Chapter 218 - Friendly Fued (1/2)

Doctor Lou moved his eyes from Bi Lu to Lei Xing and glared at her. He then turned and walked to the table, put his stool down and sat down with a huge disgruntled frown on his face, facing away from his guests.

Tung Mei rolled her eyes and then smiled at Lei Xing and excitedly bounced towards her, ”Xing jie...Welcome, come sit. I did not expect to see you here...” She said as she hooked Lei Xing's arm and pulled her over to the table. Lei Xing knit her brows as her eyes darted from Tung Mei to Doctor Lou as she walked over and sat down.

{...I'm the one who couldn't fathom your existence being here -_-)'...}

Bi Lu remained standing in front of the storage room door, with his eyes trained on Lei Xing. His eyes met Doctor Lou's giving a deadly side glare. Bi Lu bowed his head in greeting, but Doctor Lou's glare only seemed to intensify. When Lei Xing had mentioned the old man not liking strangers, he had thought she was just saying that so she could go alone. But now faced with the old man's unnerving glare of disapproval, he could tell he was definitely unwelcome here.

Bi Lu cleared his throat and glanced away but then quickly faced forward again. Even it was uncomfortable, he had to do his job and so he steeled his gaze. Doctor Lou raised an eyebrow at Bi Lu, seemingly amused at his renewed confidence. Doctor Lou then squinted at him as if acknowledging and accepting the challenge that Bi Lu definitely did not issue.

Doctor Lou then saw Tung Mei reaching for the wine jar from the corner of his eye and his eyes immediately ripped from Bi Lu's form as he immediately snatched the jar off the table and glared at Tung Mei, ”You still dare to drink?!”

Tung Mei frowned and barked back, ”I came all this way to visit you and you won't even share a little wine?!”

Doctor Lou scoffed, ”Don't pretend! You only came here because you FINISHED MY wine!” Doctor Lou then sniffed and stroked the jar, ”To think I even brought out my precious -”

”At least you know you're no fun.” Tung Mei mumbled under her breath as she reached for her cup, which still had some wine but Doctor Lou quickly snatched that up as well and defended with a pout, ”That's a lie! You know I'm the most fun, would you prefer I were lik-”

”Hey!” Lei Xing snapped, stopping the two before they could go into a full-blown bickering session. The two people turned to her then Lei Xing narrowed her eyes at them and calmly said, ”Someone answer the question.”

”Tch.” Doctor Lou pouted and then turned his body to the side, ignoring them again. He drank the wine in the cup and went about pouring himself another. Tung Mei pursed her lips and glared at his back, then out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lei Xing looking at her with an irritated frown, impatiently waiting for a response.

Tung Mei immediately turned her attention to Lei Xing with a short nervous laugh and answered, ”Yes...we know each other.”

”How?” Lei Xing flatly asked, completely unamused.

Tung Mei blinked, glanced at Doctor Lou's back and then back at Lei Xing with a smile, ”...He's a friend of the family.”

Lei Xing knit her brows.

{...”Friend of the family”...That would explain him knowing about the bracelet but still...What are the odds?...}

Doctor Lou then grumpily mumbled in-between refilling his cup, ”I wish I wasn't ”in the family” at the moment.”

This naturally got Tung Mei riled up again, ”Are you seriously going to be like this over wine, even after I graciously forgave you for duping me?” Tung Mei said with a frown as she jabbed Doctor Lou's side hard with her elbow.

”Hmph!” Was all she got in response as Doctor Lou continued to ignore them. Tung Mei pouted and then changed her tone and poked his back with her finger, ”I already said I will replace them...I was even going to give you my snow-tipped wine too...”

Doctor Lou immediately turned his head her way, ”Really?”

Tung Mei eagerly nodded and reassured him, ”Truly.” Doctor Lou suspiciously looked her over and then raised his eyebrows, ”Where is it?”

Tung Mei lips twitched, ”I don't have it...yet.”  She cast a quick glance at Lei Xing, who was busy thinking and then smiled back at him, ”I would get it now, but as you know...”

Doctor Lou cast a quick glance at Lei Xing and then squinted at Tung Mei, Tung Mei gave him a brilliant smile and added, ”I'll even bring two...”