As per Xu Mey's request or order, Ye Jie gave her the passcode to his house and she brought the interior designers and other workers to work their magic. She needed to turn the vacant room into her office. To achieve the task, she always brought the workers when Ye Jie was in the office.
It was true that Xu Mey had an Arts degree but a very few people in her circle knew that she was a Jewellery Designer who owned a famous Jewellery brand in Asia. The company was not that bog but every single jewelry piece of it was recognized as precious. Also, the company had a rule; they only designed limited pieces which were sold at an enormous amount. She worked like a crazed person to achieve the goal of turning her jewelry into a Brand recognized by the world.
She turned 28 this year but she couldn't remember a single time when she actually went on a vacation. All her foreign tours were for the sake of her business. The only time she felt relaxed was whenever she was in the company of her friends. They made her feel secure. They brought the feeling of being loved and doted on. If anyone would ask Xu Mey, 'What is love?' Her answer would be 'Her best friends.'
In the following days, whenever Ye Jun came across her, he had a pleasant grin plastered on his face. He tried to please Xu Mey in every way possible but neither she showed interest in his diamond-encrusted bracelet from Vintage nor the limited designer dress of Phantom.
What the poor guy didn't know was that the bracelet he offered her was designed by herself, Vintage was her Brand name. While the limited dress he gave her was designed by Lin Shen's girlfriend, Sun Ju who was the owner of Phantom Brand.
It took a week of work but her office was finally ready according to her wishes. On the weekend, she dropped by at Ye Jie's place again to show him the office design. But another tenacious person followed suit, Ye Jun.
"Jun, you've been spending a lot of time at my place lately," Ye Jie told his brother when he saw him trailing behind Xu Mey.
"Why? Can't I come to my brother's place?" Ye Jun asked with a bleak look. Ye Jun came inside the house moved ahead to hug Xu Mey. "Sister-in-law! Look I baked a cake for you with my own hands, today." Seeing him getting closer to Xu Mey, Ye Jie came between the two and hugged his younger brother while patting his back with a little extra force.
Ye Jun rubbed his back after escaping from his brother's clutches and glared at him. Then his expression took a 180 degree turn when his gaze fell on Xu Mey. She was standing in a corner amused by the antics of the Ye brothers. Ye Jun stretched his hand which had a glass box with a chocolate cupcake inside towards her.
"Thanks for the cake." She took the cake from him with a polite smile and added, "Don't make this again, I don't like sweet things." Ye Jun's face fell but it turned into a grin after listening to her next words. "But I'll eat this one for sure." She took a small bite of the cupcake in front of him.
She realized in a week that people's perception of Ye Jun was completely wrong. He was not a rude or narcissistic person instead he was like a big baby. From no angle, he looked like an accomplished PR Departments Head.
"Let me show you the office," Xu Mey held Ye Jie and Ye Jun's wrist excitedly and dragged them towards the back room. Her excitement was understandable, no one ever said to her 'This is your place, do whatever you want' before. She was grateful to Ye Jie for giving her a place to call home for the first time. Whether it was permanent or temporary, she pushed that thought to the back of her head.
She opened the door to display the black and white decor of the office. There were racks filled with comic books and Magazines along with novels and a whole row was covered with books of Chinese poetry. There was a laptop placed on the table along with stacks of sheets and pencils of different kinds. But the thing that caught both brothers eyes was the huge picture hanging on a side wall.
It was a picture clicked on a mountaintop, Xu Mey was in the middle of four boys who were ruffling her hair like a kid and her face held the broadest smile, Ye Jie had ever seen. Looking at the way both of them were expressionless after seeing the picture, Xu Mey explained, "They are my closest best friends. Actually no, they are more like the love of my life." Listening to her saying, 'love of my life' both of the clenched their fists. "They are not in the city but I'll introduce you to them at the wedding."
Both brothers shared a look and silently made a pact to give them a hard time. Xu Mey was not aware of their evil schemes, if she knew, she would have kicked both of them where the sun doesn't shine.
Ye Jie's housekeeper had cooked the dinner and they sat together to share a meal. During the meal, Ye Jun asked, "Sister-in-law, who is planning the wedding?"
"Your parents and Xu family," She didn't call Xu family her own family but Ye Jun didn't catch that mishap but Ye Jie definitely did. She looked at her indifferent look but didn't say anything.
"But the wedding is yours. Why are you not deciding anything?" He was really curious about it. Usually, girls loved to plan their dream day but Xu Mey was talking as if the wedding was of a stranger. "Don't you have a dream wedding in mind?"
"I didn't even have the idea of a wedding in mind. Why would I have a dream wedding? If it was left to me, I would love to marry in Civils Affair Office and be done with it. I hate the idea of people looking at me like I'm some kind of showpiece." She was eating her food nonchalantly but Ye Jun was gaping at her. Ye Jie was getting familiar with her out-of-box ways which made it easier to take this information as any other news.
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Mother Ye along with Xu Mey's step-mother, Fu Lan was busy with all the planning of the wedding. From florists to food, from the wedding dress to the wedding hall everything was decided by her.
When she went for Ye Jie's opinion or asked him to contact Xu Mey, he simply replied, "She'd love whatever you choose and as for my opinion, I only have one request. Keep a short guest list." He asked to invite a few guests because of Xu Mey but Mother Ye didn't know that. She actually thought her son was still depressed over his breakup.
It wasn't like he forgot his ex-girlfriend but now most of his spare time was spent in thinking about Xu Mey. He wanted to solve the mystery she was. She was like a Pandora box, the more he opened, the more layers there were to peel off.
When the wedding dress arrived from the designer, Mother Ye sent it to Ye Jie's place first. Since Ye Jun wanted Xu Mey to try the dress, he called her to Ye Jie's place. There were only 4 days left for the wedding and everyone was pretty busy which gave a way to Xu Mey to escape from Xu Residence.
When she arrived, Ye Jun was not there yet but Ye Jie was busy on his laptop not knowing when or why his brother called Xu Mey. Xu Mey told him the reason for coming and he led her to the second bedroom upstairs where the wedding dress was.
It was a floor length long lace open sleeve dress with a mandarin collar style. The upper body was tight fitted like a qipao but from the waist down, there was trailing chiffon with a slit down one knee. All in all, it looked half like a qipao and half like a modern gown in red color. It hugged her slim body like an outer skin.
She looked at herself in the floor length mirror and couldn't recognize her own reflection. The girl in the mirror was beautiful but Xu Mey never took herself as a beautiful person. 'A Fairy with A Devil's Heart' That's what she always called herself.
She walked outside the room and descended the stairs to find Ye Jie. The moment Ye Jie's eyes caught sight of her figure clad in the red wedding gown, he was stunned to his place. He even forgot to blink for a moment.
"Sister-in-law, I hate your sister. She's getting on my nerve-" Ye Jun wanted to say further but just like his brother, he lost the words at her sight. And he could only utter, "Wow..."
Under their gazes, Xu Mey felt awkward. She started fidgeting and ran back to the room to change back to her clothes. She wasn't a shy person but she didn't like it when people look at her for a long time. When she came back down, Ye Jie and Ye Jun were discussing something in a serious tone.
When they turned to saw her coming, Ye Jun announced, "Sister-in-law, brother and I decided that we're getting you a veil with that dress."
"Yes, I'm not letting you up on that stage without the veil." Ye Jie stated with a stern look.
Xu Mey gaped at both of them for a while before asking, "Who wears a veil in this era?"
"We don't care. You're wearing it. That's final." Both brothers replied simultaneously making her roll her eyes at them. She had to grumble a 'fine' at the end. Her answer elated both of them.
"Oh, what were you saying before the veil-drama?" Xu Mey asked Ye Jun remembering his words before he went into a stupor.
His expression changed instantly as he said, "I was saying that I don't like your sister at all. She was sitting with mom at home and she was trying to curry favor with her. It seemed like she wants to take your place and become my sister-in-law and I'm telling you, I won't let that happen." His wrathful expression made her chuckle a little.
"Let's be best friends from now on, Jun." Her words made Ye Jun look at her stupefied. "Enemy of my enemy is obviously my friend. I don't like her as well." She came closer to him to say it in a low murmur like telling a secret. "Let's shake on our newly found friendship." She stretched her hand towards him to take.
"Let's not shake on it." He pulled her in a bear hug and said, "Let's hug on it."
Ye Jie dragged him away from Xu Mey from his collar and said, "Let's not hug my wife again, little brother." Ye Jun grumbled 'mean brother' under his breath but Ye Jie heard it.
Ye Jun was busy teasing Ye Jie who was giving him a stoic look when they heard a gentle voice talking to herself. "When did that drama queen came back? Didn't she run away from home 3 months ago? Why is she back now?" She tapped her chip in a thoughtful manner and suddenly widened her eyes as if realized something. "Oh, so your mother managed to contact you and told you that now Ye Jie is the groom. So, you decided to come and please everyone by showing your graceful and polite upbringing. Huh, Shameful. Like mother, like daughter." She snorted and saw the brothers looking at her weirdly.
"I said that out loud right?" Both of them nodded. She folded her fingers to knock on her head and said, "Let's pretend like I said nothing, okay?" She made an okay sign with her hand and both of them followed her actions.
"But you need to tell me about the running away part. We were told that she fell in love with another person and that's why the bride was being swapped." Ye Jie was the first to indulge himself in details.
Xu Mey snorted again. "Fell in love?" She laughed in a mocking way. "Who will love that scheming witch? She ran away because the one to marry from the Ye family was Jun and not Jie. After all, for her like everybody else, Jie is a lot better choice."
Both brothers didn't pay attention to the content of her explanation, they were busy thinking about the way she called them by their names affectionately. 'Let's see how you take Jie from me, Xu Liqing.' Xu Mey thought and a cold smirk spread on her delicate features.
Watching out for a scheming sister is not an easy task. *sigh*
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