Title: The Villain's Contract Lover
Translator: Fringe Capybara
Chapter 28 - True Love (“So, what does going bankrupt feel like?”) (1)
Even though the original novel described Liang ZhiQuan as one who had bravely lost the shackles of “political marriage”, pursued her own freedom, and was a strong and defiant little white flower, Xu WanZhi, nonetheless, found her behaviors distasteful.
Liang ZhiQuan had been betrothed to Mu ZhenYu since she was “still in the womb”, but she had fallen in love with Qin Sheng, the male lead, in college. Up until the point when Qin Sheng went overseas and the two had broken up, she had never expressed to anyone that she wanted to call off the betrothal.
Then, when the Liang’s went bankrupt, she had the audacity to come crawling back and asked Mu ZhenYu to follow through with their betrothal so that the Mu’s could help save the Liang’s. What was wrong with her? And who did she think the Mu’s were?
On top of that, the betrothal was something decided by Mu ZhenYu’s father, and Mu ZhenYu did not have a good relationship with his father.
No wonder he was so upset that he decided to hire an actress to insult her.
Liang ZhiQuan was prettier in person than in pictures. She looked like the pure and naïve kind of girl – the typical type one would find in a CEO novel.
In her fragile way, she stood in front of Qin Sheng, covering her mouth and smiling from time to time, she couldn’t look more delicate and bashful.
Bai FeiChen, a good friend of Mu ZhenYu, was the host of this birthday banquet. What Xu WanZhi didn’t understand was why Bai FeiChen would invite those other two to come and ruin their moods.
Perhaps the Bai’s and Qin Sheng were business associates, so he must invite them to be polite? She wasn’t entirely sure.
But… her arm in Mu ZhenYu’s, she was trembling a little as she leaned against him – running into their enemy face to face, this was the first scene of her 50 million yuan show. She must do her employer justice.
Shortly, Liang ZhiQuan and Qin Sheng had also noticed them. The two smiled at each other and walked toward them.
It was obvious that they were there to drive the point in.
Xu WanZhi knew full well that the majority of the reason that brought about the original owner’s tragic end was because of her desire to marry into the prominent family. It didn’t have much to do with this female lead. So, if she only avoided all the unnecessary contacts with Mu ZhenYu’s young brother, most likely she’d be able to complete her assignment and bow out safely.
So she wasn’t afraid of Liang ZhiQuan. She was annoyed now and wanted to be confrontational with her.
By now, Liang ZhiQuan had walked over to the two of them.
For the pure reason that same genders naturally repels each other, Liang ZhiQuan gave Xu WanZhi a very hostile look before she looked up at Mu ZhenYu and said, “Hi, Mr. Mu, it’s been a while.”
Mu ZhenYu smiled in disdain. The fierce aura radiating from him was still suffocating. Holding his wine glass with his long and slender fingers, he took a small sip before he asked, “And you are?”
Qin Sheng immediately took half a step forward and shielded her from him. “Her surname is Liang and she is my girlfriend. Boss Mu, your reputation precedes you, but now that Huanyu had gone bankrupt, perhaps I should refer you to Mr. Mu instead of Boss Mu?”
The male lead was delicate and pretty. He was of the white, skinny, and tall type. But standing in front of the very masculine Mu ZhenYu, he just couldn’t quite measure up.
“Oh, it’s Miss Liang.” Mu ZhenYu curved one side of his lips, gave Xu WanZhi a pampering look and said, “I apologize, I have always had a hard time remembering plain-looking people.”
Xu WanZhi curved her eyes to play along.
Hearing that, Liang ZhiQuan frowned. Her droopy eyes looked very pitiful. She said softly, “That wasn’t necessary, Mr. Mu. Even though our betrothal was called off, the Mu’s and the Liang’s still have a good relationship with each other. If… If you need help financially, just come to me. I promise I will help with whatever I can.”
Faced with her nauseating pretentiousness, Xu WanZhi just wanted to vomit. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
“Ask for your help?” Looking unaffected, Mu ZhenYu snickered. Giving Qin Sheng a sideward glance in contempt, he said, “Miss Liang wants to help me out with Boss Qin’s money? I am certainly envious of the relationship between you two.”
Qin Sheng’s look froze on him. He lifted his hand and pulled Liang ZhiQuan into his arms. “She has a heart of gold; naturally, I will be supportive of her decisions. What goes around comes around. Back then, Mr. Mu had refused to help out the Liang’s and now your company has gone bankrupt as well. Say, how did it feel when one’s company goes bankrupt?”
By now, all the other attendees of the banquet had quiet down from their showdown. There was never a lack of scandals from prestigious families. And those that happened to others were the most attention-grabbing ones.
Everybody in the circle had long heard of the intricate relationship between the Liang’s and the Mu’s. Now that these two, who were once betrothed, each brought their own lovers to this “showdown”, everybody was happily waiting to see how this would unfold.