For a next couple of hours, TanTan keeps talking with ShuangAi, sometimes in the middle of the time, they are playing with FangFang while Aunt Tong comes and goes for couple times checking them ,
"This Aunt Tong is really like a jail watcher", TanTan thought.
In their conversation, mostly TanTan is the one who asking the history between ShuangAi and Prince Li"s childhood coz TanTan wants to understand more about this Prince Li so she can figure out how to handle him later. According to ShuangAi, she first met Prince Li when she was as big as FangFang, around 7 years old. At that time, Prince LiZhouWei"s mother just pa.s.sed away and it traumatized the little Prince Li so his father Physician Huang decided to treat the prince at home.
ShuangAi remembered the first time Prince didn"t want to talk at all. When ShuangAi tried to force him talk, she ended by getting a bite on her hand by the little Prince Li.
"Really? He bit you?"
"That"s my mistake actually, he brought a dirty flower straw with him and I force to take it from him."
"a flower straw?" TanTan confuses why kind of a flower straw...
"Thats right, a flower straw...its a childhood game actually... we create things like a flower shape from a dry straws..."
"I can make it!" FangFang excited to give her idea, she immediately take any dry straw she can get from the ground, in coincidences there are some ln the ground. FangFang then sits between the ladies and with her little hands, she quickly morphs the straw into a flower shape.
"Here...for YangMu" She gives to TanTan,
"Wow, thanks, FangFang...you are good. How do you do that?" TanTan observes the flower straw she got, it looks simple but have a lot of foldings...
"YiFu taught me...I"ll make another one for Pretty CieCie.." FangFang then search for another dry straw.
ShuangAi laughs a little, it makes her looks more beautiful.
"Yes, that is exactly what I saw in the past...See, MuTan Cie...only because this thing, he bit my hand hardly and cause Father scolded me...what a poor I am right?"
And then ShuangAi continued telling their growing up memories. As the little ShuangAi never gave up to be always close to the little Prince Li. Finally the little prince Li opened his heart and started to treat ShuangAi nicely and even he often protected ShuangAi from wild animals when they played together in a wood. One time, it ended badly, the little Prince Li got hurt badly and it made ShuangAi felt so guilty to him. Since that ShuangAi started to study medicine to his father more seriously, she wanted to able treated his brother incase they were in danger again. TanTan listened and imagined all those thing like watching a short movie.
"Now I seem know why this Prince Li can fall in love with ShuangAi, she was so sincerely nice to him since they were little. I wonder why ShuangAi didn"t fall on him too. They can be the best couple like in the love drama has..."
At the end, TanTan gives her opinion sincerely,
"Its really really a sweet memory" TanTan can see how deep the relationship of this brother sister have. As TanTan just a single daughter of her parents, she never feels how to grown up with a brother, so she quite envy but she is also thinking "If HuaMuTan is here right now, I bet she already p.i.s.sed off with her jealousy"
"MuTan Cie, I am sorry... I must be make you bore with all my stories..."
"No...no..I was the one who force you to tell...its good to hear more about you and Prince Li..."
"Listen MuTan Cie, I told you my story with LiGe so you know sometimes it takes time to get closer with LiGe, be patience...you are his wife now...I believe one day he will open his heart to you..."
"This ShuangAi still thinking that I am in love with that prince Li...how can I explain? and even though I did explain, then what? Can she help to return me to my time? maybe...i just need to try..."
"I don"t think I like your brother anymore..."
"Is it because you forget the past? Don"t worry, like I said...its can be just temporary, you"ll remember soon"
"No...I mean ShuangAi...I won"t remember again coz I..actually..I came from..."
Suddenly they heard loud crying not so far from them, FangFang seems felt down with all her front body on the ground because she stomped on a small rock.
"Huaaahh Huaahh" there are bleeding scratches over her shoulders and ankles...FangFang must felt down hardly.
ShuangAi and TanTan immediately run to her, ShuangAi acts like physician right away, she kneeled down to check FangFang,
"Are you okay, FangFang. Let me check your wound...don"t cry..."
While TanTan just standing watching behind them, she feels that better let ShuangAi who more expert in medicine to handle it.
"HUA.MU.TAN !!!!"
A scary loud voice is scolding her name sharply, TanTan shocked to hear it, but then sighed, "It happens again, isn"t" it?Oh please, this is already the third time..."
The owner of the voice, Prince Li with his anger face rushes coming to them, followed by Aunt Tong, XiaoRue and Manqi, who look worry.
"This time I won"t let him slap me like before..."
And at that moment Prince Li wants to slap her. TanTan yells to him fiercely like instructing a fierce doberman to obey.
"STOP!!" She stared fiercely to Prince Li. It makes Prince Li really stops (^_^")
"Don"t you have to check first what is going on here before you judge someone wrongly?!"
"YOU CLEARLY MADE MY DAUGHTER CRYING AGAIN, WHAT SHOULD I CHECK AGAIN...if I am not rushing to here after Aunt Tong told me, you might already hurt ShuangAi too right?!" accused Prince Li, there is no even a little bit of mercy in his words. He just kept staring to TianTian with anger. But TianTian didn"t back off, she stared back fiercely to him. The others around can feel the tension, they don"t dare to say anything.
"Li Ge...calm down...its not what you think..." ShuangAi stands up, after making sure there is no severe wounds on FangFang, she asks Aunt Tong to take care of FangFang and approaches Prince Li. She feels need to clear the situation. But Prince Li seems didn"t want to hear it as he has being controlled by his anger. TanTan is also upset for the accusation.
"WHY DON"T YOU LISTEN TO SHUANGAI MEI...SHE"LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH EITHER I HURT FANGFANG OR NOT!"
Prince Li wrinkles his eyebrows,
"ShuangAi Mei? Why does she call her so chummy?"
Prince Li then notices ShuangAi had a worry look to him. He holds her hands,
"ShuangMei, are you okay?"
TanTan rolles her eyes,
"This prince is giving too different treat between me and ShuangAi. He doesn"t ask the problem to her directly but asking her condition first. What a fool love blinded man!"
ShuangAi is also not comfort with being asked so gentle in front of HuaMuTan, usually this can become the reason to increase HuaMuTan"s hatred toward her so she detaches Prince Li"s hand, and acts formally,
"I am fine LiGe...actually nothing really happened here. FangFang just stomped by herself, but nothing serious with her wounds. You have false accused MuTan Cie."
Prince Li seems not satisfy with the explanation. He glances to TanTan and then pulls ShuangAi a little bit far from TanTan, while XiaoRue takes the moment to approach TanTan as well.
Prince Li tries to talk softly to ShuangAi, unfortunately it is clear enough for everyone to hear, including TanTan.
"Why are you here, ShuangMei? Had I not told you, not to come visit her alone anymore."
"Well, everytime I came here dan asked you to accompany me visiting MuTan Cie, LiGe, you always make reasons to reject it."
"Oh, ShuangMei...Doesn"t you see why I did that ??? Don"t say that you forget what had she done to you? You put yourself in danger by meeting with that woman...I don"t want you to be harmed again !! Its fortune that I am right in time to return home this time...otherwise who knows what might happened later??"
Hearing them talking like that, XiaoRue knows she must to her best to diverts her XiaoCie"s attention before another explosion of war will occur.
"XiaoCie...XiaoCie...are you okay? You look pale, why don"t we just return to your room and having rest...I"ll prepare your favourite snack..." But her plan doesn"t work as TanTan immediately interrupting her,
"Ssstt, XiaoRue...be quiet!"
TanTan is wondering how ShuangAi reacts, she should explaining her innocent right? Well ,that if she doesn"t misjudge ShuangAi...
As TanTan expected, ShuangAi answers to Prince Li,
"LiGe...you are totally wrong here. MuTan Cie didn"t harm me and won"t be anymore....She...has changes, we are friends now..."
"Friends? ShuangMei,... I don"t believe she wants to be your friend for nothing.. please don"t be too naive...!!"
"LiGe!! Enough, it looks difficult to talk with you consciously right now..." ShuangAi turns walking to Tan Tan who looks confuse. ShuangAi folds her hands around TanTan"s hand, pulls her precisely to leave the garden.
"Come, MuTan Cie....Let"s us just go and prepare for our tonight stroll."
"What??!! Wait, where will you going tonight??" Prince Li sudden blocks their way and demands more explanations.
"Go away, Li Ge. I and MuTanCie has planning to go walk around city tonight for the moon festival..."
"Moon fest...WHAT??!! Who gives you both permission to do that?! No, I forbid that...this woman can"t go out even one step from this house!" Prince Li gives his clear command which triggers TanTan"s anger, "I am clearly a prisoner here ! How dare he decide it!"
"I am not your prisoner...as far I know I am just your unwilling wife so why do you want to keep me here?!" TanTan can"t hold anymore not to satirize Prince Li for what he said just now.
"MuTan Cie, don"t say that...I believe LiGe just need time to realizing his mistakes...during that, why don"t we enjoy ourselves in tonight festival, right?"
Prince Li just silent, he doesn"t respond rush this time,
"This HuaMuTan! What kind of spell she had whispered to ShuangAi till she so plump to her...it can"t be continue like this...but..." Prince Li knows how stubborn ShuangAi can be if she had make a mind about something, its hard to change her mind...so if he keeps forbid them, maybe they still will go behind his back.
"Fine...you may go!" ShuangAi reacts happily but Prince Li interrupts her react "...But with one condition..."
"What is that?" TanTan asks curiously.
"I"ll come with you tonight!"
And then both of the ladies give different reactions in the same time.
ShuangAi feels happy more,
"Its a good idea...."
But TanTan feels unhappy,
"No way....!!!"
Prince Li looks to her sharply,
"You have an objection if I come, HuaMuTan?" Prince continued his words in his mind,
"Maybe because your evil plan will not success if I go along?Hah, I won"t let you..."
ShuangAi also asks her confusedly,
"Its okay, MuTan Cie...the more is merrier right? We all can enjoy the festival together..."
TanTan felt troubled, she doesn"t want to be accompanied by a man who clearly hate her radically, it will totally ruin the mood. She is really willing to have a peaceful night to be enjoyed later. But if she say no, this prince Li might not even letting her go, and maybe it will make ShuangAi gloomy also.
ShuangAi observes the worry face of TanTan, she whispers to TanTan to ease her as she guesses what makes that kind of face on TanTan.
"Don"t worry MuTan Cie, I won"t bother both of you. I"ll take FangFang to go along with me later and leave you both alone..."
"No, please don"t!" TanTan shakes her head but ShuangAi just smiles and nods her head as it has been settled that way.
"Okay, LiGe...MuTan Cie has agree...so lets we enjoy the festival together tonight!"
TanTan then glances to XiaoRue who stands behind her, and speaks softly to her,
"XiaoRue, please never leave me later..."
"I won"t, XiaoCie." XiaoRue answers steadily.
"Very well. At least she will have XiaRue to accompany her. She can just ignore this Prince and still enjoying the night later."