"no need to visit me tomorrow. you just got married. Newly married should spend more time with each other. Oh, where are you guys going for honeymoon?" - Mother Chen enquired excitedly.
"oh that-mom -we"- stuttered Yumi.
"Mrs.Chen, unfortunately, I am still swamped with work and hence we decided to go to honey moon later. it's all my fault, I couldn't get away from work." - Yichan replied quickly.
"oh that is true. now that you guys are married, you can go whenever you want. work should be priority but Yichan, you only be newly weds for a shorter period. try to enjoy as much as you can." - she winked at Yichan who smiled.
the whole conversation made yumi red like a tomato.
"And yichan, now that you are my son-in-law, I think you should call me mom too like Yumi." - she said holding his hand.
looking at yumi who was looking like a deer caught in lights, yichan smiled.
He looked at Mother Chen and said, "okay mom, we will visit you soon. Please get some rest."
Hugging her mom, Yumi said her goodbyes and walked out of the hospital room towards the car.
Both of them were quiet during their walk to the car. Chen Yumi came to her sensed when Yichan opened the car door for her. Looking at him, she asked, "Brother Yichan, mom said you visited her yesterday? and you both seemed close, do you visit her often?"
"yes, I wanted to see her before I leave to USA. so, I dropped by yesterday and our company sponsors patients from this hospital. so whenever we have a event, I used to check on her. I hope it's okay. sorry, I should have asked you beforehand." - he said.
"No brother Yichan, that's not what I meant. it's just that I always thought that me and Li jing are the only ones who visited her. I didn't know that you did too. Thank you for checking on her. I appreciate it."- she said with a smile.
Patting her head, he smiled "You don't ever have to thank me for anything. Let's go" he urged her to get into the car and closed the door going to the other side and getting into the driver seat.
"Now that we have dealt with all urgent matters at hand, what do you feel like eating?"- Yichan asked.
"I am not hungry brother---" before she could continue, Yumi's stomach betrayed her growling. she was so embarrased. Yichan wanted to tease her about it, but decided otherwise. She was already embarrassed, he didn't want her to feel even more uncomfortable.
"How about your favourite spicy hotpot?" - he asked.
"hotpot does sound good"- she mumbled meekly.
Smiling at her, he just wanted to gather her in his arms and kiss that little pout. How he wish to never let her get her out of his sight. When they held hands, all he could think was how did his life change in a span of 24 hours.
yesterday, when he visited her mom, he was sad that everything is coming to an end. But now, she was his wife. HIS WIFE. oh how he loved his life right now.
Was this a dream? Silently, pinching himself, he smiled when he realised he wasn't dreaming. Only then did he started his car and drove towards the hotpot place.
During the drive, Zhang Yichan was in a great mood. There was a small smile on his lips and his body relaxed. When was the last time he felt like this? he was on cloud nine.
If anyone in his office spotted him now, they would seriously think that either he has gone crazy or it's his twin smiling not their stone cold CEO.
Stopping at a red light, he looked at yumi who again was quietly looking outside the window.
Suddenly, he remembered something and said, "Yumi, open the glove box."
When she looked at him in doubt, he said, "You left your phone in the car this morning."
"oh, I thought I lost it. " - she said opening the glove box and took her phone.
When she looked at it, she could see the messages Chengguo sent her.
"Brother Yichan- did you snoop into my phone? is that how you know I was getting married to chengguo?" - Yumi asked looking at yichan.
chuckling at her accusing tone, yichan replied "Would that have been bad?"
"of course it is. You can't just snoop into anyone's phone. That is bad." - she said.
Parking closer to the restaurant, he turned off the car before turning to her and raising his eyebrows, "Chen Yumi, you went to Fang chengguo and asked him to marry you and agreed to sign a stupid contract without checking anything within 4 hours I left you alone. and you are accusing me of snooping into your phone and calling me a bad person?" - he asked.
Before she could reply, he continued, "Your phone was on my desk charging when his messages came through and yes I glanced at them but didn't open them and No I didn't know about your stupid decision through your phone.
Chengguo called Jingyao to cancel the meeting he has with him this afternoon and told him you both were getting the certificate and that with the messages I glanced, I realised what was going on."
realising she accused him wrongly, yumi hung her head and said, "I am sorry. I didn't mean to accuse you. it's just everything was very coincidental, and I still wrapping my head around it. And I am not stupid. I just wanted to make sure mom was happy."- she said looking at her joined hands on her lap.
"I know why you wanted to do it, but I just wanted you to know how dangerous that was. If you sign a contract like that, you are basically signing away your life. There wasn't any easy way for you get out. what if you didn't like it? what if chengguo wasn't the good person he portrayed himself to be? There are so many what if's involved. you should have thought through." - he said sternly.