Chapter 843: 842 With you here, I’m not tired


    “Ranran, are you free today? Let’s go shopping together; I want to buy some clothes. You could help me decide.”


    It was a call from Shen Yuting. Hearing her words, Wen Ran felt somewhat surprised, her eyes flickered, and she said apologetically, “Sister Ting, I’m afraid I can’t today.”


    Thinking about Mo Xiuchen outside, a gentle smile unconsciously spread across Wen Ran’s face. Before he left on his business trip, she had promised to apany him to a ce once he returned.


    Now that he was back, and it happened to be Sunday, she wanted to go to the countryside vi with Xiuchen.


    “Oh, Ranran, why not? Is there something else you have on?” Shen Yuting asked confusedly over the phone. Mo Xiuchen was on a business trip; what could she possibly have nned, unless she was hanging out with Bai Xiaoxiao?


    “Mm, Xiuchen is back. I want to be with him,” Wen Ran said with a slight smile, openly admitting it.


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    “Xiuchen is back? I thought he was on a business trip?” Shen Yuting’s voice was filled with surprise. Without waiting for Ranran’s reply, she continued, “Ranran, are you looking to spend some alone time with Xiuchen?”


    “It’s not really some alone time,” Wen Ran nced towards the door, got out of bed, and walked into the dressing room. As she searched for clothes, she listened to Shen Yuting say, “If it’s not alone time, then bring Xiuchen along; he’s not an outsider. Ranran, I really want your advice, and besides, I want to buy clothes for Ah Liu. I was worried they wouldn’t fit, but with Xiuchen here, we wouldn’t make a mistake since he and Ah Liu have simr builds.”


    “Sister Ting, I was nning to go with Xiuchen to…”


    “That settles it, Ranran. You can’t refuse me. I won’t take up much of your time, just half a day…”


    Shen Yuting stated an address and without waiting for Wen Ran to refuse, she hung up the phone.


    “…”


    Wen Ran looked at the call duration disyed on the screen and frowned in frustration.


    Wen Ran opened the door, and Mo Xiuchen immediately turned around in the hallway. His deep, pondlike eyes swept over her long dress and a smile quickly spread across his face, “Ranran, you look beautiful.”


    Wen Ran’s face heated up, and her heartbeat, which had just calmed, started elerating again. She quickly regained herposure, smiling as she said, “Let’s go, downstairs first.”


    “Mm.”


    Mo Xiuchen walked beside her to the stairs, asking gently, “Ranran, you said once I returned, you would apany me somewhere. Could we fulfill that promise today?”


    His lips curved into a perfect arc, his handsome features entuated by his smile, bing even more stunningly charming and elegantly distinguished in every movement.


    Wen Ran’s eyes flickered, and she pursed her lips, softly saying, “Xiuchen, you just returnedtest night. Why don’t you rest in the morning?”


    “I’m not tired,” Mo Xiuchen’s gaze intensely fixed on her, “Ranran, after breakfast let’s go. I want to see where you would take me.”


    Intuition told him it must be a meaningful ce.


    Possibly, it was a ce they had visited together before. His gaze was too eager; feeling overwhelmed, Wen Ran instinctively lowered her eyelids to avoid his, her tone slightly apologetic, “Xiuchen, just now Sister Ting called me. She wanted me to go shopping with her for clothes.”


    “Shen Yuting?” Mo Xiuchen’s eyes narrowed slightly, recalling the words Shen Yuting had spoken over the phone that night. His lips pressed together, his voice carrying a hint of displeasure, “Ranran, she can ask Jiang Liu to apany her for shopping; why does she need to drag you into it? Don’t bother with her.”


    “But she said she was waiting for me on Pinming Street, Jiang Liu must be busy, right? She heard you were back and wanted to see your figure to help Jiang Liu pick out clothes,”


    Wen Ran hesitated a bit as she spoke. Although Shen Yuting was her cousin, their rtionship was not as close as the one she shared with Bai Xiaoxiao. If it had been Bai Xiaoxiao who called today, she could have simply refused and that would have been the end of it.


    But Shen Yuting seldom asked her to go shopping together. Besides, considering the newspaper incident involving Cheng Jiast time, Shen Yuting had been the one busying herself with it regardless of the situation, and Wen Ran didn’t want to remain indebted to her.


    “Alright, I’ll go with you.”


    Mo Xiuchen furrowed his brows slightly. Although he didn’t like to join others for shopping, if Ranran was going, he wanted to apany her.


    Wen Ran was taken aback: “Xiuchen, you don’t need toe. Go home and restter. I’ll go shopping with Sister Ting. You as a grown man following us around, you’d get bored.”


    “Didn’t you say she wanted to buy Jiang Liu clothes ording to my build?” Mo Xiuchen asked with a smile, his brows tinged with a hint of adoration.


    “She was just saying that casually. Jiang Liu is her boyfriend; she couldn’t possibly not know his size.”


    A gentle smile hung on Wen Ran’s face. Her words conveyed her tenderness and concern for him, which warmed Mo Xiuchen’s heart even more and made him even more determined to stay by her side.


    His thin lips slightly curled as he reached out to grasp her soft hand. She stiffened for a moment but did not pull away. The smile in Mo Xiuchen’s brows deepened, and his voice was clear and joyful, “Ranran, as long as you’re by my side, I never feel tired.”


    Wen Ran lowered her eyelids, unable to bear his sappy words.


    Seeing her shy away, Mo Xiuchenughed heartily, leading her by the hand downstairs. Unexpectedly, Wen Jin was nowhere to be seen. Usually, in the mornings, he would be up earlier than Wen Ran, sitting in the living room waiting for her with the newspaper.


    Upon hearing their voices, Auntie Li came out from the kitchen and said to Wen Ran, “Ranran, Ah Jin asked me to tell you that he went to y golf with CEO Li and can’t apany you today. He said you and Mo General can arrange the day as you like.”


    Wen Ran paused, and next to her, Mo Xiuchen silently chuckled with satisfaction.


    **


    After breakfast, Wen Ran and Mo Xiuchen made their way to Pinming Street, and Shen Yuting was already there waiting.


    As Mo Xiuchen got out of the car and personally opened the door for Wen Ran, envy flickered in Shen Yuting’s eyes. Her hands at her sides tightened slightly. Bathed in the morning sun, his delicate and handsome features seemed as if they were carved by God himself, coated with ayer of dazzling gold in the sunlight.


    Just one nce was enough to send a heart into chaos.


    Shen Yuting looked at the picturesque scene from afar, and after the initial envy, a hint of bitterness welled up in her heart. The scene from a week ago floated before her eyes.


    Lately, she found herself unintentionally recalling the moment Mo Xiuchen held her, whispering ‘be careful’ in her ear. Each time she remembered, she couldn’t help but blush and her heart would race, and even when she was intimate with Jiang Liu at night, that scene lingered in her mind.


    A few days ago, she had even rejected Jiang Liu’s advances. Although Jiang Liu was somewhat disappointed, because he loved her, he didn’t show any displeasure. However, Shen Yuting’s growing indifference towards Jiang Liu,bined with a recent argument, had made their rtionship somewhat strained.


    Tightly pursing her lips, Shen Yuting suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her mind. A gentle and appropriate smile emerged on her exquisitely made-up face as she approached Mo Xiuchen and Wen Ran, who had just gotten out of the car, and chirped brightly:


    “Ranran, Xiuchen, I thought you guys would arriveter. I didn’t expect you so soon!”