Yi Wulan looked at Mu Yanxi with a complicated expression: “You… don’t recognize me?”
“Y-yes.” Mu Yanxi’s hands, hidden under the covers, clenched the bedsheets. “Are we supposed to know each other?”
Yi Wulan reached out and touched Mu Yanxi’s forehead. “Your forehead is still a bit warm. It might be because of the high fever. I’ll have the doctor come take a look.”
The calm voice and slightly worried expression made Mu Yanxi lower her guard a little. In the few minutes it took for the doctor to arrive, she stared at Yi Wulan and showered her with praise.
Things like, “Elder Sister, you’re so beautiful,” “Elder Sister, do you have a partner?” and “The person who gets to marry you must be perfect.”
At first, she was praising Yi Wulan, but gradually, it smoothly transitioned into a thorough compliment of Yi Wulan’s wife.
In other words, she praised herself from head to toe.
Just as Yi Wulan was about to be unable to listen anymore, the doctor finally arrived, fashioning a few instruments to give Mu Yanxi a basic check-up.
Yi Wulan waited patiently for the doctor to finish the examination and asked, “Doctor, her memory seems to be confused. Was it caused by the high fever last night? How long will this condition last?”
The doctor was surprised for a moment upon hearing this, but his expression quickly turned serious. He cleared his throat. “This can indeed happen after a high fever, but it’s quite rare. We’ll have to wait for the fever to subside before we can make a specific judgment.”
Yi Wulan nodded. “So we can’t perform other tests until the fever is gone?”
“The patient’s temperature was quite high when she was brought in last night. We did a comprehensive examination on her, and all her data were within the normal range. Frequent CT scans aren’t good for the body either.” The doctor said something to the nurse behind him, then turned back. “I’ll give her a shot to bring the fever down first.”
Hearing this, the nurse took out a long, thin needle from the medical kit she had just brought, attached it to a syringe, and pushed it slightly, causing medicine to bead at the tip.
Under the light, the needle seemed to brandish itself threateningly in front of Mu Yanxi.
Staring at the long needle in the nurse’s hand, which looked like it could pierce right through her, Mu Yanxi suddenly found it hard to keep up the act.
Was it too late to confess that she was just trying to pull a prank?
After all, that’s how it’s always written in novels. A high fever damages the brain, there’s nothing wrong with that, right?
And who was it for that her ability had to level up? She had been running a fever all night and felt incredibly wronged, so what was wrong with faking it a little?
Mu Yanxi’s scalp tingled as she tried to dodge to the side.
She moved too abruptly, and the hand that had been propped on the edge of the bed missed its mark. Losing her balance, she started to fall off the side of the bed.
Fortunately, a hand firmly supported her lower back. Strands of hair with a familiar cool fragrance brushed against her cheek, and even after Mu Yanxi had steadied herself, the hand didn’t leave.
Mu Yanxi looked at the needle and shook her head in refusal. “I never needed this kind of fever-reducing shot before. I’ll get better on my own soon.”
The doctor frowned. “But your situation is rather special this time. Your temperature was quite high last night, and now your memory is also affected. We must treat it as soon as possible to avoid causing more after-effects.”
Then, as if to prove a point, she turned and tugged on Yi Wulan’s sleeve. “If you don’t believe me, Doctor, you can ask her. You have to treat patients based on their past medical history, right?”
After speaking, Mu Yanxi buried her head in Yi Wulan’s embrace, feeling both guilty and defiant. “Anyway, I don’t get shots.”
The next second, Yi Wulan sighed with great regret, her voice tinged with a hint of chilliness. “My apologies. I forgot you’re pretending to have amnesia right now.”
So she could still remember her past medical history.
Mu Yanxi: …
Mu Yanxi was not okay at all. Her body instantly stiffened.
Before Mu Yanxi could say anything, Yi Wulan turned to the doctor. “Doctor, let’s observe for a while longer. If there are still problems, we can give her the shot then.”
The doctor glanced at the interaction between the two, raised an eyebrow, and considerately led the nurse out.
If Mu Yanxi hadn’t been so guilty, she would have noticed that this doctor, wearing a mask, was the very same family doctor who had treated her before.
But unfortunately, she was too consumed by guilt to notice something so obvious.
The door to the hospital room clicked shut, and the air inside gradually grew still.
Yi Wulan said nothing. She simply released Mu Yanxi’s hand, returned to the sofa, opened her laptop, and started handling business matters, not sparing her a single glance.
Mu Yanxi frowned as she watched Yi Wulan type, trying to guess her mood.
Didn’t she just not want Yi Wulan to worry, so she specifically told Chen Xu not to tell her? And she was afraid Yi Wulan would give her a hard time, so she accidentally came up with this terrible idea.
That shouldn’t be it, right? Yi Wulan usually seemed cold, but she never got truly angry with her. The few times she had ignored her were due to her own reasons. She wouldn’t get angry over such a small thing, would she?
Mu Yanxi struggled for a while but couldn’t figure out what Yi Wulan was thinking. Plus, the heat in her body hadn’t completely subsided. Before long, her vision started to double as she looked at Yi Wulan, and she grew drowsy.
Before completely losing consciousness, Mu Yanxi was still thinking groggily that maybe Yi Wulan was just too busy with work to pay attention to her.
She had teased and tested Yi Wulan’s limits so many times before, and Yi Wulan had never gotten angry. It couldn’t be that now that they’d had some substantial intimate contact, Yi Wulan would start ignoring her, right?
No way, no way, that shouldn’t be it.
After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Mu Yanxi stumbled on a step in her dream, which jolted her awake with a shiver.
This time, the IV drip in her left hand had been removed, and her body temperature had returned to normal. She patiently felt for the core of her ability deep in her abdomen; it was fuller than ever before, continuously circulating with life force.
It seemed her ability really had leveled up.
Not only had it leveled up, but from the immense fluctuations of her ability’s core, Mu Yanxi also sensed a strong, familiar wave of energy.
It was almost close to the ability she possessed when she was self-repairing in the other dimension.
This was undoubtedly good news.
Mu Yanxi brushed aside the sweat-dampened hair on her forehead and subconsciously looked for Yi Wulan, only to find the large hospital room empty.
Mu Yanxi scrambled up in a hurry. Recalling Yi Wulan’s lukewarm attitude before she fell asleep, a sense of panic inexplicably rose in her heart. She got out of bed without even bothering to find her slippers.
The VIP room had an inner and outer section. Fortunately, just as Mu Yanxi pushed open the door, she found Yi Wulan in the small living room outside.
Yi Wulan was standing by the window, on the phone. Her fluent French, combined with her slightly lowered voice, sounded particularly pleasant to the ear.
Her soft hair was gently stirred by the cool autumn breeze, dancing on her white trench coat. The sunlight draped over her shoulders, making for an exceptionally beautiful sight.
Mu Yanxi didn’t have to wait long before Yi Wulan finished her call and turned around.
Seeing Yi Wulan’s relatively normal expression, the panic in Mu Yanxi’s heart dissipated slightly. She trotted over to Yi Wulan and smiled as she usually did. “I thought you’d left. So you were here making a call. My fever’s gone, when can I be discharged?”
She walked to Yi Wulan’s side, expertly shaking her arm. Her fingertips restlessly played with the belt of Yi Wulan’s trench coat.
Yi Wulan, however, remained silent, merely humming in acknowledgment.
After shaking her arm for a while without getting a response, Mu Yanxi had no choice but to change the subject. “I’m so hungry. Where’s breakfast?”
Although Mu Yanxi had taken a nap after waking up, it was only a little past nine, the perfect time for breakfast.
Yi Wulan’s expression was blank. She sized Mu Yanxi up for a good while before gesturing with her eyes to the table nearby. “Over there.”
Mu Yanxi walked to the table and sat down. She opened the insulated container, and her eyes curved into crescents when she saw her favorite breakfast inside. She took out the items, tier by tier.
Just as she was about to ask Yi Wulan to join her, she saw Yi Wulan turn her head away again, continuing to gaze out the window, not sparing her another glance.
Mu Yanxi: ???
Mu Yanxi was dumbfounded. After the last time Yi Wulan ignored her in the study, she hadn’t experienced this feeling of being given the cold shoulder for a long time.
Except last time, Yi Wulan was the one hiding things from her, so the fault lay with Yi Wulan, and Mu Yanxi could be righteously indignant.
But this time, it seemed… it seemed she was the one who had acted on her own and hidden things from Yi Wulan.
Looking at Yi Wulan’s beautiful side profile, bathed in sunlight, Mu Yanxi’s heart skipped a beat. She suddenly had a very bad feeling.
Yi Wulan… seemed to be truly, genuinely angry.
Perhaps taking into account that she couldn’t eat anything too fresh or fishy, after eating the only two shrimp dumplings, Mu Yanxi looked at Yi Wulan’s back and lost her appetite for the rest of the food.
She wiped her mouth, cautiously walked over, and clutched the side of Yi Wulan’s trench coat, looking at her with pleading eyes. “Yi Wulan, Yi Wulan.”
Yi Wulan didn’t turn her head; her gaze remained fixed outside the window.
But when Mu Yanxi tilted her head to look, she could see that Yi Wulan’s gaze wasn’t focused on anything in particular; she was just spacing out.
She would rather space out than talk to her.
Mu Yanxi felt her charm had been insulted.
Mu Yanxi sighed silently, lifted Yi Wulan’s right hand, and squeezed herself in front of Yi Wulan.
Although Yi Wulan’s heels were only three or four centimeters high, the barefoot Mu Yanxi was still at a disadvantage. She had to stand on her tiptoes slightly, wanting to use her old trick to kiss Yi Wulan.
But just as her lips were about to pass Yi Wulan’s chin, her entire body froze.
Yi Wulan had suddenly grabbed her waist, holding her in place and not letting her move an inch.
Whenever Mu Yanxi moved even slightly, that resolute hand would brush against her waist before returning to its original position.
For Yi Wulan, it was a way to restrain someone, but for Mu Yanxi, whose entire body was sensitive, it almost made her waist go weak.
Mu Yanxi: …
Mu Yanxi looked at Yi Wulan mournfully and asked, “Are you really that angry?”
When Yi Wulan saw that Mu Yanxi’s fingers were still restlessly tugging at her belt, she frowned slightly. One of her hands reached over and pressed down on Mu Yanxi’s mischievous paw.
Her gaze slowly shifted, finally meeting Mu Yanxi’s eyes.
Seeing that Yi Wulan was finally looking at her, Mu Yanxi immediately put on a fawning expression, her smile exceptionally beautiful, attempting to bewitch the other party with her looks in exchange for forgiveness.
Yi Wulan’s eyes were stern. She looked at Mu Yanxi for a long time. Mu Yanxi let her look, obediently tilting her head up to follow Yi Wulan’s gaze, revealing her slender neck.
Even her hands moved fawningly to tug at Yi Wulan’s cuffs.
She looked completely like she was letting the other person do whatever they wanted.
After a long while, Yi Wulan seemed to finally give in, her voice strained as she spoke, “Mu Yanxi, is there nothing you want to say to me?”
Seeing that Yi Wulan was finally willing to acknowledge her, Mu Yanxi, who could bend and stretch, immediately admitted her mistake gracefully. “I’m sorry, I was wrong. It’s all my fault.”
Yi Wulan: “What were you wrong about?”
Mu Yanxi: …The last time you ignored me, I didn’t ask you what you were wrong about, did I?
Mu Yanxi was taken aback and was suddenly at a loss for words.
Because she instinctively felt that what Yi Wulan cared about was not the same thing she was thinking of.
Especially since Yi Wulan seemed like a completely different person. Her face was cold and smileless, and even her demeanor carried the kind of aloofness she reserved for outsiders.
It was an oppressive aura, accumulated over many years, exclusive to someone in a position of power.
This had never happened before.
Even when Yi Wulan had ignored her in the study before, she was just a bit colder; her every move hadn’t changed so drastically.
Last night, when Yi Wulan received Chen Xu’s call and learned that Mu Yanxi had a high fever and was unconscious again, she immediately contacted an experienced family doctor and flew over without stopping. She stayed by Mu Yanxi’s side all night and still had to deal with Rongjia’s affairs during the day.
Coupled with the matter of her feelings for Mu Yanxi, she was both physically and mentally exhausted. She wanted to confirm something, but she couldn’t convince herself to truly take that step.
The longer the silence between them stretched, the more Mu Yanxi didn’t know how to answer. After all, in her view, the matter of not letting Yi Wulan come over wouldn’t have made Yi Wulan so angry.
She had always been carefree and felt that the plot points in novels were always over the top; no one would be so dramatic.
But while Mu Yanxi’s mind was still wandering, she felt that her silence seemed to have provoked Yi Wulan’s emotions.
The hands holding her hand and waist suddenly tightened, making Mu Yanxi let out a muffled grunt.
Actually, Yi Wulan hadn’t used much force; it was just that the movement was too sudden and seemed a bit scary. When she heard Mu Yanxi’s grunt, she immediately loosened her grip.
Yi Wulan glanced at Mu Yanxi and left without a shred of mercy.
Mu Yanxi stared blankly at Yi Wulan’s retreating back, a sense of sourness welling up in her heart.
But just last night, she had acted on her own initiative, under the pretext of doing what was best for Yi Wulan, and told the bodyguards not to inform her. At this moment, she couldn’t condemn Yi Wulan for anything.
Mu Yanxi lowered her head, staring at her bare feet, looking like an abandoned puppy, utterly wronged.
Her toes restlessly kicked the wall, again and again.
But just a few seconds later, the sound of footsteps returned. By the time Mu Yanxi looked up, Yi Wulan was already crouching in front of her, holding the foot that was about to kick again.
Mu Yanxi was stunned.
A warm touch spread from her foot. Yi Wulan placed the slippers to one side and cupped her foot with both hands.
With her foot suddenly lifted, her center of gravity was a bit unstable, but Mu Yanxi didn’t feel scared. She placed her hands on Yi Wulan’s shoulders, and her face, which had been a little pale just now, gradually flushed red.
Mu Yanxi’s feet had been on the tiled floor for too long and had become very cold. Yi Wulan warmed them for a good while before they heated up.
She didn’t know how long this process lasted, but by the time Yi Wulan let go of her, Mu Yanxi had almost buried her entire face in her chest, too shy to face anyone.
Mu Yanxi took a wet wipe from the side and handed it to Yi Wulan, secretly watching her slow, methodical wiping motion. The touch of those slender fingertips on her foot seemed to linger. Mu Yanxi pinched her earlobe, and her whole body couldn’t help but shiver.
Yi Wulan noticed this movement and turned her head to look over. “Still cold? Go lie down on the bed.”
When Yi Wulan said this, Mu Yanxi thought she was being told to leave. She immediately launched herself like an octopus, wrapping her arms around Yi Wulan’s neck and forcing them close together.
Feeling the warm softness in her arms, Yi Wulan helplessly reached out to push her away.
Mu Yanxi thought the other was still angry and trying to push her away, so she tilted her head up slightly to look at Yi Wulan’s face, pressing her lips against Yi Wulan’s chin and rubbing against it, murmuring:
“What’s wrong? Why are you so angry? If I really did something to make you angry, can you just tell me directly? I won’t hide it from you.”
Although Yi Wulan appeared to be distancing herself from Mu Yanxi on the surface, her hands were very honest. Concerned that Mu Yanxi had just had a fever, she reached out and held her firmly in her arms.
She held Mu Yanxi’s waist with both hands, sorted through her emotions, and after a long while, chose a more fitting, yet less emotional word, and asked softly, “Have you ever considered me family?”
Mu Yanxi was stunned. She hadn’t expected Yi Wulan to hesitate for so long only to ask this question. She was almost amused to the point of anger.
Mu Yanxi bit Yi Wulan’s gentle jawline and said huffily, “Why are you asking something you already know?”
Yi Wulan didn’t cry out even though the bite hurt, just murmured, “Is that so?”
Meeting Yi Wulan’s slightly bewildered gaze, Mu Yanxi finally realized the seriousness of the situation. The hands around Yi Wulan’s neck moved to her cheeks, and she stared intently at Yi Wulan, asking, “What’s really wrong? Just tell me directly, don’t make me guess.”
Yi Wulan pursed her lips.
Mu Yanxi asked patiently, “Yi Wulan, I won’t lie to you. Just ask.”
The darkness in Yi Wulan’s eyes deepened. Mu Yanxi was still waiting for Yi Wulan to speak, but after waiting and waiting, Yi Wulan unexpectedly pulled her towards the inner room without a word, pushed her onto the bed, and told her to lie down and rest.
Mu Yanxi stared in astonishment at Yi Wulan’s retreating back, stunned for a moment. Then, a burst of anger flared up inside her. “Yi Wulan, you stop right there!”
The memory of the last time Yi Wulan had ignored her and made her angry was still fresh. Yi Wulan had wanted to wait until she calmed down before speaking, but as soon as Mu Yanxi said those words, her feet instinctively stopped.
Mu Yanxi sat up and said coldly, “You can leave after you’ve explained things clearly.”
Yi Wulan stood with her back to her, silent for several seconds before speaking softly, “To you, it’s just a trivial matter not worth paying attention to.”
Mu Yanxi frowned. “What trivial matter not worth paying attention to could make you…”
As Mu Yanxi spoke, her voice suddenly trailed off.
For some reason, a few fragments from her dreams suddenly flashed through her mind. Combined with the fact that she had specifically emphasized not to tell Yi Wulan last night, it did seem a bit like a heartless person deliberately keeping their distance.
Is that why Yi Wulan asked if she considered her family?
Only then did Mu Yanxi finally confirm what Yi Wulan was angry about.
A fever that could be cured in one night was indeed a small matter. But it was precisely this insignificant matter that had triggered the reason why Yi Wulan had been keeping her distance all along.
Yi Wulan had never mentioned their past.
For two people who had known each other for many years and perhaps once had feelings for each other, this was indeed extremely abnormal.
Mu Yanxi scratched her head in frustration, but she was also helpless about her own memory.
At this moment, she couldn’t help but think absurdly: See? She hadn’t actually deceived Yi Wulan. She really did have amnesia.
Mu Yanxi sat stunned on the bed for a good while, looking at Yi Wulan’s back with a conflicted expression. She lifted the covers and slowly crawled to the foot of the bed.
Yi Wulan heard the rustling sound behind her getting closer and closer, then stopping right behind her.
Then, a pair of fair hands slowly wrapped around her waist from behind.
Mu Yanxi hugged her gently. Not only was she not as carefree as Yi Wulan had imagined, but she also murmured in an extremely gentle and somewhat coquettish tone, “Yi Wulan, I really know I was wrong this time.”
Yi Wulan’s breath hitched.
“Yi Wulan.” Mu Yanxi rubbed her face against Yi Wulan’s lower back again and said in a small voice, “I’m used to doing things my own way. My sister doesn’t really manage me much. About the fever last night… I didn’t mean to hide it from you, it’s just a habit of not wanting to worry my family.”
Mu Yanxi wasn’t lying.
Although Mu Yanqing doted on her, with a huge corporation like Xinyu, all the work fell on Mu Yanqing’s shoulders alone. Naturally, she didn’t want to create more trouble for her.
Mu Yanxi had specifically chosen her major in university for Mu Yanqing, but upon graduation, Mu Yanqing had told her to “get lost,” saying that Xinyu hadn’t reached the point where it needed a child to come work for it.
And so, Mu Yanxi had happily thrown herself into the embrace of the entertainment industry.
It was just that when Mu Yanqing found out, she was filled with regret.
Yi Wulan’s eyelashes trembled slightly. She forced herself not to turn around, took a deep breath, and asked faintly, “Really?”
Mu Yanxi immediately raised one of the hands wrapped around Yi Wulan, making a gesture as if to swear an oath. “Really, really, it couldn’t be more real. If I ever hide being sick from you again, you can make it so I can never speak again, how about that?”
Yi Wulan: …
Yi Wulan was torn between laughter and tears at Mu Yanxi’s oath.
But seeing that Mu Yanxi’s attitude of admitting her mistake was relatively sincere, Yi Wulan slowly turned around and asked, “The first part was serious enough, but for the second part, are you planning to tape your own mouth shut?”
Mu Yanxi gave Yi Wulan a rather strange up-and-down look and asked slowly, “You don’t even know about that?”
Yi Wulan was puzzled. “What should I know?”
Mu Yanxi didn’t speak, but just slowly, slowly winked her right eye at Yi Wulan.
Yi Wulan’s fingertips curled, and she frowned as she began to lecture, “How could you…”
Just as the words left her mouth, as if to demonstrate the consequences of the future punishment, Mu Yanxi immediately tightened her arms around Yi Wulan’s neck, forcing her down, and leaned in to capture Yi Wulan’s lips, biting down hard several times on the mouth that always liked to lecture her.
“Just like this.” Having achieved her goal, Mu Yanxi said indistinctly, then righteously pressed her lips against Yi Wulan’s again. She traced the seam of her lips with the tip of her tongue, licking them open before probing inside.
The bit of resentment in Yi Wulan’s heart hadn’t completely dissipated just because of a few of Mu Yanxi’s sweet words. Mu Yanxi’s aloofness last night was like a key that unlocked a dusty memory, bringing back all the memories from the depths of her heart that she had forcibly suppressed.
Back then, Mu Yanxi was still young. She thought whoever was nice to her was a good person, like a child playing house. But Yi Wulan was, after all, a few years older than Mu Yanxi, so she was naturally better at distinguishing her own feelings.
She had already made a mistake once, which was why she was being extra cautious the second time.
Just like how Yi Wulan had been distant with Mu Yanxi since their marriage.
But when this distance met the enthusiastic Mu Yanxi, it always crumbled.
Yi Wulan’s thoughts were pulled back by a tugging force. The half-kneeling Mu Yanxi seemed to have noticed her distraction and was forcefully pulling her entire body towards the bed.
Fortunately, Yi Wulan came to her senses in time and propped herself up with her arms, narrowly avoiding falling on top of Mu Yanxi.
Mu Yanxi was already mentally prepared. Seeing that she had managed to pull Yi Wulan down, she wished she could immediately pin Yi Wulan to the bed and test out her newly upgraded ability.
She was extremely satisfied with her method of coaxing Yi Wulan and squinted her eyes, ready to enjoy Yi Wulan throwing herself into her arms.
But she had overestimated her own endurance.
When Yi Wulan held her tightly, grinding her lips against hers as if venting her emotions, it didn’t hurt, but the posture was extremely dominant. It smothered Mu Yanxi so much that she could only last a few seconds before she couldn’t take it anymore and pushed at Yi Wulan’s shoulders.
Her eyes were almost forced to well up with tears, let alone the fact that she had long since lost the ability to transfer her power.
But this person, Yi Wulan, who usually seemed so cold and distant, seemed to transform every time she had real, substantial contact with Mu Yanxi.
Black hair cascaded around Mu Yanxi with Yi Wulan’s movements, obscuring her entire view. The belt of Yi Wulan’s trench coat had come loose at some point, and the open coat enveloped Mu Yanxi’s body, an inescapable, continuous warmth.
Mu Yanxi pushed against Yi Wulan’s shoulders and struggled a couple of times. A rushed gasp accidentally escaped her lips, sounding like it was tinged with a sob.
The sound reached Yi Wulan’s ears, bringing her back to her senses. She propped herself up above Mu Yanxi, looking down at the person in her arms.
Mu Yanxi panted for a long time before stopping. Looking at Yi Wulan’s calm expression, as if nothing had happened, she felt increasingly unbalanced.
She had used plastic wrap to transfer her ability to Yi Wulan so many times before, which could be considered a kind of practice, right?
Why was she still in such a sorry state?
Mu Yanxi postured as if to pull Yi Wulan again, intending to win back a point. Even if she couldn’t, she had to use her ability to make Yi Wulan pass out.
But just as she raised her hand, Yi Wulan quickly pressed down on her shoulder and suddenly said, “Let’s… not do this anymore.”
Mu Yanxi: ???
Mu Yanxi couldn’t catch her breath, thinking she had misheard.
Telling her not to kiss anymore right after they just kissed?
In all her years of living, Mu Yanxi had never heard anything so outrageous.
Moreover, such outrageous words had come from the mouth of the usually composed Yi Wulan.
Mu Yanxi felt like she had seen a ghost.
The distance between them wasn’t far. A few more seconds of observing Yi Wulan was all it took for Mu Yanxi to know she wasn’t joking.
—Yi Wulan really intended to love her and leave her right after kissing her.
Mu Yanxi’s breathing hadn’t evened out yet. When this thought suddenly appeared in her mind, she forgot to breathe altogether, and her eyes reddened from holding her breath.
Mist gradually welled up in her eyes. She painstakingly lightened her breathing, panting silently for a good while before she finally managed not to be angered to death by Yi Wulan.
Although Mu Yanxi looked like the type who couldn’t settle down, and her usual attitude towards Yi Wulan was to tease whenever she could and run after teasing, she didn’t seem very serious about relationships.
But when Yi Wulan clearly told her, “Let’s not do this anymore.”
Mu Yanxi became furious.
She had lived for almost twenty-four years, and she finally had someone she liked… no, coveted.
How could Yi Wulan, the one she had set her sights on, say no?
The word “no” could only be said by her.
So Mu Yanxi puffed up her cheeks and glared fiercely at Yi Wulan.
She thought she was giving off the ferocious air of a beast hunting its prey, but she couldn’t see her own red-rimmed eyes, brimming with moisture.
She looked just like a little puppy whose bone had been stolen.
But in Yi Wulan’s eyes, she looked both angry and wronged.
Even her tail behind her had drooped.
Yi Wulan: …
Yi Wulan’s heart instantly softened. She sighed, leaned over to rub Mu Yanxi’s head, and sat down on the edge of the bed.
Seeing that the person hadn’t left, Mu Yanxi felt a little more confident and glared at Yi Wulan, asking, “Reason.”
Yi Wulan hesitated, seeming to find it difficult to speak.
Mu Yanxi was relentless. “Reason!”
After being pestered by Mu Yanxi like this for several minutes, Yi Wulan finally couldn’t take it anymore and opened her mouth. “I’m not…”
But after saying three words, it seemed too difficult to articulate, so she closed her mouth again, unable to continue.
Mu Yanxi frowned. “What is it?”
Yi Wulan braced herself again, took a deep breath, and for a rare moment, took the initiative to bring up her medical condition in front of Mu Yanxi. “Didn’t I have a blood clot in my brain after the car accident that couldn’t be removed? A few days ago, I asked Doctor Xiusina’s team about some related conditions, and the doctor gave me some advice.”
Mu Yanxi was confused. “What condition?”
Yi Wulan paused, then spoke with great difficulty, “Doctor Xiusina said that large emotional fluctuations can indeed trigger the condition, such as, causing fainting.”
Yi Wulan had already put it very tactfully, but Mu Yanxi immediately understood the meaning behind her words.
Large emotional fluctuations… causing fainting.
Wasn’t that the symptom that occurred when she transferred her ability to Yi Wulan, forcing her into a state of hibernation?
Mu Yanxi: …
Mu Yanxi was extremely horrified and incredulous at her own understanding. This couldn’t possibly mean what she thought it meant, right?
Right? Right?
However, in the next second, Yi Wulan mercilessly extinguished that last shred of hope in her heart. “So, if things like what just happened go on for too long, it will trigger the condition. Doctor Xiusina said there’s a new breakthrough for cases like mine. Before that, we… I…”
Mu Yanxi clamped a hand over Yi Wulan’s mouth, not daring to look her in the eye. She let out a whimper in her heart and buried her head in Yi Wulan’s neck, filled with boundless regret.
She had only been focused on shutting Yi Wulan up at the time, but she never considered what a huge psychological shadow she would cast over Yi Wulan.
Even the last time Yi Wulan suddenly ignored her in the study, one of the reasons must have been that she remembered fainting after they kissed, right?
But before she could even sort out her emotions, she discovered another crisis in horror.
Yi Wulan was holding her shoulders, seemingly wanting to look her in the eye.
Fearing that she would reveal some guilty tell, Mu Yanxi adjusted her expression the moment their eyes met, putting on a solemn look. Like a considerate wife, she comforted, “It’s okay.”
The worst that could happen is that she would say fewer flirty things and tease Yi Wulan less during the day, and then sneak into Yi Wulan’s room at night to transfer her ability.
At this thought, a smile couldn’t help but appear on Mu Yanxi’s face.
But to avoid making this transition seem too abrupt, Mu Yanxi smiled and met Yi Wulan’s gaze, flirty words coming out of her mouth, “Alright, alright, it’s no big deal. After all, it’s you I want. Just being able to see you every day is satisfying enough.”
Mu Yanxi thought her words had hit the mark. Since they couldn’t do anything anyway, she might as well catch up on some sleep.
Who knew that just as she was about to lean back, Yi Wulan suddenly reached out, wrapped an arm around her waist, and pulled her over again.
Mu Yanxi’s sensitive waist had already been held by Yi Wulan several times, and she still couldn’t get used to it. Being held by Yi Wulan like this, she almost couldn’t resist kicking her off the bed.
Mu Yanxi stammered, “Is… is there anything else?”
Yi Wulan’s chin rested on Mu Yanxi’s shoulder, her warm breath spraying by Mu Yanxi’s ear, causing her earlobe to gradually turn a blood-like crimson.
Yi Wulan spoke in a low voice, “This is okay.”
Mu Yanxi was stunned, thinking she had misheard. “Hmm?”
Yi Wulan’s hand slowly tightened around Mu Yanxi’s waist. As she demonstrated, she repeated, “But, this is okay.”
Mu Yanxi: …
Mu Yanxi’s eyes widened in disbelief. She couldn’t believe these words had come from the mouth of Yi Wulan, a person who wouldn’t take the initiative unless she was furious or embarrassed.
Seeing that Mu Yanxi didn’t answer, Yi Wulan assumed she had tacitly agreed. She then caressingly ruffled the hair at the nape of Mu Yanxi’s neck, and finally, simply stroked the back of her neck, holding her in her arms to soothe her.
But how could Mu Yanxi, whose earlobes had just been turned red, withstand this kind of stimulation? Her lower lip, which she was biting tightly, began to tremble uncontrollably. Her ear was occasionally touched by Yi Wulan’s breath, and her waist and the back of her neck were being held so tightly.
Mu Yanxi forcibly held back the tears that were welling up and managed to say with difficulty, “Yi Wulan, let go of me first.”
Yi Wulan was puzzled, even thinking she was being considerate as she ruffled the hair on the back of her neck again. “I know I’ve wronged you. I’ll do my best to make it up to you.”
Mu Yanxi: “No, you don’t have to do this.”
But Yi Wulan thought Mu Yanxi was just being shy and continued to coax her like a child, speaking softly in her ear, “Be good, Yanxi, be obedient.”
Every time Yi Wulan opened her mouth, it was as if she was speaking right next to Mu Yanxi’s ear, making Mu Yanxi tremble uncontrollably each time.
Finally, Mu Yanxi couldn’t hold it in any longer and, with a little yelp, bit down on Yi Wulan’s shoulder.
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