When she went back to the quiet room in the afternoon, Ye Mingjue was really sitting beside An Xiaonuan, staring at her motionless.

Ji Qing was practicing embroidery nearby. When she saw Ye Mingjue sit down, her needle almost went astray.

Why is this man here? Isn't he a CEO? How can he be so free all day?

"Master, my husband said he didn't know where to go, so he came here to sit for a bit. Is that alright?" An Xiaonuan explained to Jingxin somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's okay." Jingxin unexpectedly sounded so polite.

An Xiaonuan let out a breath of relief, then began to follow Jingxin's embroidery instructions.

An hour later, she was pricked by a needle.

An Xiaonuan again imagined it like before, wanting to take it in her mouth and give it a lick, but just as she raised her hand, her hand was grabbed by a big hand.

Then, raising his eyes, he saw a pair of black eyes brimming with anger.

"Husband?" An Xiaonuan didn't know what he was going to do, and she opened her mouth in confusion.

Ye Mingjue glanced at her, then lowered his head to take her fingertip, which was stained with a drop of blood, into his lips.

An Xiaonuan felt her heart beating out of her chest. She glanced away, not daring to look at her, and ended up seeing a teasing look on Teacher Jingxin's face.

And Ji Qing, who was sitting in another corner of the room, naturally also saw this scene.

She almost bent the needle in her hand!

This damned man! To do such... things in broad daylight, is he out of his mind?!

She could even imagine what her aunt would say to her after school, pinching her ears for sure.

Being single is so hard, it really is!

An Xiaonuan's wound wasn't actually very big, the pain was only a bit when it was stabbed, and then it was fine, but Yemingjue still refused to let go of An Xiaonuan's hand.

Having no other choice, An Xiaonuan could only take the initiative to speak: "My hand is already healed."

She gestured to him that she was ready for him to let go of her hand.

Night Mingjue let out a soft "hmm" and then released An Xiaonuan's hand, saying, "I'll wait for you outside."

He felt that if he stayed any longer, he couldn't help but take people away with him.

"Oh, alright," An Xiaonuan didn't say much, just nodded and let him leave.

It's good that the old man is gone, now she can focus.

Otherwise, with him around, she could never relax.

After Ye Mingjue left, the three people in the room resumed their embroidery.

Time always passes quickly when you're being serious. By the time An Xiaonuan heard Ye Mingjue's voice, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

"Go on. Your practice for these past few days has been enough," said An Xiaonuan's master, looking at the embroidered piece in her hands with satisfaction.

An Xiaonuan, having received a peaceful answer, nodded and thanked Jingxin before walking toward the door.

As soon as An Xiaonuan approached Ye Mingjue, she smelled a faint scent of smoke.

"Are you smoking?" asked An Xiaonuan.

Night Mingjue knew Nuan Nuan didn't like the smell of smoke, so he had been blowing wind outside for a while before coming in. Unexpectedly, he was smelled by Nuan Nuan right away.

"Well, I've had two. No more tomorrow." Ye Mingjue said to himself.

An Xiaonuan's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

She knew that what the old man said he would do, he would do. Since he promised like this, he definitely wouldn't smoke tomorrow.

"Shall we go back to the hotel?" Ye Mingjue asked.

"No, I'm going to look for Ye Jiu." An Xiaonuan said.

Because cars are not allowed in the ancient town, the two of them walked to the hotel where Ye Jiu and the designers were staying.

Two handsome men and beautiful women walking hand-in-hand on the street naturally attracted many people's attention. However, because both of them were wearing casual clothes and Ye Mingjue had a forbidding aura that kept people away, few dared to approach them. The two walked unimpeded all the way to Ye Jiu's hotel.

As they reached the hotel entrance, Ye Mingjue was just about to take An Xiaonuan into the elevator when his phone rang in his pocket.

Ye Mingjue frowned, instinctively wanting to hang up the phone.

But An Xiaonuan stopped him and said, "You've already taken so many days off to accompany me, it's enough. They must have something they can't solve that needs you to go back, so you should take this call. Besides, it's all women upstairs, you can't go in anyway, it's better to wait for me here."

Night Mingjue only then picked up the phone and watched An Xiaonuan enter the elevator.

An Xiaonuan had just asked Ye Jiu, and they booked the entire 16th floor. She lives in room 1606.

According to the memory of that house number, she walked into the long corridor.

“1603, 1605… ah, 1606 here!” An Xiaonuan muttered to herself, then stepped forward and pressed the doorbell.

But when I knocked twice, no one opened the door.

An Xiaonuan frowned.

Is Ye Jiu not here? No way, didn't she just say she was waiting for me in her room?

Thinking this, she fumbled with her phone to make a call while with the other hand she knocked on the door and opened it!

An Xiaonuan felt a little strange.

He patted his chest nervously, then leaned against the door and whispered, “Ye Jiu?”

Nobody answered.

Only the rustle of leaves could be heard.

An Xiaonuan couldn't tell what the sound was, but out of concern for Ye Jiu, she cautiously walked inside.

She had only taken two steps when she saw the scene in the room.

A heap of discarded paper littered the floor, and a large suitcase lay open nearby. Clothes were strewn haphazardly inside, with some also scattered on the ground and others thrown onto the bed.

A girl with short hair sat with her back to the viewer, facing a large drawing board.

An Xiaonuan immediately saw that the figure wearing a gray T-shirt was definitely not Ye Jiu's.

However, she didn't leave because she was now completely captivated by the design draft on the board.

There was already a draft of the neon garment on the drawing board, and this designer was adding embellishments to the red one.

The model in that design draft only had a head, with a blank face devoid of any features.

This was An Xiaonuan's first time seeing such a design draft. It wasn't professional, but it had a unique impact.

She wore a heavy hair ornament on her head. An Xiaonuan had never seen anything like it before and didn't know its name. She just looked at those bird-shaped hairpins and found them amazing.

Look down, it's the woman's earrings.

I don't know what kind of material the designer intended to use for that earring, but An Xiaonuan saw the sparkle on the earring, perhaps it was a ruby or something similar.

Next is the woman's Ní Cháng garment.

The red dress had a layer of thin gauze over it. The base pattern on the dress was a beautiful floral design, and right now the designer standing with his back to her was painting butterflies onto that gauze.

It's clear she has good drawing skills, but she still hasn't captured the fluttering grace of a butterfly.

An Xiaonuan thought, she had a bountiful harvest this time out!

However, looking at the girl in front of her wearing big headphones, An Xiaonuan felt that she really needed to give the designers a safety lesson.

If it wasn't her who came in today, but a bad person, or a spy, this girl would be finished!

On one hand, she was thinking about what kind of safety course she should design. On the other hand, Ye Jiu was hesitating whether to call his wife.

But she was afraid of disturbing the couple's world...

My goodness, why does she have to face such difficult choices every day!

(Editor in charge：cormac mccarthy novels)