<h4>Chapter 1272: Chapter 1285</h4>


    Mu Bingtong suddenly snapped out of her memories, the lingering fear still present in her heart, causing some unease.


    "President Mu, are you okay?" Secretary Xiao Shan asked worriedly as he looked at her.


    Mu Bingtong gently shook her head and asked Xiao Shan, "What’s wrong? Is there something you need?"


    Xiao Shan handed a document to Mu Bingtong and said, "President Mu, take a look at this."


    Mu Bingtong took it with puzzlement. After ncing over it, she spotted the issue, "What’s going on here?"


    The numbers in this document were significantly different from the product agreements originally decided.


    "Was this contract tampered with?" Mu Bingtong asked in confusion, as she couldn’t think of another exnation.


    Xiao Shan gently shook his head, "The initial contract was drafted with the content from this document."


    "Whichpany’s contract is this?"


    Mu Bingtong asked again.


    Xiao Shan awkwardly cleared his throat, "This is the contract with Wei Yu’spany."


    A while ago, Wei Yu’s high-profile pursuit of Mu Bingtong was known throughout thepany.


    It even caused a stir in half of Shanghai, as everyone knew that the second son of the Wei Family, one of the Six Major Families of Kyoto, was openly courting Mu Bingtong, even tracking down all other potential suitors.


    Naturally, some were not pleased, but those who weren’t were harshly dealt with by Wei Yu, with some even losing their jobs for offending him.


    Since then, no one dared to openly express their affection for Mu Bingtong anymore.


    "Alright, I got it. You can go back now."


    Mu Bingtong closed the contract with annoyance. This issue with the contract was a significant loss for thepany that needed quick remedy.


    As Mu Bingtong hesitated on what to do, her phone rang suddenly. She picked it up and saw that Wei Yu was calling.


    Mu Bingtong was already beginning to feel annoyed by Wei Yu, but since he was a business partner, there was nothing she could do.


    The phone rang briefly before he ended the call. Mu Bingtong thought he wouldn’t call back, but then unexpectedly, he sent a message.


    "If you want to revise the contract,e to the Capital City and meet me in person."


    Mu Bingtong read the message, knowing full well that his intentions were not good.


    Yet did she have any other options now? With a sigh, Mu Bingtong shook her head helplessly and returned to her seat.


    She turned on herputer and started working, and after finishing, she checked the tickets. She nned to make a trip to the Capital City, no matter what Wei Yu intended to do, she had to confront him personally.


    A busy day left Mu Bingtong feeling exhausted as she returned to the vi where Shen Yaoyao was already asleep.


    She took a shower, changed into pajamas, andy on the bed, only to dream about that strange dream again.


    Xia Yunxi calmly withdrew his extended middle finger, reverting to his usual gentle and weak appearance. He smiled and said to the nanny, "Nanny, I don’t feel like eating breakfast."


    After saying this, he elegantly and calmly went upstairs.


    The nanny stood there, not yet having recovered from the shock, looking confusedly at Xia Yunxi’s departing back for quite a while, wondering whether it was really their young mistress; how could her personality have changed so drastically overnight?


    Xia Yunxi took graceful steps back to his room, and upon closing the door, his whole body rxed as if it were a heap of mud, and he sighed deeply,menting, "Pretending to be ady here is even more tiring than being at home!"


    At least at home, his sister would cover for him.


    He let his head hang in defeat and sat at the bed’s edge. Suddenly, a phone rang, disturbing his thoughts. Looking at the number disyed, Xia Yunxi sighed silently.


    Upon answering, Xia Zhongguo’s anxious voice came through, "How did it go, Yunxi? Did you convince Ling Muye?"


    Xia Yunxi shook his head and sighed again. It wasn’t forck of trying; Ling Muye simply wasn’t interested in him. If he hadn’t tested it personally, he would have thought Ling Muye had some issue in that regard.


    Xia Zhongguo inferred the answer from his sigh andforted him, "No worries, Dad will think of something."


    "Mr. Xia, every bank has refused to grant us the loan." a voice on the other end of the line said.


    Xia Yunxi froze and picked up the check from the nightstand, saying, "Dad, Ling Muye didn’t agree to be the COO, but he did give me a check that could potentially help us tide over temporarily."


    The Xia Family had turned into a massive debtden hole after someone absconded with huge sums of money. However, ignoring the hole, Xia’s jewelry business was amercial leader; as long as there was money, as long as someone dared to invest in it, revival, and even profiting were only a matter of time.


    Right now, the Xia Family was in disarray. Only a legendary business figure like Ling Muye could stabilize the situation.


    But... Xia Yunxi thought about this, cursing inwardly that Ling Muye was too inhumane.


    Xia Zhongguo directly told Xia Yunxi toe back to the Xia Family with the check and also asked her to bring Ling Muye, under the guise of a family gathering for a meal.


    Although Xia Yunxi was quite unwilling, the obedient daughter image she had cultivated since childhood with her family made her instinctively agree, and only after hanging up did she realize, thinking about that cold face, she felt suffocated, as if she owed him a lot of money.


    When Xia Yunxi called, Ling Muye was raging in the president’s office.


    The ringing suddenly broke the air after one of his outbursts, and shortly after answering, Ling Muye waved off the seniors, who hurriedly left the president’s office like relieved sheep, silently thanking whoever had made the call.


    "Don’t call me on thepany’s line unless it’s important!"


    Xia Yunxi froze, muttering softly, "How was I supposed to know your personal number?" Thendline number was something she had asked the nanny for.


    Ling Muye was momentarily speechless, didn’t say anything, and hung up with a m.


    Xia Yunxi felt even more depressed. This guy! She hadn’t even mentioned the matter yet!


    ...


    Xia Yunxi returned to the Xia Family by herself first, and was startled by the bustling scene. Even her usually distant cousin was cheerfully getting busy in the kitchen, calling her mother-inw one moment and mother-inw another with intimacy.


    Xia Yunxi knew that if it weren’t for her attaching herself to the enormous Ling Family tree, they wouldn’t even consider their family.


    Suddenly she felt a wave of sorrow at her plight; if they knew Ling Muye was an eternal ice-face, heartless to boot, andpletely uninterested in her, she’d be ridiculed by her cousin and they’d worry her parents.


    "Oh my, Yunxi is back."


    Cousin Liu Yuqing saw her standing in the entrance and enthusiastically went to pull her arm, yet her gaze remained fixated behind her.