Mu Jingping opened the door and took the salt from Shen Tingxi's hand, "Why did it take you so long? I thought you didn't know the way."
With a soft voice and a faint smile, Mu Jingran almost didn't joke. It seemed that he was in a good mood today. Is it because he was back
Thinking of this, Shen Tingxi unconsciously raised the corners of her lips, and the anger she had felt because of the store woman's words disappeared instantly.
Mu Jingping turned around and saw Shen Tingxi coming in. Thinking of the passionate kiss they had just had in the kitchen, Mu Jingran's face instantly burned. She reached out and pushed his arm gently, "Get out."
Shen Tingxi smiled lightly and took Mu Jingping's hand, "I'll accompany you."
"No, get out quickly." Mu Jingran blushed, lowered her head, and took her hand out of Shen Tingxi's broad palm.
Shen Tingxi stood still, "Just give me a kiss and I'll leave."
Mu Jingping's hands hanging by her sides tightened her apron slightly, her head lowered and her lips pursed without speaking.
Shen Tingxi saw Mu Jingping's nervousness, smiled and touched her head, "You go ahead, I'll go out." Then she turned and left the kitchen.
He couldn't be too impatient and had to take his time.
While eating, Shen Tingxi said unconsciously, "I heard someone saying bad things about you when I went to buy salt just now."
Mu Jingran stopped eating immediately and looked at Shen Tingxi nervously. What bad words? Mu Jingran knew that since Yu Anna came to her place to make trouble that day, people nearby looked at her with ridicule and disdain. , she also heard some of those unpleasant words, she didn't care, but she was very concerned about Shen Tingxi's opinion of her.
Shen Tingxi picked up a chopstick and put it into Mu Jingjing's bowl, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
Mu Jingran tightened her hands on the chopsticks and looked at Shen Tingxi nervously, "Do you believe what they said?"
Shen Tingxi frowned and looked at Mu Jingjing, feeling that her question was an idiot, "I'm not stupid."
Mu Jingping didn't hear Shen Tingxi's direct answer, but was still worried, and asked again: "Do you believe it?"
"I don't believe it." Shen Tingxi put down his chopsticks and looked at Mu Jingjing with a serious face, "Ning Ning, are you moving? Leave here, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to help but cut out those people's tongues."
Mu Jingping felt a heat wave hit her heart. He not only trusted her unconditionally, but also defended her in this way. This feeling was so good that it made her want to cry, and the tears fell without any warning.
When Shen Tingxi saw Mu Jingping crying, her eyes immediately became anxious. She stood up, walked around the small dining table and came to Mu Jingping's side. She squatted beside her, wiped her tears with her warm fingertips, and spoke in a very soft, deep voice. Rou, "It's my fault that I couldn't protect you properly by your side. Stop crying. I feel bad."
Mu Jingping shook her head gently, turned around and looked at the man who was usually aloof and now squatting in front of her. How could she blame him? Slender fingers caressed his deep and three-dimensional face, "Tingxi..."
There were obviously many things she wanted to say to him in her heart, she wanted to thank him for trusting her, and she wanted to explain what happened between her and Mu Yiqing, but after calling out his name softly, she couldn't say a word.
"Okay, don't cry anymore." Shen Tingxi wiped Mu Jingjing's tears gently.
After a while, Mu Jingping calmed down, and the two continued to eat. Shen Tingxi once again raised the issue of moving, "I have a house in Qinyuan, can you move there?"
Mu Jingping subconsciously wanted to refuse, "I..."
"Don't worry, I don't live there." Shen Tingxi explained, "Yan Qing also has a house there. He and Shu Xin will live there occasionally. If you move there, you can be neighbors with them."
Mu Jingping looked down at the rice in the bowl, "I can find another place to live."
"Ning Ning." Shen Tingxi frowned and looked at Mu Jingping, obviously displeased, "What am I to you in your heart?"
Mu Jingping raised her eyes and glanced at Shen Tingxi, her face turned slightly red, she lowered her head and whispered, "Boyfriend."
"Since we are your boyfriend, can you occasionally let me exercise my rights as a boyfriend? You never spend my money, don't let me buy you clothes, don't let me buy you furniture, and don't tell me if you have anything. If I have to take care of everything myself, then what’s the point of my existence as a boyfriend?”
Mu Ningran pursed her lips and raised her eyes to look at Shen Tingxi, her eyes a little hesitant and anxious, "I just... don't want to cause you any trouble."
"You are not a trouble to me. Even if you are a trouble, I am willing to do it. Can you not treat me as an outsider?"
Mu Jingping pursed her lips and shook her head. How could she treat him as an outsider? He was the most precious person in her heart, so she didn't want to put any burden on him, for fear that he would dislike her and find her annoying.
"Since you don't regard me as an outsider, can you try to trust me and rely on me?"
Mu Jingping looked at Shen Tingxi for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."
The gap between Shen Tingxi's brows and eyes slowly eased, "In two days' weekend, I'll come over and help you move."
"Um."
After dinner, Shen Tingxi rushed to wash the dishes. Mu Ningran couldn't resist him, so she let him go. She just remembered that the first time he rushed to wash the dishes, he not only broke the bowl, but also got himself all wet. Mu Jingping couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
Mu Jingping sometimes finds it a bit incredible when she thinks about it that a man like Shen Tingxi, who has been living in a bloody world, would also stand quietly in front of the kitchen sink washing dishes.
Shen Tingxi washed the dishes and came out and proposed to go for a walk with Mu Jingran. Mu Jingran refused. Now everyone in the community looked at her with ridicule and contempt. If she went out for a walk at this time, what would happen if Shen Tingxi heard it? Mu Jingping was worried that he would hit someone on the spot.
The two didn't go out and sat on the sofa together watching TV.
The atmosphere was quiet, and Mu Jingping's mood calmed down, so she told Shen Tingxi everything about her and Mu Yiqing. Although he believed her, she felt it was still necessary to explain.
Shen Tingxi already knew the general outline of the matter from Dong Zai, but he didn't want Mu Jingran to know that he had arranged someone to protect her in private.
On the one hand, she is sensitive and fragile, and he is worried that she will think wildly if she finds out, thinking that he does not trust her or is spying on her.
On the other hand, he didn't want her to feel that being with him was dangerous. He could just protect her in secret. He didn't want her to experience those days of fear.
Mu Jingping emphatically talked about how she and Mu Yiqing got to know each other, and that the two were fellow villagers, and that her mother was Mu Yiqing's first love. Shen Tingxi's expression changed when Yu Anna came to her place to make trouble. Cold and heavy, especially his eyes, rolling with the turbulence of understanding, cold and full of murderous intent.
Mu Jingping gently held his hand, "I'm fine now, don't do this."
Shen Tingxi was afraid of scaring Mu Jingping, so she instantly suppressed the emotions she accidentally revealed. At this moment, the phone in her pocket rang, and the caller ID was Yu Anna.