Han Muzi startled for a while before turning away to make the order. “If you’re fine with it, then I’ll confirm the order right away.”
After she was done, she reminded him while she was turning to go upstairs, “You can have a seat first. Remember to receive the take-out when it’s here. I’ll go get changed first.”
As soon as she went into her room, she purposely locked the door to prevent Ye Moxuan from following her into the room and torture her like he did last time. Besides, it shut him out from entering sneakily while she was changing her clothes. This pervert is now already the most perverted of all perverts.
After changing her clothes, Han Muzi washed her face and realized that her skin was getting a bit dry lately when seeing herself in the mirror. Therefore, she applied a facial mask to add some moisture to her face. When it was about time, she went downstairs.
As soon as she went down the stairs, the doorbell rang. Looks like the take-out is here.
“I’ll go get it.” Ye Moxuan stood up and walked toward the door to receive the food.
At the same time, Han Muzi went to the kitchen and took out some bowls and chopsticks. Then, Ye Moxuan placed the meal boxes on the dining table when she looked at him and said, “Go wash your hands. I’ll serve it.”
Ye Moxuan stared at her deeply and nodded, then he went to the washroom.
Seeing him gone, Han Muzi went to open the meal box herself. The moment it was opened, something suddenly sprung out of the box. She yelped loudly due to the shock and retreated quickly, knocking the box down the table. At the same moment, Han Muzi’s step staggered, and she uncontrollably fell on the cold floor.
Just when Ye Moxuan opened the tap, he heard Han Muzi’s scream coming from outside. Without hesitation, he rushed out of the washroom. After he went out, he immediately saw Han Muzi on the floor, so he quickly dashed over to help her up. “Are you alright?”
She was still staring at the thing that jumped out of the box, still in a fright.
It turned out that a spring was installed inside the box, and it was a dead rat that sprung out of it. As the box was opened wide, they could see the two big red words written on it—‘Drop dead!’
The two words were as red as fresh blood, and it pricked Han Muzi’s eyes.
Ye Moxuan embraced her with one arm and squinted his eyes to survey the chaos around. “It’s my fault. I should have checked it first.” He helped her up, but she was still frightened of the situation, so her legs went jelly again, and she fell right back down.
Ye Moxuan directly carried her in his arms and placed her on the sofa.
Due to the shock, Han Muzi held onto his palm with brute force until her nail sank into his flesh. However, he didn’t feel any pain as he took his phone out of his pocket with one hand and called Xiao Su. “I want you to find out immediately about the take-out situation at XX shop, and the message from the Mei Tuan rider. Also, send the surveillance video of this area to my phone.”
“Got it. I’ll take care of it and check it now.”
“Also, send this address to Madam Lin so that she can come to cook.”
Han Muzi, who was trembling on the sofa, heard his words and quickly reacted by grabbing his hand and shaking her head. “No need for that. I can do it myself…”
Ye Moxuan held tight to her hand as if to give her strength, and at the same time, he gave her a calming look before he pressed his lips and followed up his order. “Yes, immediately.”
After he ended the call, Han Muzi gazed at him without saying a word.
Ye Moxuan stretched his hand out to brush her head and gently comforted her like he was comforting a child, “Don’t worry. Leave it all to me.”
Han Muzi frowned. “Something’s not right.”
“Yes.”
“Logically speaking, didn’t you already send someone to keep an eye on them? Besides, you’re with me the whole day. According to what they did last night, they must have known that they’ve alerted us, so it doesn’t make sense for them to do this today… let alone this kind of prank.”
Ye Moxuan stared at her while multiple emotions were bursting out of his black eyes. She really has changed a lot. After being scared that she fell to the floor and holding my hand so tightly, she can still analyse the situation calmly. After all these years… how much has she grown?
All of a sudden, he felt very sorry for her.
“I suspect that there are two parties behind this. Today’s situation…” She suddenly stopped talking when Ye Moxuan came up to hug her in the posture of a bear hug with both his arms wrapping tightly around her. Her face collided with his warm chest without any warning.
“Don’t overthink it. This isn’t something you should be considering right now.”
Han Muzi startled as she felt a twinge in her nose. “Just let me handle this.”
Ye Moxuan let out a sigh. “Today was my mistake. I thought that as long as I keep you by my side, they won’t be able to hurt you, but carelessness will easily lead to situations like this. It will never happen again. From now on, I will accompany you everyday.”
Now, not only was there a lump in her throat, but her vision started blurring with tears. Han Muzi thought that it was probably because she was really taken aback by the flying dead rat, which felt like attacking her after opening the box. When she was frightened, Ye Moxuan came out to be her protector, and that was why she was deeply touched.
If it wasn’t Ye Moxuan today and was someone else, I would feel the same way as well, she reminded herself. As she thought about it, Han Muzi forced back her tears and widened her eyes. She refused to let her tears roll down.
She bit her lower lip and uttered softly, “I know. I’m just saying that what happened today and last night did not come from the same person. I—mmph!” Before she could speak, Ye Moxuan moved aside to bend over and give her a kiss, shutting all her words within her teeth.
Han Muzi widened her eyes as tears rolled down the corners of her eyes. It went over her white fair cheek to their pressing lips. The salty and astringent tears were later swallowed by Ye Moxuan.
It made the kiss even more sour while her tears kept on rolling. Ye Moxuan couldn’t bear to see her like this, so he held onto her face and lovingly kissed away the crystal clear tears on her face one drop at a time.
At the end, he pressed on her forehead and spoke in a low voice, “Don’t cry. If you keep on crying, then I’ll be full for the day just by drinking your tears.”
Han Muzi was rendered speechless. What was a romantic scene, where Han Muzi’s heart was almost surrendering itself to him, was suddenly destroyed by his one sentence.
“Hmm?” Ye Moxuan gently rubbed her chin and giggled. “You didn’t even wash away your facial mask properly. You really do love to look beautiful. If you cry again, there will be wrinkles coming out of the corner of your eyes.”
Han Muzi remained silent as she reached out to touch her chin. Didn’t I wash my face properly after applying the facial mask?
