"Why are you smiling silly over there?"
Mrs. Yu nudges Yu Mei's arm; she notices her daughter stops eating to look at her phone.
"Uh," Yu Mei beams at her mother, "it's my friends. They sent something funny." She locks her phone and puts it on the table with the screen down.
Mrs. Yu mouths an 'oh' and goes back to eating.
Yu Mei picks the utensils up to get back to eating herself when her eyes meet her brother. From across her, he has eyes looking at her – penetrating into her. She gapes at him, her eyes telling him, 'what the hell are you looking at?' but Yu Jei casually moves his eyes away from her as if nothing happened. He smiles at Mr. Niu, talking about business and whatnot.
'This jerk!' Yu Mei cursed him inside her head. She could never understand him – not even a bit. He annoys her the most - even the way he elegantly eats, she hates it. He always teases her even now that they are adults.
"Mei."
"Hm?"
Yu Mei turns to her mother.
"What's wrong?"
