176 How Desirable Do You Think You Are? (1/2)

Their timing was so perfect that not only was Fang Mo outside his apartment, An Zixuan was there as well. Based on the atmosphere, it felt like An Zixuan was visiting and would leave in a minute, and Fang Mo, as the host, was sending the guest away.

As a racer, the most eye-grabbing thing about Yao Zhixing was his race car. Naturally, it attracted people's attention when he arrived. Whether it was An Zixuan, who was about to climb into his car, or Fang Mo, who was turning to head upstairs, both of them turned to look their way.

”Looks like I should get down to say hi.” Ye Shuang gave a helpless smile. She shared a look with Yao Zhixing, and they got out together. Fang Mo and An Zixuan were surprised, especially An Zixuan, when he saw Fang Fei in the backseat. His face fell. Even though there was a Yao Zhixing in the driver's seat, in his mind, Fang Fei was shameless enough to go charm Ye Shuang.

”Looks like my fiancé was out having a good time.” A mocking smile curved on An Zixuan's face.

Fang Fei, who was walking toward them, paused. When she heard the man, her brows creased, and the irrepressible fire exploded. ”What are you…”

”Mr. An has misunderstood.” Ye Shuang's smiling voice interrupted. She walked over with Yao Zhixing. After nodding at Fang Mo, she explained, ”Brother Yao and I ran into Miss Fang on the road and saw a pickpocket targeting Miss Fang. After Brother Yao scared the man away, we were afraid some accident might happen to Miss Fang alone on the road, so Brother Yao offered to drive her home.”

An Zixuan was stumped. Scrutinized by Ye Shuang's dark gaze, his sarcasm quickly turned flustered. ”I… cough! wasn't talking about you.”

Then you were talking about me‽ Fang Fei almost rolled up her sleeves to fight the man. Fang Mo quickly went over to stop his sister and thanked Yao Zhixing and Ye Shuang. ”Thank you, Mr. Yao, for helping my sister. Xiao Ye as well. Sorry for the trouble.”

Yao Zhixing responded politely, saying he did not mind it at all, but Ye Shuang was rather sad. The detour for sending Fang Fei home and the polite exchanges took up plenty of time. When she reached home, the supermarket would be shut already. There were a few restaurants that had take-out, but could their quality be compared to her own cooking? It looked like she had to return home that night and see if she could sneak some fresh ingredients back to her apartment.

Ye Shuang was caught in her own drama while the others were continuing their polite social exchanges. Fang Mo and Fang Fei invited them up for coffee. As Yao Zhixing started to wonder if he should stay out any longer, An Zixuan sidled up to Ye Shuang and asked, ”Mr. Ye, do you have something else to attend to?”

Ye Shuang was pulled out of her reverie and glanced at her phone. It was already 16:40, so she shook her head with a bitter smile. ”It's nothing.”

Even if she rushed to the supermarket then, it would have been too late.

Fang Mo's group turned toward her. Ye Shuang did not think it was anything shameful, so she shrugged and said, ”I was supposed to go buy some food, but looks like there won't be enough time…”

The change of topic was so everyday that it stunned the rest; they did not know how to continue. Yao Zhixing held his tongue from saying, Didn't we just have dinner‽

Fang Mo saw the frown on An Zixuan's face. The latter probably had no one else in his eyes right now; his gaze was completely zeroed in on Ye Shuang. After some thought, Fang Mo bumped into Yao Zhixing silently and walked forward to change the topic. ”If Xiao Ye is busy, then why don't you go first? I'll repay you and Mr. Yao with dinner some other day.”

Yao Zhixing did not get the hint. He thought Fang Mo had something private to discuss with him. Even though they were not close, he had to give face, so he said, ”Then Xiao Ye, why don't you go first? I still have something to do around here.”

Jesus, I want you to drive the man back home to protect his virginity! Fang Mo turned to look at Yao Zhixing with disbelief; he could not understand why the man was not cooperating but instead push the lamb into the tiger's mouth. The more annoying thing was Yao Zhixing seemed to see something in his eyes and tossed him back a look that seemed to tell him to calm down.

How can I calm down‽

Fang Mo felt like coughing blood. Before he could come up with a solution to salvage the situation, Ye Shuang nodded. ”Then I shall go first, see you next time.”

An Zixuan added with pleasant surprise, ”I drove here today, why don't I give you a ride‽”