853 A Million Times for You 215 (2/2)
”Ms. Mo.”
”Is No. 8 home?”
”No, he went out with Xiaoning.”
”Well, No. 8 had done me a favor and I don't know how I should thank him so I bought him a shirt as a token of gratitude. Could you help me hand it to him?”
”Sure, no problem.”
Mo Li handed him the shopping bag and said, ”Thank you.”
”No problem, I'll give it to him once he comes home.”
”Alright.”
Mo Li returned home afterward.
She gulped some plain water upon returning home. Will he like the color that I had chosen? Will he throw it away if he doesn't like it?
Mo Li was ill at ease.
She could not rest her mind throughout the whole day.
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An Xiaoning returned home at six o'clock in the evening with No. 5 and No. 8. No. 1 looked at No. 8 with a sheepish grin and said, ”Ms. Mo bought this for you. She said it's a token of gratitude for the favor you had done for her.”
No. 8 took it from him and headed upstairs.
”What's inside?” No. 5 asked in a gossipy manner.
”It's a white shirt. I've seen it. It's pretty pricey.”
”Seems like a good sign. No wonder No. 8 keeps stealing glances at Ms. Mo from the balcony every night. They must have fallen for each other, huh?” No. 5 quipped.
An Xiaoning asked in surprise, ”Are you being serious?”
”I was just making a wild guess, hehe.” No. 5 hurriedly rushed upstairs and leaned against the door. He peeked inside the room to see that No. 8 was opening the box inside the bag. The other bodyguards then gathered behind him.
They rushed inside and teased, ”No. 8, put it on and show us if it fits you, quick.”
”Yeah, Ms. Mo is probably still waiting for your reply.”
”Hurry and put it on, stop being so wishy-washy.”
No. 8 grew shy and embarrassed as his ears turned red. He put it on in front of them and found that it was very fitting!
”This must have been tailor-made to your measurements. No. 8, tell us quick, how far have you progressed with Ms. Mo? How is she so familiar with your body and build?” No. 5 teased.
No. 8 rolled his eyes at No. 5 and said, ”We're not that close.”
”As if I'd believe you.”
”It's up to you to decide if you want to believe me.”
An Xiaoning entered and asked curiously, ”What did you help her with?”
No. 8 explained briefly, ”I woke up in the middle of the night and stood on the balcony to enjoy the breeze. I then caught sight of Ms. Mo's ex-husband who chased her all the way here. She only returned at about two in the morning after working at her friend's bar. She seemed to be upset with her ex-husband…”
Before he could even finish, No. 5 interrupted, ”So you decided to save the damsel in distress.”
”Screw you, how dare you interrupt me?” No. 8 interrupted him and said, ”As soon as I approached them, Ms. Mo pretended to be my girlfriend and put on a show for her ex-husband so as to make him think that she's living well now.”
An Xiaoning seemed to have a moment of epiphany and said, ”Oh, I see. Mo Li did the right thing. But Ye Xiaotian is so shameless. They're already divorced, what more does he want? Mo Li has been suffering ever since she met him.”
”Sis, tell us about them. We're really curious,” No. 9 urged.
”Yeah, Sis, tell us.”
An Xiaoning mellowed her voice and explained, ”I'm not very sure about the details, but I do know roughly what happened between them. Mo Li got into a relationship with Ye Xiaotian when she was eighteen years old. Yet, Ye Xiaotian made use of her. At that time, he was engaged to a woman named Bai Ranran, who had saved his mother by donating her kidney to her. Bai Ranran had a rare disease that hindered her body from producing blood on its own. She would need regular transfusions of blood. Hence, Ye Xiaotian made Mo Li one of the blood donors in his very own blood bank. He often drew blood from her forcefully. Mo Li then sought Qingyan's help to escape from Ye Xiaotian's clutches. Qingyan introduced her to Prince Byron of Y Nation, whom she married soon after. However, she returned to Ye Xiaotian's side again later. I'm not quite clear about what happened in between, but Mo Li did attempt suicide once and I saved her in the nick of time. She later got pregnant with Ye Xiaotian's child, and Ye Xiaotian looked her up again. They then reconciled and got married.”