Seeing how things had developed until now, she and Xueyou could never go back to how they were before.
She could tell how much Xueyou hated her from how she looked at her. At this point, Han Muzi felt a little sad.
She probably hates me so much that she wants to kill me. Otherwise, why would she repeatedly do those things? When she was staring at her, her eyes were full of overwhelming resentment.
The thought that they were once such close friends made Han Muzi feel regret and pain in her heart. She closed her eyes and did not say another word.
Suddenly she heard from Ye Moxuan. “I will protect you well.
…
Ye Moxuan was a promise keeper. In the following days, he told her that he would give her space and time to consider, and he never once came to her place to look for her or pestered her for them to be together.
At first, Han Muzi was afraid that he would visit her uninvited, so she never dared look for Little Bean. After quietly observing for two days, she noticed that Ye Moxuan did not visit anymore. She hurriedly went to look for Little Bean.
When Little Bean saw her, he ran to leap into her arms. Han Muzi bent over and hugged Little Bean tightly in her arms. She missed him dearly.
“I missed you so much!” Han Muzi rubbed the back of his head and let out a sigh.
“I missed you very much too, Mommy!” After speaking, Little Bean even tiptoed and kissed Han Muzi on her cheek. “Mommy, kisses!” He pointed to his cheek, signaling Han Muzi to kiss him back.
Han Muzi smiled, her eyes and facial expression completely softened. She lowered her head and kissed Little Bean on his cheek. After seeing that he was still pouting, she gave him another kiss on the other cheek. She whispered, “Are you happy now?”
“Hmph.” Little Bean pouted. “Barely happy. Mommy, you have not visited me in such a long time, yet you never sent me any text messages! I thought you didn’t want me anymore!”
This serious talk cracked Han Muzi up. She reached out to Little Bean’s nose and gave it a pinch. She helplessly said, “Don’t overthink! Leaving my son? Why would I ever do such a thing?”
“Hmph. Mommy, you always say you won’t do such a thing but you have not visited me in such a long time!” As he said this, Little Bean clung to Han Muzi’s arm with both of his arms and started acting cute. “Mommy, you’ve promised me that when you take me home this time, you will never send me away again!”
“Mm-hmm…” Han Muzi nodded. “Yes, Mommy did promise you that.”
“So Mommy, please stick to your word this time. If you send me away again, I will never talk to you anymore.”
“I promise. Mommy will never send Little Bean away again.”
“Pinky promise?” Little Bean put out his hand and Han Muzi had to make a pinky promise with him. After making the promise, a glimmer of cunning flashed through Little Bean’s marble-black eyes. As long as I get to stay by Mommy’s side, I will be able to see Daddy soon!
Even though he wanted to acknowledge his father, he knew that Han Muzi was not willing to. Therefore, without her approval, Little Bean could not allow Ye Moxuan to know how he looked like and who he was. However, things would be different if he moved back with Han Muzi.
If Daddy visited and ran into me, he would surely know how I looked like. That wouldn’t be my fault as it would be accidental. By that time, Mommy and Daddy can be together! The thought of this made Little Bean happy.
He started planning in his heart on how their life would be like after they were together. Ye Moxuan had never fulfilled his responsibility of taking care of him, so once they became a family, Little Bean would squeeze a lot out of him.
“Mommy, shall we go home now?”
She gave it a thought and nodded, “Sure. But you have to put on your hat and sunglasses.”
Little Bean gladly agreed.
When Han Muzi was about to take Little Bean with her, they ran into Han Qing at the door.
Ever since the last incident, Han Muzi rarely met Han Qing. Hence, when Han Qing saw her, he could not take his eyes off her. He then whispered, “Here to take Little Bean home?”
“Qing.” Han Muzi nodded and said, “Little Bean has been staying here for the past couple of days. I am less busy with work now, so I came to take him back.”
Han Qing looked down and saw Little Bean, who was standing next to her, and smiled. “If you’re too busy with work, why not move back home? Little Bean can have someone to take care of him, and when you are busy, you don’t have to send him over.”
Move back home? Han Muzi shook her head reflexively.
How could I possibly move back? She wanted to live independently, and more importantly, Ye Moxuan would always come to bother her, so if she did move back, wouldn’t Ye Moxuan directly barge into the Han residence? If Ye Moxuan were to go against Han Qing, that would be quite a fight.
“There is no need for that. At our house, there are three of us—Yan, Little Bean, and I—and we can take care of each other. Furthermore, I’d like to have my own life; I can’t always rely on you.”
Hearing this, Han Qing could not help but sigh. He walked toward her and looked at her deeply. “But, Muzi, I am willing to constantly take care of you.”
Han Muzi was rendered speechless. She lifted her eyes and looked at Han Qing, who was still staring at her as if she meant the world to him. It was somewhat weird actually; if Han Qing were not her biological brother, she would almost believe that Han Qing was into her.
After all, what kind of brother would go above and beyond for his sister? No matter how one put it, it did not seem reasonable. However… if she thought about what happened to him before, this seemed to make sense. He had lost his father when he was little; his sister went missing; he also lost his mother shortly after. The constant departure of family members was deeply traumatizing for Han Qing.
When he found Han Muzi, she became his only family. As someone who had been alone for a long time and had never felt affection from family members, he would understandably want to constantly take care of her and be codependent with her.
This feeling seemed to make sense to Han Muzi. But at the same time, this feeling would cost one’s freedom.
Fortunately, Han Qing was not particularly controlling toward her. He was willing to let her start a company by herself and manage it independently, as well as live by herself.
Of course, Han Muzi knew that this was his way of pampering her. That was because she was his favorite sister.
The thought of this made Han Muzi sigh. She then whispered, “Han Qing, I still would like to live on my own, but… in the future, I will always bring Little Bean over to visit. If you have time, you can always come for a meal. We have many rooms so you could stay over too if you’d like.”
Han Qing finally unveiled a gratifying smile. “Sure.”
