Tian Mo Xing spent some time at a bookstore near her dorm to complete a particular order form she had forgotten the previous day.

"Hey, Li Xiao Xing, you're really the first one willing to come by and pre-order this mysterious book...I've never seen someone that interested as you are in this unidentified author's work," the counter assistant, Mandy remarked dryly.

Tian Mo Xing finally signed her name at the lower corner of the sheet and handed to her with a wide smile, "Why don't you try imagining the possibilities behind the title - 'A Multi-Faceted Garden', before going into complaints of dissatisfactions about its writers?"

She quickly caught her words and snapped her fingers, "Oh, you must have known alot more than I do - 'writers'?? So there is more than one person involved in this? Tell me..."

Tian Mo Xing realised how chatty she had acted and regretfully urged, "No, no...it's just a slip of my tongue...don't take it too seriously..."

Mandy turned more insistent by the minute while shoving the order slip back to her hands, "Come on, Li Xiao Xing...I mean, if you're really a fan, then do help us a little by increasing the sales of this book...and one of the ways is more details of information! What do you have to lose?" She leaned closer from behind the table and said softer, "Perhaps, a discount we might be able to offer you?"

Tian Mo Xing felt as though she would give in to the bribe any moment soon but she willed herself to being tight-lipped as much as she could. Looking down to avoid the pressurising gaze, she shook her head, "Ma-n-dy, sorry, I...really don't..."

From a corner, a voice interrupted, "Li Xiao Xing, are you ready?"

She gasped in much-needed relief and turned to face her frequent life-saver, "007!! Sure!! I'm only waiting for Mandy to accept my form!" Her frown changed to a smile full of brilliance next second.

007 headed over to their side and Mandy had no choice but to take back the slip with noticeable disappointment.

"Okay, the total cost will be $19.99," she added a little impatiently.

"Oh, alright," Tian Mo Xing would not dare to think that she could get a discounted price after all.

Checking through her wallet, another problem brewed this time. She stammered, "Mandy, is there anyway I can pay you, if you don't mind, let's just say....."

"Huh?" she eyed her suspectingly. "We're gonna close early for lunch soon..."

"It's okay, I'll settle it for her," 007 butted in and took out some cash before a misunderstanding could result.

"007...," Tian Mo Xing felt this was too much help to ask for.

"Don't worry," he assured her.

Tian Mo Xing wondered what would be the best way to thank him, when in between the pause, Mandy cleared her throat. "Got some skills, Li Xiao Xing," she added sarcastically.

"What?!" Tian Mo Xing doubted to take that as a gesture of compliment and appeared quite offended.

Mandy only continued looking through the form non-chalantly and kept punching the buttons, "Want to know what I mean?? Will tell you next time!" She purposefully spoke barely above the range of a whisper that only Tian Mo Xing could hear. Then, she tore a certain part off the form and gave it to her without giving even a look. With a short reminder that she would call her when the book has arrived, she left the counter and got on unpacking some boxes at a far corner.

Tian Mo Xing seemed rather pissed off, "Such a weird girl..." 007 only smiled looking at her, "Let's go!"

When they were out of the shop, Tian Mo Xing suddenly stopped in her track and exclaimed, "Right!"

"What's that?" 007 asked.

She turned to him confidently, "I remember now...It was yesterday's afternoon that I dropped by this bookstore...I even bought my greeting card from here!"

"So, was it before or after you lost your EQ sheets?" 007 suggested.

"Err...I...," Tian Mo Xing thought hard again. "The card...no...postage! Yes, no postage stamps on them! I was trying with all my might to rush to the post office before it closed...Then, I lost everything!!"

"So before you actually lost both the card and EQ sheet? Is that what you mean?" 007 placed his hands on Tian Mo Xing's shoulders and tried to make things clearer. However, this caused her the instinct to recall even further of what had happened.

Before long, the more 007 wanted to focus on the blurred Tian Mo Xing in front of him, the greater his vision turned fuzzy. "Wait, when I had found Ah Mu's card, the stamps have already been affixed....." 007 was not able to pay attention in listening the rest, for his head has started to spin like crazy and he ought to struggle to maintain his footing.

"Oh, 007...007...are you okay?" echoes of Tian Mo Xing's cries repeated themselves again and again by his ears as he forced himself not to faint.