Chapter 65: Sorry For A Lifetime
"Ouch!" Ye Jie slapped the back of Ye Jun's head.
"Nothing happened last night." Before Ye Jun could open his mouth, Ye Jie added, "Xu Mey was helping me clean up the wound and a small shard in my hand hurt her. Okay?" Ye Jie had to think of a lie in a hurry and that was the only thing that came to his mind.
But the lie he told to save Xu Mey from trouble made her feel even more guilty. "Oh... Mom, Dad, what brought you to my place?" Suddenly remembering, Ye Jie asked.
"We thought we should spend the Sunday with our son. And we'd also have lunch prepared by our daughter-in-law." Mother Ye replied as she looked at Xu Mey standing at the side with her head down.
"But mom, Xu Mey hurt her hand. So-" Before he could avoid the impending task of cooking, his mother interrupted him.
"It's only a few small cuts. If she can't even handle that much, how is she going to take over the Ye Family in the future?" For everyone, her words were reasonable but Xu Mey could feel the dislike in her voice.
"Mom..." Ye Jie was about to argue but Xu Mey held his hand as he looked at her, she shook her head. So, Ye Jie stayed quiet.
"I'll cook. Mother-in-law is right. It's my responsibility to cook for them." Xu Mey's soft, polite voice took both Mother and Father Ye by surprise. It felt like cherry blossoms were falling in April.
Xu Mey ascended the stairs back to freshen up before coming down to enter the kitchen. The moment she picked her cellphone, she saw two text messages. One was from Ye Jie and the other from Ye Jun. Both brothers wrote the same thing: 'Do you need help?'
Xu Mey: 'Nope.'
Both replied at the same time with the same words again: 'Should I order food and say that you cooked it?'
Xu Mey laughed at their synchronization. But her heart felt warm. She replied: 'It's alright.'
Then only Ye Jie sent a message: 'I'm sorry!' Xu Mey frowned.
'For What?' She sent but no reply came.
Ye Jie knew that she could cook western food but his parents wanted Chinese traditional food. He was worried about two things; first that she didn't know how to cook and second that she was emotionally exhausted. 'What if she fell sicker? I can't even argue with mom.' Ye Jie loved and respected his mother the most. There was no way that he would allow even himself to be rude to her.
Xu Mey took a deep breath and decided to call Auntie Li Man before she starts panicking again. Li Man, Li Qiao's mother picked the call within seconds. "Oh my little Mey, how are you?" Her voice was not the usual stern one but instead, it was warm brimming with love.
"Auntie Li, I'm fine. I needed your help with something." She replied straightforwardly.
"Auntie will help little Mey with anything she wants." Xu Mey knew that'd be her reply. Her Auntie Li never said no to her. Being a famous researcher herself, she was always busy but she still found time to call Xu Mey every other day. Even Li Qiao had to complain that his mother loved Xu Mey more than her only son.
"Before I start panicking again, tell me what should I cook for my in-laws?" She heard Auntie Li's amused chuckle making her purse her lips.
"First tell me, what's the deal with 'panicking again'?" She asked with amusement.
Knowing that Auntie Li won't let it go. Xu Mmey described the scenario of her dinner date making Auntie Li laugh. "Dinner or dinner date? Aren't both the same thing, darling?"
"Well, apparently, they are not. Sun Ju told me once that on dinner dates, there is dinner, then holding hands, then leaving with a goodnight kiss and if the relationship is old then it ends with rolling on the bed." Auntie Li loved Xu Mey for her honest-to-goodness behavior.
"Do you know what rolling on the bed means darling?" Auntie Li asked.
Xu Mey scowled. "Doesn't it literally mean rolling on the bed?" Her innocent reply received a loud cheery laugh at the other end. But she felt someone else was there as well. "Where are you, Auntie?"
"I'm in Country A, little Mey. I came here to see my sister-in-law and she is amused by you. She justs said that she would love to meet you."
"Auntie say hello to her. But doesn't rolling on the bed literally means rolling on the bed?" She asked cautiously.
This time Auntie replied with seriousness. "Let's forget that little Mey. Next time, just don't listen to Sun Ju at all."
"Okay... What about the food?"
"Mmm... Let me think... It's your first time cooking for your in-laws... You have to impress them... What do you think, Xiao Qian? What should little Mey prepare?" She heard her voice probably talking to her sister-in-law for the suggestion. The other woman's voice was faint but it still felt pleasing to hear. It took about 5 minutes before deciding on the list of what to prepare.
Mother Ye didn't allow anyone to help her which left Xu Mey alone to make all the food by herself. Cooking for Ye Jie and his parents were both totally different things. Xu Mey said 'Fighting!' to herself and started out with the food.
Ye Jie was accompanying his parents in the back garden when he noticed that Ye Jun was not around. He came back inside to look for him and found him staring at the phone screen with eyes as wide as saucers.
"Jun! Why do you have my phone with you?" Ye Jun looked up at his brother in a daze.
"Bro, this..." Ye Jun turned the screen to show the video which he received last night. Ye Jie's face lost it's color before he briskly came and snatched his phone from Jun.
"Who told you to check my phone without my permission?" Ye Jie's voice was louder and evasive.
"Bro, we never had any secrets between us... And that video... It actually concerns our whole family." Ye Jun replied with a stern face which was rare for him.
"It doesn't concern anyone. She's my wife and it only concerns me." Ye Jie's voice was definite.
"Bro, but if what is in that video is true than sis-in-law-" Ye Jie interrupted him.
"The video only showed one side of the story. It doesn't even have audio. Because of that 'if' I almost lost my wife last night." Ye Jie ran his hand through his hair in frustration. "I won't be able to forgive myself for doubting her for just a second. Saying sorry for a lifetime is not enough. And you're asking me to believe in that video. She's with me. She's real. That video. I wasn't there. So, I won't judge my wife for that clip." His firmness and self-repentance startled Ye Jun.
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XiaoMeeHee
XiaoMeeHee There was one of you whose theory was close to Xu Mey's past yesterday. But then again, I gave a lot of hints in the chapter. It was easy to guess.
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I'm really in a mess right now...
Tomorrow is Sunday and I have to give extra chapters then Chinese New Year is also coming and then the promise of 10 chapters on 14 is also right around the corner.
Gosh, this author is tired.
Chapter 66: Xu Mey Is Home?
If Xu Mey had heard Ye Jie's words, she would have realized the meaning behind his 'I'm sorry!'.
An apology is also a weird thing. If you apologize, you feel like it was not enough and if you don't apologize, it keeps gnawing at your heart.
For Ye Jie, his doubt of a minute was enough to make him ashamed at himself for the rest of his life. Words and actions are not the only things you should be sorry about. Your thoughts also matter. Because those thoughts make you.
Ye Jun sat beside his frustrated elder brother and patted his shoulder. "Bro, what happened last night?" He was cautious with his words because of Ye Jie's earlier outburst. Ye Jie narrated everything honestly to Ye Jun making him feel guilty. Then he showed the photos of documents he received with that video. "Bro, this?" Ye Jun was flabbergasted reading the details in those documents. "She spent 4 years in that place?" His voice was extremely low as if talking to himself.
"4 years is a long time, Jun." Ye Jie started. "Even at this age, if I have to spend a day there, I'll lose my mind. She was barely a teenager and she had to spend 4 years in that place. Look at her calm and serene personality, even if it is a facade, she's still holding on. You and I can't even imagine what she went through." Ye Jun nodded, agreeing with his elder brother.
"What are you gonna do?" Ye Jun asked after a moment of silence.
"I'm gonna wait for her to open herself. Whatever courage I had to question her is shattered after last night. I've seen her warm side, her cheery side, and even her irritated side but last night, her petrified side is what I never want to see again." Ye Jie replied honestly as the memory of her trembling body came to his mind shaking him.
They were conversing when the doorbell caught there attention. Ye Jun headed to the door and opened it. A dignified man with his noble air was staring back Ye Jun. "Xu Mey is home?" He asked in his polite yet authoritative voice. Ye Jun nodded and Lin Shen walked inside without asking.
Ye Jun was about to close the door when he heard another voice, "Wait!" He saw a man in jeans and v-neck shirt with a leather jacket almost running up to the door. He was panting as he asked, "Xu Mey is home, right?" Ye Jun nodded again and just like Lin Shen, Wu Wang ran inside leaving a startled Ye Jun at the door.
He had only closed the door for a minute before the doorbell rang again. Ye Jun pulled open the door in frustration to yell but the men in front of him were exuding the air of danger making him swallow down his profanities. "Xu Mey?" He Jian only said the name not bothering to say further while Li Qiao stayed quiet. Ye Jun was gaping at that time while he nodded his head instinctively.
Even though the group of people had different auras but one thing was the same about them; they all saw Ye Jun as a doorkeeper. As both Li Qiao and He Jian made their way inside, there was a cold temperature inside the living room. Ye Jie was standing before Lin Shen and Wu Wang as a criminal stood before the judge.
"You!" Wu Wang walked up to Ye Jie while glaring at him. "You did something. Didn't you?" Ye Jie felt like digging a grave for himself to lie in. Oh, wait! Seems like Wu Wang was gonna dig a grave for him. Ye Jie gulped audibly.
"Wang! Stay back," Lin Shen placed his hand on Wu Wang's shoulder to hold him back. He looked at Ye Jie. "Where is Mey?" He asked with a faint smile plastered on his face. Oddly enough, the smile scared Ye Jie even more than Wu Wang's furious face.
"She's in the kitchen." He replied in a small voice. True to their nature, all of their faces showed black lines as they stared at him.
"You're trying to tell me, Mr. Ye Jie that my Xiao Mey was in the hospital last night and today you pushed her in the kitchen." He Jian was a man of few words and seeing him say so many words in one go made Ye Jie realize the dire situation he was in.
"I didn't ask her to," He really didn't want her to be in the kitchen but he really had no power before his mother. Ye Jie was not outspoken like Ye Jun who always challenged his mother's decisions. Ye Jie was the obedient one.
"And you want us to believe that?" Li Qiao asked with a solemn face.
"It was really not bro's fault." Ye Jun tried to speak up for his brother. "Mom suddenly came and asked sis-in-law to cook. And sis-in-law said she will. No one forced her."
"You don't have to force her. And that's the real problem here," Wu Wang snorted. "Where is the kitchen?" He asked Ye Jie.
"Over there," Ye Jie pointed towards the kitchen direction and all of them left Ye Jie and Ye Jun alone in the living room.
"They are scary..." Ye Jun commented looking at their back.
"Not scary... Just overprotective, " Ye Jie pursed his lips and asked Ye Jun to follow him back to the garden. Any minute later and his parents would have come inside.
Li Qiao, Wu Wang, Lin Shen, and He Jian stood looking at their precious Xu Mey wearing an apron, holding a ladle and stirring something in the pot. Even though to a normal person, she looked beautiful while cooking but they were her best friends who had the hawk-like eyes when it came to her.
All they saw was her blanched skin, scratches at her neck, cuts on her hand and the way she kept rubbing her right upper arm. All of their heart broke at that sight.
Even Ye Jie couldn't tell that her right upper arm was swollen. When Xu Liqing was holding her yesterday, the force was more than necessary making an ugly blue spot appear on her jade-white skin.
"Honey Mey!" Wu Wang called her softly making her look up. She was stunned.
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Our heart is very simple... It falls for just a bit of attention and love... But our mind very complicated... It keeps questioning... Even our own existence...
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