At night in City B.

Inside the hotel room of Mu Yuchen and Xi Xiaye.

Clank!

Xi Xiaye looked at her hand which accidentally knocked a cup of tea over. The hot tea scalded her hand and she was starting to feel jittery...

"What a klutz! Be more careful!"

Mu Yuchen swiftly grabbed her hand and dabbed it with his handkerchief. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm alright... Just feeling a little uneasy... Maybe I'm just tired." Xi Xiaye took the handkerchief from him and wiped the leftover tea on her hand. Meanwhile, he went into the shower to grab a wet towel and covered her hand.

"Go to bed earlier tonight and stay in the hotel tomorrow. I'll finish my work early and try to head back tomorrow afternoon, alright?"

He unfolded the wet towel carefully and was relieved to see that there were no blisters on her hand. Raising his head, he looked at her.

"I'm okay, it's fine. Ah Mo isn't around and you only have Li Si with you. There's going to be a lot of documents to work on."

She just let him hold her hand as he looked past her at the stack of documents. There were two more groups of data to be analyzed.

"I can handle it."

"Are you saying that I'm holding you back, so you're not bringing me?"

She looked at him as he just sighed and put his hand onto his forehead helplessly, pinching the space between his eyebrows. "It's up to you then."

She grabbed a document and flipped through it as she said, "Mmm, I'll rest after analyzing these two sets of data. We both drank quite a lot today. My head feels a little heavy now. By the way, Mr. Mu, don't you think CEO Liang's daughter is a bit too friendly with you?"

"Which one? I thought there was only one woman throughout the dinner... You," replied Mu Yuchen as he put the towel back calmly.

Xi Xiaye looked up from the document and narrowed her eyes at him. She pursed her pink lips with a smile. "Really?"

Mu Yuchen poured her another cup of tea as a warm smile popped on his face. "Mmm, of course."

"Mr. Mu, I feel a little hungry now. I feel like having some of the chicken porridge from the restaurant next door. Go and order two portions from them. We only drank throughout dinner."

"Do you want anything else?" He was planning on ordering something already since they hardly had anything to eat that night.

"I just want some porridge."

...

Mu Yuchen called the reception, and after around 20 minutes, room service delivered their meal.

Xi Xiaye had just finished analyzing the data, so she handed it to him to sign it while he was on the phone.

She tasted the chicken porridge as she asked him, "I just called Vice President Zhang and have sent over all the documents. We can probably start working on it after a short while. The launching ceremony should be right after our wedding and we'll use this period of time to select brands that we'll recruit. The amount of money to be invested is huge. Together with the development of Movie City, our cash flow might be restricted... Didn't you have a discussion with Grandpa's companies a few days ago? How was it?"

He put his phone away and flipped through the document that she handed him as he replied, "I told him to decide after observing the initial phase of the project."

"You don't seem very worried. Actually, if you just voice it out, I'm sure Grandpa will agree. He trusts you anyway. What's wrong with helping one another? Grandpa asked me to send some information over to Fu Hua and to take a look around there. In the end, I still asked Deputy Director Xu to go. I think it's better for you to talk to him." Xi Xiaye had half a spoon full of porridge hovering right beside his mouth as she spoke.

He ate it and replied quietly, "Grandpa has his own rules as well. Please take care of me once you've taken over Fu Hua. Glory World still has a long way to go compared to Fu Hua in the field of property development."

Of course, she knew what he was thinking. He had been reading up on property development, so he must be trying to know more about this field.

"Oh, please, you know I just want to be a nameless director. My shoulders are too weak for that kind of burden."

Xi Xiaye wanted to push the responsibility away. She then continued after another bite, "I'm not suitable to be a person in power. Maybe I'll do fine as an assistant. Grandpa said that I'm not decisive enough, so the purpose of getting me into military school was to toughen up my willpower. Unfortunately, I didn't make it in the end and I went abroad afterward."

"This sort of training seems tiring. You don't have to work so hard, you know. Mr. Mu has more than enough to take care of you. What's so bad about being a simple and happy Mrs. Mu?"

He swiftly signed his name at the bottom and closed the document. Then, he looked at her and once again, ate another spoonful of porridge from her.

She was stunned for a moment. After some hesitation, she said, "I think my life is simple and happy enough right now. Mmm... I go to work and leave work on time, relax during the weekend, and occasionally head back home to take a look at Mother and Grandpa. Don't you think it's a fulfilling life?"

"Didn't you say some time back that you lack excitement in your life?" He looked at her and asked quietly.

She stared at him and ranted, "That's because sometimes being with you doesn't feel romantic at all!"

"You're not a teenager anymore. Do you still want me to put a banner up outside our company and confess my feelings to you every day? Or light up a heart-shaped candle at home and have a nice dinner together? How lame."

"Really?"

"Of course! Let me tell you something. Back then, when I graduated from university, a guy from the dorm next door confessed to a girl staying at the opposite dorm. He lit up 999 candles and gave her 999 roses. That girl was overjoyed and agreed to be that guy's girlfriend instantly. Can you guess what happened in the end?"

"What?"

Xi Xiaye gave him a doubtful glance.

"That girl married the guy who cleaned up the candles the next day. He was a hardworking and ordinary guy," Mu Yuchen spoke as a faint light emitted from his dark eyes. He seemed to be relating himself to the guy.

She thought about the story and seemed to have understood something. Then, she held his hand.

The couple enjoying their moment had no idea that currently, in Hospital T in City Z, someone dear to them was suffering.

On the bench outside the operating theatre, Xi Mushan was staring at the door. His usual dark eyes turned slightly gray and he looked exhausted.

Ah Hui stayed beside him in silence while still holding onto the wet towel. The blood stains on Xi Mushan had dried up. Although he wanted to help him, as he saw his expression...

Su Nan was waiting right beside him. Her eyes were red and filled with fear.

She knew that Shen Wenna was trying to protect her and that was how Yue Lingsi pushed her off, then fell down the stairs. She blamed herself.

Xi Xiaye asked her to look after her mother, yet she ended up hospitalized. Furthermore, she seemed to be in a really bad condition!

That was a steep staircase made up of wood, steel, and bricks, and the side corners were rather sharp, so...

Su Nan was really afraid when she saw Shen Wenna lying in her own blood. She was stunned and could not think at all.

She took a deep breath before squatting down and covering her pale face with her hands. She could not hold her tears back and started crying again.

The May nights had a cold breeze blowing. Su Nan was shivering in cold as she only had a thin woolen shirt on. She shrunk into a tiny ball.

"Ms. Su, it's cold tonight. Put this coat on." Ah Hui could not help but hand over his coat to Su Nan.

Su Nan sniffed and looked at him with her blurry eyes. She wiped off the tears on her face. "Thank you, but I'm fine."

"Put it on." Ah Hui left his coat beside her. He took a deep breath before heading into the washroom. After a while, he came out with a warm, wet towel.

"Mayor, clean up the blood stains on your hands. Teacher Shen is going to be alright. Don't worry!" Ah Hui then handed the towel over to Xi Mushan.

The extremely tensed up Xi Mushan seemed like he did not hear Ah Hui's voice. He just stared at the operating theatre without moving an inch.

"Mayor!" Ah Hui did not miss the fear inside Xi Mushan's eyes. He felt really terrible inside when he saw his current condition.

Xi Mushan finally came back to his senses and stared at Ah Hui blankly.

"Mayor, Teacher Shen will be fine. Pull yourself together!"

Ah Hui knew what happened between Xi Mushan and Shen Wenna. He was the only person Xi Mushan trusted. No one knew how much Xi Mushan missed Shen Wenna all these years better than him.

Xi Mushan's eyes darkened. After some time, he nodded and wiped the bloodstains on his hand. The white towel quickly turned red.

He stopped halfway through, staring at the red towel and his heart sank. He started to feel pain, the sudden wave of horror almost drowning him.

After some time, he suddenly made some sort of decision to himself. He looked at Ah Hui as he suppressed the feeling of loss inside, his eyes returning to its usual sharpness. However, there was some hidden pain within them.

"Ah Hui, help me submit the document on my office desk tomorrow. Also, ask Lawyer Wang to see me. I need him to do something for me. Ask him to call me." Xi Mushan's voice sounded like he was in agony. Even Su Nan felt bitter listening to his voice.

Xi Xiaye rarely spoke about Shen Wenna and Xi Mushan, but every time they were mentioned, she would try to laugh it off. However, when Xi Mushan rushed towards Shen Wenna madly, completely ignoring his wife and even said those words to Yue Lingsi right in front of the reporters...

It was obvious who he really cared about.

Xi Mushan still cared about Shen Wenna. Su Nan had seen that kind of fearful expression in Ruan Heng before. There was once when she threw a tantrum and left for several months. It was the same expression when Ruan Heng finally found her.

How should she tell Xi Xiaye about what happened tonight?

The image of Shen Wenna in a pool of blood resurfaced in Su Nan's mind. She felt more hurt inside. Inhaling a deep breath before taking out her phone, she was about to give Xiaye a call. However, Xi Mushan's depressed voice reached her.

"Don't call Xiaye first, Ms. Su Nan. You must be tired, and it's cold tonight. You're pregnant. You should head back first."

Su Nan looked at Xi Mushan and saw his clouded eyes. She hesitated for a moment before shaking her head. "No, I'm going to wait for Aunty Shen here. Xiaye asked me to take care of her, and now... I'm the one to blame for what happened..."

She sounded apologetic. "I didn't protect her well. Xiaye has always been afraid Aunty Shen will be hurt, but I... I don't know how to face her..."

"Don't overthink it. It's not your fault. You don't have to feel bad over it. Na Na is a kind person and she would never even hurt a tiny flower. Don't tell Xiaye about this first. Things are still unclear on her end with Mu Yuchen. Let's wait and see."

Xi Mushan then continued looking at the operating theatre and stopped talking to Su Nan. He ordered Ah Hui, "Ah Hui, it's very late already. Send Ms. Su Nan back, and remember to do what I told you just now."

"Noted, Mayor! Ms. Su Nan, let's..."

Before Ah Hui could finish his sentence, the light above the operating theatre was switched off.

Stunned, Xi Mushan quickly stood up and went forward!

Suddenly, two young nurses opened the door from inside and Shen Wenna was wheeled out.