Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 575 - 573 Meeting the Rival_1

Chapter 575: Chapter 573 Meeting the Rival_1

Le Xiaofeng laughed heartily, "Shaoqing is back and will arrive soon..."

Pei Mojing and Mu Zixuan were suddenly a bit startled. He’s arriving soon?

A surge of elation filled Pei Mojing’s heart, but then he remembered that Mu Zisu was also there. His expression involuntarily froze as he pondered the interaction between the two...

"What’s with that expression?" Le Xiaofeng complained, but his eyes quickly swept over to Mu Zisu not far away, and he instantly had an epiphany. Oh~ so that’s the situation... "Hehe... quite interesting..."

Mu Zixuan gave Le Xiaofeng an exasperated eye roll. Interesting, my foot!

Pei Mojing couldn’t help but give a wry smile. The timing of today’s gathering was quite the coincidence; with everyone here, it was just as well. Given his and Shanshan’s relationship, it was inevitable that friends from both sides would meet; sooner or later, it wouldn’t matter. Shaoqing must have moved on by now...

Zhuo Shaoqing was always quick; when he said ten minutes, he meant ten minutes--

The moment he and Chen Ming pushed open the door and stepped in, their brisk pace came to an abrupt halt...

No doubt, they hadn’t expected to see so many people upon pushing the door open, and the most critical part-- Mu Zisu was actually there!

There was a brief stiffness to Zhuo Shaoqing’s smile, but it soon returned to normal; if anything, it deepened, yet his eyes couldn’t help scanning the room. When he didn’t spot the familiar figure, confusion sprang up in his heart...

Why was everyone here, yet she was the only one missing?

Chen Ming clapped his shoulder with a thump, "Let’s go..."

Zhuo Shaoqing then came back to his senses and followed Chen Ming to greet everyone.

The trio that was singing stopped in unison at the sudden entrance of the two dashing guys.

Mu Zisu heard the singing halt abruptly and looked up, only to see a face that was familiar yet not. His eyes narrowed involuntarily, and Zhuo Shaoqing, standing not far away, squinted back at him...

Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched the two men in silence.

When rivals meet, swords cross and sparks fly.

Pei Mojing stood up from his seat with a smile, walked up to Zhuo Shaoqing to block their line of sight, and gave his shoulder a pat, "Why didn’t you let us know you were coming back?"

Zhuo Shaoqing chuckled lightly, "I can’t stay long, I’ll be leaving in a couple of days..."

"Why?" Pei Mojing was somewhat surprised, as it was common for Zhuo Shaoqing to stay for at least a month when he came back.

"The F City racing event. I took some time to come back..." Chen Ming interjected.

"Oh..." Pei Mojing nodded in understanding, "Come on, let me introduce everyone..."

In fact, Zhuo Shaoqing had met everyone here during Ji Yunqing’s birthday party, but Chen Ming had not seen anyone, so Pei Mojing brought the two of them around to introduce them to Mu Shiming, Mu Zixuan, and the others, before finally coming to Mu Zisu and Zuo Yi at their side.

"This is Mu Zisu, whom you’ve met, and this is Zuo Yi..."

Pei Mojing knew that Mu Zisu and Zhuo Shaoqing had met before, but still went through the formalities of introducing them.

Zhuo Shaoqing smiled softly, as though greeting an old friend, and everyone expected him to exchange pleasantries, but instead, he turned directly to Mu Zisu and asked, "Where’s Xiaoxiao... where is she?"

He was puzzled. Why was everyone here except Xiaoxiao?

When he’d entered, he thought maybe she had gone to the restroom and hadn’t returned, but it had been so long and there was still no sign of her. He began to doubt the situation between Mu Zisu and Xiaoxiao.

He had walked so far and never dared to contact her once, nor had he asked his brothers about her; he feared that once he reached out, he might lose control and trouble her again.

He thought that throughout this time, Mu Zisu had been happily together with Na Xiaoxiao. But it seemed that things were not quite as he had imagined...

Mu Zisu looked at Zhuo Shaoqing coolly, and although he knew that Na Xiaoxiao loved him, he still harbored intense hostility towards someone who had once spied on her or, even now, hadn’t given up.

However, the question that Zhuo Shaoqing asked made him wince painfully. Where was Xiaoxiao?

Where she was, he did not know...

"Where she is... has nothing to do with you..."

Mu Zisu’s words suddenly made the temperature around them drop a notch.

Pei Mojing looked somewhat helplessly at the two men. They hadn’t told Zhuo Shaoqing about Na Xiaoxiao’s situation. If they had, it would surely have not sat well with him and might have affected his performance in the race. So, since Zhuo Shaoqing didn’t ask, they mentioned nothing. Even if Zhuo Shaoqing had asked, they would not have told him the truth.

"Shaoqing... Xiaoxiao just went back home temporarily..."

Pei Mojing’s words seemed somewhat unbelievable to Zhuo Shaoqing.

"Went home?"

"Yes... She and Zisu are very close..."

At Pei Mojing’s words, Zhuo Shaoqing calmed down, and while his eyes dimmed, a trace of relief emerged.

As long as she and Mu Zisu were fine...

He knew that she loved Mu Zisu very much...

With Pei Mojing stating such things in front of everyone, no one spoke up to contradict him. Na Xiaoxiao and Mu Zisu had always been close, only a few mishaps occurred...

But those mishaps still didn’t affect their feelings for each other, so indeed, Na Xiaoxiao and Mu Zisu were on good terms...

Zhuo Shaoqing had no doubts about Pei Mojing’s words, for there was no need for them to lie to him with so many witnesses present...

"Good, very good... that’s good..." He let out a bitter smile, then turned and walked toward Neil and the others. Now, the only option was to drink some alcohol to suppress the bitterness in his heart.

Mu Zisu watched Zhuo Shaoqing turn and leave, sighing deeply, then leaned wearily against the couch.

Zhuo Shaoqing’s appearance had intensified his longing to see Na Xiaoxiao; he was desperate to know where she was now, how she was doing...

Was her health completely restored?

Did she miss him as much as he missed her?

Mu Tianyi and Ji Yunqing smirked and shrugged their shoulders, then turned the music back up. Mu Ziqing became suddenly curious and looked at Zhuo Shaoqing, who was drinking somberly, before leaning into Mu Tianyi’s ear and asking, "Who is that guy, huh?"

Mu Tianyi chuckled and replied in two words: "Love rival..."

Mu Ziqing opened her mouth in an O shape, surprised. A love rival, huh...

She thought the atmosphere just now was peculiar; so that’s what it was. But how come she had never heard her sister mention him before? That’s not cool...

After the party ended, and two days had passed, Zhuo Shaoqing and Chen Ming left C City for F City together. Mu Zisu’s anticipation for the coming of the fifth day of May grew even stronger!

Pei Mojing once again launched into his relentless pursuit of Mu Zixuan, pettily bringing three roses every day to the Mu Family’s home to pick her up for work and picking her up from the company in the evening. While dropping her off at the Mu Family’s home, he conveniently got himself another dinner. Mu Zixuan was contemptuous. Some personal driver he was, clearly just thick-skinned...