My Lady, To Defeat Scumbags You Must Start Early

Chapter 626: Extra Story 039 Who Said It, The Most Handsome Man is The One Who Cooks (Third Update)

Mu Cidian did not push it this time.

After briefly touching on the subject, he let her go.

Xin Zaozao glared at Mu Cidian.

Mu Cidian was eating the shrimp soup from his bowl, looking quite composed.

Xin Zaozao withheld her annoyance, not wanting to argue with Mu Cidian.

She bowed her head and started eating her own soup.

After finishing.

Mu Cidian carried Xin Zaozao back to the sofa, then went to wash the dishes himself.

After tidying up the kitchen, Mu Cidian took out the things he had just bought from outside and placed them in front of Xin Zaozao, “Phone.”

Xin Zaozao glanced at Mu Cidian.

Thinking about the phone he had smashed last night, she was still seething with anger.

Mu Cidian took the shattered phone of Xin Zaozao, retrieved her SIM card, inserted it into the new phone and handed it to her, “Were there any important files in your old phone that need to be backed up?”

“Nothing in particular.” Xin Zaozao was not fond of backing up files in her phone. She felt it was unsafe. Once the phone is lost, all secrets are gone.

“Okay.”

Mu Cidian nodded.

He threw the old phone into the trash bin.

Xin Zaozao picked up the new phone and downloaded some necessary apps.

Mu Cidian said, “The contract with Zhan Wencheng, is this what you’re expecting?”

Xin Zaozao paused.

Her eyes flickered towards the document in Mu Cidian’s hand.

Mu Cidian handed it to Xin Zaozao.

Xin Zaozao grabbed it and saw the content of the contract she had planned to sign with Zhan Wencheng. Her face changed instantly, “Who gave this to you?”

“Song Lifei.” Mu Cidian responded forthrightly.

He had contacted Song Lifei early in the morning.

Song Lifei had been detained, and then Mu Cidian had bailed him out.

He had heard that Song Lifei had beaten up Zhan Wencheng last night, injuring him badly enough that Zhan Wencheng was now lying in a hospital, threatening to send Song Lifei to jail.

After completing a series of procedures, Mu Cidian had managed to bail out Song Lifei before going to see Zhan Wencheng.

Zhan Wencheng had indeed been badly beaten by Song Lifei, his face and body were bruised and swollen. It was said that critical parts were still healing. When he saw Song Lifei, he almost jumped out of the hospital bed.

Zhan Wencheng was quite surprised when Mu Cidian came to see him.

He had always looked down on Mu Cidian, constantly mocking him. However, when Mu Cidian produced some incriminating evidence against him, he was rendered speechless.

Zhan Wencheng was notoriously lecherous, seeking intimate relationships with anyone possible, regardless of their age. Given that his own marital reputation was not good, and his second marriage half-hearted, he cared even less about his image.

However, when he overstepped moral boundaries, Zhan Wencheng grew afraid.

So, when Mu Cidian produced a photo of him with his stepdaughter in a hotel, Zhan Wencheng immediately lost his bluster.

He couldn’t believe it and stared at Mu Cidian, wondering how he could have a picture from several years ago.

His stepdaughter had already been sent overseas by him and the two had no actual relationships since he was afraid of being discovered. He never imagined that Mu Cidian would keep a record of something from a few years ago.

Mu Cidian knew that Zhan Wencheng was untrustworthy. So during a cooperation that fell through due to unforeseen circumstances, he had conducted an investigation on him. Though the cooperation didn’t materialize, he had kept the evidence. That’s why he confidently offered to help Xin Zaozao negotiate the contract instead of her selling herself out.

Under the duress of Mu Cidian, Zhan Wencheng signed the contract and agreed not to take things further with Song Lifei.

When Song Lifei and Mu Cidian left the hospital, Song Lifei really admired Mu Cidian.

So Mu Cidian’s past successes were not simply due to luck, but effort.

They took a limousine back to Xin Zaozao’s apartment complex.

As Mu Cidian was leaving, Song Lifei said, “Take good care of her.”

Mu Cidian smiled, “I will.”

Song Lifei chuckled.

He patted Mu Cidian on the shoulder, “I’ve always been in competition with you, and now, I admit defeat, wholeheartedly.”

Not just in terms of capability, but also the feelings Mu Cidian had for Xin Zaozao.

Mu Cidian never mentioned it, but he always thought that there was no one in the world who loved Xin Zaozao more than he did.

So…

Why not let things take their course?

Let the lovers have their way.

Mu Cidian got off Song Lifei’s car. Before he returned, he bought a phone for Xin Zaozao.

He thought, after his actions last night, Xin Zaozao could hate him for hundreds of years. The only thing he could do now was to make up for it with all his means.

“Why did Zhan Wencheng sign it?” Xin Zaozao looked at him in disbelief.

“I have leverage over him. Knowing his habits, I collected some incontrovertible evidence when we were negotiating collaboration in the past. I never needed to use it until now.” Mu Cidian said dismissively.

Xin Zaozao felt an inexplicable irritation.

A simple gesture seemed to have highlighted the distance between her and Mu Cidian.

She angrily put the contract aside and tried to get up from the sofa.

Mu Cidian scooped her up into his arms.

“What are you doing?” Xin Zaozao grumbled.

“Your foot is hurt. Wherever you want to go, I will take you there.”

“I need to change my clothes.”

“Let me help you.”

“Mu Cidian …”

“Anyway, let’s be open about it.”

Who was open?

Who the hell was open?!

She remained inwardly disgruntled, but still let Mu Cidian hold her.

Moreover,

Though she initially demanded Mu Cidian to leave, his beguiling charm and cool demeanour resulted in the issue being left unresolved.

Or rather,

Mu Cidian had indeed secured a contract for her, so adhering to… the principle of fair trade, she allowed Mu Cidian to continue staying by her side.

The distance between them seemed to be subtly reduced due to that outburst.

In reality, no significant change stood out, although harmony in bed was apparently better than usual. But their encounters were still limited to the time they spent at home and they would not indulge in deep conversations.

Nevertheless, Xin Zaozao no longer asked him to leave, and they stopped quarrelling over trivial matters.

Frankly, he never expected Xin Zaozao to keep him by her side for this long.

Or perhaps, it was due to his thick skin.

After all, Xin Zaozao had asked him to leave many times.

But he didn’t budge.

Xin Zaozao went to work as usual today.

Mu Cidian stayed at home, continuing his game development.

Ever since Luo Xiaolang had promoted his game, the registered user base had jumped from 100,000 to 200,000 active users. For a new game, this was astounding success. As Mu Cidian has always been ambitious about his career, he took this as a transient success and it still hadn’t met his goals.

He expanded his studio’s staff and began developing another, more complex, mobile game, while continuing to refine and update the current game.

He wasn’t idle either.

As the studio grew larger and the projects increased, he was fully absorbed in his work whenever Xin Zaozao wasn’t around.

Sometimes, he’d continue to tackle his work long after Xin Zaozao had fallen asleep.

After he finished a video meeting,

he glanced at his muted phone, noticing several missed calls from Wan Quan.

He chose to ignore it.

It’s been a long time since Wan Quan had contacted him. He had decided to stop caring about her, but he was still giving her a sum of money monthly. Since the game began to profit, his earnings had increased rapidly, as had the amount of money he gave to Wan Quan.

But besides money, he won’t give her anything else.

He put his phone aside and continued working.

Evening came.

Xin Zaozao came back from work.

She didn’t know when she became more punctual about her work hours. She even took full advantage of the two-day national holidays every week. Thus, they were spending far more time together than before.

“What would you like for dinner?” Mu Cidian took Xin Zaozao’s bag and handed her slippers.

Xin Zaozao had gotten used to Mu Cidian’s care.

She put on the slippers, walked inside, and said casually, “Anything will do.”

It seems she enjoys anything Mu Cidian prepares.

She even wondered that if they broke up, the thing she would miss the most was his cooking.

While lost in her thoughts, Xin Zaozao settled onto the living room sofa.

She couldn’t help but look towards the kitchen.

At that moment, Mu Cidian began to prepare dinner.

Who was it that said that a man who cooks is the most attractive…