On the other side, in the car.

Kuang Ye asked Mu Wan how her trip had been. Mu Wan replied that it had been great and then asked him how his recent matches were going.

“Tomorrow is the final of the Fall Championship. If we win, we’ll be the champions.”

Mu Wan immediately looked up proudly. “Coincidentally, tomorrow is your birthday too, so double the celebration!” She spoke as though the championship was already in the bag.

Kuang Ye liked Mu Wan’s mysterious confidence in him.

After a while, Mu Wan looked at his hand with concern. “Your hand… is it okay?”

Kuang Ye shook his head, reassuring her. “The doctor said it’s fine. I can get through the global competition as long as I push through.”

“But after the Fall Championship, I’ll go abroad for treatment again. I want to win the global championship before I retire.”

The global competition for HW was very close to the Fall Championship, but its intensity was much higher. If he wanted to make it to the end, he had to be in top shape.

Mu Wan looked up at him. “Then I’ll go with you.”

Kuang Ye didn’t refuse. “Alright!”

—

When they got back to the apartment, Kuang Ye had already prepared all the ingredients for hotpot, just waiting to start cooking.

Mu Wan was surprised. “How did you know I wanted hotpot?”

Kuang Ye smiled. “In the live broadcast, I noticed you were eating less and less as the days went by. You’ve gotten used to the exquisite domestic food, but the food abroad probably doesn’t sit well with you.”

Mu Wan nodded, pouting with a bit of a spoiled expression. “Our budget isn’t enough to eat at Chinese restaurants, and even though I’ve been eating local food for years, I still can’t get used to it.”

She turned on the electric stove, and after the pot started bubbling, she eagerly tossed in the beef tripe. After some time, she finally put a piece in her mouth and felt her taste buds rejoice.

Mu Wan wasn’t very good with spicy food, but after eating bland food for so long, she was craving something heavy on flavor. Midway through, she took a picture and posted it in their group chat.

Zhou Yang: [?? What’s happening?]

Li Shuqin: [I’m going back to the set tomorrow, and I’m still eating bread in the car. Mu Wan, you’re so cruel.]

Zhong Yi sent a picture of a big table of food: [Having a wife is great.]

Fang Li: [No showing off your love!]

Zhou Yang: [Having a partner is great. I also want to be in a relationship.]

Li Shuqin: [Did you agree to arrange a blind date?]

Zhou Yang: [Goodbye!]

Mu Wan was reading the quickly scrolling messages in the group and found it quite amusing when suddenly a peeled shrimp was shoved into her mouth.

She looked up and saw Kuang Ye gazing at her with a pitiful expression.

“Jie doesn’t love me anymore.”

Mu Wan immediately threw her phone aside and prepared some vegetables for him.

“How could I not love you? Eat your vegetables.”

Kuang Ye glanced at the green vegetables in the bowl and figured Mu Wan probably didn’t do it on purpose. He picked them up and ate them anyway.

After they finished eating, Kuang Ye disposed of the food scraps, put the dishes in the dishwasher, and Mu Wan went to shower to wash off the hotpot smell.

When Mu Wan finished drying her hair and entered the bedroom, she saw Kuang Ye already lying on the bed. She assumed he was resting to conserve energy for tomorrow’s match, so she didn’t want to wake him. As she was about to carefully crawl into bed, the moment her hips touched the mattress, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist.

She gasped as she was “dragged” into the center of the bed. The blanket flew into the air and then fell back down, covering both of them snugly. The loose pajamas easily slipped off her body. The man’s hot breath and kisses landed on her fair skin. Suddenly, he bit down on a certain spot.

Mu Wan gasped, “Ah Ye—”

After a brief separation, they met again with even more heated passion. And since Kuang Ye had already seen the fan-made shipper comments in the live stream, his jealousy was already burning.

“Her skin is like cream, her lips, when kissed, feel like satin,” the narrator’s voice echoed. The man’s eyes turned red, his teeth sinking into her, his hands trembling with unwilling desire. “I swear to be with her forever, yet I’m forced to hurt the one I love.”

“Interrogation: Mu Wan, who do you truly love?”

Mu Wan: “??”

Her head was a mess, her body heated up as her face turned red for various reasons.

“What are you talking about?” And stop speaking while you’re kissing!

Kuang Ye licked the spot again, feeling her body trembling beneath him, then kissed his way down her body.

“The 18+ fanfiction in the forum about you and me… You fell for Qin Jie and planned to break up with me when you came home, and I was going to ‘punish’ you severely.”

Mu Wan: “…”

What kind of ridiculous forum is that?!