The woman’s gaze turned jealous suddenly when she focused on Han Muzi. It must be wonderful to have such a handsome and cool man, who doesn’t have eyes for other women and treasure her like the most precious thing in the world.
“I’m sorry.” Mr. Potbelly had a kind and friendly look despite his clumsiness. He immediately turned around to apologize to Han Muzi with a timid smile while scratching his head in embarrassment, since he almost crushed such a petite woman. He tried explaining, “I saw the elevator doors closing just now, and that was why I was in such a rush. I’m so sorry.”
Han Muzi returned his smile since he looked sincere and very apologetic. “No worries. You didn’t knock into me after all. However, you should be more careful next time, sir. It’s very dangerous of you to do that when the elevator doors are closing.”
“Yes, yes. You are right. I was in such a rush because my wife is waiting for me at home. I’ll be more careful next time.”
Han Muzi nodded, but before she could say another word, she felt the arm around her waist tightened significantly. Ye Moxuan was tightening his grip around her waist unhappily while scowling at her. “It has been so many days. Why haven’t you smiled at me at all? Yet, here you are, smiling so brightly at someone else.”
Han Muzi was rendered speechless by his reaction. His comment effectively stiffened the smile across Han Muzi’s face. She did not expect Ye Moxuan to blurt that out so openly in front of everyone in the elevator. Initially, she figured even if he had wanted to complain, he would have complained about it after they arrived home.
Han Muzi felt herself blush because both the man and the young woman were staring at her. Hence, she cleared her throat to shake off her embarrassment and lowered her eyes without answering Ye Moxuan.
Ye Moxuan’s frown deepened since he did not receive an answer. He glanced sternly at Mr. Potbelly who was donning a shy smile.
Mr. Potbelly took a step back while feeling ashamed after noticing Ye Moxuan’s steely glare. He complained to Han Muzi directly, “Your husband looks very fierce.”
Han Muzi was stunned by his response.
Meanwhile, Ye Moxuan’s initial dark and scary expression softened suddenly after he heard Mr. Potbelly’s comment. Although he was still giving Mr. Potbelly a frosty look, he no longer looked as murderous as before.
After a while, Ye Moxuan snorted in disdain. “You’re right.”
Han Muzi’s lips twitched involuntarily. On the other hand, Mr. Potbelly burst out laughing. “Your husband is quite funny. He actually admitted to it.”
Haha. Han Muzi had to suppress the urge of correcting Mr. Potbelly. Ye Moxuan is not admitting that he is fierce. When he said that you’re right, he was clearly referring to your reference as him being my husband.
She suppressed her urge to roll her eyes. Then, she tried freeing herself from Ye Moxuan’s embrace. However, Ye Moxuan held her tightly in his embrace straight away.
She just couldn’t seem to free herself. The woman who tried flirting with Ye Moxuan kept her head bowed even lower when she saw how he adored Han Muzi. Coincidentally, the elevator doors opened with a ding, and without even checking the floor, she dashed out straight away.
Mr. Potbelly was still standing rooted to the spot while flashing Ye Moxun and Han Muzi a silly smile.
“It’s your floor,” reminded Ye Moxuan icily.
“Huh?” Mr. Potbelly realized with a start after checking the floor display. He walked out of the elevator hastily while commenting, “I’ll go now. Young man, you’d better be more gentle to your wife.”
Despite resenting the fact that Han Muzi smiled at Mr. Potbelly earlier, Ye Moxuan couldn’t bring himself to hate him for what he said.
Ding! After the elevator doors closed, Han Muzi pried his arms away from her waist in exasperation. “Can you let go of me now?”
Not only did he not loosen his grip, he hugged her even tighter while whispering to her, “I’m hungry, honey.”
Han Muzi asked incredulously, “Are you insane?” Despite what she said, she was blushing because Ye Moxuan whispered that right beside her ear. His hot breath brushed against her ears, and it felt warm and ticklish. Hence, Han Muzi interpreted what he said in a completely different way and stamped hard on his foot behind her.
“Argh!” Totally caught off guard, Ye Moxuan groaned in pain because she was wearing a pair of stilettos as she stomped on him. He tightened his arm around her waist as if for revenge.
Han Muzi was ticklish, and with his sudden forceful touch, she moved to the other side of the elevator, trying to avoid him.
Coincidentally, the elevator doors opened, so Han Muzi walked out immediately without a backward glance. Upon arriving at the entrance of her house, Han Muzi scanned her fingerprint, and just when she was about to enter through the door, she turned around.
She saw Ye Moxuan walking out of the elevator behind her. She recalled how he kept her company and took care of her the entire day and couldn’t bring herself to be mean to him, so she took the initiative and invited him in.
“Come in, I’ll order some food.”
Ye Moxuan endured the pain in his toes and followed her into the house.
After entering the house, the two of them bent down simultaneously to change their shoes. Han Muzi noticed that Ye Moxuan had a mark on one of his socks after he took his shoes off. After observing for a while, she realized that it seemed to coincide to where she stomped with her stilettos earlier.
It must have hurt badly, Han Muzi thought to herself in silence. After that, she placed her shoes on the shoe rack quietly before reaching out to take a pair of male slippers from the bottom rack for Ye Moxuan.
Ye Moxuan wore the slippers, but he noticed that the top row was empty. When I was here yesterday, the entire row was occupied with children’s shoes. Who would have expected her to keep them away today?
Ye Moxuan squinted at her when he thought of that. He asked before he could stop himself, “Did you hide the shoes?”
Han Muzi paused, but she soon realized what he was referring to and nodded in acknowledgement. After that, she turned around and opened the Mei Tuan Takeout APP on her phone. “What do you want to eat?”
“I’m fine with anything.” Ye Moxuan followed her closely from behind. When he saw that her height was at his chest level, he couldn’t help but think to himself, If her child is here, how tall would he be? It has been five years… The child should be five years old if she had him with her ex-husband. If he is five years old… he should be as tall as my knees, I assume?
At the thought of that, a small figure automatically formed in Ye Moxuan’s mind. The little fellow was wearing a cartoon mask, and he had eyes as clear as marbles when he spoke to Ye Moxuan.
“I believe you are not a bad person!”
That child… I bumped into him in the Han residence, and he looked quite young. In fact, he looked like he was about five years old. Muzi’s child is five years old too… In that case, that child…
When he considered the possibilities, Ye Moxuan felt a strange feeling spread across his chest. He covered his chest with his palm instinctively while looking at Han Muzi who was just in front of him. Could that child be Muzi’s?
“Are you sure you are alright with anything? In that case, shall I just order what I want?”
Ye Moxuan saw her click into a Sichuan restaurant. He reached out reflexively to grab her arm, and blurted out, “I met a child in the Han residence previously…”
