Entwined by Dawn: The CEO's Relentless Obsession

Chapter 848: Engagement (Part 29)

"Tian Tian, the noodles are about to get burnt."

Mu Tiantian was exasperated, humming as she took off Bai Chenyao’s shoes.

"If the noodles burn, they can be cooked again. If the foot gets burnt, you’re still thinking about noodles!"

Once she took off Bai Chenyao’s shoes and saw the slight redness on his foot, she let out a long breath.

Thank goodness, it’s not as bad as the burn on his hand.

This was the first time she noticed Bai Chenyao’s feet. They were well-shaped, sturdy, and well-proportioned, with distinct muscles and bones.

But it was also the first time she noticed that Bai Chenyao’s left foot had a lot of crooked scars, and one of them stretched from his big toe up to his ankle.

It seemed to have been there a long time, yet the scar remained hideously distinct.

What kind of injury could have caused such scars?

She even noticed a deep bite mark on Bai Chenyao’s left ankle.

Her mind suddenly flashed back to what Muse had said before, that Bai Chenyao had been left alone in a deep forest when he was five, to fend for himself.

Was it from then?

She was so focused on the injuries on Bai Chenyao’s foot that she hadn’t noticed his words.

"Because you cooked it!"

Once she realized Bai Chenyao had spoken, she slightly raised her eyes to look up at him.

"A Yao, what did you say?"

Seeing the obvious moisture in her eyes, and her pained and upset expression, Bai Chenyao’s dark eyes deepened a little as he reached out to help her up from the ground.

"Nothing, let’s eat noodles!"

Mu Tiantian: "..."

She was feeling sad, and yet Bai Chenyao just...

Looking into Bai Chenyao’s dark and deep eyes, and his handsome, stern face, Mu Tiantian instinctively bowed her head and looked again at his left foot.

Before she could say anything, Bai Chenyao exerted a bit of force and pulled her up from the floor, allowing her to fall into his arms as he sat her next to the dining table.

To be precise, Bai Chenyao sat on the chair, and she still sat on Bai Chenyao’s lap, embraced by him.

Two bowls of steaming noodles were placed on the table. No matter what Mu Tiantian said, Bai Chenyao began to eat the noodles indifferently, as if he didn’t hear her.

Mu Tiantian: "..."

After finishing the two bowls of noodles, Bai Chenyao finally let her down, then quickly walked to the entrance to change his shoes, draped his coat over Mu Tiantian, whose feelings were mixed, and led her outside.

Mu Tiantian: "..."

When she got downstairs and into the car, Mu Tiantian finally came to her senses.

Seeing Bai Chenyao flipping through a document, Mu Tiantian thought of how his foot hadn’t been treated yet, so she quickly looked at Li Mu, who was driving in front.

"Assistant Li, let’s go to the hospital, A Yao’s foot got burnt."

Li Mu, who had been focused on driving for years, was startled, slightly lifting his eyes to look through the rearview mirror at his boss in the back seat.

Seeing no change in his boss’s expression, his eyes still on the document, Li Mu silently withdrew his gaze.

"Okay, Miss Mu!"

Seeing Bai Chenyao unresponsive, Mu Tiantian felt a bit more at ease.

But as she thought about how he had ignored the burn for the sake of eating noodles, her feelings became complicated again.

Though she hadn’t clearly heard Bai Chenyao’s words, he insisted on finishing the noodles before leaving. How could she not understand what he was thinking?

Because of this, Mu Tiantian’s emotions became even more complicated.

Watching Bai Chenyao focused on his document, Mu Tiantian’s eyes flickered, then she slowly turned her gaze out the window.

Her mind flashed again to the hideous wounds on Bai Chenyao’s foot and that still-clear bite mark, leaving her mind in a daze.