204 Darling Knows Me Bes (1/2)
Falling out of love is not something new.
But the way women handle themselves when they fell out of love can be very different from each other.
Xiang Wan stayed in Fang Yuanyuan's bedroom till around 2:00 a.m. when she finally stopped creating a ruckus.
Fang Yuanyuan kept sobbing and sobbing. After she lay on her pillow, she gradually entered dreamland.
Xiang Wan was relieved as it was mentally draining for her as well. She yawned as she covered a blanket over Yuanyuan and closed the window. When she returned to her room, she found Bai Muchuan smoking alone in his pajamas by the window. It was obvious he had gone for a bath and was up for quite a while.
”You're awake?” Xiang Wan walked over slowly.
The window was open, and the lighting in the room was very dim.
Bai Muchuan turned around. A side of his face fell into the dark, ink-colored shadow outside the window which felt cold and thin, as though merged with the night sky.
Xiang Wan's eyebrows creased, puzzled by his behavior. ”Why did I feel that a lot is going on in your head?”
Bai Muchuan took a glance at her, snuffed out the cigarette, and fanned the air using a hand. ”I'm sorry.”
”What?”
”For smoking in your room,” explained Bai Muchuan, ”you two were talking outside. It's not appropriate of me to come out and disturb.”
”Oh, it's alright,” Xiang Wan replied with a smile. She realized that he had ignored her words earlier and wondered if he did it consciously or subconsciously.
”Is your cousin asleep?” Bai Muchuan came over and gave her a light hug. He pondered for a moment before he asked another question, ”Is she okay?”
Although both of them had known each other for quite a while, Bai Muchuan hardly called Fang Yuanyuan's name directly. Most of the time, he would address Yuanyuan purely and directly as how she was related to Xiang Wan—”cousin”.
On that basis, he always kept his distance.
He neither behaved too closely nor too distant with Fang Yuanyuan. His mannerisms were just nice.
Xiang Wan always felt that Bai Muchuan had a way on dealing with people, especially so with young women. He knew very well what was appropriate and what was not.
That night, however, he was actually concerned and asked if Fang Yuanyuan was alright? That was unlike him!
Xiang Wan had a thought in her mind. She chuckled and raised an eyebrow. ”She's not okay, but she's fine, too.”
Bai Muchuan was confused by her words.
A second later, he laughed as he brushed her nose with a finger. ”What do you mean?”
Xiang Wan smacked his hand away as a rejection to the ticklish feeling on her nose. ”If you're asking for yourself, then she's fine. This is because you're unable to help even if she's not okay. If you're asking on behalf of Huang He, then it's a big deal. That lass's about to lose her soul. What is he going to do about her?”
”…”
She had hit the nail on the head.
Bai Muchuan furrowed his eyebrows before he laughed and puffed a sigh.
”I realized you're a little bad.”
”…” Xiang Wan gave a snort. ”Stop trying to be cheeky, say it!”
”You're so bossy…” Bai Muchuan got interrupted by Xiang Wan's stern gaze. With a sigh of helplessness, he pulled her to the sofa and looked seriously into her eyes. ”You have sharp eyes.”
After that, he unlocked his phone and showed her a message.
The message was from Huang He. It was clear and concise which was consistent with what Bai Muchuan asked earlier:
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”Yes.”
”Is she alright?”
”Other than crying her lungs out like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, she seems to be fine.”
”… Go check it out?”
”Not convenient.”
”…”
At the end of the chat, it had ended with a sigh from Huang He.
When she was looking at their chat record, Xiang Wan deliberately scrolled up on purpose.
Unfortunately, there was no other chat content than she had seen.
This was, of course, not normal.
Huang He had known Bai Muchuan for a long time. If he was able to send him a message in the middle of the night asking about Fang Yuanyuan, it was evident that both had a good relationship with each other. How could there be no other chat records?
There could only be one explanation: Bai Muchuan had deleted them.
Xiang Wan deduced that there were two kinds of reasons why he did that: fear of being seen by others, or fear of being seen by her.
Xiang Wan adjusted her pajama by the shoulder and pretended that she did not notice there were no other chat records, then returned the mobile phone to Bai Muchuan.
”You must have been awoken by Huang He's message?”
”Hm.” Bai Muchuan did not deny that.
Ruffling his own hair, he lied lazily on the sofa. ”I'm all good now as I slept for quite long.”
The tiny red blood vessels in his eyes was gone. Now that his fatigue was extinguished, he was totally refreshed. Even though he was wearing a languid looking pajamas, that did not deter him from looking as stunning as an idol celebrity…
Xiang Wan then thought about her pale, ashen looking face and could not help pouting.
”So, your desperate attempt to try to move in here with me was actually because of Fang Yuanyuan?”
”…”
The sudden change of topic took Bai Muchuan by surprise.
”Darling, you can't say that…”
”You're flustered, right? You're even calling me 'darling'.” Xiang Wan rolled her eyes. ”My hair's standing on ends.”
”…”
”Just come clean!”
Bai Muchuan's eyebrows were closely knitted together.
”My Little Xiang Wan, don't tell me you're jealous because of your cousin? Have you forgotten that the one who suggested the three of us to live together is not me, but you? I've suggested that you live with me in my house, but you refused…”
”Nonsense!” Xiang Wan narrowed her eyes, looking at him fiercely. ”I'm going to get angry if you continue this.”
”…”
”You know very well that I can't move to your house. It's as though you've said nothing.”
”…”
In normal circumstances, Xiang Wan was rather docile. She was pretty much an easy-going person without much temper. But even a well-behaved cat could be sharp when she stretched her claws.
Bai Muchuan gazed at her, pursed his lips, held her shoulders and pulled her into his arms as though he had ran out of choices.