After he mentioned it so clearly, Han Muzi’s previous doubts were now confirmed. She narrowed her eyes and sized him up.
“You found out who it was, but you don’t plan on telling me?”
He looked at her calmly. “It won’t be good for you to know too much.”
“But I’m the victim here. Don’t I have the right to know?”
“Then what? What can you do after you find out who it is? Will you confront this person or seek revenge?”
His words left her baffled. She locked eyes with him for a moment then laughed from being furious.
“So, you think you’re doing this for me because knowing too much won’t be good for me, and you’re choosing to keep me in the dark instead by not telling me the truth?”
“Muzi.”
“Tell me. Am I wrong to say so?”
Ye Moxuan was scared of her. He sighed and went closer to her. “Do you really want to know? Even though it’s already been taken care of, you still want to know?”
She gripped her fist tightly and nodded with determination. “I have the right to know.”
Of course she had to know who it was. After she had been terrorized for no apparent reason, how could she not even know whether it had been a person or a ghost?
As he saw the determination in her eyes and the stubbornness written all over her face, he knew that she would go find out for herself if he had not told her.
He pondered for a bit before he hinted, “The truth is you know this person.”
“Nonsense. Why would a stranger want to harm me?”
“… It’s an old friend of yours.”
“An old friend?” She thought of all the old friends she had but it did not seem like she had that many. She could not figure out who was cruel enough to cause her such harm.
“Can’t think of anyone?” He chuckled and reached out to caress her hair. “You will be very disappointed once you find out who it is. This was why I didn’t want to tell you. If you really can’t think of anyone but you still want to know, then I’ll bring you there tomorrow. You’ll understand once you see for yourself.”
She did not say a word.
After he left, she sat in the room by herself and thought about what he had said.
An old friend… I will be disappointed once I find out?
Who is that?
In that instance, a face appeared in her mind. But she quickly got a hold of herself and shook the thought out of her head.
No, I can’t. Before she saw who it was for herself, she could not let her mind jump to conclusions and falsely accuse people.
To suppress the complicated thoughts in her head, she got up and headed to the bathroom to wash up.
She turned the shower head on and washed herself with the hot water. As the heat rose up, her heart gradually settled down.
…
The second day.
Ye Moxuan arrived to take Han Muzi out.
When they entered the elevator, she said coldly, “After we meet that person today, you don’t have to follow me around anymore. Let’s get back to our own business.”
He looked at her pointedly from the side and sneered. “Heartless woman. You’re throwing me away after using me?”
Speechless, she looked at him, slightly irritated. “Didn’t we agree on a month?”
“When did I say that I would give you a month?” His eyebrows shot up. The corners of his smile carried disdain. “I’m willing to give you time and space to consider, but… that doesn’t mean we can’t see each other.”
So he still wanted to meet?
Then what was the point of the conversation we had yesterday?
Han Muzi knew he was shameless and that he would not show all his cards at once. “I feel conflicted whenever I see you. How can I come to a decision if I have to see you everyday?” She shut her eyes.
“So you’re saying we should meet once every few days?”
Once every few days?
She furrowed her eyebrows in discontentment. This time, he was unhappy. He clenched his jaw and pressed her up against the elevator door. “I agreed to give you a month’s time to think, but we can’t possibly not see each other everyday, right? Meeting once every few days is my bottom line.”
Han Muzi considered and thought it was still fine to meet once every few days.
She debated a bit more before she nodded her head.
“Okay… then. I got it.”
After she answered him, his lips began to curl up into a satisfied smile. With that, he lowered his head and nibbled at her lips. “Good girl.”
However, she pushed him away and stormed off to one side.
Nonetheless, he had succeeded in kissing her and that was enough to keep him content. How could he stay mad at her? He assumed she had just gotten embarrassed.
After all, she and her son would live with him in a month. By then, her son would become his son too.
As they got in the car and drove off, she fixed the collar on her shirt and leaned back in the seat then closed her eyes.
When they stopped at one of the red lights, Ye Moxuan looked sideways at her.
When he saw her fast asleep and breathing calmly, he subconsciously lifted his hand and brushed over her cheeks lightly with his thumb.
Ever since they met again, she had always acted unnatural around him. Getting from that point to where he was now, as he watched her sleep soundly, had not been an easy process.
If things continued to develop in that direction, they would reconcile again soon enough.
He stared intently at her red lips and could only let out a sigh in his mind.
Muzi, don’t make me wait too long again.
…
She did not know how long she had slept for, but she dreamed that she still had unfinished tasks left to do. Then, she woke up suddenly and her eyes shot open.
When it came to her attention that the car had already stopped, she looked around and met Ye Moxuan’s eyes.
“Did you get enough sleep?”
She felt slightly awkward. When they got in the car, she had been fairly tired so she closed her eyes to rest for a bit, but she did not expect to sleep for that long.
“Wipe off your drool,” he said all of a sudden.
As she had just woken up and was still in a dazed state, she automatically reached up to wipe the corners of her mouth when he told her to.
But it was dry.
She looked up furiously to see his mocking gaze.
“You!”
“Can’t believe you fell for that so easily. I guess you drool pretty often?”
“Talk about yourself.” She swung her head and looked outside, not in the mood to argue with him. “Are we here? Is this where I can find out who it is?”
“Mm.” With a nod, he got out of the car and walked over to open the door for her. “You can get out of the car now. It’s this restaurant. You’ll know who it is once you go in.”
As she got out of the car, he even shielded the top of her head. His actions touched her and gave her the impression that he had changed a lot.
The Ye Moxuan she knew from the past was also someone who did many things for her, except that his words were always harsh and sharp. When she had asked him if he was treating her well, he boasted that he was not.
Unlike the person he was now…
Ye Moxuan then handed the car keys to the chauffeur, and brought her into the restaurant.
After they found a spot with a good view and sat down, Han Muzi’s eyebrows furrowed together. “What are you doing? Did you bring me here to see that person, or to eat western food?”
He glanced at her. “Why the rush? We can eat while we see that person. Is there a problem?”
