Su Siyu's face turned to blue, red, then white. He was already prepared to keep on fighting in spite of all the setbacks. At this time, he was spurned and ignored, but still, he could not stand the slightest hesitation, so he turned around and chased after him.
"Yan Sui!" Su Siyu stopped Yan Sui, who had taken his car key and was about to go to his car.
Yan Sui frowned again. He did not want to be involved with Su Siyu at all. Now that his marriage partner was Meng Ting, they no longer have any relationship so there was no need for them to contact each other anymore in the future.
Moreover, as far as what he knew, when He Wan and the Su family discussed the marriage, the one who was against it the most was Su Siyu himself. Because of this, the marriage was delayed, again and again, and Meng Ting's emergence gave He Wan a better choice.
When the marriage between the Yans and the Sus was canceled, he thought that Su Siyu was satisfied.
In the afternoon, he made Madame Su persuade him and at night, he used Gu Lang to invite him to the clubhouse.
Yan Sui stopped and turned around. His sharp phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, then his anger overflowed, "What are you doing?
Su Siyu had no choice but to say that with this Yan Sui, he also felt somewhat fearful, but with his heart's strong obsession over him, it made him ignore all of these fears. In the end, he chose to say, "I regret it. I'm willing to marry you."
However, Yan Sui did not regret that his marriage partner becoming Meng Ting. In fact, he should say he was satisfied. Furthermore, he had to admit that there were even little signs that he was growing fond of him.
Looking at Yan Sui's unmoved look, Su Siyu continued, "I know it's too late for me to regret, but I won't give up. Yan Sui, I want to pursue you."
He wanted to see Yan Sui become fascinated with him — to get his passionate and desirous look on him. He wanted them to start again. He wanted them to have a happy ending. There was once a time when he did not know that he missed that Yan Sui who was so good to him. This time, he did not want to miss that moment again.
"I used to be a really bad person, but I can change. I want to change for you."
Su Siyu's eyes reddened and looked like he was about to cry. If it were someone else, they would have already pulled such beauty in their embrace, but Yan Sui did not feel anything. No matter what, Su Siyu still had some regret as he said earlier that he was already too late.
"You and I won't have any relationship other than the sons of old family friends. You don't need to change anything for me."
Even if it was Meng Ting, Yan Sui also thought that he did not need to change anything for himself. Even in the future, if Meng Ting would perhaps want to leave him and find a suitable opportunity, he would let go. Of course, this was just his thoughts at this moment. It did not take long before he knew how silly and opinionated this idea was.
"My fiancée is Meng Ting and he will be my future wife."
Yan Sui's tone was an affirmation that he was cutting off their relationship. To Su Siyu, what he said could be regarded as something heartless; but in Meng Ting's point of view, he could say that all of these things were for the deeply rooted feelings — as if they had been in love for a long time.
However, Su Siyu knew that promise was Yan Sui's promise to his future wife, regardless whoever was in that position. He was that someone who had been treated good by Yan Sui, but he made a wrong decision. He tried to be clever only to end up with a blunder, which had allowed others to covet his position.
After Yan Sui stopped talking, he did not stop him again. He turned to his car and quickly drove off, away from the street where the club was located, leaving Su Siyu behind with regret, unwillingness and even faint resentment.
The moon hid with its stars as it set. The color of the sky changed from dark to light. Meng Ting still woke up at five o'clock in the morning. For a moment, he was half-awake, but soon afterwards, his eyes opened wide. His whole person stared blankly in that place.
Last night… He did not seem to have nightmares, did he? Was it because Yan Sui hugged him? This must be the case!
Honestly speaking, he was not completely without a nightmare. At least he was not awakened by a nightmare, instead, he woke up naturally. This was very rare for Meng Ting.
Meng Ting was so delighted. His whole person exuded happiness, to the point that he was rolling on his bed like a child. Ever since he had known that he was reborn more than a month ago, this was the first time he woke up feeling good.
"Tonight, I want Yan Sui to hold me more for a while."
After Meng Ting decided that, he changed his clothes and started his morning run around the Meng's residence. Since he was in good spirits, he ran a little more.
Generally speaking, from five o'clock to six o'clock in the morning, except for those servants who woke up early, only a few of the Mengs' main family members had awoken. After he ran back, he saw Meng Qi who could not stop yawning. He also changed into his sportswear and looked like he was going to run.
Meng Ting took a quick look at him, then he took his gaze back on his way and continued going back. However, instead of going back to his room, he went to the kitchen first. He still had to get sandwiches and milk, but this time, he only took one instead of two.
The person that Yan Sui sent would come around eight or nine o'clock, but he was hungry now, and the kitchen Auntie was also quite good. She was willing to give him some food, and in return, Meng Ting would help her in the kitchen by bringing the trash outside.
"Why do you do this kind of thing?" Meng Qi asked.
Usually, Meng Qi did not exercise during the day but mostly at night. He got up so early so that he could encounter Meng Ting, but Meng Ting woke up much earlier than him. Because of this, he was not able to meet him. Meng Ting had already run back, so naturally, Meng Qi would not run anymore.
He yawned and threw his arm behind Meng Ting. He was really curious about such a beautiful younger brother, but he did not expect him to do such a thing.
Meng Ting held a huge garbage bag with one hand, then turned his head to look at Meng Qi. He saw him obediently maintaining a three-step distance from him. He continued to walk toward the door. About half a minute later, he replied to what Meng Qi had said: "I wanted breakfast, so naturally, I had to work."
He was not the same as Meng Qi and the other legitimate sons in the family. Even though he was unclear of the differences, it did not affect what he needed to know. Such as, when it came to meal times. [1]
([1] The author only mentioned "the meal situation". The author was probably referring to, no one gives him food to eat since he returned to Meng family. Which is mentioned below.)
"What about lunch and dinner?" Meng Qi randomly asked when he remembered he did not see Meng Ting coming downstairs when he waited yesterday during lunch time.
This time, Meng Ting did not answer because he simply did not want to expose Yan Sui. If by any chance Meng Qi blew the whistle on him, he would not be given food to eat again.
Meng Ting threw the trash into the bin before he walked back, while a contemplating expression remained on Meng Qi's face.
After he walked further, Meng Ting suddenly stopped walking. Then, he spoke in hindsight as he glared at Meng Qi in extreme vigilance. "I… I won't take food anymore. You don't need to spy on me."
As for the food that was already taken and eaten, it was simply impossible for him to return them to Meng Qi.
Upon hearing that, Meng Qi carried a helpless expression where he did not know whether he should laugh or cry. "No one told you the dinning rules of this house?"
Seven o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock, eleven o'clock to noon and seven to eight o'clock in the evening were the meal times. No one will wait for late comers.
Just as Meng Qi was about to continue to advise him the dinning rules, Meng Ting shook his head. However, it was not for the reason that Meng Qi thought.
"No need. None of you have the obligation to provide any food to me to begin with."
Meng Qi finally noticed that as much as how foolish Meng Ting was, there were parts of his nerves that was rather stubborn. He could not be easily coaxed. Who and what kind of people were instilling his mind with this type of sophistries?!
Perhaps he should think about how badly the days fared for Meng Ting in the past.
"Don't follow me anymore!" Meng Ting squinted his eyes as he spoke, while he waved his fist as a threat if Meng Qi was going to follow him.
Meng Qi stopped walking. With a face full of aggressiveness and helplessness, he did not follow Meng Ting again.
Meng Qi considered for a while before he turned his course and seeked out Uncle Wen. After some investigation, they realized that Meng Ting did not have anything to eat on the first day when he arrived in the house. The next day, the kitchen hand only gave him two servings of sandwiches rather than giving him a proper meal. As for yesterday…it was someone from the Gus who brought him a decent meal for him to eat.
After finding out the truth, Uncle Wen's face was flushed from shame since he rarely made mistakes. He and Meng Qi were very concerned, simply because Meng Ting was not the same anymore. He was the one who will be marrying into Yans. For this exact reason, there was utterly no room for negligence when treating Meng Ting.
However, the result remained the same when Uncle Wen contacted the Gus. The arrangement was to deliver three meals a day to Meng Ting. This vaguely revealed that it was actually Yan Sui's intention.
After Old Master Meng's announcement, nothing happened or changed. Asking Meng Ting to establish deep relationships with the Mengs within only half a month was impossible. He also did not expect Meng Ting to side with the Mengs after he would marry into the Yans. In his master plan, Meng Ting was merely used as a bridge to tap into the Yan empire.
In the evening, taking the advantage of the time when the servant brought food to Meng Ting's room, Meng Qi appeared at the doorway again. This time, he did not wait for Meng Ting to throw him out. He spoke first.
"I have news about Yan Sui. Do you want to hear it?"
Meng Ting's hand paused its motion. Indeed, he stopped closing the door on him after hearing those words.
"Last night, Su Siyu confessed to him at the clubhouse. The entire city of Haicheng knows about this already. I'm afraid only you might not be aware of this." Meng Qi expressed coldly, but his coldness was not directed at Meng Ting. Instead, it was directed at Su Siyu and Yan Sui.
It was obvious, Su Siyu dumped Meng Qi before because he had his eyes on Yan Sui and now, Su Siyu wanted to snatch his little brother's future husband.
Meng Ting looked at him while calmness remained in his eyes. Of course, that might all be because his reaction was slow. He simply did not fully understand the meaning of Meng Qi's words.
"Stop staying in your room all day long like a dummy. Because you wouldn't even know the day when your husband's stolen by someone else."
"Are you done?"
While Meng Qi was still in hesitation, the door slammed right before him — causing a gust of wind to blow on his face — which made his face a little sore. As he was also frightened by that, he remained speechless for a while before he knocked on Meng Ting's door again. "There's a banquet at the Zhongs' tonight. Yan Sui should be going too. If you want to go, just be downstairs at seven o'clock."
He stood there for a while, but when he did not hear any responses from Meng Ting, he left the third floor with a darkened face. Not soon after, the door next to Meng Ting's room opened. It was Meng Xiao, he leaned against the door for a moment and sneered coldly before he closed his door again.
As for Meng Ting, after he made sure Meng Qi had left, he grabbed his phone and made the call after he deliberated for a moment.
Although he was stupid, it was not to the point where he did not understand the other's words. Unless those words were too strange and unheard of.
"Yan Sui." Once the call was connected, Meng Ting immediately called out his name, with a voice that carried in dense anxiety that could not be dispersed.
Yan Sui was startled and he immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
"Yan Sui, do you already like someone else?" He was too anxious to get married where he have not had the chance to consider whether Yan Sui already had someone in mind or not. Although he was anxious, he still felt that people who were in love should be together. He did not want to be the bad guy to break them up.
There was not a flaw in Yan Sui. But if he likes someone else, then it would be better for them not to get married.
Yan Sui remained silent for a moment before he answered, "No."
It was undeniable that he was somewhat attracted and fond of Meng Ting, but it was not the same type of fondness that Meng Ting was asking about.
Meng Ting released his breath in relief. His whole body started to relax. As he was too nervous before, causing a vague stiffness to remain in the arm — that clutched tightly onto the mobile phone — even after he had relaxed.
"That's good then."
Meng Ting called out again, "Yan Sui."
He was a bit hesitant about the words he wanted to say.
"Yeah?"
"Then, can you like me?" Since he felt it was better to get married only when two people have feelings for each other. In turn, it would ideal if he liked Yan Sui and Yan Sui liked him back. "Yan Sui, I want to like you."