Chapter 250 - Schemer (1/2)

In the living room before her, Ye Jie was sitting with an awkward smile on his face while He Susu kept asking him all sorts of questions.

"Are you comfortable?"

"Do you need anything?"

"You must be really tired."

"Aiyo! You should take care of yourself. How can you be so careless with your health?"

"I should make some soup for you as well."

At this point, the only person doing the talking was He Susu herself. The sight was very beautiful and warm for Xu Mey. 'Mothers really have a thing for worrying.' She thought to herself and kept looking at the mother-son pair before her. 'Aiyo! Ah-Jie, if only you stop being such a coward than I think this mother would gladly give her life to you.' But she could only shake her head in disappointment.

"Oh, Ah-Jie, let's go home now!" Xu Mey announced as she walked up to both of them.

"O-" Ye Jie's 'okay' was still in his mouth when Zhu Chen's voice rang out. "No-one's leaving tonight. Ye Jie needs plenty of rest. I have made the arrangements, he'll be staying for the night."

Xu Mey stared at him with her mouth agape and darted her eyes towards Ye Jie as if asking, 'When was this decided?'

And Ye Jie seemed to be replying, 'No comments!'

"Uncle Chen, we don't want to disturb you guys at all," Xu Mey tried to speak but it didn't seem to work at all.

"Don't worry at all! No-one's disturbing anyone here. Both of you go upstairs to the room. No more discussion." Zhu Chen was adamant on his decision.

"Chen is right! You both are staying. Just go upstairs." Even He Susu was taking his side but then again one can't possibly blame her, she's a wife and a wife should always be by her husband's side.

Xu Mey and Ye Jie shared a look and groaned defeatedly. Why are these old people so intimidating?

Xu Mey helped Ye Jie to the room upstairs and sat down on the bed beside him.

"How did they know about my fever?" Ye Jie asked.

"It just slipped from my tongue, how would I know that they'd react like this." Xu Mey answered exasperatedly.