Li Mochan’s handso face darkened as he rose to his feet and chased after her.
"It’s class ti now, does everyone plan to not go to class and stand around here writing reflections instead?" Wei Bei spoke with a sinister tone.
"In two minutes, every classroom will start roll call, and all the students who are late will face punishnt."
In an instant, the students who were eager to witness the gossip scattered and ran off.
The commotion settled down, and Beisen returned to its tranquility.
On the school path, just as Ye Jiuliang had put on her helt and the key was already in, it suddenly vanished into thin air.
Looking up into the man’s deep and dark eyes, Ye Jiuliang’s brows furrowed slightly, "Give back my key."
"Let’s talk," Li Mochan said, his gaze deep as he watched her, his magnetic voice carrying a tenderness that belonged only to her.
Ye Jiuliang turned her head away, refusing to look at him, "There’s nothing to talk about."
"Are you sure?" The bitterness that he had just managed to suppress in his chest rose again.
"I..." Facing the man’s delicate eyes filled with her reflection, the harsh words she intended got stuck in her throat and she simply couldn’t say them.
After a silence, she reached up, removed her helt, and got off the motorcycle.
"What do you want to talk about?"
Li Mochan said, "You once said you’re easy to coax, does that still stand now?"
Ye Jiuliang paused, finally lifting her eyes to et his. She moved her lips, her voice slightly hoarse, "You don’t need to do this."
He stubbornly pressed on, "Does it still stand?"
"Li Mochan, we’re not suitable for each other, stop wasting your ti on ," Ye Jiuliang said firmly.
"So, just because you say we’re not suitable, you’re going to distance yourself from , avoid , and completely push out of your world?" Li Mochan’s tone was tinged with anger.
Feeling guilty, Ye Jiuliang said, "I’m not avoiding you."
"You had already checked out of the Wanbai Hotel when I went there yesterday," he accused, his voice carrying a trace of vulnerability, "and now, as soon as the test is over, you’re in a rush to leave again."
He suddenly stepped forward, his cold fingertips grasping her wrist, "Ye Jiuliang, what do I an to you, really? Am I just a person you can do without?"
Hearing that he had gone to the Wanbai Hotel again, Ye Jiuliang stiffened for a mont, and then, upon hearing his subsequent words, her gaze lowered.
After a long pause, she could only muster two words, "I’m sorry."
Li Mochan laughed mockingly, his fingertips pinching her chin, forcing her to look up, "Don’t dodge my question, do I really an nothing to you in your heart?"
Ye Jiuliang turned her head away, breaking free from his hold, her words final, "I only ever considered you a regular friend."
As the warm touch slipped away from her fingertips, Li Mochan’s gaze grew dim, his voice steady, "You, say, that, again."
Ye Jiuliang pursed her lips, reaching out to snatch back her key.
Li Mochan’s eyes darkened as he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms, Ye Jiuliang frantically trying to push him away.
All of a sudden, his magnetic voice ca up close to her ear, "Wolf pup, I’m craving hot and sour noodles."
At the sound of "wolf pup," a thunderous unrest rolled through Ye Jiuliang’s heart.
The man’s clean and cool scent engulfed her, rattling Ye Jiuliang’s calm in a way rarely seen.
She pushed him strenuously, but he only held her tighter.
"Li Mochan, if you don’t let go now, I’ll not be polite to you," she threatened angrily.
"Wolf pup, I want to eat hot and sour noodles," he said, tilting his head and rubbing it against her clear and jade-like little face. All pretenses of steadiness and being unapproachable went to the dogs.
To woo his wife, what did pride matter?
Forcibly ignoring his call of "wolf pup," Ye Jiuliang strenuously pried his hands off, "Li Mochan, you clearly can’t eat spicy food, so stop playing with and let go already."
Damn it.
What on earth is he up to with this unpredictable behavior?
Why did the painting style suddenly change?
Finally, it was not the deliberately distant tone from earlier. Li Mochan hooked his lips in satisfaction, his hand tightening around her waist.
"Who says I can’t eat spicy food?" Half of his weight pressed down on Ye Jiuliang, and the sourness that was stuck in her heart instantly dissipated.
He had discovered that his little wolf cub was receptive to gentleness but not to force.
Ye Jiuliang’s lips twitched, and she unceremoniously slapped him on the back, "Li Mochan, did you not wake up properly today? Stop acting shalessly and let go of already."
"I didn’t sleep at all last night." His tone was full of grievance.
"What does your lack of sleep have to do with ?" Ye Jiuliang retorted irritably.
With so effort, she blushed, struggling to push him away.
"Wolf Cub, I..." As she took a step back, he moved a step closer.
Ye Jiuliang cut him off, her usual composed deanor gone, she said frantically, "Stop right there, don’t co any closer, and also, don’t ever call ..."
"Wolf Cub" were three words she truly found difficult to utter.
It was simply...
Chilling.
"Not allowed to call you what?" His lanky fra leaned forward, Li Mochan’s lips curling into a smile.
He really was like a poison to her.
Ye Jiuliang remained silent, snatched back her keys, straddled the motorcycle, and without even donning a helt, she rode off in a hurry.
Li Mochan didn’t try to stop her, watching her retreating figure, a bright smile spreading across his lips.
...
"What did you say, Ye Jiuliang is the top of her class?" Just after filling two large vats with water at the ancestral hall, Ye Miao received a call from Li Jingqi, and his pale face imdiately turned gloomy.
"How is that possible? Ye Jiuliang has always been known in school for being at the bottom, she has never passed any subject, how could she possibly rank first in the entire grade."
On the other end of the line, Li Jingqi recounted what had happened at Beisen earlier that day, and after listening, Ye Miao’s face turned as dark as charcoal.
After hanging up, he kicked over a water bucket by his foot in fury.
Ye Jiuliang, you’ve really hidden yourself well, playing us all for fools. We’ll see about that.
At that mont, in the living room, Master Ye scrutinized the person opposite him and hesitated before speaking, "Did you solve the school issue?"
Called back halfway, Ye Jiuliang was full of drowsiness. After taking cold dicine, her head felt heavy and uncomfortable.
She humd a response, unable to hide the fatigue in her eyes.
"It’s been a few days since you moved out, you must have had enough ti to cool off. Your room has been cleaned up. You should move back in today." His tone was sowhat soothing but still carried a hint of command.
Ye Jiuliang, "I’ve found a place."
At this, Master Ye’s expression turned imdiately serious, his voice hoarse, "Just for this small matter, you want to move out of the Ye Family? Jiuliang, don’t be too unruly."
"If you find unruly, how about sending back to Country Y? Out of sight, out of mind." Ye Jiuliang’s tone was light.
"You..." Master Ye was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
"So what do you want? Amiao has also been punished, isn’t that enough?"
The drowsiness intensified. Ye Jiuliang got straight to the point, "Let move out or I quit school and go back to Country Y."
Her assertive stance gave Master Ye a headache.
"Do you insist on moving out?"
"Mhm."
A mont later, Master Ye exhaled, "Moving out is fine, but I have conditions."
"You must co back every Sunday and also return to Beisen for classes."
Ye Jiuliang humd in agreent, which was as good as a yes.
Having little luggage at the Ye Family, Ye Jiuliang left with empty hands.
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