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After staying in the company for several nights, no matter how comfortable the hotel is, Lin Muyan looked at the clothes in the suitcase, and randomly picked up one that had been worn at least once. She wanted to wash them, but if the company's people saw her in this state coming in and out of the company, where would she, as the boss, put her face? She was in a dilemma, so she had to go home first.
Lin Muyan waited until everyone had left the company before dragging her suitcase and taking a taxi back to her apartment. In the dark and windy night, she lowered her hat and hurried into the elevator, pulling out her phone to frantically search for the excuses that Liu Er Bao might use. Her lips moved a few times, feeling guilty and nervous. She was so preoccupied with staring at the phone screen that she forgot to press the floor button. When she snapped out of it, the elevator was already moving up, despite her attempts to stop it. It was clear that someone had pressed the down button before her.
Lin Muyan saw the number of floors increasing little by little. When the elevator stopped at the thirty-third floor, she instinctively pressed down on the brim of her hat and moved to stand in the corner. With a ding, the elevator doors opened to reveal a pair of dark gray AJs and a glimpse of bare legs. The person outside paused for a moment, then walked in slowly. They pressed the button for the first floor in front of her, and Lin Muyan breathed a sigh of relief. She reached out and pressed the button for the thirty-second floor, her fingertip lingering on the cold metal surface. Suddenly, she felt a shadow over her head, and then her baseball cap was forcefully pushed back, revealing her gathered bright red hair.
"Lin, Mu, Yan!"
The name was called out fiercely, and Lin Muyan was so scared that her heart skipped a beat. She didn't dare to turn around, and her tall shoulder blades trembled.
"Sir, you've got the wrong person," she said hoarsely, praying that the other person would be a bit foolish and believe her nonsense. But obviously, her prayers went unanswered, because the next moment she was pinned down on a metal sheet.
The elevator made an untimely ding, and instead of descending on its predetermined path, it reopened on the thirty-third floor. Lin Muyan felt a sudden pain in her back, and then she ran out of the elevator as if escaping, not even bothering to take her suitcase. Xiao Chen had a dark expression, restraining the impulse to chase after her, and instead dragged her suitcase out of the elevator. Then he approached her with wide steps, each one causing the red carpet to wrinkle under his force.
"You've been hiding from me for two weeks and still not had enough? Where else do you want to hide? Do you want to return the house as well? I know exactly when I became so terrifying to you. You just don't want to see me, is that it?"
Lin Muyan was already guilty when she saw him, and now he was questioning her with a look of grievance and anger, making her feel even more sinful. Feeling guilty, she slowed her steps, but Xiao Chen grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms.
The man's embrace was as strong and unforgettable as that night. Lin Muyan was lost in thought for a moment, and the man's lips were already dangerously close to hers. She hurriedly turned her head, and the kiss brushed past her lips, landing on her earlobe.
Lin Muyan endured the trembling soreness throughout her body and struggled to get up. "Let go of me, Xiao Chen, calm down. Can I explain first? I'm scared when you act like this." Perhaps her genuine fear in her eyes pricked Xiao Chen, as he suddenly loosened his firm embrace, took a step back, and lowered his head to hide the hurt in his eyes. Lin Muyan, blushing, steadied herself. The recent closeness and intimacy with Xiao Chen made her uncontrollably think of that night again... She shook her head vigorously, dispelling the untimely and alluring images, and her gaze fell on a suitcase parked by a room door, her lips pressed tightly.
Xiao Chen completely calmed down, took a step forward, but found Lin Muyan shrinking back timidly. He paused, his voice low and hoarse: "If we're going to talk, let's find another place. Come in, I won't do anything to you." He turned around first, opened the door, and gestured for Lin Muyan to come in and talk. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Muyan followed.
After entering the apartment, Lin Muyan realized that they were surprisingly neighbors, with just one floor separating them. Xiao Chen's apartment was very clean, despite having two Bedlington terriers. There was no sign of dog hair, and even the air in the room had a faint, clean fragrance, without any overpowering dog smell. "Would you like juice or coffee?"
She looked around the room with its strong personal style of light and shadow, shook her head at the words, and said, "Give me a glass of warm water, please." Xiao Chen responded and returned a few minutes later, placing the glass of water on the table in front of her. He then took a glass of vodka and drank half of it, as if he couldn't talk to Lin Muyan calmly without doing so. Lin Muyan knew Xiao Chen was looking at her, and she nervously stirred her fingers, "This house... do you live here alone?"
She probably wanted to change the atmosphere. Her change of topic was a bit abrupt.
Xiao Chen didn't expose her and calmly replied, "No, I'm just staying temporarily."
He paused for a moment and went straight to the point, "You said you could explain. Explain now. Why did you suddenly run away?"
Lin Muyan was almost choked by saliva, she coughed a few times, knowing she couldn't avoid it, and honestly said, "I'm scared. What happened between us that night was an accident. I never thought about developing anything with anyone since I joined the tour group. I know it's not fair to you, but what happened that day was really—"
"…an accident."
Xiao Chen continued her words, and those beautiful black eyes of hers were cold at the moment, like shattered ice soaked in the Antarctic, reflecting countless Lin Muyan.
"I'm sorry," Lin Muyan apologized in a deep voice after a long silence. She hadn't completely figured out her own heart, and she didn't want to hide it from the man in front of her, even though they had already spent one night together.
Xiao Chen fell silent for a moment, seeming to not want to continue the topic, and somewhat evasively said, "The day you came back, I ran into your roommate and found out that you live right below me."
Lin Muyan was taken aback, "Wow, what a coincidence. Is it not too inconvenient for you to stay here?"
She remembered Xiao Chen's status as an Apprentice, and her words inevitably carried some concern.
Wufu Hua City's housing prices are not low. Even if you are just renting, you definitely have to pay property management fees. He's just an Apprentice, where does he get so much money?
"No, Wen Zimo—I mean the homeowner is my friend. His family is very wealthy. This is just one of his many properties. I helped him, and in return, he let me borrow this house. I should thank him. If it weren't for this opportunity, I wouldn't have Encountered you."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Muyan and then turned his head. "What about you? Your friend doesn't seem like a wealthy person either. How did you move here?"
Lin Muyan was stunned by his gaze. Upon hearing his words, she instinctively looked at the ground, then quickly averted her eyes and chuckled, "I'm staying at my cousin's place. She's abroad, and the location here is too expensive to rent, so she let me stay temporarily and help look after the house."
Afraid of losing her train of thought and accidentally revealing too much, Lin Muyan took a few deep breaths and looked apologetically at Xiao Chen.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Chen. Can we just pretend that nothing happened that night? It's rare for me to meet a friend I can talk to, and I cherish this friendship a lot. But what happened that night makes it hard for both of us to face ourselves. Can you please forget about it and let us remain friends, okay?"
Xiao Chen took a deep look at her, knowing very well that Lin Muyan was also wavering, but she didn't even dare to try, just thinking of refusing first.
This cognition made his temples twitch slightly, and the cool lips lightly formed a friendly curve, "I can't do it."
"Why should I forget what has already happened? During the days you were gone, I thought every day about the way you took the initiative to kiss me that night. Lin Muyan, do you really think you can forget?"
A person's subconscious actions are never deceiving. When Lin Muyan grabbed his neck, he knew that this woman was interested in him, both physically and emotionally. Since she made the first move, why should he let go? "I—" Lin Muyan bit her lip, "Maybe not now, but time will prove—"
"But I don't want to, and I don't want to forget," Xiao Chen broke all her illusions directly, "I know you can't accept the fact that you are interested in me right now, it's okay, I'm willing to give you time."
As he spoke, he gently lifted Lin Muyan's chin, making her glassy eyes meet his dark eyes firmly, not giving her a chance to avoid them.
"I will give you time, but I hope you won't make me wait too long."
He bent down, his lips stopping just under a centimeter away from Lin Muyan, then withdrew and tilted his head back to drink the remaining wine in the cup.
Lin Muyan returned home in a daze, startling Liu Er Bao with her absent-minded appearance. He wanted to ask something but was afraid of upsetting her, so he blushed and held back.
Because of Xiao Chen's desire to kiss and then stop, Lin Muyan couldn't sleep. Whenever she closed her eyes, it was as if his eyes and eyebrows were smiling at her, as if he were right beside her, with no distance between them.
The next day, the weather was clear and refreshing. Liu Er Bao had just finished making breakfast when he saw Lin Muyan with dark circles under her eyes coming out of the room. Oblivious to the strangeness of her return last night, Liu Er Bao seemed quite excited as he said, "Sister Yan! There's a class reunion this Thursday, and I heard that our homeroom teacher will also be there. I ran into your teacher Zhang a few days ago, and he asked about how you've been doing."
Liu Er Bao and Lin Muyan can be considered as junior and senior school sisters. However, Lin Muyan skipped a grade and went abroad for further studies after finishing high school. She kept a low profile at the time, and apart from the school leadership threatened by Old Master Lin, hardly anyone knew she was from the Lin family.
"I think I won't go." Lin Muyan looked at her dark circles in the mirror and waved her hand. At the time, she was single-mindedly trying to escape from the "clutches" of her old man and went crazy studying abroad. She wasn't familiar with her classmates, and she couldn't even remember some of their names.
"Come on, just accompany me. With you driving, I can feel at ease to drink with them." Liu Er Bao blinked mischievously, persuading Lin Muyan until she finally agreed.
When she arrived at the Alumni Association, Lin Muyan immediately regretted it. Seeing mostly unfamiliar faces in the hotel suite, she felt like an outsider. If it weren't for the teacher calling her name and saying a few words to her, she would have wanted to turn around and leave. Seizing an opportunity, she coaxed the teacher into letting her go to the restroom, finally escaping to catch her breath. Next door, Liu Er Bao was still enthusiastically toasting and clinking glasses with his buddies. Lin Muyan took a quick glance through the crack in the door, shook her head, and walked to the restroom with her head held high.
She deliberately chose to wear her least expensive outfit, totaling less than five thousand yuan, which was already her most low-key look. Lin Muyan casually placed her shoulder bag on the sink, and her bracelet accidentally slipped off her delicate wrist as she washed her hands. She hurried to pick it up from the sink. The bracelet was given to her by Liu Er Bao when he noticed she wasn't wearing any jewelry.
She had just taken a tissue and carefully wiped her bracelet when she heard a disdainful snort from the side, without any attempt to conceal it.
She turned her head slightly, furrowing her brows, but the other person showed no sign of feeling offended. Instead, she glanced back with a sneer, clearly having some opinion about Lin Muyan, and not a favorable one.
Lin Muyan was quite puzzled. She hadn't offended anyone, so she thought carefully and took another look at the woman who was mocking her.
Melon seed face, almond eyes, long black hair, tall and slender, wearing a wristwatch worth tens of thousands casually, dressed in a trendy style, she should belong to the unforgettable type.
But I have no impression of her at all.
Lin Muyan is straightforward, feeling uncomfortable being targeted suddenly, she couldn't help but speak directly, "I don't think I know you, do I?"
The other person glanced at her with a displeased expression, as if feeling that talking to her was beneath them. They took out a lipstick from their Chanel handbag, applied it in front of the mirror, and reluctantly said, "I don't know you, but that doesn't stop me from disliking vain women like you."
Cheng Young hadn't gone to see Xiao Chen since returning from the resort. Normally, Xiao Chen would have asked her for the design draft she had previously arranged, and she would have had the opportunity to spend time alone with Xiao Chen. But this time, the master hadn't even sent a WeChat message.
And all of this was because of that woman who suddenly barged in.
But now, she unexpectedly encountered him. Lin Muyan understood Cheng Young's sudden malice towards her, saw her disgust, and didn't want to make a fool of herself. She picked up her bag and wanted to leave, but Cheng Young spoke harshly at this moment, even angrily shouting at her to stop. Lin Muyan turned around, puzzled, looking at this strange woman who was throwing a tantrum.
"I really can't understand someone like you. Besides having a pretty face, what else do you have that can compare to me? Look at your poor appearance, you can't even show off a bracelet worth less than a hundred bucks. How dare you try to seduce men everywhere?"
Lin Muyan was completely puzzled. If it weren't just the two of them in the bathroom, she would have thought the other person was talking to someone else. She pointed at herself in surprise, "I seduce men? Who did I seduce?"
She found Cheng Young's words inexplicable. She had no intention of seducing anyone, and she had been quite honest and well-behaved recently. How did she become someone who seduces men?
Lin Muyan was about to reply, but suddenly thought of Zhen Heng, who seemed to reflexively erase Xiao Chen from her mind. She looked at Cheng Young in astonishment, with a look of sudden realization and shock.
Could it be that this woman is doing this for Heng?
Cheng Young didn't understand why Lin Muyan looked so strange. She thought the other party was shocked by her keenness, and couldn't help feeling even more pleased. "You can deceive men with your little tricks, but you can't deceive me. I won't let you succeed. He is not the person you should be thinking about. You are not worthy of him!"
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