CHAPTER 303: CHAPTER 303

Seeing the man’s accusatory expression, Jiang Moxi guessed what it was about and raised an eyebrow to ask her, "Saw the trending search?"

"Mhm, I heard it blew up all the headlines on search engines, hard to miss even if you wanted to." Fu Youhan was still sitting on the sofa, looking at Jiang Moxi with a half-smile. But deep within his eyes, ice had already formed.

In fact, he wasn’t in the habit of clicking on trending headlines to read the news, but today, when Chi Jing was reporting to him, he was hesitating and observing in secret, which led Fu Youhan to ask if something was wrong.

So, Chi Jing placed the morning’s headline news right in front of Fu Youhan.

Apart from analyzing the news’ popularity for Fu Youhan, Chi Jing also reported to him the online comments about how Cang Ming and Jiang Moxi made a good match, as a caution.

But in truth, by that time Fu Youhan had already become deaf to all else, his gaze nailed to the video segment where Cang Ming, holding fresh flowers, was half kneeling in front of Jiang Moxi.

The concert venue was noisy, and even though many people had captured that scene, no one managed to record what exactly the two of them said.

But from the video, one could see that Jiang Moxi did share a few words with Cang Ming, who maintained a smile throughout, making their conversation seem very light and comfortable.

Even now, that scene was on a loop in Fu Youhan’s mind, causing his heart to feel an unexplainable restlessness.

He could distinctly realize that his feelings for Jiang Moxi were more than just possessiveness.

It might be liking, or even love...

But the more he understood the reason for his loss of emotional control, the more irritable Fu Youhan became.

He had fallen for Jiang Moxi, might even have fallen in love with her, but what about Jiang Moxi?

Did she fall in love with Fu Youhan?

Probably not.

Even if it was just a little bit of liking, she should know to keep her distance from the opposite sex.

Agitated, he stood up from the couch and slowly approached Jiang Moxi, grasping her delicate chin and asked her condescendingly,

"Do you like Blue Rose? Or do you like men who don’t even bother to button up before making a scene outside?"

Jiang Moxi suddenly swatted Fu Youhan’s hand away and lightly laughed: "I don’t like Blue Rose, nor do I like watching others, but I want to watch you. Will you let me?"

This was an answer Fu Youhan never expected.

He stared at Jiang Moxi’s slightly upturned eyes and naturally charming little face, suddenly revealing a mischievously indulgent smile.

"Sure, since you want to see, of course I’ll let you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Youhan picked up Jiang Moxi horizontally and headed towards the bedroom...

But Jiang Moxi had never imagined that,

They would sleep until the next afternoon before leisurely waking up. When Fu Youhan got up to order room service, Jiang Moxi saw several missed calls from Si Lin on her phone.

Some of these calls came in the previous night during her and Fu Youhan’s passionate moment, others were from this morning.

In addition to missed calls, he had sent several messages.

Jiang Moxi opened the latest message, only to see it read: "Jiang Moxi, didn’t you promise to come to my birthday party? Are you going to stand me up now?"

It was then that Jiang Moxi remembered her promise to attend Si Lin’s birthday party.

She reckoned the calls from Si Lin last night and this morning were reminders to attend on time.

But because she and Fu Youhan were too engrossed last night, they both set their phones to silent mode.

Fearing that recalling last night’s memories would bring certain not-child-friendly scenes to mind, Jiang Moxi quickly replied to Si Lin: "Woke up late, I’ll get ready and come over."

After sending the message, Jiang Moxi shared lunch with Fu Youhan, then rushed off to Nanfeng Manor.

Fu Youhan also got in Chi Jing’s car and left Tianqin Bay after breakfast.

Chi Jing, as usual, reported the matters to be handled today to Fu Youhan and then mentioned something else.

"Today is Young Master Si’s birthday. There’s a birthday party at Nanfeng Manor with a hunting theme, and they have sent you an invitation. Will you attend?"

"Do I look like someone who has nothing better to do than to go hunting with him?" Fu Youhan looked out of the car window at the quickly passing street view, his eyes filled with coldness.

Even after spending the most intimate moments with Jiang Moxi last night, he still felt an emptiness inside.

Because in his relationship with Jiang Moxi, Fu Youhan had always been unable to grasp whether she was truly invested or ready to leave at any moment.

That’s why he disliked the flies buzzing around Jiang Moxi even more.

Si Lin was one of those flies.

Fu Youhan didn’t want to see him at all right now, let alone attend his birthday party.

"Alright then, I’ll arrange for someone to send a gift to Young Master Si."

Chi Jing picked up on Fu Youhan’s displeasure and quickly moved past the topic, driving off into the distance.

*

Ye Chen also received an invitation from Si Lin.

In fact, Ye Chen didn’t plan to attend Si Lin’s birthday party either, not only because Si Lin had always been at odds with both him and Fu Youhan, but also because he hadn’t slept at all last night.

After having Manager He captured last night, he interrogated him all night. He nearly tortured half the life out of Mr. He, but Mr. He still insisted he hadn’t touched Yu Dingding.

In the end, Ye Chen believed Mr. He; after all, Mr. He had been tormented to the point of being neither human nor ghost, he definitely wouldn’t dare lie to him.

But if it wasn’t Mr. He, then who was it?

From dawn, Ye Chen had been sitting in the villa’s living room smoking, smoking continuously until daylight and yet he couldn’t figure out the answer. Then he saw Yu Dingding dressed and ready to leave.

"Where are you off to so early?"

"Boss Li asked me out to have a meal, I’ll be back soon." Yu Dingding played with her hair and touched up her lipstick in the living room mirror.

Watching the woman getting dolled up, Ye Chen felt his breath hitch in his chest: "How could you possibly return if you go out!"

As a man, how could Ye Chen not understand what these people were thinking when they asked Yu Dingding out for meals?

If they got to drink a little, they’d take advantage of the alcohol and roll into bed...

Ye Chen believed that Yu Dingding could also see through these men’s petty tricks; otherwise, she wouldn’t have always kept her distance in the past.

But now...

Was she simply angry with him, Ye Chen, and that was why she continued to do things that would irritate him, or had she slept with other men and thus began to let loose?

Ye Chen couldn’t figure out what Yu Dingding was thinking anymore; he just felt like she was sand slipping through his fingers, the more he tried to hold on to her, the faster she seemed to slip away.

"If I can’t come back, then I can’t come back. Didn’t you say as well, our relationship is consensual?" Yu Dingding continued to adjust her lipstick in the mirror, locking eyes with Ye Chen through the reflection.

For a moment, Ye Chen didn’t know how to respond to Yu Dingding.

The words ’consensual’ were indeed spoken by him, but he truly couldn’t bear to maintain such an open relationship with Yu Dingding.

Seeing Yu Dingding finish preening and ready to leave with her handbag, Ye Chen hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her: "Don’t go, stay with me."

"How can I accompany you? I don’t want to accompany you to sleep, nor do I want to spend time with you in those boring places like Night Color." Yu Dingding’s beautiful face was full of mockery.

Ye Chen suddenly noticed the invitation on the table, and thought of the hunting-themed birthday party hosted by Si Lin.

"Accompany me to the hunt, that should be quite interesting!"