Stardust in the Moonlight: Little Wildcat, Don't Try to Run Away

Chapter 253: Friends at Most

Mo Chen lowered his eyes and gazed at Rong Yue, with a clear smile on the corners of his lips and tenderness hidden in his star-filled eyes.

Rong Yue was in a trance, and felt that Mo Chen's breath seemed to cover up the fragrance of the flowers and invade her.

"This is...Mr. Gong?"

Gu Jingwen's voice brought Rongyue back to her senses.

Rongyue took a small step back.

Mo Chen turned to look at Gu Jingwen, "Mr. Gu."

Gu Jingwen had just seen Rongyue's expression. He smiled and said, "I only met Mr. Li when I went to Gongyi Group a while ago, but I didn't see you. I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Yes, I didn't expect to meet you here." Mo Chen still had a smile on his face, but the smile and tenderness in his eyes were completely gone.

"Boss Gu, do you have anything else to discuss with Rongyue? If not, I will take Rongyue away first. Our friends are still waiting for us."

Gu Jingwen glanced at Rongyue.

Rongyue smiled and nodded.

"Then we'll talk another day." Gu Jingwen smiled gently. He looked at Mo Chen, nodded, turned and walked towards the parking lot.

"What were you looking at just now?" Mo Chen looked at Rong Yue again.

Rongyue raised her eyes to look at Mo Chen. He was staring at her with his head slightly tilted, and a playful smile was lingering in his usually calm and cold eyes.

"Watch basketball! What else can you watch?!"

Mo Chen couldn't help laughing when he heard Rong Yue's somewhat angry tone, and the jealousy he had just felt when he saw her walking with another man was gone.

"Are you still going to watch? If you want to, I'll accompany you for a while. I like it here too and have some very fond memories of it." Mo Chen was still smiling.

Rongyue saw Mo Chen smiling and knew that she had been seen through again! She became even angrier and tried to walk away, but was stopped by Mo Chen again.

"Can you see the road clearly with such a big bouquet of flowers? Give it to me, I'll hold it for you."

Rongyue originally felt awkward holding the bouquet of flowers, so she simply pushed the flowers into Mo Chen's arms, took two books with her, and walked out.

Mo Chen held the flowers in one hand and followed Rong Yue.

Rongyue felt that everyone around her was looking at them, and there were whispers. She turned around and looked at Mo Chen.

As a result, she finally understood after seeing him. He was following her with flowers in his hands and smiling. The combination of a handsome man and flowers is dazzling already. His sweet face looked like the flowers she gave him to anyone!

Mo Chen looked up and saw Rong Yue frowning at him. He put away the smug look in his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

Rongyue frowned even deeper, but still said nothing. He turned back and quickened his pace.

The two of them left the campus, and Mo Chen opened the car door for Rongyue. Rongyue sat in the passenger seat and saw Mo Chen walk to the back of the car and put the bouquet of flowers in the trunk.

Rongyue looked at the empty back seat and saw Mo Chen get in the car.

"Why put the flowers in the trunk? The back seat is so big!"

"I'm allergic to pollen." Mo Chen answered calmly and started the car.

Rongyue looked at Mo Chen in disbelief. How come she didn’t know that he was allergic to pollen!

"You were holding the flower just now! You walked all the way with the flower in your arms!"

"Isn't that outdoors? This is an enclosed space. How can it be the same?" Mo Chen looked at Rongyue.

Rongyue was completely speechless as she looked at Mo Chen who was telling lies in all seriousness.

Mo Chen was driving and looking at Rongyue. He couldn't help but laugh, because Rongyue was so cute when she was pouting. Why didn't he notice before that she became soft and cute when she was angry? Sometimes she would blush slightly when she was angry, which made him want to take a bite.

Mo Chen also didn't understand why he became so childish when he came to Rongyue. He liked to see her happy, and even more liked to see her angry. It was simply a bad taste.

The two of them arrived at the hotel and saw Li Xin and Xia Xiluo when they entered the private room. Rongyue was puzzled but didn't show it on her face. She smiled at Xia Xiluo.

"Rongyue, I'm here to congratulate you. I hope I won't make you feel restrained." Xia Xiluo looked at Rongyue with a smile.

Rongyue shook her head and said, "Thank you."

"How does it feel to win the award, great artist?" Li Xin looked at Rongyue.

Rongyue and Mo Chen sat down.

"It feels..." Rongyue looked at Li Xin and smiled, "I finally got something that should have belonged to me a long time ago!"

Mo Chen and Li Xin listened to Rong Yue's proud look and joking tone, and the three of them laughed. Although Xia Xiluo didn't understand the reason, he also laughed.

The meal was relaxing and enjoyable. When it was time to leave, Rongyue and Xia Xiluo went to the bathroom.

"Rongyue, we had some unpleasant things in the past. It's been so many years, so don't take it to heart." Xia Xiluo looked at Rongyue.

"I can't remember most of the past, so you don't have to worry too much about it."

Rongyue listened to Xia Xiluo's words, thinking that since Mo Chen came back and saw Xia Xiluo, she seemed like a different person. Although Rongyue could not remember everything that happened with Xia Xiluo, she subconsciously felt that Xia Xiluo was a dangerous person and it was really difficult to get close to her. There was no harm in maintaining harmony on the surface.

"That's good..." Xia Xiluo saw that Rongyue's expression was as calm as usual.

Rongyue and Xia Xiluo came out and saw Mo Chen and Li Xin chatting by the car.

"Let me take you home." Li Xin looked at Xia Xiluo.

Xia Xiluo looked at Mo Chen, and his eyes never left Nangong Rongyue from beginning to end.

"Okay!" Xia Xiluo swallowed the discomfort in her heart and got into the car with Li Xin.

Rongyue looked at Li Xin. Li Xin got in the car, smiled at her and drove away. She could feel that Li Xin always intended to bring her and Mo Chen together.

"Get in the car." Mo Chen opened the car door and waited for Rongyue.

Rongyue looked at the road passing by outside the window.

"Aren't you going to take me home? This is not the way home."

"I have something to give you." Mo Chen looked at Rong Yue.

Rongyue frowned and said, "It's just a prize. A meal to celebrate is enough. There's no need to prepare anything extra for me."

"In fact, I have prepared it a long time ago, but it just happened to coincide with your winning this time, so I gave it to you."

Rong Yue looked at Mo Chen, she was calm and said, "Mo Chen, don't waste your mind on these things, isn't it good for us to get along normally?"

"I won't ask you to marry me just because I give you a gift. You don't have to feel too much pressure. Just like you said, some things are meant to be yours."

Mo Chen knew Rong Yue too well. He knew that at this stage, the better he treated her, the more she would want to stay away. So, he had prepared the gift a long time ago, but he didn't give it to her because he was afraid that it would make her feel pressured.

The two people arrived at the park where Rongyue Art Studio was located.

The car stopped at a familiar place, but Rongyue remembered that the Hao Weiran art exhibition hall had been fenced off since some time ago, as if it was being renovated. It had been fenced off for a long time and had not been opened since.

But now, the original surrounding baffles have been removed, and the building's exterior walls are no longer the color of Rongyue's painting, but a clean plain white.

Mo Chen got out of the car and opened the door for Rongyue. Rongyue got out of the car and Mo Chen put his suit on Rongyue.

Suddenly, the lights in this small detached building came on, and the quiet night was suddenly illuminated by this bright color.

Mo Chen's assistant came out of the building and came to Mo Chen's side. "Boss Gong, everything is ready."

"Well, you go back."

"Okay." Assistant Mo Chen left.

Mo Chen put his arm around Rongyue's shoulders and led her into the building.

Rongyue walked in and saw that the exhibition hall was completely different from what she had imagined. It had been completely renovated and repainted. The dark, mysterious and depressing feeling before had been replaced by bright and elegant white and light tones. The whole exhibition hall was bright, elegant and refreshing.

What was particularly eye-catching was the flower bed of medium size in the middle of the huge exhibition hall, which was full of gardenias. Rongyue looked at the flower bed in surprise. No wonder she smelled the fragrance of gardenias as soon as she opened the door. It turned out that there was a large area of ​​gardenias here.

"These flowers are taken care of by someone special, and the temperature in the exhibition hall is kept constant, so the flowers can bloom all year round."

After Mo Chen finished speaking, he pulled Rongyue up and brought her to her painting. The only painting still hanging in the exhibition hall was Rongyue's painting.

"Return the item to its original owner." Mo Chen looked at Rong Yue.

Rongyue looked at the painting in front of her. The last time she saw this exhibition hall was when it was hosted by Hao Weiran. This painting was in dark colors, making it look mysterious and unpredictable.

Now it is reflected by the surrounding brightness, and the colors look more vivid and eye-catching.

"Did you buy it back? Is Hao Weiran willing to sell it to you?" Rongyue frowned and looked at Mo Chen.

"Yes." Mo Chen smiled and looked at Rong Yue. "From now on, this building will be yours. The first floor is the art exhibition hall, the second floor is your studio, and you can move your company to the third and fourth floors. Everything here has been planned and renovated."

Rongyue looked at everything in the exhibition hall, everything was just the way she liked it, and her eyes fell on the gardenia bed.

"I originally wanted to plant pear blossoms, but then I remembered that your favorite flower is gardenia, so I asked someone to prepare gardenia instead."

"Pear blossom?" Rongshe looked at Mo Chen with confusion in his eyes.

"My uncle told me that the night you were born was the season when pear blossoms were in full bloom. He held you in his arms and looked at the pear blossoms outside the window. He thought of a line from the poem "No Worldly Thoughts, Lingxu Palace Pear Blossoms" 'The quiet night is deep, the floating light is hazy, and the cold moon is immersed', so he named you Rongyue. I have read that poem, and it really seems to be written about you."

Rongyue looked at Mo Chen and found that his deep eyes were facing her, and the tenderness flowing between his brows seemed to want to wrap her tightly.

Rongyue lowered her head to avoid Mo Chen's gaze and suppressed the waves in her heart.

"Thank you for helping me buy the painting back. I'll return it to you no matter how much it cost. As for this building, it's too valuable. I can't take it."

Mo Chen looked at Rongyue. He took a step towards Rongyue. Rongyue took a step back. Mo Chen took another step closer to Rongyue. Rongyue turned around and walked out the door.

Mo Chen followed Rong Yue and said, "You obviously know my feelings and you have feelings for me. I don't expect you to accept me right away, but can you please stop being on guard against me?"

"If you can put aside other thoughts and get along with me as a friend or a father, I will naturally not be on guard against you!"

"Friend? Ask yourself, can you really consider me a friend? You can open your heart to Li Xin and talk about your past, your confusion, and share your happiness, but what about me! If I had asked you why you liked to eat cake that day, would you have told me the reason? If I didn't know you had won the award today, would you have taken the initiative to tell me?"

Rong Yue was silent.

Mo Chen laughed at himself and said, "Even if we're friends, I'm the one who gets pushed the farthest, right?"

Mo Chen paused, and what he wanted to say suddenly became particularly bitter.

He was prepared. He knew how difficult it would be to make Rongyue accept him again, but he was not a saint. When he saw her and Li Xin open their hearts and talk about everything, he would be envious and even jealous. When he saw other men approaching her, he would be nervous and even afraid.

But he has to digest all of this by himself, because Rongyue doesn't belong to him now, and he has no right to ask for anything from her. Even if he shows the slightest kindness, Rongyue will immediately push him away. If this isn't a defensive measure, what is it?

"At least treat me fairly, just like the other people who are pursuing you..."

Rongyue had never heard Mo Chen use such a pleading tone.

"Mo Chen, I can accept you entirely for the sake of the children. I don't want them to feel that their parents are too different from other people's parents. Besides that, the greatest fairness I can do to you is to treat you as a friend. As for the other relationships you mentioned, I have already made it very clear to you before."

"So, today, even if Li Xin or Jia Wei gave me something so expensive, I wouldn't accept it."