Chapter 173


    No matter how hard Su Ziyue tried to convince Qin Muchen to reveal the answer to her, he still refused


    to say a thing.


    Having no other choice, Su Ziyue could only wait for his assurance that she would get to know the


    oue within the following week toe true.


    Yet, before Qin Muchen realized his promise, another ground-breaking news came first.


    …


    While Su Ziyue was giving her sore neck a massage after she finished reading thest document of the


    day, her phone rang.


    She took it over and found it was from Qin Muchen.


    Although she hadpleted her job today in advance, she still had one hour to go before she was


    allowed to clock out. As a head of her department who did not enjoy a very superior status in the


    company, it did not seem right for her to leave early as it would set a bad example to her subordinates.


    Despite having such thoughts, she still decided to pick up his call. Perhaps, he was calling about stuff


    other than informing her that he would being to pick her up.


    “Hey, what’s up?” With one hand clutching her phone, Su Ziyue leaned on her chair and tilted her head


    up to gaze at the ceiling.


    The posture could help soothe the pain in her neck which she was suffering due to having read too


    many documents today.


    Speaking in his usual tone, Qin Muchen demanded, “Head downstairs now.”


    “But it’s not yet time for me to clock out.” She sounded like she was in a quandary.


    “Come down now and I’ll tell you what’s fishy about Zhou Lingyu.”


    “Serious…” ly?! He hung up on her before she couldplete her sentence.


    What a jerk Qin Muchen was! He was obviously luring her out.


    She decided to stop caring and just leave early. Fortunately, she was at least the head of a department


    and there was still a difference between her and the rest of the staff, who would have their sry


    deducted in case they clocked out early.


    Just as she was about to leave her room after keeping away her stuff, An Xia barged into her room and


    scurried over to her agitatedly. “Something huge happened!”


    “What is it?” Su Ziyue, who had long gotten used to her theatrics, remained unstirred.


    Annoyed by how nonchnt she looked, An Xia emphasized, “Gong Zeyang has unterally called off


    his engagement with Su Yige!”


    “Oh.” It was only after Su Ziyue acknowledged it calmly did she register the news. “What did you just


    say?”


    “Gong Zeyang has dumped that b*tch! How delightful is that news?” With excitement written all over


    her face, An Xia continued, “It serves her right to be dumped for being so arrogant and cocky but


    pretending to be innocent at the same time!” An Xia guffawed with delight right after she said that.


    After shooting her a nce, Su Ziyue went to make sure the door was locked with an expressionless


    face so that no one would enter her room suddenly and chance upon An Xia’s heartyugh.


    It was only when An Xia finishedughing did she find Su Ziyue’s expression abnormal.


    “Aren’t you happy to learn about Su Yige getting dumped? Come on, show me a smile.” An Xia gave


    her shoulder a nudge.


    However, Su Ziyue was not in the mood to joke with her. “Qin Muchen just called me, saying that he’s


    coming to pick me up.”


    “And?” An Xia was puzzled. Did it have anything to do with Gong Zeyang dumping Su Yige? The two


    matters had no rtion at all.


    “I suspect that he’s onlying to pick me up earlier than usual because he has received the news. I


    don’t want to face him.” Having a nk look on her face, Su Ziyue sat down on the sofa.


    Although Qin Muchen had asked her whether she wanted to know more about Zhou Lingyu, she had a


    feeling that it was just a bait to lure her into his trap. Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    An Xia too took a seat beside her and pressed on, “So? I still don’t see the link between these two


    things. Why don’t you just enlighten me about any indirect rtion between them?”


    “Qin Muchen once had a misunderstanding about my rtionship with Gong Zeyang and because of


    that, he was cold to me and he ignored basically everything I said as though he was a different person.


    Now that Gong Zeyang has unterally called off his engagement with Su Yige, would he assume it


    was me who encouraged Gong Zeyang to make that decision?”


    As soon as she said that, she almost eximed in shock because she remembered that she had


    indeed said something of that nature to Gong Zeyang before.


    Gosh, she had merely made that remark in an attempt to win the argument at the time and it had never


    urred to her that he would really do as she said.


    …


    After grumbling about it with An Xia for a long while, Su Ziyue took her bag atst and went downstairs


    gantly to look for Qin Muchen.


    He saw her walking out of Su Tower in her three inch heels when he just finished his second cigarette.


    Her long, curly hair draped over her shoulder. She was wearing a ck suit with a brown coat hung


    over her arms which he had asked her to bring with her earlier that morning before they went out.


    Walking in the direction of his car at a brisk pace, her curly hair blowed madly in the wind; the ck


    formal suit she was wearing made her look even more slender and tall. In Qin Muchen’s eyes, she was


    as beautiful as wild roses which gave out a pleasant and intense scent.


    Compared to normal roses which appeared luxurious and elegant, wild roses, which also grew amidst


    brambles, had its own charm by appearing more reserved and humbler.


    So, there would always be other men who wanted to snatch Su Ziyue away from him.


    The ‘wild rose’ then reached his car.


    “How long have you been waiting?”


    Su Ziyue opened the door and got in the car before turning to face him with a smile.


    Her heart gave a lurch when she found him deep in thought. Was he really here because Gong Zeyang


    had cancelled his engagement with Su Yige?


    Sounding calm, Qin Muchen answered her, “I didn’t wait long.”


    Then, he drove off. It was only after a while did Su Ziyue discover he was not heading in the direction


    of home.


    “Where are we going?”


    “To have dinner.”


    They were keeping their exchanges short and sweet.


    After a moment of silence, she probed, “The thing about Zhou Lingyu…”


    He intercepted her directly, “We’ll talk about that after dinner.”


    …


    He brought her to Lumiere Jade House.


    Su Ziyue assumed they would be having dinner in one of the private rooms there as usual but to her


    surprise, she was brought all the way to the top floor where she had never been to.


    They arrived at a luxurious presidential suite which came with huge french windows, through which the


    cityscape under the setting sun could be seen. There was a table where red wine and western cuisine


    were already served and the room was decorated with… wild roses?


    Standing by the door in a daze, she turned around to face Qin Muchen, who was standing behind her


    after unlocking the door. “What is all this?”


    Qin Muchen broke into a smile which smoothened out both his eyes and eyebrows. His smile was


    dazzling and warm but far away at the same time, like the sun that was shining bright above a snow


    mountain.


    Holding her hands, he led her into the room after he closed the door. Then, he took her deeper into the


    room and stopped at the rectangr dining table ced before the huge french windows.


    With a smile, he asked, “Do you like this ce?”


    “It’s… I love it.” Su Ziyue gave a cursory nce at the wild roses that filled up the entire room in


    silence. She did appreciate romantic gestures but she found the idea of using wild roses as decoration


    puzzling.


    Her strained tone irritated Qin Muchen greatly.


    The smile on his face went out of sight immediately and it was reced by his usual calmness. Yet, his


    voice sounded somewhat icy and rigid due to his subdued annoyance when he asked, “Is that all? Do


    you have anything else you want to say?”


    Under his icy and prating gaze, Su Ziyue gulped.


    Thinking that she had to face the music sooner orter, she concluded it might be better if she took the


    initiative to bring up the matter. After all, she indeed had nothing to do with the cancetion of the


    engagement between Gong Zeyang and Su Yige.


    After making up her mind, she bit her lips before speaking up, “I have nothing to do with Gong


    Zeyang’s decision to call off his engagement with Su Yige!”


    Looking puzzled, Qin Muchen asked, “What did you just say?”


    Su Ziyue blinked her eyes in confusion. Did he not know about it yet?