"Qin Hao, find out what is Xu Liqing up to these days." Xu Mey gave instructions to her assistant and went back to Ye Jie's side.
But when she came back to where she left Ye Jie, he was nowhere to be found. She called him and when the call connected, she heard his deep voice, "Baby, wait for me in the car. I'll be there in a minute."
Xu Mey didn't think much about it and went towards his car. Ye Jie's assistant, Qi Guan opened the car door for her and she climbed inside. Since she was feeling exhausted, she leaned back in the leather seat and closed her eyes to relax.
Meanwhile, Ye Jie disconnected the call with Xu Mey and held his phone looking at Xu Cheng's face. Both men stared at each other pondering something in their minds.
Eventually, Xu Cheng spoke, "I'm glad to see that you and my daughter are getting along very well. When I first thought about her marriage with you, I was a bit scared."
Ye Jie frowned and asked, "Why?"
"You were in a relationship for 8 years and that's a long time. I was scared that you might not be able to love my daughter. Or protect her as I wanted." Xu Cheng worded out his reason for being scared making the frown between Ye Jie's brows to deepen.
"Actually that's exactly what I want to know from you. Why did you choose me? You said it clearly that you're scared then why me?" Ye Jie asked.
Xu Cheng smiled. "Go and ask your best friend." Ye Jie's eyes widened up.
"What... What did you just say?" He questioned uncertainly.
"Ye Jie, I know that my daughter's savior or as she calls him, Sensei is actually your best friend." Ye Jie listened but his mind was reeling with every word that came out of Xu Cheng's mouth. "It was exactly that person who suggested to me that I should choose you for my daughter. He didn't give me a million reasons for convincing. He only said one thing."
"What did he say?" Ye Jie asked in a dazed state.
"He said, 'He might not be the best for your daughter but I can assure you, he won't leave her alone at any step of the way. Whenever or wherever she'll need him, he'll be there.' Those words managed to convince me that you're the right choice for her." Xu Cheng saw the way Ye Jie's body was stiffened up. Therefore, he didn't continue talking.
"I'll come to see you later, Mr. Xu." Ye Jie briskly left the room and leaned against the wall in the corridor. Raking his fingers through his hair in frustration, he said to himself, "What the hell have you done, Jie?"
There was no doubt in his heart that Ru was the sincerest person he had come across in his life. But he never thought that even if she played a god in his life, she did it all for him. She broke herself repeatedly just to make him happy. But he... He hurt her with the words that haunted her from the time she was born.
He always questioned Ru's choices in life but today, he was questioning his own behavior towards her. Ru repeatedly told him that she was there for him and she always had to prove it as well. But what did he do? Even after staying in her life for the longest time, he still couldn't prove that he was there for her as well.
And the worst part was... Ru never even asked for anything in return.
Ye Jie's eyes moistened up as his time with Ru flashed past his eyes like a movie. He rummaged out his phone and found her contact number.
But his thumb only hovered about her name... He didn't press it. No! More like he couldn't find the courage in himself to face her or talk to her.
Ru's beautiful voice rang in his mind, "Do you know the difference between me and you?"
"What's the difference?" He had asked her out of curiosity.
She smiled her usual practiced one and replied, "The difference is that I like giving you my everything even when I know that you don't need it all. But you like to be modest with your feelings. As long as I won't ask for something, you won't give it to." She took a pause before adding, "But you always forget that I wasn't taught how to ask for something. Even if it's just a small thing like feelings, I can't ask for it."
"Then you should stop giving me your everything without expecting anything in return. Don't you get tired of it?" Ye Jie asked looking at the side of her face.
"You might find it funny best friend," she patted his shoulder and went on, "But you're the best dream that I've ever seen in my life. And I don't want this dream to become my nightmare."
Today, Ye Jie felt like he actually made her dream turn into a nightmare eventually. Ye Jie didn't realize that tears were flowing down his face at this point. He noticed it when his tears fell on the phone screen. He stared at the phone screen for another moment before putting the phone back in his pocket.
He wiped the tears off of his face knocked the back of his head on the wall behind him lightly, and thought, 'So, it's actually true. When you lose a true friend, you can't help but cry. But I don't deserve a person like you Ru. You deserve someone who could give you his all as you do for others.'
He patted his cheeks and bit his lips to stop the tears from falling anymore. He came to the parking lot and sat in the back seat only to find Xu Mey fast asleep. He was glad that she didn't see his haggard look. Otherwise, he really didn't have a way to answer at the moment. Ye Jie gently picked Xu Mey's head and placed it on his own shoulder where she immediately snuggled up like a cat.