Ye Moxuan remained silent and ignored her.
Han Muzi chose to calmly observe him, but he suddenly turned over to kiss her. This kiss stunned Han Muzi.
It was a quick peck on her lips—as light as a petal landing on a pond. His lips shifted to the side of her mouth after a second as he croaked, “Am I not a good man?”
Han Muzi was perplexed. What is this man trying to say?
“I have done so much for you. Don’t you understand how I feel about you?”
Of course she understood; it was just that…
Ye Moxuan suddenly bit her in a fit of anger, causing her to wince in pain.
“What are you doing?”
“Does it hurt?” he asked, then he grabbed her hand and placed it on his chest. “It hurts a million times more here.”
Han Muzi gasped before she said, “You…”
He immediately reached out and tightly hugged her. “Please don’t meet him anymore. He is not a good person at all.”
The moment she heard his words, Han Muzi was dumbfounded and unable to utter a word.
So he knew. No wonder. He knew what she did, which explained why he looked at her differently and had a weird kind of vibe about him. It turned out that he knew all along that she had met up with Ye Linhan. But then again, wasn’t he asleep? How did he know?
Han Muzi was unable to resist herself from asking, “Did you follow me? Or send someone to do so?”
Ye Moxuan did not respond to her, but hugged her tighter instead.
“Does this mean that you admit to it?” Han Muzi closed her eyes in disappointment, feeling her heart sink to the bottom of her stomach. Some time passed between them before she spoke again, “Why did you have to stalk me like that? Am I not allowed to have my basic right of freedom? Ye Moxuan, do you even know what freedom is? I’m no longer your wife, which means that you have absolutely no right to keep tabs on me like that! Even if I was married to you, you still cannot control my freedom like that!”
He turned cold the moment he heard her words. “Control?! Then, what about you? What did you tell me yesterday?” He grabbed her by her wrist, gradually exerting more pressure. “You told me that you wouldn’t go out. You told me to have a good rest. Yet, you went out on a little tryst with another man!”
“Tryst?” This word deeply annoyed her.
She only went to meet up with Ye Linhan to discuss work yet he described her as a slut. As his glare and his words were enough to make her feel like he gave her a tight slap, she pushed him away. “What do you mean by this? What kind of person do you think I am? A tryst?!” As she pushed him away, she realized that she was completely naked. With a deep breath, she pulled the sheets to cover her modesty before she got off the bed to retrieve her clothes, turning her back on him.
“Let’s just say that it was a tryst. So what? What are you going to do about it now?” Han Muzi asked, walking into the bathroom fully clothed. Once she was inside, she slammed the bathroom doors with the echo reverberating throughout the whole house.
Ye Moxuan stared at the door with lips pursed. She’s angry? Then what about her lies? Ye Linhan, you want her? Over my dead body.
…
After she cleaned herself up in the bathroom, she picked out a different set of attire in the room before returning to the bathroom for a quick change. She sat down in front of the mirror to apply her makeup, choosing a vibrant red color for her lips, all the while giving Ye Moxuan the cold shoulder.
When he saw this, Ye Moxuan could not help but to frown. What is this woman trying to do by putting on makeup when she’s not going out?
He dressed himself and walked over behind her. “Are you going out?”
Han Muzi was unfazed by his question as she pulled out her powdering kit and finished her makeup. She grabbed her bag and left toward the door without responding to him. As she approached the door, an arm swiftly extended across to block her path.
She looked up to see an angry Ye Moxuan glaring at her. “Where are you going?” He furrowed his brows.
Han Muzi snickered. “Why does it matter to you? Did you think that protecting me for a day or two gives you absolute power over me? Even my own brother doesn’t control me, so what gives you the right to do so?” She pushed his hand out of the way and made her way downstairs.
As her upright figure slowly faded from view, his voice roared across the hallway. “After all of the sex that we had, you still don’t think that I have the right to control you?”
She only staggered for a moment and continued to make her way downstairs. What century does he live in? Having sex means having control? What a joke! Even if she was a virgin, which she no longer was, getting her virginity taken by him did not necessarily mean that she had to form any sort of relationship with him, if she did not want to.
As she was about to get inside her car to drive to the pharmacy, an arm reached over to block the door shut when she tried to open it. She was not surprised to find that it was Ye Moxuan beside her again. He was slightly out of breath. “Didn’t I say that it was dangerous outside? What are you trying to do now?”
She was slightly speechless but immediately scoffed, “More dangerous than you right now? Don’t forget what you did to me earlier. Don’t think that you can do whatever you want with me just because you protected me from danger. Ye Moxuan, please do not claim the high moral ground or think that you have my best interests in mind. If you really want what’s best for me, I highly suggest that you stay as far as possible from me.” As soon as she was finished with him, she opened the car door and hopped into the driver’s seat.
Ye Moxuan just stood there, stunned and pained by her behavior.
…
She drove around aimlessly as she had nowhere to go to and eventually arrived in front of the pharmacy where she bought her morning-after pill.
The staff suggested various brands and types to her after they heard that she wanted morning-after pills. After listening to her description about her ordeal, the staff immediately recommended a brand for her to try. She then paid for the pills and walked out the door without saying a word.
As soon as she entered the car, she tossed the pills aside and tried to recall what had happened, only for a throbbing headache to greet her instead. How did it end up with sex?
Things were now more complicated. It was the wrong time for her to fall pregnant. If she were to become pregnant now, the pregnancy would make life a living hell for her.
There was still quite a distance from her home, but she did not harbor any intentions of heading back so soon. She wanted some time alone to herself, she took a detour and went on a long and slow drive back home.
After she exited the expressway, she arrived at an intersection where she waited for the lights. She inadvertently glanced at her rear-view mirror out of boredom to find that there was a car right behind her. She returned her focus to the traffic lights and thought for a moment before she looked back once more. It felt like the car had been following her since she left the pharmacy.
It could just be a coincidence that they were headed in the same direction. Although there were not many different routes around North City, it seemed unlikely that they would be on the same path after such a long drive.
The light turned green before she did anything else. She continued on with her journey, but took detours to throw her stalker off to no avail. The black car behind her was still hot on her trail.
Several traffic lights and intersections later, she confirmed that she was being followed. She bit her lips as she pulled out her phone to give Ye Moxuan a call.
When she scrolled to his name, Han Muzi stopped. They were just in an argument, so why would she think of calling him at a time like this?
