Chapter 115 - 115: Brothers?
Chapter 115 - 115: Brothers?
Morning came and it's another day for the Bai couple.
A man was left alone on top of the king sized bed.
With the golden rays of the sun casting on his face, his beauty was beyond perfection.
Nathan's naked upper body looked so good and was like that of a Greek god.
Sooner, his closed eyelids fluttered like that of the wings of the butterfly and seconds later, it opened. The first thing that he looked for was the space next to him.
He frowned when it was already empty. He immediately got up in bed to look for his wife but frowned when he felt a coldness in his upper body.
That's when he realized he was only wearing his pajama pants and his upper body was still naked.
He grabbed the T-shirt that he wore last night and wore it. He thought he was good to go but he realized he was having a huge tent underneath his pants.
He had no other choice but to go to the bathroom and do some magic in there.
Inside the cafeteria, Kim Eunji had just gotten her food from the counter. All eyes were on her. She was late for breakfast since she was so tired last night.
No. Nothing happened last night, except they had a steamy make-out session.
What tired her the most were the events that happened yesterday.
It was good that Nathan listened to her and was not stubborn this time.
The students were almost done eating. Guo Xiaolan and Iris met her mid-way and helped her in bringing her food.
"Why are you here? Where's Master Bai?" Guo Xiaolan asked her.
"Since you're my friends here, you can address Nathan as brother-in-law."
"Eh? I don't think it's a good idea. I mean...we're not on the same level when it comes to status." Guo Xiaolan reasoned.
"Nah...he may looked intimidating but he's kind and would never judge a person based on status alone." Kim Eunji said.
"I could attest to that. Master Bai is very kind to people. I may never got the chance to study here if not because of him. And he didn't ask me anything in return. Aunt Lucy and I owed a lot from him." Marie agreed to what Kim Eunji had said.
Kim Eunji was already half-way finishing on her food when Ling Bao entered in the cafeteria. He was not on his usual prideful state. His aura shocked the students, too. Gone was the confidence and the superior air he had around him.
What shocked the students the most was how disoriented he looked like.
He was clearly still drunk as he couldn't walk straight when he entered. His friends also walked behind his back with a worried expression on their faces. They could not bare to see Ling Bao in such a messy state.
When Ling Bao saw Kim Eunji peacefully eating her food, he did not hesitate to go there and confront her.
"Is it true? Is it true that you're married with that bastard?" Ling Bao asked as he slammed his hand on the table getting everyone's attention.
"Young Master Ling, I don't think it's appropriate to interrupt someone who was in the middle of her meal." Iris tried to stop him before he could do anything stupid.
"Who give you the rights to interrupt! You're only a mere dog! A mere servant! You're not even worthy to talk to me! Just because she gave you the permission to call her casually you would be of the same status like ours! Dream on!" Ling Bao ridiculed Iris.
"With all due respect Young Master Ling, you have already crossed the line. It's my duty to protect her against people like you. Yes, she's my Mistress. Yes, I worked for her but my Mistress never treated me like how a master treats her subordinates. And lastly, never in my life I see myself to belong in your circle. I know myself and my rightful place!"
"You! Are you courting death?! I could kick you out from this school anytime!" Ling Bao was extremely furious.
"Enough! Mr. Ling, are you nuts? Drinking inside the school campus, seriously?! Are you even for real? If you're looking for someone to help you sobered up, you're in the wrong place. And for the last time, so what if it's true? What if it's not? I already told you since day one that I'm already seeing someone, didn't I?"
"Ha! So what are you so proud of now! Your husband?! And do you really think he loves you? He was very known in our circle to fool around with women and would dump them ruthlessly after he had enough. Look at the last person he dated! Look at Wan Baozhai! He dumped her and even abandoned his responsibility as a father and let my cousin Ling Qiao to take the responsibility in his behalf!" Ling Bao said.
"Do you really think I didn't know any of that?" Kim Eunji said as she placed her spoon down. She suddenly lost her appetite.
"Don't mention that woman's name to me ever again. Nathan dumped her because she was a scheming person. She tried to drug Nathan to fulfill her plan. Good thing Nathan had seen through her and your cousin was the one who was drugged instead."
And later on, Ling Qiao and Wan Baozhai had a relationship.
"Is it the money? The power? The influence? Tell me! I could give you that! My Ling Family is not that inferior to the Bai." Ling Bao demanded.
Kim Eunji could only chuckle as she found everything very ridiculous.
"Power? Money? Influence? I don't need someone to give that to me. I can have it by myself! I don't need a man just to obtain that." Kim Eunji emphasized.
Before Ling Bao could even answer, the door of the cafeteria opened revealing Nathan whose expression darkened when he saw Ling Bao confronting his wife.
"Are you so sick and tired of your life now my dear younger brother? Is this how the Ling would treat someone in the family? How dare you disrespecting your sister-in-law!" Nathan said which made everyone to gasp.
"Eh?"
"Brother?!"
"How?!"
"Can someone explain what's going on here?!" Everyone were confused.
Nathan didn't mind their gossips and walked towards his wife and hugged her.
However, Ling Bao only chuckled like everything was such a ridiculous stunt.
"Yokatta! I thought something bad happened to you. You were gone when I woke up earlier!" Nathan whined like a kid. He then kissed her on the lips ignoring everyone around them. Kim Eunji wanted to push him away as she's not used to kissing in public but Nathan held her hand firmly as he whispered after the kiss, "Be careful my love, I'm still injured."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to push you." Kim Eunji said cutely.
"Forgiven! However, next time, don't leave me alone in bed. I love waking up with you wrapped around my embrace. Please?"
"But...we have to wake up early in the morning to have breakfast together. It had been part of the daily morning routine of the students here."
"Who cares about that tradition. I'm the boss so why bother? And besides, technically, you own the school, too since I am your husband. We're a legal couple who meet in an unpleasant first encounter, but agreed to get our marriage certificates together because we had fallen in love eventually. So don't worry, this immature Young Master Ling won't bother you from now on or else, he would face expulsion." Nathan explained in a sweeter way as if the latter part on her statement were no big deal.
"You're both brothers?" Kim Eunji asked Nathan however Nathan pouted as he was unhappy that his wife was more curious to know other things rather than be thankful for what he did just for her.
Kim Eunji looked at Nathan and then back to Ling Bao. Then realization struck her.
'No wonder they had the same stubbornness. Also, there were quite similarities in them. Their eyes were blue but of different shades of course.
"Brother? Who would like to be your brother? Who would like to be his son? How dare you snatching away my fiancé from me! You deliberately married her because you knew that it was I whom she's supposed to marry! You have taken everything! Even father's favor!"
"Taking away your father's favor? Are you hearing yourself now? All these years you didn't make any moves to get closer with that man. You were so close to him...to gain his favor but what did you do? You were so comfortable inside the Ling's protection. And now that I showed up and claimed what's mine, you would bark on me?! It's not my fault if you're so incompetent!"
Ling Bao was silent. He had no words that could refute what Nathan said.
"Snatched? Steal? Ha! Don't accuse me of getting something from you! I never steal anything from anyone! Who cares if you had that ancient arrangement between families. I met and married Eunji even before we visited the Jin Residence...even before that stupid agreement was brought into light. And besides, you had your fiancé now, right? It's you who's trying to snatch away someone else's wife!" Nathan added as he rubbed salt on Ling Bao's ego.
"Is it true?!" Ling Bao asked Kim Eunji.
"Yes. Do you want to look at our marriage certificates for proof? I can let you see it if you want to."
Murmurs erupted in the entire cafeteria.
"Wait, his fiancé was Jin Li Rong, right? and not Kim Eunji. So how come Master Bai was stealing Kim Eunji away from him?" A student asked.
"Isn't the marriage between the Ling and the Jin? How come our goddess Eunji was dragged with it? I really don't get it!"
"Me too."
Heated discussions erupted between the students.
"I have had told you back then that I'm already in love with someone else. And I had pleaded all of you to respect the love between me and my partner. But who would have thought you would be so stubborn and would not believe me. You brought it upon yourself!"
"Tell me, what's so good about him? He would just abandon you in the future. If it's true that you're both married then why did he not announce it to the world that he's married?" Ling Bao questioned.
"Because I told him not to. Marrying a very outstanding man, who am I compared to him? I want to prove my capabilities first. To prove that I am worthy of the love that I received from him. That at the end of the day, I could walk not behind him, not in front of him but beside him. As his equal."
"Wifey, stop humbling yourself will you? I know your capabilities. And I know how outstanding you are. In fact, I'm not even worthy of your love. So starting from today, let's work harder to be worthy of each other, okay? To be a better version of ourselves everyday."
"Geez! Will you stop having PDA? You're giving these poor students too much sweetness that they might have diabetes! And for goodness sake, it's not even Valentines day." Alice interrupted as she entered together with the movie crew and Director Li.
But Alice didn't stop there and teased Kim Eunji as she said, "And please, cover up that kiss mark on your neck well."
Kim Eunji hid her face on Nathan's chest. She had suddenly became embarrassed. She didn't know that there's a mark in there.
"Yah! I told you to not leave a mark! Now, Alice's is teasing me!" Kim Eunji bashed Nathan on her uninjured shoulder.
"Aigoo. Alright. My fault. And besides, they're beautiful!" Nathan said as he tried to coax Kim Eunji.
"Master Bai! Would you like to join us for breakfast?" Director Li decided to butt in.
"Only if my wife wanted to." Nathan told him and then turned his attention to her.
"Why not?" Then, she drew closer towards Nathan's ears and whispered, "You still have to take your medication and change the dressing of your wound. And I still have to punish you for being so naughty."
"En! I remember and I'm ready for my punishment wifey."
"Where the hell do you think the both of you are going? We're still not done here!" Ling Bao turned mad as he was being ignored now.
"No Ling Bao! We are done here. Now, if you'd still insist on pursuing this matter, I think you should seek some help from a professional. I know someone. I can help you to have an appointment with him if you want to." Kim Eunji mocked. There's no room for pity in her mind now.
"Do you think I'm sick?" Ling Bao laughed out loud like a mad man and took a little butterfly knife from his pocket and dashed to attack Nathan. With the close distance between them, he could easily stab and hurt Nathan but with everyone's surprise, it didn't happen. Using her reflex, Kim Eunji grabbed his collar and threw him on the floor.
*Gasped!*
Ling Bao groaned in pain when his back hit the cold floor.
Everyone gasped because of what they've seen. Her speed and strength surprised everyone.
Ling Bao was about to get up but Kim Eunji kicked his hand which held the knife and made him let go of it.
Kim Eunji stomped on the handle which made it to fly up in the air and caught it with her right hand threw it directly right in front of her and hit the center of the dart board tens of meters away from them.
Kim Eunji then sit down and grabbed Ling Bao's collar, lifting his upper body up in the air while stepping on his right hand. Ling Bao attempted to grab Kim Eunji with his left hand but stopped it with her left hand as she twisted it making Ling Bao to groan in pain and he immediately sobered up.
"I dare you to try that again right in front of me kid and I swear! You won't like what I would do to you!" Kim Eunji snapped with anger evident in her eyes.
"Calm down." Nathan could only hugged her from behind as he tried to calm her down. He then kissed her neck as he tried to distract her.
"I'm...How can I calm down when he was deliberately trying to hurt you right in front of me! How dare him to do that!"
"I'm fine, am I not? Come. I'm hungry. Let the kid go. I would make sure that he won't do this again. On the right way of course."