Chapter 8 - Can I stay?

Those people earlier said that Yao Yuanjing was angry because Ji Naitang had slept with someone else. Cen Muqi naturally and instantly thought of what happened a week ago.

He had heard that Yao Yuanjing went on a business trip abroad recently. He was probably back in the country today.

Ji Naitang nodded and seemed to be a little sad. In reality, his heart was beating fast, not because he was nervous from lying, but because being near Cen Muqi made his heart rate increase.

It had been twelve years since his initial gratitude turned into his current love. Cen Muqi had almost become his obsession. And at this moment, he was so close to his obsession. In addition, he might always be near him like this from now on. Just thinking about this made Ji Naitang want to cry.

It had been many years since he had shed tears.

Cen Muqi didn’t know what he was thinking. He also didn’t know how to comfort him. He could only say, “Get a good night’s sleep first. I’ll take care of the other matters for you.”

He started to stand up, but a corner of his clothes was pulled. He saw Ji Naitang say somewhat pitifully, “I – I’m a little scared. Can you stay with me?”

Cen Muqi looked silently at him and didn’t answer. Ji Naitang slowly loosened his hand and whispered, “I’m sorry, I……”

“I’ll sit here to keep you company.”

Ji Naitang’s eyes shone bright as he looked at Cen Muqi. Such a gaze made Cen Muqi’s heart involuntarily soften. He somewhat didn’t understand himself anymore. He didn’t know why he kept making exceptions for this person. He thought about it and asked, “Do you want to go back to Yao Yuanjing?”

Ji Naitang was waiting for him to ask this exact question, so he naturally and quickly shook his head. He said fearfully, “If I go back, he will give me to those people. I – I don’t want to…… They….. I…… I will die.”

Cen Muqi understood and nodded. Then he took out his phone and called Yao Yuanjing. Ji Naitang looked quietly at him. Cen Muqi hadn’t spoken yet, but Ji Naitang could already guess what he was going to say.

Nevertheless, Ji Naitang still looked at him questioningly. Cen Muqi placed his index finger over his mouth to gesture him to stay silent. Then he pushed the speakerphone button. “Hello, CEO Yao. It’s me, Cen Muqi.”

“CEO Cen, it’s so late. Is something wrong?”

“I believe that CEO Yao already knows about what happened in the bar.” Cen Muqi got straight to the point. Yao Yuanjing didn’t talk in circles either. He said bluntly, “I already know. My subordinates have no eyes and disturbed CEO Cen. I hope that CEO Cen will join me for a meal when you have time so I can express my apology.”

“You speak too seriously. I took someone away from their hands.”

“Ji Naitang?” Yao Yuanjing chuckled. “What? Does CEO Cen have some ideas about him?”

“Then it depends on whether CEO Yao is willing to part with him.”

The other side was silent for a while. “I mentioned several times before that I wanted to send a person to CEO Cen, but you have refused. Now, CEO Cen finally makes a request. Of course there’s no problem. I also hope that Fengqi and Cen Corporation will cooperate successfully in the future.”

A phone conversation two or three minutes long completely changed Ji Naitang’s life. After hanging up the phone, Cen Muqi looked down at Ji Naitang. Neither person spoke.

Yao Yuanjing agreed so readily, but it wasn’t suspicious at all. After all, his meaning was very clear. Giving Cen Muqi someone counted as paving the way for Fengqi and Cen Corporation’s future cooperation.

The room was silent for a while. Then Cen Muqi looked at the IV drip. There was still more than half there. He should be fine until morning.

“I’ll stay here. Don’t worry and go to sleep.”

Ji Naitang nodded. Cen Muqi said, “You can decide on what you want to do. I won’t stop you. You also don’t have to worry about Yao Yuanjing making things difficult for you.”

“I – Can I stay here?”

“Why do you want to stay?”

“You saved me. And I have nowhere to go.”

Cen Muqi thought about Ji Naitang’s situation. He didn’t have a place in the Ji family and he had now offended his backer Yao Yuanjing. So, there really was nowhere for him to go.

This matter started because of Cen Xi. Cen Muqi involved himself in it and he was indeed satisfied with Ji Naitang. So, he pondered for a while before nodding and agreeing.

Ji Naitang looked like he released a sigh of relief before willingly closing his eyes to sleep. The thing that Cen Muqi, who was sitting next to the bed, did not see was that the mouth blocked by the quilt couldn’t stop smiling.