Cixi"s little head peered inside the busy kitchen as her eyes went round as if she was searching for something. When she finally spoted what she was searching for, she smiled broadly before trying to make different signals for Changyu to see her. But no matter what she did, she couldn"t get her attention. She didn"t want to go in because her parents and brother were in there and she would be in big trouble if they caught her.
Changyu was busy taking instructions from her mother so she didn"t look towards the door at all.
"What are you doing?" The youthful Mr Park asked behind her which got her startled. "Park Bun. You scared me."
"Why are you peeking?"
Cixi avoided his question. "Thank G.o.d you are here. Hurry, help me call Changyu"
"What are you silly girls up to this time?" He asked inquisitively. Changyu and Cixi had only known each other for a month. But they"ve been terrors to all of them.
"Nothing. Just call her"
He looked at the bag she was holding curiously so she hid the bag behind her when she saw his eyes on it.
He narrowed his eyes to look at her before giving her the "I am watching you" sign. Then, he entered the kitchen.
Few minutes later, Changyu came out and excitedly held Cixi"s hand. "Did you bring it?"
Cixi raised the nylon bag to show her it was in there. After Changyu looked inside, she excitedly hugged Cixi.
"Wait girl. Where is it?" Cixi opened her hands wide and threw her face to the corner.
Changyu looked at both sides, making sure no one was coming before placing her hand inside her trouser pocket under her ap.r.o.n, and pulled out five notes of cash. "Here you go"
She handed it over to Cixi while Cixi handed her the bag in return.
FEW DAYS BACK
"I will count to three. You better leave her now that I am still being nice" Cixi said.
The three teen boys looked at the "geek" talking to them. She wore a eyegla.s.s, a big tee-s.h.i.+rt, and a pencil jean trousers. Her hair was in a messy ponytail also.
"Cixi, what are you doing here? Hurry, go call brother Jun" The young Changyu urged her since the restaurant wasn"t far from there and Jianjun was there.
One of the boys holding her let go of her hand and walked closer to Cixi. "You"ve got some nerves baby girl" He said before using a finger to push her head backwards. Cixi glared at him angrily before using her index finger to do the same to him. Who was he calling baby girl?
When he angrily tried to hit her, she used her knee to deliver a fatal low blow in his "sacred region" causing him to wail in pain.
While trying to attack Cixi, the other boys let go of Changyu. Cixi smiled when she saw this. She quickly dodged their attack, took Changyu"s hands and told her to run.
"Thank you" Changyu said, trying to catch her breath when they got to the front of the restaurant.
Cixi laughed in excitement. "That was fun" She flashed her entire white teeth in happiness.
"Weren"t you scared?" Changyu asked. Although, she had planned it with the boys to hold her. So that when Cixi met her there as planned, she would call Jianjun to come save her since she didn"t know how else to get her attention. But who would have thought everything would turn into a mess when he tried to hit her? She was going to give that idiot a proper scolding for messing everything up.
"Truthfully, I was." Cixi answered "But I was also excited. Not everyday can one have fun. By the way, what did they want?"
"Money obviously. I didn"t have any on me so they asked me to take off my clothes instead. Saying they would sell it off" Changyu lied smoothly. Maybe if Cixi told that to her brother, he would get angry because someone else almost saw his property (Someone is delusional. Lol)
Cixi ran her eyes over it. "They probably would have sold it for a good price" She said nonchalantly. "Too bad." She sighed "They should be the same age as us and should be in school or doing something meaningful."
Changyu also faked a sigh before dropping the topic to ask.
"Why are you dressed like this again? Thought Mrs w.a.n.g forbade you from dressing this way?"
Cixi giggled "Looking this way makes me feel serious. Wearing designer wears every time might get me into trouble just like what happened to —"
"Wait" Changyu interrupted. "Is that brother Jun"s s.h.i.+rt you are wearing?" She knew most times, Cixi wore big s.h.i.+rts but this one looked especially big and familiar.
Cixi nodded and whispered "I stole it from his wardrobe" She couldn"t wait to see the look of horror he would give her when she entered inside the restaurant.
To her shock, Changyu hugged her and started sniffling the s.h.i.+rt.
"Hey stop! You"re embarra.s.sing me. People are looking at us." Cixi said, feeling embarra.s.sed when she saw the curious glances people were giving them.
"Sell me this s.h.i.+rt" Changyu pulled a way from the hug to plead.
And.. that was when the silly thought popped into her head to start taking her brother"s clothes.
"What are you doing here instead of being in the kitchen?" Jianjun"s cold voice asked as he opened the kitchen door to see Changyu with his mischievous younger sister. Other than being a bookworm, she can also be a devil sometimes.
On impulse, Changyu first hid the bag behind her. And it got his attention as he tried getting a glimpse of it from behind her.
"What are you hiding?" He asked and tried to take the bag from her.