It fell silent inside the car. Lin Xuzheng seemed to say those things on purpose to make Han Qing talk. A moment later, Han Qing took out his phone to make a call.
Lin Xuzheng narrowed his eyes. “What are you doing?”
“Calling a driver for you.”
Lin Xuzheng froze then let out an awkward laugh. “Is that necessary? I was just teasing. Why are you taking it so seriously?”
Han Qing ignored him and continued dialing the number. Left with no other choice, Lin Xuzheng reached out and pressed on the phone screen. “Can you stop making a fuss? My head hurts. Let’s just go home.”
Han Qing turned, then looked at him with a grim gaze and a bleak expression.
“Just remember that you still owe me a favor. You haven’t returned it yet. I’ll get you to repay me another time.” With that, Lin Xuzheng pulled his hand back and leaned back in the seat. He closed his eyes and looked exhausted.
Han Qing saw that Lin Xuzheng was having a hard time, so he did not fuss anymore. He kept his phone and continued driving.
…
The sky grew dark as time went by. When it reached dinner time, there were even more customers at the restaurant. Yan did not expect business to take off so well on the first day. She had been swamped all day and did not get a chance to eat. The two staff members also had their hands full. Even Luo Huimei and Mr. Zhou stayed back to help out.
Because Han Muzi was pregnant, they did not ask her to help and she did not insist either. However, that did not mean she could not ask someone else to fill her spot. She nudged Ye Moxuan beside her. “It looks really busy. Why don’t you help with serving the food?”
Ye Moxuan smirked. “Serving?” He almost did not want to believe his ears. I know Muzi asked me to… but really, serving food? He looked at Han Muzi intently with a questioning gaze.
But Han Muzi did not get his message. When their eyes met, she blinked innocently. “Go on.”
Ye Moxuan’s lips twitched. Mr. Zhou, who was watching from the side, quickly laughed. “Mrs. President Ye, you’re taking your joke too far. The fact that you and President Ye are here at this small shop is a great honor. If you help out…” Mr. Zhou dared not to think of it. How could we have President Ye serve food? He is the president of a big group! No one would ever do something like this.
When Han Muzi heard what Mr. Zhou said and saw that Ye Moxuan was still not moving, she seemed to have understood. She nodded. “Okay then. I’ll do it.” She started to get up.
Ye Moxuan frowned as he saw her get up and pulled her hand. She was almost four months pregnant and had started to show, but her winter clothes were thick and she naturally had a small figure so it was unnoticeable at the time. Still, they could not disregard the fact that she was pregnant. On top of that, her pregnancy was unstable, so Ye Moxuan was immensely worried about her. When he saw her getting up to go help, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down. Then, he got up himself. “Stay here.”
Han Muzi looked at him, unsatisfied. Ye Moxuan had a defenseless look in his eyes. His voice softened. “I’ll go.”
“Hm?”
“I’ll go serve. Are you happy now?”
Mr. Zhou’s jaw dropped in surprise. His mouth opened so wide that he could fit an egg in there.
“Mm.” Han Muzi nodded, as she was pleased. She said softly, “Do your best. We’ll go home after this.”
“Okay. Wait for me here.” He turned around and went in.
Once he left, Mr. Zhou stood up in a panicked state. He wanted to hold him back but was called back by Han Muzi. “Uncle Zhou, leave him be. It’s so busy right now. Having him help out is a no-brainer.”
But Mr. Zhou was still very anxious. “How can President Ye do something like this? No, this is not right, Mrs. President Ye. We should just let—”
“Uncle Zhou!” Han Muzi called out to him. “We’re Yan’s friends. It’s only normal that we help out at her newly opened restaurant. Plus, this isn’t the company so you don’t have to be so strict on that. Otherwise, I’ll feel bad.”
Since Han Muzi put it that way, Mr. Zhou decided not to say anymore and just nodded his head.
…
Ye Moxuan went into the kitchen immediately. Xiao Su was helping to wash the dishes and was slightly stunned to see Ye Moxuan come in. “Young Master Ye? Why are you here? Did something happen outside?”
Yan also looked up when she heard him.
Ye Moxuan’s eyebrows furrowed together as he pursed his lips tightly like he was debating something. After a while, he finally said, “Is there anything I can help with?”
When they heard him, the expression on their faces changed. Yan responded first. She shook her head and said, “There’s no need. We’ve got this. You should just accompany Muzi outside, Young Master Ye.”
Ye Moxuan stood where he was without moving. He knew that they were busy. If he went out now, Muzi might step up and help instead.
It was slightly awkward for Yan as he stood there without moving. She did not know what to say either. Xiao Su glanced at Yan then looked down and continued washing the dishes. It was actually his first time doing the dishes. Since he was by Young Master Ye’s side for so long, it seemed like there was nothing he could not do. Nonetheless, when he was in the kitchen, he was helpless. Still, he was a fast learner. Despite not being the best at it, he was not doing too poorly either. If the dish was not clean, then he just scrubbed it a few more times. At least he was sharing some of the workload so the rest of them could work on other things.
But Xiao Su had no clue what Young Master Ye could help with. He felt like Ye Moxuan’s presence would make it hard for everyone else to work properly if he just stood there. For example, the two hired female workers; since Ye Moxuan appeared, they kept staring at him and were even blushing slightly. Xiao Su was speechless at the sight.
On the other hand, Luo Huimei was not afraid to make Ye Moxuan work. After she observed the couple’s interaction earlier, she knew that Ye Moxuan had gone in because of Han Muzi. She was not fazed as she called out to him, “Moxuan, if you want to help, you can bring this bowl of noodles to Table 3 outside.”
Table 3? Ye Moxuan glanced at it then nodded. He picked up the dish and turned around with a nonchalant face.
“Mom, how could you…”
“Oh, don’t worry. He came in himself anyway. You would be wrong if you didn’t let him help out. Why do you think he came in in the first place?”
Yan pondered and seemed to have understood. Ye Moxuan came in, but Muzi did not. That probably meant that Muzi had asked him to come in.
“Since he wants to help out, just let him and don’t worry about it.”
Biting her bottom lip, Yan let out, “How can I not worry?”
