“I… Yan, it’s not what you think it is.” Seeing her stern look, Zhang Yu wanted to burst out, but she was afraid that Yan would hold a grudge against her, so she suppressed her anger.
“Just wait for the result.” Yan left after finishing her words.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yu stood in the same place while clutching her fists. That b*tch! Wait till I’m chosen by Ye Group, and we’ll see how arrogant you all will be then!
Dealing with Ye Moxuan was not as easy as Yan thought, since he was once her superior. Hence, when she called him, she was still a bit scared. However, for Muzi’s sake, she must brace herself and bear with it.
She had a smile on her face and just when she was preparing to introduce the designers to Ye Moxuan, he unexpectedly uttered a few words lazily, “Tell her to see me herself.”
“W-What?” Yan thought that she heard wrongly. “Mr. Ye, about that—”
“What? Does Shelly, the great designer, want to give away such a big case to someone else?”
Yan explained, “I think you’ve misunderstood, Mr. Ye. Shelly is the boss of the company, so—”
“So she’s not a designer?”
“Yes.”
“I’m free after 2pm. Ask her to contact me herself.”
Before Yan could add anything, Ye Moxuan just simply hung up the phone.
Listening to the beeping tone coming from the phone, Yan was so furious that she found herself speechless. However, she had made a promise to Han Muzi, so she could only call him back. Nevertheless, Ye Moxuan, that jerk, had already shut off his phone. Damn, that jerk. Is he trying to mess with Muzi? I simply can’t let that happen.
At 2pm, Ye Moxuan drifted away while staring at his phone. Just then, Xiao Su pushed open the doors and came in. “Young Master Ye, someone from the designing company has come to see you.”
She’s here? Ye Moxuan quirked up the corners of his lips and formed a handsome smile, and the next second, he stood up before walking toward the door.
Xiao Su asked, “Young Master Ye, who is it?”
Ye Moxuan stepped forward with his slim legs and went out. “It’s none of your business.” Afterward, he went straight down the floors without even thinking of inviting her to a lounge first, all because of that rush within him.
At the same time, Yan was waiting at the lobby nervously. She didn’t tell Han Muzi about this because she had decided to act on her own by coming to see Ye Moxuan. She thought that since she was already here, there was no reason for him to reject her.
Naturally, Ye Moxuan knew Yan, who was close with him five years ago, so when he reached the bottom floor and saw that wandering figure in the lobby, his eyes and face quickly darkened. “Where is she?”
Facing such a fierce look, Yan felt her scalp growing numb. “Mr. Ye, Shelly has other things to deal with, so… I’ve come here to discuss with you regarding the matter of choosing a designer.”
Hearing her, Ye Moxuan’s eyes were smeared with a perilous look while he spoke with strength, “I’ve told you, haven’t I?”
“What?”
“For her to see me herself.”
“B-But—” Yan stuttered.
“Or else, I will see it as violating the contract.”
All of a sudden, Yan’s face turned pale. “Mr. Ye, you can’t do that. Muzi is now the boss of our company!”
Muzi? The unfamiliar name startled him for a while, but he came back to his senses right after and uttered in a deep voice, “Muzi? Is that her name now?” Great. She even changed her name. Is she trying to completely erase her past? Afterward, he asked coldly, “Does it say on the contract that I can’t choose her?”
Yan remained silent.
“Then ask her to see me in the next half an hour. Or else… bear with the consequences.” The man’s voice was as cold as the raining snow of winter, bringing on endless chills that wafted in the air.
Ye Moxuan didn’t even bat an eye before turning away and left.
…
In the office, Han Muzi was focusing on drafting Lin Qingqing’s design. After that, she had a headache as she rubbed her forehead. The things that Lin Qingqing requested were… too intricate. However, it was fortunate that she wasn’t one of those who liked to complain a lot. Whatever the client was fond of or had requested, she would do her best to reconcile it to its most suitable and integrate it into the design.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Yan rushed to her while panting. “Muzi.”
Han Muzi frowned slightly. “What is it?”
Yan sat in front of her with a disheartened face and explained, “I’ve contacted Ye Moxuan, but that jerk requested you to go see him yourself. I didn’t want to disturb you, so I went to Ye Group myself. I thought that if I went to see him face to face, he might compromise, but who would have known that that jerk didn’t respect me at all, and he left straight away. He even said…”
Han Muzi looked as if she didn’t care, so she kept on drawing with her head down while she casually asked, “What did he say?”
“He said that he wants you to go find him personally, and if you don’t, he will count it as us violating the contract.”
Han Muzi stopped her pen, and after a while, she raised her head. “Does it count as violating?” This really gave her a headache. This Ye Moxuan… What does he really want?
“Muzi, how about we close the company? It’s obvious that he’s doing this on purpose. That b*stard really crossed the line this time! After such a long time, does he still want to humiliate you?”
Humiliate me? Han Muzi lowered her eyelids. Yes. Five years ago, he gave me a divorce contract, and no matter how hard I begged, he was unwilling to see me. He even forbade me from entering Seabay Villa and the company. But five years later, he came to my company to make an order, and even requested for me to serve him personally. Usually, this would be just a job to me. But when it comes to Ye Moxuan, how is it not a humiliation? As she thought about it, she kept silent for a while before she put down her pen. “I’ll go see him then.”
Yan quickly stood up nervously. “Muzi, I don’t think you should go. I would rather we close down the company than to see you being wronged.”
After hearing her words, Han Muzi smiled and gave Yan’s cheek a pinch. “What do you mean ‘being wronged’? In our business, who hasn’t been wronged before? If we can’t even put up with this kind of treatment, then what should we feed ourselves with?”
Yan’s eyes reddened while listening to her. “But… he is different. He is—”
“Now, to me, he is no different than everybody else.”
“Really? But you—”
“That’s enough. I’ll go see him first to stabilize both party’s emotions. I won’t be able to afford it if we violated the contract.”
“What are you saying? How could we not afford it? Your brother loves you so much, so he definitely won’t bear seeing you being wronged like this. Why don’t we ask Han Qing for help?”
After hearing Han Qing’s name, Han Muzi’s face turned serious in a second. “No!”
“Muzi—”
“Don’t you dare call my brother after I leave to see Ye Moxuan.” Ever since she went back to the Han family, Han Qing had done so much for her that he had forgotten what he should do with himself. As such, she felt that she couldn’t drag her brother down anymore.
Yan could see that she was being serious after seeing her getting so worked up, so she only let out a snort, neither agreeing to her or denying her.
After she was done with Yan, Han Muzi walked out of the office, and her face darkened right away.
Ye Moxuan… I’d like to see how long you plan to continue humiliating me.
