CH 34

That night, Mu Qingyan didn’t know what had happened afterwards. He didn’t know how he had returned to the hotel, either.

When he woke up, he was already lying in the hotel room bed, feeling groggy and holding a soft, warm hand in his right hand.

Based on his previous experiences, Mu Qingyan wasn’t surprised. He just looked at his palm and knew that he must have spent the night holding onto Ji Liyun.

He gently released his right hand and sat up from the bed.

Ji Liyun, who was sleeping on his side with his face on the bed edge, seemed to sense the movement on the bed and his eyelashes trembled slightly.

Mu Qingyan had originally intended to get up directly, but he stopped his movement at this moment. He looked at Ji Liyun’s side face, from his thick sword eyebrows and long eyelashes, to his straight nose bridge and rosy thin lips.

He knew that Ji Liyun was good-looking, coupled with his well-built body and privileged family background, he was the object of many noble ladies’ secret admiration and pursuit.

At this moment, being able to look at him so closely and carefully, Mu Qingyan felt that he was truly the type of person who could move others.

Ji Liyun slowly opened his eyes, as if he felt the gaze on him.

When their eyes met, Mu Qingyan clearly felt his heart beat heavily and a fleeting panic.

He quickly adjusted his expression and pursed his lips slightly, not wanting to appear too concerned. He asked indifferently, “Did you sleep well?”

At the same time, Ji Liyun also asked him, “Did you reincarnate?”

Mu Qingyan: “……”

Reincarnate? Why does he think I reincarnated? Is it because my personality is too different from the original host’s?

Seeing Mu Qingyan’s look of surprise, Ji Liyun smiled and scratched his head. He then said, “Look, I must have been dizzy from sleep and asked such a stupid question.”

He stood up from the bed and said, “It’s still early, go back to sleep for a while. I’ll go to my room to take a shower and make breakfast for you.”

“Ji…” Mu Qingyan was about to say something, but Ji Liyun had already left his room.

Mu Qingyan lay back in bed, but he couldn’t fall asleep. His mind was filled with the words “I like you” that Ji Liyun had said the previous night.

Perhaps it was this kind of liking that made Ji Liyun repeatedly help him.

However, he didn’t remember what he had said or done after hearing those words.

Did he say something inappropriate or do something outrageous, causing Ji Liyun to suspect that he had been reborn?

Mu Qingyan shook his head. He thought that if he had told the truth, it should have been a transmigration, not a rebirth.

Did something else happen between him and Ji Liyun after he got drunk last night, besides holding his hand?

He tossed and turned, and the more he thought about it, the redder his face became. He decided to get up and take a shower.

Taking a shower was always the best time to think. After washing away the smell of alcohol, Mu Qingyan finally decided to subtly ask what happened after he passed out last night.

After washing up and changing into a quick outfit, he went to Ji Liyun’s room.

The open kitchen sizzled with the sound of cooking, and the President of the Ji Group was focused on making scrambled eggs. He didn’t notice Mu Qingyan, who was silent until he turned around and placed the eggs on the coffee table in the living room.

Ji Liyun laughed and said, “You came but didn’t make a sound. What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing, I’m waiting for you to finish so we can have breakfast together.”

Mu Qingyan said this with his mouth, but his mind was filled with Ji Liyun’s words “I like you.”

Ji Liyun smiled and said, “I’ll make two more sandwiches, they’ll be ready soon.” With that, he turned and walked back into the kitchen.

Perhaps due to living abroad for many years, Ji Liyun was quite skilled at making Western-style breakfasts.

Mu Qingyan ate a few bites of the sandwich and casually said with a smile, “I drank too much last night and it seems like I blacked out. I don’t even remember how I got back to the hotel.”

Ji Liyun said, “Yeah, I knew you couldn’t hold your liquor, but I didn’t expect it to be that bad. If you go out drinking without me or Shen Huai, make sure to have a good bodyguard with you, otherwise, you might get sold without even realizing it.”

Mu Qingyan asked, “What time did we come back yesterday?”

Ji Liyun bit into his sandwich and thought for a moment before saying, “It was around 11:30 pm.”

11:30 pm? Mu Qingyan remembered that when the boss gave them cocktails last night, it was already past 10:30 pm, and then there were three or four songs played. His last memory was around 11:00 pm.

So he didn’t black out for long before coming back last night?

He had wanted to see Ji Liyun’s reaction, to guess what he might have said last night, but now it seemed that Ji Liyun was acting as usual, laughing and talking as if that sentence had never been spoken.

Could it be that he was just hallucinating because he had drunk too much? Did Ji Liyun actually say that sentence, and how had he reacted?

Mu Qingyan ate his breakfast without really tasting it because he was weighed down by his thoughts.

He thought that as a man, he should just ask if he had any questions, but he hesitated, afraid that he might have witnessed a couple’s proposal last night, and that his memory might have been affected.

But he didn’t want to be presumptuous.

Ji Liyun noticed Mu Qingyan’s expression changing and tapped his forehead, “It’s early in the morning, why are you so heavy-hearted? Don’t think too much, just eat your breakfast. After you’re done, I’ll take you to the Black Sand Beach.”

The Black Sand Beach was one of the famous attractions on Sheng Island. Mu Qingyan had seen it on his phone yesterday and mentioned it to Ji Liyun, saying he wanted to go and see it.

As expected, Ji Liyun was as efficient as always – whatever Mu Qingyan wanted, he would make it happen, whatever Mu Qingyan wanted to do, he would arrange it.

The Black Sand Beach was on the other side of Sheng Island. When Ji Liyun drove Mu Qingyan to the nearby parking lot, it was already noon.

Perhaps because of the good weather, there were already many men and women sunbathing on the beach, as well as children chasing and playing.

Ji Liyun and Mu Qingyan both had attractive faces, but one had a muscular build and the other was slender. They picked two lounge chairs and as soon as they lay down, there were men and women coming up to strike up a conversation.

Mu Qingyan politely chatted with them for a while, but Ji Liyun always kept a cold face, pretending to sleep and ignoring everyone.

Finally, many people who tried to talk to Ji Liyun were scared away by his icy face.

Mu Qingyan laughed and said, “It seems that someone doesn’t like being approached.”

Ji Liyun opened his eyes and looked at Mu Qingyan. “I only like being approached by someone I like.”

“Maybe if you get approached more, you’ll start to like them,” Mu Qingyan joked.

“That won’t happen,” Ji Liyun wanted to say that he only had one person he liked from beginning to end, the person he loved was right in front of him.

However, those words got stuck in his throat and he didn’t say them in the end.

Ji Liyun got up. “I’ll go buy two drinks.”

“Okay.”

Mu Qingyan put on sunglasses, basked in the sun, and enjoyed this leisurely and comfortable moment.

He vaguely felt that when he returned to the country, there would be a tough battle to fight. Maybe it would last for a few months, maybe it would last for a few years.

Because he had received new information from Ye Qiqi: “Boss, Xing Hao has taken action.”