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Chapter 90: The Master's Noble Character, His Self-Sacrifice Wins Over Heaven's Will.
As the direct descendant of one of the four generations of high-ranking officials, Miss Yuan had no power to resist Liu Ruyan, not even when she drew her sword.

It really does prove the saying, "Brine sets tofu, one thing subdues another."

Liu Ruyan was not only no less beautiful than her, but also had an equally good family background. Most importantly, she could even surpass her in some other areas.

For example, academic performance from childhood to adulthood, and height and physique that are forever out of reach.

Although she could easily manipulate people with the surname Dong, she was powerless against those with other surnames, and Liu Ruyan was her lifelong enemy.

"Mr. Liu, Ms. Yuan, Mr. Lin, please enjoy your meal!"

During lunch break, Secretary Xiaotian brought back a six-dish meal with soup and staple food from the restaurant.

Lin Mo originally planned to invite Miss Yuan to go find Zhang Wei together, and the three of them would go out for a casual meal and have a small get-together.

But Liu Ruyan directly told him that she had already ordered food and asked him to stay and eat there.

Judging from Miss Yuan's calm and composed demeanor, it was clear that this wasn't the first time Liu Ruyan had done this.

It has to be said that it's a bit too diligent for the top leader of a company to eat in his office.

After Secretary Xiaotian left, Lin Mo patted Miss Yuan's shoulder, who was sitting on the sofa, and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, Sister Yuan. It's come to this now, let's eat first!"

That's right. Ever since his showdown with Liu Ruyan ended in failure, he's been quite dejected, looking like he's been hit hard, just like when Director Wang was rejected.

"I'm not eating, I'm already full of anger!" Miss Yuan put her hands on her hips, turned her head away, and didn't want to talk to him.

Lin Mo smiled wryly: "No, I didn't agree, did I? I'm perfectly capable, why would I live off a woman?"

"You don't want to eat it, do you? You know you won't get to eat it."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan sat down at the table and laughed, "Xiao Mo, eat. If she doesn't eat, she can just go hungry!"

As she spoke, Liu Ruyan kicked off her shoes and curled up in the chair, completely disregarding her image as the Great Emperor Ruyan.

Everyone has their own little quirks, and Liu Ruyan is no exception. She doesn't like wearing shoes, especially when eating, and prefers to curl up in her chair to eat.

This is similar to someone who can't poop while sitting on the toilet, so even if they have a sit-down toilet at home, they'll still squat on it—it's a personal habit.

Of course, Liu Ruyan could still restrain herself when she was in public or in front of people she didn't know well, after all, she still had to pay attention to her image.

But at this moment, neither of the two people in the room were outsiders to her. After all, she had known one of them for many years, and as for Lin Mo, the other person had seen her like this before.

Back when she was at Su He's house, she ate like this, and ran around the house barefoot, so she wasn't embarrassed at all.

Looking at Liu Ruyan's appearance, Miss Yuan curled her lips: "You've been like this for so many years. Would it kill you to put your shoes on? As if anyone likes to look at your feet!"

With that, she stood up angrily, sat down heavily in the chair, picked up her chopsticks and stabbed them hard into the braised lion's head, feeling as if she were stabbing Liu Ruyan instead of a lion's head.

Lin Mo sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and was about to eat when, in the next second, two fair and tender thighs were placed on his lap. Looking down, he saw it was Liu Ruyan.

“I’m happy to. Besides, who says no one likes my feet, little brother? What do you think?” Liu Ruyan blinked and smiled.

Lin Mo looked at the pair of jade-like feet on his legs. The feet were long and slender, the toes were crystal clear, and the soles of the feet were slightly red from congestion, which contrasted sharply with the fair insteps. He quickly shook his head. He knew that pursuing jade would only harm him.

Professor Li said that his kidney energy has just begun to recover, so he needs to stabilize his development and not be reckless.

Just as he was about to speak, Miss Yuan, who was standing to the side, beat him to it. She picked up Lin Mo's chopsticks and smacked Emperor Ruyan's toes.

Lin Mo:
"Ouch~What are you doing~"

Liu Ruyan, in pain, quickly pulled her legs back.

“I didn’t realize you were such a dark-skinned guy,” Yuan Meng said, placing her short legs on his lap. “Tch, what are you pretending for? Just like nobody else has them!” Lin Mo looked down at his short feet in white socks, feeling that something was off, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

Liu Ruyan rubbed her feet, then looked over and burst out laughing: "Hehehe, I just realized you don't have ankles! Hahaha!"

After saying that, he laughed nonstop.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo suddenly realized what was wrong. He had been wondering why something seemed off.

Miss Yuan was struck dumb and quickly withdrew her leg.

"You...you don't have ankles, hurry up and eat!" After saying that, he quickly buried his head in his rice.

Lin Mo sighed, picked up a new pair of chopsticks, and prepared to eat. Liu Ruyan, who was standing next to him, started causing trouble again.

"Who said that? Look at my slender and defined ankles. Xiao Mo, feel them and tell her if I have them."

Then Miss Yuan snatched the chopsticks from his hand again and tried to pull them away, but this time Liu Ruyan pulled them back in time and missed, but the chopsticks he had just picked up were thrown to the ground.

"Hmph! You got away fast. Let's leave this topic at that and eat!" Yuan Meng said angrily.

I was already inferior to them, and now they've discovered another weakness in me. How am I supposed to compete like this?
Watching the two eat, Lin Mo remained motionless, his gaze sweeping back and forth across the table to see if there were any new chopsticks.

"Hey? Why aren't you eating?" Miss Yuan asked.

Lin Mo: →_→

"How am I supposed to eat this? How am I supposed to eat this?"

Yuan Meng noticed there were no chopsticks left and said somewhat awkwardly, "Hey, it's nothing, a little dirt won't hurt you, I'll help you!"

After saying that, she stood up and tried to pick up the chopsticks for him, but she lost her balance and stumbled, stepping on the chopsticks with her foot and grinding them with her ankleless foot.

Lin Mo:
Liu Ruyan:
Yuan Meng: "Hehe, it's okay, it still works."

As she spoke, she picked up the chopsticks she had stepped on, ran her fingers over them a couple of times, and then handed them over: "Eat up!"

Lin Mo was silent for two seconds, then clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Sir, you are very righteous. You risked your life to win against fate, but it would have been better if you had fallen to the ground!"

Yuan Meng:
Liu Ruyan: o(*≧▽≦)ツ┏━┓
He should have just picked up the chopsticks from the ground; that would have been better than this.

In the end, Liu Ruyan had her secretary, Xiaotian, bring out chopsticks again, and only then could Lin Mo eat his meal.

It wasn't that he was being pretentious, thinking that chopsticks that had been used to kick Emperor Ruyan's toes couldn't be used, but rather that doing so in front of others was a bit perverted.

After dinner, Secretary Xiaotian came in to tidy up, while the three of them chatted over tea. Suddenly, he received a photo from Chuanmei, showing a nice one-bedroom studio apartment. However, she said the rent was only for six months and cost 2,500 yuan. She asked him if it was worth it.

Lin Mo glanced at it and found that the facilities inside were indeed quite good, so he replied via voice message: "If you like it, rent it. I'll transfer the money to you right away?"

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan leaned over and asked, "You want to rent a house?"

"No, it's my roommate," Lin Mo said, explaining how her roommate was making it inconvenient for her to be in the dorm because she wanted to work in social media.

When Yuan Meng heard that it was Li Shiya, whom she had met in their dormitory, who wanted to rent a house, she was filled with excitement. This was definitely going to be fun!

"Oh, it was him! He wanted to rent a place? I'll take care of it!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo looked at Miss Yuan suspiciously: "You, sir, also work part-time as a real estate agent?"

Yuan Meng glared at him and spat, "Did you trade your intelligence for this face?"

Lin Mo:
(End of this chapter)