The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship
Chapter 202 - 191: Sorry

Chapter 202: Chapter 191: Sorry

Mu Shuoqian was holding a hairdryer intending to continue drying her hair,

"Do you know how worried I was about you? I’ve been trying to contact you since last night, and I called you all morning today. You were clearly back, why didn’t you tell me?"

Mu Shuoqian remained silent, but still stubbornly hugged her, and once he had her in his arms, he didn’t want to let go.

After several unsuccessful attempts to push him away, Gu Qili had no choice but to give up; when this man put on a thick face, she was willing to admit defeat.

"You clearly saw me yet still pretended to call and ask what I was doing, what kind of answer were you hoping for? If I didn’t tell the truth, were you planning on arguing with me? Did you think I was on a date with Tang Tianyou? Are you afraid I might run off with another man?" Gu Qili grew more agitated as she spoke, her face flushing red.

Mu Shuoqian tightened his grip around her.

It was true that he was scared. Seeing her intimate interaction with Tang Tianyou, his first reaction was not anger but panic; he feared that what he had finally resolved to possess would suddenly slip away from him,

In his eyes, she was so perfect that he felt any man could harbor thoughts towards her, and he was often caught unprepared.

He was wrong about today, and he was willing to be punished.

"Mu Shuoqian, I have told you before, as long as our marriage continues, I will respect it and not betray it in any way. Yet, you still don’t trust me, so you tested me." Gu Qili was truly hurt, nothing was more upsetting than the distrust of a loved one, "If you really don’t trust me, you might as well have someone watch me every day."

"I’m sorry." Mu Shuoqian suddenly spoke,

It was precisely because he cared that he feared losing, and because he cared, he lost his composure.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust her, he didn’t trust himself.

Hearing these utterly ordinary three words from the man’s precious lips, Gu Qili’s recently hardened heart suddenly cracked a little.

"I’m sorry, it was my fault, I shouldn’t have doubted you." His tone was filled with a hard-to-describe sincerity and regret, utterly unlike the decisive Mu Shuoqian of usual; it was uncharacteristically soft.

His apology gently tapped on that crack like a small hammer, and the hard shell that Gu Qili had just put up was shattered, alas, being soft-hearted is indeed a disease.

She softened her tone as well, taking the initiative to explain today’s incident: "Tang Tianyou just came to pick up his little dog, there’s nothing between us."

His gaze towards her was deep, with a bit of resentment, "He held you."

"I was about to fall, he just helped me in passing." She rubbed her temples helplessly, "Not every man who comes in contact with me has ulterior motives, if you are so afraid that I might run off with them, you might as well lock me up and never let me out."

She was merely speaking out of frustration, but he took it very seriously as a suggestion: "I think that’s a good idea."

Gu Qili was furious, glaring at him fiercely: "It was really just a coincidence, his dog was lost and I just happened to find it. Moreover, he saved me yesterday. Out of gratitude, I couldn’t just ignore him."

"What happened?" He sharply caught the important point in her words, "Saved you?"

Gu Qili relayed the incident of being followed the previous day, and added after finishing: "Although I don’t know what those people were really up to, it was definitely not something good. Fortunately, I encountered Tang Tianyou and was able to avoid it."

Mu Shuoqian’s expression turned stern, seemingly thinking of something, he said: "I need to make a phone call."

"Okay." Gu Qili picked up the hairdryer that was tossed onto the bed and continued to dry her hair.

Mu Shuoqian quickly walked to the balcony, simultaneously dialing a number. The other side picked up soon, with a hint of surprise: "Young Master Qian."

"Who gave you the courage." The sunlight draped lightly over him, making him appear radiant and yet immensely dazzling, the chilly aura emitting from him seemed to be transmitted through the phone signal, causing the person on the line to shudder.

"Chen Jiu, I’ve warned you, don’t bother her again, otherwise, you’ll bear the consequences."

"Young Master Qian, I don’t understand what you’re talking about." Chen Jiu sounded as if he didn’t comprehend.

"Don’t play dumb with me, if I find out you still harbor any crooked thoughts, pack your things and roll out of Aus City." After finishing, he ruthlessly hung up the phone.

"Mu Shuoqian, after all, we were classmates once. Don’t you care about our past camaraderie...." The beeping from the phone interrupted, and Mu Shuoqian didn’t catch the rest of his words.

Chen Jiu watched as the screen slowly darkened, and the hope in his heart seemed to dim little by little.

He and Mu Shuoqian were university classmates, their relationship wasn’t particularly good because at that time, there weren’t many people with yellow skin there, and even fewer from Aus City, so they became somewhat closer. Mu Shuoqian was aloof, hardly ever initiating conversation with others, and their exchanges were mostly him taking the initiative to engage.

After returning to Aus City, he got to know Leng Shaoqing through his connections, which Chen Jiu found very useful, thinking that with him he could connect with the six major families. Therefore, his greed grew increasingly heavy, shamelessly trying to squeeze into that circle.

Initially, he invested in opening a casino using money borrowed from Mu Shuoqian. Later, when the casino was about to be absorbed by Tang Tianyou, Mu Shuoqian and Leng Shaoqing even helped him settle it once and also warned him to think of countermeasures early on. Yet, he took it lightly, losing both his wife and troops. Still, he recklessly relied on Mu Shuoqian and Leng Shaoqing as his backup, not knowing they would refuse to financially support him again.

Chen Jiu now has no opportunity to meet with Mu Shuoqian, and even if he did, with his temperament, he wouldn’t help him. Thus, he set his sights on Gu Qili, hoping she would plead on his behalf. If she wasn’t willing to help, he planned to secretly invite her for ’tea’ to pressure Mu Shuoqian, but not only did his plan fail, it was even sensed by Mu Shuoqian.

Chen Jiu’s mood is really terrible now.

After finishing the call, Mu Shuoqian wanted to return to Gu Qili’s bedroom, but after pushing the door a few times, he couldn’t open it and had to raise his hand to knock on the door.

After a while, a lazy voice from inside said, "I’m sleeping."

He pursed his lips and gave a bitter smile. She was still angry, using this method to punish him. Alright, she won, no wonder she agreed so readily when he went to make the call earlier.

Gu Qili lay on the bed, perking up her ears for a while, thinking that Mu Shuoqian had really left because it had been quiet outside for a long time.

But soon, his footsteps approached again and stopped at her door.

Gu Qili a bit nervously sat up halfway, staring unblinkingly towards the direction of the doorway. The corridor light was on, clearly showing his shadow on the frosted glass of the door.

She thought he would knock again, but suddenly the shadow seemed to stoop, and then there came a sound like typing on a keyboard.

Gu Qili was puzzled, not understanding what he was doing. She quickly got out of bed and ran to the door, pressing her ear against it to listen. She wasn’t mistaken; that was the sound of a keyboard, he was typing.

He was actually sitting outside her door with a laptop, cross-legged and working attentively.

Why not stay in the study, running over to her door to sit in silent protest?

Was this his way of making her feel soft-hearted and let him in?

Wishful thinking.

Gu Qili climbed back into bed, opened her mobile phone to play games. The score he last helped her achieve still led far ahead, not only topping her WeChat friends list but also shining bright with a golden crown on the overall leaderboard.

Even though this score wasn’t her real achievement, she felt incredibly pleased, checking the impressive ranking every day.

Gu Qili was doing a story mission, but no matter what, she couldn’t defeat the final boss. Sometimes, her plane would get shot down the moment it appeared; frustrated, she charged again and again, only to lose even more miserably each time.

"What a freakish level, it’s simply impossible for humans to beat." Annoyed, she threw her phone onto the bed, her gaze unintentionally swept outside, the sound of typing continued.

What to do, should she ask Mu Shuoqian for help?

Maybe not, she was clearly still angry, it wouldn’t be right to let him off so easily.

Never mind, she’d better go. If she can’t complete this mission, she won’t get double rewards for the day.

As Gu Qili was struggling with her thoughts, a coughing sound suddenly came from outside. It started with a light cough, then quickly escalated into more severe coughing.

Gu Qili pretended she didn’t hear, thinking it might be another trick from that man. But his coughing grew intense, as if he was about to cough out his entire lungs.

Could it be that he caught a cold from today’s rain after sitting on such a long flight?

As Gu Qili worried, his coughing emerged again, the shallow shadow behind the frosted glass shaking along with it.

Gu Qili could no longer bear it, picked up her phone, and went to open the door; if he was sick, he definitely wouldn’t take medicine on his own initiative.

Mu Shuoqian, hearing the door open behind him, looked up with a smile in his narrow eyes, put down the water cup in his hand, and said apologetically, "I choked on water, did I disturb you?"

Gu Qili: "..."

Mu Shuoqian, come, let’s discuss a thousand ways to kill a person.

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