Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 71 You Are Not the Other Woman

Mu Qingran’s tone was gentle, yet between the lines, disdain was hidden.

Jiayi’s shapely eyebrows rose, "Just now, from what I saw of Mr. Huo and Supervisor Mu’s interaction, it didn’t quite seem like that of an engaged couple. Are you sure your relationship as fiancees still exists?"

Mu Qingran’s face tightened, not expecting to be outmaneuvered by her.

Jiayi couldn’t be bothered to talk more with her, picked up her coffee, stood up, and walked out of the break room.

Mu Qingran’s eyes darkened, and without any more hesitation, she called out to her, "Miss Luo, my words might have made you uncomfortable, but I just want you to know that Zhenyang and I had a good relationship before, and I hope you will back off and return him to me!"

Jiayi turned her head, Mu Qingran’s lashes were wet with a few tears, and her slim, delicate figure was also trembling slightly, seemingly very agitated.

"If he belongs to you, do I need to return him?"

Jiayi articulated each word, then quickened her pace back to the office.

Meanwhile, inside the break room, Mu Qingran clenched her fists.

It seemed that this little secretary was indeed Zhenyang’s new favorite.

But what of it?

She was just a secretary.

Zhenyang most likely regarded this girl as nothing more than a tool for release, without any real feelings.

Since she was back, she wouldn’t miss out on this man again.

What she had lost before, she would definitely take back.

Thinking this, Mu Qingran stopped her tears, and a determined smile bloomed on her red lips.

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Upon entering the office, Jiayi slammed her coffee-filled mug down on the coffee table with a bang, not too hard, not too soft.

Huo Zhenyang detected her dissatisfaction.

Jiayi sat on the sofa, silent, picking up a document to bury herself in reading.

Having been out for just half an hour or less, why was the young lady angry again?

He leaned forward, his long fingers took the document from her hand, lazily flicking her hair off her shoulder, "What happened?"

She stood up, facing him, her beautiful little face slightly frosty, "Nothing, I just had a few words with Mr. Huo’s fiancee."

The words "fiancee" turned Huo Zhenyang’s eyes instantly cold, "What did she say to you?"

Jiayi chuckled lightly, "She is clearly your fiancee, yet you say there’s nothing between you, just someone you knew before. Mr. Huo, is it that everyone in the business world is so thick-skinned, so good at bragging?"

Huo Zhenyang’s expression turned even icier.

Seeing that he didn’t respond, Jiayi knew he had tacitly agreed.

That Mu Qingran was indeed his fiancee.

The same woman Auntie Li had mentioned.

The fiancee with whom he had an official engagement, the woman he once wanted to marry.

No matter what misunderstandings there might have been between them, Mu Qingran at least bore the title of fiancee.

And now, she had returned.

So, what did that make her by remaining by this man’s side?

A mistress? A kept woman? A hidden pet?

She felt like she had done something wrong, snatching something that belonged to someone else.

Now, she just wanted to leave.

Jiayi stood up, ready to leave.

Just as she took a step to leave, her slender wrist was caught by the man.

Caught off balance, she was pulled back with a force, landing squarely on his sturdy thighs.

He had intended to pull her back to sit on the sofa, but unexpectedly, the delicate girl sprang back into his embrace.

His breath quickened, like that of a restless leopard, and he seized her slender wrist, forcing her to encircle his neck and preventing her from getting down, his voice lowering:

"Listen to me."

This time, she was neither compliant nor compromising as before.

"Your fiancée has returned... let go of me, I don’t want to be called a homewrecker, I don’t want people to point their fingers and curse at me."

Her other hand clenched, and while she couldn’t help but speak her heart, she pounded him with her fist like a kitten’s paw, hitting him hard!

This little thing, her temper was indeed getting more and more formidable.

Huo Zhenyang, helpless, let her pound on his chest as if to vent.

After a few punches, she was panting, put down her fist, and tried to get up again.

He tightened his grip on her wrist, with no intention of letting her go. His eyes turned colder still, his voice rising up as if from underground: "Had enough?"

The man’s tone could freeze a mosquito to death, and his handsome face was under a hailstorm.

Jiayi involuntarily shivered, and a good portion of her displeasure vanished.

Although she was a bit angry at the moment, she still had a fear of him.

This man, in every move he made, always exuded an aura of authority that could arise at any moment.

It involuntarily made one hold their breath.

She turned her little face to the side, not daring to rise from his thigh, yet still refusing to look at him.

"Turn your head, look at me."

His eyebrows twisted, as he issued a command in a domineering manner, like a sovereign.

No. Just no.

Even though she didn’t voice it out loud, the meaning was clear on Jiayi’s stubborn little face.

"I’m saying it one last time, look at me, otherwise, I can’t guarantee what will happen."

His words were always said once, never to be repeated.

But this little girl had once again upended his habit.

The man’s voice was more than just cold.

An invisible pressure hit her, Jiayi hated her own weakness, yet couldn’t help but slowly turn her head to meet his gaze.

He lifted her tender chin, his gaze fixed on her: "Mu Qingran was indeed once my fiancée, but our relationship had ended long ago."

Her eyes flickered.

"She is Yao Zhenru’s distant cousin. Three years ago, not long after I became the CEO of the group, I met her through Yao Zhenru’s introduction. Later, we got together and, under the arrangement of the old man, we even got engaged."

So Mu Qingran was his stepmother’s cousin?

Jiayi pondered, listening to the man continue: 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Until one day, a big deal I had just clinched was sabotaged. Because of the loss of that deal, the group suffered heavy losses, and the old man nearly removed me from my CEO position in his anger. Fortunately, I was prepared, and the group managed to recover from that catastrophe. Later, I had someone investigate secretly and discovered that the deal was sabotaged because someone stole the bidding documents and gave them to the Huo Family’s rivals."

Jiayi’s heart thudded. Could it be that the person who stole the contract was...

"It was Mu Qingran," the man’s voice was calm but laced with a hint of chill.

Jiayi had not expected this at all.

Could it be that Mu Qingran dated Huo Zhenyang back then, all to help Yao Zhenru take him down so that Yao Zhenru’s biological son could take his place?

If that was the case, no wonder their relationship had soured.

"Now, do you understand? My relationship with her is over. When I found out about her actions, I cut off all ties with her, and later, she went abroad. Now, between her and me, we are merely business associates."

Huo Zhenyang’s tone was indifferent, his eyes deep as he fixed them on her: "So, you are not the other woman, do you hear me?"