Chapter 40: The weakest is picked on first.
Mo Liang arrived when they were still eating breakfast. As soon as he set his eyes on Mei Mei, a sly smile rose from his lips and he made his way to the dining table. Mei Mei was sitting between Mingzhu and Jingzhe, one of them needed to move to create space for him.
As it was known, the weakest was the first to be picked on when it came to everything,
"Mingzhu, move." he ordered crassly.
His right hand impatiently pulled on the back of the chair as Mingzhu made no move to stand. Instead, she pouted and turned to her mother.
Mei Mei smiled at her daughter and handed her a muffin. "Eat,"
Mingzhu nodded, smiled and ate her muffin.
Mo Liang clenched his hands and then he moved to Mo Jingzhe’s side.
"Move, I want to sit next to my wife."
Mo Jingzhe scoffed, he did the same thing that Mei Mei had done for Mingzhu, he placed a muffin on her plate and smiled. "Mei Mei, eat, we have ten minutes left or we will be late."
Mei Mei was like her daughter, she responded in the same way too, biting into the muffin and then taking a sip of milk.
Mo Liang was angered, he felt disrespected so he put his hand on Jingzhe’s shoulder, intending to move him away by force. Out of the blue, Mo Jingzhe fell out of the chair and landed on the ground as if he had been shoved with incredible force. The half eaten bowl of sweet red bean porridge he had been eating fell on his arm.
[Host, the green tea has been targeted by Mo Liang you must defend him.
Failure: Two new allergies for Mingzhu.
Reward: A new motorcycle, The Hyperpulse.]
Mei Mei, Feng Qi and Mingzhu all rushed to Jingzhe’s side, each one of them shouting over the other, inquiring about his health.
"What is wrong with you?" Mei Mei turned tilted her head to the right and raised her voice at Mo Liang. Her eyes flashed with annoyance.
The system did not even need to give her a mission for this incident, she was boiling with anger genuinely.
"I didn’t touch him." Mo Liang defended himself in an equally loud voice. "He is faking it."
Mei Mei raised her leg and kicked Mo Liang on the leg. "Faking it!!! Jingzhe is normal, he has never been injected with any strength serum like you. Anybody with common sense can understand the difference in strength between you two. Mo Liang, if you have something to say, come at me, do not harm other innocent people."
Mo Liang slammed his fist on the table, "I said that I did not touch him." He bellowed out. "Someone must have seen what happened." He looked around for witnesses.
The three maids and the butler that had all witnessed the incident shrugged or muttered, "I did not see anything."
Mo Liang was beyond exasperated. "You....you are all in this together." he accused them. He squatted down and tried to touch Mei Mei’ shoulder but she flung his hand away.
Nevertheless, he tried again, "Mei Mei, I did not touch him. This bastard is not as innocent as he looks, trust me. I know you are angry with me at the moment but I am your husband, don’t you have the smallest trust in me?"
Jingzhe moaned at that exact moment and Mei Mei turned her head back to him. "A Zhe, does it hurt? Let’s go to the hospital."
Jingzhe was holding his hand, the area where the porridge had scalded him slightly. Even though it had been so hot, the skin had turned red.
"Daddy, Mingzhu will blow on it for you."
Cough like laughter escaped Mo Liang’s mouth. "Daddy!!!" He stood up, cackling bitterly still, "Daddy!! Mei Mei is this what you are teaching my daughter? How dare you make her call this bastard daddy?" He screamed.
Mei Mei did not respond, she helped Mo Jingzhe to his feet and helped him sit on the chair. Feng Qi received a first aid box from the butler and Mei Mei personally tended to the injury.
She applied some instant cooling gel to the area to neutralize the heat damage and kill the pain around the area, some regenerative spray to promote rapid healing and prevent scarring and a smart bandage which was embedded with sensors to monitor the progress of the wound.
In the field of medical research, the world had come so far thanks to Pear Scientific park and all of its almost magical inventions.
"How do you feel A Zhe?" She asked.
Jingzhe blinked a few times and he smiled. His slightly red eyes made it appear as if he was hiding the pain or had experienced great pain.
"It doesn’t hurt anymore." He stood up and hugged Mei Mei, right in front of Mo Liang. "Mei Mei, thank you." He let her go and smiled sadly, "Its my fault, I should have moved when elder brother told me to. I have no right to sit next to you."
Mei Mei touched Mo Jingzhe’s arm and shook he head. "Don’t say that, you have every right to sit next to me. This is not just my house, its yours too so you can sit anywhere you like unlike some people that are not welcome here." She turned her head around and shot a glare at Mo Liang when she said that last part.
She wanted him to know that he was the unwanted party in the house.
"You..I can’t believe this!" Mo Liang exclaimed. "He is pretending, that porridge was not even hot."
Mei Mei picked up what had remained of Mingzhu’s porridge and she splashed it Mo Liang’s hand. "Since its not hot, then you don’t mind if I give you the same treatment as you have given him."
If Mo Liang had been surprised before, now he was about to have a heart attack because he was more than surprised. How could Mei Mei kick him and pour porridge on him for the sake of what was clearly a green tea man!!
What had been going on while he was in space? When had the relationship between his wife and younger brother become so close to this extent?
"Let’s go, we are going to be late for Mingzhu’s first day of school." Mei Mei tugged on Jingzhe’s arm.
"What new school?" Mo Liang asked. "Mingzhu is my daughter, if she is going to a new school, I should know about it."
His questions were not answered. Mei Mei, Mingzhu and Jingzhe went upstairs and changed, leaving Mo Liang in the dining room, almost foaming at the mouth as anger swelled more and more within him.
When they returned, they still didn’t say a word to him and left the house.
Unwilling to give up, Mo Liang run out of the house and followed them in his flying car.