Chapter 16
Silence filled their booth as Dao Ming Si and Mei Zhuo waited patiently for Xi Men's response to the news. With both of his friends looking at him, Xi Men cried out, "What? Why are you both looking at me like that?" Lifting his glass off the table and gulping down his wine, he repeated, "What?" lifting his shoulders when they continued to look at him.
"Xi Men," Mei Zhuo called to him, taking away the bottle of wine that Xi Men was holding. "So what do you intend to do about it now that Xiao You is back?" he then asked.
"What do you mean what do I intend to do about it? What do you expect me to do? Throw a welcome party for her?" Xi Men continued to shrug away. "Will you stop acting like this?" Dao Ming Si couldn't stand it anymore, he had hoped that his friend would have realised by now that he has been given a second chance, another opportunity to try to win the girl that would be able to give him the world's happiness.
"Don't bother denying it, we all know how much you regretted after Xiao You left the second time for Canada when she came back to find you. She is now back and from what I could gather from her, she is still unattached. You should do something Xi Men. Do something before you regret this for your entire life this time. Happiness doesn't just come to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you have to work for it," Dao Ming Si explained, trying his hardest to get some sense into his friend's thick skull.
"My goodness. It's been so long already ok. We were both barely adults back then. Hardly knowing what real life was at that time ok. Yeah I admit, I did have some regrets after she left that time but years have passed by ok. I've changed, she must have changed, we both have changed into different individuals. It is highly likely she could have forgotten about me as well. Look I know you guys are just concerned about me, but seriously what occurred some six to seven years ago was just an infatuation, on both sides. Be realistic, we might not have anything in common anymore, in fact we didn't even have anything in common back then which was probably why any relationship between the both of us was doomed from the start," Xi Men knew that he should try to explain to his friends.
There was no point evading this subject any longer. It was staring at him right in the face and his friends wouldn't let him off the hook so easily either. But he just felt that they were being too rash and unrealistic, both of them blinded to the cold hard facts before them because their heads are too immersed in their happiness with their relationships that they automatically assume that it should come easily for everyone as well. But that's just the point, it's not easy, they were both lucky.
Yes, Ah Si and San Chai had to go through a lot in order to be together but still. they knew their love for each other was strong enough to withstand any pressure or tribulations that come their way and that is rare. To have so much faith in each other's depth of love they feel for the other. The bottom line is they are together now and they are both happy. He is happy for them as well but this thing between him and Xiao You is complicated and no one will understand it, sometimes he believes not even Xiao You or himself understands.
For Mei Zhuo, it's completely different. When Xiao Qiao came into his life they both just knew it already. Granted that Xiao Qiao had knew it from the start, something like ever since she was a young girl, but Mei Zhuo who said when they first met that he wouldn't bother saving her even when she was drowning ended up diving into the cold sea to save her cello at the end. They were destined for each other, just like Dao Ming Si and San Chai. Xiao You and him? It seems as if fate and destiny has always been playing with them and they were just not meant to be.
Silence filled their booth as Dao Ming Si and Mei Zhuo waited patiently for Xi Men's response to the news. With both of his friends looking at him, Xi Men cried out, "What? Why are you both looking at me like that?" Lifting his glass off the table and gulping down his wine, he repeated, "What?" lifting his shoulders when they continued to look at him.
"Xi Men," Mei Zhuo called to him, taking away the bottle of wine that Xi Men was holding. "So what do you intend to do about it now that Xiao You is back?" he then asked.
"What do you mean what do I intend to do about it? What do you expect me to do? Throw a welcome party for her?" Xi Men continued to shrug away. "Will you stop acting like this?" Dao Ming Si couldn't stand it anymore, he had hoped that his friend would have realised by now that he has been given a second chance, another opportunity to try to win the girl that would be able to give him the world's happiness.
"Don't bother denying it, we all know how much you regretted after Xiao You left the second time for Canada when she came back to find you. She is now back and from what I could gather from her, she is still unattached. You should do something Xi Men. Do something before you regret this for your entire life this time. Happiness doesn't just come to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you have to work for it," Dao Ming Si explained, trying his hardest to get some sense into his friend's thick skull.
"My goodness. It's been so long already ok. We were both barely adults back then. Hardly knowing what real life was at that time ok. Yeah I admit, I did have some regrets after she left that time but years have passed by ok. I've changed, she must have changed, we both have changed into different individuals. It is highly likely she could have forgotten about me as well. Look I know you guys are just concerned about me, but seriously what occurred some six to seven years ago was just an infatuation, on both sides. Be realistic, we might not have anything in common anymore, in fact we didn't even have anything in common back then which was probably why any relationship between the both of us was doomed from the start," Xi Men knew that he should try to explain to his friends.
There was no point evading this subject any longer. It was staring at him right in the face and his friends wouldn't let him off the hook so easily either. But he just felt that they were being too rash and unrealistic, both of them blinded to the cold hard facts before them because their heads are too immersed in their happiness with their relationships that they automatically assume that it should come easily for everyone as well. But that's just the point, it's not easy, they were both lucky.
Yes, Ah Si and San Chai had to go through a lot in order to be together but still. they knew their love for each other was strong enough to withstand any pressure or tribulations that come their way and that is rare. To have so much faith in each other's depth of love they feel for the other. The bottom line is they are together now and they are both happy. He is happy for them as well but this thing between him and Xiao You is complicated and no one will understand it, sometimes he believes not even Xiao You or himself understands.
For Mei Zhuo, it's completely different. When Xiao Qiao came into his life they both just knew it already. Granted that Xiao Qiao had knew it from the start, something like ever since she was a young girl, but Mei Zhuo who said when they first met that he wouldn't bother saving her even when she was drowning ended up diving into the cold sea to save her cello at the end. They were destined for each other, just like Dao Ming Si and San Chai. Xiao You and him? It seems as if fate and destiny has always been playing with them and they were just not meant to be.