Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 341

Chapter 341 Protection

In her heart, Mu Zhi kept reminding herself that her ultimate purpose is to understand Xie Xiu through work. She must blend in and be a good team player. Therefore, the first step was to learn to adapt at work.

Mu Zhi stood up and smiled at the coworkers. She said, “I will treat everyone at the KTV.”

Tian Xinran noticed Mu Zhi was getting exploited. She stood up for Mu Zhi and said righteously, “Ann just came to our company and it’s unfair to let her pay for our itineraries. Why don’t we just let Ann treat us to the KTV only? We will pay for our meal.”

Tian Xinran was one of the veterans in the company, so the others felt obligated to say yes to her.

Following her well-intentioned suggestion, some of them were agreeable, “Sure. Then let’s head to the nearest grill house and follow by the nearby KTV.”

Everyone moved on from attempting to exploit Mu Zhi.

Luo Jiajia was delighted to see her sabotaging effort worked out against Mu Zhi. So, she stopped bothering her. In the evening, Tian Xinran bailed out on the gathering due to a household emergency.

Before she left the workplace, she reminded Mu Zhi to be careful and said nothing else after that.

And as planned, Mu Zhi joined the coworkers at the nearby grill house after work.

The dinner was pleasant. At the KTV, everyone ordered beer and started playing Truth or Dare, and that was when the atmosphere became discordant.

Then, Mu Zhi gradually noticed that she was being put to task and a target for sports.

In the first game of Truth or Dare, Mu Zhi unexpectedly lost, and she chose Truth as the penalty. Luo Jiajia looked at her and asked earnestly, “Have you ever intruded on someone else’s marriage?”

This question was palpably inexplicable. Mu Zhi frowned slightly and said, “No.”

In the subsequent rounds, Mu Zhi lost again. Although ridiculous questions imposed her, she still chose to answer them with honesty.

At first, everyone thought Luo Jiajia was pulling her mischief at Mu Zhi. But after several times of incessant prying, everyone began to suspect Mu Zhi was really an intruder and got busted somehow.

Later, Mu Zhi lost again, and she opted for Truth again. Everyone unanimously asked Mu Zhi to take a Dare instead since she wanted another way.

Surrounded by relentless urges from the crowd. Mu Zhi had no choice but to choose the Dare.

The crowd then dared Mu Zhi, “Call your husband and ask him to pick you up at KTV.”

As soon as the Dare reeled in from the crowd, the rest of them hastened, and Mu Zhi was a little embarrassed.

If she called Xie Xiu now, he would find out where she works now.

Of course, she must not call him.

She must think of a way to get away from being exposed.

Mu Zhi thought for a while and bargained, “We recently got into a bicker. I am sure he will not want to pick up my call now. Let’s move on to another Dare.”

“No way. This Dare may be the de-facto reconciliation solution between the both of you.”

At this point, Luo Jiajia was intoxicated. She was behaving like a real rowdy by raising tension at picking on Mu Zhi.

Helpless and threatened, Mu Zhi reluctantly held up the glass and said, “I will fine myself three glasses of beer.”

“How can three glasses be enough? You can only choose from taking on the Dare by calling your husband or drink three bottles of beer!”

One person booed at Mu Zhi.

He then changed course to chanting at Mu Zhi, “Three bottles! Three bottles! Three bottles!”

“Hey! I’ll get you beer!”

“Come on, I have already removed the lid!”

Mu Zhi had not experienced such defeating situation before. When the people lined up three bottles of wine in front of Mu Zhi, she was startled and did not know what to do.

The crowd started chanting at her again and directly handed the bottle to her to coerce her into action.

Mu Zhi received the bottle rather awkwardly and drank up three bottles of wine before bottoming the bottles to evident sincerity.

They let her go but still bothering her to play games together after that.

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Lu Jinye let Xu Se deal with the registration at the reception while he walked into the KTV lobby. With his knotted brows and prying eyes, he looked around, searching for Mu Zhi.

Before Lu Jinye left Mu Zhi’s company in the morning, he had specifically asked the general manager to be kind to Mu Zhi and always report to him should there be any news about her.

The general manager told Lu Jinye that Mu Zhi was welcomed among the coworkers, and it was common to treat the coworkers to the KTV after work.

He told Lu Jinye the KTV location, and the latter was worried and decided to rush over.

While waiting for Xu Se to get done at the reception, Lu Jinye bumped into two men who happened to be Mu Zhi’s coworkers. They walked out from the coach with a cigarette in their hands. One of them said, “Sigh, what a poor woman Ann is, Luo Jiajia is obviously picking on her.”

“Are you feeling sorry for her? Well, if you do, you should speak up on behalf.”

“Did you not see that Ann obviously cannot handle alcohol. Not sure if she could go home after drinking so much.”

“What to do? Or you could go back in and help her finish up the beer?” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

The two spoke to each other while smoking.

Lu Jinye stood in the corner with the burrowed forehead. They were obviously talking about Mu Zhi and her almost non-existential alcohol tolerance.

Unlike Mu Zhi, he was aware of the potential ugly sabotages and unhealthy competition that happened at the workplace.

Lu Jinye walked up to the two men without hesitation. He asked them in cold mannerism, “Which room are you in?”

“1908.” The men were startled and answered immediately.

Lu Jinye immediately headed to room 1908 upon hearing from the two men.

At this juncture, Mu Zhi was already wasted, and she could not recall how much she had drunk. Her head was spinning and heavy.

“Come on! There is one last bottle. Drink up!”

She had no idea who handed her yet another bottle of beer but she obligated the handover of the beer bottle and downed the alcohol.

Without warning, Lu Jinye strode into their KTV coach.

His piercing gazes scanned around the surroundings, and everyone was scared. Even the alcohol pushers stopped pushing beer at Mu Zhi.