He said to Yan Hua behind him indifferently, "Let's talk about work in a work - like manner. You and Han Xiaolv continue the discussion first. I'll go out and have a chat with Lu Xue."
With that, Mu Yuze grabbed Lu Xue's arm without giving her a chance to object and dragged her out of the private room.
Lu Xue's arm was firmly held. She followed Mu Yuze all the way as they walked through the corridor.
The flickering light skimmed over their shoulders. Soon, the two reached an empty corner.
This time, Mu Yuze pinned Lu Xue against the wall, his eyes scrutinizing every detail of her face.
Lu Xue felt a bit exposed under Mu Yuze's gaze and averted her eyes.
But Mu Yuze said in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell me all this before?"
Lu Xue thought for a while and said carefully, "You didn't tell me that you've been looking for LU for the past few months either. If I had known, I would have told you for sure."
At this point, Lu Xue added, "Since it's your company, I will definitely attend this curation. It can be a small way to make up for it."
Mu Yuze was both angry and amused. He said, "Who wants this kind of compensation? You've kept it from me for so long. Shouldn't you make some real amends?"
Lu Xue said seriously, "This can't be blamed on me. We both didn't know each other's identities, so it's normal to have this little misunderstanding. But now that everything is out in the open, let's just forget about those small misunderstandings in the past!"
Mu Yuze found that Lu Xue's logic was quite self - consistent and there was no flaw in it.
He looked up and sighed. Finally, he compromised without any temper.
"Fine. From now on, you're not allowed to hide anything else from me."
Lu Xue nodded. "Apart from this, there really isn't anything else."
Mu Yuze smiled helplessly and pulled the girl in front of him into his arms.
When they returned to the private room, Yan Hua and Han Xiaolv were still negotiating. Yan Hua was almost on the verge of losing his temper.
He waved his arms and shouted on the sofa, "What do you mean? I have to agree to so many conditions of yours? Han Xiaolv, we've known each other for a while. Can't you just do me this favor without all these hassles?"
But Han Xiaolv said seriously, "I've already said that personal matters are personal, and work matters are work. Since we have our own positions, you're a senior executive of the company and I'm the agent of LU, we should conduct this negotiation based on this working relationship. We can't miss out on any of the agreed - upon conditions! You've already promised all these in the emails before we came!"
Yan Hua was extremely angry. He said again, "That's because we didn't know it was you and Lu Xue at that time, so we offered so many incentives. Do we still need to go through all this trouble now that we know?"
"No way. You don't know how many people want to invite us. If we just agree to your requests based on personal connections, it would be unfair to other partners who have invested a lot!"
Yan Hua rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward. Han Xiaolv immediately stepped back with a straight face and calmly scolded him.
"Don't let personal feelings interfere with work. It will only affect your professional attitude. What did you say in the email? You said you would show your professional and rigorous side during the meeting and let me know the strength of your company!"
It would have been better if Han Xiaolv hadn't brought this up. Once she did, Yan Hua got even angrier.
Mu Yuze and Lu Xue stood outside the private room, watching the two people inside making a complete mess with amusement.
Two staff members quickly stepped forward to stop the argument. What was supposed to be a proper meeting immediately turned into a scene of two kids fighting.
Yan Hua's well - styled hair was all messed up, and Han Xiaolv walked out of the private room fuming.
Finally, Lu Xue stepped forward to soothe the two "kids," and this farce ended quickly.
In the evening, Mu Yuze and Lu Xue returned to the old mansion. They looked at each other and smiled, feeling that this day had been truly magical.
Before they left home in the morning, they had breakfast at the dining table without knowing each other's identities.
By the time they came back at night, the last bit of estrangement between them had melted away.
Mu Yuze was in a good mood. At least today he finally found out who Lu Xue had dressed up so nicely to meet.
Lu Xue quickly changed her clothes and went back to her studio. Mu Yuze lingered at her door for a long time.
He originally wanted to go in and talk to her, but was afraid that he would seem too clingy. So he had to suppress the longing in his heart and turned back to his own room.
The next day, when Mu Ziyue came downstairs, she clearly felt that the atmosphere between Mu Yuze and Lu Xue was quite delicate.
She leaned against the window and watched the two outside trimming the flowers and plants in the garden.
One was watering the flowers with a kettle, and the other was pruning the leaves with scissors. They seemed to be chatting and laughing, getting along very harmoniously.
Mu Ziyue quickly called Aunt Chen over and asked her to watch with her.
"Look, Aunt Chen! Don't you think they look so good together on the lawn in the sun?"