Chapter 53 - Being Too Smart Is Not Necessarily a Good Thing

Lu Manman arrived on time at the French restaurant.

The environment in the restaurant was nice. It was quiet and elegant, with a hint of old French style. The color scheme was a little dim, but it had a lingering charm to it.

The attendant led her to a table by the window.

He was in a black suit, gray tie, and white shirt.

While holding a glass of red wine, he looked out the window at the twinkling stars above the moat. The angle of his perfect side profile was a little stiff, and his thin lips were slightly pursed. It was hard to tell if his lips were moistened by the red wine, but they seemed to glow.

She had never looked at Mo Yuanxiu so seriously in her previous life. In her impression, he was handsome but not steady, not the type of man she liked.

In this life…

She lightly bit her lip.

Her standpoint was now different, so her appreciation level had changed.

For a moment, she felt that Mo Yuanxiu matched her aesthetics better than Wen Yun.

“You’re here?” Mo Yuanxiu turned around and said in a captivating low voice.

He was looking at her face, and those deep-set eyes stunned her for a second.

She remembered seeing his dark green eyes a few times, but under the dim light, it was pitch black again.

“I admit that I’m handsome, but Miss Lu staring at me in such a daze is really flattering me.” His thin lips curled up into a provocative smile.

No wonder this man had so many women around him. From the looks of it now, it was not just because of his generosity.

She snapped out of her daze and sat opposite him.

Beauty was nothing to her, and it was not what attracted her. She looked at him and said, “Your eyes used to look dark green in color.”

“Is that so?” Mo Yuanxiu continued sipping his drink nonchalantly.

“It looks black now.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“I’ve heard from others that the Mo Clan in the imperial capital has descendants who have dark green eyes that are rarely seen in the North Kingdom. It’s said that they are descendants of the late emperor’s nobility and have a noble status.” Lu Manman looked at Mo Yuanxiu very seriously. “Your surname is Mo too.”

“Miss Lu.” Mo Yuanxiu’s thin lips quivered. “There are so many people with the surname Mo. Moreover, didn’t you say that you understood me better than I thought? So what are you suspecting?”

“Some people say that the Mo Clan in Wen City is a branch of the Mo Clan in the imperial capital. I’m just guessing that you might be related by blood.” Lu Manman smiled arrogantly. “Otherwise, what did you think I was suspecting?”

Mo Yuanxiu squinted and looked at her calmly. His smile widened as he said, “Miss Lu, it’s not necessarily a good thing to be too smart.”

“I think so too.” Otherwise, she would not have ended up in such a sorry state in her previous life.

“What would you like to eat?” Mo Yuanxiu did not seem like he wanted to continue the topic. He got the attendant to come over and asked calmly.

“Anything.”

Mo Yuanxiu said to the attendant, “Two servings of royal steak.”

“Yes.” The attendant left respectfully.

The two of them sat facing each other, not saying a word.

Lu Manman kept her gaze fixed on the scenery outside. From this huge full-length window, she could see Wen City’s dazzling scenery. It was simply too beautiful.

Mo Yuanxiu poured her a glass of red wine and picked up the glass for a toast. “Aren’t we celebrating?”

She turned around to look at him and clink glasses with him.

She put her glass down after taking a sip. “I heard that there were reporters at Wen Yun’s press conference who deliberately caused trouble. Did you arrange that?”

Mo Yuanxiu shrugged in silent acknowledgment.

“There are so many haters online. Are you the one behind it?”

Mo Yuanxiu nodded and sipped his drink.

“Wen Yun should be investigating who started it all. Since you made it so obvious, it’s easy to trace it back to you.” Even though she knew that she had to make some arrangements in secret, she had not done it for fear of giving herself away.

She wanted to take revenge on Wen Yun more than just that.

She would not expose herself so soon!

“Does it affect me?” Mo Yuanxiu asked her.

Her brows furrowed.

“Why do I have to care? Moreover, I’ve already done so much, and I haven’t tried to hide it before. Your Wen Yun hasn’t found out about me yet, so how capable do you say he is?” Mo Yuanxiu laughed sarcastically. “A man who thinks he’s all that but is pretentious, hypocritical, and promiscuous—that’s all he is!”

“Wen Yun has a family that’s more important than yours, so you already lost at the starting line,” Lu Manman said.

Mo Yuanxiu smiled even more sarcastically but did not say a word.

The two of them ate their steak quietly and drank their red wine.

An hour later, they left the restaurant.

This place was a high-end western restaurant, so the paparazzi would not be able to enter. However, there were bound to be paparazzi around, hiding…

Lu Manman and Mo Yuanxiu saw them.

The two of them exchanged glances before calmly entering his car.

In the car, the two of them did not talk much. Lu Manman had a feeling that Mo Yuanxiu was a man who knew how to adjust the atmosphere and get along with women. But in fact, he was not who she thought he was. Sometimes, she would find him especially cold, so cold that he had no friends at all.

Of course, the exception was Ye Heng, his friend who committed all sorts of heinous crimes.

“Mo Yuanxiu, do you think we should get married?” Lu Manman asked him.

Mo Yuanxiu looked at her and said expressionlessly, “The marriage is between the two families. What do you think?”

“I think so too.” Lu Manman nodded.

Silence ensued.

She arrived at the destination very soon.

A few reporters were already waiting at the entrance.

As the car approached, they swarmed over, blocking the car’s path.

“Are you getting off?”

“Yes, I am.” With that, Lu Manman opened the car door.

At the same time, Mo Yuanxiu opened his car door.

When the two of them appeared before the reporters at the same time, everyone went into an uproar.

“Miss Lu, it has just been revealed that Wen Yun had an affair, and you’re already here with Mr. Mo. Does this mean that you can’t forgive Wen Yun anymore?” the reporter asked excitedly as if he had just caught wind of something important.

“Miss Lu, is there a chance that Wen Yun’s affair will be forgiven? The marriage was called off just today. Can we talk about your feelings?”

“Miss Lu, Wen Yun said that he had a drunken fit. Do you believe his excuse? How do you feel now that you’ve found out that the man you had given yourself wholly to had an affair?”