Chapter 76

Qiao Muting, standing in the middle, carried an aura of oppression.

It made people afraid to meet his gaze, and afraid to harbor any excessive thoughts of contempt.

After sweeping his gaze around, he seemed to have made a decision, planning how to develop this plot of land slated for demolition.

"Is that... Qiao Muting? Damn, we're lucky! If I weren't married and only had eyes for my husband, I would've been tempted." Jiang Nannan's eyes glowed as she stared at Qiao Muting.

She suddenly thought of something.

She immediately looked at Shu Xia, "Anyway, you and Fu Chenyan have broken up, why don't you go work at Qiao Group and try to win over Qiao Muting to become the young mistress of the Qiao Family? If you become the young mistress of the Qiao Family, your biological parents will definitely regret it to their guts. Also, also, look at Qiao Muting's physique; everyone wears suits, but he wears his the most stylishly. I bet he definitely has abs and a V-line, and those legs, they look so straight and powerful."

"Our Xia Xia is the absolute ceiling of pure desire, if you use a little bit of a beauty trap, he might just take the bait."

Shu Xia looked at Jiang Nannan, who was lost in her fantasies, feeling both amused and frustrated; she almost blurted out that she and Qiao Muting not only knew each other but had also registered their marriage.

However, having promised Qiao Muting to keep the marriage hidden, she decided to pretend not to know him.

"Even if I stood in front of him naked, he wouldn't spare me a second glance. Let's just eat our hot pot obediently." Shu Xia's tone was resolute.

Jiang Nannan wouldn't give up and continued to daydream, "I'd be tempted if you were naked, let alone a man. As long as you're naked and lying on the bed like that, any man wouldn't be able to control his lower half; even if he were gay, you could straighten him out."

"Your filter for me is a bit deep. Does your man know about this?" Shu Xia teased.

Jiang Nannan chuckled twice and stopped while she was ahead, no longer continuing to fantasize. How could Xia Xia and Qiao Muting possibly develop to the point she described? The two didn't know each other at all. Even if Xia Xia really could get a job at Qiao Group, she and Qiao Muting would have nothing to do with each other, and they wouldn't have any connection whatsoever.

Mentioning her husband, she pursed her lips and said, "If I had known, I would have come out with you yesterday. He had a ton of things at the company yesterday and didn't get home until the middle of the night. Sigh, it's a pity that the big table of food I made all went cold."

"Alright, enough about me, let's talk about you. What are your plans for the future? Fu Chenyan is looking for you everywhere, he even called me. Will you soften your heart and forgive him?"

"No."

Shu Xia put the beef into the pot, her lowered eyelids hiding the cold light in her eyes.

"Huh... why do I feel like Qiao Muting seems to be looking at you?" Jiang Nannan saw Qiao Muting's gaze sweep over from outside the window and immediately became excited.

Shu Xia raised her eyes and looked over.

She met Qiao Muting's gaze exactly.

It was as if they had exchanged some secret signal; after that glance, both of them looked away calmly without any sign of anything unusual.

"You saw wrong," Shu Xia said.

Jiang Nannan muttered, "The look he gave you just now seemed very surprised, and then it seemed like he knew you. But since you don't know each other, then I must have seen wrong. Eat hot pot, eat hot pot, I haven't been here in a long time, just smelling the scent brings back the old taste."

While eating, Shu Xia joked, "I remember you saying that when you were little, your dream was to be a police officer, right?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"I think you have a talent for being a police officer."

Being able to so accurately discover that Qiao Muting knew her, it was a pity Jiang Nannan wasn't a police officer.

"How did you figure that out? When I said I wanted to apply to the police academy back then, my whole family didn't support me. Later, I saw that police officers are all very busy and probably don't have time to date, so for the sake of Huo Jingyan, I gave up on that idea." Jiang Nannan's tone revealed some regret.

Outside the door, Qiao Muting was somewhat surprised when he saw Shu Xia.

She was very relaxed when she was with her friend.

Seeing her pretend not to know him, his expression darkened slightly.