Chapter 136

Chapter 136 Provocation

Situ Hai regretted not making a police report in order to save his reputation. He should not have delayed his search for this gem-like daughter.

He stroked Mu Xia's hair lovingly. "Let's go. I'll take you to work and give you a tour around the company. You haven't seen it since you came back, right?"

Mu Xia nodded with an excited expression and followed Situ Hai into the car.

Soon, they arrived at Situ Group.

Staring at the skyscraper, bits and pieces of memories started flooding back to her.

「Shan Shan, I'm going to a meeting. You stay in the office and do your homework, okay? Don't roam around.」

She recalled how Mu Wanyue would not leave her alone at home and brought her along to her office.

She also remembered the secret compartment in her mother's office, which had a lot of things kept inside.

She wondered if the secret compartment was discovered when it changed hands from Mu Group to Situ Group. she might be able to find some clues about her biological father if the compartment still existed.

"Shan Shan, what's wrong?" Situ Hai walked to her after noticing that she had not followed behind him.

Regaining her senses, Mu Xia replied, "It's my first time here, so I want to take a good look… After being kidnapped, I had a high fever and lost some memories about the past."

"I heard. It's okay if you can't recall the past. What's more important is to live in the present. I'll make it up to you."

Situ Hai's gaze was filled with fatherly love, yet Mu Xia saw something more than that. She saw greed in it.

Mu Xia was well aware that Situ Hai was not being genuine to her. She was not what he valued, but rather, the genie in the lamp that he had found.

"Yup, I know you're the best to me." In contrast to her warm and submissive smile was her icy-cold heart.

He caressed her head again. "At first, Midnight Coffee Café could not find an ideal location for the shoot because it's a challenge to rent an entire building like this where many people work in it. When I heard about it, I made a majority of the employees go on paid leave and rented the premises to your team. I did that for you. Therefore, enjoy your day at work."

"Thank you, Dad."

Mu Xia tried her best to suppress her disgust whenever Situ Hai touched her. Pretending to be gleeful, she followed him into the building.

The layout of Situ Group felt so familiar yet distant to Mu Xia. Her memory was fragmentary. Besides Mu Wanyue's former office, she could not remember much about anything else.

Upon entering the lobby, she saw Hóngmó waiting for her at the reception desk.

"Ms. Mu, you're here. I was about to give you a call."

Mu Xia nodded. "My dad was heading to the company too, so I came early. Where's everyone?"

Hóngmó greeted Situ Hai and then answered Mu Xia, "The rest of them are at the highest floor. You're playing two roles today; a CEO and a white-collar worker. We'll shoot you as the CEO first and the scene will take place at the highest floor."

Mu Xia blinked. "That means I'll have to do it at the CEO office?"

"Yes, that's right." Hóngmó smiled politely. "Mr. Situ has been so kind and cooperative. He's asked someone to tidy up his office. They are now setting up the filming equipment and tools."

Both of them chatted as they walked into the elevator.

Situ Hai pressed the button for them but did not enter.