The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship
Chapter 183 - 174 It’s All Your Doing

Chapter 183: Chapter 174 It’s All Your Doing

"What are you all standing around for? Hurry, hurry, hurry." Qi Meihui shouted orders at everyone.

Leader Zhang’s eyes were bloodshot, screaming wildly without any reason.

The two young men who came with Qi Meihui picked up their phones to take pictures, but Qi Meihui slapped them down, her face red with anger as she roared, "Snap snap snap, did I ask you to take pictures of this?"

The two young men looked at each other, not understanding what had just happened.

Luan Yi was so frightened that she curled up into a ball, her tear-stained face not yet dry, her eyes lifelessly staring at the corner of the wall, hugging her body shivering.

Qi Meihui quickly wrapped her in a blanket, beginning to shoo the onlookers away: "Get out of here, all of you get out, anyone who dares to take a picture, I guarantee with the name of the Qi Family that they’ll be finished wherever they go."

Qi Meihui was truly in a rush, even going as far as to invoke the Qi Family in the end.

Upon hearing her, everyone dispersed. Mu Shuoqian and Gu Qili hadn’t even stepped half a foot into the room; even if it were to watch the drama, they stayed far away. Moreover, Mu Shuoqian had absolutely no interest in other women, and it was torture for his eyes to even glance at one more time.

Gu Qili didn’t want to witness such a scene and had gone back to her room earlier.

From the ruckus Qi Meihui made just now, it was clear that this play was designed entirely for her. Qi Meihui wanted to direct a "caught in the act" scene, and she even specially looked for photographers, probably journalists of some sort. It must be said, her calculation was very good. If successful, she could also destroy her image in Mu Shuoqian’s heart, making him no longer protect her.

Unfortunately for Qi Meihui, she had lifted a rock only to drop it on her own feet. She never would have thought that the person to end up in disgrace would be her niece.

Although Gu Qili couldn’t stand such forced situations, she didn’t feel any sympathy for that aunt and niece. If they hadn’t tried every means to frame her, how would they have ended up like this?

Do such people deserve sympathy?

However, to others, Luan Yi was undoubtedly a pitiful victim, while Leader Zhang, who had been manipulated, became an absolute scoundrel.

Soon, neat footsteps could be heard from outside,

Gu Qili drank a glass of water to calm her emotions and suddenly looked at the man sending messages with curiosity, he seemed to know everything.

Coincidentally, the man also looked up at her, and facing her suspicious gaze, his expression was calm like still water, always so composed and calm, and even vaguely innocent, making her embarrassed to associate him with those thoughts.

"Bang."

The door was suddenly pushed open; they hadn’t locked it when they came in, considering the commotion outside.

Mu Shuoqian looked coldly at the person entering, his gaze even icier.

"Mu Shuoqian, is that it?" Qi Meihui, with fire in her eyes and disheveled hair, charged in like a madwoman and demanded.

Mu Shuoqian leaned against a cabinet, a freshly lit cigarette in his hand. Seeing her, his mouth curved into a mocking smile, with no intention to speak, treating her like she was nothing.

"Mu Shuoqian, do you know, once this gets out, Luan Yi’s reputation will be ruined by you. She doesn’t have a boyfriend yet, isn’t married, what do you expect her to do now?"

Mu Shuoqian never bothered to explain such matters. To him, Qi Meihui’s questioning was as significant as a fart.

However, Gu Qili couldn’t let Qi Meihui go on a rampage. She put her glass of water aside and walked over to stand in front of Mu Shuoqian.

Gu Qili looked up at him with a smile, and when her gaze fell back on Qi Meihui, her face turned cold again. She said unceremoniously, "If I were you, I wouldn’t have the face to come over asking all sorts of questions. You know better than anyone why this happened. Leader Zhang is out of his mind; obviously, someone drugged him. Dare you say you don’t know who it was?"

Qi Meihui’s gaze flickered twice, her bluster clearly diminished.

Gu Qili continued, "Why would a reporter show up in a normal hotel unless someone had informed them beforehand? You seemed very familiar with them. The truth will come out."

Qi Meihui was left speechless, her arguments blocked by Gu Qili’s words.

"Why would Leader Zhang enter Luan Yi’s room? He must have stolen a room card. So, who gave him that card? Just check the hotel surveillance, and I think it’ll be clear."

"You just didn’t expect Leader Zhang to enter the wrong room. You planned for him to come here, right? This is called retribution—harming others eventually harms yourself."

Qi Meihui shivered with rage at Gu Qili’s words, pointing at her and cursing furiously, "What are you, to be so arrogant?"

Then, the man, who had been silent until now, finally spoke coldly, his deep gaze with a icy glint, his hand on her shoulder tightening slightly.

"Mu Shuoqian’s woman can be as arrogant as she pleases, and can disregard anyone because this is the right I have granted her."

Upon hearing this, the part of Gu Qili’s body in contact with him suddenly felt warm.

When she was young, she learned the story of the fox borrowing the tiger’s might, and at that time scorned the fox’s cunning. But now, she finally understood the fox; the ability to run wild with the authority of the tiger,

"You... you actually indulge her like this?"

"Get lost." Mu Shuoqian’s voice became even colder, carrying a full warning.

Qi Meihui swallowed the rest of her words. This man didn’t need many words; even a single one was enough to have a deterring effect. Such a powerful aura was something her incompetent husband Mu Hewen could never match, not even in a hundred years.

Qi Meihui was very clear in her heart that Gu Qili had already seen that she had arranged this, so now she had to spend money to bribe the reporter who had suddenly arrived.

Without saying anything further, she huffily turned and left; she now must find a way to settle this matter privately.

After Qi Meihui left, Gu Qili stuck out her tongue towards her retreating figure, then turned back only to meet the man’s seemingly amused gaze.

Gu Qili pointed to his chest with her finger, thinking:

He’s just hoping for chaos.

Mu Shuoqian captured her finger and examined it closely, then met her inquisitive gaze again without answering, but suddenly leaned down and bit gently on that slender fingertip.

Gu Qili wrinkled her nose and quickly pulled her hand away, complaining discontentedly: "You’re like a dog, biting people."

Clearly, he had no interest in answering her question. Gu Qili guessed on her own, "Why do you know so much about what’s going on here? Did you plant spies among these people?"

"You’re so smart, take a guess."

"Or are you saying, you’ve been having someone secretly keep an eye on Qi Meihui?"

"Want to know?"

"Yes."

Mu Shuoqian walked over to the bed and sat down, leaning back on his arms in a casual posture, looking at her: "Telling you would spoil the mystery."

Gu Qili: "..."

He indeed had planted spies, but not to watch Qi Meihui, rather to watch her assistant. Qi Meihui, being as cunning as she was, would never dirty her hands with bad deeds directly, so keeping an eye on her was pointless.

As expected, her assistant had secretly taken a room card and arranged to meet Leader Zhang. Therefore, he had someone deliberately knock the room card out of his hand in the elevator, and when he learned that the room number upstairs was 1408 instead of 1411, he just sat back and waited to watch the show.

Foolish people sometimes don’t need his hand to be dealt with.

Mu Shuoqian sprawled on the bed with the posture of someone who was not going to leave anytime soon: "I came in such a hurry that I didn’t book a room. I’ll have to make do with staying here tonight."

"Mu Shuoqian, you’re using that trick again. I don’t believe for a second you couldn’t book a room."

His gaze towards her dark eyes was filled with intense, hidden desire.

Thus, he had almost tirelessly dealt with matters elsewhere and flew here just so he could see her sooner. Only after having her in his arms did his heart finally settle down, no longer drifting aimlessly.

"Gu Qili." The slightly hoarse voice suddenly rang in her ear, as pleasant as the sudden plucking of piano strings in an empty hall, every note dancing upon her hearing.

"Hmm?" Gu Qili nestled against him, smiling as she looked into his eyes.

Such deep eyes, reflecting only her image at this moment.

"It’s nothing."

It’s nothing; he just felt like calling her name.

Gu Qili raised a hand to trace the lines of his eyebrows, softly saying, "Thank you."

She knew he had always been watching over her from the shadows.

He frowned slightly, not quite satisfied with her perfunctory response.

Gu Qili pretended to close her eyes, urging, "Time to sleep, we still have physical training tomorrow."

"Mu Shuoqian," Gu Qili scolded him.

Since when had he become so keen to help others?