To put my life in danger? That sounds good. Why haven’t I thought about this before? If I’m about to die, how could Xiaobai ever leave me? But…
Xiao Su sent out another message to Ye Moxuan. ‘Isn’t that too despicable?’
‘Despicable? Why? This is what a husband and wife do for fun.’ After typing these out, Han Muzi happened to come out of the bathroom, so Ye Moxuan quickly put his phone away.
Seeing her husband’s suspicious movements, Han Muzi squinted. “Why are you acting so suspicious?”
Of course, Ye Moxuan would not let Han Muzi see the texts that he sent to Xiao Su. He waved her off. “Nothing much. Are you hungry? Would you like me to ask the maids to make some lunch?” He suspiciously changed the subject.
Han Muzi squinted lightly and looked him in the eye. “I’m not hungry, and I want you to show me your phone.”
“Sigh…”
“Give it to me.” Han Muzi put out her hand.
“I’m doing anything. It’s just a phone—what’s there to see?”
“Ye Moxuan, are you keeping something from me? Is there something in your phone that should be kept away from me? Fine then. Perhaps I should change my question: are you seeing someone else?”
The last sentence caught Ye Moxuan’s attention. He raised his eyebrows. This was something that he could not afford to be accused of, so he immediately shook his head in denial. “How’s that possible? I’d never fall for another woman apart from you, much less a second glance.” As he finished saying this, he obediently handed his phone over to Han Muzi. “It’s a message from Xiao Su. I was just giving him some ideas.” To settle Han Muzi’s suspicion, Ye Moxuan explained rather frantically as he feared that he would cause the love of his life to get upset.
“Xiao Su?” Knowing that her birth date was the passcode to unlock his phone, Han Muzi input her birth date in and asked, “What kind of ideas? Hasn’t he been on leave recently? I heard his wife just gave birth. Perhaps I should visit them and the baby soon—” Han Muzi paused as she began reading the text messages.
Ye Moxuan started to feel worried as he was unsure if Han Muzi was going to blame him for doing this. A few seconds later, Han Muzi looked at him. “What kind of dumb ideas are you giving him? What does ‘when your life’s in danger’ mean? Is this something people normally do?”
“Sigh. I was merely giving him some suggestions. Why would Xiao Su ever do something like that?”
Han Muzi followed up, “Didn’t his wife recently give birth? How come the two of them are fighting now? What if he does what you suggested without thinking it through? I need to call him.” Immediately, Han Muzi gave Xiao Su a call.
Having not received a response from Ye Moxuan, Xiao Su reckoned that he was not going to reply anymore. When he saw that Ye Moxuan was calling, he picked up right away. “Young Master Ye, what do you mean by putting my life in danger? Do you mean to fake a car accident? Or—”
“Xiao Su!” He was interrupted by Han Muzi’s serious voice before he could finish the sentence.
Hearing that the voice that came from the other end of the phone did not belong to Young Master Ye but a familiar female voice, Xiao Su was stunned for a few seconds. “Young Lady Ye?”
“Don’t listen to all the dumb ideas that he gave you, especially about putting your life in danger or faking a car accident. These things can be serious. Don’t risk your life like this.”
Being severely rebuked by Han Muzi, Xiao Su explained, “Young Lady Ye, it’s not what you think. I’m just faking it, so I won’t be risking my life.”
He’s just become a father and now has a baby to take care of. How can he ever risk his life? “Faking it? What if an accident really happens?”
“There will be no accidents.”
“If you can foresee them, they won’t be called accidents. Anyway, you’re not allowed to do something like that. Did you fight with Xiaobai? There are many solutions to your problem, but risking your body and life is not one of them.” After she said this, she gave Ye Moxuan a fierce look and pinched his arm. “It’s all because of your dumb ideas.”
That pinch was painful, but there was nothing Ye Moxuan could do but to take it and apologize to her.
“How about this—tell me what happened between the two of you, and I’ll see if I have a solution.”
Is Young Lady Ye trying to solve my problem? As a woman, she should understand Xiaobai more, shouldn’t she? But he was hesitant and conflicted about talking to Han Muzi about something related to Yan.
Sensing his hesitation, Han Muzi added, “Are you really planning on listening to your Young Master Ye and put your life at risk? I know you’re trying to scheme your way out of it, but there are many other ways you can do this. Resorting to this option isn’t necessary.”
After being lectured by Han Muzi, Xiao Su finally told her everything that took place recently; Han Muzi began to ignore Ye Moxuan and walked to the window to listen to Xiao Su’s story in order to help him out. After finishing his story, Han Muzi frowned and told Xiao Su, “You’re indeed not handling this matter right.”
Xiao Su felt devastated as he heard this. “I know I made a mistake, but it was an emergency. I—”
Since he did what he did under those circumstances, what else could he say to defend himself? Besides, Han Muzi seemed to be able to put herself in Jiang Xiaobai’s shoes and feel what Jiang Xiaobai felt after Xiao Su left her, especially when she found out that her husband left her for someone he used to like. At this moment, it no longer mattered whether or not he still loved that woman. Everything was decided by one’s subjective consciousness; that is to say: he picked Yan over Jiang Xiaobai. This was deadly detrimental to any kind of relationship. It was not about how reasonable his actions were, as this was something that would hurt most people and leave a scar on them that they could never ignore unless they played the fool. But, how long could one do that for? A lifetime?
“Xiao Su, looking at how things have developed, my view is that if Ye Moxuan did the same, it would be difficult for me to forgive him no matter what he does to ask for my forgiveness. Even if you carry out this plan of yours and manage to make her stay, the fundamental problem is still going to be there; it’ll always be there in between the two of you.”
“Young Lady Ye, what do you mean by that?”
“The best solution now is probably to separate and to have some time to calm yourselves down. Even though it was an emergency at that time, leaving her behind to send Yan to the hospital is still an irrefutable fact. The best you can do now is to give each other some space.”
