His eyes caused a stir in Han Muzi’s heart, but she quickly came around and tidied her clothes before leaving.
Ye Moxuan’s deep voice reached her from the back. “You’ve used me and now you’re just going to abandon me?”
Han Muzi stopped and gritted her teeth. She didn’t look back but her voice was clear. “Mr. Ye, I hope you can understand this—I wasn’t using you. It was you who kept on pestering me and that is why I don’t want to collaborate with you. You’re right—I don’t like you; I hate you and I never want to see your face again. Mr. Ye, if you’re a smart man, then please don’t appear in front of me again. I hope that we can go our separate ways and be a pair of strangers from now on.”
Strangers? Ye Moxuan stared at the straight back of the woman. Her words hit him hard, as did the determination in her voice. It was clear that she was serious and wasn’t joking around.
She has been hating me like this for the past five years? His once dull eyes became darker while he remained silent. Then, he looked at her and sneered. “Strangers, you say?”
Han Muzi thought she made herself clear, so she didn’t stand there for much longer and left the car park. Afterward, she called a cab beside the road and went back to the Han Residence.
Meanwhile, at the Han Residence.
“Aunt Yan, will mommy be coming back today?” Little Bean asked with his huge eyes while holding Yan’s hand.
Little Bean was very dependent on Han Muzi because he had always been by her side since he was born. No matter where Han Muzi went, she would bring him alongside her, and she would find someone to look after him while she was working. However, for the last two days, Little Bean hadn’t seen Han Muzi at all, so his child-like heart began to miss his mommy.
“Don’t worry; she told me that she will be back shortly. Don’t be anxious.” Yan pinched the soft cheek of Little Bean’s face. “I didn’t notice it before but it’s so surprising to see you this reliant on your mommy. You are a little man now; don’t you think this is a bit embarrassing?” Yan took the chance to mock him as a payback for the little rascal’s constant squabbling with her.
Unexpectedly, Little Bean rolled his eyes and opened his mouth. “Aunt Yan, even though I’m a little man, at heart, I’m still an immature baby.”
“Pfft! Are you kidding? An immature baby at heart? Aren’t you ashamed of saying that out loud?” Yan laughed.
Little Bean felt upset and let out a grunt. He released himself from Yan’s grip and went flying into the house.
Han Qing was just walking over when Little Bean rushed to hug his leg. “Uncle Qing, I just saw photos of you on Aunt Yan’s phone.”
The words struck her like thunder. Yan stood motionless while stunned over what just happened.
She stared at Han Qing in shock and turned her attention toward the sly face of Little Bean. She was deeply humiliated. This payback came too soon! This isn’t Little Bean; this is a little devil! Brat!
When Han Qing looked toward Yan, her face was already flushed, and she quickly explained, “M-Mr. Han, it’s not like what Little Bean said. I don’t have pictures of you.”
“Aunt Yan, you’re talking nonsense. Not only do you have Uncle Qing’s pictures, but you also saved a whole stack of it!”
Yan gritted her teeth while staring at Little Bean with her threatening eyes. I beg you; please stop. I can’t look into my crush’s eyes anymore if you keep talking.
“Oh?” Han Qing didn’t care much about this, but seeing how well Little Bean got along with Yan—even trying to tease her—he decided to go along with it since he had nothing else to offer as an uncle.
Han Qing’s gaze landed on Yan’s face and he asked, “Saved a lot of pictures? What kind of pictures?”
All of a sudden, Yan could almost feel the blood inside her bursting out. She thought that she could shuffle her way out of this, but her crush seemed genuinely interested in this. Who cares if my crush is the one asking? I will not yield and admit to it! Never!
“Mr. Han, it’s just a misunderstanding. I don’t have pictures of you saved on my phone. Little Bean saw pictures of you when I was looking at the news and thought I saved photos of you.” Yes! This is the perfect reason. My crush should believe me now and won’t keep asking me about it, right?
“Look at this, Uncle Qing.” Little Bean suddenly held up a phone and opened the album in it to show a few photos.
Han Qing lowered his head to see the pictures and all of them were candid photos of him. Not only that, the whole album only had pictures of him.
Yan had a look at that phone and was suspicious at first. Then, she chewed on her nails and murmured, “Why does that phone look so familiar?” After giving it a closer look, she finally realized. Isn’t that my phone?
She dug into her pockets to try to find her phone, but it wasn’t there. Ah! Little Bean, that brat! How did he get hold of my phone without me noticing? That little devil!
Just when Yan was raging inside, Han Qing’s eyes glanced toward her and landed on her face.
The expression on her face disappeared immediately and was replaced with nervousness, as she was clueless about what to do next. She couldn’t help but tug her sleeves with both her hands. What should I do now? Han Qing now knows that I have pictures of him on my phone. Will he suspect that I have feelings for him? If he knows that I like him, will he hate me?
Thinking about it, Yan lowered her eyes and was hesitant about what to say next. On the other hand, Little Bean saw that his scheme succeeded, so he giggled and secretly went away.
Han Qing was still holding onto the phone as he gazed at the woman a short distance away from him. She was so petite, and she stood there tugging her sleeves, as if she didn’t know what to do next, looking like a lost little rabbit.
Initially, it was just Little Bean messing around, so if he made Yan look bad now, it wouldn’t be nice. After giving it some thought, Han Qing went up to her and handed the phone over. “Yours.”
Yan kept her head down as she saw his delicate hands and her heart started to shiver. Am I… going to be hated? If that’s so, why not take the chance to express my feelings?
At this point, Yan gave her lips a hard bite and took a deep breath before raising her head at Han Qing. Finally, she spoke loudly to him, “Since you already saw it, I have nothing more to hide from you. Han Qing, I like you!”
Han Qing froze while looking at the pretty lady in front of him. He then realized something was out of place.
