Yan’s expression changed drastically upon hearing that.
“Little Bean, this isn’t what we agreed on. You promised me earlier. Are you going back on your word now?”
“However, I can tell Uncle Qing that I’m missing the lobsters of a certain restaurant, and I’d like him to take me there.”
When Yan heard that, her eyes gleamed brightly, and she hugged Little Bean’s shoulders tightly. She almost burst out in tears of gratitude. “Little Bean, you are truly my obedient baby. I’ll cook whatever you fancy in the future!”
Little Bean blinked several times, and he felt like he had hit the jackpot.
…
Han Muzi woke up at noon, and the sun was already shining bright. The room was especially bright despite having the curtains drawn.
She glanced at the strange surroundings and recalled what Ye Moxuan said to her last night.
She sat up slowly while thinking to herself, This doesn’t look like a hotel; it looks much more like a house. However, it doesn’t look familiar at all. Besides, I don’t hear the waves, and so this can’t be the Seabay Villa.
In that case, where am I?
Han Muzi lifted the blanket before getting out of the bed. The place was quiet, and she saw her phone placed on the table.
Han Muzi walked over to pick her phone up, and she saw a WeChat message from Ye Moxuan.
‘You should wash up in the bathroom after reading this message upon getting out of bed. I’ve prepared your toiletries, and there are clothes in the wardrobe. Wait for me to come back, and we’ll have lunch together.’
Han Muzi paused for a while before entering the bathroom, and true enough, there were toiletries prepared for her. Hence, she put her phone aside and started brushing her teeth and washing her face.
Then, she spaced out while staring at the mouthwash cups on the rack.
They are a set.
There are even three of them—two large ones and a smaller one.
It looks as though he specifically prepared these mouthwash cups for me and Little Bean as a family of three.
Upon seeing that, Han Muzi felt warmth spread in her heart somehow.
She switched her camera on; after adjusting the lighting and filter, she snapped a shot and stared at the picture with a silly smile.
Ten minutes had passed when she got out of the bathroom. She made her way to the wardrobe obediently and realized that there was a huge selection of women’s clothes when she opened the wardrobe door. There was a huge variety, ranging from tops to bottoms and dresses to skirts.
When did he… prepare these?
After looking at them, Han Muzi finally chose a set of casual clothes and changed into them. After that, she sat down to send Ye Moxuan a message.
‘It’s still early now. Why don’t I go home first? I won’t be waiting for you.’
At Ye Group.
A meeting was in progress, whereas Ye Moxuan was seated at the head of the table. He looked unfazed while staring at the shareholders entangled in a heated argument.
His phone in his pocket vibrated, and something gleamed in Ye Moxuan’s gaze. He fished his phone swiftly from his pocket.
Despite setting the rule himself, stating that no phones were allowed in meetings, he immediately thought of Han Muzi, who was supposedly asleep at his home, when his phone vibrated.
He was worried he might miss her message. When Ye Moxuan saw the WeChat notification across his phone screen, he smiled slightly. However, upon entering the WeChat interface, he read the message from Han Muzi, stating that she wouldn’t wait for him.
Ye Moxuan’s smile vanished from his face completely. He ignored the fact that he was still in the conference room and phoned her straight away.
Han Muzi placed her phone down after sending out the message. Since she just sent the message out, and Ye Moxuan was at work now, she wasn’t expecting a quick reply.
Unexpectedly, Ye Moxuan’s phone call came in as soon as her message was sent out.
It was as if he was haunting her…
Han Muzi answered the phone. “Hello?”
“What are you planning to do if you’re not going to wait for me?”
A deep and masculine voice reverberated throughout the meeting room. He tried lowering his voice, and it should have been swallowed by the arguments of the shareholders.
However, everyone was too familiar with Ye Moxuan’s voice, especially when he lowered his tone. That was because usually, when he lowered his voice, it was a clear indication that he was about to lose his temper, and so everyone was particularly sensitive to that tone.
Despite Ye Moxuan’s efforts to lower his voice, the shareholders turned swiftly to look at him.
They wanted to know if he was voicing an opinion.
Instead, they saw Ye Moxuan on a phone call.
What is happening?
Didn’t we agree that we shouldn’t use our phones during meetings? What is President Ye doing?
Hence, the group of people in the meeting turned toward Ye Moxuan while staring at him curiously.
“Huh?” Ye Moxuan cocked a brow. “Stay there obediently. You are not allowed to go anywhere else. I’ll pick you up at noon.”
Han Muzi rubbed her stomach while suppressing the urge to roll her eyes. “I’m hungry right now. I want to go out for food now before heading back to the company. You are busy after all, so why don’t—”
“You’re hungry?”
Upon learning that she was hungry, Ye Moxuan took a completely different stance immediately, and his voice took on a softer tone. “That’s an oversight on my part. I’ll go home and pick you up immediately. Don’t go anywhere.”
With that, he hung up on her and stood up abruptly.
Before the group in the conference room could respond, they witnessed Ye Moxuan picking his jacket up and making his way to the door.
It was only then that the group realized in horror what Ye Moxuan was doing, and several old men went forward to stop him.
“Y-Young Master Ye… we are still in the middle of a meeting. Where are you going?”
Ye Moxuan pondered before answering him, “I have something to attend to.”
Something?
One of the old men snorted loudly. “I don’t think it’s appropriate to leave in the middle of a meeting, don’t you agree? Besides, it’s not something urgent, Young Master—”
Before he could complete his sentence, Ye Moxuan shot him an icy glare.
“Do you have an objection?”
His gaze was as sharp as that of a falcon, and the group took a step backward reflexively in shock. However, they took a step forward after thinking things through.
“Young Master Ye, it’s not that I have an objection. It’s just that this is the time for everyone to discuss matters. The meeting is not even halfway done; wouldn’t it be rather inappropriate if you were to leave us right now?”
“Oh.” Ye Moxuan had a frosty expression. “In that case, the meeting is put on hold. Everyone shall wait right here, and you can continue when I’m back.”
“Y-Young Master Ye…”
“Young Master Ye, but time is money. Young—“
However, before they could finish their sentences, Ye Moxuan had already left through the conference room door and vanished.
Everyone exchanged shocked looks. After a while, someone asked in a quiet voice, “What should we do now? Should we really wait here?”
“Hmph, I think we should just forget it. Young Master Ye won’t be back for another few hours. Haven’t you all noticed his tone and expression during his earlier phone call?”
“Huh? Was Young Master Ye on the phone with a woman?”
“I think that’s most probably true. Everyone should return to their work respectively. This meeting… shall be postponed to tomorrow.”
“In that case… shall we leave? We will meet again tomorrow.”
Hence, the group of people started collecting their things, as if they had all come to an agreement. After that, they left the conference room.
Upon leaving, some of those who were still in the conference room suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu. Have we… experienced this before?
Han Muzi was about to reject Ye Moxuan when he offered to pick her up just now, but he immediately hung up on her, as if afraid that she might reject him.
Han Muzi was rendered speechless by his reaction.
Must he always do things in such a vigorous and resolute manner?
