This was the first time Shen Qi thanked him so gently, and Ye Moxuan felt that his entire chest was filled with warmth. So, this is the feeling of love.
Ye Moxuan had never felt such warmth before, but now… he wanted more.
He had been in the dark for too long. On top of that, he had been fighting against his urge due to Shen Qi’s identity.
But after getting along with her for some time, he could no longer resist the urge and gave in. Her body seemed to wield some sort of magical power over him that made him want to protect her.
Ye Moxuan closed his eyes and put his hand on her back, holding her tightly. Both of them then hugged intimately.
At this moment, Shen Qi knew that although they didn’t do the deed physically, their hearts had never been so closely intertwined with each other before.
In years to come, even if she was alone, she would always remember this moment.
Shen Qi felt that she had a heart-to-heart moment with Ye Moxuan this time. Although he had not told her what was going on between him and Han Xueyou, as his wife, Shen Qi felt that she should trust him this once and give him one more chance.
So, she stopped asking him about Han Xueyou and waited quietly for his reply.
However, during this period of time, Ye Moxuan still forbade her to go out; she was only allowed to stay in the villa all by herself. Every day, there would be a maid who personally tended to her when Ye Moxuan went to work during the day. He would come home in the evening and have dinner with her. Then, the routine would repeat the next day, making her life quite pleasant and enjoyable.
When the maids saw that there was a new mistress in the villa now, they became busy, thinking of ways to please Shen Qi every day.
The villa that was quite desolate became lively and busy as each day passed. When Xiao Su saw that both of them were living in harmony, he thought that it would be perfect if this could go on forever.
However, Ye Moxuan continued to forbid Shen Qi from communicating with the outside world, so he was the only person connecting her with the outside world.
On this day, Shen Qi asked Ye Moxuan to get her phone back.
“You confiscated my phone, didn’t you? Give it back to me.”
Ye Moxuan frowned at her demand. “What do you want your phone for?”
“To contact my friends, of course. Everyone is worried about me, so I have to inform them about my recent situation.”
Shen Qi was thinking about Yan at this moment. Yan would be the one most worried since she didn’t show up for so many days, so she had to tell her that she was safe. Apart from that, she had so many secrets to spill as well.
“No.” Ye Moxuan rejected her directly.
“Why?” Shen Qi was puzzled. “Do I have to live here for the rest of my life and never use my phone?”
Ye Moxuan clasped her wrist. “Isn’t it enough just to stay with me? Who do you want to contact anyway? Ye Linhan? Indeed, he has been looking for you these days, but I won’t allow him to see you.”
Ye Linhan…
Is he looking for me? A glimmer flashed across Shen Qi’s eyes. When she saw Ye Moxuan’s cold expression, she couldn’t help smiling. “So, did you confiscate my phone because you’re worried that I will contact him?”
Ye Moxuan’s pupils shrank; he did not answer her question.
“Are you jealous?” Shen Qi threw him another question.
The maids were standing beside them at the moment. Hearing Shen Qi teasing him like this, they quickly covered their mouth and snickered, letting out a low chuckle. Ye Moxuan pulled a long face immediately, but his ears turned suspiciously red.
“What are you laughing at?” He scolded coldly. “Get out.”
The maids’ expressions changed, but they went away with an amused smile on their faces, not afraid of him at all upon seeing his red ears.
And now, Shen Qi and Ye Moxuan were left alone in the room.
Staring at his reddened ears, Shen Qi tilted her head and feigned innocence before asking, “Why are your ears red?”
Ye Moxuan gritted his teeth and glared at her. “You silly woman, you did it on purpose, didn’t you?”
“What did I do?”
Ye Moxuan sneered, before abruptly stretching his hand to pinch her chin. “You don’t know? It seems like you are looking for some punishments today.”
During the past few days, Shen Qi had become more courageous because Ye Moxuan had treated her really well. “I’m just asking,” she said, pouting.
“Is that so?” Ye Moxuan leaned closer to her. “Just asking? No other hidden meaning?”
Shen Qi suddenly hugged his arm. “Give me my phone. I want to contact Yan. She must be very worried about me.”
“Just Yan?” Ye Moxuan narrowed his eyes skeptically. “No one else?”
“If you are talking about your eldest brother, I will definitely not contact him,” Shen Qi said directly to erase Ye Moxuan’s suspicion. “Why are you like this? Obviously, you refuse to return my phone because you are jealous, but you don’t admit it. Well, I don’t care about that. Just give me my phone.”
With that, Shen Qi reached out to fumble around the pockets on Ye Moxuan’s suit, making him frown.
“Don’t simply touch me,” he said in a hoarse voice while grasping her wrist.
“Then return the phone to me.”
“No.” Ye Moxuan refused her again. Then, he suddenly thought of something. “If you want to see Yan, I can ask Xiao Su to bring her to see you.”
Bring Yan to see me? Well, this works, but—
“Can Yan come? But this place…”
“She is your friend, so of course she can.”
“Then what about my pho—”
“It’s decided then.”
Shen Qi remained silent.
The next day, Xiao Su brought Yan over.
When Yan stood in front of Shen Qi, she still felt very surreal as she stared blankly at Shen Qi. “Gosh, am I dreaming?”
“What’s wrong?”
Yan gaped in bewilderment. “Judging from what I see on my way here, this is… Seabay Villa, am I right?”
“Is there any problem?” Shen Qi looked at her suspiciously.
Yan stayed still for a few seconds before suddenly rushing forward and hugging her. “No it isn’t! It’s fine as long as you’re fine. Tell me why you are here!”
Shen Qi replied, “Let me go. I can’t breathe. You’re going to kill me.”
Yan quickly let go of Shen Qi. “Don’t tell me that you have been staying here enjoying in the past few days that you’re gone? My God, Qi, am I really your friend? Now only you invited me here! I’ve been so worried about you for the past few days that I was afraid something might have happened to you but it turns out that you’ve been enjoying your time.”
Shen Qi glanced at Xiao Su, who was standing not far behind Yan. Understood what she meant, he nodded at her and went away, leaving the two of them alone in the room. Then, Shen Qi pulled Yan to sit down beside her.
“It’s not that I don’t want to contact you, but Ye Moxuan has confiscated my phone, so I couldn’t reach you.”
Yan hesitated before asking, “Why did he confiscate your phone?”
Shen Qi merely remained quiet.
Yan thought for a while. “Don’t tell me that he is afraid that you will contact some other people? Are you being imprisoned here?”
Imprisoned?
Indeed, she could say that, but now Shen Qi was willing to stay here because her thoughts had changed over the course of time.
Upon thinking of this, she flashed a faint smile and told Yan what had happened in the past few days.
“…That was all to my story.”
