Chapter 70 - The Deceitful Rose (1/2)

The moment Xu Mey placed the phone against her ear an alluring but lazy voice rang out, "Dear student, I heard you were at the hospital last night." It wasn't a question and Xu Mey knew it very well.

"If you know that then you must know why I was there, Sensei," A smile was lingering on her lips curling them upwards.

"I know about the allergy and I also know you went to Xu Residence yesterday. So, I don't have to think much to figure out anything else. What I want to know is how are you?" The voice transmitting from the other side felt like feathers tickling her ears. She still couldn't figure out how a person like her Sensei had such an amazing voice.

Whether it was the voice texture or the manner of speech, it was so poised, lazy and delicate yet made one feel cold shivers running up their spine.

Xu Mey sighed as weariness was overcoming her. "I'm fine... Just tired."

"Tired? When did I accept such a weak disciple like you?" The words were spoken with irritation but Xu Mey could hear the underlying concern. Her Sensei was indirectly asking for the reason of her tiredness.

Xu Mey chuckled. "Sensei?"

"Mm..."

"I had a nightmare last night."

She heard some shuffling at the other end. "It's been almost over a year. What triggered it?"

Xu Mey recounted the discussion with Ye Jie without hiding anything. Then she depicted the entire nightmare with perfect details. After that, she had to narrate the story of today's events with her mother-in-law.

"'I won't be caged!'" The voice at the other end repeated her words. "We like to cage the beautiful birds because ugly ones are not worth much. And we love to cage our ugly sides while flaunting our beauty. Such a weird world we live in."

"Why do you care about his mother? Why does it matter whether she likes you or not?" After a silence came a curt voice.

"Sensei, she's my husband's mother after all. I have to impress her." She took a pause to think, "Earlier, she seemed nice to me. I don't know what changed suddenly." That was bothering her all this time. For a girl who never had the love of a mother, she really wanted a good relationship with her mother-in-law. But now, it seemed impossible.

"My dearest disciple, how can you be so gullible even after everything you went through? Don't even dare to forget, even a rose has thorns much less a human." Came the reply. "I taught you before, this world is two-faced. Beauty and ugliness are only said to not co-exist. But in reality, we all live with beauty and ugliness hiding within ourselves."

"But I only saw beauty in you," Xu Mey said.

She heard a hearty laugh from the other side making her shake her head. "Are you sure, you're my first disciple? How can you be so credulous? I have beauty? Why didn't I get the notice?" Xu Mey rolled her eyes at the mocking tone. "My dear dear dear disciple, don't always fall for the deceitful roses. Trust this Lord, a cactus that shows it's ugliness is a lot better than a rose which displays its beauty."