The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 47 - 47 47 Morning Run Benefits

47: Chapter 47: Morning Run Benefits 47: Chapter 47: Morning Run Benefits Early morning, the sun had only just risen above the horizon, and Lin Fei, still in his dreams, was woken up by a series of loud knocks at the door.

“Who is it?

What’s up?

What time is it even, can’t a guy get some sleep?”

Anyone woken up early in the morning by knocking would not be pleased, especially Lin Fei, who was a pro at sleeping in.

His temper was even worse.

“It’s me, Mu Shanshan!”

Outside Lin Fei’s bedroom door, Mu Shanshan was biting her silver teeth.

If it weren’t for the door being too hard and her own feet too tender, she really would have kicked Lin Fei’s bedroom door open.

In the whole villa, there were only three people.

Lan, the maid, being middle-aged, naturally wouldn’t be getting up this early.

Besides Mu Shanshan, who had the habit of running in the morning, who else could it be?

This was something one could figure out just by thinking with their toes.

But Lin Fei, annoyingly, kept asking all sorts of questions, his tone filled with a strong sense of wariness, as if he were guarding against someone entering his bedroom to take advantage of him.

How could Mu Shanshan not be annoyed?

“Shanshan darling, what are you doing knocking on my door so early?

Don’t tell me you want to roll in the sheets, that’s better done at night.”

Inside the bedroom came the sound of Lin Fei yawning while shuffling in his slippers.

Mu Shanshan’s anger was steaming out, her thoughts so impure early in the morning, “Lin Fei, you…”

Before Mu Shanshan could vent her anger, the bedroom door abruptly opened, and Lin Fei leaned on the doorframe, still yawning, “What’s up?”

Mu Shanshan was stunned, her beautiful eyes wide open in shock, her expression as if she had seen a ghost, gradually her cheeks flushed red, and after reacting, she turned pale with shock and screamed, “Ah, —”

“You, how can you only wear, only wear—”

After a high-pitched scream, Mu Shanshan hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands and turned around, stamping her feet in frustration.

“Hey, don’t tell me you just wanted to see what I look like in my underwear this early, if there’s nothing important, I’m going back to sleep.”

Really, Lin Fei felt he was going crazy too.

Being woken up by Mu Shanshan was one thing, but then she had to act all shocked and screamed, driving away most of his sleepiness.

Lin Fei was speechless and unsatisfied.

It was just underwear he was wearing, for crying out loud.

He had even considered sleeping naked last night.

His little buddy hadn’t even shown yet; had it shown, you would have probably screamed your throat hoarse.

Even drowsy, Lin Fei’s mind went a tad evil for a few seconds.

“You, you better go put some clothes on, I’ll wait for you downstairs.”

“What for?!

It’s so early for work, go if you want, I haven’t had enough sleep.”

Lin Fei grumbled unhappily and was about to close the door to go back to sleep.

For Lin Fei, being on time for work was already an achievement, let alone asking him to start early.

Possible?

Mu Shanshan suddenly panicked and spun around, of course, her hands didn’t forget to tightly cover her eyes, fearing seeing something she shouldn’t.

“Who, who told you to go to work.” While speaking, Mu Shanshan couldn’t help but stamp her foot again, “Didn’t I tell you before, from now on you’re supposed to run with me in the mornings.”

“Morning run?

Are you kidding me, when did I ever agree to that?”

Now, Lin Fei was completely awake.

He did remember Mu Shanshan mentioning this before, but he was sure he had never agreed to it.

“I don’t care, I’ll wait for you downstairs, if you don’t come down in five minutes, you won’t have meals at home anymore.”

Mu Shanshan, still covering her eyes, started threatening Lin Fei.

Damn it, she even dared mention meals.

Lin Fei was irked, having had his meal snatched by Mu Shanshan last night; he was planning to burst into her bedroom and take it back.

Who knew that the usually icy Mu Shanshan would actually use her hands to eat crayfish.

Her mouth slightly open in a cute pose, when Lin Fei first saw it, his eyes almost popped out.

To protect her dignity, Lin Fei wisely backed out.

Because of that, Lin Fei had gone to sleep on an empty stomach last night.

Sleeping hungry was an awful feeling, which added to Lin Fei’s grievances.

Glancing up, there stood Mu Shanshan, her hair elegantly tied up, dressed in a slightly loose pink tracksuit, and wearing a pair of white Nike sports shoes, the epitome of a youthful beauty.

Mu Shanshan was still covering her eyes, and the moment she turned to head downstairs, Lin Fei swiftly took two steps forward and leaned close to Mu Shanshan.

Smack!

Lin Fei kissed Mu Shanshan’s flawless cheek and quickly withdrew, shutting the bedroom door behind him, “Consider that my payment for running with you!”

Silence!

Dead silence!

Mu Shanshan still held her hands over her eyes, one minute, two minutes…five minutes passed, and Mu Shanshan finally came to her senses.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

If Mu Shanshan had been knocking on the door before, this time she was practically slamming it, her rage completely unleashed, her pretty face nearly swelling into an apple.

This was the first time in her life that Mu Shanshan had been kissed by a man other than her father.

Although she had studied abroad, she had never really taken to the Western custom of cheek-kissing.

Today, Mu Shanshan had woken Lin Fei up nicely, ostensibly to have him join her for a morning run, but really she intended to gradually eliminate the lazy habits from the man’s daily life.

The so-called “Transform Lin Fei Project” was actually a plan that Mu Shanshan had just come up with, something akin to a business proposal.

Aunt Lan had more than once tried to convince Mu Shanshan to give Lin Fei a chance.

With Mu Hong pressing her, even if Mu Shanshan wanted a divorce, it was completely impossible.

After much thought, Mu Shanshan weighed Lin Fei’s character.

Mu Shanshan felt that although Lin Fei was lazy, shameless, lustful, and a bit of a rogue, during their time married, he had never forced her into anything, so his character wasn’t all that bad.

Appearance-wise, he was passable too.

Thinking it over, Mu Shanshan felt that, since she was already married to Lin Fei and couldn’t get a divorce, this sort of marriage in name only could work in the short term, but sooner or later Mu Hong would notice the issues.

Rather than waiting to be scolded by Mu Hong, it might be better to transform Lin Fei into the image of the Prince Charming she envisioned.

If the transformation really succeeded, it could actually be a great way to improve their relationship as a couple.

Thus, Mu Shanshan had created a detailed plan for the Lin Fei Transformation Project.

But the Lin Fei Transformation Project was just beginning.

It hadn’t shown any results yet but Lin Fei had already taken such a big advantage, making Mu Shanshan so frustrated she was almost nauseous.

“Mu CEO, if you don’t want me to publicize what you did in the bedroom last night, you’d better obediently wait downstairs for me.”

Just as Mu Shanshan was considering whether to find the keys to open the door and rush in to fight Lin Fei, his voice, full of playful mockery, came from the bedroom.

Mu Shanshan’s door banging ceased abruptly.

Her beautiful, picturesque face turned from red to white to green, the colors rapidly changing.

Despite having experienced all manner of big scenes, Mu Shanshan had excellent mental fortitude.

Seconds later, she managed to suppress the various turbulent emotions and turned toward the bathroom.

One of the most embarrassing things Mu Shanshan had done in over twenty years was being used by Lin Fei to blackmail her into submission.

Of course, another significant reason was that Lin Fei’s kiss had been too forceful, leaving a small puddle of a saliva mark on Mu Shanshan’s pretty face.

Earlier, Mu Shanshan had been too focused on banging on the door to feel much, but once she calmed down.

The area Lin Fei had kissed felt as if thousands of tiny bugs were crawling over it.

Mu Shanshan hurried to—wash her face!

…

At the Purple Garden Pavilion villa, a BMW 7 Series sedan drove out.

Unlike before, today Lin Fei sat in the driver’s seat, while the car owner Mu Shanshan sat in the passenger seat.

“I say, Shanshan wife, since I’m acting both as a security guard and a driver, shouldn’t you consider giving me a raise?”

Lin Fei glanced at the ice-cold beauty CEO sitting in the passenger seat and said cheerfully.

“Drive your car!”

Mu Shanshan gave him a cold glance, her gaze seemingly able to freeze Lin Fei into a block of ice.

Undeterred by Mu Shanshan’s attitude, Lin Fei smiled even more and began humming along to the car’s music.

Lin Fei was in a very good mood, extremely good, one might even say exhilarating.

Not just because he had become the personal driver of the beauty CEO, nor just because he had kissed Mu Shanshan’s face early in the morning.

But because Mu Shanshan had actually agreed to his seemingly unreasonable request that for every week he accompanied her on a morning run, he could kiss her once.

The moment Mu Shanshan nodded, Lin Fei truly wanted to slap himself in the face.

Why had he said once a week when he could have said every day?

Why just a kiss when he could have said something bolder?

Although he didn’t know why Mu Shanshan insisted on him joining her for morning runs, for someone like Lin Fei who had been in countless battles, running was child’s play.

While Lin Fei appeared in a very good mood, Mu Shanshan’s pretty face looked extremely upset.

In reality, Mu Shanshan wasn’t as annoyed as she appeared; there was a bit of satisfaction in her heart.

In her view, Lin Fei had taken the bait.

The first step of the Transform Lin Fei Project had been perfectly executed.

Given some time, she would definitely transform Lin Fei into a qualified career professional.

In matters of love, Mu Shanshan was like a blank slate.

Her marriage to Lin Fei was completely orchestrated by Mu Hong’s wishes, meaning Mu Shanshan didn’t really know how to be a wife, let alone a qualified one.

To put it bluntly, Mu Shanshan wasn’t truly prepared to be Lin Fei’s wife.

When it came to love, Mu Shanshan was inexperienced.

However, she was extremely skilled in business.

Thus, Mu Shanshan treated the Transform Lin Fei Project like a business proposal, which left her full of confidence in herself.

Mu Shanshan firmly believed that just as she could achieve success in her career, she could also surely succeed in her married life.