Chapter 622: Extra 035 Can we still maintain our previous relationship? (Second update)

Xin Zaozao returned home.

The house was still dark.

She took off her shoes, slightly unsteady.

It was impossible to avoid toasts at such a celebration banquet.

She didn’t like taking advantage of her employees, so if they drank a lot, she would match them.

Right now, she was definitely feeling a bit tipsy.

She tossed her bag onto the sofa, then removed her coat, followed by her trousers, leaving a trail as she went.

She headed straight to the bathroom, stark naked.

The only thing she wanted to do right now was take a shower and go to bed early, nothing else mattered.

From start to finish, she didn’t notice that the clothes she had discarded were picked up one by one and put into the laundry basket.

After taking a shower, Xin Zaozao put on a bathrobe.

She roughly towel-dried her hair.

In that moment, all she wanted was to crawl into bed and sleep.

Sleeping usually made everything better.

While thinking about this, her gaze suddenly paused.

In front of her stood a man.

A man standing straight and tall.

Xin Zaozao steadied herself, just a second’s surprise before her face turned indifferent, “What are you doing here?”

“I’m back.” Mu Cidian answered.

“Are you packing up?” Xin Zaozao raised an eyebrow.

“As agreed, once the contract was signed, I’d come back.”

“I never agreed to that.” Xin Zaozao tossed the towel that she had used to dry her hair onto a nearby couch, pulled back the covers, and climbed into bed.

Mu Cidian glanced at the towel then headed to the bathroom and returned with a hairdryer.

“Let me dry your hair.”

“No need, I don’t want to dry it.”

“You’ll get a headache tomorrow.”

“That’s my concern.”

“It will only take a moment.” Mu Cidian insisted.

Xin Zaozao stared at Mu Cidian.

Mu Cidian was already sitting on the bed, ready to dry her hair.

“Mu Cidian, aren’t you happy with Lina?” Xin Zaozao asked him.

Mu Cidian didn’t answer. He continued concentrating on drying her hair.

Xin Zaozao held back.

She held back until Mu Cidian had finished drying her hair.

“You should go now,” Xin Zaozao said.

Mu Cidian didn’t leave.

He stayed there, sitting on her bed with the hairdryer in hand.

“I told you I’m tired of playing games.” Xin Zaozao stated bluntly.

Mu Cidian still didn’t leave and just sat there looking at her.

“I helped you with the contract negotiation,” Mu Cidian said, “You shouldn’t be so ungrateful.”

“I will compensate you.”

“I told you, all I want is you.”

“What gives you the right to say that?” Xin Zaozao questioned with a hint of sarcasm.

Mu Cidian kept his gaze on her.

Xin Zaozao laughed coldly, “Mu Cidian, everything we’ve been through… it can’t just disappear into thin air.”

“Then how can I make you forget about the past?”

“No way.” Xin Zaozao seemed a bit impatient, “I’m tired. Just go.”

“Why can’t you just admit that you still have feelings for me?” Mu Cidian asked.

“Mu Cidian, have you been brainwashed by your mother?” Xin Zaozao’s expression turned cold, “In what world do I still have feelings for you?”

“I feel it in my heart.”

“You’re delusional.” Xin Zaozao got angry, threw off the covers, and pushed Mu Cidian off the bed.

Mu Cidian was being pushed towards the door by Xin Zaozao.

Mu Cidian grabbed her hand.

Xin Zaozao protested.

Mu Cidian’s grip tightened.

Xin Zaozao was really angry, “Mu Cidian, are you insane?”

“Is it that hard for you to admit that you still love me?”

“I don’t love you, why would I admit to it!” Xin Zaozao’s voice rose in volume, “If I loved you, would I have let you go to other women? Would I let you share their beds?”

Mu Cidian fell silent for a few seconds.

“Mu Cidian, don’t kid yourself.”

“Isn’t it the contract that you want?” Mu Cidian asked.

Meaning, she let him go just for the sake of the contract.

“Yes, the contract is more important than you. Do you think that counts as love?” Xin Zaozao mocked, “If I were you, I would never come back ever again. I wouldn’t come back to face this humiliation.”

“What if I said it doesn’t matter to me?” Mu Cidian asked, a small smile playing on his lips.

As long as he could help her, that’s all that mattered.

He didn’t desire much when it came to her.

“What do you want!” Xin Zaozao was truly angry.

“I want to be with you.”

“Mu Cidian, I’ll say it one more time!” Xin Zaozao enunciated every word, visibly upset, “I’ll say it once more, you better listen carefully. I don’t love you. I don’t now, and I never will for the rest of my life!”

Mu Cidian just looked at her.

Xin Zaozao’s eyes shifted slightly, “If you’ve heard me loud and clear, then start packing your things and leave.”

“Can we still maintain our previous relationship?” Mu Cidian asked.

Xin Zaozao frowned.

“I rejected Lina for you and severed my relationship with my mother for you. At the very least, let us maintain our existing relationship.”

Xin Zaozao bit her lip.

“If you get a boyfriend, I will leave,” Mu Cidian said, “I promise I won’t interfere with your life.”

“Mu Cidian, I never thought you could become so pathetic! What made you this way?”

Mu Cidian didn’t answer.

Because even if he did, she wouldn’t believe him.

“If you want to live your life in such a pathetic way, be my guest.”

Having said that, Xin Zaozao returned to her spot on the bed.

Mu Cidian just sat there watching her.

He watched as she pulled the blanket up to her chin, burrowing herself deep into it, completely hidden from view.

A smile appeared on his face.

He remembered when Xin Zaozao was still a little girl, how sometimes she would act spoiled with him. If he returned home too late and kept her waiting, she would pretend to be angry and hide in her blankets.

Back then, he was the one who had to suppress his impatience and appease her. The Xin Zaozao of that time was just a tender little white rabbit in his eyes.

The little white rabbit had really changed.

Mu Cidian took a deep breath and climbed into the blankets.

Xin Zaozao deliberately kept a distance between them.

Mu Cidian didn’t try to get any closer.

The phone on the bedside table lit up. It was Mu Cidian’s.

He picked it up.

A new message from Lina, “Do you want to reconsider? I can offer you more.”

Mu Cidian replied, “No need, thank you.”

“Is Xin Zaozao that good?”

“She’s great.”

“You are the first man I’ve ever shown interest in who has rejected me,” Lina stated bluntly.

“I’m sorry.”

“Maybe you’ll change your mind after we sleep together one more time,” Lina persuaded.

She believed her experience surpassed that of Xin Zaozao.

“I won’t change my mind,” Mu Cidian was certain.

“Alright. Let’s temporarily shelve the idea of you being my man. I actually came here tonight to discuss another, more important matter.”

“Please proceed.”

“I just received a notice from headquarters, I have to return shortly. Would you be interested in coming with me, as my special assistant?” Lina invited.

Mu Cidian did not respond, just holding his cell phone.

“I’ll offer you a yearly salary of 5 million. If you come with me to S Country, and work for three years or more, I’ll get you stock shares from headquarters,” Lina proposed.

“No need.”

“You can consider it, no need for an immediate answer.”

“I haven’t thought about working for another company for the time being.”

“You’re content with just following Xin Zaozao around? Don’t you think that’s beneath your talents? I have a good eye for people. I know you’re capable. All you need is the right platform, and you’ll thrive.”

In just a week’s time, Mu Cidian had taken their collaboration plans to a higher level.

This enabled her to smoothly secure the collaboration with the Xin Corporation, gaining unanimous approval from their headquarters. She was once again promoted, and in less than half a year, she was reassigned back to the headquarters, a speed that was unprecedented.

“I have no plans in that direction.”

“Mu Cidian, how much do you love Xin Zaozao?” So much that a man was willing to give up his own career and humbly stay by her side?

“Very much.” Mu Cidian’s answer was always simple and straightforward.

Lina truly did not understand.

Even though she had been married and had a child, she believed that she had never really experienced love – the so-called everlasting, world-shattering love.

But at this moment, she felt a twinge of envy towards Xin Zaozao.

She composed a message, “If you ever regret your decision, feel free to find me. My number won’t change.”

“Thank you.”

Mu Cidian put down his phone.

Xin Zaozao suddenly spoke, “Who is calling you at this late hour?”

“Lina.” Mu Cidian did not hide the truth.

Xin Zaozao didn’t say anything else.

Mu Cidian drew closer to Xin Zaozao’s body.

“Don’t touch me.”

Mu Cidian’s arm stiffened for a second, and in the next second, he still pulled her ruthlessly into his embrace.

“I told you not to touch me!” Xin Zaozao fought back.

But Mu Cidian held her even tighter.

“Mu Cidian, have you forgotten your place… hm…” Xin Zaozao’s mouth was suddenly silenced by Mu Cidian’s kiss.

Damn it.

Xin Zaozao struggled, throwing her fists and kicks.

Mu Cidian, with his towering body, completely restrained her.

Xin Zaozao didn’t know when Mu Cidian had grown so strong. She felt like he was entirely composed of strength, and she was absolutely unable to resist.

She twisted her head.

But Mu Cidian still successfully found her lips, firmly and tightly, not releasing.

“Mm, mm… Mu Cidian, you… bastard…”

Mu Cidian forcefully had his way with her.

“Don’t touch me!” Xin Zaozao resisted.

Her body struggled.

Mu Cidian seemed not to hear.

“Don’t touch me, it’s disgusting!” Xin Zaozao roared.

Mu Cidian froze for a moment.

In that moment, Xin Zaozao pushed him off aggressively.

She held on to her disheveled robe, gasping for breath, she said, “Have you forgotten who the golden goose is?”

Mu Cidian didn’t respond.

He just kept looking at her.

“Go take a shower. A cold one!” Xin Zaozao commanded.

“Do you care if I’ve slept with other women?”

“I’m afraid you’re sick!” Xin Zaozao’s voice rose, “Lina has slept with so many men, who knows whether she’s healthy or not.”

“If…”

“There are no ‘ifs’!” Xin Zaozao cut off Mu Cidian, “Until your health report is out, don’t touch me!”

“…Alright.”

“Go take a shower.” Xin Zaozao commanded again.

Mu Cidian rose from the bed.

He left the room.

In that moment, Xin Zaozao let loose a great sigh of relief.

If it weren’t for the imagery of Mu Cidian and Lina suddenly flashing in her mind, she might have given in to him.

Sometimes, she even felt that under Mu Cidian’s strong will, she was a little hard-pressed to refuse him.

This man had the ability to make her feel as if the roles were reversed.

Xin Zaozao gritted her teeth.

She got up from the bed and quickly changed into more conservative sleepwear.

It was only after she had settled back down that Mu Cidian, with a chill in his clothes, returned to bed as well.

The bed was silent again.

There was once again a distance between the two of them.

It seemed that no matter what method they used, they couldn’t close the gap between them.

…

Life returned to how it had been in the beginning.

The early days when Xin Zaozao first started providing for Mu Cidian.

The only difference was that now, Xin Zaozao almost never let Mu Cidian touch her.

She gave him a health report, and although she glanced at it, nothing changed.

Xin Zaozao also began coming home more often for dinner.

After signing the contract with Lina, she was promoted back to headquarters. Another CEO was sent to manage the project. This CEO wasn’t fond of socializing, so there were fewer dinners to attend.

Mu Cidian still spent his days at home, developing his game software.

They had completed the public beta testing these past few days.

Next week, they would fully launch.

Mu Cidian had once again enlisted the help of Luo Xiaolang.

When Luo Xiaolang wasn’t competing internationally, he would live stream. Mu Cidian had booked a slots on Luo Xiaolang’s show.

It could be said that Luo Xiaolang donated his assistance totally free, not taking a single cent of advertisement money.

Mu Cidian sat in front of the computer, watching Luo Xiaolang’s live stream.

There were many people in the chat room. Under Luo Xiaolang’s introduction and demonstration, most people were interested in this new game.

Mu Cidian watched the live stream while checking the download and registration numbers in the back end.

It was just one live stream.

The number of downloads reached 100,000.

The people in the studio were excited, “Boss, we’ve broken 100,000, we’ve broken 100,000…”

Mu Cidian was excited too.

But he understood that this was just the promotional period. Retaining stable user numbers depended on the game itself, so it was not time to celebrate yet.

The current achievement only proved that Luo Xiaolang had great influence.

He tapped on the keyboard.

Suddenly, the door was opened.

Mu Cidian turned his head.

Xin Zaozao had left work early.

Mu Cidian thought for a moment, “I have something to attend to, so I’ll go offline for a while. Call me if anything comes up.”

“…”

Unsurprisingly, the boss was truly calm.