Xu Mu clicked open and took a look, finding that the other person had sent two words: "Morning!"
There was also a cute sticker following it.
He cracked a smile. This woman really was persistent.
He had even made her call him 'daddy' yesterday, and today she was acting as if nothing had happened.
But then again, it was precisely this kind of persistence that could win a man over.
As the saying goes, when a woman pursues a man, it's like only a thin veil separates them.
Zhong Qianqian was cute-looking, and crucially, she had a great figure too. For an average man, even if married, having such a beauty actively sending messages all day...
His mind would inevitably wander.
"What's going on?"
Xu Ningbing sheathed her long sword and walked over to the desk, putting on her plain glasses.
Xu Mu didn't hide anything either, telling Xu Ningbing everything he had heard.
Of course, what he mentioned was only about Ye Chen having Zhong Qianqian infiltrate the pharmaceutical company; he didn't mention Ye Chen instructing Zhong Qianqian to seduce him.
After listening, Xu Ningbing's eyes gradually turned cold.
"I thought he was planning something big, relying on foreign capital. Turns out he just wants to steal our formula in the end, just like those others."
Xu Ningbing felt even more disdain for Ye Chen's character.
"Those others? Who else?"
Hearing this, Xu Mu was somewhat surprised.
"Our pharmaceutical company recently had a mole too, a lab technician. We've already investigated and found out his wife suddenly bought an apartment in Beijing."
Xu Ningbing's face was icy. "There will always be people who can do anything for profit."
"Since you found out, why not just arrest them directly?"
Xu Mu looked at Xu Ningbing and asked.
"Dad said we should turn their scheme against them, to see who's really behind it."
Xu Ningbing explained. "He's been investigating for a few days. Let's go ask him in a bit; he might already know."
"Let's go, we'll go now."
Xu Mu stood up and said, a plan already vaguely forming in his mind.
"Okay."
Xu Ningbing picked up the office uniform from the side and slipped it on.
As she was buttoning it up, Xu Mu clearly saw that two of the buttons were particularly difficult to fasten.
"What are you looking at? Shameless!"
Xu Ningbing noticed Xu Mu's gaze and glared at him.
"Shameless? I don't think so. When a flower is in full bloom, if I don't appreciate it, that would make me rather unromantic, wouldn't it?"
Xu Mu said softly.
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"Glib! Be careful or I'll clamp your mouth shut!"
Xu Ningbing walked over and said.
"With what?"
Xu Mu laughed.
Xu Ningbing narrowed her eyes and directly gave Xu Mu an elbow jab.
But Xu Mu was prepared and dodged it easily.
The two of them roughhoused like this all the way to the chairman's office.
Xu Ningbing stood in front of the desk and told Xu Shou everything Xu Mu had said.
"So that's how it is."
Xu Shou revealed a smile. "Good thing we were prepared, knowing the formula would be coveted, and protected it very well."
"Dad, did you find out who's behind that lab technician?"
Xu Mu, now sitting on the sofa, asked.
"Found out. You'll never guess—it's the Guo family from our Jiang City."
Xu Shou lit a cigarette.
"The Guo family? Guo Xiao?"
Xu Ningbing clenched her fist tightly. "Despicable! I hate people who act one way in front of you and another behind your back the most!"
To think, Guo Xiao had often sought her out before, claiming repeatedly that he would follow the Xu Group in the future.
That he would follow the Xu family's lead.
Who would have thought he'd send someone to steal their family's formula behind their backs.
Xu Mu's expression didn't change. He knew it wasn't Guo Xiao, but Fang Chu.
If that was the case, then even better; his plan could be maximized.
"Xiao Mu, what are you thinking? You look so pleased."
Xu Shou suddenly looked at Xu Mu and asked.
"Dad, can we use the same method as last time?"
Xu Mu smiled and spread his hands. "Intentionally leak a fake formula to them."
"I've thought about that too, but creating a fake formula that seems genuine but only has effects for a few days should be even more difficult than the real one, right?"
Xu Shou took a drag of his cigarette and asked.
"You're right, but you also know I know a thing or two about pharmaceuticals."
Xu Mu said with a smile.
"Xiao Mu, can you do it?"
Xu Ningbing immediately rushed over and sat down beside Xu Mu.
"While researching the Yang Energy Pill, I made several failed versions. One of them, if taken three times consecutively, would cause... direct impotence."
Xu Mu said with a smile. "When they test it, under normal circumstances, they'd take at most one pill, definitely not three, right?"
He possessed Pharmaceutical Proficiency. By substituting ingredients and adding two others, he could indeed achieve this.
When the time came, those people would only be able to recover slowly by taking their family's genuine Yang Energy Pill for recuperation.
"Great! Since we have a fake formula, let's do it just like that!"
Xu Ningbing laughed and put her arm around Xu Mu's shoulder. "That's my brother!"
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Seeing the relationship between the two at this moment, Xu Shou also showed a gratified smile.
He had previously thought their relationship wasn't good, but wasn't this quite nice?
He planned to find time to reveal Xu Ningbing's true identity.
But there was a prerequisite: first, he needed Xu Ningbing to accept the hidden family's practice of having multiple wives and concubines.
He liked Ye Tong too; he couldn't make Xu Mu divorce Ye Tong just for Xu Ningbing's sake.
"Xiao Mu, what do you think we should do?"
Xu Shou stubbed out his cigarette butt in the ashtray.
"Split the materials and the production process of the fake formula, giving them separately to the Guo family and Ye Chen, and let the two of them fight over it."
Xu Mu couldn't help but laugh.
He had been wondering how to make these two male protagonists clash; wasn't this the perfect opportunity?
He needed both Fang Chu and Ye Chen to know that the other's formula was stolen.
That way, they would spare no effort in competing, since neither came by it legitimately.
"What if the two of them cooperate?" Xu Ningbing asked.
"Let them cooperate; it's fake anyway."
Although Xu Mu said this, he knew very well in his heart that cooperation between the two was impossible.
Especially with Ye Chen's personality.
However, the immediate task now was to arrange for Zhong Qianqian to be placed in the pharmaceutical company in a plausible way.
...
Zhong Qianqian was very irritated. This was the first time she had encountered a stinky straight guy like Xu Mu.
She had been sending messages for so long, and he still hadn't replied.
She decided to find a way to curse at him. Did he really think she was easy to bully?
She picked up her phone and sent Xu Mu a message: "Did you eat shit?"
Xu Mu: "?"
Seeing Xu Mu's reply, Zhong Qianqian first sent a not-so-serious panda head sticker.
Then she replied: "You ate the beginning of our happiness."
...
On his end, seeing Zhong Qianqian's reply, Xu Mu wasn't angry. This woman was clearly doing it on purpose.
But let's see how long she could stay cocky.
When the time came and the formula turned out to be wrong, causing Ye Chen to lose a huge sum of money,
Ye Chen would definitely give her trouble. After that, Xu Mu decided to show her some appropriate concern.
To see if he could pull this woman over to his side.
It had to be said, a powerful hacker could be very useful in many ways.
Returning to his own office, Xu Mu lay down on the sofa for a short nap.
About an hour later, Meng Wanyue's call came through.
"What's up, Wanyue?"
Xu Mu answered the phone.
"Zhong Qianqian called me. She asked if I had thought of a way to get her placed in the pharmaceutical company?"
Meng Wanyue said from the other end.
"Heh, I happen to have a method for this."
Xu Mu's lips curled into a smile. He could hardly wait to see what kind of sparks would fly when Ye Chen and Fang Chu collided.
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
