Li Mohan's phone call was quite loud. Ye Huohuo was close by and could hear Li Moyan's voice. Her eyes flickered, "Something happened to Li Moyan?"
"Moyan, where are you? What are you doing?" Li Mohan's face showed rare tension as he yelled into the phone to Li Moyan.
"Big Brother, we're trapped in a room on the film set... have Big Sister-in-law come save us... we are..." Suddenly, the voice on the other end went silent.
"Moyan!" Li Mohan gasped, his brows tightly furrowed.
Ye Huohuo bit her lip, her right fingers incessantly calculating, "So disobedient. I told them not to start without me handling things first!"
She looked up at Li Mohan, "Don't worry, I'll go handle it right away. I'll definitely bring Li Moyan out safely."
Ye Huohuo said it easily, but her heart was in turmoil. She had just calculated that Li Moyan was in grave danger.
Li Mohan looked down at her, his eyes filled with a complex emotion, "I'll go with you!"
Just then, the mall's general manager, wiping sweat from his brow and holding his phone, hesitated for a long time before approaching, "Mr. Li, everything is in chaos now. Because of this trending topic, the public's opposition to our Li Corporation has increased. Not only our mall but also other industries of the Li Corporation have been affected.
The stock has also fallen, and shareholders' phones are ringing off the hook. We need to convene a shareholder meeting quickly to stabilize their emotions, otherwise things might escalate!"
Li Mohan pursed his lips, looked at his phone, then at the boiling customers in the mall. Many irrational customers were starting to throw things like water bottles at the shop signs.
All the security guards in the mall were deployed at once, but the situation was still out of control.
His face showed a look of difficulty.
At this moment, a soft, gentle hand took his, "I'll go to Li Moyan's side myself. You need to manage the situation here."
Ye Huohuo said, her gaze drifting towards the rioting people in the first-floor lobby below, "Those people don't look simple. As soon as the matter trended, things escalated like this. Someone must be manipulating things from behind the scenes.
It's my fault for not predicting this beforehand. I only calculated that the sales assistant would be fired, but I didn't foresee this calamity for the Li Corporation. It's my fault."
Li Mohan's expression didn't change much, after all, he had navigated the business world for ten years and had seen all sorts of storms. Instead, his eyes flashed as he looked at Ye Huohuo, as if something was about to erupt.
He suddenly reached out, pulling her into the room of the previously mentioned specialty store. A person in gray clothes followed them in. Without Li Mohan's instruction, they cleared everyone out of the room and then closed the door.
He stood outside the door, facing outwards, his hands crossed in front of him, blocking everyone outside like a bodyguard.
Ye Huohuo hadn't noticed this person before. One reason was the chaotic situation, and the most important point was that the person's presence had been too low-key.
He had been standing behind the managers all along, with his head bowed. Among that group, Ye Huohuo thought he was just another mall manager.
But now, it seemed that the relationship between this person and Li Mohan was by no means simple.
However, this was not the time to concern herself with that. Li Mohan, holding Ye Huohuo's hand, casually picked up an outfit from a clothes rack with his other hand.
He pulled Ye Huohuo into the fitting room.
The fitting room was very narrow, normally just enough for one girl to change clothes. Now, with a big man squeezed in, it felt even smaller and more crowded.
Ye Huohuo was pressed against the wall by Li Mohan's tall body. Due to their close proximity, she could clearly hear his heartbeat and breathing. The intimate distance made her heart pound, and her face flushed hot.
"You... this is the women's fitting room, you came in..."
"Moyan is generally calm. Whatever made him panic like that must be no simple matter. I should have gone with you, but I still have to handle things here." Li Mohan interrupted Ye Huohuo.
"I understand, I can do it myself. Don't worry, I'll bring Li Moyan back even if it costs me my life," Ye Huohuo said with utmost seriousness, raising three fingers to swear.
Li Mohan immediately grabbed her three fingers and clasped her hand in his palm, "Why are you making such oaths? Don't you know that heaven watches over your vows?"
Ye Huohuo remembered that when they first met, she had just made an oath, and a dry-land thunderclap had sounded in the sky. She hadn't expected him to remember that.
"I just want you to rest assured. I will definitely rescue your brother. After all..." Ye Huohuo pursed her lips, lowering her head, not daring to look at him.
Although today's events seemed to have been planned in advance, they occurred after she and Li Mohan had registered their marriage. It was understandable if he thought she had implicated him.
Li Mohan had seen through her long ago. He reached out and lifted her chin, making her look up at him, "Listen, I'll say it again. Today's events have nothing to do with you. I'm very clear about this.
And Moyan needs to be rescued, and you need to return safely. I won't allow anything to happen to you, understand? I'll find you after I finish my business here. Didn't you say I'm your good luck? With me around, nothing will happen to any of you!"
Ye Huohuo's eyes slowly widened. She could hardly believe her ears. Did he mean what she thought he meant?
"You... you care about me? You don't blame me?" Ye Huohuo asked timidly, her eyes full of apprehension.
Li Mohan didn't say anything, but answered her with his actions. He lowered his head and gently, but with immense cherish, kissed her lips.
Although it was just a light kiss, it was more passionate than their previous intense kisses.
It was like a heavy hammer striking her tightly closed heart, opening a crack, and letting in a ray of sunlight.
"Does this help pass on some good luck to you?" Li Mohan's voice was slightly hoarse, and his light brown eyes grew deeper.
"I will bring Li Moyan back, and I... I will definitely come back alive too." Ye Huohuo's lips curved upwards, her unadorned face blooming like a flower slowly unfurling before Li Mohan's eyes.
In this moment, she was breathtakingly beautiful.
The atmosphere in the cramped space was intensely hot and ambiguous, but at this very moment, Li Mohan's phone rang most inopportunely. He glanced at the call and frowned.
He cupped the back of Ye Huohuo's head and kissed her forehead again. Ye Huohuo's nose brushed against his neck, and a cool, unique scent belonging to Li Mohan filled her nostrils.
She felt enveloped by his presence, momentarily lost, as if only the two of them existed in the world.
"Wait for me. I'll come find you once I'm done here. Be careful."
Before Ye Huohuo's daze passed, Li Mohan whispered in her ear and turned to leave.
It's unclear how long it took before she came back to her senses. The fitting room was still filled with his scent.
Qin Yumo forcefully wiped her face, then let out a heavy sigh, regaining her composure.
She changed her clothes as quickly as possible. The outfit Li Mohan had casually grabbed fit her perfectly.
The style was simple and sharp, suitable for fighting and climbing. Most thoughtful was the fabric, soft and strong, much more comfortable than her own clothes.
It was then that she had to admire Li Mohan's taste. How was his mind wired? How did he know everything?
As Ye Huohuo emerged from the fitting room, she suddenly realized a problem. She had been so flustered by Li Mohan that she had forgotten to ask for Li Moyan's location. She only heard he was on the film set, but where was his film set?
Just as she was hesitating whether to call Li Mohan, a deep voice sounded behind her, "Miss Ye, my name is Ah Cheng. Mr. Li asked me to take you to the film set."
Ye Huohuo looked up and saw it was the same gray-clothed man from before. When had he gotten behind her? Did he walk without making a sound?
But she didn't have time to think. Judging by the sound of Li Moyan's voice on the phone earlier and his current disappearance, his situation must be dire! Even a minute later could lead to irreversible consequences.
Moreover, she hadn't told Li Mohan yet that she had calculated that only one of her and Li Moyan would survive this time!