Startled, Han Muzi’s ears reddened instantly; she proceeded to pull her hand back, but Ye Moxuan lifted his thin lips and said, “If you really feel bad for me, just stay by my side and don’t get involved with him.”
After hearing that, she frowned and realized something was odd about it. “You… told me all of this just to make me feel bad for you?”
“I’m not lying to you, so what’s wrong with feeling bad for me?” Chuckling softly, Ye Moxuan then whispered, “Just sit down and eat something; the in-flight meal won’t be delicious.”
Han Muzi was taken aback by his words; it was true that in-flight meals were usually disgusting. Even if she did not eat now, she would probably lose her appetite on the plane as well.
However, she had already lost her appetite after hearing what Ye Moxuan had told her.
She shook her head after thinking about it.
“It’s fine. I’ve already lost my appetite anyway, and I don’t feel like eating anything.”
After a few seconds of silence, Ye Moxuan got up with her and said, “In that case, let’s pay the bill. We’ll have the in-flight meals later.”
This made Han Muzi speechless.
Both of them then left the restaurant after he paid the bill at the front counter.
“It’s such a shame that we only had a couple of bites from what we ordered.” Han Muzi could not help but sigh after they left.
Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan lifted his brows and asked, “Do you want to go back there and get takeaway instead?”
“…”
Han Muzi did not know what to say; Ye Moxuan should just not mind her words.
Afterward, both of them went back to wait for their flight. After sitting there for a while, Han Muzi could not help but ask, “Were your legs… previously injured? How did they get wounded? Is it… very serious?”
Afraid that she might have touched his sore spot, she did not look Ye Moxuan in the eye after asking that.
A chuckle unexpectedly sounded from behind as Ye Moxuan leaned over and rested his chin on her shoulder. “Why don’t you dare to look at me? You can just openly ask me anything you want to know. I’m your man—is there anything that you can’t tell me?”
Gritting her teeth, Han Muzi’s ears reddened. “What makes you say that you’re my man? I have yet to approve of you.”
“After we meet that woman, you will have no choice but to approve of me.”
After saying that, Ye Moxuan did not wait for her to continue and explained immediately, “Actually, I wasn’t disabled at all back then.”
“What did you just say?”
Han Muzi thought she had misheard him. He was not disabled back then?
“You’re not disabled at all? In that case, why are you always sitting on the wheelchair?”
“It’s only to show others that I’m disabled—actually, my body is fine. The old man will only put his guard down if he knows that I’m disabled. If this wasn’t the case, how else did you think I got my position as President Ye? Even though I’m certainly more capable than Ye Linhan, he’d still have his ways to get the board to overthrow me unless he has his guards down; he wouldn’t be able to pull any tricks when I have ultimate control of everything.”
As Han Muzi’s lips curled slightly, she could feel her chest trembling softly.
Before this, she had always thought that Ye Moxuan was disabled and would always think of him. She even tried to stand up for him when Lu Xunchang mentioned that he was useless and spilled coffee on his face. She never thought that…
He was actually faking his disability the entire time?
Han Muzi could not help but look at both his limbs after thinking about it.
It all made sense to her now when she was searching for news about him abroad. When she heard that his legs had recovered, she was even happy for him. She did not expect that… He was just putting up a show all this while.
“Then, why didn’t you tell me about this before?” Looking up into his deep eyes, she continued, “You didn’t tell me anything about this when we got together after that. Is it because…”
“What are you thinking?” As if he understood her thoughts, Ye Moxuan suddenly grabbed her hand with a bit of strength and pulled her back to her senses.
“Of course, I didn’t tell you the truth because I wasn’t confident enough about it. Besides, I didn’t want you to get involved in it when this was between me and the Ye Family; it has nothing to do with you.”
Han Muzi remained silent.
“You’re not allowed to interact with Ye Linhan again in the future. The son of a mistress wouldn’t be someone nice, and he might just want to take advantage of you.”
Frowning, she asked, “Why do you keep talking bad about him? He might not be as bad as you say he is.”
“Why wouldn’t he be?” Ye Moxuan snorted. “His mom broke up a happy family back then, and now, he wants to break us up.”
Feeling fed up with him, Han Muzi curled her lips and said, “Even if he’s the child of a mistress, that wasn’t his choice. He didn’t know that his mother would be a mistress.”
Hearing her speak, Ye Moxuan frowned and stared at her with displeasure while asking, “Are you speaking on behalf of him now? Just like how you stood in front of him and protected Ye Linhan before this? What’s so good about him? He pretends to be such a gentleman in front of you, acting all meek and timid, so you feel sorry for him?”
“Which one of your ears heard me speak on behalf of him? I was just stating the facts. Yes, he’s the child of a mistress, but is this something he could have chosen when he was being reborn? Besides, before he was in the Ye Family, his attitude toward you wasn’t that bad, was it? I just…””
“Enough,” Ye Moxuan interrupted her. “Don’t mention his name in front of me anymore. If you don’t want to be a victim of his eagerness, then don’t get too close to him. If he tries to get close to you, distance yourself away from him. Do you understand?”
When he did not get a reply from Han Muzi, he furrowed his brows and asked her once more, “Did you hear me?”
Pursing her lips, Han Muzi withdrew her hand.
“You should be taking care of yourself; there are still a lot of messes for you to deal with, so what makes you think you can ask me to do something now?”
“After this incident, what else do I have left to deal with?”
“Do you think that you only have one mess to deal with?” Laughing, Han Muzi continued, “Isn’t Xueyou one of your messes too?”
Ye Moxuan remained quiet.
“I remember it clearly; back then, she told me she was pregnant with your child.”
“…”
“Isn’t this your debt of love?”
“You believe this?”
At his question, Han Muzi turned her head away. She had believed it five years ago when she saw Meng Xueyou wearing the same pair of pink earrings that he had bought for her. However, when she calmed down and thought about it again later, she realized that it was impossible.
It was because everything that Xueyou had done afterward was too deliberate to the point that one just had to analyze the situation carefully before being able to find out what was wrong.
Perhaps she had trusted Xueyou too much back then and did not trust Ye Moxuan enough, so that was why…
Thinking back to their love-hate relationship back then, Han Muzi tiredly closed her eyes, leaving Ye Moxuan to panic behind her after not hearing her speak for a very long time.
“She was lying to you—I’ve never touched her. I only have you as my woman.”
“Really?” As if she had suddenly thought of something, Han Muzi’s eyes fluttered open.
“You’re not lying to me? Do you mean it when you say that I’m your only woman?”
The man behind her was quiet.
After a long silence, he began to speak with some difficulty.
“Before you, there was someone else…”
