Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 266: Catfight

Xiao Jinlin stared in disbelief, "What kind of lame excuse is that? Chen Xinyue, even if you’re making excuses, at least find a decent one. If it’s because of Professor An, I can explain it to her. She definitely won’t blame you."

Chen Xinyue was so anxious that her face turned red. It took her a while to squeeze out a sentence, "I... I... I don’t want to date anyone right now, go find someone else!"

"I don’t want to!" Xiao Jinlin naturally pulled her closer, "If you’re rejecting me just because you don’t want to date anyone right now, then I can wait. You can let me know when you’re ready to date."

"Xinyue, don’t rush to reject me, give me a chance."

Xiao Jinlin’s gaze was sincere and open.

Chen Xinyue felt too embarrassed to come up with an excuse, so she reluctantly agreed.

Xiao Jinlin was satisfied and didn’t push the topic further.

All the way until the plane landed, they didn’t bring up the topic again, establishing a new sense of understanding.

Outside the airport, Old Fang was waiting by the roadside.

He greeted them with a cheerful smile, "Boss, Secretary Chen, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Uncle Fang," they replied in unison.

Chen Xinyue instinctively headed for the front passenger seat, but a glance from Xiao Jinlin stopped her.

Uncle Fang immediately chimed in with a grin, "Oh dear! I put some things in the front passenger seat this morning, Secretary Chen, perhaps you should sit in the back."

Chen Xinyue suspected Uncle Fang was lying, but once in the car, she craned her neck and found a bag indeed on the front passenger’s footrest, so she awkwardly smiled and obediently sat back.

Uncle Fang curiously asked, "Boss, did you finish the business in An City?"

Xiao Jinlin shook his head, "Auntie is too busy, couldn’t get around to it. Maybe after the New Year, we could invite her to the capital. What do you think?"

He looked at Chen Xinyue.

Chen Xinyue instinctively wanted to refuse but shifted to a polite tone due to Uncle Fang’s presence, "Boss, I don’t think it’s necessary. Since you have my mother’s contact information, you can email or call her. That’s a good way to handle it.

If that doesn’t work, I can fly back too, right!"

Thinking of Qu Zhiyang watching eagerly in An City, Xiao Jinlin immediately shook his head, "Forget it, let’s discuss this later. Uncle Fang, take Xinyue back to her dorm... no, you were going to see the new house, right?"

Chen Xinyue nodded sheepishly, "I’ll rest first and then go tomorrow."

"You add Uncle Fang’s number, contact him for a ride tomorrow. If not, I’ll arrange a car for you."

Chen Xinyue shook her head vigorously, "No need, having Uncle Fang pick me up is just fine."

She believed that if she didn’t choose Uncle Fang, Xiao Jinlin would indeed arrange a car for her.

Old Fang listened with great interest from the front seat, grinning widely. Great! Their cold CEO finally got it, what a cause for celebration!

Chen Xinyue was completely unaware of Old Fang’s thoughts. When she arrived at the company dormitory, she dragged her luggage upstairs.

Once the door closed, she finally felt alive again.

But before she could truly relax, Li Muchen’s call came, inviting her out for shopping.

Considering Li Muchen was a moneybags, Chen Xinyue didn’t refuse and got ready quickly to go out.

A fresh start for the New Year, Li Muchen sported a new hairstyle. Her previously long black hair was now styled in big chestnut-colored curls, even her lipstick shade was different. She was wearing a tight-fitting red dress with a white fur coat, sporting brand-name jewelry on her neck and wrists.

With sunglasses on, she looked like a fierce big sister with red lips, making Chen Xinyue appear more elegant and gentle beside her.

They headed to the mall, only to happen to run into Susu and Guo Lingyue.

Just as Li Muchen had her eye on an outfit, Susu dashed over without even looking at who it was, grabbed the clothes, and said, "I’ll take it, wrap it up."

Li Muchen was stunned for a moment and then lost her temper, "Are you... out of your mind? Do you not understand ’first come, first served’?"

Susu stuck her neck out defiantly without even giving Li Muchen a proper look, just glaring jealously at Chen Xinyue, "Who talks about ’first come, first served’ with power and influence? Only someone who hasn’t seen the world would be so petty!"

She had investigated and knew the Chen family was doing well in An City, but that was just in An City. In the capital, the Chen family was just ordinary people with no foundation. The Su family was stronger than the Chen family; Chen Xinyue couldn’t compare to her at all.

"Hah! Who are you calling someone who hasn’t seen the world?" Li Muchen was furious, taking off her sunglasses.

Guo Lingyue, who was ready to watch the drama, paled instantly and quickly stepped forward to pull Susu aside, "Misunderstanding, it’s a misunderstanding. Didn’t expect it to be Miss Li. Susu just arrived in the capital not long ago and didn’t recognize Miss Li, truly sorry."

Li Muchen didn’t even glance at Guo Lingyue and went straight up to slap Susu.

The crisp slap sound drew quite a crowd.

Susu held her face in disbelief, "You dare to hit me? How dare you hit me! I’ll fight you!"

Li Muchen was ready for it and faced her head-on.

The two women started grappling with each other.

Guo Lingyue anxiously attempted to break them up, but was accidentally hit several times.

Chen Xinyue felt awkward just watching, so she used the excuse of breaking up the fight to step in, but actually helped Li Muchen in fighting Susu.

As soon as Chen Xinyue joined in, Susu aimed all her attacks at her, but she hadn’t expected that Chen Xinyue wasn’t the type of weak woman who couldn’t lift a hand or carry a shoulder.

Additionally, Chen Xinyue had a background in dance, her flexibility was impressive.

Avoiding Susu’s attacks effortlessly, each counterattack hit a vital spot.

Susu screamed in pain, her tears coming out.

Guo Lingyue was so angry she was practically seeing red, her mind was about to explode.

When the police arrived, the sides had already stopped fighting.

Not because Chen Xinyue and Li Muchen lost, but because they had already beaten Susu to the ground and found it boring.

"What’s going on here?"

Guo Lingyue’s face changed slightly, intending to calm things down, but Susu wasn’t having it, crying and complaining about being beaten.

Li Muchen wasn’t one to be trifled with, confidently insisted on having the police check the mall’s surveillance footage to prove herself innocent.

The police carefully reviewed and confirmed that Susu had started the trouble. As for Chen Xinyue’s later involvement, it was because Guo Lingyue got involved first, helping a friend was reasonable, and with both Guo Lingyue and Li Muchen having backgrounds, the matter ended unresolved.

After winning a victorious battle, Li Muchen and Chen Xinyue’s relationship improved significantly.

Hand in hand, they went for dinner, completely ignoring Susu and Guo Lingyue.

Guo Lingyue was on the verge of exploding with anger, taking the injured Susu back home to Mu Qinglian to complain, "Mom, Uncle’s partner is really outrageous! She actually let her friend beat Susu like this!

She knows I’m Jinlin’s sister-in-law, yet shows no respect at all, as if we’re nothing to the Xiao family!"

Mu Qinglian was horrified by Susu’s pitiful state, and when she found out it involved Chen Xinyue, she couldn’t tolerate it. She immediately contacted Xiao Jinlin, scolding him harshly, "What is wrong with your girlfriend? She hit Susu right in front of your sister-in-law. Does she have a problem with you, with her, or with our Su family? Bring her back to apologize immediately!"