She rejected him with an indifferent tone, but in truth, her first thought was whether, after trying, she’d end up as his mistress in Paris? With his temperant, having cared for her for so many years, he certainly wouldn’t want her to be with soone else. But he has the second young lady of the Jing Family at ho and now he cos to Paris expecting warmth from her?
Back then, Qin Mu stubbornly believed she didn’t need to be that humble, nor did she need his pity.
Mu Yichen’s dark eyes stared at the indifferent girl in silence as he stood on the small balcony of her apartnt and lit another cigarette, allowing her to boil water and clean in the small kitchen inside.
A discomfort rose in her throat, maybe it was her stomach, no, her belly! It was because of a strange sll in the kitchen, but no matter what, she refused to go out and face him.
Before nightfall, she wanted him to leave.
But he stood on the balcony all along, while Qin Mu thought the flowers on the balcony would surely be choked to death by his cigarette smoke, so she brought out a glass of water.
The cup she specially bought for him, although he hadn’t used it often, Qin Mu carried it to the balcony for him.
Mu Yichen looked at the cup of water she was holding, slightly raised his eyes, and saw the small figure of her with a sowhat indifferent expression as he took the cup with his cigarette-hand as usual.
"Drink this water and then leave. I have a date tonight!"
She said to him softly, then went back inside to sit on her small fabric sofa, turning on the TV to watch silently.
A date?
Mu Yichen leaned against the balcony door fra, thinking about what she said, looking at the cup of water she gave him.
Ha!
An evening date, indeed.
Mu Yichen walked over, bent down to place the cup on the table, then sat beside her on the sofa.
"Go to your date, I’m staying here tonight!"
He said and then, quite contentedly, leaned back into the sofa. Qin Mu turned to look at him in surprise, unable to show much expression, yet inwardly a bit excited. He had been so domineering since childhood, heedless of others, naturally ignoring what she said. Qin Mu, sulking, looked back at the sofa, her eyes full of stubbornness.
"You don’t have to stay here. Don’t you have a big house in this city?"
She didn’t know what word made her deflate, and then she trembled all over.
Mu Yichen placed his hands behind his head, turning slightly to look at her side profile with so confusion, wondering how, after so many years together, he couldn’t warm her heart.
"This place is closer to where I work, or you could bring back so dinner after your date, but I won’t accept leftovers!"
Mu Yichen reminded her not to bring back unfinished food, and then got up again.
"I’m going to take a shower, rest for a bit, wake when you get back!"
Mu Yichen said as he headed to the bathroom while Qin Mu sat there rigidly with her back straight. Until he finished bathing and, without a glance back, moved straight from the bathroom to her bedroom, that night, she didn’t dare return ho.
Of course, she also didn’t return any calls from Mu Yichen.
That night she secretly hid in a nearby library.
The next day Mu Yichen left, and throughout that year, Qin Mu didn’t see him again, not even picking up his calls.
She dared not see him with her swollen belly!
She was also afraid of seeing him, afraid she would be overwheld by sorrow, afraid she would throw herself into his arms.
The dream shifted to when they t again after she had given birth. He directly threw her over his shoulder into a hotel suite, ravaging her without a word, then left without saying anything.
But from that ti, she started taking birth control pills.
"Yichen, Yichen..."
In the morning, she murmured a familiar na, so inseparable, as though refusing to say goodbye.
Mu Yichen lay beside her, listening to her repeatedly call out the na Yichen.
She once said she wouldn’t call him that because too many people did, and she wanted to call him Mu Yichen, but in her dream...
"Don’t go! Don’t go!"
Tears welled at her eyes, and she continued to mumble, then began to weep softly.
She woke up crying, only to find herself at ho, in their bed.
Qin Mu regained her senses, realizing she had been dreaming, and outside, the sky was just beginning to lighten. She instinctively turned her head and saw Mu Yichen’s deep eyes watching her intently.
She had no idea how long he had been looking at her!
Qin Mu’s heart pounded heavily, and as a reaction finally set in, she imdiately turned to look at the window, not daring to et his gaze.
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