By the end of the day, everyone knew that Xiamu was Xu Mey's brother. Although it came as a shock, nobody questioned anything. There was only one person who was feeling a mix of happiness, and rage within her; Li Man, Li Qiao's mother, and Xiamu's Aunt.
It was obvious that her anger was directed towards Xin Qian. If it wasn't enough that she abandoned her family for decades, even now she was nowhere to be found. Li Man tried to contact Xin Qian again but again, her cellphone was turned off. It was frustrating her, to say the least.
In the evening...
"Dr. Shen, have you seen Wu Wang?" Yang Ziyi came to ask Lin Shen while he was enjoying a moment of peace after days.
"Seen him plenty of times. People say he's handsome but I only find his annoying." Although that was not the answer Yang Ziyi was looking for, it was still amusing. Especially because it came from Lin Shen who wasn't very fond of joking.
"He is annoying but that's not what I asked," Yang Ziyi pointed out.
"Really? What was the question again?" Lin Shen acted surprised.
"I was wondering if you know where he is?" Yang Ziyi asked the question again but in different words.
Lin Shen thought about it for a while before saying, "I think he is at the cafeteria. Not sure though."
"Okay, thank you! See you later!" Yang Ziyi immediately sprinted out before Lin Shen could ask why was she looking for Wu Wang.
Yang Ziyi thought of apologizing to Wu Wang for talking out of turn in the morning and that's why she had been looking for him. And as she learned about his whereabouts, she didn't waste a moment before dashing towards the cafeteria to look for Wu Wang.
The cafeteria in the VIP wing wasn't crowded at all. There were hardly any people there and it made it easy for Yang Ziyi to spot him.
But instead of walking towards him, she stood rooted to her spot.
In one corner was sitting Wu Wang with a beautiful smile on his face brightening up his whole aura and a girl was sitting opposite him whose back was towards Yang Ziyi.
Unconsciously, Yang Ziyi's hands clenched into fists as she glared daggers at the back of that girl. 'He will never change! A playboy will always be a playboy! Humph!' She humphed inwardly, stomped her foot and turned to leave.
But suddenly the sound of Wu Wang's laughter rang in her ear making her halt. "Why am I leaving?" She asked herself. "He's the playboy then why am I leaving like I'm guilty of a crime? I won't leave. No way!" With conviction in her eyes, she made her way towards the table where Wu Wang was happily chatting with the girl whose face Yang Ziyi had yet to see.
"Hey, Mr. Playboy!" Yang Ziyi grinned amusedly at Wu Wang who gave her an inquiring gaze. She turned her eyes to look at the girl before him and lost words for a moment. Looking at that beautiful face, Yang Ziyi thought, 'She's beautiful. No wonder he is grinning like a love fool.' "And who might this be?"
Before the girl could answer, Wu Wang gave her a signal to stay quiet and asked, "What does that have to do with you?"
Their small interaction with eyes made Yang Ziyi feel irritated. And the worst part was, even she didn't know why she was doing this. "Nothing to do with me. I was just curious to meet your new prey."
Wu Wang closed his eyes briefly to keep calm and said, "You're making me sound like a sadist."
Yang Ziyi gasped in surprise. "You aren't?" She gave an apologetic look which was really fake and said, "But I thought you had a weird fetish and that's why you never take the same girl twice."
Wu Wang shot up from his seat and even scared Yang Ziyi a bit as she took a step back. "You have a pretty face. Then why is there a nasty mouth?" He gritted out seething in anger.
"Di-Did I say something wrong?" Yang Ziyi's courage wavered for a second but she decided to hold her ground.
"I really want to shut that mouth of yours," Wu Wang said in a growl that made Yang Ziyi's heart beat faster.
"Why don't you try?" 'Ha? What did I just say? I'm surely gone crazy.' At Wu Wang's quirked brow, Yang Ziyi didn't change her words at all.
"Ahem!" Both of them broke their staring competition and looked at the person who was grinning at both of them. "Wang, I should get going. You should pacify your girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"I'm not his girlfriend!"
Both Wu Wang and Yang Ziyi exclaimed simultaneously making the other girl laugh even more amusedly.
"You both should check the sexual tension between you before jumping to conclusions like that." Yang Ziyi's eyes widened at her words while Wu Wang didn't give much of a reaction. The girl passed by him and patted on her shoulder saying, "Be careful. I heard jealous girlfriends can bite."
Yang Ziyi couldn't help but blush at those words since she just realized that she really acted like a jealous girlfriend.
Seeing that girl making her way out, Yang Ziyi tried to slip away but her wrist was immediately caught in a tight grip and the next second, she was being dragged.
In the empty stairway, Wu Wang pushed her against the wall and gave a sweet smile which gave goosebumps to Yang Ziyi, that's how chilly it was.
"What was that?" He asked.
"What was what?" She played dumb.
"You called me sadist," he bit out bitterly.
"No. I called you a playboy." She conveniently changed her words.
"What does that have to do with you? Don't tell me you like me."
Suddenly getting courage from somewhere, she started, "What? Me and like you? Never! Also, aren't you a playboy? I thought you changed. But no. Here you are looking for a new pick-up again. Can't you be patient? What's with you and-," The rest of her words died down in her throat as Wu Wang's lips came down to crash on hers.
Her eyes widened up in surprise but then, she relaxed and closed her eyes willingly. The kiss wasn't rough but it was passionate enough to make her lose herself. The feeling of his soft lips pressed on her own made everything else to go blank.
As he pulled away to let her breathe, he had a smirk on his face as he said, "And here I thought you don't like me." In her daze, it was difficult to make sense of his words but when they did, she hit his chest.
"You! Jerk!" She shouted.
Wu Wang laughed lightly and pecked her lips again saying, "I'm a jerk alright. But you Dr. Blockhead, you like this jerk. And it's written all over your face."
Yang Ziyi couldn't come up with a retort. She hid her face in her hands to hide the blush that was creeping up on her face.