“Ai Yue Shen, Hen Yue Shen. Bai Tuo Bu Liao De Si Nian, Yi Ran Chan Rao Zhe Wo De Si Xu”
Chapter 10
It turned out that Wei Lian’s cousins, Jake and his sister, were also invited for the dinner as Wei Lian’s mum has not seen them for a long time. Fang Qi immediately regretted pestering Wei Lian to let her come along. She became subdued and hardly uttered a word in Jake’s presence. She tried hard to avoid Jake’s gaze and stuck close to Wei Lian. She barely touched her food though the dinner spread was delicious.
After dinner, they all gathered to play poker cards but Fang Qi decided to sit it out and watched them play instead. Wei Lian sniggered and commented loudly, “Wah the biggest gambler is beside me and she’s actually not playing! The world change already!”
“I don’t play, you very bored is it?” Fang Qi gritted her teeth and retorted, while glaring angrily at him.
“What la? Cannot ask ah? You like to gamble one what. Now don’t gamble, very weird what.” Wei Lian replied matter-of-factly.
As the bickering between Wei Lian and Fang Qi intensified, Jake felt uneasy in his heart. Jealousy. Somehow, he could feel some chemistry between Wei Lian and Fang Qi. To the onlookers, they may look like they hate each others’ guts to the core, but there seemed to be something more. He couldn’t quite explain the feeling but he hoped he was wrong. While playing cards, Jake could not help but corner Wei Lian all the time to quell his jealousy.
“Who wants to play mahjong? We short of one person lay,” Wei Lian’s auntie looked around the living room and asked. Fang Qi was the only person not doing anything.
The thought of mahjong made her fingers itch. She quickly volunteered herself to play against Wei Lian’s auntie and parents. Her luck was so good, she kept winning money and as she got more hyped up, her loud nature returned. She started giving tips to them on how to win her, what numbers to bet on for 4D and discussed the probability of winning, what’s the optimal amount to bet on and so on. She droned on so much that Wei Lian couldn’t take it anymore.
He covered his ears with his palms and screamed “Fang Qi! Are you still human??!!” Her gambling habits are just so crazily extreme that he is really baffled over it. How can a girl be like this? He regretted not throwing her out of the house and not stopping her from tagging along.
“What did you promised me hah? You said you will not disturb me or interfere in my stuff!” He immediately started to curse and swear saying he will make her quit her gambling habits and her loud and rough ways. “If I can’t make you change, my name is not Tan Wei Lian!” he proclaimed.
Wei Lian’s parents were shocked that their son was embarrassing himself in front of so many people screaming like a mad man, and scolded him. His mum walked over to him and gave him a slap on his arm. “Iyo boy ah! Why you so rude to our guest one? Your temper is so bad, for nothing shout and shout, where got girl will want you ah?” She took the opportunity to nag at Wei Lian, who purposely put on an expressionless look.
Fang Qi smirked quietly that Auntie sort of came to her rescue. She happily sat back to watch the show and laughed. Serves him right for being mean, she chuckled.
Just then, Wei Lian’s female cousin Jace arrived to join her brother, Jake. She has been smitten with Wei Lian since young and always liked to stick close to him. The worst thing is she is very “touchy-feely” towards Wei Lian all the time. Tonight was no exception. Wherever Wei Lian sat, Jace will follow and keep going near him. She even attempted to put her leg on his and tried to seduce him by running her stumpy fingers up and down his chest.
Wei Lian was angry and disgusted at being “molested” and told her off. “I yo, can you put away your fingers?”
“Cannot.” Jace replied.
“I ya, can you sit properly a not? Irritating leh!” He pushes away her legs.
“I ya don’t like that mah, I like you mah. You don’t know meh?” Jace kept taunting him.
“I ya, I don’t know la. No mood la. Stop touching la!” In the end, Wei Lian was so fed up that he got up abruptly to return to his room.
He walked near the mahjong table and felt for the chair nearest to him. He knew exactly where Fang Qi was sitting after the din she created earlier. He gave her hair a yank and mumbled.
“Eh you. Come with me, I want to scold you some more.” Then he dragged the bewildered Fang Qi into the room with him, to the shock of his on-looking family members.
“Eh you siao ah? I am winning liao leh! Pull me into your room for what la? You better pay me my losses!!” Fang Qi scolded Wei Lian. She knew he wanted to escape from his cousin. The sight of him struggling to avoid his cousin’s physical advances made her want to laugh out loud.
“Iya you go and take from Jake la! He won all my money lor!” he retorted. At the mention of Jake, Fang Qi fell silent. The whole night Jake has been casting long glances at her but she refused to meet them. She really didn’t know what to feel. She had been missing him for the past few years and yearned to be with him again but now that she sees him again, the hurt and pain he caused her resurfaces.
Wei Lian could sense that something was wrong. Ever since the day Fang Qi barged in on him and Jake at the beach house, she has been acting funny. And he noticed that each time in the presence of Jake or at the mention of Jake, Fang Qi clams up.
In fact, he couldn’t help but feel a certain sadness and helplessness in her when she clams up. Somehow, he suspects that this sadness has something to do with Jake. He was curious, but he certainly wasn’t going to ask her about it. Too bothersome.
“Eh. I can’t sleep leh.” Fang Qi pushed away the blanket and used her leg to kick Wei Lian who is sleeping on the floor.
“I yo, can you don’t anyhow kick or not?” Wei Lian turned and faced her direction. He said in a muffled manner.
“Cannot sleep.” She kicked again.
Wei Lian shifted again and pulled the blanket up. He turned his back against her and ignored her. “Go out and smoke la.”
“Don’t want.” Jake is staying in the same house. He will most probably be in the living room or garden.
“You scared of Jake issit?” Wei Lian tried to expose her. She forced me one, he thought. He hates to be disturbed when sleeping.
“Cannot sleep means cannot sleep. Where got so many afraid of this and that? Just don’t feel like smoking what, cannot meh??” She sat upright on the bed and glared angrily at the guy sleeping at the bedside.
“Then how? Go and bang the wall la. You surely will be able to sleep.” Wei Lian sighed and pulled his blanket over his head. Ha! Really too bad. He doesn’t usually use such mean words. But that is what people will get if they disturb him or give him an attitude.
“Eh!!” Fang Qi did not get any more responses from the guy who covered his head with a blanket. Furious, she slid back into her bed and tried to get to sleep.
Chapter 10
It turned out that Wei Lian’s cousins, Jake and his sister, were also invited for the dinner as Wei Lian’s mum has not seen them for a long time. Fang Qi immediately regretted pestering Wei Lian to let her come along. She became subdued and hardly uttered a word in Jake’s presence. She tried hard to avoid Jake’s gaze and stuck close to Wei Lian. She barely touched her food though the dinner spread was delicious.
After dinner, they all gathered to play poker cards but Fang Qi decided to sit it out and watched them play instead. Wei Lian sniggered and commented loudly, “Wah the biggest gambler is beside me and she’s actually not playing! The world change already!”
“I don’t play, you very bored is it?” Fang Qi gritted her teeth and retorted, while glaring angrily at him.
“What la? Cannot ask ah? You like to gamble one what. Now don’t gamble, very weird what.” Wei Lian replied matter-of-factly.
As the bickering between Wei Lian and Fang Qi intensified, Jake felt uneasy in his heart. Jealousy. Somehow, he could feel some chemistry between Wei Lian and Fang Qi. To the onlookers, they may look like they hate each others’ guts to the core, but there seemed to be something more. He couldn’t quite explain the feeling but he hoped he was wrong. While playing cards, Jake could not help but corner Wei Lian all the time to quell his jealousy.
“Who wants to play mahjong? We short of one person lay,” Wei Lian’s auntie looked around the living room and asked. Fang Qi was the only person not doing anything.
The thought of mahjong made her fingers itch. She quickly volunteered herself to play against Wei Lian’s auntie and parents. Her luck was so good, she kept winning money and as she got more hyped up, her loud nature returned. She started giving tips to them on how to win her, what numbers to bet on for 4D and discussed the probability of winning, what’s the optimal amount to bet on and so on. She droned on so much that Wei Lian couldn’t take it anymore.
He covered his ears with his palms and screamed “Fang Qi! Are you still human??!!” Her gambling habits are just so crazily extreme that he is really baffled over it. How can a girl be like this? He regretted not throwing her out of the house and not stopping her from tagging along.
“What did you promised me hah? You said you will not disturb me or interfere in my stuff!” He immediately started to curse and swear saying he will make her quit her gambling habits and her loud and rough ways. “If I can’t make you change, my name is not Tan Wei Lian!” he proclaimed.
Wei Lian’s parents were shocked that their son was embarrassing himself in front of so many people screaming like a mad man, and scolded him. His mum walked over to him and gave him a slap on his arm. “Iyo boy ah! Why you so rude to our guest one? Your temper is so bad, for nothing shout and shout, where got girl will want you ah?” She took the opportunity to nag at Wei Lian, who purposely put on an expressionless look.
Fang Qi smirked quietly that Auntie sort of came to her rescue. She happily sat back to watch the show and laughed. Serves him right for being mean, she chuckled.
Just then, Wei Lian’s female cousin Jace arrived to join her brother, Jake. She has been smitten with Wei Lian since young and always liked to stick close to him. The worst thing is she is very “touchy-feely” towards Wei Lian all the time. Tonight was no exception. Wherever Wei Lian sat, Jace will follow and keep going near him. She even attempted to put her leg on his and tried to seduce him by running her stumpy fingers up and down his chest.
Wei Lian was angry and disgusted at being “molested” and told her off. “I yo, can you put away your fingers?”
“Cannot.” Jace replied.
“I ya, can you sit properly a not? Irritating leh!” He pushes away her legs.
“I ya don’t like that mah, I like you mah. You don’t know meh?” Jace kept taunting him.
“I ya, I don’t know la. No mood la. Stop touching la!” In the end, Wei Lian was so fed up that he got up abruptly to return to his room.
He walked near the mahjong table and felt for the chair nearest to him. He knew exactly where Fang Qi was sitting after the din she created earlier. He gave her hair a yank and mumbled.
“Eh you. Come with me, I want to scold you some more.” Then he dragged the bewildered Fang Qi into the room with him, to the shock of his on-looking family members.
“Eh you siao ah? I am winning liao leh! Pull me into your room for what la? You better pay me my losses!!” Fang Qi scolded Wei Lian. She knew he wanted to escape from his cousin. The sight of him struggling to avoid his cousin’s physical advances made her want to laugh out loud.
“Iya you go and take from Jake la! He won all my money lor!” he retorted. At the mention of Jake, Fang Qi fell silent. The whole night Jake has been casting long glances at her but she refused to meet them. She really didn’t know what to feel. She had been missing him for the past few years and yearned to be with him again but now that she sees him again, the hurt and pain he caused her resurfaces.
Wei Lian could sense that something was wrong. Ever since the day Fang Qi barged in on him and Jake at the beach house, she has been acting funny. And he noticed that each time in the presence of Jake or at the mention of Jake, Fang Qi clams up.
In fact, he couldn’t help but feel a certain sadness and helplessness in her when she clams up. Somehow, he suspects that this sadness has something to do with Jake. He was curious, but he certainly wasn’t going to ask her about it. Too bothersome.
“Eh. I can’t sleep leh.” Fang Qi pushed away the blanket and used her leg to kick Wei Lian who is sleeping on the floor.
“I yo, can you don’t anyhow kick or not?” Wei Lian turned and faced her direction. He said in a muffled manner.
“Cannot sleep.” She kicked again.
Wei Lian shifted again and pulled the blanket up. He turned his back against her and ignored her. “Go out and smoke la.”
“Don’t want.” Jake is staying in the same house. He will most probably be in the living room or garden.
“You scared of Jake issit?” Wei Lian tried to expose her. She forced me one, he thought. He hates to be disturbed when sleeping.
“Cannot sleep means cannot sleep. Where got so many afraid of this and that? Just don’t feel like smoking what, cannot meh??” She sat upright on the bed and glared angrily at the guy sleeping at the bedside.
“Then how? Go and bang the wall la. You surely will be able to sleep.” Wei Lian sighed and pulled his blanket over his head. Ha! Really too bad. He doesn’t usually use such mean words. But that is what people will get if they disturb him or give him an attitude.
“Eh!!” Fang Qi did not get any more responses from the guy who covered his head with a blanket. Furious, she slid back into her bed and tried to get to sleep.