Chapter 580: 581, Blooms like Brocade

Nobody expected that a slender little girl could easily knock down two burly men.

The lead bodyguard was also stunned for a moment, before finally coming to his senses. He couldn’t believe it as he took off his glasses and stared at Chu Jin with wide eyes, afraid he had seen something wrong.

Indeed, she was just a little girl who looked no more than in her teens.

She had neither copper walls nor iron arms.

Not even a weapon in hand.

That was too terrifying!

Are you sure she’s not a man?

All the bodyguards here were trained. Even a grown man might not be able to win bare-handed, but this little girl managed to take on two at once—could she be cheating?

The receptionists were also stunned. No one had thought that Chu Jin would have such skills!

There stood Chu Jin, her left hand gripping her right, her right hand gripping her left, cracking her joints with a loud snap, causing an onlooker’s heart to skip a beat.

The lead bodyguard saw that this little girl was a practitioner. With a slight raise of his hand, all his men quickly surrounded Chu Jin.

The scene just now must have been an accident. It was bad enough that two men couldn’t handle a little girl, but they refused to believe that a whole group of them couldn’t deal with her!

Eight or nine bodyguards surrounded her. If it had been someone else, they would probably have been scared stiff by this show of force.

But they encountered Chu Jin instead.

Facing the black-clad bodyguards converging on her, Chu Jin did not even frown. With a calm expression, her clear and sharp eyes seemed to have everything under control. The corners of her mouth slowly curled into a radiant and defiant smile.

Her slender figure moved like a nimble, enchanting fish through the crowd, her flowing hair tracing a perfect arc in the air.

"Bang, bang—"

The sound of heavy objects hitting the floor and painful groans continued.

Just then, at the second floor, a man with a full head of silver hair stood looking at this spectacle, a hint of surprise flashing in his lowered eyes. Although the man had silver hair, his facial features were quite young, handsome, as if he had stepped right out of a comic book.

"Heh," the silver-haired man chuckled, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly, "Interesting, little beauty, we meet again."

His voice was extremely cultured, in perfect harmony with his appearance.

Bodyguards fell one after another. Chu Jin stood amidst them all, one foot on a bodyguard’s chest, arms folded, and slowly lifting her delicate chin with a sparkling gaze, "Well, can I go upstairs now?"

That posture was a bit arrogant, as dazzling as that of a queen, and many notches above the contemporary fragile petite femmes. She shone so brightly she was blinding.

Without comparison, there would be no harm done. The little girls at the side, turned into tiny roses, their eyes almost popping out with stars.

"Too arrogant! Just too arrogant!" The receptionist at the front desk stood up angrily and pointed at the bodyguards on the ground, "You bunch of trash, get up quickly and throw her out!"

This woman was shameless! She actually tried to get the President’s attention this way!

Chu Jin’s lips curved slightly, and she pointed casually at the crowd. "You, and you, and you, and you too—all come at me. I don’t mind stepping over your bodies to see Mo Zhixuan. Just don’t regret it later," she said, her tone devoid of any joking.

She exuded a powerful presence that could not be ignored.

"What’s going on here?" The commotion caught the attention of the security manager.

"It’s like this: This woman of unknown origin claims to be the President’s fiancée, has no appointment, and couldn’t reach the President, and now she’s directly using force against our people!" The receptionist took the initiative to speak up!

Clearly, Miss Zheng was the President’s fiancée! Last time they had all witnessed the future lady boss’s demeanor themselves! This woman was so bold! To catch the President’s attention, she could even utter such words! That was way too shameless!

"Manager, is it?" Chu Jin slightly lifted her eyes, her slender figure as upright as bamboo, from start to finish, she did not show a hint of fear, exuding a natural grandeur from inside out.

The security manager was sharp and well-experienced, instantly recognizing that Chu Jin was no ordinary person. The front desk staff were really blind—if they offended someone important, he wondered how they would handle it!

If Chu Jin dared to make such a big scene, she must have the capital to back it up.

However, he had never heard of the President having a fiancée!

He wasn’t one of the receptionists and had never seen Zheng Chuyi.

In his eyes, the President had always been as aloof as an icy mountain, unchanged for over a decade. He had never seen a woman by the President’s side, nor had he heard any rumors of the President being involved with any woman.

Out of the blue, how could the President suddenly have a fiancée?

Moreover, President Mo’s engagement would have been headline news, dominating all media outlets—not something that would go unnoticed.

Could it be that the President had secretly got engaged?

The security manager found it hard to imagine what the President would look like with a fiancée.

With his cold demeanor, he could freeze someone to death—who could possibly tolerate him?

"Hello, my last name is Ye, and I am the security manager here," Manager Ye said with a smile, "Miss, without an appointment, you indeed cannot meet our President."

"Manager Ye, hurry up and throw her out! Why are you being so polite to someone like her!" The receptionist said with disdain, "You don’t really think she’s the President’s fiancée, do you?"

Chu Jin ignored the receptionist and looked at Manager Ye, raising her eyebrows slightly, "Alright, it seems you are the only sensible person here! Could I borrow your phone for a moment?"

"Of course," Manager Ye presented the phone with both hands.

Chu Jin raised her eyebrows, took the phone, and dialed a number from memory.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

Perhaps due to the unfamiliar number, it took over 30 seconds for the call to be answered.

"Hello, it’s me," Chu Jin spoke, her voice clear and melodious.

There was a moment of surprise on the other end before the person realized who it was. It seemed as if they hadn’t expected Chu Jin to call them and even felt a little flattered.

Chu Jin was brief and to the point, her tone slightly cold, "Mo Zhixuan, I’m at the lobby of your company."

"I’ll come right now."

In the background, Chu Jin could vaguely hear a stern voice, "Today’s meeting is over."

"Acting, still acting!" The receptionist sneered, convinced in her heart that this was just Chu Jin’s trickery! How could this kind of person really be the CEO’s fiancée!

She didn’t even know who was on the phone!

Manager Ye, however, was a bit panicked. Even though he hadn’t offended Chu Jin, his subordinates had gotten into a direct altercation with her. If she truly was the CEO’s fiancée and the CEO started investigating, the blame would certainly fall on him!

Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on Manager Ye’s forehead.

He was inwardly cursing the receptionists for their lack of discernment, always causing trouble for him!

"Thanks," Chu Jin said as she hung up the phone and handed it to Manager Ye beside her.

Manager Ye, wiping the sweat from his brow with one hand, took the phone with the other, his voice somewhat fearful, "Miss, why don’t you follow me to the VIP room to sit for a while? It’s cooler there."

"No need."

No sooner had Chu Jin finished speaking than the elevator doors opened. The assistants on each side carefully held the doors as a tall figure stepped out from the elevator.

Bathed in light, his exquisite features, sharp as if carved by a knife, were exposed to the air. His thin lips were almost pressed into a line, emanating a powerful and dominant aura.

Each step seemed to tread on the hearts of those around him, instinctively commanding awe and preventing direct gaze.

Everyone spontaneously cleared a path for him.

Almost everyone became the background; at this moment, in his eyes, there was only one "her."

Seeing this, the receptionist was terrified to the core, feeling a chill run down her spine as cold sweat broke out all over her body! Could this woman really have a relationship with the CEO?!

As Mo Zhixuan walked step by step towards Chu Jin amid the crowd’s gaze, his eyes filled with indulgence, where was there a trace of being cold and aloof, "Why are you standing here like a fool? Why didn’t you come straight up to find me? Hm?"

Upon hearing this, the receptionist behind almost lost her footing.

Oh my God!

This woman actually knew the President!

The security guards were even more flustered. My goodness! What foolish things had they just done! Manager Ye also broke out in a sweat, silently relieved that he hadn’t spoken rudely to Chu Jin earlier.

The President was always so cold to everyone; they never expected him to be so gentle to this young lady in front of them!

Others could only look on with envy.

Chu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly and pulled away from his hand, bluntly stating, "Have you found someone else behind my back?"

Her tone was a bit cold.

She had not wanted to bother with the receptionist’s pettiness, but now, her anger had been provoked by these people!

If she didn’t teach them a lesson, they would truly think she was soft and easy to manipulate.

Chu Jin always believed in repaying kindness as well as avenging grievances.

Mo Zhixuan was initially taken aback, then straightened up and said, "What nonsense! Besides you, who else could there be?"

Chu Jin’s lips curved slightly, "Really?" As soon as she finished speaking, she questioned, "If so, why am I accused of being the third person interfering in others’ relationship?"

At her words, the receptionist turned pale with fright, her heart trembling, barely able to catch her breath. She should never have made such a comment!

It seemed that the woman in front of her was the legitimate one, and Miss Zheng was the one shrouded in secrecy!

Too bad, Miss Zheng was gentle and skilled, a hundred times better than the person in front of her! How could she not be the President’s fiancée! The President lacked discernment.

Even now, the receptionist was secretly feeling indignant for Zheng Chuyi.

"Don’t talk nonsense!" Mo Zhixuan’s eyebrows furrowed as he reached out and ruffled her hair, "Who upset you? Hm?"

After receiving Chu Jin’s call, Mo Zhixuan hurried down the stairs, so he was unaware of what had transpired.

Chu Jin’s face remained cool, "Nonsense? I have a witness! Mo Zhixuan, if you don’t make things clear today, our engagement is off! I don’t want to become the third party destroying a relationship!"

Why would the receptionist call her a third person out of nowhere? There must be something fishy going on!

As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire!

Nobody had anticipated that this girl would truly be the President’s fiancée, and even more so, she was openly talking about breaking off the engagement!

Everyone considered the President out of their league! Even if the President truly had someone else, it was still her great fortune of three lifetimes to be engaged to him! Yet, she had the audacity to talk about ending the engagement—isn’t she getting too full of herself? Does she really think she’s somebody special?

For someone like the President, having several wives and concubines isn’t strange!

In this world, which man doesn’t stray? Especially the wealthy ones! Not to mention the President is not only wealthy but also handsome!

Hearing this, the panic that had been subsiding in the receptionist’s heart began to rise again. This woman actually dared to threaten the CEO! She guessed the CEO would turn on her in the next second! Maybe he would even call off their engagement directly!

She had the nerve to question the CEO without even considering her own weight!

"You’re never to speak of calling off the engagement again!" Mo Zhixuan reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear, the coldness in his eyes fading away, "You are my only fiancée, who dares to call you the other woman? Tell me, who bullied you? I will help you get back at them." His dominance as the CEO was unmistakable.

The fear that the receptionist had finally managed to shake returned in full force. She had a premonition that she was truly doomed today!

Chu Jin turned slightly, casting her gaze on the receptionist, and spoke slowly, "There, she is the witness."

The receptionist’s heart trembled, and she quickly approached, groveling, "I’m sorry! I’m sorry! It was all my careless talk! I angered you! Please show mercy, Mrs. President, and don’t take it out on me."

"Was it you who said that?" Mo Zhixuan’s gaze suddenly turned icy, his tone pressing, making it hard for her to breathe.

The receptionist was sweating profusely, barely daring to speak loudly, a picture of servility.

"Do you want me to fire her?" Mo Zhixuan wrapped an arm around Chu Jin’s waist, his gaze filled with affection, a stark contrast to how he had just appeared.

Everyone was left stunned, unable to believe this was the same aloof CEO they knew.

Chu Jin spoke indifferently, "Keeping such a person is a tragedy for a business."

If the receptionist could treat her like this, she would do the same to other clients in the future!

How could a listed company keep someone who judged people by their appearance?

Some mistakes cannot be erased with just an apology.

People must take responsibility for their words and actions.

Mo Zhixuan spoke with a chilling tone, "Li Mo, take her to HR to settle her salary. She doesn’t need to come in tomorrow. Such a person is never to be employed by Mo Group again!"

The assistant immediately stepped forward, "Understood!"

The receptionist’s face turned ashen. Mo Group had excellent benefits, and her peers envied her for working there, but now, due to a slip of the tongue, she had lost her job. How was she to explain this to her friends and family...

How could things have developed like this?

This was a lesson for all to see.

The group of bodyguards were soaked in cold sweat, wondering if they would be the next one to suffer.

Mo Zhixuan looked down and took Chu Jin’s hand, then raised his eyes to stare at the others sternly. He spoke seriously, "Remember this well, from now on she is your Mrs. President, the lady boss of Mo Group!"

Each word resonated firmly, sending a jolt through everyone.

Mo Zhixuan thought to himself that perhaps he should take the chance to formally announce his fiancée soon...

"Ancestor, you must have calmed down now, right? Come with me to take a look at the president’s office," Mo Zhixuan said with a slight bow, his eyes filled with adoration.

Ancestor?

Everyone felt as if their world views had been refreshed! They never expected the CEO to have this side of him! He was absolutely spoiling his wife!

Nobody had anticipated that the ice-cold CEO would have such a day!

Chu Jin withdrew her hand and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Lead the way, I have something to ask you."

Everyone watched as Mo Zhixuan and Chu Jin entered the president’s exclusive elevator, and finally, they breathed a sigh of relief, especially those who had just clashed with Chu Jin. They slumped, exhaling deeply...

Fortunately, the president’s wife was magnanimous and hadn’t stooped to their level; otherwise, they, too, might now have been packing up to leave.

The top floor of Mo Group.

The president’s office.

The office was simply decorated in black and white business style. Other than the computer, the desk was covered with a pile of thick files, and besides that, there was a leather sofa—a stark space not even graced by a single potted plant.

The air was tinged with the scent of ambergris.

Mo Zhixuan guided Chu Jin to the chair in front of the desk, "Take a seat, while I go make you some coffee. Do you want sugar and milk?"

"No need," Chu Jin said softly, pulling out a piece of paper from her pocket and handing it over to Mo Zhixuan, "You better take a look at this first."

Mo Zhixuan took the paper with a puzzled look, glanced at it, and asked, "What about it?"

Chu Jin continued, "Why did Xinran suddenly go abroad? And what about Qin Jinyong? What exactly happened in this past month? Does any of this have anything to do with you?" By the end, Chu Jin had stood up from her chair, desperate for answers.

"Don’t get excited, sit down," Mo Zhixuan said, placing his hands on Chu Jin’s shoulders and pressing her back down into the chair. He squatted down to meet her eyes, and began to explain slowly, "Qin Jinyong and Qin Zhurao are siblings. The incidents you encountered in South Mountain Town were all planned by them..."

Mo Zhixuan relayed the whole story to Chu Jin.

It then dawned on Chu Jin that both the ghost encounter and the earthquake incidents were orchestrated by the siblings; they were after her life.

Human hearts are unpredictable.

Chu Jin never dreamed that Qin Jinyong would actually try to kill her...

Chu Jin narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "So, did you kill Qin Zhurao?"

Mo Zhixuan did not deny it as he looked at her.

Seeing the answer in his eyes, Chu Jin continued, "What about Qin Jinyong? Is he dead too?"

Mo Zhixuan’s expression remained unchanged as he slightly nodded at the mention; how could he let go of someone who wanted to take her life?

No matter who that person was.

As long as they threatened her, they had to die.

"But this has nothing to do with Xinran! Why would she go abroad? Could it be that Xinran also..."

At this point, Chu Jin couldn’t believe it and her eyes widened in shock. Could it be that Miao Xinran never went abroad and had actually... died?

"Miao Xinran hasn’t died," Mo Zhixuan reached out to hold her hand, gently caressing it, "She just couldn’t face the reality and chose to leave temporarily. Don’t worry, I’ve arranged for someone to protect her 24 hours a day. Nothing will happen to her."

In fact, the whole affair had nothing to do with Miao Xinran. She had always been kept in the dark, even used by Qin Jinyong. In Miao Xinran’s heart, Qin Jinyong had always been the strong and kind older brother.

Suddenly telling her that her most respected brother was actually a bad person with deep schemes and heavy machinations, always wanting to kill her best friend, and that this best friend had repeatedly saved her.

This was something Miao Xinran could not accept. Even if the whole affair had nothing to do with her, she couldn’t face Chu Jin, so the moment Qin Jinyong’s misdeeds were exposed and she learned the truth, she chose to leave. She felt guilty towards Chu Jin and wanted to atone for her own sins.

Mo Zhixuan was a person who clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges, so when he learned the truth, he didn’t make things difficult for Miao Xinran. He even suggested taking her back to the Mo family’s old residence, but she refused.

Hearing this, Chu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "So where did she go?"

"Africa," Mo Zhixuan said slowly.

"Really to Africa?" Chu Jin frowned slightly. The environment in Africa was harsh, and some areas were even experiencing war; for Miao Xinran, a girl on her own, it was indeed worrisome.

Seeing her doubts, Mo Zhixuan reached out to rub her head, consoling her, "Don’t worry, Miao Xinran will be fine. I have arranged for someone to be with her around the clock, and she is doing well now."

Chu Jin was still somewhat apprehensive, "Really?"

"En," Mo Zhixuan nodded slightly, "Trust me." Although it was just a faint affirmation, it was imbued with an undeniable authority.

Chu Jin looked at Mo Zhixuan, "Okay, I trust you." In this life, apart from Mr. Mo, there was no other person worthy of her trust like this.

The incident was a heavy blow to Miao Xinran, and letting her calm down alone for a while was not a bad thing.

Right then, a "beep beep" knocking sound came from outside the room.

Mo Zhixuan got up unhurriedly and then reached out to pull Chu Jin’s wrist. Before she could react, she was spinning around, and the next thing she knew, she was enveloped in an embracing warmth.

Mr. Mo sat in the boss chair, and she sat on his lap, her back against his chest, feeling his steady and powerful heartbeat clearly.

"Come in." Mr. Mo rested his chin on her shoulder and spoke loudly.

Seeing that the person outside was about to enter, Chu Jin struggled and said somewhat annoyed, "Let me go quickly..." She couldn’t bear to perform such a scene in front of others.

"Don’t move." Mr. Mo tightened his hold around her waist, his tone normal and composed.

Chu Jin felt something unusual beneath her and immediately dared not move, but she twisted harshly on Mr. Mo’s leg.

However, Mr. Mo didn’t even frown; instead, he left a pleased kiss on her cheek.

Just then, the male secretary entered the room, and upon seeing the scene, he was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head respectfully and said, "President Mo, it’s time for the meeting, and the directors are all waiting for you."

"Let them adjourn," Mo Zhixuan spoke casually, "Come back tomorrow." A meeting would take at least two hours, and right now, keeping company with this person was more important.

The secretary was in a difficult position. How could such an important meeting be rescheduled just like that? It could cause discontent. As he was struggling with what to do, Chu Jin spoke, "Go to the meeting. I’ll wait here for you. It’s not a good habit to break your word."

The secretary gave her a grateful glance. Truly a sensible and good girl, not arrogant and spoiled like others; it was no wonder she had captured the President’s favor.

Mo Zhixuan then stood up, "Then I’ll go to the meeting. If you get bored, you can use the computer, the password is your birthday, and if you feel tired, there’s a bed in the resting room inside, you can take a nap."

Ever since confirming their relationship with Chu Jin, all of Mr. Mo’s passwords had been changed to her birthday.

Such a romantic gesture, of course, was not something Mr. Mo came up with himself, but learned from "Love Guide."

Listening to this conversation, the secretary instinctively felt that the President would definitely be under strict "spousal control" in the future!

Chu Jin nodded slightly, "Okay, I got it, go ahead."

"Then I’m off," before turning around, Mr. Mo bent down to leave a cool kiss on her face, then turned and followed the secretary out.

In a blink of an eye, the vast office was left with only Chu Jin.

She turned on the computer on the desk, entered the password, then downloaded a Weibo app and logged in.

No sooner had she logged onto Weibo than she received countless notification sounds—mentions, comments, private messages, follower alerts.

In just two months, her Weibo followers had soared to over five million.

Chu Jin carefully read the comments below her Weibo and discovered that Lu Yan’s "The World and You" had already been released, so all the recent comments were reporting Lu Yan for plagiarism.

User A: "Sister from the past, I found a novel that is 100% similar to our ’Blooms like Brocade.’ The author’s pen name is Blue Smoke, and the book is called ’The World and You.’ Please be aware!"

And below, the comments were all about "The World and You."

Obviously, Lu Yan had also noticed this issue and started to counterattack.

User F: "Haha, it’s not certain who plagiarized whom yet!"

User Q: "You say our Yan Yan plagiarized, where is the evidence? Don’t bite people without evidence!"

Chu Jin slightly curled her lips. Lu Yan really had some nerve. Not only did she plagiarize the entire text, but she didn’t even bother to change the book title, sticking to the same title as in her previous life.

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