Xu Mey's past made her a selfish person. She never thought of herself to be selfless. Other than a few people in her life, nobody gave her a reason to be selfless. Mother Ye was like her in this aspect. Mother Ye was selfish when it came to her family. But unlike Xu Mey, Mother Ye made her selfishness to turn into a storm inside of her. And now that exact storm was destroying her own inner peace.
With a filial, obedient, and most importantly, astute son like Ye Jie, one could hardly not want to be selfish. But it doesn't explain the fact that why doesn't she want to see her own son happy?
Xu Mey shook her head to get rid of all these thoughts. 'It's all Sensei's fault!' She groaned and looked at the long forgotten laptop in her lap. There were plenty of emails waiting to be read but a particular one caught her attention.
It was from the CEO of Glow Gemstones- It was gemstones dealing company with mines in different countries. The company was not old but it had a very strong footing in the business world. Xu Mey's Vintage Gems started their collaboration about a year ago. Although Xu Mey stopped involving herself with the gem collection department she knew about Glow Gemstones.
The title of the mail was: 'Jade Stones deal plan for CoCo Jewels'
She squinted her eyes and clicked on the email. It read:
'President Xu,
I've heard about how Jade Stones snatched the CoCo Jewels deal from Vintage. And I know the way, they did it. I've attached their collaboration plan. You should take a look and devise a suitable counterattack. I believe in President Xu's capabilities. The only thing I ask of you is to make sure that Jade Stones loses its credibility. If you need me for anything, please feel free to contact.
Jacob, CEO of Glow Gemstones.'
"Interesting... Very Interesting..." Xu Mey commented with a beguiled smile gracing her beautiful cherry lips.
Having friends in the business world was quite hard but having enemies was too easy. Like sometimes, your mere existence makes you the subject of dislike. We might find friends after looking through the whole city but we'll find at least one enemy at every other corner.
For Xu Mey, it was not surprising that someone wanted to help her in crushing the Jade Stones but she was more curious about what did Fu Lan or Xu Liqing did to offend Glow Gemstones. In just 5 years, this company controlled most of the gemstone market in the entire country. Offending them was like suicide for a jewellery designing company like Jade Stones.
Because every jewellery needs precious gems or stones and Glow Gemstones already held control over that. In the future, if Jade Stones wanted gems, they'll have to look for overseas companies. And that will need extra resources and money. Suddenly Jade Stones seemed very pitiful to Xu Mey and she couldn't help but click her tongue at their future miserable state.
But Xu Mey didn't need Glow Gemstones help in making Jade Stones miserable at all. She had done her homework very well. But to reject someone's kindness was not a good gesture. So she wrote a reply to that email.
'Mr. Jacob,
I've received your email which is rather interesting. Although I'm delighted to know that you're trying to help Vintage. But I don't need their collaboration plan to destroy them. First, I don't like underhanded deals and second, because Jade Stones destruction is my responsibility. I can only assure you that by the end of the next week, Jade Stones shares will be in the ditch.
I'll make sure of that.
President Xu of Vintage Gems'
She sent the email and shut the laptop. Ye Jie came back to the room and saw her putting the laptop on the side table. "Didn't I tell you to rest?"
Xu Mey looked at him and scratched the back of her head sheepishly. "I had some work." She replied in an uncertain way.
Ye Jie sighed and headed to his side of the bed. "Are you scared?" He asked while laying down.
Remembering how she had her head buried in his chest in the morning, a blush tinted her ear red. "Nope... I'm fine." She replied hastily.
Ye Jie saw her embarrassed state with delightful expression. He snaked his arm around her waist pulling her to his own body saying, "We shouldn't take any risk."
Xu Mey was again buried in his chest as his heartbeat felt like soothing music to her. Easing her body and taking away the pain she felt in her muscles. Her weariness took over and she fell asleep instantly.
"I really don't know what's wrong with mom so suddenly. But don't worry, I'll make her like you at all cost and if I can't, then I'll make sure to stand by your side." Ye Jue spoke softly unbeknownst to the fact that she was already asleep. When he felt her steady breathing, he looked down at her face pressed against his heart and couldn't help but smile. "Good night, my dear wife!" He kissed the top of her head and hugged her even closer to his body before closing his eyes.
The next morning, as usual, both of them had small interactions during the breakfast which was prepared by the maid. Ye Jie asked Qu NaNa to stay back last night because he didn't want Xu Mey to do any work at all. But he knew, she was not going to avoid her office work just like him.
The unusual thing was the parcel that came early in the morning for Xu Mey. Ye Jie received the parcel from a young man who looked very familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered, the young man came to his wedding with a gift for Xu Mey and today he had a parcel for her.
"Sir, pass this on to Ms. Xu, " He said politely extending his hands to pass the parcel to Ye Jie. Ye Jie took the parcel and said,
"I will."
After he closed the door, he looked at the parcel which was actually a wooden box with an intricate design of turtle doves on the cover. The design was so beautifully carved that Ye Jie had the urge to know which artist designed it.
As Xu Mey came to the living room, she saw Ye Jie looking closely at the box in his hand. Noticing her presence, he said, "This came for you." He passed her the box.
She held it with a curious expression but seeing the turtle doves at the top, a beautiful smile bloomed on her face. She instantly opened the box. She didn't hide the content from Ye Jie.
There were pouches filled with herbs neatly placed inside and a small note was underneath. Xu Mey pulled it out and read it,
"Boil the herbs and drink them before sleeping. It'll calm your senses and help you with sleeping.
Although I don't care about what your mother-in-law is like, I do care about you. Stop trying to impress others. And stop saying you turned your heart into a metal.
Even the hearts made of metal have to burn in the presence of fire inside of us. And the fire of revenge you have will only burn you.
So, instead of burning yourself, try sharing with your husband. Let me tell you, HE IS A KEEPER!!!"
There was no one the note was addressed to and even the sender's name was not written. But how could Xu Mey not know the unique style of her Sensei? But what surprised her was the last sentence. It was very rare for her Sensei to say something nice for anybody. That person only knew how to find faults. But today, the compliment was for Ye Jie, her own husband. She really had no idea what her Sensei was thinking while writing this note.
We all have passion that we love. But that passion is often forgotten cause of the people around us. When a single person say, you're not worthy of pursuing your passion, we get disheartened and with that one comment comes a million questions of self-doubt
But when we cross that stage of self-doubt that's when no one can take us down
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I need a small help from you guys. I wanted to change the synopsis of my story and apparently, I'm worst at it. If anyone of you can write it, I'll be thankful.
Xu Mey learned to act like a trusting person. But in reality, she didn't trust at all. The person she trusted the most was also the one who taught her that trust was a luxury not everyone could afford. That person was her Sensei- who brought her back to life and gave her a new dream in life to live.
Her trust for her Sensei was so deep that just with his one sentence, 'He is a keeper!' She decided to trust Ye Jie. She didn't want to go all in this relationship but she didn't want to get all out as well. Therefore, she decided to find a middle ground in this relationship.
When she was walking towards her motorbike, she stopped. Turned around and headed to Ye Jie's Audi which he was about to drive out. She bent a little, knocked at his window and when the glass rolled down, she asked, "Do you mind giving me a ride?"
Ye Jie kept staring back at her without blinking. This was one of the rare times when she spoke first. He opened his mouth but nothing came out. He cleared his throat and tried again. "Yeah sure... Get in."
Xu Mey smiled faintly and walked around the car to sit at the passenger seat. "Where to?" He asked.
"Just drive. I'll tell you the directions." She replied and Ye Jie stepped on the accelerator.
There was silence in the car and Ye Jie kept stealing glances at her face from his peripheral vision to discern her frame of mind. After much bickering with himself, he tested the water. "Those herbs that you received..." He dragged his sentence, not daring to complete it.
Xu Mey tilted her head towards him. "Oh, those... They are to help me get better sleep." She replied languidly.
Ye Jie nodded. "Who?" He again didn't complete the question.
She gazed at the side of his face for a while. "They are from the person who said you are a keeper." Her blunt reply stunned Ye Jie to the extent that he ended up stepping on the brakes. Fortunately, they were not yet on the highway otherwise you could imagine the consequences.
After looking at her face trying to see whether she was telling the truth or not, he coughed a little. "Sorry about this." Xu Mey waved it off like it was no big deal. And it was really not a big deal, no one got injured or anything.
"Okay, you can stop the car right there," She pointed towards the building and Ye Jie's eyes widened.
He parked the car and asked, "You work at Vintage Gems?"
Xu Mey was unbuckling her seatbelt when she said, "Isn't it a dream of every jewelry designer to work at Vintage these days?" She looked at him with raised brows. When she received no reply from Ye Jie she said, "Fine... It's not to that extent... Yet... But its still a good place to work." Indirectly, she was trying to make Ye Jie talk about his opinion of Vintage but he didn't make a comment.
"Should I come to pick you up?" He asked looking expectantly at her.
She pursed her lips, thought for a minute and said, "Sure, just come by at around 6:30."
"Got it!" He did a salute with two fingers making her roll her eyes at him placed her hand over her mouth to hide her smile. She was about to turn when she heard his voice, "Wait!" She turned to see him getting off of the car and walking up to her. He gave her a light hug and kissed the top of her head. "Now, you can go." He waved his hand and got in the car again. She stood at the side watching his car disappear before she walked inside the building.
Ye Jie was unusually happy today. It was like another step to knowing her. He finally knew where she worked. As for her workplace, he knew about Vintage very well. He had every detail of the company with him except for one - Who was the President of the company? It was a question asked by many but if you had no business interactions with Vintage, there was no way of knowing about the President.
But the worst part for Ye Jie was that he had a very close business interaction with Vintage and yet he had never met or seen the President. 'Ha? President Xu? Xu Mey? They have the same family name. Weird!' He was talking to himself in his office.
Seeing the reports on his table, he stood up and headed to Ye Jun's office. Ye Jun was busy playing games when Ye Jie came inside without knocking. "Bro, knock before you enter." He got defensive.
Ye Jie threw the files in his hand in front of Ye Jun making him jump in his seat. "You're the one who wanted to get into e-sports and now, you're not taking responsibility." Ye Jie was furious. He clearly told Ye Jun that even though he played games, none of them had much idea about e-sports but he still insisted. Ye Jie was regretting agreeing to it.
"Bro, you take care of it. I can't handle it anymore." Ye Jun raised his hands trying to get out of the mess he created.
"I guess I was expecting too much from you." Ye Jie was disappointed in Ye Jun once again. For the world, Ye Jun was an exceptional worker but in reality, Ye Jie had to do everything behind the scenes. He didn't want anyone to question Ye Jun's abilities but it was true that Ye Jun enjoyed hanging around instead of working.
Ye Jie pinched his brows and came back to his own office. His cell phone was ringing when he walked back inside the office. Ye Jie received the call without looking at the screen. "Hello!"
"What hello? What an ungrateful best friend are you?" Ming Qu's voice transmitted from the other end. "After the marriage, you have completely forgotten your best friend." Ming Qu was trying to act brokenhearted but Ye Jie was familiar with his antics.
"Get over it. Didn't you forget me when you got married?" Ye Jie replied in frustration. All of his frustration over Ye Jun was being directed to Ming Qu.
"Ouch! You got mean, my friend." Ming Qu declared. Ye Jie rolled his eyes and loosened his tie while taking a seat.
"Is your wife with you?" Ye Jie asked as a sudden thought came to his mind.
"She is. What do you want with her?" Ming Qu was suspicious.
To trust someone, one of us have to take a step ahead. If you won't take that step, how would you what lies ahead? Whether the trust is broken or not, you can't know unless you take that step. If the trust doesn't break, consider it life. If the trust broke, consider it a lesson.
Hope you enjoy the chapter...
XoXo!!!