CH 9

The man dragging Lu Xiaofei freed one hand and slapped her hard twice, growling in a low voice, “Shut up! Come home with me! I’ll show you how to behave!”

Lu Xiaofei became even more scared and began to grab around with her hands, but she caught nothing.

She wanted to run away and break free from the man’s control, but she was too weak and could only be dragged by the man by her hair towards a dark car.

As Lu Xiaofei was dragged towards the car door, she grabbed onto the door frame with all her might and cried out in fear, “I’m not going back! I’m not!”

The man, seeing that she refused to comply, grabbed her long hair and tried to slam her head against the car door frame.

But as he lifted his arm, a lean but powerful hand grabbed his arm tightly.

“Who the hell are you?” the person asked.

The man turned his head and saw that it was the young master of the Mu Corporation who had grabbed his arm.

Behind Mu Qingyan were five burly bodyguards who were quickly approaching.

The man’s fierce expression immediately turned into one of fear and evasion.

Mu Qingyan said coldly, “Let her go.”

The man immediately cowered and quickly released his grip on Lu Xiaofei’s hair.

When Lu Xiaofei saw that Mu Qingyan had come to her rescue, she trembled and cried out in a quivering voice, “Thank you, President Mu, I…”

The man glared at Lu Xiaofei with hatred and shouted, “Shut up!”

Terrified by his outburst, Lu Xiaofei backed away against the wall and couldn’t stop sobbing.

Although the man was wearing a baseball cap and a black mask, Mu Qingyan guessed who he was from his slender eyes and deep voice.

He withdrew his hand and wiped it disdainfully with a tissue, sneering, “Yi Sen, you’ve got some nerve to come and cause trouble on my turf.”

Yi Sen was taken aback and lowered his cap with his hand.

Clearly, he knew the principle of ‘a wise man does not fight when the odds are against him,’ and turned to run away.

But Mu Qingyan’s bodyguards were not to be trifled with.

With just one person, they easily caught Yi Sen and brought him back.

Yi Sen, with his arm twisted behind him and pinned to the ground by the bodyguards, began to panic and begged in a low voice, “It’s a misunderstanding. It’s all a misunderstanding. President Mu, please let me go.”

“Heh, a misunderstanding?” Mu Qingyan sneered.

The bodyguard beside him gave a signal with his eyes, and the bodyguard understood and stepped forward to take Ethan’s duckbill cap and mask off.

Ethan’s gloomy face was exposed.

Originally, it was because of this gloomy style that he attracted countless fans. Now it seems that appearance reflects the heart.

“What do you want to do? Call the police on me?” Ethan looked at Mu Qingyan, although he was very uneasy in his heart, he still deliberately pretended to be fearless and said, “Xiaofei is my wife, she won’t identify me. We just had a fight between husband and wife, you were just meddling!”

“Is that so?”

Mu Qingyan gestured with his finger, and a security guard who was standing nearby hurriedly ran over and handed over a large-sized tablet with a screen lit up.

The screen of the tablet showed a four-grid surveillance video, reproducing the scene from a few minutes ago from four different angles: Ethan hitting and dragging Lu Xiaofei.

Ethan panicked.

When he came to the underground garage of the MU company, he had checked carefully, fearing that there would be surveillance – he didn’t expect that they were using hidden cameras, no wonder he couldn’t find them.

“So what? I just had a bad temper, my actions were a bit too much, it’s normal for couples to argue. If you don’t believe me, ask Xiaofei!” Ethan pointed to Lu Xiaofei and even gave her a threatening look.

Lu Xiaofei was frightened by his gaze and lowered her head, still crying.

Mu Qingyan smiled.

For some reason, Ethan felt that the young master Mu in front of him had changed.

In his memory, the silly rich young master who liked to act recklessly used to smile foolishly. However, the smile on the current Mu Qingyan made him feel a chill, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

Mu Qingyan hooked the corner of his left lip, smiling in a non-smiling way, “Why should Lu Xiaofei identify you? As long as I send you to the police station, the police will naturally investigate objectively, much more objectively than anyone between us, right?”

Ethan realized he was not joking and became anxious, “President Mu, please don’t do this, consider the fact that I worked for MU.”

“President Mu…”

Lu Xiaofei obviously did not want to see her husband go to jail and tried to plead for Ethan, but was interrupted by Mu Qingyan, “Do you want to save him and then be beaten to death by him?”

“…” Lu Xiaofei didn’t want to.

Yi Sen continued to plead: “President Mu, I swear I will never make the same mistake again, I won’t cause any trouble at your place, and I won’t have any complaints about not renewing the endorsement contract. President Mu, please don’t send me to the police station…”

“Tsk, so noisy.” Mu Qingyan used his little finger to clean his ear and looked at the bodyguard restraining Yi Sen. “Leave the rest to you.”

“Yes,” the bodyguard replied.

“President Mu!” Yi Sen was dragged away by the bodyguard, with no resistance. He could only turn his head and shout at Mu Qingyan, “President Mu, you like Xiaofei, don’t you? I’ll give her to you! I’ll file for divorce tomorrow.”

Mu Qingyan looked at him, a glint of coldness flashing in his eyes, like a sharp blade ready to cut him into pieces.

The other bodyguard noticed that Young Master Mu was clearly angry and immediately stepped forward and knocked Yi Sen unconscious with a chop to the neck.

Mu Qingyan said to the security guard who was watching the show with his tablet: “You go to the police station too and hand over the surveillance footage to the police.”

“Okay, President Mu,” the security guard said, running away.

Lu Xiaofei, who was standing by the wall, had gone from being scared to disappointed. She had known Yi Sen since she was a child and was willing to be his secret wife and endure his domestic violence.

But she never thought that this person she had loved for over ten years was unworthy of being a human being and would casually offer her to someone else.

Mu Qingyan looked at Lu Xiaofei, who was pale, and had no patience to comfort her. He simply said, “I’m not interested in you because you’re my employee. I can’t bear to see you being bullied here. If you persist in being stubborn and want to stay with him, I have nothing to say.”

“I don’t want to…” Lu Xiaofei shook her head weakly and leaned against the wall, tears streaming down her face. She looked into the distance with empty eyes and whispered, “I want to say goodbye to the past.”

With the surveillance footage and witness testimony, the police immediately launched an investigation into Yi Sen. As expected, he had been physically abusing Lu Xiaofei for many years, and she had been hospitalized several times due to his beatings.

The surveillance cameras in the residential area where Yi Sen and Lu Xiaofei lived had captured scenes of Yi Sen’s domestic violence. Their neighbors also reported to the police that they often heard fighting and screaming from Lu Xiaofei’s home. Although they had complained to the property management many times, nothing was ever done.

Soon after, the police investigation results and photos and videos of Yi Sen’s domestic violence were exposed online, and he was completely blacklisted.

Netizens recalled a week ago when Mu Qingyan had refused to renew Yi Sen’s endorsement contract for MU Fashion, despite public pressure. They applauded his decision as the right one.

In the video, Mu Qingyan had defended his subordinates and berated the scumbag, earning him praise from netizens who called him the model of an excellent boss.

Some netizens even speculated that Mu Qingyan must have a lot of gossip in the entertainment industry and left comments asking for insider information.

Mu Qingyan’s fan base grew by another million.

Taking advantage of this trend, MU Company announced the new spokesperson for the entire MU brand, Sun Xinyao.

Sun Xinyao has been in the industry for many years despite being only 23 years old. Although not a top-tier celebrity, she has a good reputation in the industry due to her excellent acting skills and unique temperament.

On more than ten posters, Sun Xinyao and MU brand clothing, bags, or jewelry complement each other, as if MU brand products highlight Sun Xinyao’s beauty while she brings the products to life.

Mu Qingyan kept the selection of the spokesperson confidential because Yi Sen was not yet in trouble. If Sun Xinyao was announced as the new spokesperson for the entire brand at the time, there would surely be people who would attack her with hate comments.

But now it’s different.

Yi Sen brought it upon himself and unintentionally attracted a large wave of attention to the new spokesperson, gaining countless followers.

Everyone who has seen the new posters praises Mu Qingyan’s good eye.

[“I didn’t think Xinyao’s appearance was anything special before, but now that I see her, I realize how blind I was.”]

[“Seriously, these posters are amazing!”]

[“After seeing them, I really want to buy MU clothes, bags, and jewelry right away! (star eyes)”]

Through a series of events such as divorce, exposing a scumbag ex, kicking out a disgraced artist, and signing the most suitable spokesperson, Mu Qingyan’s popularity has skyrocketed both online and offline.

Unknowingly, he has become the new traffic code, attracting the attention of many online and offline programs.

As a good secretary to Mu Qingyan, Ye Qiqi turns down invitations for various entertainment and interview programs for him every day with various reasons.

After all, Mu Qingyan has stated that he will not participate in any activities unrelated to promoting MU Company and the Autumn Conference until it is successfully completed.

Even the new variety show “Acting PK Battle” personally invited by the gold producer was directly rejected by Mu Qingyan.

It is rumored that “Acting PK Battle” has gathered well-known directors and actors from China and abroad, as well as newcomers with the most potential in the industry. Therefore, the audience has high expectations for this program and has been ranked first on the “Variety Show To-be-aired” list since it was announced.

After learning that Mu Qingyan refused to attend “Acting PK Battle,” some said that he was arrogant and looked down on entertainment variety shows, while others speculated that he knew he was not a person in the entertainment industry and lacked acting skills, so he did not dare to be a guest on the show.

In fact, it was not the case, but Mu Qingyan was too lazy to dispel such unimportant rumors.

That day, he received a message from Ji Liyun inviting him to have dinner together on the weekend.

In the original book, Ji Liyun was from a top-notch wealthy family and was a dominant CEO who was passionate about his career. Why is he so idle lately, constantly inviting him to dinner to catch up?

He had already refused three times.

Everyone says that third time’s the charm, so why is Ji Liyun so persistent?

Mu Qingyan patiently replied, “The company has too much to do recently, and I’m really too busy.