Chapter 41: President Fu’s Bad Mood Today

Mu Kui stood frozen in place after hearing Fu Jianzhi’s words.

Yao Wanzhen also wore an indescribable expression.

They had thought that Fu Jianzhi would believe the evaluation given by those close to him.

But it turned out that Fu Jianzhi didn’t care whether Mu Ruo was good or bad.

Mu Kui looked at Fu Jianzhi, her expression growing more complicated.

Although Mu Kui didn’t have Mu Ruo’s deep schemes, she still knew a few things.

For instance, the man before her might appear courteous to everyone, but his innate arrogance was impossible to conceal.

In fact, someone like Fu Jianzhi wasn’t a good person at all.

Yet, the more this was the case, the more mysterious he seemed, making people want to explore and get closer.

Thinking about this, Mu Kui felt indignant—how could a man like this be a match for Mu Ruo?

Her chest felt blocked, her expression slightly twisted: “Brother-in-law, you probably don’t know, Mu Ruo doesn’t love you at all! She loves her childhood sweetheart, Lu Beichen!”

Yao Wanzhen pulled Mu Kui aside.

She didn’t want Mu Kui to lose her composure in front of Fu Jianzhi.

Yao Wanzhen knew that gentle and kind-hearted women like delicate white flowers were what interested powerful men like Fu Jianzhi the most. That’s why she always had Mu Kui play the role of the gentle, noble lady in front of him.

But right now, Mu Kui, with her unwilling look, didn’t resemble a noble lady at all.

Mu Kui didn’t realize how inappropriate her words were, her speech as sharp as a knife: “She has done everything with Lu Beichen that she can or can’t do. Brother-in-law, a man like you being with someone like my sister, who is second-hand goods, everyone will laugh at you!”

Fu Jianzhi’s expression turned cold, and he sneered: “Ms. Yao, is this how you educate your daughter? Didn’t she read in her history books that the Qing Dynasty has fallen?”

Mu Kui’s face turned pale.

Yao Wanzhen hurriedly pulled Mu Kui aside and apologized to Fu Jianzhi: “I’m sorry, Mr. Fu, Kui Kui is not in the right state today. She usually isn’t like this.”

Fu Jianzhi’s voice was cold: “If there’s nothing important, don’t come to my office and disturb me. You may leave now.”

Mu Kui stood there, not wanting to leave, but Yao Wanzhen pulled her out.

The man’s attitude towards them was courteous throughout, never losing his composure.

But Yao Wanzhen could see that after Mu Kui’s words, Fu Jianzhi was already angry.

Mu Kui didn’t know the severity of the situation, but Yao Wanzhen understood how oppressive the man’s aura was.

He was polite now, but who knew if he would retaliate against the Mu family for Mu Kui’s disrespectful words in private.

Outside, Mu Kui wiped her tears, still unwilling: “Why? What’s so good about Mu Ruo?”

Yao Wanzhen felt a bit annoyed: “Just shut up for now. I told you to maintain your ladylike image in front of Fu Jianzhi, but how did you act? You don’t look like a noble lady at all.”

Mu Kui bit her lip: “He said he liked bad women.”

“Don’t listen to his nonsense. There are so many bad women in the world; does he like them all?” Yao Wanzhen frowned, “I couldn’t see it before, but now it seems that Mu Ruo has really grown wings. We can’t control her at all.”

Mu Kui sighed: “Mom, are you just going to let her live a good life?”

Yao Wanzhen certainly wasn’t willing.

Unless Mu Ruo was willing to hand over everything she got from Fu Jianzhi to the family.

Otherwise, letting Mu Ruo become successful was unbearable, even if Mu Ruo didn’t hold grudges against their past actions.

The person they once trampled on couldn’t be allowed to rise higher than them.

Yao Wanzhen sneered: “Don’t worry, after you mentioned Mu Ruo and Lu Beichen, Fu Jianzhi’s entire expression changed. No man wouldn’t mind his woman being involved with another man. By the way, do you have any evidence of Mu Ruo and Lu Beichen being together?”

Mu Kui: “…No, I was just talking nonsense.”

If Mu Ruo had really been with Lu Beichen, given Mu Ruo’s intense affection for Lu Beichen, how could she possibly have married Fu Jianzhi for money?

She would rather die than break up with Lu Beichen.

It was precisely because Lu Beichen found a replacement for Mu Ruo and transferred his affections to Xia Wanwan that, no matter how Mu Ruo schemed against Xia Wanwan, Lu Beichen wouldn’t look back. Heartbroken, Mu Ruo agreed to marry Fu Jianzhi for the sake of the Mu family.

Yao Wanzhen frowned deeply: “Forget it, we’ll see how things go later. Today, we’ve planted a seed in Fu Jianzhi’s mind. Even if he has feelings for Mu Ruo, he will come to despise her in the future.”

Assistant Zhao was very distressed today.

Extremely distressed.

Because President Fu was in a very bad mood today.

President Fu rarely showed his true feelings.

Even when his two uncles caused trouble for him, slandering him everywhere and creating a lot of problems, he always appeared calm and collected, making people think he had a good temper.

Oh, though privately he dealt with his two uncles very harshly, not only causing them to lose all their investment money but also arranging for them to be beaten up by thugs in a bar, leaving them bedridden for half a month.

Situations like today, where he exuded a palpable cold aura and harshly reprimanded all the senior staff reporting to him, happened only two or three times a year.

Assistant Zhao stood outside with a cup of coffee, afraid to go in, and tried to get the new female intern assistant, Xiao He, to deliver it.

Xiao He, a graduate from a prestigious university, was lively, intelligent, and quick-witted.

Assistant Zhao coughed and mischievously tried to trick the newcomer: “Go deliver this coffee to President Fu, this is a great chance for you to make a good impression.”

But Xiao He, who didn’t read CEO romance novels and only aimed to climb the career ladder from assistant to manager, never had ambitions of catching the big boss’s eye. Such tasks that everyone else avoided, she, as a newcomer learning from the old-timers, refused: “No, no, President Fu likes your coffee the best.”

In the end, it was the diligent, reliable, and silent senior secretary, Assistant Gao, who took the coffee in.

Fu Jianzhi was indeed not in a good mood.

He didn’t think it was because he cared about Mu Ruo.

It was simply because Mu Ruo currently served as his sleeping pill.

Could he let someone else take a bite out of his sleeping pill?

He tapped the table.

Assistant Gao placed the coffee in front of Fu Jianzhi.

Fu Jianzhi’s tone was cold: “Investigate my wife’s past with Lu Beichen.”

Investigating the romantic history and experiences of one’s own wife with another man is a very normal thing to do.

It was entirely beyond reproach.

The all-capable Assistant Gao nodded: “I will prepare a report for you.”