At two o’clock in the morning, the plane finally arrived at its destination. Han Muzi might’ve been sitting for too long, so she felt a little dizzy when she got off the plane. Meanwhile, Ye Moxuan was feeling refreshed from having slept during the journey.
Compared to him, Han Muzi was in a much worse state. When Ye Moxuan slept on her shoulder during the flight, he did not seem to take her shoulder as a person’s shoulder at all and rested on it until it became numb! Even so, she could not say a word about it.
Moments before they were about to land, Ye Moxuan woke up to see her bitter expression and instantly pulled her into his arms so that she could sleep for a while.
At this point, Han Muzi thought to herself, You’ve already leaned on my shoulders till they went numb, so how am I supposed to sleep now?!
Although Han Muzi was complaining internally, she was so tired that she still went into a deep slumber rather quickly.
Before she could even begin to dream, however, the plane started its descent.
Han Muzi woke up when the plane experienced some turbulence, but she felt that her palm was warm; it was only then that she realized Ye Moxuan was holding her tightly.
Raising her head, she accidentally met Ye Moxuan’s eye.
When the plane landed, Ye Moxuan carried Han Muzi in his arms as they did not bring along much luggage. His coat was over Han Muzi’s shoulders, and she was so dizzy that she could not walk properly.
He had already arranged for a personal ride, and Han Muzi groggily closed her eyes when she got into the car.
“Let’s head to the hotel and settle down first. Have you prepared the toiletries and clothes?”
Leaning in Ye Moxuan’s embrace, she could feel the vibrations from his chest as he spoke.
“They’re all ready, President Ye. You can check-in at any time.”
“Okay.”
Lowering his head to look at the woman in his arms, he found it rare to see her looking pleasant, and as such, he could not help but reach out and adjust her hair. He then lowered his head and kissed her on her fair forehead while whispering, “Just rest; we’ll be reaching the hotel soon.”
“Okay.” She nodded while closing her eyes.
Knowing that Ye Moxuan was there made Han Muzi feel at ease because she did not have to worry about having no one to wake her up when they arrived at the hotel. In fact, even if no one woke her up, she might even wake up later to find herself already in the hotel room.
With this thought in mind, she drifted off to sleep.
True to her thought, she was already in the hotel room by the time she woke up.
In the hotel room, only a small table lamp was turned on, casting a soft yellow light that was gentle to the eye and not at all dazzling even if one had just opened their eyes from a deep slumber.
Just then, she heard sounds of water splashing coming from the toilet. After thinking for a moment while lying there, Han Muzi thought it might be Ye Moxuan taking a bath.
While thinking about this, she subconsciously reached out to touch under the pillow and found her mobile phone there.
Pursing her lips, she wondered if Ye Moxuan actually knew about her habit. Did he leave her mobile phone under her pillow?
Her phone was already connected to the hotel’s wifi, so Han Muzi opened her WeChat app to see that Yan had sent her a message.
‘Have you gone out with Ye Moxuan? When will you be back?’
After reading those words, Han Muzi was rendered speechless and sighed helplessly before video-calling Yan.
It did not take long before Yan answered the call. Her cute little face could be seen shaking on Han Muzi’s screen as she sat on the bed, wanting to ask a couple of questions.
Without warning, Yan suddenly exclaimed, “Oh my! Muzi, are you in a hotel room? Damn, you couldn’t pick Little Bean up just because you went for a hotel stay with President Ye? My goodness, there are so many rooms at home. Even if it’s not at home, President Ye still has…”
“Stop right there!”
The more Yan talked, the more ridiculous her words became, so Han Muzi interrupted her just in time.
“If you say one more word, I’ll deduct your salary!”
When it came to matters regarding salary, it could successfully shut Yan up. Looking at Han Muzi through the screen, Yan let out a cough and asked, “About that… Did I say something wrong? You’re indeed in a hotel room.”
“It’s true that I’m in a hotel room, but I’m abroad now.”
“Abroad? W-Why are you abroad all of a sudden?”
“I can’t explain it to you in just a few words, but have you picked Little Bean up?”
“Aren’t you just annoying, Muzi! Besides Little Bean being your precious baby, he’s also my darling. How could I not have brought him home? Even if you hadn’t said anything about it, I would’ve still picked him up.”
Han Muzi remained quiet.
“Little Bean has showered and is now soundly asleep, you stepmom!”
“Okay, then I can be rest assured,” said Han Muzi.
“Let’s talk about you now. Why did you suddenly go abroad? I didn’t go to work for just one day and you’ve already run off? Did something happen that I don’t know about? Can I be a busybody and know more about it?”
Her busybody attitude gave Han Muzi a headache. “No, didn’t I already tell you that it can’t be explained in just a few words?”
“In that case, you just have to try your best to make it short and clear,” Yan complained while pouting. “Since you’re at a hotel now, does this mean you’re sleeping with President Ye tonight? Oh my, it’s so exciting just by thinking about it.”
When talking about this, Yan cast a charming look at Han Muzi through the phone camera with an ambiguous expression on her face.
Click.
At this moment, the bathroom door opened.
When Han Muzi subconsciously raised her head upon hearing the sound, she happened to see Ye Moxuan walking out of the bathroom topless. There were still water droplets on his hair and face after his shower, and his skin was slightly red from the steam; the droplets from his hair fell on his face and slid down his neck.
Looking at the scene before her, Han Muzi could not help but gulp.
“Muzi, Muzi? Tell me quickly—are you sharing a room with President Ye? Are you two planning to have…”
Beep, beep, beep.
The call was cut off while Yan was still in the midst of frantically expressing her inner thoughts.
“What happened?” Scrunching her nose, Yan wondered if the call disconnected because of the poor line. Otherwise, why had the call disconnected so suddenly?
Should she call Han Muzi back?
As such, Yan took her mobile phone and made the initiative to video call Han Muzi once more.
The call got disconnected again when it just went through, and there was no reply at all when she tried again once more.
Suddenly, Yan realized something.
If Han Muzi and Ye Moxuan were in a hotel room together and the video call was suddenly interrupted, it was probably because…
“Hehe.” Yan’s smile turned a little cunning.
Well then, she would not disturb them.
On the other side of the line, Han Muzi did not expect Yan to call back again after the video call was disconnected, so she immediately rejected the next video-call. She locked and silenced her phone before keeping it aside. Ye Moxuan then appeared in front of her the moment she raised her head.
Han Muzi choked.
“Are you done showering?”
Ye Moxuan looked at her with his deep eyes and simply replied a ‘yes’ with his hoarse voice. Then, he slowly leaned his body forward.
With Ye Moxuan getting so close to her that they were almost touching, her heartbeat started getting faster when she suddenly lay backward and said, “It’s my turn to shower.”
Then, she turned away, wanting to leave the bed.
However, her actions were still a little too late as Ye Moxuan pinned her down with his body.
