QT: Against My Will (Volume 2)

5.55 - Fired - The Sleepless Elite's wife

Ziek watched how his wife suddenly turned into a walking zombie. A cute zombie, but a zombie nonetheless. It looked like she was thinking too much again...

When zombie-Bing-Shi needed to charge up her life force, she looked at her husband's face. After a few moments, she looked away from his face and turned into a walking zombie again. It was as if she had never vomited her lungs out; it worried Lu Kai that she was able to brush that off like it was nothing.

There was another reason why he came back from abroad. He couldn't live their lives as always when it was obvious that she was struggling with her career as an actress and her presence.

Now, she was deliberately breaking herself down, trying to mold into something new, fracturing, damaging, and pushing herself into becoming something she never wished to be.

Lu Kai darted towards her all of a sudden.

When Bing Shi turned to look at him, she was forced to yelp when she was whisked away by his strong arms and carried like a baby towards the back exit. With a giggle, she easily molded herself into his comforting arms.

"We're going home," said Xuan Mu, feeling the need to explain himself.

"Okay," Bing Shi whispered as she clutched onto him tightly. She closed her eyes in relief. She really didn't want to go back to that room with all of those people. They felt suffocating.

On their way, Xuan Mu made sure nobody could see them. It wasn't really that hard, but still, he felt that secrecy was best. Once he arrived at the back of the restaurant, he walked towards the black car, which drove there by itself.

Bing Shi waved at Baby, and it responded by blinking its light at her.

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After seating and buckling both of them, Xuan Mu stepped on the gas and drove around the city.

"Wow, hubby... Supporting these types of pollutants... Are you really a founder of an environmentally friendly company?" Bing Shi lightheartedly teased him as she enjoyed the ride. A sense of déjà vu overwhelmed her when everyone who'd seen the car pulled out their phones to take a photo of Baby.

"Do you expect me to drive an EV?" he responded, "Whether it's polluting the air or not, I appreciate the vintage feeling of the gasoline engine."

(EV = electric vehicle.)

Vintage? This? Bing Shi looked around the futuristic interior and pressed the touch panel, going through its various functions. What was wrong with this particular Baby? It could transform? Really?

'Oh right, I almost forgot to bestow Silika's ex a surprise visit.'

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"Fire this manager now!" Mo Luwei suddenly fired Silika's manager, "He didn't listen to my orders, even though I'm the president of the Mo group." His abrupt orders shocked everyone into a stunned silence.

As Mo Luwei walked out of the private room with an extra flair of dramatics, his PA followed right after him. When he was alone with only his PA by his side, he would harshly say, "I'll cut your wage in half if you don't find out who took Su Min away!"

'Min'er...' Mo Luwei watched as his PA scrambled away in a panic. He crossed his arms as he thought of Su Min with regret, 'I'll explain everything to you in the future. You just wait for me.'

From beginning to end, there was only one person occupying Mo Luwei's heart. That person was the only one he truly loved. Despite dating Su Luqin, his heart would only chant, 'Su Min, Min'er, Min Min... Look at me, look at me, look at me.'

Did that make him a scum man? Well, Mo Luwei wasn't afraid to acknowledge that yes, he was a scum man. He had kicked aside his love (his heart began to chant again: Su Min, Min'er, Min Min... ) for Su Luqin, whom he only dated out of guilt. But once he found out that it was Su Min who saved him five years ago, the guilt he felt towards Su Luqin dissolved into indifference.

When by himself, Mo Luwei finally acknowledged his attraction towards Su Min. Sure, he was only slightly fond of Su Luqin but, in the end, she still wasn't Su Min.

Bing Shi and Aoi Hong appeared too late in Mo Luwei's life. As a result, his feelings toward them weren't anything special, and his feelings couldn't magically transfer to another woman. By the time they arrived, he was already far too tangled up in the web that was Su Min.

If Bing Shi and Aoi Hong arrived earlier in his life, however? Before Su Min could bury herself deep into his garden heart?

Well... One could only imagine the story that would have otherwise unraveled.