"Now, may I make my request?" Xia Pengpeng looked towards Mu Xingye.
"You may."
"I don't want to have any ties with the Qin Family. You handle their marriage arrangement for me. Just make sure the Qin Family continues to abide by the previous marriage agreement. As for other matters, you don't need to step in."
"Mhmm." Mu Xingye nodded.
He agreed so readily? The Qin Family is a high-profile household in Jincheng after all!
"Anything else?"
"Nothing for now! Thank you, husband." Xia Pengpeng smiled sweetly, her voice sugary enough to make one's heart cloy.
Ah Chi's eyes widened. Damn! This beautiful lady really knows how to cling to a powerful thigh!
"Is that all?"
"Mhmm, that's all! I'll handle the rest on my own." Xia Pengpeng waved to Mu Xingye, speaking like an adorable fortune cat, "I'm off now, bye-bye."
"Wait." Mu Xingye called out to her...
"I had Ah Chi prepare some things for you. If you need anything else, just tell him to get it ready."
"Thank you." Xia Pengpeng walked to the door, then suddenly turned back to look at Mu Xingye, "Have we met before... in the past?"
Her mind flashed back to the scene of him forcing a kiss on her. And that night, that stranger.
The familiarity he gave her made her heart flutter with alarm!
She hated Xia Wen, Xia Wei, hated Ji Shaoyang, hated Xia Junsheng, hated Song Xuetong...
She equally despised that stranger!
He forced himself on her despite her pleas!
If it weren't for that man, she wouldn't have given birth to a child!
If it weren't for that man, her fate wouldn't be so wretched!
The child was innocent, a piece of her own flesh, and she couldn't bring herself to abandon it. But she hated that man to the core of her being!
"No." Mu Xingye's response was decisive.
When answering the question, his left hand lifted to cover the wrist of his right hand. On the inside of the wrist were two rows of teeth marks, left behind that night!
He didn't know why he denied it, but the words had already slipped out.
Perhaps, it was because he caught a fleeting flash of hatred in her eyes.
"Goodbye." Xia Pengpeng took a deep breath, suppressing all the emotions in her heart.
It must be her overthinking, the man from that night couldn't possibly be him.
Just as Xia Pengpeng's figure disappeared, Mu Xingye, who had been sitting up straight, suddenly fell forward onto the desk!
"Young Master Mu!"
Wen Yanqing immediately stepped forward to check on him and discovered that Mu Xingye had developed a high fever again!
Impossible, he was clearly fever-free last night!
"Young Master Mu, you..." Wen Yanqing started to speak but then hesitated.
Mu Xingye felt his throat was so dry and painful it was as if it was about to split.
Wen Yanqing noticed this symptom as well.
"Young Master Mu, did something happen last night?"
Mu Xingye's lips were tightly pressed.
"Did something?" Qiao Yucong's eyes immediately lit up with intrigue, as if he had discovered something exciting. He even put special emphasis on the word "did," "Did you?" he teased.
Mu Xingye shot Qiao Yucong a cold glance.
"Tell me the truth, have you been 'unwrapped'?"
"Pfft!" Wen Yanqing couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Only Second Young Master Qiao would dare to describe Young Master Mu as if he were a courtesan from ancient times!
Mu Xingye gave Qiao Yucong a chilly look, "From today onwards, she's my woman! I'll do whatever I want!"