What am I to You (II)

Han Meirong and the other three knew that Chen Ziyi can have that kind of attitude, and acting so snobbish and prideful with provoking words truly fits her cold demeanor. Chen Ziyi's cold look gave others impression that she would acted like how she appeared. They all had their own imagination of how arrogant and snobbish Chen Ziyi could be, but she was never like that towards them. So they could not helped but to look at her.

"Did I say you can go?" Zheng Haozu had waited since the very beginning they met, but Chen Ziyi did not refute anything to them. He talked to her, but she brushed him off and instead picking up a fight with his friend.

More than that, she did not hide at all her refusal to look at him. If previously, she would at least talked back then try to act coquettish while she apologize, imitating Zheng Shuyu. His ball fist had tightened and he already felt the urge to hit something.

Chen Ziyi frowned upon hearing that, halted her step to move away from them. Sigh! He is so stupidly arrogant. She knew that her brother would not stop until she faced him, so she turned back to face her brother.

"Why do I need your permission to do what I want to do, Zheng Haozu?"

"You.. just called me by my name?" Zheng Haozu asked, furious with Chen Ziyi's sudden brave act.

" Can't I? I recalled that You feel disgusted with me for calling you brother or second brother. Then, what should I call you? Young master Zheng? Okay, young master Zheng then." Chen Ziyi chuckled at when she mentioned the 'young master' word from her mouth.

She clearly remembered Zheng Haozu's antic and commanded her to call him 'young master Zheng' instead of 'second brother' in her past life.

"Young master Zheng, you said I deliberately ignored you. Yes. I am ignoring you. I am scared of you. Why should I introduce someone who I scared, someone that I loathe to my friends? You asked me what are you to me. Let me ask you then, what am I to you? What did you introduce me as to your friends? Your sister? Your step-sister? The daughter of your father's second wife? OR someone that you friends should not bother much as my existence hold no significance to you?!"

"Hmm~ let me guess. You told them, I am Chen Rumin's child. The woman who cause a ruckus just because an affair. Just an affair, alright, Young Master Zheng. You told them, I always bully that girl that you adored so much, and you are scared,- you really scared that I will bully her if I transfer to your school. I bully her?"

"Me, alone bully her? Both of us know who bully who. Ask yourself, Zheng Haozu."

"Are you done?" Zheng Haozu was clenching his hand hard. He was embarrassed when Chen Ziyi was talking to Tian Qisong like he was complaining to him and even belittled his friend. To him, it was like Chen Ziyi did not gave him face. Now, she was clearly retaliating against him in front of his friends.

"Can you see how he looked at me right now, Senior Tian? Should I still choose to live with him in the same house?" Chen Ziyi retorted, not moving her eyes from her brother.

If someone asked Chen Ziyi whether she was not scared of his brother anymore that she could retaliate against him, she would not lied, saying that she wasn't. She understand her brother's hot tempered the most and only she knew how stirred her heart felt concurrently. But, she thought to herself that she must be brave for this.

She looked back at her brother with mixed of feelings. Hatred, loathe, but her heart still call him second brother. A brother that she longed for. A brother that she once wished can protect her, but unfortunately, he is not.

"I asked are you done, Chen Ziyi?" Zheng Haozu hissed. His face reddened, wore a dark expression.

"Why, Young Master Zheng? Are you going to hit me?" When Chen Ziyi asked that, she spoke from her heart and use her saddest tone. Her eyes was not watery but her face wore a hurtful expression.

Everyone there could felt the sadness that Chen Ziyi felt at that time. Looking at Chen Ziyi's eyes, Zheng Haozu hesitated to do whatever he tried to do the next moment.

Suddenly, a pair of small hand embrace his hand that had clenched hard, giving him a warmth. His eyes turned to look at the owner of the soft hand and he smiled warmly at her. It was Zheng Shuyu, his dearest sweetheart. The only sister that could give him the warmth he need. "Second brother is a kind person. He would not hit another person at least without any justified reason." Zheng Shuyu said with her innocent widest smile.

"What I meant is..."

"No, Shuyu. You don't need to say more than enough." Zheng Haozu gave a reassuring smile to Zheng Shuyu, softly stroking her hair.

"But, brother. I want to at least clear up any misunderstanding that people might have when they heard what sister said. I believe that You will not act out of your way if there's no people provoke you to do that. You are not bad person.."

"You are just my protective brother. My dear protective brother."

Chen Ziyi sneered at the loving act and the hands embracing each others in front of her, and Zheng Haozu caught that. His intention to forgo Chen Ziyi came back again.

"What was that? Jealous of Shuyu again?" Zheng Haozu pulled Zheng Shuyu closer to him, showing off to Chen Ziyi. What he didn't know, was Chen Ziyi not feeling envious at all looking at them, but disgusted instead.

"You wish to become like her, but you can't do that, since you are not her. Are you sure you want to expose your bitterness feeling here so that your friends can see your real wicked appearance?"

"Just like Shuyu said, I would not hit any other person at least without justified reason. If I do really hit you, wouldn't it mean that you're the one who asked for it?" Zheng Haozu sarcastically said, with Zheng Shuyu still in his embrace. His head also tilted, rested on Zheng Shuyu's head.

When he said that, few eyes glared at Zheng Haozu. It was a thing that every parents taught their son to always protect their sisters, so when Zheng Haozu said that in such obvious meanings, it surprised them.

"Disgusting."

"What did you said?" Zheng Haozu snapped out upon he heard that.

"Nothing." Shrugged, Chen Ziyi turned her head to her left side. She was not looking anywhere. She was merely brushing off the annoying sight, refuse to look at them.

"Chen Ziyi, aren't you being so bold right now? Now you dare to talk back to me?"

"Huh! Aren't I always like that to you? I am the bad one, she's the angel one. and why can't I be bold? I am me. What are you in my eyes are what am I to you. If to be compared with this hypocrite girl on your side, I am a dirtier and a disgraceful thing that you did not want to acknowledge to your so called good friends, then the same applied to you as well. You are the dirtiest thing that I want to hide from any people that I know! I won't acknowledge you! Not even her. YOU and HER. NOT WORTH it."

"CHEN ZIYI. I DARE YOU TO TAKE IT BACK?"

"Take back what? Or perhaps you wanted me to repeat it again. Which part you want me to repeat, Zheng Haozu?" She knew that her brother was on the verge of wanting to hit her, but she could not help but want to provoke him in this life. She wanted to let him know that she was not to be suppressed by him anymore. Not in this life.

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What happened in front of them was like a TV drama that they could only watch even if it pained their heart. It was a heart-wrench sibling fight that they did not have a right or status to interfere. Even if they wanted to interfere or stop them, it was no use. They didn't think their words could affect their fights in any way, or influence their bitterness towards each other.

Han Meirong and Ren Linna could only hope that this could end soon. By listening to the forth back remarks between the two siblings, they could roughly imagined the stiffness and bitterness that the two siblings held towards each other.