"Really? I hear that a lot. I look very much like my siblings so if you saw one of them you would really find me familiar. Since you're going somewhere in here, it means you're also an important person, either a young miss or a madam. I guess you're the former."
The first three floors of Azure are allotted for the restaurant. The first floor consists of the lobby and the buffet while the second floor is where the private rooms are located. The third floor on the other hand is where the VIP rooms are at. These rooms are only available for those who owns a VIP card of Azure and those people are all of high status. So as to the lady's comment, being in that floor means that Zhou Yuexi is someone with an important identity.
Seeing that Zhou Yuexi just smiled at her, she decided to continue her monologue. "You're really pretty and you're also charming... I like you! It's just that you're so quiet that you remind me of someone... Anyways, you're interesting and I really like you. I want to know you more. Let's be friends! What do you think?", the lady cheerfully said while offering her hand to Zhou Yuexi for a hand shake.
"Sure.", Zhou Yuexi answered and shook hands with her. "She seems nice and I really fall short on the aspect of friends so having another one won't hurt.", she thought to her self.
"Yay! There's no taking that back now!", the lady giggled. "My name is Stella. Erm... that's my English name, I just got used to saying it. My Chinese name is Xiaoling but you can call me however you like. How about you?"
"My name is Yuexi. My English name is Luna. You can call me however you want.", Zhou Yuexi smiled.
"Alright then! But since we're in China, I'll call you Xixi. I'm already 26 and you look rather young so I believe I'm older. How old are you Xiao Xixi?", she asked.
"She's 26?! I thought we were at most, the same age! How come she's older than me? If we're to be compared, I may even look older than her! Just who are her parents to have such good genes?", Zhou Yuexi incredulously thought.
"I turned 22 this year."
"Really?! You look like you're still a teenager! You're the same age as my little sis though. I bet you'll get along as well. Anyways, since we officially became friends, why don't you come with me? I'll just meet someone then we can hang out for a bit. Let's go!", the lady said as she dragged Zhou Yuexi with her.
Zhou Yuexi was a little hesitant as she was a bit confused so she just let the lady drag her. She didn't know how to tell her that they were probably... no they were actually going to the same room.
The third room is near the elevator they got on to and given the fact that they both have long legs, it only took them less than a minute to get to the third VIP room's door. As soon as they got there, the lady enthusiastically knocked on the door as it was locked.
And it was only then at that moment when Zhou Yuexi finally realized who the lady looked like. "No wonder she looks familiar! I can't believe that blabbermouth Zhang Qingyu never mentioned about their sister before! I thought there's only two of them! Shocks! I can't believe this is the way I got to meet my sister-in-law!", she exasperatedly thought. "But wait... she said she's 26 my darling is also 26. Does that mean their even twins?!"
Just as Zhou Yuexi was having an internal breakdown due to the information overload, the door opened and they were welcomed by her husband's face.
"Yixing-ah! Long time no see! I missed you and I know you missed me. Even though you don't say it, I know you do! Hahaha!", Zhang Xiaoling kidded as she hugged her brother.
However, Zhang Yixing acted as if his sister didn't exist and just focused on his wife. "You're back darling.", he said to Zhou Yuexi.
Zhang Xiaoling who was still hugging Zhang Yixing thought that he was pertaining to her. "What? Yes, I'm back but since when did i become 'darling'?", she questioned as she released her brother.
"I wasn't talking to you.", Zhang Yixing answered back in an 'as a matter of fact' manner.
"Then who were you talking to?", Zhang Xiaoling asked while she arched her brow at him.
Zhang Yixing didn't answer her and just looked at her as if she was asking a very dumb question.
When she saw her brother's reaction, she remembered that there was another person with them in there. She got too excited when she saw her brother that she forgot she brought Zhou Yuexi with her. "Damn that exam really got my brain fried. I forget things so easily. So... he was talking to her.", she murmured to herself.
However, her calmness disappeared when she finally realized her brother's words. "Did you just call Xiao Xixi 'darling'?! You know each other?! Wait! You're dating her?!", she energetically interrogated Zhang Yixing with wide eyes, a little hyped up by the sweet endearment
"Yes, I did call her darling. Yes, we do know each other. But no, I'm not dating her.", Zhang Yixing answered his sister's questions all together.
Zhang Xiaoling frowned at Zhang Yixing's answer. "You call her darling but you're not dating her? Why? What are you then?"
"I told you I have news for you, right?", Zhang Yixing started off.
"Yeah, that's right! I've forgotten about that as well good thing you reminded me. So what is it?"
Before continuing with his news, he reached out to Zhou Yuexi and pulled her next to him. "I got married and Yuexi is my wife.", he said as
wrapped his arm around Zhou Yuexi's waist.
If Zhang Xiaoling's eyes weren't big enough earlier, it is now. She couldn't believe that her brother, her ice block of a brother finally decided to leave the bachelor life. This was actually the first time she saw Zhang Yixing be so close to a girl added that he was the one who initiated the contact. This was also the first time he has ever been in a relationship. All his life, he never showed interest on any woman, more so, being in a relationship with one. He was pretty occupied with studying and then later on, managing Zhang Corporation, so he never minded not having a lover. Zhang Xiaoling was close to believing her brother was asexual so hearing from his own mouth that he was married was total shock for her, in a good way on that note.
What surprised her even more was the identity of his wife. She totally didn't expect that the pretty girl she found interesting and wanted to introduce to her brother for him to date was actually already his wife.
Zhang Xiaoling then turned to Zhou Yuexi. "Xiao Xixi! Why didn't you tell me that you are actually my brother's wife?!", she questioned her.
"I didn't know you were darl... my husband's sister. Sorry Ling Jie.", Zhou Yuexi apologized. "No wonder I thought you looked familiar... but it never crossed my mind that you were his sister. All along I thought, it was just him and Qingqing. I only realized it when you knocked on the door."
Zhang Xiaoling then scoffed at Zhou Yuexi's explanation. "Really? You never bothered to tell your wife that you have another sister? A twin sister? Huh twinnie? Just because I stayed in America for six years you really don't consider me as family anymore?", she emoted to her brother. "I can't believe you!"
"Hey! You know how much of a blabbermouth Xiao Qing is. I thought she already told my Yuexi about you, so I assumed that my wife balready knows of you.", Zhang Yixing defensed. "And ain't I introducing you know? What's the big deal?"
"Fine! I do understand that point. I just didn't expect that I would meet my only sister-in-law in such an unconventional way. Who on earth meets a new friend on the elevator only to find out later that the person she made friends with is actually her brother's wife? It's the most uncommon thing." Zhang Xiaoling reasoned.
"I agree...", Zhou Yuexi whispered which made Zhang Yixing look at her. "What? I was surprised myself okay? None of you ever told me about Ling Jie."
"I told you earlier I was talking to my sister.", Zhang Yixing reminded.
Zhou Yuexi then recalled their earlier conversation. "Yes, but you didn't say it was Ling Jie. I thought you were talking to Qingqing.", she reasoned.
"I said I'll introduce you to her..."
"Nope, you said you would introduce me to someone. You didn't mention who.", she defensed while shaking her head.
Zhang Yixing knew that he was nowhere winning their argument so he just sighed in defeat and admitted to his mistake. "Fine you win. I'm sorry darling, won't happen again.", he coaxed as he pulled Zhou Yuexi in for a hug and inhaled her sweet scent, a habit he developed ever since they got together.
"Whipped.", Zhou Yuexi commented against her husband's chest.
Zhang Yixing chuckled at her remark. "Yes, darling haha but only for you.", he said as he buried his nose in Zhou Yuexi's hair, taking in another dose of her scent.
"And stop sniffing. You might inhale me whole.", she kidded.
"No need to inhale you because you're already inside my heart and mind even though you're still in my arms right now.", he answered while looking at his wife.
When Zhou Yuexi heard her husband's words she looked up at him and pouted, trying to suppress her smile from Zhang Yixing' sweet statement.
Zhang Xiaoling could no longer take the sweetness the couple was bombarding her with so she complained. "Argh! I don't know if I should be happy for the two of you or if I should beat the two of you up for force feeding me dog food. Even though you're really sweet, you shouldn't display your sweetness in front of single dogs like me!", Zhang Xiaoling humphed at Zhou Yuexi and her brother.
Meanwhile, Dylan who was napping in the couch, was awoken by their bantering. He stood up and walked towards them. The moment he got close, Zhang Xiaoling immediately caught his attention. "Ha! If it isn't a small world... So this is how I'll find you...", he thought to himself, a smile making its way into his lips.
Seeing that the trio didn't seem to notice his presence, he stayed behind them, leaning against the wall and listened in to their conversation. It was not a problem for him to understand what they were saying as he could understand Chinese. He just doesn't want to speak in Chinese because he still can't pronounce some words correctly.
After leaning there for a while, he could already feel his back aching a little due to his uncomfortable posture and decided to make his presence known. "Why are you all just standing there?", he asked while straightening up and then he turned to Zhang Xiaoling, "Hi there!"
The moment Zhang Xiaoling saw Dylan's face, she felt as if a bucket of ice cold water was splashed on her. She wanted to act as if there was nothing wrong but her facial expression totally betrayed her.
"Hi...", she answered the greeting while holding her face with her palm.
"Damn! Why on earth is he here?!", she asked herself.