“Cough…”

Bai Muchuan held his fist, holding it toward his mouth, and coughed as he almost laughed out loud .

“Alright, my Queen, I understand now . May I ask your permission to have a bath first so that I'll smell nice and you can do anything you like?”

“Tch! Do anything I like?” Xiang Wan “rewarded” him with a glare . “You're trying to wriggle your way out!”

“I don't dare to, Your Excellency!”

“You're the Lord—” Xiang Wan tilted her head to look at him with a smile .

Her smile was creepy!

Bai Muchuan looked serious and raised his brows . “Fine, ask away!”

Bai Muchuan probably felt odd to talk while standing in the middle of the room so he pulled Xiang Wan to sit on the edge of the bed . Then, he pulled a chair and sat in front of her .

“Please start your performance now!”

“You're so annoying!” Xiang Wan almost burst out in laughter .

She pursed her lips and deliberated for a moment before she started to “interrogate” him .

“You know Meng Chi?”

Bai Muchuan: “Why did you ask that?”

Xiang Wan scrunched her eyebrows as though she was trying to see his thoughts through his eyes .

“When he entered the private dining room; when Abdul introduced him, and when he said he's the investor of 'The Grey List', you don't seem to be surprised at all…”

“Surprise?” Bai Muchuan was indifferent . His smile seemed a little cold . “Little Xiang Wan, when did you ever see me caught by surprise?”

“…” That sure is rare , she thought .

“That is because I'm as brave as a lion!”

Seeing Xiang Wan in a daze, Bai Muchuan stroked her face and seemed pleased by the touch . He looked up happily and held her hand .

“Aye! My silly girl, what kind of strange thoughts are you thinking inside your head?”

His sigh was filled with an obvious pampering tone .

For an instant, Xiang Wan almost wanted to give him a hug .

Nonetheless, the more he behaved like that, the more suspicious Xiang Wan was .

She pursed her lips and held his hands tightly .

“How do you explain the part that he's actually a fan of yours?”

Bai Muchuan laughed .

“Darling, are you jealous over a man?”

He had a charming smile; the way his thin lips moved to form a smile, and the way he gazed at her, so focused that Xiang Wan felt his gaze could murder hearts .

Xiang Wan's heart skipped a beat .

“Stop fooling around!” She came out of her daze in one second, avoiding to look at his face . “I just feel that there's something going on between the two of you . ”

“… What else could be going on between me and another man?”

“My sixth sense is telling me that something is not right . ” Xiang Wan started to be unreasonable and rolled her eyes at him . “Haven't you heard? When a woman's catching a cheating husband, her IQ is comparable to Sherlock Holmes!”

She even used “catch a cheating husband”? he thought .

Bai Muchuan burst into laughter and embraced her tightly .

“My silly Xiang Wan! Why are you so adorable?”

After his laugh, he returned back to his usual expression . “To tell you the truth, I do know about Meng Entertainment Group as well as Meng Chi . However, there's only that, I don't have any special connection with him . ”

Xiang Wan did not believe him entirely . “Really?”

Bai Muchuan nodded his head . “Nothing could be further from the truth!”

Xiang Wan did not fully buy his explanation .

However, she knew that she could not continue her “interrogation” anymore .

She knew Bai Muchuan very well .

To date, she might be the only person who dared to confront him like this .

It was not easy for him to explain things to her calmly .

Both of them were still at the dating stage, so she didn't want to become a naggy woman in future .

Hence, Xiang Wan changed the topic . “What's the mission tomorrow?”

She had heard Quan Shaoteng's words earlier .

Bai Muchuan looked at her, his fingers twiddling her hair . “We're paying Brother Steel a visit . ”

“Ah?” Xiang Wan was somewhat taken aback . “You know where he is?”

Bai Muchuan took out his mobile phone . “This is what Liang sent me!”

“Oh . ” Xiang Wan took a glance and understood what was going on .

“Will it be too dangerous?”

Only a few of them would be venturing into the wolf's den .

Bai Muchuan showed a half-smile, as though he had seen through her thoughts . “There's currently no progress for the 121 case . It's about time we take some risk . We have Captain Zhang's cooperation and have come up with a very precise action plan . Don't worry . ”

“Okay . Then let's turn in early tonight!”

Bai Muchuan showed a sly smile when he heard that . “Okay . Let's sleep together . ”

“…” This guy .

Xiang Wan was speechless . At the next instant, he laughed and pinched her face .

“I'm just teasing you . Go take a bath and rest early…”

Xiang Wan's eyes met his teasing gaze . She knew that he was just teasing her .

“I thought you wanted to bath earlier? You go first… I'll see if I can get another chapter out . ”

If they would be out the next day, she was worried that she might not have the time to write a new chapter . In order to avoid the situation of failing to update, she wanted to write another chapter in advance to be published on the next day .

Bai Muchuan agreed . “Okay, I shall bath first . I smell like hotpot . ”

“Hey, I don't remember you complaining about the smell when you were eating?”

Xiang Wan sat on the chair and chatted with him while she opened her laptop bag .

“It's all for your sake . I'll go to where you want to go . ”

“Yeah right . You sounded like you don't like to eat hotpot—”

“It's the truth! I really don't like hotpot . But because I love you, I love hotpot . ”

Bai Muchuan had not said “I love you” to her seriously before . Although this sentence did not sound too serious, Xiang Wan's heart could not help racing . She felt as though her heart was in her mouth—

Looking at Xiang Wan's blus.h.i.+ng pink cheeks, Bai Muchuan walked to the bathroom with a smile on his face .

“What the! I almost believed you!” Xiang Wan gritted her teeth at Bai Muchuan's back and turned on her laptop .

Out of habit, she logged into her author's account and checked out her book review and comments page .

There weren't any strange comments nor drama on that day . Besides the daily scamming posts like “Looking for part-timers”, she did not find any comment relating to “The Temptation of the Rich and Famous” .

Ever since getting involved in the 121 case, Xiang Wan actually hated to see these comments showing up in her book review and comments page .

After browsing through the page and not find anything of interest, she heaved a sigh of relief .

Ding!

She received a notification .

Xiang Wan took a look . It was Fang Yuanyuan who messaged her .

“Sis, are you still at Xi City?”

During the last time they chatted, Xiang Wan told her that she was in Xi City . For the next few days, they did not contact and had not caught up with each other .

The corners of Xiang Wan's lips quirked up . “Yes, miss me?”

“Hahahaha . Yes, I miss you so much . ” Fang Yuanyuan sent a laugh out loud emoticon . “Do you want me to visit you?” She continued .

Eh! Visit her?

But she was far away in a remote place called Nanmu . Xiang Wan let out a sigh and replied to Fang Yuanyuan .

“There's no need to! I've been very busy . Even if you come over, I've no time for you!”

“Urgh! You heartless thing . Dates over gals! You have time for your boyfriend but no time for me?”

Fang Yuanyuan continued typing, not waiting for Xiang Wan's reply .

“Don't think that I miss you a lot! I wanted to come to Xi City for a holiday with two of my friends . Second aunt also wanted me to bring you some snacks and to find out how you're doing . Well, I'm being ordered to visit you!”

Fang Yuanyuan loved traveling and would do so whenever she could spare the time . She was a little of a typical dreamer or rather, a bit of an idealist .

And she had more than a dozen fair-weather friends than Xiang Wan .

Thus, Xiang Wan was not surprised when she saw that message . “When are you coming over then?”

It took a while before Fang Yuanyuan replied that message .

“I've just discussed with my friends, I'll probably come over this weekend . l just need about two hours on the high-speed rail from Jin City to Xi City . We'll be there to enjoy ourselves for two days before going back to work!”

Xiang Wan: “Oh, sounds like you're not here specifically to visit me . I was happy over nothing…”

“Hmph! I'm just on the way to visit you, caress, and console you…”

“What a pity though . I'm currently not in Xi City . ” At this point, Xiang Wan had to be honest .

Seeing that text, Fang Yuanyuan got angry right away .

“Xiang Wan, are you hiding from me?”

“… Why do I need to hide from you? I'm not joking . I've left Xi City two days ago . ”

“So where are you now?” Fang Yuanyuan asked out of curiosity .

“Nanmu . ” Xiang Wan thought for a while and decided to tell the truth as she felt there was nothing to hide . “You can go ahead to enjoy yourselves at Xi City . There's quite a lot of good food in their Food Street and the boys in Xi City are also manly and muscular . Mm… If I'm able to return to Xi City by this weekend, I'll contact you again . ”

Nanmu was too far away from Xi City . Fang Yuanyuan was a little annoyed, but there was nothing she could do .

“Nevermind, forget it . Don't contact me as you no longer love me anymore . ”

“Says who? I love you the most . ”

“You sure?” Fang Yuanyuan did not believe her . “No wonder the chapters for the past two days were not impressive . ”

“… I have been hard at work, okay? I did not forget to write an update even when I was on the road . ”

“Try your best! Let me feed you with some news to give you a boost . Wen Quan will be holding an annual awards ceremony . If you put in more effort in writing, you'll achieve better statistics and look better . Imagine if you get invited to the annual awards ceremony and win a prize, your book will definitely be famous!”

Sounds so reasonable .

But it's easier said than done .

Xiang Wan dared not think too much about it .

“Okay, Beautiful, you should rest early . I need to go back to writing . ”

“Okay, okay, hurry and scram!”

Fang Yuanyuan replied rather unhappily .

In fact, when Fang Yuanyuan's friends asked her to join them for a short trip in Xi City, she was reluctant . If it wasn't for the fact that she thought Xiang Wan was at Xi City, she wouldn't have agreed to it . Now that she finally made up her mind to join her friends, Xiang Wan told her she was no longer there . As Yuanyuan felt too embarra.s.sed to reject her friends now, she was, therefore, feeling unhappy about it .

Xiang Wan knew Fang Yuanyuan very well . She coaxed Yuanyuan a little before going on to ask about how her mom was doing .

After ending the conversation with Fang Yuanyuan, Xiang Wan activated her “hyper writing mode” .