Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 1490: 1489 Beauty Trap

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“Let’s take a break.”

Halfway up the mountain, An Lin looked at the sweat on Qin Mu’s forehead and finally softened her heart.

For this section, Qin Mu had been pulling her up all the way. She found it easy, but Qin Mu was quite tired. After all, besides pulling her along, he also had a backpack on his back filled with snacks and water.

Although her words were somewhat blunt, Qin Mu was moved and smiled slightly, agreeing without thinking, “Okay.”

After Qin Mu agreed, he took out some water from the bag, “Give me another bottle.”

An Lin frowned gently when he handed her the half-empty bottle of water they hadn’t finished and refused.

He had drunk from it, and she didn’t want to drink it now.

Qin Mu understood and raised his eyebrows knowingly, tipped his head back, finished drinking the half bottle of water, handed her the empty bottle, then took out another one, unscrewed the cap for her, and handed it over.

“How about we take the path over there? Climbing to the top this way is too tiring.”

Qin Mu suggested again.

An Lin looked up at the top of the mountain, still halfway there.

Then, looking down at Mo Xiuchen and Wen Ran, who were left far behind, she nodded, “Okay.”

After drinking water, Qin Mu and An Lin returned to the mountain path, although not as wide as the vehicle path, it was still two meters wide in some of the wider sections of the stone steps.

Ninety percent of tourists take this path.

“Ranran, have you ever taken the path Ah Mu and An Lin are on?” Mo Xiuchen, noticing Qin Mu and An Lin returning to the main road, asked Wen Ran with a sharp glint in his eyes and a smile.

Wen Ran nodded, “I have climbed it before; Xiaoxiao and I used to sneak up here.”

“Sneak up?”

Mo Xiuchen tasted her words, “If Ah Jin knew, he surely wouldn’t allow you to, right?”

“You’re so smart. My brother is very boring and always took the main road. So Xiaoxiao and I snuck up here to climb. Later, we climbed it so many times, we felt there was no difference from taking the main road.”

Wen Ran was never a graceful lady, and she and Bai Xiaoxiao were both the type of crazy girls, hitting it off perfectly.

“If I had known you came here often, I would’ve waited for you at the foot of the mountain.” Mo Xiuchen’s words carried a bit of teasing and a touch of regret.

“An Lin and Qin Mu changed paths, why don’t we take that path too, take a shortcut to get ahead of them? Whoever wins can set a condition.”

“If you have no problem with it, I think it’s a good idea.” Mo Xiuchen laughed heartily, and the both of them changed paths to take the shortcut while Qin Mu and An Lin couldn’t see them.

Qin Mu and An Lin always thought Mo Xiuchen and Wen Ran were behind them.

An Lin believed Mo Xiuchen would never take Wen Ran on an adventure, even if it wasn’t dangerous. Given the way Mo Xiuchen cherished and cared for Wen Ran, he definitely wouldn’t bear it.

On the main road, one could relax a bit, so Qin Mu tried to find topics to chat about, in an attempt to get closer to her.

“An Lin, are you hungry?”

“Should we call mom? If she’s tired of playing with those kids, I can go back and get her to come.”

Regarding the first question, An Lin just shook her head without responding.

Regarding the second question, An Lin looked at him as if he were stupid, “My mom loves Ziyi, Momo, Xin Xin, and Tongtong so much, she wishes she could take them home to raise them. She wouldn’t get tired of them in half a day. I think she’d get tired of me before getting tired of those little ones.”

“Are you jealous?”

Qin Mu’s temper is truly frightening when he’s in a good mood.

Regardless of whether An Lin glares or scolds him, he remains unmoved.

Laughing gently, An Lin sometimes wonders if he’s using his attractive appearance as a tactic.

“I’m never jealous.” Afraid he might shift the topic, An Lin immediately cut off his thought.

“Then would you like some cookies? Biscuits.”

As Qin Mu spoke, he was about to reach back to unzip his backpack.

An Lin quickly replied plainly, “I’m not hungry. If you’re hungry, you go ahead and eat.”

“I’m not hungry either.” Qin Mu smiled, dropping the idea of getting the cookies. An Lin frowned for some reason, feeling that her interaction with Qin Mu was very odd.

Even though they had agreed to divorce, they were still hiking together. She clearly felt dead inside for him, yet his words, his smile, a casual action still had the power to make her heart race.

She pressed her lips, pulled out her phone to take pictures, ignoring Qin Mu.

But Qin Mu was determined to stick around until she forgave him. Seeing her taking pictures of the winding mountain stones below, he suggested, “An Lin, take a couple of photos of me.”

“I thought you didn’t like taking photos?” An Lin asked coldly without looking back.

“I didn’t like it before, but I like it now.” Qin Mu replied smoothly, without hesitation, and when she turned to look at him, there was a flicker of a smile in his eyes, adding, “People change.”

An Lin paused.

Her hand gripping the camera tightened slightly.

‘People change.’ Was it her imagination, or was he really implying something?

It must be an illusion.

She didn’t want to easily believe this man’s words again. He had previously said he would try to love her, but still got angry when he heard her voice on a recording.

“Hurry up.”

Qin Mu stepped up two more stairs, his tall figure leaned against the stone wall, one arm casually draped over it, his features relaxed, smiling. He was simply irresistible.

Separated by several stone steps, he looked at her with gentle eyes.

His dark pupils were like a clear and serene pool with a faint smile, and yet, perhaps within that faint smile, there was a hint of tenderness.

An Lin just wanted to curse.

Behind her, two girls were pretending to capture the scenery while secretly snapping pictures of Qin Mu.

Qin Mu frowned slightly, his gaze locked on An Lin, his voice soft as he called out to her, “An Lin, stop dazing off, take my photo.”

An Lin nodded and unwillingly took a few shots of him, feigning ignorance.

“Let me see if they’re any good.” Qin Mu blinked and came over, wrapping an arm around her shoulder, his hand holding hers as they looked at the photos on her phone together.

“See for yourself.”

“Let’s look at them together.”

Qin Mu left her with no chance to escape, disregarding the many tourists around, and even the numerous women drawn to his handsome appearance, who were casting glances his way.

As he spoke, his cool male scent tickled her ear, intentional or not, his lips brushed ever-so-lightly across her delicate earlobe.

Her white earlobe immediately flushed red from the warm, tickling touch, and her body stiffened.

Qin Mu’s handsome face was right beside her to the left; she didn’t dare to turn her head, knowing that a single turn would have their faces almost touching.

“This one’s nice.” Qin Mu was definitely doing it on purpose.

His gaze lingered on her reddening earlobe for a couple of seconds, then he smiled satisfactorily, flipping through the photos she had just taken, commenting kindly.

“Let’s delete these two, so the phone doesn’t run out of space. When Xiuchen and the others catch up, we can have them take some group photos for us with the camera.”

He explained while operating the phone.