Chapter 34: Starting to Feel It?
Beep beep beep… beep beep beep…
As the 6 a.m. alarm rang, Lin Muxi, who was completely exhausted from being messed with until late last night, slowly opened her eyes in Mo Ziyang’s arms. She sat up, stretching lazily.
“Did you sleep well?”
Looking at the girl who climbed up from his arms, full of charm, Mo Ziyang stared at her with dark circles under his eyes and a helpless expression. This was the very person who caused him to lose sleep for half the night.
“Of course, I slept super… com… fortably in the second half of the night…”
Half-asleep, Lin Muxi answered automatically when she heard her good friend talking behind her. But when she saw the crumpled clothes under her body and Mo Ziyang lying beside her, her sleepy brain instantly woke up.
Who am I? Where am I? Why am I sleeping in my bro’s arms… Questions flashed through her little heart all at once.
Seeing Lin Muxi frozen with wide eyes, Mo Ziyang waved a hand in front of her face and said,
“What’s wrong? Too comfortable and it made you dumb?”
“Ah… n-no…”
Coming back to her senses, Lin Muxi quickly got off him, then asked nervously.
“Um, what happened last night…?”
Although it was unbelievable, looking at Mo Ziyang’s tired face, she could already guess more or less what went on.
Seeing that she still dared to ask, Mo Ziyang smiled kindly but with a playful tone as he said slowly.
“You climbed over here yourself, I didn’t say anything. But your sleeping posture was so bad, it kept me awake all night. Hugging me here, rubbing me there… what, is my body that attractive to you?”
“As if! Who would rub against you…”
The moment Mo Ziyang said that, Lin Muxi’s face turned red. Her eyes darted away nervously, wishing she could dig a hole and hide.
“Oh? Want me to show you the video from last night?”
Seeing her still stubborn, Mo Ziyang smirked and opened his phone. On the screen was a 5-minute video thumbnail clearly showing Lin Muxi sleeping in his arms.
“What the heck! You secretly filmed me?”
The moment she saw it, Lin Muxi panicked. If he kept this video, he could threaten her with it anytime!
No way… even if she really did end up cheapening herself to Mo Ziyang in the future, she couldn’t let him have this! The video had to be deleted, no matter what!
Since she couldn’t win by force, she used her ultimate move, throwing herself into his arms again, looking pitifully at her good friend, and speaking in a shy tone.
“Please, young master, just delete it…”
But Mo Ziyang wasn’t moved at all. Instead, he smiled wickedly, like he had already expected this.
“Hmm… not bad. Do it a bit more, then I’ll delete it.”
“???”
Lin Muxi looked at him in shock. How could her good friend even say something like that!
“Get lost! You jerk, hurry up and delete it!”
After several minutes of begging and pestering, Mo Ziyang finally softened when he saw her pitiful look. In front of her, he deleted the video from the album.
Lin Muxi was overjoyed at this, so much that she even promised to treat him to lunch in the cafeteria.
But as he watched her being so happy, Mo Ziyang just smiled faintly. After all, photos and videos deleted from a phone can still be restored within 30 days.
Trying to outsmart him? She clearly didn’t know who she was dealing with.
Feeling smug, he calmly started arranging the day’s plans, pretending nothing happened.
“It’s deleted already, now hurry up and pack your stuff, we’re going back to school.”
“Oh, oh.”
Suddenly remembering today was Monday, Lin Muxi quickly grabbed her things after Mo Ziyang’s reminder and followed him out of the hospital, all the way to the car.
But when she saw the sports car in front of her… she suddenly felt like maybe taking the bus to school would be better.
“I mean… isn’t driving this kind of car to school a little too much?”
Standing frozen in front of the sports car, Lin Muxi’s face was full of question marks… So, even the cheapest car in her good bro’s house was a sports car?
“If you don’t want to be marked late, you’d better get in the car now.”
“Ahhh… fine, you don’t need to remind me.”
Seeing through her hesitation, Mo Ziyang’s words hit straight to the point. With no other choice, Lin Muxi unwillingly got in the car. After the engine started, she took out the brand-new phone Mo Ziyang had given her and started playing with it.
After a while, Mo Ziyang glanced at her from the driver’s seat. She was smiling brightly while fiddling with the phone. He asked softly.
“Good to use?”
“Of course! It’s such an expensive phone. Even the phone you gave me now is way better than my old one.”
Answering as she admired the latest iPhone in her hands, Lin Muxi felt a strange and hard-to-describe feeling in her heart…
Why did she suddenly feel like a little wife being spoiled by a bossy CEO? Why did this whole thing feel like Mo Ziyang giving gifts to his girlfriend? And why was her heart beating faster for no reason?
Oh no… could it be that just from one night of sleeping beside him, her body was already betraying her? The more she thought about it, the stranger she felt. Just as her imagination was running wild, Mo Ziyang spoke again.
“What’s wrong? Not feeling well? Your face is so red.”
Noticing her blushing and avoiding his eyes, Mo Ziyang asked with concern while driving.
“N-no, just focus on driving. Don’t end up on the news tomorrow for a car accident… I should just think about how to cover my hair for now.”
Realizing he might have caught her little secret thoughts, Lin Muxi quickly turned her face away, muttering softly with her back to him.
“Hehe… don’t worry.”
This little thing can actually get shy? Seeing this, Mo Ziyang smiled faintly. He thought to himself how easy she was to read, her thoughts were basically written all over her face, just like a girl experiencing her first crush. Too easy for him to handle.
But there was no rush. He’d take his time. After all, she was already starting to feel something. Thinking that, Mo Ziyang reached out and rubbed her head.
“Hey, what are you doing? I just changed my style a bit, and now you really treat me like a girl?”
Feeling his hand on her head, Lin Muxi trembled all over, quickly shaking her head to get his hand off.
“Ah! Ow ow ow!”
She shook so hard that Mo Ziyang finally flicked her forehead.
“I really don’t get what goes on in that head of yours. Here, take this hat.”
“Then why didn’t you just say it? Why touch my head?”
Rubbing the spot where she got flicked, Lin Muxi turned and glared at him, her small eyes full of blame.
She really didn’t know what was wrong with his hand, touching her head made her extra sensitive, flicking her forehead hurt even more.
Sure, she had been thinking about some embarrassing things at that time, but still, why did he have to suddenly touch her head? Wasn’t that also kind of wrong?
“What are you staring at? Want me to do it again? The hat is in the storage box in front of you.”
“Oh…”
Having no strength to argue back, the pitiful Lin Muxi quietly opened the little drawer in front of her and took out a white hat.
But after holding it for a while, she didn’t put it on.
“I mean… who even wears a hat like this at school?”
Looking over at her bro with doubt, Lin Muxi wanted a reasonable answer. She didn’t want to wear something that was supposed to hide her looks, only to attract even more attention.
And what if some prankster pulled the hat off? If someone recognized her as the maid from the cosplay event two days ago… damn, all the buffs would stack on her at once.
“Sigh… what’s the point of your brain?”
While driving, Mo Ziyang shook his head, then pulled out a hospital certificate from his pocket.
“Wow… as expected of you.”
Seeing the medical note in his hand, Lin Muxi immediately understood the plan. Her eyes lit up as she quickly grabbed it and tucked it into her chest.