Chapter 40 - I Never Took You For A Jealous Type (2/2)
Ye Jie's amused expression turned cold when he looked at his younger brother. Ye Jun could see the killing intent visible in his eyes. The room turned so cold that Ye Jun felt like he was gonna become a popsicle.
Ye Jie took one slow step at a time as he headed towards Ye Jun's bedside. But that each step was like a call from Hell for Ye Jun. He was cowering his body to shrink saying, "Bro, I'm really sick."
Ye Jie inclined his upper body towards Ye Jun's face and held his chin between his fingers. "Dear little brother, do you know what you did wrong?" Ye Jie's voice was so low that only Ye Jun could feel the chill in his words.
Ye Jun gulped visibly as his Adam's apple bobbed up and down. "I, I, I do."
"I can forget about the part where you interrupted our conversation by being the third wheel." Ye Jun heaved a sigh of relief but his next words made the air stuck in his throat making him choke on air. "But I can't possibly forget that you ate the food I made just for her. Also, you made her take care of you."
"I, I, I really didn't ask to do anything. Sis-in-law is just too sharp. But you should be glad about it. It shows that she cares about the people that are related to you. I mean she cared for me because I'm your brother. Otherwise, do you think she's the kind of person to care for just anyone?" Ye Jun was half trying to escape with his words and half of him actually believed in his own logic.
But this reasoning seemed to hit the bull's eye. Ye Jie's cold temperature dropped a bit but not completely. He kept his inclined position while deep in thought.
He abruptly raised his hand making Ye Jun close his eyes in fear of being hit. But Ye Jie just picked the pillow next to him and hit his brother repeatedly.
"You schemer! Next time, don't you dare come to my place like a thief." After smothering his younger brother with a pillow, Ye Jie turned to leave.
He stopped right before stepping out of the room as he heard Ye Jun saying, "I never took you for a jealous type, bro."
Ye Jie didn't turn around to look at his brother's beguiled look. "Neither did I." His voice was low but Ye Jun managed to hear it.
'Jealousy is a lack of self-confidence.' Ye Jie might not be sure about other things but he was always self-confident. He was charming, handsome, successful and most importantly a good person. So he never felt the need to be jealous of anything in life.
But just a single Xu Mey's presence was enough to shake his composure. The first time when she mentioned her best friends as the love of her life, he felt weird. The feeling was so foreign that he didn't realize what it was. But today, the feeling was very obvious. And when Ye Jun specified the word 'Jealous', he realized that's exactly what he was feeling.
He was jealous of his younger brother. That too for the first time in his life. He was not even jealous when his mother always preferred Ye Jun over him. But now he was feeling wretched.