Ye Moxuan tightened his grip around the steering wheel for a moment, and coincidentally, he had driven onto the road. His lips curled into a smug smile, and his eyes gleamed brightly, which was visible from his side profile.
He took the chance and turned to look at her suddenly. “Are you concerned about me?” Han Muzi was rendered speechless by his question.
After gazing at him for a moment, she turned away to look out of the window. “Forget I asked anything.”
I would never admit that I’m concerned about him. Besides, he bought me breakfast, but he didn’t buy any for himself. I’m sure anyone in my shoes would feel guilty.
She took a sip of milk, and she swallowed the warm liquid which warmed her stomach. After taking a bite of the egg roll, she tightened her grip around her bag.
Should I give it to him? After all, I made the sandwich for him without even realizing it.
Why don’t I… just give it to him? If he asks, I’ll just say that I’m repaying his kindness.
No matter how she tried to justify her actions, Han Muzi just couldn’t do it.
The car moved in silence throughout the journey. Han Muzi had already finished the egg roll and milk by the time they arrived at the company. Then she wiped the corners of her lips with a paper napkin.
“Thank you.”
After thanking him, she was about to get out of the car. However, something struck her at that moment.
“By the way, are you driving my car back to the residential community?”
Ye Moxuan pursed his lips before answering coldly, “I’m not heading back there. I’m going to my company.”
“To your company?” Han Muzi stared at him wide-eyed and pointed at her car. “You’re driving my car there? Are you sure?”
My car isn’t exactly a beat-up old car, but compared to what Ye Moxuan usually drives, my car is nowhere like his. There’s a vast difference in the price itself.
Doesn’t he find it embarrassing to drive my car to his company?
“What is the problem?” Ye Moxuan glanced at her. “I’ll pick you up after work. You stay safe.”
Han Muzi was dumbfounded by his response.
It looks like he’s serious. Han Muzi suddenly recalled what he said to her last night. He said that before finding out the truth, he would stay by my side. I suppose he is keeping his promise.
However… won’t he be exhausted from driving me around?
Han Muzi gripped the bag tightly, and she suddenly felt guilty. After a moment of hesitation, she handed the bag to him.
“This is for you.”
Ye Moxuan looked confused, but he reached out to accept the bag. Before he could ask her, Han Muzi explained immediately, “I prepared some breakfast for myself originally. However, you bought me breakfast, and that’s why I can’t have this too. So… it’s for you.”
“Two portions?” Ye Moxuan looked at two sets of sandwiches inside the bag. His usual dark and calm eyes now twinkled with delight, and he smiled at her. “Do you usually have such a huge appetite?”
“That’s right… I always eat two portions for breakfast. Is there a problem?”
Why do I feel guiltier the more I try to explain? Han Muzi saw his gleeful smile, and she just couldn’t take it anymore. Thus she gritted her teeth. “I am heading up now. It’s up to you whether you want to eat it.”
She turned around and left after slamming the door shut. Her back faced Ye Moxuan as she entered the building.
She marched forward in a hurry, and soon, she had entered the main entrance of the company building and disappeared from Ye Moxuan’s sight.
Han Muzi sighed in relief finally when she could no longer feel the intense gaze behind her back.
She rode the elevator upstairs and went straight into her office.
Her phone rang with a notification soon after she sat down. It was a WeChat notification.
Han Muzi checked and saw that it was a message from Ye Moxuan.
It was a short and simple sentence with four words.
‘I will remember that.’
He will remember that? Han Muzi was puzzled. What will he remember?
Han Muzi scowled, and she was wondering how to reply to Ye Moxouan. But after weighing her options, she placed her phone down and decided to ignore him.
…
When she arrived at work, Yan was surprised when she saw Han Muzi already in her office.
“Why are you here so early? I thought… you wouldn’t come to work today.” Yan sat beside her and leaned against her. “Little Bean interrogated me the entire night last night. He kept asking who was the man in the office yesterday.”
Han Muzi held her breath when she heard that.
“ Little Bean asked you about it?”
“But he told me not to tell you because he didn’t want to bother you. He said that you were the one who asked him to keep it a secret.”
Han Muzi hesitated before stating, “That naughty boy. Why did he tell you since I’ve asked him to keep it a secret?”
Yan pouted unhappily. “Even if he were to keep it a secret, he should be keeping it a secret from outsiders. I’m not an outsider; I’ve been living with the two of you for so many years. Are there still things that you couldn’t tell me? Besides, I know better than you what’s going on between you and Ye Moxuan!”
“You know better than me?”
Yan kept quiet suddenly, and she then stretched an arm out while pinching the air. “Hehe, I know just a bit more than you do.”
Han Muzi shook her head helplessly before picking a pencil up and started flipping through some files. After that, she spoke casually, “Enough about me. How about you? How is your progress with Qing? After he rejected you, have you done anything while you were at the Han residence for the past few days?”
Yan looked utterly dejected at the mention of this issue.
“Please don’t talk about that. Ever since your brother rejected me the other day, he has been treating me as if I were invisible. This morning, he was driving Little Bean and me to school. However, he basically ignored me, and the chauffeur was the one who reminded me when we arrived at the company. He didn’t even look at me when I got out of the car.”
Yan hung her head low after saying her piece, and she pouted red lips sadly.
“Muzi, am I that undesirable? Is that why your brother rejected me without even thinking about it? Is that why he couldn’t even be bothered to look my way at all? Sometimes… I feel rather sad. Besides, I think I’m rather shameless. He has obviously rejected me, but here I am, pretending as if he didn’t, and I even keep going back to the Han residence with Little Bean.”
Yan held her head between her hands after saying that. She complained with a sob, “I feel like I’m no different from those clingy women who wouldn’t stop badgering a man. I must be that kind of bothersome woman from your brother’s perspective.”
Han Muzi suddenly felt her heart breaking for Yan, seeing how much she had suffered. She then reached out to caress Yan’s head gently.
“Why would you think that? You are outstanding. It’s just that Qing has yet to notice your merits. Besides… in all honesty, don’t you think Secretary Su is excellent? Yet… my brother isn’t interested in her at all. So…”
“So what?”
“I’m guessing my brother doesn’t understand relationships.” Han Muzi rested her chin on her knuckles. She twirled a pencil between her fingers while explaining her analysis. “Otherwise, why doesn’t he have a girlfriend, even now? I can tell from his tone that he has been bearing the burden of the entire family alone ever since they lost me when I was child, and my mother passed away soon after that. Hence… he must have been going through a lot of pressure. I feel like he’s always been living for others…”
