Chapter 599: Extra 012 Still So Popular with Women (Second Update)

In the darkness.

Mu Cidian looked at Lei Qian.

Lei Qian quickly explained, “I didn’t wait here on purpose. I was singing here with my friends and just finished when I suddenly saw you.”

Mu Cidian did not expose her.

After all, he had finished work, there was no way the singing had just ended.

He asked, “Do you want to have a late-night snack together?”

Lei Qian was overjoyed.

She tried to calm herself but her heart was still racing, she said, “I am hungry too.”

“What’s good to eat?” Asked Mu Cidian, “Can you recommend something?”

“Yes, there’s a place nearby that sells 24-hour sweet soup dumplings, I really like it, I don’t know if you would like it?”

“We’ll know once we try.”

“Mmm.”

Mu Cidian and Lei Qian walked towards a nearby stall together.

It was late and there weren’t many people, they were the only customers in the small shop.

Both of them were enjoying sweet soup dumplings.

Lei Qian hesitated before saying, “I don’t know if you find it too bland…”

“It’s alright, my stomach isn’t great, I can’t eat very spicy food. This is perfect,”

“What’s wrong with your stomach? You’ve lost a lot of weight.” Lei Qian asked with concern, a hint of pain in her face.

Mu Cidian chuckled, “It’s nothing serious.”

“You should eat more.”

“Mmm.” Mu Cidian nodded.

But he ate very little.

The portions of the sweet soup dumplings weren’t large, but he only ate less than a third of it.

Lei Qian wanted him to eat more but didn’t know how to bring it up.

“Lei Qian, I have a day off tomorrow.” Mu Cidian suddenly said.

Lei Qian’s heart began to race.

Mu Cidian said, “I want to meet your father. Is that alright?”

Lei Qian was surprised, “Why do you want to meet my father?”

Mu Cidian didn’t hide it, “A friend of mine has a project and wants to acquire land from your village, Lei Family Village, but the villagers are resisting. I want to talk to your father to understand the reason.”

Lei Qian’s initial excitement faded a bit, she said, “It must be the ecological project from Xin Group.”

“Mmm.”

“My father mentioned it at home, they are not willing to accept investments from outsiders.”

“That’s why I need to talk to him.”

“Okay. I’ll arrange with my dad tomorrow.”

“Thank you.”

“Mu Cidian…” Lei Qian hesitated to speak.

Mu Cidian looked at her, “Just say what you want to say, if it makes you uncomfortable, you can refuse me.”

“It’s not that, I’m not uncomfortable. I just really want to ask, what’s between you and Xin Zaozao…”

Because she liked him, she was always silently keeping up with all his news, so she knew about the previous love-hate relationship between him and Xin Zaozao.

“There’s nothing between her and me.”

“Then why are you still helping her?”

“It’s business,” Mu Cidian said, adding, “I’m short of money. But I won’t scam you.”

“I trust you,” Lei Qian quickly nodded.

She knew that Mu Cidian was having a tough time.

If things were going well for him, he wouldn’t be working in such a lowly service job.

She said, “Tomorrow I will take you to meet my father, I will try to convince him too.”

“That’s not necessary,” Mu Cidian said, “Let’s focus on mutual benefits.”

“Mmm.”

The two finished their late-night snacks.

Mu Cidian was about to pay.

The waiter said it was already paid for.

Mu Cidian looked at Lei Qian.

“I know usually the guy pays, but now, I’m not short of money…”

Mu Cidian nodded lightly.

They both left together.

Lei Qian hailed a taxi.

Because they were going in different directions, they didn’t share the same car.

Lei Qian waved, “I’ll call you tomorrow.”

“Mmm.”

Lei Qian left reluctantly.

Mu Cidian stared in the direction of the taxi.

Actually…

He could feel Lei Qian’s feelings for him.

But he didn’t want to hurt anyone with his emotions again.

…

Early the next morning.

Mu Cidian received a call from Xin Zaozao.

He didn’t know how Xin Zaozao got his number, but with her current capabilities, finding out wasn’t difficult.

And Xin Zaozao’s phone number hadn’t changed, he recognized it immediately.

He picked up the call.

Xin Zaozao’s voice came through, “Come downstairs, I have something for you.”

Mu Cidian went downstairs.

A luxury sedan was oddly parked at the gate of the residential area.

Mu Cidian walked over.

Xin Zaozao opened the car window, she didn’t plan to get out of the car.

She handed a file to Mu Cidian, “Have a look yourself.”

“Alright.” Mu Cidian took it.

Xin Zaozao closed the car window and drove off.

Mu Cidian turned around and left too.

As Xin Zaozao was sitting in the car, she took one last look at Mu Cidian’s receding figure…

She turned her head, her face still expressionless.

Mu Cidian spent half of the morning studying Xin Group’s land acquisition proposal, it seemed very sincere.

Now he just needed to understand the reason behind Lei Family Village’s rejection.

Thinking this,

Lei Qian called him in the morning.

He changed into a new set of clothes and left.

Lei Qian was driving, a very ordinary white sedan.

She said, “I usually don’t live in Lei Family Village, sometimes my parents come to Jin City to stay with me, but today they are all in the village. It’s about a 2-hour drive.”

“Mmm,” Mu Cidian nodded, “Thank you.”

“No, not tired at all…”

She wished she could spend more time with him.

On their way, the two would chat from time to time.

In fact, Mu Cidian wasn’t as aloof as they said. He was just a man of few words.

When they arrived atf the Lei Family’s village.

Mu Cidian finally understood why the Xin Family set their sight on this land—a plain in Jin City where no further areas could be developed, an excellent treasure indeed.

They alighted from the car.

Mu Cidian followed Lei Qian into a three-story building.

Most of the village houses are now built this way, quite grand in appearance.

The Lei family warmly welcomed Mu Cidian’s arrival.

Lei Qian, who had never brought a boyfriend home despite being 29, was naturally a bit excited.

Mu Cidian was also very polite.

Lei Qian’s parents thought Mu Cidian was too thin, but his manners displayed some amount of upbringing. Plus, their daughter was still unmarried at 29, which was unprecedented in their village.

“Thank you, uncle and aunt. You don’t have to be so nice to me.”

“It’s your first time here as a guest, it’s only right.” Lei Qian’s mother, Li Fang, quickly said.

“You’re being too modest. Our visit today has two purposes. One is to meet you both, and the other is to talk with uncle about the matters relating to Xin Group’s ecological park.”

When he finished speaking,

Lei Qiang’s face changed. He said in a deep voice, “We don’t need to talk about the park. If you came just for this, I have to ask you to leave.”

“Dad.” Lei Qian was somewhat unhappy.

Lei Qiang said, “I give in to you on everything else, but on fundamental issues, we mustn’t even discuss.”

“There’s no need to be so extreme, uncle. I just want to know why you and the villagers are so resistant.”

“Dad, just tell us your reasons. It’s not like we’re insisting that you agree.” Lei Qian whined.

Lei Qiang looked at his daughter, swallowed his pride, and explained his reasons.

It turned out to be because they were deceived before. Every villager had lost thousands of dollars, and they had come to a consensus not to accept any new developments in the future.

Mu Cidian said, “What if I could guarantee that not only will you not have to invest a cent, but I’ll also find a way for you to make a profit?”

“Where in the world can that happen? Corporations are exploitive capitalists. We won’t believe them anymore!”

“Every coin has two sides. Not every corporation is what you think. The Xin Group is now one of the top Consortiums in Yanshang Country; they’re not going to scam you. Nowadays, such companies place great importance on their reputation. They fear causing public criticism.”

“I really don’t want to hear it anymore. It’s not that what you’re saying isn’t right, it’s just that there’s nothing to discuss about this. Let’s not waste everyone’s breath!”

Mu Cidian pursed his lips.

So that’s why Xin Zaozao wanted to find another way to handle this. It was evident that they didn’t even want to give them an opportunity to talk.

As he was about to speak,

At that moment, a villager stormed in, angrily saying, “Chief Lei, I really want to kill Wang Ergou!”

Lei Qiang said, “What happened? Let’s talk calmly.”

“He owed me 40,000 yuan three years ago. I am planning to renovate my house and asked him for money, but he claims he didn’t borrow!”

“Have you signed any acknowledgment documents?”

“At the time we were close, I thought we were both from the same village, I didn’t expect him to deny the debt!”

“How could you be so careless!” Lei Qiang said with mental frustration. “Was there any witness?”

“I just came back from working away from home at that time, my wife wasn’t with me, so I directly gave him the money. How could I have known he was such a person! I really want to kill that Ergou now!”

“Stop talking about killing people. I’ll go and ask him for you.” Lei Qiang was actually a very passionate person.

The villagers usually listen to him.

“Then I’ll have to trouble you. With 40,000 yuan, I can renovate my house.”

Lei Qiang shook his head and immediately went with the village.

Lei Qian has a cross look seeing her father leaving like that, so she looked at Mu Cidian.

Mu Cidian said, “It’s okay. I’ll wait for your father.”

Lei Qian felt a bit embarrassed and quickly started to cut fruit for him.

Mu Cidian smiled softly.

The waiting ended up taking the whole morning.

It was lunchtime when Lei Qiang and the villager came back, and both of them looked upset.

The villager was furious, “Chief Lei, don’t stop me, I’m going to kill Wang Ergou!”

“Enough, even if you killed him now, you would have to compensate with your own life.”

“Am I supposed to just give my money away?”

“You didn’t issue a receipt at the beginning, and there were no witnesses, who could you blame!”

“I, I…” The villager’s face was red with anger.

“I have a solution.” Mu Cidian suddenly interrupted.

Lei Qiang and the villager both turned to look at him.

“I have a way that might help you.”

“What way?” The villager asked excitedly.

Mu Cidian told them.

The villager was thrilled, “Okay, I got it. I’m going to do it right away.”

Lei Qiang looked at Mu Cidian, “Will it work?”

“We will only know after we try.”

Lei Qiang nodded.

At this moment, he had a somewhat different opinion of this young man.

Ultimately, however, the project that day did not go through.

Lei Qiang and the villagers were very resistant to it.

Three days had passed since that day.

Mu Cidian ran into Xin Zaozao at a nightclub.

Xin Zaozao was accompanying a client.

It’s the same woman again; she seemed to like hanging out with Xin Zaozao.

Xin Zaozao left the private room on her own to find Mu Cidian. She asked him, “How is it going?”

Mu Cidian said, “Not done yet.”

“You still have four days.”

“I know.”

Xin Zaozao didn’t say much and left.

When work was over,

Lei Qian was waiting for him at the door again.

She excitedly said to Mu Cidian, “Mu Cidian, do you know? Your method worked, my dad called me to tell me that Wu, the man who wanted to collect his debt that day, invited you to his home for a meal tomorrow. He wants to thank you in person.”

“Okay.” Mu Cidian agreed immediately.

“You’re really amazing. My dad has been singing your praises.” Lei Qian was visibly happy.

Mu Cidian smiled courteously.

“I’m driving, let me take you home.”

Mu Cidian hesitated for a moment and got in Lei Qian’s car.

Since Mu Cidian was working both day and night shifts, he left at 12 o’clock at night when Xin Zaozao and Lina were also leaving.

Lina was still being supported by a young master, and there was also a man next to Xin Zaozao.

Lina saw Mu Cidian and recognized him as the waiter from before, he was easily recognizable because he was too thin.

Lina chuckled, “I can’t help but feel like he played us that night. Look at him, he even has a girlfriend now. What kind of illness could he have!”

Xin Zaozao just chuckled.

The chuckle was laced with sarcasm.

Mu Cidian was still so good at pleasing women.