The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Chapter 70

But amidst Li Tinglu’s various exclamations, Jiang Moxi calmly rummaged through her bag for her makeup, ready to apply it.

Li Tinglu hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to stop her: "Sister Moxi, you don’t look good like that, please don’t put on makeup, okay?"

At this moment, Jiang Moxi suddenly turned around, her eyes locking with Li Tinglu’s.

"Tinglu, I’ve been trying to maintain the status quo for these four years, do you understand?"

As soon as she said this, Li Tinglu was stunned for a moment, then she realized Jiang Moxi wasn’t unaware of the beauty or ugliness of makeup.

She was deliberately applying makeup badly, to cover up her pretty face.

Just like how she could knock down a couple dozen professional thugs in one go but presents herself as a dumb and useless person!

She was intentionally hiding her sharpness and brilliance!

As to why she possessed such abilities but didn’t bother with Aunt Yao, letting Aunt Yao strut around in front of her...

Li Tinglu could only think of one phrase: "A general has a sword but doesn’t use it to cut mere grass ropes."

Respect for Jiang Moxi naturally arose in her heart.

So she nodded: "I understand now, Sister Moxi. I won’t speak of today’s events to anyone, nor will I let people know how beautiful you are. I swear on my life!"

No matter why Jiang Moxi was hiding her sharpness and brilliance, Li Tinglu would swear to help her protect this secret with her life.

"Thank you."

Jiang Moxi also trusted Li Tinglu, after all, just now Li Tinglu was willing to get hurt or even die to protect her!

Later on, Jiang Moxi still applied the ugly makeup.

However, before going to her part-time job at Night Color with Li Tinglu, she added WeChat with her at Li Tinglu’s plea...

*

On the ninth floor of Night Color, as soon as Jiang Moxi pushed open the private room door, she saw Fu Youhan sitting at the far end.

He wore a haze blue shirt, his features as handsome as ever, and the air of nobility about him was not at all diminished.

Only, she didn’t know whether it was because she hadn’t seen him for two days, but when his deep gaze fell upon her, it actually caused a ripple in Jiang Moxi’s tranquil heart.

"Come here." As always, the man briefly and concisely commanded her to come to his side.

Jiang Moxi lowered her gaze, concealing the strangeness in her heart, "Third Master Fu, have you returned from your business trip?"

"Mm, just arrived in Yan City."

Originally, Fu Youhan should have gone back to the old house first, but thinking of her being at Night Color, he came here instead.

Jiang Moxi gave a nod and then poured wine for the man.

Unexpectedly, Fu Youhan suddenly asked her: "Changed your shampoo?"

Jiang Moxi was startled at first, not expecting him to be so observant that he could even remember the scent of the shampoo she used.

"No, I just took a shower somewhere else." Jiang Moxi answered truthfully.

Who knew the man would insistently ask: "Where did you take a shower?"

There was suddenly an inexplicable coldness in his tone.

"Where I take my shower is my freedom."

Jiang Moxi’s brows knitted slightly, and her tone was not very good either because she felt this man’s questioning was a bit out of line.

Fu Youhan’s eyes narrowed slightly at that moment, his gaze as sharp as a knife.

Just as he was about to say something, Ye Chen on the side suddenly spoke.

"Tsksksk, you truly don’t treat me as an outsider! Discussing such shameless topics right in front of me!"

The ’shameless’ Jiang Moxi: "..."

She looked at Ye Chen, who was peeking out from the other end of the sofa, her eyes narrowing slightly.

The light in the private room was dim, and Ye Chen had his usual seat’s back turned towards the door, facing the Stardew doll wall.

From this angle, it would indeed be difficult for most people to notice his presence.

But that wasn’t an excuse.

She had undergone special training; in a confined space, she could detect the number of breathing sounds and thus determine the number of people in the environment.

But just now, she hadn’t noticed Ye Chen’s presence at all.

Was it because she had been in a comfortable environment for too long, so long that even her basic survival skills had degraded?

Or was it because Ye Chen had also undergone special training, making his breathing so faint that it was hard to detect?

But Ye Chen seemed to take Jiang Moxi’s distraction as panic after being found out about her relationship with Third Master Fu, and chuckled again.

"What’s wrong? I don’t know it’s pretty rare, right? Plus, you two make it so obvious."

After saying that, Ye Chen noticed that Jiang Moxi’s gaze hadn’t changed and added: "Seeing me all lonesome, do you two plan to gang up on me to bully me?"

Ye Chen’s unserious demeanor made Jiang Moxi lean towards thinking she had lived too comfortably for too long.

However, in front of Ye Chen, she didn’t show any discouragement and just asked him, "Where’s Dingding?"

Usually, when Jiang Moxi arrived at the private room, Yu Dingding would already be by Ye Chen’s side.

"She took two days off, won’t answer my calls, nor reply to my texts. She probably doesn’t realize that a day without seeing her feels like 24 hours to me."

"Sometimes I feel like I’m not her boss, but her servant..."

When it comes to complaining about Yu Dingding’s failings, Ye Chen could go on for days without end.

"How about it, Moxi, could I borrow your phone to give her a call?"

Jiang Moxi swiftly handed her phone to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen quickly dialed Yu Dingding’s number, which was almost immediately picked up on the other side.

"Moxi, what’s up?"

Ye Chen, hearing the familiar feminine voice, smirked playfully.

"Baby, I’ve been hit by a car and am now in the hospital. I need to arrange for a 200,000 surgery fee on short notice."

"Oh, is it serious?" Upon hearing Ye Chen’s voice, Yu Dingding’s voice immediately lost its prior gentleness.

"It’s quite serious. If you don’t transfer the money, they’re going to shut off the oxygen."

Ye Chen wanted to test out whether he or the money was more important to Yu Dingding.

But he never expected that Yu Dingding couldn’t even be bothered to humor him.

"Then shut it off, no need to rescue!"

"Baby, that’s not a nice way to act!"

"What’s not nice about me? You tell me, and I’ll delete you right away."

Ye Chen: "..."

Really, most of the time when he deals with Yu Dingding, he wants to strangle her and be done with it.

But more often than not, just as he’s about to strangle her, he remembers the things she likes and immediately starts making arrangements.

Like now, Ye Chen thought of the dry-fried squid that Yu Dingding liked to eat.

"Don’t delete me, you’re perfect all around. Are you at home? I can have someone send you dry-fried squid."

"No need. I’m hanging up if there’s nothing else..."

Yu Dingding didn’t wait for Ye Chen’s response and hung up the phone directly.

Ye Chen was filled with frustration and was about to call Yu Dingding again when he noticed a very strange pattern on Jiang Moxi’s phone screen.

The pattern, composed of various bizarre mythical creatures, converged into an "X."

Ye Chen frowned; he seemed to have seen this pattern somewhere before.

"Can I have my phone back now?"

The sound of Jiang Moxi’s voice scattered whatever had popped into his mind.

So Ye Chen handed the phone back to her.

"Why did Dingding take time off?" Jiang Moxi took the phone and casually asked.

"She said seeing me was too irritating and that she needed two days off to clear her eyes," Ye Chen said with a look of fake heartbreak.

Jiang Moxi: "..."

"Pay him no mind." Third Master Fu, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

"Just now you were all ready to challenge Moxi one-on-one. Are you upset that she talked to me a little more?"

Ye Chen looked at Third Master Fu with a half-smile.

The latter just gave Ye Chen a cold glance and then said to Jiang Moxi, "You can suggest to Yu Dingding to take a couple more days off."

Jiang Moxi nodded: "Okay, I will call Dingding later."

"I see how it is!"

Ye Chen continued slowly: "I finally understand why you two are together. ’Birds of a feather flock together...’"