Ling Yue tried to get up and left work earlier so she could avoid meeting her brother. Alaas, all her brothers were already sitting at the dinner table. Ling Feng tapped his finger on the table. Ling Huansheng folded his arms over his chest, looked away. Ling Huang signaled her to sit down.
"Good morning," she said, innocently. Only Ling Huang answered. The other two had no intention dilly dally.
"What is this?"
Ling Feng rolled his cellphone and Ling Yue caught it before it flung out from the table. Ling Feng got the gist of what happened last night. He immediately flew back to City M right away.
Ling Yue picked up Ling Feng's cellphone and tapped it twice before the screen turned on. Her eyes widened when she saw the headline in large letters that wrote:
"MR. XI FINALLY SHOWED THE WORLD WHO WILL BE MRS. XI."
She read the news that was clearly contained a bullshit.
"This is false news. I have nothing to do with him. He only asked me to accompany him to the party." Ling Yue defended herself. She glanced at Ling Huansheng, whose irritation was still visible. They should know how the media made up a story that not fair and publish it.
"You really look beautiful here. They are right to call you a goddess." Ling Huang pointed at the photos on Ling Feng's cellphone screen and enlarged them with two fingers. Ling Yue only glanced at him. Among her three brothers, Ling Huang was the most free and relaxed facing Ling Yue. He was also overprotective but didn't show it as badly as Ling Feng or Ling Huansheng.
"Accompany him? Did you accompany him on the bed too?" Ling Feng clearly knews he was being overboard.
Ling Yue finally got worked up. The patience she displayed has been running low lately.
"I was only attend the party and you treated me like a defendant who broke the law. What's wrong with you?" Ling Yue put the phone on the table.
"You can attend any party without attracting attention!"
"Oh, so now the problem is because I look beautiful? I am beautiful! So what's the problem?" She said arrogantly. Ling Feng kicked off the table, shocking Ling Yue and her two other brothers.
"That's the problem! You always end up tragically if it attracts people's attention!" he shouted.
Ling Yue stood up. "So you chose me to look like this? Until I die?" She dresses up as usual. Ancient glasses, flat bangs and outdated clothes. "I'm a woman and I also sometimes want to look beautiful. Is that a crime?" tears began to fill in her eyelids.
Ling Feng felt guilty when he saw Ling Yue's eyes filled with tears. He didn't care if he had to be a bad person here as long as Ling Yue safe.
"Are you interested in him?" Ling Feng asked again, this time his voice was lower.
"Whether or not I'm interested in him is none of your business." Ling Yue wiped the tears from her cheeks. Ling Huang stood up and embraced her. "Hey, let's talk with cold heads. There's no need to shout at each other like this." he rebuked Ling Feng.
"You can choose any man you like as long as not that man." Ling Feng was not a wordy man. He said straight what he want to say. He looked at Ling Yue super seriously.
Ling Yue tearfully looked at him, smug. "And what if I want it?" Ling Yue brushed off Ling Huang's hand, glanced at Ling Huansheng briefly then started walking away.
"He has a long history with women. It's just a moment of lust. Don't get caught!" Ling Feng shouted at Ling Yue's fade figure. Half of what he said was true, the other half was just for Ling Yue to really stay away from Xi Jian.
Mr. Chen, who drove Ling Yue to the office, glanced repeatedly at the rearview mirror, staring worriedly at the young missus who was crying. Ling Yue felt that this time Ling Feng was outrageous. He yelled at her because of some piece of shit. Ling Huansheng who was also present at the party did not even say anything. Ling Yue knew they were only worried. But the way they conveyed it, made Ling Yue hurt and annoyed.
."Miss, we're here. Are you sure you're okay?" Mr. Chen handed over the tissue again. Ling Yue nodded.
"I am alright." She cleaned her nose and got out of the car. Fortunately, her large glasses covered her red eyes.
Ling Yue planned to ignore her brothers for a while. Especially Ling Huansheng! She had planned to persuade Ling Huansheng not to get angry, but now she changed her mind. Until he himself came to Ling Yue, she would not talk to him.