Listening to the words that they both exchanged, one after another, Han Muzi felt a little awkward. Was this small talk?
“And you are?” Mr. Potbelly’s wife stared at Ye Hanlin curiously; he was such a handsome man. The moment he appeared, he had never stopped looking at Han Muzi. All of a sudden, Mr. Potbelly’s wife was keen to gossip. Owing to Han Muzi’s attitude toward Ye Muxuan, Mr. Potbelly’s wife suspected if Han Muzi was having an affair or if she was seeing two men at the same time.
But she thought about it again, and based on their conversations earlier, Han Muzi did not seem like a scandalous person. Mr. Potbelly’s wife dismissed that idea and returned to look at Ye Hanlin and Han Muzi.
“Why are you here?” Since Ye Moxuan was not here, Han Muzi grasped the opportunity to question him.
Ye Hanlin smiled gently. “Didn’t we establish that this is a coincidence?”
“Really?” How would Han Muzi believe this? Based on their two previous encounters, including the things that he did in the office, their encounter today only felt like one thing: that Ye Hanlin did it on purpose.
Even though they had talked it out before, this did not mean Han Muzi could be simply messed with.
Since there was someone else next to them, Han Muzi had to restrain herself when she spoke. However, Mr. Potbelly’s wife was not dumb. It was impossible that she could not tell there was something going on between them.
She smiled embarrassingly but was not leaving.
Han Muzi admired the high IQ and EQ that Mr. Potbelly’s wife possessed. If she were to say that she would not want to disturb them anymore and left them on their own, when Ye Muxuan came back to them and saw that there were only Ye Linhan and Han Muzi, he would definitely get upset.
Han Muzi looked at Mr. Potbelly’s wife with gratitude and whispered, “Erm, are you still getting anything else?”
“Not really. I am almost finished. I will just have to get some more napkins, then we can leave to head home.”
Han Muzi nodded. “Sure. Let me come with you.”
After that, Han Muzi looked toward Ye Hanlin. “Vice President Ye, I will have to go with my friend here to get something, so I will have to excuse myself now.” She smiled after speaking, took a grip of Mr. Potbelly’s wife’s arm, and they left together with the shopping cart.
A few steps later, Mr. Potbelly’s wife turned around. “He is following us!”
Hearing that, Han Muzi frowned. She had already made it clear to Ye Hanlin, so why was he still following her?
“Does he like you?” Mr. Potbelly’s wife asked. This frightened Han Muzi, and she shook her head in surprise. “That is impossible.”
Even though he had confessed his feelings to her in the past, that was five years ago. However, back then, she was already Ye Moxuan’s wife, so the fact that Ye Hanlin still chose to confess to her made Han Muzi feel that he had some ulterior motive. Otherwise why would he have wanted to pick a fight with his brother?
However, he saved her life in a car accident before. So, this suggested to Han Muzi that he might be serious about her.
That was five years ago, though. Time had flown past them since then.
Even if the feeling was real back then, it should have already been gone by now. This was why Han Muzi never considered this possibility anymore.
“How is that not impossible? Didn’t you see how he was looking at you?”
Han Muzi shook her head. “No.”
“Are you really that slow or are you faking it? He was looking at you affectionately, pretty similar to the way your husband looked at you, and you say you can’t tell?”
The way Ye Muxuan looked at her? Han Muzi was slightly confused so she couldn’t help but ask, “What kind of way did my—erm, I mean, Moxuan look at me that you’re talking about?” She was embarrassed to refer to him as her husband, so she paused for a moment when she was about to utter that word. Eventually, she decided to just wing it.
Mr. Potbelly’s wife thought she was just embarrassed and did not ask anything further. Instead, she just smiled and explained, “If you like someone, your eyes will glow when you see that person.”
“Glow? What does it mean?”
“Well, how do we describe it… It is like his eyes will light up whenever he sees you. Have you never noticed the way he looks at you?”
“… No.”
How would she ever pay attention to Ye Moxuan whenever he looked at her? Furthermore, she thought the way he looked at her now was the same as before. There was nothing special.
“Eh, you really don’t know what it means to appreciate someone. You have such a gorgeous-looking husband. Are you not afraid of losing him if you continue to behave in this way?”
Han Muzi remained silent.
Losing him to someone? She would rather Lin Qinqing and Ye Muxuan were still together so that he would not bother her anymore.
Mr. Potbelly’s wife glanced back and realized Ye Hanlin was still following them. “Is there not going to be a problem now that he is still following us? What if your husband is here later…” she whispered.
Hearing that, Han Muzi scrunched her nose up, causing all the features on her elegant yet tiny face to be pulled together. A moment later, she relaxed again. “If he wants to follow us, what can I do? I can’t restrict his personal freedom.”
“You have a point. So do we let him keep following us?”
Han Muzi looked behind her shoulder and noticed that Ye Hanlin had indeed been following them from behind. He smirked a little when he saw that she turned around. Though he had glasses on, one could still see the warmth and affection underneath his eyes.
Maybe he really did not have any ill intentions toward her. Was she thinking too badly of him?
But his showing up here was an incitement to Ye Moxuan.
That night, it was because Ye Moxuan found out that she went out to meet Ye Hanlin that he became extremely upset… and did that to her.
The moment Han Muzi thought of the last two days of darkness she went through, she immediately came back to her senses and realized she could not carry on with this anymore. Therefore, she stopped walking and told Mr. Potbelly’s wife, “Can you wait for me here? Let me speak to him real quick.”
Mr. Potbelly’s wife thought about it and nodded. “Please be quick. I reckon the two of them will be back soon.”
“Sure, I know what I am doing.”
Han Muzi then turned around and walked toward Ye Hanlin.
“What happened?” Ye Hanlin saw her walk toward him, with a bit of perplexity in his eyes. “Didn’t you say you were going?”
This question caught Han Muzi off guard. She had nothing to say.
Wasn’t he the one who was following her? Now that she came over, he was pretending to be surprised to see her. This put Han Muzi in an awkward situation.
Seeing her standing there awkwardly, Ye Hanlin fixed his glasses and smiled. “What’s going on? You didn’t think I was following you, did you?”
Were you not?
She almost blurted out these words from her mouth. Han Muzi stared at him without saying a word.
Ye Hanlin then assured her, “Don’t worry, since it is not convenient for you, I will not bother you anymore. I was just going to get something from the front. That’s why we were walking through the same aisle.”
He put it really politely. This had made Han Muzi feel if she continued to question him, it would make her seem gullible.
While they were at it, she bit her lower lips and asked, “What are you getting?”
“Are you asking me just so that you can avoid me right away?”
