“You—mmph!” Han Muzi wanted to explain herself, but her lips were pressed down the minute she opened her mouth. Her breath was savagely taken away which blocked all her words from coming out.
In the dark, the man was in control of her. As Han Muzi slowly came back to her senses, she gave him a hard shove.
Ye Moxuan staggered a few steps back, but soon after, he was back on her. At this moment, Han Muzi had found the light switch beside her and quickly pressed it.
The light was restored in the room. Han Muzi could finally see the man clearly and realized that he was wearing a silver mask with familiar decorations on its sides.
The sudden restoration of lights stunned Ye Moxuan, but he came around in a flash. He squinted his eyes underneath the mask as he gave the silent Han Muzi a thorough look.
After they looked at each other vis a vis, Han Muzi frowned. “The decorations on your mask…”
Ye Moxuan came close to her while attracting her with his charming eyes. “Don’t you want to ask who I am?”
Han Muzi remained silent.
He went even closer. “Even though five years have passed, you still haven’t forgotten about me completely.”
His words… felt like it penetrated Han Muzi’s mind and heart. She was slightly flustered and raised her head to stare at him. “Why did you show up here wearing this? If I’m not mistaken, you’re not on the banquet’s guest list, right?”
“Oh?” Ye Moxuan’s smile deepened as his eyes became even more captivating. “So you’ve noticed me especially?”
Han Muzi was rendered speechless. She felt a bit drunk, and this resulted in the constant loopholes in her words.
As she thought about it, she simply stopped talking and just stared at the man angrily. However, she didn’t know that her lips were already red and swollen after being kissed by Ye Moxuan. Her eyes were blurry and her forehead had a tinge of redness from all the drinking. Paired with the dress she wore today, she looked as beautiful as an angel.
At this moment… Ye Moxuan gazed at Han Muzi while his throat rolled unconsciously. She was so majestic, yet she was ogled at by other men for so long. Then, he tightened his grip on her arm. “Don’t you ever dare show up in front of other men dressed like this.”
Han Muzi frowned as she wanted to get out of his grasp, but Ye Moxuan’s hand was locked onto her arm. She said to him impatiently, “Let me go.”
Ye Moxuan didn’t loosen his grip; instead, he moved it across her palm and interlocked with her fingers while she was struggling. He held on tightly to her hand.
This scoundrel! Han Muzi was so furious that she gritted her teeth. If he had not come breaking in, she would be able to take off this burden of a dress, but he just had to come in at this point and prevented her from doing just that. Not only that, he was now closing in on her, almost taking away her breath.
He didn’t say a word as it seemed that he was enjoying the atmosphere; he merely stared at her with his affectionate pitch-black eyes.
None of them moved a single muscle.
Han Muzi felt like his scorching eyes were about to burn a hole on her face. She glared at him fiercely, and for some reason, she was starting to hate the mask on his face, so she stretched out one of her hands to take it off. But before her hand could even touch him, it was held back by Ye Moxuan’s other hand.
“Didn’t you hear me? Let me go.” Han Muzi stayed quiet before continuing, “Do you expect me to wear a mask in front of everyone like you then?” She sneered. “Unlike you, I don’t have the mood to do that. You—” Before she could finish her words, Ye Moxuan suddenly took off his mask and covered her face with it.
Han Muzi froze. At first, her nose felt cold when it came in contact with the mask, but now she could feel Ye Moxaun’s warmth on the mask. The way it covered her face felt like both their faces were stuck to each other.
Han Muzi couldn’t help but blush while being irritated. “What are you doing?”
“It comes with the dress.” Ye Moxuan lifted his hands and helped her to tie the laces at the back of the mask.
As he was tying the laces, his chest swayed in front of her while his familiar scent enveloped her.
Even though both of them knew each other for so long, he had never done anything this thoughtful. For a moment, Han Muzi could feel her eyes heating up.
Then, she lowered her eyes and bit on her lower lip. I can’t soften up. I must not soften up. She couldn’t forget his cruelty back then. For the first year after she left, his cruelty haunted her every night when she closed her eyes. The situation became better after a year, but even until now, she would occasionally have similar nightmares.
As she thought about it, Han Muzi took a deep breath to calm down her mind then asked softly, “Didn’t my brother order this dress for me? Why would you have the mask that comes with it? The designer didn’t…”
“Mention it?” Ye Moxuan finished her sentence for her and explained in a deep voice, “It’s because I told him not to.”
“What are you trying to do?” Han Muzi closed her eyes to better control her emotions.
“Hmm?” Ye Moxuan squinted his eyes to give her a thorough look as he was afraid she would get mad.
In front of this woman, his heart was swaying. Sometimes, he would unconsciously want to please her, but at the same time, he was afraid of her rejection and anger. It felt like his heart was constantly orbiting her.
“Now you are even intervening with the dress my brother ordered?” Han Muzi lifted her head to stare straight at him.
Ye Moxuan froze while he started to panic after seeing her question him like this. Then, his thin lips opened unconsciously. “You don’t like it?” Without waiting for her reply, Ye Moxuan continued, “Then I won’t do something like this again. Or should I consult you first before doing something like this?”
“Ye Moxuan, when have you become this pathetic?” Han Muzi couldn’t hold back her bellow. “I would rather you treat me like before, where you kept on calling me a remarried woman and saw me as nothing but a vain, power-grabbing, gold-digger.”
All of a sudden, melodious music started playing. In the quiet changing room, it was exceptionally clear and smooth to the ear.
Han Muzi listened and could instantly recognize that it was a melodious tune, which was perfect for dancing.
Then, her hand was held on as Ye Moxuan embraced her at her waist and spoke in a husky voice, “You look so pretty in the dress. It would be a shame if you don’t dance in it. What do you think?”
The music kept on playing with no intention of stopping. This was planned by Ye Moxuan because the music didn’t simply start playing by itself. It seemed that he had his people here.
Han Muzi pursed her lips as she was already brought on to dance by him before she could refuse.
Initially, she wanted to reject him, but she slowly lost her strength to resist as though there was magic in Ye Moxuan’s eyes. Afterward, she followed his steps along with the rhythm.
Han Muzi thought that maybe at this moment, she could forget the matters of the past. Just… this moment.
