On the other hand, Xu Mey ran straight to the bedroom. Took her cellphone and ran into the bathroom, locked the door and leaned against it. She slid against the door and sat on the ground. Controlling her breathing was getting tougher by the minute.
She connected the call with her friends and waited for them to pick up. Xu Mey was right about her friends, they were the fitness freaks. Even at the moment, all of them were in the gym when they received her call. Lin Shen was the first one to receive her call, "Hey Baby Mey! So early in the morning?" By the time he asked the question, the call was connected with all others.
Even after a minute, they didn't hear Xu Mey's voice making them anxious.
"Xiao Mey, what's wrong?" He Jian asked clearly bothered with her silence.
He also received silence in reply.
"Mey-Mey, you're scaring us. Everything is alright, right?" Li Qiao picked up his keys, ready to drive to her place.
Even Li Qiao wasn't able to break her silence.
"Mey honey did that Ye Jie did something? Did he hurt you? I'm booking my flight right now. Don't worry, I'll be there soon. How dare he upset my sister?" Wu Wang was on the verge of exploding. In his mind, he completely blamed Ye Jie.
But his words actually managed to shatter the silence as they heard her low breathy voice. "He didn't hurt me. But his words made me really confused and I embarrassed myself because of my stupid bluntness." She was still trying to catch her breath but all of them could discern her flushed state.
"Baby Mey, there is no hurry. We all have time for you. Take your time and explain in detail." Lin Shen encouraged her like talking to a small kid. Naturally, others voiced their agreement.
Xu Mey recounted the events from last night till the moment of her extreme embarrassment. Sensible Li Qiao, Placid Lin Shen, and mysterious He Jian stayed quiet. But Wu Wang being the hot-tempered one exploded. "How dare he called my Mey, foolish?"
"Hold your aggressive behavior, Wang." Li Qiao said.
Lin Shen: "Don't forget, he also called her clever."
He Jian: "It doesn't matter what he thinks. What matters is what you think about his proposal, Xiao Mey. He seems sincere from his words."
Even though He Jian usually treasured his words but he was quite generous when it came to Xu Mey.
"But can I trust him, Bro?" That was the real thing bothering her.
"Who asked you to trust him? You just need to try sharing." Li Qiao added his thought.
"Consider him a friend and just share as much as you want him to know for now." Lin Shen also agreed with their thought.
Wu Wang was very wary of Ye Jie. But he couldn't deny the fact that Ye Jie was a good person. He wasn't worried about Ye Jie's past relationship. He was concerned about whether Ye Jie can take care of Xu Mey. He was very protective of her.
"Share what's in your heart and stop thinking with your mind." Wu Wang couldn't stop the words from flowing out.
Xu Mey smiled. Their voices were enough to calm her frenzy heart and mind.
There are things easy to forget in life and there are some that don't get out your mind. For instance, Our Xu Mey forgot her embarrassment but Ye Jie's honest words couldn't get out of her mind. For Ye Jie, he wasn't paying attention to the earlier conversation, his mind was stuck on her Xu Mey's last comment on his abs.
He was glad that in his sullen, heartbroken period of six months, he listened to his friend and focused on his own body. Exercising is not only good for health, but it's also good for heartbreak. After all, it takes your mind off of useless contemplation as it eases your mind.
Ye Jie always had a notion in mind that youngsters like to show off their bodies with those abs. And he never thought about hitting the gym just for the purpose of muscular body. He always had a fit body and he was satisfied with it.
But...
Now...
I guess I'm gonna keep this toned body. Remembering her words, "Your abs are all mine to look at." he thought, 'After all, they're not just mine anymore.' He was grinning like an idiot completely unaware of his surroundings.
But there was something that both Xu Mey and Ye Jie forgot completely. First thing was the healthy breakfast that Ye Jie spent hours on and second was our pitiful second young master Ye. Even being in the same space, Ye Jie was treating Ye Jun like thin air. In his dreamland, Ye Jie didn't even notice the arrival of the maid. He ascended the stairs with the same idiotic smile on his face.
His smile shocked the young maid so much that she almost lost her footing.
When Ye Jun was being ignored, he was grumpy until his gaze fell on the healthy food made with love. Even though the love was not for him. But who cares? He will just pretend like it was for him.
He instantly ran to brush his teeth and came back to the dining table. He was rubbing his hands with an invisible drool flowing down his mouth. "My love, my delicious food. You and I both are treated as thin air by those heartless people. But you don't worry at all, this young master is one of your admirers and I'll definitely give you justice by eating you with adulation."
But Ye Jun also forgot a simple detail or rather chose to ignore it. That was; the breakfast was made by Ye Jie and that too for his dear wife, Xu Mey.
Ye Jun: Ms. Author are you planning on turning me into thin air? *being sulky*
Author: I wasn't planning on it. *looking guilty*
Ye Jun: I won't go away that easily Ms. Author. After all, we lightbulbs have a specialty; We are very persistent. *being cheeky*
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Ye Jun is just like me. People ignoring me? Who cares? As long as there is my favorite food to accompany me.
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Until next time!!!
There is an ancient saying, 'If heaven made him, Earth can find some use for him.'
And our Ye Jun believes that as the Heaven bestowed him as the youngest one in the family, the notable usage that the Earth actuate for him is to annoy his elder brother as much as he can.
By the time, Xu Mey came downstairs, Ye Jun had already eaten most of the food. There was barely anything left on the table. She was dressed in her usual jeans and a turtleneck shirt. She watched as Ye Jun was immersed in devouring the food.
She wasn't paying much attention before but now that she noticed Ye Jun, she realized something was odd about him. His nose was bright red and he was sniffling after a period of time. He placed his chopsticks on the table and rubbed his neck and stretching his stiff muscles. After that, he again picked up his chopsticks to eat. Even though it was early spring but there was still a chill in the air but Ye Jun was barely wearing anything.
She walked up to his eating figure and placed her hand on his forehead intending to take his temperature. Ye Jun feeling her cold hands raised his head to look at her. She was deep in thought. "You have a fever, Jun." Ye Jun quirked his brows and placed his own hand over the forehead where Xu Mey's hand had been a moment ago. "Why are you wearing so little?"
Xu Mey ran up the stairs and brought him thick clothes to wear. "Hurry up and change into these clothes." She ordered him as she pulled him away from the food and pushed him up the stairs. She asked the maid to bring the medicine box. And she herself walked into the now clean kitchen to make some Ginger tea for him.
She brought the ginger tea and medicine to the guest room upstairs. Ye Jun was walking out of the room at that time when he heard her distressed voice. "Go back inside." Ye Jun frowned in confusion. "You're not allowed to leave the bedroom today."
She pulled him back inside the room and made him recline on the bed. Ye Jun was awfully quiet. He was constantly staring at her face with a weird glint in his eyes. Xu Mey gave him two tablets for fever and painkillers to ease his muscles. She also made him drink the ginger tea right in front of her. He obediently listened to her.
"Don't move. Rest for the day otherwise your fever can get worse." Ye Jun nodded his head with a faint smile.
Satisfied with his response, Xu Mey turned to leave when she saw Ye Jie leaning against the door frame. When Ye Jie saw her taking care of Ye Jun he felt really good. She gave the vibes of a caring mother which was amusing to Ye Jie.
Xu Mey cleared her throat inconspicuously, lowered her head and took a step ahead intending to walk past him. But Ye Jie had other ideas in mind.
He stood in her way not letting her leave. Xu Mey didn't look up instead moved to the other side but Ye Jie did the same thing again. He was being childish. Xu Mey raised her head to glare at him but the moment her eyes fell on his clean face and that killer jawline, she raised her head further up avoiding his eyes.
Ye Jie frowned when she avoided looking at him. And just like that his competitive side took over. Taking advantage of his tall height, he tried to make her look at him. Xu Mey, in turn, lowered her head. Ye Jie bent down making his face appear in front of her eyes.
Thinking about how to deal with this childish husband, Xu Mey turned her body 180 degrees. Ye Jie left the door and walked in front of her again giving a way to Xu Mey. She took advantage of the situation and ran faster than Usain Bolt to escape.
"That was really immature of you, bro." Ye Jun who watched their antics commented trying to take control of his laughter.
Ye Jie's amused expression turned cold when he looked at his younger brother. Ye Jun could see the killing intent visible in his eyes. The room turned so cold that Ye Jun felt like he was gonna become a popsicle.
Ye Jie took one slow step at a time as he headed towards Ye Jun's bedside. But that each step was like a call from Hell for Ye Jun. He was cowering his body to shrink saying, "Bro, I'm really sick."
Ye Jie inclined his upper body towards Ye Jun's face and held his chin between his fingers. "Dear little brother, do you know what you did wrong?" Ye Jie's voice was so low that only Ye Jun could feel the chill in his words.
Ye Jun gulped visibly as his Adam's apple bobbed up and down. "I, I, I do."
"I can forget about the part where you interrupted our conversation by being the third wheel." Ye Jun heaved a sigh of relief but his next words made the air stuck in his throat making him choke on air. "But I can't possibly forget that you ate the food I made just for her. Also, you made her take care of you."
"I, I, I really didn't ask to do anything. Sis-in-law is just too sharp. But you should be glad about it. It shows that she cares about the people that are related to you. I mean she cared for me because I'm your brother. Otherwise, do you think she's the kind of person to care for just anyone?" Ye Jun was half trying to escape with his words and half of him actually believed in his own logic.
But this reasoning seemed to hit the bull's eye. Ye Jie's cold temperature dropped a bit but not completely. He kept his inclined position while deep in thought.
He abruptly raised his hand making Ye Jun close his eyes in fear of being hit. But Ye Jie just picked the pillow next to him and hit his brother repeatedly.
"You schemer! Next time, don't you dare come to my place like a thief." After smothering his younger brother with a pillow, Ye Jie turned to leave.
He stopped right before stepping out of the room as he heard Ye Jun saying, "I never took you for a jealous type, bro."
Ye Jie didn't turn around to look at his brother's beguiled look. "Neither did I." His voice was low but Ye Jun managed to hear it.
'Jealousy is a lack of self-confidence.' Ye Jie might not be sure about other things but he was always self-confident. He was charming, handsome, successful and most importantly a good person. So he never felt the need to be jealous of anything in life.
But just a single Xu Mey's presence was enough to shake his composure. The first time when she mentioned her best friends as the love of her life, he felt weird. The feeling was so foreign that he didn't realize what it was. But today, the feeling was very obvious. And when Ye Jun specified the word 'Jealous', he realized that's exactly what he was feeling.
He was jealous of his younger brother. That too for the first time in his life. He was not even jealous when his mother always preferred Ye Jun over him. But now he was feeling wretched.
There is a saying, "He that is jealous is not in love."
I personally don't agree with this.
When the love is in the initial stage, there is always jealousy. Because you are not sure about yourself. You might find the other person so perfect that it scares you. The idea of that perfect person finding you a lacking one is what's scary.
But that's just me.
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