Jiang Hai sat down while sipping his tea. His eyes stared straight at the kitchen. Ru Yi's presence was nowhere to be seen. He knew that Ru Yi was trying to avoid him.
"I'll go to work first."
Lulu said.
"Okay. Be careful."
Mu Zhe replied, eliciting a reaction. Lulu pretended not to hear. He just walked away with his poker face. He locked his smile inside his mouth tightly. It was not the right time for him to show his true self to Mu Zhe.
What Lulu really want is, Mu Zhe won't be able to live without his shadow. And when that time came, he would make every breath Mu Zhe took only for him. Because everything he did was only for Mu Zhe.
Mu Zhe chuckled in dissatisfaction after being ignored. His dignity and pride started to falling apart. "Am I the only one feeling this way?"
"Pst! Pst! Jiang Hai."
Someone whispering out of nowhere. Jiang Hai, Mu Zhe and Ah Fei looked at each other. Where did the faint female voice they heard coming from at that moment.
"Pstt... Jiang Hai. Here."
She whispering again. Now louder than before. They turned their head towards the wall beside the bamboo grove. Ru She was seen hiding behind the wall while she waving at JiangHai.
"Come here for a moment."
She said while her eyes glanced to the kitchen. To make sure Ri Yi wasn't there. Jiang Hai swallowed his saliva. He felt like Ru She had something important to say. And it was definitely something unpleasant.
Jiang Hai glared at Mu Zhe. Asking for an option. Should he go or not? If Ru Yi found out, what would the consequences be?
"Just go. I'll cover the line for you."
Mu Zhe said. Ah Fei nodded confidently. The way he act as if he knew all the secrets Jiang Hai was trying to hide. His confidence face really in another levels.
Jiang Hai agreed. Before he got up, he peek into the kitchen. After making sure Ru Yi didn't see him, he quickly sneaked to get Ru She.
"What wrong?"
He asked bluntly. He didn't have time to be wasted. Every minute that passes will be life-threatening. A moment's delay will bring disaster. Jiang Hai is unable to face it all.
"I think Ru Yi wants to leave."
Ru She whispered.
"Haa???"
Jiang Hai asked in shock. His eyes widened as if he saw a ghost.
"Shhhh.... lower your voice. Ru Yi will hear us."
Ru She said while covering Jiang Hai's mouth.
"To where?"
Jiang Hai asked after he pulled Ru She's hand from his mouth.
"I don't know. But I heard he said he wanted to accept an offer."
Ru She said.
"What offer?"
Ru She gave Jiang Hai a death glare.
"Could you go find it yourself. How could I know."
"You're his sister. How could you don't know that?"
Ru She gave Jiang Hai a death glare once again. This time it was sharper.
"Now! I asked you. Do you want..."
"Ah! Brother Ru Yi."
Mu Zhe's high pitch voice stopped their conversation. They looked at each other.
"Oh no. Here he come."
Ru She whispering. The both of them starting to panic.
"What should we do?"
Jiang Hai asked. Don't know what to do. His mind all blank.
"What are you looking for?"
Ah Fei asked. His voice also a little loud. Make Ru Yi look at him with his suspicious eyes.
"You go upfront. And I'll go from the back."
Ru She whispered and ran back as fast as she could. There's was no time to be wasted.
"Ouch!"
Ru She's swallowed her scream. Jinag Hai quickly turned. Ru She's hair was entangled on the branch.
"Are you okay?"
Jiang Hai whispered. Ru She gave Jiang Hai the okay sign.
"Why are you two screaming?"
Ru Yi asked while trying to spy on the noise behind the wall.
"Screaming? When? Did we scream just now? Ah Fei?"
Mu Zhe asked, starting to get nervous. "Hurry up, Jiang Hai. If he asks me where you are, what am I going to answer...?" Ah Fei quickly shook his head. His face looked completely innocent as he sipped his water like he was sipping a cup of hot tea.
"Shrupp... Ahhhh."
"Sorry Ah Fei. I can't catch it. The cat ran so fast."
Jiang Hai said as he came out from behind the wall. He panting heavily.
Ah Fei looked at Jiang Hai face. Can't believe he was being dragged in his senior love affairs. However, his brain was busy searching for an idea.
"Oh.. Really? You must be too slow. That's why you couldn't catch him."
Ah Fei said adding to the story. Mu Zhe tried his best not to laugh. Can't believe his junior could be this dramatic. Ah Fei turned to his face to Ri Yi. Make his purely innocent face.
"Brother Ru Yi. Do you have a cat at home?"
Ah Fei asked while he blinking his puppy eyes. Really in his character. Ru Yi nodded. But his eyes gave Jiang Hai a sharp glare. As if to say "I know what you're doing behind that wall."
"Can I come to play with him someday?"
Ah Fei asked again. His eyes shone with hope. Really in character.
"You can ask Ru She."
Ru Yi answered in monotones.
"Why?"
Jiang Hai asked in disappointment. He gaze deeply into Ru Ri's eyes. "Why is Ru She's name always mentioned in our conversations? Do you really clueless about my feelings?"
"That's Ru She's cat."
Ru Yi answered as he walked away. He knew that Jiang Hai and his friends were lying. His heart began to feel tight. It hurt as if something ripped his chest.
At the kitchen, he saw Ru She fixing her hair that got entangled on a branch when she ran to hide earlier.
"Liar!" Ru Yi's little heart snapped. His heart ached even more. Like someone has rubbed salt in his wounds.
His mind began to imagine how Jiang Hai and Ru She intimately kissing each other behind the wall earlier.
After that, whatever Ru She did, it was always wrong in Ru Yi's eyes. He will wipe the table again right after Ru She did it. Or unfolding the towel that Ru She alredy folding its neatly and he will folding it again in front of Ru She. So, a cold war broke out between the two siblings.
"Lulu!"
Ru She called.
"Yes."
"Please tell that old man, set C for table three."
Ru She said. Now, Lulu became their first cold war victim. "Old man?" Lulu looked at Jiang Hai, Mu Zhe and Ah Fei one after another. As if asking "What's wrong with the two of them?" Mu Zhe pointing at Jiang Hai with his lips. Telling "It's all because this shameless kid" to Lulu. Lulu took a deep breath. "What a nuisance."
But, in that chaos, Lulu's heart blooming. His Mu Zhe cuteness really in a God level.
"Ahem... Brother Ru Yi, set C for table three."
"Hmmm..."
That was the only answer from the kitchen.
"Excuse me. This soup is too salty."
A customer start to complain.
"Ha?"
Lulu answered in shocked. He quickly came to the table. Apologized and promised to change the menu with a new one. Ru Yi never make this kind of mistake before. There's must be something big happening between the three of them. Lulu glance at Jiang Hai face. "Haaa...what a headache." Lulu walked to the kitchen.
"Solve the problem between you two before this restaurant burns down."
Lulu said to Ru She.
"Me?"
Ru She asked unsatisfied. It was clearly that Ru Yi who started everything. Why should she is the one being blamed.
"No. I said about the neighbour kid."
Lulu said sarcastically as he walked away.
"Prfttt...."
Ru She quickly turned her head towards the laughing voice. Mu Zhe and Ah Fei swallowed back their laughter and quickly turned towards the bamboo grove beside the restaurant.
"How old do you think this bamboo grove is?"
Mu Zhe asked. The both of them pretending to be busy talking about the bamboo grove.
"Maybe older than Uncle Chen."
Ah Fei answered as he pretending to stroke his beard like an old man.
Only Jiang Hai sat still with his eyes fixed on the kitchen.
Ru She gave Jiang Hai her sharp gaze. Signaling to Jiang Hai that he was in her surveillance. "Solve this problem if you don't want to die."
In the kitchen, Lulu took over Ru Yi's duties. Cooking for their customers before the entire shop burned down. Even though Ru Yi refused many times. But after Lulu gave him tasting his own foods, Ru Yi agreed.
"Lulu."
Ru She called.
"Yes."
"Please tell that old man to cleared the table."
Ru She said. Jiang Hai who heard it swallowed his saliva. "Luckily it wasn't you who I chose. Otherwise he would call me a little boy whenever we have fight. Brother Xuan Ji, you are so strong."
Ru Yi didn't answer even a word. He just agreed every Ru She commands. However, he tried his best not to make eye contact with Jiang Hai.
Seeing that made Jiang Hai lose all of his patience. He quickly got up and helped to clear the table with Ru Yi.