・・・☆・Forty Three ・・・☆・

Yingyue had stormed from the dining room and into the living room not feeling even the slightest bit sheepish for her words or anger to the other two girls. Even as she knew that all the others had been able to hear her word for word. Her eyes casted quickly to Xiaoyou whom she knew to be the most openly upset regarding the current situation. But before she could even approach the younger girl to still check to see if she was okay, Yingyue was pulled in a slightly different direction. In fact she was pulled into a very heated almost desperate kiss. Yingyue pulled back hesitantly deciding the moment was not one she could avert the attention from in order to have a quick make out session in the middle of.

"Hello my love." Her voice was slightly raspy from her shouting minutes prior as she looked upwards at him and her arms went to play with the hairs at the nape of his neck. 

"I love it when you act like the powerful woman I know you are, Mrs Yan." Ximen's words started off as serious before they turned into teasing for the last two. Yingyue blushed slightly at them knowing that technically she was not Mrs Yan she wouldn't change her surname that was a western thing but it had felt so good to put those two girls in their place by doing so. 

"I had to stake my claim why wouldn't I when my husband looks this good." Yingyue's attention had been fully drawn to Ximen as she temporarily pushed their current situation to the side wanting to ensure she hadn't overstepped slightly earlier through her choice of words. 

"I can't believe I have to wait a couple more weeks to legally call you my wife." A cough broke the couple's semi moment as they returned their attention to the current ongoings of the moment. 

So far, as Yingyue had been graciously caught up by Ximen's whispering in her ear as he refused to let go of her at present, Lei had successfully contacted Search and Rescue and in addition wanted to go out and join the search party himself. 

"There's already two of us out there, we can't risk another if you were to join the search and get lost Lei." Yingyue protested the boy's plan feeling as though if he too were to go out there would be a third person they would need to search for. 

"If I were not adamant we came to Canada, this would not have happened to Shancai." Xiaoyou began to blame herself for the situation and Yingyue sent a glare towards the two now outsiders as they came down the stairs from packing away their belongings, still in their wine stained clothing. 

"Xiaoyou don't worry." Ximen's voice came from behind Yingyue as he tried but failed to bring the young girl some comfort rather tapping Yingyue's waist as a form of silently begging for her help. 

"But Shancai..." Xiaoyou's words weighed heavily on both of the engaged couple as they quickly turned to look each other in the eyes, having a silent conversation. 

"Okay, we'll go with you." Yingyue found herself agreeing though the general thought of them possibly all being outside did bounce around in her brain. But she knew if she did not agree to go with the younger girl she would go out alone and most likely also get lost. 

"Yes we should all go, it's safer in numbers." Meizuo decided to back this decision.

"Guys wait, we should consider this option." Lei seemed to have changed thought paths from moments before. 

"We just can't sit around and do nothing." The three other older members of the group went to protest. 

"Staying here is the best way" Lei continued to protest the idea this time around and Yingyue felt almost as if she could laugh considering they had switched positions on the argument just within a few sentences. 

"But Si..." Meizuo trailed off. 

"We all believe in Si right? We believe he is with Shancai right now, they will be okay. Just one night, wait until tomorrow." Lei's offer resounded with the people who knew the missing man well, just as it was intended to do so. 

"We'll go out and find them in the morning." The words were directed especially to Xiaoyou this time who nodded her head in agreement. 

"You're right, Si isn't an ordinary person. He is an animal with passion." Meizuo added on and Yingyue did let a little giggle out to his words, knowing it was not overly appropriate in the moment she slammed her hand over her mouth in an attempt to reduce the sound or silence herself entirely. Suddenly composing herself Yingyue decided it would be best they all headed to bed now so they could get up early to search when the weather conditions were better and it was easy to see. 

The next morning arrived much faster than anybody could have anticipated. Yingyue was up earlier than most of the others feeling too angsty to remain in her bed faking to sleep. Though her fiancé seemed to be another story this morning as he still remained snoring beside her as she got up and dressed. Brushing the hair that had fallen over his forehead back she left a small butterfly kiss on the area before heading downstairs. The cool of the Canadian weather woke her up much faster than normal as she manoeuvred into the kitchen. She was early enough that their normal staff had not started to make breakfast but she was surprised to see that she was not the only one awake.

Stood perched against the counter was none other than Lei a mug in his hand as he stared down at the young woman as she joined him pouring her own mug of whatever tea he had made that morning. She stood opposite him against another counter with a singular raised eyebrow waiting for him to speak the words which seemed to be on the tip of his tongue. 

"Morning Yeye, unusual to see you up this early." Lei's words were not harsh, she could tell the teasing behind them but this did not stop her cursing him under her breath before trying to come up with a decent comeback.

"Well for once Xi didn't keep me up all night, he really knows how to satis-" Yingyue started before she was abruptly cut off.

"Oh god Yingyue don't finish that sentence." Lei's words showed his disgust at what she was hinting at. 

"Why you guys talk about it all the time. Unless you're embarrassed because you've never made a girl... do you want some pointers?" It was Yingyue's turn to tease the young man now watching as he turned red in the face at her suggestion and she continued to tease the poor boy. 

"Right so if you want to really get a girl going you need to impress her with your knowledge of Pokemon. It's the secret language of love, forget French." All seriousness to the conversation tone was forgotten through these words. The pair burst out in laughter and Yingyue enjoyed the moment of normality considering the events of the night before and the lingering problem. 

"Pokemon really?" Lei's words were clouded by laughter as he struggled to stop to speak.

"Oh yeah 100%." Though her words resulted in another bout of laughter between the pair as they idly passed the time not realising just how caught up in the moment they had gotten. Until another person joined them in the kitchen. 

"What's got you both so happy this early in the morning?" Came the slightly sluggish voice of Ximen as he entered the kitchen clinging straight to Yingyue's side. Without giving him a look she passed over her half drunk mug finally turning her head to watch him take a large gulp before grimacing at the Luke warm temperature of its contents. 

"Morning Xi." Lei was the first to respond though he didn't give any real details.

"Morning babe, name a Pokemon." Yingyue continued on with the conversation from earlier planning to start the day of well, even if it was at Ximen's expense slightly.

"Uh Bulbasaur?" Ximen replied his eyebrows brought closer together in confusion. Yingyue beamed at his lack of delay in terms of replying.

"Ooh sexy." Her words were accompanied by two actions, the first one was that she landed a rather firm slap to Ximen's backside before winking at Lei. She didn't hang around to see the aftermath of those actions before stalking off back in the direction of the stairs in order to go and wake the rest of the house up.

"I'm going to wake the others." She called as she took the stairs one by one heading towards her first target a gleeful laughter taking over her entire body. Ximen turned towards the other young adult in the kitchen a look of pure confusion on his face. He was only met with a boom of laughter.

"Care to explain why my fiancé is currently laughing the entire way up the stairs like a maniac Lei?" He questioned the other boy an eyebrow raised and Lei had to take a moment to just absorb how much the couple were alike one another. 

"I'd rather not."