Huan Zhu Ge Ge

(Love vs. Friendship)

By: Princess Pearl

(Fang Ci)

Chapter 5

He drop the letter after he read it, he was shock by the news his beloved in danger. Ling Fei Naing Naing picks it up and read it.

"Oh my gosh! Yong Qi you have to come back there quick!" worried

"I know! Now I’m going to Huang Ah Ma and tell him that I’m going." Just when he walks to the door

"Don’t! I’ll tell him! You go now!"

"Thanks Naing Naing!"

He jumps onto his horse and rode away. In his heart full of worried, regret and happy. Worried because Xiao Yan Zi is sick. Regret because he leave her and go to the palace. Happy because he’ll see her soon. When he gets there he immediately run to Xiao Yan Zi’s room. She was sleeping. She looks pale and tired. Everyone is happy to see him except for Xiao Jain. He grew worried.

"Yong Qi! You’re back!" Erkang said

"Is Xiao Yan Zi ok?"

"She’s still very tired." Qing’er said

"What did the physician said?"

"She’s really weak now. There’re no kind of medicine she can drink now. He did his best. Now it’s up to her." Ziwei said

"Yes. She misses you a lot so we decide to ask you here." Qing’er said

Everyone head out to the door and leave the two of them alone. Yong Qi walk to her bed. She slowly opens her eyes take a few blink. Then she turn to Yong Qi ‘Am I dreaming?’

"Y…Yong Qi?" she said weakly

"Yes. I’ve come back. How can I leave a beautiful angel here?" Stroke her silky hair

"Y… you finish with your task?" Blush

"No. There’re no task." held her hand up

"No task? Then why are you leaved me? Is it because of me? Is it because I’m bothering you?"

"Yes. It you but you’re not bothering me. It just because your beauty," touch her soft face, "your intelligent, your innocent, your voice, your eyes and so on." Xiao Yan Zi blush deeply, Yong Qi smile at her blushing.

"But… why those make you leave?"

"Because it makes me… fall in love with you." Xiao Yan Zi speechless, she never expects this would happen.

"I’m afraid to fall for you because I don’t want to be unfaithful to one girl, a girl that I had love and die two years ago. But I fail; now I love you. I love you so much. I’m crazy about you. While I’m staying at the palace I realize how much I need you. I need you badly. I love you so much. So do you have any feeling for me?" Yong Qi ask he lean down and kiss her on her forehead, she look away shyly. There’s a silence

"I… I don’t know." She looks deeply in his eyes and then he bends his head down with a long lasting kiss.

"If you don’t know, then can I tell you the for you?"

"So what is the answer?"

"It a yes."

"Liar. How do you know it a yes? Maybe it a no."

"Of course I know. The answer is in that kiss. You won’t respond my kiss if you don’t have any feeling for me." She look down shyly and a smile on her face.

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When he get out of the room.

"How it going?" Ziwei ask

"How that kisses?" Qing’er ask

"You know?" Yong Qi said surprise

"Guess your plan work, Erkang." Ziwei said

"W… what plan?"

"What plan? Promise you won’t be mad at us then I tell."

"Ok. I promise."

"You see, Xiao Yan Zi is weak, she is in high fever, but… but she’s not that dangerous like what we said in the letter. Xiao Yan Zi not gonna die, but she might if you don’t come back soon." Said Erkang

"Yes. Well, anyway we did help you to confess your love with her." Ziwei said

"I’m sure you miss her a lot. She miss you a lot and you don’t want to see her cry right?" said Qing’er

"So this is your plan. You don’t have to make this plan. It makes me worry so much. And you are not helped me. Ling Fei Naing Naing does. I already decide to come back and then I got your letter." Said angrily

"Now don’t be angry. Remember your promise. You mean Ling Fei Naing Naing know this?’ Erkang said try to calm him down

"Yong Qi. Can I have a talk to you?" Xiao Jain said, who had been quiet for a while

They both get to Yong Qi room

"You can’t love Xiao Yan Zi." Xiao Jain said

"Why?"

"She have to go to the palace if she want to be you. And the life in the palace is dangerous. After I learn my lesson I promise to myself that I won’t let anything to harm her."

"And you think if you stop us that’s not harm her? What if someone separate you and Qing’er? What you feel."

"That’s different! You two just started!"

"But I deeply in love with her!"

"You can find another girl better than Xiao Yan Zi!"

"There’s no one better than her!"

"Anyway I won’t let she love you!"

"You can’t control her like that!"

"Yes I can! I’m her brother!"

"If you say so! Then I’m an Ah Ge, your sister have to marry me someday and it an order! Now I’m tired, leave!"

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The next morning

Yong Qi enter Xiao Yan Zi’s room and bring her breakfast. She’s still sleeping peacefully. He places the breakfast on the table and sits down on the chair next to him. He watching her beauty, her elegant, and the way she curves her body with the warm blanket. The room is silence; he can hear the wind passing through his ear. The room is full of the jasmine smell; it has a sweet smelling just like Xiao Yan Zi. She likes to put jasmine everywhere in her room. She loves jasmine. No matter where she goes, in her hand she always carries a basket of jasmine. He’s enjoying the peaceful and quiet moment.

Then the birds start to singing; they all together make up a beautiful sound. So beautiful, which make our sleeping beauty wakes up. She slowly open her big eyes, the first person she met is Yong Qi with his handsome face. She greets him with a bright smile and then look away shyly. She didn’t get use to it; nobody had ever watched her sleep before as nobody ever knows how beautiful she is was when she’s sleeping. Now the peaceful and quiet moment turn into an exciting moment, the moment full fill with love.

"Morning!" he greet

"Morning!" she greets back and sits up, Yong Qi come to her and helps her

"Sleep well?" ask tenderly

She nod, "How long have you been here?" ask shyly

"For just a while. I’d bring you breakfast." Then he walks to the table and bring the breakfast to her

As he tries to feed her, "I can eat it myself."

"No I want to do it. Just sit there." He slowly gives the food to her mouth, and she shyly opens her mouth. She blushes deeply and looks at him lovely.

"Qing’er said that we will go to Hui Bing Lou today." Yong Qi said smiling

"Really? Great!"

"Xiao Yan Zi, do you know how I feel now?"

"What do you feel?"

"I feel like I’m in heaven. Talking to a most beautiful angel of all. I’m the luckiest person in the word."

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At the marketplace

Xiao Yan Zi walk close to Yong Qi. She follows him everywhere. Xioa Jain not very happy with it, Yong Qi notices that but he doesn’t care. All day Yong Qi eyes never let go of Xiao Yan Zi. Yong Qi and Xiao Yan Zi hand in hand walk slowly and enjoy the happy time; Qing’er, Xiao Jain, Ziwei and Erkang walk ahead. Yong Qi look around to see if anyone looking at them then he kisses her in the lips qickly. Xiao Yan zi was surprise and blush deeply.

At Hui Bing Lou

As they walk in, Liu Hong and Liu Quing come out and greet them. They saw Xaio Yan Zi and Yong Qi holding hand and look at them and smile broadly. Xiao Yan Zi looks at them shyly.

"You two…" Liu Hong said

"Yes. They make a great couple!"

"So who the one confess first?" Liu Quing ask

"Me of course!" Yong Qi said, wrap his arm around her waist

"Since when? You were just getting back to the palace."

"Yes and I’m come back as I miss her so much."

"Couldn’t run away from her uh?"

"How could I?" look deeply at into her eyes

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While Xiao Yan Zi all alone at the meadow, looking at the blue sky with some bird fly by, breathing the fresh air and hearing the beautiful melody of the wind. Yong Qi nowhere jumps out and wraps his arm around her. She was scare in the first time then she turns back and look, it was her Yong Qi. A bright smile appears on her face, he let go of her, she turn and facing him.

"What are you thinking?" Yong Qi ask lovely

"Nothing." Said softly

"Are you sure? Are you thinking of me?"

"Nope. I wasn’t thinking of you. Why should I?"

"Cause you love me."

"I didn’t say that." shyly

"Sure you didn’t. But you did t in your head and now you have to say it."

"I won’t!"

"You won’t? But you have to or I’ll make you."

"How?"

"How? Like this!" then he starts to tickle her. She’s laughing and trying to escape, when she broke free she run as fast as she can and Yong Qi chasing behind her. He’s faster than her of course, when he reach to her he grabs her arm and start to tickle her again.

"Ok! Ok! I give up! I‘ll say it!" he let go of her

"Shoot."

"I… I…" start to laughing

"Come on! Say it!" can’t wait to hear it

"I… I love you." look away

"I love you too." Hug her tightly. "Since when you start to liking me?"

"Well, since when you started?"

"Since the very beginning. The time we first met. Now you have to answer my question."

"I don’t want to."

"You have to. Or I’ll tickle you again."

"Ok! You don’t have to that mean!"

"I wasn’t mean to you."

"Oh sure you did!"

"Whatever. Answer the question. I want to know."

"I don’t think it would be a good idea to ask a girl that question."

"I know! But I have to know it from you!"

"Ok. Since… let me think." She said, "Since you left. I think." Said shyly

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At the lake

Xiao Yan Zi leaning to the tree, thinking of the day Yong Qi left and in sudden he come back and tell her that he love her. It all happens so fast! She didn’t get use to it much. She didn’t get use to the way he cuddling her. Such an innocent like her, not ready for all this. Her feeling all got mix up, happy, nervous, worry, scare. Her heart beat rapidly when she think of him and it make she tired of it sometime. She don’t like the feeling sometime. She can’t get any relax. She’s always… exiting! Too much of exciting that she never had!

She just wanted to get rid of it! Maybe she’s not ready to love! She’s just starting to have friend! Yong Qi can be her friend too! Maybe this is all wrong! She just likes him more than anyone else! Can that call love? Inside her, she likes him but she don’t want to? She don’t know! She don’t know anything now! She’s confused!

As she thinking, Yong Qi behind the tree grab her arm and pull her closer to him and take a kiss on her cheek. Now she’s really happy! She’s happy to see his face! Now she can say certainly that she loves him. But the way he keeps scaring her is really scare her

He hugs her closer and starts kissing her. She feels furious and struggles to get free. He won’t let her struggle and held her closer.

"Get off me! Can you stop doing that? It scares me!" saying angrily

"But I think it fun! I like to see your face like that!"

"Are you make fun of me now! I’m not a toy for you to laughing at!" shout

"What’s wrong with you? I’m just playing!" feeling angry

"Well, it’s not fun!"

"You can tell me that! You don’t have to yell at me like that!"

"I want to! I always do that! If you don’t like it you can find another girl!"

"What are you talking about? You use to be sweet and kind!"

"Not anymore! I don’t want to see you! Leave! I want to be alone!"

"Fine! Then I leave you here all alone!" he walks off

She’s don’t know why she act like that! She was surprise by herself too! It just those feeling make she gone crazy! Does she truly love him? She’s really scare now! This moment, this scene, this place! It just likes what happen to that girl, her secret friend and her! First she getting mad then she yell, and then that girl leave she. Those words, those words ‘leave you here all alone!’ that’s what that girl said and now Yong Qi said the same thing! She is really, really afraid that he might leaving her!

Now she don’t know whether she like him or not, again! She see him she can be certain that she’s likes him. But when he’s off her sight, she’s confused. She don’t want to love him! This time she like him then the other time she don’t want to like him! Her brain hurt! She’s crying. How come love is so complicated! Everyone always say that it the most beautiful thing in their life! But she feels so… so… she don’t know what she feel!

Or maybe she likes him too much! Too much that make she can’t separate from him! She misses him a lot like just now. That’s what bothering her! No! No it can’t be! She can’t like him that much! What if he taken concubine? She sure that she can’t accept that! She cans suicide herself if he does! She don’t want to like him much! ‘I can’t like him that much! I won’t let myself! I won’t love him anymore!