Chapter 187 - Of Course Not

After the storm of her emotions had passed,Shi Ai felt as if a burdenhad been lifted from her shoulders. Feeling reassured in the presence of the family,Shi Ai gave in to Alicia's urging to rest for a while and fell asleep on the couch. Shifting the girl so that she would be comfortable,Alicia placed a comforter around her and walked upto her husband and straight into his arms. "Hubby,it seems we have come at the most approporiate time!"Pouting she continued,"I thought that Ah Hai was smart like you and knew how to snatch a good thing but he is silly like Neil,worrying his wife so much. I think we should take Shi Ai back with us so that he would learn his lesson!"

Ryu Long looked down onto the head pressed against his c.h.e.s.t and as alays a smile bloomed on his face because of his wife."I don't think that would be wise at all missus! My little brother might just attack us all guns blazing."

Before the two people could discuss anything else,"Eww!Why would you come over to see a sick person but keep m.a.k.i.n.g. .l.o.v.ey dovey eyes at each other instead?"

Both Alicia and Ryu jumped apart as Alicia bustled over to check on her little brother in law,her intentions of torturing him all but forgotten as relief coursed through her. She had been worried out of her mind ith all sorts of scenarios running though her head and fears trying to press her down.

"Hmph." was the only reaction that Alicia gave Ah Hai after she had checked on him while Ryu just grinned at his brother. Ah Hai returned his brother's smile with his own before his eyes landed on the small figure that lay curled up on the couch

Following his gaze,Alicia remembered her vow to Shi Ai and began,"Long Ah Hai!How dare you believe that your wife hates you..You.."

The moment Alicia said this,Ah Hai's eyes snapped to her in astonishment and he looked at Alicia as if she had lost her marbles,"What are you talking about?"

Rolling her eyes at him,Alicia explained the entire series of events that took place since they had come to the hospital before asking,"So tell me how do you explain all this?"

Ah Hai simply shook his head in exasperation and said,"It is because I have been blessed with a foolish little wife with an overactive imagination!" Though the words sounded insulting,the soft and pampering expression on Ah Hai's face made it sound like a compliment. Alicia's face softened as she looked at the young man in front of her. She had been lucky to see this transformation that Shi Ai had brought in him. From a suspicious and prickly man kid,the first time she met him to this one who looked at his wife with shiny eyes.Smiling,she ruffled his hair and questioning him,"What is going on in that silly head of yours?"

Giddy with excitement , like a child in a grocery store, Ah Hai laid out his plans before his eldest brother and sister in law. These two people were the ones who had showed him the power of love and trust and seeing the approval in their eyes meant a lot to him.

Rubbing her palms, Alicia grinned and patted Ah Hai on the head,"I raised you well!" 

Ah Hai: ".." Barring the fact that he was a fully grown man by the time she entered their lives, why did he have a feeling that she was treating him like a little pet?

Understanding his wife and brother very well, Ryibsimply shook his head before saying,"Well since you have not fried your brains,why don't I transfer your wife on your bed? There should be some privileges to having a VIP room and large bed."

Ryu moved to pick up the little girl but was stopped by a scowling Ah Hai,"No need for that."

Amused at his brother's possessiveness, Ryu commented,"You do know I have carried this little one as a girl also and she is like a daughter to me?."

Snorting and not about to admit that he was already jealous, Ah Hai attacked,"I am more worried about your back. You are not young anymore,you know? What if you hurt your spine?"

Ryu Long stiffened at his brother's insult, directing his icy gaze at him. But that gaze had long stopped affecting Ah Hai when he was a teenager and the man just grinned. The next moment, Ryu Long gave a thin smile,"Very well, Long Ah Hai. I will make a point to mention this to Shi Ai that you think that she is fat.And what was that plan you were just hatching?Let me explain the situation to your young wife just how devious her old husband is..."Ryu Long laid special emphasis in young and old making Ah Hai scowl at the man.

Changing tactics, Ah Hai turned to Alicia,"Hey sis,your husband is bullying me. Do something!"

Alicia frowned at the complaint before nodding her head sagely. "You are right. He is indeed bullying you!Well done husband.You deserve a reward!" Ryu Long waggled his eyebrows at Alicia at the mention of a reward causing Ah Hai to groan softly,"Your poor kids!They are so screwed to witness all this..all this stuff day in and day out..Get out.As you can see, I am perfectly fine!"

Alicia walked over to Ah Hai and catching the man's head, placed a little kiss on the crown of his head, making the full grown man turn red in embarrassment,"We knew you would be fine. After all,it is finally your turn to be happy.We will be going soon but before that we have something for you.And I think it will go well with your plan..We will be here for a while so don't think you can ignore us!"

Ah Hai nodded in agreement and as the couple made their way out of the room leaving a small note for Shi Ai that they would be back soon. They did not indicate that they had already spoken to Ah Hai and only wrote words of reassurance to her. Once the room was empty, Ah Hai's eyes turned to his little foolish wife. Sins he pretended to hate him did she?Well he wasn't going to let her off so easily. Sigh! He needed to make arrangements and with his most trusted man gone, he was going to have a difficult time ahead.

Carefully getting up from the bed, he slowly made his way towards the couch where his wife soundly slept. Bending at the waist, he placed a soft kiss on her forehead, his hand cupping her face as his thumb traced the tear marks on her pink cheeks. She has really suffered a lot these few days. He wanted to hold her close but he was really angry at her as well. Though he had guessed those hurtful words we're not true, they has indeed pierced him to the core. With the memory of the nightmare still fresh in his mind  he had almost lost his sanity. And wished her out of his sight, admittedly out of anger. But the silly little girl had just waited outside.

However, this minor episode had made him realize that somewhere he was also at fault that his little love was not too sure of his love. She had to learn and understand that he could never hate her even in his dreams.

Sighing , he made a phone call and gradually made his way out of the room. Shi Ai was soon going to learn a new lesson. While Ah Hai made his way out of the hospital room, Zhang Min and Knox finally gathered their courage to return to the patient room. They had finally matched their stories and understood everything. Just then Knox received the call from Viper. Shot had rammed his car into a tree, causing his car to explode, killing the man on the spot. Both Knox and Zhang Min realised that Shot really had been living only in hope and now that hope was dashed he had not his reason to live. They hoped that he would now find peace and his Sunshine.

In the room, the two people were flummoxed when they saw the empty bed and Shi Ai sleeping peacefully on the couch. Knox went to check the washrom but even that was empty. this caused the two people severe alarm and they rushed outside towards the nurses station only to be informed that the patient had forcefully discharged himself from the hospital against the doctor's orders. Swearing furiously, Knox and Zhang Min went inside but only found a note on the table left by Ryu and Alicia Long.

Shi Ai had finally been woken up by the commotion and rubbed her eyes as she sat up and looked around. In a moment, she too realized something was amiss and asked,"Where is Ah Hai?"