Chapter 235: Chapter 230: Be Good
Upon hearing Jin Jumo’s soft and gentle voice, the hostility in Rong Mochen’s eyebrows slightly eased, and his voice softened a bit, "Gu Yan has already gone to the kindergarten to pick up Xixi and Hanhan."
His dark eyes looked at her warmly, "You’ve slept all day and haven’t eaten anything. Come over and have something to eat first."
Jin Jumo paused, "I’ll wait and eat with Xixi and Hanhan later."
"Gu Yan will feed Xixi and Hanhan before bringing them back," Rong Mochen stared at Jin Jumo.
"..." Jin Jumo’s brow furrowed deeper.
"Need me to come over and carry you?" Rong Mochen squinted and snorted coldly.
Jin Jumo’s cheeks twitched slightly; she glanced at Rong Mochen’s stern face, pouted, and walked over.
"Sit down," Rong Mochen pointed to the seat beside him.
Jin Jumo glanced sideways at the seat. Without defying him, she sat down.
Rong Mochen’s face softened as he gazed sideways at Jin Jumo’s freshly bathed, pink face, his tone gentle, "You haven’t eaten all day, start with some soup before having a meal."
Jin Jumo nodded, and she ladled a bowl herself, holding it with both hands, lowered her head, and drank it sip by sip.
Rong Mochen’s dark eyes became increasingly gentle as he watched her, and his cool lips curved up slightly as he personally served her a small bowl of rice.
Jin Jumo accepted the rice and ate quietly.
"Have some fish," Rong Mochen meticulously picked out the bones and placed the fish in Jin Jumo’s bowl, speaking softly.
"..." Jin Jumo looked at the fish in the bowl, something flashed quickly in her eyes, "Thank you."
Rong Mochen watched Jin Jumo eating, the corners of his eyes curling with sexy lines.
Throughout the meal, Rong Mochen was busy picking fish bones for Jin Jumo; he hardly ate anything himself.
After finishing the last sip of soup.
Jin Jumo was about to pick up a napkin from the table to wipe her mouth.
"I’ll do it," Rong Mochen was ahead, picking up the napkin, his gentle actions contrasting with his cold image, and wiped Jin Jumo’s mouth.
Jin Jumo was stunned, her gaze complex as she watched his tender face now.
After the meal, the hotel staff came to clear the table.
Jin Jumo and Rong Mochen were sitting on the sofa facing each other.
The air was permeated with a subtle awkwardness.
At least Jin Jumo was uncomfortable.
Licking her lower lip, Jin Jumo looked at the door, her eyes darting toward a certain someone opposite, "What did Gu Yan take Xixi and Hanhan to eat? Why haven’t they come back yet?"
"Worried?" Rong Mochen looked at her.
With the two little ones with Gu Yan, she wasn’t too worried, just... anxious!
Anxious to leave here!
Jin Jumo said, "Should we call Gu Yan to check in?"
Rong Mochen glanced at the clock on the wall, "It’s still early now, if they’re not back by nine, it’s not too late to call."
Nine o’clock...
For some reason, Jin Jumo had a feeling that Gu Yan would not return early!
Frowning, Jin Jumo stood up from the sofa, "I’ll go find them then."
Rong Mochen squinted, looking at Jin Jumo with a smile that was not a smile.
Jin Jumo was uneasy with his stare, twitching her lips, said, "What’s Gu Yan’s phone number, I’ll call him to see where they are now?"
Rong Mochen suddenly snorted and stood up from the sofa.
At a height of 1.9 meters, he rose like a tree.
Jin Jumo then had to slightly lift her chin to look at his face.
"Come here, I’ll tell you," Rong Mochen said.
"..." Jin Jumo wasn’t that silly!
"Can’t say it like this?" Jin Jumo’s cheeks twitched as she spoke.
"Refusing to come over, are you afraid of me?" Rong Mochen smiled grimly.
Jin Jumo stared at him, "So many people are afraid of Mr. Rong, what’s so strange about me being afraid?"
"You don’t need to be afraid, I can’t be harsh on you," he said with a laugh, appearing somewhat approachable.
Jin Jumo pulled her lips dryly, "Mr. Rong, don’t joke."
Can’t be harsh on her? Why doesn’t she believe it?
"Am I joking?" Rong Mochen raised an eyebrow, "Look, I gave you a day to cut ties with Ying Jingyao, did you listen to me? You didn’t, and I haven’t done anything to you, have I?"
Hearing him mention Ying Jingyao, Jin Jumo’s expression slightly faded, and her eyebrows furrowed lightly.
Jin Jumo’s reaction was like a thorn, piercing into Rong Mochen’s dark eyes.
In the previous second, his face had been gentle and easy-going. Now, it was suddenly shrouded in gloom.
Jin Jumo was immersed in her own thoughts and didn’t notice the changes in Rong Mochen’s expression.
Nor did she notice him suddenly moving closer to her.
It wasn’t until her chin was lifted, and his cold yet handsome face intruded into her vision, that Jin Jumo drew a sharp breath and snapped back to reality.
Her shoulders instinctively tensed up, and she opened her mouth, "Mr. Rong, what are you trying to do?"
"What could I do to you now?" Rong Mochen chuckled darkly, his slender fingers sliding down her chin, brushing back and forth on her delicate neck. "Little Mo, it’s just you. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t want to be such a fool, letting you toy with me."
His fingers roamed over her neck, making Jin Jumo constantly think he might cut off her breath the next second, causing uncontrollable shivers to run down her spine.
"When have I ever toyed with Mr. Rong?"
Jin Jumo stubbornly denied, at this moment she could never honestly reveal her plans from the morning, "Mr. Rong and I had an agreement long ago. Mr. Rong promised to do what I asked, and I would marry him. But before that, he can’t disrupt my life. Now, Mr. Rong is ignoring our agreement and repeatedly violating it. I haven’t done anything!"
"What a fine nothing you’ve done!" Rong Mochen said with a somber face, letting go of her chin.
Jin Jumo quickly backed away to maintain a safe distance from him, her eyes narrowed like peach blossoms as she stared at him, "Gu Yan was right, Mr. Rong, your temper is really quite..."
"Quite what?" Rong Mochen exhaled sharply, casting a cold glance at Jin Jumo.
Jin Jumo gritted her teeth, "Capricious!"
Rong Mochen gave her a look and said blandly, "If you behave, I promise only joy and no anger towards you!"
"Mr. Rong asks me to behave, why doesn’t he reign in his own temper," Jin Jumo retorted defiantly.
Rong Mochen frowned, deeply staring at Jin Jumo without saying a word.
Jin Jumo took a deep breath while looking around for her bag.
Rong Mochen watched her silently.
Jin Jumo searched anxiously for a while but didn’t find it, then looked up at Rong Mochen, "Where’s my bag?"
Rong Mochen tightened his eyebrows and glanced towards the bedroom.
Jin Jumo squinted and walked towards the bedroom.
When she came out again, Jin Jumo had a bag in one hand and a phone in the other, her face full of doubt.
She remembered her phone was on when she left the house...
But now, the phone was turned off.
Rong Mochen received Jin Jumo’s questioning gaze, pressed his lips, and said nothing.
Jin Jumo inhaled, turning her phone back on while walking towards the door.
"Where are you going?" Rong Mochen hurriedly blocked Jin Jumo’s way, frowning with his deep, dark brows as he stared at her.
"I’m going to the lobby to wait for Gu Yan," Jin Jumo said.
"..." Rong Mochen’s dark eyes clouded over as he grabbed Jin Jumo’s wrist and dragged her onto the sofa.
Jin Jumo’s breath was uneven as she desperately tried to shake off his hand.
Seeing her stubborn face, Rong Mochen’s eyes flickered with frustration and a hint of helplessness. He said in a deep voice, "What are you doing? Just wait here!"
"I want to go down and wait!" Jin Jumo said.
"Why are you so stubborn!" Rong Mochen pressed down on her shoulders.
"I should be asking why Mr. Rong’s temper is so bad!" Jin Jumo exhaled.
Rong Mochen, "..."
Closing his eyes, Rong Mochen suddenly pushed her into the sofa forcefully, effortlessly pinning her slender wrists above her head on the sofa, his dark eyes filled with anger, "Jin Jumo, if you keep messing around, do you believe I won’t deal with you right now?"
Jin Jumo’s struggling motion paused, her peach blossom eyes coldly sneering at Rong Mochen, "Is this the only way Mr. Rong knows how to threaten me?"
Rong Mochen tightened his jaw and decisively leaned in, sealing her defiant lips.
Rong Mochen tightly wrapped his arms around her, his thin lips moving from her mouth to her ear, exhaling warm air, and huskily scolding, "What else are you afraid of besides this? Are you really afraid of me? No, Little Mo, what you’re afraid of is me forcibly taking you. You’re afraid of facing Ying Jingyao, afraid of life returning to the entanglement of four years ago with me."
"..." Jin Jumo’s eyes suddenly filled with tears, frozen.
Rong Mochen closed his eyes, his face brushed against hers, then he picked Jin Jumo up and sat on the sofa, his deep black eyes locked onto her bewildered ones, "Little Mo, you’re not as opposed to me as you think! Your deliberate avoidance and pretending not to know me were just to cover it up, to cover up your feelings for me..."
"Mr. Rong misunderstood." Jin Jumo rolled her eyes slightly, calmly looking at him, "I pretended not to know you, not to cover anything up. Moreover, I don’t want any entanglement with Mr. Rong again. Rather than avoiding Mr. Rong, I would say I’m avoiding trouble."
Trouble?
Rong Mochen’s grip on her waist tightened, "In your eyes, am I trouble?"
"Hasn’t Mr. Rong noticed? As long as I have any involvement with you, endless trouble finds me. Four years ago...four years later, in just over two months, I’ve been hospitalized twice. First it was Tang Ruan, then Gu Lingyi, and I don’t know who else might come after me..."
Stopping briefly, Jin Jumo curled her lips bitterly, "Do you know why I didn’t dare let Gu Lingyi see Xixi and Hanhan last night?"
"..." Rong Mochen’s heart momentarily froze.
"Xixi and Hanhan are my whole life. Their safety is my first consideration for any decision I make. I cannot tolerate even the slightest possibility of them getting hurt."
This was the first time since they reunited that Jin Jumo had confessed her feelings and concerns to him.
"Trust me..."
Jin Jumo shook her head, "I trust no one but myself. Mr. Rong, you wouldn’t understand the significance of Xixi and Hanhan to me, just like you didn’t understand what my grandfather meant to me back then. I’ve already lost him, I can’t lose Xixi and Hanhan too. It’s too terrifying!"