Chapter 16: You Care about Him That Much?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The next morning, when the alarm clock went off, Ye Anxin turned off the alarm and groggily woke up, only to realize that she wasn’t in her own room. Instead, she was in a completely unfamiliar environment. Ye Anxin sat up in the bed for a few minutes as yesterday’s memories slowly returned to her. Only then did she remember where exactly she was.

Ye Anxin instinctively looked toward the other side of the bed. It was empty. Except for her, there was nobody else in the bed. It seemed that Mu Beiting hadn’t come back last night. On her wedding night, she had been left alone in their bedroom.

Ye Anxin sighed as she brushed her teeth and washed her face in the bathroom. She changed back into yesterday’s clothes.

When she left the room and walked downstairs, Pete had just happened to have arrived to pick up Mu Beiting. Upon seeing her coming down the stairs, he looked at her with a resentful expression, as if he blamed her for betraying his secret.

Afraid to look at him, Ye Anxin bowed her head guiltily.

Sensing Pete’s gaze on Ye Anxin, Mu Beiting pursed his lips into a tight grimace, and his cold gaze swept toward him warningly.

Mu Beiting truly had a formidable aura. As soon as he’d glanced at Pete, Pete immediately felt his back break out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly retracted his gaze from Ye Anxin.

Ye Anxin walked toward Mu Beiting and took Mu Beiting’s arm in both her hands and said cautiously, “Mister, the matter really didn’t have anything to do with Pete. Did you punish him?”

Mu Beiting’s thin lips pursed together even tighter, and the expression in his eyes instantly became several degrees colder.

Sensing the change in Mu Beiting’s mood, Pete broke out in more cold sweat. “No, no, the president really didn’t punish me. He really didn’t.”

It would’ve been better if Pete hadn’t spoken, because as soon as he spoke, Mu Beiting’s face became more gloomy, and he said without the slightest bit of warmth, “You’re lying to make her feel better?”

Pete felt speechless. He really didn’t know what to say at that moment.

Ye Anxin and Mu Beiting had only spent a short time together, so she didn’t understand how his personality functioned. She simply blinked her bright eyes and asked in bewilderment, “Mister, so you really did punish him?”

Mu Beiting looked at her coldly and asked with a blank look on his face, “Do you really care about him that much?”

“This isn’t a matter of caring or not caring. It’s a question of responsibility. This matters…” Before Ye Anxin could finish speaking, Mu Beiting immediately grasped her main point and said coldly, “Responsibility? What sort of responsibility needs to exist between the two of you?”

“I…I…I am…I…” Ye Anxin suddenly felt that it was extremely difficult for her to communicate with Mu Beiting effectively. She obviously didn’t mean what he had inferred, but he was constantly misinterpreting her meaning.

In Mu Beiting’s eyes, her stammering was a manifestation of a guilty conscience. He got up from the sofa where he’d been sitting and said, “Half a year’s salary will be deducted as punishment.”

Ye Anxin stopped talking as soon as he said this. Pete also stopped breathing and looked at his boss with disbelief.

“Mister, you can’t do this…this was my fault…” Ye Anxin became extremely anxious when she heard that Mu Beiting was going to deduct half a year’s salary from Pete.

Unfortunately, Mu Beiting didn’t listen to one word that she’d said and walked toward the door with large strides.

Before leaving the house, he stopped again and said without looking back, “Butler, have someone send the madame to school.”

“Mister, Mister…” Ye Anxin tried to catch up with him, but she was stopped by Pete. Pete said almost pleadingly, “Madame, I’m begging you. It would be the greatest favor to me if you don’t intercede for me ever again. That’s it, and let’s never mention it again.” With that said, he hurriedly followed Mu Beiting out to the car.

Watching as they left, Ye Anxin’s face immediately fell.

Looking at the butler who was standing beside her, Ye Anxin asked feebly, “Butler, how did Mister punish Pete just now?”