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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):
-向以茉( Xiàng yǐ mò)- Xiang Yi Mo, the female lead (has peach blossom eyes)
– 纪衡宇( jì héng yǔ)- Ji Heng Yu, the chairman of Ji Company and he suffers from gynophobia (has phoenix eyes).
-陆望尘( Lù wàng chén)- Lu Wang Chen, used to be a special forces soldier and has retired to take over the family business, Huasheng Group.
– 景谦( jǐng qiān)- Jing Qian, a talented surgeon from the department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
– 秦楚( Qín chǔ)- Qin Chu, the female lead’s childhood friend and the male lead of the original novel
– 尚诚集团( shàng chéng jí tuán )- Shangcheng Group, the company owned by the Qin family.
“Fine then. Do what you want.” Xiang Yi Mo muttered helplessly. Anyway, one person living here was just one person, and having two more people living here doesn’t make a difference.
“There’s enough bedrooms too. Take your pick.”
As she said that, her eyes swept around to fall back on Jing Qian.
“And Jing Qian, you too, to avoid another accident like the one in the morning….”
“But Mo Mo, I can’t sleep without you.” Jing Qian’s eyes drooped slightly, and he gave an aggrieved look to Xiang Yi Mo.
Xiang Yi Mo had already prepared a response to this.
She beamed.
“You can sleep as long as I’m by your side, right? So I’ll wait until you’re asleep before I leave. If Jing Qian still needs to listen to a bedtime story, I can do that too.”
She spoke as if she was lulling some little child to sleep. The other two couldn’t help but laugh a little when they heard it.
Just like that, the dust settled.
Xiang Yi Mo and the others agreed on three rules. After finishing what she wanted to say, she went back to her room to wash up first.
The three of them were left in the living room, looking at one another. The atmosphere was suddenly cold and silent. It was as if the warmth of the room had been taken away when Xiang Yi Mo left.
Although the person on their minds was no longer here, the conversation around her continued.
They talked about Xiang Yi Mo. Even though none of the three of them wanted to give up, they didn’t want to hurt the brotherhood they had shared for so many years.
“Then… In the meantime, everyone will use their own abilities and compete fairly to see who Mo Mo chooses? Other than the person she chose, the others will withdraw.”
That was the best way they could think of.
But…
One of them mentioned, “What if Mo Mo doesn’t choose us? She likes that Qin Chu guy so much. Have you guys forgotten?”
This statement caused them to remain silent for a long, long time.
Even after a long time had passed, the three didn’t come up with any good response to this. All of them tacitly agreed to stop thinking about this matter for the time being.
Because they just didn’t believe that none of them could take her away. Their qualifications weren’t any worse than Qin Chu’s.
So, there is no corner of the walls that can’t be excavated, <sup>[1]</sup> only a hoe that doesn’t work hard!
Thus, the three of them focused on how to improve Mo Mo’s favourable opinion of each other.
There were degrees of advancement and retreat, and no one overstepped the boundaries. They tried to be nice to her in every way possible such as flowers, jewellery, gifts, attentive care and the occasional surprises.
Each of them almost held her in the palm of their hands and was very careful not to drop her.
Under this kind of passionate attack, Xiang Yi Mo’s heart had softened to the point where it was in complete shambles. However, she had also heard about the agreement between the three through Xiao Qi.
As the days went by, their Love Value increased to 80 something.
What on earth should be done to kill three birds with one stone?
On the one hand, she tried her best to gain Love Value again on weekdays. On the other hand, she looked for an opportunity.
Then, it came the day when she should return to Shangcheng after completing the cooperation project between the two companies.
Ji Heng Yu called out to Xiang Yi Mo in an attempt to make her stay.
“Do you want to consider resigning from Shangcheng and coming to Ji Company? Ji Company will give you the best deal, and no one here will treat you like those people in Shangcheng like the other day….”
Isn’t that so? Of course not. I’m that unique boss’s wife in the eyes of everyone at Ji Company.
Xiang Yi Mo thought. Her black and white eyes blinked.
“Ji Heng Yu, to me, the treatment or whatever doesn’t matter. What matters is that… Shangcheng has Elder Brother Chu.”
Ji Heng Yu’s phoenix eyes darkened. The hand hanging by the side of his leg squeezed tightly. “Silly girl, Qin Chu already has a girlfriend. You should also look ahead and look around….”
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Xiang Yi Mo shake her head.
“It’s just a girlfriend. And I, Xiang Yi Mo, am the young madam decided internally in the Qin family, right?”
Her face was calm, but her pair of eyes looked like she was crying.
“You’re stopping me because of Elder Brother Chu’s request, right? I can give Elder Brother Chu time, but there’s no way I can give up. I’ve loved him so much since I was a child. Elder Brother Heng Yu, if you really dote on me, I want to return to Shangcheng, okay?”
Ji Heng Yu met those watery peach blossom eyes. He wanted to tell her it wasn’t because Qin Chu was not good.
However, many of the words he wanted to tell her were clearly nearing his lips, but under her pleading eyes, he swallowed them back hard, like a lump in his throat.
It transformed into a compromising agreement. “I’ll take you back.”
<sup>[1]</sup> It is referring to the words “挖墙脚(wāqiángjiǎo)-The literal translation is “to excavate the corner of the walls”. It means to pull the rug out from under someone/to steal an organisation’s key member or someone’s lover.”
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