Having suddenly sped off, Han Muzi continued to accelerate, fearing that those henchmen would be able to catch up with her.
”Slow down for a bit. At the traffic lights ahead, take a right turn.”
”After that?”
“After that, stop the car and wait for me at the junction.”
Han Muzi did as she was told. Only when the car had come to a complete stop did she breathe a sigh of relief. She then subconsciously raised her hand to wipe off the cold sweat that appeared on her forehead.
Only after raising her hand did she realise that her palm was coated with a film of sweat.
She was dazed for a moment, and it took a while before a smile appeared on her pale face.
You scaredy-cat, getting spooked by such a trifling thing. How would she have coped if Ye Moxuan wasn’t there tonight?
With that, she closed her eyes and wiped off the sweat on her brow.
Suddenly, she heard a knocking sound on her window.
Someone was standing outside the car. As she was still reeling from the shock of her recent experience, the hairs on her body immediately stood on their ends.
She turned her head. After seeing the familiar silhouette of the person standing outside, she finally calmed down.
When she unlocked the door, Ye Moxuan opened the door and leaned down to peer at her.
”You’re not going to come out?”
Seeing him this close, Han Muzi’s lips started to tremble with emotion. “I’m….”
“Terrified?” Ye Moxuan’s eyes were drawn immediately to her damp raven black hair. They were still glued to her forehead due to the cold sweat that had formed earlier.
Upon seeing this, Ye Moxuan unconsciously reached down to wipe off the beads of sweat on the side of her temple.
”Come on, get out of the car for some fresh air.”
He reached down and gently took hold of her arm as Han Muzi slowly stepped out of the car with his assistance. Her legs were jellified and when she tried to stand, she fell straight into Ye Moxuan’s arms.
Ye Moxuan subconsciously moved to catch her and managed to put his arms around her waist. He then half carried and half dragged her to the nearby cafe.
Since she lacked the strength, she allowed Ye Moxuan to carry her into the cafe. Now that she was out of the car, she realized that the air outside was so much better. Once they were seated inside, Ye Moxuan asked the waiter for a glass of warm milk for her to drink.
When the milk arrived, Han Muzi’s hands still trembled from shock as she held up the cup to sip from.
“Drink slowly.” Ye Moxuan reached out with one hand to help her stabilise the cup. The other hand gently patted her back, cooing as if he was coaxing a child to drink.
The interests of the other patrons of the cafe were piqued when they saw this scene and they kept glancing surreptitiously at the two of them.
Han Muzi was badly shaken. She only managed to gather her composure after finishing that cup of milk. Once she had collected herself, she looked around before closing her eyes and said, “There are too many people here. I’d like to go home now.”
Ye Moxuan nodded his head in agreement.
“All right.”
Saying this, he swept her up in his arms and carried her out of the cafe.?
Ye Moxuan didn’t care how they looked to passersby. He then gently placed her in the front passenger seat and helped her with securing the seat belts.
Once he was done, he couldn’t help but blurt out, “Now you understand the dangers I’ve warned you about. Let’s see if you still dare to leave the house alone without an escort.”
Han Muzi stayed silent as she didn’t know how best to reply to him.
While he circled around to the other side of the car, Han Muzi just sank into the seat and closed her eyes.
Earlier during the chase, she felt really anxious. Now, with Ye Moxuan at her side, she felt strangely peaceful.
She felt that even if she had to experience more dire situations such as these, as long as she had Ye Moxuan to depend on, he would keep her safe.
This man really knew how to make someone love and hate him at the same time.
She no longer wanted to have anything to do with him. Yet, whenever she was in trouble, he would appear just at the right moment, causing her to fall head over heels for him all over again.
Just like what had happened earlier. She didn’t even have a reason to object to his assistance.
And… she couldn’t find it in herself to reject his assistance.
As Ye Moxuan drove the car toward home, Han Muzi’s thoughts became hazy as she slowly drifted into slumber.
Soon, she started to have a nightmare.
In the dream, it was exactly the same scenario as what she had experienced during the day: she was being tailed by unknown pursuers and she was speeding through the city at random, trying her best to shake them off her tail.
But the pursuing car stuck close to her like her own shadow at times, nearly bumping into her.
She had floored the accelerator and the car nearly flew, but the pursuing car finally caught up and, as if being driven by a maniac, came crashing into her car!
Bang!
Han Muzi awoke with a start with the familiar scene of her bedroom greeting her.
Was it a dream just now?
But it felt so real!
It was as if it was a premonition of the future.
She sat up in bed and tried to get off, but as she turned, she came face to face with a set of cold, dark eyes.
She was startled by this.
”You….”
Ye Moxuan fixed his sharp gaze on her. Han Muzi felt her scalp starting to itch, as if she had been targeted by a pair of laser eyes.
She unconsciously cowered a little.
What was going on? If she remembered correctly, he was very concerned about her safety before she drifted off to sleep. What made him change when she woke up?
”Your ex-husband….”
As soon as those words left his lips, Han Muzi had a bad feeling and she eyed him warily. “Why did you mention him?
“I’m wondering what’s so great about him that made you miss him so much?”
Han Muzi stared at him blankly.
She was thoroughly confused, unable to understand what he was hinting at.
Looking outside, she saw it was just getting dark. She could roughly estimate that she was asleep for only a few hours at most. Yet what came out from Ye Moxuan’s mouth didn’t make any sense to her.
Was she asleep for only a few hours or had she slept for a century?
Otherwise, how would she explain why Ye Moxuan was speaking of such incomprehensible things?
Besides, who said she missed Lin Jiang?
Her relationship with Lin Jiang wasn’t all that close. They were close once, but within two years of their marriage, he had all but extinguished whatever mutual feelings they had for each other.
Furthermore, once she was married to Ye Moxuan, her heart was always dominated by thoughts of him.
And for these past five years, her heart belonged to him and only him.
So she was puzzled as to why he suddenly said she missed her ex-husband?
“Not going to talk?” Ye Moxuan’s voice was hoarse. “At first I thought you had the hots for Linhan, but from the looks of it, it was not as I thought.”
Han Muzi arched her eyebrow in curiosity. “What are you talking about?”
She suddenly felt uncomfortable. She had just experienced a huge shock this afternoon and upon waking up, she had been subjected to this weird line of questions by him.
“If it wasn’t because you couldn’t forget about him, then why do you so desperately want to bear his child?”
Han Muzi was at a loss for words.
Bearing Lin Jiang’s child?
She had never told Ye Moxuan that even though she had been married to Lin Jiang for two years, his heart belonged to another. Hence, he never touched her for those two years and she actually didn’t think it mattered.
She didn’t know how she managed to tide through those dark days.
”These rumors … how did you come by it?”
Ye Moxuan’s eyebrows arched upward in amusement. It was as if his gaze mocked her as the corner of his mouth curled upward in a devilish smile.
”What do you think?”
He opened up his hand, and within his palm was a small prescription bottle.
At first, Han Muzi didn’t recognise what it was, but when she focused on it, her facial expression changed. Before she could even think, her arm darted out to snatch the bottle on its own.
“Give it back.”
