Xue Ning choked on air at his easy declaration.
"Husband and wife? That's pushing it," she argued. "We're not even dating. If anything, we're friendly roommates." Friendly, with a strange tension that seed to creep up whenever she least expected it.
"So cold, I guess we're on the verge of divorce already," Jingwei mused in mock sadness, even pretending to sob.
Xue Ning shot him an unamused look. "Focus on the road before our lives get divorced from this earth," she said, before looking through her long-neglected handphone.
She was greeted with an ominous 5% battery life, and many, many ssages from her family mbers. Her mom called a whopping 30 tis! Her dad, 10, but most likely because he was next to her mom. They also left over 50 ssages.
Even her brother and sister-in-law called her. Now she was worried. Did sothing terrible happen at ho?
She hurriedly called before her phone could die on her.
"Hello? Did sothing happen?" Xue Ning demanded the mont her call went through.
"Xue Ning! I should be asking you this question!" Her mother shrieked from the other end of the line. She hastily moved her phone further away from her ear.
"What? Nothing happened to !"
"Nothing happened? My bloody foot!" Her mother yelled. "Then explain why pictures of you hugging Sun Jingwei are online? Are they real?"
"What are you talking about?" Xue Ning asked, despite having a pretty good idea. Sun Haowei had thrown the whole stack of paparazzi-worthy photos at them the night before, but her mother doesn't know that.
"Check your phone ssages," her mother hissed. "And I'll be waiting for an explanation, young lady! That woman in the picture better not be you!"
"Right, will do Mom," Xue Ning said. "By the way, my phone is also running out of battery, so don't panic if you can't contact !"
"Then charge your phone, before I fly over to Shanghai and drag you back ho," was her mother's unsympathetic, ominous reply. Sun Jingwei's face looked like he was mildly terrified and reluctantly impressed.
"Wow, your mom sounds a lot like you," Jingwei blurted out.
"Who was that?" Her mother asked curiously, suddenly very interested. Her voice takes on a friendly, cheerful tone, a 180 degree shift from the threatening tone earlier. "Xue Ning, is this… your boyfriend?"
"Mom! No!" Xue Ning groaned. Jingwei's mouth was open, doubtless he was going to do sothing stupid like introduce himself to her mother. She imdiately made a zipping motion across her mouth, followed by a slashing motion across her throat.
ssage received, Jingwei hastily gulped and went back to driving. Technically, Xue Ning's mother wasn't correct - he was Xue Ning's husband! Fake husband, but honestly, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, who was to know otherwise?
He'd just have to do such a good job at being a fake husband, that she doesn't threaten to fake divorce him.
"Alright, alright. I shall not tease you for now," her mother said cheerily. The news that her precious daughter could be involved with a man made her feel extrely hopeful that the rumours were false.
"But please do let us know what is happening with you! Your poor father barely slept a wink when he saw the photos!"
"Okay, I'll investigate it first," Xue Ning promised, feeling slightly guilty at the thought of her parents worrying. "I'm guessing Ge and sister-in-law also know?"
"Of course! They showed it to !" Her mom said.
"I see," Xue Ning said, vowing to kick her brother's ass twice, because she wasn't going to hit her sister-in-law. "I'll go and see what's the fuss then. Bye Mom!"
"Bye!" She hung up, and Xue Ning heaved a sigh of relief before checking through her ssages.
"Your mom sounds scary, but nice, Jingwei said longingly, with just a touch of wistfulness. Xue Ning suddenly rembered that his mother had passed away, and strangely enough, the mansion seed to be scrubbed dry of her presence.
There wasn't even a single picture or painting of Jingwei's mother. But then again, perhaps she just wasn't privy to it - maybe it hung above Sun Haowei's bed, judging his parenting decisions.
That's what she would do, if she were Sun Haowei's dead wife. Jingwei could be a moron at tis, but insulting him before breakfast was a low blow! And she didn't think it was right for him to be throwing things at his son and slamming his hands on tables.
Soone clearly needed anger managent lessons, but no one had the guts to tell him so.
Thankfully she wasn't Sun Haowei's dead wife then. Marrying an overbearing, demanding man like him would make her hate living.
If she were to ever marry, she'd pick soone she could talk to, without worrying that they would lose their temper for no reason. Soone that could make her laugh, even when she was grouchy, soone who still thought she was funny, no matter what she said.
Soone who was still looking at her from the corner of his eye, waiting for a response. She coughed, face red at the fact that she got caught daydreaming about him for no good reason.
"Yeah, but don't piss her off," Xue Ning said, trying to calm herself down. "I have a feeling she's not too fond of you."
"Why? I've never t her." Jingwei asked.
"Exactly. So all she knows about you are your terrible rumours." Xue Ning stated. "No matter how desperate my mom is about finding a match, she'll never approve of you."
"Famous last words," Jingwei said. "Wanna bet? I bet I can charm your mother into loving after one visit."
"...Are you trying to beco my step-dad?" Xue Ning asked mischievously.
Surprised, Jingwei nearly swerved into another lane, garnering more than a few irritated honks from nearby cars. Thankfully, the peak hour for morning traffic was already over.
"Oi! Don't say stuff like that! Oh my god!" Jingwei said, face scrunched up in disgust. "I'm sure your mom would be lovely, BUT NO."
Xue Ning cackled at the look on his face, but then the smile falls off when she looks through what her brother sent her.
'XUE NING MY BELOVED SISTER
IS THIS YOU IN THE PHOTO
Please say no
Because if it's you, I'll have to eat a motorcycle
PLEASE SAY NO EVEN IF ITS YOU'
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Xue Ning clicked on it, and lo and behold it was a screenshotted image from Weibo. The headline said 'Sun Jingwei hugs beloved wife
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