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Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 91
“Yes, we are brothers of different mothers.”
Ye Linhan explained in a low voice, “Things are a little complicated, but Moxuan used to grow up outside the Family and only came back in recent years. Therefore, our interactions with him are a little awkward. In addition, since his legs are injured, we can’t blame him for being hot-tempered. Moxuan…had suffered a lot and grandpa hoped to make it up to him.
Therefore, he gave the company president’s position to Moxuan. Of course, Moxuan himself also has the capability, so even if grandfather didn’t give him this position, he would be able to sit on that seat by relying on his capabilities alone one day.”
Shen Qi was speechless. She never knew that the Ye Family had such a complicated backstory.
However, why did Ye Moxuan grow up outside the Ye Family? He and Ye Linhan have different mothers? Don’t tell me…he is the son of a mistress his father had?
At the thought of the theory of Ye Moxuan’s mother being a mistress, an inexplicable feeling rose in Shen Qi’s heart.
This might be due to her ex-husband also having a mistress, therefore…
Shen Qi pursed her lips when she thought of this. She then recalled Ye Moxuan’s appearance. Is he so easily irritated because of this?
“It’s better to keep this matter to yourself, and you must not mention it in front of Moxuan, or he will be angry.” Ye Linhan gave Shen Qi a faint smile. “Understood?”
Shen Qi looked at him and didn’t say anything. She just nodded.
Ye Linhan stopped the car when they reached the intersection near the Ye residence.
“Thank you, Linhan, I’ll be leaving first.” Before Shen Qi could get out of the car, Ye Linhan called out to her and handed her a bag. “This is an extra cake my secretary bought. Since I don’t like sweet stuff, I’ll give it to you.”
Cake?
Shen Qi was stunned. I also…don’t like to eat cake. Cakes were greasy and she would usually vomit after eating one.
“You don’t have to, Linhan.”
“Just take it. Don’t girls like to eat cake?” Ye Linhan forced the cake into her hands. Since she couldn’t reject him, Shen Qi could only take it before getting out of the car.
After saying goodbye to Ye Linhan, Shen Qi stood at the intersection for a while before walking toward the residence with the cake in her hand.
She was a little troubled. What am I going to do with this cake? I can’t just throw away a gift, but if I were to eat it… I just can’t.
That’s right! I can call Han Xueyou! She loves dessert!
With that, Shen Qi took out her mobile phone. When she was about to call Han Xueyou, a familiar vehicle passed her before slowing down.
Shen Qi instinctively tilted her head to look and coincidentally, her eyes met with Ye Moxuan’s cold eyes and she was frozen on the spot.
It’s Ye Moxuan…He’s back?
It has been only about a minute since I got out of the car. Then…did he see that? The color in Shen Qi’s face instantly faded when she thought of that.
However, Ye Moxuan just took a cold glance at her and moved his eyes away. The car left at the same time Shen Qi’s call got through to Han Xueyou’s mobile phone.
“Hello? Qi? Hello? Are you there?”
Han Xueyou’s query came from the other end of the mobile phone. Shen Qi regained her senses and placed her mobile phone to her ear.
“Xueyou.”
“What were you doing just now, Qi? Why didn’t you respond?”
Shen Qi smiled again and explained softly, “I was walking on the road and there was a car just now, so I was avoiding it.”
“Are you ok?”
“I’m fine.”
“Why did you call me?”
Shen Qi looked at the cake in her hand, “Don’t you like to eat cake? I happen to have one with me. Do you want it?”
Upon hearing this, Han Xueyou immediately agreed, “Sure! Where are you? I’ll come to you in a minute!”
Therefore, Shen Qi set a meeting place and hung up the call before going to the nearby café.
After sitting down for a while, Han Xueyou arrived, and her eyes almost shone when she saw that cake.
“Dear Qi, you are really my best friend. How did you manage to get a cake from the Newfound Happiness Bakery!”
The Newfound Happiness Bakery?
Shen Qi tilted her head. “Is this bakery famous?”
“Of course!” Han Xueyou couldn’t wait to pick up a spoon and scooped a mouthful of cream. “It’s the most popular bakery in North City. The owner of the shop is a very particular person. He only makes ten cakes a day, and when they are sold out, he refuses to make more. I often queue up to buy them, but it’s always sold out! I didn’t expect that you managed to buy it. It’s amazing!”
Is it that hard to buy? How did Ye Linhan’s secretary buy it then?
However, this was not something she should be thinking about.
“By the way, how’s it going with the investigation? Any news?” Shen Qi asked casually.
Hearing this, Han Xueyou looked up at her, the corner of her mouth still smeared with cream. “I knew you weren’t that kind. I was curious why you bought me a cake so suddenly today since you usually wouldn’t even touch it. Turns out that you have something to ask me.”
Shen Qi rolled her eyes at her and said, “Yes, I have to ask you something important, so I have to bribe you.”
“Hmph, you just know how to order me around, but for the sake of cake, I’ll tell you some good news.” Speaking of this, Han Xueyou’s expression suddenly became serious. She put down the knife and fork in her hand and solemnly opened her mouth.
“We have found the place where the button was made and the group of people who bought them. Currently, my brother is trying to contact the designer. However, I heard that the designer has a quirk. All the things are personally sold by him, and are only sold to his acquaintances or those he feels are fated to meet him. I remember I told you last time that there are only two suits that used this kind of button, right? One of them was sold under the limelight. Due to the designer’s fame, many people paid a high price for it. Hence, he sent a suit with this kind of button to a charity organization. The charity organization transferred it to the auction house, where it was auctioned off. I heard it was sold for a million dollars. Of course, the man who bought the suit is a famous foreign businessman and already has a wife and children. We have investigated him and found that he has never been to China, so this person can be excluded.”
Hearing this, Shen Qi couldn’t help but take a deep breath; she was utterly shocked.
The button…I never thought that it had such a background.
One million US dollars. God knows how much that is.
“We are still investigating the identity of the other person. As long as we contact the designer, we will soon know where this piece has been sold. However, it is certain that Qi, you are in luck! That man must be rich!”
After hearing the last sentence, Shen Qi’s face darkened a little.
In luck? She never thought about being together with a rich man. Moreover, the greater the background of the man, the more worried Shen Qi was.
On the other hand,she hoped that the man was just an ordinary person.
Seeing that Shen Qi’s eyes were downcast and that she was disheartened, Han Xueyou thought that her words had hurt her, so she immediately explained in a flustered way, “Qi, don’t get me wrong. I didn’t mean to offend you; I’m just glad you’ve met a very successful man.”
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Shen Qi came to her senses and forced a smile to comfort Han Xueyou when she saw Han Xueyou nervously trying to explain herself.
“I’m not offended by your words; I was just thinking about something else.”
“What’s wrong?” Han Xueyou looked at Shen Qi worriedly and reached out to hold her hands. “Are you worried that you can’t find the man? Qi, don’t worry. I’ll definitely find that man for your sake. I promise!”
Shen Qi burst into laughter when she saw Han Xueyou’s attempts to reassure her. “Xueyou, why are you so silly? I should have settled my problem by myself but you always lend me a hand.”
“Because we’re besties! It’s just that…” Han Xueyou paused for a while as she seemed to recall something. She then asked softly, “Qi, we will be besties for our entire lives, right?”
Shen Qi nodded her head, “Of course.”
“Then…if I do something bad to you in future, will you…forgive me?”
What? Shen Qi couldn’t respond to her question at once. “Something bad to me?”
“Well, sometimes…you know how clumsy I am. Sometimes I may be careless and make mistakes unintentionally. If that’s the case, you will forgive me, won’t you?”
Shen Qi replied, “You have been so careless all these years but I was never angry at you for them before this. Moreover, you’ve helped me a lot all this while. I should be grateful to you!”
“Forget about it; let’s not talk about this anymore. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there. Do you want to try just a small mouthful of this cake?”
“No way!” Shen Qi declined without hesitation.
Both girls enjoyed their banter in the café and left after finishing their desserts. Naturally, Han Xueyou offered to send Shen Qi back to the Ye residence. When they arrived at the entrance of the residence, Han Xueyou batted her eyelids and said, “Qi, let me see you to your room.”
Listening to her suggestion, Shen Qi shook her head after a moment of thought. “It’s okay. It’s getting late. It’s dangerous for you to drive back home too late; I think you should go back first.”
Disappointment was written on Han Xueyou’s face and she pouted as she said, “Alright then. I’ll drop by to visit you again tomorrow.”
After Han Xueyou had left, Shen Qi took light steps into the Ye residence. When she was about to head upstairs, a maid stopped her.
“Second Young Lady, Old Master Ye wants to see you.”
Shen Qi’s petite figure subconsciously trembled a little when she heard the name of Old Master Ye. “Alright. I’ll go to see him now.”
She thought Old Master Ye wanted to lecture her or assign her some tasks again. However, she was surprised to see Old Master Ye smiling at her when she entered his study room. The usual serious look on his fierce face was nowhere to be seen, instead it was replaced by a touch of friendliness which made her less afraid of him.
“Old Master Ye.”
“Shen Yue, you’re here.” Old Master Ye got up and walked toward the tea table. After sitting down, he pointed at the seat opposite him and said, “Come over here and have a seat.”
Shen Qi was perplexed by the sudden change in his character. Nevertheless, she obeyed him and went to sit in front of him. “Anything…that I can help you with?”
“Shen Yue, you’re married to Moxuan now. Why do you still address me as Old Master Ye?”
Shen Qi was stunned after listening to that. He didn’t say anything when I called him Old Master Ye before this, didn’t he?
“You should call me Grandpa.”
Shen Qi widened her eyes subconsciously in astonishment. What’s going on? Why is Old Master Ye so nice to me?
“Old Master Ye, I…”
“You’ve just moved into our house. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable in the house or if you need anything; I’ll take care of it.” As he said that, Old Master Ye suddenly pulled out a credit card and put it in front of Shen Qi. “I know your family’s condition. You have had a hard time. Consider this as pocket money from me.”
No! Something’s not right! Shen Qi stood up instantly and said firmly, “Grandpa, I can’t take your money. I’m paid to be Moxuan’s assistant now.”
“I know that, but it’s too little. As the second young lady of the Ye Family, you shouldn’t be looked down upon by others when you’re in public.”
With a pale face, Shen Qi grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly. “Grandpa, you have something to tell me…don’t you?”
Old Master Ye stood up and stroked his beard while looking at her with a smile. “You’re such a smart kid.”
Shen Qi’s heart thumped wildly. Indeed! No one will treat you nicely and expect nothing in return!
“Well, the friend that you brought home the other day is the daughter of the Han Family, isn’t she? What’s her name again?”
Shen Qi bit her lower lip and remained silent.
“She is a nice girl. Shen Yue, are you close to her?”
Shen Yue. That’s right. I’m Shen Yue now… Shen Qi looked down and answered nervously, “I guess so.”
“How did you get to know her?”
Shen Qi’s hand twitched and she almost took a step backward. Before she could answer his question, Old Master Ye continued, “Moxuan and Linhan are the only two grandsons I have. Since you are already married to Moxuan, I don’t have to worry about him anymore. However, Linhan is also at the age to get married now but he hasn’t met the right girl yet. I think that girl from the Han Family is quite nice…”
Listening to that, Shen Qi realized that Old Master Ye was actually trying to match Ye Linhan and Han Xueyou.
But…Will Han Xueyou fall for Ye Linhan? Or will Ye Linhan have feelings for her? I don’t think so. I’ve known Xueyou for such a long time. I’ve never seen her fall in love with any guy like Ye Linhan. Back when we were still in school, Han Xueyou often had a crush on those cool and domineering guys. She would never be attracted to obedient, book-smart guys no matter how handsome they were. She was only obsessed with those arrogant bad boys who hardly paid any attention to her. Of course, she never really got to date those bad boys.
Shen Qi knew that Ye Linhan was far from Han Xueyou’s ideal type.
“Grandpa, I…don’t think it’ll work.”
“What did you say?” Old Master Ye’s eyes turned stern out of a sudden, frightening Shen Qi as she took a small step backward and explained weakly, “Xueyou…already has a boyfriend!”
I don’t have a choice—I have to tell a white lie.
“She has a boyfriend?” Old Master Ye was stunned at first, but soon he came to himself and said, “What’s wrong with that? It’s just a boyfriend, not a husband. There is always a chance as long as she is still unwed. Do help me to ask her if she is interested in Linhan.”
The white lie did not work, I guess. Shen Qi bit her lips and replied, “Understood. I’ll try to ask her then.”
“This pocket money is for you. Keep it.”
Shen Qi didn’t dare to take the card, but looking at Old Master Ye’s stern and sharp stare, she was afraid he would think she was trying to turn his request down if she refused to accept the card. Hence, Shen Qi had no choice but to take the card unwillingly and leave the study room.
She went upstairs with all kinds of worries in her heart.
There was only one reason that she didn’t wish to see Xueyou together with Ye Linhan—the situation in the Ye Family was too complicated.
Ye Linhan, Ye Moxuan, as well as Old Master Ye are all on different sides. Obviously, they are fighting and attacking each other in the dark. If Han Xueyou were to get married into this family, it would just entangle her in trouble.
Han Xueyou is my best friend. I know well how difficult it is to live in this family. I will never drag her into the hellhole that I’m in!
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Shen Qi went back to her room with her head in the clouds. She took off her shoes, changed into room slippers and walked toward her bed. Then, she sat on her little bed dejectedly and stared hollowly at the card in her hand.
What should I do? How am I going to tell Han Xueyou about this? My head hurts. The status of the Han Family is actually as prestigious as the Ye Family so there isn’t any problem for these two families to have a marriage. However, looking at the situation of the Ye Family…
As she was pondering, she suddenly felt something was off—the air was unusually chilly. She lifted her gaze and was met with a pair of cold and abstruse eyes. Thud! Shen Qi was startled and the credit card fell from her hand, where it landed on the cold floor.
Both of them looked at the card on the floor at the same time. Shen Qi blanched and leapt to her feet. “I can explain!”
“Miss Second-marriage, you’ve exceeded my expectations,” Ye Moxuan sneered. When he lifted his head for the second time, a shadow was formed at the bottom of his eyes, like a dark undercurrent of an unexplored piece of ocean, which was enough to strike terror in the hearts of those who beheld it.
Shen Qi’s pink lips trembled. “I…”
“Is this your aim for your marriage to me?” Ye Moxuan took a glance at the credit card. “Ha! The old man is so generous, but do you deserve this much money?”
Shen Qi clenched her fists and bit her lip. “It is not as you think. Can you listen to my explanation?”
“Do you want to explain how you convinced the old man to pay you willingly? Perhaps you really can explain it to me, with physical action.”
Shen Qi turned pale and asked, “What do you mean?”
Ye Moxuan glared at her coldly. “You are quite skillful in bed, aren’t you?”
“…Ye Moxuan, you b*stard!”
“Ha! Why didn’t you directly marry the old man instead of me back then? Then you won’t have to do this in the shadows.”
Shen Qi finally burst out in anger and growled loudly as her gaze cast downward, “Enough! I have had enough of you!”
Ye Moxuan smirked coldly. “Have you finally had enough?”
Shen Qi bent down to pick up the credit card on the floor. She walked to Ye Moxuan and tossed the card roughly onto his lap.
“I’ve said that I won’t take any of your money. Likewise, I won’t take any money from the Ye Family either. This card belongs to your grandfather, so take it back!”
The credit card dropped onto Ye Moxuan’s lap, where he picked it up and held it at the tips of his fingers, his face stony.
“Woman, are you sure that you want to give it to me? This is what you have worked hard for. Are you sure?”
“Yes, I’m sure!” Shen Qi gritted her teeth. “That’s right. It’s just like what you said just now—I spent a night with Old Master Ye and he was satisfied with my skills so he paid me for that. Are you happy to hear me say it this way? Ye Moxuan, since you want me to cheat on you so badly, I’ll grant your wish! Just wait and see!”
After saying that, Shen Qi turned and stormed out of the room.
The hand that Ye Moxuan held the card in twitched violently, the vein on his forehead dancing in and out. “Where are you going?”
Shen Qi didn’t answer him. Her eyes were pooled with tears when she turned. She really couldn’t stand Ye Moxuan’s insulting words anymore. They had clearly made a deal before this but he couldn’t stop hurling insults to humiliate her, thinking that she wouldn’t feel a thing.
At this moment, the only thing that she wanted to do was to leave this room! She wanted to be far away from Ye Moxuan!
“Stand right there! You are doomed if you dare to be unfaithful to me!” Ye Moxuan suddenly panicked as he thought of the sentence she had thrown down before she left.
However, Shen Qi, who was in rage at the moment, refused to listen to him. It was useless how fierce his threats were. When Ye Moxuan rolled his wheelchair out of the room to chase after her, Shen Qi directly ran away from him.
“Damn, woman. I dare you to take one more step…” Before he finished his scolding, she was already nowhere to be seen.
Ye Moxuan was stunned and speechless.
Maybe it was due to the huge commotion caused by their quarrel, the maids near to the room heard the noise and came out to have a look at what happened.
As soon as they saw Ye Moxuan’s facial expression, all of them were frightened and shrunk away.
“The look on the second young master’s face is so frightening. What did the second young lady do to make him so angry?”
“Beats me. The couple is probably having a fight.”
“Second Young Lady is so daring. She dares to drive the second young master up the wall.”
“To be honest, the second young master treats her well. Last time, he bought a lot of beautiful clothes and put them in the closet for her to wear, but she refused to accept his kindness. I have never seen her wearing the clothes he bought for her.”
“Why? Second Young Master is so nice to her. Why doesn’t she accept his kindness?”
“Perhaps…it’s because of his disability?”
“Shh! Watch your mouth!”
“But I’m just telling the truth! Although the second young master is really handsome, he is a cripple! Combined with his impotence, which woman will fall in love with him?”
A few maids were gossiping behind the door. None of them noticed that Ye Moxuan had rolled his wheelchair to the front of the door.
“How dare you speak ill in front of my face? Do you think I’m deaf as well?” As a voice which seemed to be coming from the deepest part of hell reached their ears, the maids turned pale in an instant and turned to look at Ye Moxuan who was already at the door.
“S-S-Second Young Master…”
They were scared out of their wits and directly knelt down in front of Ye Moxuan to beg for forgiveness. One of the maids, who was really timid, had directly passed out from shock.
“Go and look for her! Get out of the house by tomorrow if you fail!”
Shen Qi didn’t leave the Ye residence; instead she ran to the garden at the back of the house.
In the dark garden, she shed tears under a big tree while cursing Ye Moxuan in her heart.
Six months. I have to stand this for another six months. How am I supposed to survive these six months? Shen Qi suddenly felt a sense of despair for her future. She leaned against the roots of the big tree, letting her tears glide down her cheeks.
Just one last time. I must not cry anymore the next time I encounter trouble. I’m a mother now. I should not be angry merely because of those words.
Suddenly, a warm hand touched her cheek and wiped her tears gently. Shen Qi’s eyelashes wavered slightly.
Who…?
A helpless sigh came from over her. Shen Qi opened her eyes and saw a pair of gloomy eyes full of concern looking at her.
Ye Linhan? Why is he here? Shen Qi stared at the man in front of her with teary eyes. A stark contrast from him in the day, Ye Linhan’s eyes were full of sorrow in the dark, as if his heart ached for her.
Does he feel bad for me? Shen Qi never expected anyone to care about her. After all, how would I expect others to love and care about me when I can’t even get any kind of love from my parents?
“Silly girl.” Ye Linhan whispered gently and reached out again to wipe away the tears on her cheeks. “No one will know your suffering if you cry to yourself in the dark.”
Shen Qi froze while looking at Ye Linhan and this time, his figure seemed to be blurred by the tears in her eyes. Immediately, her tears surged wildly as she could no longer bear the resentment in her heart.
Ye Linhan smiled gently and comforted her. “You have to tell when you’re in pain and let the people around you know that you’re suffering. No one will understand you if you keep everything to yourself.”
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So what if other people know about my pain and discomfort?
Shen Qi remained silent. She pushed Ye Linhan’s hand away in disgust, then spoke in a hoarse voice, “Leave me alone. I want to stay here for a while.”
Ye Linhan did not get angry with her despite being pushed away. Instead, he flashed a smile at her, then he moved forward and took a seat beside her. Just like her, he leant against the tree.
“If I leave you alone, no one will be there when you need a shoulder to lean on.”
Ye Linhan continued to console her, “When you’re sad, being alone is the worst way to deal with it, because you’ll have all the time in the world to think about it. But if there’s someone by your side that you can talk to, you’ll forget the reasons why you’re sad.”
His voice turned sad as he spoke. Shen Qi turned her head and looked at him blankly. “Did you get this sad before?”
Upon hearing that, Ye Linhan turned around and met with her gaze. “See, what I said is true. You now care about my story, don’t you?”
Shen Qi choked, because it was true.
Looking at Ye Linhan who was right in front of her, Shen Qi turned around and wiped away her tears with her hands, then sniffed.
“We’re not the same. I’m fine with being alone.”
Only she could heal her own pain. She did not require anyone’s help.
Ye Linhan continued, “You’re the one who’ll suffer if you keep on being so stubborn. Moxuan is not a heartless man. Have you ever thought about showing your weakness to him? Maybe he’ll feel sorry for you. When he feels sorry for you, he wouldn’t let you cry alone, right?”
I don’t need him to feel sorry for me, and you know nothing about Ye Moxuan and I, Shen Qi thought.
Upon seeing that she remained silent, Ye Linhan looked up at the night sky, and never spoke again.
After a long while, he suddenly grabbed Shen Qi’s fair and thin wrist. Shen Qi was shocked by his action, and tried to pull her hand back out of instinct.
“I know you have suffered a lot since you married Moxuan. From now on, you can see me whenever you feel sad.”
“Linhan…” Shen Qi withdrew her hand and turned her back on Ye Linhan, looking at the ground blankly. Ye Linhan’s soft yet powerful hand made her feel lost.
Xiao Su and Ye Moxuan, who were not far away, took everything in.
Xiao Su could feel the atmosphere change. He wanted to speak for Shen Qi, but he could not come up with a good explanation for what they saw, so he chose to remain silent.
Ye Moxuan looked silently at the two figures before his eyes. Moonlight penetrated the gaps between the tree’s leaves onto them, and it seemed as though they were covered in a layer of warm moonlight. From a distance, they looked like a match made in heaven.
Ye Moxuan took in everything they did earlier. When he saw Ye Linhan gently wipe the tears from the corners of Shen Qi’s eyes, he could not control himself anymore and was about to move forward. It was Xiao Su who stopped him and tried hard to calm him down. “No, don’t go over there!”
Ye Moxuan did not know when his feelings for Shen Qi had first changed. He could not bear to see Shen Qi cry, for he would be terribly upset by the sight of her crying.
But now, witnessing how she cried in front of another man, Ye Moxuan felt an extreme discomfort in his heart—it was more upsetting than seeing her cry in front of him.
Her eyes were all red before she ran away, obviously hurt by Ye Moxuan’s words.
“Do you want me to cheat on you so badly? I will grant your wish!”
She will grant my wish? So she came to find Ye Linhan?
When Ye Moxuan was obsessed with his thoughts, Ye Linhan on the other side stood up suddenly, then he bent over and reached out to Shen Qi. “The ground is cold. Don’t sit on it for too long. Let’s get up.”
Shen Qi sat there motionless, obviously not bothered with Ye Linhan.
Ye Moxuan felt much better at her lack of reaction, but the next moment Ye Linhan said, “Insects are most active at night. If you don’t get up now they might crawl onto your body.”
His words triggered Shen Qi. A sense of anxiety flashed in her eyes as she looked around her surroundings. Ye Linhan found it really cute that Shen Qi could be fooled so easily.
“Why haven’t you got up already?”
After he finished, he did not wait any longer as he reached out and held her thin arms, then he lifted her up.
After Shen Qi stood up, she quickly checked whether there were any insects on her body.
“Stop looking. Insects will really crawl onto us if we stay any longer. Let’s go. I’ll send you back.”
“Thanks Linhan… I’m sorry.” After Shen Qi came to her senses, she felt really embarrassed that she cried so badly in front of him. Then she remembered the same situation happened in the morning, when she suddenly cried in front of Ye Linhan when they were having a meal.
It was not her intention to cry in front of him, but a gentle man like Ye Linhan had the capability to remove all her defenses and disguises, making her heart vulnerable. And in just one hit, he could make Shen Qi pour her heart out.
They decided to go back. It was dark all round. Ye Linhan held her arm all along as he was afraid that Shen Qi might hit something unexpectedly.
Shen Qi kept on looking at the ground as she was really upset.
Ye Linhan stopped suddenly.
Shen Qi was puzzled by his sudden halt, then she raised her head and was greeted by the sight of two familiar figures who were blocking their way.
Looking at the familiar face, Ye Moxuan’s nasty words flashed her mind. She subconsciously bit her lower lip and refused to look at Ye Moxuan. She did not move away from Ye Linhan either.
Ye Moxuan squinted, danger gleaming in his eyes.
“Moxuan?” Ye Linhan was surprised by the emergence of Ye Moxuan. His gaze was dodgy as he thought for a moment, then said, “I bumped into Shen Qi here by chance. I was about to send her back. Now that you’re here, she shall leave with you then.”
Ye Linhan knew Ye Moxuan’s limits, and he would not overstep those limits.
Ye Moxuan gave an icy gaze to Ye Linhan.
“Why are you always by my wife’s side? What are your motives?”
Even though Ye Linhan knew the boundaries well, Ye Moxuan did not intend to go easy on him tonight.
“The grass is always greener on the other side, right? So you’re doing all you can to take her away from me?” Ye Moxuan sneered, giving his brother a fierce gaze.
Ye Linhan was stunned for a while, then smiled.
“You got me wrong, Moxuan. I bumped into Shen Qi by chance. We’re a family now, so there was no way I could ignore her when I saw her crying. It’s really late now; you guys should go back and rest.”
The atmosphere of the situation was intense.
“I should have known that you inherited these traits from your mother. You’re just like her. The grass is always greener on the other side. You’ll do all you can to take away the possessions of others.”
Ye Linhan’s gentle face distorted at the mention of his mother, but he managed to put on a poker face in a short moment. Still, he clenched his fists.
“Please don’t go too far with your words. I don’t have the intentions that you spoke about. If I really wanted to take Shen Qi away from you, why would I arrange for your wedding in the first place?”
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“Then let me ask you. Why do you show up around Shen Qi so frequently since we married?”
“You really got me wrong, Moxuan. I came across her by chance tonight.”
“Oh really? By chance? Or was it a date?” In the midst of it, Ye Moxuan flashed a gaze to Shen Qi.
Shen Qi clenched her fists, then stared straight at Ye Moxuan defiantly and slightly opened her mouth.
Just when everyone thought she would explain herself, all she said was, “Whether it’s by chance or a date, it doesn’t matter. A self-centered man like you won’t listen to what others have to say, so there’s no point giving you any explanation at all.”
“Shen Qi!” Ye Linhan frowned, not understanding why Shen Qi was so defiant and did not give in to Ye Moxuan.
“This has nothing to do with you.” Shen Qi pushed Ye Linhan away and stood in front of him, then said to Ye Moxuan, “In your eyes, I’m just a flirty woman. And that’s right. Everything you saw was real. I’m that kind of woman. It’s me who asked Linhan to come over.”
Ye Moxuan’s gaze toward her turned cold and dangerous.
“Do you know what you’re talking about?”
Shen Qi was fed up with Ye Moxuan. Since their marriage, there was not a single day he would not hurt her feelings with his words. It was true that she begged to stay in the Ye residence, but it did not mean she should be treated so badly. She could not contain her anger anymore.
“Shen Qi, did you forget what I told you? You…”
“Linhan, it’s a matter between Moxuan and me. Can you go back first?”
“Shen Qi…”
Shen Qi looked at him with absolute certainty, adamant that he should leave now.
Ye Linhan slightly opened his mouth, but could not bring himself to say anything else. He nodded, then looked at Ye Moxuan, giving one last explanation before he left. “Moxuan, you should control your temper sometimes. There’s really nothing between Shen Qi and me. We bumped into each other by chance tonight. That’s all I have to say. I’ll leave it to you now.”
After Ye Linhan left, Xiao Su felt that he was being redundant. He pointed at his nose and said, “Should I leave as well?”
Nobody responded to his question. Xiao Su scratched his head and wondered if he had asked a stupid question, and thought he should just leave. So, he left.
There were only Ye Moxuan and Shen Qi left in this serene garden.
Everybody left. Within a short reach, they stared at each other. The atmosphere around them had changed. The moon’s light illuminated Ye Moxuan, but it did not seem warm anymore. Instead, it looked rather cold and bleak.
After a long stretch of deadlock, Ye Moxuan decided to break it. “Come here.”
Shen Qi did not move, and lowered her gaze and said, “I need to talk to you.”
Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan curled his lips and sneered, “Go ahead.”
Shen Qi gazed at the ground. “I know it’s just a deal between us; the Ye Family is my temporary refuge, and marrying me would stop Old Master Ye from forcing you to marry someone else. But it’s an equal deal between us, right?”
“Who told you it’s an equal deal?” Ye Moxuan said coldly. Upon hearing that, Shen Qi raised her head at once, shocked. “It’s not?”
Ye Moxuan slowly turned his wheelchair and moved closer to Shen Qi. She did not notice it because he moved very slowly. He spoke coldly as he moved forward. “I don’t care who the Old Master wants me to marry. I can take it as it is. But I would never tolerate it if this marriage was a plot or conspiracy by someone. And don’t forget that even if it’s a marriage of convenience, your sister—Shen Yue—should be the one who married me.”
Shen Qi trembled in anger.
“Shen Qi, you impersonated your sister and married me, and you’re pregnant with a child. It was you who begged me to let you stay that day!”
Shen Qi was lost for words.
“Now, do you still think this marriage of convenience is an equal deal?” he said.
Shen Qi bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with a tinge of redness. “Alright. It’s me who begged you to let me stay. And this is just a marriage of convenience. So why do you have to indignify me in every way possible?”
Ye Moxuan slashed her a mild smile. “It’s fun, isn’t it?”
Upon hearing that, Shen Qi widened her eyes in disbelief. “Fun?”
It is fun to misunderstand me all the time and indignify me?
Ye Moxuan’s grin was almost bloodthirsty, and his voice was as cold as ice. “Do you think it’s so easy being my wife? This is the price you have to pay for plotting against me with your family!”
Is it the price I have to pay?
Standing below a tree, the moon shone its light on Shen Qi’s already pale face, making it look from bad to worse. With her hair dishevelled, she looked like a female ghost.
Finally, she understood why Ye Moxuan had been treating her so badly.
“So in your eyes, I’m just a woman who plotted this marriage and utilized all means to marry you, right?”
Ye Moxuan raised his brow. “Aren’t you?”
Shen Qi lowered her gaze and remained silent.
She did not want to get into this marriage either. She was a victim herself.
But he would never understand, so there was no point explaining to him. Shen Qi laughed in self-mockery. “Yeah. I’m that kind of person.”
Ye Moxuan frowned. What’s wrong with this woman? Suddenly she stopped arguing.
“So this is what you want to tell me?”
Shen Qi raised her head again, the serenity restored in her eyes. She looked at him calmly and said, “Yeah. That’s all I have to say. I shall go back now.”
After she finished, she turned around and was ready to leave. Ye Moxuan frowned, then he gritted his teeth and snarled, “Come back!”
Shen Qi stopped, then smiled. “How may I help you, Young Master Ye?”
From now on, she should know her place in the family. It was just a marriage of convenience, and nothing else.
She had been really too emotional today.
Ye Moxuan was right. It was an unequal deal, and there was a price to pay for lying to him.
And she was the one who had to bear the cost.
“What did you say?”
Shen Qi stood motionless for a while, then suddenly turned around. Her face looked cold and emotionless under the moon; even her smile was deprived of warmth.
“How may I help you, Young Master Ye?”
Ye Moxuan was speechless.
Damn it!
The sudden change made him feel uneasy, and he could see that something was slowly fading away from her abnormally calm gaze.
This feeling really pissed him off.
“Who says you can call me that?”
Shen Qi smiled mildly. “You said that I should call you Young Master Ye like everyone else.”
He said, “That’s how you should call me at the company and outside of this house. If you call me Young Master at home, what’s grandfather going to think of it?”
“Oh, then how should I address you? Please enlighten me, and I’ll change.”
Surprisingly, Shen Qi became very docile and meek, like a really good subordinate to him.
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This really pissed Ye Moxuan off.
He wanted to find fault with Shen Qi, because he saw her with another man.
This feeling upset him terribly, so when he met her, he subconsciously said those things to hurt her feelings.
But now she had become so obedient, like a lifeless puppet. The restlessness in his heart did not disappear. Instead, it became worse.
What should she call him?
Ye Moxuan sneered, “You have always been straightforward in calling my name. Why are you pretending to be obedient now?”
Shen Qi lowered her gaze. “I’ll be more mindful in the future.”
“Come here!” Ye Moxuan was really going to be driven crazy by her.
Shen Qi paused for a while, then took a few steps forward.
”You asked what you could do for me, right? Now, push my wheelchair back.”
“Alright.” Shen Qi moved behind him expressionlessly, then pushed his wheelchair forward.
Gloom was written all over his face, as though he was owed all the money in the world. One looked gloomy, and the other looked depressed. When they moved past the living room, everyone was stunned by this gloominess.
Knowing that they were in a bad mood, the maids fled the scene.
After sending him back to their room, she said, “We’ve arrived. If there’s nothing else I shall do some cleaning up.”
After the talk, Shen Qi went to her wardrobe to take some clothes. When it was opened, it was completely stuffed with clothes that Ye Moxuan bought for her. She was stunned, then she moved to close it.
But before she could do so, her hand was held in place.
Shen Qi turned around and realized that it was Ye Moxuan who stopped her from closing the wardrobe, staring at her coldly.
“You despise the clothes I bought for you so much that you won’t even put them on?”
Shen Qi took a step back and said seriously, “Young Master Ye, you must be joking with me. It’s just a marriage of convenience between us. I don’t deserve these clothes.”
After the talk, she turned around and left. But her arm was held when she moved past Ye Moxuan.
“What if I insist that you wear them?”
Shen Qi frowned, and looked at the hand that was holding her wrist.
After a short while, she nodded. “Alright.”
He loosened his grip on her. Shen Qi moved forward and casually took out a set of clothes, then she went to the bathroom.
Ye Moxuan punched the wardrobe hard.
Damn it!
It’s true that he wanted her to put on the clothes he bought for her. Now that she agreed to wear them, he was still not satisfied with it.
Not long after she entered the bathroom, the sound of water gushing was heard. Then the phone she left on the bed rang, but she could not hear it in the bathroom. Ye Moxuan ignored it at first, but the phone kept on ringing. Ye Moxuan sneered, then turned his wheelchair forward.
He picked up the phone and took a look. An unfamiliar number appeared on the screen; he then answered the call.
Before he could speak, the person on the other line could not hold his excitement and said, “Qi, you finally answered my call.”
Qi? How intimate! Ye Moxuan squinted, his eyes brimming with danger.
But the person on the other end of the line was not aware of the danger he was in, so he continued to speak softly, “Qi, are you willing to forgive me now? It was not my intention for what happened in the hospital this morning. Those things I said were all trash talk. Please don’t be mad at me.”
“Qi, I miss you. I miss our happier days in the past. Can you… give me a second chance?”
“Qi, why are you not talking?”
Ye Moxuan sneered. He realized that it was Shen Qi’s ex husband who was calling to catch up with her. He took the phone away to look at the number, then he placed the phone beside his ear again, and spoke with ridicule, “Are you asking for a chance for death?”
The man on the other end paused, and in a short moment, the call disconnected with a beep.
Obviously, that man hung up the phone because he was scared. He wanted to make up with Shen Qi, but he was cowardly when confronted.
Hmph, why would that stupid woman fall for such a man?
She even wanted to keep his baby after marrying for the second time. Is she brainless or what?
The baby…
When that realization dawned on him that Shen Qi was still pregnant with her ex husband’s child, Ye Moxuan’s gaze dimmed. She still misses her ex husband; that’s why she’s adamant about keeping the child.
If she knew that her ex husband called to make up with her, would she agree to it?
Thinking that there’s a chance that Shen Qi might reunite with her trashy ex, Ye Moxuan could not contain his fury anymore.
He whipped out his phone and made a call to Xiao Su.
“183XXXXXXX. Go find the address where this number is attached. That’s Shen Qi’s ex husband. Get me every piece of information about him.”
Xiao Su had just left the house when he got the call from Ye Moxuan. He was surprised that it was Shen Qi’s ex husband’s information that Ye Moxuan was looking for. “Young Master Ye, why do you need information about Assistant Shen’s ex? That man has no importance to us whatsoever right?”
“Just do as you’re told. Why talk so much bullsh*t?”
Ye Moxuan hung up on Xiao Su. Even though Xiao Su had all kinds of questions now, he could do nothing but ascertain the man’s information as he was told.
Shen Qi was done with her shower pretty quickly. When she came out from the bathroom, everything was fine, as if nothing had happened. She saw that Ye Moxuan was sitting on her bed, so she went over and gave him a curious look.
Ye Moxuan turned his gaze to her.
She was clothed in a pinkish ice silk dress, the straight neckline revealing her beautiful collarbones. After a shower, her skin looked fair and soft. Looking at her, Ye Moxuan’s gaze clouded with lust.
Now that Shen Qi finally wore the clothes he bought, Ye Moxuan did not know how to put his feelings into words.
“What are you doing here?” Shen Qi went over and realized that the phone that she had left on the bed was missing.
She turned around and saw that it was in Ye Moxuan’s hand.
“What are you doing with my phone? Give it back to me!” Shen Qi was shocked and took a few steps forward to snatch her phone. Her eagerness revealed that she was nervous about it.
When he saw that Shen Qi was so eager to get her phone back, Ye Moxuan squinted, his eyes filled with danger, and hid the phone in his arms.
“Why are you so nervous about it? Is there something in your phone that I cannot see?”
Shen Qi paused upon hearing that, then a frightening idea crossed her mind. She bit her lip and said, “Young Master Ye, don’t tell me that you’re going to confiscate my phone.”
There were her conversations with Han Xueyou on her phone. Should he find out about it, then the thing about her child would be exposed. Shen Qi turned pale at the thought of it.
“So what if I want to confiscate your phone?” His gaze was cold. “There’s a label on your head that reads my name. You are my woman. All your possessions belong to me. So what if I’m going to confiscate your phone?”
“You can’t do that. Give it back to me!” she said.
“Give it back to you? Alright, but with one condition,” he smirked.
“What is it? I will do anything you ask me to as long as my phone is returned.” From the looks of it, Shen Qi knew he definitely had a condition.
She could never let anyone find out that she was pregnant with a stranger’s child.
“You really will do anything? Alright then, give me a kiss and I will return your phone.”
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Shen Qi was lost for words and thought she was suffering from auditory hallucinations.
Why would Ye Moxuan come up with such a demand? With her phone in his hand, he asked Shen Qi to give him a kiss and would give back her phone in return.
Was he really capable of doing such a childish act?
Ye Moxuan saw that she stood there without any reaction. Her face looked obtuse and lost, as though she was questioning herself if she heard it correctly. When he came round from it and realized what he had said, his ears turned red. Then he coughed and said, “You…”
But the next moment, the tranced Shen Qi suddenly came closer to him. Her face, which was bare of make-up, was magnified right in front of Ye Moxuan.
A soft sensation landed on Ye Moxuan’s lips, which caused his pupils to shrink.
Shen Qi was reluctant at first, then she realized that their relationship was not an equal one. If she did not do as she was told, then Ye Moxuan had every reason not to return her phone.
She could be insistent on many matters, but she could never put her child at risk.
She was afraid that if Ye Moxuan found out about the truth, he would once again force her to have the child aborted.
So Shen Qi decided to pounce on him and give him a kiss.
She thought that they had kissed many times before anyway, so one more kiss would mean nothing.
The kiss was light. Shen Qi moved away as soon as she was done with it, and reached out her hand.
“Can I get my phone back now?”
She did it for the phone…
His gaze dimmed, and was filled with a tinge of fury. “You call that a kiss? Have you ever kissed someone? Did you forget how I kissed you before?”
Shen Qi was lost for words and her face turned red at the mention of their previous kisses.
Ye Moxuan’s kisses were as brutal as a storm, and he would never allow her to escape. Even though he always told her that he was just humiliating her, his kisses were really…
“Impossible.”
Ye Moxuan hung the phone in the air and smiled like a brat. “Don’t you want your phone anymore?”
She bit her lip. After a short while, she mustered all her courage and flashed a wink to Ye Moxuan, then slowly moved closer to him.
She could never be as aggressive as Ye Moxuan, but she did learn a thing or two from their previous kisses. Like now she was clumsily reaching out her tongue to pry open his mouth, but she was inexperienced in this matter, so she did not know what to do next after inserting her tongue into his mouth. All she could do was stare at Ye Moxuan, who was within a short reach, with her beautiful eyes.
Her eyes were crystal clear, as though they could talk.
Ye Moxuan’s gaze was eerily deep, like the eyes of a wolf that shone in the dark, as though he would pounce on her any moment, and completely devour her.
Shen Qi was startled and thought about escaping.
But his big hand was already placed on her waist when she attempted to escape, then he pulled her closer to himself and pressed her head with another hand. He turned the tide and kissed her passionately.
“Mmm…”
Shen Qi was entrapped in his arms as the two embraced closely.
His kiss was not tender. Instead, it was an aggressive and domineering kiss.
She barely had any moment to breathe or think, which caused her brain to go blank. The shy and reserved version of her earlier vanished into thin air, and now all she was left with was Ye Moxuan’s breath in her mouth.
An idea crossed her mind when she was struggling, and she reached out her hand in an attempt to retrieve her phone.
“You’re trying to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth. What do you take me for?” Ye Moxuan withdrew his tongue, looking at her viciously.
Shen Qi was sitting right on top of him, her lips swollen as a result of the brutal kiss. She looked at him with her watery eyes.
“You said that you would return my phone if I kissed you.”
“Did I?” Ye Moxuan said.
Shen Qi was flabbergasted. “You’re eating your own words?”
“Did anyone hear it? Why do you care so much? Is there anyone in your contact list you badly need to reach?” Ye Moxuan lowered his head and lightly bit on her fair neck. “Let me guess. Is it your ex husband or… Ye Linhan?”
“No!” Shen Qi bit her lip as she scrambled to come up with excuses. “My family members’ numbers are all on the phone, and there’s some money on my electronic wallet. Can you give it back to me?”
Ye Moxuan was speechless as he didn’t expect she would come up with such excuses.
“Do you think I will believe you?”
“I don’t get it. Why do you want to confiscate my phone all of a sudden?”
He never touched her phone before. She wondered what got into Ye Moxuan that night that he suddenly wanted to confiscate her phone. Did he find out about it?
Ye Moxuan’s gaze turned cold, then he pushed Shen Qi onto the bed.
“Your phone is obsolete. It will disgrace me.”
He turned around and left in his wheelchair after he finished.
“Then return it to me. I will get a new one myself!” Shen Qi was desperate. She got up from the bed at once and chased after him.
Ye Moxuan halted in his wheelchair. He squinted and said, “Do you so badly want your phone back?”
Shen Qi stood there without uttering any word.
“I will give it back to you when I’m in a good mood.”
Shen Qi was made speechless.
Bastrd! You utter bastrd!
If the situation allowed it, Shen Qi would definitely pounce on him and give him a good bash. But she couldn’t, because the more she cared about the phone, the more unlikely he would return her phone.
He definitely found out about something. Shen Qi shivered at the thought of this possibility.
Shen Qi did not sleep well that night. The next morning she woke up with two dark circles on her eyes, and the first thing she said when she met Ye Moxuan was, “When are you going to return my phone?”
Ye Moxuan took in her dark circles.
“Is the phone really important to you?”
She nodded.
“What’s the secret you hide in there? Tell me the truth.”
Shen Qi shook her head. “There’s really nothing. That’s my phone. If you don’t believe me, I can delete all the numbers except for my family and friends right in front of you.”
Shen Qi could not help but raise her hand and swear, her eyes and expression full of sincerity.
Ye Moxuan curled his lips. “Alright. I will give it to you when we arrive at the company.”
He asked Xiao Su to push him away after he finished. When Shen Qi was about to chase after him, Ye Moxuan said, “Remember to wear the dress from last night.”
Shen Qi was feeling helpless. Her phone was in his hands, and she could only agree to all of his demands.
Shen Qi changed into the said dress but did not go straight to the company. Instead, she went to a convenience store and made a call to Han Xueyou. “Xueyou, I’m Shen Qi.”
“What! I can barely open my eyes now. Why are you calling me so early in the morning?”
“Xueyou, something happened. My phone has been confiscated by Ye Moxuan,” Shen Qi said nervously.
“Why? What happened?”
Shen Qi looked around anxiously as she bit her lip. “I don’t know. He was okay before. But something got into him and he suddenly confiscated my phone. I’m worried that he might have found out about something.”
Han Xueyou sat straight up from her bed at once and consoled her, “Don’t worry. Where are you now? I’ll come find you.”
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Shen Qi waited outside after she told Han Xueyou her exact location.
After about 20 minutes, Han Xueyou arrived in a car. When the car halted, Shen Qi opened the door and went straight in.
“What happened?”
“Let’s go to the company now. I’m late. I’ll tell you everything on the road.”
Upon hearing that, Han Xueyou pressed on the accelerator.
“Why did he confiscate your phone all of a sudden? Did you offend him in any way? Or did you expose something unexpectedly?”
Upon hearing that, Shen Qi shook her head. “No. I didn’t expose anything. But we had a fight last night.”
“A fight? Tell me everything.”
Shen Qi did not go into details of the fight. She only told Han Xueyou the reason the fight started.
“Damn. He’s really not into you as he’s always picking on you. He’s got such a sharp tongue.”
Shen Qi felt a sense of loss when she heard ‘He’s really not into you’. She nodded in sadness. “True. He should be very resentful of me.”
“According to my analysis, you didn’t expose yourself yet and you didn’t say anything strange, then there’s no way he could have found out about it. After all… only you and me know about it, right?”
Shen Qi nodded with a heavy heart. “You’re the only one I told.”
“Ok, good. Then I guess he took your phone just to tease you, because… If he wants you to pay the price, then he’ll want you to go through all kinds of torture and torment.”
“Xueyou, this is not the right time to analyze the situation. Our chat messages are kept on the phone and he may discover them.”
“Damn. How could you not delete such important messages?”
Shen Qi agreed that she was not mindful enough. “I have deleted the old messages, but there are some recent ones. It never crossed my mind that he’d suddenly take away my phone.”
“What should we do now? Your phone is confiscated and he’s not willing to return it. You can only pray that he’s not going to go through your phone.”
Shen Qi felt a headache and pinched the center of her brows. Han Xueyou looked at her helplessly and could not help but chide, “I can’t believe how foolish you are. You should have deleted everything, then you’d have nothing to worry about.”
Shen Qi was speechless.
“Let me send you to the company first. Don’t fret about it. We’ll see how it goes and act accordingly.”
After she finished, she stuffed a phone into Shen Qi’s hand. “Take it. It’s my phone.”
Shen Qi nodded. “Oh! How about you?”
“Silly girl! This is my spare phone. I still have a main phone.”
“Alright.”
“We’re here. Call me when you need my help. See how it goes and act accordingly. Take your phone back as soon as possible.”
After she got out of the car, she turned around and looked at Han Xueyou with a sense of concern. Han Xueyou waved her hands and said, “Go in.”
Upon hearing that, Shen Qi moved forward and entered the company.
She took a deep breath and told herself to calm down. Don’t fret.
After she entered the company, she went straight to her desk. She realized that it was really quiet in Ye Moxuan’s room, then she decided to make some coffee and give it to him.
When she pushed open the door, she saw that Ye Moxuan’s calm gaze was fixated on the computer screen, his fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard. He looked very focused.
Shen Qi looked around and pursed her lips, then put the coffee on his table.
“Young Master Ye, your coffee.”
Ye Moxuan did not respond to her at all. She slightly opened her mouth and wanted to ask when he would return her phone. Before she could speak, she suddenly came to her senses and remembered that she should stay calm. Don’t fret.
Thinking of this, Shen Qi suppressed the thoughts she had, then she put down the coffee and turned to leave the office.
Hearing that the door was closed, and the person who came in was so silent—as though no one had actually come in earlier, Ye Moxuan could not help but raise his gaze and stare at the coffee.
She didn’t ask me for the phone?
Ye Moxuan squinted, then took her phone out from his pocket.
It was indeed an old and obsolete phone which could be disposed of without batting an eye. But the sight of Shen Qi fretting over her lost phone last night prompted his curiosity to find out the secrets on this phone.
But he did not do it, for he was not a prying man.
If it wasn’t for the call her ex husband made, he would never intend to confiscate her phone.
If he returned the phone to her, her ex husband might call again and they might even meet up…
Thinking of this, Ye Moxuan hesitated no more and made a call to Xiao Su.
“Go buy a new sim card and bring over a pin.”
Xiao Su on the other side had no idea why, but he did it anyway.
Shen Qi let out a sigh of relief after she returned to her desk.
A beep was heard. She took out the phone and saw that it was a message from Han Xueyou, asking her about her progress.
Shen Qi told her about what happened earlier. Han Xueyou gave her a thumbs up and told her to keep it up, then continued to suggest that she should not confront Ye Moxuan for the entire day, and seize the chance when there is one.
Shen Qi put down the phone and spent the whole day in the blues.
She was really worried that Ye Moxuan would find out about her secrets. Now all she could do was keep calm when dealing with him and never mention the phone.
Ye Moxuan seemed to have forgotten the matter as well.
Before it was time to leave the office, Ye Moxuan suddenly invited her to a dinner.
Shen Qi frowned.
“This is a private dinner right, Young Master Ye? It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with me.”
Ye Moxuan raised his brow. “Come to the dinner as my partner. I will return your phone afterward.”
Upon hearing that, Shen Qi bit her lip.
Damn it, another threat!
She raised her head and stared straight into his eyes. “How do I know if you’re not lying to me? After all…” She remembered that Ye Moxuan lied to her last night.
He promised that he would return the phone for one kiss. But two kisses later, the phone was never returned. How outrageous!
Ye Moxuan sneered, “You don’t want it? I’ll pass by a lake on the way to dinner. If you’re not coming, then I’ll just throw it into the river.”
After he finished, he turned the wheelchair and moved past Shen Qi.
Shen Qi widened her eyes in disbelief, and after 10 seconds she finally came to her senses and chased after Ye Moxuan. “I’m coming!”
Thinking that the woman behind him must be exasperated but helpless, he could not help but smile.
Xiao Su passed a box to Shen Qi.
“Assistant Shen, this dress is for dinner later.”
Shen Qi took it over and went to the restroom to get changed, then stood reluctantly in front of Ye Moxuan.
Looking at Shen Qi who stood in front of him, Ye Moxuan squinted, his eyes gleaming slightly.
The dress was narrowed at the waist, which perfectly outlined her curvy body. Ye Moxuan knew that Shen Qi had a good body shape, but it was normally covered by her bad choice of clothes.
And after some bodily contact, he realized that Shen Qi was not as flat as she seemed to be.
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“Assistant Shen, this dress was picked out by Young Master Ye himself,” Xiao Su could not help but tell her this fact.
“What?” Shen Qi found it hard to believe, so she turned to Ye Moxuan, puzzled. It was the first time Ye Moxuan dodged her gaze, thereupon he sneered, “I picked it out? Why don’t I recall anything about it?”
“Right… I was wrong, Assistant Shen. It was me who picked out the dress,” Xiao Su said.
Shen Qi was rendered speechless. Young Master Ye, can you stop being so difficult?
Xiao Su did not understand the way Ye Moxuan dealt with Shen Qi, but as a subordinate, he could only pretend that he knew nothing.
“What are you waiting for?” Ye Moxuan reminded Shen Qi, thereafter the latter moved forward and pushed his wheelchair.
The trio then entered the lift, left the company and entered the car. In a short while, they arrived at the location where the dinner was held.
On their way there, Shen Qi took in the view outside, but she did not see the lake that Ye Moxuan had mentioned. Only after she left the car did she finally come to her senses and realize that she was once again fooled by Ye Moxuan.
There was no lake. He lied to me again!
Thinking of this, she pushed Ye Moxuan forward in anger. “You lied to me again! There was no lake along the way!”
Upon hearing that, Ye Moxuan couldn’t help but smirk. “Idiot.”
Shen Qi could not hear him clearly as he said it too softly, so she bent over and asked, “What did you say?”
Turning around and looking at her, Ye Moxuan was greeted by the sight of her cleavage. As such, his breath was taken away. “Stand up straight.”
Shen Qi did not understand why, but still she straightened her back as she was told to.
“Don’t bend over.” Ye Moxuan was afraid that her body would be exposed, since there were many people around.
It was fine if he was the only one who could see her body, but he would be pissed if other men could see her body as well.
Damn it, I should have chosen a more modest dress!
Shen Qi was puzzled and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Can you be more decent?”
Upon hearing that, Shen Qi widened her eyes in disbelief. “How am I not decent?”
She then took a look at her dress and understood what’s going on. Thereafter, she laughed, “Young Master Ye, aren’t you the one who picked this dress? Aren’t you contradicting yourself by saying that I’m not decent?”
Ye Moxuan replied, “Didn’t Xiao Su tell you that he was the one who picked this dress?”
At this time, Xiao Su chimed in from the side, “I’m sorry. I’ll definitely pick a more modest dress next time.”
Ye Moxuan gave a warning to Xiao Su with his gaze, to which the latter could only keep the blame to himself.
Ye Moxuan’s appearance caused a stir in the surrounding crowd. Even though he was in a wheelchair, the Ye Family was the wealthiest family in North City, and he was the President of Ye Group, so it was understandable that his appearance would attract the attention of many.
Although the limelight and attention were focused on Ye Moxuan, Shen Qi who was at his side caught some attention as well. She was clothed in a grayish blue long dress, and her silky soft hair was draped gracefully over her shoulders. She looked serene and composed, naturally catching the attention of both men and women at the scene.
Over the years, the number of dinners Ye Moxuan attended could be counted on his fingers, and the intervals between these dinners were long. Since he became the president of Ye Group, he had only attended dinners for about 5-6 times.
Be it a business dinner, or birthday parties of some wealthy heiresses, he would normally reject them.
As time went by, the name Ye Moxuan remained mysterious in the upper class society.
He was mysterious, resolute in his actions, handsome, and business-minded.
However, he was never seen with any women, so the rumor had spread that he was impotent, and slowly everyone just took it as a fact.
Now, many parents wanted their daughters to marry into the Ye Family, but after hearing that Ye Moxuan was impotent, they would naturally think twice before introducing their daughters to him.
Therefore, when Ye Moxuan brought along a woman to the dinner as witnessed by so many people, it naturally caught the attention of others.
“Who’s the girl beside Young Master Ye? She’s pretty good-looking. Is she some heiress from another group?”
“I don’t think so. Only her dress looks expensive; there’s nothing special about her. She’s probably Young Master Ye’s assistant or something.”
“Someone from Ye Group told me that Young Master Ye has indeed hired a new assistant recently. She was seen with him in the last dinner they attended, but she was dressed in ordinary clothes, so nobody paid any attention to her. This woman here should be the same person.”
“Oh, I see! What a bummer! And here I thought this woman could prove that Young Master Ye is not impotent.”
A few men burst into laughter over the topic. They then got together and continued to discuss Shen Qi in a disrespectful and indecent manner.
“If she’s just an assistant, then maybe we can hook up with her. She looks pretty decent, and she might be skillful in bed. Who knows?”
“That’s a good idea, but I laid my eyes on her first. You guys can’t jump the queue, alright?”
“Nobody’s jumping the queue. We’ll wait in line, or better yet, why don’t we come on to her together?”
“Hahaha!”
Facing the attention from all directions, Shen Qi lowered her gaze in anxiety. She tightened her grip on the wheelchair, and everything seemed to cast dark shadows which overlapped with each other.
Her chronic illness had struck her again, thereupon she felt a burn in her throat and she staggered backward.
Noticing her unusual behavior, Ye Moxuan squinted and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Qi shook her head. “N-Nothing.” Yet, her voice was already trembling slightly.
Ye Moxuan frowned, thereafter he recalled what happened in the shopping mall. When she was faced with all the attention and criticisms, she was totally powerless and unable to fight back. In a short while, her gaze gradually blurred and she was on the brink of collapse.
If he didn’t hold her up in time, she would definitely collapse onto the floor.
Shen Qin felt that her vision was gradually blurred, but she could only bite her lip and hold on.
Suddenly, she felt warmth on her hand; Ye Moxuan had reached out his hand over his shoulder and placed his palm onto Shen Qi’s. He then asked solemnly, “What are you nervous about?”
Shen Qi could feel the power in his hoarse voice. Her hands were small and ice-cold compared to his huge and warm hands; his palms were like a fire that could boil her blood and warm her heart.
Shen Qi had been nervous, but upon hearing his words, her eyelids fluttered. Then, she stared at the back of his head.
As though he knew what was on her mind, he added, “No one can harm you in my presence.”
Thud! His words were like a hammer that hit straight at Shen Qi’s heart with a thud.
She could feel her heart beating profusely. After all, Ye Moxuan had suddenly become reliable and trustworthy; his caring words swept her fears away, and when she raised her gaze again, her vision became crystal clear. It had never crossed her mind that her illness could one day be cured.
Ever since that incident, she had always been afraid of crowded places, especially the ones where she was the center of attention.
Nothing To Give But My Heart Chapter 100
As though countless dark clouds were hovering over Shen Qi, she was engulfed in darkness. It was a near-death experience, as if she was about to suffocate, and her heart almost stopped beating. But now, all her fears were easily resolved by Ye Moxuan.
“I’m sorry… I may cause more trouble for you if I stay, why don’t…” Shen Qi apologized softly.
“What? Are you going to back down? Now, you’re here only as my partner. In the future, there will be many more grander occasions where you will be introduced as my wife. Are you going to back down from all of those as well?”
What? Shen Qi was dumbfounded by his words, and could not come to her senses in a short while.
He said that in the future I would be introduced as his wife? Are we not going to get divorced?
When Shen Qi was in a trance, Ye Moxuan realized what he just said and frowned, taking a glimpse of Shen Qi from the corner of his eye.
As expected, that woman is daydreaming again.
Is she thinking about what I just said?
For no reason, Ye Moxuan felt a little uncomfortable. “I am talking to you. Do you hear me?”
Shen Qi came to her senses upon hearing that, and nodded dazedly. “Okay.”
Her tranced look and confused gaze actually matched the grayish blue dress she was in. Pushing Ye Moxuan from behind, her soft temperament blended well with Ye Moxuan’s cold and domineering disposition.
No one got in their way as they moved forward, not because no one wished to strike up a relationship with Ye Moxuan, but because they knew it was difficult to do so.
At long last, Mr Zhou—the man who invited Ye Moxuan—stood up with a goblet and greeted him.
“It’s my honor to have you here.”
Ye Moxuan’s gaze met with his, and said calmly, “I’m sorry that I left in the middle of our discussion on a possible collaboration some time back as I had other matters to attend to. Take my presence today as my apology to you.”
An apology? Would the second young master of Ye Group apologize to anyone?
No one would believe it if the news was spread out, but Ye Moxuan had phrased his words well, showing enough respect for Mr. Zhou.
On the other hand, Mr Zhou was calm and composed. He raised his goblet and said, “Thank you.”
Then, he turned his attention to Shen Qi, who was behind Ye Moxuan.
Shen Qi became nervous at his inquiring gaze.
Mr Zhou’s gaze did not linger on her face for long. He turned to Ye Moxuan and asked, “Young Master Ye?”
Ye Moxuan got his hint and asked Shen Qi to come closer.
“I’m going upstairs to discuss some matters with Mr Zhou.”
Upon hearing that, she was stunned. “Discuss some matters? Am I going with you?”
“You’ll stay here.”
Shen Qi turned pale. “I-I’ll stay here?”
“I’ll come back in 15 minutes.”
“Alright then.” She could do nothing but nod.
Soon after, Xiao Su disappeared with Ye Moxuan. Before Ye Moxuan left, he told Shen Qi not to move around, and stay there and wait for him.
Shen Qi had mixed feelings when she saw Ye Moxuan leave before her eyes.
In the last dinner they attended, she accompanied him as his assistant, but he left her behind.
Now she was here as his partner, but she was left behind again.
After Ye Moxuan left with Mr Zhou, only Shen Qi was left standing alone there. Before this, some people were curious about Shen Qi’s identity, but they did not dare to move forward and ask her because Ye Moxuan was around. Now Ye Moxuan had left, these people could not control their prying nature anymore and came forward to ask her all kinds of questions.
“Young Master Ye has never brought along a partner to dinners. Why the sudden change?”
“I heard that Young Master Ye has just married. Could this person be…”
“No!” A crystal clear voice interrupted him. Shen Qi tightened her fists and pretended to be calm, then she looked straight at the person and said, “Nice to meet you. I’m the new assistant to Young Master Ye. My surname is Shen.”
“Shen? I heard that Young Master Ye’s wife is named Shen Yue…”
Shen Qi’s face turned pale. “Oh really? Then I must be lucky enough to share the same surname as the second young lady of the Ye Family.”
She did not forget what Ye Moxuan told her.
Ye Moxuan said that no outsider should know that she was his wife, for it would be a disgrace should anyone find out about it.
“Is it true? His wife is named Shen, and his assistant is named Shen as well. Are you really not the same person?”
Shen Qi tried hard to keep the smile on her face. “Thank you for your compliment. But we’re really not the same person.”
“Oh, you’re really his assistant then.”
“It’s the first time we see Young Master Ye with a female assistant, and it’s not his wife.”
Shen Qi became nervous again. Her vision dimmed. She bit her lip and turned away from the crowd, and went over to a corner.
After she found a quiet corner and sat down, the attention slowly turned away from her. Her emotions calmed down after several moments, and her gaze became clear again.
She saw a glass of red wine on the table and picked it up, then she remembered she was pregnant, so she put the glass back on the table.
As soon as she put down the glass, a male voice was heard above her head.
“Assistant Shen, may I invite you to a dance?”
The sudden emergence of a male voice frightened Shen Qi. She raised her head at once and saw a dapper man clad in a suit smiling at her.
Shen Qi hurriedly shook her head. “Thanks, but I can’t dance.”
“It’s okay. I can teach you.”
Shen Qi lowered her gaze. “Sorry, but I really can’t.”
The man was a little disappointed, but he kept on smiling. “It’s alright. We don’t have to dance. Can I drink with you?”
Drink with me? Shen Qi raised her head again and took a look at him. He looked smart and did not seem to be a bad person, but his intention toward her was obvious. Shen Qi gave it a thought and decided to reject him.
“I can’t drink alcohol.”
“Alright then. Have a nice day.”
“Tut. She’s just an assistant but arrogance is written all over her face. Zhang Yufan, are you backing down just like that?”
When he was about to leave, a voice that was filled with ridicule and coldness was heard.
Hearing that voice, Shen Qi uncontrollably widened her eyes and turned her gaze to him.
Lu Xunchang, who was missing for a long time, now stood in front of Shen Qi. He was followed by three big guys, who were supposed to be his subordinates. He did not seem to be able to walk normally. Previously, he was charming and high-spirited, and would wake up to a different woman beside him every morning. But now, he looked more like a loser.
Upon seeing him, Shen Qi got up from her chair at once.
“Why? Are you afraid to see me here?” Lu Xunchang grinned at Shen Qi in a ferocious way, but his words were directed at Zhang Yufan. “Zhang Yufan, don’t you think you’re too cowardly as a man? Even an assistant with no significance was able to turn you down. For a woman like herself, don’t you think you should teach her a lesson?”
Zhang Yufan was a decent and educated man, so he frowned at the vulgar words Lu Xunchang uttered.
“President Lu, I think you’ve crossed the line. I don’t force my will on anyone. So what if she’s just an assistant? Don’t you think that respect is mutual?”