I Learned Cooking To Bribe Someone

All of them didn't stay for long. They only advise Xu Mey to take care of her health and threw warning looks towards Ye Jie before leaving. Ye Jie pulled Xu Mey to their bedroom after everyone left.

"I'm really sorry," She heard his faint guilty voice as he made her sit on the bed. She arched her brows in a questioning manner. "Sorry for not being much of help with mom and food."

After comprehending his meaning she said, "It's not much of a deal."

Ye Jie gave a humorless smile. "I would have believed you on normal days. But today, you were sick." He crouched down before her on the ground and held her hands. "I never really disobeyed her. The last time I argued with her was-" He stopped speaking making Xu Mey curious.

"When was the last time?" She asked.

He looked into her black orbs asking, "Do you really wanna know? It... It's actually related to my ex." He was hesitant in his words.

"I have no problem in listening at all." She replied with a straight face. "But you could feel hurt after living through the memory lane."

Ye Jie frowned. "No, I won't. She doesn't have a place in my life or my heart anymore."

"Then why are you getting frustrated?" She asked making his frown deeper. "I believe you when you said she doesn't have a place in your life but when you say she's not in your heart..." She sighed. "I really don't believe you."

"How can I make you believe in my words?"

"It's very simple actually. I'll believe you the day you won't hesitate to talk about her."

"Any reason for that?" Ye Jie placed her legs up on the bed and placed pillows to support her back. Then covered her legs with the duvet.

"My Wang bro had a girlfriend years ago. He fell in love with her and spent an entire year with her. When he met her, he told her that he was a painter. An artist trying to make his name in this big world." She was looking into a distant.

"He lied?" Ye Jie sat beside her on the bed as he asked.

"No... He didn't lie... He was actually trying to make a name for himself through painting during that time. He never liked that girls approached him because he was Wu Wang- the heir of Global Corporations. But he wanted an honest relationship. He thought he found that love in her. Especially when she became pregnant with his child." She took a pause. Ye Jie's whole attention was on her.

"Wang Bro decided to propose her and come clean about his identity but in the end, when he was on his knee, she told him about the abortion. The reason was simple, she didn't want to marry someone who didn't hold an identity worth mentioning, after all, she was supposedly a noble lady from a business family."

Ye Jie was confused. "How is this related to me?"

"Be patient..." She shifted a bit. "It's been almost 8 years and Wang Bro still has a portrait of her in his penthouse. He's known to be a playboy now. But he still has feelings for her." She shook her while sighing.

Ye Jie thought for a minute before speaking. "Maybe he's keeping her portrait as a reminder of his mistake of loving the wrong person."

Xu Mey smiled at his statement. "That's what Wang Bro said as well. But that's not true. The day he'll be ready to sell that portrait will be the day, all of us will believe that she doesn't have any control over his heart anymore."

Without even realizing it, Ye Jie had given control of his emotions to Lu Yuhan. He realized that talking about her really made him frustrated. And frustration is also a feeling. In Xu Mey's words, when her name won't be able to bring any kind of feeling in him, that's when she'll be out of his heart.

'Couldn't she just say it like an ordinary person?' He thought. 'But wait! I didn't know anything about Wu Wang. I always thought he was just a playboy but he seems to be hiding a lot in him.'

No one could blame Ye Jie for his opinion. Not even Xu Mey. Wu Wang had portrayed himself as a playboy who only has single night-stands. He never approached girls or try to establish any other relationship. Most of all, he never gave any girl hope. He knew how much it hurt when hopes are shattered.

Ye Jie passed her painkillers with warm water and asked her to relax. "Where are you going?" She asked seeing him getting up from the bed.

"I'm going downstairs to get you some milk and then I have some work to finish. But don't worry, I'll be done very soon." He replied as he headed to the door.

Remembering the start of the conversation, Xu Mey asked, "What about your first argument with your mother?"

Ye Jie stopped in his steps and turned to look at her. "You still are curious?" Xu Mey nodded. "It happened about a year ago, mom was against our relationship and she asked me to break up with her. I refused and that's how the argument happened."

Xu Mey creased her brows. "And then what?"

"Ha? Then nothing... My ex broke up with me and left. So, the argument with mom ended naturally." He shrugged his shoulders and walked out of the door.

She was deep in thought when Ye Jie came back with a cup of milk and made her drink it right in front of him.

"By the way, for someone who doesn't like cooking, you made one hell of a feast... Where did you learn to cook?" He was getting curious about her knowledge about food.

"I learned cooking to bribe someone." She replied nonchalantly.

"Do I need to know about it?" He asked cautiously.

"Not yet," She turned her head to one side. After that, he kissed the top of her head and asked her to take some rest. He went down to his study to work.

Xu Mey picked up her own laptop to check emails but instead her mind was wandering off to Ye Jie's words. A ring tone broke her wool-gathering. Catching the caller id flashing on the screen, she smiled broadly.