40 The Man and His Secre (1/2)

Since the shoot was wrapped up, Lee Mu was busy collecting his stuff and throwing them into his backpack. Normally, his agent, Zao Ming a gnome of a man when standing next to the physically large Lee Mu, would do that for him but he was down with a serious flu.

While Lee Mu was thinking about the man, an innocent, girly voice came up from behind him, ”Brother Lee Mu?”

Lee Mu turned towards the voice and saw Qing Qing smiling sweetly at him.

”Oh, it's you, Qing Qing. How can I help you?” Lee Mu asked with the kindness of a big brother.

Qing Qing answered, ”Brother Lee Mu, it is like this. You know we have this dinner party in a bit right?”

When Lee Mu nodded, Qing Qing continued, ”Do you mind giving me a lift there? I did not drive to work today.”

”Of course not,” Lee Mu answered in reflex before frowning and asked, ”But aren't you going with Joann? I heard you girls talking about it earlier? Is she not going?”

”No, it is not that. She has something emergency to attend to and so she told me to go with you because according to her, you have something you wish to tell me, but she did tell me to reserve a seat for her,” explained Qing Qing.

She did not bring up the missing purse because she was afraid Lee Mu might be kind enough to volunteer to stay back to help Joann. That would seriously ruin her plan. For her plan to work, she needed to arrive early with Lee Mu in tow or for Joann to arrive late. In this instance, she had opted for the latter because she was not that close to Lee Mu to be able to effectively manipulate the man yet… although she did hope that would change soon enough.

”Is that so?” Lee Mu hummed contemplatively before breaking into a bright smile, ”Alright, then, come with me. I suppose we should depart now so we would not be late. We can talk in the car on the way there.”

Qing Qing followed Lee Mu closely as they reached his car. Unlike the man who always took good care of his appearance, the condition of his car left much to be desired. It looked perfectly fine from the outside because the windows were heavily tinted but once inside, the mess was quite unmistakable.

There were used paper napkins that littered every corner and a pile of clothes was lying on the backseat.

Lee Mu laughed embarrassingly when he realized how untidy the interior was. He had forgotten completely about the state of his car because it did not look like that for most of the days.

With an embarrassed smile, Lee Mu said, ”I am so sorry about the mess.” He leaned in to clean the passenger seat as best as he could, grabbing the larger trash out of the car and dumping them in a nearby trashcan.

He then turned back to Qing Qing and said, ”I understand if you wish to order a taxi.”