Chapter 657: The Reason is Right Before My Eyes, You’re Asking Despite the Obvious?
Ji Nuan stayed in the blankets, unwilling to step out. Even when Mo Jingshen called her over for dinner, she lazily responded with an ‘en’ and continued laying down. Finally, when Mo Jingshen approached and was about to pluck her out from the sheets, she frantically rolled over twice and wrapped the sheets tightly around herself, saying that she would head over immediately.
After eating dinner, she collapsed back onto the bed. She needed to have sufficient rest and sleep in order to replenish the stamina she had used up.
As for Mo Jingshen, she truly suspected if he was actually human. The one who kept moving on the bed earlier had been him. She had only laid under him and she was tired to this extent, yet he appeared as though nothing had happened. She really suspected that if the medicine had been stronger, and she had clung onto him without care for her own life, perhaps this man would have kept going and taken her last, final breath.
Around 7:00 in the evening, Shen Mu brought Ji Nuan’s things over. He said that the security officer had found it during the party and handed it over to the security office. There was nothing missing in her purse, and although her phone did not have a passcode, no one would dare to carelessly unlock it. Ji Nuan checked through her things and gave Shen Mu her thanks.
Shen Mu smiled but he did not dare take a single glance at Ji Nuan. After all, Ji Nuan did not have any clothes she could wear in Ao Lan International. Right now, she was dressed in Mo Jingshen’s shirt. Even if she had put on a pair of pants that had to be folded up several times, the shirt collar was extremely low. The love marks on her neck could not be hidden and with just one look, it was clear how intensely last night had unfolded.
He was aware of Ji Nuan’s circumstance when Mo Jingshen carried her out of the hotel last night. However, knowing was one thing. The way this pair of husband and wife planned to settle it was their own family’s business. He was after all an outsider. It wasn’t good for him to make guesses. Nonetheless, the impact of seeing in real life still made Shen Mu quickly shift his line of sight away. He did not dare to take an extra glance at Ji Nuan.
In fact, Ji Nuan had been trying her best to cover her neck up. However, no matter how she shrunk her neck back, she couldn’t make the marks disappear. Earlier, she didn’t have the time to find something to cover up. She naturally knew the reason Shen Mu didn’t dare to look at her. Since he didn’t dare to look, don’t look. If he looked further, she would also feel embarrassed.
Cough. She really could not blame Mo Jingshen fort his.
After all, she had been the one who clung onto him over and over again…
“By the way, Miss Ji.” Before leaving, Shen Mu spoke up again: “Ji Mengran’s location has been found. She is currently hiding in the Ji family’s villa, unwilling to step out. Tomorrow morning, there should be police officers heading to the door to arrest her. Do you have any further instructions? Or perhaps, are there any actions you wish to take against Ji Mengran?”
“There’s nothing more. Someone who has committed a wrong has her own punishment to receive. I won’t interfere. The police won’t allow her to escape easily either, will they?”
Shen Mu smiled.
He could tell Ji Nuan had accurately guessed that CEO Mo wouldn’t allow any chances for Ji Mengran to escape the law any further. This could be considered an excuse to pluck the tiger’s hair to provoke him, before dropping the criminal in so it would be impossible for her to escape.
Indeed, there was no need for Ji Nuan to do anything. In her lifetime, Ji Mengran would likely spend up to 35 years in prison. In a few years, it would be simple for her to take her own life due to mental instability. Naturally, Sheng Group, one of the great four families in Hai City, would also accompany her.
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On Monday, Mo Jingshen did not head to the company in the day and had some documents he had to work on at night. He directly headed to the study.
During dinner, Ji Nuan originally wanted to say that she could not stay at his place. However, the man completely had no plans of ordering anyone to bring some clothes over for her. She wanted to make the call herself but practically speaking, even raising her arm was difficult for her right now. If she really forced herself to return to Yuehu Bay, it was likely that she wouldn’t be able to wake up in time tomorrow morning.
In any case, he had work to do tonight and wouldn’t be much of an eyesore to her. Ji Nuan curled up on the sofa and held her phone to check the news.
When the man stepped out of the study, he saw that Ji Nuan’s phone was by her hand and she was leaning against the sofa almost fast asleep. The little woman’s head tilted downward and her phone screen had darkened a long while ago.
He watched her for a moment before stretching his long legs forward to approach. He was about to carry her back to the bedroom when Ji Nuan heard the noise and opened her eyes. She lifted her head to see him and appeared to recall something from her dream. Her eyes carried a few hints of drowsiness as she abruptly asked: “Shine Group’s main office is located in Los Angeles. It’s been a long time since you returned to America. Do you plan on living in Hai City in the future?”
She recalled that in the past, he stayed away from Hai City for a whole ten years and lived in America for those ten years.
She had just finished asking when the man placed her phone aside. He was about to pick her up.
Ji Nuan rushed to push his hands away. “There’s no need to carry me. I’m not crippled…”
Mo Jingshen chuckled lowly. “I thought you didn’t wish to move because your legs are weak?”
He reached his hands over again and Ji Nuan quickly slapped them away. “I’m fine! Quit looking for reasons to carry me!”
The man who had been seen through chuckled lightly and did not continue trying, in case he provoke her too much.
“Are you done working?” Ji Nuan glanced at the study and checked her phone for the time.
“There are still some documents to read. There’s no rush. I’ll take a shower first.” After speaking, the man glanced at her. He saw that she appeared especially comfortable curled up on the sofa and did not ask her to return to the bedroom. He picked up his phone from the coffee table to take a look before putting it down to head to the bathroom.
Earlier, he had checked his phone because of a new message; it seemed to be a string of English words. Ji Nuan didn’t manage to get a good look.
Seeing that the man had entered the bathroom, Ji Nuan leaned against the sofa. Her gaze shifted here and there before moving back to the phone on the coffee table. She stood up to pick it up.
The phone had a passcode and could not be unlocked. Ji Nuan was about to attempt his old passcode from three years ago when a new message suddenly appeared on the screen.
It was still in English.
The message was displayed on the screen and it was sent from his secretary in America. The message was: [CEO Mo, have you confirmed a date to return to Los Angeles?]
Ji Nuan’s gaze faltered.
Return to Los Angeles?
When Mo Jingshen came out of the bathroom, Ji Nuan was still sitting on the sofa. He approached to see that his phone was place by her hand. He picked it up to see the message his secretary had sent and guessed that she must have seen it.
“What’s wrong? Can’t bear for me to leave?”
Ji Nuan turned her head to see the man watching her. ” As the CEO of Shine Group, America is the place were you really belong. Why have you stayed in Hai City for so long?”
The man explained lightly, “Why? The reason is right before my eyes. You’re asking despite the obvious?”