Shan Gong saw this and immediately added, "No, Young Master, we had others guard it. That way, when you go buy a gift, Madam can come home earlier, right?"
"Come home?" She perhaps never considered Qi Yuan her home, but Mu Qi couldn't be without Yun Shu Nian.
Under Shan Gong's persuasion, Mu Qi finally got into the car, intending to buy Yun Shu Nian a gift. However, when Shan Gong tried to get in with Mu Qi, Mu Qi shut him out.
"You stay here and guard it." Mu Qi said, and the Maybach instantly sped down the road.
Soon, Mu Qi arrived at the largest gift mall in the capital and rushed in without stopping.
"Sir, what can I get for you?" The sales assistant, seeing the man who, though slightly disheveled, still couldn't hide his noble aura, immediately stepped forward with shining eyes.
"A gift for apology." Sweat beaded on Mu Qi's soft hair and trickled down, yet his voice remained resonant.
"Sir, is this your girlfriend?"
"No."
The sales assistant's eyes lit up.
"She is my beloved." With these words, Mu Qi felt slightly more at ease, while the light that had been slowly rising in the sales assistant's eyes instantly vanished.
"Then, please follow me this way."
Indeed, all the good men belonged to other people, the sales assistant sighed and led Mu Qi to another section.
"Faster!" Mu Qi's voice, as cold as Ashura's, rang out behind the sales assistant.
The sales assistant immediately shivered and quickened her pace.
Only when she led Mu Qi to an area filled with jewelry, bags, and clothes did the sales assistant slightly relax.
"Sir, you can think about what brands your beloved usually likes, or what colors she prefers."
"Sir, is there a problem?" Seeing Mu Qi frown impatiently after just a glance at the items, the sales assistant cautiously asked.
"Is there anything else!" Mu Qi's tone was anxious.
Yun Shu Nian already had all these trendy items. Mu Qi didn't think it made sense to buy her something exactly the same.
This...
The sales assistant was stunned. She had never encountered such a customer.
"Hey, brother-in-law.
Why are you buying this? It's neither good-looking nor useful."
"What do you know? When you're trying to appease your wife, you have to be willing to sacrifice. You have to feel miserable so your wife feels she's had her fill of anger."
"Learn from it."
...
Voices from another nearby area drifted over. Mu Qi looked in that direction.
The sales assistant immediately closed the door to the area where the voices came from. "I'm sorry, sir. We haven't installed proper soundproofing..."
Before the sales assistant could finish, Mu Qi walked straight towards that area.
Seeing this, the sales assistant could only follow. At this moment, the two men were still talking.
"What exactly do you mean? Explain it to me clearly."
"This is obviously something to make me kneel. What else do you think it means?"
"Kneel on this?
Alright, brother-in-law is ruthless."
The two men, carrying a rectangular, plate-like object, walked towards the checkout counter.
Mu Qi stared intently at the rectangular, plate-like object in the man's hand, his eyes not blinking. He suddenly pointed and asked, "Do you have any more of those?"
The sales assistant looked blankly in the direction Mu Qi pointed. As she understood, she couldn't help but be surprised.
She hadn't expected this seemingly dignified and refined man to also kneel on a jade roller to appease his wife.
"I'm sorry, sir. That is a roller, custom-made for that gentleman. We don't have it in the store..."
Mu Qi's gaze remained fixed on the jade roller in the man's hand. Before the sales assistant could finish speaking, he walked up to the man.
"Give me the jade roller in your hand. Name your price."
Just as the two were about to walk to the counter, someone suddenly stepped forward to ask for the roller they were holding. Naturally, no one would be happy.
"Who are you? Who here is short of money? Go aside." The man accompanying the roller carrier was tall and thin, with narrow eyes and thin, dark red lips.
His demeanor was utterly arrogant.
Mu Qi glanced at the man, who immediately felt a suffocating pressure. However, he still forced himself to maintain his composure for the sake of his pride.
"I told you to go aside, didn't you hear me? Believe it or not, I'll call security..."
The man decided to hold his ground to the end, but the person holding the roller interrupted him, turning his head. "I apologize, President Mu. This is my nephew, he's young and doesn't know any better. Please don't hold it against him.
If you like this thing, take it. It's not worth much."
When he looked up and saw this powerful figure from the capital, he was truly startled. Later, he was surprised that this man, who could stir up winds and waves in the capital, was interested in his wife-appeasing tool.
There was no problem with appeasing his wife, but he never imagined that this man would go to such lengths to do so.
However, when he came to his senses, he heard his ignorant nephew speak so rudely to President Mu, who was known as a tyrant.
Cold sweat poured down his forehead.
"Uncle, how can you speak for outsiders? And why should he just take it? My sister hasn't forgiven you yet."
"Shut up." The man scolded sharply, his cold sweat now unable to stop.
Mu Qi didn't have time to waste here. He quickly took out a check and threw it in front of the man, then took the roller and left quickly.
"Do you know who that was? That was Mu Qi. How dare you speak to him like that? With one word, he could make me and your sister unable to stay in the capital."
The plump, round man said to his nephew, who was twisting his neck.
"It was *that* Mu Qi?!" The tall, thin man immediately turned his head, his eyes wide with disbelief, his face ashen.
To stand at the pinnacle of the capital's business world, a group of cunning old foxes, Mu Qi's methods were surely unfathomable.
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"Beautiful, tell me. What troubles you? Your brother will help you solve them."
Yun Rong was led by the man to "Ye Se," a bar.
At this moment, the man, dressed luxuriously with red lips and white teeth, leaned close to Yun Rong's ear amidst the bar's din, his tone ambiguous.
This tickled Yun Rong's ear. In the dim light, the man's cologne made Yun Rong feel dizzy.
She picked up a bottle of strong liquor from the bar and downed it in one gulp.
Yun Rong lowered her head, her delicate appearance making one want to protect her. "I need money, a lot of money."
"How much is 'a lot of money'?" The man with red lips and white teeth pressed his body slightly against Yun Rong's back, a smile curling on his lips, his gaze on Yun Rong like that of a fish hooked.