Chapter 53: Because Of You...
Xu Mey was immersed in dealing with the office projects that she didn't realize when the time flew by. It was only when her phone rang that she looked up from the pile of work on her desk.
Holding the phone in hand, Xu Mey was surprised. Not because of the call from Ye Jie but because the call was exactly at the same time as it was the previous 2 days.
"Hi, dear wife! Are you ready for our dinner date?" His disembodied voice was charming with a hint of coyness.
"Where are we going?" Xu Mey asked her own question.
"I called to give you the address. It's not like I can pick you from work." Obviously, he was trying to make her feel guilty and surprisingly it worked.
"You can pick me from the E Road." She didn't invite him too far from office but not too near as well.
Ye Jie instantly got excited. "Okay, I'll pick you at 6:30 then?"
"Sure." There was nothing else to continue talking about. So, they said their goodbyes for now.
Yu Kim was more efficient than one could describe her to be. She arrived exactly on time with all the stuff needed. She had many bags in her hand. There were plenty of clothes, shoes, accessories, and make-up. Xu Mey was a bit scared at the way, Yu Kim was prepared.
Yu Kim's own mother was a famous stylist in Korea and she picked up some of her traits. She was extremely good at changing ones whole outer look. She could change a beggar into a royalty.
But with Xu Mey, she didn't need to do much.
-At 6:30 P.M around E Road-
Ye Jie wasn't driving his usual Maybach. Instead, he was in his favorite Porsche. The silver-grey Porsche was a striking match with his suit. Even the sleek body was like his own brown hair.
He arrived early to wait for her like a gentleman. His eyes were wandering around when they fell on a slim and slender figure walking towards him. Ye Jie's brain was frozen. Oh, No. There were fireworks in his mind.
Xu Mey was wearing a high-waisted black leather pant, a black v-neckline top exposing her extremely fair jade-like skin and those collarbones. She matched it along with a white Zip Detail Blazer and her black high heels Chelsea Boots completed her look. The make-up on her beautiful face was minimalistic. There was only a faint red colored lipstick that was most noticeable on her face. Her black lustrous hair had soft curls that made her waist-length hair to fell on her mid back.
The most eye-catching detail was that almost identical golden rose around her neck. The rose on that pendant was nearly like his own rose brooch. While Ye Jie was in a daze, Xu Mey was already standing before him. His daze broke with a jolt and he opened the passenger seat door for her mechanically.
They both didn't talk much on the road. It took Ye Jie almost 45 minutes to reach the destination. When Xu Mey saw the board of the restaurant, she was surprised herself. "We're eating hotpot?"
They were standing before the City's most popular hotpot restaurant. He chose it very carefully. Since he didn't know her likes or dislikes. He only knew that she likes spicy things. And when it comes to spicy food, hotpot has to take the crown.
"You don't like it?" Ye Jie was nervous.
Xu Mey chuckled. "Like it? I love it! Thank you so much for not going to a fancy restaurant." Ye Jie was content to see the smile on her face.
As they made their way inside, they caught a lot of attention from the people. After all, they both were strikingly beautiful in their own ways and together they were just dazzling.
"Are they a couple?" They heard someone's voice.
"They seem to be." There was envy in that voice.
"How can such perfect looking people end up together? Isn't it bit unfair to normal people like us?" This voice was a bit like blaming them for being so beautiful.
"Aiyo, Some people are just meant to be in the spotlight with just their looks."
"Do you think they are dating?"
"Nonsense. Can't you see the rings in their hands? They are definitely married."
The voices were getting louder which made both Ye Jie and Xu Mey uncomfortable. Luckily, Ye Jie had already booked a private room. So, they were brought to their VIP room on the third floor. The room was spacious with plant pots and paintings. It gave a complete ancient feeling to oneself.
Ye Jie pulled out a chair for Xu Mey elegantly and took a seat opposite of her himself. They both sat in silence after giving the order. The alcohol was brought before the ingredients for hotpot and Xu Mey had gulped down a whole lot of alcohol to stop her fidgeting.
Ye Jie wanted to stop her but realized that she had a thing for alcohol. "Is alcohol that good that you like drowning yourself in it?"
Xu Mey looked up at his face. Even after downing 2 bottles, her eyes were clear, sparkly. "It's not that alcohol is good. It's just a reminder." There was no hint of being drunk in her speech.
"A reminder? Of What?"
Xu Mey tilted her head in a thinking manner. "A reminder that life is bitter." She chuckled. "Actually, life and alcohol are not that different. Both are bitter. But we love both. No matter how much life gets bitter, the one who gets used to it doesn't want to die. And no matter how much alcohol gets bitter, the one who gets used to its bitterness also doesn't want to leave it."
"Which bitterness are you trying to remember? Life? Or Alcohol's?"
Xu Mey looked down at her hand specifically at her wrist that had a tattoo on it. It was a simple, clean tattoo with just a single word; Scars.
"I think, I'm trying to remember the bitterness of life at the moment." Her voice was very soft but it didn't lose its original charm.
"Why?"
"Because of you..." She pointed her index finger at him.
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XiaoMeeHee Author: Take this dessert as well, my lovely readers.
Reader 1: Hurray *cheering loudly*
Reader 2: Author is the best.
Reader 3: Author is really sweet.
Author: Oh, please stop guys. You're making me blush now. *basking in all the praises*
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Hehe... Too think skinned author here right? Praising herself.
Forget it...
Since the last week ranking ended with us being at 97, I thought the credit was all yours. So, I planned this dessert.
Chapter 54: My Happiness Is You
Those accusing words were too hefty for Ye Jie to bear. He was shocked. "Because of me?" To make sure that he didn't hear things, he asked again with an emphasis on his words along with his own index finger pointing at his face. Xu Mey nodded. "Why? Am I reminding you of the bitterness of life?"
Xu Mey leaned back in her seat languidly. "No... You're not the reminder of bitterness...." She sighed audibly. "Instead, you're trying to show me the sweetness of life."
"Isn't that a good thing?" He frowned.
"Not for someone like me. I'm scared... If I got used to your sweetness, it'll get tougher to accept the bitterness of life. It was already hard enough to embrace this bitter taste." She was looking everywhere except for him. His soul-sucking eyes were too much for her to take.
Ye Jie sighed. "Then let me share that taste with you." His face was straight without any hint of jest.
These words forced her to look at his face once again. They kept gazing into each other's eyes when the servers brought all their food. Even when all the food was served none of them moved their gaze away.
"You're good with words, Mr. Ye." Xu Mey started.
Ye Jie stretched his arm over the table and took hold of her smooth, soft hand. "I'm being honest."
Xu Mey snickered. "I'm darkness. Why do you want to become the light that passes through it?"
Ye Jie gave her his signature smile showing his canines. "Because that makes a picture worth remembering." Seeing her confused face, Ye Jie added. "The stars are the light that passes through the dark night. Isn't it beautiful?" Xu Mey nodded after thinking. "I want to be like those stars in your sky of darkness."
She was stunned. "You do know that words carry weight?" She asked with a stern face.
"Yes... I know very well... And I can carry the weight of the words I just said." He replied calmly.
"'The ultimate mystery is one's own self.'" Xu Mey quoted. "And people love to solve mysteries. I'm a mystery to you and you're a mystery to me. Until I stay as a mystery, you'll be interested and the day this mystery is solved... I'll be just another person in your life."
Ye Jie was baffled. He didn't know whether to praise her for her knowledge or bang her head against the wall for being so foolish. Obviously, he didn't have the nerve to do the latter one.
"I have only heard, 'The less you reveal, the more people can wonder.' While this saying is true but doesn't forget that this doesn't mean we need to start hiding from the truth. I won't lie, you piqued my interest because you were different. But doesn't that mysterious difference makes you special?" Ye Jie was still calm with his words and tone.
"'They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.' Do you have the courage to delight in my truth?" She asked with an indifferent tone.
"If you give me a chance. I might really delight in it." Was his reply.
The silence that prevailed the room once again was stagnant. They both ate without talking. Ye Jie didn't stop her from drinking again. He deduced that while drinking she really had a lot to say.
Looks like I need to make her drunk to break the damn locks on her tongue. Ye Jie was feeling a bit bitter about her silence.
The way Ye Jie was stealing glances at her was not unnoticed by Xu Mey. "You can just ask? But let me warn you: Thou shall not try me." She was being dramatic with her tone but Ye Jie found it cute.
"You're cute." He couldn't stop himself from saying.
"Cute but Psycho..." She stuck her tongue out childishly. She seemed cheerful for some reason. Even though her eyes were still clear and her speech was as always soft with no slurring or dragging her words.
You sure are a psycho. He thought.
"What do you do?" He finally asked the question in his mind.
"I do marathons." Her serious face with that stern tone made his crease his brows. "On Netflix... Haha..." She laughed radiantly with her perfect teeth on display. Her reaction left Ye Jie dumbfounded.
"On a serious note, I am a jewelry designer." She replied honestly. "Anything else?"
"What about hobbies?"
"Does drinking counts?" She asked innocently.
"No." Came a curt reply.
"Then I don't have any." She replied.
"Why not?"
"Never got a chance to pick anything as a hobby." Ye Jie couldn't comprehend why that sentence felt so sad to him.
"What do you like to eat?"
"Anything that's not sweet."
"Why no sweet? Afraid to get fat?" Ye Jie was curious about it from the time she refused to eat the cake Ye Jun baked for her.
"Nope... I can't seem to digest anything too sweet." Ye Jie didn't know whether she was talking about sweetness in life or sweetness in food but he still nodded.
"My happiness is you." Xu Mey suddenly said making Ye Jie's body stiffen up.
"Huh?"
"I never understood this phrase." She replied and Ye Jie felt like someone dropped a bucket of cold water on him. Like seriously? Do you have to dampen the mood like this?
"What's not understandable?" He asked.
"How can a person become the happiness for another person?"
"When a person is able to make a smile appear on the other person's face. That person becomes the happiness for him." Ye Jie replied wisely.
Even though every person holds a mystery within. I would love to make you my mystery. And I suddenly don't want this mystery wife of mine to be solved by anyone else. Even by myself.
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Oh My Gosh! I can't take this sweetness anymore.
As an author, why am I eating the damn dog food? And why the hell my heart is beating so fast? Get a grip! You wrote it yourself, damn it!
This is unfair, Ye Jie.
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A huge shoutout to Anjii!!!! Let me say it, I just love you so much.
Well, usually I don't ask for much but can we get this novel to like 80 to 70 position this week?
Pretty pretty, please!
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