The Han residence.
Han Muzi reached home not long after, and she bumped into Han Qing, who was heading out.
“I thought you were going to stay at the company for the whole day.” His voice was cold, as were his displeasing eyes.
She staggered a bit and quickly put on a smile. “Why would I do that, Qing? I promised you that I will stay at home and have a proper rest, so I won’t disobey your wishes. It’s just that there was a client when I was leaving, so I went up and had a talk with him. I came back right after we made a deal.”
“What if you didn’t make the deal?”
“Qing?” she replied instinctively.
Then, Han Qing realized that he was being a little too stern on her, so he pinched the aching area between his eyebrows and said, “You really have to think for yourself. You already have a child now, so don’t let me worry about you anymore.”
His action suddenly had Han Muzi notice that her brother was tired. In the past, he would always silently take up everything, no matter what she did. Now, she finally realized that Han Qing was her older brother, who was already close to middle-age, but he still hadn’t…
Thinking about it, she lowered her eyelids and spoke gently, “Qing, I know you’d spent a lot of your time looking for me and trying to make up for my suffering during those years, but for the past five years, what you have done for me is enough. Maybe it’s time for you to plan for yourself in the future.”
Han Qing was startled after listening to her. “Muzi?”
“Qing, you need to find someone who’s going to take care of you. You can’t keep wasting your youth on me. Do you have someone in mind already?”
Han Qing then realized she was trying to find him a partner, but he wasn’t in the mood for it, so he frowned and answered, “We don’t need to rush on this. I have something to take care of at my company. Go have a rest.” He left afterward, while Han Muzi stood there, watching him leave.
While thinking about Yan’s love for Han Qing these past few years, she suddenly giggled. Actually… Yan’s strange personality really matches with this brother of mine, But the two of them rarely spent time together since we came back. What should I do?
All of a sudden, she was saddened by Han Qing’s life.
When she went back upstairs, Little Bean dashed over to hug her. “Mommy, don’t you need to spend more time at the company today?”
She looked at Little Bean snuggling in her arms and nodded. “I don’t. I can now spend the whole day with you.”
“Yay! Then can we go play some games, mommy?” Afterward, he saw her bandaged hands, and his face turned dejected. “Forget about it. Your hands are injured, mommy. Today, I’ll be reading you a story!”
Since her hands were injured, she could only hold her little body with her arms. “We’ll do whatever you want, my little darling.”
Therefore, Little Bean went to find a story book that Han Muzi bought and flipped a page to read the story to her while she just sat there and listened.
As she listened, her mind drifted far away.
After quite a while, she was brought back by the sound of Little Bean calling her. “Mommy. Mommy?”
She suddenly came back to her senses and looked at Little Bean in her arms. “I…”
Little Bean stared at her while lifting his face, which was no bigger than a palm, and blinked. “Mommy, are you unhappy?”
Am I unhappy? she wondered for a second before she came back around and smiled while shaking her head. “No, I’m not.”
“Really?” He put down the book on his hand and stood up to hold her face. “You must tell me if you are unhappy, mommy!”
“Alright.” She looked at the face that was similar to a particular person she was thinking of and lowered her body to pick Little Bean up. “I’ll tell you if I’m unhappy, Little Bean.”
…
In all fairness, Han Muzi’s injury wasn’t a serious one, so after a few days resting at home, her hands had mostly recovered. Her wound was starting to seal, which allowed her to be in contact with water, though she still needed to apply medicine on the wound. However, the only thing she needed to pay attention to was avoid being in water for too long, or else there would be scars.
After her injury was gone, she went back to work and sent over the final version to Lin Xinghuo, who was very impressed with the designs.
After everyone was in agreement, she let Yan take it away for production.
At the same time, Lin Qingqing also followed up on the progress of Han Muzi’s draft. Since Han Muzi promised to design for her personally, she apologized to her as her hands were injured for the past few days and assured her that she would be finishing her work in a couple of days.
Later on, Lin Qingqing straight away sent a text to her. ‘We haven’t met again after that day, and I happen to have a new inspiration. Why don’t we meet up at that restaurant again?’
That restaurant again? The place was close anyway, so Han Muzi straight up agreed with her suggestion.
After seeing that she agreed on the meet up, Lin Qingqing immediately sent a text over to Ye Moxuan, who was in her friend list. ‘Mr. Ye, are you free today? I would like to treat you to a meal along with the designer that I hired. Didn’t you want to meet her to design something for you? I also have a few things I want to discuss with her, so do you fancy meeting up together?’
The moment the text was sent, Lin Qingqing held onto her phone as her face heated.
She knew that this text of hers was too deliberate, as one could easily see her true intention, but she felt that she had already given a reasonable excuse in the text. Since she had decided to make Ye Moxuan his man, she needed to be more spontaneous so that she wouldn’t lose her chance.
When Ye Moxuan received her text, he immediately raised his eyebrows. Why is this woman so annoying? However, after reading her message, his gaze darkened while he held onto his phone with one hand.
If he wanted to ask Han Muzi out, he could very well do it himself, but…
Ye Moxuan suddenly let out a sly smile and replied an ‘OK’ back to her.
I’d like to see how long you can remain calm. I don’t believe that after five years of not seeing each other, you can still be this calm in front of me!
…
Debao Restaurant.
Lin Qingqing sat on her chair waiting, feeling excited like a bird. She had almost dressed herself as a butterfly before coming here.
After seeing Ye Moxuan accepting her invitation, she almost jumped in excitement.
After that, she felt that she had a chance at landing Ye Moxuan, so she spent a long time doing her makeup and dressing herself up.
Now, she was finally sitting in the restaurant, waiting for her dream man to come.
She started fantasizing that one day, Ye Moxuan would be moved by her and turn from an iceberg to a burning meteor, which would always bring warmth to her.
“Miss Lin.” The voice of a woman was heard from her back, so she turned over to see that Han Muzi was here.
“Shelly, you’re here. Come have a seat.”
Han Muzi gave her a smile and thought of sitting across from her before Lin Qingqing suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her over to sit beside her while grinning warmly.
Han Muzi was confused. What is going on? Isn’t it better to talk face to face? Why are we sitting next to each other?”
“It’s better for you to sit next to me. Somebody is coming later.”
Just as Han Muzi heard her, her face swiftly changed to an uncomfortable look. But before she said anything, Lin Qingqing pressed her finger on her own mouth and giggled softly. “It’s the man you met that day, Ye Moxuan.”
