BL - One Night In Pingjing 42 The Thing Called Jealousy Isn't A Very Cute Color On You

He shook his head in disapproval when he saw Xuan Tianmei pa.s.sed out on the bench. "You can't just go around knocking people out because they annoy you." Hua Zhendan chided her.

"She wanted to brush my hair."

Hua Zhendan looked at her hair and remarked. "Someone should."

Su Yang bit back her reb.u.t.tal in fear of having her weekly pay cut again.

"Where's Xuan Tianyi?" Hua Zhendan asked.

"Pa.s.sed out in a stall in the bathroom. The one to the far left." Su Yang replied.

"Okay, thanks." Hua Zhendan nodded at her. "Take Xuan Tianmei home. I'll take care of Xuan Tianyi."

"Okay."

"And you can take the night off."

Su Yang smiled. "Thank you."

When Hua Zhendan found Xuan Tianyi, he was indeed pa.s.sed out in the bathroom stall to the far left as Su Yang had said. He had never seen Xuan Tianyi look that pitiful before. It made him feel both angry and sad at the same time.

He bundled up Xuan Tianyi and threw him on his shoulder. Much like Su Yang did the previous day. Quietly, he drove a pa.s.sed out Xuan Tianyi to his apartment.

Hua Zhendan took Xuan Tianyi straight to his bedroom and placed him on the bed. Staring at him, he muttered to himself. "Drinking this much, you'll get a hangover in the morning."

With a sigh, he walked out of the room. He returned shortly with a gla.s.s and some aspirin. "Hey, wake up." He tapped Xuan Tianyi gently.

At first, Xuan Tianyi didn't stir. Hua Zhendan tapped him more forcefully. Slowly, Xuan Tianyi opened his eyes and peered at Hua Zhendan. "G.o.d, am I still dreaming?"

Hua Zhendan chuckled at that. "Why would you think that?"

Xuan Tianyi looked at Hua Zhendan dreamily. "Because we just got married in my dream. And you carried me in your arms and put me gently on the bed. You were about to kiss me—"

Hua Zhendan broke into a small laugh. Interrupting Xuan Tianyi.

Xuan Tianyi frowned. With great difficulty, he sat up. Ma.s.saging his temples, he said. "This isn't a dream. You're never cruel to me in my dreams."

"When am I ever cruel to you?"

"All the time."

Hua Zhendan nodded and handed him the gla.s.s of water and aspirin. "Here. Aspirin.  Looks like you already got a headache.

"Thanks." Xuan Tianyi accepted the drugs and immediately swallowed them. "It's mild."

"It'll go away soon then. Better to tackle it before it gets worse."

Xuan Tianyi looked around him and lamented. "I asked you to not come for me."

"You can't call me like that and expect me to not come for you." Hua Zhendan remarked.

"But you don't care for me anymore." Xuan Tianyi said with a small pout.

Hua Zhendan chuckled. Holding Xuan Tianyi's chin lightly, he said, "I will always care for you."

Xuan Tianyi, uncomfortable under Hua Zhendan's touch and gaze, pulled away. "Right. You always care for your ex-boyfriends, don't you?"

Hua Zhendan clicked his tongue. "The thing called jealousy isn't a very cute color on you."

"You wish I were jealous." Xuan Tianyi rolled his eyes as he spoke.

Hua Zhendan chuckled again.

"I bet Qiu Dawei knows about your heart condition."

"I don't know what Shen Rui told you, but I don't have a heart condition. Yes, I was born with a heart defect. But I'm fine now."

"Still, if you'd told me, I would've told known off the hat that she was lying and trying to manipulate me into staying away from you."

"Here's something to know off the hat. Anything Shen Rui says to you in regards to me is an attempt to manipulate you into staying away from me."

"Did she also lie about being our mother?"

Hua Zhendan looked at Xuan Tianyi skeptically. "I don't think any person in their right mind would question that she's your mother after taking a good look at you. You look so alike."

Xuan Tianyi was quiet. "So, am I older than you or what?"

Hua Zhendan laughed. "I'm four years older than you, you moron."

Xuan Tianyi smiled sadly. "I love you so much, Hua Zhendan. Why do I have to live without you?"

"I don't think you have to."

Xuan Tianyi cringed his face in disgust. "I can't date my brother. It's so icky."

"What exactly did your sister tell you?"

"Nothing. Just that Shen Rui is our mother. And she found out on Spring Festival Eve. But then, she told Shen Rui I was dead and she kept it away from me."

"I'll tell you what Shen Rui told me."

"Okay."

"She said that many years back, there was a robbery in her family house where she was raped. Months after the robbery, she found out she was pregnant. Penniless, she couldn't afford to get rid of the pregnancy. When she did give birth though, she wanted nothing to do with the twins she had—"

"My sister and I." Xuan Tianyi interrupted him.

Hua Zhendan continued. "So she gave you guys up for adoption. Her mother, whom she wasn't in good terms with, then adopted you guys."

"Oh!"

"Yes. After that, she came to Beijing, built the company, then adopted me."

"You're adopted?" Xuan Tianyi's mouth fell open in surprise.

Hua Zhendan smiled at his expression. "Impossible to guess, right?"

"Yes. She's so protective and possessive over you."

"Well—"

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"I—"

"Most especially considering the fact that she gave up her birth children."

"She's a strange woman who does strange things."

"I never knew finding my birth mother would be so depressing."

Hua Zhendan chuckled. "It's depressing. Most especially if it's Shen Rui. She's the best and worst you can get."

Xuan Tianyi c.o.c.ked his head to the right. "You love her a lot, don't you?"

"You're the only person in the world I love half as much."

Xuan Tianyi dropped his head melancholically.

"Xuan Tianyi," holding his chin, Hua Zhendan walked softly.

Xuan Tianyi looked into Hua Zhendan's eyes and almost melted at the gentleness in his eyes. Although he felt like he should pull away, he couldn't bring himself to.

"I love Shen Rui more than anyone in this world. But I've given up on our relations.h.i.+p. I don't want to give up on you."

"What do you mean?"

"You're related to Shen Rui by blood and I'm not. I'm related to her legally and you're not. Our individual relations.h.i.+p with her is the reason we can't be together. If I break ties with her, this madness will be over and done with."

Xuan Tianyi blinked. "You'll break ties with her for me?"

"I moved out of her house because of Qiu Dawei. And I love you a whole lot more than I ever loved him. This is something I can do for you."

"Really?"

"If I say that's how it is, then that's how it is."

Xuan Tianyi suddenly scooted away from Hua Zhendan.

Hua Zhendan looked up at him in perplexity. "What happened?"

"What were you and Qiu Dawei talking about?"

Hua Zhendan relaxed. "Today? Just business."

"What kind of business?" Xuan Tianyi raised a brow in disbelief.

"He wants to build a streaming website for Shenhua Corporations. I was just looking at his proposal. I like it."

"He's a big shot developer. Isn't it?" Xuan Tianyi remarked in a snide manner.

Hua Zhendan smiled. "Actually, he is. His portfolio is pretty impressive. And—"

"I thought you were trying to get back together with me, and not him."

"That doesn't mean I'll let you badmouth him."

"Why not?"

"Because I respect him."

"Respect, you say?" Xuan Tianyi huffed.

"I don't want to fight with you over this. Look—"

Before Hua Zhendan could say another word, his phone rang, interrupting him. Hua Zhendan frowned. He had no intention of picking any calls at the moment.

"Go on, answer it. It might be your lover." Xuan Tianyi spat in a provocative manner.

Hua Zhendan pulled the phone out of his pocket and frowned when he saw the caller ID. Why was Su Yang calling him? She's never called him first. Not even about her paycheck. With a worried expression, he answered the call and pressed the phone against his ear. "Did something happen?"

"Yes," Su Yang's voice resounded in his ear. "It's Xuan Tianmei. There was a fire at her apartment."