Muchuan and Xiang Wan - Chapter 187

Chapter 187: Premonition

“…”

Xiang Wan asked, “Why should I open the door?”

Bai Muchuan replied after letting out a chuckle, “I can’t sleep as there’s a rat, do you believe me?”

Believe my foot! Of course Xiang Wan would not believe that.

What she was puzzled about was that just what was he made of? He could stay up still now without a proper rest. He really did not want to sleep?

Well, hats off for that!

Xiang Wan took a look at her pajamas that was considered conservative. Then she wrapped up her wet hair with a towel and shuffled over to open the door softly.

He was outside, looking at her lazily. That pair of sexy eyes seemed especially bad*ss that would make one want to deliver a punch. At the same time, however, he was like a wild cat that was just chilling which made one want to give him a pat. Nevertheless, he also had an air of aggressiveness which made one hesitate to give him a pat.

After a short pause, Xiang Wan said, “What do you want?”

Bai Muchuan simply said, “I want to sleep with you…”

“!”

That was too shocking.

Xiang Wan took at least three seconds to react.

She puffed a sigh slowly. “Bai Muchuan, are you still in a daze from your sleep? What are you thinking?”

Bai Muchuan saw a small bunch of Xiang Wan’s hair that had fallen out from the towel and was dripping slowly. His heart skipped a beat and his throat moved. “I couldn’t fall asleep.”

Xiang Wan laughed but she was actually angry. “Are you made of steel?”

Bai Muchuan said, “Well, tougher than steel…”

Xiang Wan: “…”

“Don’t think too much!” Bai Muchuan cleared his throat and slapped on his chest. “I mean here…”

“…”

Geez! It might have been better if you didn’t explain. Xiang Wan thought.

If she did not mean his body, what else would she mean?

As Xiang Wan had no experience in dating, her ears immediately became red and she wanted to push him. Bai Muchuan, however, did not allow her that chance. He quickly grabbed her hand and looked at her.

“Fine, I’ll say it then. I’ve come to let you fulfill your promise. You can’t go back on your words.”

Eh? Xiang Wan’s hand fell into his strong palm where his palm felt a little too warm for comfort. Her brain was somewhat confused. “What did I say?”

Bai Muchuan replied in a languid tone, “You said we’ve already cohabited. Xiang Wan, you can’t go ruining my reputation and deny it, right?”

“…”

Xiang Wan’s face immediately flushed red.

So he actually overheard what she and her mom talked inside the kitchen, although the door was closed?

Xiang Wan gritted her teeth. “Bai Muchuan, you eavesdropped on me! That’s shameless!”

Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow. “I’ve good ears.”

Xiang Wan ground her teeth as she squinted her eyes and stared at him. “Excuses!”

Bai Muchuan grunted but did not argue further. He gazed at her meaningfully, with the look “you can do as you deem fit, I’m not going anywhere”.

Fine, when he behaved in such a “dashing” manner, she found herself unable to get angry at him.

Xiang Wan puffed a helpless and amused sigh. “You’re not leaving?”

“Not leaving!”

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Xiang Wan suddenly pouted, pulled the towel, and flipped her wet hair.

Bai Muchuan was caught off guard and got splashed by the bits of water from her hair. He released her hand to cover his eyes out of reflex.

With that, Xiang Wan let out a chuckle. “Now you know what I’m capable of? Leave now!”

Bai Muchuan: “Rather die than surrender.”

“…” Xiang Wan almost burst out in laughter but was also frustrated at the same time. She looked at him without blinking. “Bai Muchuan, you’re serious?”

Bai Muchuan cooperated by playing the fool. “Don’t I look serious enough?”

“…”

“Then I’ll be more serious—Xiang Wan, just as you’ve said, let’s cohabit.”

“!” A gush of heat seemed to fill from her heart. Xiang Wan wished she could hammer him.

But dealing with Bai Muchuan required wits as well as courage. The best was to render him speechless.

Hence, Xiang Wan quickly found her wits and gave him a sidelong glance. “Well, we’re already cohabiting with each other? Didn’t cohabit means to live with each other in the same house? Is there something wrong with my understanding?”

Bai Muchuan: “…”

“That’s it then, go back to sleep!” As he did not say a word, Xiang Wan began to soften her stance. “You’re already worked continuously for so many days, you must rest.”

“Does that mean when I don’t work overnight, you are fine with it?”

What kind of deduction is that? Xiang Wan rolled her eyes at him. “I’m saying I’m a conservative person.”

Bai Muchuan: “Me too.”

Pffft! Xiang Wan gave a breathy chortle.

She ran her fingers through her hair at the forehead. In order not to wake up Fang Yuanyuan, she tried very hard to suppress her laughter. “I really can’t tell how you are considered conservative.”

Bai Muchuan made a dashing pose by resting his elbow on the wall and looked at her leisurely. “Do you want to double check it?”

“Forget it, I’m unable to outtalk you!” Xiang Wan directly grabbed the handle of the door, preparing to chase him away. “I’m closing the door, hurry up and go to sleep!”

“Xiang Wan!” Bai Muchuan placed one hand on her bedroom door and looked at her. “If you let me lie inside your room for a while, I’ll tell you a secret.”

Eh? She gave in to her curiosity.

Xiang Wan looked at him and noticed that he did not seem to be joking. She looked inside her room and decided to comply with his request.

“You can only lie on the sofa.”

This house was big as every room had its own bathroom as well as a set of sofa.

The sofa was not that huge, so it was as though having a hard time to accommodate Bai Muchuan who was so tall. When he lied on the sofa with his long arms and legs, he seemed comfortable but Xiang Wan could not help feeling bad for the sofa.

“The feeling of being ravaged…” She was referring to the sofa.

“I’m not that kind of person.” Bai Muchuan was referring to her.

When Xiang Wan heard that, she knew he misunderstood and could not resist laughing. “Let’s talk about the secret!”

Bai Muchuan saw that she sat faraway from him and beckoned to her with a finger. “Sit over here!”

Xiang Wan was in front of the dressing table and was about to blow dry her hair. “I need to dry my hair.”

“Fine, you won’t be able to hear me when you’re drying your hair. I’ll take a nap first and talk about it later.”

“Don’t!” Xiang Wan quickly put down the hairdryer.

He might jolly well fell asleep after his little nap!

Xiang Wan quickly walked over to the sofa and looked at him from her height. “Now, can you talk already?”

Bai Muchuan smiled in a sly manner when he suddenly pulled her down toward him.

“Ah!” Xiang Wan did not expect him to suddenly pull her to him. Her knees touched the sofa and she fell heavily on him.

He was so warm, and his muscles were so tough like metal.

Xiang Wan felt a painful sensation from crushing on him and she spoke a little louder, “Tsk, what are you doing?”

“Hush—” Bai Muchuan hugged her by her waist and spoke softly with a half-smile, “Let’s talk about the secret.”

As he held Xiang Wan tightly, her heartbeat was very fast; her breathing was irregular, and her face was so hot that it might be enough to cook an egg…

“Let me go.”

“Do you want to hear the secret?”

“…”

Curiosity killed the cat!

Xiang Wan gazed at his nicely sculpted chin and her heart skipped a beat. Coincidentally, she caught a glimpse of a teasing expression from his eyes and suddenly came to a realization.

“Bai Muchuan, are you just messing around with me?”

“No. There’s really a secret.”

“Say it, I’m listening!”

Xiang Wan wished she could deliver a few punches to him.

But he was already embracing her—it would seem to be too pretentious if she struggled now.

Hence, she stayed still and looked at him without blinking her eyes like a patient listener.

Bai Muchuan patted her head as though he was coaxing a child and gave a peck on her lips. “You really want to know?”

“Of course.”

“Promise me that you won’t regret after you heard it?”

What kind of secret will make me regret? thought Xiang Wan. “Tch! Say it!”

“It’s true that I couldn’t sleep. There’s something that I have to get out of my chest.”

Xiang Wan was puzzled at his sudden solemn tone. “Did you do something shameful?”

Bai Muchuan: “Hm, it is indeed not so aboveboard.”

As he embraced her soft body, he kept receiving a certain type of psychological cue, but he had to pretend to be a gentleman in front of her. Somehow, he felt he was tired emotionally as well.

After contemplating for a moment, he sighed. “I know your mom came to visit.”

What did he mean? If he was not holding her in his arms, Xiang Wan would directly jump up and hit him.

“So, you came back deliberately?”

“Yes.”

“Your goal?”

“As what you’ve seen,” smiled Bai Muchuan. “If I don’t do this, when are you going to acknowledge me? When will your mom get to know about my presence and accept me? Isn’t this good, at least she won’t be introducing you to those unreliable blind dates.”

Unreliable blind date. Is he referring to Cheng Zheng?

Xiang Wan was amused by Bai Muchuan’s childish act. “You’re actually a scheming man…”

“Are you angry?” Bai Muchuan cupped her face with his hands.

“… No.” There was no point getting angry over this matter.

“That’s because you haven’t heard something that’s even more infuriating!”

“?” Xiang Wan’s nerves were being provoked; she could not tell if he was just joking and her heart almost went out of shape from the anger.

She put her hands on his shoulders and supported herself. “Tell me, what else did you do?” she asked in a very stern manner.

“… About to happen!”

Urgh! This fellow is really something!

Xiang Wan was so angry she wanted to bite his shoulder.

Unexpectedly, he managed to stop her, prop up her chin, and kiss her as though a tiger was pouncing on its prey.

“Bai Muchuan. Umm!”

Xiang Wan’s heart began to pound wildly.

With his increasingly tightened embrace, she started to feel a deep sense of helplessness…

Unable to resist his power…

The inability to control her emotional impulse.

She closed her eyes slowly.

He pulled away, to her surprise, wearing a smirk on his face.

“Do you like it?”

“…” Xiang Wan’s eyes were especially bright. She looked at him, biting her lower lip but remained silent.

Bai Muchuan stared at her rosy red lips from the kiss earlier. His thumb gently stroked along her lips and stopped when he reached her chin. He pinched her cheeks and puffed a sigh. “Silly girl, don’t worry. I won’t do anything. I only wanted to come over and talk to you for a while…”

“…”

Those soft words made Xiang Wan’s heart tremble.

She pursed her rosy lips as she looked at him with her sparkling eyes.

“What do you want to say?”

“Well, it’s not that it’s a must.” Bai Muchuan looked at her intently, his gaze calm and serious, unlike his earlier joking attitude. “Just wanted to talk to you. When I hear you laugh and see you angry at me… I feel at ease.”

“…”

When Bai Muchuan saw her speechless look, he chortled. “Why? You look like it’s not enough for you? Or maybe you… have designs on me instead?”

“Scram!” Xiang Wan was abashed and hit him on the shoulder. “What nonsense are you talking about? Quick, get up and go back to sleep.”

Bai Muchuan sighed lazily. “I’m afraid I can’t get to sleep.”

Eh? What did he mean? Xiang Wan looked at him, perplexed.

Bai Muchuan pursed his lips tightly and did not say a word, but that hand which was hugging her was getting tighter and tighter that she had trouble breathing. Shortly after, she heard his deep voice. “Earlier on, I received news that… Zhou Dequan committed suicide.”

What?!

Xiang Wan felt as though something exploded in her head.

Another one died? And it was a suicide?

Moreover, it happened at the detention center…

Xiang Wan felt that this sounded too unbelievable. She glanced at Bai Muchuan dubiously. “And you actually didn’t go to the detention center but come to my room to ask to sleep here?”

“The detention center is not under my jurisdiction. When I received the news, the one in-charge was already handling the incident. I have to wait till the incident gets handed over or it becomes a joint case before I can do something about it…”

No wonder!

No wonder he could not fell asleep.

It was no wonder she also felt uneasy.

It was actually a premonition that something might happen and had happened!