“Anyway, don’t you trust me as your brother? I won’t do anything to her.”
Han Muzi remained silent upon hearing that.
Of course she knew that Han Qing wouldn’t do anything to Yan. She knew that even if Yan had tried to seduce Han Qing, he would never be tempted as well.
There was definitely no danger for Han Qing to take care of Yan.
However, after thinking about their ambiguous relationship, Han Muzi felt quite awkward. At the same time, she also felt sorry for her best friend Yan.
After pondering for a while, she couldn’t help but say, “Qing, you—”
“I know what you’re going to say.” Before she could finish her sentence, Han Qing interrupted her and said softly, “Don’t worry. Since Yan is your friend, I will settle this matter well. Apart from that, she is someone who can separate different matters clearly. I’m sure I won’t affect the friendship between the two of you.”
Han Muzi swallowed back the words that she was about to say as she didn’t expect that he had already seen through her. At that moment, she didn’t know what else she could say, so she just nodded. “Got it. As long as you know what you’re doing.”
With that, Han Muzi strode toward her room.
When she was about to reach her room, Han Muzi couldn’t help but turn back to look at Han Qing.
“Qing.”
Han Qing asked, “Yeah?”
“Can I ask you a question?”
Since it was from his sister, Han Qing would definitely agree to any of her requests and answer any of her questions. “Sure.”
“Why don’t you want to get married?”
Throughout the night, not only did she not sleep well, she even thought of many other things. The one thing that she kept thinking about was the relationship between Han Qing and Yan, and what had happened between them. Initially, she just thought that Yan wasn’t the type of woman Han Qing would like, so he didn’t fall for her.
She completely understood his feelings—people like him who hadn’t met someone they liked yet would feel that there was no problem at all with being single for their entire lives.
However, when she heard the conversation between both of them earlier, she felt that it was quite suspicious.
Toward Yan, Han Qing is clearly…
I won’t say that he has fallen for her; that’s a tad too much. However, if he doesn’t have any feelings for her at all, what was that scene I had just witnessed?
Hence, she decided to ask him properly.
Usually, Han Qing would answer any questions that she had.
However, this time around, he remained silent for a long time without answering her.
Han Muzi frowned slightly as she stared at Han Qing.
“Do you have any difficulties that you can’t talk about?”
When Han Qing heard the word ‘difficulties’, he raised his head and looked at Han Muzi, who stood not far away from him. Under the dim lighting, she appeared like the elegant and beautiful woman back then who would look at him with a doting expression.
“Qing, when your sister is born, you must take good care of her and protect her.”
Standing in front of his mother, his younger self nodded fervently upon hearing that. “Don’t worry, Mom. I will definitely take good care of her.”
They really look alike…
“Qing?”
Han Muzi’s voice entered his ears again. When Han Qing returned to his senses and saw his sister standing there looking at him in confusion, the dazed expression on his face immediately disappeared. He just smiled slightly before saying, “Silly girl, what are you thinking about? I don’t have any difficulties. Your body is quite frail, so you should go to bed now. Go on, don’t stand there like that. What would happen if you catch a cold?”
Han Muzi just stood on the same spot without moving. She had seen a different expression on Han Qing’s face just now.
However in the blink of an eye, it had completely disappeared. She thought that her eyes were probably playing tricks on her.
She hesitated. Though she had many questions to ask him, she knew that he probably wouldn’t answer her even if she continued asking.
Thinking of this, Han Muzi nodded and said seriously, “Qing, I’m the only kin you have in this world. If there’s any important matter going on, you must tell me. Don’t shoulder it on your own.”
When Han Qing heard that, he couldn’t help but smile. “What do you mean by ‘only kin’? You’re not my only kin now.”
“What?”
“Little Bean.”
He reminded her.
Han Muzi let out a slight exclamation after she realized that.
Indeed, even though Little Bean is not Han Qing’s immediate family, I gave birth to him after all. So, he is very close to Qing as well.
“Besides, there is one more coming soon.”
This time around, he was referring to the baby she was carrying.
“Alright. Go to bed now. Don’t waste your time here anymore.”
Han Muzi returned to her room to lie down, but she kept thinking about Han Qing’s words.
In the past, she hadn’t paid much attention to Han Qing and thought that it was quite normal that he never dated anyone. However, she now felt that something was wrong.
Han Qing had fulfilled all his responsibilities as a brother to Han Muzi. Not only did he take good care of her, he even treated her son like his own son. However, as his younger sister, Han Muzi had seemed to be enjoying the care that Han Qing gave her to the point of neglecting his matters.
Perhaps, Qing is keeping something important from me.
Han Muzi didn’t know what that was, and Han Qing didn’t seem to have any intention of telling her.
Should… I look into this?
After this thought formed in her mind, Han Muzi felt more decisive about it. Perhaps she really ought to look into this to find out about Han Qing’s past.
After making that decision, Han Muzi finally stopped worrying. She turned in her bed and pulled the blankets over herself. After a while, she drifted into sleep.
The next day, Han Muzi felt that something was off in her dreams. It was as if a pair of eyes were constantly staring at her without moving away.
Gradually, Han Muzi felt that something was wrong, so she slowly opened her eyes.
A pair of resentful eyes entered her vision.
Han Muzi blinked in shock. Then, she heaved a sigh of relief when she saw who the person was. With that, she pulled her blankets up exasperatedly.
“Why are you standing here so early in the morning? Who are you trying to scare?”
Seeing that Han Muzi had finally woken up, Yan pouted and looked aggrieved.
“Muzi, you are finally up! I’ve been waiting for such a long time, but you didn’t wake up.”
Han Muzi felt speechless upon hearing that.
Judging from her expression and tone, why does she sound like I’m dead?
She took a deep breath as she suppressed her exasperation.
“What’s up?”
Yan asked, “Was I drunk last night?”
Han Muzi nodded. “Yeah.”
“D-Did I throw a tantrum because of that?”
Han Muzi nodded again.
Yan widened her eyes. “Did I throw a tantrum at your brother?”
When Han Muzi heard that, she tried to recall. That seemed to be the case.
She continued nodding. Yan’s face turned pale immediately.
“No way! I really did throw a tantrum at him! I-I-In that case, his impression toward me must have…”
Yan covered her face with her hands and wailed in agony.
Seeing Yan behaving this way, Han Muzi couldn’t help but narrow her eyes. “You were so sad when you returned yesterday. I thought… you have already given up.”
“Given up?” When Yan heard this, she stopped all her movements immediately and bit her lips awkwardly. “I did plan to give up already. But… I dreamed of him last night.”
