Chapter 59: Reluctance
Although the photo was very blurred, Qin Muxuan could still recognize that the man was Gu Zijin according to his figure. Also, in the photo, he seemed to be kissing Yan Yuxiao.
Qin Muxuan clicked the link, finding that the rumours about Gu Zijin and Yan Yuxiao had been widely spreading on the Internet over the past few days. She was totally upset by the reports of Gu Zijin and Yan Yuxiao dining together and walking into the same hotel. Then she suddenly remembered that Yan Yuxiao had brought Gu Zijin’s clothes here. At last, Qin Muxuan turned off her phone and didn’t want to keep looking anymore.
At night, Yan Yuxiao decided to stay in the Gu’s house, so Elderly Lady Gu prepared a guest room for her. After Gu Zijin came out from the study, he saw Qin Muxuan already fall asleep on the bed. With a tender look in his eyes, he took off his clothes and went to take a shower.
Hearing the sound of the running water, Qin Muxuan opened her eyes. Actually, she wanted to ask Gu Zijin how he managed to pretend a caring attitude toward her on her birthday after he had slept with Yan Yuxiao in a hotel room on the day before.Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.
However, she still closed her eyes, not having the courage to ask anything. Even if Gu Zijin told her that he liked to do so, she didn’t have the right to blame him. After all, according to the law, she had no relationship with Gu Zijin except the fact that she was the mother of his son.
The next day.
As Qin Muxuan woke up from her dream, she heard Gu Zijin opening the door and leaving. Then she felt like there were thousands of ants biting her heart. ‘Did he go to find Yan Yuxiao?’ Overwhelmed by such questions, she wondered if she had gone crazy.
“Dabai, Dabai, are you awake? Daddy has already finished cooking breakfast.”
Qin Xiaobai’s excited voice came through from outside. Ever since he had the meal cooked by Gu Zijin, he always hoped to have another bite. After finding the comer was not someone else, Qin Muxuan got relieved and sat up, saying,
“I’ll go eat breakfast after getting dressed. Xiaobai, you can go first.”
“Fine, hurry, mommy.”
Qin Xiaobai then ran downstairs with his two short legs. Seeing Yan Yuxiao also entering the kitchen, Qin Xiaobai couldn’t help but frown. ‘Why does she always stick to my daddy like glue? Daddy already has me and Dabai!’ Qin Xiaobai, as upset as he was, walked into the kitchen right away and said in an innocent voice,
“Miss Yan, can you pour a glass of water for me? I can not reach the glass.”
Hearing his request, Yan Yuxiao could only reply to him in a tender voice considering Gu Zijin was there,
“Of course I can.”
Qin Xiaobai was well aware that Yan Yuxiao only wanted to stay with Gu Zijin instead of getting water. With Xiaobai’s mouth twitched, he thought, “This woman ignored everything I’ve said last time. Didn’t she remember that I’ve warned her not to come close to my daddy?’ After Yan Yuxiao poured a glass of water, she handed it to Xiaobai and said softly,
“Xiaobai, drink this. Be careful with the hot water.”
After Qin Xiaobai took the glass, he said with dissatisfaction,
“Miss Yan, it’s too hot. Can you make it cooler?”
After he had said that, the look on Yan Yuxiao’s face changed a bit. However, she still blew the water for Xiaobai. When she handed the glass to Qin Xiaobai again, the latter didn’t drink it and showed a sullen look, saying,
“Miss Yan, you’ve made the water dirty. What if your saliva dropped into the glass?”
Yan Yuxiao’s face flushed with anger. She knew that Qin Xiaobai was picking on her on purpose. However, now she was in the Gu’s house and Qin Xiaobai was the last person she wanted to offend. Therefore she could only apologize with a smile,
“Sorry, it’s my fault.”
After Gu Zijin had cooked the porridge, he walked out of the kitchen. Qin Muxuan happened to go downstairs at this moment and smelled the delicious food. As she saw Yan Yuxiao, Gu Zijin and Qin Xiaobai staying in the living room together, she suddenly felt herself not able to fit in. Seeing Yan Yuxiao talking and behaving in a graceful manner like a lady, Qin Muxuan remembered the five years when she had been in the slums. All roads lead to Rome, but someone was born in Rome and never left. Qin Muxuan lowered her head to hide the emotion in her eyes.
As Gu Zijin saw Qin Muxuan standing on the stairs, he frowned and called her,
“Qin Muxuan.”
Hearing that, Qin Muxuan walked downstairs. Gu Zijin asked her with a worried look in his eyes,
“You didn’t sleep well last night?”
Qin Muxuan shook her head, but Gu Zijin still tried to touch her forehead to check if she had a fever. Qin Muxuan, face turning pale, suddenly remembered that photo in which his hand was put on Yan Yuxiao’s waist. Then she felt reluctant to let him touch her and took a step back, saying,
“I’m fine. Just a bit tired because of work.”
“Have a good rest. If you feel too tired, you can quit your job.”
Qin Muxuan nodded slowly. Yan Yuxiao who witnessed that was already simmering with rage. ‘Zijin never treats me like this. Qin Muxuan, you are just pretending to be weak in order to gain his attention.’ Thinking of that, Yan Yuxiao held back her anger. She believed that one day she would definitely get back at Qin Muxuan. Now that Qin Muxuan had stayed with Gu Zijin for two months and still not followed the contract and left, Yan Yuxiao assumed that Qin Muxuan was not so easy to deal with, so Yan Yuxiao decided to think over this matter before taking action.
Elderly Lady Gu went downstairs with her walking stick. As she saw Yan Yuxiao, the look on her face turned pleasant,
“Zijin, lately Yuxiao has been busy shooting the film. Don’t forget to drive her to the filming site.”
Hearing that, Yan Yuxiao curled her lips. Gu Zijin didn’t say anything, which meant he neither agreed nor refused. Qin Muxuan lowered her head and ate the meal the whole time. After breakfast, Uncle Chen sent Qin Muxuan to her firm while Yan Yuxiao got in Gu Zijin’s car. Qin Xiaobai pulled Qin Muxuan’s sleeve and asked,
“Dabai, are you unhappy now?”
Qin Muxuan got a bit dazed hearing that. After coming back to her sense, she said,
“Why did you ask that?”
“Because the look in your eyes was very sad just now. Is it because of dad?”
Qin Muxuan shook her head and touched Qin Xiaobai’s head. She still regarded Xiaobai as a little kid who couldn’t understand a lot of things among adults. Such things were in themselves quite complicated. What was more, sometimes she herself even couldn’t understand why she cared more and more about Gu Zijin or why she would feel so upset as if she was about to be suffocated when seeing Gu Zijin and Yan Yuxiao being together.
After she arrived at her firm, Qin Feng sensed that Qin Muxuan was rather listless today, so he made a cup of coffee for Qin Muxuan specially and said,
“The thing happening in your family, is it serious?”
It took a long while for Qin Muxuan to remember that she had used the excuse of having an accident in her family to reply to him that day. Then she answered perfunctorily,
“Nothing, I just didn’t sleep well last night.”
“I see.”
Qin Feng returned to his seat without saying anything. At the end of the day, Qin Muxuan had made a lot of mistakes on her drawings. As Qin Feng checked her work, he said with a frown,
“Qin Muxuan, this is below your standard.”
While Qin Muxuan kept apologizing, Qin Feng looked at the time and found it was about time to get off work, so he said,
“Why don’t you get off work early today to have a rest? Get back here when you feel better tomorrow.”