When Love Turns the Tables: The Mysterious Husband's Chase-Chapter 688: Are You Avoiding Me? (Part 8)

Jiayu paused her eating, lowered her eyes, feeling a bit awkward: "Mu Ke, actually you... you don’t have to be so nice to me."

Mu Ke’s cold gaze was on her, and even though Jiayu didn’t lift her eyes, she could feel the oppressive gaze from the man above.

His gaze was just too compelling, so Jiayu had no choice but to lift her head and meet his eyes.

Mu Ke suddenly smiled: "Why are you so particular about personally choosing even a tiny screw for your bookstore?"

Huh?

His train of thought jumped too quickly, and Jiayu couldn’t react for a moment. She was stunned for two seconds before speaking haltingly: "Because I like it."

"Mm, so do I!"

Aaah?

Jiayu realized that when facing this man, her intellect always seemed a bit lacking. For example, it took her a full two minutes to comprehend the meaning behind his words.

She was attentive to her bookstore because it was something she had always wanted to do, it was something she liked.

And Mu Ke’s implication was that being nice to her was also something he liked?

That was clearly the implication.

People always have a preconceived notion that "giving" means losing out, so when someone gives to you, you always feel a sense of indebtedness.

But sometimes, giving is also a form of joy. Because of liking, one is willing to give, which is a kind of joy, a kind of happiness.

Jiayu fell silent and continued eating quietly.

Perhaps due to the power outage, the room felt much quieter than usual.

The initial discomfort Jiayu felt gradually relaxed as she finished eating, sighing in satisfaction, her gaze falling on the white candle and its dancing flame.

Candlelight isn’t as bright as electric light, yet it always offers a kind of hazy beauty.

Jiayu suddenly smiled: "What’s this supposed to be? A candlelight dinner?"

Candlelight, good food—doesn’t that make it a candlelight dinner?

Though it felt somewhat strange.

Mu Ke looked at the reflection of the tiny flame in the woman’s eyes, was silent for two seconds, then laughed as well: "Of course not."

Jiayu thought he simply felt that given the circumstances, it couldn’t really be associated with a romantic candlelight dinner.

Then she heard Mu Ke speak lightly: "At most, it’s a candlelight supper."

Jiayu: "..."

Doctor Mu, do you know that joke of yours is quite cold?

After finishing the food, because there was no power, Mu Ke didn’t clean up; he just gathered all the candles from the table into the living room. A dozen candles gathered together, making the room brighter.

Mu Ke took out a tablet and two power banks from his bag: "There are downloadable movies on the tablet, you can watch them. Use the power banks to charge your phone. I’m heading out; don’t rush to sleep right after eating." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Mu Ke put the items down, shouldered his bag again, and headed for the door.

Jiayu hesitated for a moment but couldn’t help calling out: "Isn’t it flooded outside?"

"Mm, so the trip that usually takes half an hour will now take twice as long."

When he first came in, Jiayu had noticed that his clothes were a bit wet, and the cuffs of his pants were dripping water.

Moreover, the food had clearly been in a warm box but was still mostly cold, evidently indicating that Mu Ke’s journey was not smooth.

"Why don’t you stay here?"

The man halted his steps and turned to look at her.

Jiayu felt very uneasy, suggesting so made inviting a man to stay at her house late at night sound rather odd.