The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 622 - 622 624

622: 624 622: 624 In the afternoon.

At the Purple Garden Pavilion villa, where Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan resided.

Summoned by Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, the Butcher re-entered the villa’s living room with Lin Fei, his murderous intent contained.

He remembered Aunt Lan’s advice to him about persuading Lin Fei in the hopes of fostering a harmonious relationship between Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO.

After returning to the living room of the villa, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, served him a plate of sliced watermelon and sat down beside Lin Fei.

After the Butcher took a bite of watermelon, he casually glanced at Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, with her delicate and fair neck, “Sister-in-law, may I have a look at that necklace around your neck?

Of course, if it’s inconvenient, then never mind.”

If it were an ordinary person, or even her nominal husband Lin Fei, making such an abrupt request, with Mu Shanshan’s cold nature, the ice queen CEO, she would most likely ignore it completely.

At most, she would respond with a single word: “Scram.”

Of course, that was mainly because Lin Fei, her nominal husband, would certainly not just be interested in looking at her necklace for no reason.

Now, when the Butcher asked her for it, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, hesitated for a moment before she unhurriedly removed the Jade Diamond Chain from her swan-like neck and handed it to the Butcher.

As the saying goes, one who accepts a person’s generosity is beholden to them.

After all, she had just recently accepted a hefty sum from the Butcher.

Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, had, in fact, been contemplating how to reciprocate.

Seeing the Butcher’s apparent interest in the necklace she wore, and having gradually adopted the role of sister-in-law due to the Butcher’s visit, Mu Shanshan handed over the necklace to him.

Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, then spoke up and offered it to the Butcher, saying, “If you like this necklace, Xiao Xuan, I’ll give it to you.”

With Mu Shanshan’s frighteningly substantial fortune, the ice queen CEO, the necklace she wore could certainly not be a mere trinket.

Even though it was not nearly as valuable as the billion in currency the Butcher had given her, the value of the necklace Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, wore was certainly not something the average person could afford.

After all, the Jade Diamond Chain she wore was crafted by a renowned artist.

A conservative estimate of its market value was six million.

“Sister-in-law, you misunderstand me, as a man, why would I be interested in a necklace?” After studying Mu Shanshan’s Jade Diamond Chain carefully, the Butcher spoke and handed the necklace back to Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO.

“The reason I wanted to see, sister-in-law, your necklace, is because I—”

“Um, cough cough!”

Just as the Butcher returned the Jade Diamond Chain to Mu Shanshan, the ice queen CEO, and was about to explain why he wanted to see the necklace,

Lin Fei, who had been silent until then, coughed abruptly as if he had remembered something.

“Never mind, I won’t say it; I’m probably just overthinking.”

Intimidated by Lin Fei’s pointedly sudden cough, which was full of warning, the Butcher wisely chose to remain silent.

Butcher intended to keep his mouth shut, but Mu Shanshan, whose curiosity had been piqued, clearly had no intention of letting the matter rest.

Butcher feared Lin Fei’s violence, yet as the legitimate wife and a corporate ice queen, Mu Shanshan was obviously not going to be scared off by a mere cough from Lin Fei, her nominal husband.

“Xiaoxuan, if you have something to say, just say it.

There’s no outsider here, surely you aren’t afraid that someone will bully you?”

While addressing Butcher, Mu Shanshan, the corporate ice queen, unintentionally cast a chilling glance at Lin Fei by her side.

The warning was implicit but unmistakable.

“Since sister-in-law has put it that way, I might as well speak up,” seemingly oblivious to the threatening glare in Lin Feihu’s eyes, Butcher’s own gaze was fixed on the Jade Diamond Chain in the white jade hand of Mu Shanshan, the corporate ice queen.

“When we were in the army, I remember going out for drinks with the boss.

After a few too many, we started talking about marriage.

I remember he told me that when he was a kid, his mother had prepared a necklace for his future wife, which is to say, for you, sister-in-law, as a wedding gift.

After that round of drinks, when we got back to the base, I made a point of asking the boss to show me the necklace.

It was indeed quite beautiful.

I heard it was specially designed by a master in Teng country at the request of his mother.

”

“At the time, I thought the boss was just bragging.

Over the years abroad, I’ve gained quite a bit of experience.

Now, thinking back, I’m pretty sure that necklace was indeed designed by a master in Teng country at his mother’s behest.

The design of that necklace is probably not inferior to the one sister-in-law is wearing now.

Just now, I was a bit dazzled, and mistook the one sister-in-law is wearing for the one the boss showed me back then.”

Speaking as if reminiscing, Butcher explained to Mu Shanshan, the ice queen, who looked past Lin Fei without a hint of the dark, angry look on his face, and said to her, “Sister-in-law, you and the boss have been married for so long now.

He must have given you the necklace his mother prepared specially for you by now.

If you don’t mind, could you take it out and let me admire it?

Sister-in-law, I have no other intentions; I just want to take another look at that necklace.

You might not know this, but the boss used to show off that necklace to us more than once back in the army, saying that when he met the right person, he would personally put the necklace on her.”

“Now that sister-in-law you are married to the boss, I would still like to see the scene of the boss personally putting the necklace on you.

It would fulfill a longstanding wish of mine.”

Butcher’s narrative-like speech changed the atmosphere of the entire villa’s living room.

In an instant, it shifted from relatively harmonious to a deathly silence!

To put it more accurately, after Butcher’s words fell, both Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan, the corporate ice queen, fell silent!

The couple’s faces were dark as if water might drip from them!

The only difference was that compared to Mu Shanshan, the corporate ice queen whose eyes brimmed with endless chill, Lin Fei’s tiger-like eyes, apart from coldness and annoyance, also conveyed a hint of helplessness.

Seeing Mu Shanshan, the corporate ice queen, with a face turning icy, Butcher obliviously addressed her, “What’s wrong, sister-in-law?

Did I say something wrong?

If so, I apologize to you.

I really don’t mean anything else; I just wanted—”

“It’s not your fault, I understand what you mean.

It’s just that today, I’m afraid I can’t fulfill your wish.”

Though responding to Butcher, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen, kept her gaze fixed on Lin Fei throughout.

It wasn’t that Mu Shanshan, the corporate ice queen, was being rude to Butcher.

It was just that, at this moment, Mu Shanshan, the ice queen, was on the verge of losing her mind.

The necklace that Lin Fei’s mother had specially prepared for her daughter-in-law, if not for Butcher’s words today, she, the formidable CEO, would still be in the dark.

In good conscience, Lin Fei had never so much as mentioned that thing to her, so where on earth was she supposed to get it from?!