The CEO is Too Fierce: My Adorable Wife Needs Taming

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"There's too much content in the contract. You should just focus on the breach of contract clauses."

As if sensing Mu Xiaoyu's hesitation and predicament, the young man signing the contract whispered a suggestion to her. He explained that he had only recently started working and wasn't yet qualified to handle many important matters.

The contract signing with Mu Xiaoyu was originally the responsibility of his former teacher, but that teacher had a minor car accident today and couldn't come, so the task of signing the contract temporarily fell to him.

Since he had just started working, he was afraid of making a mistake, so he carefully read through all the contents of the contract before Mu Xiaoyu arrived.

That's why I noticed something was wrong with the contract.

He'd always loved Mu Xiaoyu's comics since his school days. He was overjoyed when he learned he'd be working at the same comic book company as Mu Xiaoyu, but now, seeing this contract, the conflict and helplessness he felt made him utterly incapable of facing her. Especially when Mu Xiaoyu signed the contract…

Mu Xiaoyu felt a little heavy-hearted, so she didn't notice the strange behavior of the young man signing the contract. Following his instructions, she looked at the few places that were easy to overlook, but she didn't know what was written on them. When she saw those places, Mu Xiaoyu's originally gentle expression instantly turned somber.

She frowned and stared at those words for a long time, finally laughing in anger. She looked up at the nervous young man in front of her, and her expression softened slightly.

"Who drafted this contract? Does your current boss know?"

Seeing Mu Xiaoyu's expression, the young man quickly shook his head and explained, "I don't know about this. It's all handled by the higher-ups. Also... Sister Xiaoyu, please don't tell anyone about what happened today. If you do, I might... be finished."

The other person was several years older than Mu Xiaoyu, and especially since they had taken such a big risk to tell her all this, Mu Xiaoyu was too grateful to tell anyone. Even if they were to investigate later, she would find a way to avoid dragging the other person down with her.

Mu Xiaoyu had looked at most of the contracts she needed to see, and she knew she would never sign them today, no matter what. So she put away the two contracts she had seen earlier, stood up, gently patted the young man's shoulder twice, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I absolutely won't tell anyone about what happened today. After all, you're my benefactor. If it weren't for you, I might have really fallen into his trap, and I don't know how much I would have lost in the future."

Mu Xiaoyu is good-looking and has always taken good care of herself. In fact, she looks even younger than the young man in front of her who has just graduated.

Seeing someone smiling and thanking him so closely made the young man blush immediately. Because of his shyness, he avoided looking directly into Mu Xiaoyu's eyes.

"Sister Xiaoyu, we...we will always support you, keep going..."

After a long pause, the young man finally spoke in a low voice. Mu Xiaoyu didn't say anything more, just gave a soft "hmm," and left.

As I left the comic book club, the sun finally came out. Warm, golden sunlight streamed down onto the ground, instantly dispelling the morning's gloom.

She didn't rush to leave, but turned around and glanced at the office building behind her.

Mu Xiaoyu suddenly realized that she had really changed too much in this life.

If it were the old her, after experiencing so many bad things, her mentality would definitely be at its worst, and she might even have developed resentment towards the world.

But now, she not only doesn't have such feelings, but in her view, even if so many bad things happen, the world is still a beautiful place.

Some people wanted to harm her, but most people wanted what was best for her.

Therefore, the suffering of those people is really nothing...

The contract issue didn't affect Mu Xiaoyu's mood too much; in fact, she seemed to be in a good mood when she met Bai Luo.

This was the first time Mu Xiaoyu and Bai Luo had gone out for afternoon tea alone since the kidnapping incident.

The incident last time had a significant impact on Bai Luo. She stayed at home for many days before daring to come out. Even now, she needs to bring enough people with her to feel at ease when she goes out.

When Bai Luo saw Mu Xiaoyu approaching with a bright smile on her face, she immediately relaxed. She winked at Mu Xiaoyu and teased, "Did Mr. Li surprise you again, Sister Xiaoyu? Why are you so happy?"

Mu Xiaoyu was used to Bai Luo and the others' teasing. When she heard Bai Luo's words, she pretended to be annoyed and glared at him. Then she took out the contract from the comic book club and said, "There's nothing to be happy about. I was quite angry before I came here."

Bai Luo was somewhat skeptical, but Mu Xiaoyu didn't seem to be lying, so she picked up the contract in front of her and glanced at it. As it happened, Bai Luo's major in university was law, so she read the contract much faster than Mu Xiaoyu and quickly grasped the key points.

Before becoming friends with Mu Xiaoyu, she was already a loyal fan of Mu Xiaoyu's books. Now, seeing the contents of the contract, her expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Who drafted this contract? It's a complete unfair contract! Sister Xiaoyu, you clearly signed the film and television rights to the Li family before, but now the contract says you want full rights, and the money you get is even less than the fee you receive for selling the electronic manuscripts online! Isn't this robbery?!"

It's not just that. If it were only these things, Mu Xiaoyu and Bai Luo wouldn't have been so angry from the start.

The key point is that the contract also states that for the next ten years, all copyrights to all comics published by Mu Xiaoyu will belong to the comic book publisher. However, because it was placed in a rather obscure location, Mu Xiaoyu didn't notice it at all when she first saw it.

Mu Xiaoyu had seen quite a few unfair terms before, but those were basically used to deceive naive young girls. She never imagined that after so many years in the industry, someone would use such tactics on her.

"Don't be angry. Now that I know about this, I'm definitely not going to let it go like this."

"Such a big thing, how could you still be laughing back then..."

"What else can I do? Should I cry?"