Yun Muxi was filled with awkwardness immediately. She did not know what to say. She ended the call very unnaturally, "I have some stuff to settle outside, I"ll call you later when I go home!"
After ending the call, she tried to compose herself and continued chatting with Mou Yichen and Mou Yilin.
However, Yun Muxi was completely unaware of Gong Yu"s current facial expression. When Seventh Brother saw it, he started to get worried immediately. His "master" seemed to be in a bad mood. After finishing his business in City B in the middle of the night, Gong Yu insisted on rushing back without resting. He even cancelled plans to drink. It seemed like the t.i.tanic had crashed into the iceberg, things were not good.
Gong Yu"s cold aura was extremely strong. Seventh Brother did not dare to talk too much and quickly drove back as fast as possible.
After Mou Yichen fell asleep, Yun Muxi finally returned home. As soon as she stepped out of the lift, a strong hand pulled her by her arm and she fell into a warm and stiff chest. When she lifted her head to see the mastermind, she was greeted by cold lips. The familiar faint scent of plants gushed into her nostrils.
The overbearing yet gentle kiss finally stopped reluctantly when Yun Muxi"s lungs were running out of air and felt suffocated. She leaned against the warm embrace and was swiftly carried bridal-style in the opposite direction to her house.
Yun Muxi was about to stop him, but she was already locked in the house, carried brutally, and thrown onto the giant bed in the bedroom. Her light body bounced twice on the soft bed before sinking into the soft blankets. A dark shadow appeared over her and positioned itself on top of her.
Yun Muxi cried out, "Gong Yu, what are you doing!"
There was a tint of anger in his voice. "Why did you hang up my call? Where have you been?" But before waiting for her reply, he whined in his low and gentle voice, "Xiao Xi, I miss you so much! I really miss you so much! After I was done with my work, I couldn"t stay any longer and flew home to see you right away."
Yun Muxi melted at his behavior. Her clear eyes showed that she was swayed as she looked at him. Gong Yu lowered his head once again to kiss that slightly swollen lips. Yun Muxi struck out her hand in time and blocked that cold lips of his. "Gong Yu, don"t! We should talk."
Gong Yu was a little startled. His face fell, but he sat up obediently and looked at her nervously.
"I think... although we"ve already done that... it doesn"t mean anything. It was an accident, but I think, we shouldn"t continue like this."
Then, she reached for the bank card and stacks of cash in her bag. When she handed them to Gong Yu, he did not receive it. Instead, he looked hurt as he asked in a low voice, "What do you mean?"
"Literally what it means. All that happened to us was an accident, and it isn"t necessarily the right thing. So I think we shouldn"t continue our mistakes. I feel there is a need for us to stop this wrongful relationship, and we should face the things between us calmly. So, let"s just end it here."
"Mistake? You"re calling all that a mistake? Indeed, women change after giving birth, you can now disregard this so easily. You weren"t like this when we were together! Out of respect, I didn"t even touch you. But look at you now, you"re pretending that nothing happened so easily! Do you not care about us, now that you"ve slept with so many other men?"
Gong Yu"s words pierced her heart deeply as if a sharp blade was struck into it. Fresh blood was dripping, but not without stirring in her heart first, making the pain more unbearable.
This pain of hers went unnoticed and flashed across her eyes quickly. Then, she put on a calm disposition and became more determined. She replied very coldly, "Yes! I"m capable of pretending nothing ever happened! You don"t have to care about women like me. I don"t need you to be responsible. We are all adults now, no longer children. The earlier we end this, the better it is for both of us. We shouldn"t make one mistake lead to another."
The pain seen in Gong Yu"s eyes became clearer and the sorrow on his face was more prominent. "Oh, then in that case, since you don"t care, we can do it one more time, twice, or even more! Since you don"t care, why care about doing it more often!"
After which, Gong Yu stretched out his hands and ruthlessly tore her clothes apart. Yun Muxi was shocked and pushed him away, stating coldly, "Gong Yu, stop! I have a boyfriend now, I am Mou Yichen"s girlfriend! I have agreed to be together with him!"
Gong Yu"s hands froze in mid-air immediately. For a long time, he could not hear his thoughts and froze in front of Yun Muxi just like that. Yun Muxi"s "I am Mou Yichen"s girlfriend" looped in his ears like an evil spell.
Yun Muxi took a deep breath and continued, "I have agreed to his pursue, I am now his girlfriend, you and I cannot be together! So let"s end it here!"
Then, she threw the bank card and cash that she was holding onto the bed. After picking up her bag, she escaped from his house, leaving behind a room full of brittle coldness and fog.
His frozen hand slowly became a fist and he gave the soft bed a harsh punch. Then, two clear streams of tears fell from his eyes. Silently, his eyes were painted with a filter of despair and pain. The pain in his heart began to escalate.
After slamming the door shut and turning around to leave, Yun Muxi could distinctly hear the ear-piercing scream from inside. The scream was a mixture of emotions, including pain, despair, pitifulness, and anger.
The scream hurt her heart deeply. Yun Muxi murmured, "Sorry..."
Afterward, two streams of tears rolled down her face too.
The next morning, just as Ding Sisi"s news was still trending, another news caught attention— Rising "King" Brings Woman to Hotel at Night!
The next morning, Seventh Brother came knocking on Gong Yu"s door furiously with the piece of burning news. However, no matter how hard he knocked, he was replied with dead silence. Seventh Brother took a while to finally remember he had a spare key. Upon stepping his foot in, a strong whiff of alcohol almost knocked him over.
Seventh Brother furrowed his brows and walked in. He was greeted by the sight of a drunk Gong Yu lying beside the sofa, surrounded by all kinds of alcohol scattered on the floor. Seventh Brother walked up to him in confusion. He gently pushed him. Annoyed, Gong Yu turned his body and remained unconscious.
Seventh Brother continued to push him harshly. When he did not get any reaction, he patted his cheeks gently and shouted, "Gong Yu! Gong Yu wake up!"
Gradually, Gong Yu woke up. His eyes were red when he opened them and he looked at Seventh Brother sleepily.
Seventh Brother furrowed his brows as he asked, "What"s wrong with you?"
Gong Yu sat up and ruffled his hair with both hands. He asked in a husky voice, "What about me?"
"Did you know you made the headlines again?"
Gong Yu lifted his head and stared at Seventh Brother in confusion.
"Did you spend the night at a countryside villa two days ago? There"s a picture of you with a woman in the hospital circulating on the Internet. The man in the picture is clearly you, but the woman was covered well and n.o.body can tell who she is."
"I"m talking to you! Answer me! What happened?"
"Yes, it"s me!"
"Who is that woman? Is it Yun Muxi?"
"Yes!"
"Then what do you plan to do now?"
"Think of a way to quieten the chaos! Suppress the media, I don"t want to disturb Xiao Xi and Niannian"s lives."
"Dude, it"s easy for you to say, but how do we settle this? How is this easy? We can"t use the same method as last time, the hotel records and surveillance video are not there for display. Even if Yun Muxi is IT-savvy and manages to hack into the hotel"s computers and clear the records, n.o.body will believe you the second time. Do you think the public is dumb?"
"As long as it doesn"t interfere with Xiao Xi and Niannian, anything is fine! You decide! I have no opinions!"
"Hey, what att.i.tude is this? You"re the one that messed up and you"re expecting me to wipe your a.s.s while you sit back and watch? Although this is my job, but you"re getting in trouble too often! How many days has it been since the last one? You used to have a clean record and there was never gossip about you. But look at you now, it"s only been a few days since your first gossip!"
Gong Yu ignored Seventh Brother"s nagging. He got up and took big strides to the bathroom, leaving a steaming Seventh Brother behind.
Seeing their conversation was leading to nothing, Seventh Brother left the house and knocked on Yun Muxi"s door.
The door was opened by Yun Muxi who had the word "tired" plastered all over her face. Seeing that it was Seventh Brother, she was confused. "Seventh Brother? What"s wrong?"
He answered in a plain voice, "Xiao Xi, I want to have a word with you. Are you free?"
Yun Muxi opened the door to let him in. "Come in and talk!"
After the two sat down on the sofa, Seventh Brother started the conversation rather straightforwardly. "Xiao Xi, Gong Yu made the headlines again."
Yun Muxi lifted her eyebrow slightly and handed him a cup of water. "Oh?"
"Pictures of you two at the hotel two nights ago were posted on the Internet."
Hearing about two nights ago, Yun Muxi felt uncomfortably awkward. She coughed, "So now..."
"Now, we need an all-rounder solution for this. You know that Gong Yu has just started to gain fame locally, he cannot have any negative news."
"Then do you need me to do anything? To delete the news like last time?"
"The same thing can only be done once, n.o.body will believe you the second time! I hope that you can tell the public that you two are a couple. Show some loving pictures and make up a good love story. I believe not many fans will be too agitated. You guys are both single, it is perfectly normal for you two to date. Furthermore, the entertainment industry is not like before, many netizens are open to this. If this matter is settled well, many netizens and fans will be able to accept it! Besides, you might even gain some "shippers"."
Yun Muxi had a bad look on her face as she thought about it.
Seventh Brother continued, "Gong Yu has always like you, I think you do have feelings for him too, there"s nothing wrong about you two getting together! Why can"t you just accept him? If you really don"t want it, then just help me first and we"ll think of a long-term solution after the chaos ceases."
"Seventh Brother, but I"ve already explained to Gong Yu, we"re impossible. Besides, I"ve promised Mou Yichen to be his girlfriend."
Seventh Brother was shocked, and instantly understood why Gong Yu was so drunk.
Suddenly, the sound of notification came from Seventh Brother"s phone. After looking at it, his expression became even horrible...