Chapter 505-506

Chapter 505: You Live up to Your Reputation as the Woman I Fancy 　 After they’d finished messing around, the immature Young Marshal Mu finally calmed down. He sat in the back seat quietly, reading the cheesy script of the scheme written by Yun Xi. While reading the plot, Mu Feichi chuckled often. Then he turned to look at the little rascal sitting beside him and held up the script he was holding. “Do you like this sort of plot?” Yun Xi glanced at his disdainful expression with a nonchalant expression on her face. “It’s not that I like it. It’s my aunt who likes it. This kind of plot is very suitable for my aunt. If it’s too complicated, she won’t understand it.” 　 　 Such a cheesy, tacky plot suits the romantic ideals of a country girl like Chen Lixue. “Well, what do you mean by involving me?” Mu Feichi pointed to his name inside. “Sorry, but I have to borrow the title of Young Marshal Mu for this show. You don’t need to personally do anything. You just need to watch the show.” If he personally made a cameo, whether he would mess up or not, her dad would be scared out of his wits. “What about you?” Mu Feichi glanced at her. The little rascal appeared so engrossed and amused. He was fascinated watching her. “I’m going to watch the show with you. I won’t personally meddle. To set up a scheme, you must disassociate yourself so you can’t be incriminated. That is my first principle.” “Well, you live up to your reputation as the woman I fancy. How shrewd!” “...” The setup of the drama was actually very simple. It was nothing more than a story of a hero saving a damsel in distress, with the added bonus of old flames being rekindled. Having Mu Feichi of the Mu Corporation do this sort of thing was, um, a little degrading. No wonder Mu Feichi looked contemptuous after reading her script. ... In a small motel in Jingdu, Chen Lixue felt crestfallen. It was as if all her fantasies had been crushed after she’d been placed in such a small, shabby motel. However, the person who’d come to pick her up was one of Young Marshal Mu’s people. As soon as they’d met her, they had talked about Young Marshal Mu’s lifesaver and had asked her which girl had saved Young Marshal Mu. 　 　 Because this person had a distinguished background and was from Jingdu, Chen Lixue grasped that this was an opportunity that had come right to her door. Even though she knew that Yun Xi had saved Young Marshal Mu a few months previously, she wasn’t going to let her snatch such a good opportunity from her. Therefore, she used Liang Xinyi as a substitute. While telling this person that her daughter had already gone to school in Jingdu, she’d also made a request to go to Jingdu personally. Since she was the mother of the lifesaver, the other party naturally wouldn’t neglect her. But who knew that the other party would disappear after dropping her off at a small motel. She had only been left with a few sets of new clothes and the hotel accommodation fee for a week, but nothing else. The quality of the clothes was very good. Although there were no brand labels, they were all styles she had seen on TV. Although the clothes were a little bigger than her actual size, they were all styles that she didn’t want to take off after putting them on. Each piece of clothing made her appear 20 years younger. In addition, she had been living a life of comparative ease in the countryside since she made Yun Xi do all the rough household chores. Although her life had been a bit rough, she knew her own advantages. Looking at her renewed self in the mirror, she knew that her glamorous appearance didn’t pale in comparison to Liang Xiuqin’s. But no matter how glamorous she appeared, she still had an inferiority complex when it came to Jingdu. 　 　 Jingdu’s cost of living was so much higher than the countryside’s. The person who had picked her up had only given her a few sets of clothes and the accommodation fees, but nothing else, not even a single dime. The money she had brought with her had all been spent on eating during the past few days. With such nice clothes, she couldn’t humble herself and eat from street vendors. In two days, she’d spent all her money just on meals. It was distressing. But when she thought of how her daughter had become Young Marshal Mu’s lifesaver and so now people might pamper her with all sorts of benefits, she felt that her current expenditures were worth it. They didn’t actually know who had saved Young Marshal Mu anyway, so she could keep benefiting from it. As long as she could find the person who had picked her up, and since she was now the mother of Young Marshal Mu’s lifesaver, would she have to worry that this person wouldn’t grant her requests? 　 *** Chapter 506: I’m Very Willing to Set People Up 　 At the Mu family residence, Feng Rui, dressed in an expensive, flashy suit, was going to pretend to be a nouveau riche dude in accordance with Yun Xi’s script. When Yun Xi saw his gaudy appearance, she burst out laughing and fell directly into Mu Feichi’s arms. It wasn’t that she wanted to tarnish his image in this mean-spirited way, but last time it had been Qi Yuan who had sent Chen Lixue back to the countryside, so Chen Lixue had met Qi Yuan. Feng Rui’s role was as a nouveau riche dude who wanted to climb the social ladder through Young Marshal Mu. 　 　 While he was suffering setbacks, he’d found out that someone in her family had saved Young Marshal Mu. He had had someone come to visit her to request that she, as Young Marshal Mu’s lifesaver, put in a good word for him so he could get in through the back door. As Yun Xi had expected, Chen Lixue had really taken advantage of the situation and had actually replaced her with Liang Xinyi. Therefore, the next thing to do was to leave the mistake uncorrected and make the best of it. Without doubting her, the nouveau riche dude treated her as Young Marshal Mu’s lifesaver and brought her to Jingdu. With Feng Rui’s personality, he was really a suitable candidate for the role of a nouveau riche dude. He was very convincing when he acted frivolously, and one definitely wouldn’t have guessed that he was actually one of Young Marshal Mu’s people. “Little Yun Xi, are you sure you really want to do this?” Why did he feel that it was a little underhanded? “Why not?” Yun Xi looked self-righteous. “Don’t worry, you can pretend to be a filthy rich guy without actually spending any money.” “Young Marshal Mu doesn’t need you to save money for him.” Feng Rui rearranged his gaudy suit and complained, “This kind of role should be played by Second Master Jiang, since he would basically be playing himself.” “Are you unwilling to do it?” Yun Xi asked with a smile. 　 　 Feng Rui instinctively glanced at Young Marshal Mu. Mu Feichi’s cold eyes had a warning, threatening expression. Just one glance made him tense up. He didn’t dare talk nonsense anymore. Waving his hand, he chuckled mischievously, “No. no! I’m very willing to set people up. Ha, ha, ha.” Young Marshal Mu’s common sense had been blinded by love, and they had only one purpose in doing all of this: to unconditionally make the girl happy. ... Chen Lixue had been eating out in restaurants for the past few days. Thinking that someone was going to clean up her mess, she spent money like there was no tomorrow. In less than three days, she had spent all the money that she had brought with her. When she had no more money left to pay for her meals, a waitress started to think that she was a dine-and-dasher and notified the manager. Upon being treated as a scammer in front of so many guests, Chen Lixue immediately lost it. “Who are you calling a scammer? Look clearly, am I dressed like a person with no money? I...I just forgot to bring my wallet when I went out.” The waitress noticed that her eyes were looking furtive, so she confronted her right out. “If that’s the case, then let our manager go back with you to where you’re staying to get it. We don’t accept dine-and-dashers here.” “Little b*tch, what’s with your attitude? How can you treat customers like this? The customer is God, don’t you understand? Where’s your boss? Ask your boss to come out and talk to me. How can such a big restaurant be so badly run? Can’t you see who I am? How dare you call me a scammer?” 　 　 Chen Lixue was already feeling fainthearted and lacking in confidence. All her confidence now disappeared along with the waitress’s aggressive demands. The point was that she had no connections in Jingdu, nor did she know where the Yun family was or where Liang Xinyi’s school was. She was helplessly on her own in an unfamiliar place, so it was impossible for her to find someone to borrow money from. And she also knew that the more lacking in confidence she was, the more easily she would expose herself. Even if she had no money, she couldn’t let them see it. She was determined that she would have the last laugh. Chen Lixue had originally thought that since she was throwing a tantrum over seeing the manager, they would be afraid of getting into big trouble by wronging her, so they would drop the whole thing. But she hadn’t expected that the manager would really come out to see her. When Chen Lixue saw who the manager was, she suddenly felt her legs go weak.