CHAPTER 411: CHAPTER 402: STRICT WIFE CONTROL

Lin Mu rubbed his stubble, "Can I understand it as, if I get rid of Chen Shiwei, you’ll agree to officially get engaged with me?"

"Hehe, you can think of it that way!" Sophie chuckled.

"Feifei, can I get a bit more certainty, at least give me some confidence." Lin Mu complained.

"Alright, then I’ll give you some confidence. Once you eliminate Chen Shiwei’s influence, I’ll agree to go out with you, be your girlfriend!" Sophie said.

"Ha, great, that’s straightforward. It won’t be long before you obediently become my girlfriend. Actually, you overestimate Chen Shiwei. He might be a tough character, but I’ve never regarded him as anything serious; nothing can stop my progress, hehe!"

In the afternoon, Lin Mu returned to the Qi Family Mansion from the Yunhai Mansion. As soon as he stepped into the yard, he heard a commotion inside.

Lin Mu leaned his eyes against the door without opening it. The arguing voices inside seemed to be coming from Qi Manlin and a man!

A man? There has never been any man staying at his house, right? Could it be Qi Manlin’s boyfriend?

"Manlin, as a girl, you’re not getting any younger. You know your mom’s temper, why don’t you come home with me, or else I won’t be able to explain it to your mom." The man said persuasively.

"Dad, I’m not going back. There’s no way I’m having a blind date with that Liu Zhipeng. So what if he has money? Is having money so great? Are you really trying to marry off a daughter, or are you selling one?" Qi Manlin said in a complaining tone.

Lin Mu listened, now he understood. The person inside isn’t Qi Manlin’s boyfriend, it’s her father. Judging by his tone, he seems to be persuading Qi Manlin to go home for a blind date. Haha, no wonder Qi Manlin said those offhand comments days ago, this is the reason!

Lin Mu stood at the door, knocked and walked in. After all, Qi Manlin is a decent girl, though a bit temperamental. Seeing that Qi Manlin is genuinely unwilling, Lin Mu was naturally going to help her out of the situation. This is practically snatching away his own girl.

But as Lin Mu pushed the door open and walked inside, seeing the middle-aged man sitting next to Qi Manlin, he froze for a moment. Damn, is it real? No wonder he looked familiar! Isn’t this Qi Shangjing?

Since Lin Mu has been getting close to the city’s leadership lately, he naturally knows Qi Shangjing. Although not too familiar, they’ve exchanged a few words. It turned out they are father and daughter, which was quite unexpected for Lin Mu!

These two are keeping it quite under wraps, aren’t they? Qi Manlin, with her straightforward nature, never mentioned this to him! Qi Shangjing saw Lin Mu and paused, evidently surprised. He hadn’t expected Lin Mu to appear here!

"Haha, Secretary Qi is here, what an honor for my humble abode! Please, come in!" Lin Mu said with a smile, extending his hand to shake with Qi Shangjing.

Qi Shangjing stood up and shook Lin Mu’s hand, "Aha, so Boss Lin also lives here!"

Then suddenly Qi Shangjing’s brows furrowed, clearly feeling unsettled about the cohabitation. For even if they were innocent, it wouldn’t look good in the eyes of outsiders!

"Yes, yes, Secretary Qi, please don’t misunderstand. Manlin and I are just roommates; there are two other girls living with us." Lin Mu quickly explained, darn, it’s not good to let Mayor Qi have any misconceptions about his innocence!

Qi Shangjing forced a smile and nodded, "Ah, so that’s how it is."

"Yes, exactly, that’s all there is, hehe!" Lin Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, Lin Mu is not afraid of Qi Shangjing’s official authority, but still, he is Qi Manlin’s father. If it were him and he knew his daughter was living with another man, he would also be furious!

"Brother Lin, don’t hide it from my dad any longer, tell the truth!" Qi Manlin suddenly stood up and said, then reached out to wrap her arm around Lin Mu’s arm, "Dad, let me tell you the truth, I have a boyfriend. Lin Mu is my boyfriend!"

Qi Manlin spoke such a devastating sentence, Lin Mu almost felt his heart shatter. Is this little policewoman using me as a shield? Wouldn’t Qi Shangjing butcher him like a chicken?

"Uh...Secretary Qi, I..."

"Lin Mu, what are you afraid of? Don’t try to hide it. Even if my dad knows, he won’t do anything to you. How could he break the law and hit someone!" Qi Manlin interrupted Lin Mu before he could finish, and squeezed his back hard.

Lin Mu painfully looked at Qi Shangjing and could only continue to play along with Qi Manlin’s cover-up, "Secretary Qi, I..."

Qi Shangjing looked at Lin Mu, his expression slightly displeased. Young people living together, how could they be doing anything good? But a secretary is a secretary, not as impulsive as ordinary people!

"Manlin, we’ll discuss your situation later. But no matter what, you must come home with me. You know your mother’s temper. If you don’t come back with me, she’ll definitely make a fuss again!" Qi Shangjing stated firmly to Qi Manlin.

Despite being a powerful official in Wancheng, Qi Shangjing was a typical henpecked husband at home!

"Dad, I’m not going back. I’ve been away from that home for five or six years, why go back now?" Qi Manlin said impatiently, apparently very resentful towards the so-called home.

Lin Mu didn’t understand what’s going on inside. It’s difficult for an outsider to judge family matters, so naturally he couldn’t say much. But judging from Qi Manlin’s tone, it seems she has some conflicts at home! After all, Qi Manlin never mentioned family affairs to him; he didn’t even know her father was Secretary Qi, a prominent figure in Wancheng! Let alone that dead ghost Han Si Hai, even he didn’t know Qi Manlin’s background. If he knew her father was this high-ranking official, how could he dare to risk kidnapping Qi Manlin?

Now Lin Mu regretted making things worse, thinking he was helping Qi Manlin out. Instead, he got himself tangled into it!

Qi Shangjing looked at Qi Manlin, though he was a decisive leader with authority in the official circles, he had no dignity at all in the family, merely a kind father and a compliant husband!

"Manlin, even if you don’t want to have any blind date, at least visit home once? You might want to explain things to your mom, you know her temper well. How can I persuade her?"

Lin Mu stood beside, seeing how Qi Shangjing really had no standing at home. Looking at Qi Manlin’s temper, it might have been inherited from her mother, making Mrs. Qi surely at tiger-lady level!