Chapter 023: Did you spend the whole day with him today?

Chi Huan saw someone coming and thought they were willing to give them a ride down the mountain, so she immediately opened the car door.

But what she saw was a young girl with her make-up all smudged from crying, sobbing intermittently, "Your boyfriend ... told me to come over ... to take you to him."

Boyfriend?

She, a big star, and nobody could recognize her anymore?!

Actually, it was because of the heavy rain and the dark light, combined with fear, that her eyes were blurred by rain and tears, so she did not pay attention to Chi Huan's face, not to mention that ordinary people couldn't imagine running into a big star so suddenly.

Chi Huan didn't quite understand why the girl was crying, but still chose not to ask anything and got out of the car, walking under the girl's umbrella.

The girl immediately moved the umbrella closer to her, as if afraid Chi Huan would get wet.

The umbrella was very large, obviously one meant for couples. Chi Huan said, "I'm okay, miss, don't let yourself get wet."

The other person glanced at her and didn't speak, but the umbrella still tilted towards her.

Chi Huan had a puzzled look on her face.

The driver's seat had already been taken by Mo Shiqian, and the car owner had been relegated to sitting in the back. As they approached, he opened the passenger car door to let Chi Huan sit next to him, and the girl sit in the back.

After getting in the car, Chi Huan felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange.

The car started and drove down the mountain.

But the torrential rain came quickly and left just as swiftly. By the time they were nearly at the bottom of the mountain, only a light drizzle remained.

Chi Huan pursed her lips, looking bewilderedly at the man driving next to her, only to see that his side profile was cold, without any intention to explain. Since the people hadn't recognized her, and she didn't want to expose her identity either, she gave up on initiating a conversation.

However, when they reached the hotel at the foot of the mountain and the car had just turned off, a group of police officers surrounded them.

Chi Huan still didn't know what was happening when she saw the two people in the back seat scrambling out of the car before it had even stopped, running to one of the police officers and pointing in the direction of the driver's seat, "It's him, it's them... they stole our car and even injured my hand."

Chi Huan, "..."

...

At the police station.

Although Chi Huan's face served as a slight aid to the explanation, effectively proving it was all a misunderstanding, a police report still required them to go to the station to give a statement. Moreover, Mo Shiqian had indeed laid hands on the couple, although he didn't injure them.

Half an hour later.

Chi Huan sneezed and stood up with her handbag, "Can we go now?"

The police officers promptly said, "Of course, of course, Miss Chi, the statement is finished, and we will also contact someone to deliver your car to you in due time."

She smiled faintly, "Okay, thank you."

Saying so, she walked towards the door.

As she passed the couple, Chi Huan paused, nodded, and pursed her lips, "I'm really sorry. I originally just wanted to ask for a ride down the mountain. I had no idea my bodyguard would be so rough. I apologize."

Chi Huan was naturally beautiful, and her smile was even sweeter, softening her stance in a way that made it impossible to resist, especially for men. The man she addressed was embarrassed and said awkwardly, "It's all a misunderstanding. If we had agreed in the beginning, none of this would have happened."

Chi Huan rummaged through her bag, found an unopened keychain, and handed it to the girl, "This keychain, I brought it back from Milan last month when my friend asked me to. I planned to give it to her when we met. If you don't mind, I'd like to give it to you as a token of my apology."

The pendant looked very beautiful and, of course, it wasn't cheap either.

The girl felt a bit embarrassed, "No need, we didn't do much, and now we've ended up at the police station, giving it to my friend would be quite disappointing."

"If it's disappointing, then let it be disappointing. She's fickle anyway, good things are wasted on her."

Seeing Chi Huan still extending his hand, the girl finally accepted it, "Thank you."

Mo Shiqian watched her radiant smile, remained silent, and quietly followed by her side.

At the door, a tall figure stood there.

Mou Xigu, dressed in an elegant and distinguished suit, also seemed a bit damp.

He was looking down, his eyes intensely fixed on her, as if he had been standing there for a long time.

When Chi Huan saw him, she was first startled, then she couldn't help but laugh, "Young Master Mo's news network is really quite efficient."

He had already found his way here.

"Chi Huan."

He called her name, with seemingly heavy emotion, but it was hard to discern exactly what kind of emotion, "If it weren't for the trouble at the police station, how long were you planning to disappear?"

Chi Huan looked at him and laughed, "I just didn't want to answer your calls, that's not really disappearing, is it?"

He said coldly, "Including not answering your dad's calls?"

She lowered her gaze, still smiling, "I often don't answer his calls, after all, the relationship between my father and me isn't that good."

His attitude in Mou Xigu's eyes was a kind of casual flippancy, which wasn't only towards her father but also towards himself.

Mou Xigu's pupils constricted as he looked at the man by Chi Huan's side.

Mo Shiqian met his gaze with a cool indifference.

Despite appearing expressionless, Mou Xigu still inexplicably read some profound yet invisible mockery and irony.

His adam's apple moved up and down, Mou Xigu found their shoulder-to-shoulder stance suddenly unbearably irritating.

Perhaps it was because this woman had disappeared for a whole day, or maybe because Mo Shiqian was wearing clothes that were clearly different from his usual style, or perhaps it was some other reason.

"Have you been with him the whole day today?"

Chi Huan tilted her head slightly, "Your question is so odd, I often spend the whole day with him, and didn't you used to think that having such a bodyguard meant I didn't need to bother my boyfriend for many things, that he could solve them all for me?"

Mou Xigu watched her exquisitely beautiful and still smiling face, his lips compressed into a straight line, somewhat pale, and his gaze finally settled on her forehead. The gloom and irritability that had built up over the day seemed to dissipate, "Chi Huan, let's talk."

Someone once told him that Chi Huan was a typical heiress with pride and capriciousness, sharp enough to make one uncomfortable if she took a disliking to them. Marrying such a woman meant if you could handle her, she'd be a lively and fun little woman, but if you couldn't... she was a wild horse that had slipped the rein.

He had always thought that this description was a bit demonized, but now he suddenly felt it was accurate.

Chi Huan withdrew her gaze from him and looked in the direction of the hilltop they had come down from, "We don't need to talk, just listen to me, I already know what you want to say."

As she had been out exercising, all her thick long hair was tied up into a bun, making her look even more like a little girl, but her expression and tone were not at all in the coyly sweet manner of the past, but rather very calm, "The news and revelations from before have nothing to do with me, but the Weibo post this morning was indeed posted by me, and I won't be clarifying it either, and..."

She looked into his eyes, raised her eyebrows, and smiled, "First, I didn't lie; second, I didn't exaggerate the facts. Before, I didn't say anything, didn't do anything. It was giving space and time to handle the passion of a reunion with an old flame which we were forced apart from years ago. That doesn't mean I can tolerate my fiancé getting tangled up with his ex-girlfriend."