He said that he likes her? He minds if she walks too close to other guys?
Ye Peicheng's sudden confession caused Qiao Moyu to be at a loss. Her lips twitched: "Ah, you are being serious here?"
Looking at her muddled state, Ye Peicheng's eyes turned lively once again: "What do you think?"
Qiao Moyu shook her head, speaking very sincerely: "I don't have any experience, I don't know!"
"Now you have it, and now you know." Ye Peicheng closed in on Qiao Moyu. Ink-like dark pupils locked on Qiao Moyu, the body also sticking closer. She couldn't avoid him; her back was already pressed to the wall.
Qiao Moyu truly was inexperienced. In her previous world, she looked like Doraemon. In short, she was round everywhere and absolutely cute.
The people who approached her were almost always doing so for the purpose of asking her to open the light for them. As for confessions, how would that even be possible? In everyone's eyes, confessing to her would be like a blasphemy against the gods, okay?!
Then what should she do now? Qiao Moyu's mind turned sluggish, and the distance between her and Ye Peicheng's eyes grew shorter. She instinctively wanted to push him away, but halfway along her wrists were caught by Ye Peicheng.
Qiao Moyu blinked: "Senior Brother?"
Ye Peicheng felt his temples throb. What senior brother? The reason why he wanted to join her Taoist school was because he wanted to chase her!
He raised her hands, keeping them against the wall above her head. His deep voice was permeated with a signal of danger: "Moyu, I am not joking around with you. I hope that you will seriously consider my words just now!"
Qiao Moyu: "Oh." She tried to maneuver her fingertips, causing Ye Peicheng to laugh: "Brother Ye, release me first!"
Her call of 'Brother Ye' made Ye Peicheng's throat tighten, but in a moment, he recalled that Xing Yichen was stored in Qiao Moyu's phone as 'Brother Yichen". In comparison to him just being called 'Brother Ye', that was obviously much more loving!
Just as he was about to say that, at the entrance, a small head poked out. Luo Luo's mouth was still stuffed with a cuttlefish ball. His hand clung on the doorframe, his big eyes looking outside at the two people.
When he saw the scene displayed before him, Luo Luo's mouth dropped open in shock. The cuttlefish ball dropped from his mouth.
"Ng–" The little guy didn't know whether to feel regret over the food or do something else.
At that moment, Ye Peicheng and Qiao Moyu both turned their heads and looked at him.
Luo Luo saw that he was discovered, so he hurriedly raised his hands and covered his eyes.
Ye Peicheng had let go of Qiao Moyu already. He walked over and picked up Luo Luo: "Luo Luo, why are you covering your eyes?"
After he was picked up, the little guy still kept his lotus root hands in front of his chubby face: "On TV, people always kiss at this time! Auntie said, Bao Bao cannot look at people kissing!"
Qiao Moyu: "…"
She awkwardly smiled: "Luo Luo, people on TV speak nonsense! Your Sect Uncle and I were just practicing martial arts!"
After hearing that, the little guy finally put down his arms. He turned his head, facing Ye Peicheng and asking: "Sect Uncle, do you want to kiss Master?"
Ye Peicheng's gaze fixed on her, his voice low and carrying deep meaning: "Yes."
...
The three people returned to their table. This time, Qiao Moyu ate with exceptional seriousness, never raising her head for the entire duration of the meal.
She didn't understand. How come Ye Peicheng suddenly liked her?
In the original book, Ye Peicheng's feelings were never explicitly written about, but it was implied that he was waiting for Qiao Ruohuan.
Moreover, he was even a supporting male lead in the book. Aren't all supporting male leads supposed to like the female lead? Yet, after Qiao Moyu transmigrated, she saw that Ye Peicheng didn't seem to have even a lick of interest in Qiao Ruohuan!
Qiao Moyu sighed in her heart and wondered what went wrong with the plot.
Near the end of the meal, Qiao Moyu ate without relish. She finally cleaned off the plate and rubbed her stomach. She smiled across the table at Ye Peicheng: "Let's go!"
Ye Peicheng nodded then stood, first picking up Luo Luo.
Qiao Moyu notified the boss of the restaurant, and, with the other party's fervent thanks, left the shop.
On the way back, the atmosphere was not as light and happy as before.
Ye Peicheng looked to the backseat at Qiao Moyu and clearly understood that if he hadn't taken the initiative, he wouldn't know how long he would have to wait to receive an answer!
They finally arrived at Qiao Moyu's neighborhood. She hugged Luo Luo and got off the car, and faced Ye Peicheng: "Thank you Senior Brother for sending us home!"
Who knew, Ye Peicheng also followed her off the car. He took Luo Luo from Qiao Moyu's arms, putting him on his shoulder instead.
The little guy laughed after getting picked up and cheerfully clapped his hands. The atmosphere immediately eased up.
Ye Peicheng followed Qiao Moyu into her neighborhood, and continued following all the way until they reached the elevator in her residential complex. Only then did he put Luo Luo down. With warmth in his eyes as he looked at Qiao Moyu, he said: "Little Moyu, I wait for your reply."
Hey, it's clearly him who was putting forth the request. How come his attitude was like forcibly making someone buy or sell something?!
Qiao Moyu nodded her head in a perfunctory manner. Just in time, the elevator dinged. She held onto Luo Luo's hand and led him into the elevator while waving at Ye Peicheng: "Bye Senior Brother!"
When she got home, Qiao Moyu cast all of the worrisome matters to the back of her mind.
She absolutely cannot agree to Ye Peicheng. Anyways, if she can drag it out, then she will.
Since before, she had always been thinking about how to find Luo Luo's father, yet she still hadn't found any prospects of a solution. If she does find him, then she will first see whether or not he is suitable. If he is not, then she will just raise the child by herself.
After all, on TV, there are always situations of step mother or step fathers being mean to the children. If there are no blood ties, then she will have no confidence in them. So, regarding the matter of feelings, it's best to first put it aside.
In the evening, Qiao Moyu and Luo Luo played with toys for a while. The child wanted to sleep early, so she carried Luo Luo to go take a shower.
Maybe because he was too tired from his afternoon activities, the little guy fell asleep very quickly after washing up and going to bed. It didn't take long before snoring sounds were heard from him.
After Qiao Moyu tiptoed from the bedroom, the nanny said: "Miss Qiao, your phone rang quite a few times just now."
Qiao Moyu gave a sound of acknowledgement before reaching out her hand to pick up the phone. She discovered that it was Xing Yichen who had called.
She thought about what she should do. In the end, 'Brother Yichen' in her contacts got changed to 'Xing Slag'.
Just as she was about to turn off her phone, it rang once again. Qiao Moyu hesitated for a few seconds, then picked up: "Is there anything going on?"
Xing Yichen's voice travelled out from the speaker, his tone even and peaceful: "Moyu, I am at the entrance of your house."
Qiao Moyu was very shocked. She hurriedly walked over to the peep hole on the door and looked through it. Sure enough, there was a man fully dressed in a Western style suit standing in the corridor, looking as if he was about to attend some banquet. If that wasn't Xing Yichen, who else could it be?
Worried that because she hadn't opened the door, the person would start to knock on it and thereby wake up Luo Luo, Qiao Moyu replied, albeit not very willingly: "Wait a moment for me."
She returned to the bedroom and changed out of her pajamas into a dress. She specifically wore a pair of tall and skinny heels to use to step on people later.
The door next to him opened, and Xing Yichen turned around to look. His eyes immediately lit up.
In front of him was a girl with long, casually scattered hair. She was like a flower on an icy mountain top, but she was clothed in a red dress, adding a hint of warmth to her cold aura.
He faced her and gave a smile: "Moyu, let go find somewhere to sit."
When Qiao Moyu saw Xing Yichen acting like this, she finally reacted. Did the other party finally realize the truth?
As expected, the male lead lead was impressive. She had only given him a little hint, yet he was able to investigate properly with high efficiency?
Qiao Moyu hooked her mouth into a sneer: "Are you inviting me out to let paparazzi take pictures, then having everyone on the internet curse me for being mistress?"
She shrugged her shoulders: "Sorry, there's no way to accompany you!"
In the dim yellow light of the corridor, Xing Yichen stared quietly at the girl before him. He suddenly realized that it has been a long time since she had truly smiled at him.
On the day when she went out to record the program, she had smiled at the other guests, smiled at the director, and smiled at the camera. However, every time he met her, her eyes always stayed cold.
Some things, while in the past, he didn't really think were that good. It was only after she left did he realize that there seemed to be an empty hole left behind.
He quietly sighed: "Moyu, I'm not planning to harm you. I only want to ask you about something this time."
As he said that, he drew a bit closer to Qiao Moyu, his eyes fixedly staring at her: "When you were 13 years old, why did you get burned?"
He had really investigated a lot! Qiao Moyu raised her eyes, matching Xing Yichen's gaze: "Since you came here to ask me, you must already have an answer in your heart. CEO Xing, when did you have such low confidence in your judgement? Is it because you have been tricked by certain people for so many years?"
Xing Yichen's pupils contracted.
Since Qiao Ruohuan had inadvertently revealed some information yesterday, he asked special people to investigate it that very night.
Those people had gone to the village this morning and learned that Qiao Ruohuan, before the age of 14, had never even left the village before!
So, there way no way that the person who rescued him was Qiao Ruohuan. To figure out where she had gotten the bracelet, he was afraid that he would have to investigate the Qiao Family to get his answers.
Only, if it wasn't Qiao Ruohuan that had rescued him, and at that time, Qiao Moyu went abroad to treat her burns, it could only mean one thing–
Qiao Moyu might the girl who had saved him at that time!
But why didn't she ever bring up the topic these past few years?
At this moment, Qiao Moyu's words were very correct. Because he had been fooled for so many years, he no longer had any confidence in his judgement.
The two people came to a deadlock, and the hallway was silent. Therefore, the lights in the hallway only stayed lit for a few more seconds before they automatically shut off.
Both people's field of vision stayed dark until the elevator suddenly opened and a tall man walked out.
The sudden exposure to light caused both Qiao Moyu and Xing Yichen to have a sudden bout of uneasiness.
In their state of unease, both felt a not-quite-right aura, so they turned their heads.
At the elevator door, Ye Peicheng stood with one hand in his pocket, looking fixedly in their direction. The place where he was standing was only half-lit, causing people to feel a sense of pressure from him.
His line of sight locked on Xing Yichen. The two men's gaze battled in the air, the victor unclear.
Qiao Moyu tightly closed her lips and thought that the current situation was completely out of control.
For her, the best thing would be to hug a watermelon and watch the male lead and the supporting male lead PK from the sidelines, occasionally cheering them on.
Yet now—-
She tried to reduce her presence and just as she was going to slink away, Ye Peicheng took the lead and opened his mouth: "CEO Xing, how come you have so much free time today that you came over to seek out my family's Little Moyu?"