Yan had known Han Muzi for years and understood her. She would never do something she was uncertain of, so she must have a reason for asking her to leave with Little Bean. As for the man upstairs, after being with Han Muzi for so long, Yan could roughly figure out who it was after she gave it some thought.
“Aunt Yan, are we not having the fancy meal?” Little Bean asked as he stared at her with his round eyes.
“We’ll have it some other day. Your mom has some sudden work issue, so we have to leave first.”
Little Bean’s eyes were glimmering as if light passed, but he finally nodded obediently and allowed Yan to put the hat on him. He then took her hand and they left together.
Ye Moxuan’s eyes fell on them. He only noticed that there was a child with Han Muzi when he saw them standing up. But he didn’t think much of it and just thought that the child could be her colleague’s. But for some reason, when the child left with Yan, Ye Moxuan’s gaze followed them. When they walked to the entrance, the little boy who was wearing a cap raised his head suddenly and half of his face was exposed. It was just one glance but Ye Moxuan’s face changed immediately. That kid…
Just then, those who went down pushed the door open and came in. The noise interrupted Ye Moxuan’s train of thoughts. He got back to his senses and stared at them coldly as if questioning them. Their faces changed a little as they stepped forward. “Y-Young Master Ye…”
They looked down and realized that the two people sitting next to the woman had already left. They were frightened and quickly explained, “We didn’t force them to leave. We just invited her up and didn’t mention anything else.”
“You told her about me?” Ye Moxuan raised his eyebrows.
“Of course not.” They waved their arms as they explained, “We just told her that there is a great man up here.” They then told him the whole process, including what Han Muzi said about him inviting her personally.
As they informed Ye Moxuan about this, they were also observing his expression. They were all thinking that if Ye Moxuan was displeased, they would give Han Muzi a piece of their minds. However, Ye Moxuan was expressionless and just maintained his cool self. They couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
One of them wanted to test him and therefore said angrily, “This woman is too much! Who does she think she is?! She wants you to go down personally. Young Master Ye, don’t worry; I’ll get someone to get her up right away.” With that, the man was about to wave his arms to order his people.
“Who told you to do that?” Ye Moxuan’s arrow-like gaze swept over him.
“Young Master Ye?”
The next second, Ye Moxuan turned his head and looked at Han Muzi through the window. His thin lips curved. She told me to go down and invite her in person?
I guess… that woman figured out who I am.
…
Han Muzi sat there for a while and watched as time passed. After surmising that Yan and Little Bean had probably left, she stood up and was about to leave too. She felt dizzy when she got up and almost fell forward. Luckily, she grabbed onto the chair’s handle and didn’t fall.
Han Muzi shook her head. It had been some time since she felt like this. It’s probably just temporary. I have to leave here quickly and get something to eat. As she thought about this, she hurriedly marched toward the door.
Just as she was about to reach the door, a figure blocked her way. “Where are you going?” A cold, male voice came from in front, prompting Han Muzi to to look at the person before her.
It is him! Ye Moxuan! I knew it. Who else could it be other than Ye Moxuan? Who would stare at me like that soon after I sat down? But Han Muzi didn’t have the time or the mood to fool around with him, because she hadn’t had food for the entire day and her stomach was starting to ache. She pressed her lips together and forced a polite smile.
“So it’s you, Mr. Ye. It’s such a coincidence to bump into you here, but I have something to do. I’ll treat you to a meal another day when there’s a chance.” With that, Han Muzi was about to leave, but when she walked past Ye Moxuan, he grabbed her wrist. “I’m here.”
Han Muzi’s steps paused and she looked at him in surprise.
Ye Moxuan turned around and his dark eyes stared at her face. “Didn’t you tell me to come to invite you personally?”
Han Muzi was speechless.
“Dinner upstairs?”
Han Muzi’s mouth twitched. She just said it casually to get rid of them so that Yan and Little Bean could leave. She never thought about actually going upstairs to eat. She then moved her lips and replied, “I think you misunderstood. I told you to invite me in person, but I didn’t say I would agree.”
Ye Moxuan squinted his eyes angrily as he heard that. “So, you were messing with me?”
“It was just a joke.” Han Muzi broke away from him and took a few steps back. She stumbled and almost fell back. But she managed to balance herself after a few steps and covered her stomach as her face turned pale.
Ye Moxuan instantly realized that something was wrong and assessed her. “What’s the matter?”
Han Muzi took a deep breath and tried to relieve the gastric pain as she stood there. She couldn’t waste any more time.
“It’s nothing. Just some problems I used to have.”
“What problem?” Ye Moxuan stared at her as if concerned about her.
Han Muzi smiled and didn’t explain to him. She just walked toward the parking lot while Ye Moxuan caught up with her after standing still for a while.
As she arrived at the parking lot, her gastric pain was getting more and more intense and her forehead was already covered with cold sweat. Is God messing with me or am I just too careless? Today’s gastric pain is different from the other days. Am I too hungry or is it because of the panic and anger?
She stumbled and tried to grab onto something, but she caught something warm instead. She turned around and saw Ye Moxuan’s cold, handsome face. She was grabbing onto his arms.
Han Muzi was startled and tried to retract her arms. “Why did you follow me?” she asked weakly.
Her face was much paler than before and her forehead was covered with a layer of cold sweat. She was in bad shape. Ye Moxuan frowned and couldn’t be bothered about anything else anymore. He just pulled her to him and asked her fiercely, “What’s wrong?”
“G-Gastric pain,” Han Muzi was shocked and answered weakly.
Just as she was done speaking, she was carried bridal-style from the side.
