Maybe I'll Run Into Hat Guy

But as soon as Ye Tong finished speaking, she realized something was wrong.

If she went out, Xu Mu would definitely follow her.

In that case, what would be the point of leaving?

With that thought, Ye Tong lay back down, grasping Xu Mu’s hand.

“Don’t be nervous. Just pretend I’m not here.”

Xu Mu closed his eyes and remained perfectly still.

For some reason, Feng Yue was so nervous that her heart was pounding.

She usually spoke as if she were very experienced, but deep down, she was still fairly innocent.

Back then, she had made a huge decision before taking the initiative to give herself to Xu Mu.

But in the current situation, it seemed that the two of them could no longer handle things on their own.

Feng Yue never could have imagined that things would develop like this.

“Husband, our Xu family counts as a reclusive family, right?” Ye Tong suddenly asked in a soft voice.

Xu Mu hesitated for a moment before nodding. “Yes.”

He did not want to explain too much. At present, with the strength on their side, ordinary sects were no match for them.

“Then when are you going to marry Feng Yue?”

Ye Tong suddenly asked. “You’ve already been intimate with each other, and I don’t want you to be the kind of man who abandons a woman after having his way with her.”

Feng Yue’s pupils trembled violently when she heard this.

She had never expected Ye Tong to question Xu Mu in a situation like this.

She had already decided on her position long ago.

As long as she could become something for Xu Mu to enjoy, she would be satisfied.

Xu Mu had helped her take revenge and reclaim everything that belonged to her.

Without Xu Mu, it might have taken her decades to accomplish those things on her own.

Since he had helped her achieve them ahead of time, she felt it was only fair to spend the following decades repaying him.

But the more time she spent with Xu Mu, the more she wanted to grow closer to him.

Especially after seeing the other women around him, Feng Yue had become increasingly unwilling to remain merely a supporting character.

However, she lacked the confidence to say any of this aloud.

She had never expected Ye Tong to bring it up herself. Her heart was filled with gratitude.

Xu Mu was also stunned for a moment before saying, “The time isn’t right yet. I still have many enemies. If Feng Yue marries into the family, she’ll be in danger.”

Feng Yue secretly nodded.

Ye Tong had indeed mentioned before that someone wanted to capture her and Ye Yu.

Feng Yue had happened to escape, but Ye Yu had been taken away. Later, Xu Mu had gone out of his way to rescue her.

Those people, however, had never considered capturing Feng Yue.

But if she truly married Xu Mu, those enemies would definitely target her.

At that point, not only would she be in danger, she might also cause trouble for Xu Mu.

“What you mean is that you will marry Feng Yue, right?” Ye Tong suddenly grabbed Xu Mu’s hand.

“Of course.”

Xu Mu answered without hesitation.

He understood his own nature very well. When it came to a woman he had been intimate with—especially one who had given him her first time—his subconscious would regard her as one of his own.

Unless the woman deliberately avoided him because she did not want to be with him, like Xiao Ran at present, Xu Mu was willing to accept her.

After all, in this world, it was perfectly normal for powerful families to take multiple wives and concubines.

[Affection +20]

Feng Yue’s nose stung when she heard his answer. She had never expected Xu Mu to agree without the slightest hesitation.

Ye Tong beside her gained the same amount of affection as well.

Feng Yue took a deep breath. “Boss, you did this on purpose, didn’t you? You wanted to move me so that I’d serve you afterward?”

Ye Tong’s body began trembling again. “Husband, you still have to go to work tomorrow.”

“I didn’t say anything.”

Xu Mu kept his eyes closed and asked, “Feng Yue, how are things at the company lately?”

“Pretty well. We’ve developed another new product, and we’re currently discussing how to advertise it. In today’s society, popularity and exposure are everything.”

Feng Yue turned slightly to look at Xu Mu.

“That’s true. These days, products that work well often sell worse than products with better advertising.”

Xu Mu tilted his head and glanced at Feng Yue. “But there are techniques to generating online traffic, too.”

Feng Yue smiled. “Then please enlighten me, Boss.”

“First, you can’t give up halfway. You have to keep pushing forward and release content gradually, gauging the level of attention. Adjust your frequency according to the market’s temperature. If you follow those steps, your traffic will definitely grow.”

Xu Mu spoke in an unhurried manner.

“Why do I feel like you’re not talking about business?” Ye Tong said from the side.

“What? Are you the one with an impure mind again?”

Xu Mu had just said this when his body suddenly stiffened. He had not been hinting at anything.

Almost at the same time, the two women touched the same sensitive spot.

Their hands immediately sprang back as if they had been shocked by electricity, leaving both of them completely stunned.

If they had known the other person was going to do that, they would definitely have stayed put and done nothing.

Xu Mu smiled, though he was somewhat nervous inside as well. After all, he had never done anything like this before.

Still, he felt that they should take things one step at a time.

“What I hate most in life is people giving up halfway. Isn’t that embarrassing? Once you’ve decided to do something, you have to see it through to the end!”

Xu Mu spoke with righteous conviction.

Although Xu Mu could not remember either woman’s phone number, he eventually called them anyway.

Of course, Xu Mu was not the one who dialed.

…

Early the next morning, Xu Mu opened his eyes and glanced at the time. It was already ten in the morning.

The people beside him had disappeared long ago.

Xu Mu smiled and shook his head. This really was a completely different experience.

After getting out of bed, he saw breakfast waiting on the dining table on the first floor of Feng Yue’s home.

“If it weren’t for all these so-called protagonists, I’d say this kind of life was truly wonderful.”

Xu Mu stretched lazily.

The moment he sat down at the table, he took out his phone and first checked the outsourced cleaners’ group chat.

He found dozens of new messages. Normally, no one spoke in this group.

Usually, Ji Liang would post a message as the group owner, and then the others would say a few words in response.

Xu Mu scrolled up through the chat history and discovered that An Linghui had been mocking Ji Qingge’s name.

She had said that even in her dreams, Ji Qingge did not dare to dream big enough, and that wanting to become Xu Mu’s concubine was an embarrassment to her.

Ji Qingge had then retorted, and the two of them had started bickering.

They had even launched a full-scale battle with reaction images and stickers.

In the end, however, Ji Qingge changed her name back, once again becoming IAmTheCraziestInGroup.

Xu Mu shook his head. These two really were a pair of clowns. They were certainly nothing like the mother-daughter pairs one encountered in the traditional sense.

Just as Xu Mu was about to leave the group chat, Ji Liang posted a new message.

The First Sequence Captain, who was carrying out a mission in the island nation, had lost contact inside an inner realm there.

They were now preparing to send people over to investigate.

When Xu Mu saw this, he remembered the introverted woman he had met the last time he went to Yanjing.

She had occasionally shown signs of liking him as well.

Before Xu Mu could say anything, Chen Xuan spoke in the group first.

Chen Xuan: @Xu Mu, Brother Mu, shall we go?

Xu Mu hesitated slightly. He remembered that Lin Ruoshi was part of Hat Bro’s harem.

Now that she had run into danger, he did not know whether he would get the chance to see Hat Bro’s true identity.