章 12: Never Lived To Tell The Tale
Getting familiar with Ye Jie was really easy for Xu Mey. They both shared a common thing; their passion for their work. Ye Jie didn't like someone bothering him while he was working and same was the case with Xu Mey.
In the past month, they didn't meet every day rather they met over the weekends and that too for a reason. Without any reason, both didn't bother the other person. Just like Ye Jie was getting familiar with Xu Mey's surprising nature and moods. Xu Mey figured him out like the back of her hand.
Meeting Ye Jun at first made Xu Mey really annoyed and furious because of what she read in the report of how he talked about her at home. But knowing him, she realized he was 'following the public opinion' kind of person. He didn't like probing to know the truth. He really was like a big baby who loved it when someone appreciated him or talked to him nicely.
After deciding the design of the veil, Ye Jie called for take-out food. The food arrived in 15 minutes. Ye Jie ordered some sour and spicy chicken with rice for himself and Ye Jun while Xu Mey got spicy noodles with soup. She took a whiff of her noodles and almost drooled. She was appreciating the Picante aroma of noodles while both brothers were exchanging a meaningful look when they heard a voice, "Xiao Jie, have you seen the dress?"
"Sister-in-law, hide," Ye Jun said over his shoulder as he walked briskly towards the door to stop his mother from entering.
Xu Mey hid behind the couch when Mother Ye walked in. Seeing the take-out food on the table, she got really angry, "You boys, I told you to eat healthy food but you have to eat this oily take-outs. Are you both trying to kill your mother from worry?" Both Ye brothers held their mother's arm and shook their heads.
"Oh, look at this spicy noodles." She picked up the bowl of noodles while Xu Mey could only see with a cry-baby face as she threw it in the trash can. Xu Mey had the urge to scream at that scene. There were only two things she loved; alcohol and spicy food. Whoever messed with these two things never lived to tell the tale. Metaphorically, of course.
"Mother will send some delicious food for my big boys." She affectionately patted both of their faces. "I just remembered, Xiao Jie, do you like the wedding attires?" She was eager to know about his thoughts.
"I loved it, mother. As expected of my mother's selection, they look amazing." Ye Jie gave a side hug to his mother as he pecked her cheek with love.
"But Xiao Jie, these are not the dresses that mother decided." Ye Jie gave her puzzled look. "When I went to pick the dresses, some idiot assistant dropped an iced coffee on them. There was a kind young lady who offered to exchange them with these dresses. I wasn't taking it but she insisted that I should take it as compensation." Ye Jie unconsciously looked at the couch where Xu Mey was hiding. He had an itching feeling that she had something to do with the dress fiasco.
"It's okay, mom. I loved these dresses as well." Ye Jie replied respectfully.
Mother Ye looked at him with a tender look in her eyes. A stranger could tell from the way she looked at him, how much she doted on him. She gave a hug to both her sons and said, "Send the bride's dress to Ye Residence and I'll just send some food for you both in a second." With that Mother Ye walked out of her son's house.
Actually, Ye Residence and Ye manor, Ye Jie's house were not that far apart. There were only a couple of manors between them.
"Brother, you're getting married. You should change the passcode. Everybody knows your passcode. Only give me the new passcode, okay?" Ye Jun suggested and Ye Jie slapped the back of his head playfully.
Mother Ye sent the food almost instantly to Ye manor where both brothers were arguing and in their argument, they forgot about a certain someone who was still sitting behind the couch. Seeing the food, they remembered her existence in the room and came around the couch to see her.
There she was sitting in a knee position on her heels with her gaze glued to the trash can that contained her spicy-spicy noodles and that hot-hot soup. Her lips were trembling like she was going to cry any minute. Ye Jie's lips twitched at the sight of her. He tried really hard to control himself. But she looked so adorable that he couldn't control it any longer.
"Sister-in-law, are you going to cry?" Ye Jun asked in between his laughing fit. He always felt light in the presence of Xu Mey. She was honest and very straightforward. He loved that about her.
She tilted her head a bit, he crouched down beside her. "Why will I cry? The number of times, I cried in my life can be counted on one hand while the number of times, I made others cry... Hehehe... You can't tell." Her creepy laugh scared Ye Jun's, poor heart.
"This is not fair. I really wanted to eat that," She was sulking but Ye Jie was smiling.
He gave her his hand as he said, "Come get up from the cold floor first." Xu Mey took his hand without any argument. He pulled her straight to his chest and buried her in his embrace. That scent of cinnamon wafted into her nostrils making her feel dizzy. In her dizziness, she heard his husky voice near her ear as he said in a low murmur, "I'll get you the spiciest noodle when you move in, okay?" She nodded in his embrace without looking at his expression. Ye Jie kissed her hair before letting her go.
Upon seeing their PDA, Ye Jun was left with a lonely feeling in his heart.
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章 13: Cold Without His Body Warmth
The night before the wedding, Xu Mey's friends called her out for a bachelorette party. They didn't invite the outsiders, just the four friends were there. Lin Shen's fiance, Sun Ju also tagged along. And Wu Wang's sister Wu Xia who brought her husband Ming Qu managed to find her way in. This chain reaction ended up with Ming Qu calling Ye Jie and Ye Jie brought Ye Jun with him.
The illusion nightclub was only hosting these few special guests, tonight. The extravagant three-layered nightclub was closed for business just for the sake of celebrating a bachelor party.
When Xu Mey saw Ye Jie and Ye Jun entering the club, she was stunned. She didn't expect them to appear here in her friends' group.
Ye Jie was clad in a simple black attire but still, he was flamboyant. While Ye Jun was dressed up for a party with his peculiar fashion sense.
Li Qiao was hugging Xu Mey when Ye Jie saw her and it made a surge of anger boil up inside him. Ye Jun held his clenched fists in his hands to ease him up.
As they say, even when there is no love, no one likes to share what belongs to them.
She went to greet both of them and dragged them towards her friends. "Boys, this is my future husband Ye Jie and this is his brother, Ye Jun." She introduced both of them as they said 'Hi!' in a stiff manner. "And these are the love of life. They are stupid, shameless and a hell lot of crazy but I still love them a lot." Xu Mey didn't see the way Ye Jie stiffened at her affection towards them but the four boys had sharp eyes. They seemed amused by seeing his possessive bearing.
"Mey baby, let's have a drinking competition." Li Qiao suggested.
"No, let's dance guys." Wu Wang offered.
"Our baby girl is getting married and you want to dance over that fact. Aren't you a bit sad?" Lin Shen made a wiping fake-tears gesture.
"You'll be missed, Mey," He Jian also mimicked Lin Shen's actions with adding his own touch by blowing a nose as well.
Xu Mey rolled her eyes at her idiot friends and pinched all of them one by one making them wince in pain. They all glared at her. "I'm getting married. Not Dying that you guys are acting like this."
"Hahaha!" They all laughed heartily looking at the scowl on her face. "We know our little pumpkin but we just can't believe our little baby has grown so much that she's getting married." Everyone nodded in agreement with Lin Shen's words.
"What? Do you guys want me to cry now?"
"Who dares to make you cry?" Li Qiao started.
"We'll break his legs." Wu Wang followed behind.
"Then we'll cut him into tiny-tiny pieces." Lin Shen was not far behind. The doctor was acting like a butcher.
"Finally, we'll make his broth." He Jian said.
"And serve it to you on a silver platter." Four of them said simultaneously making her laugh out loud. All of them buried her in their bear hug.
The way they treated Xu Mey, it made Ye Jie realize what she actually was for them. She was not just a friend or a lover, she was beyond that. They had a relation which Ye Jie couldn't challenge even if he wanted to. And he understood why she only laughed from her heart around them; they made her feel loved and a part of them.
After their banter and hugs, they took everyone to the dance floor. The only person who was not familiar with Xu Mey was Ming Qu but he was also happy for his best friend. Ming Qu never really liked Lu Yuhan for his best friend. He always said that she was not the person for him.
Ye Jie pulled Xu Mey towards himself and placed one hand on her waist while intertwining the other with hers. Her other hand was on his shoulder. They swayed their bodies to sound of music as Ye Jie pulled Xu Mey even closer to himself leaving no space for even air to pass. "Your friends are very close to you," He said in his husky voice near her ear making it tingle.
"'Love the house and its crow. (Love me, love my dog)' So, you have to bear with them." Her breathing was harsh as she licked her lips repeatedly. Ye Jie's eyes followed the way her lips licked making a cold shiver run up her spine.
"I have one for you as well, 'Radishes and greens, each has those who love them. (One man's meat is another man's poison)'" With that, he let go of her body. Xu Mey felt cold without his body warmth. She walked to the bar and drank a shot before gaining her senses.
"What do you guys think about him?" Wu Wang and others had their gazes fixed on Ye Jie from the moment he walked in. They saw the way he looked at her, talked to her and even the way he held her.
"He will either be the poison that could cure the poison in her." Lin Shen started staring at the dance floor.
"Or he will be the poison that kills her." Li Qiao finished his thought as he took a swig of his drink.
"Whichever it'll be, we'll be here to stand by her side." He Jian added his thought while gazing dotingly at Xu Mey who was conversing with Wu Xia.
Ye Jun was trying to remember the girl beside Lin Shen from the minute he saw her. He had a feeling that she looked familiar. He searched through his phone and finally found it. And in his enthusiasm, he bellowed, "Aha! Found it."
Everyone passed him a weird look which made him want to shrink to the size of unnoticeable dust. "What did you find, Jun?" Xu Mey asked as she placed her hand over his shoulder.
"Sister-in-law, I was trying to figure out where have I seen her," He pointed at Sun Ju making her raise her brows. "Now, I figured it out. She's the famous designer that goes by the name of Phantom."
"Oh, that's it," Xu Mey patted his shoulder as she said, "Took you long enough." Ye Jun felt he had made a fool of himself in front of everyone, so he sat down silently on his seat.
Ye Jie walked up to them and asked, "She's the one who designed the wedding dresses of ours?" He wasn't really asking but Xu Mey and Sun Ju nodded in reply.
"Ju-Ju asked about the wedding dresses and I told her that my mother-in-law is taking care of it. So, she did that fiasco but I really didn't know it until your mother mentioned the part of iced coffee ruining the dress." Xu Mey explained in a plain unhurried gentle way.
"How exactly did you link coffee with her? Anybody could do that," His suspicion was realistic. Dropping a coffee is a common thing. It happens all the time. But all the friends shared a meaningful look and eventually burst into laughing.
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