Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 296 - 294 Birthday Feast 2_1

Chapter 296: Chapter 294 Birthday Feast 2_1

Ji Hua was speaking fervently, not quite understanding what Mu Chuyang meant, and suddenly looked at him with some confusion.

"What’s up? Didn’t you see I was talking to Miss Li?"

Mu Chuyang hmphed twice more and then kept using his eyes to signal Ji Hua to look in another direction. This time Ji Hua finally got it. He cleverly tilted his face a little, and from the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of his wife walking towards him.

He was startled and immediately hee-heed a laugh at the guest in front of him, then politely gestured with his hand, "Director Li, please come in, this way please..."

His actions left Miss Li utterly confused, since just moments ago he had been lavishly praising her beauty, and now he was dismissing her outright.

She knew the man before her was a bona fide diamond-class wealthy bachelor, and if she could win his favor, she would wake up laughing from her dreams.

Director Li was also somewhat perplexed, but since Ji Hua was now ushering him inside, it wouldn’t be proper for him to say much more, so he took his daughter and headed inside.

By the time they passed the entrance to the event, Gong Yining also happened to arrive in front of Ji Hua.

Acting nonchalant, Ji Hua turned his face and upon seeing Gong Yining, he immediately called out in surprise, "Xiaoning, you’re here~~"

Gong Yining’s smile deepened as she looked tenderly at Ji Hua and said, "Who was that miss just now? She’s quite pretty..."

Ji Hua burst out in an awkward laugh, "Heh heh, I think her last name is Li, but where is she pretty? In my eyes, you are the prettiest..."

Mu Chuyang couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth. Ji Hua’s mouth was really too shameless; he didn’t know who had just been going on and on about how beautiful and poised that woman was.

Gong Yining leaned in with a smile, then whispered something into Ji Hua’s ear. When she pulled away from him, the face that Ji Hua had been wearing so smugly suddenly transformed into one resembling a bitter gourd.

"You carry on, it’s hard work..." Gong Yining said with a smile, then turned and followed Kang Xiaolan and the others as they walked towards the event hall.

Once they could no longer see the group, Mu Chuyang curiously approached Ji Hua.

"What’s wrong? What did Yining say to you? Why that expression?"

Ji Hua let out a long, exhausted sigh and then despairingly said, "Xiaoning said she wants to sleep in separate rooms..."

Upon hearing his words, Mu Chuyang burst into uncontrolled laughter.

"Hahaha, serves you right..."

His laughter was so loud and grating that it immediately drew the attention of Mu Feng and Butler Zhou from the opposite direction. Mu Chuyang could easily ignore Mu Feng’s gaze, but Butler Zhou’s sharp eyes were truly alarming.

He immediately shut his mouth, deciding it was better to behave.

Mu Feng curled his lips slightly, it looked like Ji Hua would indeed suffer.

And the group that had walked in, led by Kang Xiaolan, was bombarding Gong Yining with continuous questions.

"Hey? Yining, what did you say to Ji Hua? Seeing his face just makes me want to laugh," Kang Xiaolan said, always finding amusement in Ji Hua’s misery.

"Yeah, hurry up and tell us. Let us in on the trick too," Yan Yirou added curiously.

Jian Manhui rolled her eyes at them, finding these people in relationships exasperating...

The group arrived at the edge of the event hall and leisurely sat on the floral swing, gazing around the enormous and luxurious event space.

"Eh? Why can’t I see Wanxia?" Yan Yirou scanned around but didn’t spot anyone.

"Perhaps she’s not within our line of sight," Kang Xiaolan responded, bouncing the swing lightly with her toes.

"Maybe she hasn’t arrived yet? Didn’t she say she was also a guest today?" Jian Manhui couldn’t help but chime in.

As she thought of Su Wanxia, she inadvertently thought of that hypocritical man. She hadn’t seen him from yesterday till today; what was he up to?

At this thought, she suddenly widened her eyes in shock. She must be going crazy to be even thinking of that shameless man!

"What’s wrong?" Kang Xiaolan, who was the closest to her, noticed her odd behavior and couldn’t help but ask.

"Hehe... I think I saw someone I’ve faced in court before." She hastily made up an excuse.

"You’ve had quite a few people you’ve gone up against in court, haven’t you? Winning every case, I bet a lot of people hold grudges against you, right?" Yan Yirou asked.

"Yirou, Manhui fights only justified lawsuits, not the kind that exploit the law for evil," Gong Yining also said with a smile.

"I like what Yining said, but, well, indeed, quite a few people do hold grudges against me..." Jian Manhui shrugged indifferently; she only fought cases she could morally justify, so those who hated her could go right ahead—it didn’t affect her at all.

"That’s true, haha..."

"Hmm."

"I’ve noticed something." Kang Xiaolan looked meaningfully towards the venue and said.

"What’s that?" They all looked at her, curious.

"It seems like most of the guests today are old men? I haven’t seen them before?"

As soon as she finished speaking, they all gave her a look of boredom.

It was the old gentlemen’s celebration—what else would there be but older men!

These old men had quite the high statuses; they were figures you usually couldn’t even hope to meet.

While a few of them were discussing this, Mu Chuyang, who was greeting guests at the venue’s entrance, couldn’t help but quietly ask Ji Hua, who looked listless beside him.

"Hua, have you noticed that most of the guests today are old men?"

Ji Hua glanced disinterestedly at Mu Chuyang, whose face was filled with surprise.

"Can’t you see whose birthday it is? The more old men there are, the more face the elder gets. You don’t even understand this!"

Mu Chuyang nodded in acquiescence, "True, but if you were just now speaking with an old buddy, Yining definitely wouldn’t want to share a room with you tonight..."

At Mu Chuyang’s words, Ji Hua felt a pang in his liver.

He glared hatefully at the smirking Mu Chuyang and hissed through clenched teeth, "Don’t think I don’t know about you kneeling on a washboard last time!"

Mu Chuyang’s handsome face suddenly flushed red, "You... Who told you?" He straightened his neck with an expression of denial.

Ji Hua snorted, "Don’t forget, we went to the hot springs together last time. Your knees gave you away..."

Mu Chuyang suddenly lost his composure, his face becoming anxious as he looked at Ji Hua.

"You must keep it a secret for me!" He leaned closer to Ji Hua and whispered.

Ji Hua looked at him smugly, "I can keep a secret...but..."

As soon as he heard this, Mu Chuyang knew the guy had conditions.

Steel himself, he clenched his teeth and said resentfully, "What’s your condition? Spit it out."

"Next month, there’s a project in E City, and I’ll probably have to go there for half a month. You take my place."

Mu Chuyang’s mouth twitched violently—half a month! He had already filled in for him for so many half months, and now he had to go again!

Seeing his conflicted expression, Ji Hua added, "What do you say? If you don’t agree, then I’ll just..."

Mu Chuyang rubbed his temples, feeling weak, and forced out a word through gritted teeth: "Fine!" For the sake of his pride as a man, he was all in!