Chapter 77

Wang Weixi had a pleasant conversation with Tong Siqi. He was also satisfied with her plan. Before leaving, Tong Siqi invited Wang Weixi to have lunch with her.

Wang Weixi was surprised, but he knew that he could not refuse her invitation at this moment. He had cared about what happened last night and wondered whether Tong Siqi still loved him or hated him. However, Tong Siqi seemed to have forgotten her embarrassed look after the banquet. Faced with the gossip about Wang Weixi holding her back to the room, she did not show much embarrassment or anger, as if this was not her affair.

Her abnormality confused Wang Weixi.

Hence, he readily accepted her invitation.

In the blink of an eye, it was already half past ten. There was an hour before he could get off work.

Wang Weixi sat in the office and suddenly remembered that he had not seen Yi Duanfang in the morning. Lan Ling told him that no one could find Yi Duanfang in the company and his mobile phone was turned off. Even the chairman had learned about it.

Wang Weixi felt helpless. “Did this bloke skip work out of habit, so he did this spontaneously?”

If he really skipped work, where would he go?

“Since I got married, Yi Duanfang has rarely mentioned where he had been. How long have they not chattered with each other? Think about the past days, it seems that only Yi Duanfang, this funny guy, was able to comfort me in my lonely life road.”

Picking up the phone, he was about to call Yi Duanfang. Little did he expect that accompanied by the ringtone, the name of Yi Duanfang appeared on the phone screen, before he dialed the number.

Wang Weixi grinned, pressed the answer button. He pretented to be angry and reproved him before Yi Duanfang spoke. “Duanfang, why did you leave work again? The president has known about it and wants to invite you to his offce to have a talk.”

Yi Duanfang disdainfully listened to Wang Weixi’s reprimand. When he finished speaking, Yi Duanfang stroked his bang casually and said carelessly, “Why were you looking for me? You can deal with Tong Siqi by yourself. Don’t you know that I don’t want to see her. I smiled at her last night. I’ve given face to her.”

Chen Keren in the driver’s seat shot him a cold glance. “Really? Last night, who said that we can get together sometime? Who was giving a narcissistic smile?”

Wang Weixi said helplessly, “Siqi didn’t piss you off, right? Where are you now? Come back soon. Siqi said that she wanted to invite me to dinner. I said that I would go with you.”

…

Yi Duanfang was stunned for a second and leaned to Chen Keren’s side, whispering, “Someone will mess it up.”

Chen Keren frowned while Wang Weixi, who was a bit mad at Yi Duanfang, shouted. “Don’t go! You are not allowed to go anywhere today, or you will regret it.”

Wang Weixi, who was puzzled about his friend’s attitude, responded. “What happened to you? You’re too sensitive. Tong Siqi is a VIP to our company. How can I refuse her invitation?”

When he was talking to Yi Duanfang over the phone, Lan Ling had come in with a pile of documents. She didn’t knock at the door to interrupt him, so she heard what Wang Weixi said.

“Invitation?” She pursed her lips and thought, “Right, she is qualified to invite him, but I have been his secretary for so long, when did he take a look at me?” At the thought of it, she felt distressed.

“I was not kidding. If you go with her, you will regret it. Don’t say that I didn’t remind you.” Yi Duanfang warned in a serious tone.

However, his words sounded amusing in Wang Weixi’s view.

“Yi Duanfang, what do you want do?” He replied with resignation while smiling at Lan Ling, who rushed in.

Yi Duanfang flew into a rage. When he was just about to tell him Chen Kexin’s plan, Wang Weixi responded leisurely. “Well, I have something to do. If you don’t come, I’ll dock your salary.” Then he immediately hung up the phone.

Staring at the phone, Yi Duanfang gnashed his teeth.

Chen Keren said with a cold look, “Is my brother-in-law going to eat out with that woman?”

Yi Duanfang nodded and said angrily, “Isn’t it just because she is our client? Why did he have to accept the unnecessary invitations? He wanted to dock my salary. Fu*k you!”

Chen Keren stopped the car and was about to get out of it with a bag of snacks.

Yi Duanfang reached out to hold her arm and asked anxiously, “What shall we do? Kenxin must be very disappointed if she knows it. How about texting Weixi? If he knows that Kexin has prepared love lunch for him, he won’t go.”

Chen Keren snorted, looked down at his hand, and replied with disdain, “If he wants to go, then let him go. Don’t text him. If he really has lunch with her, maybe my sister will have a sense. Don’t you think that Chen Kexin is really dull in some aspects?”

Yi Duanfang said with some concern, “But what if Kexin reacted as the same the last time Weixi saw Lan Xiao?”

Chen Keren said in a flat tone, “Impossible. Since he accepted the others’ invitation, he will definitely call my sister, so we only need to play with her for a while. It’s impossible for her to finish making the ribs soup before he gets off work.”

…

Chen Keren got out of the car, threw the key to him and asked him to lock the car. Yi Duanfang was petrified there, sighing Chen Keren’s comments were always to the point. His poor Chen Kexin was despised for no reason. It was really that she got shot while lying down.

Yi Duanfang thought about it and murmured with confidence. “Hum, Chen Keren is right.”

Bad guys existed every year, but this year, there were a couple.

As they went upstairs, the duo saw a few neighbors standing outside the door and whispering. Hearing Chen Kexin’s howls of laughter, Yi Duanfang and Chen Keren touched their foreheads. “It’s really embarassing.”

“Do you live here? Could you please ask the girl lower her voice? The effect of soundproofing is good, but we can hear her laughter… She is not afraid of hurting her throat?” The woman, who lived opposite, said irritatedly, but her eyes were fixed on Yi Duanfang’s face.

Yi Duanfang and Chen Keren smiled apologetically. The former said, “Sorry, this big sister, my sister is watching TV. I will talk to her after I go back. I’m sorry for bothering you.”

The several neighbors had been fascinated by Yi Duanfang. The moment he offered his apologies, they shook their heads and responded with a smile, “It doesn’t matter.”

“The new comers turn out to be your sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Alas, I’ve met this girl before. She is pretty.”

“She must be so happy. It doesn’t matter. We’re also glad to hear her joyful voice.”

…

No matter how beautiful a woman was, she would pale in comparison with a extremely handsome boy when they stood among a group of women, especially the middle-aged women.

Chen Keren had already called Chen Kexin when the group of women flattered Yi Duanfang. Chen Kexin skipped to open the door for them and Chen Keren dragged Yi Duanfang into the room before he ended the conversation with the hospitable neighbors. With a “Peng”, the door was close.

The sound outside the door finally receded.

Yi Duanfang felt relieved and said, “Chinese women are really terrible!”

Chen Keren replied coldly, “I see you’re happy for it.”

Yi Duanfang rolled his eyes and said, “Nope, those women said that it didn’t matter. But if it were real, they would stay at home. What did they come here?”

Chen Kexin saw the duo squabbling with a grin on her face as she said, “You really love each other.”

…

Chen Keren and Yi Duanfang turned their faces at the same time and roared in a upset voice, “You and Weixi do!”

Chen Keren handed two large bags of snacks to Chen Kexin and said, “This guy bought those things for you. Take it.”

Chen Kexin stared at the snacks and was moved to say, “OOO, Sister Duanfang, you’re really nice.”

Yi Duanfang raised his head and replied, “Of course.”

“Oh no, it’s my good brother-in-law.”

…

Yi Duanfang ground his teeth and thought that he would bring all the snacks back.

Chen Keren yawned and said drowsily, “OK, since everything is ready, go to prepare the ingredients for my sister, Yi Duanfang.” She threw the bag to Yi Duanfang. Then she leisurely approached the sofa, reclined on it, took out a magazine from his bag and started to read it.

…

The sisters were definitely freaks. Yi Duanfang stared at Chen Keren with a sad look. The latter only responded to him with an insouciant glance. The next moment, he had rushed into the kitchen at the speed of Mars hitting the earth.

“Well, I admit that I’m a coward,” thought Yi Duanfang, who wanted to cry but failed to shed a tear.

Chen Kexin also came to sit on the sofa delightedly. Seeing Yi Duanfang who was busy in the kitchen, she could not help but smile. “Brother-in-law Duanfang is really good. You should take the chance~”

Hearing this, Yi Duanfang shivered and almost cut his slender finger with the kitchen knife.

Chen Keren did not even lift her eyelids and explained in a flat tone. “We just met each other downstairs this morning. Don’t misunderstand.”

Chen Kexin stared at Chen Keren with shock, speechless for a good while.

Chen Keren ignored her for she knew that her elder sister would not say something good.

“What a pity… I thought you’ve had slept with him.” Chen Kexin sighed.

Yi Duanfang’s knife trembled again.

Chen Keren helplessly rolled her eyes and continued to read the magazine.

“Keren, don’t you have a man you like? Someone, you have a good impression on?” Apparently, Chen Kexin did not intend to give up this opportunity and tried her best to inquire about Chen Keren’s thoughts. After all, she knew that her sister treated Yi Duanfang in a special way.

The knife in Yi Duanfang’s hand suddenly froze.

Chen Keren lay supine on the sofa, lowered her gaze and said flatly with an expressionless look, “None.”

Chen Kexin sighed helplessly, “It’s even more disappointing…”

In the kitchen, Yi Duanfang continued cutting ribs, yet he suddenly felt empty.

“Has this woman never fallen into love?”

…

They fell silent for a good while. Chen Kexin stared at the magazine in Chen Keren’s hands. It was a book about international brand design. She knew that reading these magazines was equivalent to her being at work, so she had to sit there and keep quiet.

Yi Duanfang put the ribs into the pot, turned on the gas stove slowly, and walked out of the kitchen.

At the moment, Chen Kexin was holding a bag of Bugles while eating the corn chips. Seeing Yi Duanfang come out, she said joyfully, “Sister Duanfang, come over and eat those delicious snacks.”

Yi Duanfang replied cheerfully, “OK.”

Chen Keren raised her eyes. Seeing his innocent look, she mocked calmly, “Are you a child?”

…

Yi Duanfang thought gloomily, “I can stand it.”

Hence, he gave no response for he knew that what he said in the supermarket had provoked Chen Keren. After all, an independent and able woman was also a human being; she also had to eat all kinds of grains and needed to defecate, which meant she was the same as him, “an ordinary people”. From this point, he was courting death. However, the strange thing was that Chen Keren seemed to be unpredictable. She would lose her temper when she was not supposed to do, but when she should get mad, she would keep calm.

Moody…

“Could it be that she is going to have her period?” At the thought of it, he stared at Chen Keren curiously. The independent and able woman also had periods, which was indubitable.

After eating a corn chip, Yi Duanfang took two chips into Chen Keren’s mouth and said with a smile, “Hey, I was wrong when we were in the supermarket. If you don’t mind, you can eat them.”

Chen Keren was stunned for a second and then calmly ate chips before she said flatly, “Thanks.”

“Wow, it’s so flirtatious~” Chen Kexin covered her nose and sighed inwardly, “Nope, nope. They must have something.

“I actually become a third wheel in my apartment. It shouldn’t be like this.”

Yi Duanfang knew that Chen Kexin definitely thought more about it, so he quickly took two chips to Chen Kexin’s mouth and said, “Kexin, come.”

Chen Kexin happily bit the Bugles and replied, “Sister Duanfang is the best.” “If you can’t be my brother-in-law, it would be a pity~”

Yi Duanfang proudly said, “Surely I am.”

“Oh, you’re a bit inferior to my dear husband,” Chen Kexin added smugly.

…

“Narcissist.” Chen Keren put down the magazine and said mercilessly.

Chen Kexin stuck out her tongue and curled her lips, saying, “Keren, you’re really nasty. Aren’t you afraid that no man will marry you?”

Yi Duanfang snickered. “Didn’t we bump into a man who admired you that day? If you don’t have any other choice, then marry him.”

Chen Kexin laughed her head off.

Chen Keren pursed her lips and asked in a flat tone, “Pardon.”

Yi Duanfang replied, “My mistake…”

——————–Dividing Line——————–

The lively morning was finally over. When Chen Kexin was busy cooking in the kitchen, Chen Keren and Yi Duanfang waited in the living room, displeasure gradually creeping over their face, because Wang Weixi had not called Chen Kexin.

Yi Duanfang wanted to text Wang Weixi several time and ask him whether he was too busy that he almost had forgotten his good wife. However, Chen Keren, who sat by his side, forbade him to send messages and even took his cell phone away, which drove him crazy.

After a while, Chen Kexin called Yi Duanfang to come and take two bowls of ribs soup. Smelling the rich aroma of the ribs soup, Yi Duanfang was a bit moved.

Nevertheless, when he was back to the living room, Chen Keren knitted her eyebrows and told him off for be easily moved. “Stop crying. Don’t behave like a girl who is moved by a little thing. It’s absurd.” Yi Duanfang feared that Chen Keren would beat him up. After all, he had already provoked her many times today, so he struggled to hold back his tears and enjoyed the ribs soup Chen Kexin made.

In fact, he had eaten her dishes before. It tasted good. Chen Kexin said she had not made ribs soup at home, so she invited Chen Keren and him to try her dishes.

It was totally different for Chen Keren. In her memory, the only dish her sister made was the rice with stir-fried tomato and egg on top and she still remembered how her aunts looked when they ate this dish. Hence, smelling the wonderful aroma of the ribs soup, she could not believe her own sense of smell. She still took a sip of soup carefully. Surprisingly, the ribs soup was quite delicious.

Chen Keren nodded, and Yi Duanfang couldn’t help but say, “It’s so delicious. The stewed ribs are good. Wow, our Kexin has really grown up and Weixi’s good days are coming!”

Hearing this, Chen Kexin’s good mood was messed up. Now her face fell like a bad eggplant. She pursed her lips and asked with dissatisfaction, “Sister Duanfang, was my cooking so bad before?”

Yi Duanfang looked at her sincerely. Silent for a second, he nodded seriously and said, “This is beyond doubt.”

Chen Keren rolled her eyes and asked Chen Kexin. “Don’t you need us to taste the stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs?”

When she cooked the ribs soup, Chen Kexin also made stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs. Originally, Chen Keren was only willing to taste the ribs soup. Now… since the ribs soup was delicious, she changed her mind and wanted to taste the stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs her sister made.

Chen Kexin rushed into the kitchen happily. After a while, she took out a small dish of stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs. Chen Keren and Yi Duanfang tasted it and suddenly felt hungry.

Chen Kexin asked hurriedly, “How about it?”

Yi Duanfang nodded and acclaimed, “Yummy.”

Chen Keren said calmly, “Good.”

Chen Kexin jumped up cheerfully. Looking at the time, there was still 15 minutes before her husband got off work. She hurried to look for her cell phone while saying, “Weixi doesn’t know that I want to bring him a meal. He will come back at noon. I need to call him.”

Chen Keren and Yi Duanfang looked at each other. The former quickly said, “My brother-in-law won’t come back at noon.”

Chen Kexin was stunned there. Yi Duanfang looked at Chen Keren with surprise. He did not expect Chen Keren to say those words.

“Hrm… How do you know?” Chen Kexin asked with a depressed look.

“When we drove to the supermarket, he called me and said that he would go out with his client for dinner and asked me to have lunch with you.”

… Yi Duanfang almost spat a mouthful of blood. “It was totally bullshit!”

However, little did he expect that Chen Kexin replied without a second thought, “Oh, so be it then. Let’s have lunch.”

“OK, I’ll help you fill bows with rice.” Chen Keren quickly got up and went to the kitchen. Chen Kexin turned and followed her.

Yi Duanfang stared at the sisters with his mouth agape. He did not believe their way they dealt with such a thing.

“Yi Duanfang, call my brother-in-law, say that we’re all here and ask him not to worry about us.” Chen Keren suddenly turned around and solemnly said to Yi Duanfang.

…

“Obviously, you wanted to eat!” Yi Duanfang stared at Chen Keren while gnashing his teeth, yet he still called Wang Weixi. Little did he expect to hear that Wang Weixi said that he almost forgot to call Chen Kexin and was about to make a call. Yi Duanfang shouted abuse at him, which helped Chen Keren vent her anger.

Poor Wang Weixi became a substitute for catharsis.

On the dining table, Chen Keren wore a treacherous smile. “Wang Weixi, my sister made much effort to prepare this meal. How could you be the first to eat them?”

Seeing Chen Keren’s insidious smile, Yi Duanfang was terrified.