The man named Huo Yunmo leaned against the sofa languidly. With his slender legs crossed, his arms folded in front of his chest, and his chin supported on one hand, he stared at the coffee table in front of him, as if he was thinking about something.
Upon seeing his absentminded appearance, Gu Xingchen repeated himself. “Yunmo, look over here. Do you see who I brought for you to see? Look at her carefully.”
Turning a deaf ear to what Gu Xingchen was saying, Huo Yunmo didn’t look up.
“Yunmo!” In a tone of voice that made everyone perk up, Gu Xingchen spoke again.
Feeling exasperated about being yelled at by him, Huo Yunmo finally raised his head. When his eyes finally caught sight of Ye Anxin’s little face, shock flashed in his previously calm eyes, and his body, which had been sitting immobile on the sofa, suddenly stood up. Ye Anxin felt a strong pressure coming from him.
Almost at the same time, when Huo Yunmo’s gaze was fixed on her, Ye Anxin felt another gaze focusing on her.
This gaze was different than Huo Yunmo’s fiery gaze. This gaze was like a cold gale, and she shivered from its coldness..
Although Ye Anxin didn’t look behind her to see who it was, she was quite certain that she really couldn’t think of anyone else with a gaze as cold as Mu Beiting’s.
At this time, all of Huo Yunmo’s attention was on Ye Anxin. For the first time, the unusually perceptive Huo Yunmo didn’t notice Mu Beiting’s slightly angry gaze. He strode forward toward Ye Anxin. From Xingchen’s hands, he grabbed Ye Anxin’s wrist and asked her with great emotion, “Who are you?”
At the same time that Huo Yunmo grabbed Ye Anxin, Mu Beiting’s hand holding the wine glass tightened conspicuously, and a rare emotion appeared in his cold eyes.
Yan Qinghan, who was sitting next to him, noticed the subtle change of expression in his eyes, and a hint of amusement flashed through his mind.
“I…I…” Huo Yunmo’s sudden move scared Ye Anxin a little. Just as she was about to start stammering and tell him her actual name, the door of the box was suddenly pushed open. Ling Yueyue, who had pushed open the door, saw that Ye Anxin was being pulled at by Huo Yunmo. Thinking that she was being harassed, she took a big step forward and snatched Ye Anxin out of Huo Yunmo’s hands. Protecting her like a chicken guarding a chick, she said in anger, “What were you guys doing? Don’t think that Anxin is a pushover just because she’s kind. Let me tell you, guys, if you dare harass her, I will fight you to the death.”
Ye Anxin pulled at Ling Yueyue’s arm and whispered, “Yueyue, you have misunderstood the situation. They have simply mistaken me for another person. Let’s go!”
Ling Yueyue asked dubiously, “They really didn’t do anything to you?”
“No, no, let’s go!” Ye Anxin desperately shook her head in denial and led Ling Yueyue out of the door.
“Wait…!” Huo Yunmo was unwilling to give up and wanted to say something more, but Ling Yueyue had already dragged Ye Anxin away at a trot.
Looking at the closed door with reluctance, nostalgia, and a heart that couldn’t be calmed for a long time, Huo Yunmo stood at the door.
“See, Beiting! I’m not the only one who thinks it. Everyone thinks it. You…!” Yan Qinghan looked at Mu Beiting with a teasing expression and wanted to continue, but Mu Beiting shot him a warning look with his eyes. Horrified, he swallowed back the words he hadn’t finished.
Mu Beiting was too lazy to talk to Yan Qinghan any further. Pulling out his phone, he swiped it twice quickly and then put it back in his pocket.
Out in the corridor, Ling Yueyue took hold of Ye Anxin’s arm, and they ran the entire way back without stopping once.