14:
AT YINDE UNIVERSITY:
--------- QianHui bumps into the man she locked eyes with- embarrassingly, moments ago. She blushes instantly, the blood rushing to her ears and face. She feels hot all over.
"Calm down," she tells herself.
But it does not work.
"Sorry," she tells the man.
Suddenly she has become painfully shy. She only dares look at his throat, and look at that familiar mole.
He does not reply her. He stands rooted to the floor. Worried something might be wrong, QianHui looks up at him- just a quick glance, to check if... ...
Too late- once again, their eyes lock, and it seems they cannot remove themselves from each other's gaze. Cupid has shot his arrow deep into their hearts.
He reaches for her hand. She does not resist his touch.
"What is your name, miss?" He asks.
"QianHui," she introduces, his politeness already making her swoon all over.
"I'm DongSi," he says, "Are you free today?"
They make small talk, and agree to meet after school at a little coffee shop he knows of. He promises great cakes, perfect company. She does not know how to reject him, and like a schoolgirl, she nods eagerly to his request to meet.
And even though they are perfect strangers, she already hopes in her heart that they will live happily ever after.
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XiLiang is wide-awake in the dark, dusty place he knows not. He worms his way to the door- like MeiZuo's father, but this time, he is lucky.
As he slams his body against the door repeatedly, a little girl hears the noise. Frightened with the stories of ghosts her brothers had ganged up to scare her with the night before, she turns and runs home as fast as her legs would carry her.
"Ma..." she moans aloud.
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XiMen, Lei and MeiZuo are sitting at the grass patch near their school, joyfully picnicking Lei's troubles away. To MeiZuo and XiMen, their father's voices are a hoax- QianHui's whole plan is false. They have no concrete evidence, but their fathers simply had not sounded like their fathers- it was that simple.
They have not planned anything much, but they feel that since DaoMing Si's father's business was saved, they were partially assured of their well- beings- in a way.
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"Does QianGuang think he can compete with me? What a joke!" DaoMing Feng tells her son.
A few moments later, shouts are heard all over the company.
An excited office boy runs over to DaoMing Feng. "Not only have we dropped their share value, we are almost close to buying them over. Madam, do you want to buy over them?" He asks.
"Of course!" she exclaims, "They need to see my power for themselves before they retreat back into their dirt hole!"
"Mum," DaoMing Si says, "I-I... I want to go back to school now."
"Since when did you become so hardworking?" she asks her son in her high- pitched highly confident way, "Are you telling me my son has changed and that I don't know of it? Oh, I know you very, very well. Ah Si, you want to go back to school to see
ShanCai, isn't it?"
He keeps very quiet.
"Say something," she prompts, "Why aren't you saying anything? Unless you mean to say that... I'm correct?"
"Mum!" He almost explodes, "How many times do you want to go through with this? I really love-"
"I didn't say you couldn't be with ShanCai," she interrupts.
"What?"
"I said, I didn't say you couldn't be with ShanCai."
"You mean- you are saying- I-I... I can...?"
She laughs, "Yes, yes. Go to ShanCai. My son has grown up already, he no longer wants to stay with his mother."
He grins- cheekily as a small child would.
He walks a few steps, and then turns his head to say a few words to his mother. "Mum," he says, "Thank you... I really appreciate it."
As she watches his fading back, DaoMing Feng mutters, "That's the least I can do..."
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As the cute girl walks out of the airport's terminal, someone calls her name.
"XiaoYou!" Her Aunt calls.
XiaoYou smiles. Her smile is brilliant and happy. She feels so glad to be on the same land as XiMen.
"Wow," her Aunt looks her up and down, "You've changed. You've become more prettier!"
XiaoYou laughs, "You mean to say I was never pretty until now?"
"Oh, no, no," Her Aunt shakes her head, "You've always been my pretty XiaoYou."
XiaoYou drops her luggage at her Aunt's house, and goes to YingDe University immediately.
She needs to see XiMen badly.
-------------------- XiaoYou is walking on a street, and as she walks, she sees DaoMing Si in his red sports car, racing to the university.
The green man flashes, the cars stop to let the pedestrians cross, and DaoMing Si sees her.
He is shocked. He grins at her in his friendly way, and gestures for her to come for a ride with him.
Before the red man is turned on, XiaoYou is in DaoMing Si's car, racing to YingDe, both thinking only of their lovers'.
15: "XiaoYou! Ah Si!" XiMen sees the both of them walking together, and turns ridiculously cheerful.
"XiaoYou?" ShanCai who had just ended lessons was shocked.
"Hi everyone," XiaoYou says.
"XiaoYou! How could you? I treat you as my best friend and yet you do this to me..." ShanCai says.
"I wanted to give you a surprise! So don't be upset... my intentions were good!" XiaoYou sounds good-natured.
XiaoYou hesitates for a while, before turning to XiMen. Courage surges in her, as she says, "XiMen, let's meet after your classes."
"XiaoYou, I'm sorry," XiMen sounds polite- ever the gentlemen, "I'm meeting someone else."
His remark stings XiaoYou, and she feels hurt by his statement. She feels hurt to be rejected. Nevertheless, she pushes back the thought away as soon as it came.
"I was just wondering, you know," XiaoYou smiles sweetly, "XiMen, how many girlfriends do you have?"
XiMen frowns, and gives his polite smile. "Uncountable, I suppose..." He is quite proud of what he has just said.
MeiZuo laughs wickedly and flips his fringe back. "If XiMen has a different girlfriend everyday... XiaoYou, I think you can roughly estimate!"
"You have a different girlfriend everyday?" XiaoYou asks.
"Yes."
A man walks by, and afraid of F4's wrath, he shivers as he passes the group.
"Hey!" XiaoYou calls to him, "Mister! Are you free today?"
The man is shocked- is F4 playing their latest trick on him?
"Yes," he is honest.
"Good," XiaoYou says cheerfully, turning to face XiMen, "you'll be my boyfriend for today."
"WHAT?" XiMen spits.
"What is it?" XiaoYou frowns, "You mean I can't have a different boyfriend everyday?" XiMen stands up, and holds XiaoYou's hands. Then abruptly, he runs off, pulling her along.
"Wow," DaoMing Si says, "Since when did they become so... passionate?"
"Hey!" ShanCai calls after them, "How can the both of you romantically run off? XiaoYou! Be careful! That XiMen is..."
"ShanCai," Lei says, "Just let them be."
"What? How can I do that? We all know that XiMen is that sort..."
"That sort that cherishes XiaoYou," Lei interrupts.
"Lei, I will trust you. If anything happens to XiaoYou I will..." ShanCai animatedly makes a strangling action.
Lei laughs.
"ShanCai!" DaoMing Si became a little jealous of XiMen, "Let's run off too!"
"Are you crazy? Is your brain functioning today? We? Run off? Like..."
Before ShanCai could finish her sentence, DaoMing Si has already grabbed her hand and is running off.
They were such a clumsy sight; Lei and MeiZuo are helpless with laughter.
--------- QianHui bumps into the man she locked eyes with- embarrassingly, moments ago. She blushes instantly, the blood rushing to her ears and face. She feels hot all over.
"Calm down," she tells herself.
But it does not work.
"Sorry," she tells the man.
Suddenly she has become painfully shy. She only dares look at his throat, and look at that familiar mole.
He does not reply her. He stands rooted to the floor. Worried something might be wrong, QianHui looks up at him- just a quick glance, to check if... ...
Too late- once again, their eyes lock, and it seems they cannot remove themselves from each other's gaze. Cupid has shot his arrow deep into their hearts.
He reaches for her hand. She does not resist his touch.
"What is your name, miss?" He asks.
"QianHui," she introduces, his politeness already making her swoon all over.
"I'm DongSi," he says, "Are you free today?"
They make small talk, and agree to meet after school at a little coffee shop he knows of. He promises great cakes, perfect company. She does not know how to reject him, and like a schoolgirl, she nods eagerly to his request to meet.
And even though they are perfect strangers, she already hopes in her heart that they will live happily ever after.
----------------------------
XiLiang is wide-awake in the dark, dusty place he knows not. He worms his way to the door- like MeiZuo's father, but this time, he is lucky.
As he slams his body against the door repeatedly, a little girl hears the noise. Frightened with the stories of ghosts her brothers had ganged up to scare her with the night before, she turns and runs home as fast as her legs would carry her.
"Ma..." she moans aloud.
---------------------------
XiMen, Lei and MeiZuo are sitting at the grass patch near their school, joyfully picnicking Lei's troubles away. To MeiZuo and XiMen, their father's voices are a hoax- QianHui's whole plan is false. They have no concrete evidence, but their fathers simply had not sounded like their fathers- it was that simple.
They have not planned anything much, but they feel that since DaoMing Si's father's business was saved, they were partially assured of their well- beings- in a way.
---------------------------
"Does QianGuang think he can compete with me? What a joke!" DaoMing Feng tells her son.
A few moments later, shouts are heard all over the company.
An excited office boy runs over to DaoMing Feng. "Not only have we dropped their share value, we are almost close to buying them over. Madam, do you want to buy over them?" He asks.
"Of course!" she exclaims, "They need to see my power for themselves before they retreat back into their dirt hole!"
"Mum," DaoMing Si says, "I-I... I want to go back to school now."
"Since when did you become so hardworking?" she asks her son in her high- pitched highly confident way, "Are you telling me my son has changed and that I don't know of it? Oh, I know you very, very well. Ah Si, you want to go back to school to see
ShanCai, isn't it?"
He keeps very quiet.
"Say something," she prompts, "Why aren't you saying anything? Unless you mean to say that... I'm correct?"
"Mum!" He almost explodes, "How many times do you want to go through with this? I really love-"
"I didn't say you couldn't be with ShanCai," she interrupts.
"What?"
"I said, I didn't say you couldn't be with ShanCai."
"You mean- you are saying- I-I... I can...?"
She laughs, "Yes, yes. Go to ShanCai. My son has grown up already, he no longer wants to stay with his mother."
He grins- cheekily as a small child would.
He walks a few steps, and then turns his head to say a few words to his mother. "Mum," he says, "Thank you... I really appreciate it."
As she watches his fading back, DaoMing Feng mutters, "That's the least I can do..."
---------------------
As the cute girl walks out of the airport's terminal, someone calls her name.
"XiaoYou!" Her Aunt calls.
XiaoYou smiles. Her smile is brilliant and happy. She feels so glad to be on the same land as XiMen.
"Wow," her Aunt looks her up and down, "You've changed. You've become more prettier!"
XiaoYou laughs, "You mean to say I was never pretty until now?"
"Oh, no, no," Her Aunt shakes her head, "You've always been my pretty XiaoYou."
XiaoYou drops her luggage at her Aunt's house, and goes to YingDe University immediately.
She needs to see XiMen badly.
-------------------- XiaoYou is walking on a street, and as she walks, she sees DaoMing Si in his red sports car, racing to the university.
The green man flashes, the cars stop to let the pedestrians cross, and DaoMing Si sees her.
He is shocked. He grins at her in his friendly way, and gestures for her to come for a ride with him.
Before the red man is turned on, XiaoYou is in DaoMing Si's car, racing to YingDe, both thinking only of their lovers'.
15: "XiaoYou! Ah Si!" XiMen sees the both of them walking together, and turns ridiculously cheerful.
"XiaoYou?" ShanCai who had just ended lessons was shocked.
"Hi everyone," XiaoYou says.
"XiaoYou! How could you? I treat you as my best friend and yet you do this to me..." ShanCai says.
"I wanted to give you a surprise! So don't be upset... my intentions were good!" XiaoYou sounds good-natured.
XiaoYou hesitates for a while, before turning to XiMen. Courage surges in her, as she says, "XiMen, let's meet after your classes."
"XiaoYou, I'm sorry," XiMen sounds polite- ever the gentlemen, "I'm meeting someone else."
His remark stings XiaoYou, and she feels hurt by his statement. She feels hurt to be rejected. Nevertheless, she pushes back the thought away as soon as it came.
"I was just wondering, you know," XiaoYou smiles sweetly, "XiMen, how many girlfriends do you have?"
XiMen frowns, and gives his polite smile. "Uncountable, I suppose..." He is quite proud of what he has just said.
MeiZuo laughs wickedly and flips his fringe back. "If XiMen has a different girlfriend everyday... XiaoYou, I think you can roughly estimate!"
"You have a different girlfriend everyday?" XiaoYou asks.
"Yes."
A man walks by, and afraid of F4's wrath, he shivers as he passes the group.
"Hey!" XiaoYou calls to him, "Mister! Are you free today?"
The man is shocked- is F4 playing their latest trick on him?
"Yes," he is honest.
"Good," XiaoYou says cheerfully, turning to face XiMen, "you'll be my boyfriend for today."
"WHAT?" XiMen spits.
"What is it?" XiaoYou frowns, "You mean I can't have a different boyfriend everyday?" XiMen stands up, and holds XiaoYou's hands. Then abruptly, he runs off, pulling her along.
"Wow," DaoMing Si says, "Since when did they become so... passionate?"
"Hey!" ShanCai calls after them, "How can the both of you romantically run off? XiaoYou! Be careful! That XiMen is..."
"ShanCai," Lei says, "Just let them be."
"What? How can I do that? We all know that XiMen is that sort..."
"That sort that cherishes XiaoYou," Lei interrupts.
"Lei, I will trust you. If anything happens to XiaoYou I will..." ShanCai animatedly makes a strangling action.
Lei laughs.
"ShanCai!" DaoMing Si became a little jealous of XiMen, "Let's run off too!"
"Are you crazy? Is your brain functioning today? We? Run off? Like..."
Before ShanCai could finish her sentence, DaoMing Si has already grabbed her hand and is running off.
They were such a clumsy sight; Lei and MeiZuo are helpless with laughter.