Those words caused Shi Nianyao to freeze immediately. Before he knew it, she had thrown the blanket away and jumped off the bed fully naked, asking, “Where are my clothes? Where are my clothes?”
Mo Xicheng: …
Mo Xicheng slowly got out of bed, put on his pajamas and started to walk towards the door.
At this point, Shi Nianyao was clutching a bathrobe, walking in circles around the room and fretting.
The man walked to the wardrobe and took out a fresh set of clothes. Holding the clothes out to her, he said, “Here, put these on.”
Shi Nianyao lowered her head to look at the clothes in his hand. She reached out for them and suddenly asked, “Why are there women’s clothes here?”
He did not miss the expression of jealousy on her face. She didn’t want to say it aloud and had instead probed for an answer. Mo Xicheng was terribly amused.
He replied primly, “Indeed, why are there women’s clothes here?”
He quickly added when he saw Shi Nianyao turn around, “Uh huh, it must be because I’m no longer single and have a wife now. And if my wife spends the night here, I need to give her a fresh change of clothes, don’t I?”
Shi Nianyao: …
He said this in such a serious manner that it felt odd.
She bit her lip and took the clothes. Holding them up against herself, she realized they were her size. She smiled and walked over to the changing room. After she had changed and washed up, she came back out.
By the time Shi Nianyao was ready, she realized that Mo Xicheng was no longer upstairs.
She walked out of the master bedroom and stood along the second floor corridor. She could hear sounds coming from the kitchen.
One step at a time, she walked down the stairs and towards the kitchen. From where she stood, she could see Mo Xicheng near the kitchen entrance. He was wearing an apron and was busy frying an egg.
His movements were sharp and neat. He broke the eggs into the frying pan and after two minutes, he took them out and placed them between the slices of toasted bread. Then he cut up slices of fruits and poured out two glasses of milk.
He worked quickly and smoothly with fluid actions. After he was done, he walked out of the kitchen with the cooked dishes in his hands.
When he saw her, he said, “I’m not sure what sort of breakfast you like and I don’t have any rice at home. But I’ll go and buy some after work tonight so that I can cook you porridge in the future.”
Shi Nianyao nodded as her gaze fell on the breakfast that Mo Xicheng had prepared.
She reached out to take the plates from him and sat down with him at the dining table. She finished her breakfast quickly and got onto her feet, saying, “You need to go to work soon anyway, so I’ll go home for now.”
Mo Xicheng paused and then replied, “I have a meeting this morning. Do you want to wait till noon and I take you home then?”
Since she had stayed out all night, her father and elder brother must be going crazy.
He did not want her to face the pressure alone and wanted to accompany her home.
Shi Nianyao immediately said with a wave of her hand, “No, no, it’s ok. I’m fine by myself. Dad and Big Brother both dote on me and won’t make things difficult for me. At worst, they’ll grumble about you, but don’t you worry about it.”
Mo Xicheng: …
He got onto his feet as well when he saw Shi Nianyao standing up to leave. Very insistent about his principles, he said, “I’ll take you home.”
Surprised, Shi Nianyao said, “But don’t you need to go to work?”
He replied, “It’s ok, I can take you home first before I go to work, it’s on the way.”
