The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 232 - 232 232 Taking the Blame for the Wife

232: Chapter 232: Taking the Blame for the Wife 232: Chapter 232: Taking the Blame for the Wife On the twenty-sixth floor of the Moongaze Building, in the CEO’s office of Mu Group, Lin Fei was feeling a bit gloomy.

Originally, it was just supposed to be a simple gathering to celebrate the discharge of Liu Hui and others from the hospital, but due to Lin Fei’s spontaneous idea, it turned into a mixer between the Security Department and the General Affairs Department.

If that was all there was to it, it wouldn’t have been a big deal, at most after the mixer, he might have gone home with the beautiful department head Ling Weiwei for dinner and a little romance.

Along the way, they would chat about life and roll around in the sheets.

If things had continued to develop in this way, then for Mr.

Lin, it would have undoubtedly been a very delightful and unforgettable evening.

Although the later addition of the enchantress Shen Peini had introduced some unpredictable variables to this otherwise delightful and unforgettable night.

But, the progression of events hadn’t completely escaped the control of Mr.

Lin.

Granted, given Shen Peini’s character, she would definitely have gotten into a fight with Ling Weiwei over who Lin Fei would go home with for dinner that night.

Even if Shen Peini and Ling Weiwei did end up fighting, Lin Fei certainly wouldn’t have lost control of the situation.

After enduring too many incidents as an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire of Shen Peini and Ling Weiwei’s battles, his patience was basically worn thin.

Whose house to go to wasn’t the issue, at worst, he could cram both women into the car, find a random hotel, book a room, and everyone could sleep in the same big bed.

However, now Mu Shanshan was throwing herself into the mix.

This news was akin to a bolt from the blue for Lin Fei.

Having to deal with just the two women, Shen Peini and Ling Weiwei, was already annoying enough for Lin Fei.

With the addition of Mu Shanshan, just the thought of it made him want to run three miles in the opposite direction.

“Honey, let’s just go home,” he suggested.

“What do you mean?!” Although Mu Shanshan, the CEO, was not aware of what Lin Fei was thinking, that did not prevent her from giving him a stern and cold glare.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

Before, he was persistent in telling her that if Lin Fei didn’t attend the mixer, it would be so and so.

Now that she had just proposed to join, Lin Fei wanted to take her home instead.

If you don’t go, I’ll go.

If you go, we go home.

This clearly didn’t welcome her, CEO Mu, to join the mixer!

If it weren’t for the realization she had after something Aunt Lan said and her desire to improve her somewhat abnormal marital relationship with Lin Fei, Mu Shanshan really felt like grabbing Lin Fei by the ear and giving him a piece of her mind, “Can you state it any more bluntly?!”

Think about it; CEO Mu had it all—face, figure, temperament, status, truly everything one could want.

With CEO Mu’s assets, her taking the initiative to attend the mixer should have had Lin Fei applauding in welcome.

Instead, he acted as if he couldn’t be more repulsed, which was simply shortsighted, not knowing what’s good for him, and downright ungrateful…

In short, all such words were heaped onto Lin Fei by Mu Shanshan in one fell swoop.

“Honey, you should know this is a mixer between our Security Department and the General Affairs Department.

It’s not quite appropriate for you to attend, is it?” Lin Fei’s reluctance to let Mu Shanshan join wasn’t solely because of his somewhat complex personal relationships with the two beautiful department heads, Shen Peini and Ling Weiwei.

It also had to do with considering Mu Shanshan’s status.

With Mu Shanshan’s wealth and appearance, there weren’t many gatherings in the entire city of Zhonghai that CEO Mu couldn’t attend.

However, precisely because Mu Shanshan holds the identity of the President of Mu Group, should she attend the mixer, it is inevitable that she might exert a certain psychological pressure on the security staff from Team Two and the female clerks from the General Affairs Department.

The mixer is all about having fun.

With the naturally cool and distant aura that Mu Shanshan seems to be born with, Lin Fei can’t really see any necessity for Mu Shanshan to attend the mixer.

Unfortunately, this was something that Lin Fei couldn’t directly say to his boss and wife.

That was also the main reason why Lin Fei wanted to skip the mixer and take Mu Shanshan straight home.

“I have a feeling that if I don’t go with you, you’ll end up not coming home again tonight.” Clearly, Mu Shanshan’s desire to attend the mixer with Lin Fei wasn’t just a woman’s whim, nor was it to engage in some sort of public relations.

Instead, she simply didn’t trust Lin Fei, her nominal husband!

Although she wasn’t quite ready to truly accept Lin Fei as her husband, this did not prevent her, President Mu, from taking actions to defend the fragile marriage between them, especially when she had a premonition.

Because she, President Mu, had already started to treat the marriage between her and Lin Fei as a business venture of great importance to her.

Marriage and love are not Mu Shanshan’s forte, but when it comes to business, that’s President Mu’s specialty!

Managing marriage as a business venture was the master plan that Mu Shanshan had set for herself, to improve the abnormal marital relationship with Lin Fei!

“My dear wife Shanshan, we’ve been married for so long, don’t you have even this basic trust in me?”

“If you have nothing to hide, why won’t you let me join?”

With one sentence, Mu Shanshan left Lin Fei speechless.

Clearly, President Mu’s premonition was not as simple as it seemed.

If it weren’t for certain considerations she had in mind, Mu Shanshan wouldn’t have lowered herself to actively request to join a mixer organized by a subordinate department.

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In the basement parking lot of Moongaze Building, just as Lin Fei had expected, the security guards from Team Two and the female clerks from the General Affairs Department all felt a chill when they saw President Mu, who had come with Lin Fei.

President Mu naturally had this ability to cool the atmosphere, especially within Mu Group.

Apart from Lin Fei, her nominal husband, who else wouldn’t fear the label “Iceberg President”?

Even the two beautiful department heads, Shen Peini and Ling Weiwei, had a moment of distraction upon seeing Mu Shanshan.

“President Mu, are you also going to join our mixer?” urged by her colleagues from the General Affairs Department, Xiao Yina, the top assistant at Mu Group, mustered her courage and approached Mu Shanshan with a softened voice.

“Vice Minister Lin has extended such a gracious invitation, I couldn’t possibly refuse,” she replied.

With that single sentence, the situation was instantly reversed.

To be precise, all eyes in the room turned to Lin Fei because of what Mu Shanshan had said.

That’s the perk of being the boss—just a light word, and all the responsibility was shifted to Lin Fei, while she also garnered a reputation for being considerate of her subordinates.

As for Lin Fei, who had been unwittingly put on the spot by his own boss and wife, even though he had a thousand complaints in his heart, he could only swallow his words in the face of the complex gazes filled with surprise, confusion, and resentment from those around him.

Although he knew that Mu Shanshan was deliberately making things difficult for him,

Lin Fei couldn’t speak out in his own defense.

After all, he was both a subordinate and a husband—taking the blame for the boss was only natural,

and taking the blame for his wife was an absolute duty!