Chapter 214 - Off The Scale

Shi Ai followed Yang Mei in the kitchen intending to tease her sister. However,she stopped short when she stepped into the kitchen.

"What just happened here?"

Turning around,Yang Mei saw her sister standing there with a shocked look on her face. She had forgotten all about the mess here..Oh!Oh !Oh!

Why was everything going wrong?Shi Ai saw her sister's fl.u.s.tered look and could not help but chuckle."Don't tell me that Zhang Min tried to cook you breakfast."

Going to her sister,Shi Ai hugged her and then moved a bit back to look at her face.Yang Mei gave a wry smile at this comforting gesture and said,"Sadly no.He has nothing to do with this.All this was done by me!"

"You?"

Yang Mei hunched her shoulders and said,"I wanted to do something special but I was so nervous that I kept messing things up.I dropped that sauce and then the dough and then the batter!Then I got so frazzled that I just gave up but then the kitchen had reached this stage!

Shi Ai shook her head and laughed on the inside.Frazzled was a mild word.All the pots and the pans in the litchen were out of their place.The entire counter top was covered with dried stains of those once liquid stains.All in all it was a mess of the highest order and you wouldn't know where to start the cleaning.

But cleaning was not the priority.Getting her sister was.Pulling her sister to the chairs nearby,Shi Ai pushed her into one and sat herself on the other.

"What were you fl.u.s.tered about?"

Yang Mei looked at Shi Ai intently,wanting to talk but not knowing how.Finally she gathered her courage,breathed in deeply and said in a brreath,"I wanted to make something special to commemorate today but then I started making the things but I did not know what Zhang Min liked and then I got confused if I should or shouldn't do,after all this is house and he may not like anyone invading his personal space so I got even more nervous.And then this happened.Finally in the end we had to go out for food!"

"Commemorate what?"

That gave a pause to Yang Mei's rant and she stutteringly answered,"Uh...commemorate us being boyfriend and girlfriend. I'd seen a show where the girl did that and I wanted to do that.."

This made Shi Ai grin as she teased,"Uh huh..they commemorated their first night together and not the beginning of their relationship!"

Yang Mei felt her mouth drop open..So Shi Ai had seem that show!Ohhhhh..

Teasing her sister was fun!She remembered how Meng Ran had been pesteringger when she went back to college after Shebcamento know of Ah Hai and decided that she should do the same!

So deciding to be naughty, she straightened her face and asked,"Since you are have already done the deed, let me ask you. Where do you rate Zhang Min on a scale of one to ten-with one being a horrible kisser and ten being realllllllyyyy good."

Shi Ai waggled her eyebrows in a perfect imitation of Meng Ran and imagined that this must be the expression that she herself had to that question. Her sister was redder than a tomato!They even blushed alike!

Giving her a shoulder nudge, Shi Ai said,"You can tell me!I won't tell anyone."

Feeling shy but wanting to confide in someone, she said,"Off the scale!"

"Are you sure it is 'off the scale?' Or is that your inexperience talking?You see there are not many men out there who are that good. It is actually believed to be a myth.."

"No..his kisses are really are off the scale.."

Unexpectedly, Shi Ai let out a whoop as she said,"I believe you Mei. if I had not experienced the 'off the scale' kisses Inwould have believed you to be lying!Go Zhang Min!Both of us Shi sisters are lucky!We have loyal,hot, good looking men who are off the scale kissers!We got off the scale kisses without having to kiss any toads!Go us!"

This caused Yang Mei to burst into laughter and repeat it after Shi Ai.

A sudden noise at the door made them turn quiet and both turned back at the same time to see the escaping backs of their 'men.' This caused Shi Ai and Yang Mei to break into another round of uncontrollable giggles, hugs and then tears.They clung to each other. This was what they had missed all these years. This sisterhood and friendship.The close bond of love.

After a good cry, Shi Ai wiped her tears and looked at Yang Mei,"Hey, I can sob and blame that on the hormones!What about you?Why are you crying?"

Wiping at her tears with the back of her hand, Yang Mei explained,"I'm just scared. Everything happened so fast, it feels like a dream. Will I wake up tomorrow and everything will have disappeared?I have only started to forgive grandfather and I already have so much angst inside of me. What of someday I hurt Zhang Min and you?I am not used to caring for others! And what about the thing that I am missing from Zhang Min?"

This gave Shi Ai pause. She realised that Yang Mei did not know everything.

"Mei Mei are you talking about the medical report that was given when you were hurt?Because if you are worried that Zhang Min will not accept that then let me tell you that Zhang Min already knows. He is a surgeon and I showed him the report at the time."

This gave Yang Mei a pause. So Zhang Min knew her secret? Yang Mei could hardly believe her ears. She shook her head and asked Shi Ai,"When did you show the report?"

Knowing that Yang Mei had not accepted this situation or the face that Zhang Min knew of this, Shi Ai answered honestly,"The night of your surgery."

"That long.."

Yang Mei felt hot and cold all over. She had worried about this in the back of her mind but now she could only worry more. Zhang Min knew that she was damaged inside and still he accepted her. He was a surgeon and understood the reports well so he had known the truth all along. Did he really not worry about this matter?Was she lucky to be loved like this?

No..she had to talk to Zhang Min but she needed time to sort out her feelings.

Shi Ai could only observe her little sister and finally seeing here state, hugged her, whispering,"We Shi sisters are lucky that our men also have big hearts for us."

Hugging back Shi Ai hard, Yang Mei could only sob quietly. Finally, after a good talk, Yang Mei and Shi Ai git to worn quietly cleaning up the kitchen. But only after a few minutes, Shi Ai was pushed out of the door by Yang Mei who ordered her to go home and rest, promising that she would be fine and they would meet in the evening anyway.

Yang Mei waved them good bye while Zhang Min followed the couple to see them out. His face was set in grim lines and Shi Ai could not help but pull his cute cheeks and say,"my brother is so cute.."l

Zhang Min frowned and said,"I think I am going to disown you, Shi Ai!A younger sister was supposed to save me from bullying from my brothers but you just add to my woos and then you had to go and marry another bully.."

Shi Ai's grin widened further and ahe said,"Too bad you love me and can not disown me!And who are you calling a bully?My hubby is the gentlest man in the world!" With that statement, Shi Ai wound her arms around Ah Hai and walked away with her nose in the air..

Zhang Min had only one thought in his head,"If Long Ah Hai was a 'gentle' man, then he himself was Mother Teresa!What a joke!"

Shaking his head at Shi Ai's ostrich tendency to bury her head in the sand where Ah Hai was concerned, Zhang Min went back into the house only to be accosted by Yang Mei who jumped onto him,hugged him hard and began to sob loudly, almost sending him into a state of panic. Zhang Min was on the verge of calling an ambulance when he realised that she seemed to be saying something but wasn't hurt. He moved a bit back and saw her reddened eyes and nose and gently pushed her back onto the couch before going to fetch a glass of water.