Chapter 360: I'm a decent person

Zheng Qian: "Please trust my character; I am a decent person."

Huo Muyan: "Heh, does a decent person invite a girl to talk about business in a hotel room? I'm even starting to doubt if you actually have something to talk to me about! My time is very precious, please don't waste it!"

Zheng Qian: "Then... how about you send me your location so I can see where you are right now."

Huo Muyan: [Shares location]

Zheng Qian: "Look, you happen to be less than 100m away from me. Let's just meet here."

Zheng Qian: "Besides, two of my colleagues are here. We've just been discussing some work matters over the past two days, so please rest assured."

Huo Muyan: "..."

Huo Muyan: "Are there really your colleagues here? Alright then, but if you dare to lie to me, you're dead!"

Zheng Qian breathed a sigh of relief; he had finally managed to smooth things over. But he couldn't blame himself either. Huo Muyan's schedule was so packed that she had only left him this little bit of time, and she even had a dinner engagement in the evening. What else could he do?

Moreover, since they were so close, finding a place on such short notice was a bit difficult.

The key point was...

Well, after the successive battles with Yao Qiuqiu and Xiao Nan over the past two days, his body was a bit worn out, and he didn't want to go through the trouble of going anywhere else. He carefully crawled out of bed and went to the living room to rest for a moment.

Fortunately, this was a presidential suite with a separate reception room, which helped avoid some awkwardness.

It is worth mentioning that Zheng Qian's arrangements for employees on business trips were extremely luxurious.

No, "luxurious" wasn't even the word for it; it was extravagant! However, this only applied to female employees. If a female employee needed to go on a business trip, the hotel room would always be booked as a presidential suite. If there was no presidential suite in the area, that was fine too.

It would still have to be the best room in the best hotel in the area.

If necessary, he would even purchase a vehicle.

It wasn't for any other reason than the fact that spending money on girls allowed him to get large amounts of cashback.

A dozen minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

Zheng Qian smiled bitterly as he got up to open the door. He guessed it was Huo Muyan. She had arrived too quickly; he even suspected she might have just come from this hotel. He had intended to take a shower, but now it seemed there would be no opportunity for that.

"You..."

Huo Muyan was about to question Zheng Qian, but what caught her eye was him wearing a hotel bathrobe.

His very sturdy chest was visible through the front opening, with muscles faintly discernible. Thanks to being dragged to work out by Jin Lu previously, Zheng Qian's physique was actually quite good, and he looked decent.

It wasn't that explosive type of muscle that was basically invisible when wearing clothes.

But when shirtless, one could feel the fairly defined contours, which were quite solid.

This type of muscle definition usually meant quite strong explosive power.

"You're dressed like this to talk business with your colleagues? You guys... aren't doing anything gay, are you?"

As Huo Muyan said this, her pretty face immediately flushed red.

Reading those last two words together inevitably made people suspicious.

"Ahem... really..."

"Come in."

Zheng Qian stepped aside and led Huo Muyan toward the reception room.

The scene before them caused the latter's heart to skip a beat. It could only be described as a complete mess; there were even several torn pairs of stockings on the floor—black, white, and knee-highs, all sorts—along with many crumpled balls of tissue.

Oh, and there was a maid outfit hanging on the sofa.

While passing by the bedroom, Huo Muyan subconsciously glanced inside.

"Ah!"

She exclaimed, quickly covered her eyes, and hurriedly ran to the sofa in the reception room.

Her chest heaved, and her pretty face was flushed so red it seemed like it could drip water. She bit her lip tightly, looked at Zheng Qian with feigned anger, and her voice trembled slightly, "This is your colleague?"

"They really are my colleagues..."

Zheng Qian hurriedly closed the door. Damn it, how did he forget to close the door just now?

He nodded innocently at Huo Muyan, "They really are colleagues, just from the cruise business. They just arrived from Jiangnan, and, um... well... you know, there's been some trouble with the shipping business lately."

Huo Muyan rolled her eyes helplessly.

After thinking for a moment, she grabbed her bag and stood up. With a flushed face, she glared fiercely at Zheng Qian, "Zheng Qian, you are simply a hooligan! I can't believe I trusted you! I... I'm telling you, I'm not that kind of casual person."

Saying this, she was about to leave.

Zheng Qian quickly grabbed her hand.

"Ah!"

This pull was fine, but Huo Muyan happened to be wearing high heels, and as she turned, she lost her footing and nearly fell to the ground. Zheng Qian instinctively reached out to catch her, worried she would fall, but this action caused her to fall right into his arms.

As luck would have it, Huo Muyan subconsciously grabbed onto something to maintain her balance.

But she ended up grabbing...

Zheng Qian immediately felt a pang of pain in his balls. Fearing things would get even more awkward, he immediately grabbed Huo Muyan's hand, pulled it away from his body, and sat her down on the sofa.

"You... you just now... I... I grabbed..." Huo Muyan's face was flushed to the extreme.

She spoke incoherently, becoming extremely flustered.

Where was her former confident, professional demeanor?

She was just a panicked little girl now.

Zheng Qian hurriedly straightened his posture opposite her and said seriously, "You just grabbed my finger. Alright, ahem... it's time to discuss why I asked you here. It really is a serious matter. Are you interested in joining my film team?"

At this moment, Huo Muyan's mind was still a complete blank.

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Her mind was now full of question marks.

Did she actually grab that place just now or not?

She had never seriously dated a boyfriend, let alone had any experience in that area, so for a moment, she couldn't tell.

"Huh? What did you say?"

It wasn't until Zheng Qian called her several times that she finally reacted, turning her head with a bewildered look.

Then, she knitted her delicate eyebrows, "Your... film team? What do you mean?"

"It's like this: I invested in a movie, and the female lead is, um... you can tentatively consider her an artist under my management." Seeing her return to normal, Zheng Qian breathed a silent sigh of relief. "But the movie's art team ran into some issues and needs support with costumes, makeup, and props. And since your specialty is fashion design..."

Under Zheng Qian's explanation, Huo Muyan finally came back to her senses completely.

If it were an ordinary designer, they would certainly be pleasantly surprised. But she was different; she was already a person of some reputation in the design world and needed to cherish her reputation more. She couldn't just take on any job.

Especially with bad movies, it was even more impossible for her to agree.

If the reputation turned out bad, wouldn't that be equivalent to smashing her own brand? How would she cooperate with international big names in the future?

No, this time, no matter what, she couldn't agree to this hooligan Zheng Qian.

"For this invitation, I am prepared to invest 500 million..."

"Deal!"