Day n of not wanting to be a kept man's canary

"Don't want to leave?"

She was completely bewitched by this man. After being reminded, Mu Yanxin regained a little clarity and realized that they were still on Master Qin's territory.

Mu Yanxin pushed the man away. "How are we going to get out of here?"

"Walk out!"

Mu Yanxin was speechless with anger. Of course, she would walk out. Otherwise, could she turn into a fly and fly away? She wasn't Sun Wukong.

She didn't know if anyone was outside. Two grown people walking out of Master Qin's room in broad daylight was tantamount to suicide!

"I want to ask..."

Before she could finish her sentence, her body was lifted into the air. Instantly feeling weightless, she instinctively wrapped her arms around the man's neck.

Before she knew it, the man had already lifted her up with one hand.

The man's tall and imposing figure made her appear exceptionally petite and delicate in his arms.

He held her in his strong, muscular arms, giving her a great sense of security.

Mu Yanxin felt a surge of emotion, and her eyes welled up with tears.

In her memory, her father used to hold her like this when she was little. When she didn't want to walk, she would easily act spoiled, and her father would always pinch her little face with a doting look and bend down to pick her up.

Back then, I felt that my father's embrace was the warmest embrace in the world.

I thought I could easily have happiness by just being affectionate, but I never had it again.

At these times, she would always mischievously tug at her father's beard.

Mu Yan couldn't help but raise her hand to touch the man's stubble.

A voice inside her stopped her, "Mu Yanxin, Mu Yanxin, what are you doing?"

The hand that had been hanging in mid-air was pulled back.

Leng Tingye noticed her slight agitation, "Want to touch?"

Mu Yanxin quickly wiped away her tears, smiled, and shook her head, saying, "No, no!"

"I do not mind!"

His gloomy mood was dispelled by his irreverent words.

"Let's hurry, or we won't be able to leave if someone sees us!"

"it is good!"

When I came out of the room, strangely, there was no one outside.

Mu Yanxin was still wondering when she got close to the gate. Not far away, flames were raging and many people were putting out the fire.

Mu Yanxin roughly understood why she hadn't seen anyone when she came out; they had all gone to put out the fire.

Looking again, Leng Tingye's face remained completely expressionless, as if he had known in advance.

Logically, with such a large fire, the fire department should be putting it out, but after searching everywhere, there was no sign of any fire trucks.

After leaving the villa, Leng Tingye placed Mu Yanxin in the passenger seat, and she finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Once I let go of my nervousness, my mind cleared up.

"There must be something shady going on where the fire just started!"

Leng Tingye fastened his seatbelt and gave her a different look. "You've got a quick mind!"

Having received confirmation from Leng Tingye, Mu Yan felt her thoughts were roughly settled. "So, you started the fire?"

"Hmm~" Leng Tingye answered frankly.

That doesn't seem right either. Didn't he come alone? And he's been with me the whole time, so we haven't had any time together.

Just as she was racking her brains trying to figure it out, the back door was pulled open, and the car shook.

"Sir, you can go now!"

Turning around, Wu Bai was already sitting comfortably in the back row, nodding, "Hello, Miss Mu!"

"Hello there!"

Mu Yanxin's gaze shifted to Leng Tingye's face. "So, what's inside that's more important than Master Qin's life?"

Leng Tingye glanced at her, started the car, and with his large, well-defined hands, sharply turned the steering wheel, making the car turn around. "Want to know?"

Mu Yanxin nodded.

"Alright, don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. You should think about how to explain your own situation!"

Mu Yanxin was startled. She had been so focused on other people's problems that she had forgotten about this one.

It's time to come.

Leng Tingye hasn't asked her anything since the moment he met her.

Mu Yanxin guiltily averted her gaze, obediently sat up straight, stared ahead, and muttered softly, "There's nothing to explain!"

"Ok?"

Mu Yan hurriedly explained, "No, I didn't say anything?"

"Then write it well!"

Mu Yanxin dared not say anything more; she needed to think carefully about how to explain her presence here to him.

But no matter what she said, it didn't feel right. Leng Tingye wasn't stupid, unlike Leng Changqing who was easy to fool.

If she couldn't come up with a reasonable reason, she probably would have died an even more horrible death.

A sudden idea struck Mu Yanxin. She glanced at her phone, picked it up, and pretended to answer a call. "Hello, Mom!"

"Oh, it's over!"

"I'll be back right away!"

Mu Yanxin pretended that it was Madam Mu calling, and to make her words more convincing, she endured the humiliation and called her "Mom".

This would both demonstrate that Madam Mu sent her, giving her a reason to come here.

The second reason is that Madam Mu's decision to let her return to the Mu family would allow her to escape Leng Ting's interrogation.

Leng Tingye smiled and watched her act. He had to admit that she looked quite cute while acting, and she seemed very careful not to give herself away.

"Okay, Mom, I'll hang up now!"

Wu Bai suddenly blurted out, "Miss Mu, your phone..."

Mu Yanxin turned around and gestured for Wu Bai to be quiet.

The screen went black!

But it was a bit too late; Wu Bai, being a beat slow, still managed to speak.

This is so awkward, it's like her mom opened the door for her own embarrassment. It's incredibly awkward.

Mu Yanxin gave an awkward laugh and pointed at her phone, "This stupid phone, of all times, it had to run out of battery at this time!"

"Well, I need to go back to the Mu family now. Just drop me off at the intersection ahead, no need to trouble Master Ye to take me back!" Mu Yanxin pointed to the intersection ahead.

Seeing Leng Tingye's disbelieving look.

Mu Yanxin held her phone up to him, her expression utterly sincere, "It really's out of battery, you can see for yourself!"

As luck would have it, her phone rang and the screen lit up, startling her so much that she almost dropped it.

The ringtone was unmistakably Leng Changqing's. Of all times, why would he call at this hour?

Leng Tingye raised an eyebrow with a half-smile.

Getting caught lying in the act, is that acceptable?

The atmosphere in the car became even more awkward. Mu Yanxin smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to answer the phone.

Wu Bai said, "Miss Mu, your phone is ringing!"

Mu Yanxin, "Oh!"

Wu Bai scratched his head, his mind full of questions. "It's amazing, Miss Mu's phone can still make calls even when it's out of battery, but mine can't?"

The sound was very soft, but the two people in the front row could hear it.

Mu Yanxin covered her face and turned her head to look at the other side; the phone was still ringing.

"What, aren't you going to let my second brother answer the phone?"

Mu Yanxin glanced at Leng Tingye, then at Wu Bai. If either of them answered the phone at this moment, Leng Changqing would start to overthink things.

Since the affair just happened, I should still be careful.

Mu Yanxin said, "Let's not!"

"catch!"

A man's voice brooks no refusal.

Mu Yanxin hesitated to answer, and after a few seconds, the call automatically ended.

Seeing that Mu Yanxin still didn't move, Leng Tingye reached for his phone. "If you don't answer, I'll answer it for you!"