The Love That Remains

It"s well known in Fang and w.a.n.g families that Grandfather Fang hates Grandmother w.a.n.g and Grandfather w.a.n.g hates Grandmother Fang. Why? It remains a mystery to this date. Though, Grandfather Fang and Grandfather w.a.n.g are good friends. Just like that, their sons and daughter in laws are also friends. Fang Aisa and w.a.n.g Mei also inherit that friends.h.i.+p.

One can doubt the relations.h.i.+p between the same blood, but the friends.h.i.+p between Grandmother Fang and Grandmother w.a.n.g is thicker than blood. Even after Grandmother Fang dies, Grandmother w.a.n.g treats Little Aisa like her true granddaughter. She loves her even more than she loves her real grandchildren.

However, w.a.n.g Ying Ying never likes Fang Aisa. w.a.n.g Mei never understands why. w.a.n.g Ying Ying and w.a.n.g Mei are identical twins. If their temperaments are not the polar opposite, they can"t be told apart.

w.a.n.g Ying Ying is as beautiful as a fairy. Her image is pure and feminine, unlike the fiery and tomboyish w.a.n.g Mei. w.a.n.g Ying Ying is soft-spoken and portrays herself like a celestial beauty. To sum up her image, w.a.n.g Ying Ying is the traditional white lotus. She is not much different than Sung Jun. Even her father and mother are not aware of her true personality.

Despite the differences between the two sisters, they are actually quite protective of each other. w.a.n.g Mei beats up any "predator" that try to eye her "docile" sister while w.a.n.g Ying Ying deals with her angry father and her distressed mother who are worried about "delinquent" w.a.n.g Mei"s future.

On that day, w.a.n.g Ying Ying is taking her "beauty" nap when w.a.n.g Mei suddenly barges in not so quietly.

"What do you want, Kiki?"

"YiYi, there is an emergency."

w.a.n.g Ying Ying narrows her grey eyes. She wonders how does her twin anger their parents this time. w.a.n.g Ying Ying shakes her head slowly.

"Yi Yi, it"s about Aisa," w.a.n.g Mei divulges slowly when she sees that her twin has no intention of helping her this time.

"What?" w.a.n.g Ying Ying"s face twists after she hears her twin. w.a.n.g Mei and Fang Aisa are close friends. They are closer than the twin sisters. w.a.n.g Ying Ying is sometimes jealous of their relations.h.i.+p, but she knows her limits.

"I hurt her." w.a.n.g Mei breaks into tears. When she finishes speaking, w.a.n.g Ying Ying is slapping her younger twin"s head.

"How could you hurt the Fang"s nose?" w.a.n.g Ying Ying yells. "The FANG NOSE!"

w.a.n.g Mei covers her mouth to stop her from screaming. Heavens knows that w.a.n.g Mei never wants to hurt Fang Aisa. Even in her dreams, w.a.n.g Mei can never hurt Fang Aisa.

"Don"t scream. What if Grandma hears us?" w.a.n.g Mei pleads with her twin to calm down. w.a.n.g Ying Ying starts to take deep breaths to calm down. She glares at w.a.n.g Mei like she is her mortal enemy.

To be honest, w.a.n.g Mei knows that her twin never likes Fang Aisa. w.a.n.g Ying Ying wants to befriend Fang Aisa, but Fang Aisa is always cold and aloof to her. There is one time when she leaves w.a.n.g Ying Ying and Fang Aisa alone together in the playroom. When she returns, w.a.n.g Ying Ying has already left and Fang Aisa is leisurely reading the comic book alone.

After that, w.a.n.g Ying Ying never approaches Fang Aisa. She evades her like a plague. w.a.n.g Ying Ying even avoids looking at Fang Aisa. w.a.n.g Mei finds it rather odd.

"Oh My G.o.d!" w.a.n.g Ying Ying buries her fingers in her smooth and silky ink black hair. "She will kill us."

"Who?" Seeing that her twin is more scared than her, w.a.n.g Mei"s head clears a bit.

"She...the devil girl." w.a.n.g Ying Ying starts to panic. "How could you? You are her friend. How could you make this mistake?"

w.a.n.g Mei never thinks that her twin is that scared of her best friend. Seeing her like this, w.a.n.g Mei is really curious to know the reason.

"Please, don"t get angry Grandma Fang!" w.a.n.g Ying Ying looks up at the ceiling and prays. "We will fix her nose. I promise that I will fix her nose and punish my little sister."

w.a.n.g Mei gulps.

"Go and ask about her situation. Don"t say a word to anyone else. Ask Granny Lan to not say anything to anyone." Just like that, the twins start the emergency "FIX FANG NOSE" operation.

w.a.n.g Mei nods and runs out of the house. She wants to cry when she hears Granny Lan say that Aisa doesn"t want to meet her. w.a.n.g Mei is scared, guilty and sad. Scared, because her grandmother will skin her alive if she finds out that w.a.n.g Mei hurt Aisa. Sad, because her friend is clearly angry with her. Guilty, because she is extremely ashamed of what she did.

"She has a scar on her nose. I hope it goes away." Grandma Lan doesn"t understand w.a.n.g Mei"s worries. She is worried about the scar, but not like w.a.n.g Mei.

w.a.n.g Mei says goodbye to her life. w.a.n.g Mei runs back to her sister and tells her about the scar. w.a.n.g Ying Ying starts sobbing and acts like her twin is already dead.

"YiYi, stop crying and tell me." w.a.n.g Mei points at her sister"s vanity table. "Don"t you have any magic cream or powder?"

w.a.n.g Ying Ying feels that her twin is not as dumb as she thinks. She does have a scar removal cream. It is an expensive cream. But compared to this catastrophe, it is nothing. She gives that cream to w.a.n.g Mei gladly and asks her to deliver it to Granny Lan.

w.a.n.g Mei does that exactly. Granny Lan is surprised to see that cream.

"Actually," Granny Lan informs to the red-headed sweaty girl. "I am already using this cream on her. The scar is barely visible, but it is still there." After that, Granny Lan leaves with an excuse that she needs to prepare dinner.

w.a.n.g Mei starts crying. She has no idea what to do. Her best friend refuses to meet her. Her sister is acting like she is dead. She has not faced her grandma yet. On top of that, why does she always meet the "culprit" whenever she runs to Aisa"s house? Why is he always here?

"I stay there." The "culprit" points at the neighbourhood building. "My flat number is 523."

"Aisa got hurt because of you." w.a.n.g Mei gnashes her teeth. "First, you moved when I was trying to kick your head. Then, you agitated her. She fell off the bed because of you."

"How did I agitate her? Did you see me pus.h.i.+ng?" The "culprit" denies the blames shamelessly. "It was you who jumped to conclusions and decided to kick my head. I don"t want to imagine my fate if your kick had found its mark."

"You would be slightly broken in the head." w.a.n.g Mei rolls her eyes. "You might have turned into an idiot. But you are already an idiot. It wouldn"t be waste anyway."

The "culprit" shrugs. "It"s your foot that gave her the scar."

w.a.n.g Mei can"t refuse his words. It is indeed her foot that gave her the scar. If there is a possibility of no scar, the fall from the bed seals that scar on that Fang"s nose.

"I am going to die." w.a.n.g Mei sits down on the road. "I deserve to die. I hurt my best friend."

The "culprit" wants to laugh. He holds it in to keep his "gentleman" image. He sits down next to sobbing w.a.n.g Mei.

"We should come here every day and show our sincerity. Maybe Granny Lan will convince her to meet us."

w.a.n.g Mei sees a ray of hope. Since that day, w.a.n.g Mei and the "culprit" comes twice a day. They often brought sweets and fruits. After a week, Granny Lan finally softens to the two young "sincere" friends of Fang Aisa and convinces her to meet them.