Huan Zhu Ge Ge

(Love vs. Friendship)

By: Princess Pearl

(Fang Ci)

Chapter 1

The palace is so boring, the empress keep trying to make them in trouble; they have to be aware of her all the time, which make them so tired. They just feel that they were in the jail and they don’t have any freedom. Once Erkang, Yong Qi, Ziwei, and Qing’er decide to ask the king let them go outside to have some fun, and suggest that they should stay in Xiao Jain’s place, he had build a small house, enough space for him and his sister. It’s a nice place, it’s has many river, waterfall, lake and tons of wild animals, such as birds, deer, and rabbits. It’s a wonderful place for a vacation.

It was far away from the palace, it takes days to get to Xiao Jain’s house. Xiao Jain didn’t go back home everyday, he stay in the palace for a while then get back home to see his sister. He stay with his sister a few days, then he get back to the palace again.

Xiao Jain didn’t know about this decision yet. They just gather up to Huang Shan place.

"Huang Ah Ma, can we go out of the palace for a while? We can stay at Xiao Jain’s house." Ziwei said, with a big smile on her face

Xiao Jain was shock by what Ziwei just said. He was mad that they didn’t tell him first.

"Go out of the palace? Uh I don’t know. I have to think about that." Huang Shan said

"Oh please! It so boring here, with a lot of stress we need some place to relax." Qing’er said with a pleading voice

"I know that you not getting along well with Huang Hou." Huang Shan said, then look at his favorite son, Yong Qi he feel sorry for him when he remember of Mei Ling "Ok, we all will have a trip, and what did you said? Where are we staying?"

"We are staying at Xiao Jain’s house." Erkang said joyfully

"Is it ok with you, Xiao Jain?" Huang Shan ask, looking at Xiao Jain

"Yes. But I think Erkang, Yong Qi, Ziwei and Qing’er should go to my house to prepare some stuff, I don’t want to have any mistake when you come." Xiao Jain said, nervously

"Ok then, you all may leave now." Huang Shan said

When they were outside, everybody notice Xiao Jain angry face.

"Xioa Jain, are you ok? You look angry." Yong Qi ask

"Why didn’t you all tell me about this decision?" Xiao Jain ask angrily

"We sorry. We only have a short time to ask him so we don’t have time to tell you first." Qing’er said sweetly

"It looks like you don’t want us to stay at your house right?" Yong Qi said, he’s been notice that Xiao Jain doesn’t like this decision when they were with Huang Shan

"I build that house deep in the forest because I want my sister to have a quiet place to live, a place that nobody can bother her." He said with a sad face

"Why does she have to live in a quiet place? Anyway we not bothering her, we can be friend with her." Ask Ziwei

"She don’t want any friend, she don’t need one, and she don’t even need a brother like me. Do you understand?" Xiao Jain said sadly

"Xiao Jain what are you talking about?" Erkang ask confused

"Can you tell us more about your sister? Who is this mysterious sister of your?" Ziwei ask curiously

Xiao Jain look at her immediately, his eyes are full of anger. Then he tries to calm himself down.

"Her name is Xiao Yan Zi," Xiao Jain said "all her life all she have is me, she never go outside to see what the world like, to meet people, she just wandering around the house sometime she go to some place that had nobody but herself. She just like that all her life. She doesn’t have any friend. But whenever I look at her I always see the smile in her face. All she does at home is drawing, singing, doing poems and all those stuff. She likes to pick flowers. Every afternoon she goes to the garden and picking flowers."

Everybody listen to him quietly.

"So why can’t we see her?" Qing’er ask, with a smile on her face,

Xiao Jain continued, "One year, when I came back home, she was injured and I took care of her. Once when I was looking for her. I call out her name, and then I heard someone crying. I was shock it’s Xiao Yan Zi…

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Deep in the forest, there are 2 girls, chasing each other, running and laughing, it was a beautiful place, on the left is the lawn with some green tree and a lot of pretty flowers, on the right is the river with fresh water. One of the girls holding a basket of flowers chasing the other girl, some of the flowers fell of the basket. They chasing around the trees, across the river, and through the flowers.

"Xiao Yan Zi, you’ll never catch me!" one of the girls shouts

"It not fair, you always run faster than me!" Xiao Yan Zi shouts back

Just then that girl suddenly stop when she saw a rabbit, which make Xiao Yan Zi bump to her and fell on the mud.

"Oh my God, Xiao Yan Zi, you ok? Did you hurt? I didn’t mean to." That girl said; try to pick Xiao Yan Zi up

She was amused at Xiao Yan Zi, she looks full of mud now, and all her body is cover with mud. Then she look at the rabbit, the rabbit is cover with mud also, because while she fall down she splash to mud to the rabbit too.

"Oh! Look at what you did to this cute little rabbit." She said as she let Xiao Yan Zi go and try to pick up the rabbit

"What! Now all you worry about is that rabbit? Well, look at what you did to me, the rabbit is full of mud because of you, not me." Xiao Yan Zi said, "Why did you stop so sudden, at least you could warn me!" She tries to get the mud off her

"Say why didn’t you look when you run? Beside you the one that run to me." That girl said "You know what? You need to take a bath, that mud is really stink." she try to not laugh but it didn’t work, she laugh real hard, real loud and make Xiao Yan Zi furious.

She tries to push that girl to the mud but she step aside and once again Xiao Yan Zi fall into the mud. But this time her head hit the rock and bleeding. That girl now know it time to serious, she ran to take a look at Xiao Yan Zi, it’s a big wound, it keep bleeding and bleeding.

"Wait here, I’ll go get some water to wash off the mud." That girl said, then she goes to the river to get water.

While that girl get the water, Xiao Yan Zi’s face were pale and her lip all white. After that girl finish getting water she come to Xiao Yan Zi, she was nervous and worried when she saw Xiao Yan Zi’s face.

"Are you ok? Do you need physician?" she asks, cleaning the wound

"I’m fine. Don’t worried" Xiao Yan Zi said try to force a smile

"I’m sorry! This is all my fault! I didn’t mean to. Xiao Yan Zi will you forgive me?" that girl said, about to cry

"There is nothing to forgive it not your fault. This was an accident, don’t cry." Try to force another smile "It getting dark I have to go home now."

"Let me company you." That girl said as she held Xiao Yan Zi up

"That ok. I can go home by myself." She said painfully

"Are you sure? That doesn’t look good." That girl said, she feel very bad inside

"You go home first. I need to sit here for a while then I get home." Xiao Yan Zi said, feel a little dizzy

"No. I have to stay here with you." She said, half angry half worry

"It dark you have to get home now, I don’t need you to worry about me. I’m fine, now go home." Say in a strong voice

"Ok then, I’ll go home, and leave you here alone." That girl said angrily "and don’t blame me if anything happen to you." then she run home.

Now Xiao Yan Zi all alone in the forest. Actually she didn’t want that girl to know that she is friendless, she didn’t want that girl to feel sorry for her. Xiao Jain though that she is always happy, but she’s not, she usually cry to herself whenever she there are no one a round her. She always feel that she a useless person, she can’t even have a friend. She didn’t want Xiao Jain to know this; she didn’t want him to be worried.

But now she has a friend. All she know about that girl is she an orphan, she leave with some of her friends, and all that girl know about Xiao Yan Zi is she an orphan also, Xiao Yan Zi leave her brother. Nobody knows anything about there relationship.

Thinking of her life make she cry. She hates her life. She feels sad that she didn’t know what outside look like. She really wants to go outside and explore the world, she had try, but she just can’t step out of the forest. She doesn’t know what it likes outside. Is it safe? Is it dangerous? She doesn’t know. What if she gets lost? Should she trust every person se met? And now she is really afraid, she afraid for what she just did. She didn’t want to loose a sister.

She is lonely now, no one around her. Her face is as white as a sheet, the blood keep dripping down her face, it mixed with the tears of sadness. She lost a lot of blood now. She is very dizzy, and she barely sees, barely walks. Just if that girl is here, just if Xiao Jain is here. They could help her. No! Maybe Xiao Xiao help her, but she don’t know about that girl, that girl might be mad at her now, she might loose that girl, thinking of that make she cry even harder. Just then she faint.

Today, Xiao Jain has permission to go home. When he enter the house there is on one in the house, then he out to the small garden still couldn’t find Xiao Yan Zi, he try to look somewhere farther, he ran to the place where she usually go to, she wasn’t there. He is really worried now he didn’t give up. He looks at the river he saw the blood, no one live in the forest except them. He follow the river, pass through the tree, he can see a body lying down next to the river, he ran to the body, it’s a girl, he turn her over. It’s Xiao Yan Zi! He was shock. He the big wound on her head, the blood dripping downs her face to the river, he hurry carry her body back to their house. He calls the physician to check her.

"How is her." Xiao Jain asks, "Is she in dangerous?"

"She lost a lot of blood. She is very weak now. But she’s not in dangerous however she need to rest for along time." The physician said then he leave

Xiao Jain takes a look at her. Her eyes were all swollen, he take a closer look just then she slowly open her big beautiful eyes, she couldn’t she clearly she blink a couple time she saw Xiao Jain, she was glad to she him, she though that she gonna die.

"Xiao Yan Zi! You a wake! How are you feeling now?" Xiao Jain ask, he totally forget about her swollen eyes

"Xiao Jain! Oh I’m so glad to she you." Xiao Yan Zi said happily with a weak voice

"What’d happen? Why are you injured?" Xiao Jain asks and now he remembers about her eyes "And did you cry? Look at you! Your eyes all swollen?"

"Well I’m cry because I’m so hurt and I though I was going to die." Xiao Yan Zi lied

"You silly girl, you not going to die, you’re safe now." Xiao Jain said he sitting next to Xiao Yan Zi’s bed

"Xiao Jain… how long you staying here this time? I really missed you. I don’t want you to leave again." Xiao Yan Zi said was about to cry

Xiao Jain was touched by his sister word. He didn’t want to leave her now; she is very weak now she needs someone to take care of her. He decides to ask Huang Shan to let him stay here for a while with the reason that he has to take care of his sister.

The next morning, that girl didn’t see Xiao Yan Zi. She is really worried, as many hours went by she still waiting. She blaming herself for is so angry, she knows that Xiao Yan Zi never thinks before she say anything, she shouldn’t walk away like that, she shouldn’t leave her like that she is in a serious injured.

"Oh! Just if time could go back, I won’t leave her all alone." She said, she feels very guilty

"Xiao Yan Zi! Where are you? Come out here! I’m sorry!" She yells began to sob

"Xiao Yan Zi! Forgive me I won’t leave you again! I promise! Just come out here!" She yells harder and sobs harder

"I will blame myself all my life if anything happen to you." She mumbles to herself

Back in Xiao Yan Zi’s house

Xiao Jain is going buy some stuff for Xiao Yan Zi. Xiao Yan Zi heard everything that girl said, she cry too, she was happy to have such a good sister. But she is too weak to get of the bed. She really wants to go out there and said that she is ok now. Everyday she wants to get better to see that girl. She tries to rest a lot, eat healthy food, try her best to recover soon.

Many days pass by that girl is tired of yell all she do is sitting there and wait. Xiao Yan Zi is getting better now, she want to go outside, like the other day she carry her small basket to hole flowers she happily skipping through the trees to their place, she didn’t saw that girl there she look around she out her name, there’s no sign of her, then she walk gently to the tree that they usually sit, the tree is big enough to shelter from the sun’s rays, it’s full of green leaves, a bunch of colorful flowers round around the tree, in the middle have some space that they can sit in without damage the beautiful flowers, next to the tree is the river, in the river there’re a lot of cute little fish, a perfect spot to rest. She lean her back against the tree, she can feel the string tie around the tree, she look at the string the string is tie around a small little rabbit. It’s the rabbit that they saw when Xiao Yan Zi got injured, she looks weak it like it haven’t it for a few days. Xiao Yan Zi hold the rabbit up untied it, the small piece of paper falls off, and she picks it up and read it. It says:

Xiao Yan Zi

After the day you got injured I’ve been worried about you a lot. I don’t think I can ever forgive myself for this. I hope you can read this letter. I am so sorry! I’ve been waiting for you days and nights, but I couldn’t see you. You’re the only sister I got I don’t want to loose you. Whether you’re fine or not I want to tell you good news, there’s a man he adopted me, I’m not an orphan anymore. He is very wealthy and he has a very large family. I have to move to his house, I’m really worried! To be his daughter I have to obey the all the rules there, there’re tons of them. His wife is really mean. And quest what? He has a very cute son; his son is really nice to me. He helps me a lot with all the rules. I think I fall for him. Well, wish me luck!

After Xiao Yan Zi read the story, she feel like someone betray. Tears rolled down her face one after another her heart is so aching she was shaking. She can’t believe the only sister she had is leaving her. She doesn’t know what to do now. From now on she won’t have any friend any sister. She will be all alone, Xiao Jain keep going to the palace, sometime she hate that palace.

She sits there crying and sobbing, she held her held her body close together, she lower her head crying for hours. Then she walks home her hand still holding the letter. Before she reaches the door she wipe off her tears and saw Xiao Jain. She run to him and hug him real tight afraid that when she let go he will leave her too. Xiao Jain was confused.

"Xiao Yan Zi why are you crying? What happen?" Asked Xiao Jain, "Why are you out here? You suppose to be in bed. Lets go inside it cold here."

"No. I want to stay out here. I’ll die if I have to stay in bed all the time." She said let go of him, still crying

"Well, die in bed then." Xiao Jain joking

"How can you say that? You such a bad brother! Bad brother! Bad brother!" she said then she realize something "You want me die cause you are tired of taking care of me right? Just like mom and dad! They leave me without a word and… and… now you want to leave me too? You all bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!"

"Don’t you dare say that word! You not allow to!" Xiao Jain angry "Who said we tired of you. I was just joking and they have to do something important! And how can they tell you while you were in coma." Then he calm down look at his sister crying

"What more important? I was in coma and they still can leave me?" Xiao Yan Zi said, crying harder

"All of you have the reason. All of you leave me without a word." she mumble to herself, Xiao Jain didn’t hear her

"Xiao Yan Zi, you’re always important to them. Remember when the house got burn? They both jump to the fire to safe you, you were unconscious and in a coma for month. They love you very much, don’t ever say that world." Xiao Jain said, pat on her back to comfort her

"That why they hate me. It’s because I play with the candle and got the house burn, after that they make up a reason to leave me. They were mad at me, they don’t want to see my face so they leave while I’m unconscious." She crying uncontrollable, she collapse on to the floor

Xiao Jain’s heart is aching, he held her up, wipe her tears.

"Xiao Yan Zi. Why did you brought this up? Aren’t we suffered enough for this? Aren’t we already forgot about this? What wrong with you? Tell me." Xiao Jain asked then he look at her hand, she holding a letter. He reaches out, grab it and read it.

"Who is this? Why didn’t you tell me that you have a sister or a… a sister?" asked Xiao Jain, he was sock

Now Xiao Yan Zi realize that he had read the letter, she can’t hide anything now and she told him the hold truth.

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After Xiao Jain finish the story. Everyone was silence for a while.

"How is she now?" Qing’er broke the silence

"She’s been crying a lot. She turns to a quiet girl. She always afraid that I will leave her, sometime I feel that she’s not trusts me anymore. Once she got sick, she tries not to sleep and make me stay with her all the time. She afraid that I might leave her like the other." Xiao Jain said inside he feel very sad and sorry for his sister

"Poor girl!" Ziwei said she really want to meet this Xiao Yan Zi

"She must be suffered a lot." Said Erkang

"Well, she is good at keeping secret there. If that girl didn’t leave her I quest you won’t be able to find out." Said Yong Qi

"How can she leave her like that?" Qing’er said angrily

"But she promised that she won’t leave her." Erkang said

"She not girl that can keep her promise." Said Yong Qi

"It not worth to cry over a girl like her!" Ziwei said

"Is anyone listening to me! The point is she is very shy and she doesn’t want to see anyone, if impolite to the Huang Shan she can get kill!" Xiao Jain said furious

"Right! What should we do!" Qing’er said worried

"I got an idea!" Yong Qi said

"What is it?" Erkang ask

"We can change her, we can get to know her more and be her friend. What she need now is a friend, we can show her that she not lonely, she has lots of friends all of us can be her friend" Yong Qi Smartly

"That’s a great idea!" Qing’er exclaim

"But she is a very shy girl. She didn’t like to see any stranger." Xiao Jain said the one who understand Xiao Yan Zi the most

"Am I a stranger?" Qing’er ask mockingly

"Of course you not. You will her sister-in-law." Xiao Jain said, Qing’er blush slightly

"I can’t wait to she your sister, Xiao Jain!" Ziwei said smiling brightly

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So what do you think of my story so far? If you get confuse I would like to say briefly about chapter 1: Xiao Jain has a sister Xiao Yan Zi. Once Xiao Yan Zi playing with the candle and got the house burn. Xiao Yan Zi was in the coma for month, their parent leave her because like what Xiao Jain said they have something important to do and leave her while she’s unconscious. After that she has a secret friend who can cheer her up a little, but then that secret friend of her leave her when she’s weak and couldn’t get off the bed. She is very desperate, her attitude has changed, and she became stubborn and unreasonable. Now Yong Qi, Qing’er, Ziwei, Erkang and Xiao Jain decide to help her change her life.