Chapter 112 - Petty Person

"So what are we going to do, Ma'am?" Zou Ci tilted his head, looked at Ling Yue.

Ling Yue, who was looking for a comfortable sitting position, looked up. After Xi Jian left to work, they were both occupy the TV room. To be honest, Ling Yue wanted to go home but based on her condition, she would only embarrass herself if she met her brothers or servants there. "Let's just watch TV." Ling Yue said resignedly.

Zou Ci only nodded and sat in a safe distance with Ling Yue. "Ma'am, may I ask something?"

Ling Yue turned her head. "Before that, could you stop calling me ma'am? That gives me a very old impression."

"What should I call you then?" Zou Ci raised his eyebrows.

"Just Ling Yue is fine."

Zou Ci chuckled. "I can't do that. Boss gonna grill me alive."

Zou Ci didn't imagine what would happen if he called Ling Yue like a friend. She was their Lady boss and their boss was a petty person. Previously, he glared at him just because he wanted to shake her hand and afterwards, Xi Jian gave him a pair of gloves. What the heck is that?

"Let's keep it with My Lady or Ma'am."

"That doesn't matter, though." Ling Yue whispered to herself.

Zou Ci pretended not to hear and continued his question. He was answered by a small nod from Ling Yue. This was a serious problem for Zou Ci which would determines his attitude towards her.

"Actually, ever since you first made contact with my boss, I've always been watching you—"

"In other words, you told me that you have always been around Brother Jian all this time?" Ling Yue looked at him curiously. "But I never saw you except at the hospital that time." Ling Yue recalled the first time they met, "Ah, you know my brother too, right?"

Zou Ci pursed his lips. "Can you hear me talk till the end?" He said, slightly annoyed. "You're just like your brother, cutting off as you please."

Ling Yue winced. "Sorry ... please continue."

Zou Ci looked into her eyes sharply. "Do you really love my boss?" Zou Ci's sudden question caught her off.

"Why do you ask that?" Ling Yue glared back.

"I know because of you, he turned into a heartless person back then." Zou Ci observed every small change Ling Yue had made. "The young playboy suddenly turned into a scary monk and now that monk has become a prince charming again because of you. If ...you don't really love him and just want to play with him, I suggest you, miss, you better run now before I chop your head off."

Ling Yue could feel the threat was not just an empty threat. This man was deadly serious.

"So...if I just play with him you will kill me?"

"More or less."

"I see..." Ling Yue watched him from head to toe. This man might be only a few years older than her. Or maybe from Ling Feng and Xi Jian. The first impression that Ling Yue caught about him was a cheerful man. Who would have thought behind his cheerful demeanor, he kept a poisonous intention?

"And?" Zou Ci still hadn't received an answer from her.

"I don't want to answer that." Ling Yue glanced at him briefly. She thought that scary look didn't really suit him.

"What would you do?" She leaned her back comfortably on the sofa while admiring her untreated fingernails.

Zou Ci was taken aback at Ling Yue's indifferent attitude towards his threat, but he hid his expression well. "Are you underestimating my threat?"

Ling Yue's corner lips curled up. "No.No. Don't jump to that conclusion." She could not help smirking. Ling Yue didn't know why she couldn't find his creepy even with the penknife in his hand directed at her. Still, she said this to him. "If you think I'm playing with him, My back is open to that knife." Ling Yue turned her eyes to the television but her attention was still on Zou Ci.

Ling Yue had never really said 'I love you' to Xi Jian. She knew she loved him. Really really love him. But Ling Yue couldn't bring herself saying that word now. She would die of embarrassment if she said those three words in front of Xi Jian directly. Just thinking about it made Ling Yue's heart beat uncontrollably and she wouldn't know what would happen if her panic attack struck.

Ling Yue heard Zou Ci clicked his tongue. "I just asked a simple question and you answered it strangely. You're really weird."

"Thank you."

"Did you already say 'I love you' to him? If I'm not mistaken I only hear you shouting 'I love him!'" Zou Ci put away his pocketknife and now leans relaxed as she seems.

"You already know but still ask. Tch!" Ling Yue pouted her lips. At that time, she was so desperate that she shouted "I love him" in front of her brothers. But now, there was no reason for her to share her personal things.

Zuo Ci watched her carefully. Based on her reaction he could conclude she hadn't said it yet.

"You've been banging all night but still haven't said you love him?"

Ling Yue gasped. "How--"

He just stared at her with a knowing look and didn't say anything. That afternoon was spent with Ling Yue's mind wandering everywhere.

Ling Yue sat herself in the bedroom. She extremely embarrassed to linger around Zou Ci. She spent time staring out the window while sipping tea and checking her phone once in a while. Xi Jian's words were true. The view here was amazing. When the first time she entered his house, she saw the skyline from the living room.

'Whoaa this is gorgeous!'

'You should see the master bedroom, that is better.'

And finally she saw it. While she was admiring the beauty of the flickering lights that began to light, the room door burst open. Ling Yue was startled by that. She saw Xi Jian rush in, dropping his body then hugged her.