Chapter 143. The first to be in a relationship (second update)

"..."

Clever my foot.

She turned to look at Baona and the others, her line of sight met by nine people whose excessively brilliant smiles still hadn’t had the chance to fade, caught red-handed by her.

Ye Jiuliang instantly realized it was the handiwork of this group of rascals.

Every one of them had taken Li Mochan’s side.

"Cough cough cough."

A symphony of coughs, varied in intensity, began, and Xiang Tian and the others quickly lowered their heads.

The boss’s gaze carried a murderous aura.

Ye Jiuliang turned her head to look at the person beside her, "Are you going on vacation with us as well?"

"Business trip." He curved his finger and lightly flicked her forehead, then added, "But if you want me to accompany you on a vacation, that’s not out of the question."

Ye Jiuliang snorted, half-believing his words.

She was going on a vacation to City A, and he just so happened to have a business trip there—yeah, right.

She retrieved her hat, placed it back on her head, and leaned back to close her eyes, but just then, the person beside her suddenly took her hand.

The warmth of his palm was stark against the chill of her hand.

She suddenly opened her eyes to meet the man’s smiling gaze, unable to get angry, "Can’t you be a bit more behaved?"

Her voice was whiny yet rather fierce, deepening the smile on Li Mochan’s lips.

"Your hands are cold, let Master warm them up for you," Li Mochan’s voice was deep as he spoke, his long fingers spreading hers and interlocking them tightly.

Ye Jiuliang’s expression twitched as if to say, get a benefit and still play innocent.

She exerted a little strength with her wrist, but the man holding her hand didn’t budge at all.

"Be good, if you’re tired, take a nap," ignoring her pouty little face, Li Mochan raised his hand to rub her head.

Ye Jiuliang, "..."

Not far from the two of them, Gao Yang and his entourage wore sly smiles.

"Sister-in-law" is mighty!

The journey from the capital to City A wasn’t far, roughly a little over two hours by air.

Ye Jiuliang groggily deplaned, her backpack shifting from her shoulder to Li Mochan’s hands.

Outside the airport, a car was already waiting.

Xiang Tian and his companions boarded the vehicle, once again tacitly leaving the two front seats for Li Mochan and Ye Jiuliang.

They had just arrived at the resort when Wei Bei approached.

"I’ll be back soon, don’t wander off," Li Mochan said, smoothing her slightly disheveled hair with his hand and speaking gently, "Remember to order some food to eat."

Beside them, a host of gossipy glances were cast, and Ye Jiuliang gave a light cough, muttering, "I’m not a child."

"Wait obediently for my return." Li Mochan bowed his head to plant a quick kiss on her forehead and pulled away immediately, leaving Ye Jiuliang without a chance to react.

"Oh..."

Cheers erupted.

Xiang Tian and the others wore expressions of auntie-like amusement.

Ye Jiuliang’s face burned fiercely, and she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

"Miss Ye, we’ll be heading off first," Wei Bei held back laughter as he greeted her, then followed Li Mochan’s footsteps to leave.

"Did I miss some great scene?" Liu Cong, returning with room cards, saw Xiang Tian and his group’s uncontrollable laughter and asked curiously.

Lin Yan hooked his arm around Liu Cong’s neck and whispered a few words into his ear.

Upon hearing, Liu Cong looked at Ye Jiuliang, trying to restrain his laughter, "Boss, when can you distribute wedding candies to us?"

"Looking for a beating, aren’t you?" Ye Jiuliang nonchalantly grabbed a room card and threatened, "This resort is big enough, why don’t we all go for a few laps later?"

"No, no, boss, we’ll just roll out," the crowd pleaded for mercy.

Running a few laps around such a large resort would be the end of them.

Ye Jiuliang huffed and led the way with her bag in hand.

If you don’t discipline them, they just don’t learn.

**

As soon as she put down her luggage, Ye Jiuliang poured a glass of water. Just as she took a sip, the cellphone on the desk suddenly rang.

She picked it up and saw it was from Gu Xinuo.

"Ajiu, where are you?" A refreshing voice full of vigor came through.

Ye Jiuliang walked toward the French window, "City A."

"You know?" Gu Xinuo’s tone was laced with surprise, "Did Achen tell you?"

Ye Jiuliang looked puzzled, "Tell me what?"

"We recently have a cooperation with Dark Hall, and tonight is the delivery time, Achen went to meet with Li Mochan," Gu Xinuo explained.

The news hit Ye Jiuliang hard.

"What did you say?"

Since when did their K organization cooperate with Dark Hall? How was she not aware of this?

"The meeting place is in City A, I was even thinking of asking if you wanted to check it out, but I didn’t expect you to be in City A too," Gu Xinuo said.

Ye Jiuliang pinched the bridge of her nose, her mind slightly foggy.

So, Li Mochan wasn’t lying about coming to City A on a business trip.

"Ajiu, why aren’t you speaking?" There was a prolonged silence on the phone, and Gu Xinuo’s voice came again.

"Ajiu, do you really have feelings for Li Mochan?"

Ye Jiuliang was silent for a while, and then, with a muffled voice, she said, "I don’t know."

"This isn’t like you, Ajiu." She knew her as well as she knew herself. The Ye Jiuliang she knew was sensible and sensitive; she had never seen her this confused and conflicted.

Although Ajiu was the youngest among the four of them and the last one to be brought back by the master, she had always been the most calm and rational one. At the beginning, Achen and Aqian both thought Ajiu was emotionless,

But she had always known that Ajiu wasn’t without feelings; she just had a heart too cold, one that took a long time to warm up.

Gu Xinuo softened her tone, taking on the rare role of a confidante, "Ajiu, let me ask you a question."

"Hmm?"

"If someone spoke ill of Li Mochan in front of you, what would you do?" Gu Xinuo asked.

Ye Jiuliang frowned and replied without hesitation, "Beat him up."

Even through the phone, Gu Xinuo could imagine the expression with as she spoke—surely it was both fierce and cold.

"What if Li Mochan was trapped and seriously injured, what would you do then?" She posed another hypothetical.

Ye Jiuliang, with her whimsical mind, said, "But it’s very difficult for someone to trap him."

"I’m talking about ’if,’" Gu Xinuo almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

We get it, Li Mochan is smart, no need for her emphasis.

If someone trapped Li Mochan, causing him injury?

Then...

Ye Jiuliang’s cold eyes narrowed, her hostility unrestrained.

She would slaughter the person who hurt him.

"Ajiu, hello, are you still there?" Gu Xinuo prompted her again.

Ye Jiuliang’s red lips parted slightly, "Slaughter them."

Gu Xinuo clicked her tongue, that’s more like her Master Jiu.

"Have you ever fallen asleep in front of him?" The last question packed a punch.

People like them would never sleep deeply unless they were around someone very close to them.

Especially someone with as strong a guard as Ajiu.

Without needing to think back, Ye Jiuliang could answer with certainty because she had just slept very deeply on the plane.

"Yes."

"Did you sleep deeply?"

"Yeah."

"Ajiu, it looks like you’re going to be the first of us four to get out of singlehood," after a moment of silence, Gu Xinuo said with a chuckle.

Ye Jiuliang pursed her lips, "What do you mean?"

Could this really prove that she had developed feelings for Li Mochan?