The man remained silent, his breathing noticeably smoother than before.
"I think you might guess who that person is," Gan Yuan bit her lip and struggled to utter the name, "It’s... Moses! We’ve known each other for a long time, in fact, he... he’s the one who gave me my tattoo."
Huangfu Jue raised an eyebrow.
It seemed the situation was different from what he had imagined.
"It was he and father who gave me a chance to continue. Without them, I might still be homeless on the streets, or perhaps already dead..." Gan Yuan’s eyelashes trembled slightly, "Moses is my mentor; he taught me everything. This time, he’s here to find me; he wants me to go back."
"So..." Huangfu Jue’s brows furrowed, "you’re going back with him?"
"Of course not." Gan Yuan lifted the corners of her lips, "I want to stay, with you. I’ve said all I wanted to say; now it’s your turn. You can hit me or scold me, but... don’t be hard on yourself."
The man raised his right hand, and in one move, he pulled her into his embrace.
"I’m such a fool; I thought..."
How could he have such absurd thoughts, that she might be having an affair with another man...
"Thought I was having an affair with another man behind your back?" Clinging to his neck, Gan Yuan leaned against his face and chuckled, "You’re not stupid; you’re just jealous."
This man had never been in love before; of course, he wouldn’t realize that the emotion that had consumed him with rage was actually jealousy.
Huangfu Jue smirked self-deprecatingly, his eyebrows twitching. No wonder his mother always used to say that jealousy could make one irrational; he hadn’t expected to fall victim to it himself.
Holding her, he asked softly.
"Mm!" She lifted her face from his embrace with a slight frown, "A little, my heart still feels uncomfortable, as if I can’t breathe."
Huangfu Jue immediately tensed up, scooped her up, and rushed towards the door.
"Relax a little; I’ll call for a doctor right away..."
"Ha!" Gan Yuan laughed in his arms, "Big dummy, I fooled you!"
"Are you really okay?" He was still somewhat worried.
"Of course..." She jumped out of his arms, tilting her head back to wink at him, "But then again, Ajue, you look really cute when you’re jealous."
The adjective ’cute’ was the last thing he wanted to apply to himself.
"I won’t!" She raised her hand to cup his face, her mischievous smile beaming, "Because you’re really very cute."
Lifting his hand to press against her palm on his cheek, Huangfu Jue looked downward, gazing intently at the face before him.
If there were one person here who could be described as cute, it would definitely be her.
Their eyes locked, fond feelings naturally arose.
She tiptoed closer to him, Huangfu took a sharp breath, squinting his eyes slightly and leaning down to meet her.
Just as he was about to kiss her, she suddenly slipped away from his embrace, pulled open the gym’s door, and fled outside.
"Ha... Someone’s been tricked by me again!"
"Stinking woman!" He stepped out after her, "You’ll regret this!"
"I certainly won’t!" She picked up her dress to run, but alas, the high heels were too tall, and the dress too tight; after just a couple of steps, he had already caught her by the waist.
She cried out with laughter, trying to duck under his arm to escape, only to be pinned against the wall by his hand on her chest, and then, his head descended, kissing her on the cheek.