Chapter 35 Give Me a Kiss
The both of them did not utter a word during their journey back home.
Su Ziyue was leaning against the window; the streetlight outside shone through the car window and fell onto her pale face, making her look extremely exhausted.
Qin Muchen glanced at her but did not say anything; he was only focused on driving them home. When they reached the apartment, the both of them got out of the car.
After entering the room, Su Ziyue sat down on the sofa, as if her soul had left her body.
Qin Muchen observed her reactions silently. He came out after changing his clothes and noticed that she was still sitting on the sofa, totally spaced out without moving at all. Hence, he walked up to her and sat down across from Su Ziyue.
“We haven’t had dinner yet; what do you want to have for dinner?”
His voice was soft and gentle, as if he would never lose his temper.
Su Ziyue lifted her gaze to look at him; her eyes were filled with confusion and helplessness. “I’m craving for stir-fried beef. The very, very spicy kind.”
“You can’t eat spicy food now.” He reached his hands out, stroking the gauze on her head. “The wound on your head isn’t healed yet, and you can only have it when it’s healed.”
“Oh. In that case, I am fine with anything.” Su Ziyue folded her legs and rested her chin on her knees. Her skinny body had curled into a ball.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Muchen seemed to have understood something as he extended his arms to pull her up. “I’ll go and cook now. Come and help me out, then we can have our dinner sooner.”
Su Ziyue nodded and replied, “Fine.”
The couple then went into the kitchen.
When Qin Muchen asked Su Ziyue to grab the vegetables, she grabbed the vegetables. Similarly, when he asked her to take the plates, she went to take the plates.
One was giving the orders while the other executed the instructions.
Lifting his eyes to look at the seemingly sluggish Su Ziyue, Qin Muchen said in a soft voice, “Give me a plate. Wash it clean and use the towel to wipe it dry.”
“Oh,” replied Su Ziyue. Then, she tiptoed to the cupboard to take a plate.
When Qin Muchen finished cutting a carrot, he saw her tiptoeing at the cupboard, having a hard time to take the plate. Hence, he stood half a step behind her and extended his arms to take a plate out before handing it to her. “Give it to me after you’ve washed it clean.”
Su Ziyue nodded. However, when she reached her hand out to take the plate from him, Qin Muchen retracted his arms and a hint of teasing appeared in his deep gaze. “Give me a kiss, then I’ll give it to you.”
“You…” Su Ziyue was appalled. She shut her eyes afterward and raised her foot before fiercely stomping on his foot. “Fine. Here’s your kiss.”
Qin Muchen let out a hiss. He immediately let go of the plate and rested one of his hands on the cupboard behind her before leaning his head forward and bit her lips.
…
Qin Muchen prepared two main dishes and a soup. Everything was light, but he had spent twice the usual amount of time.
The two of them then sat across each other at the dining table.
Qin Muchen was really starving; he always had his meals at a fixed time, but it was already late today.
“Try this.” Qin Muchen suddenly took a piece of carrot and put it into Su Ziyue’s bowl.
Su Ziyue stuffed it into her mouth without a second look but after that, she spat it out. She then gave Qin Muchen a glare. “Why did you give me the carrot?”
She hated carrots the most.
Qin Muchen shook his head. “Carrots are good for your eyes.”
“My eyes are just fine.” Su Ziyue pursed her lips and continued eating.
However, she ate even faster and took more helpings this time.
After they were done eating, Qin Muchen did not let her wash the dishes. Instead, he asked her to go and take a shower.
30 minutes later, Su Ziyue came out of the bathroom after she had showered. Coincidentally, Qin Muchen was walking out of the kitchen after switching off the lights in there.
Su Ziyue suddenly felt like it was quite inconvenient after tearing the house apart like this; it felt weird.
Meanwhile, the culprit who tore her house apart had gone into the bathroom.
…
In the middle of the night, Qin Muchen was woken up by Su Ziyue’s cry.
It was only a few soft cries in the beginning, but toward the end, she was sobbing non-stop.
Qin Muchen reached his arms out to switch on the lights, but he quickly retracted his arms halfway through; it was as if he had suddenly thought of something.
“Su Ziyue.” He patted Su Ziyue on the shoulders.
Although the two of them had slept together for so long, they only slept under the blankets without doing anything else—except for that night when he purposely teased her, asking her to help him resolve it by using her hands.
Su Ziyue was still crying; Qin Muchen gave her a hard nudge, but he accidentally touched the wound on her head, waking her up from the pain.
With that, Su Ziyue stopped crying. The room was pitch-black, but she could feel the pair of eyes that were staring from beside her.
Pulling the blanket, she changed her sleeping position so that she wouldn’t touch her wound. “I’m sorry for waking you up.”
Qin Muchen’s voice, which did not carry much emotion, could be heard in the dark. “This isn’t like you; you’re apologizing out of the blue. You’re gentle and weak like a bunny.”
Su Ziyue did not utter a word even after hearing Qin Muchen call her a bunny; she stayed quiet, as if she was going to sleep.
Qin Muchen then broke the silence. “Since you don’t trust me, then why did you want to leave with me?”
“It’s not that I don’t trust you.”
She just refused to believe that Qin Muchen could find out which prison her father was locked up at since the Su Family had purposely hid this fact.
“In that case, why aren’t you telling me anything?” Qin Muchen’s words struck the most secretive part of her heart, and Su Ziyue had no way of refuting.
Qin Muchen slightly clenched his fist while waiting for her reply.
Su Ziyue bit her lips in the dark; she had never mentioned anything about her father to anyone before.
However, the gloomy night made people feel lonely and vulnerable. Hence, she had the urge of pouring her mind out.
Su Ziyue softly said, “My father is a gentle person. I refused to believe that he would do such a thing. Furthermore, he loves my mother—even though I’ve never actually met my mother before.”
Her soft voice reverberated in the night with vulnerability concealed in her voice.
It might have been because of Su Ziyue’s emotions or the heavy topic, but Qin Muchen’s voice sounded like he was suppressing the same emotions as Su Ziyue’s. “What crime did your father commit?’
“Accidental homicide.”
Su Ziyue only used those two simple words to summarize the incident, but there were even clearer explanations from other people regarding the imprisonment of her father in her remaining memories.
“They said that my father had the motive after having an affair. He wanted to have an affair with the auntie, but the auntie fought back. While she was struggling with my father, she slipped and died…”
Su Ziyue paused before continuing painstakingly, “However, my father loves my mother so dearly. What was more, he had such a gentle temperament. He would not do such a thing…”
“How old were you back then?”
“Nine.” Since she was too young, she could not do anything at all; Su Ziyue could only watch as they sent her father to prison.
Many years had passed, and she only hoped that her father could be released and reunited with her. As for reversing the case, she had never once thought of that.
After quite some time, Qin Muchen’s voice was heard. “You were nine back then. Are you sure your judgement is correct?”
Su Ziyue’s voice was resolute. “I am certain.”
After that, the two of them did not utter a word anymore.
Maybe it was because she had poured out the secrets which she had kept hidden for so many years, Su Ziyue quickly fell asleep after lying on the bed while smelling the pleasant scent from the person beside her.
However, Qin Muchen got out of bed at this moment. Holding his phone, he walked to the window that was the farthest away from the bed and dialed a number.
“Investigate Su Yizi’s past incident again. I suspect that there is a mastermind behind those previous incidents…”
