Chapter 233 - I’ve Never Thought You Were Pretty, but Now, You’re so Hideous It’s Disgusting (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“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?”
“That’s enough, Mu Huaisheng. I don’t want to quarrel with you right now. The company can do fine without me as I’m only a petty assistant designer. What important job do I have that will bring losses to the company? It is my family’s company, so what could possibly happen if I skip work for a day to attend to my affairs? It was Xu Chang that told you, right? That snitch! She’s merely an employee of the Mu family. She shouldn’t be the design director. Also, how dare she snitch on me! Did she forget my position in the company? Ah, she must be out of her mind!”
“I think you’re the one who’s out of your mind!” Mu Huaisheng was getting a headache as he dealt with Mu Sisi. His thumb and middle finger massaged his temple. “Don’t bother coming in tomorrow! You’re not needed even as an assistant designer. Besides, I don’t need you spoiling the company name and holding everyone in your team back.”
“I dare you to do that!” Mu Sisi was unfazed. “The Mu family isn’t yours yet. Dad only sent you to develop the market here. He never said that he’s putting you in charge! Dad gave me my job personally, so you have no right to fire me! If you do it, I’ll call Mom and Dad. You’re firing me for something as trivial as not attending work for one day. Do you think Mom and Dad will agree with you? I am the precious daughter of the Mu family. I have the fortunate fate to be born into such a family, doesn’t that mean I deserve special privileges? Since this is my family’s company, I have the right to do whatever I want! I will do as I please. Anyone who isn’t happy with it or is jealous of me can only blame it on their fate.”
Mu Huaisheng was at a loss of words. What he wanted the most was to send her back to America.
“If you want to fire me, you can wait until Dad resigns, and you take over the Mu family. Then we can talk! Nonetheless, by then, half of the company will be mine, so you can’t lay a finger on me,” Mu Sisi said delightfully, as she raised her eyebrows.
Mu Huaisheng was so exasperated that he started to laugh. He stood up and walked toward the panoramic windows and stared at the rows and columns of high-rise buildings and the cars stuck in a traffic jam on the streets. “That is not the only reason I called. You took Lawyer Wu out.”
“He is our family’s lawyer. As a member of the Mu family, don’t I have the right to have him do things for me?” Mu Sisi said coldly.
“He is the company’s lawyer. You are using the company’s resources, and I am the general manager of MU. and not to mention, the director in Greater China. Don’t you think you should inform me before utilizing the company’s resources?” Mu Huaisheng said over the phone.
Mu Sisi froze. She took a deep breath and switched her phone to her left hand. “I’m just helping a friend out. It has nothing to do with the company. I hired Lawyer Wu under my name, so I will cover his fees. Even though he is the company’s lawyer, he can take up private cases as long as it doesn’t go against his contract. The matter has no connections to the company, so let’s just pretend I looked for a lawyer randomly and ended up hiring Lawyer Wu by chance. So, I wouldn’t need to inform you of anything.”
“Friend?” Mu Huaisheng laughed scornfully. “Since when was Jian Yi your friend?”
“Lawyer Wu told you? What happened to his professional conduct as a lawyer? How could he leak information about his client like that?” Mu Sisi squinted her eyes and clenched her teeth.
“Stop dragging everyone else’s names through the dirt and take some time to look at yourself,” Mu Huaisheng advised with frustration. “This has nothing to do with Lawyer Wu. He is very professional. After you’ve done so many despicable things, don’t you think I have learned my lesson? I have eyes on you every second of the day.”
“You!” Mu Sisi’s heart pounded with rage. “Mu Huaisheng, can you mind your own business? I don’t need you to interfere with every trifling matter in my life!”
Jian Yi’s divorce was big news, so Mu Huaisheng knew Jian Yi had some connections with Song Yu. “Do you think I like to monitor you like this? If you would stop causing so much trouble, then I wouldn’t have to! My hands are already full with the company’s matters, yet I still have to keep an eye on you. Do you think I want to? Let me warn you, do not cause any trouble with Song Yu. Do you remember the last time you bothered her? In the end, you’re the one left in shambles. If you do anything stupid again, Qi Chengzhi will never forgive you.”
“Don’t worry. Me helping Jian Yi has nothing to do with Song Yu,” Mu Sisi said before she hung up and threw her phone aside.
She thought about it for a while and then decided to switch off her phone. Only then did she drove off.
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Mu Sisi drove to Qilin. After she parked the car, she looked into the mirror and checked her makeup.
She took her bag and headed into Qilin. Without stopping at the reception, she marched straight to the elevator but her way was blocked.
Mu Sisi bit her lip. She thought she could escape the receptionist.
“I’m here to see your director, Qi Chengzhi,” Mu Sisi told the receptionist with annoyance in her voice. The receptionist at the desk was a tall lady. Mu Sisi only reached her nose, but with her arrogant personality, even when she had to raise her head to look at someone, her eyes were filled with disdain.
The receptionist suppressed her anger. She wondered what kind of haughty psychopath the cat had dragged in for the day. With a forced smile, she asked, “Miss, may I have your surname? Do you have an appointment?”
“No, just tell him that Mu Sisi wants to see him,” Mu Sisi growled.
Those words felt like deja vu to the receptionist. She felt like a woman who had done the exact same thing before. She had announced her name so confidently and thought that the director would surely attend to her.
The receptionist smiled at her courteously. She made a call to Cheng Dongge, and then said, “Miss Mu, my apologies, but the director is busy, so he can’t see you now.”
Mu Sisi snatched the phone from her hand. “Cheng Dongge, right? Tell Brother Chengzhi this is regarding the Song family’s bankruptcy. If he doesn’t see me, I’ll go to Song Yu.”
Mu Sisi then tossed the handset back to the receptionist, and it hit her in the chest. She winced in pain.
Mu Sisi declared, “I can go up now. If you don’t believe me, ask him yourself.”
The receptionist placed the handset to her ear and listened to Cheng Dongge’s instructions. Then she turned her gaze to Mu Sisi.
Mu Sisi snickered. She turned away and headed to the elevators.
“Who the hell is that! What a horrible attitude!” A colleague scowled as she glared at Mu Sisi’s back.
“It seems like another woman has fallen for our director. An idiot like her shouldn’t even think about getting our director. Even ordinary men wouldn’t like her,” the receptionist sneered as she slammed the phone down.
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Mu Sisi entered the elevator. On the way up, the door suddenly opened on a different floor. Both Mu Sisi and the people outside the elevator were shocked.
“What are you doing here?” Qi Chengyue entered the elevator, as she glared at Mu Sisi. “My brother has told you that he doesn’t like you. He’s even married now. How much thicker can your skin get?”
Mu Sisi’s face twisted with rage. She stared at Qi Chengyue and snorted, “This has nothing to do with you, so why are you so agitated? Oh, I remember now! Your ex-husband had a child with his mistress and divorced you. Do I remind you of the pain you suffered?”
“Not at all.” Qi Chengyue looked down at Mu Sisi. Compared to her, Mu Sisi was very short. Every member of the Qi family had a tall figure. Even though Qi Chengyue could not compete with her 190cm-tall brothers, she was still 168cm in height. She was not as tall as the models but she was exceptionally tall when compared to normal women. With heels on, she appeared even more towering.
Even though Mu Sisi also wore heels, she only reached Qi Chengyue’s chin.
Qi Chengyue looked down at Mu Sisi with scorn. She was not the receptionist, and she was the precious daughter of the Qi family. She walked around with an air of superiority, and the aura she emitted dominated Mu Sisi’s.
“You went to America when you were a child, so I don’t blame you for not comprehending Mandarin well. Let me explain it to you. First of all, a mistress is someone who forcefully wedges herself into other people’s marriage and tears their family apart. In the man’s eye, a mistress is more attractive than his wife. A mistress threatens the wife’s position and therefore threatens her, and a mistress is someone who can make her husband not go home for days. Even if the mistress cannot force the man into a divorce, she still holds a special place in his heart.”
“As for you, Song Yu doesn’t even give a d*mn about you. She doesn’t even see you as a worthy rival. Also, my big brother won’t even glance at you. No matter how big a fuss you make, you’re just making yourself look like a clown. You do not affect either of them. Even though you’re part of the ‘mistress team,’ you don’t even get the chance to appear on stage. You know, it’s the first time I’ve heard anyone call herself a mistress,” Qi Chengyue snickered.
“Even so, looking at your situation, you don’t even qualify as a mistress. So what are you bragging about? Oh, I know! You’re bragging about how much failure and humiliation you have brought upon yourself. You stripped naked in front of my big brother, but he wasn’t the least bit charmed. Rather, he thinks you’re more disgusting than ever. Oh, or are you bragging about how much effort you put in? Or how you can’t let go of things? Your unrelenting determination?”
“You—” Mu Sisi clenched her teeth and glared furiously at Qi Chengyue. Her bright and playful red lips appeared hostile and ferocious.
“You think you’ve hit a sore spot? Too bad, because I don’t care who my ex-husband sleeps with. I now have a man who loves me, values me and pampers me, so why should I care about the insignificant people and things?” Qi Chengyue scoffed. “I’m not like you to run around all day to steal someone who doesn’t even belong to you! Even after humiliating yourself, you’ve gained nothing out of it.”