The atmosphere in the elevator inexplicably fell into awkwardness.
Fortunately, after a moment, the elevator arrived at the lobby.
Qin Muni was the first to walk out of the elevator, striding confidently ahead.
As she passed through the hotel lobby, the hotel manager respectfully stepped forward and slightly bowed to her and Mr. Xu, "Miss Qin, Mr. Xu, let me escort you out. It’s raining heavily outside, please be careful on the road."
Qin Muni gave a polite smile to the manager, "Thank you."
As the manager said, it was raining heavily outside, the wind whistling past the ears carried a biting chill.
Qin Muni tightened the coat of Xu Yisen draped around her shoulders. Just as she was about to stride toward the driver’s seat, Xu Yisen, who had been silent beside her for a long time, suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
She slightly furrowed her brows and glanced sideways at Xu Yisen, who then gently said, "I’ll take you back."
Saying this, he led Qin Muni to the passenger seat of her car, opened the door, and gestured for her to get in with a look.
Qin Muni initially wanted to resist, but the cold wind was too biting. If she refused Xu Yisen, probably there would be another bout of argument. After weighing the situation for two seconds, she compromised and sat in the passenger seat.
As the car drove out from under the hotel’s eaves, the gale mixed with rain continuously slapped against the windshield and windows.
Because champagne had spilled on her earlier, the smell on Qin Muni became stronger. She displeasingly furrowed her brows slightly, glanced at Xu Yisen beside her, then unfolded her brows again, leaning back into the seat, turning her gaze to the stormy city outside.
"The night my father passed away, it was also raining this heavily outside. I sat alone outside the emergency room, repeatedly dialing your number, but the message that your phone was off kept coming from the other end. Even so, I kept calling, kept calling, hoping you would pick up."
Qin Muni suddenly spoke up, her tone calm like floating sand in water, devoid of any emotion.
"Doctor Zhang came out of the emergency room to announce the bad news of my father’s death, and that’s when my phone finally rang. Ironically, what I received wasn’t your call, but a photo of you dancing with Xia Yuge at a banquet."
The sound of the wind whistling past the car windows was particularly chilling, yet all Xu Yisen could hear was Qin Muni’s emotionless voice.
"At the time, my phone died, I’m truly sorry."
Xu Yisen sincerely apologized for the phone being off at that time, but Qin Muni turned a deaf ear to his apology.
As the car drove down the street, it splashed water everywhere, and a bright white light suddenly flashed across the ink-black night sky, followed by deafening thunder.
"Xu Yisen, you are truly horrible." Qin Muni gave a bitter laugh, slowly turning her gaze to the focused driving Xu Yisen, who was slightly furrowing his brows.
The rain grew heavier, and the car’s windshield wipers swung quickly back and forth, sweeping away the raindrops falling on the glass.
The entire city seemed shrouded in a misty fog, and Xu Yisen could barely see the road ahead, so he had to pull the car to one side.
"I heard you’ve disliked me for years because you think I’m a scheming woman who stirs trouble between Auntie and Xia Yuge and used Auntie to climb up?"
Even though she tried to calm and conceal her emotions, her dissatisfaction with him inadvertently leaked out.
Xu Yisen looked at her surprisedly, slightly raising the tip of his eyebrows imperceptibly.