Chapter 1754: Previous Efforts, All in Vain

For a moment, Jiang Mobai felt very guilty.

He smiled first, then said with a very good temper: "Good food is worth waiting for; let's go handle the real business now!"

"You had better get things done today; I don't want to keep wasting time here."

Jiang Mobai snapped his fingers and promised: "Don't worry!"

As his voice fell, he took Li Xingyan home with him.

Just as the door opened, a blonde beauty rushed over and hugged Jiang Mobai!

Jiang Mobai was not surprised.

He gave the woman a passionate kiss, then asked with a smile: "Have you missed me these past few days?"

"Yes, I think of you every single moment! I just hope you can come back quickly and keep me company!"

The woman's voice was incredibly charming, enough to make one's bones melt.

Her gaze was also very affectionate; when she looked at someone, it was as if she wanted to pull at their heartstrings.

But her peripheral vision caught something.

Turning her head to look at Li Xingyan, the woman asked suspiciously: "Who is he?"

"My brother."

Hearing this, the woman immediately revealed a shy smile, reached out her hand toward Li Xingyan, and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Shasha."

Li Xingyan did not pay any attention to Shasha; instead, he frowned and lectured Jiang Mobai: "Can you settle down? You keep changing the women by your side, one after another."

"But Shasha is different."

"You say that every time, yet I haven't seen a single woman stay by your side for more than two months!"

Seeing Li Xingyan lump her in with other common, vulgar women, Shasha was secretly displeased.

However, this displeasure did not show; instead, Shasha said with a sincere face: "Brother, Mobai and I are truly in love. I hope you can bless us."

Li Xingyan glanced at Shasha indifferently and spoke bluntly: "I will not bless you two. I oppose you being together!"

"You... on what grounds do you oppose it!?"

"On the grounds that your identity is... un... clean."

Shasha was briefly stunned.

Afterwards, she tore off her disguise and asked with a fierce expression: "It was Xie Wanyi who told you, right! It must be him; I guessed he would definitely be a busybody!"

That day when Jiang Mobai was on a video call with his family, Shasha was sitting right next to him.

She had even accidentally appeared in the frame.

Shasha had been very worried that that one second of footage would be noticed by Xie Wanyi.

But there had been no movement these past few days, so Shasha had relaxed her guard.

Yet she hadn't expected...

Shasha clenched her fists, and there was a murderous aura on her delicate face.

Jiang Mobai, however, seemed not to notice, and continued to say affectionately: "You really are the most special girl I have ever met, but if my family opposes it, I have no way to be with you. However..."

Jiang Mobai changed the subject, revealing a seductive smile: "If you can prove that you are safe, I can help you plead your case."

"Of course I am safe! I was just doing a friend a favor, and then Xie Wanyi misunderstood my identity!"

When Shasha explained, she tilted her head, her expression as docile as a kitten.

But after hearing this, Jiang Mobai sighed with regret.

Afterwards, he distanced himself from Shasha and shook his head, saying: "It seems you don't want to be with me at all."

"How could that be? I wish I could give you my heart!"

Shasha had truly fallen in love; her heart had been captured by this playboy.

She was even willing to give up everything from her past to be with him!

To make Jiang Mobai understand her heart, she said with sincere words: "I admit I did do things that were out of line before, but ever since I met you, I've wanted to settle down!"

"Monitoring me for others, giving me false information, making me make misjudgments... is this your sincerity and honesty?"

Jiang Mobai's counter-question made Shasha's eyes flicker with evasion.

This made Jiang Mobai show disappointment and say: "You really were using me; your affection is also fake!"

It could not be denied that when Shasha first received the mission, she had come to monitor and use Jiang Mobai.

But amidst the pretense and deception, she had developed genuine feelings.

That genuine feeling made her feel very wretched at this moment.

Li Xingyan felt that Jiang Mobai's probing, which mixed truth with falsehood, was too inefficient.

So he simply spoke up and asked very directly: "Who do you take orders from in Wuyou Hall?"

These words made Shasha's pupils shrink violently!

She did not dare to look into the eyes of these two men.

Instead, she lowered her eyes and asked with a panicked breath: "Did Xie Wanyi tell you this too?"

"You don't need to know; you only need to answer my question."

"I... I can't say!"

As her voice fell, she felt her hand being held by someone.

Then, Jiang Mobai's affectionate voice rang out: "Really can't say? Not even for my sake?"

Jiang Mobai was truly too good at bewitching people's hearts.

Even a stone could be stirred up by his flirtation.

Shasha's eyes turned red; clearly, she was very anxious inside.

Finally, she choked out: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but if I do, I'll lose my life!"

Seeing her like this really makes one's heart ache.

Jiang Mobai reached out to stroke her head, gently coaxing her.

Shasha took the opportunity to lean into his embrace.

Seeing the two of them about to get lovey-dovey again, Li Xingyan impatiently interrupted, "How about we both make some concessions?"

Shasha looked at Li Xingyan with teary eyes and asked, "What kind of concessions?"

"I have a list here; if you hear the name of the person behind you, just look at me."

After speaking, Li Xingyan did not wait for Shasha to respond and began slowly reading out one name after another.

This list was given to Li Xingyan by Xie Wanyi.

Behind every person's name, there was also a nickname.

And while Li Xingyan was reading, he was also observing Shasha's reactions.

Shasha's eyes kept darting around.

She seemed very panicked.

However, when Li Xingyan finished reading everything and stopped, she looked a bit stunned.

And she let out a faint, almost imperceptible sigh of relief.

This let Li Xingyan know... the people on the list were not the ones they were looking for.

Li Xingyan frowned and muttered gloomily, "All the previous efforts have gone to waste."

He is a person who values efficiency in his work.

But after being busy for so long, it all ended up being for nothing... this made him very irritable!

He prepared to go back and settle the score with Xie Wanyi!

And Li Xingyan's performance just now let Shasha know that she was safe for the time being.

She felt that her performance today would surely satisfy Jiang Mobai, so she looked over at him with a charming smile.

Jiang Mobai was also looking at Shasha.

After their eyes met, he very gently stroked Shasha's hair and then said, "You've worked hard."

"As long as I can be by your side, I don't feel like it's hard work."

As Shasha said this, she hugged Jiang Mobai's waist.

Finally, she could stay by Mobai's side openly and honestly!

Shasha closed her eyes, feeling deeply happy.

At this moment, she heard Jiang Mobai say, "As compensation, you can continue to live here."

Her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

The next instant, Shasha immediately opened her eyes, looked up at the man beside her, and asked, "If I live here, then what about you?"

"I am going to the next country to participate in a competition."

"Then I'll go with you!"

Jiang Baobao looked at the man in front of her, her heart feeling as if it had been pricked by a needle.