Han Muzi felt hopeless. On the contrary, Yan felt very awkward as she did not expect things to unfold that way. With Ye Moxuan’s presence in the room already making her feel suffocated, the addition of Han Qing made her feel like she could not breathe at all.
Han Muzi quickly spoke, “Let’s have a discussion. Get out, you two.”
Both Ye Moxuan and Han Qing kept quiet. After a while, Han Qing questioned, “What’s wrong?”
When they made eye contact, Yan quickly moved her gaze away and pretended like she did not see him. Han Muzi answered, “We would like to have a conversation. You two can talk outside. Is that a problem?”
“Yes,” Ye Moxuan refused right away. His gaze fell squarely on Han Muzi like he was not tired at all. “I have to keep an eye on you.”
Since she was going to give birth in the next two days, the doctor had urged family members to watch her at all times in case anything happened. All this while, Ye Moxuan had kept a close eye on her, so he was definitely not going to relax in those last two days.
As Yan listened, she had a feeling that Ye Moxuan was not going to leave. He is probably going to stay glued to Han Muzi until after she gives birth. Yan probed, “Why don’t I just come back again tomorrow?”
Han Muzi looked at her bitterly, which made her uneasy for a moment. I want to stay with Muzi for a bit longer too. If Ye Moxuan wasn’t here, I could stay here all night. I’m close with Muzi, but I still feel unfamiliar with Young Master Ye.
When Yan was about to say something, Han Qing spoke first, “Actually, you don’t have to keep such a close watch on Muzi. Giving birth to a child is not that terrifying. Aren’t there two days left? You can watch her on the day she gives birth.”
Ye Moxuan chuckled. He did not agree with that suggestion at all. “Come and discuss this with me again the day you’re able to stay this calm knowing that your wife is about to give birth.”
With that, he shut Han Qing up. Yan was also silent.
Feeling slightly desperate, Han Muzi said, “Fine. You guys can go back for now.”
Yan stood up instantly. “Okay, then. I’ll be off then. I’ll come back to see you again in two days.”
“Can you at least act like you don’t want to leave? You were so eager to leave as soon as I said it. Our friendship is broken now!” Han Muzi declared as she looked at Yan with hurt feelings.
“Alright! We’ll leave it broken for the next two days then make up again after you give birth.” Yan smiled cheerfully as she tapped on Han Muzi’s cheeks. “I’ll come see you on the day you give birth.”
With that, Yan and Han Qing left together. Once the two of them departed from the villa, Yan finally let out a sigh of relief. Looking at Han Qing’s expression, she was slightly hesitant to speak. Alas, she let out, “Young Master Ye is keeping too close of a watch on Muzi. I couldn’t even relax when I was in there.”
“It’s not the first time he’s becoming a father, but it is his first time experiencing the whole process, so it’s quite normal,” Han Qing answered.
“Is this normal?” She was slightly perplexed. “Are all men like this when they’re about to become a father or experience the birthing process for the first time?”
He hesitated then pursed his lips a moment later. “Are you asking me?”
Uh…
“In theory, around 80% of men are like this. But I don’t know whether I fall in that 80% category or the other 20%. If you want to know, we can try.”
“Try?” she asked automatically. Only then did she realize what he meant. Her fair face immediately became bright red as she looked at him for a long while, then blurted, “Rascal!” He’s making fun of me!
Han Qing guessed she would overreact that way. The smile on his face widened and even his dark eyes filled with warmth. “How am I being a rascal? Aren’t you the one who’s asking? I just gave you a practical answer.”
Nonsense! What practical answer? He’s obviously making fun of me! She was all fired up, but a part of her thought it was rather sweet. Does this mean that he wants to be with me for a very long time? Has he thought of marrying me and having children together? For some reason, her face got redder and her ears got hotter the more she thought about it. She quickly winded down the car window to let some air in.
“Hot?” Han Qing was still unaware as he asked, “Do you want to turn the air-conditioning on?”
“No, thank you.” Can he be a bit more intuitive? Seriously! This is too much! She was scolding him furiously in her mind, but on the surface, she was too scared to even make a sound.
A while later, they arrived at a traffic light and the car came to a stop. The atmosphere inside the car was slightly awkward. Yan kept looking out the window in silence. He slowly looked over at her and saw her pouting as she leaned against the window. She looked like she did not want to speak to him at all.
He wanted to probe her badly. “Who was the one who texted me and asked me to come over?”
She paused for a second then stole a glance at Han Qing, only to find that he was staring at her.
“Now that I’m here, are you going to ignore me?”
“H-How am I ignoring you? Aren’t you driving now? I just don’t want to distract you.”
“It’s red now,” he reminded her.
She nodded. “I know.” It doesn’t take long before it changes to green.
“There’s 25 seconds left,” he added.
“What can you do in 25 seconds?” She looked at Han Qing with a blank look on her face. She had no idea why he suddenly reminded her of the countdown. When she looked up and met his eyes, she saw a trace of playfulness and a few other emotions in his expression. She did not know why, but her face unexpectedly turned red again. “D-Don’t think about it!”
“Huh?”
“Even if you want to do it at the red light, it’s too dangerous, so don’t!”
His eyes narrowed. “It?” He was slightly lost. A moment later, he thought of what she possibly meant by ‘it’, and smiled broadly. “You said you didn’t want to distract me while I was driving. I reminded you that there was 25 seconds left, so you could talk to me. How did it come off as me wanting to do that? Unless… you’re saying that’s what you want?” At the last remark, he intentionally spoke slower and changed his tone. The atmosphere inside the car quickly changed.
However, she froze and stared at him blankly. Did I just shoot myself in the foot?
“Hm. Looks like that’s really what you want, but it’s not convenient right now. We’ll see if we get a chance later.”
The red light was about to change soon. While he got ready to start driving, Yan started to explain in a hurry from being misunderstood, “Who says that’s what I want? I didn’t think of that. You obviously misled me. Why is everything being pushed onto me now?”
