"You can tell me whatever's bothering you Zuan. We are friends, after all. Kind of." Wei Jingyu said. This led to Lu Zuan smiling with relief and speaking, "It's not about me, not really."
"Did something happen to Xuan? Or Weiwei??" Wei Jingyu immediately stiffened. Zuan couldn't help but noticed how worried Jingyu looked right now. She would have expected such a question from him about Ying Xuan, but was surprised when he added Weiwei's name in the end.
"Looks like all of us feel a bit too protective towards her." Lu Zuan thought to herself before she spoke up. "It actually is about Weiwei. I was wondering . . . . " she said, the hesitance creeping back in her voice.
"Yes??" Jingyu prompted. "I was wondering what is Mo Kio's deal." she finally said in one breath, pointing with her head towards Mo Kio, who was standing alone in a corner and was clearly staring at Shi Weiwei, who had just come to congratulate Ying Xuan.
Wei Jingyu turned silent as he also looked over to his best friend.
"To be honest with you Zuan . . . " he said after a lot of thought, "I'm not exactly sure." Lu Zuan turned to look at him with a frown. Whatever could Jingyu mean by that.
"What I mean is . . " Wei Jingyu continued, retracting his eyes from Mo Kio but not looking at Zuan. "Kio says that he is in love with Shi Weiwei. And he pesters me everyday from morning to night to talk to her about him." He said, shaking his head.
"Well then . . . why haven't you?" Lu Zuan asked, crossing her arms across her chest.
Jingyu shook his head with a sigh. "I shouldn't be saying this about Kio but . . . " he paused for a second, seeming to search for the right words. Lu Zuan let him. "He falls in love almost once in every month. It's not like he is a bad person, or a playboy, I just don't think he understands the meaning of the word." Wei Jingyu looked straight into Zuan's eyes at this point.
"Though it seems to be different for him this time, I'm not really sure. And rest assured, I won't let him break Weiwei's heart. She's a good person." he said, resolution quite evident in his voice.
Lu Zuan narrowed her eyes and said, "Yes. She is good. A little too good for the likes of Mo Kio." Jingyu couldn't deny that he was offended a little by the tone of haughtiness in Zuan's voice.
He stubbornly jutted out his chin and said, "Kio might misunderstand a simple attraction for love, but he is not a bad person. His heart is in the right place. And, if it actually turns out he does love Weiwei, I can assure you Zuan, he will make her a really happy woman." Jingyu finished just as both he and Lu Zuan caught Xuan, Shaoyan, Weiwei and her date coming towards them through th corner of their eyes.
Both of their stubborn expressions vanished just as Su Shaoyan slid a hand over Jingyu's shoulder, asking, "What are you two talking about?"
Wei Jingyu rolled his eyes and slid out from under his hand to stand next to Ying Xuan and said, "We were just complimenting Xuan's and yours talent."