Chapter 220 - Arbitration (1/2)

As Doctor Lou tried to control his laughter, he jabbed Tung Mei with his elbow trying to get her to join his fun as he informed, ”She has learned some very interesting things~”

Tung Mei frowned and then looked at Lei Xing, whose face was getting increasingly red with anger and embarrassment as Doctor Lou continued to howl in laughter. Tung Mei immediately raised her hands up and said, ”I had nothing to do with this. I'm completely innocent in all this, this is all him!” She said motioning to Doctor Lou.

Lei Xing turned her attention to Tung Mei and glared at her, Tung Mei jumped and quickly backtracked, ”I only abandoned the bracelet because he was bothering me. I didn't think you would pick it up. I just didn't want him to come to find me...And later, as you know he didn't let me take it off. I admit that I was short-sighted and should have buried it under a mountain or dumped it in the ocean -”

”Hey!” Doctor Lou suddenly barked at Tung Mei, ”How dare you even think to treat my precious baby like that?! If you ever do anything like this again, I will bury you under the ocean!”

”Since you gave it to me, it's mine! Therefore I can do whatever I want with it!” Tung Mei indignantly responded, ”And stop laughing it's not funny!”

”Ah, what happened to your great sense of humor? It's that Yong, isn't it? Tch, I always knew he was no good...” Doctor Lou responded with a frown.

”Don't talk about my Yong ge like that!” Tung Mei barked with a frown.

”He's a brat and so I can talk about him how-e-ver I want.” Doctor Lou responded haughtily raising his head up and squinting at Bi Lu, reminding him that someone at the table still remembered he existed.

Lei Xing put her face in her hands as Doctor Lou and Tung Mei were bickering. She was feeling incredibly foolish at the moment.

{...Stupid, stupid, stupid! How could I be so stupid?! The freaking old man even talked about having a meal ready for me, it's not like I sent an RSVP...The stupid bracelet also got angry when I called him a quack, which he is! I don't even know what he is T_T)...Not to mention the obsession with ”its” gems, how could I not have seen this?...No, no, no I was being rational. It was rational to think that a human - He's obviously not a regular human being! So how could I access his irrational with a rational mind?! I'm so stupid! >_

”Why didn't you tell me?!” Lei Xing bangs her fisted hands on the table as she glared daggers at Doctor Lou.

Doctor Lou blinked at her and then matter of factly said, ”You never asked.”

”I asked several times!” Lei Xing swiftly responded.

Doctor Lou knit his brows in thought and then responded, ”Hmm, true, you did...But at that time, you were the stranger who kidnapped my precious bracelet so I didn't like you. You were the enemy...And then after I found out who you were, you just never asked.”

Lei Xing blinked at him in confusion. Then she knit and unknit her eyebrows as she took deep breaths. She raised her hands up and fisted and unfisted them in front of her, holding herself back jumping over the table to strangle the old man, ”I never asked...?” Lei Xing quietly said through gritted teeth.

”En, you never did.” Doctor Lou cooly responded with a happy smile.

Lei Xing fisted her hands as she glared at the smiling Doctor Lou as she searched her memory but she could honestly not remember if she actually ever did ask then. At that time, she was too concerned with getting rid of the bracelet to inquire about its origins or identity. Especially not with all the 'Mind your own business' and 'None of your business' she received from it. It was a natural response for her not to want to bother with pointless inquiries.

It was not her fault. A normal person would have given an introduction with their ”apology”. Lei Xing let out a shaky breath and then asked, ”And you never thought to tell me?”

{...Like a normal person would -_-)'...}

Doctor Lou knit his brows and looked at her as if she said something completely absurd, ”And ruin the fun? Of course, I didn't...Don't lie, you were enjoying the mystery of it all, weren't you?” Doctor Lou asked with a chuckle.

Lei Xing could feel her veins popping, the fact that he was taking this all as a joke was even more infuriating.

Tung Mei glared at Doctor Lou and then carefully said to Lei Xing, ”Xing jie, you should calm do-”

”You shut up!” Lei Xing shouted at Tung Mei and she immediately closed her mouth. Lei Xing then turned back to Doctor Lou, ”Do you know this is a serious breach of privacy?!”

Doctor Lou blinked at her, then snorted and then laughed, ”She wants to sue me -”  Then he turned to Tung Mei, ”Oh, did I mention she was a lawyer in her other life?... Actually she never quite made it there, she was only an aspiring lawyer...” Then he started laughing again, Tung Mei jabbed him, trying to tell him to stop as she sheepishly looked at Lei Xing.

Lei Xing banged the table and got to her feet to leave, the embarrassment was too much. But before that, there was something that needed to be done. She stretched out her wrist to Doctor Lou, ”Take your bracelet and make sure it stays the hell away from me or I swear I will burn this place and 'it' down.”

Doctor Lou looked at her wrist and raised an eyebrow at her, ”Are you sure you want that?”

”I'm asking, aren't I?” Lei Xing irritatedly retorted.

{...I never asked. I never asked - This freaking as***le, I don't care if he's an old man! He's a freaking as***le for turning me into a joke! >_