Chapter 333 - It was Jianyu (1/2)
Suyin wrapped a thin shawl on her shoulders, and head outdoors to get some fresh air and make an important call. Wang Shi had returned to the hospital, and Honey was training under the tree with Bagheera and Cleopatra. So no one else was likely to disturb her, and she can keep an eye on the three kids.
Just as she picked the phone to make a call, her gaze paused at the wallpaper. Their first family vacation. She, Honey, and Wang Shi, soaked from head to toe, posing in front of the waterfall. Her heart hurt a little, the way it always does when she looks into their hopeful eyes.
Seven months!!! They haven't said it by words, but by their actions.
A ball came rolling and stopped near her foot. Seeing Honey running to fetch it, Suyin threw it at him. Honey blew a flying kiss at her, which she caught in her fist, and save it her heart.
She pressed the call icon, scrolling a few numbers down to call Xiu Mei. ”Hello, beautiful momma.” Suyin's not the type to say such words as soon as the phone was picked, but the woman in question was an expecting mother. ”How are you? And howz the little one?”
”Kicking. Playing football nonstop.” the lovely complaint from Xiu Mei sweetly slide through Suyin. ”Yuyu and Lan were much docile if compared to this one. Thank God it's not twins this time, I wouldn't be able to handle two football players.”
Suyin chuckled, picking the latest reports Jianyu had mailed her. She was Xiu Mei's doctor and had been guiding her throughout her pregnancy. ”I know it's troublesome and painful, but it's also a good sign. Baby is active and healthy.”
”And my reports?”
”Absolutely normal. You and baby are doing great. I have made some changes to your prescription considering your due date is in three weeks. And have sent a do's and don't list as well.”
”Yeah. I can see that. Quite a long list. And you have sent a copy to Jianyu too? He's going to make me follow each and everything religiously.” There was a hint of complaint in her voice.
”That's because he loves you and is worried about you. I find it very sweet. Do you know daily I receive a call from him?”
”And what about brother Shishi? Does he ask about us?”
Suyin sensed the tightness in Xiu Mei's voice. Unfortunately, Wang Shi was upset with them and had not been on talking terms since he came to know of Xiu Mei's pregnancy. Not like he was to be blamed.
They kept such big news from him and let Mei follow him to El Sandrios when she was barely six weeks into the pregnancy. It was a huge risk. He wouldn't have forgiven himself had anything happened to the baby or mother.
”It's the mind that gets angry, but the heart still cares. I have seen him looking at your reports secretly and he always eavesdrops when Honey talks to Yuyu and Lan. He still cares, Mei. Just a little angry. I'm sure things will be as they were before.” Suyin heard Mei's soft sniffing. ”Mei, are you--”
”No. I'm not crying. I know I shouldn't. It's just we are missing him, Suyin. He hasn't called us in months. That never happened before. I want to tell him, we weren't trying to pay him back. It's the same love that he always gives us, made us do it. Even in our seven births, we cannot think of redeeming ourselves from his debt. We know, we can't.” Xiu Mei exhaled softly.
Uneasy, Suyin took a deep breath. It was equally difficult for Wang Shi here. Only she knows how much he wants to talk to his brother. But his anger was stopping him. ”If may I ask, what you cannot pay him back? What debt are you talking about?”
Xiu Mei was silent long enough that Suyin thought the call was dropped. ”Mei?”
”I'm still here.” Xiu Mei said, ”It's-- It's about the incident that changed his life.”
”Are you talking about Zena?”
”Yes. It's my husband who should be at Brother Shishi's place that night when Zena drugged him.”
Suyin leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees, recallingWang Shi's words when he'd told her about his past, that he wasn't Zena's target. Now she understood, what does he mean, and why he never told her the complete story. It was his brother, Jianyu.