Mu Qian originally thought that Huo Jinxi would be furious after she said these words, but when she looked at Huo Jinxi, she saw that his face was still calm, and he looked at her quietly, as if all his emotions were contained.
Don't look into those deep eyes.
Mu Qian was not interested in exploring what he was thinking, and quickly looked away, "I have given you my answer, can you go home now? Qi Ran should still be waiting at home."
After saying that, she stood up and was about to turn around and leave when Huo Jinxi suddenly called her out: "Mu Qian."
Mu Qian turned to look at him, "Mr. Huo, is there anything else you want to say?"
Huo Jinxi's uninterested eyes fell on her face and he only asked: "Who is Xiaoxiao?"
Mu Qian originally had a smile on her face, but after Huo Jinxi asked this question, the smile on her face suddenly froze for a moment, and then she asked: "Who?"
When she said this word, her voice was obviously a little hoarse.
Huo Jinxi still looked at her calmly, "You don't know who I'm asking?"
Mu Qian's face suddenly regained its calmness, but this calmness seemed a bit desolate.
She said: "I don't know."
After saying this, she no longer waited for Huo Jinxi, turned around and walked out of the office.
Huo Jinxi sat in the chair and watched her leave quietly, never moving.
Mu Qian went downstairs, and the driver was waiting at the door. Seeing her coming out alone, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Miss Mu, why are you alone? Where is Mr. Huo?"
He opened the car door for Mu Qian. Mu Qian was already preparing to get in the car, but she suddenly realized, "You want to wait for him, right? Then I'll call a car and go."
She took out her mobile phone and used the app to call a taxi. The driver saw that her hands seemed a little unsteady when she entered the address, and that her face looked bad. He quickly and cautiously asked: "Miss Mu, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Mu Qian suddenly put away her phone before she could call a car, "It's not easy to call here. I'll wait for the car on the road."
She turned around and walked straight to the wide road. The driver followed her for a while uneasily, trying to persuade her to get in the car, but Mu Qian seemed not to hear his words and kept walking forward firmly.
The driver did not dare to leave the car for too long. Seeing that he could not persuade Mu Qian to return, he could only stop and watch her leave and then hurried back to the car.
Mu Qian stood on the side of the road for a full hour before she finally saw an empty taxi. The temperature dropped sharply at night, and she was chilled by the wind. After getting in the car, she seemed unable to recover.
The driver asked her three times where she was going. It was the third time that Mu Qian finally heard her. When she opened her mouth to answer, she found that her mind went blank and she couldn't think of where she was going.
She sat quietly in the car for a long time before finally taking out her cell phone and dialing Ye Xi's number.
No one answered the first time, no one answered the second time, and the third time, Ye Xi answered immediately, breathing slightly and calling her: "Qianqian, what's the matter? I was taking a shower just now..."
Mu Qian felt like there were thousands of threads in her mind. After a long time, she sorted out one of them and finally said: "Yi Zi, he just asked me, who is Xiaoxiao..."
On the other end of the phone, Ye Xi suddenly sat up from the bed while listening to the call, "Who? Huo Jinxi?"
Then, Mu Qian chuckled on the phone, "Tell me, should I tell him who Xiaoxiao is?"
But before Ye Xi could answer, she suddenly whispered again: "No, I won't tell him."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mu Qian hung up the phone.
Ye Xi felt anxious when she heard the disconnected call and quickly called back, but Mu Qian didn't answer the phone again.
She was anxious to continue typing, but suddenly a slender man's hand stretched out from beside her, took her mobile phone, and said in a calm tone: "What happened?"
Ye Xi turned her head and looked at Ye Jinfan who was lying beside her.
He was leaning on the bed with his upper body naked, looking at her with the satisfaction after love in his eyes.
Ye Xi had completely withdrawn from the previous affair, and all she could think about was Mu Qian's phone call just now.
"Huo Jinxi...he heard us talking today." Ye Xi said, "He asked Qianqian, who is Xiaoxiao..."
After hearing this, Ye Jinfan stretched out his hand to take her into his arms, and said calmly: "Then let him know."
Ye Xi lay on his chest with confusion in her eyes. After a moment, she slowly shook her head.
…
When Mu Qian returned to the apartment, it was already after midnight.
As soon as she opened the door and entered the house, someone suddenly came forward and hugged her leg. When Mu Qian lowered her head, she saw Huo Qiran.
She quickly pulled away his hand and knelt down to look at him, "Why aren't you asleep yet? What time is it?"
Huo Qiran looked at her eagerly, his clear eyes filled with grievances.
Mu Qian knew that he was probably waiting for her, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, holding his hand and accompanying him upstairs, "It's not like I won't come back, why are you staying here?"
After going up to the second floor and passing Huo Jinxi's bedroom, Mu Qiancai asked again: "Your father hasn't come back?"
Huo Qiran nodded.
Mu Qian took him back to his room and urged him to go to bed.
He was barefoot just now, but now that he was in bed, his feet were still cold.
Seeing this, Mu Qian walked into the bathroom, twisted a hot towel, lifted his little feet and wiped him a few times, then wrapped them in a towel and warmed them for a while before putting his feet into the bed, "Go to sleep.
"
Huo Qiran was lying on the bed, but still looking at her with his eyes wide open.
Mu Qian stared at him quietly for a moment, then suddenly lowered her head, kissed his forehead gently, and whispered: "Go to sleep."
Huo Qiran seemed to be soothed by her kiss, and actually showed a slightly shy smile, and after a moment, he really closed his eyes.
Mu Qian kept guarding him until he fell asleep. She was still sitting by the bed, watching him quietly.
…
The next morning, S Hotel.
When Ye Xi woke up in the morning, she had a headache.
She spent the night in a hotel last night, and she always had some choice of bed. Coupled with Mu Qian's phone call, she didn't sleep well all night, so she ordered a cup of black coffee to refresh herself as soon as she walked into the restaurant.
Unexpectedly, not long after she ordered her meal and before her coffee was served, someone suddenly appeared in front of her, "Hello, Miss Ye."
Ye Xi looked up and saw the face of a strange man.
The other party handed over a business card and said, "I am Mr. Huo Jinxi's special assistant Qi Yuan. Mr. Huo wants to talk to you about something."
Qi Yuan said, raising his hand and pointing to the seat by the window.
In the early morning, there were very few people in the hotel's Western restaurant, and the row of seats next to the floor-to-ceiling windows seemed quiet and empty.
Ye Xi saw Huo Jinxi sitting in the middle and couldn't help biting her lip.
She just met this man for the first time yesterday, and she didn't expect to see him for the second time so soon.
Ye Xi thought for a while, got up, walked over, and sat down in front of Huo Jinxi.