His apology was utterly sincere, yet Munni remained unmoved. She glanced at Xu Yisen with an expressionless face and replied, "There's no need to apologize. We're already divorced. This current situation is good; we're still good friends."
Once again, she pushed him away.
Xu Yisen tugged at the corner of his mouth helplessly, unable to conceal the bitterness in his smile.
Munni bent down to pick up Bruce, and with a gentle tone, she said to the obedient little fellow in her arms, "Bruce, let's go home."
"Bruce and I are heading back first. Thank you for accompanying us on the walk. Goodbye."
Munni could accept being good friends with Xu Yisen, and she could accept being family with him, but she feared she would never have the courage to be his lover again.
Therefore, whenever she realized Xu Yisen was trying to close the distance between them, the remaining sense in her mind would subconsciously resist and push him away.
On the morning of Christmas Eve, Yuan Chengmo came to pick up Munni to go to Rongyun Town together.
The two first brought Bruce to Liang Jiuchen's home, asking him to help take care of Bruce for the next two days until Munni returned.
Liang Jiuchen originally wanted to ask where the two were going to spend Christmas, but they had no intention of telling him, so he gave up on the idea of tattling to Xu Yisen and promised Munni he would take good care of Bruce.
After leaving Liang Jiuchen's home, they drove directly to Rongyun Town.
Besides Old Student Lane, Rongyun Town is also famous for a river called Changle.
During festivals, many people would come to the riverbank at night, writing their wishes on river lanterns before putting them into the river.
Yuan Chengmo's car passed by Changle River and stopped at the entrance of a hotel about five minutes away from the river.
"Master knows we're coming and asked Mistress to prepare our lunch."
Munni raised her wrist to check the time on her watch and nodded, "Then let's go to Master's house after settling the luggage."
Yuan Chengmo had pre-booked two luxury rooms; their rooms were right across from each other, very close.
He went to his room to put down the luggage, made a call to the professor to inform him that he and Munni would visit him, and then went to Munni's door and knocked.
Munni, with her hair down, opened the door, seeing Yuan Chengmo ready, she said helplessly, "Senior, please wait for me a moment; I need to touch up my makeup."
Munni nodded, turned back into the room, opened her suitcase to get her makeup bag, then closed the suitcase and quickly went to the bathroom to touch up.
Meanwhile, Yuan Chengmo paced into the room, glanced around, wanting to sit on the sofa to wait for Munni. However, as he was retracting his gaze, his eyes fell on a medicine bottle on the nightstand.
He slightly furrowed his brows, walked to the nightstand; there were two layers, and the top drawer was slightly ajar.
He reached out to pick up the medicine bottle on the cabinet, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
When Munni finished her makeup and came out of the bathroom, Yuan Chengmo was sitting on the sofa with a serious expression, frowning.
It wasn't until she stood before him that Yuan Chengmo came back to his senses and looked up at her.
She teased, "What are you thinking about, so lost in thought?"
"I just saw a bottle of sleeping pills on your nightstand. Was it left by the previous guest, and the housekeeping staff forgot to clean it up?" He even thought up an excuse for Munni.
Munni's smile froze abruptly, and she looked down at Yuan Chengmo, still sitting on the sofa.
His eyes were clear and bright, and as he gazed at her, a slight ripple slowly arose from the depths of his pupils.