Chapter 8: Bizarre Events

"Uh-huh, some kid from out of town, goes by the name Yun Mu, now working at Mingchen Pharmaceutical. Right, before you make a move, you'd better thoroughly check out the kid's background." Shen Shou wasn't stupid; he knew it was best to let Da Fei investigate thoroughly at this time.

"Hold on, Shen, who did you say just now?" Da Fei seemed not to have heard clearly and asked.

"Yun Mu from Mingchen Pharmaceutical."

"Are you sure his name is Yun Mu? And he's currently at Mingchen Pharmaceutical?" Da Fei's expression grew somewhat grave.

Because it was he who had arranged for someone last night to beat Yun Mu half to death and then bury him alive on Bald Mountain.

As for Yun Mu's background, there was nothing to investigate; he knew it as clear as day, a down-and-out prince of the Yun Family, one of the major clans in the capital. The one willing to pay for Yun Mu's life was none other than the Yun Family itself who wanted the kid dead.

Last night, when he buried Yun Mu alive, he had been there personally. The guy looked weak and fragile and had been beaten half to death already, his heart nearly spit out of his mouth before they dug the hole and buried him alive. Now Shen Shou was on the phone saying the kid showed up at Mingchen Pharmaceutical again. How could he not be shocked?

Shen Shou also noticed that Da Fei on the other end of the line seemed flustered and blurted out, "Da Fei, what? You know this Yun Mu?"

Da Fei hurriedly sent a photo to Shen Shou, saying, "Shen, take a good look, is it this kid?"

It was undoubtedly Yun Mu himself in the picture. Shen Shou quickly said, "That's him, that damn kid. I'd recognize him even if he turned to ash."

There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment, then Da Fei said, "Shen, spell it out for me, what's your beef with him?"

"Damn it, Da Fei, that bastard almost whipped me to death." Thinking about how Yun Mu almost killed him with his palms alone, Shen Shou couldn't help but stomp his foot, saying, "Da Fei, who exactly is this scumbag? Did he come from the capital?"

'角' is their circle's term, usually used by out-of-towners to refer to someone from the capital, and only the capital's young masters had such honor.

Da Fei didn't answer him but instead asked pensively, "Shen, didn't you bring bodyguards today?"

Speaking of bodyguards, Shen Shou turned to look at his two half-dead men and complained even more gloomily, "Don't talk to me about bodyguards. That kid's skills are too high; my people are no match for him, and now they've also been beaten half to death."

"What!"

This time, Da Fei was truly flabbergasted.

He had seen it with his own eyes last night. Yun Mu was nothing more than a weakling, a complete loser except for a pretty face—a total waste.

Could it be that last night he was only acting?

But the more he thought about it, the more ludicrous it seemed.

"Da Fei, what the hell is going on? Can you give me a straight answer?"

Seeing Shen Shou getting desperate, Da Fei knew Shen had confirmed Da Fei definitely knew Yun Mu. He was eager to know Yun Mu's true identity.

Da Fei said, "Shen, where are you now?"

"Going to the hospital?"

"Turn around and go to Zhongshan Road, wait for me below Bald Mountain, I'll come over and explain everything."

Hearing the urgency in Da Fei's voice, he knew something serious was probably going on, so without asking any further, he hung up the phone, ordered the driver to turn around, and headed for Bald Mountain.

Meanwhile, Da Fei was in no mood to carry on with his leisurely life, so he sent a reliable guy to Mingchen Pharmaceutical to check if Yun Mu was really there and took a few of his men and rushed to Bald Mountain.

...

In Qingcheng's office, Qingcheng and Yun Mu locked eyes for a long time with Yun Mu saying nothing. Finally, it was Qingcheng who spoke first, "Yun Mu, don't you think you owe me a reasonable explanation?"

"What explanation do you want to hear?"

"Just spill everything you're supposed to explain."

"There's none!" Yun Mu was incredibly shameless.

"You!..." Qingcheng was significantly irritated by him.

Today, Qingcheng was wearing a cute pink blouse, her hair up in an elegant style, looking quite like a goddess, and incredibly charming.

Yun Mu had been staring at Wu Rou; he admitted that a beauty like Qingcheng was extremely rare even in their Star Continent, let alone on Earth. Hence, having a beauty for his eyes without any cost, only a fool wouldn't take the opportunity to look.

"Wife..."

Before he could finish, Qingcheng cut him off, "You're breaking the rules. At the company, you're not allowed to call me wife."

"Alright," Yun Mu made a gesture of surrender, a helpless look on his face, "Honestly, I'm a person who likes to keep a low profile. I'm naturally handsome, and if I were any better with combat skills, people would surely be jealous of me. So, I've always hidden my capabilities. Actually, I'm a handsome man who combines beauty and strength."

"And then?"

"And then? The next thing is, I could endure anything for a year, but what I absolutely couldn't stand was someone daring to come and make trouble on my wife's turf, so I took action."

"Alright, I've broken the rules again," Yun Mu indicated with an apologetic gesture.

"Yun Mu, you're missing the point. Right now, I'm very curious as to why you were driven out of the Yun Family. Also, given that you've always kept a low profile, when I came to you with a marriage proposal, you agreed so quickly. Could it be that you have some sort of ulterior motive?"

Mentioning his family made Yun Mu scoff inwardly; he had been driven out precisely because he was seen as just another pretty face, hardly taken seriously by the Yun Family; they'd probably prefer if he were dead.

"I was cast out by the family for many reasons. Perhaps the main one was that I was too handsome; they must have been jealous, right?" Yun Mu said with a narcissistic smile.

"Egomaniac!" Qingcheng rolled her eyes at him.

"As for why I married you, my wife, I really had no particular motives. Who wouldn't want to marry a beauty like you? If I must say a motive, it could only be that I've already deeply fallen in love with you."

Qingcheng...

"I'm speaking the truth, I swear on my integrity."

"Yun Mu, do you know? This makes me quite uncomfortable."

"Uncomfortable?"

"Your mysterious ways, they make it hard for me to grasp the real you."

Yun Mu chuckled, "They say women have the curiosity of a cat. Your intrigue in me simply shows that you're becoming interested. Once you feel secure around me, it means you've truly fallen for me, and we can consider making some little ones for fun."

Qingcheng:...

For the first time, Qingcheng felt unable to see through a man's heart, and this man was even younger than her. In front of him, she felt as though she was the younger one.

This feeling annoyed her.

"Yun Mu, even if we are husband and wife in name only, we should still be honest with each other."

Yun Mu also felt that honesty was the least he owed her, even if theirs was a sham marriage. But he couldn't be honest with her. Was he supposed to tell her that he wasn't from Earth but rather from Star Continent? That sounded even more absurd; he'd be lucky not to be sent to a mental hospital.

Yun Mu was frustrated.

"Qingcheng, what you say makes sense, and I also agree that we should be honest with each other. But I have my difficulties." Yun Mu looked into Qingcheng's eyes. "Please give me some time, and in the end, I will tell you everything."