Right after the rain, there were no clouds in the sky, and everything was a clear blue color.
The burning sun came pouring in from the floor-to-ceiling windows as though it wanted to dry up every bit of dirt and impurities.
Sun-jie, standing in front of Fang Lin, looked both like an eggplant that had been pelted by hail and a criminal being interrogated. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Looking straight down and staring at the hem of Fang Lin's dress, she said in a submissive tone, "Fang-jie, I… I will assign a better car to WanZhi and also a couple more assistants."
Fang Lin adjusted her collar expressionlessly and said, "No need. Starting now, WanZhi will go under me. You go to HR downstairs and hand over everything. No need to come back starting tomorrow."
Sun-jie was stunned for a second, and her face turned red from rage.
After signing the document, Fang Lin handed Xu WanZhi a stack of scripts to look over at the comfort of her own home. All of them were high budget productions, the ones that the original owner wouldn't even dream about in the past.
She went downstairs carrying the stack of scripts with her and saw a Alfa parked squarely at the front. Her chauffeur and her assistant Xiao Yuan stood respectfully by the car and said at the same time, "Hi, Miss Xu!"
The van wasn't a very expensive one, just enough to show one's status and standing.
Things were so different… now that she owns a part of the company.
In the document that she signed earlier, the seller of the stocks was a name that she didn't recognize, but she figured Mu ZhenYu must be the one behind all this.
She hadn't expected him to help her out in this way.
On her way home, she started flipping through the stack of scripts in the car. They were all of the most popular topics currently. When she was mulling over them, one of the thinnest ones caught her attention – "The Blossoming Us".
The only reason that it caught her attention was because its name had appeared in the original novel. Even though it was a short blurb, she could still remember it clearly. The script "The Blossoming Us" wasn't as valuable as any of the other high budget productions. Contrarily, it was very niche. Nobody had expected this very niche show to strike gold throughout the entire country. It was extremely popular among all age levels. All the main characters in the show along with a few supporting characters all became very hot and crossed over into the realm of first-tier after the show.
And this unusual web series was one of the favorites of Mu ZhenYu's grandmother and aunty. The two of them were so addicted to the show that they couldn't even eat or drink. They only wish they could pay a few million dollars to buy some sort of membership so they can watch the entire show in one sitting.
Xu WanZhi picked out the "The Blossoming Us" from the stack and handed it over to Xiao Yuan. "Tell Fang-jie this is the next one that I want to take."
Xiao Yuan looked at the name of the show and was dumbfounded – Miss Xu now owns 30% of the company and had also been re-assigned to the best agent in the entire company. With all of her backing and the show that she has decided on was a …. Web series?
What about all the ones that everybody else was fighting over?
That being said, she had noticed that Miss Xu had been different recently. She had become prettier, and much more decisive. Xiao Yuan dare not say too much. She just took the script from her and made a mental note.
Xu WanZhi returned to the Mu's house and was shocked as soon as she opened the door and walked inside the house.
Inside the entrance area, stacked neatly, there were a wall of boxes, along with a large suitcase next to it. The living room, bedrooms, and kitchen were all cleaned out as though they had been robbed.
Was the house sold to try to keep HuanYu alive?
Mu ZhenYu was standing in the middle of the living room. He was just getting off of a call. He put down his cellphone and gave her a look.
"Are we going out or moving?" Xu WanZhi placed the script and her purse down to one said and walked over to the guest room that she has been staying at – sure enough, that was emptied out too and all the luggage was in the middle of the room.
"Moving," said Mu ZhenYu as he rolled up his sleeves. Then, casually, he carried on, "This place has already been sold. We are going to move to a property by the lake. You can come with me, or you can take your stuff and go back to your own place."
Xu WanZhi was alerted by the choices laid out in front of her. This man was fairly manipulative. Take the Mu XiYuan incident the other day as an example – he probably wasn't really giving her a choice. This was most likely just another test.
Given his temperament. If she chose incorrectly, she just might get thrown into the trunk again.
Xu WanZhi replied calmly, "Our contract is not up yet, of course I am leaving with you… providing that you have a spot for me at the new place, that is.
Having said that, she walked immediately inside her room and pushed her suitcase out to show her determination.
Mu ZhenYu looked down at her suitcase. With his lips curved up, he mocked, "Miss Xu is certainly demonstrating a strong work ethic for her $50 million dollars."
But, jokes aside, Xu WanZhi could tell from his look that he had already lowered most of his guard.
She quickly added, "As far as the $50 million was concerned… Mr. Mu, please feel free to take it out and spend it as you see fit. You don't need to worry about paying me."
Mu ZhenYu raised his brows a little and was obviously a little surprised by her statement. He looked at her for a while before he finally chuckled profoundly.
"The car is already downstairs. Give me your stuff and go downstairs first." He took a couple steps forward and walked over to her boxes. Bending over, he was about to pick them up for her.
Xu WanZhi quickly blocked him from her boxes and shook her head. "I can carry that myself. No need to trouble you for it."
He stood up and gave her an amused look. "Oh yeah? Then pick one up and show me."
That little bit of weight was nothing to her at all. With just a little bit of her magic, never mind one box, she could move all of the boxes in the house in a heartbeat.
She bent over and recited a spell quietly. She got ready to lift a box to show him.
Low and behold, when she tried to pick the box up, the box was so heavy that she couldn't lift it at all. And the worst part was, her magic wasn't working at all for some reason.
She stopped and looked up at Mu ZhenYu.
The original novel only mentioned that he was a vicious and ruthless villain. It didn't say anything about how he possessed the rare, pure yang property that one normally wouldn't even run into in a 100 years. The pure-yang property was the worst thing that a demon could encounter. It'd cause a demon to lose all their abilities. And, if they try to push and use their magic, they would be forced back into their original form!
Xu WanZhi wished she could cry. How was she going to do this without her magic?
Mu ZhenYu's lips curved upward. He had interpreted her wish-she-could-cry look as a cry for help.
Her brows were lifted, and her pouty lips along with her large and limpid eyes, all of them made her look like she had admitted defeat and was asking him for help.
For some odd reasons, he liked the thought of her admitting defeat.
He looked down and picked up three boxes at the same time as though they were weightless. "Go and open the door."
Xu WanZhi's chest tightened. What kind of a person was this Mu ZhenYu? He was the biggest villain in the book. The kind that could kill someone in the blink of an eye! And he just rolled up his sleeves and moved her stuff for her?
And three at once…Without her magic ability, she couldn't even lift one up.
A little scared still, she walked in front of him to open up the front door.
There was an expensive 7-seat van with the back door lifted up parked outside. He popped down the back row of seats with force but carefully placed her boxes inside.
Xu WanZhi wasn't able to help at all and just stood to one side, worried. He then walked over to the passenger side, opened up the door, and said to her, "You can wait for me in the car."
She has no magic power and also couldn't argue with him, so she climbed inside the car obediently and quickly lowered the window, "Be careful, Mr. Mu!"
He stopped in his tracks. Placing one hand on the car, he said, "What's the matter? Are you worried about me? I am bankrupt, not handicapped."
His words were blunt and forceful. She didn't know what to say to him, so she just changed the subject. "Thank you… for transferring over the ownership of Silver Star to me today."
Mu ZhenYu's smile went away. He stood up, seemingly a little unhappy.
He turned around to go back to get his own boxes after he threw down two words brusquely, "That's not necessary."