Mu Jinyu furrowed her brows slightly in surprise and said, "Wasn't your grandfather's birthday banquet successfully completed by me standing in? Haven't you sent that guy away yet?"
"Yes." Gu Xiyan, feeling troubled, replied, "That day, when I realized I had grabbed the wrong person, I apologized to him. Thinking he was also busy and that I had stood him up, I transferred the money to him. It should have all ended there, but he..."
"He still wouldn't let it go?" Mu Jinyu furrowed her brows, her tone turning cold.
"Exactly!" Gu Xiyan glared at Yu Linglong and complained, "It's all because of her stupid idea, assuring me that once it was done, Lin Feng wouldn't bother me anymore. But when I told him that he didn't need to bother anymore, he actually disagreed, saying I had agreed to be his girlfriend. He wouldn't accept the breakup, claiming a breakup needs mutual consent. He's even more...",
Gu Xiyan began to unravel, and as she spoke, almost let slip her true feelings that he was more despicable than Mu Jinyu. She caught herself halfway, quickly shutting her mouth, and corrected,
"He's even worse than you. I don't know how to talk to him anymore. In the end, I could only block him. I thought that would be the end of it, but today he found my company, showed up to block me, and even caused a scene there, making me look like a heartbreaker!"
Having said that, Gu Xiyan glared at Yu Linglong and added, "See what you've done now? All the company's employees think I cheated on him. If this gets back to my family, I bet they'll use it as ammunition against me!"
Yu Linglong, listening to Gu Xiyan's continuous complaints, smiled wryly and said apologetically, "I had no idea this guy would be so persistent. He's even worse than the random people you could pull off the streets. Probably, it's your irresistible charm, Miss Gu, that even a man used to seeing countless beauties like Soldier King can't stop chasing after you..."
"I think you don't understand that guy at all. And to think you guaranteed me everything initially; you're really going to be the death of me!"
Gu Xiyan said angrily.
Yul Linglong could only smile awkwardly.
Indeed, when she had originally encouraged Gu Xiyan to use Soldier King Lin Feng as a shield, she had made many assurances, but her understanding of Lin Feng was actually very limited.
She was accustomed to those novels about Soldiers Kings and beautiful CEOs, and when she heard Gu Xiyan complaining about her family pressuring her to date Zhang Qiu Huai, a rash idea had popped into her head.
Then she suggested it to Gu Xiyan, thinking she might witness a perfect match.
But little did she know that Lin Feng, although indeed a Soldier King returned from abroad, was not like those talented, capable, gentle, and perfect super Soldiers Kings depicted in novels. On the contrary, he was completely shameless, aiming only to latch onto a wealthy woman—a trashy good-for-nothing!
Oh, not completely good-for-nothing—after all, he could fight pretty well.
But what they disliked the most was his appearance; he couldn't hold a candle to Mu Jinyu!
Yu Linglong now realized that things had gotten a bit out of hand and regretted suggesting that lousy idea. At the time, she was just in a playful mood and thought it wouldn't be a big deal, but she never expected it to turn out like this.
Mu Jinyu, hearing their complaints, frowned slightly and said to Gu Xiyan, "Didn't you say he came to your company to make a scene? When I got there, why didn't I see him?"
Gu Xiyan rubbed her temples with a headache and responded, "Just half an hour ago, he suddenly stormed into our company, making a huge scene, demanding an explanation. All the employees were watching, and he disrupted everything to the point that no one could work. I had the security guards try to throw him out, but they couldn't handle him at all. Seeing he was skillful, I had no choice but to placate him temporarily. I told him that I already had a secret boyfriend, who couldn't accompany me to the banquet a few days ago, so I asked him to fill in. I asked him not to misunderstand, that I wasn't looking to make him my boyfriend..."
Pausing, Gu Xiyan continued with distress, "He didn't get angry at the time, he calmly asked me how my boyfriend was, if he was comprehensively better than him, which is why I disdained him so much. I was shocked by his question; the guy is simply insane. But there was no helping it, I had to grit my teeth and say yes, and then he said, 'Alright, he should be coming to pick you up tonight, right? I'll wait for him to come over and have a showdown with him to see if I'm utterly defeated!'"
After speaking, Gu Xiyan looked up at Mu Jinyu with pitiful eyes and said, "Then, he pulled out two Nokias, one in each hand, and crushed them! I realized this wasn't good; if we randomly called someone over, they might get beaten up by him, so I could only ask you to come!"
"Is that so!" Mu Jinyu's eyes flashed with a cold fierceness, a playful smile on his lips as he said, "Okay, I'll play your fake boyfriend again, one hundred thousand yuan a time. I really want to see how this guy is going to deal with me!"
Actually, Mu Jinyu should thank this Soldier King. If it hadn't been for him, he wouldn't have been able to make a decent amount of money from Gu Xiyan. But with his arrogance, he couldn't stand it and wanted to make the guy realize that he wasn't a pushover who could be easily bullied!
Seeing Mu Jinyu agreeing, Gu Xiyan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and grinned, "No problem, I'll give you the money now. You'll have to perform well later, hopefully, to wake that guy up so he won't dare to bother me again."
At that moment, Gu Xiyan suddenly felt that Mu Jinyu wasn't so annoying after all, quite the contrary, he was much more bearable.
Compared to Soldier King Lin Feng, Mu Jinyu really was an angel, very easy to deal with, and could be persuaded with just a bit of money. He didn't cling to her constantly, and although she had taken advantage of him quite a bit, it was forced by circumstances, and there was no other way.
And most importantly, Mu Jinyu was more handsome than Lin Feng!
Looks are justice, and if Gu Xiyan really had to choose a boyfriend between the two, she would undoubtedly pick Mu Jinyu without hesitation.
Of course, this was just what Gu Xiyan thought in her heart; she would never say it out loud to avoid making Mu Jinyu conceited and harder to manipulate.
When Mu Jinyu saw Yu Linglong handing over the cash, he frowned slightly and said, "Just transfer it instead, I still have to go to the bank to deposit the cash, which is troublesome."
"Oh, that works, just give me your account number, and I'll transfer it to you immediately," Yu Linglong said.
Initially, when Gu Xiyan and Mu Jinyu first met, she handed him an envelope containing one hundred thousand yuan because she knew that Soldier King Lin Feng had just returned from abroad and didn't have a bank card, so they opted for cash and prepared it in advance.
Later, even though she was dealing with Mu Jinyu, seeing that he also accepted cash, she got used to giving him cash as well.