Chapter 346 - A friends concern (1/2)

Yan Mei turned from the view to look at her best friend perched elegantly on the sofa and watching her with an exasperated gaze. They had been discussing her house guest, Yue Yan.

Su Bei had been very vocal about her disapproval but Yan Mei wasn't budging an inch, at some point, it had become very personal for her to be the one to help Yan Yue, for reasons she wouldn't even admit to herself out loud.

They had planned to go out for lunch but talk of Yue Yan had created a tense atmosphere that fairly puzzled her, of course, she herself had taken time to warm up to the girl but this was something else.

Su Bei was outrightly refusing to believe that she had done that, she had gone as far as telling her that she was being foolish but Yan Mei knew the words were coming from a place of love. She just wished she could convey how important it was for her to be the one to house Yue Yan for now, yes those unsayable reasons that had little to do with Lei Zhao .

Su Bei sighed, a gusty exhale that conveyed her exasperation clearly, from her stance in front of the window, lay on couldn't help the prod of guilt in her belly. ”I wish you wouldn't be so stubborn about this, I know your heart is in the right place but a million and one things can go wrong.” Su Bei offered diplomatically, they both knew what she was worried about.

”I think you worry too much” Su Bei offered but from the look on her friend's face, it was obvious the girl thought she was the one who wasn't worried enough.

She said so summarily with a soft scoff ”You don't worry enough”

”There is nothing to worry about” and there wasn't, everything was under control

Su Bei sighed again, an action accompanied by an indulgent sigh at her naive friend ”You're just lucky that Lei Zhao loved you to the point of distraction, that's why you are so blase about this”

Yan Mei was not naive, life had dealt her a few choice blows for her to still be, in fact, her naivete had been stripped at an early age, intelligence was not much for fooling itself. She was well versed with the varieties of human nature but some things could not be disputed.

Not the love between her and her husband, even now the thought of it brought a small smile to her face, a smile that irked Su Bei no doubt. ”Lei Zhao isn't even the issue here, he's never going to be”

”Lucky you” the words were delivered with a touch of acid and a hint of envy.

”Neither is the girl,” Yan Mei continued easily but Su Bei was having none of that.

She growled a soft exclamation that expressed her disgust at those words. In her eyes shone disbelief that people especially Yan Mei could even bring herself to believe that. ”I'm tired of explaining things to people who don't listen.”

Yan Mei persisted ”she's just a girl who has lost 3 years of her life, you should have seen her the day they came back from the hospital”

”They?” Su Bei baited with an arched eyebrow.

Yan Mei waved her words away as inconsequential. ”You know what I mean, she was so weak and trying to be so strong and brave about her life and situation”