Chapter 232 - Blushing, Song Yu Obediently Wrapped Her Arms Around His Neck (2/2)
Exasperated, Mu Sisi answered it. “Hello?”
“Hello, Miss Mu,” a man said through the phone.
Mu Sisi frowned. With a distant tone, she asked, “Who are you?”
“Ah, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jian Yi. You have probably heard of me before. I’m Qi Chengyue’s ex-husband.” Jian Yi sat in his car. He put his left arm out the car window with a cigarette between his fingers. He puffed a mouthful of smoke.
“Oh, it’s you.” Mu Sisi pouted in disdain. “How did you get my number?”
“When there is a will, there is a way.” Jian Yi flicked the ash off his cigarette out the window.
Mu Sisi scoffed and squinted her eyes. Impertinently, she asked, “What does Qi Chengyue’s ex-husband want with me? Do we even know each other?”
“Miss Mu, don’t be so impatient to push me away.” Jian Yi took a puff of his cigarette. “What if I told you, I have the means to put Qi Chengzhi on a leash? Will you be interested then?”
Mu Sisi’s expression shifted abruptly. She squinted and turned to look outside the window. Coldly, she asked, “What do you mean?”
“I know you like Qi Chengzhi. I have something good against him that will give you the ultimate control over him if you lay your hands on it. Not only can you ruin things with Song Yu for him, but you can also have him do whatever you want.” Jian Yi stated as he puffed his cigarette.
“What do you have?” Mu Sisi questioned doubtfully. She could not shake the feeling that Jian Yi was fooling her.
“Miss Mu, even though you just came back from America, you are an adult now. How could you not understand the situation? Are you naive enough to think that I’ll tell you something so valuable just because you asked?” Jian Yi laughed mockingly.
Mu Sisi pouted and scoffed, “If it’s something so big, why don’t you use it against Qi Chengzhi yourself? You were kicked out of the Qi family without gaining a single cent from the divorce. Instead, you lost your dignity. So, what makes you think I’ll believe you?”
Jian Yi tossed the cigarette out the window and opened the door to stomp out the flame. In a cold voice, he said, “That’s my business, so I won’t waste your time on it. I’m only going to tell you that I have information concerning the Song family’s bankruptcy. Is that enough for you? I know that you have hired people to investigate this. I have what you need right now. You can save your effort.”
Mu Sisi jumped out of her seat. She did not even bother to ask how he got the evidence or how he knew she was investigating it. When she heard that, she believed him.
If he did not know that the Song family’s bankruptcy was suspicious, he never could have said all those things.
“What are your conditions?” Mu Sisi asked in a deep voice.
“Two million and the Mu family’s lawyer to fight for my mother’s court case.” Jian Yi rubbed his middle finger with his thumb. The smell of tobacco lingered. Due to his smoking habit, the parts where he held his cigarettes felt rougher than the rest.
“Two million? You have a huge appetite!” Mu Sisi exclaimed mockingly, “It’s not like I can’t look into this matter myself. Why would I pay you two million? You must have gone crazy thinking about money!”
“I know. You hired Xinfeng Investigation Agency, right?” Jian Yi was unfazed.
Mu Sisi did not expect him to know that too.
Jian Yi scorned, “Miss Mu, you have just returned to the country. Besides the language, everything else is foreign to you. You haven’t been able to establish any connections here, and you are looking blindly on the internet. Do you really think an investigation agency can get the job done? At the end of the day, you’re just burning money. Qi Chengzhi is an extremely cautious man. Do you think he will leave a shred of evidence that any mediocre detectives can find?”
It was true that Mu Sisi did not have high expectations when she went to the agency. Even Mu Huaisheng could only make guesses. He did not have any evidence, so he went back to look at the company’s record. However, he could not find a single file on that matter.
If Mu Huaisheng could not find anything, there was no chance for an investigation agency to get any hits.
“Then how did you find it?” Mu Sisi inquired cautiously.
“You don’t have to know that.” Jian Yi’s fingers on his left hand drummed on the steering wheel’s leather cover. “After so many years, I have expanded my web of connections. Naturally, I have a way to find out about these things. Think about it. I’ll be waiting at MeU Cafe at nine tomorrow morning. I will wait for half an hour, and if you don’t show up, I’ll just have to assume that you don’t want the evidence. After this, if your agency fails to find anything, do know that I won’t hand it to you no matter how much money you offer me.”
Before Mu Sisi could reply, Jian Yi had already hung up.
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The next day, Mu Sisi drove to MeU cafe.
She drove a newly bought Jaguar. She knew Qi Chengzhi had one so she bought the same model as the one Qi Chengzhi had parked in his Viewpark Residence garage.
Mu Sisi stopped her car in front of the cafe. She then took a photograph out of her bag. It was a photograph of Jian Yi.
It was not hard to look into Jian Yi. His divorce with Qi Chengyue had put him all over the news. A quick search on the internet revealed tons of his photographs.
Mu Sisi put the photograph back into her bag and got out of her car.
She entered the cafe and scanned the place. Jian Yi was not there. She took out her phone and dialed his number. “I’m here. Where are you?”
“Second floor. Turn left, then turn right and go straight. I’m at the corner.”
After they hung up, Mu Sisi headed straight to the second floor. She followed Jian Yi’s instructions and arrived at a booth in a corner where a man sat with his back toward her.
She walked toward him and sat down across from Jian Yi, who nodded at her. “Miss Mu.”
“Where’s the evidence? I want to see it,” Mu Sisi requested immediately. She was in no mood for small talk.
Jian Yi picked up a leather-colored document file from beside him and took out a few papers. He placed them on the table for Mu Sisi.
Mu Sisi examined each page. The minute she reached the last page, Jian Yi took the papers away from her.
Mu Sisi knew what he meant. She produced a check from her bag and handed it to Jian Yi. “Two million.”
Jian Yi examined the cheque. He said, “I know that MU. wants to develop its market here. You guys have established a team of top lawyers. I need one to fight my mother’s court case.”
Mu Sisi called a lawyer in front of Jian Yi. She told the lawyer to go to the cafe immediately.
“Happy?” Mu Sisi asked coldly after she hung up.
Jian Yi smirked. “Miss Mu, the way you do things is quite straightforward.”
Mu Sisi waited for the lawyer. Once she briefed the lawyer, she left.
Once she returned to her car, she hastily poured out the papers to take a closer look. After she stared at them for a long while, a sinister smile appeared on her face. Her lips twitched as she replaced the papers into the document file and put them in her bag.
Mu Sisi flipped the sun visor down and looked into the mirror. She turned left and right, and stared at her reflection as if she was possessed. After she gazed into the mirror for what seemed like an eternity, she smiled at her reflection ominously. It was as if she had gone crazy.
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Mu Sisi reached her home. She made several photocopies of the document and scanned it onto her computer.
As she stared at the computer, she contemplated on it for ages. Then, she stood up and paced around her bedroom. Finally, she opened her wardrobe and ran her fingers across each and every garment there. In the end, she took out a short white dress. It was laced and long-sleeved.
The long sleeves of the dress were embellished with laces. The dress only reached her thighs. There was a significant distance between the skirt’s end and her knees. The skirt spread open in the shape of an ‘A.’
The design was meant for youthful girls. Mu Sisi stood in front of the mirror and thought it made her look innocent, and yet classy.
She put on cherry red lipstick, and it made her white dress stand out even more.
Satisfied with her get-up, she took her bag and went out.
In the car, she received a call from Mu Huaisheng.
“Are you coming to the office today?” Mu Huaisheng asked annoyedly through the phone.
“I have some matters to attend to, so I’m not going,” Mu Sisi answered nonchalantly as she started the engine.
“How can you work with an attitude like that? I think you’re better off staying at home and be a brainless spoilt brat,” Mu Huaisheng mocked. “Even though it is our family’s company, you are still an employee here. So why don’t you have the decency to at least ask for leave? You just left all of your work there without notifying anyone, slowing down the whole company’s progress. Do you have any idea how much was delayed because of you?”