But her feet were not under the control of her head. She stayed seated firmly there rather than leave.

  She was so worked up by the tableau in front of her that she shed tears. But even if that was the case, she still did not want to leave.

  Zhao Anan watched the waitress giving them the menu and heard Mu Qing asking the beautiful girl gently what she would like to eat.

  The lady seemed to read the menu for a long while before giving it back to Mu Qing, asking him to order something nice for her, instead.

  Zhao Anan got so sour inside her heart. She thought that the girl must have done that on purpose. She was such a tricky woman. If Mu Qing fell for her, he must be blind!

  Zhao Anan was furious.

  Mu Qing used to be nice only to her, but now he was going to be nice to someone else. She felt that her heart was bleeding badly.

  Zhao Anan felt that she was here asking for trouble for herself!

  The waitress finally left, and Zhao Anan leaned back on the sofa, feebly. She was busy biting the straw and her look was hollow with tears trickling down from her eyes.

  Mu Qing might have had his eyes upon Mi Xiaoxiao, but he kept a track of Zhao Anan’s movements from the corner of his eye. When he saw her biting the straw and the tears in her bloodshot eyes, he couldn’t hold back.

  He was about to get up when Mi Xiaoxiao held his hand.

  Mi Xiaoxiao was a smart woman. She had already noticed that Mu Qing was glancing at the girl who was seated not far away from them.

  Mi Xiaoxiao had pretended to look around and realized that the girl must be Zhao Anan whom Shangguan Ning talked about.

  Before she came to this place, Shangguan Ning kept telling her that she had to put on an authentic show and she must stop Mu Qing in case he ruined it because of his concern for Zhao Anan.

  Sure enough, it had only been ten minutes before Mu Qing could not stand it any more.

  Mi Xiaoxiao was slightly surprised by how much Mu Qing cared about Zhao Anan, that he did not want her to suffer even a bit.

  She had never seen such an excellent man who would care about his girl so deeply.

  She had been with all kinds of men, but none of them were as faithful and devoted as Mu Qing!

  An evil look flashed in Mi Xiaoxiao’s eyes. She wondered if she should get Mu Qing to be her own? But Shangguan Ning might cut her into half after that.

  Mu Qing frowned slightly and threw a look at Mi Xiaoxiao.

  Mi Xiaoxiao showed a perfect smile and said with a sweet voice, “Mr. Mu, am I not pretty enough for you to concentrate upon? Please tell me what I have done wrong so that I won’t humiliate myself in public.”


  Mu Qing stared at her and suddenly realized that this woman was not only perfect in appearance, but also extremely observant, and intelligent.

  She was reminding him not to let Zhao Anan notice his weird behavior.

  Mu Qing was sure that Mi Xiaoxiao did not know Zhao Anan personally, but she was able to recognize Zhao Anan within such a short time. She must be very clever and possess good diplomatic skills.

  He smiled helplessly. Shangguan Ning had not trusted him so she found such a beautiful lady to be his blind date, not only good-looking, but intelligent as well.

  After Mi Xiaoxiao reminded him, Mu Qing tried hard to suppress the impulsive feeling inside his heart and stopped looking at her.

  Shangguan Ning had made so much effort along with the Old Lady, Zhao Zhao and this lady to carry out the plan, so he must not ruin it.

  If this plan could make Zhao Anan realize what she had been running away from, then he could bear letting Zhao Anan suffer a bit longer!

  Mi Xiaoxiao did not release Mu Qing’s hand, but flipped it with a smile as she said in a soft voice, “I think you are a nice man. Here is my number.”


  She took out an eyeliner from her purse, opened the lid and started to scribble on his hand.

  When she finished writing, Mu Qing withdrew his hand and took a look at it, only to find that there was no number on it, but a line with disdainful words, “You are such a terrible actor. You won’t be able to get the girl in this way!”


  Mu Qing suddenly laughed, and was instantly relieved.

  Zhao Anan was so tortured that she felt her brain was going to crack.

  It was their first meeting, and they were already acting so intimate with each other. How shameless were they? How terrible an influence were they casting on the society!

  She craned her neck, eager to find out what this foxy lady had written on Mu Qing’s hand making Mu Qing laugh so happily!

  He did not even smile this brightly at her.

  After Zhao Anan finished chewing the straw, she picked up the spoon that was used to stir the coffee and started to bite it instead.

  The spoon was made of stainless steel and her biting led to a loud cracking sound. Even her teeth hurt, now.

  Zhao Anan noticed that Mu Qing seemed to have thrown a look towards her, so she instantly bent over the table, hiding her face.

  Mu Qing withdrew his look and started to pay attention to Mi Xiaoxiao.

  He took out the jewelry which the Old Lady had given him and gave it to Mi Xiaoxiao with a smile on his face. “Here is your greeting present. Hope you like it!”


  Shangguan Ning had already promised to her that whatever present Mu Qing gave to her would be hers as a payment for her performance.

  She untied the beautiful knot on the box, and found a dazzling ruby bracelet.

  Mi Xiaoxiao had been born in a rich family and was very sensitive towards expensive stuff.

  She was aware that the bracelet must cost a great deal of money and also understood that Zhao Anan’s mother had offered the present. So she could not help but sigh inside her heart – Zhao Anan was indeed a lucky person when so many people were making a plan for her happiness.

  Mi Xiaoxiao threw a look at Zhao Anan who was chewing on the spoon and could not help but laugh. This girl was so careless that she didn’t even choose a place far away from them just to eavesdrop their conversation.

  She was too conspicuous!

  Also, what was Zhao Anan doing at the moment? She should have come up and hit her when she saw her interacting so closely with Mu Qing!