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CHAPTER 191
Yang Wenkai could not help but want to support her and also act as a bigger protection shield around her to keep her from experiencing being hurt by people she considered to be her friends. He did not know when he patted her head with a soft look on his face.
"Do not worry. I will be your friend, okay?" He said assuringly. Ye Yumi was stunned for a moment.
She did not expect Yang Wenkai to do something like that. It reminded her of their childhood days when he used to be sweet like now. But after his sister's and father's death, that sweet and caring little boy was no more. It was as if he died along with his sister and father.
"Hahaha," she burst out in laughter seeing his serious yet soft expression.
She could not help it anymore. He looked cute. Meanwhile, Yang Wenkai furrowed his brows when Ye Yumi started laughing. Did he perhaps say or do something funny?
"What? What are you laughing about?" He asked seeing as her laughter was yet to come to an end.
Ye Yumi quickly parked the car beside the road before she involves them in an accident due to her laughter and clumsiness.
"Hahaha! Nothing... I just... What you did just now was so unexpected. I could not help it. You just looked so cute just now," she said as she tried to stop herself from laughing further.
Yang Wenkai could only sigh at what she said. He was used to being called cold, aloof and handsome. But this is the first time that he had heard someone other than his mother and late sister call him cute. And the person that is bold enough to do so is someone his heart has grown fond of.
"I am sorry if I made you mad. Okay, I will not laugh anymore," she said when she sensed that his mood dropped.
"You don't have to be so apologetic with a friend, you know. Something else just struck my mind," he explained.
"Oh! Alright then. So are you really serious about being my friend?" Ye Yumi asked but then she shook her head.
"What am I even asking? We are already friends. We have been friends from childhood. You, my big bro, brother Chen and brother Jin," she added.
"I know that. But I just wanted to let you know that in case you happen to need a friend that you can go shopping with and hang out with and even work with, I will always be there." Ye Yumi looked at him in pure silence.
"You know... As a female friend only that I am a guy and not a girl," he added just in case she was starting to think he was weird or something.
"You mean it?" She asked after a while.
"Yeah. I mean it. I pinky mean it," he smirked as he brought his pinky finger close to her.
Ye Yumi smiled and hooked her pinky with his and cut it with her other hand. They used to do it when they were kids and promised one another something.
"Alright then. I will take you up on your promise. You better not go back on your promised words or else you will have a week full of nightmares," another one of their childhood talks.
"I will never go back on my words. I do not want to wake up all drenched in sweat," Yang Wenkai said.
They both laughed heartedly forgetting that they had a worried mother waiting for them. But I think she would not be so worried if she were to see them now.
They continued driving until they finally got to the Yang's mansion. Mrs Yang came rushing to her son as soon as she heard the news of their arrival from the butler.
"Mum, be careful," Yang Wenkai said as he quickly helped her stabilize herself from falling.
"You think you are some young teenager to be running like that?" He asked.
Mrs Yang ignored his question and checked if he was truly okay as he said over the phone. Only until she was sure, did she breathe out in relief.
"Hello, Yumi. How have you been?" She asked as she noticed Ye Yumi's presence.
"I'm fine, aunt. And you?" She asked back.
"I am great now that I know that someone is alright," she answered and glared at Yang Wenkai.
"Come. Let's go in. I made a light lunch for us to eat," Mrs Yang said and they all went inside.
As soon as they got inside, Yang Wenkai charged his phone and went to join his mother and Ye Yumi at the dining table. While they were eating, Yang Wenkai told his mother what happened to him.
"So nothing happened. Then why did you switch your phone off? Tell me the truth Yang Wenkai. Were you in trouble with some bad boys?" Mrs Yang could not help but ask.
"What? Of course not, mum. How can you even think of something like that?"
"How will I not think of something like that?" She answered his question with a question of her own.
"Listen to me, mum. I had a problem with my car on my way back and my phone battery died. That is the reason why I had not gotten home yet and did not answer your calls," he explained again.
"If your car got spoilt on the road, why did you not just hail a cab and come home first. Then you can tell one of the drivers to go and pick your car up wherever you left it. How hard can that be?" She lectured him.
Yang Wenkai could only sigh and shake his head while Ye Yumi laughed seeing the mother and son banter.
"It would have been so simple if my car did not go bad on a not so frequently used road," he said.
"Fine. Whatever you say. But I was so worried about you. I even called Xiaochen to help me search for you," she said.
"0_0"
"You WHAT?! You told Chen? Why would you do that mun?" Yang Wenkai held his head as he felt a wave of incoming headache hit him. His little brother would surely bite his head off.
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