73 Do You Still Feel Scared?
Putting the medicine strip back in the drawer, Jiang Yang picked up the small square-shaped alarm clock from the bedside table and played with it, instead of looking at Jiang Yuyan.
"Looks like last night you used the medicines," he commented.
Looking at her brother through the mirror of the dresser, she agreed, "Hmm!' and averted her sight.
Jiang Yuyan knew she should not have taken those medicines, and when her brother asked about it, she felt quite guilty. She picked up a moisturizer to apply on her skin and heard her brother.
"Was it necessary?" His voice calm, but he looked worried and a bit disappointed.
"If not, then why should I have taken it?" she countered.
"Do you still feel scared?" He asked, still playing with a table clock.
"No, but just in case...You...were.. not..at.. home..so….," she said the last line awkwardly as she knew it was wrong to always depend on her brother.
"Hmm! Try to avoid it. I told you, you should take it only if you get the nightmares. You can't take it just to suppress the anxiety of having them."
She gave out a deep sigh, "I know!" and started to apply moisturizer on her face. All she attempted not to face her brother directly and show herself busy.
Jiang Yang didn't talk much further and changed the topic, "I have ordered breakfast. Come downstairs once you are ready."
"Okay!" She replied.
Putting back the table clock on the bedside table, Jiang Yang stepped out of the room without looking at his sister.
Through the mirror, Jiang Yuyan saw her brother leaving the room and gave out a sigh of relief. She poured the moisturizer on her palm to apply on her neck, but stopped and carefully looked at her neck.
The next moment her eyes left wide open as she saw the red marks on her neck, clearly visible for the person to notice it from a distance. She observed it while touching it with her fingers and moved the neckline of her bathrobe with her fingers to see further inside just to get another shock.
On her neck, shoulder, and below her collarbone, there were red and blue marks. Those were the signs of her intimate moments with Lu Qiang the previous night. Being lost in her thoughts during the bath, she didn't notice it.
Looking at those marks, Jiang Yuyan remembered when Lu Qiang kissed on her neck and below, and the next moment her skin covered with the goosebumps.
She closed her eyes, her heart pounding faster, and her breathing turned heavy. She remembered those beautiful moments and unknowingly, blurted out, "Lu Qiang!"
Realizing, what she just said, Jiang Yuyan opened her eyes, shook her head to come back to her senses, and scolded herself, 'Stop thinking about him already. Just remember what you had decided last night'.
Suddenly one more realization hit her hard, and she cursed, "F**k! Brother must have..."
She sat on the small table beside the mirror, leaning forward, burying her face in her palm.
"What should I do now? I was worried about facing Lu Qiang, but now, I have to face my brother, too."
Embarrassment engulfed her, realizing her brother must have seen it, that's why he didn't look at her.
She knew her brother always understood her, but this was unacceptable as she thought, kissing Lu Qiang was a different thing while doing more than that was different. Her brother must think he left her with a man for one night, and she got carried away.
Having no way out of it, she collected herself and dressed up in a white color top with a collar and three buttons at the top side as she wanted to hide the marks around her neckline.
Wearing a turtle neck top in summer was not a good idea, as it would make evident she was trying to hide something on her neck.
Securing the top buttons tightly to make sure the collar hid everything correctly, she gave out a sigh relief. It was a relief that those marks were on the lower side of her neck, or it would be difficult to hide them.
She paired her top with a bottle green color knee-length skirt, which had white color delicate embroidered flowers on it at some places. Tying her hair in a pony, she got ready to go out of her room.
When Jiang Yuyan opened the door, she checked the area outside of her room to ensure that he was there. That 'He' was Lu Qiang.
Jiang Yuyan was not ready to face him alone yet. Not seeing anyone, she finally went downstairs, where Jiang Yang sat alone on the sofa. Seeing Jiang Yang alone, her sight wandered here and there.
Jiang Yang noticed it, "He is upstairs."
Her brother's words startled her as she thought, 'My brother and his eagle eyes. Can't do anything about them'. Ignoring him, she sat on the sofa.
In a while, Lu Qiang came downstairs. He prepared himself to see Jiang Yuyan, but still felt nervous about facing her.
"Good morning," Lu Qiang greeted her.
Jiang Yuyan also said good morning awkwardly and averted her sight from him. It was hard for her to look into his eyes, and the same applied to Lu Qiang.
Lu Qiang added as he looked at Jiang Yang, "I'll take a leave now."
"I ordered breakfast for three of us. You can leave after eating," Jiang Yang instructed.
Agreeing, Lu Qiang sat on the sofa, going through his phone and avoiding looking at Jiang Yuyan, who was doing the same.
Lu Qiang didn't rush to leave as it would show he felt guilty about his action the previous night, which he actually did, but thought it would be improper to leave in haste, and Jiang Yuyan might think he left after taking her advantage.
There was an awkward silence between them, which Jiang Yang could feel, and smiled lightly.
Noticing both of their reactions, he thought, 'Time to make morning interesting.'