All of a sudden, Mu Yuhaan caught sight of a familiar silhouette from his peripheral vision. He averted his gaze from his cellphone, and it floated towards Mian.
Suddenly, the temperature made a drop from warm to freezing and atmosphere did a one-eighty. The plants on the balcony became very still as though there wasn't a breath of wind to oscillate them.
All Mu Yuhaan's upbeatness and enthusiasm drowned in the ocean.
The skirt Mian wore, clutched her shapely body, defining her slender hourglass figure, making her look alluring. As she moved delicately down the street, her hips swayed gracefully with each of the steps, and it fell hard upon Mu Yuhaan's eyes.
How dare she step out of home wearing that?!
Mu Yuhaan's black eyes smoldered with frustration; flames of anger blazing in his eyes. His gaze was locked in the intertwined hands of Mian and Nina for a few seconds.
Then, he lifted his gaze upwards, just to witness Nina murmuring a few words of God knew what into Mian's ear which had the latter in fit of girlish giggles.
Mian's laughter let up into shakes of her head in the fullness of time, and flushed a light shade of blush into her snow-white cheeks; before she slammed her elbow into Nina's ribs in the playful mood.
Mu Yuhaan's grip tightened on the railing. Jealousy began to occupy his mind, anger building further.
He had someone shadowing Mian, thus, he knew she returned from the hospital not long ago. However, he had been waiting for her in his apartment for three hours, changing into hundreds of outfits.
Now that he finally got ready, this was the scenario that awaited his effort!
Twining in the same dresses, Mian seemed to be very happy in another person's company!
He, on the other hand, could only just stay in office in restlessly eager anticipation of glimpsing her beautiful face. Just as dusk started falling, in the peak traffic hour, he ordered to be chauffeured in an erratic course throughout the entire way from Mu Empire to Zhang Residential.
Why? Just for her!
When Mian appeared quite excited about something, all of Mu Yuhaan's excitement went down the drain.
The dress! It had to be because of the other girl's influence, otherwise Mian was a very conservative person, and wouldn't wear something of this nature.
Mu Yuhaan leaned over the railing a little and stared at Mian, before moving his eyes to the next person with an expression of unmasked indignation.
Just to remember her well; so that he could remove the bad influence from Mian's life forever, clear the obstacles from his path and free himself of frustration!
Nevertheless, after a second, Mu Yuhaan squinted his eyes.
Wasn't this girl Mian's adopted sister, Li Nina, who was reported to be a supermodel?
Mu Yuhaan had a very competent brain, he didn't forget anything unless he wanted to. He recalled seeing Nina's picture in Mian's family member's list from his investigation.
"Where did this damn girl come from now?" Mu Yuhaan murmured through his gritted teeth, anger heating his blood.
Mian loved this sister of hers dearly and he couldn't do anything about it! Unless he wanted to hurt Mian.
This very thought sparked a fire of irritation in Mu Yuhaan's chest.
They were going somewhere hand in hand under the street's lamp, Mu Yuhaan coudn't help but gazing at that one more time. He sucked in some air in order to cool down his burning rage.
This time was supposed to be their, and so was that intimate hand interaction.
He couldn't spend time with Mian tonight, nor could he talk to her! All because of this girl!
As far as Mu Yuhaan's vision took him, his eyes didn't leave Mian for a second. When he couldn't see her anymore, a strangled breath escaped his lungs.
As both of them were working people, they simply couldn't spend 24 hours together. Hence, he naturally cherished his evening time with Mian.
Mu Yuhaan, using his fore finger and thumb, pulled out a ear of cellphone from his pocket, and dialed a number unhurriedly, "Protect her, make sure no man approaches her." Commanding the shadow guard, he sat down on the posh chair in his study, and with a sullen face he started working on his laptop.
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Mian and Nina entered a Japanese restaurant called 'Matsukawa'. During the summer time like this, people usually like to hangout with family and friends, or roam alone outside; bearing the consequence, restaurants were always crammed with customers.
Fortunately, it was already half past ten, thus the crowd was thin.
This was a Four Seasons Japanese restaurant with high standard of food quality. Decorated with contemporary modern design, low lighting, fresh flowers, tasteful artwork, candlelight, and classical music, it created a calm and relaxing ambiance.
A waiter who was stationed at the entrance, bowed down in Japanese greeting style, and said, "Welcome to Matsukawa, please follow me." He escorted them to an empty table in the middle, and stood by their side politely.
Nina's stage name was 'Miss Mystery' and the public recognised her by this name. Be it on the red carpet, ramp or commercials, Nina always wore a mask, and nobody had seen her real face yet.
Well, except for her manager, The CEO of the company she was signed under, and a very few fellow artists.
Thus, nobody in the restaurant recognized her. Exactly this was the purpose behind taking the decision of hiding her face and identity years back.
Nina didn't want to lose her freedom. She couldn't stand the thought of her going somewhere with bodyguards following her around, and paparazzi popping out from nowhere. Moreover, she loved her privacy and didn't like to interact with strangers at all.
"Sushi, Ramen, Tempura, Kare raisu, Miso soup, Yakitori, Shabu Shabu and Okinomiyaki; double servings for each item." Mian placed the order without looking at the menu books, kept on the table in front of both of them.
The waiter was stunned for a while, thus, ended up missing out on more names than he wrote down. As luck would have it, he had been carrying a recording pen in his pocket all the time to avoid mishaps. So, he didn't panic; nodding his head slightly, he left to impart the orders to the chef.