Her grandpa, Chen Yue, obviously knew that Xi Xiaye had gone to West Park. Every time the topic of Xi family was brought up, Xi Xiaye would act peculiarly. Most likely, he had already more or less heard about the incident of the day before.
“I’m fine. I’m doing pretty well. I’ll go home to see you in another two days. I’m sorry, Grandpa.”
She fell silent for a moment before quietly replying.
From the other end, there was suddenly the heart-wrenching sound of Chen Yue coughing, then there was a lamenting sigh. Quite a while after that, that loving and deep voice of her grandfather’s entered her ear again. “It’s okay. I didn’t mean to blame. It’s just that when you turn your phone off like that, it’s very worrying. Your mother’s just completed an academic report and returned home last night. She was worried about you the entire day. If you have some time in the next two days, come home for a bit.”
“Mmm, I got it. I’ll see if I can go back on the weekend. I’m a little busy for the next few days.”She contemplated for a bit before answering. Her injury had not recovered yet. Naturally, she could not let them know about it. Otherwise, with Grandpa’s temperament, he would not leave the matter at that.
Then again, between her and the Xi family, there might not need to be a reason for them to keep in contact anymore. To frankly break off some things was not necessarily a bad thing.
She was just afraid that some things might not go as she wished.
Chen Yue continued to say a few more heartfelt words to Xi Xiaye, yet she did not remember any of it. She sat in the darkness for a long while and did not move. She did not forget that her impulsive actions would need to be explained to Chen Yue and her mother, Chen Wenna.
How would she explain it?
Would she really let Mu Yuchen follow her back to the Chen residence in another two days?
Xi Xiaye watched as the phone screen in her hand gradually dimmed and she was suddenly daze. There was an instant when she could not believe that everything right now was real until she heard footsteps from outside. Then, the living room instantly lit up…She subconsciously turned to look at the door. Indeed, the man was walking in with some bags in his hands.
“I made a last minute trip to the supermarket. Are you hungry?”
He put the bags down on the table and then brought Xi Xiaye’s things over. “See if I left out anything.”
“Mmm, it’s mostly here. Why is it just you who’s back?”
Xi Xiaye remembered that earlier, Ah Mo had gone out with him, so she looked around as she asked.
“Ah Mo doesn’t live here,” Mu Yuchen simply answered, then poured himself a cup water. He drank it, then shot her a look. He saw that she was a little absent-minded with her pale face slightly scarlet. It was the look of someone who had just woken up. “Why didn’t you go sleep in the bedroom?”
“I didn’t know I could fall asleep like that too. It seems quite late, dinner…”
Xi Xiaye’s eyes fell onto the bags on the table. It seemed to be some fresh ingredients that had just been bought. It must be for cooking at home, but Sis Wang and the rest had already gone back, while her culinary skills…
Would he be impressed?
She frowned and thought about it. Before he could answer, she got up. “I’ll go cook.”
She had just said that when he frowned and shot her a look from the side. That gaze seemed pretty pressuring to Xi Xiaye, and she subtly stopped moving.
“Are you sure you can do that now? Just sit down. There’s a cook with Maple Residence, so you can eat within an hour.”
Mu Yuchen then gently got up, took off his blazer and pulled his sleeves up before carrying the ingredients towards the kitchen.
Xi Xiaye was surprised. She only returned to her senses after quite a while. She had not really expected that the magnificent Chairman Mu of Glory World, and the Master Mu that ruled City Z, actually know how to cook…
Quickly, there were sounds of water swishing from the kitchen.
She hesitated for a moment, then she could not help but get up and slowly walk towards the kitchen.
She had just reached the door when she saw that in the spacious and stylish well-equipped kitchen, a tall man was focused on washing the ingredients in front of the sink with his back towards her. The rice cooker the stoves was already started up.
However, Mu Yuchen, who was quietly washing the ingredients, suddenly felt someone watching him from behind. He instantly turned to the door and saw that Xi Xiaye was standing there, watching him silently.
He paused for a moment. Not saying anything, he just averted his gaze before continuing what he was doing.
”
When he kept quiet, Xi Xiaye softly mumbled, “Let… let me wash the ingredients.”
She really felt bad for letting this honorable man cook. In fact, this man was her superior. She really could not get over the freeloading.
Before Mu Yuchen could answer, her hand had already reached into the sink, but a huge hand had very quickly held her wrist above and ahead of her.
“It’s fine. You’re the one who’ll suffer if water touches your wound. Can’t you be less restless?”
Mu Yuchen frowned, then he softly scolded her and took his phone. “Help me take this out to charge. The cable’s beside the sofa. Play some music. The remote control is in the coffee table drawer.”
Xi Xiaye was startled, seeing that there was some unhappiness between his brows, she pulled her hand back and quietly turned around to leave the kitchen.
However, it was only a short while before her voice came from the outside. “There seem to be quite a few cables here. Which one is for your phone?”
“Anyone of it is fine,” he replied plainly.
Xi Xiaye then casually took one of it to plug in, then she bent down to pull open the coffee table drawer and saw the remote control inside.
She thoughtfully examined it, then clicked on the switch.
Above her head, there were suddenly several rays of magnificent light that flickered as an alluring music started to pour out. It was a very charming German song…
