Wen Rou heard Mu Jinyu's answer and doubts arose in her heart.
When they had met a few days ago, hadn't he mentioned that he came from a poor area? How could he know such influential friends then?
Although she was doubtful, Wen Rou didn't dwell on it and smiled, "In that case, I ought to treat them to a meal to express my thanks."
"Hmm, I'll call them out someday, but..." Mu Jinyu hesitated for a moment before saying, "You really shouldn't open that restaurant, it won't make much money anyway."
Upon hearing this, Wen Rou lowered her head, her expression one of inferiority, and weakly said, "But if I don't open the restaurant, I don't know what else I can do..."
"You don't need to do anything..." Mu Jinyu stretched out his hand to pinch Wen Rou's chin, applying a little force to make her lift her head to look into his eyes, then spoke earnestly, "I can support you."
At his words, Wen Rou blushed, dodging his gaze as she stammered, "You... don't joke about that."
"I'm not joking with you. I'm serious," Mu Jinyu said.
He indeed wasn't joking with Wen Rou. For this gentle girl, he had always had a fondness, and her recent troubles only heightened his protective instincts toward her. He didn't want to see Wen Rou being bullied anymore.
Of course, he also knew that such matters couldn't be hurried, as they had only met a few days ago. Wen Rou, being a traditional girl, certainly wouldn't accept this for the time being.
Therefore, Mu Jinyu wasn't in a rush for Wen Rou to agree. Under her nervous and conflicted expression, he light-heartedly said, "I recently saved a wealthy man who, to repay me, gave me a company. You can come work at my company. Even if you know nothing, I can easily support you for a lifetime."
Listening to Mu Jinyu's words, Wen Rou realized that his offer to support her wasn't in the sense she had feared and relaxed, yet she couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed as well.
But she quickly collected herself and shook her head, "No, I won't take your money if I can't do anything in return. It wouldn't feel right, let's forget it."
At the same time, she thought that even if someone had really given Mu Jinyu a company, it was probably just a small one; how could it continuously pay her salary?
Mu Jinyu said, "You can learn. With your intelligence, you could quickly master anything. You just lack opportunity. Besides, the company is quite large, and without someone there to assist me, I would be helpless. Please help me."
Wen Rou hesitated upon hearing this, and just as she was about to speak, her stomach growled.
Mu Jinyu, seeing this, also patted his stomach and said, "Ah, it's already one o'clock without us realizing. I'm starving. Let's go eat."
Mu Jinyu had initially gone to invite Wen Rou for a meal at eleven o'clock, but after everything that happened with Wen Rou, he was in no mood to eat, being busy tending to her needs. Now, it was already one, and not just Wen Rou, but his stomach was growling too.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault that you've been hungry for so long," Wen Rou apologized.
She knew that Mu Jinyu managing to appear and save her at that time meant he originally planned to come over for a meal, but he had been too preoccupied to eat because of her.
Mu Jinyu said, "No need for such words, let's go out to eat."
Wen Rou nodded and said, "Okay."
She didn't want to stay in the hospital either, since the medical checks had shown there was nothing seriously wrong with her and a period of rest would suffice.
After completing the discharge procedures, they left the hospital. Since they were hungry, they found a nearby restaurant to eat.
While eating, Wen Rou looked at Mu Jinyu and said, "Little Mu, I'll pay you back the money for the medical checks and bandages once I have the funds."
"No need..." Mu Jinyu waved his hand dismissively, but Wen Rou's mention of money reminded him of the one hundred thousand yuan in compensation he had received from Chen Ping. He quickly put down his chopsticks, took out his mobile phone, and said, "Oh, right, when I was dealing with that wretched woman earlier, I also managed to claim the compensation for the damage to your store, emotional distress, convalescence, and medicinal soup... totaling one hundred thousand yuan. Tell me your account number, and I'll transfer it to you now."
"What?!" Wen Rou paused in her eating upon hearing this.
She truly hadn't expected that Mu Jinyu not only avenged her ruthlessly by teaching the mastermind a lesson but also managed to claim the compensation on her behalf without her involvement.
However, was all that compensation really necessary?
Wen Rou thought that most of the one hundred thousand yuan must have been extorted by Mu Jinyu and had nothing to do with her. She couldn't accept it.
Coming back to her senses, Wen Rou shook her head and said, "This... you should keep it. After all, if it weren't for you stepping in on my behalf, I definitely wouldn't have been able to get so much money, or maybe even none at all. I would've just had to grit my teeth and swallow the blood."
Mu Jinyu glared at her and said, "Me keep it? What are you talking about? This compensation is yours. Can you please stop talking nonsense?"
Wen Rou shook her head and said, "But if it wasn't for you stepping in, I probably wouldn't have gotten a single dime in compensation, so you should keep it. At most, I just won't owe you for the hospital bills anymore..."
"No way!" Mu Jinyu flatly refused. "Though I love money, I don't want that kind of money!"
As he spoke, he looked at Wen Rou and persuaded her, "Besides, didn't you just turn down my offer to come work at my company? Even if you don't want to go there, I won't force you. But with the compensation I've retrieved for you, you could try your hand at something else."
Although Wen Rou didn't want to accept the money and felt that Mu Jinyu had already helped her more than enough, under his firm insistence, she eventually, albeit reluctantly, gave him her account number for him to transfer the money.
"There, the money has been transferred." Mu Jinyu shook his mobile screen displaying the successful transaction to Wen Rou and said, "Now, you can tell me whether you want to come help me at my company or not?"
"Alright, I agree," Wen Rou said with a resigned smile.
The two quickly finished their meal, and Mu Jinyu took Wen Rou's hand and said, "Let's go, we're going home, and I'll help you heal your wounds."
"Heal?" Wen Rou looked puzzled, not understanding what Mu Jinyu meant.
Mu Jinyu hailed a taxi and, once inside, explained to Wen Rou, "I'm sorry to say, but after I woke you up, I actually could have healed the abrasions, bruises, and the cuts on your forehead completely, leaving no scars at all. But in order to crush them, I had to make you play the role of a sick beauty."
At first, Wen Rou was puzzled by what Mu Jinyu meant, but as he finished, a realization flashed through her mind, and she blurted out, "So, although I appeared to be covered in wounds, I couldn't feel any pain, because of you?!"