Marry Me Quick
Chapter 173

Chapter 173

No matter how hard Su Ziyue tried to convince Qin Muchen to reveal the answer to her, he still refused to say a thing.

Having no other choice, Su Ziyue could only wait for his assurance that she would get to know the outcome within the following week to come true.

Yet, before Qin Muchen realized his promise, another ground-breaking news came first.

While Su Ziyue was giving her sore neck a massage after she finished reading the last document of the day, her phone rang.

She took it over and found it was from Qin Muchen.

Although she had completed her job today in advance, she still had one hour to go before she was allowed to clock out. As a head of her department who did not enjoy a very superior status in the company, it did not seem right for her to leave early as it would set a bad example to her subordinates.

Despite having such thoughts, she still decided to pick up his call. Perhaps, he was calling about stuff other than informing her that he would be coming to pick her up.

"Hey, what's up?" With one hand clutching her phone, Su Ziyue leaned on her chair and tilted her head up to gaze at the ceiling.

The posture could help soothe the pain in her neck which she was suffering due to having read too many documents today.

Speaking in his usual tone, Qin Muchen demanded, "Head downstairs now."

"But it's not yet time for me to clock out." She sounded like she was in a quandary.

"Come down now and I'll tell you what's fishy about Zhou Lingyu."

"Serious..." ly?! He hung up on her before she could complete her sentence.

What a jerk Qin Muchen was! He was obviously luring her out.

She decided to stop caring and just leave early. Fortunately, she was at least the head of a department and there was still a difference between her and the rest of the staff, who would have their salary deducted in case they clocked out early.

Just as she was about to leave her room after keeping away her stuff, An Xia barged into her room and scurried over to her agitatedly. "Something ge happened!"

"What is it?" Su Ziyue, who had long gotten used to her theatrics, remained unstirred.

Annoyed by how nonchalant she looked, An Xia emphasized, "Gong Zeyang has unilaterally called off his engagement with Su Yige!"

"Oh." It was only after Su Ziyue acknowledged it calmly did she register the news. "What did you just say?"

"Gong Zeyang has dumped that b*tch! How delightful is that news?" With excitement written all over her face, An Xia continued, "It serves her right to be dumped for being so arrogant and cocky but pretending to be innocent at the same time!" An Xia guffawed with delight right after she said that.

After shooting her a glance, Su Ziyue went to make sure the door was locked with an expressionless face so that no one would enter her room suddenly and chance upon An Xia's hearty laugh.

It was only when An Xia finished laughing did she replace Su Ziyue's expression abnormal.

"Aren't you happy to learn about Su Yige getting dumped? Come on, show me a smile." An Xia gave her shoulder a nudge.

However, Su Ziyue was not in the mood to joke with her. "Qin Muchen just called me, saying that he's coming to pick me up."

"And?" An Xia was puzzled. Did it have anything to do with Gong Zeyang dumping Su Yige? The two matters had no relation at all.

"I suspect that he's only coming to pick me up earlier than usual because he has received the news. I don't want to face him." Having a blank look on her face, Su Ziyue sat down on the sofa.

Although Qin Muchen had asked her whether she wanted to know more about Zhou Lingyu, she had a feeling that it was just a bait to lure her into his trap.

An Xia too took a seat beside her and pressed on, "So? I still don't see the link between these two things. Why don't you just enlighten me about any indirect relation between them?"

"Qin Muchen once had a misunderstanding about my relationship with Gong Zeyang and because of that, he was cold to me and he ignored basically everything I said as though he was a different person. Nov that Gong Zeyang has unilaterally called off his engagement with Su Yige, would he assume it was me who encouraged Gong Zeyang to make that decision?"

As soon as she said that, she almost exclaimed in shock because she remembered that she had indeed said something of that nature to Gong Zeyang before.

Gosh, she had merely made that remark in an attempt to win the argument at the time and it had never occurred to her that he would really do as she said.

After grumbling about it with An Xia for a long while, Su Ziyue took her bag at last and went downstairs gallantly to look for Qin Muchen.

He saw her walking out of Su Tower in her three inch heels when he just finished his second cigarette.

Her long, curly hair draped over her shoulder. She was wearing a black suit with a brown coat hung over her arms which he had asked her to bring with her earlier that morning before they went out.

Walking in the direction of his car at a brisk pace, her curly hair blowed madly in the wind; the black formal suit she was wearing made her look even more slender and tall. In Qin Muchen's eyes, she was as beautiful as wild roses which gave out a pleasant and intense scent.

Compared to normal roses which appeared luxurious and elegant, wild roses, which also grew amidst brambles, had its own charm by appearing more reserved and humbler.

So, there would always be other men who wanted to snatch Su Ziyue away from him.

The 'wild rose' then reached his car.

"How long have you been waiting?"

Su Ziyue opened the door and got in the car before turning to face him with a smile.

Her heart gave a lurch when she found him deep in thought. Was he really here because Gong Zeyang had cancelled his engagement with Su Yige?

Sounding calm, Qin Muchen answered her, "I didn't wait long."

Then, he drove off. It was only after a while did Su Ziyue discover he was not heading in the direction of home.

"Where are we going?"

"To have dinner."

They were keeping their exchanges short and sweet.

After a moment of silence, she probed, "The thing about Zhou Lingyu..."

He intercepted her directly, "We'll talk about that after dinner."

He brought her to Lumiere Jade House.

Su Ziyue assumed they would be having dinner in one of the private rooms there as usual but to her surprise, she was brought all the way to the top floor where she had never been to.

They arrived at a luxurious presidential suite which came with huge french windows, through which the cityscape under the setting sun could be seen. There was a table where red wine and western cuisine were already served and the room was decorated with... wild roses?

Standing by the door in a daze, she turned around to face Qin Muchen, who was standing behind her after unlocking the door. "What is all this?"

Qin Muchen broke into a smile which smoothened out both his eyes and eyebrows. His smile was dazzling and warm but far away at the same time, like the sun that was shining bright above a snow mountain.

Holding her hands, he led her into the room after he closed the door. Then, he took her deeper into the room and stopped at the rectangular dining table placed before the huge french windows.

With a smile, he asked, "Do you like this place?"

"It's... I love it." Su Ziyue gave a cursory glance at the wild roses that filled up the entire room in silence. She did appreciate romantic gestures but she found the idea of using wild roses as decoration puzzling.

Her strained tone irritated Qin Muchen greatly.

The smile on his face went out of sight immediately and it was replaced by his usual calmness. Yet, his voice sounded somewhat icy and rigid due to his subdued annoyance when he asked, "Is that all? Do you have anything else you want to say?"

Under his icy and penetrating gaze, Su Ziyue gulped.

Thinking that she had to face the music sooner or later, she concluded it might be better if she took the initiative to bring up the matter. After all, she indeed had nothing to do with the cancellation of the engagement between Gong Zeyang and Su Yige.

After making up her mind, she bit her lips before speaking up, "I have nothing to do with Gong Zeyang's decision to call off his engagement with Su Yige!"

Looking puzzled, Qin Muchen asked, "What did you just say?"

Su Ziyue blinked her eyes in confusion. Did he not know about it yet?