As soon as the opportunity came, she had to leave.
Han Muzi knew from the start that the ending would not change, so she had left without saying a word.
When she remembered that moment, she still felt a ripple of sadness in her heart. Her eyes burnt a little too.
But Mr. Potbelly’s wife had taken her desolated look to assume that they had divorced because of his frigidity.
She pondered for a moment, then said, “I think you should go for the fine man in glasses behind us instead.”
Han Muzi was shocked. “W-What are you saying?” she asked awkwardly.
“I’m being serious. Don’t be with a man who has frigidity!”
“That’s enough. Let’s hurry and go.”
Han Muzi noticed Ye Linhan inching closer to them with every step, so she ended up pushing her shopping cart in the opposite direction. If he wanted to follow them, then she would turn in a different direction and head back up.
After all that, if he was still following behind them, then it would seem very deliberate.
“Oh you…”
After she went around for a bit, Han Muzi looked back and did not see Ye Linhan’s shadow anymore.
“There’s no need to look. You had gotten rid of him a long time ago. Sweetie, what is the problem? You’re single. One more man just means one more option, doesn’t it?”
“It will never happen for us.”
She said it before. He was just an older brother to her; nothing could happen between them.
“As long as you’re all single, why not?”
“It just won’t happen.”
Han Muxi quickened her pace and walked straight ahead. Mr. Potbelly’s wife kept up with her enthusiastic explanation as she followed along behind her. Han Muzi did not know where she had found all that enthusiasm to be able to say so much; it clearly had been… their first time meeting each other.
Suddenly, Han Muzi understood why she and Mr. Potbelly could become a couple.
Before they could say more, two men approached them. It was Ye Moxuan and Mr. Potbelly.
Ye Moxuan carried a bag in his hand and a cold expression on his face. Mr. Potbelly was also holding a bag but it was significantly bigger than Ye Moxuan’s.
“Did you buy everything?”
“Yes, I bought everything.”
Han Muzi looked up and met Ye Moxuan’s gaze. Then she remembered what Mr. Potbelly’s wife had said to her and was unable to look straight at him.
So, she pretended like she had not seen him and walked away whilst pushing her shopping cart, leaving an ignored Ye Moxuan standing there speechless.
His brows furrowed together. He was about to go after her to ask why she ignored him when someone tapped on his shoulder. He quickly turned around to find Mr. Potbelly’s wife leaning forward towards him. With a frown, he took several steps back.
“Tsk!” She looked at his face and bluntly disapproved. “It’s still that icy cold look.”
Ye Moxuan looked displeased as he stared at her. “Is there a problem?”
“Not really. I just pity you.”
Ye Moxuan was confused.
“It doesn’t feel great to be abandoned, does it?” Mr. Potbelly’s wife said as she looked at his pitiful eyes. “Actually, you’re not entirely hopeless. I know a hospital with the most advanced technology and treatments. Do you want me to recommend it to you?”
His frown deepened. He had no clue why she would recommend a hospital to him out of nowhere. Did Muzi say something to her when they were together earlier?
But no matter how much he thought about it, he did not think that there was anything abnormal about his body.
“Oh, if you’re still thinking about getting back with Muzi, then just listen to my words.”
Getting back with Muzi? He raised his eyebrow.
“I know you’re her ex-husband and that you’re chasing after her now but she hasn’t accepted you. Do you know why?”
“Why?”
He had practically blurted the word out; after all, he also wanted to know the reason.
He had been by her side for such a long time yet she had never accepted him. Moreover, she had only become more distant toward him.
These days, even though they were in the same bed together, it felt as though they were in two separate worlds.
There was no difference between being awake and asleep.
Therefore, he wanted to know too. He really could not understand a woman’s heart. Although he had hurt her in the past, he was doing everything he could in the present to make up for it, and he could only hope that she saw his true intentions.
However, all his efforts seemed to have been in vain and had even backfired.
Sometimes, he just had no idea what the problem was.
Could it be that she did not love him?
At the thought of that possibility, Ye Moxuan felt suffocated. There was a blunt pain in his chest and he did not look too good.
“Looks like you really want to get back with her.” Mr. Potbelly’s wife looked ahead with a happy look on her face at Han Muzi who had been browsing. Ye Moxuan followed her line of vision.
Han Muzi was reaching up to grab something off the shelf. After she retrieved the item, she looked seriously at the packaging to search for the instructions and dates. Her profile looked beautiful from the side and her bright and clear eyes twinkled like a sky full of stars.
“Beautiful, isn’t she?” Mr. Potbelly’s wife asked.
Mr. Potbelly who had stood at the side replied, “She is beautiful, but my wife looks the best.”
Ye Moxuan cast a sidelong glance at him, then brought his eyes back down and nodded his head. Of course, she was beautiful.
Ye Moxuan had taken her upon his liking. How could she not be?
Furthermore, Han Muzi was not an ordinary beauty. If she was in a crowd and the people were informed that she was single, she would have definitely gotten heaps of suitors.
It was just that her rubbish ex-husband had failed to see her.
Ye Moxuan was cursing at her ex-husband in his mind when he realized he had overlooked something—that he had also become her ex-husband.
To put things in order, Lin Jiang was now her ex, ex-husband.
“That’s exactly why. Your ex-wife is this beautiful. If you don’t try harder, you might really lose her to another man.”
He frowned as he heard that.
“I know it can be embarrassing to talk about these things. But with proper treatment, you will certainly restore your health one day.”
As he listened, Ye Moxuan felt that something was not right. What did she mean by ‘these things’, and what was so embarrassing about them?
“Pardon me, but what exactly is the problem?”
“Are you still too embarrassed to say it? I’m telling you. If you keep being like this, you’ll never get to make her yours again.”
He was speechless.
“The hospital I recommended to you is good. My husband’s friend was treated there. If you need it, I can give you their phone number,” she said as she dug her phone out and searched for the number. Mr. Potbelly, who had been listening at the side, tilted his head over as he struggled to follow their conversation.
“Just wait until you’ve treated your illness and present your mighty and dashing self in front of her again. Best believe she will get back together with you in an instant.”
At that point, Ye Moxuan got a gist of what she was saying. His eyes narrowed and focused ahead of him on Han Muzi who was still picking items off the shelves. “What did she say?”
Mr. Potbelly’s wife had gotten so annoyed with him that she just blurted out, “She said your frigidity was the reason you guys got divorced!”
