"What? Isn't that what you did after waking up on his bed? Run away even before you were able to see each other?" Li Meili laughed at Tang Moyu's annoyance, while Lin Qianrou gasped and covered her mouth with one hand.

  "Meili…" She uttered, glancing at the empress's face half, expecting to see Tang Moyu being angry, but she wasn't.

  Tang Moyu took a deep breath and sighed.

  "It's alright, Qian. I guess we could say that it's been a running joke between me and Meili for ages, and yes, I did run away from Xiao Bao and Little Star's father that day because I didn't want to know who he was."

  Li Meili scoffed at that and popped in the other half of the cookie in her mouth. The cookies Qin Jiran baked for them were so much better than the store bought ones.

  "So women run away if the sex was bad?" Feng Tianyi cupped his chin and considered what Li Meili told them. A certain raven hair beauty he slept with five years ago crossed his mind. He wasn't able to see her face properly, but her body and scent alone were enough to push him to full drive.

  Feng Tianyi covered the lower part of his face with one hand, an elbow propped on his wheelchair's arm as he gave it a good thought. If Li Meili was right, did that mean he'd underperformed that night, and that shameless woman who shared his bed with him that night wasn't satisfied with his performance?

  Impossible! If that woman was really displeased with him, then she wouldn't have asked him to do it several times in one night, right?

  He'd asked He Lianchen on the same morning she left to find out the identity of that shameless woman, but how convenient and lucky was it for her that the CCTV camera located on his floor weren't working properly that week and it was almost impossible to tell her identity from mere records of the hotel from the reception, because they also hosted several banquets and parties that same night.

  What if that woman was an unregistered guest who crashed the party and mistakenly slipped onto his bed that night?

  Li Meili shrugged and gave Tang Moyu a wink. "Well, yeah, but I bet it's not applicable for the twins' father."

  Tang Moyu's face contorted into a scowl as she crossed her legs and cupped her chin in annoyance.

  "That man is a beast. Who wants to stay with a beast anyway?" She muttered, but was still heard by everyone.

  Really a beast. Not only had he left multiple visible marks on her body, but he was able to make her feel sore for days, forcing her to file for sick leave to recover from it. It took some time before she could slip out of her bed and walk properly.

  The old woman had been very patient in taking care of her since her childhood years. Even now, when she already had a pair of sweet buns on her own, Auntie Lu had taken it upon herself to look after her children since they returned from overseas.

  Tang Moyu had no idea how many times they did the deed that night, but based on the stickiness and pain between her legs, it was evident that he'd been rough on her.

  Song Fengyan let out a whistle at that, while He Lianchen's face remained expressionless. He didn't understand why the Empress didn't try to find the man who took her innocence and impregnated her after Feng Tianhua kicked her out of the company.

  Was she afraid to know the identity of that man or did she already know all this time who he was but decided to keep it a secret from everyone?

  "Nah, give him some credit, Moyu. Whoever the guy was, he definitely didn't shoot blanks on you. He DID NOT miss, mind you. Not only did he give you one," Li Meili gestured with her fingers, "but two buns in one night! Admit it! That's such a feat. It's not something any other man can achieve." She emphasized.

  Running both her hands on her face, Tang Moyu tried her best to steel herself. She clamped her mouth shut as she tried her best not to get annoyed by Li Meili's words. Why did their conversation turn to her anyway? Whoever the father of her children was, he was the last person Tang Moyu wanted to know or talk about.

  "Eh? Tang Moyu had a bed partner before me?" Qin Jiran's words caught the empress off guard. "And here I thought I was special to the empress." He used such a sulky tone that if people didn't see him, they'd really think he was duped by the lady.

  She turned to face him and saw the mischievous grin spreading on his lips, which was followed with a low laugh. Tang Moyu groaned while Li Meili burst into a round of laughter beside her.

  "Good lord, not you too, Qin Jiran!"

  How could he use the other night's event to tease her further? That was something she wanted to forget already!

  He Lianchen and Song Fengyan's eyes bugged out of their heads as they thought of how Feng Tianyi ended up on the same bed with the empress.

  Didn't he say earlier that he wasn't planning to seduce the woman to his bed? Not one month had passed since he moved here at Peach Blossom Garden, and they'd already slept together?

  "I know what two you are thinking. It's not what you think it is." Feng Tianyi told them with a hint of amusement.

  "Alright, let's take pity on Moyu. She definitely doesn't want to talk about him." Li Meili wiped the tears at the corner of her eyes from laughing too much.