by Catofdreams
"Contact me as soon as the plane lands, okay? Let's meet outside the airport…", Jane told Yang Wei with a hint of sadness in her voice. She didn't want to be separated by her newly found love so soon.
"Of course… I'll wait for you at the arrival gate…", Yang Wei responded. He felt the same way as Jane. He felt scared that they might not see each other again if they parted for even more than a second.
Lang Jie shook his head as he watched the ridiculous scene before him. All four of them were going to ride the same plane, and even if Jane and Yang Wei's seats were apart, they were still going to end up in the same destination.
"Oh, Yang Wei… you really are a fool for love…", Lang Jie mumbled to himself as he approached them.
"Let's go Yang Wei!", Lang Jie told Yang Wei with a smile on his face. Xue Yan also approached them and smiled towards Jane.
"It was nice meeting you Jane! We should stay in contact, that way we could maybe go out and have fun together.", Xue Yan politely told her new friend, who smiled back at her.
"Sure! No problem!", Jane happily responded, but she still seemed to feel a bit sad as she glanced towards Yang Wei.
Yang Wei stood up, revealing the two's hands that were once intertwined being slowly separated. It looked like a scene from a drama, but everyone who was watching it cringed, except for the couple involved. Some of the bystanders saw the scene and winced as they watched the two show off their love.
Lang Jie shook his head and took Yang Wei by his arm.
"Let's go…", Lang Jie dragged him away and walked towards the boarding gate.
"No… NO!!", Yang Wei struggled and fought back, which made him look like a child throwing a tantrum. Jane watched the whole thing, and since she was completely bewitched by Yang Wei, she found the childish scene quite romantic.
She got up and took her luggage with her as she quickly made her way beside Yang Wei.
"Let's enjoy our last few moments here before we board the plane…", Jane shyly told Yang Wei, who felt his heart thump as he saw the angel in front of him. He immediately got up and walked beside Jane.
It was at this point that Lang Jie started to feel regret. He couldn't help but wince as he heard the two talk to each other. Even though he had experienced the feeling that Yang Wei had, he didn't know that it was that embarrassing to watch from outside. He wondered if others felt the same way when they watched him talk to his wife, which made him ask for forgiveness to whoever had to suffer the same fate watching him and Xue Yan flirt together.
Lang Jie and Xue Yan walked together and watched the couple in front of them continue to flirt. Even if Xue Yan wanted to do those things with her husband as well, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed watching the two. It was then that she decided to turn it down a bit when she's in public with her husband.
As the two-handed over their tickets towards a stewardess, they knew that it was time.
"I'll see you when we land…", Yang Wei told Jane, who smiled back at him.
"I'll wait for you outside the plane! Don't leave without me, okay?", she responded.
The stewardess looked at the two of them like they were crazy as she saw their assigned seats.
"F-follow me…", the stewardess tried to tell them as politely as she could without showing her weirded out expression.
The stewardess led them to an empty row.
"Sir, this is your seat.", the stewardess politely told Yang Wei, who thanked her as he took his seat.
"And ma'am… this is your seat…", the stewardess told Jane as she pointed to the seat right beside Yang Wei.
The two immediately felt happiness surge from within them. Neither of them expected their seats to be right beside each other.
'It must be fate!'
The two of them thought in unison as they continued their embarrassing exchange as soon as the two of them were seated.
"W-well… excuse me…", the stewardess quickly made her exit as she couldn't stand the sappy atmosphere.
Coming from the plane's entrance, Lang Jie and Yang Wei were being led to their seats by another stewardess.
"At least we can rest on the plane… I can't deal the embarrassment from seeing those two flirting around like that…", Lang Jie ranted to his wife, who nodded in response.
"I feel the same way…", Xue Yan responded and let out a sigh.
As the two felt excited about being able to rest after the hardship they suffered watching Yang Wei and Jane, the stewardess led them into a row of seats that only had two people sitting beside each other.
"I'll take the seat by the aisle honey, you can go first!", Xue Yan told her husband who was placing their luggage on the containers above them.
Lang Jie sat down on his seat and looked at the couple beside him. As soon as he saw them, his eyes opened wide as he realized that he wouldn't be able to rest at all during the entire trip.
The man looked at who was seated beside him.
"Ah! Lang Jie! Look who's beside me! Even fate wants to bring us together!", Yang Wei happily told Lang Jie as Jane was hugging his arm while sitting beside him. Jane waved towards Lang Jie and Xue Yan, who both simultaneously collapsed in their seats.
The two looked up towards the airplane's ceiling and let out a sigh as they knew that the ride home was going to be filled with despair as they would be forced to listen to the new couple talking to each other for 14 whole hours.
CHAPTER 20 – “THE LANG JIE FANCLUB’S REAL BOSS”
"Finally… we're free…"
Lang Jie tried to celebrate as they left the plane, but he didn't have any more energy to do so. Both him and Xue Yan felt incredibly tired as they had to listen to the annoying couple beside them on the plane.
They thought that at some point during the entire 14-hour trip, Jane and Yang Wei would get tired and rest, but that didn't happen. They spent the entire trip talking with each other, which made Lang Jie and Xue Yan unable to rest as they listened to the incredibly sappy and cringey exchanges the two had.
"Lang Jie, Xue Yan!", Yang Wei chased after the two who left as soon as they could. He was holding Jane's hand the entire time, which made Lang Jie wince once again. He hoped that that would be the last time he would feel that annoyed feeling since he knew that Yang Wei would never stop talking about his new love, even at work.
"Oh, Yang Wei! What's up?", Lang Jie tried to act normally, which seemed to work. Xue Yan, on the other hand, was unable to hide her fatigue. Even though she was an immortal, she recalled that the last time she felt that tired was back when she was still in the Celestial Realm. She thought that if the couple could torment a cultivator who was in the Immortal Emperor Realm, then they must be a force to be reckoned with.
"I just came to say thanks for everything during the trip. I'll be going now since I'm going with Jane.", Yang Wei happily told them.
"Oh? Aren't you going to leave your luggage behind first?", Lang Jie asked Yang Wei. He felt that the two were rushing things too much, but he didn't want to meddle with the relationship more than he already has.
"Ah, about that…", Yang Wei scratched his head and let out a small laugh.
"He'll be living with me! I have a villa nearby that no one is living in, so I asked him to stay with me…", Jane continued what Yang Wei was about to say. The revelation was indeed shocking, so much so that Lang Jie and Xue Yan both dropped their jaws to the floor.
"B-but you two just met at the airport…", Xue Yan asked out of surprise.
"A-and… a spare villa?! Are you filthy rich or something…?", Lang Jie also asked his own question out of surprise.
"Well… what can I say… it's love…", Yang Wei shyly responded, which made the couple cringe.
"I'm not filthy rich… I'm just a bit well off… And my businesses are going a bit well too…", Jane also responded.
"Well, we have to go now! See you soon Lang Jie! It was also nice meeting you Xue Yan!", Yang Wei bid his farewells towards the married couple. Jane also waved at them goodbye, but she
seemed to be looking forward to being all alone with Yang Wei.
Both Lang Jie and Xue Yan felt too tired to say anything in response and just simply waved back at them. A black sedan parked in front of Jane and Yang Wei. The man on the driver's seat got out, revealing a middle-aged man wearing a tuxedo, which made him look like a butler.
"Madam, I've come to pick you up.", the man told Jane respectfully. It seems like he really was a butler.
The butler opened the door on the back of the car. Jane pulled Yang Wei along and they both got in the car. The two seemed to be continuing to flirt with each other. Lang Jie thought that this was supposed to be the point where Yang Wei should start feeling surprised by his new partner's wealth, but his eyes seemed to be muddled by love.
As the car drove off into the distance, Lang Jie and Xue Yan stared blankly at the air.
"D-darling… do you want to live like that?", Xue Yan thought that her husband might like that kind of lifestyle, and if he did, she herself had enough wealth in order to start living like that.
"No… I prefer to live normally…", Lang Jie responded.
It took a while for them to get back to their senses, but as soon as they did, they hailed a cab and made their way home.
"I wanted to have our vacation as soon as we got back home, but I'm too tired to go anywhere today. Sorry, honey…", Lang Jie apologized towards Xue Yan, who let out a sigh.
"It's okay darling… I also want to rest. It's been a really long time since I've felt this tired.", Xue Yan responded as the memory of Jane and Yang Wei flirting continued replaying in her head.
As the cab was now near their home, Xue Yan immediately realized that she had forgotten something. She hurriedly took out her phone and sent a text to the vice president of the first Lang Jie Fanclub.
"We're about to arrive in a few minutes. You guys should wrap up!"
Back at their residence, the men were fighting a harsh battle. The night before, rain started falling in the area, which made them feel like they were at war. Some of the members of the Lang Jie Fanclub stayed on the roof and blocked the roof from the rain in order to prevent the roof's durability from deteriorating. Two of them continued to keep watch outside despite being pelted by rain.
"Hold on boys! After this fierce battle, we will emerge victorious!", Mao Cheng exclaimed as he wiped down the parts of the house that got wet before they were able to protect it from the rain. Despite being a thug, he was a perfectionist. If their boss gave them the order to keep the house clean, he would go the extra mile and make sure that the house is completely free from any filth, including the house's exterior.
"Yes boss!", the others were happy to oblige with their boss. They stuck with him ever since they were young, so they were incredibly loyal towards him. They stuck with him through many difficult battles. They took over other gang's territories and suffered heavy injuries for him, so protecting a house from the rain was nothing for them.
The rain lasted the entire night. As the sun started to rise, the rain slowly disappeared as well. As the last drop of rain fell to the ground, the members of the Lang Jie Fanclub cheered as they knew they had just emerged victorious from a deadly battle.
"We did it boss!", Mao Cheng's subordinates celebrated. Mao Cheng had a triumphant smile on his face as he listened to his members' cheers.
"We did indeed…", he felt proud of his great achievement. He was sure that his boss would be satisfied with the result.
"Okay, boys! It's time to wrap up! Today is the day that the boss will arrive with her husband, so let's do one last inspection and wait for our boss's message.", Mao Cheng clapped his hands as he issued his last command. His subordinates immediately changed into dry clothes and moved to fulfill their duty.
"Roof?", Mao Cheng asked his subordinates who were inspecting the top of the house.
"It's all good, boss!", one of them shouted.
"Gate?"
"All clean!"
"Walls?"
"There was a slight smudge earlier, but we already dealt with it, boss!"
"Good, good…", Mao Cheng felt satisfied as everything seemed to be going well, but suddenly…
"Boss! There's a problem in the bedroom on the second floor!"
A subordinate of his was heavily panting as he ran as fast as he could to report to Mao Cheng, who immediately ran towards the location.
He opened the door and saw that the bed was wet due to water dripping down from the ceiling.
"Roof! I thought you guys said that everything's good up there?!", Mao Cheng angrily shouted towards his radio transceiver.
"Boss! There's really nothing wrong up here!", his subordinates immediately responded.
"Damn… quickly fix the leak! I'll go check out where it's coming from!", Mao Cheng commanded his men in the room and ran outside. He climbed up a ladder that they set up beside the house and got on the roof.
"Boss, we've already checked every tile on the roof. There really is nothing wrong here!", one of his men reported. They felt extremely puzzled as they had no idea where the source of the problem was.
Mao Cheng thought about it for a while. As he looked around the roof, he noticed a small open space at the side of the roof. He rushed towards it and barely saw a hole that was under a roof tile, right beside the gutter where there was a small pool of water.
"Found it!", Mao Cheng shouted in order to alert his men. Twelve individuals quickly took the appropriate tools and made their way onto the roof. They moved in an extremely efficient way, making no wasted movements as they sealed the hole. They looked like experts in the field of construction as the hole on the wall and the clogged gutter were quickly dealt with.
Mao Cheng watched the entire process from start to finish and felt incredibly satisfied as he looked at the results of their hard work.
"Good, good…", Mao Cheng was expressing his satisfaction when suddenly, he heard something unsettling.
*CRACK*
"What was that?!", Mao Cheng immediately reacted as soon as he heard the sound.
*CRACK*
The sound continued to go on. Everyone had no idea what was going on, but after a while, the cracking sound stopped, which made Mao Cheng feel even more uncomfortable. He looked around and saw his men looking incredibly flustered as they all had no idea what was going on. It was then that Mao Cheng realized that they had made an incredibly foolish mistake.
The roof started to collapse due to the weight of the people on the roof. Including the twelve who came up to fix the leak, there were already four other men who were in charge of inspecting the roof, as well as Mao Cheng.
Everyone on the roof was now lying down on the second floor of the house with a large hole above them, revealing the beautiful clear sky. Tons of debris were now scattered around them, making Mao Cheng feel completely disheartened.
His subordinates noticed their boss's expression and immediately tried to cheer him up.
"Don't worry boss! We still have time! Madam Xue Yan still hasn't contacted us, so we can still make it in time!", one of his subordinates told him. His words seemed to have reached Mao Cheng's heart.
"You're right! Everyone! Let's quickly deal with this mess!", Mao Cheng felt invigorated as he once again prepared for another war. He had no idea when Xue Yan was going to arrive, but he knew that it was going to be within the day.
His men quickly made their way into the house, fully armed with cleaning equipment. There were also others outside who were frantically making calls to order the materials they needed to fix the roof and the ceiling.
Mao Cheng felt grateful to his men for being such good soldiers. He decided that as soon as this war was done, he would treat them all to a delicious meal of Korean Barbecue.
As he started feeling happiness while working along with his henchmen, his phone suddenly started vibrating. He pulled it out and read the message that he had just received, which made his face go extremely pale.
"We're about to arrive in a few minutes. You guys sh
ould wrap up!"
Mao Cheng couldn't help but get down on his knees out of despair. The materials they had ordered for the roof had just arrived, and they were nowhere near to finishing the clean up on the second floor of the house.
"It's over…", Mao Cheng completely gave up as he imagined how angry Xue Yan would be if she saw the damages in her home. The others looked at their pitiful boss, who seemed to have lost all hope. They also wanted to put down their tools and give up, but they couldn't let their boss down, even if he himself already gave up.
