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."
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