Chapter 4
 

Bei Er Duo excused herself to the restroom to escape the awkwardness briefly.

She was facing the mirror, she noticed her face was blushing strangely. The conversation before still ringing in her ears.

It was strange, she also ever encountered that situation. How could know she was being tricked by Ye Shu Wei’s joke?

She adjusted her emotion for a while, she hoped later on she wouldn’t be affected again.

She took a deep breath, tighten her abdominal muscles, and held it for five seconds. Then she let out her breath.

With success, she went out of the bathroom.

When she returned to her seat, she sat down. Luckily everyone already changed the topic of conversation. They didn’t talk about thing regarding her and Ye Shu Wei’s relation.

She finally had time to eat something.

When she was lowered her head down, she noticed there was a pile of food on her plate. There were veggies, noodles, prawns, crabs leg, and seafoods.

She casted a glance to Ye Shu Wei suspiciously, then noticed he had same kind of thing as her.

So it turned out he took the opportunity of her leaving the table to help her take food, fortunately it is her very favorite food.

She expressed her gratitude to him silently. Then she raised up a crab legs.

“Ye Shu Wei, you don’t help your girlfriend to peel the crab shell?” Big sis Zhou said, this time her eyes were attacking him: “I remember that you are an expert to peel those.”

Ye Shu Wei put his fork down, then took a towel to wipe his hands. He took the crab leg from Bei Er Duo’s hand, and personally help her to peel it. He separated the white meat of the crab from the shell, and placed it on her plate. Then he peeled several prawns for her. It was neat and in order. He even threw the shells on the left side, to prevent Bei Er Duo to be pricked.

Being a live for twenty five years, it was her first time to enjoy that meticulous care and service. Bei Er Duo was simply overwhelmed by favor.

Big sister Zhou smiled cheerfully: “I already said it from the start. In the future a girl who could marry Ye Shu Wei, definitely would be very lucky. His hand is very skillful. Not only he could cook something delicious, he even could do house chores. Not like our man, he even couldn’t cook a noodle.”

The man who sat down beside her, laughed embarrassedly: “That’s why we complement each other. You are so skillful, and I am a bit less so it would not matter.”

Ye Shu Wei could cook? Could do house chores? Bei Er Duo felt a bit astonished. She thought he just could that kind of geeky thing. His house would be full of boxes of instant noodle, his clothes and socks would scattered around. She thought he would just play game, computer,……”

But obviously, it wasn’t. It reversed her view about Ye Shu Wei.

During Big sis Zhou and her husband bantered, Bei Er Duo asked Ye Shu Wei secretly: “You could cook?”

“It just home cooking.” He didn’t look at her.

“Such as?”

“Home cooking means those dishes that is eaten by common home.”

“….”

Bei Er Duo was speechless, why it was strenuous to interact with someone like this man.

She prepared to ask again, “Could you cook roasted aromatic yellow croaker fish?” Bei Er Duo suddenly heard someone: “Yi Lu, right here.”

Bei Er Duo raised her head, and looked at the woman who wore a black dress. It was Zhang Yi Lu with fresh, clean, and plain make up. She came over.

Without delay Huo Xiao Tong stood up, and to welcome her. She smiled and looked at everyone: “I will introduce this beautiful lady to you guys. She is the new Xin Jin anchor, Zhang Yi Lu. She is my best friend. Before she had a date upstairs, so I especially invited her to go down.

Except Bei Er Duo and Ye Shu Wei, everyone was brighten and greeted her.

“It is the genuine beauty.”

“Oh, you are Zhang Yi Lu? No wonder your voice sounded so familiar, I heard about your program.”

“Come come come, little beautiful woman. I toast you a cup.”

Zhang Yi Lu accepted it, and interacted with them.

This scene didn’t stir up too many emotion of Bei Er Duo, to be honest, if she didn’t know what kind of person is Zhang Yi Lu, now she really would appreciate her beauty. 

“The reason I invited her here, it because her date before was the manager of  Han Si Wei company. We may get a discount because of it.” Huo Xiao Tong blinked her eyes, and said to her best friend: “Yi Lu, please.”

“It’s not a problem.” Zhang Yi Lu smiled: “Since we know each other, of course I would help.”

She said it then pursed her lips lightly, and looked at Bei Er Duo: “Er Duo, what a coincidental, you also here.”

Bei Er Duo knew it was impossible for her to pretend to not know her, she just calmly nodded: “Em, I come with my boyfriend.”

“Ah, you know each other?” Zhen Zhi Ling said.

“Of course, I know her for several years. Before the university we studied in same city.” Zhang Yi Lu said, “but afterwards, Er Duo went to other city to study. We lost contact. I even didn’t know that now she has a boyfriend.”

“We also just knew today.” He Yang said: “Ye Shu Wei is too good with secret. Before Bei Er Duo appeared, we made a bet that whether he lied or not.”

“Right?” Zhang Yi Lu’s eyes were mocking Bei Er Duo, she smiled gracefully: “Then it means we didn’t know about their relationship.”

The atmosphere turned a bit flat.

Big sis Zhou intervened, and smoothed thing over. She said: “Ye Shu Wei had said before, the more good the thing is, he is more afraid that it would be lusted over by anyone else. Look at how he treasures his girlfriend. He hates that he couldn’t hide his girlfriend forever. Before those prawns on Bei Er Duo’s plate, it was him who peeled it for her. He never treated anyone else like her.”

Zhang Yi Lu kept on smile, just her eyes turned cold. She didn’t say anything, she just looked at Bei Er Duo, to state clearly her stand point. Bei Er Duo was not a good match for Ye Shu Wei. Ye Shu Wi allowed her to come, to show clearly it was a play along. She wanted to see how long she could play this game.

Bei Er Duo ignored her, and prepared to stand up to get some more food.

“What do you want to eat, I help you to take it.” Ye Shu Wei clutched her shoulder: “No need you to move, just be good and sit here.”

Bei Er Duo said: “I want to eat pork ribs lotus root, chicken wings, and spaghetti.”

“Do you want the medium well steak?”

“Okay.”

“Just sit here, and wait for me.” He finally released her shoulder, and bypass chair to take her food. When he passed Zhang Yi Lu, he even casted a glance at her.

Zhang Yi Lu stood rigidly on the ground. She knew clearly that when she appeared, everyone’s gaze was on her. But Ye Shu Wei didn’t look at her at all even for half second.

Huo Xiao Tong noticed something wrong in Zhang Yi Lu’s face, hurriedly she patted her, and called her attention.

“It is nice to see you guys. If we have a chance, then let’s hang out together. Today I still have something to do, so I will take my leave first.” Zhang Yi Lu said it elegantly, and turned her body gracefully.

Huo Xiao Tong looked at her boyfriend’s eye, then accompanied Zhang Yi Lu to go out.

Zhang Yi Lu walked very fast. She didn’t care about Huo Xiao Tong who was calling her. She just went out of the doorway. She suddenly stopped, and turned her body. With some arrogance, she said: “How could it be? Ye Shu Wei and Bei Er Duo? Even you beat me to death, I also wouldn’t believe it? How could Ye Shu Wei interested at her class? Why would he correspond to her pretended act, give her face?”

Huo Xiao Tong hiccuped, and said: “Every flower could attract different eyes, maybe Ye Shu Wei just like that type.”

“Impossible!”

“Yi Lu, why are you so emotional? Do you know Ye Shu Wei?” Huo Xiao Tong never saw Zhang Yi Lu’s intense expression, she felt very strange.

Mentioning Ye Shu Wei’s name, Zhang Yi Lu drooped her eyes. She looked somewhat sad.

 

She remembered that two-storey villa and a tall boy who lived in it. He sat upright on the rattan chair. He listened to the music and read his thick book. His face was cold; At the same time, she also remembered the time, in the opposite of road, there was a man came out of the research building. He with his white lab coat, went down the stairs. The wind blew out at him, he was like a swan with a white wing.

She knew he was Ye Shu Wei. That year he got the highest educational certificate around the world. He went to L city to study animal medicine. In seven years, he got a lot of awards. After graduation, he went back to H city, and worked at the research department.

His research building is located on the opposite of her office. She always pays attention to his actions. She never noticed any kind of girls by his side, how could he have one now?

Now Bei Er Duo suddenly appeared, and publicly considered herself to be his girlfriend. He also was perfectly happy to play along with her. What is happening?

She has a crush at him for a long time, she didn’t even any wish, how could she lose him to Bei Er Duo? How could it be?

“Yi Lu.” Huo Xiao Tong cautiously called her, “You should go up now. Don’t forget you still have another date.”

Zhang Yi Lu raised her chin, and smiled: “I will go up.”

*

After the gathering finished, everyone came out of the Han Si Wei hotel.

Bei Er Duo’s feet suddenly was stepped on for a while.

Huo Xiao Tong, who was the one stepped on her, turned her body and apologized: “I’m sorry to accidentally step on you.”

Bei Er Duo said faintly, “It’s okay.”. She lowered her head to look at her feet that being stepped on by eight cm heels ruthlessly.

Huo Xiao Tong smiled slightly: “How much is your shoes, do you need me to pay a compensation fee?”

Everyone could see that Bei Er Duo’s pair of shoes was very simple and casual, how could it need what so-called compensation fee? Huo Xiao Tong did it in purpose. Zhang Yi Lu’s words made her sympathize, and unconsciously also looked down at Bei Er Duo.

Gao Xian Yin heard his girlfriend’s word was somewhat inappropriate, so he frowned and said: “How could you be so careless.”

“I was just not careful.” Huo Xiao Tong looked at Bei Er Duo and said: “If not like this, how much is the shoes, I will compensate you for the original price.”

Due to anticipation, Ye Shu Wei suddenly bent his waist. He was very seriously looked at hollow on Bei Er Duo’s shoes, and said concisely: “Don’t you trouble yourself. We would go to the department store in the opposite to buy a pair. Just buy the new one and throw this one.”

Huo Xiao Tong’s face was twitching. What did he mean? He meant that being stepped on by her once, then just see it as a rubbish.

“Let’s go.” Ye Shu Wei held Bei Er Duo’s hand, and under passionate eyes of people around them, they walked toward the department store.

The time they arrived at the department store’s entrance, people from the hotel couldn’t see them anymore.

Ye Shu Wei let her hand go, and went inside directly.

“Em?” Bei Er Duo followed him, and asked curiously: “You really would buy me a pair of shoes?”

“Buy shoes? I want to go to the second floor and buy something. The first floor is the shoes area, if you want to buy then go by yourself.” He said then looked at her shoes: “But I think this would be okay, you can just wash it and wear it again.”

“….”

Ye Shu Wei went to the second floor alone. Bei Er Duo strolled around the first floor. After a while, she lost her interest, and looked at the time. It was already half an hour, Ye Shu Wei hadn’t go done. Was it mean that he is done with his picking stuff, or maybe he already let?

Thinking about that, she went to the second floor and strolled around. She couldn’t find him, then she went to the door, she still couldn’t find him.

He must be left after he bought something. Originally they are fake couple, he shouldn’t be responsible of her.

Bei Er Duo planned to take taxi home, yet it was difficult to get one in this crowded city. She looked around and heard someone called her.

“Bei Er Duo.”

Bei Er Duo turned her head, and noticed Ye Shu Wei with a bag of digital electronic goods, he stood in front of her.

Bei Er Duo’s heart finally felt good: “Before I went to the second floor and looked for you around. I didn’t find you, I thought you left already.”

“I have my car today, it is there.”

“You want to send me home?” She really didn’t expect this kind of treatment from him.

“If you want to take taxi home, I will not force you.” He also could save the time.

“….. it’s good to have a lift home, of course it good. Let’s go!”

When they got in the car, Bei Er Duo’s phone rang. It was Tang Li.

The time she answered it, Ye Shu Wei casted a somewhat profound glance at her. But she didn’t sense it.

“Er Duo, I just call to remind you, post more of elegant photos. Everyone is looking forward to see your photos.”

“Em, now I am outside. Later on I will talk with you again.”

“Where are you now?”

“I’m on Ye Shu Wei’s car.”

“A? How could it be so coincidence? Are you really be together with him? Then hurry up take a photo together.” Tang Li said.

“Okay, I will look at it first. I will hang up first.”

After that, Bei Er Duo opened her Weibo. It was six days after her post. There was a lot of comments of her photos with Ye Shu Wei, most of them just requested the same thing: “Request for the face front photo.”

“Tell me know why do the net friends really like the photo of lovey-dovey couple?” Bei Er Duo talked to herself.

“The time you are hungry, and you don’t have anything on your plate. You could go to the next door and smell their fish braised in soy sauce dishes, it would also let you fulfill your hunger.”

Didn’t expect him to give her a fair and reasonable original understanding, Bei Er Duo immersed on her brief thinking, then said: “Then let’s take a photo together, face front.”

Luckily they were in the red traffic light, the car was stopped.

Bei Er Duo started to open her camera app, and used the selfie mode. She leaned close a bit, near Ye Shu Wei’s shoulder.

“You could look up at the camera.”

Ye Shu Wei raised his eyes slightly.

“Could your eyes be more gentle a bit? Don’t you look like you are owe someone a debt.”

He just calmed his mood down.

It was just a bit effective.

“We don’t seem like a couple. Even we could even lie to ourselves.” Bei Er Duo noticed it, and raised her phone a bit. She noticed her arm to start to be aching. “Could you be more enthusiastic a bit, I mean the mood. For example, like me.”

She said it then smiled brightly to the camera, she exposed her white teeth: “You should give a happy feeling and sweet one, understand?”

After a second, she felt a cold hand on her shoulder. It was the first time he took initiative to lean closed and looked at the camera. He corrected her seriously: “It is just someone who is not exceeding sixty, would smile like you. Restrain yourself a bit.”

“….”

Bei Er Duo tried hard to restrain her smile.

“Don’t you want to build a kind of intimate feeling between us?” He said it then extended his hand, then took her phone. He placed it down a bit, then very quickly pressed the button: “It’s done.”

He returned her phone back, and withdrew his hand.

She lowered her head and saw it. God, what is this thing? He shot himself to be a very handsome man, yet shot her like a fishy eyes woman.

“This one is not good. This couldn’t be counted.” She protested. “Let’s take another one.”

The red traffic light already turned into green. He started to drive. Her complain just swallowed by the wind.