Chapter 116 - Engagement (2)

"I have a different plan in mind. Can we hold it here? The place is spacious enough, I'm not calling many people anyway, and I'll cook for them."

Tyler gave her a side eye to indicate that he was unwilling.

Yun Xuan pinched his chin and laughed. "What's with that look?"

"I only want you to cook for me. Must they fight me over your home cooked meal?" he lamented like a spoilt little boy.

Yun Xuan laughed at her 'spoilt husband-to-be' and hugged his waist. "You get to eat it quite often. Won't you let them at least have a taste this once?"

"No."

"Then we'll call over the chef." Tyler had a part time chef, he did not come this time because Yun Xuan liked to cook for him.

In actual fact, Yun Xuan was not all crazy in love with the kitchen. It was only because she was cooking for the man she loved that she had taken a liking to cooking.

Her meals were not perfectly cooked either, Tyler only liked them because they had been cooked by her. Since they would be having guests over, it was better to call the chef.

"When will we have the meal? I'll inform Old Two and my friends."

"How about on Tuesday?"

"That's too soon, and my dad won't have left yet." She wanted to hold it in the absence of her father so that she could try and invite her mother.

They both agreed on the next weekend. Seven days was enough to inform the people they would invite. It was not a grand party after all.

"I'll talk to Old Two and Mom. I'll be happy if she can make time and come. Are you calling anyone from your side?"

"No."

"Oh come on, you should invite grandma Wang and Ruolin too." She liked Grandma Wang. As for Ruolin, she would really love to invite her and let her know who Tyler's true love was.

"Grandma wouldn't like such a gathering. We'll go over and tell her the good news. I'll talk to Ruolin." he said.

Yun Xuan remembered two more people. "Right, I'll call Wanwan too. She can not miss out on such an important event."

"Who is Wanwan?" he asked.

"Oh, that's my friend, the one who was my substitute before." she explained.

"So her name is Wanwan..."

"Yes, forget about her. We should go visit grandma before saturday then." Yun Xuan suggested. Since she was not joining in their fun, they should give her the honors of visiting her and she mentally planned to cook for the elderly lady.

"Okay, I'll call Ruolin now. It's better to tell her earlier so she can free her schedule."

Yun Xuan nodded as a response and Tyler took his phone in her presence and called Ruolin.

"Tyler, what is it?" the girl on the other side sounded busy but happy to have been called.

"Xuanxuan and I are hosting a meal at my apartment to celebrate our engagement. We didn't have a proper engagement party. Are you free on saturday next week?" Tyler asked.

The line went quiet for a while before Ruolin's serious voice came through. "Tyler, don't tell me you are really in love with Yun Xuan?"

The line went dead. She had not even waited to hear his reply.

Yun Xuan frowned. Why did she feel like Ruolin's tone was that of strong jealously and hatred?

A woman's intuition told her that Ruolin did not merely like Tyler. She was in love with him. Did you notice how she adressed him by name instead of "Older brother"?

Tyler saw how irritated Yun Xuan looked. He reached out to tousle her hair. "Forget about her. She'll come."

Yun Xuan nodded. It would be better if she came. That way she would know that Tyler was seriously in love with her and give up on him. Who on earth has romantic feelings for their brother anyway?

"Then I'll go home tomorrow. I shouldn't be too obvious." she said.

If she totally avoided her father, he would get suspiscious. Also, she intended to take the household register while at it. She would need it when the time came to register their marriage, so she should keep it in Tyler's apartment in advance. Without realizing it, Yun Xuan was starting to lose trust in her family.

Tyler of course took note of her attitude and could only sigh.

...

The next day, Yun Xuan made her way to the Yun family mansion.

"Dad," she greeted when she entered the house and saw General Yun sitting on a sofa in the living room.

"You finally know your way back." He looked like he was in a bad mood.

Yun Xuan swallowed down her disgust and acted apologetic. "I'm sorry, I had missed my man very much so I wanted to stay with him a little longer; but of course I missed you even more dad."

She almost bit her own tongue. Why was she sucking up to him? Which part of her looked like she missed him? She was freaking afraid of him, okay! However, Wanwan was right. The man did look a little warmer when she acted as sweet as usual.

She looked up at her. "Did you really miss me? If you did, you would have hugged me by now." he said.

Yun Xuan bit her lip and went to his side. "But you look so scary, what if you infect me with your bad mood?" she joked, although her legs were really urging her to take off.