"Unite against external threats?" Mu Xionghai let out a scornful laugh and leaned back in his chair. With a sneering look on his face, he said, "Do you still have the nerve to talk about uniting against external threats with us now? The reputation of our entire Mu family is almost completely ruined because of your affairs. What right do you have to ask us to stand on the same side as you!"
"This incident has become very serious. You'd better take care of yourself first."
Before this incident happened, these people used to flatter her and Mu Junze to the sky. Now that she was just framed by a villain, they couldn't wait to show their true colors.
No wonder Mu Junze never had a good look on his face when dealing with them before.
Hearing their sarcastic remarks, before Meng Nianchu got angry, Mu Junze was already enraged. Coldness flashed in his eyes, and his words seemed to be tinged with ice: "You don't need to worry about it."
"Hey, you young man..." A bald senior stood up, ready to argue when he heard Mu Junze's impolite words.
Mu Xionghai gave him a glare.
The bald senior gritted his teeth and sat back on the sofa angrily.
Mu Xionghai straightened his chest slightly, his tone becoming even more aggressive: "Since you don't need our worry, then what evidence have you found to show us! You have no evidence at all, and the incident has become such a big deal. Are you just going to sit back and do nothing and throw away the Mu family's hard - earned efforts over the years?!"
"I..."
"Three more days!" Seeing that Mu Junze was about to take out the backup card she had given him, Meng Nianchu quickly raised her voice to attract everyone's attention.
Mu Junze stopped his action, and Meng Nianchu took the opportunity to hold his wrist: "I will prove my innocence in three days!"
Mu Xionghai averted his gaze and said unhappily, "What if you still can't find any evidence in three days?"
"Definitely will!" Meng Nianchu answered firmly.
The atmosphere in the living room seemed to freeze instantly.
Ying You'an, sitting on the side, sneered: "You haven't found any evidence in two days since this incident happened. I'm afraid you still don't know where to start. What's the use of giving you three days?"
Meng Nianchu cast a cold look at Ying You'an and said coldly, "How do you know I won't find evidence in three days? Or are you just worried that I will find the evidence, expose the truth and find out the culprit behind this?"
The words hit right on the mark.
Ying You'an's expression stiffened a bit: "I'm just giving you a reminder."
"Thanks, but no thanks."
Seeing Meng Nianchu's great hostility towards Ying You'an, Mu Junze felt a bit suspicious. Although there had been some unpleasantness between them before, she had never been so sharp - tongued as today.
Mu Xionghai obviously had no patience to argue with Meng Nianchu about this matter. After exchanging a look with the bald man beside him, he coughed slightly and said, "Your third uncle and I have something else to talk to you about. Junze, come with us to the study first."
As he said this, several seniors had already stood up.
Mu Junze remained calm. He told Meng Nianchu to stay downstairs and wait for him to come back, and then followed the seniors to the study on the second floor.
Meng Nianchu couldn't help but worry that these people who were eyeing the Mu family company covetously would use this incident to threaten Mu Junze to give up his right of inheritance to the company.
After all, these people were no strangers to such things as taking advantage of others' difficulties.
She stood up, and Ying You'an also stood up.
"Going there now won't help you at all."
"Ying You'an, what on earth are you up to!" Now that there was no one else around, Meng Nianchu dared to ask what was on her mind: "You told me that you saw me fainting at the entrance of Dongbei Road and took me to the hotel. How did you just happen to be there?"
Hearing her ask about this, Ying You'an glanced away and then his eyes fell back on Meng Nianchu: "Just happened to meet you."
"It's just too much of a coincidence."
She looked calm and spoke in a definite tone, as if she knew something.
Ying You'an got a bit nervous: "What do you mean?"
Imitating his mysterious manner, Meng Nianchu gave a cold smile: "Just asking casually."
She turned around and wanted to go upstairs.
But Ying You'an now suspected that Meng Nianchu had discovered something, so he naturally wouldn't let her leave.
He suddenly grabbed Meng Nianchu's arm and forcibly pulled her into his room.
"Do you believe I'll call Mu Junze down right now!"
Seeing Ying You'an close the door, Meng Nianchu leaned against the wall warily, keeping a distance from him, and threatened in a cold voice.
Ying You'an wasn't afraid of her words at all. He sat down on the edge of the bed leisurely and said, "Mu Junze still doesn't know that you were in the hotel with me that day. Aren't you just afraid that he'll misunderstand? If you dare, just shout now!"
"Let him see you staying in a room with me, and let the seniors of the Mu family take a good look too."
Naked threat!
Meng Nianchu stared at his eyes coldly. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a green dress on the bed, and her mind went blank.
Ying You'an noticed her gaze and quietly grabbed the dress and stuffed it behind him.
"Miss Meng looks at other people's beds as soon as she enters the room. Why not come and sit down?"
Meng Nianchu rarely didn't retort. Instead, she looked at Ying You'an's face calmly and seriously.
"Were you in the hotel that day because you knew the person who attacked me?"
Ying You'an sneered: "Miss Meng is suspecting me now."
Meng Nianchu lifted her leg and deliberately walked towards Ying You'an: "I never believe in coincidences."
"Then you can believe it now." Ying You'an stuffed the dress under the pillow again.
Meng Nianchu stopped walking.
The two stared at each other. Ying You'an snorted and said, "I brought Miss Meng into my room just to tell you that Mu Junze is not the only one you can rely on.
"There are so many women out there eyeing him. If someone is desperate to be with him and uses any means, you'll be the number - one enemy and in great danger."
Meng Nianchu narrowed her eyes and understood the hidden meaning in his words.
Ying You'an leaned back and just happened to lean against the pillow with the dress under it: "I've said what I wanted to say. Miss Meng, if you have nothing else to do, just leave."
This man was unpredictable. He had been smiling just now, but now he was expressionless.
Meng Nianchu glanced at the pillow behind him intentionally or unintentionally. With a gloomy face, she quickly left the room and closed the door.
Standing at the door, Meng Nianchu thought silently.
The dress she saw in the room just now was exactly the same as the one the man in the scandal photos on Weibo was wearing. Thinking of waking up in the hotel and seeing Ying You'an lying beside her, she felt a chill run down her spine.
But...
Uncertainty flashed across Meng Nianchu's face.
When she woke up in the hotel and saw Ying You'an, he was wearing a camel - colored suit...