Xin Yu was utterly speechless, staring wide-eyed at Mu Yichuan!
How could someone be so shameless!
"You…let go! You promised you'd let me go if we went to the party!" Xin Yu dodged left and right, but couldn't escape his burning lips.
Mu Yichuan's sharp, eagle-like eyes were fixed on her. How naive she was!
He had endured another week without touching her, without even seeing her. He was about to explode!
"I didn't say I'd let your mouth go." He started again.
"Mu Yichuan, you…you shameless bastard!" Xin Yu gasped for breath, knowing she couldn't win this head-on confrontation.
Just now, she saw a glass on the table. Thinking of it, she wrapped her arms around Mu Yichuan's neck, her lips following his, her body slowly moving towards the desk.
God, she finally reached him! "Ah!" Mu Yichuan slammed Xin Yu down onto the desk, his long arm gripping her hand. "What...what are you doing?"
How could she attack him while holding her hand?!
He simply looked at her, silent, as if he understood her thoughts.
"My hand...my hand hurts," Xin Yu said softly, her dark eyes glistening with tears.
Mu Yichuan's heart softened slightly. He loosened his grip, but still held her tightly.
Could he be that powerful? Could he read her mind?
Xin Yu moved her arm. "My arm is numb."
Mu Yichuan looked at her shapely figure, accentuated by the pale pink cardigan, his eyes darkening. He released Xin Yu with his right hand and reached for her slender waist.
Xin Yu's face remained still. Her left hand groped haphazardly, finally grabbing something—it looked like a pen holder.
Without thinking twice, she threw it at Mu Yichuan's hand!
God! Xin Yu, you can just die! So close, yet it didn't hit!
The pen holder grazed Mu Yichuan's forehead and clattered to the door.
Two pairs of dark eyes met, one surprised, the other panicked.
Just then, a voice rang out from outside, "I'm sorry, I thought no one was in the office!"
Holy crap!
What the hell is going on?
Was intern Xiao Zhang trying to come in from outside?
"Let me go!" Xin Yu cried out anxiously. She hadn't noticed anything at the door. If someone saw her having an affair in Qiu Zhi's office, she wouldn't be able to visit Grandpa Qiu anymore!
"Your skills have improved," Mu Yichuan praised generously, his hand reaching inside his clothes.
"Mu Yichuan!" Xin Yu trembled all over. "You, you... I really called for help! You knew there were people outside!"
His lips moved from her lower body upwards, tracing her neck and skin until they reached her eyes. "Shaking so badly? Looks like you've forgotten how to use my skills."
His words were calm and even, but her body's reaction almost shattered Mu Yichuan's reason!
He stood up gracefully, looking down at Xin Yu.
"Zhang Wan lives in Nanlong, we—"
He and Zhang Wan?!
Xin Yu didn't want to hear what he was about to say. Like a spring, she sprang up and rushed towards the door.
Thump!
She crashed straight into Qiu Zhi, seeing stars from the pain!
When she came to her senses, she was already in Mu Yichuan's arms again.
Xin Yu glared angrily at Qiu Zhi. Of all times, why did he have to come now, right outside the door! "Gazing at me won't do any good, go ahead and glare!" He didn't care at all that Mu Yichuan was there, making sarcastic remarks.
"The soup's here. I'm going to the party tomorrow too, I... I need to see Grandpa now." Please, let her go!
Mu Yichuan raised an eyebrow, looking at Xin Yu with displeasure. "So, how about those two times you ran away?"
Pfft!
Qiu Zhi, who had just taken a sip of soup, spat it all out!
"Are you crazy?" Xin Yu twitched her lips, looking at him with disgust, but handed him tissues and pulled out a few to wipe the table.
Qiu Zhi paused for a moment, watching Xin Yu's actions, while Mu Yichuan was very displeased.
He said coldly, "Come out."
"I..." The words she wanted to say were swallowed back by Mu Yichuan's cold gaze, and Xin Yu could only silently follow behind him.
"Tell me, how do you want to settle this?"
What do you mean, how do you want to settle this?
Does he even have a relationship with her anymore? Even if he did, wouldn't it be stupid not to run away after he treated her like this?!
"Two months."
"What two months?" Xin Yu looked blankly at Mu Yichuan, who had only spoken halfway through his sentence.
"I want two months' worth of soup."
"Xin Yu was utterly exasperated. Was he sick too?!
"Or do you want me to spend two months helping you improve your skills?"
Upon hearing this, Xin Yu blurted out, "Give it to me!"
Mu Yichuan looked at her rare, adorable expression and almost imperceptibly curled his lips into a smile.
But Xin Yu couldn't smile. Until midnight, she was still thinking about how to cancel the party tomorrow…
She didn't want to go, she didn't want to go to such a lively place at all.
Standing on the Qiu family's balcony, looking at the starry sky, she realized how unbearable the loneliness of being awake was!
"Mom, A-Yu has been staying at Grandma Qiu's house recently, learning traditional Chinese medicine from her. You have no idea how wonderful life's encounters can be…"
"Do you know how hard A-Yu works? Or don't you want to know?" Standing on the study balcony, Qiu Zhi frowned upon hearing the trembling voice, recalling her delirious ramblings during her fever.
So she was a pitiful child too!
"Mom, A-Yu saw a man, his name is Nan Juechen..."
Qiu Zhi, about to step out, suddenly froze, his peach blossom eyes widening!
She shouldn't have said that—
"Mu Yichuan?!" Xin Yu really wanted to hang up, but...
"What are you doing? Are you cold?"
Subconsciously, Xin Yu looked down and around, feeling as if Mu Yichuan could see her!
"I—"
"If you think you can avoid the party by catching a cold, you're mistaken."
Xin Yu paused; she really hadn't thought that way!
"Then how can I not go?"
"Really don't want to go?"
Xin Yu nodded vigorously, then realized Mu Yichuan couldn't see her, so she added in her voice.
"Come keep me company." Xin Yu's heart trembled. She bit her lip hard. "Mu Yichuan, in your heart, do you think you can do whatever you want because you're rich and powerful, or do you think you can do whatever you want because I'm poor and weak?"
Mu Yichuan on the balcony stiffened, staring at the white figure in the distance, like a fairy, ready to fly away at any moment.
"I...don't want to continue this kind of relationship with you," Xin Yu said, steeling her resolve. He couldn't possibly fly over anyway; the Qiu family's gate was already locked.
"I don't need love, and I certainly don't need impure love."
"So, don't bother me."
Xin Yu's words carried a sorrowful tone, carried on the night wind, but there was no response on the other end of the phone; not even a breath could be heard.
"Mu...Mu Yichuan? Are you listening?"
No way?
She had mustered so much courage to say that. Could he not have heard her at all?
"Mu Yichuan? Is he really not here?" Xin Yu hung up the phone in frustration, but suddenly felt a chill envelop her.
She looked up.
She froze.
Mu Yichuan?!
"You...you weren't following me, were you?" Xin Yu almost screamed in fright.
But Mu Yichuan sealed her lips with his, then pulled away after a moment. "If you want Grandma Qiu to come and admire you, then you can scream."
Xin Yu trembled, touching her swollen lips.
Her dark eyes were filled with tears and panic.
Mu Yichuan couldn't resist and scooped Xin Yu up, carrying her into the bedroom.
"You...you can't touch me!" she protested, glancing towards the bathroom. If it was locked, he'd probably have to kick the door open to get in.
"You think I'm dirty again?"
"You are dirty!" Xin Yu blurted out, swallowing hard. "What are you doing here!" "Isn't Zhang Wan at the Nanlong Villa?
If he doesn't need her, why would he bring her home!
"I want you to help me take a bath." With that, he strode forward and carried Xin Yu into the bathroom.
...!
Xin Yu was incredibly frustrated, her wide eyes filled with undisguised sorrow. Her carefully planned hiding place was gone just like that?
"Wash me clean."
"You're sick!" Xin Yu couldn't help but blurt out.
Mu Yichuan placed Xin Yu on the edge of the bathtub and stretched out his long arm to turn on the water.
"Mu Yichuan, don't do this! I... I'm at the Qiu family's house now!" How could he do this to her like this?
If Grandma Qiu and Qiu Zhi found out, it would be too embarrassing for her, a guest, to be so open!
"If you don't want to stay here, come home with me."
"I don't want to!" Xin Yu growled, desperately hitting Mu Yichuan, "Let me go! I don't want to go back with you!" He placed her on his lap, holding her wrist with one hand. "Ayu, I told you the first time we met, I don't like stupid women."
"I am stupid! Who asked you to like me!" Xin Yu struggled, unable to break free, her eyes cold as she glared at Mu Yichuan. "Who isn't stupid? Go like whoever you want! Aren't you the powerful and prestigious Ninth Master, the head of the Mu family?"
"Such a sharp tongue?" Mu Yichuan grabbed Xin Yu's chin, his gaze deep and intense.
Xin Yu trembled, immediately understanding his meaning.
"You've been acting so strangely lately because of Zhang Wan?" His dark eyes were captivating. "She's your friend, I remember."
Xin Yu was furious. "Whether she's a friend or not, that's not a reason or excuse for you to have both!"
"Have both? Which eye saw that?"
"Both eyes saw it!" Xin Yu gasped. "The first time I met you, wasn't she a gift from the Zhang family to you?" "Don't think I don't know why you went to Zhang Chen's wedding in the capital. You ruined it, then brought his daughter back to the capital. You really got the better deal!"
"You need to calm down."
Mu Yichuan took Xin Yu into the bath. The warm water enveloped her, gradually relaxing her trembling body.
"Can we not..." Xin Yu raised her eyes slightly, "Actually, I'm not suitable for you at all. I... I'm poor, not pretty, have a bad figure, a bad family background, no talent, stubborn, and don't know how to please people..."
"Think about it more."
What did he mean by that!
Wasn't listing so many self-deprecating flaws enough?!
"Mu Yichuan, please..."
"Okay!"
This word didn't excite Xin Yu. He usually said that before he continued.
"I'll show you how suitable you are for me!"
Sure enough...
"Ah!"
Mu Yichuan picked Xin Yu up with lightning speed, and then—