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Chapter 339 - Asking For It (1)
Chapter 339 - Asking For It (1)
Chapter 339: Asking For It (1)
This guy… Even if he did not care about his own dignity, she still wanted to maintain hers! No matter the situation, it was still inappropriate for a fine lady to hide on a balcony like this and hug a man at night.
Just when Zhao Youlin was about to push the man away from her so that he would not go asking for a mile when she had given him an inch, suddenly, she heard Mu Tingfeng blurt out, “I’m sorry.”
The man’s voice was deep and attractive. She inexplicably found his voice seductive, especially under the slightly cool evening breeze.
For a moment, Zhao Youlin thought she had heard it wrongly. She slowly put down her hand that was about to push the man away from her. She whispered to him, “Why did you apologize to me?”
Mu Tingfeng let go of Zhao Youlin. However, he did not retreat. He stared into Zhao Youlin’s eyes at a very close proximity. He pouted his lips and said, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have forced you to have another baby with me. I’m sorry… About Joy…”
Zhao Youlin’s mind went blank for a moment, only then did she snap out of her daze and learn the reason why Mu Tingfeng had apologized to her.
Zhao Youlin never thought that one day, she would actually hear the word “sorry” from someone like Mu Tingfeng. Last time, Zhao Youlin was already caught by surprise when he said he liked her. This time, his apology for her was more than a mere shock.
“I thought a person like you would never apologize to someone else.” Zhao Youlin deliberately looked teasingly at Mu Tingfeng as she said so.
Mu Tingfeng stared at her for a while before he replied to her solemnly, “You are the first and the last as well.”
Zhao Youlin’s entire body turned stiff. As she looked at Mu Tingfeng’s extremely serious look, she did not know what else to say.
After some time, Zhao Youlin gradually lowered her head. A smile arced across her lips, as if she was mocking herself. She heaved a sigh and said, “Regarding Joy’s incident, I can’t put the entire blame on you. You hate this child due to the incident that happened before. I won’t blame you for neglecting him. But, Zhao… I mean, I was also at fault. If only I could protect him over the past three years instead of… neglecting him over and over again, putting the blame on him and treating him coldly, he… would not turn out feeling as insecure like this…”
Mu Tingfeng immediately furrowed his eyebrows as soon as he heard Zhao Youlin’s words. At that time, he had already learned of Zhao Youlin’s true identity, she was no longer the previous Zhao Youlin.
If so, regarding Joy’s incident, he could not put the blame on her. Yet, this person had borne all the responsibilities on herself without hesitation.
At that moment, Mu Tingfeng finally understood that Zhao Youlin was clearly not the same woman as last time. That was the reason why she had hated him so much.
Apparently, there was a lot of vendetta between him and that woman. In the end, she had to bear everything including the incident that had happened four years ago, their divorce, as well as Joy’s incident.
No matter the situation, he was still the main culprit who had caused this person to endure much humiliation and bear the responsibilities. No wonder Zhao Youlin had been so repulsive of him in the beginning.
“Regardless, I should not have forced you. As for our children… it’s sufficient to have Joy alone.”
Zhao Youlin was caught by surprise once again upon hearing Mu Tingfeng’s words who had yielded to her. As she looked at Mu Tingfeng’s incredibly serious face, her heart clenched. The corners of her lips unwittingly curled upward. “Alright.”
In fact, the reason Zhao Youlin had refused to have another baby with Mu Tingfeng at that time was not entirely because of Joy.
Another major reason was because she felt that she was not well-prepared for it. At the moment, she was only dating Mu Tingfeng. She felt that everything would be too sudden if she gave birth to a child with her boyfriend whom she had not dated for long. Therefore, she was not ready for it at all.
However, she certainly could not reveal this to Mu Tingfeng. Otherwise, judging from his character, who was passionate on the inside, and cold on the outside, he would go to her house and propose their marriage to her parents within two days. After that, he could remarry her openly, as well as officially have a baby with her!
She was not an idiot. So, she would not dig a pit and bury herself in it.
One had to say that the current Zhao Youlin had a very good understanding of Mu Tingfeng. If she really were to reveal all this, even if Mu Tingfeng did not immediately act on it, it would only happen sooner or later.
Mu Tingfeng had smoothly untied the knot of grudge that had bound the two. On the other hand, Su Ruixin was happily taking Joy to search for various kinds of good food. She was enjoying spoon-feeding him.
“Joy, is there anything else that you would like to eat? I could go and take it for you.” Looking at Joy, who was eating the cookies in small bites happily, like a hamster holding a chestnut and gnawing on it, Su Ruixin’s heart melted into a puddle of water. She could not wait to stuff all the good food into his hand.
When Joy heard Su Ruixin’s question, he swallowed the cookies, pondered over her question before he said, “I want to eat cupcakes.”
“Oh, cupcakes…” Upon hearing Joy’s reply, Su Ruixin surveyed across the living hall. She did not catch sight of any cakes. She furrowed her eyebrows. Then, she bent and said to Joy, “Joy, wait here for a while, I’ll have the servant over there to ask the kitchen helper to bake cupcakes for you. Wait for me over here. Don’t go running around. I’ll be back in a while, okay?”
Joy was holding a small plate with various desserts stuffed to him by Su Ruixin. Upon hearing her words, he nodded his head obediently, “Okay, I’ll stand still over here and wait for you to come back. Grandma Su, remember to come back quickly.”
When Su Ruixin heard his words, she could not help but give a peck on Joy’s round cheek. “Alright, I’ll be back in a moment.”
The servant whom Su Ruixin was looking for was standing outside the living hall not far away from them. She could reach him in a few steps once she turned around.
As such, Su Ruixin thought that nothing could happen to him because she had only left him alone for a short moment, as well as at such a close distance. Little did she know that things could occur within that short moment of time.
Joy watched as Su Ruixin turned around and went up to a guy and spoke to him not far away from him. He held the plate and stood in place obediently. He did not even dare to make a move.
Just then, a force that was considered huge for Joy fell on him. He was knocked to the floor by a young boy who was a few years older than him before he managed to dodge him.
The plate in his hand was also sent flying. The food on the plate was scattered around the floor. It looked very messy.
Joy fell and sat on his butt. He was struck dumb. Before he returned to his senses, the child who had knocked him to the floor was already crying at the top of his lungs
The child’s wail immediately attracted the crowd’s attention at the banquet, including Su Ruixin, who was explaining something to the servant. Zhao Youlin was leaving the balcony with Mu Tingfeng, they were naturally among the crowd.
When Zhao Youlin saw Joy was sitting on the floor and looking at a loss, while the child opposite him was crying, her expression changed slightly. She left Mu Tingfeng behind and immediately rushed to Joy’s side.