The New F4 Chapter 6 - Decision
It was drawing on night at San Cai's house.
Dao Ming Si, San Cai and her parents had just finished eating dinner and was cleaning up.
Dao Ming Si helping collect the dishes and San Cai preparing to wash them.
San Cai looking over to Dao Ming Si and is so happy that they're together again.
She smiles to herself thinking,
"Nobody would believe it if I told them that Young Master Dao Ming Si is actually helping clean up after dinner!"
"Hey, what are you smiling about?" asked Dao Ming Si.
"Oh, um, nothing!" said San Cai.
"Only idiots just smile at nothing!" answered Dao Ming Si smiling also.
"Pig head, who you calling an idiot!" but she was just teasing him and smiles with him as he helps her rinse the dishes.
In the background San Cai's Pa nudges Ma and both
smile.
San Tsai then remembers and said to her parents,
"Oh Ma, Pa, Xi Men and Qing He will be coming over shortly!"
"Oh, are you guys going out tonight?" asked Mama.
"No Ma, er, we just want to see our friends and
have much to talk about!"
"No problem San Cai, we'll just retire early!" said Pa.
"Thanks Pa!"
After cleaning up San Cai went to the living room and tidied things up a bit, Dao Ming Si was just sitting on the couch watching San Cai's every movement and savoring it.
San Cai noticing him watching her all this time finally ask,
"What's the matter? Why are you staring at me!"
"I just like looking at you, is that a crime?" he said.
She blushes then sits down in a seat opposite him and starts staring at him with wide-open eyes.
"What are you doing?" asked Dao Ming Si puzzled.
"Why, I'm staring at you too!" said San Cai.
Dao Ming Si starts to laugh and so does San Cai. The door bell rings.
"I'll get it!" said Dao Ming Si.
When he opens the door it was Xi Men who was carrying a bag full of beers.
He and Dao Ming Si smile and gave each other a brief hug patting each others back. Dao Ming Si was just closing the door when he saw another car pull up.
It was Qing He and Mimi both getting out of the car and waving to him. Dao Ming Si waves back and held the door open for them.
When Xi Men walks into the living room San Cai looks up and seeing Xi Men jumps up happily, "Xi Men!" she said and runs over to hug him.
"Hey, what is this? I can't leave you alone for a second and now you're hugging another man?" said Dao Ming Si jokingly leading Qing He and Mimi into the room.
"What can I say, she recognizes a real man!" said Xi Men and ducking the slap to his head that Dao Ming Si threw at him.
Abashed San Cai muttered "Idiot" but she knew Dao Ming Si was just joking.
After everyone sat down, Dao Ming Si sitting next to San Cai on one couch, Mimi and Qing He on another, Xi Men sitting in an easy chair.
After a few sips of their beers, Dao Ming Si finally spoke up.
"Aside from Qing He, Mimi and myself that knows what's going on but only Xi Men and myself know the seriousness of the situation!"
San Cai looks worried and Xi Men asked seriously,
"Ah Si maybe you better explain yourself."
Dao Ming Si nods but gestures to Qing He,
"Qing He, please tell everyone what is going on."
Qing He surprised that Dao Ming Si referred to him said,
"Oh, um, it's like this Wong Tin Ma and his
clique, T3M wants to control the whole school, by using your name, F4, or more
accurately The New F4!"
Shocked Xi Men angrily said,
"T3M? How dare they those bunch of losers! Ah Si, let's go look for them!" punching his fist into his hand for emphasis.
San Cai who is very concerned now got everyone's attention,
"Hold on everyone!" she said.
"Why don't one of you start from the beginning and explain what this T3M and
who this Wong Tin Ma is, and Dao Ming Si, you lied to me!" looking at Dao Ming
Si reprovingly.
Dao Ming Si abashed looked at San Cai,
"I'm sorry, I was going to tell you but not at that time. This is the time.
I'll explain everything now."
"Remember what I was like when you first met me?" he asked San Cai. San Cai smiles and nods.
"Well, just imagine someone who is much worse, more arrogant, more stubborn, more self-centered. That's what Wong Tin Ma is like."
Xi Men spoke up, "And the worse thing is he
deliberately hurts people. He goes out of his way to really hurt them."
Dao Ming Si nods in agreement.
"We really met him and his other friend, Lin Wai when we were kids. Our parents were planning the Ying De University then and were meeting with Tin Ma's dad who's in the construction business and Lin Wai's parents who were lawyers. Tin Ma had the nerve to challenge me for the leadership of the F4 back then!"
Xi Men smiles at the memory, "Yeah, but you sure put him in his place!"
"Yes, I beat him but it was a vicious fight only kids can fight, hair pulling, scratching and biting! We looked like a mess afterwards. But Tin Ma's dad is one scary person." Continued Dao Ming Si.
"My mom scolded me and tried to apologize to Mr. Wong but he held up his hand and told her "No need for apologies! When a person loses there is nothing for the loser to say!" As he said this he was glaring at his son."
"We didn't meet again until in middle school. He
went to another rival middle school and we fought a few times. By that time he
met the other part of T3M, Mok Po Le."
"Nothing is known about Po Le because he hardly speaks, very quiet. As far as I
know and from other people he doesn't speak to anyone except his friends.
Really reminds me of Lei."
San Cai now spoke up, "You mentioned T3M again! What does it mean!"
"Oh, T3M is short for The 3 Musketeers. Just as F4 stands for Flowery Youth 4." Dao Ming Si said. San Cai rolls her eyes.
"Then in our second year at Ying De they started as freshmen and we were pretty much constantly fighting."
Qing He asks, "Did you red tag them?"
Dao Ming Si nods, "But anyone trying to play pranks on them would get beaten senseless. I even tried to get them expelled but they knew my parents so that was squashed."
Xi Men adds, "It was at that time Wong Tin Ma hires a bunch of punks to jump Ah Si in a club and winds up Ah Si almost killing one of them. A real ugly scene back then."
San Cai opens her eyes wide in shock upon hearing that.
"So now it comes to this! What do we do about the situation?" Dao Ming Si asked.
"I say let's put them in their place now!" said Xi
Men.
Dao Ming Si's face looked troubled now.
"A year ago I might've went looking for them myself, but now when I think about it is it really worth it?" asked Dao Ming Si.
Xi Men looked surprised, "Ah Si, you're not going to let them get away with it are you?"
San Tsai putting her hand on Dao Ming Si's forearm,
"Dao Ming Si, I think you must do something about this!"
Dao Ming Si was quite surprised by San Cai's reaction.
"I don't want you to fight but if you don't do anything about this I think a lot of people may get hurt. If what you told me is true about this Wong Tin Ma he might take advantage of his position to really harm a lot of students at Ying De!"
Frowning then sighing as if there was no other choice Dao Ming Si grabs hold of San Cai's hand and kisses it smiling, "Always thinking about others!"
Mimi seeing this smiles and reaches over to Qing He and grabs his hand.
Qing He surprised tries to pull out of Mimi's grasp but couldn't so he resigns himself and let's her hold his hand.
Xi Men spoke up, "Then it's settled! We'll
confront T3M!"
"But there's only 2 of us! I will handle Wong Tin Ma, you can take Lin Wai,
who's going to handle Mok Po Le?" asked Dao Ming Si.
Everyone turned to look at Qing He.
"M-Me?" Qing He said pointing to himself.
"Well, you're still a sub-member of F4, remember!", Xi Men said.
Qing He sat back into his chair looking like a man heading toward his own execution,
"Mimi, think of a good eulogy for me, I'm a dead
man!"
Mimi is patting and rubbing Qing He's back trying to comfort him.
Dao Ming Si picks up the phone and calls information and gets Wong Tin Ma's home phone number.
"Well, here goes!" said Dao Ming Si dialing.
"Hello, may I speak to Wong Tin Ma please? Yes, I'll hold."
"This is Dao Ming Si!" he said into the phone when Wong Tin Ma answered it.
To be Continued…
