Chapter 13: Could She Be Her Younger Sister?
On stage, the competition was still going on. Mo Ziyang was sitting to the side, looking at his phone, completely uninterested in the performances.
In contrast, Lin Muxi was watching happily. She took the scorecards from Mo Ziyang’s hand and kept giving scores nonstop.
“Hey, hey, you don’t even watch the show you paid to sponsor?”
Looking at Mo Ziyang, who was glued to his phone, Lin Muxi suddenly wondered if her good buddy had something wrong with his brain.
He spent so much money to hold this event, but didn’t even watch it. What a waste! He might as well have given the money to her.
“It’s boring. If you went and looked in the mirror, you’d know why I can’t be bothered.”
Lin Muxi paused… Look in the mirror? Look at what?
Then she quickly understood what he really meant, and stared at him in shock.
“Don’t tell me… you’re actually interested in me?”
Seeing this clueless little maid, a few black lines seemed to appear on Mo Ziyang’s face. He clenched his fist, about the size of a steamed bun, and placed it on the table.
“Yikes! I was wrong… I was wrong…”
Seeing the fist on the table, Lin Muxi hurried to apologize in a low voice, afraid that fist might land on her head the next second.
But his reaction also made her secretly relieved. At least her good bro wasn’t making moves on her.
Just then, Xiao Luyu came back carrying a big bag of snacks. When he saw Lin Muxi sitting next to Mo Ziyang, he couldn’t hide his admiration. But with Mo Ziyang there, he couldn’t get close to chat or ask for her contact info.
Any time he tried to get near her, Mo Ziyang would shoot him a glare that sent him retreating immediately.
Just thinking about Mo Ziyang’s death-stare made Xiao Luyu feel scared.
Looking at the video on his phone titled “Young Master Protects His Wife Live”, he finally realized just how much Mo Ziyang liked this little maid.
Remembering the cold and heartless Mo Ziyang from before, who played with one girl after another, Xiao Luyu found it hard to believe.
Back then, Mo Ziyang would say yes to any girl who confessed to him, but then do nothing with them. It was like he was purposely making them give up. Sometimes he even agreed to several girls at once, until they all started fighting with each other.
Could it be that this iceberg has melted? Xiao Luyu guessed in his heart. But he still felt like their relationship wasn’t exactly romantic, more like something complicated.
Meanwhile, Lin Muxi was happily eating snacks, watching the performances, and giving out scores. In contrast, Mo Ziyang kept staring at his phone, frowning.
He was troubled by how quickly the videos of him and Lin Muxi were spreading online. Even the school forum was now saying he had a girlfriend.
Luckily, no one had recognized that the maid beside him was Lin Muxi. This way, she could help block some of the crazy girls at school from bothering him.
To be honest, Mo Ziyang was tired of it all. Every time he broke up with a girl, rumors would start spreading. Once, a girl even tried to commit suicide over it. When his family found out, his position in the household dropped sharply.
It wasn’t just his family who thought badly of him, even Lin Muxi saw him as a player. That really annoyed him, but he could never win against her in an argument.
While Mo Ziyang was lost in thought, a voice from the stage pulled him back to reality.
“Let’s welcome our next contestant — Lin Muyu!”
Hmm? Lin Muyu? At first, he was curious, who had such a similar name to Lin Muxi? He looked around, trying to find the person.
But instead of spotting anyone, he saw Lin Muxi put down the scorecard and walk onto the stage.
Even Mo Ziyang was stunned by this move, wondering when Lin Muxi had gotten so clever.
When the little maid started walking onto the stage, Xiao Luyu became serious.
So, the maid next to Mo Ziyang was called Lin Muyu… but why did this name sound so familiar?
After thinking for a while, Xiao Luyu finally remembered Mo Ziyang’s buddy, Lin Muxi.
He turned to Mo Ziyang and asked.
“Your maid… could she be Lin Muxi’s younger sister?”
Hearing this, Mo Ziyang almost burst out laughing. This guy was acting exactly like when he himself went to Lin Muxi’s house earlier that morning, mistaking Lin Muxi for her own “younger sister.”
In the end, under Xiao Luyu’s expectant gaze, Mo Ziyang gave him just two words.
“You guess.”
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When Lin Muxi stepped onto the stage, the whole place instantly erupted in applause.
The audience and many photographers were surprised, so this was the famous “young master’s cat-eared maid” who had gone viral online today. Not only was she incredibly cute, but even her name sounded nice.
But for Lin Muxi, who had just walked up, things weren’t so pleasant. She had only come up here for the ten-thousand-yuan prize, but… she had no talent to perform! And to make it worse, she was shy and afraid of crowds.
Standing under the spotlight, her legs began to tremble slightly. She quickly looked toward Mo Ziyang at the judges’ table, sending him a pleading look for help.
“Still want me to help you? No way!”
Mo Ziyang ignored her completely and looked back down at his phone.
Seeing this, fear started to take over Lin Muxi’s heart. But since she was already up here, running away would only make things more embarrassing.
What do I do…? So many people are staring at me…
Her fear and helplessness mixed together. Looking down at her cold, unhelpful “good bro,” a sudden spark of anger rose inside her. She decided to take this chance to get back at Mo Ziyang.
She held the microphone with shaky hands. Her nervous expression paired with her cute looks made her seem especially pitiful. Her white-stockinged legs, trembling slightly under her skirt, made quite a few people in the audience lose their composure.
Meanwhile, many people started giving Mo Ziyang strange looks. How could he just sit there when such a sweet, helpless maid was asking for help? If you don’t want her, give her to us!
“T-That… I’m Lin Muyu. I’m very happy… to meet everyone here. As you can see… I’m the young master Mo’s maid. Today I came to the comic convention with him. Now I… I represent my young master to wish everyone here a happy day. Thank you… thank you all. And lastly, I hope… you can vote for me.”
The contest scoring was half from the audience and half from the judges. After Lin Muxi stammered through her little speech in a voice like a scared kitten, the crowd roared wildly. Her votes shot up, overtaking the previous first place instantly, and her approval rate almost hit 94%.
Even the judges, except for Mo Ziyang, all gave her a perfect score of ten.
Clearly, Mo Ziyang was stunned at how this completely random move had worked so well. But, determined to mess with her, he calmly held up a score card of “5.”
On stage, Lin Muxi was still frightened by the crowd, but when she saw that “5,” her desire to get revenge outweighed her fear.
In front of everyone, she ran over to Mo Ziyang like a little girl. Standing on tiptoe, she angrily snatched away his score card and replaced it with a “10.” She looked just like a girlfriend pouting at her boyfriend.
“T-That… my young master also has something to say to everyone.”
With that, she passed the microphone to Mo Ziyang.
Seeing Mo Ziyang standing before her, fuming with embarrassment and rage but unable to explode in front of so many people, Lin Muxi found the situation incredibly amusing. Her nervous, scared expression was now replaced with a small, proud smile.
If there was an Oscar for stage acting, she would definitely win it.