She had been in seclusion for many days. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she called Mu Ziyue.
When the call was answered, she asked Mu Ziyue gently, "What have you been up to lately? Why haven't I seen you at home?"
The background noise on Mu Ziyue's end was very noisy. It seemed that she was at some event. She replied in a hurry.
"Oops, I'm a bit busy now. I'll talk to you later! A friend of mine is about to open a studio. I've been busy helping him prepare for it. When the studio opens, I'll invite you!"
After saying this, Mu Ziyue hung up the phone, leaving only the beeping busy tone.
Ding Muyun held back her anger.
Mu Ziyue was still not shrewd enough after all.
She hated Lu Xue, but was distracted by other things in just a couple of days. Now she was always hanging out with those so - called friends.
Ding Muyun knew that Mu Ziyue was easily distracted by new things. So she had to call back again to remind her.
This time, her attitude was much firmer.
"Don't forget our main goal. The most important thing for us now is to figure out how to drive Lu Xue out of this family... As for other things, you can do them later."
On the other end of the phone, Mu Ziyue unexpectedly fell silent for a while before speaking.
"How can you say I'm just playing? I'm helping a friend start a business. It's very important, okay? I've run into some bottlenecks in the startup process. I've been so busy that I'm hardly ever seen. Where do I have the time to deal with Lu Xue?"
Ding Muyun said, "Have you ever thought about what you'll do if Lu Xue really secures her position as the eldest daughter of this family?"
Mu Ziyue on the other end was silent again for a long time. After a while, she spoke.
"Actually, I don't think Lu Xue is that annoying. Maybe because we have different personalities, there were some frictions at the beginning..."
"But Lu Xue is not a bad person! After that incident last time, I found that she is a responsible person. Maybe it's not that hard for us to live under the same roof with her."
Ding Muyun was stunned.
She didn't expect Mu Ziyue to say such things.
This attitude clearly meant that Mu Ziyue was betraying their two - person organization and starting to side with Lu Xue.
Ding Muyun's tone became stern. "Do you know what you're saying?"
Mu Ziyue replied, "I know. Generally speaking, we should still exclude Lu Xue. But when you think about it carefully, she's really not that annoying. Think about it. Since she entered our family, has she ever done anything against us? No! She's a self - willed person and simply ignores us. Then we can just ignore her. Let's just stay out of each other's way and live in peace."
Ding Muyun's hand holding the phone was trembling slightly. She took a deep breath and said.
"You need to look at the long - term. Lu Xue may not seem ambitious now, but who knows what she'll do to us after she secures her position? Moreover, we have a good handle on Lu Xue now. We must seize this opportunity."
After thinking for a while, she added, "Before, I noticed that she always had some contacts with many well - dressed business men. This time, she was able to find those valuable pigeons so quickly to compensate you. It's not certain that she could have obtained these pigeons on her own."
"All these facts indicate that her background is actually very complicated. If we dig deeper, maybe we can find something..."
Mu Ziyue was already a bit impatient. She interrupted Ding Muyun before she finished speaking.
"Alright, alright. You can take care of these things yourself. I'm really busy now. I have to help my friend with the studio!"
After saying this, Mu Ziyue hung up the phone, leaving only the beeping busy tone for Ding Muyun.
Ding Muyun was so angry that she was about to explode. She paced back and forth in the living room.
But she couldn't vent the anger in her heart. She thought angrily in her heart.
Lu Xue was really capable. The trap she set was originally meant to frame Lu Xue. Now, instead, it had indirectly repaired the relationship between Lu Xue and Mu Ziyue.
Mu Ziyue's attitude had become wavering. She no longer regarded Lu Xue as an enemy who must be driven out.
Maybe now she could only rely on herself.
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Lu Xue had a really boring day. She walked through all the tea rooms in the company.
Except for being told by Mu Yuze to fill his pen with ink when she first arrived at the office in the morning, she had nothing to do for the rest of the day.
"Is it really this easy? Do I just need to fill a pen with ink for the whole day and still get such a high salary?"
She went to ask Yan Hua uncertainly. Yan Hua replied with great certainty.
"Just do as the boss asks. Do whatever he tells you to do. Since he hasn't assigned you any other tasks, you can just slack off."