy now and said, “I don’t even know what he looks like. Imagine how these people out there are smearing me! So wrongfully accused!”

“Would you like to see him, then?” Mu Xichen asked.

“No.” Li Beinian rejected the idea and continued, “I haven’t even met him and people are talking. If I meet him and someone manages to get a shot of it, they’d probably say even worse things.”

“What if he’s not that ugly?”

“The answer’s still no.” Li Beinian humph-ed and said part-sincerely, part trying to flatter, “In any case, no one beats my man.”

She didn’t say this loudly, and even Cheng Su and Bai Yuan, sitting opposite her, did not hear it.

However, her words were crisp and clear to the person on the other end of the line.

My man.

His heart started beating wildly upon hearing that term of endearment.

His lips turned up in a subconscious smile. Even his normally steely eyes were overtaken by an expression of tenderness.

Gu Mingye was standing nearby carrying some doc.u.ments and waiting for him to finish his call so that he could give a business report.

But now, seeing Mu Xichen behaving this way was like experiencing the regretful taste of Singlehood.

He became tearful and full of grief inside.

Twirling his ballpoint pen in one hand, Mu Xichen’s gaze wandered to the photograph that he had placed next to his computer.

This was a picture that he took of her when she was unaware.

Her pretty side profile was framed against the light as she looked at her cell phone.

Behind her was the rising sun, bright and impossible to ignore.

Just like her.

Mu Xichen whispered, “What did you just say?”

Li Beinian turned scarlet at that question. She didn’t think he could hear her. The pitch of her voice raised suddenly. “Oh! Nothing! I’m going to have something to eat, I’m starving! Bye!”

Then, without waiting for Mu Xichen to reply, she hung up.

He could almost see her flushed expression as she quickly changed the topic.

He felt like taking her in his arms and giving her a long and pa.s.sionate kiss.

He could feel the fire growing in him.

He had to see her.

When Gu Mingye saw that he had put away his cell phone, he quickly walked up, saying, “Boss, here are the doc.u.ments from Jiang Yeqing.”

“Uh-huh.” Mu Xichen took the doc.u.ments from him. All traces of his earlier smile disappeared as he asked absent-mindedly, “Do I have any engagements later on?”

“You have a meeting at Ming City.” Gu Mingye coughed lightly and continued, “The senior management have been complaining that you left halfway through the meeting, and although you made up for it through a video conference, that’s not as good as being there in-person. So, I’ve scheduled you for a meeting.”

Mu Xichen paused and looked up at the man. “If that’s not as good as being there in-person, then fax them a picture.”

“What?” Gu Mingye was taken aback. “This is a rather important project, Boss. You only need to make a trip in-person to get all the details sorted out.”

Mu Xichen did not address the matter further, but instead asked, “Any other matters?”

“Jiang Yeqing has asked to see you tonight.”

“I don’t wish to see him. Anything else?”

“Boss,” Gu Mingye said with a serious expression, “Jiang Yeqing’s matter is rather important too.”

“Pick the unimportant matters first.”

“I’ve already sorted out the unimportant matters.” Gu Mingye looked every bit the diligent helper. He continued, “The matters that get escalated to you are all important matters.”

“Uh-huh.” Mu Xichen tossed the doc.u.ments aside as he got onto his feet and reached for his car keys. “We’ll talk about it later, then.”

Gu Mingye had a bad feeling. He asked, “Where are you going?”

“To look for my woman.”

Gu Mingye was speechless.