Lin Muxu hung up the phone.
She gazed leisurely as the regulations floating within her line of sight gradually disappeared.
Then, Lin Muxu thought of something else.
She hesitated for a moment and proactively dialed Ling Qianhe’s number.
“I saw the news about the lab explosion. What’s the plan for the next phase?” Ling Qianhe asked.
“We wait.”
He sounded quite calm.
Lin Muxu considered it and decided to inform him in advance.
“Well, He Yun, or Sister He, asked me to meet a fan… she said the fan is Feng Yuting’s fiancée…”
She primarily wanted to test Ling Qianhe’s stance.
Upon hearing Lin Muxu’s words, Ling Qianhe was silent for a moment before letting out a light chuckle on the other end of the line.
He spoke, his voice clear and pleasant.
“Feng Yuting’s fiancée?”
“You can go meet her. If he’s getting married, I’ll have to send a substantial gift.”
Indeed.
A rival getting married.
He must be overjoyed.
Hearing Ling Qianhe’s normal tone, Lin Muxu breathed a sigh of relief.
This way, she could meet Miss Shi.
However—wait a moment, Lin Muxu’s heart skipped a beat.
She suddenly wondered why she cared so much about Ling Qianhe’s thoughts?
Hmph, she could meet whomever she pleased!
…
Miss Shi had arranged to meet Lin Muxu at the revolving restaurant on the hotel’s upper floor. The entire restaurant had been cleared.
Only she was there—oh, no, there was a man beside her.
He was wearing a silver-gray suit, and the light reflected off his handsome, domineering features. He stood straight, his eyes sharp as a hawk’s as they fixed on Lin Muxu.
“Xiao Xu, we meet again.”
His fiancée looked at Lin Muxu with a hint of surprise.
“Xiao Xu?”
Her mouth fell open.
“You two know each other?”
However, her statement that Lin Muxu was her idol was the absolute truth.
Precisely because of this, she was extremely excited to see Lin Muxu.
She rushed forward and hugged her.
As if hugging a doll.
“I super like Xiao Xu!”
“Xiao Xu is the best idol in my heart!”
Feng Yuting, however, watched coldly as his nominal “fiancée” hugged Lin Muxu, then walked over and gently pulled her away.
“Alright, don’t be too familiar; I’m afraid you’ll startle her.”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to see your idol? I came with you. She’s busy with work, let’s let her eat something first.”
Miss Shi went to select seafood.
Feng Yuting remained seated, watching his fiancée walk away.
Only when Miss Shi was far enough did a faint, cold smile touch his lips.
He looked at Lin Muxu, his gaze fixed on her exquisitely beautiful face, and then asked her.
“How did Ling Qianhe agree to let you come see me?”
“Does he think that because I have a nominal fiancée, he can rest easy?”
His tone…
Gave Lin Muxu a headache.
Lin Muxu turned her head to look out the window. Outside, the roads were bustling with traffic, cars coming and going. Feng Yuting pursed his lips and said.
“I don’t mean to sow discord.”
“I just think your understanding of him is still too superficial.”
“If you still think Ling Qianhe is the same person from five years ago, who fought hooligans in the orphanage to protect you regardless of the cost, then you’re gravely mistaken.”
“He has long since become a different person you don’t recognize.”
“I can’t figure out how you returned… perhaps Ling Qianhe really used some methods.”
“But Lin Muxu, you need to understand one thing.”
Lin Muxu frowned. She didn’t understand what Feng Yuting was trying to say.
After a long silence, Feng Yuting looked up at Lin Muxu and said.
“He is no longer the man he was back then.”
“His dark side is far beyond your imagination.”
Lin Muxu never expected Feng Yuting to come to her just to badmouth Ling Qianhe!
She found it boring.
She was about to get up and leave.
But with a flicker of thought, she suddenly became curious. How did Feng Yuting view Ling Qianhe, and what had he done to deal with him as a love rival?
So, she stayed put.
“Oh?”
“Tell me more.”
She held her teacup, adopting a listening posture!
Feng Yuting looked at her face, which still held a hint of childishness, feeling both regret and melancholy.
Why did she have to be so fixated on Ling Qianhe?
His voice was extremely cold and chilling, each word seeming to freeze the heart in an instant.
“Ling Qianhe doesn’t just own shares in the Ling family. Starting about two to three years ago, he became involved in many overseas underground industries.”
“I know he has made arrangements in many small countries.”
“Moreover, he has a very hidden and secret laboratory! They are possibly researching a very terrifying virus.”
“I believe he might have antisocial personality disorder!”
“The appearance he presents to the world is entirely a facade. In reality, the true Ling Qianhe is cruel, cold-blooded, and dismissive of all life.”
“I even suspect that in his heart, in his world, he considers himself an omnipotent deity.”
“Of course, if he didn’t have this narcissistic personality, he wouldn’t have become the world’s most popular top star. Deep down, he has no feelings for anyone, for anything.”
“To the outside world, he is a charity ambassador, a star who loves life and is positive, but he actually wishes the world would be destroyed.”
“Being with someone like him, I believe you understand, is not a good choice.”
“He will drain all your energy, you will be consumed by him!”
Feng Yuting believed he had made himself perfectly clear.
However, the young girl opposite him remained calmly holding her cup, then she looked up.
“Are you finished?”
She wasn’t surprised at all.
Feng Yuting frowned, looking at her, not understanding how she could remain so calm. Lin Muxu nodded slightly at Feng Yuting and said earnestly.
“I know.”
“But I believe more in the him that I see.”
He was the little boy in the orphanage who stubbornly refused help.
He was the man who always said harsh words to her, then secretly glanced at her, observing her expression.
Ling Qianhe said he lived for her.
She believed him.
Moreover—
If he couldn’t even do these things.
How could he fight Madam Ling? How could he become the world’s ultimate villain?
Reporting Ling Qianhe’s faults to her like this.
Feng Yuting was—too naive, wasn’t he?
Everyone has a dark side. Doesn’t he?
Hmph.
Feng Yuting is an idiot!
His attempts at complaining lacked any skill.
Lin Muxu scoffed completely, not taking these accusations to heart at all!