Niannian was just going to bed when Murong Ye got up and said softly to Yun Muxi, "Xiao Xi, let"s go! It"s time for us to go home, and you have to act tomorrow."
Gong Yu looked at Yun Muxi with eager eyes, and he tried to say something but said nothing in the end.
Yun Muxi turned to look at Gong Yu. "Take care of Niannian. I"m leaving now, and please call me if there is something wrong."
Gong Yu snorted. "Niannian is my daughter, and of course, I should take care of her."
Gong Yu was still unhappy as Yun Muxi had not said any word to him after Niannian came back from her examination. Now, the only sentence she said to him was still for Niannian.
Yun Muxi looked at Gong Yu for a moment before saying slowly, "Have a good rest. You will be discharged tomorrow, and I will come here to pick you up after work."
Gong Yu"s eyes lit up with excitement. His beautiful amber eyes seemed full of faint light, and a beautiful smile played around the corner of his mouth. He replied happily, "Great! I"ll wait for you."
The next day, Yun Muxi had a location shooting. Zhao Yi arranged a lot of scenes to shoot that day, so, it was not until afternoon that she knocked off work. When Yun Muxi rushed to the hospital, it was in the sunset.
Yun Muxi opened the door and went into the ward. She didn"t see Niannian but saw Gong Yu stand in front of the window and looking at the scenery outside.
The sky turned red with beautiful evening glow. The weather these days was exceptionally good, and the scenery outside was pleasant and chic. However, at the moment, Gong Yu looked so lonely. His lonely and sad figure was so glaring with the scenery of the sky, which made Yun Muxi"s heart in pain.
She slowly walked to stand beside him and faintly said, "Gong Yu, let me take you home."
Gong Yu was woken up from his own thought and turned to look at Yun Muxi. The sadness in his eyes was replaced by joy. "Xiao Xi, here you are! I thought that you forgot and would not come to take me home."
Yun Muxi turned to look at Gong Yu but was shocked by his eyes. She lowered her head and said softly, "No, I didn"t forget that. There were a lot of scenes for location shooting today, and it was a bit far from here, so, I was delayed and came late."
"Oh, I see."
"Where is Niannian?"
"Murong Qingtian came to see her and took her to the garden for fresh air."
"Well, I will take you home first and then come back to see her."
After that, Yun Muxi turned back, went up to the bedside, and picked up Gong Yu"s bag before going to the door. Gong Yu took a big step forward to Yun Muxi"s side and received the bag from her hands. "Let me carry it."
They quietly walked out of the hospital, and the car stopped in front of them. Murong Ye arranged a private car and some bodyguards for Yun Muxi, who seemed to be accustomed to it very soon. The private car provided her with thoughtful and considerate service every day, and the two bodyguards also followed her everywhere with due diligence. It supposed to be four bodyguards following her, but because Yun Muxi felt it too eye-catching, she only kept two of them after discussing with Murong Ye.
However, seeing all this, Gong Yu still felt lost. Now, Xiao Xi didn"t need him to protect her anymore! He was very silent along the way, without taking the initiative to talk with Yun Muxi, who was happy to be silent. Finally, they arrived at Gong Yu"s house in silence.
Yun Muxi walked Gong Yu to the door of his house and said, "Get in. I have to go now."
Gong Yu grabbed Yun Muxi, who was going to step into the elevator, and said, "Xiao Xi, come in and stay with me for a while."
Yun Muxi broke off his grip on her wrist and replied. "No, thank you. I must go back to the hospital to look after Niannian."
Gong Yu felt helpless about the ambiguous relationship between Yun Muxi and him, which frustrated him a lot.
He hugged Yun Muxi, holding her tightly and putting his head around her shoulder and neck. He immediately smelt the unique sweet fragrance of her. Yun Muxi was frozen in Gong Yu"s arms, back to him, and she could feel Gong Yu"s strong heartbeat clearly, which caused her heart to beat wildly.
Gong Yu turned around and pushed Yun Muxi against the wall. He was out of control and kissed the lips that he longed for. Although he just kissed her lips yesterday, he missed them so much as if he was addicted to them. He pecked her lips and whispered, "Xiao Xi, I suffered so much from your uncertainty to me! Don"t torment me like this anymore! I really can"t live without you, I want you all the time, and I want to kiss you every minute and second. I seem to be addicted to you, and I can never get rid of it. I"m really going crazy if things go on like this... "
"Gong Yu, don"t be like this, I... "
Yun Muxi didn"t finish her words yet, and Gong Yu kissed away her unspoken words...
"Ding... …"
When the door of the elevator opened, Mou Yichen walked out of it and saw Gong Yu and Yun Muxi. His smile full of hope suddenly disappeared, like a withered flower, which was miserable and sad.
When Yun Muxi opened her eyes and saw Mou Yichen"s eyes full of sorrow, she was shocked and quickly pushed away Gong Yu in front of her.
"Yichen, you, how did you come?" Yun Muxi said in a fl.u.s.ter and felt guilty and annoyed like the bad woman who caught cheating on her husband.
Mou Yichen only felt that the joy that he looked forward to seeing Yun Muxi in the elevator was instantly replaced by the sorrow of seeing the scene of Gong Yu kissing Yun Muxi. How ironic!
He suddenly felt that his blood froze and that he was in a chilly and bitter cold. His heart seemed to be pinched by a big hand, and he could hardly breathe with that pain. He really wanted to go back to the elevator and fled from the scene, but his legs seemed to be as heavy as lead, and he couldn"t take any step, so he stood here still.
His throat bobbed a bit, but he still couldn"t say anything, so, he just looked at Yun Muxi with his eyes full of sorrow.
Yun Muxi felt a little fl.u.s.tered in a moment and glanced at Gong Yu. "Gong Yu, you go back first."
Gong Yu turned to look at Mou Yichen with his eyes full cold and motionlessness. He did not move.
Yun Muxi felt embarra.s.sed and came up to take Mou Yichen towards her room. Gong Yu suddenly grabbed her arm and said, "Xiao Xi... "
"Gong Yu, let me talk to Mou Yichen. You go back first."
Gong Yu watched Yun Muxi lead Mou Yichen into her room and shut the door. The cold sound of door shutting made his heart tremble. He stood there and looked at the door coldly...
Getting into the room, Yun Muxi let Mou Yichen sit down on the sofa.
Not having lived there for a long time, Yun Muxi found that there was no hot water at home. She opened the refrigerator and fortunately got a few bottles of mineral water inside.
Yun Muxi took a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Mou Yichen. "I didn"t live at home during these days, so, there is no hot water. How about drinking some mineral water?"
Yun Muxi"s unintentional words hurt Mou Yichen"s feeling like a sharp knife thrusting into his heart. "Oh, it seems that they have lived together?"
"Yichen, how are you doing recently? I heard that something happened to your family, but I got to know that it had been solved. Sorry, I didn"t extend my regards to you in time."
"Well, I got a chance to acquire a company with which I had been negotiating for a long time, and then I got a big deal, which eased the crisis at that time," Mou Yichen said calmly, but he signed in secret. "It was such a big event at that time, but Xiao Xi didn"t even call me to show her concern. I thought it was because she did not want to be involved and worried about others" negative remarks and opinions. Now it seems that it was all because of him."
"Well, that"s good!" Yun Muxi responded softly.
After that, they fell into a short silence.
"Yi Chen, Xuanxuan got a boyfriend!" "Xiao Xi, are you with him?" They broke the silence in unison after a long while in thought, but what they asked brought them into a new embarra.s.sing situation.
Another short silence.
Mou Yichen slowly asked, "Xiao Xi, is there any chance for me?"
Yun Muxi did a double-take. "What?"
Mou Yichen looked up at Yun Muxi and said, "You are with Gong Yu, aren"t you? I"m completely out of the game, right?"
Yun Muxi felt Mou Yichen"s sorrow and couldn"t help feeling a little sad. He was the friend she valued very much, so, she did not want to hurt him.
"Yichen, I... I didn"t want to hurt you!"
"My family got into terrible trouble at that time. I thought that you did not call me to avoid being involved or for fear of bringing me more trouble. I put my heart into work and worked day and night because I wanted to get everything on the right track as soon as possible. Even though I almost went crazy because of missing you, I refrained from meeting you just for solving all the problems quickly, and then I could accompany you at your side. But, but it never occurred to me that everything was just my whimsy. I have never won your heart, and you love him only all along. I have been with you for so many years and enjoying the days with you quietly. I thought I might have a chance to be your boyfriend as long as I tried my best. I should have known that it is useless whatever I tried. You never thought about accepting me. I even thought that it didn"t matter even if you never considered me as a special person to you, my greatest hope was still accompanying you at your side. But... I am really stupid!"
"Yichen, I"m sorry! I really regard you as my best friend all the time, a friend that I value very much and care very much. I never thought about hurting you, but unexpectedly, finally, I did... "
"Oh... friend! I"m only your friend! But I don"t want to be your friend at all." Mou Yichen"s voice got louder and louder, and finally he stood up angrily and stared at Yun Muxi.
"Yichen, if you need me to do something to make you feel better, do it and I will respect your thoughts. If you think we can continue to be friends, I"ll be very happy about that. If you don"t think so, although I"ll feel very sorry, I will respect your choice as well and stay far away from you!"
"Haha... Xiao Xi, you are really ruthless! I love you so much, but now you dissociate yourself clearly from me!" Mou Yichen said, and two streams of tears ran down his face slowly. He dropped on the sofa, with his hands covering his cheeks and tears falling silently between his fingers.
Yun Muxi had never seen Mou Yichen like that before. She was at a loss, then picked up the napkin on the tea table, and handed it to him.
Mou Yichen did not take the napkin that Yun Muxi handed to him, instead, he turned his head in the direction that Yun Muxi could not see and quietly raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face. He looked again at Yun Muxi, the girl who he had loved for seven years.
Yun Muxi tended to avoid Mou Yichen"s gaze and said calmly, "Yichen, I am sorry."
Mou Yichen suddenly stood up and lifted Yun Muxi"s head to force her to look at him. He fixed his eyes on her beautiful eyes, and only a glance would make him lost in its beauty.
Yun Muxi looked at Mou Yichen, who was just like a stranger, and she felt fl.u.s.tered with some confusion, "Yichen... "
Mou Yichen directly covered her slightly parted lips with his lips...