Chapter 1644: Pampering Her Has Been a Habit Since Childhood

Qiao Man’s eyes flickered, “Mom kept following me, but I didn’t want her to, so I coaxed her into buying me a bottle of water and then drove here to find you myself.”

Mo Tingshen instinctively furrowed his brows slightly, sighed quietly, opened the door a bit wider, and said, “Come in.”

Qiao Man stood there, motionless.

He asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Is this Chu Yao’s house?”

“Why won’t you answer?” Qiao Man stared at him intently, “This is Chu Yao’s house, isn’t it?”

Mo Tingshen nodded, “Yes.”

She was deeply shocked, “How could you…”

“This is her home, I’ve been here a few times, there’s no room for me here, last night was the first time I stayed over.”

“What did you do!”

Qiao Man blurted out, immediately regretting it.

A man and a woman alone in a room, what else could they do!

Mo Tingshen didn’t answer, he just said, “Let’s talk after you come in.”

He widened the opening further but didn’t offer her any slippers. Qiao Man saw with her own eyes that, apart from various women’s shoes, there were no other slippers in the shoe cabinet. Next to the full-length mirror was a pair of women’s slippers, neatly placed. Mo Tingshen was barefoot, and he took out a pair of shoe covers from the shoe cabinet.

Qiao Man felt rooted to the spot, refusing to move, “I won’t go in, this is her house, I find her disgusting!”

Mo Tingshen’s back stiffened for a moment, he put the shoe covers back, saying, “Then wait for me for a while.”

He returned to the study, turned off the computer, put on his coat, and came back out.

“Let’s talk outside.”

He bent down to put on his shoes. Qiao Man, driven by a newfound resentment, stepped inside, “No, we’ll talk right here if we’re going to talk.”

She stepped inside with her shoes on directly. Mo Tingshen glanced at her feet but said nothing. He didn’t immediately address her but went to the kitchen to boil water.

Qiao Man sat on the sofa, hearing him talk over the phone, “She’s here with me, don’t worry, I’ll talk to her and send her back shortly.”

Griping her palms, warmth surged through her; she sniffed and swallowed back the shaky sob in her voice.

Mo Tingshen returned with a cup of warm water, placing it on the coffee table in front of Qiao Man.

“Drink some to warm up.”

Qiao Man stiffened her neck, forcibly adopting a resentful tone, “I won’t drink! Disgusting!”

Mo Tingshen sat down on the single sofa, “Manman, it’s me who has offended you. Vent your anger on me; I won’t mind; but don’t keep badmouthing Chu Yao—all of that I can’t take.”

Qiao Man was stunned.

Wasn’t she supposed to be angry? To feel wronged?

Her soon-to-be-husband spent the night in bed with another woman!

Just sitting here made her feel nauseous!

“How can you… protect her in front of me like this?”

Mo Tingshen replied, “I’m sorry, it’s a habit, I’ve been used to taking care of Chu Yao since we were young; I’m the one who’s dirty, not her. If you must be angry, aim it at me, it’s me who let you down.”

He didn’t even want a fragment of defense for himself.

He could be trampled on, but not Chu Yao.

Why!

“Since you love Chu Yao so much, why did you even get involved with me!”

Mo Tingshen pursed his lips slightly, his expression slightly mild, but his inscrutable dark eyes seemed gentle without softness, and he said calmly, “Manman, I never, have never gotten involved with you.”

“Lies! You obviously did, but you don’t want to admit it, when you were young…”

Qiao Man stopped halfway through her sentence as she suddenly realized that Mo Tingshen indeed hadn’t gotten involved with her; from the beginning to the end, she was the one who was passionate, always looking for excuses to get close to him.