Chapter 40: Can a Gloomy Extra Be Locked in a Dark Room? [6]

Chapter 40: Will the Moody Cannon Fodder Be Locked in the Dark Room? "6"

"Fine, if you want to be friends with him, I won't stop you."

Wen Yihe ignored the warning in Ye Luochen's words, opened the car door, and stepped out, walking toward the flower shop.

Ye Luochen instantly went on guard, blocking his path and lowering his voice: "What are you really up to?"

Wen Yihe gave a faint smile: "Just having a nice little chat with your friend."

Ye Luochen's whole body went rigid, and his face cold, he said: "If you have something to say, talk to me directly. Don't mess with him."

Wen Yihe let out a sigh, like he was looking at a kid who never grew up, and gave Ye Luochen a pat on the shoulder:

"Luochen, do you know he's that Mu Jin from the Mu family?"

Ye Luochen looked confused: "Who?"

Ye Luochen never really paid attention to stuff like this.

Besides spending all day with his own friends, he barely knew anyone in this circle, so of course he didn't know who they were.

Wen Yihe's eyes gleamed with deeper amusement: "He's the heir who ditched the Mu family business to open a flower shop."

Ye Luochen was completely at a loss for words.

Wen Yihe continued: "See, you don't care about your family's business, and you don't care about this circle either."

"All you want is for your sister to take over the family business. You got into college and didn't even bother to study—skipped class all day to goof off, just living off your shares and doing nothing."

"And now you don't even know who you like."

Ye Luochen lowered his head and muttered weakly in his defense: "I thought he was just some regular guy..."

Wen Yihe said with a helpless sigh: "Luochen, if you really like him, you can't just worry about whether your uncle and aunt will approve."

"You should also think about whether the way you're coasting through life right now could ever convince the Mu family to let you two be together."

"Luochen, I'm telling you this as your older brother. If you really want to make it work with him, then go home and think it over."

Wen Yihe pulled his hand back and watched Ye Luochen walk away looking completely crushed.

"I... I'll go think about it."

After Ye Luochen left, Wen Yihe pulled out a wet wipe and cleaned the hand that had just touched Ye Luochen's shoulder before walking toward the flower shop.

Honestly, Wen Yihe was surprised himself.

He'd only been a little curious about this Mu Jin, so he had someone dig into him.

But he never expected the search to turn up Ye Luochen, who had been showing up at this guy's flower shop every single day. And on top of that, he'd gotten into a fight with Ji Fengyan yesterday.

Wen Yihe had only been interested in Mu Jin's looks at first, but now he was getting more and more curious about him.

The flower shop door swung open, and wind chimes jingled.

Mu Jin put down the flowers in his hand and looked over. He froze the moment he saw Wen Yihe: "Oh, it's you?"

Wen Yihe said with a light chuckle: "Yeah, small world. Didn't expect to run into you again."

Mu Jin nodded: "Yeah, it really is."

Wen Yihe glanced around at the flowers in the shop as he extended his hand toward Mu Jin and continued:

"By the way, I never properly introduced myself yesterday. My name is Wen Yihe. I'm Ji Fengyan's friend."

Mu Jin briefly shook his hand and said with a smile: "Mu Jin. Just call me A Jin."

Weird—shouldn't Wen Yihe be with Ji Fengyan right now? Why was he suddenly showing up at his flower shop?

Mu Jin was just thinking this when the door was pushed open again, and this time it was Ji Fengyan who walked in.

Wen Yihe looked at Ji Fengyan, the smile on his face fading slightly, but the grip on Mu Jin's hand tightened a little.

As soon as Ji Fengyan walked in and saw the two of them holding hands, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Mu Jin: "c( O.O )ɔ?"

Whoa... oh...

He knew it—based on the timeline, these two should be together. No wonder Wen Yihe suddenly showed up at his place. It was because Ji Fengyan had also come over.

The power of the plot was truly strong. Of course, it would be even better if it didn't drag him into it.

Mu Jin was thinking this and momentarily forgot to let go of the hand, completely unaware that the atmosphere in the shop had become subtle.

Ji Fengyan stared at their clasped hands and said coldly: "Are you two going to keep holding hands like that?"

Wen Yihe smiled and withdrew his hand: "Fengyan, what a coincidence. I didn't expect we'd run into each other here. I was just about to buy a bouquet of flowers to go see you."

Ji Fengyan had indeed gotten along well with Wen Yihe when they chatted yesterday, and he felt that Wen Yihe was a good friend and would become a good partner in the future.

But at this moment, the look in his eyes as he watched Wen Yihe carried a hint of wariness.

However, with Wen Yihe in this state and Mu Jin watching from the side, Ji Fengyan found it hard to say anything at the moment.

Mu Jin finally belatedly noticed that the atmosphere between the two was a bit off. He cleared his throat and said:

"Mr. Wen, what kind of flowers would you like?"

Wen Yihe looked at Ji Fengyan: "Let Fengyan choose for himself. After all, the flowers were originally meant to be given to him. I didn't expect to run into him here."

Mu Jin also looked at the silent Ji Fengyan: "Ji Fengyan?"

Ji Fengyan lowered his eyes, his tone softening: "As long as it's arranged by you, I'll like anything."

Wen Yihe: "..."

Are you sure this is the same Ji Fengyan from yesterday?

Mu Jin: "?"

Wait, why does this sound a bit off?

Mu Jin's gaze shifted between the two, and thinking of the novels 648 had shown him, he couldn't help but take a step back to put some distance between himself and them.

Mu Jin: [Xiao Liu, are you sure these two really don't have a romantic storyline?]

648 hesitated: "Theoretically speaking, there isn't one in the plot we received."

Mu Jin: "Oh, their relationship really is that good, but the things they say are just a bit easy to misunderstand."

648 nodded along: "It really is a bit easy to misunderstand, but it's not a big deal."

Mu Jin thought for a moment, then wrapped up a bouquet of sunflowers and handed it to Ji Fengyan.

Wen Yihe waved his phone but didn't pay right away. Instead, he flashed a smile and said:

"A Jin, these flowers are wrapped really nicely. Why don't we add each other? I'll just transfer the money to you directly, and if I ever need anything in the future, I can order from you again?"

Mu Jin had a lot of customers, so he didn't hesitate at Wen Yihe's suggestion and nodded in agreement.

Ji Fengyan opened his mouth, but before he could say anything to stop it, he could only watch helplessly as the two exchanged contact info.

His wariness of Wen Yihe deepened.

Given Wen Yihe's personality and status, plenty of people went to great lengths just to get his assistant's contact info in order to work with him.

There was no way he'd specifically add someone just to buy a few bouquets of flowers—unless that person interested him.

But clearly, what interested Wen Yihe wasn't the flowers—it was the person selling them.

Ji Fengyan felt frustrated and stifled, but with his current status and position, he had no way to stop Mu Jin from adding other people.

That sneaky, cunning old fox!

Ji Fengyan cursed inwardly, apparently having forgotten how, just yesterday, he'd enjoyed Wen Yihe's shrewdness and capability while chatting pleasantly with him.

Mu Jin noticed Ji Fengyan's slightly resentful gaze fixed on him, tightened his grip on his phone, and felt that doubt rising in his heart again.

Are these two really sure they don't have a romantic storyline going on?

He felt like just adding Wen Yihe as a friend had made Ji Fengyan upset...

After receiving the transfer from Wen Yihe and seeing that the two still showed no signs of leaving, Mu Jin asked:

"Anything else?"

Wen Yihe, having gotten Mu Jin's contact info, smiled at Ji Fengyan:

"I'm all set here. Feng Yan, we agreed I'd take you out for a stroll today—got anything else to handle?"

"No, I just came by to take a look. Let's go."

Ji Fengyan didn't want Mu Jin to keep interacting with Wen Yihe. His A Jin was so obedient—if he stayed around that old fox Wen Yihe for too long, he'd definitely get tricked away.

No, the pace of courtship and confession was too slow, and there was a chance he'd get rejected.

He had to directly lock down his relationship with Mu Jin, make everyone know Mu Jin belonged to him, and completely cut off any ideas they had about Mu Jin.

Ji Fengyan calmly left the flower shop with Wen Yihe on the surface, but behind the scenes, he was already scheming about going straight to the Mu family to discuss a marriage alliance.

If he was going to do it, he had to go all in one go.

Mu Jin found it strange but didn't think much of it.

For a few days straight, Mu Jin had lunch with Ye Luochen.

Ye Luochen, for some reason, had gotten quieter, mostly just silently staring at him, but that didn't affect Mu Jin's appetite at all.

In the evenings, he went to the Ji family's place for dinner and would be kept overnight by Ji's mother.

And Ji Fengyan would shamelessly say he didn't want to sleep alone, so Mu Jin, to avoid trouble, moved straight from the guest room into his room.

This even made Mu Jin wonder if Ji Fengyan would ever go back to that penthouse downtown.

But regardless of whether Ji Fengyan moved out or not, Mu Jin still had to go back to the Mu family to follow the plot.

Mu Jin timed his trip back to the Mu family perfectly.

At this point, his illegitimate younger sister was still studying abroad, so the only one at the Mu family was his illegitimate younger brother, Mu Yu.

As soon as Mu Jin got back to the Mu family, he saw Mu Yu sitting in the living room.

Mu Yu had already heard from the servants that he was back, but he stayed seated, casually continuing his meal.

Only when the person walked in and stood in front of him did Mu Yu look up and glance at Mu Jin.

"Oh, look who's here?"

Mu Yu frowned at Mu Jin's face, swallowing the mocking words that had risen to his lips, a hint of confusion stirring inside him.

Was his good big brother really this good-looking?

Mu Yu couldn't quite remember anymore, since the last time he'd seen Mu Jin had been years ago.

Back then, Mu Jin had been gloomy and sullen, especially those disgust-filled eyes that made him really uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the fact that this person was still his brother in name, he would've wanted to gouge those eyes out.

But now Mu Jin's eyes were too clean—clear and bright, shimmering with a faint light, like the moon reflected in water.

When Mu Yu realized what he'd been thinking while staring at Mu Jin's eyes, a wave of disgust surged through him.

His disgust deepened, and his tone turned nasty:

"Heh, Mu Jin, didn't you say you'd never set foot in the Mu family again? Why the sudden return?"

"Could it be that you finally realized you can't make it out there, and came back to beg Father to set you up with a position in the family business?"

Mu Yu leaned back, crossing his legs, fingers curled as he tapped the table lazily.

"But unfortunately, Father has already handed the authority over to me now. If you really want to come back, begging Father won't do—better to beg me."