Chapter 11: Don’t Defame Me
Gu Zijin with sharp eyes noticed Qin Muxuan’s red ears. Without any words, he moved away and let go of Qin Muxuan. Qin Muxuan heaved a sigh of relief.
“Would you like a glass of water?”
“No, thanks. Is Xiaobai sleeping?”
“He just fell asleep.”
“Good.”
Gu Zijin asked the servant to make a cup of coffee and bring it to his study. Then he walked upstairs, leaving Qin Muxuan staying downstairs alone.
Inside the study.
The bitter fragrance of coffee permeated the study. Gu Zijin took out the documents from the drawer and examined them one by one.
Five years ago, the Qin family went bankrupt. What he detested most was trading one’s daughter for prosperity and being set up. But after five years, that woman did not come to him after she was pregnant, but gave birth to his son.
It stood to reason that he should find her and take severe revenge on her by taking Qin Xiaobai away from her and then letting her have a taste of being set up.
But…
Gu Zijin closed his eyes lightly with a trace of weariness under his eyes.
“Auntie Chen, tell Qin Muxuan to come over. I want to talk to her.”
Auntie Chen obediently went to Qin Muxuan. Qin Muxuan was tucking Qin Xiaobai in, and Auntie Chen lowered her voice.
“Ms. Qin, the younger master wants to see you, and now he is in the study.”
“A second.”
Qin Muxuan gathered up her long hair, walked out of the room, and entered the study led by Auntie Chen. Gu Zijin was sitting on the sofa and closing his eyes for some rest with one hand propping his head, showing nobility from head to foot.
Hearing the door open, Gu Zijin showed a faint smile in the corner of his mouth, but it couldn’t be seen in his eyes.
“Sign a non-disclosure agreement.”
“Non-disclosure agreement?”
Qin Muxuan frowned, and Gu Ziyu had stood up. His long figure gave others a sense of oppression.
“I allow you to stay with Qin Xiaobai for two months, but you must never let anyone know the relationship between you and me during the period.”
“I know. You can rest assured…”
Gu Zijin interrupted with a frown before Qin Muxuan finished saying.
“I believe more in black characters on white papers than oral promise.”
‘Sure enough, Gu Zijin is a top businessman.’ Qin Muxuan couldn’t help wondering. She picked up the pen and quickly signed her name, Qin Muxuan, and then handed it to Gu Zijin with a smile.
“President Gu, I have already done what you want me to do. I’m going back to sleep with Xiaobai.”
“Wait.”
Gu Zijin caught a glimpse of Qin Muxuan’s exposed white slender neck, and his Adam’s apple rolled lightly. The feeling five years ago seemed to slowly come back, and his eyes grew darker.
“Also, for the sake of Xiaobai’s physical and mental health, you are not allowed to have close contact with other men or to defame me in front of Xiaobai in these two months.”
Qin Muxuan was surprised. It seemed that Gu Zijin’s words were a bit childish.
“… Okay.”
Qin Muxuan walked out of the study after answering the question. This made Gu Zijin angry somehow. The stupid woman in front of him just thought of Qin Xiaobai. Wasn’t he the person who lost more five years ago? Why didn’t she think of taking responsibility for him?
When Qin Muxuan got back to the bedroom, Qin Xiaobai rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked softly, “Mommy, where did you go? I didn’t see you when I woke up.”
“Xiaobai, do you like daddy?”
Qin Xiaobai didn’t know why Qin Muxuan suddenly asked this question. His dark eyes lit up, and he nodded his head hard. Qin Muxuan held Qin Xiaobai in her arms.
“Daddy will be very nice to Xiaobai. You must also love Daddy greatly, all right?”
Qin Xiaobai said, “H’m”, and looked at Qin Muxuan with his dark and white eyes.
“And Mommy too.”
Qin Muxuan showed a satisfied smile at the corner of her mouth, and rubbed Qin Xiaobai’s hairy little head.
“Good boy, go to sleep. The kid who sleeps late will be carried away by the wolf.”
“I know!”
Gu Zijin came out of the study after finishing his work. While passing Qin Muxuan’s bedroom, he saw the bedroom door half-closed. He couldn’t help but step forward and push open the door. Inside, the woman and the child were sleeping peacefully, and Qin Xiaobai was leaning his head on Qin Muxuan’s shoulder. Gu Zijin compressed his lips and walked in to tuck Qin Muxuan in.
Qin Muxuan stretched out her hand to hold his sleeve subconsciously, and Gu Zijin was in a daze. He heard Qin Muxuan’s words in her sleep when he was about to move her hand away.
“Youting… Don’t go.”
Gu Zijin’s eyes faded with a trace of unhappiness between his eyes and brows. Although he didn’t like her now, it didn’t mean that there could be other men in her heart after she gave birth to his child!
A sense of possessiveness appeared at the bottom of his heart. Gu Zijin’s face with angular features became gloomy and cold.
“Qin Muxuan, I just made a non-disclosure agreement with you. I hope you will not breach the contract, otherwise…”
However, the sleeping woman didn’t hear a word.
The next day, Auntie Chen prepared the breakfast.
Elderly Lady Gu was old, so she usually got up a few hours later for breakfast. Only four people had breakfast together, namely Gu Zijin, Qin Muxuan, Qin Xiaobai and Mrs. Gu. Qin Xiaobai ate with great appetite, and he held a steamed stuffed bun with his little hand and lifted it to Qin Muxuan’s mouth.
“Mommy, try it.”
Qin Muxuan took a bite with a smile. Mrs. Gu took several glances at them quietly. She heard that the house where Qin Muxuan raised Qin Xiaobai was relatively shabby, and that Qin Xiaobai was often bullied at school.
However, at this moment, when she saw the interaction between the mother and the child, she was less biased against Qi Muxuan. She thought that after all, Qin Muxuan was the mother of her grandson anyway, so she forgave Qin Muxuan a bit.NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.
After all, the Qin family went bankrupt. Qin Muxuan had worked hard to give Qin Xiaobai all the best things. She probably had a lot of hard time as a single mother for these years.
Gu Zijin spread a piece of toast with peanut butter, and then put it in front of Qin Xiaobai. Qin Xiaobai was young, but he was pretty good at weighing people’s words and observing their expressions. From the morning, he could feel that his father seemed to be feeling low, and that such emotion was aimed at his mother.
Qin Xiaobai blinked innocently.
“Daddy, could you also make a piece of the toast for Mommy?”
Hearing the soft voice of the child, Gu Zijin glanced at Qin Muxuan. Qin Muxuan was eating the porridge in the bowl politely with no expression on her face.
“Xiaobai, we can’t trouble daddy with such things.”
“You can.”
Two voices came up at the same time. Qin Muxuan’s expression changed slightly, because she did not expect that Gu Zijin would agree. She didn’t know what to say: “thank you” would sound aloof and other words could be feigned. While she was thinking about it, Qin Zijin had already put the toast on the plate in front of her.
“Eat quickly. Later I will send Xiaobai to school first, and then we will go to the company together.”
“No need. I can take a taxi…”
Gu Zijin compressed his lips lightly.
“There is no taxi around.”
“…”
It seemed that this was indeed the case…
“Mommy, let daddy drive you. Aren’t you working in daddy’s company?”
Qin Xiaobai had already heard enough news from his grandmother. He knew that Qin Muxuan changed her workplace. Qin Muxuan had no reason to refuse, so she agreed. She had clearly thought about these two months. She would not bother Gu Zijin unless she was driven into a corner. Bentley was parked by the driver at the door, and Qin Xiaobai climbed into the back seat.
“Mommy, you sit in the front passenger seat. I want to sit alone.”
“…”
Qin Muxuan frowned. What exactly was this little boy thinking about? Wasn’t he trying to bring together her and Gu Zijin?