"YOU?!" Bing Wen exclaimed surprised upon seeing the arrogant guy he had the misfortune to meet yesterday. "What are you doing here?" he asked still shocked
"ME? What is a nosy warlock like YOU! doing here?"
"You two know each other?" Gang Zhi asked.
3 HOURS AGO
After informing his parents about the immortal and his siblings' arrival, they were surprisingly overjoyed. Mrs Xiu even prepared a special dessert just for them saying that good first impressions were important. Little did he know, his mother had her own motive behind that blinding smile.
Mrs. Xiu was so happy when she heard Gang Zhi was coming again but this time with his sister and brothers. Mrs. Xiu had only met Yung Jen once but she still remembered the beautiful girl who cared about her brother. According to Mrs. Xiu, Yung Jen was the perfect person for her stubborn eldest child. Lu Feng had declined all the women Mrs. Xiu had chosen for him claiming that he wasn't ready to get married yet. That statement always hurt her. She couldn't understand why her 150 year old son didn't want to settle down and give her a grandchild. So this dinner was the perfect thing to happen to her, she had everything planned out. She would introduce Yung Jen to Lu Feng, let them talk for awhile then later give them some booze. Booze always helped especially in situations like these, after all ,there was no reason why Lu Feng would refuse Yung Jen, a beauty ascended from heaven. She was going to be the perfect wife for her stubborn son.
Hao Tieng beamed when he heard the door bell ring. He hurried to the front door and opened it. His smile grew wider when his blue eyes met those dark almond ones. He didn't know how to welcome Gang Zhi. Could he maybe hug him, or maybe....
He was still thinking over how to welcome the immortal when Gang Zhi beat him to it, pulling him in a tight hug. "Are you okay? You didn't sound fine over the phone." he heard Gang Zhi ask.
Returning the hug he answered " I'm fine. I just wanted to see you." Hao Tieng couldn't see Gang Zhi's expression after what he said but the immortal was smiling. They stood there for God knows how long ,enjoying each other's embrace when Yung Jen and two other men interrupted them.
"Uhmmmm" Yung Jen cleared her throat interrupting their moment.
Gang Zhi shot her a deadly look which turned into a blank expression when his gaze met his elder brother. His brother that he tried to kill 2 weeks ago. For the first time in a while, he didn't know what to say or do. He stared at the redhead for a while thinking of what to say to him . Does he apologize or just pretend like nothing happened? But he couldn't do that, he invited Quang Ho specifically to mend things with him.
"Are you going to keep on staring at me like that or are you going to invite me in, little brother?" Quang Ho asked with a calm expression on his face. Despite everything they had been through, all the pain and suffering, all the attempts to kill each other , they were still brothers. Quang Ho never really knew what he had done to make his little brother hate him that much. Whenever he tried to talk things over, Gang Zhi would just get angry and try to kill him. He was surprised when he got the call from Yung Jen saying that Gang Zhi wanted to patch things up and become the family they were before the tragic accident that took their parents.
He was shocked when Yung Jen told them they were having dinner at the Queen Dragon's place. Thinking that the Dragons might just want to talk with the Quadbrid's family he just let it slide. But when they reached their destination and he saw the guy his brother was hugging, he knew they didn't come here to talk to all the dragons. They came here for just one.
Sensing the tension between the two males, Hao Tieng invited everyone in and led them to the living room. "Dinner will be ready soon." he informed every1 as they took their seats and he headed out of the room giving the siblings some space to talk. Though he wanted to apologise to the redhead whose name he didn't quite remember and ask who the curly haired guy was, he didn't want to come off as rude or nosy so he decided to just leave and help his parents with dinner.
"So...." Quang Ho started after Hao Tieng left the room. "He's your mate isn't he?" he asked turning to look at Gang Zhi. He could sense that his brother wasn't how he was when they last saw each other. He was.... Happy.
"Yes." Gang Zhi answered with the same blank expression from earlier.
"That's why you lost your temper and almost killed me?" Quang Ho asked again. He now understood why Gang Zhi lost all his rationality and attacked him even though they were sorrounded by people. Every supernatural knows you don't mess with another person's mate unless you have a death wish.
"I apologise for that but I just couldn't control my anger." Gang Zhi replied, still with a blank expression.
"I understand. I shouldn't have flirted with your mate.... So.... Are we good now?" Quang Ho asked which Gang Zhi replied with a nod. "Come give your big brother a hug."he added with a smile.
Surprisingly Gang Zhi complied and gave his brother a hug. Finally this chapter of trying to kill and hating each other was finally closed. Yung Jen and Yung Tang looked at each other then back at their hugging brothers who finally made up. The hug was interrupted when they heard the door bell ring. They heard a sweet voice from the kitchen ask Gang Zhi to open the door which he did immediately.
Gang Zhi didn't know what the blonde was doing here since Hao Tieng told him he had gone back to Shanghai but he didn't want to ask either way. He led the blonde to where everyone was.
Quang Ho was the first to turn to look at who it was then Yung Jen followed then Yung Tang followed. Yung Tang abruptly stood up from where he was sitting when he saw that familiar face.
Present moment
"How do you two know each other?" Gang Zhi asked again.
"I met him yesterday in Shanghai. What is HE doing here?" Yung Tang said looking at the blonde who destroyed his plan.
Gang Zhi was about to answer when Lu Feng entered the room.
"Can you guys quiet down? I could hear you all the way from the garden." Lu Feng said scanning the room of unfamiliar faces and saw the person he least expected to see here. "Bing Wen? I thought you weren't going to make it." he added with a smile
" My case got cancelled so I decided to come and congratulate my best friend. Where is Hao Tieng?" Bing Wen asked ignoring the irritating arrogant ungrateful guy he was sure he hated.
"He's in the kitchen with my mom." Lu Feng answered.
"Alright then. I'll go help them. I'd rather be anywhere than here." Bing Wen said sparing Yung Tang one last glance and headed to the kitchen with Lu Feng.
"Who was that?" Quang Ho abruptly asked.
"My mate's bestfriend. Why?" Gang Zhi answered. He, too, had questions of his own. Like what did Bing Wen mean when he said 'congratulate my best friend'. What didn't Hao Tieng tell him?
"Not the blonde. The other guy."
"The Queen's eldest son, his my mate's brother..... Why are you asking about him?" Gang Zhi asked.
"No reason." Quang Ho answered blankly "Do you know where I can find the bathroom?" he asked.
"Straight through the hallway. Last door to your right. "
Quang Ho didn't waste a second rushing over to the bathroom with only one thing on his mind. 'I must know him.'