"Goodnight." He smiled and ruffled her hair in his usual fun manner.
Sara smiled back and stretched, trying to ruffle his also but he laughed and moved back from her touch.
"It"s not fair" She pouted. "You get to do it but I can"t?"
He looked at her in amus.e.m.e.nt before bending to meet her height. "Alright. I"ll give you 3 seconds to feel my perfect hair"
Sara smiled happily. But instead of his hair, she poked at his dimple. She had always wanted to feel it. Hallelujah!
"Are you indirectly sending me a message?" He asked with a wink.
She laughed. Understanding what he meant and turned to leave but he pulled her back.
"You should say "goodnight" properly."
She rolled her eyes before she brazenly stood on her toes and kissed his cheek. "Goodnight Mr Li."
Sara laughed and hugged her hippo when she remembered it.
"You must love him a lot" Cixi commented.
"Of course" Sara said instantly before her brain registered what her aunt had just said. "Wait what?" Sara sat up on the bed. Keeping her voice down so Joreen wouldn"t wake up.
Cixi didn"t bother to answer "I am still angry that you left such a gist from me"
"I"m sorry aunt. I just didn"t think it was anything serious."
"So you think it is serious now?" Cixi asked.
"Hmmmmm" Sara paused to think. "I don"t really know now. I just think I should enjoy the moment. Don"t you think so?"
Cixi nodded. "But... What if you want to enjoy the moment forever? What if you don"t want it to ever stop?"
"Aunt.. Forever is an illusion" Sara countered. "There is nothing like forever. I could die today, or tomorrow, or the next. So where is my forever then?"
Cixi pondered on it.
"While there"s still time, while I am still alive, let me just do what I want to do. Till my forever ends."
Cixi sighed. She was beginning to see what Jianjun was talking about.
"What if his family objects?" Although she was happy for her niece and wanted to support her, she had to be realistic.
Sara thought about it seriously.
His family was not her problem right now. She flashed back to the encounter she had on the street.
They both strolled hand in hand down the busy street. Muchen"s idea— since he had been wondering what was up with them and cars. Whenever they had any serious conversation, it was either inside his car or on the street beside his car.
"Oh look." Sara pointed excitedly with her other hand. "It"s a magic show!" She pulled him with her as she hurried her steps there.
"You like magic shows?" He asked as he tried to meet her pace.
"Of course" She said. Her gaze still fixed on the people gathered around. "Who doesn"t like watching lame tricks?"
As she kept pulling him, he collided with someone by mistake. He didn"t even bother to look at the person and just kept following Sara until he felt a hand pull his arm back.
The force caused Sara to almost collide with Muchen also.
"You are blind huh?" A big bald man asked angrily as he spat out the toothpick on the corner of his mouth.
Muchen just looked at him in surprise. He was surprised that anyone would actually talk to him and act that way towards him. But then, he remembered he wasn"t in his usual "Almighty dignified" self. He was just a simple man, strolling down the streets on a polo and jean.
"Who are you looking at that way? You better lower your eyes and apologize sincerely" Another man beside the big man yelled at him.
A crowd began to form.
"Is something wrong?" Sara asked the three men standing in front of them. She was totally lost.
He was about to yell at her but to her surprise, he c.o.c.ked his head to the side and blinked before his eyes shone in surprise. "S...Sara w.a.n.g?"
"Who...who are you?" Sara asked in confusion. Or maybe he also recognised her from that Video?
Muchen protectively pulled her to his side.
"Oh.. Oh.. Forget about me. Do have a nice time" He politely bowed to her before he scurried off with his two men who equally looked shocked.
"You know them?" Muchen asked in surprise. What just happened?
Still in confusion, she shook her head. "I have never met them before."
They certainly did look like gangsters and Sara was sure they didn"t belong to that Black gang. So who were they?
She looked up at Muchen and clearly saw uncertainty in his eyes.
"I really don"t know them" she shook her head again.
He intertwined their fingers and nodded at her. "It"s fine"
Muchen sat in his home"s office and tapped his desk gently. He was totally lost in his thought.
He remembered his grandmother"s words. "Even I, couldn"t dig up on that girl"
He also remembered the night at the factory and the gangster"s action after Sara spoke with him. "What was really up?"
He couldn"t help wondering.