Chapter 1589 - 1603: Swimming

Chapter 1589: Chapter 1603: Swimming

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Tianhao’s eyes flashed with cold light. With a cracking sound, a crack appeared in the floor tile beneath Lin Mu’s feet. Lin Mu raised an eyebrow, and a soft pop was heard in the air, causing Zhao Tianhao to frown and retreat two steps before he unexpectedly collided with the wall with a bang.

In that split-second confrontation, the two were equally matched, causing Lei Xiaojiao and Zhu Xiaoli to hold their breath. Although they hadn’t reached that level, they were sensitive women who had captured the bizarre scene just now.

"Lin Mu, is it? Very good, very impressive, very powerful!"

Zhao Tianhao brushed off the dust from his shoulder and unexpectedly revealed a bright, sunny smile, "Xiao Jiao, since you have guests, I’ll come another day. If you need help, feel free to call me. Returning to my position is no big deal to me."

Saying so, Zhao Tianhao nodded to Zhu Xiaoli and left.

As soon as the three of them entered the room, Zhu Xiaoli held her chest excitedly and clung to Lin Mu, "Mr. Lin, what just happened? Did you confront Zhao Tianhao? Oh wow, amazing, inner qi clash, my god, I always thought that martial arts films on TV were just made-up, but I didn’t expect that there are real masters in the world who can kill with a mere glance..."

Indeed, the scene just now was simply too unbelievable and beyond imagination for ordinary people. Zhu Xiaoli, being naturally lively, couldn’t suppress the excitement in her heart after witnessing such a scene. On the other hand, Lei Xiaojiao didn’t look happy. She pondered for a moment and then walked over to Lin Mu, saying, "You need to be careful, Zhao Tianhao definitely won’t let this go easily."

"Hey, just because I snatched his girlfriend? This guy’s really petty!" Lin Mu pouted, feeling quite unhappy.

"Who’s your girlfriend! Don’t talk nonsense, okay?" Lei Xiaojiao’s face turned red, and the worry between her brows was instantly replaced by shyness, annoyance, and a hint of indescribable sweetness.

"Hehe, it was a slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue." Lin Mu chuckled awkwardly, his expression a bit unnatural.

Seeing this, Lei Xiaojiao felt a little regretful in her heart, but couldn’t bring herself to open her mouth again to remedy the situation. Instead, Zhu Xiaoli, being clever, leaned in to seemingly tease but actually smooth things over, "Look at you, always saying one thing and meaning another. Well, Mr. Lin, don’t mind her. Are you free tonight? I’m hosting, let’s go for karaoke at Splendid Era, don’t be a stranger!"

Originally, Lin Mu didn’t want to go, partly because he didn’t want too much interaction with Lei Xiaojiao, and partly because his rough and bold voice wasn’t suited for public display!

However, when Zhao Tianhao reappeared with a cold smile, Lin Mu changed his mind, "Are you saying we should break up?"

"Wrong, strictly speaking, I’m telling you to get out of the Pearl River Delta and disappear from my sight forever." Zhao Tianhao said arrogantly, arms crossed. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

"And what if I say no?" Lin Mu said with a smile.

"Then I guarantee you’ll have a terrible death."

Zhao Tianhao raised his eyebrows and turned to leave, leaving only a cold back. Lin Mu just pouted, completely unfazed.

Too many people in this world want him dead, but the end for most of those people isn’t pleasant. Lin Mu didn’t take Zhao Tianhao’s threat seriously at all. He drove back to the company, intending to continue performing his duties as a bodyguard, only to find that Sophie and Song Yanan had both skipped work. This result left Lin Mu somewhat worried, so he decided to return to the villa, intending to tidy up and prepare for the night’s date.

The summer heat was scorching the land. Though Yayuan Manor had small bridges and flowing water, along with green shade, the heat wasn’t much alleviated. Amid the admiring gaze of two sweaty security team experts, Lin Mu swaggered into the villa. A cool breeze drifted through; the central air conditioning had been on for some time without him knowing.

"Huh, could those two girls have come back?"

Lin Mu mumbled softly to himself, just about to turn and go upstairs, when suddenly a sound of slapping footsteps rang out. Lin Mu’s eyebrows tightened, and the hair on his body stood up in an instant. He had only heard such an eerie sound in one place: the Sunlit Divine Beast of the East. When that beast appeared back then, thirteen Eastern special forces soldiers were instantly turned into a pool of blood. That terrifying power left a deep impression on Lin Mu.

How could something like that end up here?

Lin Mu took a deep breath, his muscles tense, quietly raising a large stone at hand, intending to fight violence with violence. In the next second, with just a "slap" sound, someone walked out from the corner.

Their eyes met, and Lin Mu, who was brewing a fierce attack, suddenly shivered, almost dropping the large stone on his foot.

Song Yanan, walking out barefoot and wearing a pink bikini swimsuit, with snow-white skin glistening with water droplets, had obviously just come from the pool. Startled by Lin Mu’s peculiar appearance, her pretty face blushed, and she instinctively covered her chest with her hand, exclaiming, "What, what are you doing?"

"I’m, weightlifting! I haven’t moved much for a long time—my body was almost rusting, so I’m taking the chance to exercise a bit!"

Lin Mu, with quick wit, raised the stone weighing dozens of pounds, his face casually saying, "What, swimming?"

"Mm! It’s hot, just playing around for a bit."

After saying that, Song Yanan quickly lowered her head and ran into the dining room, exhaling after a while to suppress her pounding heart.

"I should have wrapped myself in a towel before coming back. Really, it’s all Feifei’s fault, why drink juice in the first place! Now Lin Mu saw me, so embarrassing." She touched her burning cheeks and muttered to herself as she closed the fridge, pondering that Lin Mu should have already returned to his room, then walked out of the dining room.

However, she had just taken a couple of steps when a shadow came over with a cheeky grin.

"Swimming, mind if I join?"

When Song Yanan turned her head, her face, which had just returned to normal, flushed bright red again. Sure enough, Lin Mu had gone to his room. Yet, his restless nature made him quickly change into swim trunks and come back down.

With bronze skin, well-defined muscles, and several faint, almost invisible scars, Lin Mu’s strong physique was indeed astonishingly attractive—enough to leave the beautiful older sister stunned for quite a while before she bashfully recovered and meekly said, "This, this isn’t appropriate."

"Hey, what’s inappropriate about swimming together?"

Lin Mu, without further ado, took the drink, coaxing and urging Song Yanan as he walked towards the pool behind the villa.