"Brother, when I started to send her the messages as Romeo, I didn"t know she was your wife. Besides, I think of her as my sister. Can"t I play some silly joke with her?" Su Zixin chuckled in nervousness.
"Brother, please forgive your little brother." Su Zixin knew now only forgiveness could save him. "I promise to never play any prank on your wife from now on. Believe me, I see her as my little sister. I can swear on my favourite cars and bike. Please don"t be angry with your little brother."
Su Zixin looked down and started to sob. Su Yuchen looked at his brother before sighing heavily. He left his collar and closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down.
He could not blame Su Zixin, as he said; he didn"t know Xin Mei was his wife. Moreover, he knew his brother would never cast eyes on his wife, no matter what.
"Su Zixin, I can forgive you for making me jealous but I can"t forgive you for troubling my wife." Su Yuchen spoke and looked at his brother. Su Zixin gulped and nodded his head.
"Brother, give me any punishment but please don"t s.n.a.t.c.h my cars or bike from me or my house. I love them." He thought but didn"t dare to spoke it out loud.
"From now on, you will act as my eyes on the sets. You will protect Xin Mei from every danger. Our marriage is a secret so I can"t be present beside her all the time but you can."
"Already on it brother. Xin Mei is my little sister, I will always protect her." Su Zixin nodded his head like an obedient child. This punishment was easy for him. He had already saved Xin Mei once from Tang Min, hadn"t he?
"You will not make her uncomfortable during any intimate scenes. I know you both have many intimate scenes in the movie and I want every scene to be an illusion like your other films."
"Ok brother, I will keep it in my mind. I will never let sister in law feel uncomfortable during scenes. I will always remember my limits."
"Phew, it is again easy. I can do it. I will not repeat the mistake of today. I will not do retake during our intimate scenes."
"Brother, if you are done then we shall go out." Su Zixin was about to leave the office when Su Yuchen held him back.
"I am not done with your punishment."
Su Zixin sighed. "What is next?"
"I am taking away your allowances for the next three months. No allowance for three months."
"What? Why?" Su Zixin yelled. "Brother please doesn"t punish me so badly. I will die without my allowances. You know I love to spend my money."
"Your problem, but I will not be giving you any allowances. I can see how you love to spend it on other girls. I can"t let you waste it on a random girl."
Su Zixin pouted when he heard his brother. He knew his brother was punis.h.i.+ng him for making him jealous. He was using a random girl for Xin Mei.
"Ok, take away my allowances. But I still have my payment from Revenge."
"Didn"t I tell you, I am not paying you for revenge?" Su Yuchen wrapped his arms around his chest and chillingly smiled at Su Zixin.
"Brother, please don"t do this with me. Please…..I will die without any money. How am I to spend even a single day without money? What about the fuel in my expensive cars…my parties and vacations?"
"Your problem," Su Yuchen shrugged. "You should learn how to save money. I have already given you a lot of freedom. I have spoiled you and it"s time for me to give you lessons."
"Brother please don"t give me this cruel punishment. I promise to never tease Xin Mei. Please forgive me. Please...…."
"Su Zixin," Su Yuchen yelled and placed his hand on the shoulder of Su Zixin. "You should be glad that I am not punis.h.i.+ng you badly. Don"t forget about my jealousy. If it was for someone as I would have dug his grave for sending such love-filled messages to my wife."
Su Yuchen spoke in a slow voice. His voice was full of warning which sent chill in the spine of Su Zixin.
"I know."
"So accept the punishment."
"Ok brother," Su Zixin spoke in a weak voice.
"And Su Zixin, if by any chance, you have any feeling for Xin Mei then dig them deep down in your heart; I should never get an air about it. Hmmm?"
"Brother, trust me. Xin Mei is a little sister to me, now my sister in law."
"Now come and ask forgiveness from your sister in law."
Without protesting, Su Zixin nodded his head and followed after his brother. He had already lost his allowances and payment from revenge. He didn"t afford to lose any more.
"Sister in law, Xin Mei please forgive your silly brother in law. It was a big mistake on my part to play pranks on you. I promise to never play any Romeo like prank with you. Please forgive me."
Xin Mei looked at Su Zixin who was apologizing very sincerely. He looked like a tamed dog. She looked at her husband who was smiling with satisfaction.
"I forgive you."
Su Zixin sighed and stood up straight.
"Brother, I have apologized to sister in law. I hope you are no longer angry with me."
"You are forgiven." Su Yuchen nodded his head.
"Brother if I am forgiven then can I stay at your place for tonight? I can stay in my room."
Su Zixin asked and the very second he felt grey clouds over the head of Su Yuchen.
"His room? Husband, we have an extra bedroom in our house?"
It didn"t take Su Zixin much time to realize that his brother had lied to Xin Mei that he had only one room in his house. So, before Su Yuchen could scold him, he spoke, "Not bedroom but games room. Brother must have told you that it is my room."
"Oh, the games room." Xin Mei nodded her head.
Su Yuchen also nodded his head at the wittiness of his brother. "You can stay at our house. Remember to keep the volume down."
"Ok brother." He sighed and ran towards the games room before facing any more anger of his brother.
"Wife, let"s go to our room." Su Yuchen wrapped his arms around Xin Mei and pulled her to their room.
Su Zixin entered in the games room and sunk against the wall. He cursed his fate that now Xin Mei was his sister in law. He could no longer play a prank on her like the past. He couldn"t play video games with her like before.
When he had started to send her messages as Romeo, he wanted to play a simple park with her, a payback. He didn"t think he would get so swear punishment for this prank.
"Why have you married to her brother? Now, who will be my prank buddy?"
"Husband, you shouldn"t have punished Su Zixin so badly." Xin Mei rubbed her nose when she heard the punishment which Su Yuchen had given to Su Zixin.
"Why not, wife? Weren"t you the one chasing after Su Zixin, to punish him terribly?"
"Oh that," Xin Mei smiled a silly smile. "I love to beat him up. I only need an excuse to beat him up. Besides, I can understand the reason he played this prank of Romeo. A year back, I had played a prank with him, I was his girlfriend and was pregnant with his baby."
Xin Mei confessed and turned her face to another side.
Su Yuchen looked at his wife with wide eyes.
Had he gotten jealous without any use?
Had he given severe punishment to his brother where his wife was the reason he played the prank?
Had he done wrong by mingling in the business of Su Zixin and Xin Mei?
They were like two troublemaking siblings!