Chapter 63: Who Says Mu Yan is Single?

Even I was a bit slow to process this. I remembered that last time Li Kai and Zhou Zhizi had a very ambiguous relationship, so when did he also get entangled with Mu Ya?

"We were dating just fine, but then he came to the group, saw you, and claimed he had found his true love, saying he wanted to break up with me when he got back. He was so good to me; there is no way he would treat me like this! You must have seduced him. What kind of tricks did you use?!"

I was utterly speechless. "Your boyfriend is asking to break up with you because he is a jerk; you should go find him. I have nothing to do with him. Do you really think he is sincerely pursuing me?"

Mu Ya was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean? Are you trying to wash your hands of this?"

"How do you know what he said is true? Isn't this just a convenient excuse to break up with you?" Although Li Kai had indeed spoken of falling in love with me at first sight, he was entirely untrustworthy.

I had no reason to speak up and invite more trouble. "Mu Ya, I advise you to go back and have a proper talk with your boyfriend about the issues between you two. They probably didn't just start after you met me. My colleagues can all vouch for me; I didn't say a single extra word to him."

"I don't believe you! You're definitely lying to me!" Mu Ya's stubbornness was headache-inducing.

Cancan was the first to step forward. "You're really misunderstanding, Big Sister. All of us can testify that Sister Yanyan did not have any inappropriate behavior with Director Li. Sister Yanyan didn't even look at him!"

"That's right, that's right! Although Director Li did say he fell for Muyan at first sight back then, Muyan rejected him completely on the spot!"

"Exactly, even the roses he sent later were thrown straight into the trash can!"

"She really isn't the one wrecking your relationship."

I...

If I didn't know they were sincerely trying to defend me, I would have thought they were anti-fans.

The crowd of onlookers grew larger, practically blocking the company's entrance. I was desperate to get away.

"Go back and talk properly with your boyfriend. Whether you break up or not, there is nothing between him and me. Make him come up with a hold-up reason."

The moment those words fell, Li Kai appeared. He stepped out of a luxury sports car and headed straight toward me.

"Are you alright?"

Looking at his hypocritical expression of concern, a wave of disgust washed over me, and I had no intention of entertaining him at all.

Instead, Li Kai reprimanded Mu Ya, "You are going too far! How could you come and make a scene at the company?"

Facing him, Mu Ya lost all the wild arrogance she had displayed toward me; she even started crying. "You're breaking up with me just because of this woman. Why shouldn't I come and ask her about it?"

Li Kai rubbed his face in irritation. "How many times do I have to tell you? I want to break up with you. Can't you understand plain English?"

"But we were getting along so well before! You even said you would marry me. Just because you saw her, you want to dump me? How do you expect me to accept this?!"

Mu Ya's face was painted with sheer unwillingness to accept defeat.

This was somewhat understandable, considering she had spent her entire life treating defeating me as her ultimate ideal, making losing to me her absolute worst nightmare.

But to me, this was utterly absurd.

"Resolve your own issues amongst yourselves. Do not drag me into this."

I gave my warning and turned to leave.

Li Kai grabbed my wrist from behind, preventing me from walking away. "You don't need to leave. I will take responsibility for every word I've said. I said I fell for you at first sight, and I will pursue you. Besides, I no longer have any feelings for Mu Ya."

Mu Ya looked deeply devastated. She lost her fighting spirit without anyone even needing to hold her down, collapsing limply to the ground.

"What are you talking about..."

Li Kai said coldly, "I don't love you anymore. Stop hounding me, and stop giving her a hard time, unless you want to make an enemy out of me."

Mu Ya instantly snapped. She scrambled up violently and lunged toward me, only to be blocked by Li Kai.

Her screams were heartbreakingly shrill.

"Mu Yan, you vixen, home-wrecker, shameless, utterly devoid of decency! Just because Dad loves me and doesn't love you, you have to seduce my boyfriend? Are you trying to take revenge on me?!"

My expression finally turned ice cold.

I shoved Li Kai aside, raised my hand, and slapped her across the face!

Silence fell over the entire area.

Mu Ya clutched her cheek in utter disbelief.

"I've wanted to slap you for a long time. You are truly stupid." These were words I had wanted to say for ages. "You got one thing right: I do hate you."

Hate her deeply.

"Your mother stole my mother's husband, and you stole my brother and my father, and almost caused my brother to die of illness in the hospital. I haven't forgotten any of that."

Every time I thought of these things, resentment made me lose my grip on reason. I grabbed her by the collar, pulling her close to my face.

"But let me tell you, I am not as filthy as you think. I wouldn't stoop to such cheap tactics."

"Goodness, no wonder their surnames are the same..."

"The mistress's daughter and she's still acting this arrogant..."

"If you ask me, this one has no brains at all. Can't she tell the guy is just looking for an excuse to break up?"

I pushed Mu Ya away and said coldly, "Look. The only foolish one here is you."

When a man wants to break up, he will come up with any excuse imaginable. In that moment, nothing he says is trustworthy, except for the word "break up" itself, which comes straight from the heart.

Because if he had truly fallen for someone else, he wouldn't be heartless enough to use the woman he loves as a human shield.

Ignoring Mu Ya, who sat broken-hearted on the ground, I turned my gaze back to Li Kai.

He flashed a smile at me.

"Mu Yan, you really are something—"

"Shut your mouth, you jerk."

Li Kai looked taken aback.

"Wanting to break up is your own business, but dragging me into the crossfire—did you really fall in love with me at first sight? Unlikely."

I had already suspected his intentions were impure from the start, and now I was certain.

He had said those things completely on purpose.

I stepped forward. He was taller than me, so I had to tilt my head up slightly to look him in the eye.

"Your attempt to make us tear each other apart is really not very clever."

Li Kai looked at me in surprise.

I let out a cold laugh. "Do you want to know why I didn't fall for it?"

Before he could answer, I continued, "Because your acting skills are truly subpar. I never trusted you from the very beginning."

Love at first sight, my foot.

I just didn't know whether Li Kai and Zhou Zhizi were currently tangled up together or not. If they were, it only proved that this man was an absolute, through-and-through scumbag!

*Clap, clap, clap.*

Applause rang out from nearby.

Zhou Chenyan was leaning against a car parked on the roadside, lazily clapping his hands.

Attracting everyone's attention, he strolled leisurely toward me.

He raised a hand and placed it on top of my head.

"Not a bad performance."

I knocked his hand away without a moment's hesitation. "Thank you for the compliment, President Zhou."

I deliberately emphasized the title "President Zhou."

Unfazed, Zhou Chenyan wrapped an arm around my shoulder, turned his sharp gaze toward Li Kai, and said, "Excuse me, Director Li, but she is my person."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Li Kai's gaze shifted back and forth between the two of us, wondering what he was thinking, before he suddenly smiled. "Still, surely I have the right to pursue her? After all, she is currently single."

The hand resting on my shoulder tightened just a fraction.

Zhou Chenyan said coldly, "Who told you Mu Yan is single?"