Chapter 27: Going Sea Fishing

Shen Muyan would curl up in a corner with her favorite fox plush when she felt upset, ignoring anyone who tried to talk to her. She would always rely on herself to resolve her emotions, and as for time, it would always pass.

Across the room, Lu Lin was personally handing over the auctioned item to the buyer and the seller behind him. Today’s auction was simple and brutal, akin to a slaughter. If she hadn’t bid first, the string of emerald necklaces would have been taken for a billion by the other party.

Who was this person? What bad luck!

When Shen Muyan left the auction, she posted a message on her Moments, no caption, just a drooping little “ sobbing ” rabbit emoji.

“Who angered our Sister Shen?”

Xu Yang was the first to notice the message and sent a private message.

Shen Muyan, while walking, sent a voice message explaining the whole situation to Xu Yang.

“That’s so infuriating! They’re so arrogant!”

Xu Yang’s emotional value was quite high. This was the first time she had seen someone play such a trick in an auction. She could only imagine how much more upset she would be if she were at the scene.

Shen Muyan’s temper was considered good.

Back home, especially when she saw Mu Zhen working on her calligraphy, Shen Muyan felt even more uncomfortable. She slowly walked over and hugged her arm.

“That… that really nice emerald necklace, but I didn’t get it. I’m so upset.” Shen Muyan rubbed her head against Mu Zhen’s shoulder, pouting like a child.

Mu Zhen didn’t react much. As a lawyer who had now retired, her life was more relaxed and carefree. These ornaments meant nothing to her.

She stroked Shen Muyan’s head and comforted her: “It’s enough to have gone. Relax, everything will be fine. Get some rest.”

“Hmm.”

…

Shen Muyan felt a bit agitated. She took a rose petal bath, followed by a meticulous skincare routine, before finally falling asleep.

Only then did she see Qin Yanzhou’s message, sent at half past midnight.

“What?”

One word, yet it stirred a feeling deep within her.

Shen Muyan picked up the plump fox plush beside her and placed it on her stomach as a cushion before laying back down.

“I didn’t get the necklace I liked yesterday.”

She also added a crying cat emoji.

“The necklace was also at the auction last night.”

Qin Yanzhou temporarily put down his documents, leaning back slightly. He felt something was off.

There were only two emerald necklaces present yesterday, one of ice glass type and one of Emperor Green full bead chain. Logically, she should have chosen the first one, as it was more suitable for her style.

The first one only cost a few million, she should have been able to get it.

Only this kind of…

Qin Yanzhou’s phone vibrated, his brows slightly raised as he glanced at the gift box on the bookshelf. He rubbed his fingertips against the pen, feeling a mix of emotions.

This was a bit too much.

He tentatively asked: “You really liked that necklace?”

Qin Yanzhou didn’t think Shen Muyan would like this style of bead chain.

He had originally planned to give it to his mother as a gift, but since he didn’t get it, he could only forget about it. Thankfully, he was smart and had already commissioned a custom-made Su embroidery cheongsam.

“It was just that someone was bidding against me yesterday, and it was a bit unfair… I was so close to getting it…”

Shen Muyan directly sent a voice message, her voice going from hopeful to resentful, becoming increasingly aggrieved as she spoke, muttering to herself.

The more Qin Yanzhou listened, the more his eyes narrowed, his brow furrowed, then relaxed again. The pen in his long, slender fingers fell silent.

Well, it was a good thing he was already planning to buy her something else.

“It’s okay, you can’t have everything. It’s meant to be that you and the necklace didn’t have a connection.”

Qin Yanzhou was amused by this extreme self-brainwashing. How could he be so good at comforting himself?

He asked: “Still upset?”

“Being upset is useless. The necklace has already been bought, might as well get a better gift.”

“Actually, I’m in a good mood today.”

She changed the topic, happily describing the scenery: “The sky is clear and bright, the blue is like a gem. There are fluffy clouds floating in the shape of a pure cloud, and the sun shines through the clouds, casting a glow like a dream. It’s so beautiful.”

She also took a picture of the cloud scenery and sent it over.

Qin Yanzhou clicked on it, adding a smiling emoji at the end: “I can guess what you’re up to.”

She also used a smiling emoji.

“Sea fishing.”

He sent a voice message, his voice normal, but with a steady yet flirtatious tone. Shen Muyan refused, but also couldn’t refuse.

“I will…”

“I won’t.”

He replied with a single word, his magnetic voice filling the air.

——

Half an hour later, on a luxurious cruise ship.

“Sister, don’t get sunburnt.” Ning Qing carefully applied sunscreen to Shen Muyan’s shoulders. On the deck, the wind whipped up a few strands of her hair, wild and free.

She was wearing a leafy green halter-neck maxi dress, refreshing and comfortable. She lazily held a sunshade, her eyes fixed on the man on the railing making a phone call.