The Emperor's Pampered Wife 18 Silence Doesn't Always Imply Tolerance

"What do you want to eat? I'll buy the snacks" as soon as they entered the Spotanionm, Jun Shen immediately asked for this since Fang Tao was left outside. Wei Yan did not want her siblings to feel awkward around him which she already considers as a big possibility considering how the young man rarely speaks.

But of course, he wasn't actually an obliging a.s.sistant but rather a loyal soldier to his boss. He had easily disguised himself and wasn't far from his Lady Boss. All his men was on standby as well, always changing positions as Wei Yan's group moved through and fro.

Wei Yan looked at his brother curiously. "Why don't we go together?"

She looked at the line and noticed that it was quite long, if he waits and lines by himself he will only find himself bored. But Jun Shen didn't like her suggestion and furiously shook his head.

"Sis, the line here is quite troublesome. I'd like to avoid any of you getting hurt" he said with no hint of shyness at all. An awe escaped Wei Yan's lips as she stared lovingly at her brave little brother.

"Woah woah, my baby brother is so protective now" she said in between her amazement and hardly suppressed giggles.

Jun Shen sighed at his sister's silly happiness. He must admit that his change is quite big. In the past, he was his sister's spoiled baby and he liked to indulge in her protection more than minding others welfare. Yes indeed, those times are his silly days; his selfish days, perhaps his worse even. "I'll let you calling me baby brother slip pa.s.s this time"

The twins find this side of their brother which they haven't seen in a while very very precious. For him to be called with such endearment without losing his temper is already a big feat to behold. Jun Shen likes his image to be seen as a tough man who can uphold the name of the Hous and thus find those who dare call him in such a way as insulting in any way possible.

Wanting to know more of her brother, Wei Yan giggled once again. "Come on, tell big sister your secret. Do you have a girlfriend?"

Without hesitation Jun Shen immediately replied. "No"

"Pursuing someone perhaps?" she asked once more with no plans of dropping the subject.

He looked at his sister and noticed she was itching for news. But nah, there's no news on such subject for her to indulge. "Not interested"

Wei Yan halted on her track as Jun Shen said such answer. Unbelievable. With such good looks he was bound to attract pretty good ladies. "Not interested? Are you kidding me? I bet Lipin has a lot of pretty girls"

Jei Li looked at her big brother who has no plan on answering and slowly she turned to her big sister. "Big sister is right. They do have a lot of pretty girls"

Wuxi nodded his head, fully agreeing to his twins declaration. "I've meet some too"

"Oho, then why isn't big brother interested?" she asked towards the twins but her eyes was surveying Jun Shen. Is he gay perhaps?

Ah no. That can't be possible. He has sent her countless emails in the past, all involving his British-American idol Keira.

Noticing her fixated gaze, Jun Shen already knew she was thinking something spectacular. He flicked her forehead and gave her a look to clarify his gender from his sister's silly mind. "I don't fancy pretty girls. I want substance"

He looked away afterwards and began thinking at those women who was in silly pursuit of him. He can't deny there are some quite pretty in his eyes but its not like pretty ladies can insure him a good married life. After witnessing his parents marriage he wanted nothing to do with just loving someone's outer appearance because its such an easy thing to break. "And so far, I haven't met anyone whose worthy enough for a gamble"

Wei Yan clicked her tongue at him. "Tch, so cold you are"

Jun Shen merely smiled and walked away. "Whatever you say, sis. I'm going now"

Once he has gone too far and now on queue for their snack, Wei Yan instantly turned towards her little twins with a huge and expectant smile. "So what is Jun Shen like at school?"

The twins looked at each other and shrugged together. "We don't know. We haven't visited him at his school yet"

Wuxi took a glance at his big brother and remembered how he revealed the reason for his sudden change of speech. He smiled and nonchalantly said. "We only met some bold girls visiting our house"

Wei Yan wasn't that much surprised any longer given the fact that women from Jei Li's school even flatter him without restrain. "Oh, and did he entertain them?"

"Not much. He just acknowledged their presence, that's all" Wuxi immediately replied. This sort of thing is something he finds agreeable with his brother. Even him, a mere 10 years old, find it hard to accept such behavior and he find their face undesirable the more they display such att.i.tudes.

"And his friends?" she asked as they took a seat on a bench in front the merry go round. As the horses pa.s.sed by them and came back again, Wei Yan's thought drifted back to her brother's cold att.i.tude towards romance. She must admit that she too is very adamant to men but that was because she was already promised. Her brother however isn't betrothed to anyone. As a normal teenage boy, isn't finding a girlfriend one of their top priority.

Or did she just got it mixed up given her long stay in America.

Upon the mention of her big brother's friends, Jei Li suddenly spoke up. "He only brought them on special occasions"

"For those times, I can pretty much say they are weird but I can't judge brother's behavior in school based on their actions" she said. She remembered how he brought them on his birthday. They were rowdy that it gave Rou Chao a near heart attack. Not only that, she heard stories from her brother how throwing booger is a normality for some of them. Because of that, they were somehow dubbed by Rou Chao as people who lacks manners but she much prefer calling them as people unconstrained by propriety or commonality.

Because of what Jei Li said, Wei Yan was intrigued by this weird friends. "Next time, lets visit his school for some fun"

She then turned towards her twins and gave a cheeky smile. "And you two will be joining me on this spy mission"

Without hesitation the twins replied in a whisper. "Of course. We wouldn't miss it for the world" They soon found themselves giving a high five while giggling in excitement for their future endeavors.

…..

At the dead silent night in Hou Household, the siblings footsteps were the only thing making heavy noises. It had been a long tiring day as they lost track of the time during their stay in Spotaniom. Wei Yan was carrying the sleepy Jei Li in her arms where as Wuxi lay weak on Jun Shen's embrace. "We're home"

Ran was the only one who hurriedly ran outside to greet them at such an hour and their sight gave her a fright. "Are they okay?"

"Yes, they played pretty much everything in the Spotaniom" Wei Yan answered as she planted a kiss on her cheeks. Ran kissed back and hurriedly helped them inside.

"Ah, let me carry them for you" she offered upon noticing Wei Yan's tired eyes.

Wei Yan immediately shook her head as they began walking upstairs. "No, its okay. Jun Shen and I will bring them to their room. You should go back and sleep, Auntie"

As Ran met Wei Yan's warm gaze, she lost the ability to refute. She found herself unable to do more because she knew she would be breaking the siblings warm momentum. She can't possibly do that. "If you need anything, call me okay?" but she still has a job to do and that is taking care of them to the best of her abilities. "Oh, are you going to sleep at your room? I will bring you milk"

"Ah no, I'll sleep with them" she answered with a smile as she gave a thoughtful look at her sleepy siblings. Its been a long time since she last showed her deep affection towards them and it might actually take a while for them do meet again considering her sudden change of civil status. For this day, she will give her all for them.

Wuxi looked at his sister and sluggishly said. "She still owe us a song"

"Yes, a song" Jei Li instantly replied now in her half asleep state. The three adults who still had their full consciousness intact found themselves giggling at their adorable side. Wei Yan then planted each of them a kiss in the forehead before starting to adjust Jei Li in her grip.

Jun Shen was the first to walk up while coaxing the two slugs. "Okay okay, let's get you two to bed"

"You can bring the milk at their room and Jun Shen's" Wei Yan said as she too went up the stairs just trailing behind her tall brother.

"Okay, I will" she replied and walked away almost immediately to prepare the milk that they needed. Ran had a big smile on her face as she saw the warmth entering the house once more. Its been horrendous with Fe Rou Chao and Fe Chungsa littering around. They hated how the place has been under Xing Mei Yi's rule and so they changed everything; from the decorations to the system and the servants living.

As she stirred the milk, she began reminiscing the glorious time of Xing Mei Yi's rule. Its true she was as terrifying woman for Guanyu feared no one but her, however she was a caring mother and a great boss. No servant can call her an evil witch as she displayed she was only terrifying when it comes to her work and husband because she greatly thinks he deserved her beatings. Such a regret she was forced to leave because Guanyu showed what a great jerk he is.

Meanwhile, Jun Shen pouted as he now walked with his sister upstairs. "Ah sis, I don't need milk"

Wei Yan raised her brows at his tantrum and clicked her tongue in dismiss of his protest. "Nonsense, even I need it at this age"

Jun Shen looked at his sister and noticed the seriousness of her words. She wasn't kidding and it was obvious she was taking no for an answer. Ever since he was young, he hated drinking milk. He only drinks milk when forced and there are but two people who can do that. His sister and his mom.

"Fine" he replied as they entered the twins bedroom.

Upon opening the door, Wei Yan was frozen outside as she saw the decorations of the room. It was still the same. Nothing much has changed when she left. The wall was painted in Air Force Blue just like how she always wanted it. She wanted their room to be neutral because she knew they wouldn't want to separate rooms until they are teenagers. To cater the maturing tastes of the kids she went toning things down with a blue-and-white color scheme.

As she entered the room, she was mesmerized as the sea of memories came flooding in. She remembered decorating the room herself with Jun Shen because by that time, their mother had already left.

The room had silver accents like the aluminum task light which make a beautiful contrast with all-blue hues. The crib was replaced with a king sized bed. Their king sized bed was placed in front of the fireplace where a television sat on top of it. A white wooden bed frame breaks up the colour and a floral bedspread in matching hues finishes this fresh look of the room. She remembered giving them the quilt in their bed which was an Anthropologie Ca.s.sie Brynes Melbourne she asked to be specially made. To add to warmth, they had white faux-fur throws and plenty of cus.h.i.+on – heaven for curling up on a cold night.

A blue area rug was placed in the right side of the room where a large desk also sat in place in middle with room on either side for chairs. It also has the big two floor-to-ceiling bookcases she arranged back then to provide plenty of storage s.p.a.ce to house books, school supplies, and prized sports trophies. It made her happy to see how they had almost filled it with their achievements.

As she looked up, she began smiling like a child once again. There it was. The white molded ceiling she spent a lot of time to fix. It has the twins initial which Wei Yan made into a big crest which occupies all of the ceiling. The white ceiling keeps things bright but still lets the architectural moulding stand out. Spotlights provide lighting without protruding from the ceiling.

She was brought back to reality with Jei Li and Wuxi's loud yawn. A silly smile overtook her as she finally decided to place them in their bed. "Sing us now" both of them said after feeling their warm bed.

"You should drink milk first" Wei Yan insisted. She stood up after placing a kiss on their forehead. "You wait here, I'll go down"

As she walked out of their room and began walking downstairs, she felt something odd. It felt like someone was lurking in the shadows and she knew who it was.

"You're home?" a voice asked out of nowhere. She looked at the room opposite to the twins and saw her stepmother standing there with her arms crossed and her eyebrows arched high. She was asking such question with a sweet disgusting tone she obviously knew was fake. Rou Chao was being cautious, after all, she had just been scolded and threatened.

Wei Yan shook her head at her because she knew her father wasn't around. "Stop faking the act, Ms. Fe"

Rou Chao instantly erased her smile and replaced it with her smirk of evil. "I think you're the one faking the act"

Not interested, Wei Yan started walking away because she didn't want to be around her any longer. It suffocates her being around such a leech. But she was stopped by another set of provocation. "Why are you so caring towards them? I don't know if you're doing that because you're guilty of having what they can't have or you're just showing off you have everything"

"My relations.h.i.+p with my siblings has nothing to with you and please stop acting like you know everything because with that little brain of yours what can you actually comprehend" she said without looking at her. She always hated those who target her siblings and question her kindness. Just because the world is cruel doesn't mean there's no more kindness in a person.

Well, a creature like Rou Chao is surely an exception.

"You wh.o.r.e!" she fumed in anger. It angered her how this b.i.t.c.h keeps on talking back at her. Where the h.e.l.l did she get such guts.

Wei Yan snickered at her obviously suppressed shout. It wasn't her normal shout and she knew why. So she looked back at her and gave a very threatening look which rarely comes out of her. "Go on, shout. If you think I was just lucky that I got away with what I did earlier, I can prove to you how wrong you are right here, right now"

After that, she decided to walk away, but such a nuisance her stepmother is.

"You think I'm oblivious with everything? Don't forget your father never keeps secret from me" she proudly said with a victorious smile on her face. She wanted this b.i.t.c.h to know that she was the wife and her father's beloved first love that he will never ever throw away. She was the woman who made her father divorce and neglect the Xing family's wonderful heiress.

It felt so glorifying to boast of how loved she was, but Wei Yan didn't care. It was her fathers choice and she's even more glad he did such a thing. Her mother is too great to be shackled and to be kept together with a lowly mistress. She didn't deserve such dishonor. So it was better that she's free and was back as the Xing Family heiress, a t.i.tle Fe Rou Chao can never ever steal or have even if she dies a thousand times.

"Well, congratulations. At least your brain got fed with something" she said as she walked away.

"Don't provoke me, Ms. Fe. My silence doesn't always imply tolerance" she added with a seriously dangerous tone. She's a great person when it comes to such things, but she's even better at planning than just tolerating.