Chapter 5
He stepped through the palace's door, exhausted from the journey. He remembered following the way he had followed Fu Zhen's father when they were on their way to Haven, back to the village. He reached that spot but everything was different. The hills were the same, the trees and the sky…everything, but the land was empty. No houses, no fields with paddy and plantations and no people. Where was everyone?
Only then he thought…was it all a dream? But it couldn't be for everything was so real. How could it not be true?
(What ghost? Who is ghost? Me? How dare you call me a ghost?! For your information sir, my name is Fu Zhen! All for what I have done to take care of you, you called me a ghost?! Ghost! – Don't you know? It is said that when you see a shooting star fly past and you make a wish immediately, it will come true – Are you very sure that you want to leave? – Okay then, but don't regret if you can never return here) these sentences keeps on repeating in his mind.
He regrets it, a lot indeed.
Just then, his parents rush up to him.
"Son! What are you doing here still?! Come on, bath and clean up yourself! Someone special is waiting for you!" his parents said.
"Special? Who is that special person?" he asks.
"Don't ask so much. Just get yourself cleaned up! And quick!" they say.
"Okay, okay."
He goes up the stairs towards his bedroom.
'Why did they ask me wear a suit? It is not like today is any special day…if she is not around all of this does not mean anything to me…' he thinks.
He pushes the huge door of the common room open and looks up into the room. He is shocked to see…
Ding! Dong!
The wedding bells ring and in everyone, excitement fills up the palace. The doors of the entrance open and the bridegroom with his beautiful bride step into the palace. Today is their wedding ceremony and right after this, they will be the King and the Queen of Haven. Therefore, Prince Aaron will be known as King Aaron and his wife will be known as Queen Hebe.
And so, they lived happily ever after!
Wait! Wait! Hold on a minute! I am not done yet! I haven't told you what really happened yet, right?
Well, Prince, wait, King Aaron actually took the wrong route that was why he could not find the village…and about Queen Hebe becoming so beautiful out of a sudden it was all thanks to…
Flashback
Fu Zhen runs out of the house in the direction of where her father and Prince Aaron with some others departed. She still could not let him leave, she wants him to stay! Just then, someone stops her by calling her name.
"Xiao Zhen! Xiao Zhen!"
She turns back to find the 'sinseh' of their village chasing after her. After managing to catch up with her, she passes her a small bottle.
"Here! Take this with you!" she says.
"For what?"
"Apply this cream on your face twice a day and you'll never regret doing what I said! Now, hurry on!" she says.
"Okay. Thanks anyway!" she shouted as she continues running.
End of Flashback
And that is how she became beautiful. True love does not depend on the look of your future life partner, it depends on his/her heart and that is what real beauty means. Real beauty is the beauty of the heart and that is what attracts people to you.
The END