CHAPTER 246: CHAPTER 246

In the blink of an eye, the weekend arrived.

Everyone agreed to meet directly at the private hot spring resort. Fu Youhan wanted to take Jiang Moxi there, but she politely refused.

"I’ll go there with Ling Hua and Ling Ye."

After agreeing to join the hot spring outing, Ling Hua took care of arranging the snacks for the mountain road trip for Jiang Moxi, and not going with them would disappoint Ling Hua.

Besides, Jiang Moxi also did not want Ling Ye and Ling Hua to know about her relationship with Fu Youhan.

No matter their surnames, they were all considered part of the Fu Family.

Seeing that Jiang Moxi insisted, Fu Youhan didn’t press further, "Then, let’s meet at the hot spring resort."

Then, Fu Youhan set off first with Chi Jing.

By the time Jiang Moxi, Ling Ye, and Ling Hua arrived, Fu Youhan, Chi Jing and the others had already reached the resort.

Ye Chen promptly greeted them with An Yang in tow: "We were just waiting for the three of you."

"Uncle Chen, I want to eat hot spring eggs, I want barbecue," Ling Hua demanded quite unreservedly.

"Who is this?" Ye Chen looked Ling Hua up and down, then exaggeratedly exclaimed, "So it’s Huahua! You look so young without the Lolita makeup; I had thought you were an old lady in your seventies or eighties."

Ling Ye and Ling Hua were not very familiar with other people in the circle, except for Ye Chen.

Because, on occasions when Fu Youhan couldn’t take care of these two kids, he would sometimes ask Ye Chen to help look in on them.

Especially four years ago, right after Fu Youhan’s car accident, Ye Chen almost took over to help Ling Yinan by looking after them.

So, Ling Ye and Ling Hua got along quite well with Ye Chen.

And now, prompted by Ye Chen’s teasing, Ling Hua was playfully chasing after him.

Jiang Moxi looked at An Yang and couldn’t help but feel somewhat emotional.

The last time, Ye Chen came with Yu Dingding, but this time...

However, Jiang Moxi thought it might be for the best for Yu Dingding.

Having weathered such a storm, Yu Dingding longed for a more stable and peaceful life.

And Ye Chen, with his free-spirited nature and his rose-colored view of the sickly Qin Shuang, would only bring turbulence; he was destined not to be suitable for Yu Dingding.

An Yang knew that Jiang Moxi was close to Yu Dingding, but she also had clarity of mind, aware that she could not stay by Ye Chen’s side indefinitely, thus there was no ground for jealousy.

So, even though she saw Jiang Moxi staring at her, An Yang greeted her with composure.

"Moxi, it’s Miss Yu who wouldn’t accompany Young Master Ye, and he reluctantly brought me here."

Jiang Moxi smiled: "If you and Young Master Ye can make it work, I believe Dingding would also bless you."

Hearing this, An Yang knew Jiang Moxi bore no ill will towards her, and she immediately felt relieved.

At that moment, Ye Chen and Ling Hua stopped their playful bout, and Ye Chen called everyone’s attention: "Alright, no more playing. Let me introduce you to a few friends."

Ye Chen took them through the small courtyard of the private hot spring resort.

There, apart from Fu Youhan and Chi Jing, there were Fu Wangning, Fu Yiming, Yuan Zhou with his companion, and two unfamiliar men with their female companions.

Much to Jiang Moxi’s surprise, Kou Fei was also there.

Seeing Jiang Moxi, Kou Fei awkwardly drooped her head, as her waist was firmly held by Ji Xiuyuan.

"These people you already know, and this is Young Master Ji, Ji Xiuyuan, and his friend Kou Fei. This is Qiu Si and his wife Qiu Yue."

Ye Chen made simple introductions, and then introduced to them:

"This is Ling Hua and Ling Ye, the biological niece and nephew of Third Master Fu. This is Jiang Moxi..."

As he got to this point, Ye Chen glanced at Fu Youhan and then continued: "Huahua’s private tutor."

Then, in a low voice to Jiang Moxi, Ye Chen added: "It wasn’t me who called Yiming over, it was Wangning who suddenly asked him to come."

Previously, Fu Wangning had heard that Ye Chen built a private hot spring resort and insisted on coming to check it out, becoming one of the initiators of the outing.

Originally, Fu Wangning had undergone an appendectomy and her condition was not suitable for hot springs. Ye Chen had told her not to force herself to come.

But after learning that the event would go on as scheduled and that Fu Youhan would attend, she still made her way there for some reason.

The likely reason was that her wound hadn’t fully healed, so she asked Fu Yiming to drive her here.

Seeing Jiang Moxi, Fu Wangning merely gave her a faint smile as a form of greeting.

After all, the family tutor of Ling Hua wasn’t worth her paying too much attention to.

Jiang Moxi also only nodded slightly at Fu Wangning, she didn’t wish to have too much interaction with Fu Wangning.

After updating Jiang Moxi, Ye Chen didn’t forget to say, "It’s not that I didn’t want to bring Dingding, but Dingding refused me. I can’t exactly come all alone, that wouldn’t fit my persona."

Right, Ye Chen felt that Jiang Moxi probably still hoped that he and Yu Dingding would be together.

So he thought of using Jiang Moxi to make Yu Dingding feel a sense of crisis, to make her come back to him sooner.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Moxi calmly told him, "It’s good that Dingding isn’t coming."

Since those two were never meant to be, Jiang Moxi didn’t want Yu Dingding to waste any more time on Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was somewhat disbelieving as he looked at her.

From the moment Jiang Moxi entered, Fu Youhan had been staring at her, thoughts of their shameless bliss from last time in this place running through his mind.

He never had such desires before, even when plenty of beauties threw themselves at him, he hardly reacted.

But ever since he got involved with Jiang Moxi, he felt uneasy if he didn’t touch her for even a single day.

Furthermore, Jiang Moxi had her period these past few days, and he had to abstain for several days in a row, feeling every day like a year.

Now, just by looking at Jiang Moxi standing obediently and cutely from a distance, Fu Youhan was already feeling quite moved.

However, Ye Chen was constantly talking non-stop in front of Jiang Moxi, Fu Youhan’s eagle-like eyes instantly narrowed slightly.

Fu Yiming was also staring at Jiang Moxi.

After the unpleasant incidents at the bar and the Jiang Family mansion, now whenever Fu Yiming saw Jiang Moxi he just wanted to deal with her.

But Jiang Moxi wouldn’t even give him a glance, as if they were strangers to each other, that feeling inexplicably made Fu Yiming feel jealous.

Just as Fu Yiming wanted to speak to Jiang Moxi, Fu Youhan’s voice suddenly rang out, "Have all the rooms been arranged?"

Ye Chen realized that the man’s voice had turned colder, suddenly aware that someone felt he had been occupying Jiang Moxi for too long, he was jealous.

Hence, Ye Chen hurriedly said, "Everything has been roughly arranged, but there are only eight rooms here. We three couples can stay together, the rest of you will need to have two people sharing a room."

At the end of his words, Ye Chen raised an eyebrow at Fu Youhan.

What he meant was if Jiang Moxi and Fu Youhan would share a room, seeing if Fu Youhan dare to speak up in front of Fu Wangning and Fu Yiming.

But just as Fu Youhan was about to say something, Ling Hua chirped, "What’s the big deal, I can share a room with Sister Moxi, just get us a room with a hot spring pool."

Ling Hua still thought it was she who invited Jiang Moxi over, worried that Jiang Moxi might feel uncomfortable, so she wanted to accompany Jiang Moxi.

But what she didn’t know was, her eager volunteering made a certain uncle who had been abstaining for several days and was looking forward to tonight, suddenly frown heavily.

And Jiang Moxi also seemed to not notice anything wrong, she quickly agreed and even happily went with Ling Hua to their room for the hot spring.

Regarding this, Ye Chen could only give Fu Youhan a helpless look, then proceeded to distribute the keys for the other rooms to everyone else.

When handing the key to Fu Wangning, Ye Chen said, "Wangning, you have a wound on your body, so I arranged a room without a hot spring pool for you. That shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

"No problem, Brother Chen’s arrangements are always so thoughtful," Fu Wangning said with a smile.

Then Ye Chen distributed the keys for the rooms with hot spring pools to Ji Xiuyuan, Qiu Si and their partners, before it was Ling Ye and Fu Yiming’s turn.

"Since you and Xiao Ye are both men and haven’t brought partners, soaking in the outside pool should be fine."

Fu Yiming nodded, actually he wasn’t that interested in soaking in hot springs, as his current focus was on Jiang Moxi.

After receiving the key, he casually chatted with Ling Ye as they headed to their room to change.

After everyone else had left, Ye Chen then handed the last key to Fu Youhan and started to make a teasing remark.

"It’s the same room as last time, too bad Xiao Moxi has been claimed by Huahua."

Fu Youhan raised an eyebrow, "It’s still better than not even having the same person as last time!"

Ye Chen: "..."

Ouch, that hit home!