Muchuan And Xiang Wan

After confirming that Bai Muchuan"s condition was not serious, he returned to the office with Xie Hui.

Xiang Wan stayed behind alone.

It was very quiet inside the ward.

Bai Muchuan was on the drip. One of his hands was still grasping onto Xiang Wan"s hand, and after sitting for a long time, she started to feel sleepy as well. However, she couldn"t let herself fall asleep as she needed to monitor the drip. Xiang Wan gave a yawn as she tried to stay awake. She took out her mobile phone, rested her arms on the bed and with one hand flipped through the pages of a novel she was reading on her phone…

When the nurse came in to check the drip, she was still reading.

When the sun was setting, she was still reading.

Not sure how long time had pa.s.sed, she kept reading when she suddenly felt a strange sensation, lifted her head reflexively and met the deep-set eyes of Bai Muchuan.

He was awake but did not speak or move. He just looked at her steadily; quiet and focused as if he would continue to look at her till the end of time. That look seemed to be filled with all kinds of emotions yet it was as simple as a blank sheet of paper.

People with good looks have such charm. Even a single glance could leave someone fl.u.s.tered and troubled.

Xiang Wan"s heart jolted for an instant and her scalp felt numb. "You"re awake?"

"Mm." Bai Muchuan"s lips curved into a smile.

"Can you let go of my hand now?" Xiang Wan furrowed her eyebrows when she saw that he"d been holding onto her hand all this while. "My hand"s all numb now! Do you know how uncomfortable it feels?"

Bai Muchuan didn"t answer but slowly let go of her hand.

"Tsk…" Xiang Wan pulled back and rubbed her hand but was relieved as she felt better now.

Who said holding each other"s hands is romantic? When it lasted too long, it just felt like a pain in the neck.

"Help me buy a packet of cigarettes!" Bai Muchuan said while his gaze was still on her; his eyes were bright and clear, as if his pupils were spilled with ink. His eyes were more distinctive after waking up.

"No smoking!" Without hesitation, Xiang Wan immediately refused him. "You"re a patient."

"Hey! I"m fine now." Bai Muchuan heaved a sigh. "Forget it, I"ll get them myself." He raised his head to look at the drip and frowned in dissatisfaction. "This is enough, and it"s no big deal anyway. Go! Get the nurse to remove the IV!"

"Why are you so obstinate?" Xiang Wan gave him a sidelong glance. "Do you know that you were drugged, Detective Bai? Do you know you almost lost your life? Do you know you scared everyone to death, Detective Bai?"

Bai Muchuan: "…"

Xiang Wan: "So do you think it"s appropriate to act tough in this kind of situation?"

Her words started to sound stern, as if she was lecturing a disobedient kid.

Bai Muchuan looked at her for a moment. "I know."

"Hm? Know what?" It was Xiang Wan"s turn to feel puzzled.

"I knew I was drugged." As he said this, he looked at the drip with disdain. He was about to remove the IV himself when he received a stern glare from Xiang Wan. He retracted his hands. "Help me take out my mobile phone. I need to make a call to find out the progress of the case."

Xiang Wan furrowed her brows as she looked at him. "You should be resting now." She tried to persuade him.

Bai Muchuan: "Get my mobile phone!"

Alright, hardworking Detective Bai.

Xiang Wan felt powerless. "Where is it?"

Bai Muchuan lied back lazily while his gaze moved down. "My pocket."

"…"

Actually, it was strange to get something from a man"s trouser pocket.

Even if he was a patient right now, it just wasn"t convenient.

Xiang Wan narrowed her eyes. "Can"t you use your other hand?"

Bai Muchuan"s eyes seemed to darken. "The mobile phone"s on my left, and my trouser"s pocket is very deep. It"s not easy to get out…"

Is it easy for the right hand to get something from the left pocket?

It was normal for people to use their right hand to get things from their right pocket and the left hand to get into the left pocket… Xiang Wan simulated these actions in her brain and decided that it really wasn"t easy.

Looking at Bai Muchuan"s serious expression, she discarded the "unhealthy" thoughts in her mind and went over to the other side of the bed.

His trousers seemed rather baggy; they weren"t the body-hugging type.

Lucky!

Xiang Wan felt relieved inside and her fingers slipped gently into his pocket.

"Where is it?"

"Inside."

"… I can"t feel anything."

"Further down."

Such deep pockets. That"s scary.

What does he usually keep inside these pockets?

Xiang Wan looked suspiciously at him while continuing to reach further in.

"There"s no mobile phone, though?"

"Go deeper."

"…"

Bai Muchuan peered at her embarra.s.sed face and suddenly laughed.

"What are you afraid of? You"re searching right next to the opening of my pocket like a thief. How can you get my mobile phone like this?"

D*rn! This is a sensitive place, alright?

What if I accidentally touch something I shouldn"t…

Xiang Wan gave him a displeased look after Bai Muchuan looked away with a light chuckle.

"Your face just now didn"t look so innocent."

Xiang Wan"s heart skipped a beat. Her face started to burn after he"d correctly guessed her earlier thoughts.

"Don"t spout nonsense! Who"s not innocent? You"re the one who"s not innocent…"

"I"m only asking you to help me get my phone, how am I not innocent?" Bai Muchuan looked at her with a straight face, the smile deepening in his eyes. Even if Xiang Wan hadn"t had those thoughts and was purely searching for his phone, Bai Muchuan"s gaze right now made her feel that her motives weren"t innocent.

"Fine, you just shut up!" She suddenly flared up. "I"ll find your phone and take it out, it"s just a simple task anyway!"

With a loud snort, she bent down and used more strength to go deeper into the pocket…

And, her face flushed red in an instant.

Well, she got the phone, but she came in contact with something that she shouldn"t…

"Xiang Wan." Bai Muchuan suddenly said her name, his voice hoa.r.s.e. "Was that on purpose?"

"No, of course not!" Xiang Wan rushed to prove her innocence; her cheeks were as red as a well-cooked shrimp. "You"re the one who did it on purpose! Otherwise, why would you-you-you…" She was unable to say it.

"You little imp! Just take out my phone!" Bai Muchuan suddenly gritted his teeth. "You"re blaming me now? You didn"t take out my phone and you kept moving around, it would be weird if I didn"t ****ing have a reaction!"

"…"

Xiang Wan quickly pulled her hand out as if it were scalded.

Their gazes met; she wished the ground would swallow her up at that instant.

Earlier on, her brain went completely blank and her logical reasoning had been fed to the dogs. She felt she had lost control of her brain as well as her body"s coordination. She really didn"t know what she was thinking and doing at that embarra.s.sing moment…

When she tried to recall what happened earlier, she still drew a blank.

That was terribly embarra.s.sing!

She really wanted to find a hole and bury herself inside it.

Nevertheless, Bai Muchuan took the mobile phone from her and started to make a call.

"It"s me, Bai Muchuan. Get Tang Yuanchu to the phone!"

His serious att.i.tude towards work had greatly relieved Xiang Wan"s nervousness and embarra.s.sment.

Huff!

She sat back down as if nothing had happened.

Bai Muchuan swept a glance at her, his lips curved upwards as he talked to Tang Yuanchu over the phone.

…

One phone call.

This phone call took around five to six minutes.

Xiang Wan finally regained her composure.

…

Bai Muchuan hung up the phone and looked at her. "Still feeling embarra.s.sed about it?"

"…" Xiang Wan gritted her teeth. "I… You"re a rogue!"

"I should be the one calling you a rogue, alright?" Bai Muchuan pursed his lips and looked at her seriously with a straight face. "Xiang Wan, aren"t you going to take responsibility?"

"?" Huh?

"You took liberties with me. Whatever that can and can"t be touched, you"ve done it all."

"…"

This guy is so shameless!

Xiang Wan cussed and swore inside her head!

As for her face… it was now as red as a tomato.

She was a fair-skinned girl. When she was tense, excited, drank alcohol or was provoked, she would be like the peach blossoms in spring—charming and bewitching.

When Bai Muchuan saw that look of hers, his eyes were smiling. "Say something!"

"What should I say?" Xiang Was was still trying to resist. "Crazy! I can"t be bothered with you."

"Say if you want me or Cheng Zheng, hm?" He refused to let go of the topic. It was a question full of emotions as he said it in his low-pitched, alluring voice—it felt like music to her ears and went straight to her heart.

Xiang Wan was in a daze, unable to say a word.

Her ears, heart, nerves, cells… Everything was fighting against her sensibility; every part of her was screaming:

I can"t take it anymore, can"t take it anymore! He"s too charming!

Xiang Wan had never been in love before, not even a one-sided love back when she was a student.

The most touching moments were only limited to the gorgeous-looking actors of some dramas whenever they made affectionate confessions, or when she came across pa.s.sionate scenes in novels that moved her enough to make her heart race…

However, these were all just scenes that had never happened to her; they couldn"t be compared to Bai Muchuan"s emotional gaze and handsome face.

This is too horrifying!

She realized that she wasn"t like herself at the moment. She felt she was behaving like a dreadful 17 or 18-year-old teenager. She was reminded of those times she watched Korean dramas, and the exaggerated and conflicted reactions of the leading female characters. Now that she experienced the same thing, she no longer felt that they were so exaggerated.

"Bai Muchuan!" She heard her heart beating wildly as well as her slightly trembling voice. "Are you serious?"

Bai Muchuan was taken aback for a moment.

He didn"t speak but beckoned to her instead.

Baffled, Xiang Wan leaned over slightly with a bewildered expression.

Bai Muchuan glanced at her before taking the hip-hop style cap from the bedside table and placed it on her head.

His cap contained the smell of his shampoo. It was slightly larger and heavier for her, almost covering Xiang Wan"s eyes.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Hah!" He was cracked up by her comical look and pulled the cap down further.

And with that action, the cap covered her eyes perfectly.

Bai Muchuan"s warm breath immediately fell on her face, and it was as if she"d entered a world of darkness, caught up in a magician"s spell that was slowly enveloping her. It stimulated the sensitive and tiny hairs on her skin, and they stood on end as though an electrical current was running through her body. She felt numb all over and couldn"t help quivering…

"I"m serious," he answered.

He held her head, not giving her a chance to remove the cap or giving her any chance to resist.

"I"m asking you seriously, and I"m also seriously thinking of… kissing you." His palms were moist from perspiration, his voice low and sounded hazy. "Can I?"

What is he saying?

I"m going crazy!

Xiang Wan"s maiden heart was instantly revived as if it was beating because of him.

Beating… like she was crazy for him.

She heard him all around her; Bai Muchuan"s warmth, enthusiasm, and youthfulness.

"Are you kidding me?" Her heart almost jumped out of her mouth. She quickly wanted to lift her hat and see if he was just pulling her leg. However, he didn"t give her the chance to do so. She was like a blind person, hearing him calling her name with his attractive voice.

"Xiang Wan, I"m not joking."

His voice sounded even deeper, so hoa.r.s.e that it disturbed Xiang Wan"s heart.

She said softly, "What did you… say?"

Sigh!

Bai Muchuan seemed to heave a soft sigh.

Yet that sounded like a chuckle too.

"Can"t you just focus? Hm?"

"I-I can"t see anything. I can"t focus."

Xiang Wan sniffed. Her small, refined nose moved slightly, releasing the amorous feelings that couldn"t be covered by the cap…

The one who felt blindfolded seemed to be Bai Muchuan instead.

The ward started to fade into the background, and he could only see her beautiful pink lips.

They were like pink petals, tempting him to pluck them.

"Xiang Wan, I want to kiss you. And—I won"t give you the chance to resist."

He held her head tight, pulling her towards him and closed his eyes seriously. His lips landed on the tip of her nose, stopped for a while then slid down to her lips without any warning…

It was soft.

And gentle.

It was a light kiss…

Xiang Wan felt dizzy throughout the entire thing, completely absorbed in the tenderness he created. The moment he kissed her, the tingling sensation shook her soul, and her head became sober. She suddenly opened her eyes, but she could only see darkness. She removed the cap and stared at him like a disconcerted groundhog.

"Bai Muchuan, you already have a girlfriend. You… how could you do this to me, and to her?!"