Meeting First Brother (4)

Meanwhile upstairs in the private room, Xinghe who wanted to chase after Shi got her hand seized in the clutches of the notorious playboy Ruan.

Kai looked at the two of them and he swears that he would have come up with an awesome one-liner if he did not have to chase after his sister, so he regretfully left the two of them behind with heavy heart as he told Xinghe

''You stay here I will go after Shi.''

Xinghe nodded her head without lifting her eyes of Ruan and if looks could kill, then he would be six feet under the ground by now. Giving him a pointed look she asked him,

''Do you mind Mr Chen? That hand is mine and I kind of charge others for even touching it and seeing that you have grasped it, so by now you have accumulated quite a bill.''

Ruan looked at her with amusement playing in his eyes

''Do not worry sweetheart. I am quite rich and I promise to satisfy you well if you spend the night with me.''

Xinghe gave a small laugh which would have been considered soft if not for her eyes which seems to be shooting lasers out of them.

''It seems that Mr does not take rejection quite well, do you? The note earlier was written by me and I stand by my words.''

Mohan who was watching all this tried to clam down Ruan as he whispered in his ear

''Brother I do not think that angering this lady is the right thing to do, she has the Li's behind her, tell her Yang.''

He looked around for Yang, counting on him to back him up as they tried to stop their friend who was playing with fire, only to find him staring at the door with such a strong gaze that he might just be able to open the door with the sheer power of his mind.

Xinghe also noticed this as she snatched her hand back from Ruan while not forgetting to give him a mean look, slipping into the seat opposite to Yang which coincidently was the seat next to Ruan as she asked him,

''What are you waiting for? If you want to chase after her then go on.''

When Yang heard her he let out a sigh before snatching the bottle of beer which Mohan had just opened and after taking a sip he told her,

''I do not want to make her feel awkward, I would have loved to chase after her, I really would have but right now our relationship is at a very delicate stage and I do not want to destroy all the progress which we made in the past few weeks.''

Xinghe looked at him before asking,

"You think that you made her feel awkward?''

On seeing Yang dejectedly nodding his head, Xinghe spoke in a serious voice with all amusement gone from her voice,

"You are an idiot''

Yang snapped his head upwards at the speed of light as he stared at her,

"What!''

"You heard me right"

Ruan watched in entertainment as his little wild kitty called the great Bao Yang an idiot on his face and not once but twice,

Xinghe looked at him before sighing as she thought,

'Both these idiots love each other and both are stupid enough not to realise it. Well looks like I have to help both of them.'

"Listen to me''

"Fine"

"Tell me, how long have you known Shi?''

Yang thought back to the past one month since he signed his marriage certificate and at the speed which his life changed,

"One month"

"Yes, you have known her for the past one month while on the other hand, I have known her since she was nine years old''

Yang looked at her in surprise. In reality, he had not expected the two of them to be childhood friends,

Xinghe noticed the look of surprise on his face as she told him,

''I am not kidding, Shi is the reason why I was brought in the Li mansion.''

Xin questioned her as to why to which she answered,

''Master thought that the lady will be alone in a house full of males and without a friend close to her age and that is the reason why I was brought there to give her company.''

At this Zehan asked her,

''Why does it matter that who has known her longer?''

Xinghe did not answer him as she fixed her gaze at Yang as she further questioned him,

"Has she told you about the accident?"

A look of surprise passed his face as he contemplated whether he should tell her about the incident which Shi told him about, just as he was about to say anything, Xinghe stopped him.

''There is no need to answer me, I can tell by the look on your face that you know all about it.

Now, this question was important because you are the first person who knows about it outside her family. Even I had no idea about it growing up and it was much recently that I was informed about it as I was to accompany her back here.''

Yang looked startled, with his eyes wide open. He could not believe that his wife was able to trust him with such a huge secret that she was not even able to tell her best friend of years.

"Yes"

Xinghe told him as she continued,

"This is why I called you an idiot. Because you are not able to recognize how much trust she puts in you and how much you mean to her.

She is not good with her words, she will never tell you how she feels or how much she loves you,

She doesn't say, 'I love you' like a normal person,

Instead, she'll laugh, shake her head, give you a little smile, and say....' You're an idiot'.

If she tells you, you're an idiot, you are a lucky man.

And you have to understand that she feels more than you, she feels the edges and the details of things and when she gets close to someone, she feels their happiness and their pain.

That is one of the major reason that she is reluctant to accept anyone in her life because the mere idea of how an individual can affect her emotions fills her with tremendous worry.

She's strong, but in the back of her mind she doesn't think that she was meant to be this strong for this long, and she wonders if there's a man out there, somewhere, who understands this.

And now that she has given her heart to you, she wishes from the depth of her heart for you to be that someone.

While she doesn't fall in love often but when she does it is down to the bones.

I love her and cherish her like my own sister because she has always treated me like one, she has never treated me like a servant even though that is what I am to the Li family.

That is the only reason that me and you are having this conversation right now because I want her to be happy, happy with the man to whom she gave her heart to.''

After listening to Xinghe, Yang sat there shocked, honestly, he still found it hard to believe Xinghe at first but after remembering that the two of them are childhood friends and have known each other for more than ten years, he chose to believe her.

Then he cursed himself for not noticing how much his beloved wife loved him

'Dammit Yang, you are an idiot.

Shit! Does this mean that I completed my plan of making Shi fall in love with me? Yeah!

Now I have to come up with a new plan of making her accept her feelings for me.'

Yang thought to himself as his various expressions showed on his face making his friends feel disturbed. Finally, it was Xin who could not take it any longer as he shouted,

''F**k! Stop it, Yang! You are showing way to many emotions making us feel scared of you. I want my original Yang back who suffered from facial paralysis.''

Just as yang was about to answer, the door once again opened and entered Shi, as she closed the door behind her, Zhehan could not help himself as he asked,

"Eh sister-in-law, are we not waiting for you brother Kai?''

Shi just shook her head,

"Um actually he just left''

She told him while omitting some of the parts.

*********

Earlier in the room in which Shi and Yichen where,

As Shi and Yichen sat beside each other, Yichen calmed her down before seriously speaking,

"Meimei get one thing straight, you are not responsible for anything which happened to your mother and you, you too were a victim of the heinous plans which were made to harm you, alright?''

Shi sheepishly nodded her head,

Just as Shi was about to answer, a knock was heard on the door after which came a respectful voice.

''Sorry to disturb you boss, but we had to inform you that we caught third young master who was attempting to run away through the back door when he saw and identified us as your bodyguards. Currently, we are surrounding him and not letting him escape. May we know what are the next orders for us?

Yichen upon hearing them gritted his teeth as he muttered

"That idiot! did he really thought that he could escape."

Shi also sighed as she could only imagine what would happen to him now that he was caught.

She was outraged at his stupidity but she still loved him and so she tried to appease her brother who would in much likelihood end up deciding his punishment,

"Geigei.....

Before she could finish Yichen stopped her

''Do not advocate for him, he will get what he will deserve.''

After this, he stopped the discussion as he told Shi to head back to her room while he also left to bring Kai to their grandfather.

And so she strolled towards the room and entered when she heard someone say something about facial paralysis.