Huan Zhu Ge Ge

(Love s. Friendship)

By: Princess Pearl

(Fang Ci)

"Why you always say that? I think I’m the one who should be afraid. I think you’re trying to get rid of me. Now you’re not a lonely girl anymore. Not an innocent, or pure girl anymore. You don’t need me now uh? Don’t think you’re attractive and beautiful that what make me love you. I only love you by your innocent and your good heart. But now you’re like this, then I think I just love a wrong person." He was so angry and hurt, but look deep in her innocent eyes, he knows that she was lying.

"Well, you know you love the wrong person now, then lets break up! Since you came back from the palace you bring me so much stress! I wish I never know you! I… I hate you!" She turns around and walks away.

He sadly walks back to Huang Shan. Huang Shan notice his sad face

"Is something wrong?"

"Um, no Huang Ah Ma. I’m fine."

Then they all walk home. Huang Shan know that the one push him is Xiao Yan Zi. Too bad he couldn’t kill her, in his life he’d never feel so embarrass like this before. Everybody saw him falling into the lake his son, his daughter, his guard, and all his maids. When they get back to the palace he don’t know whether they gonna past this embarrass thing around or not. Boiling with anger and walking in a cold day with wet cloth push him to hate Xiao Yan Zi more than ever.

Yong Qi, Erkang, Xiao Jain all of them were surprise to see Huang Shan so calm. They know that he is very angry, and none of them dare to talk to him, but look at him. He didn’t even try to find out who push him, he try to hide his anger, trying to calm down. That’s the most amazing thing they ever saw in their life. To Yong Qi, he doesn’t need to know why, he just glad that Huang Shan does not make this into a big deal.

Well, still, thinking of Xiao Yan Zi, who make is heart hurt painfully. Erkang, Xiao Jain, Qing’er and Ziwei notice something wrong between them. As Xiao Yan Zi suddenly disappear and Yong Qi walking with a sad face.

"Yong Qi, what’s wrong with you and Xiao Yan Zi?" Xiao Jain ask, they walk slowly behind Huang Shan

"Um…, we have a big arguing. "

"Big arguing? Look, I don’t care how big it is, just remember once I said if I saw her cry I’ll kill you. Make sure I don’t saw that. No matter how good your material art are, I’ll use all my strength to kill you." Said angrily, like he going to kill him real soon.

"You don’t understand, Xiao Jain. It not that easy."

"You said I could trust you! And I did. I trust you can take care of Xiao Yan Zi. But look what you did now."

"I’m sorry, I did try my best." That’s his final word

When they get back home. Huang Shan goes to his room. Xiao Jain comes to Xiao Yan Zi’s room to see if she’s ok. He step in front of the door, he heard her crying. The feeling of worried came to him. Without a word he slightly push the door and walk in quietly. Sawing the crying Xiao Yan Zi sit on the ground leaning against the bedside. She close the entire window, the room was hot and stifling. The curtain was torn down from the bed, all the blanket and pillow everywhere. The chair, the table, and most of the furniture were falling down on the floor. It all like it had a tornado or a big storm went through.

He slowly places his hand on Xiao Yan Zi’s head and strokes her hair. She gently looks up, surprise to see Xiao Jain and a little disappoint as the one she want to see right now is Yong Qi. Sad tears is still on her big glittering eyes, quickly try to hide her sadness tears, she look away and wipe her tears. But it was too late; Xiao Jain already saw it on the very beginning.

"Hey, what’s wrong? Who’s bully you?" Even though he already knew the answer but he ask anyway

"Um, nothing. Nobody bully me." She said softly, try to force a smile, too bad none can show on her face right now.

He gets down next to her, crossing his legs, turn his face toward her and look at her, "Come on. Tell me. I know you too well. You can never lie in front of me."

Xiao Yan Zi thinking for a while, "He… he don’t like me anymore." Lots of tears fell down from her sorrow face

"Yong Qi? He said that?" ‘How dare you, Yong Qi? I’m gonna kill you for sure’ He thought

"He said he love the wrong person."

In the deep thinking he finally said, "You stay here. Don’t go anywhere." Then he walks out of the room, leaving Xiao Yan Zi alone in her room

He go to the living room where Yong Qi, Erkang, Ziwei and Qing’er at.

"Yong Qi! How dare you said that to Xiao Yan Zi?" grab Yong Qi collar

"What? Tell what?" confuse, but he can guess a little bit

"You said that you love the wrong person to her, didn’t you?" They all shock after they hear that

"Yes I did." Yong Qi said, no one can believe what they just heard

"Yong Qi, how can you said that to Xiao Yan Zi?" Qing’er ask, feeling hurt. Xiao Yan Zi was like a sister to her

"I… I didn’t mean to."

"Xiao Jian let go of him, let make this clear, why did you said that to her?" Erkang said, Xiao Jian let go of Yong Qi

"Yes, we need to calm down and talk. Are you two having a fight?" Ziwei said

"Yes. We do."

"What, what wrong?" Qing’er ask

"She needs help. She always looks down on her. She always think she’s… she’s useless. She never trusts me. She didn’t have any trust on me. She think always think one day I’ll met a girl and abandon her."

"What are you talking about? She’s intelligent. She shouldn’t look down on her. Yong Qi, all you need to tell her is she’s better than a lot of person."

"Like I don’t! I did! Many times! But she’s never listening! She hurt me so many times. Every time she say those thing, I think she should kill me instead!"

"Well, you can’t really blame her for that. She’s been stay here for long time, and it almost like the first strangers she see is you guys. And you guys are intelligent. That can make she think everybody is better than her." There was a silence

"Then what should we do?"

"I think you should talk to her, try your best. You don’t want to see her like that, do you?"

"But she never listen to me." Yong Qi said

"Make her, think of some other way."

"I can’t think of anything now, my brain is too hurt. I’m even afraid to face her. Whenever I face her she always talk like that. I don’t like it at all. I love her so much and she keep saying that I don’t. Since the day I love her I’ve been suffer so much, I’ve been worry so much and it all because of her. How can she don’t understand? How come she never thinks for me?"

Xiao Yan Zi who had been standing behind the wall for a long time and heard everything. She was so touched, knowing how much she make Yong Qi hurt, knowing how much everyone worry for her and the most important thing is how much Yong Qi love her. She step out and said softly, "Yong Qi."

Yong Qi turns to her "Xiao Yan Zi? What are you doing here?" Erkang, Ziwei, Qing’er and Xiao Jian know that it time to leave they quietly leave the room.

"Yong Qi, I sorry." She ran and hug him "I’m so sorry. I’ll change. I’ll promise you I’ll change."

Yong Qi was happy to here that, "Xiao Yan Zi, I love you so much. All you need to do is don’t look down on you. That’s all I need."

"Ok."

"And one more thing, please pay respect to Huang Ah Ma, it not because I don’t care for you, it only because I don’t want to loose you."

"But…"

"No but. Do you love me?" She nod shyly, "If you truly love me then there’re no more but." He slowly kisses her on her pinky cheek.

"Then I have to loose?" She said quietly, not letting Yong Qi to hear

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In the morning

After a hard thinking, Xiao Yan Zi decides to loose. She can do anything for Yong Qi. Anything Yong Qi wants she to do, she’ll do it.

On the dining room while everyone waiting for breakfast, Xiao Yan Zi tries to be nice to Huang Shan.

"Huang Shan, would you like to have a drink?" Xiao Yan Zi ask nicely, Yong Qi was happy but Huang Shan a bit scare, don’t know what she might put on the drink

"Uh, no thank you."

"Ok, then" a little bit sad, "what do you want for lunch, I can cook for you?"

"Yes Huang Ah Ma, Xiao Yan Zi cook very good. You should try her food." Yong Qi said

"Um,"

"How about Xiao Yan Zi cook breakfast for us now? Then Huang Shan don’t have to wait till noon." Qing’er said

"I think some body too lazy to cook." Xiao Jain teases

"Xiao Jain! How can you say that? That’s so mean of you! All you do is sit there and wait to eat."

"I agree. I think all the guys should cook for today. Let them see how tired it is."

"Good one Xiao Yan Zi! Guys should try to cook one day. Hihi I never saw any guys do the cooking before."

"Yeah and this time especially we have imperial guards, Ah ge and Hung Shan to cook for us." Xiao Yan Zi said, everybody silence

"Xiao Yan Zi, you’re not supposed to tell Huang Ah Ma to cook for you." Yong Qi whisper

"What? I can’t even do that? That is so unfair."

"No one is allowed to force him to do anything."

"Oh, ok." Whining, "Huang Shan you don’t have to cook." Said out loud

"Well, what about us?" Erkang ask,

"Fat hope." Xiao Ya Zi stuck her tongue out, Yong Qi laugh slightly

"Um, no. I wanna cook, I think it kinda fun." Huang Shan said, they all surprise. Actually he doesn’t want to but he can’t use his king power. He thinks this is another of her trick.

"Yay! It our lucky day!" Ziwei exclaim

"But, but I don’t know how to cook." Yong Qi said

"Don’t worry Yong Qi, you don’t have to cook. You can just sit down and wait for them to finish and then eat." Xiao Yan Zi said

"Hey! That’s so unfair!" Erkang said

"Uh, Xiao Yan Zi. Think of what you just said. All the guys have to cook today." Ziwei said

"That right. All guys have to cook to day. Now get going guys. I’m hungry now." Qing’er said

"Oh and don’t worry if you don’t know how to cook, because there’s a cook book is waiting for you in the kitchen."

For an hour later

"Gee I wonder how Yong Qi doing right now." Xiao Yan Zi smiling

"Yeah, and the other too."

"Probably eggs on head, flour on cloth and oil on the floor." Qing’er joking

"Ha, I would laugh for that."

"Don’t even think about laughing on Yong Qi, because that would never happen to him, he can do anything."

"Oh please! Xiao Yan Zi! They’re guys and guys can’t cook!"

"But Yong Qi is smart, that won’t be a problem for him."

"I bet they can’t even break the eggs into haft. Wonder how Xiao Jain do that." Laughing

"Xiao Jain is smart too. Once I saw him make a rock breaks into many pieces."

"Hey, let sneak to the kitchen and see how they did so far?"

"Great! Let do it."

In the kitchen, the girls hide behind the door looking in. The kitchen was a mess, all stuff falling of the table. The guys look messy.

"Erkang! How could you do this to me? Look at me! Eggs and flour all over!" Yong Qi said

"So smarts of him uh Xiao Yan Zi?" Ziwei said, Xiao Yan Zi pouted

"Sorry? It was because Xiao Jain, he dump the oil on the floor!"

"I couldn’t help it! My hands is too slipper."

"I don’t think we can do this."Huang Shan said tiredly

"How about going out side and by some food, then say that we cook them?" Erkang said

"I don’t know, that won’t be so good."

"Huang Ah Ma, of course it not good, it not good at all."

"But we can’t cook."

"Yeah, anyway they won’t find out. All they worry was there make up and stuff."

"Well, not Xiao Yan Zi." Yong Qi said smiling

"Hey! Thinking of cheating?" Qing’er shout

"Erkang! How dare you say that?" Ziwei said

"Yong Qi, are you ok? Look at you! All mess." Xiao Yan Zi use her handkerchief to wipe off the dust on Yong Qi’s face

"It all Erkang fault." Yong Qi said

"Erkang how dare you do this to him."

"I sorry!"

"Qing’er, how did you broke the eggs into haft and I mean only haft." Qing’er laughing and so is Ziwei, "It always broke into many pieces, it even harder than try to break the rock."

"How come you two so bad? You let me down! I was praising you two out there!" pouting

"OWWW! Ziwei! How can you pick this lobster up? It always tries to bite me! Oww!"

"Oh Erkang! Don’t tell me you can’t even pick up that lobster." Ziwei said, try to hold her laugh

"Hey girls how did you stir this flour? Aren’t your hand get tired?" Huang Shan said, trying hard to stir

"I told you, guys couldn’t do anything." Qing’er said

"How come you can’t cook? You were so good at other stuff! Cooking is the most simple thing!" Xiao Yan Zi said

"Well if you want us to fight, or doing poem. We sure can do that. But cooking…"

"Yeah, I never realize women can do such a difficult job like this."

"Yep! I gotta say, you, women are great!"

"Gee, they sure are smart."

"The most amazing thing is how do you break the eggs in to haft."

"Ok, ok. Enough of praising, what you up to now?" Qing’er said, smiling

"Um, no. We not up to anything."

"Come on, spill it out."

"Ok. We can’t cook, as you can see. And we’re very hungry now."

"Yeah. I want to eat now."

"Ha! No way!" Ziwei said

"Guess you guys have to skip breakfast." Qing’er said

"But we hungry!"

"Yong Qi, no need to worry. I’ll cook for you." Xiao Yan Zi said, all the girls look t her

"Xiao Yan Zi, I know you always a good sister. Can you cook for me too?"

"Nope, I can’t."

"What? Why? You can cook for Yong Qi. Great now Yong Qi is more important than I am?"

"I didn’t say that. It just because Yong Qi hasn’t eats yet, and he must be very hungry now. I have to cook for him first, then I’ll cook for you."

"Xiao Yan Zi, you’ve changed a lot." Erkang said

"You seem to be more caring."

"No, she only seems to be more caring to Yong Qi." Yong Qi feels proudly to have Xiao Yan Zi

"Ziwei, I think you need to change like Xiao Yan Zi. Look how she love him."

"Well, at least Yong Qi didn’t say girls only care for their make up."

"What? You mad at me for that? I’m just kidding."

"I don’t care, we getting out of here."

"But…"

"If you wanna eat. Cook for yourself."

"Gee I never know that girl are so cruel."

"Uh, Erkang. Careful with your word, or I guess you have to skip lunch too."

"Yong Qi, what you want to eat for breakfast? I can cook anything for you."

"Oh please! I’m getting sick here."

"I think I better get out of this place instead of staying looking those two."

"Xiao Jain, are you sure you only have one sister?"

"What? All of you getting jealous now?"

"Well, what you think?"

"Huang Shan what you wanna eat, I can cook for you too." Want to be nice to him, Huang Shan don’t know what she up to but upon seeing how much she love his son he was touched

"Great, now I’m on the third place. Yong I first, Huang Shan second, I’m third. Xiao Yan Zi, I’ve taking care of you for so many years, and I’m on third place?"

"Didn’t you guys always say I have to respect him?"

"Ok, ok. Respect him. But don’t think we have nothing to eat."

"Yeah, we can go out and eat, you know."

"Oh didn’t Xiao Jain tell you that around here, there’re no place open this soon."

"Don’t tell me it true Xiao Jain."

"Sad to say but it true."

"Aww!"

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This chapter is pretty boring, but stay tunes and read the next one. There’s hope for Huang Shan to start to like Xiao Yan Zi. As for Xiao Jain and Erkang, uh… I guess they have to be very hungry right now.