Mated at First Sight
Chapter 556 - 377 - Who Allowed You to Go There! (Third Update)_1

Chapter 556: Chapter 377 - Who Allowed You to Go There! (Third Update)_1

"Leader, she’s arrived, but..." A man stood before a male figure, starting to speak with apparent hesitancy, unsure of how to proceed.

"But what?" The man looked up, his gaze indifferent as it rested on the reporter. His eyebrows knitted slightly with irritation.

He found it distasteful when people hesitated or only stated half their mind, they should know better.

Reading the miserable expression on the man’s face, the speaker hurriedly continued. "They say Miss Fen Xiao has already arrived there first and now, is dining with the Poison Doctor."

Eating with the Poison Doctor? He wouldn’t dare even entertain the thought.

Who knew at what moment she would poison him? Perhaps it hadn’t occurred to them that their dear Miss Fen Xiao could also be a master poisoner.

Mu Lin attested to her civilized nature; under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t bother others unless she was provoked first. She didn’t have the leisure time to go around trouble for no reason. It was a tedious affair.

Sometimes, it was better to live and let live.

Gesturing for the man to leave, the leader slowly rose from his seat. Walking up to a wall, he pressed downward with his visibly bony finger, revealing a hidden compartment. Taking a step inside, the door closed automatically behind him.

As the room was illuminated, the man moved forward, and stood transfixed in front of a large framed canvas about two meters tall. A white cloth covered it, and he reached out to pull it away. Beneath the cloth, was something that changed his expression.

It was a portrait! More precisely, an oil painting of Mu Lin.

The eyes that seemed both smiling and serious, were precisely captured, making it seem almost like a photograph.

A smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

He had been working on the painting these past few days. He had never thought that he would once again pick up a brush for a rival, especially after he had stopped painting years ago.

The scene from that time was etched in his mind, and over time, the intriguing urge to paint it grew more and more irresistible.

Reaching out, he slowly traced his fingers over the painted beauty. From the face to the nose, but his fingers finally landed on those eerily vibrant, yet distant eyes.

Gently, he caressed them.

Since he had begun painting Mu Lin’s eyes, he had realized, he couldn’t capture the exact spark they held. He had repainted them countless times, and the eyes on the canvas now were his best work yet.

But up against the eyes he held in his mind, they still couldn’t compare.

He picked up the white cloth and covered the painting once again.

Given a chance, he’d have Mu Lin model for him just once. He was sure he could paint her fairest eyes.

Turning around, he prepared to exit, leaving the painting hidden as before.

He just wanted to capture the image of Mu Lin drawing closer to him at that moment. Those eyes filled with disguised sentiment...

Mu Lin thought this man had comprehension and vision issues.

When had she ever looked at him with sentimental eyes?

...

Third floor dining area of the Hongda Hotel.

Enjoying the food.

Mu Lin admitted that she had eaten at Minda Hotel several times before. But the food in C Province and Ming City had a distinct difference in flavors, possibly due to different chefs.

"Wow, are you not eating?" With an alluring smile, Mu Lin looked at the two ladies across her who kept their eyes on her but hadn’t touched their meals. She extended a friendly invitation.

Although, most of the dishes were already gobbled up by her.

With furrowed brows, seeing the nonchalant Mu Lin puzzlingly normal, Fen Xiao was perplexed.

They had, after all, poisoned the meal, and almost every dish held a different poison. But after all this time, Mu Lin showed no signs of discomfort.

Could all the different poisons have nullified each other? Turning into something else, perhaps?

Right now, Mu Lin defied every expectation Fen Xiao had formed.

How...how was it possible!? Fen Xiao couldn’t accept, not in any world, that Mu Lin was immune to poison.

Even if she was the Poison Doctor, these were carefully researched and concocted substances. She had used them effectively on her enemies, and those she sought to assassinate.

Why would they do nothing now?

"What, you can’t comprehend?" Mu Lin’s languid voice resounded once more in Fen Xiao’s ear, the curve of his lips in an enigmatic smile. "Your poisons, I smelled them as soon as they were released. Although I don’t know whether it’s your specialty, I still must sincerely tell you, congratulations, your poison has no effect on me." Not a trace of effect, truly making him have no intent to fight back.

Fen Xiao bit her lip, silent, lost in her thoughts.

However, seemingly wanting to further provoke her, Mu Lin’s drawling voice continued. "Actually, I wasn’t going to tell you that I’ve made the antidote to your little poisons years ago. If you truly wish to battle me with poison, I still need to kindly remind you... put in more thought."

"Don’t forget my identity and reputation, they were all valiantly raised by you."

Hearing Mu Lin’s extremely atrocious words, Fen Xiao nearly vomited blood.

He said he wouldn’t tell her, what in God’s name had she just said then?

Languidly standing up, Mu Lin looked at both and cracked a greatly pleasurable grin. "Many thanks for the hospitality. I will... go now, after all, I am still very busy." After finishing these words, Mu Lin turned around steady as a rock and left, feeling extremely pleasant.

These people are indeed quite interesting.

In the instant when Fen Xiao wanted to make a move on him, Mu Lin knew. Perhaps Fen Xiao was someone in that organization and had something to do with that man. However, she definitely wasn’t sent by that man, because Mu Lin believes, that man definitely does not want to kill her.

At least not now, absolutely not.

Then, the very instant after Mu Lin left-

"Crash..." The sound of shattering glass. At this moment, not a single plate remained on the table. All had toppled onto the ground, shattering to pieces. Food splatters everywhere, even on the two of them.

Wu Qian really felt quite lucky, lucky that she hid rather quickly. Otherwise, all of the stains and greases on the table would have splashed onto her. If that had happened, she would have truly been presentable.

Proud Fen Xiao was thoroughly provoked by the Poison Doctor earlier. Even though, Wu Qian thought the Poison Doctor’s words were quite reasonable.

Words casually spoken by Mu Lin just now were seemingly random. But in reality, every sentence struck Fen Xiao in the heart. Making her thoroughly understand the disparity between her and the Poison Doctor, no wonder she couldn’t accept it.

But it was really rather shameful.

At a distance, a waiter hearing the commotion rushed to the private room. However, as soon as he saw the terrifying expression on Fen Xiao’s face, he hesitated and dared not enter.

Never mind, he will clean up after she has left. When dealing with the daughters of wealthy households, they, the small fries, truly needed to keep a low profile, getting entrapped would only bring continuous trouble.

The waiter didn’t know what had just happened here, but he could roughly guess. This person was provoked, and heavily so, by the woman who had just left looking very amicable.

Taking a deep breath, Fen Xiao stood up, and after saying ’let’s go’, she turned around and left silently.

However, Fen Xiao and Wu Qian had barely returned to the Organization when they were invited to meet the Leader.

Fen Xiao knew, the Leader has called them mainly due to Mu Lin’s matter. She had sent people to keep an eye on important highways and would not think they would not know about it.

Looking at the leader reclining leisurely in the chair, who had been watching them enigmatically since they entered, for some reason, the two felt an air of danger.

Was the Leader angry?

Why? Wu Qian felt somewhat puzzled.

"You’ve returned." The man’s words were calm, as if offering a greeting.

"Yes." Fen Xiao nodded.

"Where did you go?" As soon as the man’s expression turned indifferent, Fen Xiao could feel the overwhelming pressure exuding from him. He was not inquiring, but interrogating, making Fen Xiao feel horribly tense.

Fen Xiao gave a cold chuckle. Faced with the man’s demeanor, she felt no fear. She simply responded with the truth. "The Hongda Hotel." Even if she hadn’t said, she believed he probably already knew. This, what was there to hide?

"What did you do there?" The man continued to ask.

Fen Xiao responded, "Met a person." A person who, from now on, she would have to treat as an enemy, an incessant one at that.

"Who?"

"The Poison Doctor, Mu Lin." Sentence by sentence, it seemed the two of them loved to play. Obviously, it could have been said in one sentence, but it was unnecessarily stretched out. They didn’t seem to mind the trouble.

Perhaps this is the boring game those people enjoy.

"Poison Doctor...ah." The man let out a chuckle, the corners of his lips curving upwards. However, in the next instant, his face turned icy cold. "Who ordered you to go see her!"

Whoever he had his sights on, no one else was qualified to have them in their sights too.

The man would not allow anyone to ruin his plan, not even Fen Xiao.

If there was any mistake in his plan, he would definitely not let her off the hook.

Looking at the man, Fen Xiao felt a cold chill in her heart.