"Hello, everyone!" The girl greeted them while tucking a loose strand behind her ear.
As if on queue, Wu Wang's assistant Suzy came beside him and reminded him, "Sir, you have a flight. I think we should leave now. You might miss your flight otherwise." Suzy was an experienced person in her mid-forties, she could read the tension clearly and she's been with Wu Wang since his teenage years, which gave her an even deeper understanding of him.
The girl Ye Jun brought was stunned to see Wu Wang standing before her. Her daze was broken by Suzy's words. "Ah… Mm… You're right… We should leave now." She heard Wu Wang's distant voice.
He turned to look at his friends and said, "Honey Mey, I gotta go back. I came earlier because of you but I have to leave now. I still have matters to handle."
"It's alright… You should go… Take care Wang Ge!" She waved awkwardly trying to get him out of here as soon as possible.
But a certain someone was not getting the hint at all. "Aiyo! Ge, you can't leave like this. You haven't even visited home. Mom is really missing you. She's been complaining to me how much you're ignoring her." Wu Xia complained.
"My dear mother's lackey!" Wu Xia gaped at his choice of words while Xu Mey chuckled. "Tell mommy, I'll be back next month. But if she'd planned another blind date. Then she won't even be seeing me." Then he turned to Suzy and said, "Let's go!" With that Wu Wang left.
"Sister Mey, Ge called me mother's lackey," She made a crying face trying to complain to Xu Mey. Xu Mey just rolled her eyes at Wu Xia's old childish antics.
"Find a new way to lure me into your traps, Xiao Xia." Xu Mey said.
Although Wu Xia was aggrieved she quickly got over it. "So, should we go to KTV?"
"I think it's a good idea," Ye Jun chimed in enthusiastically.
Xu Mey nudged Sun Ju with her feet making herself clear with this action. "Shen-Shen, I'm feeling really down. Let's go home. Father also said that we need to take care of some wedding stuff." Sun Ju faked an illness with perfection. How she turned her face pale was completely out of Xu Mey's mind.
"Ju-Ju, hold on for a while… I'll take you home." Lin Shen gave an apologetical smile to Ye Jie and headed to his own car while holding Sun Ju.
Xu Mey turned her head to Yu Kim. "Sir, your mother is back and she wants you to come home right this instant." Yu Kim informed Li Qiao with a straight face.
Slowly most of the people left. Ye Jie wasn't a dense person, he could catch the slight hints. "Cherry wife, this is our cousin, Zhou Qi." Ye Jie politely introduced Xu Mey to his cousin.
Xu Mey smiled politely without showing a hint of displeasure on her beautiful face. Her heart was bitter but she didn't let it show at all. But her eyes were following Zhou Qi's every movement. The slight discomfort of Ming Qu didn't escape her eyes either.
"Xiao Xia, let's visit your mother," Ming Qu said to Wu Xia all of a sudden.
"Really?" Wu Xia got excited as Ming Qu nodded his head to show his intention.
"I'll see you later, Ah Jie!" He bid goodbye to Ye Jie as Wu Xia hugged Xu Mey like they were parting for a lifetime.
"I should take my leave as well." He Jian said curtly. He hugged Xu Mey lovingly and walked beside Ye Jie, "You have very keen senses. Don't wander around and take your wife back home. She rarely gives herself a free time." After that, he left as well.
Before Ye Jun could open his mouth to say anything, Ye Jie said, "Jun, take Xiao Qi out for dinner. I have to take Xu Mey back home." His voice didn't leave any room for discussion at all.
While driving back to Peach Estates, Ye Jie kept stealing glances at Xu Mey who had her one elbow propped on the window letting the frigid breeze hit her face. "You can just ask?" He heard her soft voice.
"I had a weird thought…" He started while keeping his face straight to look at the busy road.
"About what?"
"He Jian's girlfriend, *cough* I mean fiancé died because of cancer and Wu Wang likes to donate all his auctioned money to cancer patients." Xu Mey rolled up the window and turned her attention to him. "Is there a connection or I'm overthinking?" He asked hesitantly.
"You caught up quite fast." She commented. "There is indeed a connection." She sighed. "Let me say it this way, Jian Ge's fiancé's name was Wu Weiwei."
Ye Jie was surprised yet again. "She was related to Wu Wang?"
"Wu Weiwei was Wang Ge's elder sister." She replied. "Now that's different that she had always been sick, so she didn't come out to socialize like Wu Xia."
"Oh!" That was the only expression Ye Jie could think of at the moment. "I wasn't kidding when I said that all your friends have gone through love trials except for Lin Shen."
"Who said Shen Ge's love is simple?"
"It's not?"
"Far from that. In their case, the problem comes from external forces. So, they're holding their ground through mutual efforts and love." She explained.