Author: THANK YOU SO MUCH, PEOPLE! I'm happy that they are actually people who are reading my stories and even though there aren't many reviews like other authors but I appreciate damn hell lot of it! Thank you! Here's Chapter 3 and actually, about the headquarter and the hotel and other business run by Yelen and others are actually all going to Xiao Lang, the heir of all these things. The headquarter is actually where Xiao Lang works all the time. He has two offices which is one in the headquarter and the other one is in the hotel. He works 3 days respectively in each place and the headquarter is actually where the logistic department, development department, finance department and so on while in the hotel, he mainly do hotel projects like getting the hotel run better, planning on building another hotel in some countries and so on so forth. Before I forget is that he works Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the headquarters while Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the hotel and Eriol has the same working time like him.
And the places that I'm using in this story, well… some are real while some are fake. But right now, this coming chapter is real and the hotel name is a total fake one as I have check in the Hong Kong's map that there is NO such hotel there. TT
Chapter 3: Something Meilin has expecting…
"Come in."
Meilin opened the door and walked in together with Sakura and Tomoyo.
"Hi aunt." Meilin said as she withdrew a chair out and sat on it.
"Good morning, Yelen-san."
"Hello. So, where did you three went today?"
"Well, Meilin brought us to Tai's restaurant and then we came here straight." Tomoyo said.
"Have you two met your soon-to-be husbands?" Sakura winced when she heard the four words. After having a big idea that she's marrying someone that she doesn't know, she thought nothing else. She doesn't want to know who she's marrying with and she doesn't want to know anything about her future husband. Though she knows that it's totally opposes her first idea as she thought of starting a new life, things just seems unchangeable. And of course the only thing she thought was right is that helping her father and Aunt Sonomi.
"No." Tomoyo replied for herself and in behalf of Sakura.
"Want me to ask them to come here?" Yelen asked.
"It's alright. You don't have to do that. We'll see them someday and even if we don't, we will see them on that important day." Sakura said immediately as she goes on finishing her sentence softly after Yelen finished her question.
"Well, anything to make you feel better. Meilin, have Xiao Lang told you about Chan- that letter?"
"Yes he did and he just bust into my office."
"So, the project… how is it now?"
"Well, we bought a place for it and the landscape architects and architects were working together now to come up with some themes for the resort. But they have yet to come up with an idea."
"Alright then, have the project done soon and Meilin, where are you bringing two of them now?"
"To the Peak."
"Do you mean the peak of the highest mountain in Hong Kong?" Sakura asked. Meilin and Yelen looked at one another, pretty amused while Tomoyo was pretty sure that Sakura has just given her a 'did I say something wrong?' look.
Tomoyo shrugged and Meilin looked back at Sakura before answering her.
"Silly, the Peak that I had just said is just a place that you need to take a tram and only tram you need to get there. It's a good place to see Hong Kong at night and there's a wax museum there with those wax figures of famous people."
"Really? As far as I know, our country we don't have that. We know that in America, there are wax museums too. This is good." Tomoyo said.
"BUT… don't you think t-that it'll be a little s-sca..r-ry? I mean… that… t-they will look alike and it's kind..k-kind of creepy. I mean those famous people who had d-died and t-their wax figure is t-there and y-y-ou are go-goi-ng to take photos w-with th-them." Sakura said.
"Well, if you don't like that, I'll bring you to Jade Street in Kowloon."
"Kowloon? Jade Street? Meilin, I'm blur."
"Yes. Kowloon. I highly doubt either of you knows Hong Kong DO exists in the world. Come on now, I'll show you what Kowloon like in Hong Kong is. Come on now, let's go now." Meilin said as she got out and said goodbyes to her aunt. Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other before walking out too.
Later in Kowloon…
"This is part of Kowloon." Meilin said.
"So Meilin, why are we here? And what Kowloon means?"
"Well, Kowloon in Cantonese means nine dragons and it's just like a part of Hong Kong. And we are actually going to the Canton Road as the Jade Street is there. But first, I'm telling you that we are in Jordan Street." Both said anything. They haven't got any idea where exactly were they even though Meilin had explained to them. They started following Meilin and boy, they took 30 minutes to walk to Jade Street.
"Here we are. Jade Street. Need I say anymore about it?" Meilin asked and of course, Sakura and Tomoyo won't have anytime to answer her as they walked to stalls by stalls. And every stallholder was trying to get every people passed by to buy their jades.
"Um... how much is that?" Sakura asked as she pointed to a jade pendant. It's not really big but long as it's about three millimeter think and five centimeter long and estimated about a centimeter wide. The jade pendant wasn't like any other jade color. Not dark at all as it seems to be white and a little green if it's viewed at a certain angle. That wasn't the part which Sakura thought was interesting. It was the carving on that jade piece that she thought was captivating. Real fine carvings of peonies and sakura flowers were on that piece of pendant and that's not all, if the pendant was observed clearly, two pair of butterflies can be seen at the corner a peony and sakura.
"This one?" A lady in her early 40's asked.
"Yes. How much would it cost?"
"600 dollar."
"What!" Sakura was dumbfounded with the price the lady said.
"Yes, yes, 600 dollar. Not cheap. Good carving. That's why it's expensive."
"Can you sell it cheaper? I have only 400 dollar only with me." Sakura started bargaining as what Meilin taught her earlier.
"No. No. 600 dollar." Sakura wasn't really happy. She really likes that pendant and if only she has another 200 dollar. Looking back at the pendant and even reluctantly said goodbye to the pendant, she sigh as she walked to Tomoyo and Meilin who were busy picking some things they like.
"So did you get anything?" Meilin asked.
"Mmhmm…" Sakura replied and Meilin looked at her.
"I don't get it, Sakura. Is it you get something or you got nothing?"
"Nope. I got none. But maybe I'll get something later." Sakura sighed.
"Now that… I do get that meaning." Meilin and Tomoyo handed the selected things they have chosen and paid. They walked to another stall nearby and Sakura stopped just to see that a bracelet that actually had the same design she saw with the pendant she wanted to buy earlier. Immediately Sakura asked the price of it and once again, she was disappointed. The bracelet needs her to get another 100 dollar out. Reluctantly she gave up buying the bracelet. As for Tomoyo and Meilin…
"Hey, does this looks nice on me?" Meilin asked as she put a pair of earrings with small jade stones on her ears.
"Perfect and in fact how many stalls here sells jade?"
"Tomoyo, practically… the whole Jade Street stallholders are selling jades. The jades are either sell in the big stone itself or in the form of these or others." Meilin answered as she holds up some bracelets.
"Oh… Well, I'm buying this." Tomoyo said as she took a brooch that shaped like a small dragonfly with small jade green stones on its body and two small amethyst stones as the dragonfly's eyes. After a while, they have decided to go for lunch.
"So, did you buy anything?" Meilin asked Sakura.
"None."
"None! Did you bargain with them?" Meilin stopped walking and turned to her. Sakura nodded.
"Then why?" Tomoyo asked too.
"I didn't bring enough cash." Sakura said dumbly.
"Well, that's a stupid excuse. You could borrow from me. Now, let's go to stall where you want to buy what you want and please, don't say anything Sakura. Don't feel bad in borrowing cause I know that you'll pay me right?" Meilin asked. Sakura smiled.
"Thanks Meilin. I own you one."
"I know that way back before you were born and now let's get your stuff." Sakura nodded as she brought the two of them to the first stall where she saw the pendant. The lady was there standing.
"Excuse me, can you show me the same pendant I saw earlier?" The lady smile while shaking her head at the same time. Sakura look at Meilin with 'what is going on' look at Meilin after the lady stood there.
Meilin shrugged and asked in Cantonese, "Can you show her the pendant she saw just now?"
The lady replied back in Cantonese, "I know what she wants to see but a young man came earlier and bought it. I don't know how to say it in English so I shook my head." Meilin was quite amused with the answer she got before telling it to Sakura. Sakura got what Meilin said and walked to the stall she saw the bracelet with the same design. And she couldn't believe it as if someone purposely bought everything she wanted.
"It's alright Meilin. Let's go for lunch now."
"If I know who's behind all these, that person is so dead!" Meilin was quite angry for two reasons. One of it was because that Sakura couldn't get a thing she wants after a few hours here and the second reason was she was angry at the person who made her walked with Sakura and Tomoyo so much for nothing.
"Alright then, I'll call Eriol now." Tomoyo and Sakura looked at her as they wonder why she would want to call Eriol for.
"Um... just don't look at me like that. I'm calling him to ask Xiao Lang together to have lunch with us."
"Why would you do that?" Sakura asked.
"Well, just want you both to know my cousins." Meilin smirked.
"I'm not interested but I doubt if she's not." Tomoyo rolled her eyes after hearing what Sakura said. Right now, Tomoyo doesn't really seemed much bothered by the wedding plan as she finally thought that maybe the person she's marrying to is some worthy guy and thinking of for the sake of helping her mum and Uncle Fujitaka really made her completely what Sakura told her in the plane that she's out of her mind in just two days.
"Whatever, I've made up my mind and I bet you both will really have fun."
"Yar sure." As she silently added 'whatever' in her mind.
I know that you will have a goodtime with my cousins. I know you will. Trust me Sakura.
"Eriol?" Meilin said when she walked to the car park and thought if she saw Xiao Lang's car. But maybe not she thought again.
"Yes Meilin, what the heck do you want to talk with me?"
"What are you doing now?"
"Reading my documents! What do you want? Lunch?"
"Smart. Yes, lunch with you. Call Xiao Lang along and where is he?"
"I think in Kowloon with Kevin for a meeting. Why?"
"Should have known that by now. Has he finished his meeting with Kevin?"
"I guess so by now. Why don't you give him a call?" Eriol asked as he looked at his watch.
"Yar yar. So… lunch at?" Meilin asked as she got into her car with Tomoyo and Sakura.
"Why don't we just have it in our hotel? I have a lot to do later."
"Alright, anything."
"So where are you now?" Eriol asked as he looked through some documents.
"Kowloon and actually I think I saw Xiao Lang's car just now. And what is he doing here in Jade Street?" Meilin asked in Cantonese.
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