As to how she came to be sleeping in her bed, Han Muzi did not remember a thing. Now that she thought about it, it was probably Ye Moxuan who, after seeing that she was asleep, carried her into the bedroom. What time is it now? And where did Ye Moxuan go? Her dreams made her eager to see Ye Moxuan and cuddle him.
Then, Han Muzi put on a thin jacket and opened the bedroom door. Since Han Muzi was pregnant, the maid was out there guarding the door. Besides, today was different, as Ye Moxuan had instructed the maid to be here in case something happened. He even told her to immediately inform him when Han Muzi woke up.
The maid immediately put down her phone and stood up the moment she saw Han Muzi open the door. “Young Lady Ye, you’re awake. Let me go and inform Young Master Ye.”
Han Muzi stopped her. “There’s no need to inform him as I’m going to see him now. Where is he?”
Since they were married, Han Muzi deciding to go and find him after she woke up did not feel out of place, so the maid responded respectfully, “Young Master Ye is in the study, and Assistant Xiao is here.”
Xiao Su’s here? Han Muzi paused. Is there something to discuss? Will now be a good time to see Ye Moxuan?
Right at this moment, being extremely considerate, the maid commented, “Young Lady Ye, don’t worry. Earlier, I saw Assistant Xiao come out of the study to take a walk somewhere. Right now, Young Master Ye should be in the study by himself.”
That caught Han Muzi by surprise. She then nodded. “Thank you very much.”
The maid responded with a gentle smile.
Han Muzi proceeded to walk toward the study. Right now, she considered herself to be familiar with this place. When she first moved in, she would often get lost and not know where everything was.
Ever since Ye Moxuan’s plane accident, she had been living here all by herself for a considerable amount of time. Since she was not emotionally stable at that time, she instructed the maids to not bother her. This included not giving her directions whenever she was lost, so she had to find the way herself. After some time, Han Muzi had naturally acquainted herself with this place.
Soon, Han Muzi had arrived at the study. Seeing that the door was closed, she just knocked at the door without any suspicion.
Knock-knock-knock…
At a critical juncture in his reading, a sudden knock on the door brought Ye Moxuan back to reality. He let out a frown unhappily and his countenance turned serious. He was not in a good mood because of the interruption, much less at such a critical moment. And so, Ye Moxuan pursed his lips and did not respond to the knock.
Standing outside the door, Han Muzi was puzzled as to why he did not respond to her knock. Is he out? At this point, she tried knocking again, albeit somewhat cautious this time around.
“Who is it?” Finally, a cold voice came out of the study. The voice was so cold and indifferent that it startled Han Muzi. What’s going on? His voice sounds a little strange.
Still, Han Muzi responded softly, “It’s me.”
Hearing the soft female voice come through the wooden door, Ye Moxuan became nervous and began holding the documents in his hands tighter. She’s up?
Ye Moxuan turned and looked at the clock. It’s only been a little more than an hour. Why is she up so quickly? She usually doesn’t wake up from her nap until at least a few hours later.
“Can I come in?” Han Muzi spoke again.
Ye Moxuan came to his senses and quickly stowed the documents away into the cabinet. Initially, he planned on opening the door for Han Muzi after he had put the documents away, but Han Muzi had probably grown impatient waiting for him, so she opened the door right away and stood there, looking at him. She came in just in time to see him attempting to put the documents away. As such, Han Muzi looked at him with utter confusion.
Ye Moxuan sat right there after the raging anger of being interrupted had completely vanished. He no longer looked angry and hostile, but decent and warm. “You’re up?”
With confusion, Han Muzi walked up to him and stared at him with her clear gaze. Her beautiful eyes appeared slightly dreamy after she woke up. Staring at her, he had an idea. “Why don’t you sleep longer?” he asked gently. He saw the thin jacket on her, which annoyed him. “Why are you wearing so little?” He sounded somewhat stern and severe.
When he finished, Han Muzi jumped on him and put her hands around his neck after staring at him for a while. She proceeded to sit on his lap and bury her head in his arms. “I had a nightmare.”
Resting in his arms, her tone sounded depressed. Ye Moxuan was first startled before he was rendered completely defenseless by her words. His woman came to him after she woke up from a nightmare. And right now, she was in his arms, asking him to comfort her. This was her way of saying that he was her rock.
Earlier on, he was still planning on telling her off for wearing so little. But now, he could not even utter a word. His enormous hands were wrapped around her, and his voice softened considerably. “What kind of nightmare? Don’t be scared. Dreams are always the opposite of reality.”
Han Muzi muffled her voice. “Really? I heard that some dreams are a sign.”
“Who told you that? That’s a myth. Dreams are dreams, and they’ll never become reality.”
Han Muzi felt that he had a point. Dreams are dreams. Why would they ever become reality?
Even though she understood this, sometimes, her dreams were so real that they were almost tangible. Her dreams earlier left her in fear, and this was why she wanted to see him immediately. Now that she was in his arms, she felt calm and peaceful.
She did not feel shy and lay in his arms comfortably. At the same time, he was gently wiping the sweat on her forehead, while whispering something in her ears.
Not long after, Han Muzi noticed that something was not right. Since she had just been talking about herself, she did not notice something unusual with Ye Moxuan. When things had calmed down, she noticed that his heartbeat was fast and irregular.
After that, Han Muzi began to pay careful attention to Ye Moxuan when he spoke. Even though he sounded soft and gentle, as though nothing was wrong, when she listened even more carefully, she could tell that his breathing was unstable and he was out of breath.
For reasons unbeknownst to Han Muzi, she was reminded of the lack of response she received the first time she knocked on the door as well as the indifferent voice questioning her when she knocked the second time. When he did not respond after a while, Han Muzi anxiously asked him if she could come in. Before she could wait any longer, she opened the door right away. She was worried that something was happening to Ye Moxuan.
Now that they were back in the manor, his unusual behaviors worried her. Han Muzi did not pay too much attention to the fact that he was putting things away when she came in as she reckoned that he was just putting away his work documents. But now… things did not seem all that simple.
