Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 2232: Chapter 36: A Bet Is a Bet

Ye Zhan said calmly, “I like Qingqing, and I will pursue her.”

Mo Ziye’s handsome face darkened upon hearing this.

The previously harmonious atmosphere suddenly filled with tension.

After Ye Zhan finished speaking, he said nothing further.

He was indeed only informing him.

A few seconds later, Mo Ziye suddenly smiled.

It seemed the cold aura around him just now was an illusion.

He stood up, looking down at Ye Zhan sitting on the sofa. His opponent had handsome features and a gentle temperament.

A truly formidable enemy.

Yet, he said nonchalantly, “I hope after being rejected you can remain as calm and composed as you are now.”

Ye Zhan raised an eyebrow.

Then stood up, “I hope when Qingqing and I have our wedding, you’ll be as composed as you are now.”

“Daydreaming.”

Mo Ziye walked out of the sofa, suggesting he go upstairs to sleep.

Ye Zhan laughed heartily, “It’s a dream come true.”

——

The next morning, Ye Zhan got up early and went to the Qin family.

When he left Mo family, Mo Xiuchen and Wen Ran had not yet woken up, nor did he see Mo Ziye, so he only informed the servant.

Back at Qin family, it was the aunt who opened the door for him.

“Auntie, has Jinchen and Qingqing not gotten up yet?”

The aunt smiled and replied, “Young Master Tang is still asleep; Miss has already gone out.”

“Qingqing went out?”

Ye Zhan’s face showed a hint of surprise.

She wasn’t working today, why up so early?

“Yes, Miss has already gone out, Young Master Ye, didn’t you see Miss?”

“Did she go for a morning run?”

“I don’t know about that.”

——

At the foot of the mountain.

Qin Qingqing saw from afar that Mo Ziye was sitting on the rock they used to sit on.

So early in the morning, he was smoking.

As she approached, the smoke carried by the wind reached her nose, and Qin Qingqing unconsciously frowned.

With a few quick steps, she walked up to him, reaching for the cigarette in his hand, “Brother Ziyi, why are you smoking so early in the morning.”

Mo Ziye raised his hand to avoid her grasp.

“It’s been a habit these years.”

His cold words, like the wind passing by the ear, carried a chill.

Qin Qingqing felt a tightening in her heart.

She said stiffly, “Doesn’t Uncle Mo and Aunt Wen care? Smoking is bad for your health; you used to say so yourself.”

“I’ve said too many things, I don’t remember them all.”

Mo Ziye extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette and tossed it away.

He said to her, “Let’s see who gets to the top of the mountain first.”

“Sure.”

Qin Qingqing readily agreed.

Climbing mountains is her hobby.

Previously, they often climbed mountains together.

Every time, Mo Ziye would follow her, always reminding her to be careful.

“The winner can make a request to the loser.” Mo Ziye looked calmly at the eager Qin Qingqing and said.

Qin Qingqing blinked, a trace of surprise showing on her pretty face.

Did not expect there would be a wager.

Her eyebrows gently furrowed again, “Brother Ziyi, how could I beat you?”

Mo Ziye curved his lips, raised his head, and looked towards the mountain top, “I’ll give you twenty minutes, and you can start climbing now. I’ll start twenty minutes later. Whoever reaches that pine tree first wins.”

Qin Qingqing calculated the time in her mind and considered her chances of winning.

With a twenty-minute head start, her chances were quite good.

“Can any request be made?”

Qin Qingqing looked at Mo Ziye with clear and bright eyes.

“Yes, as long as it’s not illegal, anything goes.”

Mo Ziye’s smile was gentle and understated; standing there casually made him a striking sight.

Qin Qingqing glanced at the time and said to him, “Then I’ll go first.”

“Alright.”

Mo Ziye nodded, his eyes warmly watching her as she jogged up the mountain.

He pressed start on the stopwatch.

The look in his eyes gradually deepened.

Last night, Ye Zhan’s words echoed in his ear, “I like Qingqing and will pursue her.”

Qin Qingqing climbed up the mountain tirelessly with the mindset of winning.

Until her phone rang and Mo Ziye’s voice came through the phone, she slowed down slightly.

Having been climbing non-stop, her breathing was slightly panting.

“Qingqing, time’s up.”

“I know.”

She looked back.

The distance was too far to see Mo Ziye’s expression, only his tall and handsome figure was visible.

“Be careful, safety first.”

Before hanging up, Mo Ziye advised her.

Qin Qingqing replied, “Okay.”

Seeing him starting to catch up, she hung up the phone, exhaled long and continued to climb up.

——

Qin family.

Tang Jinchen looked bewildered at Ye Zhan, “Ah Zhan, you said Qingqing went out early?”

“Yes, she was already out when I got back.”

“Did you call her?”

“I don’t know her phone number.”

“My phone has it, can’t you just check it yourself?” Tang Jinchen shot a glare, “Where could she go early in the morning, probably went running.”

“She should be with Mo Ziye.”

Ye Zhan lowered his eyes and said lightly.

“You stayed at Mo family last night, does Mo Ziye need to call Qingqing away early in the morning?”

Tang Jinchen knit his brows, but this suited Mo Ziye’s usual pattern.

Ye Zhan chuckled, “Because I told him last night that I like Qingqing and will pursue her.”

“Ah Zhan, didn’t you and Mo Ziye get into a fight?”

Tang Jinchen asked in surprise.

Ye Zhan glanced at him, “It’s not time for a fight yet; Mo Ziye is brimming with confidence now.”

But this confident man promptly called Qingqing out early in the morning after hearing my words last night.

Thinking of this, he added, “Perhaps before I return to Imperial City, Qingqing won’t show up again.”

“Wow! Mo Ziye is pretty sly.”

Tang Jinchen spoke with a tone as if he were standing up for him.

He hadn’t yet realized that Gu Zhitong had also been sent on a business trip by her father Gu Kai.

Until Tang Jinchen returned to the Imperial City, he too couldn’t see Gu Zhitong again.

When Tang Jinchen, alongside Ye Zhan, stepped into Qin family’s house and expressed his alliance with Ye Zhan, he and Ye Zhan became Mo Ziye’s “enemies.”

——

At the mountain top.

Qin Qingqing looked gloomily at the man who arrived two minutes before her.

He gave her a twenty-minute head start and still beat her.

And won elegantly, unlike her, who was in disarray.

“Brother Ziyi, what request would you like to make?”

Mo Ziye stepped forward, reached out, and took off the dry grass from her head, “Don’t move.”

Qin Qingqing was about to move when his deep voice made her freeze.

“What request do you want to make?”

Being close, she didn’t raise her head to look at him but lowered her head, staring at her feet.

After removing the grass, Mo Ziye unfastened her hair clip, letting her smooth black hair fall down.

He looked at her with deep eyes and said warmly, “Go work at Haochen.”

“I…”

Qin Qingqing instinctively wanted to refuse.

But the refusal was interrupted by Mo Ziye, “A bet is a bet; the flight is at ten in the morning, join me on the business trip.”