The New F4 Chapter 4 - Return
"San Cai!" shouted Qing He on his feet. Mimi stands also and is very excited.
"S-San C-Cai! W-Where are you?" Qing He is so excited he's practically stuttering. All of a sudden his face changed to a look as if the whole world came crashing down on him.
"You're still in Barcelona? But you're supposed to be away only a week! What's that? Your company wants you to stay for an additional 3 weeks! Th-This can't be happening! H-How could this be? Eh? You're thinking about staying in Barcelona? Might want to live there! San Cai, you can't do this to me!"
Qing He sounding like he's ready to burst into tears.
When Qing He's expression changed so did Mimi's, working with San Cai in the travel agency Mimi has gotten to know San Cai quite well and truly admire her and realized then why Qing He or really why everyone likes San Cai so much.
The news that she might stay in Barcelona sadden Mimi also.
She felt like crying and turned around to face away from Qing He, and saw San Cai with Dao Ming Si standing about 20 feet away from them!
San Cai put her finger to her mouth signaling Mimi to keep quiet.
Mimi could only nod dumbly with her mouth hanging open.
Dao Ming Si had his hand covering his mouth and face red from holding in his laughter.
"Yes, I'm afraid I won't be coming back Qing He. You'll have to take good care of yourself. Will you miss me?" said San Cai into her cell.
"San Cai, I'm begging you, please, come back!" Qing He collapses to his knees "You can't see me but I'm kneeling, I'm kneeling, praying, and begging you to come back!"
"Qing He! You get up from your knees this instant! People in the park will think you're crazy and you'll dirty your pants kneeling in the dirt like that!" chided San Cai.
"I don't care what people think I'm doing, I only wan…." Qing He did a double take and looked down, he was kneeling in dirt.
"San Cai, how did you know I was kneeling in
dirt?" then he look up and did a quick scan in front of him,
"For that matter how did you know I was in a park?"
That did it. Dao Ming Si howled with laughter rolling in the grass, San Cai covered her mouth laughing hysterically.
Even Mimi was laughing. Qing He wondering what the commotion was about looks up at Mimi then looks behind him.
His eyes bugged out and his jaws dropped to the floor!
"San Cai!" so happy to see her he didn't care
about the little joke at his expense and runs over to her.
"Wha- how…-where…?" started Qing He with a puzzled look on his face.
His comical look made the situation even funnier and everyone is laughing until tears were rolling down their faces.
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T3M walked into the bar drawing everyone's attention. Wong Tin Ma nodding to a few people he knew.
He and Po Le walked over to a floor table while Lin Wai went to get drinks.
Over at the bar a group of about 6 young men noticing Lin Wai getting the drinks and heading back to their table.
The group then getting their drinks walked over to T3M.
Mok Po Le noticing them first but gives no expression.
"Well, well, look what we have here!" slurred the leading youth obviously drunk,
"If it isn't The 3 Mousketeers!" he stressed the word Mousketeers.
Out of the corner of his mouth Wong Tin Ma asked Lin Wai "What's a Mousketeer?"
One of his crew obviously wanting to score some
brownie points put in,
"Nah, they're just want to be F4 or "F4 Wannabe's", get it? Ha, ha, ha!"
"You're wrong! They are The New F4! Or should I say The New F3 who can't
count!" the drunk young man answered, laughing loudly at his own joke and his
troupe laughing with him.
Wong Tin Ma is hunched over his drink clutching his glass tightly.
Lin Wai just smiles thinly and puts a hand on Tin Ma's shoulder to calm him down.
Lin Wai's eyes glinted dangerously and the scar making him look sinister.
In perfectly enunciated English he said,
"Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour."
Everyone stopped laughing and had stupefied
expressions on their faces, as one they gave a collective, "Huh?"
"What the hell did he just say?"
"I didn't know he spoke German!"
Tin Ma snickered, already used to Lin Wais' antics and knows what's coming up next.
"Chang Dat Li, I wouldn't be laughing. With your GPA I definitely wouldn't be laughing!" said Lin Wai sipping coolly from his bottle.
A little insulted now the drunk youth tried to snipe back,
"So what? I know all you spoiled brats buy off the professors! Or hire smarter students to do your papers!"
Lin Wai leans back in his chair putting his hand behind his head.
"I wouldn't be worrying about that too much though if I were you!" he said.
"Oh yeah? Why is that?" sneered Dat Li.
"I mean your Dad better come up with a better album because the past two didn't seem to do so well, actually the word is abysmal. And your Mom better hire a better agent because her last movie was a real bomb. With that kind of track record they may not be able to afford Ying De! So pretty soon it will be "See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!"" Lin Wai said in a bored tone of voice.
Chang Dat Li's eyes nearly bugged out of his head and seem to be choking on his anger.
So angry was he that he was sputtering for words.
Wong Tin Ma couldn't take it anymore and got straight up and splashed his drink
into Dat Li's face and slapped him soundly and grabbed him by the shirt pulling
him until he was looking right into his eyes.
Dat Li's troupe was totally disconcerted by the
turn of events and was wondering what they should do.
"Chang Dat Li!" growled Wong Tin Ma "If I kick your ass here and now people
will say I'm taking advantage of a drunken loser! So I tell you what. I'll come
looking for you when you're sober and pay you back twice for this insult. Now
get out of here!"
With that he threw Dat Li towards his companions who caught him and they
sheepishly left cowed.
Wong Tin Ma sighed and looked over to Mok Po Le who all through the whole thing just sat there sipping at his ice tea.
"Don't you get excited about anything?" asked Tin Ma to Po Le.
"Get excited about what?" said Po Le.
Wong Tin Ma throws up both hands and rolls his eyes in a "I give up" expression
and goes to the bar to get more drinks.
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After everyone's laughter subsided they sat in the grass and just enjoyed the
sunny weather and the comfort of being with friends.
Qing He already anxious finally asked,
"San Cai, when did you get back?"
Dao Ming Si amused by Qing He's anxiousness said,
"WE arrived two nights ago!"
Mimi excited San Cai was back gushed,
"Oh, it's like a fairy tale! The infamous, handsome, strong leader Dao Ming Si Senior of the legendary F4 flying to Japan to rescue the righteous, fair and beauteous weed San Cai Senior! Bringing her back to Taiwan in joy!", clutching both hands in front of her and looking to the sky in a dreamy way, eyes afluttering.
She turned back to find everyone staring at her.
Abashed she ducks her head sheepishly.
San Cai smiles at Mimi to put her at ease, Dao
Ming Si a bit uncomfortable and flattered to be looked in that way.
"We've got so much to tell you guys though!" started San Cai and reaching out
grabbed hold of Dao Ming Si's hand.
He takes her hand then kisses it smiling at her both losing themselves in each
other's eyes.
Mimi is beaming and is happy for the both of them.
Qing He was really uncomfortable with this affectionate display (and not a bit unjealous) but he really had something important he wanted to tell them.
He 'ahemed', and also feeling a bit jealous, made the Time Out sign with his hands and said to Dao Ming Si,
"Okay Romeo! Slow down I've got something I want to tell you that you have to hear!"
Dao Ming Si now feeling much better looked to Qing He and asked "Does it have to do with me?"
Qing He nodding his head said "And Xi Men. And Mei Zhou. And Hua Ze Lei."
To be continued…
