Chapter 512 - I Have My Ways! (1)
Mu Yuchen very quickly found Xi Xiaye on the bed. A faint smell of alcohol reached his nostrils.
He walked over and pulled the blanket open while Xi Xiaye frowned as she slept uneasily.
She still looked pale, so he reached up to feel her forehead. Her temperature had already returned to normal. He also realized that the clothes she wore were the ones he had picked for her.
“Let’s go home, Xiaye.”
He leaned down and planted a kiss on her forehead, then carried her up and swiftly left the room.
He had just walked out when he saw Qi Lei standing before him. Mu Yuchen stopped in that instant to gaze down at the woman in his arms. After a while, he met Qi Lei’s gaze indifferently.
Qi Lei’s gaze was cold with a hint of hatred that could not be concealed as he stared at Mu Yuchen through gritted teeth. His gaze practically wanted to pierce through Mu Yuchen.
While Mu Yuchen’s expression was as calm as water, the light in his eyes was still as a moon’s splendor. You could not tell how he was feeling as he just looked at Qi Lei apathetically. Without saying anything, he turned to the staircase.
Qi Lei staggered forward a little as if he wanted to stop him, yet he held himself back, and just watched Mu Yuchen’s figure and the fine black hair that poured from his arms. Suddenly, an overwhelming gush of indescribable feelings surfaced within him.
He felt faintly miserable and his chest felt heavy as if it was hard to breathe.
When he reached the staircase, Mu Yuchen suddenly stopped and calmly said, “Thanks, Master Qi.” His tone was low, and you could vaguely hear a hint of sincerity.
Qi Lei was instantly stunned. He stared at Mu Yuchen’s figure as his body tensed up and he trembled slightly before laughing out loud all of a sudden. “Haha… Mu Yuchen… Mu Yuchen! I live to see the day that you thank me! Don’t you think that it’s quite ironic?” His laughter was mixed with some degree of loneliness.
Mu Yuchen paused, but he did not answer before he continued walking downstairs. When his figure was about to vanish out the door, his voice came again, and he left a sentence floating in the wind. “If it’s because of Gu Lingsha, she’s not worth it. She’ll be returning to City Z soon, so you will see her again.”
When he finished, he was already gone. Qi Lei remained stagnant there. In that instant, he experienced a mix of emotions!
Did he just say that she would be returning to City Z soon?
She?
Shasha?
She really did not die, did she?
Qi Lei subconsciously clenched his fists and his chest could not help but quiver slightly again.
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The Grand Lake Villa area was not too far from the Grand Waves Villa area. It was only a 10-minute ride if one sped all the way. Mu Yuchen carried Xi Xiaye to the room right away. After he settled her down on the bed, he sat down on the bedside. His heart that had worried about her could finally be at ease now.
He pulled the tie around his neck away with one hand as he said softly, “Xiaye, open your eyes. I know you’re awake.”
When he finished saying that, he had already pulled his tie away and tossed it aside as he glanced to the woman.
Upon hearing his voice, the hand that curled up beside Xi Xiaye’s body tightened slightly. She struggled for a while before slowly opening her eyes. Her misty eyes still had a weak light in them as she looked at him.
When he rushed in to carry her from Qi Lei’s bed, she had begun to regain consciousness in a daze. However, she did not know what to say.
Should she tell him that she had called him many times, yet could not get through? Or should she tell him that she had suffered the entire night, then Qi Lei had saved her and helped her the whole night and helped her fever go away? Or should she say something else?
“You’re angry…” Xi Xiaye spoke softly. Her voice was dry and raspy.
“Didn’t I tell you to stay at home and rest? You never listen to me, do you?” He tried hard to control his emotions that he wanted to let out.
His worry, his gloom, his anger, and even his jealousy wanted to lash out!
His tone was stern and reprimanding while his gaze was not as warm as before as he looked down at her.
Xi Xiaye was stunned. She had been married to him for a while now, and she had never seen him this furious at her. When she thought about it, she felt quite helpless and innocent. She looked up at him in disbelief, feeling wronged as she endured how horribly she felt. Quietly, she turned away with her back against him as hot tears started to well up in her eyes.
When he saw her sorrow, the anger in him subsided a little, yet he was hurt that she had turned her back against him.
“Can’t I just say something now? You like to be headstrong. I didn’t stop you. You suffered the whole night! What if you had met someone else? I have to criticize this attitude of yours! You aren’t aware at all. What about your bodyguard? What did I tell you? When I’m not around, you need to have your bodyguard, yet you ignored my words!”
Mu Yuchen stared at her narrow back. Without toning the sternness in his voice down, he sounded just like a strict father lecturing his disobedient daughter.
Xi Xiaye felt even more aggrieved when she heard this!
Everything had happened so suddenly. How could she have remembered the bodyguard? She could not get through Mu Lingshi and Ah Mo’s phone either, so she had gotten worried. In fact, did she not call him afterward as well?
Only God knows where he had gone then since she could not get through his phone either!
Yet, now all the blame was on her and he had spoken so meanly. She was not his employee, but his wife. Could he not be gentler!?
Seeing her keep quiet, he commanded sternly, “Speak!”
She ignored him, her chest heaving because of the anger she tamped down, and her shoulders trembled too.
“Xi Xiaye!” he shouted her name.
Finally, she angrily picked the blanket up to cover her head.
He very quickly pulled it away and tossed it off the bed as he fixed his eyes on her.
“I don’t want to talk to you. Give me back the blanket!” She was quite stubborn as she propped herself up to glare at him angrily.
“You have to explain it even if you don’t want to!”
“What’s there to explain? Don’t you know everything already? I felt ill and I called you, but you didn’t pick up. Qi Lei so happened to pass by and saved me. It’s just that simple.”
“You felt ill and you still went out by yourself? This awareness of yours hasn’t been sorted out for too long now. Now, you’ve turned back to how you were!”
“Yes, I did! I’m dumb, I’m stupid. Anything you says goes, okay? It’s none of your business. Get out. I want to sleep. Give me the blanket… Ah!” Xi Xiaye responded angrily, and the more he listened, the worse Mu Yuchen’s expression looked. Before she could finish, he pulled her over!