Chapter 128
Chapter 128
The hand braced against the potted plant was long-boned and beautiful, its knuckles slightly bent. Beneath the thin skin on the back of the hand, blue veins stood out clearly, thrumming with a sense of vigorous strength.
Wen Miao turned back in surprise and, against the light, saw a familiar face.
“Nan Mu?” Wen Miao froze for two seconds, then immediately grew nervous and glanced around. “What are you doing here?”
Nan Mu curved his lips in a soft smile, then fully took over her spot. Lifting his chin, he nodded toward the outside. “You get out. I’ll carry it.”
His voice sounded right beside her ear, his hot breath almost wrapping around her entire body.
Only then did Wen Miao realize that, in her current position, it was almost as if Nan Mu had her loosely enclosed in his arms.
Her little face flushed, and she hurriedly crouched down, ducking out from beneath his arm.
At that moment, Wen Xin let go. The entire weight of the potted plant fell onto Nan Mu and the truck driver, but in their hands, it seemed to lose all weight. They carried it into the courtyard with ease.
The truck driver, who had been muttering complaints the whole time, finally stopped grumbling and looked quite satisfied with his new “partner.”
It was only then that Wen Miao suddenly realized Nan Mu was actually this strong.
The potted plant was so heavy, yet when he lifted it, he made it look effortless. And because he seemed to be a little taller, he even carried his side higher than the truck driver did.
With Nan Mu’s help, the group finished moving all the potted plants in no time.
After they settled the bill and saw the truck driver off, Wen Tangtang looked at Nan Mu oddly. “Nan Mu, why are you here? Didn’t you say someone in your family passed away? I even saw your Moments post yesterday.”
“Huh? Someone in your family really passed away?” Wen Xin had been commuting to and from work with Nan Mu for several days now. Hearing this, he immediately asked in surprise, “Then why were you still going to work these past few days?”
He had thought Nan Mu had made up the reason for taking leave. And yesterday, hadn’t he…
“Work? What work?” Wen Tangtang looked at Nan Mu suspiciously. “Didn’t you take leave a few days ago to go back for the funeral?”
Standing off to the side, Wen Miao was both nervous and awkward, so embarrassed her toes could have dug out a three-bedroom apartment. She had originally wanted to take advantage of the information gap, but she hadn’t expected everyone to end up together.
Feeling guilty, she peeked at Nan Mu. Her entire body was practically sending out the signal: What do we do? What do we do?
Nan Mu, however, simply tugged the brim of his cap lower. “Let’s not talk about this in front of someone else’s house. I’ll explain it to you later. Just don’t tell the teacher about me, okay?”
Wen Tangtang felt that Nan Mu was acting strange today, somehow different from usual. But she did agree that this wasn’t the time to talk about it, so she temporarily pressed down her bellyful of questions.
The four of them entered the house together. In the living room, the live-in housekeeper had already poured tea for them.
Jia Lingyuan and Professor Hu were chatting in the tea room, while Mrs. Jia had gone to sort out the things Professor Hu had brought. For the moment, no one actually noticed that there was one more student than before.
Wen Miao was still a little nervous. Lowering her voice, she said beside Nan Mu, “You’re way too bold. What if Liang Mingqi comes over?”
But Nan Mu did not seem worried in the slightest. “Liang Mingqi came yesterday, so there’s a high chance she won’t come today. Besides… I don’t have anything to be afraid of. If she doesn’t want to bring me here, does that mean no one else is allowed to?”
Wen Miao said, “Even if Liang Mingqi doesn’t come, may I ask how you plan to explain your appearance to Tang Tang later? Tell her the truth?”
Nan Mu smiled. “Then I’ll just say something to fool her? It’s not like she’s smart anyway.”
Wen Miao couldn’t agree. “Even if you lie, you’ll only be hiding what happened these past two days. Once the real you goes back to school for class, Tang Tang is definitely going to find out. When that happens, how could she not get suspicious?”
Nan Mu disagreed. “What do you mean, the real me? I am the real me.”
Wen Miao rolled her eyes. “You know that’s not what I meant!”
Seeing Wen Miao’s little face all puffed up in anger, Nan Mu couldn’t help laughing. He reached out and patted her on the head. “Relax. If she comes to ask you, just say you don’t know and tell her to ask me.”
But neither of them knew that while they were talking, Wen Tangtang had walked out of the restroom.
The moment she looked up, she saw Nan Mu standing by the window in the bright sunlight, reaching out to gently ruffle Wen Miao’s hair. His eyes seemed to shimmer with starlight, as if light itself were flowing through them. As for Wen Miao, she was standing across from him, looking slightly up at Nan Mu with the corners of her lips curved upward and the dimples in her cheeks deepening.
Wen Tangtang’s thoughts: What did I just see?! What is going on with those two? No, no, something is definitely off with them. Hahaha, I finally caught you… No wonder. Last time in the dorm, Wen Miao was acting so strange. I thought Nan Mu had bullied her… Ugh, so after all that, the two of them are actually… Hmph, this is too much. I was the one who played matchmaker, and they actually started a secret relationship behind my back? … Oh, if that’s the case, Nan Mu said he took leave to go home for a funeral, but then he suddenly appeared here. Could it be because a day apart feels like three years? Oh my god, are couples in the honeymoon phase really this terrifying? Someone in his family died, and he still couldn’t hold back? … Wait, is that normal? … It’s not normal, right? When someone dies in an average family, at most you’d send messages or video call… Why did he have to come all the way here? Could he not make a phone call? Could he not video chat? Why did he have to come in person?
Wen Tangtang’s eyes suddenly widened, and panic stirred in her heart.
That’s right. Why did Nan Mu have to come in person? He clearly had so many ways to soothe his longing, yet he insisted on coming here himself…
There had to be a reason he absolutely had to come in person! He couldn’t be planning to…
In that instant, countless images flashed through Wen Tangtang’s mind: Wen Xin refusing to say a word about what had happened to Wen Miao that day, Wen Miao sleeping for an entire night, the deliberately made red marks on her neck, Wen Miao asking where Nan Mu was the moment she woke up… and the fact that Wen Miao had actually thrown up!
In conclusion, Wen Miao and Nan Mu must have…
Wait. Could someone get pregnant immediately after sleeping together for one day?
Wen Tangtang was a little confused. Based on her level of biology knowledge, that was definitely impossible. So they probably weren’t…
It was their first time!
The more Wen Tangtang thought about it, the angrier she became. Her face turned ashen, and she stormed over to the two of them in a fury.
Wen Miao turned her head and was startled when she suddenly saw Wen Tangtang standing beside them, practically blazing with anger.
Feeling inexplicably guilty, she said, “Tang Tang, what are you doing here?”
Wen Tangtang’s thoughts: Look! Look! Look at this woman’s face. She’s guilty! I must have guessed right!
Nan Mu thought Wen Tangtang had come to demand an explanation, so he smiled and said, “Wen Tangtang, later I…”
“Shut up!” Wen Tangtang glared fiercely at Nan Mu, then left him standing there looking completely baffled as she dragged the uneasy Wen Miao away.
Wen Miao panicked a little and kept looking back at Nan Mu, mouthing, “What do I do? What do I do?”
Nan Mu hadn’t expected Wen Tangtang to react so strongly. All he could do was wave hard at Wen Miao, signaling for her to stick firmly to saying she didn’t know.
Wen Tangtang turned back and saw the two of them making little gestures at each other. She snapped viciously, “Look at me! Don’t look at him!”