Corey stared at the spread on the table and found it incredible.
Rosiley unhappily rolled her eyes at him. “What do you mean? I have always been so virtuous.”
Corey raised his eyebrows. “Is that so? Why didn’t I realize before?”
“Are you my hubby?”
Rosiley’s light taunt enlightened Corey instantly. He quickly glanced at his elder brother and found him looking calm and collected. He could not make out his brother’s feelings at this moment, yet he still felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.
He gave an ingratiating smile. “sister-in-law is of course virtuous for Big Brother. As his younger brother, I can only ride on his coat-tails.”
“Coward!” Ying Xiaoxiao snorted disdainfully.
“Useless.” Even Morphy was cursing him.
All of a sudden, Corey became enraged. “If it weren’t for the fact that you guys were pulling long faces, I wouldn’t have sacrificed myself to become the butt of your jokes!”
Rosiley burst out laughing and reached out to pat him on the shoulder. “Corey, I can feel your painstaking efforts. Your sister-in-law is very touched. Come, you can have this plate of prawns.”
She took the plate of ketchup prawns and placed it right before him. “I made this specially for you.”
Corey was initially quite angry, but when he saw the plate of prawns and heard his sister-in-law claiming it had been made specially for him, he felt so touched that he almost cried. “sister-in-law, you have always treated me the best.”
Saying that, he tried embracing her. At this moment, a hand reached out and grabbed his arm, which had been about to hug Rosiley. Then, a deep and cold voice rang out. “Be discreet and watch your behavior.”
“Hoho… ” Corey laughed drily and withdrew his hand.
When he saw that, Morphy could not help but burst out laughing. “Second Cousin, why are you so spineless?”
“Am I?” Corey was displeased and immediately retorted. “If you aren’t, try hugging her. Come.”
“Okay, I will show you.” Morphy stood up and walked over.
“Morphy, you… ”
Thinking he was coming over to hug her, Rosiley wanted to dissuade him from such inanity in order not to displease Sachin.
But before she could say anything, she found Morphy clasping Corey in his arms.
There was a deathly silence that fell across the whole dining room.
Two grown men were hugging each other. The corners of Rosiley’s eyes twitched.
They looked so gay!
“What the f**k! Can you guys consider our feelings?” Ying Xiaoxiao was the first to yell out with displeasure.
Her yell made Morphy and Corey break apart quickly.
Corey gave a shiver and glared at Morphy with disgust. “Why did you hug me?”
Morphy threw up his hands. “You made me hug you.”
“I asked you to… ” Corey turned around and was about to raise his hand and point at Rosiley, when he met his elder brother’s severe stare. He swallowed the words that had been on the tip of his tongue and said sheepishly, “That’s right. I asked you to hug me.”
“Why are you such a weakling?” Ying Xiaoxiao’s eyes almost rolled back into her skull.
Corey smiled sheepishly. “Yes, I’m spineless.”
Ying Xiaoxiao was speechless.
Rosiley smiled and came out to smooth things over. “Okay, we’ve had our fun. Now’s the time to talk serious business.”
As soon as she said this, Ying Xiaoxiao and Yayoi’s faces, which had just relaxed, resumed their former tautness.
Rosiley could not help but sigh, saying in a helpless voice, “Xiaoxiao, Yayoi, we can always talk and hash out our differences. No need for you two to put on glum faces.”
“That’s just talk,” Ying Xiaoxiao said coldly.
Yayoi tightly pursed her lips, saying nothing.
“Xiaoxiao.” Rosiley glared at her, slightly infuriated. “You were the one who said you wanted a good talk with Yayoi. Don’t disappoint me.”