Chapter 356: Going to Your Place Tonight

Chapter 356: Going to Your Place Tonight

"Amu, are you okay?" Ji Ming anxiously inspected Amu's injury, a large, bruised elbow that looked alarming.

Ji Ming's blue eyes blazed with murderous intent. "Yi Jue, I’ll take you on, no matter what!"

Amu grabbed Ji Ming's arm and shook her head. "I'm fine, let’s move on and keep drinking elsewhere."

Without another word, she got up and had a waiter open a new private room so they could continue drinking.

Yi Jue’s gaze followed her until she vanished from view, and he suddenly felt absurd.

A woman who has nothing to do with me—he must be insane to fight over her!

"Yi Jue, one day you’ll regret this!" Ji Ming threw out before chasing after Amu.

Yi Jue’s thin lips tightened, his expression unreadable, as he kicked a nearby stool away and returned to his seat to continue drinking.

...

In the private room, Ji Ming watched Amu down drink after drink, his heart aching.

In this world, the only person who could make Amu so distraught and drown her sorrows was probably Yi Jue.

"Here, I’ll drink with you!"

Ji Ming, feeling equally upset, joined her in drinking. After a few cups, he began to ramble, "Amu! It’s really not worth being sad over that damn Yi Jue! I think he’s just jealous of me, jealous that I can be by your side all the time! And most importantly... jealous of my unrivaled handsome face!"

He pointed to the bruise on his face. "Look! He hit me so hard! If I get disfigured, I’ll dig up that bastard’s ancestral grave!"

Amu, annoyed, pushed his face away. "Get lost! Don’t bother me!"

"Amu, you’re telling me to get lost? How can you be so cruel? No, my face is disfigured because of you, so you have to take responsibility for me..."

Drunk, Ji Ming started acting out, and Amu, thoroughly annoyed, called Ji Ming’s assistant to take him away.

After a few more drinks, she wobbled up and left.

Actually, Amu had already trained Yun Xiaosha's body to have a pretty good tolerance for alcohol, and she rarely got drunk. But today, after only a little drinking, she already felt lightheaded.

It was likely due to the drugs injected into her body yesterday.

She went to the restroom to splash water on her face to sober herself up a bit before leaving the bar and calling for a driver service.

The night breeze was cool and refreshing. Amu pulled her jacket tighter as she stood in the open-air parking lot, waiting for the driver to arrive. She didn’t expect a luxury car to pull up at that moment, with Liu Ling hurrying out.

At the same time, Yi Jue came out of the bar, holding his coat.

The moment Yi Jue saw Liu Ling, she rushed over, concerned. "A Jue, I heard you were in a fight. What happened? How did your face get injured like this?"

Amu stood by quietly without saying a word.

Yi Jue also saw Amu standing a few feet away, the girl quietly standing in the night, her eyes clear as water. She gave him a cold glance before quickly looking away, as if seeing a complete stranger.

Yi Jue's fingers holding his coat twitched slightly.

Ah, not even willing to look at me for a second longer?

Liu Ling naturally also saw Amu, and she knew that Yi Jue and Ji Ming had fought over Amu, which was why she had rushed over in such a hurry.

She merely glanced lightly between the two of them and quickly sensed the delicate atmosphere between them.

They had a fight?

She hadn't expected that just yesterday, Yi Jue was risking his life to save Yun Mu, and today, they were already falling apart!

Liu Ling felt secretly elated.

"A Jue, let me treat your wound first." Liu Ling took out a prepared antiseptic wipe from her bag, gently blew on the wound, and stood on her tiptoes to clean it. "It’s swollen like this; it must hurt a lot, doesn’t it? Are you injured anywhere else? Should we still go to the hospital for a check-up?"

Instinctively, Yi Jue wanted to avoid Liu Ling's intimate gesture, but when his peripheral vision caught Yun Mu standing nearby, he not only didn't push Liu Ling away but leaned closer, offering his face to her. "It's just a minor injury, no need to go to the hospital."

"How can that be okay? What if you have other injuries?" Liu Ling worried.

Finally, Yun Mu opened the car door and got in, wanting to avoid seeing what was happening.

The car door slammed shut with a bang.

Yi Jue's lips curled into a slight smile as he pulled Liu Ling closer into his arms, deliberately speaking louder, "Then let's go to your place."

"What?" Liu Ling was startled.

Yi Jue repeated, "I said, tonight I'll go to your place, and you can check my wounds."

Inside the car, Yun Mu's eyes widened in shock, and she could barely breathe.

"A Jue, are you saying you want to go to my place?" Liu Ling asked, incredulous.

Yi Jue nodded. "Yes, your parents mentioned our marriage earlier, so tonight is a good time to discuss it with them."

Liu Ling's eyes gleamed with excitement, her voice quivering with joy. "Really? You're willing to discuss marriage with my parents? I thought because of what my cousin did to Ji Shu, you'd blame me..."

"How could I blame you? Ji Shu was the one who wronged you first, and it was your cousin who kidnapped her, not you. A pure and innocent girl like you could never do something like that."

As Yi Jue spoke, he kept glancing at the sports car across from them. The window was not closed, and he saw the girl sitting quietly inside, completely unmoved.

Even hearing that he was going to discuss marriage with Liu Ling, she remained indifferent. She clearly didn’t care about him at all.

A self-deprecating smile curved Yi Jue's lips.

Liu Ling was so overjoyed she was almost in tears. She had thought Yi Jue would hold her accountable for what happened yesterday, but not only did he not get angry, he actually brought up discussing marriage!

Could it be that her bad luck had finally turned around?

"A Jue, I knew you would trust me. Come on, let's go home together." Liu Ling, supporting the slightly drunk Yi Jue, happily got into the car. Before getting in, she shot a slightly defiant glance at Yun Mu.

……

After returning to the Yun family's residence, Yun Mu collapsed onto the bed.

Despite her muddled thoughts, Yi Jue's words were crystal clear, replaying in her head.

Is this the "explanation" he promised?

It was she who had almost died, yet to him, she was a promiscuous, scheming, and unclean woman.

Liu Ling instigated her cousin to kidnap Ji Shu, leading to her being implicated and manipulated by Yin Ye. But to him, Liu Ling was an innocent and naive victim. He didn’t blame her and even discussed marrying her.

Ha, is this what they call the first love filter?

Thinking of Yi Jue going to Liu Ling’s house tonight, planning the wedding, and getting intimate, Yun Mu feels so furious she could spit blood.

Especially after worrying that Yi Jue might blame Liu Ling due to her being schemed against by Yin Ye, and even defended Liu Ling, Yun Mu wanted to slap herself.

So stupid!