Chapter 2532 - 336

Chapter 2532: Chapter 336

"Sister, do you and Big Brother have any plans after dinner?"

During dinner, Feng Yize looked at Momo with a smile and asked expectantly.

Momo had just put a piece of food Ye Zhan gave her into her mouth. Hearing Feng Yize’s inquiry, she turned her gaze to Ye Zhan. The latter raised his handsome eyebrows and said calmly, "After dinner, we’ll go for a walk. You and Junming can go hang out with Jinchen."

"Big Brother, Second Brother needs to accompany Second Sister."

Chu Junming replied unhurriedly.

Ever since Big Brother had Sister, he treated him and Yize as burdens.

Momo couldn’t help but chuckle. She discreetly stepped on Ye Zhan’s foot under the table and said to Junming and Yize, "After dinner, let’s all go for a walk. You don’t come to G City often, so if you have any places you’d like to visit, we can go."

"Sister, I heard that Qinghuan is sick. Let’s go visit her."

Feng Yize suggested and then looked at Chu Junming. "Third Brother went to see Qinghuan this morning; I haven’t been yet."

Upon hearing this, Momo looked at Chu Junming.

Chu Junming smiled slightly and said, "Then let Sister take you. Big Brother, are you going? If not..."

"If Momo goes, I’ll go with her."

"..."

Chu Junming wisely closed his mouth.

Alright, Big Brother is no longer the same as before.

"Okay then, let’s go see Qinghuan in a bit."

Momo found it hard to refuse Feng Yize’s hopeful gaze, thinking about how he’d helped her and Ye Zhan many times before.

She resolved to help whenever possible; whether or not Qinghuan liked him was his own business.

In the afternoon, Momo heard from Bai Qingling that she and Chu Junming had gone to the Wen Family to see Qinghuan this morning, and Qinghuan actively offered to paint for Chu Junming.

Thinking of this, Momo glanced at Chu Junming again with the corner of her eye.

His expression was calm, with a graceful ease between his handsome brows.

——

When Momo, Ye Zhan, and Feng Yize arrived at the Wen Family, Wen Jin and Jing Xiaocha had just gone out for a walk.

Wen Ziyang had dinner plans and didn’t return home.

The housekeeper invited them into the living room and told Momo that Qinghuan had gone back to her room after dinner.

Momo asked Ye Zhan and Feng Yize to wait in the living room on the first floor while she went upstairs to call Qinghuan.

Momo stood at the door of Qinghuan’s room and called out twice. No one responded, so she pushed the door open. The room was empty.

Puzzled for a moment, Momo went to the studio on the third floor.

"Qinghuan, are you here?"

"Yes... wait a minute."

Wen Qinghuan instinctively replied and then hurriedly added two more words.

Hearing her affirmative response, Momo didn’t wait for her to open the door, instead turning the doorknob as she always did, and saw Wen Qinghuan covering the easel with a canvas through the half-open door.

She opened the door quickly, faster than Qinghuan could cover it, and Momo, although she didn’t see the whole portrait, recognized Chu Junming from the half-visible handsome face.

"Sister Momo, why are you here?"

There was a flash of panic and unease in Qinghuan’s eyes as she quickly walked towards Momo.

Momo joked, "The housekeeper said you were in your room. I went to find you there, but you were gone. Did inspiration hit again?"

Qinghuan laughed and came forward to take Momo’s arm, "I was just bored, Sister Momo. Did you come alone?"

"Aren’t you letting me see what you’re painting?"

Momo raised an eyebrow, answering a question with a question.

Qinghuan’s cheeks warmed, "You saw it just now; it’s just a random portrait."

Momo didn’t press further and changed the subject, "Yize heard that I passed my cold to you and insisted that I bring him to see you. He’s downstairs with Ye Zhan."

"Sister Momo, can I not go down?"

Qinghuan immediately withdrew her arm.

Her gaze flickered; she stood there with slight awkwardness, "Sister Momo, they said Feng Yize likes me. I don’t want him to misunderstand further."

Momo looked into Qinghuan’s clear-as-water eyes and listened to her somewhat awkward words. She gently sighed inwardly and said with a smile, "If you don’t want to go down, you don’t have to. I’ll tell them you’re asleep."

"Will that be okay?"

Her parents and brother weren’t home, and Ye Zhan had come along.

Qinghuan hesitated, her good upbringing preventing her from neglecting guests. She gritted her teeth and said to Momo’s turned back, "Sister Momo, I’ll go down with you."

"Okay."

First-floor living room.

Feng Yize beamed broadly as Qinghuan descended the stairs, "Qinghuan, is your cold better? You should’ve told us earlier."

Wen Qinghuan smiled lightly, her voice gentle, "Just a small cold. I can’t go around mentioning it to everyone."

Feng Yize chuckled and scratched his head, "I suppose so. Are you feeling better now?"

"Yes, I’m fine now. Thank you for coming to see me."

Wen Qinghuan walked to the sofa and greeted Ye Zhan.

Ye Zhan took note of Feng Yize’s enthusiasm towards Qinghuan and Qinghuan’s politeness to Feng Yize, exchanging a glance with Momo.

He smiled and said, "Yize, haven’t you always wanted Qinghuan to paint for you? Now that her cold is better, why don’t you ask if she’s willing to do it? Spare yourself from looking at your own raggedy self-portraits."

"Qinghuan, would that be alright?"

Faced with Qinghuan, Feng Yize wasn’t his usual cheeky self. Despite being older than Qinghuan, he was somehow awkward.

Qinghuan was about to refuse when she heard Momo say, "How about another day? Qinghuan’s cold has just improved, and she might not be in the best state. Yize, aren’t you staying in G City for a few days? Why not wait until you and Ziyi have your contest day? Qinghuan could paint live, and no one would miss out."

"Great, I’ll paint for everyone that day."

Qinghuan agreed with a smile.

Today, she didn’t feel like painting for Feng Yize; in the studio, the portrait she’d just painted was affecting her mood.

——

On their way back, Ye Zhan told Feng Yize to drive ahead while he and Momo took a walk back.

"It’ll take over an hour to walk back, Big Brother. Are you sure you want to treat Sister like this?" Feng Yize frowned, thinking Big Brother didn’t know how to cherish a woman.

Ye Zhan raised an eyebrow, calm and relaxed, "I’m not mistreating Sister; I’m accompanying her for exercise. It’s just a walk of over an hour. My Sister can manage, right, Momo?"

"What if I can’t?"

Momo pouted.

Now she finally understood why Ye Zhan insisted she wear sneakers when they left.

Ye Zhan took her hand and kissed it, chuckling softly, "If you can’t walk anymore, I’ll carry you back."

"Alright, Yize, you drive back."

With Ye Zhan’s promise to carry her, Momo was immediately reassured and waved him off with a smile, urging him to leave.

Feng Yize’s mouth twitched, watching the two of them with disdain as he silently turned and drove away.

"Momo, should we head straight home, or go somewhere else first?"

Ye Zhan watched Feng Yize’s car drive into the distance, returning his attention to Momo beside him.