Cutesy Wife Sweet Like Honey: Mr. Mu's Nightly Dote!-Chapter 535 - 578: The Stingy Uncle

Ye Anxin asked back, "Do you really not know?"

Huo Junmo shook his head in frustration, "I really don’t know! Ever since I rescued her from the Nan Family, she’s been acting weird. When I ask her, she just says she’s fine, only mentioning that she’s heavily startled!"

Ye Anxin sighed helplessly, "Ah! You should know Yueyue’s personality. She’s the epitome of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside! Don’t be fooled by her usual ’I don’t care’ and tough-girl demeanor! Her heart is actually very fragile and soft! When it comes to matters she really cares about, she becomes as timid as any other woman, too afraid to even touch them!"

Huo Junmo frowned and said helplessly, "I’ve always known she’s like that, so I’ve tried my best to give her a sense of security! However, I really don’t know what happened this time to make her seem so troubled!"

Ye Anxin was silent for a moment, seriously contemplated, and then asked, "Mr. Huo, let me ask you, do you still love my sister Nan Jiansi?"

When Huo Junmo heard her mention Nan Jiansi, he visibly paused, "Why are you asking this?"

Ye Anxin said gently, "Do you not realize that Nan Jiansi has always been a knot in Yueyue’s heart?"

Huo Junmo said indifferently, "But Sisi is already dead!"

Ye Anxin said emotionally, "I know, the living can never compete for affection against the dead! The dead are gone, and the place they hold in your heart can never be changed! It’s indeed silly for Yueyue to be tangled up over someone who has passed away! But let me ask you, if you and Yueyue grow old together, would you choose to be buried with my sister or in the same tomb with Yueyue?"

Without thinking, Huo Junmo answered, "Of course with Yueyue! Yueyue is the person who will accompany me for a lifetime; she has sacrificed so much for me. How could I let her down! Moreover, I’ve already let go of my feelings for Sisi; what remains is only guilt for Sisi. The only person I love now is Yueyue! Can’t she see everything I’ve done in the past five years?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Anxin completely relaxed, "With your words, I can be at ease too; it won’t be a waste of Yueyue’s efforts over the years!"

Huo Junmo explained, "I understand that Sisi has become past tense in my heart. A man’s heart can only hold one woman; since there’s love, there must be responsibility, and I can’t be fickle or unfaithful—those are the basic respects!"

Ye Anxin said, "It’s useless to say these things to me. The key is to let Yueyue see your sincerity and changes. Otherwise, the knot in her heart will never be untied!"

"I know what to do now! Thank you for today; if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known the crux of the problem! Maybe when Yueyue fell into Nan Mother’s hands, Nan Mother told her something that she believed, and coupled with my shortcomings these past few days, it led to misunderstandings! I’m going to explain to her right now." Saying that, he stood up eagerly, apologetically said before leaving, "Sorry, sister-in-law, I’ll have to leave you to dine alone here! But thank you for today!" After speaking, he left without a backward glance.

Seeing Huo Junmo hurrying away as if he couldn’t wait to fly to Yueyue’s side, Ye Anxin smiled with satisfaction.

As soon as Huo Junmo left, the waiter brought up the food they ordered.

Looking at the mouth-watering dishes, Ye Anxin couldn’t help but swallow and picked up her chopsticks to start eating immediately.

After just a couple of bites, she noticed something blocking the light next to her. Unable to help herself, she looked up to see what it was. Upon seeing Mu Beiting standing beside her, her eyes widened, her mouth gaped, and the piece of sweet and sour fish fell out of her mouth.

After quite a while, Ye Anxin finally reacted and said incredulously, "Uncle... Uncle, why... why are you here?"

Mu Beiting gave her a cold look, then sat down opposite her without answering Ye Anxin’s question, only coldly asking, "Where is Huo Junmo?"

Ye Anxin said disbelievingly, "...! You... you must be worried about me being with Mr. Huo, so you decided to launch a sudden attack, coming over to see if we secretly did anything inappropriate, right?"

Mu Beiting still didn’t answer and stubbornly asked, "Where is he?"

"Sigh... He just left!" Ye Anxin sighed helplessly and said, "Uncle, you haven’t answered my question yet, have you? Is it because you’re uneasy about me, so you came to surprise me and check in?"

Mu Beiting wasn’t modest and directly said, "It’s not that I’m uneasy about you; I’m uneasy about him!"

"...!" Ye Anxin couldn’t help but roll her eyes, "Uncle, you’re overthinking! Mr. Huo now has only Yueyue in his heart! He initially approached me only because I looked like my sister Nan Jiansi! Since he doesn’t even love my sister anymore, how could he be interested in someone who merely resembles her! Just now, I was talking to him about Yueyue, and after we finished talking, he couldn’t wait to go find Yueyue! You tell me, if he wanted anything inappropriate with my sister or me, would he be in such a rush? So... you overthink it! What are you imagining Mr. Huo as?"

Mu Beiting remained silent, his attractive thin lips tightly pursed into a line, apparently seriously contemplating the authenticity of her words.

Ye Anxin was extremely hungry and continued eating regardless of whether he believed her or not.

After just two bites, as if she suddenly remembered something, she stopped again, looked at Mu Beiting with suspicion, and tentatively asked, "Uncle, as far as I know, Huo Tian Group and Mu Group are quite far apart! How did you manage to get here so quickly?" Saying this, Ye Anxin blinked her luminous eyes and continued, "You... you wouldn’t have been... already on your way while talking on the phone with me, right?"

Ye Anxin mentally calculated that considering the distance between Huo Tian Group and Mu Group, it would take at least forty minutes by car if there wasn’t any traffic jam! And she had been sitting down with Huo Junmo for less than ten minutes. He couldn’t have arrived so quickly unless he had wings to fly over.

Unless, during the phone call, he had already silently gotten into the car and was heading this way while she was on her way to the Huo Tian Group, otherwise, the timing wouldn’t add up! Another possibility was that Uncle was just working nearby, which allowed him to come over right away!

But the second explanation just doesn’t make sense!

Sure enough, when Ye Anxin voiced her suspicions, Mu Beiting’s eyes revealed a trace of discomfort, and his handsome face blushed slightly.

With just one look, Ye Anxin could almost be sure of her guess!

Indeed, during the phone call earlier, Uncle heard she was going to Huo Tian Group, so he immediately instructed the driver to head this way!