Chapter 371 Strange Reaction

In the end, Li Caiyi reluctantly rode in Meng Renshu's car instead of going by train.

If he would end up following her anyway, she would rather choose a means of transportation which gave her the least time to be with him.

It would also save the transportation cost, which benefitted her greatly. She just had to be patient for a few hours riding with him.

Ignoring Meng Renshu's triumphant smirk, Li Caiyi entered the car and saw Mr. Mu smiling amiably at her.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Mu." Li Caiyi greeted him first politely.

"Likewise, Miss Caiyi. I wanted to apologize for my brazenness the other day. I was too short-sighted and almost forced you to cancel your plan with your friends." The older man said while slightly bowing his head.

"No, it's okay, Mr. Mu. In the end, I wasn't of any help. You don't have to apologize to me."

"Thank you, Miss Caiyi. You are really kind."

After a round of pleasantries ended, the car took off in silence.

Li Caiyi was tense at first, but she gradually relaxed when Meng Renshu didn't seem to show any sign of initiating conversation. She was relieved and focused on looking at the view outside the window.

Mr. Mu's driving was very smooth, and this expensive car barely made any unnecessary bumps or noise. Hence, it was a very comfortable ride. Her body gradually became more relaxed, and she began to doze off.

Meng Renshu kept his mouth shut throughout the trip. Still, he paid close attention to Li Caiyi by watching her reflection in the window. He smiled faintly when he saw her head bobbing around, following the car's movement.

'She makes it hard for me not to pay attention to her.'

Then, the car suddenly made a turn, and Li Caiyi's body fell to the side due to the inertia.

Meng Renshu quickly held her head before it could hit the window. Surprisingly, none of this series of events woke her up.

"She must be tired after running around all morning." Meng Renshu murmured in a low voice.

This situation gave him a sense of deja vu. He recalled they also had a similar moment when both visited Li Chunhua in the hospital.

At that time, he didn't know anything about the so-called 'rebirth' phenomena or his previous life's memories. He only saw her as his childhood friend. Thus he felt nothing when he let her use his shoulder as a pillow.

But now that he remembered he used to be her husband, his heart fluttered at their sudden closeness and her vulnerable state. Normally, she would snap at him if he touched her, but now that she was unconscious, Meng Renshu could finally stare at her up close.

Li Caiyi and Li Chunhua had identical faces. Both had long eyelashes framing their big, clear eyes. Skin as white as porcelain and thin pink lips like flower petals.

Growing up with them since childhood, Meng Renshu learned to differentiate them from how they talked or smiled. But when she slept like this, if it weren't for the glasses, Meng Renshu probably couldn't distinguish her.

Or at least that was what he thought until he regained his memory.

A blush tinted his cheek when he remembered the memory of their first night. At that moment, he discovered that Li Caiyi had three moles in line behind her left ear. The moles were relatively faint in color and usually covered by her earlobe or hair, so he almost never noticed them.

Encouraged by his curiosity, Meng Renshu moved her left earlobe slightly. He wanted to look at the moles again.

Li Caiyi flinched and squirmed in her place when his finger grazed on his earlobe. Another wave of memory flashed across his head again.

'Come to think of it, she is weak on the ears. She liked it when I played with her ears before.'

Meng Renshu smirked mischievously before leaning down to blow on her ear. He originally wanted to see if she would wake up when he did that, but the tables were turned on him when a soft moan leaked from her pretty lips.

Her head fell slightly to the side, letting him have a delicious view of her collarbone peeking from her t-shirt collar. The seductive view was engraved in his mind, wiping away any other thought in his mind.

Meng Renshu: "!!!"

He leaned his body back and distanced himself from her immediately. His face flushed, and his heart drummed like crazy.

Her voice was small and could barely pass as a whimper, but the effect on him was immense. Even Meng Renshu himself was flustered by his body's strange reaction.

'It's not like this is my first time dealing with women, but why am I reacting like a virgin teenager now?'

It took Meng Renshu a few moments before he realized that he was still a virgin teenager at the moment. He ruffled his head in frustration before gently putting a pillow on the chair and letting Li Caiyi's head rest on it.

Meng Renshu didn't know what he would do if he let her be so close to him, so he let her go.

Trying hard to calm down his erratic heartbeat, he scooted away from her and turned his head sideways, focusing himself on the view outside.

Aside from that, he would rather die than having Li Caiyi woke up and catch him red-handed when he was in this mortifying state.

"Young Master, is there something wrong?" Mr. Mu, who had been watching from the rearview mirror, asked him carefully.

"Nothing's wrong. Why do you ask?"

"Your face color doesn't look well. Is your fever coming back on you again?"

Mr. Mu wasn't lying because Meng Renshu's face was red up to the tip of his ears.

"Mr. Mu, just focus on the road."

"Yes? But—"

"I'm fine. Just stop talking to me. I need a few moments to calm myself down ."

Mr. Mu was confused, but he knew better not to pry further. "Understood."

The trip to K city continued until it ended when they arrived at the hotel reserved by their school. Li Caiyi woke up in a very fresh state, while Meng Renshu looked exhausted.