Qu Yue looked in the direction of the sound. The bright moon hung in the sky, but more eye-catching than it was the young man sitting on the wall with his legs propped up.
The ponytail tied up by the hair crown fluttered gently with the wind, reflecting the silver light, and showing the high-spiritedness of the young man.
"Mu, Mu Wang...?!"
She stared at him in disbelief with her eyes wide open, and exclaimed.
The young man whose name was called directly raised his chin proudly, and leaped down from the wall with a sharp kick of his long legs.
Qu Yue trotted forward, "Are you, are you not injured?"
Mu Wang hinted, "Do you think everyone is like you?"
"..." Qu Yue hid her injured foot behind her.
She put her hands behind her back, raised her soft little face, and asked seriously, "Why did you come?"
Mu Wang looked speechless, "If I expect you to remember things, I might as well ask my elder brother to come back to life."
In the main hall during the day, the advice Mu Wang left came back to her ears.
She felt embarrassed and pursed her lips, "Sorry, I forgot..."
Mu Wang tsked, "You have my elder brother and the emperor on your mind, of course you can't remember me."
There were guns and cannons in his words. Qu Yue pursed her lips that were covered with water, not knowing how to reply.
Wasn't it normal for her to miss Mu Yuan?
Xie Qichi was of noble status. As the wife of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, it was only right for her to entertain him.
Qu Yue secretly sized up the young man in front of her.
On his heroic face, his nose was straight, his jaw was tightened, and the corner turned out showed his pride to the extreme.
Oh!
Qu Yue's eyes lit up. She knew it. Mu Wang must have thought that her small courtyard was too shabby to accept, so he was picking on her.
She patted her chest, "Don't worry! I won't let you sleep on the floor."
As she said, she rushed back into the house.
Mu Wang: "?"
Wasn't he being sarcastic?
What did it have to do with the floor mat?
Mu Wang followed Qu Yue up in a daze. The closer he got to her bedroom, the stronger the fragrance of honeysuckle was. The dim candlelight illuminated everything he saw.
The bedroom was small but well-equipped. It was decorated warmly and filled with a lot of women's products. Each one showed Qu Yue's care.
Compared with his overly monotonous bedroom, this place was full of warmth.
At this time, Qu Yue was lying on the bed, carefully rolling up her quilt and putting it aside. She took out new products from the bamboo cabinet and spread them out.
She wiped the hot sweat on her forehead, got out of bed, and looked at Mu Wang seriously with a blushing face: "Okay!"
Those shiny eyes were like the stars he saw when he was sitting on the wall just now, especially eye-catching.
Mu Wang's heart beat a few times faster for no reason. He desperately tried to get rid of the image of Qu Yue making the bed in his mind. Her slightly collapsed slender waist and the round arc she supported. He replied extremely quickly, "Got it!"
He walked out of the house quickly, took a big breath to adjust his breath, and suppressed his unnecessary thoughts.
This woman Qu Yue was really pushing her luck. He said he would protect her for one night, but she actually had an idea about him!
The scene in the mourning hall rushed to his mind. Mu Wang searched around in the house. After finding the water tank, he strode up to it and scooped up three ladles of water and poured it on himself.
Qu Yue didn't understand why Mu Wang walked out of the house so well. She quickly stepped out and chased after him.
The sound of pattering water extinguished the unnecessary fire in the silent night. Qu Yue stepped forward curiously, "What are you doing?"
She actually dared to ask!
Mu Wang's wet clothes were stuck to his skin, outlining the lean muscles of the young man. His chest rose and fell violently, "Who told you to come here?! Put away your unnecessary thoughts!"
Qu Yue immediately closed her eyes, and her eyelids were tightly tightened, trembling slightly: "I didn't look!"
Mu Wang: "..." Who knew if she had secretly opened her eyes.
"You can test it. I definitely didn't open my eyes!" Qu Yue almost swore to the sky.
There was still a blush on her fair face, like a peach blossom blooming in early spring. Her long eyelashes trembled because of the muscle twitching, and she was so soft that she was easy to bully.
Mu Wang knew that the test she said was extremely stupid, but he still couldn't help but waved in front of her.
Yes, he just wanted to catch Qu Yue lying.
The fact proved that Qu Yue really didn't want to look.
Mu Wang tsked: "..."
She was pretending to be reserved.
Qu Yue even obediently turned around, "Are you done washing?"
Mu Wang picked up the towel beside him, and said in a bad tone, "I finished washing three years ago!"
Qu Yue's mind went blank.
But she also believed that Mu Wang was kind enough to protect her. She couldn't let him be embarrassed in the yard. Her black eyes turned several times before she managed to say a compliment: "So, so fast..."
Mu Wang stared at Qu Yue's back of the head and smiled falsely, "I really thank you."
The back of the head nodded seriously: "As long as you are happy!"
"..." It was like playing the lute to a cow.
Mu Wang clicked his tongue, hung the towel around his neck, stepped on the ticking water marks, bypassed Qu Yue's bedroom, and went to the back to change clothes.
Taking advantage of this gap, Qu Yue simply tidied herself up and made her own floor mat by the way.
When Mu Wang came back, he saw a tightly wrapped unknown object at the door of the house.
He was stunned, "What are you doing?"
Qu Yue wrapped her small flower quilt tightly, "It's not good for us to be in the same room. You sleep inside, and I sleep outside."
Mu Wang squatted down, and there was an impatient smile in his eyes: "What did I come here for today?"
Qu Yue realized later and said weakly, "To protect me."
Mu Wang clicked his tongue, "And you sleep outside?"
Qu Yue, who only considered the issue of innocence: "..."
"Listen." Mu Wang waved his hand, "Since I will come to protect you, I will solve all the unstable factors."
"No one saw me coming all the way, and I won't tell others."
"I won't do anything to you either."
"Understood?"
Qu Yue nodded like a pounding garlic.
There was impatience in Mu Wang's almond eyes: "Then why don't you get up?"
Qu Yue's soft voice was particularly clear in the night: "I just sit outside. If there is any situation, I will call you."
After all, it was inappropriate for a single man and a single woman.
Mu Wang also got angry and snorted, "Do you think I want to do something to you?!"
With a bang, the bedroom door was slammed shut by him.
Qu Yue helplessly pursed her lips. She knew that Mu Wang meant well, but she also had her own sad heart.
She was about to sit up with the quilt in her arms when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the silent night.
"I'm really in debt to you."
The next moment, the shadow came again, with a strong resentment, and sat down beside Qu Yue.
It was fake for Qu Yue to say that she was not surprised.
In her impression, Mu Wang hated her extremely. In the first year after Mu Yuan left, he even said in front of her many times that he wanted to drive her out of the Marquis Mansion, but he endured it because Mu Yuan asked him to take good care of her.
But when she really faced trouble, he was the only one in the Marquis Mansion who helped her.
Warmth surged in her heart. She turned to look at Mu Wang, and for the first time felt that he was not so annoying.
She smiled sincerely: "Thank you today."
This smile was like magma, burning Mu Wang's heart.
He shifted his gaze, and said in a bad tone, "You think too much. Who said I was helping you?"
"You are just my bait. I want to find out why my parents hate my elder brother so much."
Mu Wang said to Qu Yue.
He was also saying it to himself.
As soon as he said this, Qu Yue's raised lips froze slightly.