"Ah, Liqing! Come here." Fu Lan beckoned her daughter towards herself. "Take a seat here." She gave her own seat to Liqing which was in the middle of Xu Mey and Ye Jie. "Ye Jie, our Liqing is really like you. She loves to work. Today is Saturday and she was still working hard at the company."
"Mom!" Liqing pretended to be angry. "I can not be like Mr. Ye Jie. He's such an accomplished person. Although he's my role model I'm still far from him." Xu Liqing was in perfect sync with her mother.
They really took Ye Jie to be just a noble, polite and kind person. But every person has a side they don't want others to see. Ye Jie also had that side. He had already done his study on both Fu Lan and Xu Liqing. He was aware where Xu Liqing spent her time. Even today, he knew that she was out on a shopping spree with her socialite friends.
"That's a good thing." Ye Jie started. "But I heard Xu Liqing was rejected for the role in Director Yang's film." Ye Jie was putting her being kicked out of the crew nicely. It was a blunt taunt but both mother and daughter were too oblivious to that.
Fu Lan laughed waving her hand. "Oh no... It was just that Xu Liqing wanted to focus on the company work now. The entertainment industry is not for people from our circle."
Ye Jie nodded indicating that he understood. Inwardly he was sneering. 'She doesn't even know how to read balance sheets. How will she focus on your company?'
After the dinner, Ye Jie accompanied Xu Chen and Fu Lan to the living room for tea. Xu Mey was walking behind them. Xu Liqing intentionally stretched her leg to trip Xu Mey but as they say, 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.' Xu Mey swiftly avoided the mishap. But it just infuriated Xu Liqing even more.
She grabbed Xu Mey's arm with extra force. Xu Mey raised her brows as her eyes held disdain for her. "Don't be so happy, elder sister. You won't stay as Ye Jie's wife for long." Xu Liqing sneered.
Xu Mey didn't try to escape from her clutches. "Well my dear little sister, are you enjoying being a laughing stock? It must have been fun to be kicked out of Director Yang's movie at the last moment. Right?" Xu Liqing saw the smirk on Xu Mey's face that made her tremble.
'Did she do something? No no... She doesn't have the resources to do anything.' Xu Liqing immediately kicked the idea out of her mind.
"Don't try to be smart with me. If you were able to play a game with me at your wedding, it doesn't mean you can play it again. You're just a mouse whose tail is under my feet. I can crush you anytime." She glared with contempt in her eyes.
"Oh my dear sister, you're really naive. Have you heard about: 'What you do not want to be done to yourself, do not do to others.'" Xu Mey didn't lose her smirk. Instead, it was more prominent now.
Xu Liqing laughed menacingly. "You think you can put me exactly where I placed you years ago? That's your wishful thinking."
"There was a time, you made me look like a liar. Today, I'll make you a liar." As Xu Mey's smile broadened it scared Xu Liqing for some unknown reason.
In a second, the smile was gone. Xu Liqing felt like it was just her mind playing games with her. Xu Mey's whole demeanor took a 180 degrees turn. "Little sister, please don't take this from me." Xu Mey's eyes were watery while her face was completely red. She deliberately raised her voice. "This bracelet was a gift from my brother-in-law. I can't give it to you. I'll get you another one if you want." Xu Mey scratched her own neck while ruffling her hair making the low bun loosen up. "Liqing don't hit me. I'm still your elder sister."
Xu Liqing was in shock. It took her a while to come around. She tried to let go of her arm but Xu Mey held her hand at that place to make it look like it she was trying to escape from Liqing. In anger, Liqing lost control and raised her hand at Xu Mey. Xu Mey being the drama queen fell even though Liqing's hand barely grazed her cheek.
"What do you think you're doing?" The booming voice belonged to Ye Jie who came because of the noises. But seeing Xu Mey fall to the ground made him seethe in wrath. He bent down to help Xu Mey stand as her body was trembling terribly and her face was stained with tears. Blood-shot eyes, reddened face, streams of tears, all of this acted like oil to the fire.
He hid her in his embrace and looked at Xu Liqing with a fury gaze. "How dare you touch my wife?"
Fu Lan came around to soothe things out. "Ye Jie don't be angry. They are sisters and it sometimes happens between sisters." The whimpering body in his embrace made him lose all rationale.
"I don't care. She is my, Ye Jie's wife now. I won't give just anyone a chance to hurt her like this. Even if that person is her own sister." Ye Jie's voice was resolute that made a flash of light appear in Xu Cheng's eyes.
"There must be a misunderstanding here. Liqing, tell me what happened?" Fu Lan inquired in a gentle voice. But before Xu Liqing could speak, Xu Mey said.
"Little sister liked this bracelet of mine." Xu Mey showed the bracelet on her wrist to Ye Jie. Her voice was hoarse. "I told her it was Ye Jun who gave it as a present to me. But she insisted on taking it." Her pitiful eyes looked up at Ye Jie. "I couldn't give it to him. Ye Jun won't be happy and that will hurt your feelings as well." Xu Mey started crying at the end of the speech. Ye Jie rubbed his hand on her back to comfort her.
Xu Liqing was speechless. She didn't know how to refute. But when she opened her mouth to say something, Ye Jie spoke up. "I don't want anyone else' explanations. My wife's words are the truth for me." He glared at Liqing making her cower in fear. "You better remember who she is from now on. I won't be this polite next time." Ye Jie didn't listen to anything else and walked out of Xu Residence with Xu Mey. He didn't pay heed to Fu Lan's attempts to stop him.
Friendship for me can only be defined in one way. You are either there for your friend when the world doesn't want him or you shouldn't be there for him when the whole world wants him.
For the chapter, of course this was just had a dramatic performance by our Xu Mey. And no, she's not weak. She's just a player who gives you the wrong idea of his cards to play you instead of playing with you.
That's a bit confusing.
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The person Xu Mey venerated the most in this world, once adviced her. "Love the one who trusts you. Not the one who wants to trust you."
"Is there a difference, Sensei?" She asked back then.
"There is a huge difference, Mey Ai. The one who trusts you, won't ask for a reason and the one who wants to trust you, will always look for reasons."
From the time, Ye Jie helped her sit in the car, she's been pondering about his utterance. He just believed her. Why? Am I that good at theatrics? And why does he look so troubled? And where are we going?
Xu Mey sniffled. "Where are we going?"
Ye Jie didn't reply to her. But she got her answer in 10 minutes when the car parked in front of the hospital.
"Why are we here?" It was illogical to come to the hospital, right?
"You're hurt. We need to see a doctor." He replied with his hands clutching the steering wheel so tightly that it turned white.
"Hurt?" She furrowed her brows.
Ye Jie didn't look at her. "There is blood on your neck." He replied in a choked up voice. Xu Mey touched her neck and realized there was indeed blood. But it was dry already. "And your whole face is bright red." He continued hastily.
"Mr. Ye!" Xu Mey called out his name calmly in her soft voice but Ye Jie didn't stop.
"This is all my fault. I knew you didn't like Xu Liqing and Fu Lan. But I still took you there." Ye Jie was regretful.
"Mr. Ye Jie!" She called again. A little louder than before but it was like Ye Jie was in his own guilty conscience world.
"I'm not gonna let her be. I'm gonna ruin both-" Before he could finish his resolution, Xu Mey's angry voice startled him.
"Ye Jie!" He turned to look at her glaring at him. "I'm fine. She didn't hit me. I was acting." Ye Jie didn't seem to believe her words. His eyes fell on the blood on the side of her neck. Xu Mey noticing his gaze replied, "I scratched myself."
Ye Jie stayed quiet for a long while. Before the silence thickened, he asked, "Why?"
Understanding his question clearly Xu Mey replied, "I did it because of you." Ye Jie was flabbergasted. "If only Fu Lan and my father had been there, I wouldn't have done anything like that. it wouldn't matter. Because they will always take Liqing's side. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong. For them, Liqing is always right." Ye Jie was listening with the utmost attention. "I wanted to see what would you do in that situation. That's why I orchestrated the whole act."
Ye Jie's eyes were trained outside the windshield as he let those words sink in his mind. All of a sudden, he opened the door and walked out. Xu Mey saw him walking around the car and coming to open her side's door. He held her wrist and pulled her out making her crash into his broad chest.
Xu Mey's body stiffened. But his warm body and his peculiar scent calmed her nerves and she slowly relaxed in his embrace. When we are tired, we look for our safe haven. At that moment in his embrace, Xu Mey felt like coming back home. Like she found her safe haven. She could feel the way Ye Jie's tensed body relaxed when he hugged her. But she didn't know why he was so tensed?
Ye Jie placed his chin on her head as he stroked her hair slowly. "Give me a heads up next time." Xu Mey tilted her head to look at his anxious face. "Please, don't scare me like that again. Okay?" Seeing his agog gaze, Xu My nodded instinctively.
"You believed me? Just like that? Why? I thought you were a rational person. You should have seen through my act." When she asked these questions, she didn't know what answer she was expecting but the answer she received was something that never crossed her mind.
"Because you make me lose my rationality. When I saw you on the floor, I forgot that I was supposed to be a rational person." Ye Jie's tone was so tender that Xu Mey even forgot to breathe. Looking at her adorable face swelling up, Ye Jie went in another fit of anxiousness. "Why are you swelling up? And why is your face so bright red like a ripe tomato?"
Xu Mey touched her face and realized that it was indeed swelled up. "Is it really bad?"
"No... It's so adorable that I want to eat it." The hint of a smile on his face was combined with his coquettish tone. Xu Mey dry coughed to lose her embarrassment.
"You really are a smooth talker." Xu Mey commented under her breath but Ye Jie heard it.
"Thanks for the compliment dear wife but for now, just tell me why is your face like this?"
Xu Mey sighed animatedly. "Do you think my dear step-mother is so loving that she'll feed me with her own hands?" She scoffed. "She was aware that I'm allergic to pineapples. She intentionally fed me that pineapple cake."
After listening up to this point, Ye Jie held her wrist again and pulled her towards the hospital. "I have my allergy medicine at home. I don't need to go to the hospital." Xu Mey tried to reason with Ye Jie but it didn't work.
"Since we are already here. Let's just go in to see if anything else is wrong." Ye Jie had to drag Xu Mey inside the E.R.
Looking around Xu Mey grumbled. "We could have just gone to see a doctor. Isn't coming to E.R. for allergy a bit excessive."
"Stay quiet." Ye Jie turned to look at her sternly. Then he turned to the nurse who was asking, "What's the patient's name?"
"My dear wife!" When the nurse arched her brows, Ye Jie bit his own tongue as he realized his mistake. "Xu Mey... Her name is Xu Mey." He corrected himself.
"You are?" Before he could reply, the nurse answered her own question. "Obviously her husband."
While Ye Jie answered all the questions, Xu Mey was gazing at the back of Ye Jie's head intently. Trying to figure out the person standing before her. All she knew about him through her networks seemed like a lie all of sudden.
What are you Mr. Rain? Or should I ask, who are you?
Sorry for the delay.
I was a bit busy today.
So, our Ye Jie is sweet or what?
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Today's advice from the author:
It's difficult to open someone's heart. But it's quite easy to break that heart.
If you ever feel like breaking someone's heart, just remember; that person might have broken himself a million times just to be with you.
XoXo!