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Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 1201

For a man, having a scar was a sign of something.

Jiang Xiaobai secretly guessed if the scar had something to do with the woman he loved. If that was the case, it was indeed too cruel.

She shuddered after thinking about that, but she felt upset and a little jealous internally.

She had gone to so much trouble to take care of him, yet not only did he take advantage of her, he even mistook her for another woman.

How disrespectful!

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaobai stretched out her hand to flick on Xiao Su’s forehead.

Because of the pain, Xiao Su’s calm expression had a frown again immediately.

“Ha, I’m already considered quite kind to have not flicked a hole in your head.”

Jiang Xiaobai felt a little troubled looking at her hand that she couldn’t take back. Am I going to spend the night like this?

In the end, it was proven that Jiang Xiaobai was quite a tough person. Even if no one cared about her and threw her aside, she could still stay alive on her own.

Hence, even though she despised him in the beginning, she fell asleep by the couch later and soon entered her dreamland.

Xiao Su felt a numb feeling and a throbbing headache. He seemed to be holding something tightly, but his eyelids were very heavy, and it took him tremendous effort to open his eyes.

Immediately, an unfamiliar environment entered his sight.

Though it was quite unfamiliar, it was a little familiar as well. He felt like he had seen this somewhere, but he couldn’t recall where it was.

Xiao Su’s head hurt a lot. Just when he wanted to massage his temples, he realized that he couldn’t move his hand at all.

Slightly frowning, he looked to the direction of his right hand.

With just a look, he froze on the spot immediately.

A young woman wearing white pyjamas was sitting on the floor, leaning against the couch while placing her cheeks on his arms. Deep in her sleep, her messy hair scattered around his arms, bringing waves of faint fragrance.

That face….

Xiao Su soon recalled what had happened last night.

When he was at the pub, the ghostwriter suddenly came to talk to him. After both of them stopped talking, Xiao Su felt like he couldn’t hold on anymore.

He was quite satisfied with himself that he was finally drunk.

After that, he passed out, just as he hoped. Hence, he had no idea what happened afterward, and he was quite stunned to be in such a situation.

However, he was not an idiot as well. After connecting the dots, he could guess what had happened.

He still had feelings for Yan, so he was unhappy when another woman approached him. After he regained his consciousness, he pushed Jiang Xiaobai from his arms immediately.

However, right after that, she woke up. With a confused look in her eyes, their gaze met for a full five seconds.

Just as Xiao Su thought that Jiang Xiaobai would scream, the corner of her lips suddenly twitched. “Oh, so you’re up.”

Xiao Su was confused when he saw that.

Is this a normal reaction from a normal woman? Is the woman in front of me a freak?

In fact, if Jiang Xiaobai had forgotten about last night and realized that she was so close to Xiao Su after she woke up, she might have been shocked. However, she went through so much trouble yesterday, so she remembered everything clearly. It was impossible for her to forget about it.

“Get up,” he ordered her coldy without any expression on his face.

Jiang Xiaobai looked at Xiao Su in confusion at first. However, after seeing how he looked at her as if she was an enemy, she was immediately annoyed. “What do you mean by that?”

“You’re on my arm,” Xiao Su replied coldly.

Jiang Xiaobai was speechless upon hearing that.

After being stunned for a while, she soon returned to her senses. When she was about to flare up, she saw that he was still holding her hand. Then, she immediately got closer to Xiao Su and asked, “You’re unhappy just because I was resting on your arm?”

Hearing that, Xiao Su frowned slightly as he looked at her in confusion.

“Why don’t you tell me if I’m upset, seeing you holding my hand?”

With that, Jiang Xiaobai raised her hand.

For the entire night, her hand had been held tightly by Xiao Su. Even in his dreams, he was holding her tightly, so he didn’t let go even after he had woken up for so long.

As soon as he saw that, his face darkened immediately. Indeed, he had held her hand without letting her go. Apart from that, he even held her quite tightly.

He immediately let go of his hand and saw a red mark on Jiang Xiaobai’s fair and slender wrist.

A stunned look crossed Xiao Su’s eyes. Last night…

“Do you see it clearly? It was not that I wanted to sleep on your arms. You were the one who held my hand so tightly that I couldn’t remove it. So I had to sleep here, on the ground, for the entire night. It was obviously your fault, yet you are blaming me now?”

“I’m so sorry!” After realizing that he was the one at fault, Xiao Su apologized immediately, and all coldness from his eyes disappeared and was replaced by an apologetic look.

Jiang Xiaobai had never expected such a huge change in his attitude. “You’re apologizing rather quickly, but I don’t need your apology. You’ve held my hand for the entire night, and it’s swollen now. You can see it for yourself.”

Indeed, he held her hand so tightly that a purplish-red mark had appeared. Xiao Su had no idea how tightly he held it in his dreams.

No matter what, he felt very apologetic toward her now.

No matter what she said right now, Xiao Su had nothing to object against.

After looking back at her hand again, Xiao Su had no reason to defend himself, so he spoke, “I know this was entirely my fault. How should I make it up to you? Or how would you like to punish me?”

Make it up to me? Punish him?

Jiang Xiaobai would definitely choose the former choice.

After all, she didn’t have any fetish to punish others, and it wouldn’t bring her any benefits anyway. However, looking at Xiao Su’s obedient look, she realized he looked completely different from just moments ago.

Perhaps…

Xiao Su didn’t realize the sly look that flitted across Jiang Xiaobai’s eyes.

She started to act pitiful. “Forget it. I know you didn’t mean it. After all, you are heartbroken. It’s reasonable that you don’t remember anything after you got drunk. I’m not holding it against you, seeing that I’m such a magnanimous person. However, since I helped you yesterday, you now owe me a favor.”

I owe her a favor?

Xiao Su frowned slightly. Owing someone else a favor was something that most people would not want. After all, if one owed someone else money, they would only have to pay them back. However, owing someone else a favor entailed that the person involved wouldn’t know when the favor would be repaid, and it would cause a psychological burden.

However, as Xiao Su sat on the cold floor and looked at the red marks caused by him, he had no reason to reject her since he had hurt her.

“No problem. If you need any help in the future, feel free to call me.”

With that, Xiao Su sat upright. After seeing a blanket on him, a peculiar look flashed across his eyes. Unexpectedly, she is quite kind.

However, after thinking about it, he realized that it made sense; if she weren’t kind, she would never have brought him back to her place.

Luckily, I’m a decent man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Su looked at Jiang Xiaobai’s clear eyes before reminding her, “In the future, you’d better not deal with matters like this in the future.”

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He was just reminding her out of kindness to be careful of her safety after seeing how she had helped him out. It would be better if she didn’t do this to any stranger on the street. However, he didn’t specify the reason behind it. After Jiang Xiaobai heard that, she felt quite annoyed. The smile on her face disappeared as she glared at Xiao Su. “Mr. Xiao, are you saying that I’m a busybody?”

Xiao Su was stunned upon hearing that.

“Because I took the trouble to bring you home, you had to owe me a favor. Are you upset about this?” Jiang Xiaobai added as she looked at Xiao Su furiously. Men are all up to no good, indeed! Especially those who just fell out of love! If she had known that this would be his response, she would not have brought him back.

Xiao Su paused for a moment before replying, “That is not what I meant.”

Jiang Xiaobai was still annoyed. “What do you mean, then? Aren’t you telling me to stay out of such matters in the future?”

“That’s right,” Xiao Su nodded and looked exasperated as he replied to her. “I told you that because I wanted to let you know that, apart from what happened today, you’d better not involve yourself in such matters in the future.”

“Why?” Jiang Xiaobai was still furious at him, so she didn’t quite get it.

Xiao Su was silent upon hearing that. This woman actually picks things up so slowly, huh? Since he owed her a favor, and he was still at her place, Xiao Su explained patiently even though he felt that it was troublesome. “What if you meet someone else who has malicious intentions? You are living alone, so it’s quite dangerous to bring a man home.”

After listening to his explanation, Jiang Xiaobai finally understood what Xiao Su meant. “You’re saying that apart from you, all other men are dangerous?”

Xiao Su explained, “I mean, men who are strangers to you are dangerous, including me. So, you’d better be more vigilant about such matters in the future.”

Hearing that he didn’t categorize himself as a good person, and that his true intentions for saying those words were because he was worried about her, Jiang Xiaobai’s fury dissipated immediately as she snorted like a tsundere.

“Ah, I see. You are worried about me. You’re quite kind after all. It was worth the trouble of sending you back to my place from the pub. Do you know how tiring that was?” With that, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly remembered something. “Don’t worry. I’m not an idiot. I’ve weighed the risks myself. I know that you are not a bad person, so I chose to help you out.”

Xiao Su wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he coughed instead. After seeing that, Jiang Xiaobai stood up immediately. “I’ll get you a glass of water.” After she got up, she groaned in pain and fell back down.

Upon seeing that, Xiao Su frowned. “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Xiaobai lowered her head to look at her leg before looking at Xiao Su. She pouted and said in a pitiful voice, “My legs… are numb.” Since she had been sitting with her legs folded for the entire night without moving, of course this would happen. Jiang Xiaobai stretched out her hands to massage her legs gently to ease the numbness. However, as soon as she moved, she felt the pain and numbness, so she didn’t dare to move too much.

Xiao Su, who was sitting right beside her, felt that he ought to help her because he was the reason for her sufferings, but those were her legs after all. After thinking about it, Xiao Su walked to her and offered, “Let me give you a hand.”

Upon hearing that, Jiang Xiaobai thought that he wanted to massage her legs for her, so she immediately rejected him. “T-There’s no need for that! You—” However, before she could finish her sentence, Xiao Su held her in his arms immediately. She looked at him in shock while she clung onto him subconsciously with wide eyes. “What are you doing?”

Xiao Su merely shot her a glance without saying much. He walked to the couch and placed her there while whispering, “It’s because you’ve been in the same position for too long. The restricted blood flow is the reason for the numbness and pain. Put your legs down gently here.”

Initially, Jiang Xiaobai wanted to rebuke him, but Xiao Su’s slightly hoarse voice was quite deep after waking up from a night of drinking, and it made her feel a sense of tranquility. Hence, Jiang Xiaobai followed his advice. After a long while, Jiang Xiaobai felt that her legs didn’t hurt that much anymore, so she glazed at Xiao Su, who was next to her. “You hugged me before asking for my permission just now.”

Xiao Su remained silent for a while before uttering, “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to.”

“Since you’ve taken advantage of me, you have to agree to one of my requests as well.”

There was a pause before Xiao Su replied, “Fine.”

Although Jiang Xiaobai didn’t know what exactly Xiao Su could do, since she didn’t really mind about others owing her a favor, she thought it would be good to let him owe her favor. Perhaps sometime in the future, I would have the opportunity to use it, hehe.

However, it was a pity that Xiao Su didn’t know that he had left a deep impression in her because of this. And he also didn’t know that there would be a lot of entanglements because of these two favors that he had owed this sly woman in front of him. And in the end… Of course, those were things that would happen in the future.

…

Time passed very quickly. There were 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, and 60 minutes in an hour. Though it seemed to be a lot, time and tide waited for no one indeed.

Little Sprout would be a month old soon, as Ye Moxuan grew from a novice father to a professional care-taker. As he was worried that Han Muzi would be too tired, he had been caring for Little Sprout by himself basically. From changing the diapers, making baby formula, to taking care of Little Sprout, Ye Moxuan had taken all the responsibility.

Han Muzi didn’t have to do any work at all, nor did she have to even ask him to do that. In fact, she wanted to share the load as well, but Ye Moxuan didn’t allow her to do that. During the confinement period, he took good care of both Han Muzi and Little Sprout. Everything that was more heavy duty was all left to him. Because of that, Han Muzi only ate and slept every day.

After all the nourishing food given to her for the confinement period, Han Muzi was not that bloated anymore after a month, but her weight had not gone down. Looking at how she looked so much fatter than before, Han Muzi shot a glare at Ye Moxuan. “It’s all because of you that I look like this. If you had let me take care of the baby and put more effort into it, I probably would have had the opportunity to lose my body weight.”

Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan stretched out his hand to caress her hair. “It was already so tough for you to give birth to a child. Why do you still want to take care of her? You have a husband, you know; what’s wrong for me to do that?”

There was nothing wrong about it, per se. It was just that Han Muzi felt that she should also be taking care of Little Sprout; otherwise, she might be close to her father but not to her mother. Although Han Muzi had gained some weight, she was actually quite slim because she worried too much. Hence, though she had gained some weight, she still maintained a regular figure. However, she still decided to sign up for gym classes a few days later to train her physique.

Han Muzi wanted to care for her child, but Yan was quite envious when she heard that. “Oh, you don’t know how blessed you are, Muzi! Do you know how many men don’t participate in taking care of their children? This is also one of the reasons for postnatal depression.”

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Indeed, sometimes, they would hear some news about women who had postpartum depression commiting suicide with their newborn babies.

To Han Muzi, she would never do such a meaningless act if she ever were in such situations.

If I were not being cared about by everyone, wouldn’t it work in their favor if I killed myself? In such situations, one must be even stronger. As long as I’m still alive, there would be plenty of time for me to turn things around.

No matter what, to Han Muzi, suicide was the most foolish way out.

Apart from commiting suicide, there were many other ways to solve the problem.

More importantly, there was only a chance at life, so it would be better to cherish it.

After thinking about that, Han Muzi looked at Yan and asked, “How’s it going between you and my brother?”

After Han Muzi mentioned this, Yan smiled. “We’re doing pretty good.”

Both Han Qing and her were like usual. After they started dating, they had been very sweet to each other. However, due to their busy work, they didn’t have much time for each other every week. On top of that, Han Qing would go on business trips sometimes, so they didn’t have many opportunities to spend time together.

Yan felt a little upset. Han Qing probably knew about her feelings, so he wanted to buy air tickets for her to tag along.

However, Yan had a family business going on. Since both her parents were keeping themselves busy, she couldn’t abandon her parents to have fun with Han Qing alone. In the end, she still rejected the offer.

On top of that, since business had been pretty well, she was so busy and tired that she would fall asleep as soon as she lay on the bed, so she hadn’t been messaging Han Qing that frequently.

“Doing pretty well?” Han Muzi glanced at Yan with a smile. “Why do I feel that you’re not too happy?”

Yan shook her head. “It’s not that I’m not happy. It’s just…”

“Just what?”

“I don’t know how to describe it…” Everything was just like usual between Han Qing and her, and their lives were considered quite sweet too. However, Yan just lacked confidence. She was afraid that Han Qing might leave her one day.

However, since they got together after many challenges, Yan felt that she couldn’t ask for too much as Han Qing was already treating her very well.

If she voiced out her concerns, others would probably think that she was just being over-emotional.

Thinking about this, Yan grabbed Han Muzi’s arms. “Alright, stop asking me about it. I know how to handle it myself. You just have to take good care of Little Sprout.”

Upon hearing that, Han Muzi looked at her helplessly. “You guys are together now. If there are any problems, remember to communicate with him. If not, after everything accumulates in your mind, it will affect your relationship.”

Of course, Yan understood what Han Muzi meant, so she nodded vehemently.

“Don’t worry, this relationship is very important to me. I will definitely cherish it.”

In fact, Han Muzi knew very well that Yan treated it importantly. Precisely because of that, she was worried that Yan might be splitting hairs about it. After all, she didn’t really understand Han Qing well, so she didn’t know what he might be up to.

During the full-month celebration of Little Sprout, George specially flew back from abroad. Once he saw Little Sprout, he stretched out his hands immediately. “Little Sprout, come give your godfather a hug!”

Seeing that George was about to hold Little Sprout, a leg suddenly stretched out and gave George a kick.

“Argh!” After being kicked, a shoe mark appeared on George’s trousers. He glared at Ye Moxuan as he asked, “Yuchi, aren’t we still friends? Why can’t I hold my goddaughter?”

A cold look appeared in Ye Moxuan’s dark pupils as he parted his thin lips. “Who’s your goddaughter?”

“Little Sprout, of course!” looking at Little Sprout in his embrace, George answered angrily. “I want to be her godfather!”

Ye Moxuan smiled coldly. “I don’t agree to that.”

“I don’t care. I have already told Muzi—she will definitely agree to my request!”

“Is that so?”

“Yuchi, you can’t be this ungrateful! Back when you guys were abroad, who was the one who shipped both of you together? At that time, you lost all your memories, so you didn’t treat Muzi well at all. I was the one who helped her out. Otherwise, would you guys be where you are today?”

As he spoke, George straightened his back because he had indeed helped Han Muzi a lot back then.

Hearing his little speech, Ye Moxuan frowned slightly. After all, George was right—at that moment, he still hadn’t remembered his previous memories, so he didn’t take good care of Han Muzi.

Seeing that Ye Moxuan didn’t reply to him, George looked vindictive immediately. “So? Have you got no words to reply? Let me hold my goddaughter now!”

With that, George walked to Little Sprout like a pedophile.

He thought that he was able to hug Little Sprout this time, but once he got closer to her, Ye Moxuan kicked him again.

George paused for a moment before asking, “What do you want?”

“I do owe you a favor, but Little Sprout can’t be your goddaughter.”

For someone like Ye Moxuan, who was quite domineering, he would never share his wife or daughter with others, let alone a silly fool like George. If he were to be Little Sprout’s godfather, she would probably be led astray by him in the future.

“Why not?” George asked indignantly. “I have a good family background, and I’m a trustworthy person. If I can be her godfather, I will back her up in the future. What’s bad about that?”

Ye Moxuan merely shot him a cold look. “So, in your opinion, my daughter, who is also the granddaughter of Yuchi Group, needs you to back her up?”

His rhetorical question had rendered George speechless.

He scratched his head and thought that Ye Moxuan’s explanation made sense.

After all, Little Sprout’s father was the president of Ye Group; her grandfather was the president of Yuchi Group; and her uncle was the president of Han Group. Based on such a powerful family background, Joe Group wasn’t that much of a deal anymore.

However, George wasn’t someone who would give up easily. After he thought about it, he continued to ask unabashedly, “Sounds like she really doesn’t need me. Since her background is already so powerful, with three prominent business groups backing her up, why don’t you consider adding one more to the list?”

Smiling like an idiot, George quickly snooped to Ye Moxuan and waved to Little Sprout. “Cutie pie, am I right? Why don’t you let Uncle George be your godfather?”

Ye Moxuan paused for a moment before spurting, “George, you’d better—”

“Hahahhaha!”

Before Ye Moxuan could finish his sentence, Little Sprout, who was in his embrace, suddenly squealed in laughter. She looked particularly happy, as if her clear eyes found something fun.

As soon as George saw that, he immediately pushed the deal. “Yuchi, look! Little Sprout has agreed!”

Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan looked at her coldly. “When did she ever agree to that?”

“She immediately chuckled after I asked her—that obviously shows that she has agreed! And she looks so happy as well.”

In fact, being just a baby, she knew nothing, of course. However, George continued to build his reasoning on this. Apart from that, Little Sprout simply looked too cute. Little Bean was all grown up, and he had become too smart that George couldn’t be his godfather anymore. Hence, he thought he could just have Little Sprout as his goddaughter.

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Little Sprout has agreed?

Ye Moxuan would have been out of his mind to believe the nonsense George was spouting. He merely gave a cold snort before saying directly, “You are still not qualified enough to be her godfather. If you really want to be someone’s father, make a baby yourself.”

Upon hearing that, George immediately became upset.

“You just said that you owe me a favor. This is my only request.”

“Is that so?” Ye Moxuan looked calm, as if he was talking about something that was of no importance to him. “Since you said so, forget about the favor just now.”

With that, with a squealing Little Sprout in his arms, he turned around to leave immediately. Her laughter stopped before she appraised Ye Moxuan with a pair of curious and wide eyes.

However, George didn’t see the way Ye Moxuan’s expression change immediately right after he turned around. His coldness was replaced by gentleness as he looked at Little Sprout in his embrace. “You silly girl, you almost got yourself an idiot godfather,” he said in a low voice.

It’s better to not have such an idiotic fool as her godfather.

Isn’t being Uncle George good enough? Why does he want to be her godfather? It sounds ridiculous.

Ye Moxuan had decided not to let George become Little Sprout’s godfather.

However, after George knew that he could not get Ye Moxuan’s approval, he placed all his attention on Han Muzi, who was drowned by his pleadings.

“If Ye Moxuan disagrees with that, I have no way to help you. George, you know that Little Sprout is not just my daughter. Don’t you think that ‘Uncle George’ is a much affable salutation?”

George tilted his head blankly. “Is that so?”

“Of course!” Han Muzi nodded with a smile on her face as she patted his shoulder. “‘Uncle George’ sounds so much better. Think about it this way—recently, the term ‘godfather’ is being viewed in a negative way. Even though we don’t think about it with narrow minds, what about others? What if they misunderstand you? After thinking about it, I agree with Moxuan’s decision of not agreeing to this. No matter what, she’s bound to call you ‘Uncle George’ in the future, and it’s just a salutation. If you really like Little Sprout, you will have a close relationship with her regardless of this.”

Admittedly, George was convinced by Han Muzi.

Seems like being her godfather will indeed create more misunderstandings. When she’s grown up ten or twenty years later, I will be an old man by then. I won’t care what people say about me, but I can’t let this happen to Little Sprout.

At that time, she will be a beautiful young woman. What if her reputation is ruined then? Thinking about this, George immediately stopped thinking about being her godfather. Then, he smiled and said, “Fine, then I’ll be her Uncle George. Muzi, don’t you worry. I will definitely dote on Little Sprout!”

Hence, he stopped pestering them about this topic.

After remembering something, Han Muzi asked, “By the way, are you back alone this time?”

George pouted. “Of course not.”

“Really?” Han Muzi was quite curious. “You have someone else with you?”

George nodded. “Of course! You don’t know about this, Muzi, but the stinky old man insisted on coming back with me, saying that he also wanted to attend Little Sprout’s full-month celebration. Say, why does he still want to travel so far? He is already quite old, and his legs can’t move around that easily, yet he wants to create more trouble for himself.”

Han Muzi remained silent. Oh, his grandfather was the one who came back with him. I thought Rory was with him this time.

“What’s up, Muzi?”

Staring at him, Han Muzi smiled thoughtfully. “Nothing. I just thought of Rory and the times we spent working together. Is she doing well?”

At that time, Rory’s living environment was quite bad. However, Han Muzi was not a saint; as she was already very busy with her stuff, she had no time to care about Rory.

Thinking about her now, Han Muzi felt wistful.

After all, when she was abroad, Rory had accompanied her for quite some time.

“That woman?” Upon mentioning Rory, George’s expression suddenly became weird as he looked like he had something to say. “She’s… doing pretty well. Why wouldn’t she?”

“Why do you seem a little guilty?” Han Muzi narrowed her eyes to appraise George.

It was all good until Han Muzi pointed that out. After that, George looked even more guilty. “I’m not guilty at all! She is doing pretty well! I bring her out for scrumptious meals all the time, and she would get so touched that tears roll down her cheeks. What’s there to worry about?”

Han Muzi felt speechless upon hearing his description. “So she didn’t come back here?”

“No.” George shook his head. A peculiar look flitted across his eyes as he thought, Rory wouldn’t dare to come back here at all. Initially, she fled abroad to escape her marriage without any money on her. And when she was abroad, she didn’t hit her job targets and was not doing quite well. That’s why her life is so miserable.

Everytime when George helped her, Rory always told him tearfully, “George, don’t worry. Once I earn big bucks, I’ll definitely buy you all the meals you’ve treated me to!”

And everytime George saw her expression, he couldn’t help himself from flicking his fingers on her forehead until she covered it with her hands in pain, and only then would he be satisfied and mock her.

“Can you grow a backbone? You got so touched when I just treated you to a simple meal. If I bought you meals for a year, would you be so touched that you would want to marry me?”

He didn’t know if Rory was in a daze because he had flicked his finger on her forehead. Though in pain, Rory actually nodded with tears in her eyes upon hearing that.

Then, George’s smile froze immediately.

In fact, he was just joking when he said that to tease her. Who would have guessed that that dumb woman would actually nod while looking at me? Hence, George froze for a while before returning to his senses. Then, he knocked on her head with a huge force.

“Are you an idiot? You are convinced after just a few meals and even agreed to marry me? Does this mean that you will marry any man who buys you food? You are a woman, you know. How can you simply agree to this? You will be taken advantage of!”

While speaking, George kept knocking on her forehead until her fair forehead turned red. Rory became even more teary as she shook her head. “You don’t understand. Since I came here alone, you… you are the first person who treats me so well!”

“So you agreed to marry me just because of that? No, no, no. I just bought you a few meals; you don’t have to be so touched. After all, you and Muzi know each other. I’m just taking care of you on her behalf!”

With that, George noticed that Rory’s eyes had dimmed. However, he brushed it off and asked Rory to finish her food quickly.

Although he continued to bring her for scrumptious meals, George’s mood had changed, and he wondered if it was because he had teased her. Nevertheless, he felt satisfied each time he saw Rory’s eyes light up as she enjoyed the food obediently.

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It might have been a result of personal reasons or something else. Besides, George had no idea whether Rory had a change of heart when he himself did. Therefore, when Han Muzi asked him the question, he felt guilty.

George was rather regretful. If he knew that his words would lead to such a huge change of heart, he wouldn’t have simply said it.

When Han Muzi looked at George, who seemed to have instantly sunk into his own thoughts, she gauged that he might be thinking about Rory’s matter. She reached out her hand and waved it in front of him. “What are you thinking about?”

Upon hearing Han Muzi’s voice, George returned to his senses. When he saw Han Muzi looking at him, his face was flushed as he took two steps backward. “Nothing. Muzi, do you know anything about Rory’s matter?”

Upon hearing that, she was stunned for a moment. She hadn’t known Rory for a long time and other than the time they socialized in the office, they seldom met up in private. Therefore, she was not aware of the latter’s matters. Han Muzi wasn’t nosy as well, so the information that she knew was what Rory had told her back then.

George’s expression became serious. “After you returned to our country, there was a gang of people who tried to catch her a couple of times, causing her to escape in a hurry. I initially tried to ask her, but she refused to say anything, so I thought that she had offended someone or owed someone some money. It was only after I helped her that she told me she fled from her marriage.”

Han Muzi casually nodded. “She has roughly told me about this matter, but I’m not very sure about the specifics.”

“Her family was forcing her to marry a stranger in exchange for some benefits, but she refused and her family revoked her access to money and forbade her from leaving the house. After that, she found a chance to run away from home. You probably bumped into her much later.”

Get married to a stranger in exchange for benefits? Upon hearing that, Han Muzi was suddenly reminded of her past, At that time, when the Shen Family had me replace Shen Yue to marry into the Ye Family, wasn’t it also for the benefits? That time, I was asked to get married right after I had a divorce, which left me wondering how there could be such parents who have stony hearts in the world. Only later did I discover that they weren’t my even biological parents to begin with. No wonder I kept feeling that they were biased. Since I’m in such a situation, maybe Rory is also…

All these were just her thoughts, which were not openly expressed. Instead, she calmly asked, “What are your thoughts?”

“Huh?” George responded stupidly to her sudden question.

Han Muzi smiled as she looked at him. “Don’t you like her?”

What? When did I say that I like her? George was utterly confused and looked at Han Muzi as if he saw a ghost. Pressing on his chest, he uttered, “Muzi, don’t give me a fright. When did I say that I like her?”

“Really? Don’t you have any feelings for her?” A shadow of a smile appeared at the corner of her lips as she shot him a glance. It was obvious that he was protective of Rory when he mentioned her earlier, which led Han Muzi to think that they might have developed some feelings when they socialized with each other. Otherwise, why would George look guilty?

Upon being questioned by Han Muzi, George felt even more guilty. He intended to deny loudly that he harbored feelings for Rory, but before the words escaped his mouth, he thought about his joke on that day and the strange atmosphere between them when they were together afterward. Therefore, the words that were at his mouth disappeared without a trace before they were given a chance to be spoken.

“You can’t give me an answer?” The smile on her lips widened and Han Muzi never continued the conversation. Instead, she slowly walked to the front as she saw Ye Moxuan approaching.

It might’ve been Han Muzi’s close proximity to George that caused Ye Moxuan to pull a long face. Ye Moxuan’s eyes were as dark as night as he moodily gazed at George.

George, who was deep in his own thoughts, suddenly felt a shiver down his spine, making him feel terribly uneasy. He slowly turned around and met Ye Moxuan’s gaze. The gaze that I felt just now was from Yuchi? How did I offend him? After thinking about it, George realized that it was probably due to the conversation he had with Han Muzi that made Ye Moxuan jealous. Ah! Damn it, he gets jealous over his! If I’m not a broad-minded person, I would have severed ties with this friend of mine long ago, hmph! Of course George only had the courage to make such comments in his heart. On the surface, he wore a stupid smile on his face as he ran excitedly to Ye Moxuan and Han Muzi.

Han Muzi trod naturally to Ye Moxuan’s side. She wore a blue long dress today and her soft hair was loose over her shoulders while she wore light makeup and had a poised expression. She stood naturally beside him, which pleased Ye Moxuan.

“Let me carry her for a while.” She reached out to Ye Moxuan in an attempt to carry Little Sprout, but he gave her his arm instead.

“Huh?” Han Muzi blinked her watery eyes in confusion. Ye Moxuan never made a move and a clearly distinguishable yet resigned smile appeared in his eyes. “Just hold my arm. Why do you want to carry Little Sprout?”

Han Muzi was utterly speechless. I just thought that his hands would be sore as a result from carrying Little Sprout from earlier on, so I wanted to help. Who would have guessed that not only was he unwilling to accept my help, he even stretched out his hand? After thinking for a moment, she reached out and hugged Ye Moxuan’s arm.

George, who was beside them, couldn’t resist exclaiming, “Oh, please stop it! Not only are you showing off your adorable daughter, you are both intentionally showing affection in front of me. I can’t take it anymore.”

Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan shot him a glance lazily. “If you are jealous of us, you can always find one for yourself too.”

“That’s right. You can find one for yourself and show off in front of us too.” Han Muzi held Ye Moxuan’s arm and smiled.

George felt hurt by their words.

There were plenty of people who attended Little Sprout’s full-month celebration. Han Muzi initially intended to hold a simple celebration and invite some familiar faces, but Old Master Yuchi had disagreed to this idea. He said that Little Sprout was the apple of everyone’s eye, so they needed to send invitation cards and invite more people. He even planned to invite some of his old friends—they used to make fun of him for being old and lonely without having a successor or a single grandson to accompany him! Old Master Yuchi had remembered those words, even though it was said to him when he was lonely a long time ago. He even recalled exactly who said what until now, so when he sent out the invitation cards, he had prioritized those old men who made fun of him before.

When those old men received the invitation cards, they did not have the courage to be disrespectful to Old Master Yuchi and had no choice but to come and congratulate him. Unlike the way they behaved when they made fun of Old Master Yuchi, they showed up and congratulated him with their faces flushed in the color of cherry.

On the other hand, Old Master Yuchi was unable to stop flaunting his grandson’s capability, his granddaughter-in-law’s decency and grace, and how intelligent Ye Moxuan and Han Muzi’s children were. As a matter of fact, Ye Moxuan and Han Muzi’s appearances were indeed a slap in the face to those old men, but they endured the annoyance. After all, it was them who made fun of Old Master Yuchi in the first place.

Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 1206

Therefore, Old Master Yuchi would naturally want payback when he gained the upper hand. Other than those who were intentionally invited to watch Old Master Yuchi showing off, some families, which were in good terms with them, also came. One of them was the Duanmu Family. Two people from the Duanmu Family came—Old Master Duanmu and Duanmu Zhe.

When Ye Moxuan carried Little Sprout out to change her diaper, Han Muzi bumped into Duanmu Zhe. They were both stunned for a moment when they met face to face.

Han Muzi had witnessed how crazy Duanmu Zhe’s sister, Duanmu Xue, was—she resembled an insane person, but nevertheless, her brother was somewhat reasonable. As Han Muzi was not very fond of Duanmu Zhe, she just smiled slightly at him.

Conversely, as if Duanmu Zhe was never bothered by the past events, he soon walked to Han Muzi with a glass of wine in his hand and stood in front of her. “Mrs. Ye.”

Han Muzi was stunned for a moment before nodding to him. “Mr. Duanmu.”

“Congratulations.”

“Thank you.”

Their conversation seemed forced and awkward. Just as Han Muzi planned to excuse herself, Duanmu Zhe suddenly said, “The things that my sister had done before this was too absurd. Today, I, Duanmu Zhe, would like to apologize to you on behalf of her, Mrs. Ye.”

As Duanmu Zhe’s attitude was sincere and serious, it made Han Muzi slightly uneasy since she would be viewed as narrow-minded if she refused to bury the hatchet after his humble apology. Anyhow, that was a matter in the past. Upon having such thoughts, she stated, “Truth be told, it has nothing to do with you, so you don’t need to bear the responsibility of her wrongdoings.”

He cast a deep glance at her before shaking his head. “She is my younger sister and she became like this. Therefore, as her elder brother, I definitely bear the responsibility hence my apologies. Considering the fact that she’s still young and ignorant, I hope that you can forgive her for what she did before.”

Young and ignorant? Suspicion flashed across Han Muzi’s eyes before she smiled slightly. “Mr. Duanmu, if I am not mistaken, your sister is about my age with, at most, one or two years’ difference. I’m not her elder, so I can’t consider the fact that she’s young and ignorant.”

Upon hearing that, he furrowed his brows a little. Does it mean that she’s not willing to forgive my sister? However, he soon realized that he had said something wrong because he felt the air around Han Muzi becoming cold all of a sudden. “I’m sorry. I was speaking from the viewpoint of her brother and I may have said the wrong things. Nevertheless, Xue probably had no intention to do what she did. There is something wrong with her psychologically—she cannot leave the house now with a doctor watching over her daily.”

The more she listened to him, the deeper she furrowed her brows and the aura she emanated seemed to become more unpleasant. Therefore, there were traces of sarcasm in her eyes when it fell on him.

Slowly, Duanmu Zhe was unable to continue speaking under her gaze and he looked a little awkward. “Mrs. Ye, you—”

“Mr. Duanmu, do you think that I should forgive her because she is mentally ill?” She slightly smiled as her tone became colder. “At first, I didn’t keep the matter in my heart as she’s an insignificant stranger to me. However, don’t you think that the way you’re saying this sounds like you’re taking the moral high ground? No matter whether she’s young and ignorant or mentally ill, this is still the responsibility of your Duanmu family and it has nothing to do with me at all. I am the victim of this incident—not only me, Ye Moxuan as well, but, are you expecting me to forgive her just because you said that she is young, ignorant and mentally ill?”

His initial intention was to be on good terms with her, but he never expected that he would enrage her. As he frowned, he tried to explain, “Mrs. Ye, I don’t mean it that way. I just—”

“I’m not concerned with what you really meant. Mr. Duanmu, since you are here to attend my daughter’s full-month celebration, you are my guest, but I don’t have much time to entertain you. Please help yourself.” With that, she turned around and left.

George, who was at one side watching the whole scene, was dumbfounded, but he couldn’t resist the urge to give a thumbs-up behind Han Muzi before he marched to Duanmu Zhe. “Say, Duanmu Zhe, you are really thick-skinned for the sake of your younger sister. Not only do you have the brass neck to attend their daughter’s full-month celebration, you even begged for their forgiveness. You know, Duanmu Xue’s actions have made me, a person from her past, look down on her.”

Looking at George, who lingered, Duanmu Zhe’s aura instantly became cold before glaring at George. “What does this matter have to do with you?” What he meant was—this matter has nothing to do with you, so get lost, and don’t poke your nose into other people’s business.

“Why wouldn’t it have anything to do with me? Yuchi and I are as close as brothers and Muzi is his wife, so this matter has a lot to do with me. I’ll tell you what, Duanmu Zhe, your sister’s character is really something else. I wonder how your Duanmu family could raise such a thing?”

“George, considering the relationship between our families in the past, I will let this go, but please speak with more respect.”

“Hehe! Even if I don’t show you respect, what can you do to me? Furthermore, I don’t find what I said disrespectful. Your sister’s character is really evil. Therefore, as her brother, you should be ashamed, but you still have the nerve to beg for their forgiveness!”

Duanmu Zhe was speechless. He indeed came to ask for Han Muzi’s forgiveness, but couldn’t hold back on explaining his sister’s condition, hoping that the former would forgive his sister because of this. As expected, no matter how overboard Duanmu Xue was with her actions, she was still his sister at the end of the day. It was just that he never expected his words to arouse Han Muzi’s disgust.

Although he knew his place, he was still overprotective with his sister. To the Duanmu Family, there was nothing wrong with him having this quality—everyone complimented him and praised that he was a good elder brother. However, to Han Muzi, this was not how she saw him.

After Han Muzi left to see how much progress Ye Moxuan made with changing Little Sprout’s diapers, she unexpectedly saw Han Qing and Yan—this pair of lovers. It was Little Sprout’s full-month celebration, so the two of them would surely attend.

At this moment, Yan ate a cake while Han Qing, who stood beside her, looked at her in resignation as he stroked her head. In a low tone, he asked, “Cakes are dessert. If I’m not mistaken, you ate quite a lot of desserts lately, am I right?”

Upon hearing that, she blinked. “I think… I didn’t eat that much.”

“Put it down. Stop eating.”

Eating a lot of desserts only caused one to gain weight and it wouldn’t benefit one’s health. Therefore, it would be better to consume less. Seeing the young lady next to him reluctant to put down the cake, he raised his hand and took away that small piece of cake.

In that instant, the young lady raised her head and looked at him pitifully. “This is Little Sprout’s full-month celebration, so let me have a few bites. I swear that I won’t eat cakes anymore after today.”

Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 1207

“How many pieces do you want to eat?” Han Qing narrowed his eyes. He initially intended not to allow the young lady to have even one piece, but unexpectedly, she actually wanted to have a few pieces.

Upon seeing him narrowing his eyes, Yan corrected herself. “Two pieces!” she said as she stuck two fingers out. “Can I? I will just eat two pieces and I won’t eat it again after this.”

Han Qing merely looked at her without saying anything. Coughing once, Yan slowly retracted one of the two fingers. “Then… how about one?”

He continued to remain silent. She felt dejected in the next instant. Although she really wanted to eat cake, she had no choice but to give up without obtaining his consent. “Fine then. I’m not eating.” After saying that, her spirits sank. Just when she dropped her head, he stroked the back of her head helplessly and moved that small piece of cake in his hand to her front before muttering, “Here, eat.”

Seeing the slice of cake in front of her, her eyes instantaneously twinkled as she looked up at him, as if asking for his approval. “Really? You’re not going to get angry?”

“This is the last one.” His hand slid from the back of her head to her fair cheeks, gently tucking in the few strands of loose hair by her cheeks to the back of her head.

“Okay, okay!”

Han Muzi, who stood not far from them, witnessed this scene. Her eyes gleamed as she was unable to tell whether she felt gratified or overwhelmed. Before this, her brother had said in front of her that he would not get married and even asked her to have more children so that he could help her to raise them. However, who could have guessed that in the blink of an eye… he now had to swallow his words, but he would do so with relish. Not only did he start dating, he even pampered his girlfriend in such a grandeur manner.

Han Muzi was undoubtedly delighted that her best friend and her brother were able to be happy, but Yan never had self-confidence. Han Muzi wondered whether she needed to figure a way out to make their relationship more intense. Therefore, as she rubbed her chin, she looked at the two of them and sank into deep thoughts. Got it! I know what to do, she thought as her red lips slowly curled up.

Yan and Han Qing, who ate cakes at a spot not far away, had no idea that Han Muzi planned something for them. After that, Han Muzi went to search for Ye Moxuan, sharing with him about her thoughts and plans. Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan frowned slightly while looking at her with faint displeasure.

She was stunned for a moment before peering at him curiously. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Ye Moxuan wanted to ask her not to focus too much on other people, but when he thought about the fact that it was her brother, who was her only relative, the former was afraid that she might be unhappy if he emphasized on this point. Therefore, he did not say anything and denied vehemently.

However, it would be impossible for Han Muzi to overlook his displeasure and she was able to tell that Ye Moxuan restrained himself. Reaching out her hand to hold his, she asked, “Could it be that you are feeling jealous?”

Upon hearing that, his face darkened. Although he remained silent, it was obvious that what she said was true.

“Jeez, I can’t believe it! He is my brother and Yan is my best friend. It wasn’t easy for them to get together, so there is nothing wrong in helping them.”

His face was still gloomy—it obviously showed his displeasure.

“Alright.” Han Muzi drew herself closer to Ye Moxuan until their breaths almost mingled with each other. “When my brother was single, he used to focus all his time and energy on me. Now that he has a girlfriend, why don’t we lend them a helping hand? After he gets married, he won’t have the time to care for me. At that time, won’t I be completely yours?”

Her last few words had the power to change Ye Moxuan’s mind. Narrowing his eyes, he glanced at Han Muzi, who was barely inches away from him, and suddenly reached out his hand to pinch her fair chin. In a husky voice, he declared, “You are completely mine to begin with.” With that, he directly lowered his head and captured her lips with his.

A smile appeared in her eyes as she closed her eyes, accepting his kisses. Little Sprout, who lay beside them in her cot, sucked on her little fingers without a clue on what happened.

…

Three days later, Yan had received Han Muzi’s message and it bewildered her. It was because Han Muzi wrote that she had booked a couple’s travel package together with Ye Moxuan, but neither one of them was able to go. In order not to waste the money, she gave their tickets to Han Qing and Yan. “Just go. I’ve paid a large sum of money.”

“Can’t you cancel it? There is still some time left, so you should be able to cancel it,” Yan suggested.

“No, I can’t. I booked this previously, but I suddenly gave birth, so how can I leave while caring for Little Sprout?”

Booked previously? Suddenly gave birth? Yan felt that those two sentences were quite strange. Just when she was about to question Han Muzi further, the latter added, “Are you sure you don’t want a free vacation that can improve your relationship with your crush?”

Upon hearing Han Muzi’s words, Yan felt a little tempted. “But—”

“Maybe you will have the chance to take it further with him? Or even… pounce on him?”

The last few words caused Yan’s face to blush. She desperately interrupted Han Muzi, “Don’t talk nonsense. I am not that kind of a person!”

“Really?” Han Muzi teased her, “Previously, when you were not together with him, I wonder who the person was who adamantly swore that she would capture my brother’s heart? And said even to sleep with him…”

When the past was brought up, Yan was shocked. She was used to being so young, bold, fearless and always charging ahead. It wasn’t until later when she was deeply hurt that she was more cautious. She also never thought that her character would undergo such a major change and thought to herself, Was it because I was hurt that my character gradually stabilized? It was like she grew up overnight.

Upon having such thoughts, she came to her senses and coughed twice. “That was just me boasting when I was young and ignorant. I won’t dare to say such a thing now.”

“Tsk.” Han Muzi teased, “You adamantly swore that when you haven’t succeeded in chasing him, but now that you’ve succeeded, you’re backing down instead?”

Not being bothered by Han Muzi’s words, Yan weakly asked, “I think maybe I shouldn’t go. Han Qing is so busy with his work, and—”

“Don’t worry. I’ve already told him about it.”

“Y-You have already told him?” Yan was rather shocked. Will Han Qing agree to go together with me?

“Indeed, I have already told him!”

“Did he agree?” Feeling rather uncertain, Yan held her breath.

“Of course he agreed.” Han Muzi smiled and consoled her in a gentle voice, “You are dating him, so have more confidence in yourself, alright?”

When the topic of confidence was brought up, Han Muzi sighed heavily inwardly. Yan used to be confident and high-spirited, but now, she was cautious and even lacked self-confidence. On top of that, whenever she was with Han Qing, he gently treated her, but she was unable to move on from her painful past. Han Muzi figured, Looks like I am right to have them travel together. Sometimes, there are some things that need a helping hand from others.

“Anyway, it’s decided. You will make the necessary arrangements in these few days and prepare to depart three days later.” After saying that, Han Muzi directly hung up the call.

Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 1208

Just like this, the honeymoon trip—originally meant for Han Muzi and Ye Moxuan—was given to Yan and Han Qing.

As a matter of fact, Ye Moxuan had indeed considered this idea before, but his idea was to have a wedding trip during the wedding ceremony. However, Han Muzi had refused to wear the wedding dress while she was pregnant at that time, so the idea to reorganize the wedding was shelved. Now that this idea was brought up again, it was also rejected on the spot by Han Muzi. Her reason was that she felt that her figure was not up to her standards at the moment, so she did not want to wear a wedding dress.

On top of that, since she had just delivered, she still had some flabby skin on her belly. She thought to herself, Who would want to put on a wedding dress with that? After all, wedding gowns are meant to be worn once in a lifetime.

However, Ye Moxuan’s eyes were unreadable as he peered at her and gripped her wrist, making Han Muzi feel a little guilty. “What is it?”

“This isn’t the real reason. You are just afraid to wear a wedding dress, aren’t you?”

Han Muzi was speechless as his words made her heart skip a beat. She had not expected him to decipher her thoughts so quickly, but she inhaled deeply to hide her true feelings before uttering in annoyance, “Of course I am afraid. I haven’t regained my figure. What if the guests make fun of me?”

Ye Moxuan’s pair of dark eyes was fixed on her. “What if we hold a wedding ceremony without any guests? A wedding with just me and you.” He was really stubborn as he hoped to help her to wear the wedding dress.

When she met his resolved gaze, her heart quickened from being flustered. Truth be told, what he said was right—she remembered the two weddings that she had before. For the first wedding, he sat in a wheelchair without even casting a glance at her and she was immediately sent into the bridal room immediately after the ceremony.

For the second wedding, he had an accident, so he was unable to appear at the wedding. She was left alone and surrounded by reporters. It was as if her wedding never received the blessings from the heavens. Therefore, she felt that as long as she continued living like this, it no longer mattered if there was no wedding ceremony. To her, it was all fictitious.

Thus, Han Muzi gently shook her head. “Let’s not have one. As long as I can be together with you, the wedding does not matter to me.” She hoped that she wouldn’t be separated from him again. Otherwise, there was a possibility that she would go insane. Whenever she recalled the scene where Ye Moxuan fell into the ocean, she felt as though a large hand tightly clutched her heart, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Ye Moxuan felt her sudden change. With a hint of helplessness in his eyes, he stretched his long arms and pulled her into his embrace. “Alright, I’ll listen to you.” The reason he wished to organize a wedding was because he wanted to make up a grand wedding for her as well as to help her wear the wedding dress and the wedding ring on her finger. Nonetheless, if she never cared about this, there was no need for him to insist on it as well.

…

On the other side, Yan had already prepared to depart for the trip. She had packed up her things and Han Qing called her two minutes ago, telling her that he was coming to pick her up. She immediately became nervous. As she dragged her luggage in preparation to leave the house, Luo Huimei stopped her. “He just phoned you, so it will take him about 20 minutes to arrive at our house. Why are you in a hurry?”

Yan was so nervous that she could not speak coherently. Nothing she said made sense even after she tried to explain for ages. Luo Huimei could not help but poke Yan’s head with her finger after watching the latter’s reaction. “Can you prove yourself to be more useful?”

Yan bit on her lower lip sadly and rubbed on the spot where Luo Huimei poked due to the pain. Yan asked out of dissatisfaction, “How am I not useful?”

“Are you outstanding then? Just going on a vacation makes you nervous. How are you going to build your prestige before others after you’re married?”

Yan’s eyes widened in surprise. Build my prestige? Mom actually wants me to build my prestige after marriage? How is that possible?

“Why? Don’t tell me that you never thought about it before?”

Yan shook her head subconsciously.

“Oh my! What can I say? You actually never thought about this. If you don’t build your prestige, what’s going to happen if he fools around outside?” Luo Huimei managed to gain Mr. Zhou’s full respect, so she hoped that her daughter was able to follow suit.

However, no one would have thought that Yan would glare at Luo Huimei and directly refute her in a furious manner, “Han Qing is not this kind of person! Mom, stop talking nonsense. This is my own matter, so I’ll handle it myself.”

“Silly girl, you said that you will handle it yourself, but how are you going to handle it? Judging by your timidness, I bet that he will have you wrapped around his finger after marriage.” Luo Huimei hoped that Han Qing’s character after marriage was the same as how he was now. After all, there were many men who were good at pretending before marriage, but only revealed his shortcomings and true nature after living together with his spouse. However, by the looks of Han Qing, he never looked like that kind of person.

“It’s fine for me to be wrapped around his finger…” I’m not even sure if I will marry him, so who knows what will happen in the future?

“You silly child… Forget it, everyone has their own blessings. ‘Fortune favors the foolish’, as the saying goes. Perhaps you are one of them.”

After all, Luo Huimei never once expected that her daughter would be together with a person like Han Qing. Although she was not biased on family backgrounds, she still thought that it was important that a couple were from matching family backgrounds. However, after asking around, she found out that Han Qing had no relatives living at home, so Yan would not be restrained even after she married him.

Soon, Han Qing’s car arrived and Yan dashed down the stairs with her luggage. It might have been due to her fear that Luo Huimei would come down and speak with Han Qing because as soon as Yan entered the car, she immediately urged Mr. Nan to drive away.

Since President Han’s girlfriend had instructed as such, Mr. Nan, who was puzzled, followed her commands accordingly. Upon seeing Yan’s nervousness, Han Qing, who sat beside her, raised his hand and helped her to wipe away the sweat on her temple. “Why are you in a hurry?”

Upon hearing that, Yan suddenly recalled what her mother told her, so she smiled awkwardly. “Nothing.” Right after she said that, she turned her head away in guilt. If Han Qing discovers that we have been discussing marriage in private, I wonder if he will find me impatient…

When they arrived at the airport, they were received by a travel-themed staff. Upon seeing Han Qing’s extraordinary demeanor, the staff member’s eyes brightened up and looked at Yan, who had cuddled up to Han Qing like a little bird. As the staff member found both Han Qing and Yan a compatible match, she praised, “Mr. and Mrs. Han is a perfect match made in heaven.”

Newlyweds normally loved praises like that, so as a staff member, she naturally uttered such sweet words. Nobody would have thought that when Yan, who cuddled up to Han Qing at that time, heard the praises, her fair, little face instantly flushed red. Looking at the woman, Yan asked tentatively, “M-Mrs. Han?”

Feeling a little puzzled, the staff member uttered, “Yes, Mrs. Han. The trip that the both of you had purchased is the newly-married honeymoon themed trip. Is there any problem?”

Yan was speechless and awkwardly cast a glance at Han Qing before quietly asking, “Do we need to explain?”

Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 1209

If it was left unexplained, the situation would be extremely awkward with the staff member continuously addressing Yan as Mrs. Han. After all, she was just Han Qing’s girlfriend and it wasn’t long ago that they became a couple. Both of them had never discussed this topic before and it made them feel rather awkward now that it was openly pointed out.

Explain? Lowering his head, Han Qing shot a glance at the young lady beside him. Her eyes contained the element of uncertainty with a trace of caution, as if she was afraid that he would become angry. He narrowed his eyes and his long arms suddenly pulled her into his embrace as he slightly smiled at the staff member. “There is nothing wrong. You can make the necessary arrangements.”

Yan, who was in his embrace, was perplexed. Han Qing didn’t explain or deny it? He even pulled me into his arms. Is this an admission in disguise? N-No, maybe he just thinks that this is a honeymoon trip, so denying it would make the situation more awkward. Upon having such thoughts, the trace of joy in her heart disappeared.

“Okay,” the staff member agreed gladly.

Han Muzi had paid handsomely and after she gave the slots to Yan and Han Qing, they acquired a one-on-one service where the staff member explained all of the entertainment facilities and tourist spots along the journey. The staff member knew her place as well, so she would immediately disappear after some explanations and only reappear when it was almost time to leave. The time in between her presence belonged to the couple. Of course, this only happened afterward.

When the plane landed, a private vehicle sent both Yan and Han Qing to the hotel.

Although they didn’t do much for the entire day, the long flight was rather exhausting. Yan, who was initially nervous and excited, felt exhausted after the entire day’s worth of journey hence she decided that she would immediately shower and sleep when they arrived at the hotel. No! I’m not going to take a shower. I just want to hug the fragrant pillow and sleep until the world comes to an end!

However, when she pushed the door open and walked into the hotel room, she was utterly dumbfounded. She merely stood there blankly as the corner of her lips slightly twitched.

Han Qing, who had finished unpacking his luggage, changed into his flip-flops and walked up to Yan. Looking at her frozen in place, he asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong? I thought that you said you’re tired. Aren’t you going to get some rest?”

Upon hearing Han Qing’s voice, Yan almost burst out in tears. It was because there was only one bed in the room. Although the bed was large enough to accommodate four to five people, the awkward thing was that there were countless rose petals on the bed and it was arranged into a large heart shape—at the center of the heart shape was a pair of mandarin ducks.

The scene before them looked suggestive and the arrangements would have been suitable if they were a pair of newlyweds, but they were not. They were a couple who merely started dating not too long ago and suddenly had to stay in a room like this. Staring at a large bed like this, it would be hard for one to not have their imagination run wild.

Yan’s fair, little face started to blush. She cast an awkward glance at Han Qing before moving her lips with difficulty. “But… there is only one bed…”

When Han Qing walked over to Yan, he evidently saw the same image that she saw. Awkwardness—albeit a faint and fleeting one—flashed across his usually cold and calm face. Looking back at the young lady’s flushed face, it was obvious that she felt embarrassed. He faintly smiled as he reached out, resting his large hand on the back of her head before slightly lowering his head toward her. “What’s wrong with just having one bed? This is a honeymoon trip for newlyweds, so did you expect the travel-theme employees to prepare two beds for you? Or maybe two rooms?”

Yan was at a loss for words, still feeling extremely awkward even though what Han Qing said was right. Facing Han Qing’s close approach, she bit on her lower lip. “But…”

Han Qing patted her head. “Don’t think too much about it. Aren’t you tired? Let’s remove the rose petals and we can sleep.”

He described it lightly, seemingly without any stress. When she thought of how nervous she was before she left her house and how shy she felt when she saw the large bed and compared with his calm and untroubled reaction, she found herself rather useless and uneasy at the same time. Why am I the only one feeling nervous when he’s not troubled at all? Could it be that he doesn’t have those… feelings for me?

After thinking about it for a while, Yan’s face was flushed red again. She slapped Han Qing’s hand away and angrily cleared the rose petals. Just like that, she threw all of the rose petals, which the hotel employees had a hard time arranging, into the trash can. As for the mandarin ducks, she threw them away as well. When she cleared the place, he said that he wanted to head downstairs to survey the surroundings and left after telling her to rest well.

Yan, who was in a gloomy mood, wanted to tag along, but she remembered that she told him that she was tired. Han Qing must have realized that she wanted to rest, so he did not take her along. Hence, she resignedly showered to wash her exhaustion away. Lying on the bed, she stared at the snow-white ceiling and sighed. Will there be any changes in this trip? Why do I find Han Qing very calm?

Countless questions intertwined with each other in her mind, but at last, she gradually fell asleep. She never thought that she would be able to sleep until the next morning. It might have been due to her long sleep, but her sleeping posture relaxed—she tossed and turned every few minutes, tugged the blanket and took the whole blanket in the end to cover herself.

As the air-conditioner in the room was switched on, she took the whole blanket and curled up underneath it when she felt cold. She continued to roll and roll until she fell on the floor with a loud thud.

The pain woke her up. Rubbing on the painful spot of her body, she clambered up and saw the morning sunlight, much to her surprise. The sunlight bewildered her. What’s happening? I remembered that it was during the evening when I fell asleep—in fact, it was close to sunset, so shouldn’t it be nighttime instead? Could it be that… this is the next day? She quickly glanced around the room, but found that it was empty—the same was said for the bed as well. That was because she fell together with the blanket earlier and the pillow next to her was neat, as if no one had slept on it.

Yan instantly clambered up the bed and sat on it in a daze. I’ve never expected that I can sleep until the next morning and it seems like Han Qing didn’t sleep here last night at all? Where did he go?

After she zoned out for a moment, she fished out her phone and saw the messages that Han Qing sent via WeChat. One of them was, ‘I’m staying next door. Call me if there’s anything.’

Next door? Her expression changed slightly. Yesterday, he asked me whether I thought that the employee would prepare two rooms for us and now he’s secretly booked a room for himself?

For an unknown reason, after she knew about this, she felt her heart slowly sinking. It was not because she was eager to stay in the same room or share the same bed with Han Qing, but the current arrangement made her feel as if he was unwilling to stay in the same room as her…

Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 1210

As Yan was bothered by this, she never informed Han Qing via text that she was already awake. She entered the washroom gloomily instead. After she brushed her teeth, she scratched her head as she looked at herself in the mirror out of frustration. At that moment, her stomach growled. She did not eat dinner last night, so her stomach was unable to stop protesting its hunger.

“I’m so hungry…” She stroked her stomach. I really want to eat something, but there is nothing to eat in the hotel room. How about… I head downstairs myself and find something to eat? But it seems inappropriate not to ask Han Qing first. His action has upset me, so I’m really unhappy and I don’t even want to talk to him—let alone go and look for him. Upon having such thoughts, she sighed heavily and lay back on the bed and stared at the ceiling in hunger without changing her clothes.

As she lay down, her phone suddenly vibrated—it was Han Qing who texted her via WeChat, asking if she was already awake. Seeing the message only infuriated Yan. If you want to know, you can come over to have a look instead of texting me. I’m not replying to you! She threw the phone on the bed indignantly. I’m ignoring him! But right after she had done that, she became timid again. He didn’t really do anything, so am I being too unreasonable for getting mad over this?

After thinking for a while, she gave in and picked up the phone to reply to the message. However, as soon as she replied, she heard someone knocking on the door outside. Yan immediately got off the bed before running to the door and opening it. She was surprised to see Han Qing standing outside with a bag. His eyes, which stared at her bare feet, paused for a moment before he entered the room.

“You didn’t have dinner before you slept last night, so you must be hungry now,” Han Qing spoke. “I brought you breakfast.”

She looked at the bag in his hand. He went downstairs to buy breakfast? I thought that we could go out to have breakfast together. Breakfast was provided during this honeymoon trip, but the timing was rather early for them. On top of that, what happened to Yan last night was out of the ordinary. Thinking that she would be hungry by the time she woke up, Han Qing personally brought her breakfast. While she ate her breakfast, Yan kept thinking about the incident where they stayed in different rooms, but she kept it to herself and refused to speak of it.

A different staff member appeared when it was time. The arrangement on the first day was to visit the tourist attractions. Although Yan and Han Qing were abroad, there were many visitors at the site. Fortunately, this staff member had already prepared a special passage for them, which allowed them to participate in most of the activities. It wasn’t long before Yan, whose stamina leaned on the average side, was exhausted, but she refused to let it show. However, Han Qing, who was observant, noticed it and suddenly said, “Let’s rest for a while.”

Only then did the staff member realize that he had walked too fast. Seeing that Yan had sweat trickling down her forehead, he smiled awkwardly. “The weather is quite hot. According to our itinerary, there is a special bar in front. Mrs. Han, can you hold on for a few more minutes?”

A few minutes? If Han Qing didn’t mention for us to rest, I think I can hold on for another one or two hours, let alone a few more minutes. Therefore, Yan nodded. “Okay.”

Then, the staff member led them to the bar while Han Qing pulled Yan into his arms. “Do you need me to carry you on my back?”

“There is no need for that. I can walk myself,” she muttered.

With a faint smile by his lips, he reminded her, “You don’t need to be shy. To the staff member, we are husband and wife, so anything that we’re going to do would be considered normal.”

She did not reply to him. He had deliberately whispered in her ear with a low voice and she felt his hot breath on her ear—it was itchy yet seducing.

However, what he said upset her even more. In the eyes of the staff member, we are husband and wife, so it’s normal for us to do anything. Is this the reason why he did that? What if the staff member finds out that we’re not husband and wife? Won’t he… Oh my, what nonsense am I thinking about? We are now on a trip, so we should be happy. Han Qing has treated me pretty well, so what nonsense am I thinking about?

The two of them entered a special couple-themed bar. A lot of the people inside were couples seated in pairs. Not long after Yan and Han Qing entered the bar, the staff member disappeared, allowing them to spend some time together alone. Initially, Yan wanted to have alcoholic drinks, but Han Qing changed her order to juice.

Upon seeing her favorite drink being changed into juice, she looked at him indignantly. He reached out before knocking on her head as a shadow of smile emerged on his face while he glanced at her. “Alright, stop looking at me like this. Are you here to drink or to quench your thirst?”

Yan pouted. “Alcoholic drinks can quench my thirst too.”

“No, what if you get drunk? Don’t you want to continue with our trip today?” Han Qing had seen how she was when she was drunk—she acted crazily. He still remembered the first time when she was drunk—she crazily asked him to kiss her, but she was unable to remember what she did after she became sober. If the situation had permitted, he would not have minded if his girlfriend became drunk and acted crazy in front of him. However, they were now outdoors and there were many people around.

In the end, Yan snorted before drinking her glass of juice. After that, she spotted many couples taking photos together with their phone and a thought suddenly struck her. I have been together with Han Qing for a while now, but we don’t seem to have taken any photos together… Just like those couples, should I take a photo together with him? But…

Looking at his cold face, she pushed away those thoughts. It was quite strange—Han Qing had treated her extremely well, but she still lacked the confidence when she faced him. There were plenty of things that she lacked the courage to do for the fear that he would hate her if she did so.

At that moment, there was someone suddenly shrieking in the bar. Startled by the sudden sound, Yan looked in the direction of the sound.

“F*ck you! I used my money to take you on a honeymoon trip, so what rights do you have to interfere with my business? Are you asking to be beaten?” It was a man beating a woman up.

The woman was beaten until she fell on the ground and couldn’t get up, no matter how hard she tried. Using her hands to protect her face, she shrieked as she cried. “Hubby, stop beating me… Please stop beating me! Sob, I was wrong…”

Yan, who had never witnessed such a scene, was staggered as she sat at her place with a blank stare as her heart rate quickened. W-What’s happening? Aren’t they husband and wife? But… why is he so violent?

Her brows were deeply furrowed. The scene that unfolded before her eyes dreadfully and negatively impacted. She looked at Han Qing, who also moved his calm gaze away from the scene and their eyes met with each other mid-air. The two of them rose to their full height simultaneously in the next second.

“Stop!” Yan yelled as Han Qing’s tall figure grabbed that man’s collar and easily lifted the latter up with one hand. She then ran to the woman, who was hurt from the beating, and helped her to get up. “Oh my God, are you alright?”