In her bedroom, Gui Gui sat down on the floor and rested her head over the shiny metal box she just placed on the cozy bed. Staring blankly into space, her mind was fussing over what kind of ultimate decision she would make.
Then, zapping back to reality, she held onto the box and shook it a little. The slight noise it made made her started to mentally calculate the sum of her 5 years' savings inside. At such thought, she let out a loud moan, "What shall I do? To help or not to?? A $100..."
Ya Tou walked up to her and knelt down, sighing, "Don't tell me you will have to pluck out each and every rose petals to decide...Dear me...I still have to think of ways to get back my passport from the other side of the universe, to figure out how to get back to the Land of Fantaisie...But it seems, just solving your daily problems is enough to keep me occupied for each day's 24 Earth Hours..."
Unfeeling towards the heavenly being's presence, it appeared that they were so close, yet so far apart. Gui Gui scratched her head and grabbed a bolster half-her-height to bury herself under it.
Seeing her so frustrated, Ya Tou was burning with overflowing compassion. She reached out with both her hands through the bolster's material and touched Gui Gui's temples on each side. Then, she closed her eyes to focus and understand more of her charge's situation.
Seconds afterwards, Ya Tou finished her task, "Okay...no problem!!"
Under the weight of her dilemma, Gui Gui was almost falling asleep, should it not be a sudden playing of music awakened her senses. She sat up again and looked about, "What's that?!"
Taking her savings box and hugging it tight, she at last realised where the sound was coming from. Lifting up her precious belonging, she wondered when was the last time she has set up such function. Studying it, there was also a never-before seen little dialog screen plus keypad on it behind the lock.
Gui Gui read, "Sorry, this mini savings bank is password-protected. In order to unlock, please input the title of the song you are currently listening to. Over..."
"Goodness...I don't have the time to go after pop songs...much less know their names!" Gui Gui protested. She got up and paced about anxiously, "This song...this song..." Then, the longer the tune caught her ears, a tinge of familiarity surfaced. She snapped, "Yes, I first heard this today...Wang Zi's player! Oh, I didn't ask him the title...And I don't have his phone number..." Thus, she has no other option but to meet up with him the day after.
From the side, Ya Tou smiled with satisfaction that she could come up with such a solution.
Over in Wang Zi's home, it was a tough job which took him over 3 hours to complete his search for Gui Gui's completed questionnaire. Yet, it was just the only one without the respondent's name filled in. Taking the anonymous sheet, he finally to settle onto his bed, although rather confused. Thinking, his doubts could not be answered, "'Gui Gui' - how am I supposed to know which Chinese characters they comprise of...?" Added to that, could she have written down her real name?
He felt like knocking his head for not asking why the girl would give such a ghostly nick to herself. However, he still bet on it that there was a 45% chance that the sheet could be hers. He then pulled out his book of Psychological Tests and began checking her responses.
On the other hand, in her room, Tong Tong, who had been waiting since that day's late afternoon, now got a call back. Displaying a malicious smile, she answered, "What's the outcome?"
The caller reported, "Yes, Senior Tong Tong...I had looked up West Street's Library database...the book is still being borrowed...until now, it hasn't been returned even once...that person is a girl..."
"Okay, thank you...just continue to investigate...I want more details next time," she demanded before hanging up. Setting down her cellphone, she headed out of the room to the bar counter downstairs in the three-storey home to pour herself a drink.
Sitting herself on the high stool with a glass in hand, recall of the day's suspicious interaction between Wang Zi and that girl flooded her mind. Taking a light sip, she was determined to make use of the least amount of time possible to uncover their hidden relationship.