The New F4 Chapter 3 - Plans
All the students were abuzz about this mysterious member of T3M.
Qing He is gaping at Wong Tin Ma. Wong Tin Ma's returned his attention back to Qing He.
"Mm, ah, yes. I believe there is some unfinished business between us!" said Wong Tin Ma
Wong Tin Ma grabs the front of Qing He's shirt and pulls him close to him and draws back his fist.
Qing He paling and squeezing his eyes shut awaiting the punch to come.
When it doesn't land he opens one of his eyes to peek about.
Mimi was standing by Qing He staring up at Wong
Tin Ma.
"Please Wong Tin Ma Senior, Please don't hurt Qing He Senior!" asked Mimi with
a worried look on her face both hands clasped in front of her nervously.
Wong Tin Ma just looked briefly at Mimi then back at Qing He and was about to let fly with his fist when Lin Wai put his hand on his shoulder and whispered something into Wong Tin Ma's ear.
He paused and considered Lin Wai's words then looked back at Qing He his eyes squinting in annoyance and pushed him away.
"This is the second time you lucked out you weasel! I promise you won't be so lucky the third time!" then turns and started walking away.
Lin Wai starts to follow Wong Tin Ma but not before looking at Mimi and gives her a wink.
She blushes but turns her attention back to Qing He,
"Qing He senior are you OK?" she asks him and brushing off his clothing.
More embarrassed than anything he roughly tells Mimi "I-I'm okay!" Mimi still brushing off his clothes, Qing He annoyed yelled "I said I'm okay, leave me alone!"
Then upon seeing the hurt expression on Mimi's face he regrets snapping at her and in a softer tone tells her,
"I'm sorry Mimi. I was-I was just a bit upset. Thanks!" Mimi immediately brightens up.
"Qing He Senior is such a gentleman, even when threatened with violence he does not give in to the baser impulses! And although he is upset he is still humble!" said Mimi smiling.
"Eh, yeah, I guess so!" then seems to be thinking about something, then he snaps his fingers and grabs Mimi by the hand and starts running from the school.
Surprised Mimi shouts out "Qing He Senior! Where are we going!"
"Come On! We have to inform F4!"
In her hurry she drops the news poster she made and tries to go back to get it but Qing He pulls her along telling her to hurry. She doesn't see a shadowy figure picking up the poster.
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Sitting in an empty classroom T3M or now the New F4 are having a heated discussion. Wong Tin Ma was pacing back in forth in front of the class.
"Aaargh! I wanted to smash that Chen Qing He in the face so bad!" he snarled.
"Come on, Ah Ma, you really are such a bully!" laughs Lin Wai "What would you gain by hitting someone like that!"
"Just for the pleasure! Pure pleasure! With a dash of vengeance tossed in!" said Wong Tin Ma his handsome features twisted in anger.
"Look, Qing He is really quite harmless, more to be pitied then anything else" said Lin Wai.
"Hey, big guy what do you think?" Lin Wai asked Mok Po Le who was sitting at one of the student's desks doodling in a notebook.
When Lin Wai walked over to see what he was doing Po Le just closes his notebook hiding what he was doing. Lin Wai just smiles and shrugs his shoulders.
"You know our instructions, in the whole school hands off 3 people. Qing He, his girl Mimi and San Tsai." Po Le said in a clear melodic voice, one you would not expect from a figure like Po Le.
He then reopened his notebook and resumed his doodling, what nobody has seen yet is his drawings in his notebook.
All kinds of drawings filled his notebook, drawings of flowers, buildings, anime, all finely detailed and well drawn.
"Bah!" exclaimed Tin Ma punching his fist swinging at an imaginary foe.
"He's right!" said Lin Wai "We don't want to draw unnecessary attention until we consolidate our position! Well, I think we're pretty secure anyway!"
To take his mind off of his frustration Tin Ma said to Lin Wai, "Let me see that list again!"
Lin Wai hands Wong Tin Ma a list of all the cliques in the University and their known members. The ones whom already submitted to them or allied with them are marked with checks the 2 or 3 who didn't decide are marked with red X's.
"Just what the hell is X thinking about? You hear anything from him?" Wong Tin Ma asked Po Le. X,the mysterious 4th member.
Po Le just shakes his head no and continues
doodling.
Wong Tin Ma stares at Po Le for a few seconds then let's out a sigh "I'm bored,
let's flip a coin, head for club, tail for bar!" Tin Ma finally said.
Lin Wai said "I say it's going to be heads!"
He takes out a coin then flips it into the air.
With amazing speed Po Le throws the pen he was using to doodle and knocks the coin out of the air.
Still without expression Po Le said " I think it will be tails!"
Wong Tin Ma and Lin Wai are gaping at Po Le when Tin Ma snaps out of it and goes to get the coin. It landed tails up.
"Sometimes I worry about you!" Tin Ma said to Po Le tossing his pen back to him.
As Mok Po Le catches his pen his mind flashes back to another time past.
Flashback
Mok Po Le catches the punch easily that Mei Zhou
threw at him but jumps back and releasing the fist as Mei Zhou immediately step
in to use his elbow to break his grip. The two opponents circle each other
warily.
The sounds of fists landing, heavy panting and grunts from strikes are heard in
the background.
Xi Men and Lin Wai exchanging kicks with lightning speed, spinning and jumping both looking like they were performing some exotic dance.
Even more furious is Dao Ming Si blocking and punching Wong Tin Ma, who is also giving a good account of himself.
Dao Ming Si's expressionless face and intense
eyes, focusing entirely on the fight, his handsome face even more highlighted
by the bandanna that he always wear delivers a flurry of strikes to Wong Tin Ma
who blocks every punch and answers back with counter strikes.
Hua Ze Lei who seems aloof is standing off to the side with his arms folded
leaning against the wall appearing bored. But he is studying the fight,
analyzing everyone's moves.
He is not concerned for his friends. They have been in many, many fights together for him to be concerned.
The plaza in the University where they were fighting was filled with students cheering on both T3M and F4, awed at the spectacle before them.
But behind Hua Ze Lei on the upper balcony on one
of the buildings is a shadowy figure watching him and the fight also with
intense interest.
End of Flashback
"Helllllloooooo! Earth to Ah Le? Earth to Ah Le?" Lin Wai was waving his hands in front of Mok Po Le's face.
Mok Po Le snaps out of his reverie and appears a bit sheepish.
Lin Wai smiles and said "Let's get going big guy!" Po Le nods his head and grabs his notebook and left the classroom with the other two.
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"Qing He? How are you? Why are you calling me here at my office?" Xi Men said talking into the phone.
Xi Men then gives a puzzled look. "Meet you after work? Very important? If it's important why can't you tell me over the phone?" Xi Men then sighs and rubs his forehead.
"Qing He, I'm not putting you off but my dad left for Singapore on business and left me to mind shop a bit, so I'm very busy! As soon as I get some free time I will call you, okay?" he pulls the phone away from his ear when a stream of noise comes from the ear piece.
"Qing He, calm down, why don't you call Hua Ze Lei and don't bother calling Mei Zhou because he's traveling with Xiao Qiao."
"Look I promise I'll give you a call, I am very busy. Okay, okay, bye!" After hanging up he stares at the phone for a few seconds then smiles and shakes his head then opens a folder and looks through the paperwork there.
But the phone call triggered certain train of thoughts and suddenly Xiao Yu pops into his mind. He puts down his paperwork and wonders how Xiao Yu is doing.
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Qing He and Mimi were sitting in a grassy part under a tree in a nearby park
near the University.
Qing He angrily pushes the end button on his cell phone.
"Xi Men never listens to me!" Qing He said pouting. Mimi looks sad also then said " Why don't you call Mei Zhou Senior or Hua Ze Lei Senior?"
"Mei Zhou is away somewhere with Xiao Qiao. I'll
give Hua Ze Lei a call." Said Qing He.
"Hello? Hua Ze Lei? Can we meet tonight? I've something important to tell you.
What? Wait? Wait for what? Oh, never mind. When are you coming back? Don't know
when? Okay when you get back give me a call! Bye!"
Mimi is looking expectantly at Qing He. He gives her an exasperated look,
"Hua Ze Lei is in Japan! And he doesn't even know when he's coming back! Mimi, what are we going to do?"
Then the both of them put their chins into their palms and put on sulking expressions.
That's when Qing He's cell went off. Not even looking he answers the phone,
"Qing He speaking."
Then he stands up ramrod straight startling Mimi.
"San Cai!" he shouts.
To be continued…
