The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 83 - 83 83 I'm Not Comfortable You Won't Be Either

83: Chapter 83 I’m Not Comfortable, You Won’t Be Either 83: Chapter 83 I’m Not Comfortable, You Won’t Be Either They waited until all the employees of Mu Group had left before Lin Fei could descend with Mu Shanshan and walk to the underground parking lot of Moongaze Building.

“You drive.”

Mu Shanshan took the car keys out of her LV bag and handed them to Lin Fei, then gracefully walked to the other side, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat.

While pondering how to broach the topic with Mu Shanshan and get her permission to go to Rose Manor for the appointment, Lin Fei naturally wouldn’t refuse to be Mu Shanshan’s driver.

As the BMW exited the underground parking lot of Moongaze Building, Lin Fei drove while stealing glances at Mu Shanshan, who had a delicately pretty face beside him.

“A great man once said, ‘Spend more time chatting with your husband during leisure time, it helps to foster harmony between spouses.'”

Mu Shanshan gave Lin Fei a displeased look and turned her gaze towards the car window, obviously not in the mood to entertain Lin Fei.

She couldn’t recall any great man saying such a thing, and that great man was very likely Lin Fei himself.

If she really started chatting with Lin Fei, wouldn’t that mean admitting he was a great man?

No way.

In Mu Shanshan’s mind, the impression of Lin Fei could be summed up in two words—shameless!

Not to mention farther back, just today’s phone call that Lin Fei received had greatly annoyed President Mu.

Mu Shanshan had waited in the office for over four hours and Lin Fei hadn’t come to apologize, leading to Mu Shanshan, who had been holding back her anger for over four hours, refusing to give Lin Fei a good face.

Naturally, Lin Fei didn’t know that Mu Shanshan was waiting for him to apologize and thought Mu Shanshan was upset about the company layoffs.

Furthermore, as Mu Shanshan always had a cold expression, judging from her expression alone, Lin Fei couldn’t decipher what was on Mu Shanshan’s mind.

If it were before, encountering such a state from Mu Shanshan, Lin Fei generally wouldn’t bother and annoy her by sticking his warm face to her cold ass.

However, today was clearly different, Lin Fei had a reason he couldn’t avoid sticking his warm face to Mu Shanshan’s cold ass.

Xue Mei was still waiting for him to show up, and since he had promised Xue Mei, and considering that Xue Mei was a gorgeous woman with many charms, Lin Fei felt a bit guilty about letting her down.

Of course, more than that, he was worried that Xue Mei, upset about being stood up, would call Mu Shanshan and spout nonsense.

In this matter, Lin Fei had already been despised by both Mu Shanshan and Ling Weiwei because of Shen Peini’s nonsense.

Because of Shen Peini’s few nonsensical words, Mu Shanshan had personally “escorted” him home.

God knows how Mu Shanshan would treat Lin Fei after being bombarded by nonsense from Xue Mei.

Being slandered once was unlucky enough; Lin Fei had no intention of being tormented twice by Mu Shanshan over the same issue.

Thus, even though he saw that Mu Shanshan wasn’t much interested in chatting at the moment, in order to get away to Rose Manor for the appointment, Lin Fei had no choice but to bite the bullet and make conversation.

“Let me guess, you must be troubled about the layoffs, right?

In my opinion, there’s no need to be.

They don’t understand you, but your husband does.

What you did was absolutely right, and if I were in your position, I would have made the same decision.”

Mu Shanshan’s attractive eyebrows slightly arched, Lin Fei’s words somewhat surprised her.

Indeed, the massive layoffs had brought some psychological pressure on Mu Shanshan.

That afternoon at the company, quite a few employees who found out they were being fired hurried to the company to plead with Mu Shanshan for their jobs.

If it weren’t for Mu Shanshan’s secretary desperately intercepting, those people might have already stormed into Mu Shanshan’s office causing a commotion.

In modern society, finding a job is already tough, and although Mu Group is a private enterprise, since Mu Shanshan took over, employee welfare has continuously improved.

The employee welfare benefits at Mu Group were considered top-notch throughout Zhonghai.

Those influenced by Han Zhenhai, taking sick leave with the intent to reap some benefits, ended up being fired.

They were unwilling to accept it, and seeing that pleading was fruitless, many began to make a scene at the entrance and inside the Mu Group’s building.

Some agitated individuals even made it to the twenty-sixth floor where Mu Shanshan’s office was located.

Their commotion nearly invited reporters into the company.

Some directors from the board, having received the news, called Mu Shanshan personally, hoping she would retract her decision and stabilize the company’s situation.

Even the City Council had called; although they didn’t explicitly take a stand, they implied that Mu Shanshan should lay off fewer people if possible.

After all, Mu Group isn’t a small company; laying off over two hundred people at once brought significant pressure from various sides.

In the span of one afternoon, Mu Shanshan almost hadn’t heard a single supportive remark about the layoffs.

Mu Shanshan hadn’t expected that Lin Fei, who usually liked to contradict her and anger her, would unexpectedly stand on her side this time and even state his support for her.

This caused a slight ripple in Mu Shanshan’s heart.

Seeing that Mu Shanshan seemed somewhat moved, Lin Fei struck while the iron was hot, “Wife, don’t pay attention to those people’s pleadings or external pressures.

Just remember one thing, the company is ours; we can lay off whomever we want.”

“That’s your reason for supporting me?!”

Mu Shanshan clenched her fist slightly, feeling both amused and annoyed in her heart.

She thought Lin Fei had changed and understood the hardships of her work, but now it seemed she had thought too much.

The cheap husband was still the cheap husband, and shamelessness was a label that still stuck to Lin Fei.

“This reason still isn’t enough?

Isn’t the company ours?

That shouldn’t be the case.

Isn’t our dad the major shareholder?

Could that old guy be bluffing?” Lin Fei said, somewhat surprised.

Bang!

Just as Lin Fei finished speaking, Mu Shanshan’s fist struck right on Lin Fei’s eye socket.

Hiss!

Lin Fei slammed on the brakes, and thankfully, the car behind reacted quickly and stopped as well.

Otherwise, it might have turned into a multi-car collision.

Hastily restarting the car, Lin Fei scolded Mu Shanshan irritably, “I’m saying, President Mu, are you trying to murder your own husband?

Do you realize I’m driving?

Do you realize we almost got into an accident?”

“Who are you calling an old guy?”

Mu Shanshan looked even angrier than Lin Fei.

Her beyond beautiful face seemed covered with eternal frost, and her eyes, stunningly cold, stared icily at Lin Fei, seemingly exuding a chilling aura.

Her fist clenched tightly, looking like she was about to give Lin Fei another punch.

“A slip of the tongue, just a slip of the tongue,” Lin Fei, frightened by Mu Shanshan’s fierce coldness, quickly spoke to apologize.

Cursing your father-in-law in front of your own wife—sure enough, that’s quite despicable.

Lin Fei had just spoken thoughtlessly, momentarily forgetting Mu Shanshan’s presence.

“Hmph!”

Seeing Lin Fei apologize, Mu Shanshan snorted coldly, turned her head away, and ignored him.

Seeing Mu Shanshan acting slightly arrogantly cold, Lin Fei couldn’t help but curse himself internally.

He had initially thought to sweet-talk the woman, make her happy, and find an excuse to leave the house, but now he had offended Mu Shanshan.

For a moment, Lin Fei didn’t know what to say and could only drive in silence toward the Purple Garden Pavilion villa.

…

“Miss is back—And the son-in-law too!

Just wait a bit longer; dinner is almost ready.”

Aunt Lan greeted Lin Fei and Mu Shanshan with a joyful smile as they entered the villa, showing a slight surprise when she saw Lin Fei.

Mu Shanshan had been worried that Aunt Lan might slip up—after all, she had strongly discouraged Aunt Lan from cooking for Lin Fei before.

Yet here she was, personally bringing him home.

Luckily, Aunt Lan, sharp-eyed, noticed Lin Fei and changed her wording in time.

Although Lin Fei noticed the surprise on Aunt Lan’s face, no matter how clever he was, he wouldn’t guess it was because of not preparing food for him.

If Lin Fei knew Mu Shanshan had kicked him out of the Mu Family dining table, he probably wouldn’t be agonizing over how to talk to her about leaving.

“Wife, aren’t you going to change clothes?”

Lin Fei, looking at Mu Shanshan seated on the couch, her face cold and serene like a statue of a goddess, said somewhat astonished.

Usually, when Mu Shanshan returned home, she would often take a bath and change into some house clothes.

But today, strangely, she sat in the living room and made eye contact with Lin Fei, which made him quite puzzled.

“First, if I change clothes, your eyes will wander dishonestly.

Second, I’m worried you might sneak out while I’m changing.”

Mu Shanshan clearly expressed to Lin Fei why she didn’t go to change into house clothes and instead, chose to sit in the living room and keep an eye on him.

When they first got married, Mu Shanshan’s heart was full of resistance toward Lin Fei, wishing she could divorce the day after the wedding.

Back then, Mu Shanshan wouldn’t bother much with Lin Fei’s philandering, because she didn’t care about him at all, not even to regard him at all.

However, ever since Lin Fei moved into Purple Garden Pavilion, Mu Shanshan’s perception of him had changed significantly and had begun to accept the reality that there was another person in Purple Garden Pavilion.

Although she hadn’t yet accepted Lin Fei as her husband, regarding Lin Fei going out to find other women, Mu Shanshan’s heart could no longer remain as indifferent as before.

In short, Mu Shanshan felt a slight discomfort in her heart now.

Since President Mu felt uncomfortable, Lin Fei shouldn’t expect comfort either—that was why Mu Shanshan had dragged him from the office back home, without giving him any chance to escape.

In the realm of emotions, which she was almost as blank as a piece of white paper, President Mu did not realize that her current feelings were somewhat akin to jealousy.

Lin Fei was unaware of Mu Shanshan’s little thoughts.

If he knew what she was thinking now, he really wouldn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Mu Shanshan being jealous over him was good news for Lin Fei, who had gotten used to her indifference.

But, President Mu’s jealousy was ill-timed.

What was between him and Xue Mei was innocent, at least for now.

However, if Mu Shanshan continued to be jealous and didn’t let him go, once Xue Mei called, this innocence might not last much longer.

(My teeth have been hurting these past few days, making it painful to eat anything solid.

Because of the toothache, the updates have been sluggish; I know you’re all unhappy about it—feel free to yell at me.)

PS: If you scold me, I’ll just make Lin Fei suffer more…