“He’s asleep?”
When they heard this, Xiao Su looked quite shocked. After all, he was just discussing with Ye Moxuan about the actions that they would take to prevent Little Bean from realizing anything.
In the end, Little Bean was not going to follow them home after all.
Xiao Su could only turn to Ye Moxuan to ask for his opinion with his eyes.
After thinking about it briefly, Ye Moxuan nodded. Only then did Xiao Su tell the maid, “Okay. In this case, take good care of him. We’ll pick him up tomorrow.”
“Of course, Young Master Xuan.”
As the car slowly drove away, Ye Moxuan took out his phone to call Han Muzi.
He had to tell her that he didn’t manage to pick up Little Bean.
At this moment, Han Muzi was lying in bed. It was already quite late, and she didn’t know if Ye Moxuan had already picked up Little Bean. He hadn’t called her or texted her, so she had no idea what was happening.
Just when she was taking out her phone to ask Ye Moxuan about it, he was already calling her.
Han Muzi quickly placed the phone by her ears.
“Hello?”
From her tone, Ye Moxuan could tell that Han Muzi was anxious. He could almost imagine her expression at this moment, so he chuckled.
“So anxious?”
When Han Muzi heard Ye Moxuan teasing her, she was surprised at his hoarse voice. It was as if his vocal cord had been injured, or he had forced himself to speak despite not feeling well.
However, after hearing his chuckle and teasing tone, Han Muzi felt that he could be doing this on purpose.
That jerk!
Han Muzi berated him internally before asking seriously, “How’s Little Bean? Did you pick him up?”
After asking that question, Han Muzi felt that it didn’t, so she continued, “Why don’t you bring him to the hotel? You can pick me up on the way. We’ll stay together, and the room—”
“You want to stay with me so badly? But this plan of yours has failed.”
“Hm?”
“Little Bean has already fallen asleep at Grandfather’s place. I didn’t manage to get him back.”
Han Muzi went silent upon hearing that.
He has fallen asleep? Little Bean actually…
Han Muzi was initially shocked, but she soon understood. Little Bean had gone there to put in some good words for her to the extent of falling asleep there.
If it was at someone else’s place, Han Muzi would feel worried. However, it was after all Ye Moxuan’s grandfather, and also Little Bean’s great-grandfather. From his expression, it was obvious that the appearance of his great-grandson had made him unusually happy.
Hence, the reason why Little Bean stayed overnight was most probably because Yuchi Jin had asked him to do so.
This was probably why Little Bean stayed there.
“Got it. You—”
“Or…” Ye Moxuan shifted his gaze onto Xiao Su’s face and, at once, Xiao Su felt a chill down his spine. In the next second, he heard Ye Moxuan tease, “Why don’t I leave Xiao Su alone at the hotel and drive home to sleep with you?”
Both Xiao Su and Han Muzi did not know what to say to that.
Han Muzi didn’t expect that Ye Moxuan would suddenly say this so directly and explicitly.
Before she could react, Ye Moxuan added, “After all, we didn’t have many opportunities to be alone together for the past few days.”
Alone…
Come back to sleep with me…
Without any apparent reason, Han Muzi suddenly remembered the other day in the room at the kitchen. At that time, Ye Moxuan found the rare opportunity that he was looking for and kissed her once he saw her.
If he really returns, wouldn’t he take things further?
I’m still pregnant now. What if we accidentally…
At the thought of this, Han Muzi rejected his suggestion right away.
“No. You can’t do that!”
“Yeah?”
Ye Moxuan’s thin lips were still smirking. Under the light, he looked much paler. When Xiao Su saw this, he was increasingly worried about it. He moved his lips, wanting to say something, but Ye Moxuan raised his hand and signaled for Xiao Su to remain silent.
With no other choice, Xiao Su could only swallow back the words he was about to say.
“Why can’t I?”
“You went out together with Xiao Su after all. I won’t say anything about going to a hotel with him, but if you leave him alone and come back… this won’t look too good. It’s better for you to stay outside tonight.”
A hint of a smile could be seen in Ye Moxuan’s eyes.
Indeed, as soon as he took a step forward, she would start to retreat.
This was clearly the best way to deal with her.
As soon as he became very proactive, she would retreat, as if she was a rabbit whose tail was being stepped on.
“You really don’t want me to go back?”
“Yeah. You just have to take care of yourself and remember to come back for dinner tomorrow.”
With that, Han Muzi quickly hung up, as if she was afraid that he would return if they spoke longer.
After that, Han Muzi looked at her phone as she heaved a sigh of relief.
However, she immediately thought that she had hung up too quickly. She should have asked Ye Moxuan to pick up Little Bean early in the morning tomorrow.
It was impossible for her to call him again. Therefore, she could only let that pass and decided to call again tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Ye Moxuan, who had just hung up the phone, lost all traces of a smile on his face and closed his eyes tiredly. When Xiao Su saw this, he couldn’t help but sigh internally.
So it was just an illusion that Young Master Ye’s voice became more energetic when he was speaking to Young Lady?
He is just trying to hold on because he knows that Young Lady will definitely be worried about him. That’s why he deliberately says that so that she will chase him away. I have to admit that this is a brilliant tactic.
However, the energy spent while using that tactic was too much as well.
With that, Xiao Su looked at Ye Moxuan’s pale expression and sped up.
During that night, Han Muzi didn’t really sleep much. As she had slept too much during the day, she didn’t feel sleepy at night. Besides, she was worried that something might happen to Yan while she was all alone in the room, so after a while, she got up to check on Yan.
She had made two rounds to Yan’s room. Each time she went in, she found Yan sleeping peacefully. Her breathing was even, and her heartbeat was normal as well. She looked quite obedient in her sleep without making any fuss.
Han Muzi thought to herself, Could this be the effect of alcohol that causes Yan to sleep so peacefully?
After she took a final look, Han Muzi decided to go back to her room to sleep until the morning, and that she wouldn’t check on Yan anymore. However, when she was about to go back to her room, she met Han Qing at the door.
“Go back to your room and sleep well. I’ll take care of her.”
Han Muzi was still upset at Han Qing, but she had to hold back her anger. She said sarcastically, “This wouldn’t look good, would it? After all, you two are of different genders. It’s not right for you to take care of her all night.”
Both of them were not in a romantic relationship, nor were they family members.
Upon hearing that, Han Qing frowned and said, “Gender difference only matters in certain situations. She is now ill, and you are pregnant. If I’m not going to take care of her, who will take care of her? Am I supposed to let a pregnant lady like you run around during the night?”
