The dimly-lit path gradually brightened as Gui Gui marched ahead. At the end of the path, two doors appeared side by side. She walked closer up to them and read the signs hanging on each of them. On her left was 'Destiny' while the right was 'Chance'.

She really wanted to know what lay behind those two doors. Scratching her head and wondering which doorknob she should place her hand on, a sharp blinding light suddenly flashed before her. It then disappeared to reveal a golden key dangling in the air.

"Thank you," Gui Gui expressed gratefully as she reached out her hand to grab hold of it. Thinking through, she decided and tried inserting the key into the 'Chance' door.

A voice then reverberated through the area, startling Gui Gui to draw back. Sensing that she somehow heard it before from somewhere, doubts began to fill her heart.

"You need only one key for both doors, I suppose..." the voice advised. Gui Gui could recognise it to be most probably a girl almost the same age as her speaking.

"Who are you?? Do you mean I can try both doors at the same time?..." Gui Gui questioned aloud. However, she realised it was not logical, "Wait, only one key but two keyholes...I can't slide in simultaneously...Errr...Hello? Is there any locksmith nearby to get me another duplicate of this same key, whoever you are??" Gui Gui could not believe that such words would come out of her mouth and silly mind.

"Uh...then..." the girl's voice sounded confused. Then, Gui Gui stepped back and felt like tracing the source where the mysterious being was speaking from. However, next second, the ground shook uncontrollably.

"Gui Gui...Gui Gui...can you hear me?" another voice called through.

Nudging her lightly for the past few minutes, Gui Gui was slowly awakened from her dream. She rubbed her eyes open and saw Wang Zi looking at her with concern. Aware now that she had fallen asleep on the bench, she instantly sat up and grasped his hands, "Did I drop the key??"

He asked her back, "What key??"

Gui Gui realised she had been too overwhelmed by the dream. Cursing herself quietly for saying nonsense, she quickly let go of her hand to apologise, "Sorry...I'm just out of my mind..."

He smiled at her naivety, "Had a nightmare??"

"Oh," she didn't dare to look straight at him. "Yeah...a pretty weird one too..." Her gaze fell inadvertently on her bag beside her which made her remember, "Ah yes...I was waiting to ask for one little help from you..." Unzipping her bag, she took out her precious savings box and pressed to play the music for him to listen.

He glanced at it briefly and told, "Looks cute...this song is..."

"Is...??" Gui Gui hoped he could say it quick.

Taking some time to ponder, he then finally snapped, "Destiny Love!!"

"Huh?" she was taken aback upon being reminded of that dream again.

"I'm sure!" Wang Zi affirmed with confidence.

"Oh," Gui Gui was disturbed by the title in some way but still, she keyed in. Afterwards, the dialog screen said, "Accepted. Please listen to the following song..."

She could barely stand it, "Why so many?!"

Wang Zi then asked her, "So you coming to this school again is to answer songs' titles for you??"

Gui Gui turned to him sheepishly, "I've got no choice...This savings box of mine suddenly got its lock password-protected...Furthermore, that....." She suddenly paused upon not being certain whether to let him know that she would helped him with that $100-draw...

He nodded, "Okay, I'll sure give you a hand...This one is...called...'Blissful...Chance'!"

"Gosh," Gui Gui just felt like punching herself. Why must everything has to do with that crazy dream?

"What's wrong?" he saw that she seemed disappointed.

"Oh, no..." she hastily typed in the name. Yet, once it was accepted, another song started to play again.

"When's this ever gonna end?" Gui Gui moaned.

Upon paying attention to the music, Wang Zi suddenly turned sober. On the side, Gui Gui also found it rather captivating. She could recall, "This is...familiar...I've come across before..." Humming along with it, she sang out the chorus, "Happy Birthday...To Me...It's love that I should believe in..."

"Yes!!" Gui Gui exclaimed with surging delight and hurriedly entered the again. To her amazement, her savings box was finally unlocked. She quickly turned to Wang Zi to thank him from the bottom of her heart. However, he merely looked away nonchalantly.

She could tell that something was not right, "Wang Zi...what's the problem?"

He continued to pretend in not being the least interested and still avoided her gaze. Out of impulse, Gui Gui pressed her palms hard on both his cheeks in an effort to turn him to face her directly, "Just what's gone wrong??"

Wang Zi grabbed her hands, and pronounced his question with much difficulty, "Are you that eager to deform my face?"

Following, something struck her mind, "Got it...Tell me if today's your birthday?!"

He finally succeeded in pulling her hands away from his face. Yet, her grip was still firm on his. Wang Zi remained quiet as he thought of how long he has not celebrate his own birthday. He mentally calculated it to be 14 years. In order to hide it from everyone, he would only give a fake date to people who asked of him. Just this fact was enough to sadden him. Now, before this girl he had recently got acquainted with, he somehow felt that there was no use in lying to her about the truth.

"Why didn't you tell me beforehand?" Gui Gui urged and she sounded as though she already knew his answer.

"Well, it's nothing to..." he could hardly finished his sentence before Gui Gui interrupted again.

"A Birthday's a Birthday...How can you say it's nothing?" she retorted.

The strong effect of Gui Gui's clinch on his arms made him winced a little. She looked down only to notice that there was some bruises on them.

Flashback...

From across the road, Gui Gui was pacing ahead with record-breaking speed as the pedestrian light was rapidly blinking. On the other side, Wang Zi was about to finish his drawing and lifted his gaze to decide from the immediate surroundings, on what kind of background to accompany the rough portrait. In a flash, wondering whether his eyes was playing tricks on him, he instinctively set down his notepad. Almost could not believe that he has spotted a girl carrying that familiar-looking book, he took steps forward only to realise that luck was finally on his side.

Still rushing, Gui Gui had a thought suddenly interrupting her attention sharply. She gasped, "I forgot to get my paycheck from Mr Lee!! Gosh, yesterday was my last day...Ahhh!!" Unwilling to handle any loss, she spun around last moment to charge back to where she had came from.

Alerting to her running away, Wang Zi hurried to across the street and called out loud after Gui Gui, "Hey!! Excuse me, Wait up!!!"

Gui Gui turned about but in a split second, a side-glance averted her attention to a truck heading fast towards the intersection as the pedestrian light had stopped. The driver honked and subsequently, Wang Zi noticed the danger. He ran fast and grabbed Gui Gui firmly before leaping high over the remaining crossing. Through the air and just before they were to end up knocking against a tough lamppost, Gui Gui was petrified and shut her eyes to brace the would-be result of the hurting impact behind her. At this instant, Wang Zi recognise the risk. He pulled Gui Gui towards himself and pitched his free arm to cushion the blow in between her back and the hard steel.

End of Flashback...

Realisation dawned on her as she asked him, "Is it because of that day's incident?"

He looked up at her worried eyes, "Nothing serious actually..."

"Where's that herbal oil of yours? Didn't you use it?" Gui Gui demanded.

Her sudden unease intrigued him somewhat. He replied, "It's in my bag pocket..."

"What are you waiting for then?" she implied.

Wang Zi got her message and took it out from his bag. He started applying but when the turn came for his right hand bruises, his other hand was not that capable.

"Need help??" Gui Gui smilingly offered with generosity.

He hesitated and before even answering her, Gui Gui already grabbed the bottle. She then reached out to take his hand to rub the oil over.

"Thanks," he uttered.

Shotting brief glances up at the awkward expression on his face every once in a while, Gui Gui slowly opened up to him, "Was there ever once when your birthday gave you a rather unpleasant experience??"

Her question aroused some emotions buried deep inside him.

Seeing him quiet bothered, she continued, "I once heard a story...It goes like one day, a teacher decided to teach a special lesson to her students...She told each one of them to think of stuff which triggered unhappiness in their daily lives and to count them out. Some students had few while others had many. So what happened was that the teacher told them to write out each unhappy matter in their memories on potatoes. It turned out that the the longer the list of sad things in their lives, the more number of potatoes they would have. The teacher said they have to carry those potatoes with them everywhere they go for a week. As the days passed, the children started to complain about the spoiled smell that started coming from those potatoes. Those students who had many also complained that it was very heavy to carry them around. So the lesson is that the situation is very similar to what you carry in your heart when you're unhappy. It makes your heart unhealthy and you carry that sadness everywhere you go..."

Taking in what she said, Wang Zi thought about the analogy with his own situation. When Gui Gui was done and kept away the herbal oil, he pulled her into a hug.

She was quite surprised, "Wang Zi..."

"Sorry," he said to her ear and Gui Gui guessed that from the sound of his voice, he must be closed to tears. He went on, "I'm just touched...Thank you..."

Gui Gui could empathise with how he was feeling at the moment. She looked at her watch, then pulled apart to grasp his hand, "Since it's your special day, we can't let it just pass without a celebration!"

He was taken aback by her suggestion, "But it's already late evening..."

She couldn't care more, "Come on, I know where we shall head to...Just follow me!" She took her bag and dragged him along as Wang Zi wondered curiously what kind of idea she would have in mind.