Qin Shan

Chapter 378: The Cruise Ship Pilot is Suspicious of Mu Qi

"Mu Qi, isn't it a bit awkward for us to eat here while he watches?"

The living room was spacious, and Yun Shunian could easily hear the gulping sound from the yacht driver.

Awkward?

Mu Qi lowered his gaze, contemplating. The tyrant, who would resort to violence at the slightest disagreement, tried to understand Yun Shunian's feeling of "awkwardness."

The yacht driver suddenly looked up, meeting Yun Shunian's innocent, crescent-shaped eyes. He couldn't reconcile this with the cold, heartless rich woman he remembered.

"Get a stool yourself and serve yourself food," Mu Qi, still pondering, turned to the yacht driver not far away.

The yacht driver nodded obediently, his gaze falling on the chair nearby. He hesitated before slowly walking towards it.

Yun Shunian was in a good mood and insisted on eating next to Mu Qi.

The yacht driver awkwardly held his chair and sat down at a spot that was far enough away not to be directly facing Yun Shunian and Mu Qi.

Are these two really married?

Midway through breakfast, after the yacht driver had eaten three eggs, he quietly glanced at Yun Shunian and Mu Qi across from them, who were stealing intimate glances at each other.

He was still somewhat amazed. When he had first met Yun Shunian on the yacht, her gaze towards Mu Qi had been so cold and strangely distant.

How could the situation have reversed so abruptly?

Now, Yun Shunian seemed like a different person. This man indulged and doted on her in every way.

Such a Yun Shunian made it impossible for the yacht driver to believe that she would simply let him off the hook.

Or perhaps, Yun Shunian's earlier statement about taking him with them when they left was a lie!

Maybe Yun Shunian never intended to take him back, and just wanted to placate him for now.

On this deserted island with only the three of them, the yacht driver found it hard to control his overthinking.

When people are pushed to their limits, they awaken a will to survive, no matter how content or prone to giving up they were before. Su Dan Novels.

Could it be…

The yacht driver suddenly had another idea. He looked up at Mu Qi with a scrutinizing gaze.

Could it be that this man's kindness towards this woman was also a pretense?

Was this man being deceitful?

He seemed to have known this woman for a long time. It was quite possible that he had treated me that way back then just to alleviate the woman's concerns.

With this thought, a glimmer of hope reignited in the yacht driver's eyes.

Little Yun Shunian, in her exceptionally good mood, and Mu Qi, radiating a gentle aura, had no idea that the yacht driver was now attributing all their actions to a conspiracy theory.

After breakfast, Mu Qi went to the kitchen to tidy up.

The yacht driver glanced at Mu Qi, who was busy in the kitchen, and then at Yun Shunian, whose eyes seemed glued to him. After a slight hesitation, he stood up.

"I'll go help," the yacht driver said hastily to Yun Shunian before heading towards the kitchen.

"Let me help you." After saying this, the yacht driver picked up a bowl and squeezed in next to Mu Qi to wash dishes with him.

Mu Qi caught the scent of sweat from the yacht driver.

Unconsciously, Mu Qi tightened his grip on the rim of the bowl with his left hand. His whitened knuckles looked as if they could hurl the yacht driver beside him away at any moment.

However, in the span of a mere dozen seconds, Mu Qi seemed to realize something, and the hand gripping the bowl rim relaxed.

"Get out," Mu Qi said, his voice low and sharp, without looking at the yacht driver beside him.

"Cough." The yacht driver coughed dryly but made no move.

"Stop acting. I observed that the sound of you washing dishes can't be heard from the living room. Tell me your plan, and I can cooperate with you."

The yacht driver lowered his head, repeatedly rubbing one spot on a bowl with the dishcloth in his right hand.

Mu Qi's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Are you afraid of Nian Nian?" Mu Qi soon reached this conclusion.

The yacht driver became anxious, his tone urgent and displeased:

"Don't play games with me. She's imprisoned you here, so you're the one who's most afraid, aren't you? After all, I'm just an insignificant nobody in her eyes, but you've already been directly targeted by her."

"Heh." It was unclear which remark amused Mu Qi, but his brows suddenly relaxed. The sharpness in his gaze towards the yacht driver diminished.

"I've been targeted by her?" Mu Qi repeated the yacht driver's words, his tone much gentler.

"Of course! That woman forcibly brought you to this godforsaken place when you were unconscious. It's obvious what she wants to do with you when it's just a man and a woman together, isn't it?"

Seeing Mu Qi inquire like this, the yacht driver immediately thought he had swayed Mu Qi and began to add fuel to the fire.

Mu Qi's brows subtly twitched: "Didn't Nian Nian show you our marriage certificate?"

"What can a marriage certificate prove? Looking at that woman, she's clearly wealthy and powerful. She must have seen that you're good-looking and forced you to get the certificate through some means."

The yacht driver, emboldened by Mu Qi's seemingly wavering attitude, was momentarily blinded and didn't notice Mu Qi's intimate use of the name "Nian Nian."

Or perhaps, even if the yacht driver had noticed, he would have just assumed Mu Qi was still pretending.

As the yacht driver finished speaking, Mu Qi's expression shifted.

He hadn't been entirely wrong about the "means." It was just that the one using the means wasn't Yun Shunian, but him, Mu Qi.

Mu Qi: "I'm good-looking?"

The yacht driver, failing to notice the subtle change in Mu Qi's tone, continued to try and stir Mu Qi's emotions: "Of course! With your rosy lips and white teeth, that woman must have fallen for you because of that."

Mu Qi: "Then why is Nian Nian only noticing me now?"

The yacht driver: ???

Now, the yacht driver was speechless.

"Let me tell you a story."

Mu Qi finally felt Yun Shunian's love, but the memory of the days and nights when she hadn't yet fallen for him still made him feel wronged.

For a moment, Mu Qi suddenly wanted to tell the yacht driver before him how long he, with his rosy lips and white teeth, his handsome appearance, had yearned for Yun Shunian to glance at him a few more times.