Ye Moxuan! She was both surprised and pleased to see him as his car slowly drove up to her. What is he doing here? Why is he following me? Has he been following me this whole time?
When the car stopped in front of her, she walked up to see him in the driver’s seat. “Why are you here?”
He glanced at her, then got out of the car and opened the door for her. “Let’s talk inside the car.”
He fastened her seatbelt as they got in the car. Staring at his handsome face that was within reach, she pursed her lips and said, “I couldn’t get the household registration book.”
His hands continued to move swiftly without any sign of a reaction. It did not faze him—as though he had already predicted that would happen. A moment later, he pulled away from her and started to drive. However, he remained quiet the whole time. She guessed what his silence meant and started to calm down.
“Did you see this coming?” Her voice was still and composed.
“Mm-hmm.” He nodded. With his slender fingers on the steering wheel, he made a turn and the car moved in a different direction.
“So you let me come here even though you knew?” She glared at him. “You knew what you did back then got you on my brother’s bad side, yet you don’t have any plans to make amends with him?”
His lips curled up. “If I hadn’t let you come here, how else would I pass on my greetings? Even if I plan on making amends with him, I first have to greet him before I can continue.”
“Continue?”
“Relax.” His hand reached out suddenly and rested on top of her fair hands. In a gentle voice, he said, “This time, I will make sure you get married to me with glory, and that everyone knows you are Mrs. Ye—my wife.” He turned to look at her with a deep and tender gaze. His dark eyes were so magnetizing that she almost got absorbed in them.
She felt her heart skip a beat and quickly swung his hand away. “Drive properly!” Feeling unsettled, she added, “You say that like I’m in a rush to marry you.”
Even after she swung his hand off, he did not get mad. Instead, he smirked and replied plainly, “Right. You’re not the one in a rush to get married—I am. How does that sound? Mrs. Ye?”
Her ears felt hot. She grumbled at him then turned to look out the window, refusing to deal with him anymore.
When he brought her back to Seabay Villa, he gave her an excuse that he had work to do and drove off. As he was driving, he made a call to Han Qing.
Han Qing let out a snort when he saw the last few digits of the number, then answered it.
“President Han.”
Han Qing pursed his lips and stared intently ahead of him without saying a word.
“This is Ye Moxuan. Do you perhaps have time for a drink now?” He got straight to the point without even pardoning himself.
Han Qing snickered on the inside. This person must want my sister so badly to be this straightforward.
“Where?”
At last, they decided to meet at a bar on West Street. The purpose of choosing this location was obvious.
When Han Qing arrived, Ye Moxuan had already reserved a VIP Gold room downstairs and was waiting for him to arrive.
Opening the door into the room, Han Qing caught sight of Ye Moxuan, sitting lazily with his legs folded, on the couch. The lights in the room were also fairly dimmed. Ye Moxuan’s distinct features were further highlighted in that setting.
Tsk. His appearance makes him look like he’s worth something. In truth, Han Qing had thought that Ye Moxuan’s appearance fitted his sister. They looked incredible when they stood next to each other. Moreover, his family background was unrivaled.
However, those were his thoughts before the incident five years ago. After that, Han Qing witnessed with his own eyes how much pain Muzi had to go through. How could I send my sister back into that hellhole?
Once he reaffirmed his decision, he strode into the room.
Ye Moxuan smirked when he saw him. “I did not think that the President Han would grace me with his presence.”
Han Qing shot him a cold look. “I only came here to tell you to leave Muzi.”
“Oh?” His eyebrows lifted. Did he think he would get his way? Not only does he disapprove of our relationship, but he’s going to try hard to stop me? The process of getting married was not going too well for Ye Moxuan.
“Do you think I’m here to fulfill your wishes?” Han Qing’s voice sounded cold. “That girl is soft-hearted. But I, on the other hand, remember everything in detail on behalf of her as her brother. You don’t have the right to marry her, or even present yourself to her.” His tone was sharp and cruel without any hint of a joke.
However, Ye Moxuan kept a bitter expression on his face the whole time. Han Qing was going to be his future brother-in-law, but he did not give Ye Moxuan the benefit of the doubt at the very least.
Ye Moxuan had always been high and mighty, so he would never bow his head down to anyone. Of course, except for the woman he loved, he would never bow down to anyone else in his life. Therefore, he remained headstrong in his plight with Han Qing. “I also remember saying that I won’t stop until I get her. She is an adult with her own life. Not to mention that we have a child together. President Han, what right do you have to stop us from being together? How much and how well do you know about what happened five years ago? An ignorant outsider doesn’t have any grounds to accuse me like this.”
Han Qing narrowed his eyes and furrowed his brows at him. “So you’re not admitting that you hurt her back then?”
Ye Moxuan lifted his head to meet Han Qing’s gaze. “I admit it.”
The words slipped out of his mouth without hesitation. Han Qing was taken aback. He had assumed that Ye Moxuan would deny his wrongdoings until the very end, but he had admitted to them right away. But what was in his mind when he said all those things earlier? Han Qing narrowed his eyes and gazed at him with a puzzled look.
“But that is between me and her. Our relationship was complicated from the start. Furthermore, someone had tried to sabotage us back then—to create a misunderstanding between us.”
Han Qing laughed coldly. “Even if someone tried to sabotage you, you could have avoided bringing pain to her if you had just trusted her enough.”
“You’re right.” Ye Moxuan pursed his lips. “If there had been enough trust in our relationship, I wouldn’t have been suspicious of her and my brother. She wouldn’t have kept me in the dark and went off on her own to look into me, either.”
At that moment, Han Qing paused and his pupils contracted. It seems like both of them were equally untrusting and suspicious of each other back then. Regardless of how much two people love each other, a lack of trust can easily destroy their relationship.
In reality, there were a multitude of things that required trust.
