The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 101 Old Fox

"Don't change the subject." Mu Sen was getting more and more irritated. "Lu Siqi, you should know that I'm not a patient man. Don't keep testing my patience with you."

Having already entered the bedroom, Lu Siqi replied with a relieved expression, "I don't need your patience. A mission is a mission, and I don't need any special treatment."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not suited for flirting with you." Only after saying this did she realize that she had truly let go. "Back in Jianghong, I told you not to bother me anymore, because I easily mistake your kindness for your affection..."

"I……"

She interrupted Mu Sen as soon as he opened his mouth, saying, "Don't interrupt me."

Realizing she wasn't just being stubborn and genuinely wanted to tell him something, Mu Sen didn't interrupt her. "Okay, go ahead, I'm listening."

“Actually, I thought about it a lot last night. With your high emotional intelligence, it’s impossible that you would keep scrutinizing and making things difficult for me knowing that I have psychological problems and low stress tolerance.” No longer running away, Lu Siqi faced her own heart, “And that is indeed the case.”

“I called Senior Brother Gu last night and asked him why. He told me the truth: the reason you suppressed me was to change my personality, force me out of my own world, and train my ability to communicate with others.”

So she already knew...

Although he anticipated what she was going to say next, Mu Sen still smiled self-deprecatingly: "You can say whatever you want to me directly, no need to beat around the bush; in the past, when I suppressed you and made things difficult for you, it was to help you break through obstacles, not to make you afraid of social interaction and to communicate and talk with people normally, but to help you beat around the bush with me."

Lu Siqi: "I'm not beating around the bush. I really want to thank you for taking care of me in the past. I misunderstood you."

"I don't want your thank you!" Mu Sen was clearly losing patience. "Just tell me what you really think. I'm only asking this once, and it's the last time."

He stubbed out his cigarette and directly broke through the barrier between them: "Will you continue being my friends with benefits, or decide to try dating me?"

"I don't want any of them." Lu Siqi refused calmly: "I just want to go back to the normal superior-subordinate relationship we had in the past; if you ever liked me, I hope you can respect my choice, because I really don't want to have any more ambiguity with you. I've said it before, having ambiguity with you is tiring, and it's not suitable for me."

After hearing her true thoughts, Mu Sen's smile turned into sarcasm. "You're planning to kick me out after you've used me as a seesaw?"

"I have never used you as a springboard."

“But what you’re saying now is conveying to me that I, Lin Chen, am just an insignificant seesaw in your process of changing yourself, something you can kick off at any time.” He sneered, “Now that you’ve changed, you’re no longer afraid of socializing, you can face people on your own, you no longer need me as a seesaw, you don’t want a single word from me and you’re just kicking me out of your world.”

Lu Siqi didn't explain this time and chose to remain silent.

Unable to hear her response, Mu Sen chuckled softly, "Do you think I don't know why you chose to give your virginity to me? Even if you hadn't given it to me, you would have given it to other men; because for you, you want to try everything new, and I just happened to appear at the right time."

His words struck a chord with her, essentially forcing her to accept reality: "You're just tired of me and want to try something new."

"You're right." Saying this against her will, Lu Siqi's eyes were already red. "I really am tired of it."

"You don't need to continue." Not wanting to talk to her anymore, Mu Sen felt that every word she said was like a knife, digging into his heart. "I, Lin Chen, am not the kind of man who would force a woman. Since you're already tired of me, let's stop here and go back to our superior-subordinate relationship."

...After the call ended, Mu Sen changed his clothes, washed up, went downstairs, packed all his tattoo tools into a box, opened the roller shutter door, brought out a ladder from the backyard, and took down the signboard at the entrance.

Cui Tian happened to see this scene, immediately opened the door and ran over to ask, "Brother Sen, what's going on?"

"The original plan has been moved up. You keep an eye on Jiang Hong's situation. I'm going to Sanjiang."

Knowing what he was going to Sanjiang for, Cui Tian was a little worried. "Aren't you going to wait for news from Bangnan? Brother Sen, what if Hua Dongchen doesn't believe you if you go to Sanjiang so rashly?"

“That old fox Hua Dongchen only trusts himself and never anyone else.” Putting the signboard on the table, Mu Sen picked up his car keys and prepared to leave. “My time is limited. I can’t waste any more time with Hua Dongchen. Rather than waiting for him to come to me, I’d rather show up in front of him.”

After he finished speaking, he walked outside.

Cui Tian wanted to say something more, but when she thought that this was all part of the plan, only it was brought forward by two months, she couldn't persuade him anymore; she could only stand there, watching the outstanding man drive away with a resentful expression.

……

When Lu Siqi returned to the restaurant, Hua Xu noticed her reddened eyes.

Guessing that she had just been crying, I didn't expose her, but handed her her new ID card: "Don't say the wrong name when you're onboarding."

Upon receiving the ID card and seeing the three characters "Lin Cuiying" on it, Lu Siqi recalled the words Mu Sen had said on the first day she met him in Jianghong: "From this moment on, you are Lin Cuiying, just like me. You are from Xin'an, Jiangbei. You are a widow, having lost your husband two years ago."

Seeing her lost in thought again, and unable to bear seeing her continue to be so downcast, Hua Xu asked, "What are you thinking about? You seem so absent-minded."

Immediately snapping out of her thoughts, Lu Siqi quickly shook her head, "I wasn't thinking about anything."

“What follows is going to be a tough battle. You’ll be in danger if you’re even slightly distracted,” Hua Xu warned her solemnly. “Although Hua Yin is in solitary confinement, my father, Hua Dongchen, could change his mind and release him at any time.”

“Hua Yin and Hua Yanran have both met you. They both know you are Lin Chen’s woman. Although you joined Huaxi Group as my assistant, your appearance will definitely attract the attention of Hua Yin’s people.”

"Although Hua Yanran is being secretly trained in South Korea, given her spoiled temperament, she might not be able to hold on any longer and give up her dream of becoming an artist, and run back to Bangnan."

"So, your identity will definitely arouse their suspicion at that time."

Lu Siqi nodded, "I know. Before I came here, Lin Chen told me to play along and admit that I was his woman before, that I was abandoned by him, and that's why I turned to you."

“It’s possible to make the mistake go away and keep it from Hua Yin and Hua Yanran, but my father, Hua Dongchen, isn’t stupid. He will definitely investigate you in secret.” Hua Xu handed her a printed document. “This is Lin Chen’s analysis of my father. You should take a good look at it and remember his style of doing things, so that if I’m not by your side one day and you are taken to him for questioning, you won’t give yourself away.”

It turns out that before she even came to Bangnan, Musen had already paved the way for her...

After taking the text, Lu Siqi first skimmed through a few lines. It was all an analysis of Hua Dongchen's personality, and how to change the subject when facing him, and how to lie to avoid arousing his suspicion.

If Mu Sen could see through an old fox like Hua Dongchen, how could he not see through her thoughts?
Knowing she was already interested, he still said those things about not wanting to get married. What else could it be but implying that she could only go as far as sex?
……