Chapter 244: Chapter 244 Baby, Welcome Home! 1
Si Mingjing was pulled over to the Butterfly Machine by Ye Nianbai.
Mo Yinhe and Fengjue were each exercising tirelessly on a Butterfly Machine. Si Mingjing didn’t know how far their competition had progressed, but as she walked over, she happened to hear Little Liangliang and Xiao Susu jumping and cheering excitedly.
"WOW! WOW! Daddy won! Daddy won!"
Ye Nianbai also started jumping excitedly. "YAY! YAY! YAY! The young master can go to Xingguang Island with Jingjing now!"
Mo Yinhe took the towel Fengjue handed him and wiped the sweat from his body. Then, he poured cold water on Ye Nianbai’s enthusiasm.
"Well, you’d have to ask Jingjing if she’s willing to go to Xingguang Island with you. If Jingjing isn’t willing, then you’ll have to stay on Xingguang Island with Grandpa and Grandma, and you’ll never see Jingjing again."
Ye Nianbai was completely dumbfounded. "..."
Dad clearly hadn’t said that just now!
The little fellow snapped back to reality, his eyes wide with anger.
"Daddy, you’re tricking the young master!"
Mo Yinhe lifted his eyes to look at Si Mingjing, a playful glint in his eyes.
"You can ask Mingjing if she wants to go."
"Jingjing, will you go?"
Si Mingjing shook her head. "I won’t go."
"Then the young master won’t go either! Wherever Jingjing is, that’s where the young master will be! Daddy, don’t even think about snatching Jingjing away from me!"
Ye Nianbai hugged Si Mingjing’s legs tightly, staring fiercely at his dad, staking his claim.
Mo Yinhe finished wiping off his sweat and walked over to Si Mingjing. He suddenly leaned in and planted a firm kiss on her cheek. Then, looking down, he met his son’s gaze.
As if to say: Now *this* is a declaration of sovereignty.
Si Mingjing was taken aback by the kiss, her hands instinctively going to her face.
Mo Yinhe had already strode away laughing.
He left behind only a sentence, his voice clear and magnetic, "Mingjing, in half an hour, come to my bedroom to perform acupuncture on me."
「Half an hour later」
Si Mingjing took the medical kit to Mo Yinhe’s bedroom to administer the final session of acupuncture.
Mo Yinhe had just taken a bath and was feeling refreshed. He hadn’t dressed, a towel wrapped casually around his waist.
He lay on the bed, looking like he was waiting for someone to bestow their royal favor upon him.
Si Mingjing moved a chair beside the bed, opened the medical kit, and took out the silver needles, candles, and other items, preparing for the procedure.
Mo Yinhe lay on his side on the bed.
His deep gaze followed her every move.
There really wasn’t much to look at.
These were just the tedious preparations before administering acupuncture.
But Mo Yinhe found it captivating.
Watching her small hands sterilize the silver needles, her fingers fair and slender, he felt his throat go dry.
The thought that these small hands were serving him for the last time filled Mo Yinhe with regret.
To avoid this regret, Mo Yinhe had to take her with him.
"Mingjing, would you be willing to come with me to Atlantis?"
She paused in her actions and shook her head. "I am not willing."
Then she added, "I haven’t seen the Song Family sentenced yet, nor have I sent them to Prison Star. I also need to protect the legacy my grandfather left behind. I have too many reasons to stay in A Country, but no reason to go to Atlantis."
Mo Yinhe grasped her wrist. "Can’t I be your reason for going?"
"You cannot," Si Mingjing replied, her composure making Mo Yinhe grit his teeth in frustration.
Mo Yinhe desperately wanted to say: We have our home there!
But Mo Yinhe just smiled. "I understand!"
Since she’s unwilling to go, then...
"I am returning to Atlantis tomorrow morning. Since you are not willing to come with me, you should leave the Ye Family."
The silver needle in Si Mingjing’s hand nearly slipped from her grasp.
Mo Yinhe stated coolly, "My illness is cured. I can’t think of any reason for you to continue staying here."
Si Mingjing pursed her lips, saying nothing.
She had initially moved into the Ye Family house to treat Mo Yinhe’s illness, on the condition that they provide her with room and board.
Now that Mo Yinhe had recovered, she truly had no reason to stay any longer.
But Si Mingjing had never imagined Mo Yinhe would directly ask her to leave. She suddenly felt adrift.
"...Okay."
Si Mingjing, dejected, continued administering the acupuncture.
Mo Yinhe, suddenly heartless, said, "Go pack your things now. After I leave tomorrow, you will also leave the Ye Family."
Si Mingjing pretended not to be disappointed and continued the acupuncture, striving to ensure each needle was both steady and precise.
After finishing the acupuncture, she slung the medical kit over her shoulder and left.
Upon returning to her small building, she felt an inexplicable sense of loss.
Sitting on the tatami, Si Mingjing wondered where she should move after leaving the Ye Family residence. She suddenly realized that nowhere else could give her the feeling of home. Eventually, she thought, I’ll go to the Song family villa.
It was a villa her mother had bought. Now, only Father Song and Song Tiantian lived there, so no one could stop her from moving in.
「That night」
Si Mingjing cleaned the entire small building until it was spotless. She placed her suitcases in the living room. After working up a sweat from all the activity, she took a bath. Lying in bed, however, she found herself tossing and turning.
She didn’t want to go to Atlantis; she still had many unresolved matters. But just because she wouldn’t go with him, he’d told her to get lost. Si Mingjing felt a knot of discomfort in her heart.
That damn man!
she cursed inwardly.He kicked me out the moment he got better! He’s nothing like the Demon King I imagined!
Si Mingjing was infuriated and dejected, not even knowing how she eventually fell asleep.
「When she woke up」
She wanted to go to the bathroom. As she turned over to get out of bed, she unexpectedly found that her room had shrunk.
No, to be more precise, this isn’t my room?
Alarm bells went off in Si Mingjing’s head. She hurriedly slipped on the slippers from under her bed, pushed open her door, and stepped out. Beyond the door, she was greeted by the sight of an airplane cabin.
In the cabin, quite a few people were laughing and talking. Ye Junqing and Ye Xinguang sat together, Ye Shen and Song Tangtang were together, Ye Siyuan and Sheng Liangliang sat side-by-side, Tang Zhou and Ye Nianbai were paired up, and Mo Yinhe was with Yun Xiaosu. Fengjue and several dozen guards were also present.
Ye Siyuan, sitting in the last row, saw Si Mingjing walk out from the room and greeted her, "Mingjing, you’re awake?"
Si Mingjing was still in her pajamas.
She was puzzled. "Where are we going?"
"To Xingguang Island."
Si Mingjing was startled. "I didn’t say I wanted to go to Xingguang Island."
"Ah? You didn’t want to go? My brother said you were; he said you were sleeping and he didn’t have the heart to wake you, so he just carried you onto the plane."
Ye Siyuan looked with surprise at Mo Yinhe, who was seated calmly to her right across the aisle. No wonder Big Brother told me not to wake Mingjing! When we went to the small building, he even told me to be quiet and not make any noise! All the way to the plane, he didn’t allow anyone to make a sound. So, it wasn’t that he was afraid of disturbing sister-in-law’s sweet dreams, but that he planned to outright kidnap her and take her away?
Realizing this, Ye Siyuan immediately covered for her brother.
"Mingjing, my brother thought you wanted to go. You had already packed your luggage and left it in the living room."
Si Mingjing wanted to retort, "It was your brother who told me to pack my things and get out of the Ye estate this morning!"
Before Si Mingjing could speak up to explain, she suddenly widened her eyes and glared furiously at Mo Yinhe, who was seated calmly to her right across the aisle.
"You tricked me!"
Her raised voice caught everyone’s attention, and they all turned to look at her.
Si Mingjing’s cheeks flushed, and she turned to walk back into the room.
Seeing his sister-in-law storm off in anger, Ye Siyuan winked at her brother. "Bro, you’ve been up to no good again, haven’t you?"
"It’s nothing."
Mo Yinhe unfastened his seatbelt, smiled, stood up, and went into the room to coax his wife.