Accusations of not wanting to marry: The prosecutor pressed him relentlessly.

Mu Wangbei had a large suitcase in the dressing room, and then he brought up two more cardboard boxes.

Fang Youxi squatted down beside him watching him unpack the box: "What did you bring over?"

When he opened it, he found that many of his things were hers. He had brought not only his own clothes, but also some clothes that he had bought for her.

He also took all the books she had left at his house, her own books, her hair ties, her shower gel, and other odds and ends.

Fang Youxi suddenly blurted out, "Where's the watch you gave me? Did you break it?"

Mu Wangbei: ...

Today's mission got off to a bad start, and it was all topics he didn't want to talk about.

"Look, you smashed the watch you gave me, but I didn't throw away the bracelet I gave you. Mu Wangbei, who's the heartless one here?"

"I sent the watch to be repaired. Can I buy you another one? I was wrong." Mu Wangbei admitted his mistake and corrected it. He had lost control of his emotions that day and acted impulsively.

He didn't even dare to say that he had thrown the watch behind the trash can and then picked it up again; it was really embarrassing.

Fang Youxi, having gotten the better deal, feigned innocence: "I forgive you. I'm a very reasonable piece of candy."

Mu Wangbei was amused by her, and he was truly grateful to this little darling.

It took a lot of time to pack. Mu Wangbei likes an orderly life and everything has to be neat and tidy. Fang Youxi follows the principle of order within chaos. She doesn't pay much attention to details and is used to building her life around herself.

Even if two people like each other very much, they still need to adjust to each other when living together.

After all, they come from two different families, have received different educations, and have different past experiences and lifestyles.

But there's a saying that's also true: when two people are together, the idea of ​​"being together" is quite simple; it's nothing more than eating together, sleeping together, and chatting together.

Food is the foundation of the economy;

Sleep is essential for physiological harmony;

Chatting is a meeting of souls.

If you have one of these qualities, it's barely acceptable; if you have two, the relationship will be more stable; and if you have all three, that's a rare and precious thing.

Amidst a myriad of emotional feelings, Mu Wangbei used rational thinking to analyze his relationship with Fang Youxi, and unexpectedly discovered that these two people with such different personalities actually possessed all three traits.

They can eat together, and they all have independent economic foundations and personalities;

They both have a physical attraction to each other;

When two people are together, they always have endless things to talk about. Regardless of whether they can agree on their views, they are both willing to express themselves. Mu Wangbei believes that he is someone who can "seek common ground while reserving differences." As for Fang Youxi, although she is very opinionated, she has one major advantage: as she herself said, she is a reasonable girl.

Therefore, in Mu Wangbei's view, they were a match made in heaven.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Mu Wangbei finished packing and took a shower before entering the bedroom. Fang Youxi was doing yoga with her white legs propped up on the headboard. The straps of her nightgown had slipped down to her arms, revealing her fair and tender shoulders, making her look incredibly alluring.

But Mu Wangbei leaned over to take a look at the book he was reading.

Wow! "On Crimes and Punishments".

Anyone who studies law should know this book; it is a classic work of law written in 1764 by the Italian criminal law scholar Cesare Beccaria.

As the first work in human history to systematically discuss the principles of crime and punishment, its core ideas laid the cornerstone of the modern criminal law system and have had a profound impact on global criminal justice practice.

But why watch this so late at night? Besides, Fang Youxi's business is mainly focused on non-litigation economic matters.

Fang Youxi was calming herself and clearing her mind when she saw him come in. Remembering what he had mentioned during dinner about Jiang Chengyun's engagement party next week, she casually asked, "What day is your childhood friend's engagement party again?"

"Saturday night. Are you coming?"

I should be back from my business trip by Saturday night and should be able to make it.

Once she makes up, she makes up. It's only natural for the two of them to occasionally attend each other's social events. Besides, she doesn't really have many opportunities to wear her haute couture pieces anyway.

Fang Youxi didn't press Jiang Chengyun and Yun Qiao about their relationship. There was no need to reopen old wounds. Since they had broken up, it was best for them to live their own lives peacefully.

She readily agreed: "Okay, I'll go with you. I'm going to Hong Kong on a business trip next Monday, and I should be back by Friday afternoon."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Report to Prosecutor Mu that it's Lu Tong's project, and Lu Yanli will be going too."

Mu Wangbei felt annoyed just hearing that name.

Fang Youxi found her expression amusing, so she put her legs down and draped them over him, teasingly saying, "What's wrong? It's not just the two of us; there's also the assistant and our colleagues from the accounting firm."

Since we've come this far, let him elaborate.

Mu Wangbei gently stroked Fang Youxi's leg: "I get angry just thinking about him saying the keychain was a gift from his girlfriend. How can he be so shameless?" Mu Wangbei rarely speaks ill of people behind their backs, but he simply couldn't tolerate Lu Yanli's behavior.

"He even blatantly told me that he wanted you to give him a bracelet too, saying he wanted a gold clasp, not a silver one. Would you give it to him?"

Mu Wangbei looked indignant yet restrained, while Fang Youxi laughed uncontrollably: "Tch, I'll give him a slam dunk. Just ignore him. That Lu Yanli guy..." She pointed to her head and said, "There's something wrong with this. He's acting all crazy."

"Why are you pointing at your own head when he's crazy?" Mu Wangbei reached out and pulled her hand down. "Can't other colleagues go to Gangcheng? I know it's for work, but I don't like him being too close to you. He's up to no good."

Fang Youxi got up and hugged Mu Wangbei's neck: "Jealous?"

Mu Wangbei pinched her cheek: "Isn't my jealousy obvious enough?"

She had wasted her time reading that book. Mu Wangbei's lips were too close to hers. He had just finished showering, and the faint, refreshing scent of pine wood wafted into her nostrils. He had even brought his own shower gel, which was his usual scent.

Fang Youxi kissed him: "Why do you look so handsome when you're jealous?"

Mu Wangbei: ...

At this point, it's important to remain steadfast and to say a few things.

"Could you arrange for another lawyer to handle Lu Tong's project this year? How about I make up your project commission? I still have investment money on hand, you can spend it all."

Fang Youxi's mind wasn't on that, and she casually said, "It's not about the project commission, and this trip to Hong Kong isn't something I have to do. It's about my family's shares in Lutong. My brother said my dad originally wanted to transfer them to me as my dowry. You know, I'm not getting married. Now he's thinking about how to trick my dad out of it. It's a huge sum of money. Lutong will be my safe deposit box in the future, so I have to be careful."

He then added, "Prosecutor Mu is all mine, what more could I possibly want?"

She never intended to spend his money. It's normal for couples to exchange gifts or send each other red envelopes. They didn't have a legal relationship, and Mu Wangbei wasn't Tang Zhanghe. She felt guilty spending his money.

Furthermore, economic independence is the foundation of personal independence. When two people are together, too many financial entanglements make the relationship anything but simple.

She just wanted to have a simple relationship.

Fang Youxi had just praised him for being handsome, her eyes sparkling with admiration. Mu Wangbei's heart fluttered for a second. But when he heard about the dowry, he knew that the two families had seriously discussed the marriage arrangement.

The feelings before and after were like experiencing two completely different things, like fire and ice.

It wasn't that he necessarily wanted to compete with Lu Yanli, but rather that he had to be wary of Lu Yanli.

They had a brief friendship during their youth. Based on Mu Wangbei's understanding of Lu Yanli, he was not looking for a simple business partnership with Fang Youxi.

A business partner would never do something as utterly shameless as claiming a keychain he brazenly stole from someone else's house was a gift from his girlfriend.