"It's just that this late at night isn't very appropriate, is it?"
Shan Gong stood there, stunned, unsure how to react.
Mu Qi was also taken aback, looking helplessly at Yun Shu Nian, who was sobbing uncontrollably against his chest.
"Mu Qi, can't you comfort me?" Yun Shu Nian felt a little better after venting her emotions.
But Mu Qi's motionless state still made Yun Shu Nian quite upset.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you," Mu Qi said, but Yun Shu Nian's mood didn't improve much.
Meanwhile, Shan Gong, watching Mu Qi and Yun Shu Nian, felt as if he had seen a ghost.
Their young master actually apologized?
Shan Gong's throat bobbed, but then he thought about the person in front of him being Yun Shu Nian, and he began to understand.
Shan Gong sighed inwardly, thinking that before, Yun Shu Nian had been determined to leave their young master, even going so far as to humiliate him in every possible way. Yet, their young master had never once thought of giving up on Yun Shu Nian.
Wasn't that more pathetic than the apology he had just heard?
In this world, perhaps only Yun Shu Nian could elicit such a reaction from their young master.
Shan Gong sighed again inwardly. Before he could snap out of his daze, Mu Qi's voice reached him.
"Get out." Shan Gong immediately turned and, as he left, also closed the door for Yun Shu Nian and Mu Qi.
"Then why did you yell at me? And where were you going just now?" Yun Shu Nian cupped Mu Qi's face with both hands and demanded.
"I was just going out for a walk." Mu Qi instinctively dodged the first question.
But Yun Shu Nian was relentless, insisting on a clear answer before she would be at ease. Su Dan Fiction Network.
Since Mu Qi wouldn't tell her, Yun Shu Nian decided to guess for herself.
"Are you not talking because you're annoyed with me?" Yun Shu Nian asked, her crescent eyes glinting fiercely.
"No!" Mu Qi immediately denied. How could he be annoyed with Nian Nian? He was just scared.
Yun Shu Nian's expression softened slightly, and she then guessed, "Then it's because you don't want to say what you were thinking of saying earlier?"
Mu Qi fell silent.
Yun Shu Nian knew she had guessed correctly and fell silent herself for a moment.
"Mu Qi, I was just very worried about you. You looked so unwell, and I wanted to know what you were thinking so I could comfort you."
After a moment of silence, Yun Shu Nian spoke her mind to Mu Qi without reservation.
She wanted to know what Mu Qi was thinking and didn't want any misunderstandings between them.
Yun Shu Nian believed that if she was honest, Mu Qi would understand.
As Yun Shu Nian finished speaking, Mu Qi was startled, clearly not expecting Yun Shu Nian to worry about him.
Mu Qi had never imagined that one day he would be taken to heart by Yun Shu Nian.
In front of Yun Shu Nian, Mu Qi, who could command the winds and summon the rain in the imperial capital, seemed to carry an insecurity deep within his bones.
"I'm fine." After a pause, Mu Qi responded dryly.
Hearing this answer, Yun Shu Nian looked away from Mu Qi and bit her lip.
"Nian Nian?" Mu Qi gently tried to cup Yun Shu Nian's chin, but she dodged him.
With just those three words, Mu Qi understood many things he had overlooked.
How could Yun Shu Nian be at ease?
"Mu Qi, did you encounter something I can't know about?" After avoiding Mu Qi's hand, Yun Shu Nian turned to face him and asked again.
Looking at Yun Shu Nian's clear, crescent eyes, Mu Qi fell silent again.
Mu Qi actually had secrets from her.
Yun Shu Nian's crescent eyes dimmed, and she sighed deeply in her heart, thinking with disappointment.
"There is nothing you cannot know." Mu Qi stroked the corner of Yun Shu Nian's eye and said, word by word.
Yun Shu Nian's crescent eyes brightened again.
Mu Qi avoided Yun Shu Nian's gaze and continued, "It's just that what I say might not be what you want to hear."
"You cheated?" Yun Shu Nian's eyes sharpened immediately upon hearing Mu Qi's words.
"Of course not!" Mu Qi exclaimed, refuting her instantly.
"Then tell me quickly. Besides that, there's nothing I can't accept." Yun Shu Nian said, looking at Mu Qi with encouraging eyes.
Meeting Yun Shu Nian's gaze, Mu Qi could not refuse and opened his lips. "I thought you were going to confront me, that you had planned to leave me after all."
As Mu Qi spoke, he stared intently at Yun Shu Nian's eyes, afraid to see even a hint of disappointment in them.
In reality, Mu Qi was the most disappointed.
After so long, he still hadn't learned to trust Nian Nian.
Is that all?
Yun Shu Nian saw that Mu Qi had no more to say after uttering those words and found it strange.
In Yun Shu Nian's mind, this was not a big deal at all; she was already very accustomed to it.
"Is that all? Then tell me why you held me so tightly earlier?" Thinking of this, Yun Shu Nian's waist and chest began to ache faintly.
"I had a nightmare." Recalling the dream from earlier, Mu Qi hugged Yun Shu Nian again, but this time his grip was significantly lighter than when he had held her in his sleep.
Hearing Mu Qi's slightly aggrieved tone, Yun Shu Nian could easily guess what his dream had been about.
Mu Qi had probably dreamt that she was leaving again.
Yun Shu Nian said nothing more, merely patting Mu Qi's back gently to soothe him.
"Nian Nian, don't be disappointed, and don't think about leaving. I will try to get better."
Just as Yun Shu Nian's heart began to settle, Mu Qi's cold, threatening words reached her ears.
Yun Shu Nian's gentle patting of Mu Qi's back paused, and then she burst into laughter.
Sensing Yun Shu Nian's body tremble slightly, Mu Qi thought she was frightened and immediately regretted speaking those cold, threatening words.
Nian Nian hadn't shown fear towards him in a long time, and his words had ruined all the hard-earned warmth they had accumulated.
Thinking of this, Mu Qi hugged Yun Shu Nian tighter.
But the next second, Yun Shu Nian burst into laughter.
Mu Qi, surprised, loosened his hold on Yun Shu Nian and looked at her, who was laughing uncontrollably.
Yun Shu Nian thought that if she had heard Mu Qi say that when she had just been reborn, she might have been truly frightened.
But hearing Mu Qi say such things now, she felt as if he were a very well-behaved rabbit that had forcefully donned the disguise of a big bad wolf and was now trying to scare her.
"Is it very funny?"