Imperfect Desires

After listening to them, he was left with some complicated feelings surging within his heart. He went to the lounge to find his mother and was surprised to hear who loud his mother"s laughter was and soon he didn"t have to guess why it was like that...

"If only I could steal you from Yi, I wouldn"t hesitate a bit," said Ying as she smiled at Zhao Wei who rolled her eyes at her remark.

"You little la.s.s! That"s my wife," Qiu Jiayi screamed at her.

"That"s a pity, right?" Qiu Jiayi gapped at her when she concluded, "She could have done so much better but she got you... Tsk. Tsk."

"Ying!" 

"Hahaha..." 

While Qiu Jiayi was fuming over a little girl flirting with his wife, Xin Zimen was laughing without holding back. This was way better than anything on tv. 

Yan Ying didn"t really care about Qiu Jiayi"s reaction. In fact, she was really amused by it. She was still clinging to Zhao Wei like a spoiled little kid as she said, "Weiwei if I had been born in your generation I"d have never let you fall for his tricks."

Zhao Wei stroked Ying"s face as she said, "Yingying, I don"t know if it"s a blessing or a curse that you"re born as a girl."

"Huh? Why is that?" inquired Ying with curiosity dancing in her eyes.

"You"d have been a deadly attack to young maiden"s hearts," said Zhao Wei making Ying giggle. "But I"m glad you"re a girl..." Ying raised her brow at her in question. "Otherwise, I"d be lacking a sweet daughter like you."

Yan Ying smiled sweetly at her in contentment while Qiu Jiayi and Xin Zimen shared a look. 

"Your wife is really as innocent as she had been," whispered Xin Zimen to his best friend.

"It"s not her fault that Ying loves to show her spoiled little girl"s act before my wife..." his lips lifted up in a smile as he added, "But even if she acted like her strong self, Weiwei would still treat her like a little girl."

Xin Zimen sighed out and nodded in agreement. Zhao Wei always wanted a little girl whom she could spoil like a Princess. Even though her first child was Qiu Meihui but she never liked her mother treating her like a doll. In fact, since Qiu Meihui always rebelled against Zhao Wei, their mother-daughter relations.h.i.+p wasn"t that great.

With Ying, it was different. Even though Zhao Wei met Ying only twice a year or so, they could easily pa.s.s as a real mother-daughter. Ying was Zhao Wei"s only best friend"s daughter and since her own daughter didn"t listen to her, she found Ying really pleasing. n.o.body could say whether it was really a blessing or a curse but Ying had a habit of acting like whatever the other person expected her to be. For instance, for Xin Zimen and Qiu Jiayi, she was the strongest and bravest person. Why? Because that"s what they wanted her to be. For Zhao Wei, she was a cute little Princess who was a perfect example of a young lady. Because that"s what Zhao Wei wanted to see in her.

And Yan Ying didn"t like failing anyone"s expectations. So, it really didn"t matter to her how much she had to change herself for other"s sake. It felt kind of unfair to her. But she didn"t feel like it. As long as she was able to bring happiness in the life of people whom she cared about, she"d be okay with everything.

"Ying Jie, when did you come?" Dylan asked as he saw Ying with his mother. 

Ying looked at Dylan and said, "Since you didn"t invite me for that dinner, I thought to invite myself to your house."

"I invited you," retorted Dylan. He remembered he asked her to come home for dinner but she said she"d come when his dad would come back. And now she was here since his dad was back. She really stayed true to her words.

"Yeah, only once. Later on, you even forgot my existence. Ouch!! That hurts," the corner of her lips turned downwards slightly while she placed a hand over her chest to show that she was hurt.

"I had no way to contact you," replied Dylan to clear up his side of the story and he was being honest. He actually met her after years the other day, how would he have a way to contact her? Then he scowled and added, "Besides, why do you even need an invitation? This is like your own house, come whenever you want to."

Ying"s eyes widened a bit as she heard those words from him. But she wasn"t the only one, even the others around her were equally surprised.

"It seems like my son is finally willing to act like an adult," said Qiu Jiayi and turned to Ying. "You heard that? You don"t need an invitation to come here. I"m also your uncle like Zi, don"t always be so biased."

Xin Zimen frowned at his best friend, "How is she biased? She doesn"t come to my home unless I ask her to. Once upon a time, she was like a sticky glue who didn"t even want to leave my home. At that time, I had to push her out. These days, I have to pull her in."

Ying chuckled at them not knowing what to say. Even though they were all really important to her, she was still not their own. She didn"t wish to be a bother to anyone of them. So, how could she just come and go on will?

She shook her head and chose to change the topic as she turned to Dylan saying, "Oi! I thought you"re helping around in the kitchen? Why are you here then?"

"Dazi is here to help his girlfriend," shrugged Dylan trying to act nonchalant.

Ying laughed at his reaction, "Why do you look like your single soul is scared?"

Dylan was really surprised to hear that. "How did you guess that?"

"I know that look very well," answered Ying and even patted his back saying, "These PDA couples are the worst. They have no sympathy for poor people like us."

"Are you both bonding over your single souls?" questioned Zhao Wei with a chuckle. 

Ying and Dylan shared a look before silently nodding.