Black eyes glowered as he stared at his own wife.
Li Jun was distraught inside.
Why did Yu Yan have to be so damn out of his control every single time? Gentle in one instant and spit fire in the next.
Yu Yan was acting weird all day, ever since the afternoon.
At around 10 pm,Yu Yan had suddenly invited the men to drink with her in the living room... snacks and everything ready.
'Who does that right in front of her own husband?' Li Jun kept staring at Yu Yan in anger. But he was effectively ignored by his wife yet again.
As a husband he stayed to accompany her just incase Miguel acted out of context... he trusted his two old friends but he was not pleased.
Yu Yan was in her casual self, nothing fancy that could suggest that she wanted to impress, she wore her hair in a ponytail , her face bare of any makeup, she looked fresh. She wore an oversize black T-shirt with a cat picture on it that ran to her knees and a grey slacks with white socks on her feet. She looked healthy as she laugh with the three men looking like a teenager. Li Jun did not like it one bit. She looked too beautiful.. too bright....And she should be in his bed right now.
He continued staring from his lonely seat by the fire place.
"Why does it tastes so weird today?" The only female in the group said aloud making a weird face. Her cheeks pink.
There was a glass table between the four people spread out on each side. Only Li Jun sat on his windback chair in the far corner beside the fire place, looking out of place.
Yu Yan was having a hard time as well... she used to be a heavy-weight when it came to drinking spirits.
But unfortunately, ever since she stopped indulging in her love for beers and chicken feets more than a year ago, her whole body had been flushed of all toxins which undid all the hard work she had done on training her body for drinking alcohol....and thanks to uncle Kao's daily medicine she felt even more healthy...which was not such a good thing sometimes..
Now she had turned into a pathetic light-weight drinker.... and she was only finding out. She hiccuped.
"Sister in law, are you okay? are you already drunk?" Murong Jian asked. It had not even been three Cans of beers.
"I am okay" Yu Yan waved a hand in front of her, sounding normal but Murong Jian saw her exaggerated movements and chuckled.
"Yan Yan, I can't believe that you are already drunk " Shi Chongkun admonished. "You are getting worst" He tsked. Didn't she used to do better than this?
"I am not! I am not drunk" Yu Yan yelled clearly offended.
Miguel snickered shaking his head. Li Jun arched an eye brow at him.
Yu Yan pouted and took another can of beer but drank slower.
Li Jun angrily poked the fire with the poker and didn't say anything to stop her... not that he could.
Everybody drank by the fireplace talking about different things. All the men handling their alcohol pretty well.
Li Jun was not allowed to drink so he made himself busy and excused himself when it was nearly 11 p.m - time for his video conference.
"Don't drink too much" He said as he leaned down to give her a chaste kiss on her head.
Yu Yan did not respond. Treating him like air.
He figured Yu Yan would be okay for at least an hour without him.
Li Jun signaled Shi Chongkun to take care of her from the door.
His best friend nodded.
Right after he left, Yu Yan harrumphed petulantly in the direction that her husband had gone and glided quickly to sit near Shi Chongkun's settee.
She immediately began Piling his glass not only with beer but mixing some hard drinks into it.
"Yan Yan, I can't drink so much" He complained.
"Eeh bro.You!..." She pointed at him. "...Are a man. Don't be such a loser" She slapped his arms playfully.
Shi Chongkun smiled indulgingly. He figured it was no big deal to drink one glass of the mixture Yu Yan had made for him and drank it in one go, making a grunting sound right after.
It was not bad.
Yu Yan gave a thumbs up and made another one. This time Shi Chongkun drank it without complaints.
Shi Chongkun began feeling the buzz after the second one.
"Wooo! it is strong" He exclaimed gleefully.
Miguel looked at the fun Yu Yan and Shi Chongkun were having and wanted to join in. "Do you mind making me one too?"
Yu Yan turned and gave a big smile. "Of course not". She began making one for him and another one for Murong Jian.
As Miguel drank the concoction his beautiful eyes lid up in delight. " This is good. This is really good" He complimented with honesty. "How did you know how to make this?"
Yu Yan smiled proudly. "I used to work as a bartender when I was younger. I used to be really good at it too" She hiccuped and drank from her glass.
30 minutes later.
"Broooooo tell me, how many girlfriends did that asshole have?"
"Which asshole?"
"She probably means Li Jun" Murong Jian helped.
Shi Chongkun gasped. He turned towards the walls looking for cameras but could not see any. He looked under the table to check for spy microphones but did not find any. He sat up straight and said.
"Li Jun never had any girl friend in his life other than you" All with a straight face. Better safe than sorry.
"What a load of crap" Yu Yan rolled her eyes at the man. "Why are you so afraid of that asshole?.. Just tell me and I will save you from him" Yu Yan was very drunk
Murong Jian and Miguel laughed loudly at the girl. She was becoming more and more interesting every minute.
Yu Yan held Shi Chongkun's arm and pleaded like a cat. "Just tell me bro..please please"
"I am telling the truth Yan Yan," Shi Chongkun said shaking from Yu Yan's force.
"Remember? that time, you told me that Li Jun stole your first love? You have to tell me. I won't tell Li Jun" She promised in her drunken stupor.
As Yu Yan reminded him, his eyes glinted with a certain sharpness.
Yu Yan was sure she could make him talk this time.
Shi Chongkun was contemplating whether to say something or not.
"Oh bug off. what's all this suspense about? Come sit with me sister in law and I will tell you whatever you want to know" Murong Jian was not able to stand the dramatic way Shi Chongkun was portraying everything. Won't that only make her more suspicious?
Yu Yan lit up and shifted her seat to be near Murong Jian.
He began.
"Jun was odd ever since we were young. Everytime I went over to play in his house, he would be training or be with one of his tutors.He did not have any time for me let alone girls. When we were in high school though, girls began to notice him from the first day itself. He was very very popular. I would see him go around with many girls but he never introduced me to any girlfriends. Many girls said they were his girlfriend but he never confirmed it. Every time I asked if he had a girlfriend , he would respond with a no" At this Murong Jian could not resist Yu Yan's drunken puppy eyes and ruffled her hair in a brotherly way.
"Continue, " Yu Yan complained.
Murong Jian smiled down at her and took a sip from his glass and spoke again.
"When we were in College Li Jun was busy and I did see him with girls but he never said they were his girlfriends.I could take one of the girls around him and he would never mind. There were always girls around him everytime we went out and many people knew him but he never introduced anyone to me. Everytime I asked him if he had girlfriend, he would say he doesn't have the time to look for one. Which was odd" Murong Jian smiled remembering those times.
Now even Miguel Ty had joined into the discussion and was listening intently.
"After that he joined Harvard for his MBA and we lost contact.The little times we saw each other he was always surrounded by people both men and women but he never introduced any girlfriends. When you guys started getting serious he would sometimes call me to tell me about you but during those times I was helping my dad's business overseas and we rarely met. I wanted to meet you but due to work I couldn't" he acted sad.
Shi Chongkun cut in calling his bluff.
"Yeah right you were helping your dad by spending his money. And also you told us you didn't want to meet...."
Murong Jian cut in not letting his friend expose his past mistakes. " So, I guess that you are the only girlfriend he told us about. I don't know much about other girlfriends"
"So what about Miss Nie Ting ?" She reminded.
"Ah her? Just a fling. Nothing serious. Nie Ting was running after Li Jun and liked him a lot. That's it" Murong Jian laughed nervously. Anything to get on Li Jun's good side. He could never say that Li Jun was just using her for sex.
"Hmmm" Yu Yan hiccuped. She didn't believe everything Murong Jian said but she would take it for now.
"What about you , Yu Yan? How many men did you date before you got married to Mr Li? " Miguel asked interested in this girl's life.
"Me? about three or four.." She rolled her sleeve.
"Is it 3 or is it four?" Murong Jian asked when she didn't seem sure.
"I am not sure" She honestly didn't.
"So, who is your first real love? Is it one of your exes or is it Mr Li" Miguel asked again.
"Yeah tell us" Shi Chongkun encouraged.
"None of them" She laughed.