Soon it was the day of result declaration of the prestigious business school of the country, the Zhang School of Business.
Lifen woke up at her usual timing and to her surprise, both Guang and Daiyu were there present in the living hall of her house. Guang rushed to Lifen and shook her hand eagerly, "Dear, quickly tell me the whole scenario of your fanatical lover. I am sorry, I know I have arrived late but my grandmother"s health conditions were dropped suddenly so..."
Lifen had an unconditional love in her eyes, her eyes welled up with sweet tears ,she grabbed Guang in a tight hug, "I really missed you". Guang patted her back feeling the genuine love, "Me too...but you have to tell me the story, Daiyu is showing off and not telling me anything".
At a small distance, Daiyu felt she was being ignored by the duo, so she pouted, "Hey, you two are really being mean to me...how can you forget me at such a beautiful moment".
Lifen and Guang parted from their hug and looked at Daiyu, squinting their eyes, "Guang, do you know that girl standing over there. Why do I feel she is being jealous of us. Even I can smell something burning inside her".
Guang shook her head and then said mockingly, "Nope, I don"t feel that I know her". Hearing this Daiyu jumped to catch and beat them, "You two...." .There were running all over the dining hall and their screams and laughter could be heard out in the coffee- bar.
Hearing the loud noises, Mother Wu rushed inside her house."Ayee! you three are again creating havoc , it is working hours, can"t you be little disciplined, give me some face in front of my customers ", she said in a tone of disappointment. The three looked down in a guilt. "Ahh ...now what is this look, you are making me feel as if I am too strict with you all. I am leaving but please don"t start screaming again".
When she was leaving, she turned, "There are some snacks over the dining table for you all, have them . And report me the results when it is up". Though Mother Wu pretended, to not like their loud laughter but she was satisfied in her heart.
After Mother Wu left, three of them settled down on the sofa with snacks and laptop. They opened the official site of The Zhang School of Business, and eagerly waited for the results which was announced to be declared at 11 am sharp. It was still 15 minutes left to be the declaration time, so Guang insisted Lifen to tell her the story she had missed.
Lifen looked like there was nothing to say much about the matter and then patiently told her everything in a perfect sequence. "Oh I see, it is like that, Deming is really messing up with you but don"t mind much, he will give up soon if you don"t respond to him", Guang concluded. Lifen responded, "Mmmm".
When their gaze stopped at Daiyu, something was unusual in her eyes, there was a pinch of tears in the midst of happiness in her eyes. She was viewing the list of the candidates selected for The Zhang School of Business.
"What happened, what"s the good news...tell me quickly, you are creating suspense now",Lifen stared her with a smile on her face. Daiyu turned the laptop screen towards them in which it mentioned Lifen at the top of the list while Guang and Daiyu were on eighth and eleventh position respectively.
Daiyu stood up and started jumping and screaming at her place,"Whoa...we have got selected, I still can"t believe it...we are selected".
Mother Wu rushed inside to look what had happened again but when she heard, the kids were selected, she ran to hug Lifen and said in an emotional tone," You did well...I knew you will be able to do it, I am proud of you". Then she hugged Guang and Daiyu to congratulate them.
She said to Daiyu, "Daiyu, help your Aunty to thank your father. I know that the exams were fair and you three have cleared it on you own merits but it can"t deny the fact that the motivation came from your father". She was emotional at that moment, she has always dreamt of Lifen entering in the best school of business.
Then she left them to enjoy and celebrate themselves. Lifen was going through the list when she saw a notice in the announcement box of the site. It stated, "Congratulations to all the capable candidates. This batch will be on of the special batch in the history of The Zhang School of Business as not only the batch has tremendous potential but also because this batch will be enjoying many scholars.h.i.+p and interns.h.i.+p programs. And to the honour of our business school, the CEO of w.a.n.g Corporation will also be one of the students of this batch". After reading Deming"s name, Lifen eyes were wide in daze, and she recalled is his intense gaze on her.