Muddy Mess

Standing up straight, Li Yi Wei made her way to the camera and stood at a proper distance. She looked straight into the camera. "Mrs. Wang, since you've already seen and watched this entire catastrophe on high quality, you should recognize this muddy mess as your daughter. This is exactly what happens every time you force her to go on a blind date. To prevent me from getting little to no sleep from now on, please refrain yourself from pointless set ups."

A deafening voice echoed on speaker mode, alerting everyone in the lounge. Michael was enjoying his peanuts but stopped to cover Aaron's ears when he heard the blaring scream from the phone.

Mrs. Wang was infuriated by Jessica's behavior in public! "Get her off that man this instant! You hear me?! How could you act shamelessly like this? What is wrong with marrying you off to a rich family? Did you think I would approve of that hooligan even if you slept with him? There are surgeries to sew hymens back! Only someone rich could match you! Are you going to defy me like your brother?!"

Hearing the familiar critter screeching into her ears, Kyla, who was supposed to be drunk asleep suddenly popped her eyes open. Sparkles of excitement and a sly smirk sat on her lips. With a light press on the flip button on her fiancé's screen, she snuggled closer into his chest.

Staring straight into the camera, she wiggled her fingers to greet Mrs. Wang. "Hello, Mrs. Wang. What a lively evening this is? I was taking a nap, and your voice sang like a melody to my ears. I think you were a little pitchy on a few notes, but that's alright. Isaac's chest is so comfortable it makes me want to fall asleep like our night routines. You can continue."

"What nonsense are you speaking? You two are living together? Nonsense! I'm telling you that I will not accept you as my daughter-in-law! Only those from noble families who were raised elegantly could match my son. You better scram!" Mrs. Wang pointed to the camera as Kyla rubbed her ear lobes.

She wrapped her arms around Isaac's neck and buried her face in the crook of his shoulder and neck. Rubbing her cheeks against his skin, she whispered drowsily. "Mm..Isaac, are you dumping me to go with those XYZ's your mother chose for you? Are you going to end up wrecked like Jessica?"

Isaac's brow creased when he heard her question. He knew she was purposely saying these words to play around with his mother and add oil to the burning flames. Still, he didn't like the way his mother had spoken to his sister and fiancée. Hence, he chose to coax Kyla in front of his mother.

"Mother, I've told you many times that I will never be interested in anyone other than Kyla. If you insist on forcing me into an arranged marriage, then you can strip my name off the Wang family register. Please respect Kyla as my fiancée. Whether you agree or oppose our engagement and future decisions, that is your problem. My only concern is Kyla."

"Also, we are your kids. At the end of the day, you should be putting our happiness beyond everything else you can gain from others. We have enough money to last generations, so you shouldn't be focusing on monetary items. If you keep cornering Jessica to break point, you will eventually lose your daughter."

"Unfilial! Unfilial!!!" The call disconnected after Mrs. Wang's voice exploded through the call.

Lowering his gaze to his fiancée, he raised his brow questioning her motive. Kyla stretched her arms upwards and tiptoed to give him a kiss on the lips. "Sorry, her voice was giving me a migraine. I accidentally clicked on the end call button. Anyway, it's getting late. Let's go home."

At the same time, Jessica knocked out on Alfred right after hearing her mother's voice. Assistant Li sighed while shaking her head. Squatting down once again, she instructed Alfred to carefully place the unconscious drunkard onto her back. Alfred had a mixed feeling when he watched Jessica's figure disappear in sight.

Isaac excused himself and apologized for the inconveniences Jessica had caused them. Apparently, while everyone was concentrating on the juicy conversation from earlier, Isaac had already paid for all damages done to this bar. The waiter had refunded the money to Alfred's account after the transaction was completed. After the waiter returned the credit cards back to its owner, Isaac also left with Kyla in his arms.

After everything returned back to normal, Michael wrapped his arm around Alfred's shoulder. "Bro, did you like that drunk girl? What was her name again? Jessica...Wang? Pffft, you can totally match up to her, alright? You're the owner of half the economy! You're playing way too low profile."

"You know I hate entertaining pointless people. People like their mother was a perfect definition of disgrace to the modern century. A person's worth is not valued by money. Only a fool would choose money over their flesh and blood. Anyway, I can't say anything about being interested in that girl because we've literally just met. Unless we meet again while she's sober, I won't have an answer for you."

Michael pinched Alfred's cheek. "Oh my!!! You're finally interested in one human!!! Of all the years I've known you; you've shown literally zero interest in every single person you've interacted with!!! I knew it from how you looked and comforted her that you had something for her!!! I need to call Selina and tell her about this!!"

Aaron shook his head and rejected his idea. "If you call her right now, she might kill you for waking her up. It's already this late, yet you're interrupting her beauty sleep. Did you see that assistant from before? She called Alfred an old man from lacking sleep. She looked like she wanted to chop everyone to pieces and marinate us with sauce for her backyard barbeque earlier."

"Who cares?! Our brother is finally interested in someone! It's happy news!!! If anything, she should be celebrating!!" Michael jumped up from his seat excitedly as he dialed Selina's number. After three rings, Selina's drowsy voice mumbled into his ear.

"Hello?" Selina's eyelids were nearly closed with a small gap to check the time.

Michael's excited voice sounded into her ears, but to her, it was another lullaby from her dreams. As he rambled continuously, Selina had fallen back to sleep without a care about the news. Only after ten minutes into the call did Michael realize she was in deep slumber.

Feeling slightly disappointed at her reaction, Michael sighed and hung up the call. "Oh wells, we'll see them tomorrow anyway. We need to meet Jason at Hui Corps to discuss the arrangements for his upcoming party."

Aaron nodded, "We're also meeting the catering company tomorrow. Actually, the meeting is in eight hours and twenty-five minutes. So, we should hurry and go rest. If not, we'll fall asleep in the middle of tomorrow's meeting."