Baldwin followed Cecelia and walked out of the bedroom as well. But he didn't enter Blair's bedroom. Instead, he just stood at the door.
Spotting Cecelia, Blair got off the bed quickly and stood respectfully. "It's nothing, Aunt Cecelia. Niles and I were just talking," she explained.
"Mom, help! My brother's trying to strangle me! Just because I talked to Blair!" Niles cried, his face red from not being able to breathe.
Cecelia rushed over to stop Wesley. "What are you doing? Let go of your brother!"
But Wesley decided to disobey. "He's sleeping in my room tonight!" he declared coldly.
"Huh? What? Noooooo!" Niles howled desperately.
"Niles has his own bedroom. He can sleep there," Cecelia said, shooting Wesley an odd look. Thinking of what Niles did, Wesley wanted to use him for target practice.
"I need to watch him like a hawk! If I don't, he'll climb onto Blair's bed again!"
Baldwin and Cecelia were shocked to hear that.
"Blair, help me! Tell him nothing happened. I was just playing with my phone on your bed," Niles pleaded.
Blair nodded. The key point she wanted to stress was, "Nothing happened between us."
But all Cecelia heard was, 'Niles was on Blair's bed!' Flaring up, she slapped Niles' arm and snarled, "Why were you on Blair's bed? Your own room too small?"
"No, Mom, we were just talking," Niles explained, gasping for air.
Wesley was tired of listening to him. He hauled him out of Blair's room by the collar. "Wait! My phone! It's still on Blair's bed!" Niles shouted as he was dragged out.
On Blair's bed… that didn't go over well.
His parents rolled their eyes at him.
They both were pushing for Blair to be Wesley's girlfriend. They didn't want anything going wrong. What Niles did was inappropriate. So they wouldn't stand in Wesley's way.
Niles' screams reverberated across the hallway. "Come on man, you're my brother. Cut it out! She's not even my type. You know I like thin chicks with big boobs and a tight ass. We just talked! Ouch! Not in the face!"
Keith's room was opposite Wesley's. The commotion disturbed him. He got out of bed and was going to check what was going on. When he heard Niles' scream, he lay down again. He was sure that his younger grandson must have done something wrong.
Blair was still in a daze. All of this was too much for her to take in. She was mortified, especially under the stern gazes of the Li family. She had only been there one night. And she wasn't the only one—Cecelia was embarrassed too. "Don't mind Niles. He didn't mean anything by it. He just doesn't use his head sometimes."
Blair shook her head and replied, "It's fine, Aunt Cecelia, really. Niles didn't do anything. We just talked." She and Niles hit it off, but they would never be a couple. When they hung out, there was no attraction there, no sparks. They were just two friends.
Cecelia was relieved. "Good to know. Get some sleep. I'll have the cook make you a nice breakfast. You're way too thin and need to eat more."
"Okay. Good night, Aunt Cecelia, Uncle Baldwin."
When everyone had left the room and she was finally alone, Blair called Wesley. He picked up fairly quick. "Wesley, Niles did nothing wrong," she pleaded. "Just leave him alone!"
"Okay," he replied, looking at Niles, who had been tossed onto the couch. He knew his younger brother too well to believe he would cross the line with Blair. It was just that what he saw when he came in pushed him over the edge.
Blair let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, good night. Just promise you won't hit Niles."
"Why are you so protective of him?" Wesley asked.
"I'm not. I just don't want you to beat my friend to a pulp." Wesley's fierce fists versus Niles' delicate, smooth skin. Blair didn't think Niles had much hope of surviving the night.
"Got it." Wesley hung up.
Niles cringed on the couch and asked in a fawning tone, "Was that my sister-in-law?"
Wesley shot him a cold look. "Quit calling her that."
"I know I know. You don't like her, yadda yadda yadda. I've heard it before. Am I right?" Niles asked with a snort. He was fed up with his brother's denial, deciding if Wesley said yes, he'd say something.
However, Wesley walked straight into the bathroom, without saying a word.
When he walked out again, Niles was lying in bed, playing games on his phone. Seeing Wesley, he put his phone aside and told him excitedly, "Hey, I have an idea."
"Fire away." Wesley took off the towel wrapped around his waist and was about to put on his pajamas.
"Whoa!" Niles exclaimed when he saw his brother's build. "Bro, you've been working out! But those scars! Look, man. I know plastic surgeons. I can make an appointment for you if you want. You can get those scars removed and become a model after you retire from the military. I'll be your agent. We'll make so much money we could stuff a mattress with it. Hahaha!"
Niles looked as if he were seeing tons of bank notes flying towards him. His eyes glittered with greed and excitement.
Wesley put on his pajamas in silence. When Niles was back to playing on his phone, the soldier tackled him, held him face down on the bed, a knee in his back. "Ow! Quit it! I was wrong!"
Niles pleaded a long time before Wesley finally let him off.
But Niles never learned his lesson. Wesley released him and was going to march him into the bathroom, but the younger brother spoke again. "You're always beating me up. How about you let up and I'll teach you how to chase girls? Come on! Don't stare at me like that. I can help you net Blair. Eh? What's with the fist? Ah!"
The older brother landed a punch on Niles' jaw. But Wesley wasn't done. He raised his fist to hit him again. To save his life, Niles threatened, "If you hit me again, I'll send this video to Blair!"
He lifted his phone to show Wesley what he was talking about.
But Wesley ignored him. He continued raining blows on him, this time on his back. Niles clicked on the video and shoved his phone close to Wesley's face.
The video he was playing made Wesley stop. It was set in a hospital ward. Blair lay in the hospital bed unconscious. The soldier sat by the bed, stroking her hand.
Seeing the video, Wesley snatched Niles' phone away from him and bellowed, "How could you record this, you creep!"
Niles cringed into a corner as Wesley deleted the video. "I have another copy. Unless you beat me to death tonight, I'll send this to Blair even if I have to use my last breath. I'll let her know what a hypocrite my big brother is. Humph!"
