Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 501 - 499: Has He Made Things Difficult for You?_1

Chapter 501: Chapter 499: Has He Made Things Difficult for You?_1

Before arriving at the hotel, she made another phone call, but still no one answered...

With a sense of dejection, she put her phone back into her bag, but as soon as she did, the phone suddenly rang again. She thought it might be Mu Zisu returning her call, but when she pulled it out, it was Neil...

She felt a pang of disappointment and then answered...

"Neil..."

"Xiaoxiao...have you arrived?"

"Yeah, just at the entrance..."

"Wait there for a moment; I’ll come and get you..."

"Okay, sure..."

Xiaoxiao hadn’t waited for two minutes before Neil came out from the hotel lobby.

"Xiaoxiao...over here..." Neil waved at Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoxiao immediately raised her hand and waved back at him.

When Neil brought her to the private room, Zhuo Shaoqing was undoubtedly the most shocked...

He had never expected Xiaoxiao to come and see him off...

However, her arrival filled him, who had been in low spirits for so many days, with sudden vitality and joy...

"Xiaoxiao..." Zhuo Shaoqing left his seat to approach her.

Xiaoxiao smiled, "I heard you’re leaving C City tomorrow for a race, so I came along to cheer you on..."

Zhuo Shaoqing swallowed hard, pushing down the myriad of unsaid words that tasted of bitterness in his heart, flashing her a radiant smile, "Your coming..." was the greatest comfort to him.

But what came out was, "I’m really happy..."

He was genuinely happy that she had come to see him off...

"Alright...now that everyone’s here, let’s sit, sit..." Neil reminded the pair with a smile.

Only then did Zhuo Shaoqing come back to his senses and led Xiaoxiao to their seats.

After Xiaoxiao sat down, everyone at the table curiously sized her up...

They meant no harm; they were just intrigued to see how Mu Zisu, known for his indifference to women, had gotten involved with such a pure and innocent girl.

However, curiosity aside, all tactfully stayed silent on the matter.

Pei Mojing was seated diagonally opposite Xiaoxiao and several times wanted to ask her where Mu Zixuan was. But considering the crowd and his good friend’s feigned heartbreak, he restrained his curiosity and did not ask.

Just thinking of Mu Zixuan gave him a stomachache. Since she left his place last time, she had not answered his calls, and even a message dropped into oblivion like a stone in the ocean.

He had gone to her company’s doorstep only to not catch even a glimpse of her—falling just short of going to the Mu Family’s residence to look for her.

During the gathering, the conversation centered around cheering for Zhuo Shaoqing and Chen Ming, deliberately avoiding any talk of love or romance to spare Zhuo Shaoqing from further melancholy.

Zhuo Shaoqing was too clever not to notice the little consideration his friends were showing...

He was truly touched in his heart that his good brothers had gone out of their way to bring the person he longed to see...

What he didn’t have the courage to do, they had done for him...

All day, he had been hesitating over whether to call Xiaoxiao, but after agonizing over it for the whole day, he ultimately didn’t muster the courage to tell her; he feared hearing her rejection again...

After all, their last encounter at the banquet had ended on a discordant note.

Xiaoxiao lifted her glass, looking at Zhuo Shaoqing beside her, "I wish you a smooth race and, most importantly, stay safe..."

Zhuo Shaoqing’s eyes were full of longing as he smiled lightly, "Okay...I will..."

He didn’t want to say thank you to her; he didn’t want to use those words to create more distance between them, so he simply said okay...

Xiaoxiao left the table for a while to go to the restroom. When she returned from the restroom, Zhuo Shaoqing told her that her phone had rung more than once.

Her heart skipped a beat; she had a good guess who it was...

She was about to pick up her purse and take out her phone to check when, at that moment, her phone rang again...

She hurriedly fished it out and sure enough, it was Mu Zisu...

Her heart panicked, and she instinctively stood up, wanting to step aside to answer the call.

But she stood up too quickly, her hand slipped, and as her finger grazed the screen, the phone clattered onto the table in front of her, spilling the juice from a cup.

"Are you okay?" Zhuo Shaoqing quickly picked up the phone and handed it to her, then took a napkin and started wiping the table in front of her.

"It’s nothing..." Xiaoxiao let out a breath of relief, shaking her head as she took it back.

But as she lowered her head to look, she instantly widened her eyes; the call had somehow been connected...

With trepidation, she slowly brought the phone to her ear...

"Twenty minutes. If you don’t make it back to the Mu Family, don’t ever step foot through the Mu Family’s gates again!" Mu Zisu’s voice was so chilling that Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but shiver through the phone!

She knew... he was angry again...

And this time, he might be quite upset...

Before she could utter a word, Mu Zisu decisively hung up the call...

Since Xiaoxiao had knocked over the cup, all eyes at the table were now on her, so her expression was witnessed by everyone...

Seeing her suddenly pale face, Zhuo Shaoqing knew that it was Mu Zisu who had made it difficult for her...

Just now, when she took out her phone, he had glanced over and happened to see the three characters "Mu Zisu"...

Without saying another word, he took Xiaoxiao by the hand and headed for the exit of the private room.

"Zhuo Shaoqing..." Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but call out to him.

Zhuo Shaoqing did not look back until he had pulled her out into the corridor outside the door, then he lowered his head and looked at her intently, "Did he make it hard for you?"

Xiaoxiao lowered her eyelids, "No..."

"Xiaoxiao... tell me the truth, does he love you?" Zhuo Shaoqing’s question was somewhat aggressive.

Xiaoxiao’s heart felt a slight sting, and then she lifted her head with a smile in her eyes, "Yeah..."

Zhuo Shaoqing’s pupils contracted slightly, "Xiaoxiao... I just wish for you to be happy..."

"Thank you, Zhuo Shaoqing... I... should go back now..." Xiaoxiao’s gaze was somewhat evasive.

"I’ll take you back..."

"No need, I can just take a taxi..."

"Let me take you, for my peace of mind..." Zhuo Shaoqing’s tone was resolutely insistent.

Xiaoxiao had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Once in the car, Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but look towards Zhuo Shaoqing, "Can we go a bit faster...?"

Zhuo Shaoqing felt a wave of sourness in his heart; normally, when she rode in his car and he drove slightly faster, she would complain it was too fast because it made her dizzy. Now, however, because of a call from Mu Zisu, she was the one asking him to speed up...

His eyes sadly lowered, "Hold on tight..."

And then, like a car with wings, it shot out at lightning speed!

As Xiaoxiao once again faced the speed of a fast car, she finally understood what Neil had said to her on the phone. During a race, one needs to concentrate fully, without even half a second of distraction...

One could only imagine how many times faster his speed during a race must be compared to now...

PS: Thank you for your support, love you all, muah, good night...