After what happened before, Ye Mu shifted his focus to work.

Almost paralyzed, he buried himself in a large pile of materials every day and night, as if desperately rushing to work, leaving himself no time to think about Yan Chen.

Sometimes, he even somewhat couldn’t distinguish the difference between day and night, so he slept when he was tired, and then went back to work when he woke up, repeating the cycle.

The colleagues around him didn’t know that he was heartbroken, but they were startled by his rather crazy overtime pace and felt like they had never seen someone who worked so hard before.

By the third month, Chen Mo looked over Ye Mu’s performance and couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

Liu Yi carefully observed his face and said, “Mr. Chen, Ye Mu’s work efficiency is very high.”

Chen Mo pulled the corners of his mouth, with a hint of sarcasm in his words. “Efficiency is good, but with such a work method, the company cannot afford to compensate for any accidental death insurance. In the end, the loss outweighs the gain.”

Liu Yi somewhat couldn’t see through her boss’s thoughts, and hesitated for a long time, “So…. Are you still determined to dismiss Ye Mu?”

Chen Mo thoughtlessly closed the folder and said in a roundabout way, “It just so happens that there is a project to be accompanied by a dinner party recently. You leave it to him. It also counts as giving him a break.”

Liu Yi had a good adaptability, and then followed his brain circuit, responded respectfully, and sent out the task assigned by the superior in the form of email as soon as leaving the office.

Ye Mu was very busy. He only noticed the email until the evening of the next day. At that time, there was only one hour left before the dinner party started. He couldn’t make thorough preparations and rushed there with only some basic project information.

He originally thought it was a small project, but when he opened the folder and took a closer look, Ye Mu noticed that the amount of this contract was more than three hundred million. Before the attendant opened the door of the hotel’s private room, he specially adjusted his wrinkled collar.

To his surprise, besides a few rich middle-aged businessmen who were dressed extravagantly, there was also Yan Chen sitting in the private room.

Yan Chen had shaved a new hairstyle and was even more handsome and keen-witted than before. The contours of his face were full of masculine charm under the light. When he saw Ye Mu, his expression was a little cold, his gaze distant and with disgust.

Ye Mu was greeted by the others and sat down. He, who was already quiet, became even more silent when he entered the private room.

One of these project’s businessman was from Yunnan, who was especially fond of drinking. He originally wanted to take Yan Chen to drink with him, but Yan Chen’s temperament showed a slight coldness, which made it a little hard to make a move, so the target was shifted to Ye Mu.

Ye Mu naturally wasn’t very good at refusing. That person poured a glass and he would drink it. This went back and forth and he ended up downing two or three bottles of white wine.

His head was a little dizzy, but he persisted in repeating the act of picking up and putting down the wine glass.

Yan Chen looked at him, his narrow eyes darkened, “Don’t get drunk.”

Ye Mu’s heart thumped, and he was a little caught off guard by his sudden sentence.

He thought that working with all his might for so long had almost made him forget, but when the other party just said something to him, he only realized he was very scared.

Yes, he was scared, scared that Yan Chen would know that he still loved him.

There were some feelings that couldn’t be washed away with time, but instead become more turbulent due to longing.

Ye Mu drank even more intensely. He hated himself for being too good at drinking and he hated himself for not being able to get drunk all at once.

Seeing that he was so capable of drinking, that big businessman from Yunnan had the impression of having a thousand cups of wine with a close friend. He lifted his arm and ordered a few more drinks to compete with him.

The rest were making a lot of noise. Looking at them having a drink, they cheered, and the entire private room was bustling with excitement.

Yan Chen was on the side, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.

…

When he woke up, Ye Mu had already been stripped naked and lying on his own bed, with pain all over his body.

After Yan Chen was done, he half lay in bed and comfortably turned on the TV to watch.

Ye Mu was silent beside him and never spoke, his pair of phoenix eyes were dark and lightless, just staring blankly at the ceiling.

The night was particularly quiet with only curls of smoke lingering in the air.

“Ding~”

Yan Chen’s phone alarm suddenly rang on time.

It was nearly ten o’clock in the evening.

Ye Mu glanced.

This was Gu Huai’s time to come home from work.

Yan Chen noticed and turned off the alarm clock. He got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. When he came out, he was already dressed.

Ye Mu watched as he walked to the door, his eyes numb.

Yan Chen walked over and got closer to kiss him, his side profile handsome and resolute.

Ye Mu tilted his head to avoid it, looked down at the flame burning in his hand, and slowly spat out words, “This is the last time.”

Yan Chen sneered, his expression a little cold, “What, you’re in a hurry to get rid of me just after fooling around?”

Ye Mu was very tired and wiped his face, “We’ve had nothing to do with each other for a long time. Get lost.”

Yan Chen hooked his lips sarcastically, his handsome face was cold and indifferent, “Sure. When the time comes, don’t come begging me to fck you again.”

Ye Mu turned his face away and ignored him.

Yan Chen glanced at him contemptuously, with annoyance and disgust in his eyes. He kicked off a hot kettle with a “bang” and left.