He Was Shining With The Stars Chapter 20: The Deal

Translator: Léon
The atmosphere was frighteningly weird inside the car.
Fang Ze stole a glance of Mu and Ye on the back seat in the rearview mirror from time to time. They seemed to have kept the greatest distance from each other in the narrow s.p.a.ce.
He couldn't figure out what was really going on now.
He was originally sent to investigate the old house of Family Ye. When he returned to the house, he saw his weak boss and the messy kitchen.
He almost called the police out of startlement.
After he told Mu what he had found, Mu asked to leave immediately for the old house.
And then this was what happened thereafter.
Fang Ze was also in confusion.
But one thing he was sure of was his boss must be treating this woman with some special reasons.
Mu's m.u.f.fled breath kept pounding Ye's heart while they sat silently in the car.
She took the ring of keys out of her pocket and handed it in front of Mu Tingchen.
“It's not mine.”
Without looking at it, Mu only responded plainly, “Oh”.
Ye looked at the keys on her palm.
“It's obviously for men.”
The black leather on it was clearly made of cowhide. Which girl would like such thing that was used typically by men?
It made Mu a little embarra.s.sed.
“Fang Ze, is it yours?”
It gave Fang a start, but he understood it quickly.
“Yes, yes, yes, it's mine. I was just wondering where my keys have gone?”
In face of their clumsy conversation, Ye just could not help commenting, “What an awkwardness!”
Fang froze.
And Mu's face also darkened.
Although Ye didn't want to sound like a fawner, she was a reasonable person.
“Thank you for helping me out.”
This sounded much better to Mu.
But Ye added.
“Although I know there must be a purpose for people like you to help me.”
Mu's face turned cloudy in an instant.
What an arrogant woman!
Soon they arrived at Dihao Garden.
It was Ye's first time to live here.
Her room was on the second floor, next to Mu's bedroom. Clothes and toiletries were all surprisingly well-prepared. There was even her commonly used brand of shampoo.
It wouldn't have been so well-prepared even if Fang Ze started to prepare as soon as they arrived.
Then there was only one reasonable explanation.
Mu had known that she would move in earlier on.
And he knew her house was going to be taken away.
He must have known this all the time, though he told nothing to her.
What did this cunning bad man want to do?
Ye soon figured it out.
All this was for her to send herself to his bed.
Windows swayed in the wind, producing a sound which let Ye realize she didn't close the window. She went to the window and looked at the silent moonlight, feeling infinitely sad.
Now she only wanted to find out the truth of her father's disappearance, and she would do anything as long as it could make her closer to it.
Now that she had seen through her mind, she decided to satisfy him … as long as he could help get back her house.

Such a deal had … anyway … happened last time in the car, so …
This time it would probably work, too.
Thinking of this, Ye took a deep breath. She first went to the bathroom to take a bath, and then went to knock on Mu's room, in just a bath towel.
He was sitting on the sofa, frowning, seemingly to be dealing with something with the iPad.
When he looked up and saw Ye by the door, it rendered him in a daze.
There were fine drops of water on her delicate skin. Her thin shoulders made it easier for him to feel sympathy for her helpless situation.
Mu's heart tightened up uncontrollably.
He stood up, strode over to her and dragged her into the room.
“What are you doing here?”
In the staggering process, the bathrobe -- her only clothes fell to the ground.
Her delicate skin was thus exposed under the dim lights.