70 Puzzle (1/2)
Wuxing sat on the ground, leaning against the doors and worked out his brain as he wondered, 'What the hell is she thinking…' Was that a punishment for pushing her to the ground by accident? He indeed did not take that into account when they planned the scheme but he did not expect Dongmei would get this mad over it.
'Even if she thought of another plan, it would be best to follow the original or at least find a way to tell me… So irresponsible…' At one point Wuxing thought that Dongmei decided to act on her own which kind of irritated him. He liked to have everything planned beforehand so such a sudden change of events made him nervous.
Just as he thought about it, the doors to the apartment opened with a click of the lock and he almost fell, steadying himself in the last moment. He looked behind him right away and saw Dongmei having many tear strains on her cheeks as well as red eyes from crying. This scared both Wuxing and the two guards as they started to worry about their miss a bit.
Wuxing didn't wait for long as he stood up hurriedly and called out to her while reaching out to wipe her tears away, ”Dongmei, are you okay? Why did you shut me off before? I wanted to talk and resolve it.” Even if he was actually worried about her, he still had to keep up an act in front of her.
Dongmei simply looked at him, showing a lot of mix emotions on her face but still looked away from him as he shrugged his hands away and gave him her phone, saying with pain in her voice, ”My mom wants to talk to you… She wants to hear your opinion when I tell you my decision.”
This one sentence made the guards look at each other, finding it too unbelievable to be true. If Dongmei really called her mother for this, does that mean that Wuxing was finished?
Just as they expected, Wuxing reacted accordingly and asked confused, ”What decision…? You don't want to be with me anymore?”
”You were the one who caused this…” Dongmei looked at him with a blaming look, as if she did not want this to happen as well but it was too late already, and glancing at her guards who were eavesdropping, Dongmei said as she pulled Wuxing by the arm, ”Come inside first…”
The doors closed with a smack and Dongmei was quickly placed her finger on top of his lips while glancing at the phone that was in her hand. Her mother was still waiting and Dongmei left it unmuted to make her story much more believable.
Wuxing wanted to scold her but stopped himself, only glaring at her. He didn't like what she did and he was sure to punish her later for that. Dongmei could only smile apologetically at him and kiss him soundlessly before passing him the phone.
Wuxing switched from his angry self into a confused boyfriend in a moment and answer the call, ”Hello? Mrs Guan?”
If Dongmei already told her mother about her decision which was most probably to break up with him, he would have to quickly prepare an answer for her. How was he supposed to react? They knew that he was supposed to make Dongmei break-up with him and he achieved it so why confirm it with him?
Wuxing was prepared for such questions but Guan Mei surprised him by attacking from a completely new direction, asking seriously, ”Do you regret it?” She honestly took him off guard a little which made him pause, not replying right away.
Without waiting for him, Guan Mei continued, ”Don't worry, my husband is not around me so you can speak the truth. Do you really love her?” This was another bomb that threw Wuxing off the track, as he couldn't figure out what Guan Mei was planning. He was usually good at reading people but she was something else.
Even if Wuxing took the deal, there was nothing wrong with loving her so he admitted honestly, ”Of course I do, but that alone can't help me.” Dongmei wanted to listen to them so she hugged onto his chest, but Wuxing still had to pretend he wanted to continue with the deal, so he remained proper to his act.
Unfortunately, Guan Mei apparently liked to throw a bomb after a bomb as she continued with her strike, finally exposing them, ”Then you should know that such methods won't work. I know you only took the deal to lead my husband but that won't be easy with me. I know you are both pretending and you, my daughter too. I know you are listening. Wuxing, you are smart but if you really want to be with my Dongmei, you have to think of a different plan.”
Both Dongmei and Wuxing looked at one another, not exactly knowing what was going on or how did her mother figure that out.
Before they could decide on what to dom Guan Mei fired once again, ”I know its hard for you to believe me but I'm on your side. I can see Dongmei is happy with you and that's all that matters for me. Are you going to trust me or continue to pretend and play this game?”
Xuefeng was quite baffled by that so he muted the phone for a second and whispered to Dongmei, ”What did you do? How come your mother saw through us?”
Dongmei felt wronged and replied while pouting, ”I did everything perfectly and my father was fooled but my mother is just too smart. I told them I will move back to being friends with you. She must have suspected us from the beginning else she wouldn't be so sure after my outburst just now. It has always been like this. It's like she can see through my lies just like me but better.”