Kapitel 12: The Warning
Han Meixiu prepared a simple sandwich adorned with egg and bacon when she arrived at her place. She didn't plan to have a full meal yet as she's waiting for Li Xiaozhi. They normally liked to cook something together so she only needed to half-fill her starving tummy. There would be a decent dinner later.
After half an hour, Li Xiaozhi arrived looking somewhat puzzled which was in contrast to Han Meixiu's excited attitude.
"Should we prepare dinner first and eat? I was waiting for you so we can do it together." She said, carefully studying her best friend's face.
"Let's do that." Li Xiaozhi nodded in agreement. They plan to have mushroom soup, pepper and peanut broccoli stir-fry and sweet and sour pork.
While preparing, Li Xiaozhi spoke again.
"Meixui,.."
Han Meixiu was a little surprised. Li Xiaozhi seldom called her in her name not unless she's angry or there's a big and serious topic they needed to discuss. She looked at her best friend but she didn't move her eyes from the broccoli she was holding.
"Brother Shan gave me a warning. Even though I was careful not to be caught when I was gathering information about your parents, he still found out."
Brother Shan was Li Xiaozhi's oldest brother. She has a total of three brothers, two were older than her and one was a year younger. She didn't really talk much about her older brothers as they were mostly busy with military affairs. It was always her lovable younger brother. However, this time when her oldest brother specifically gave a warning, both of them felt a sense of crisis and hopelessness.
"Should we stop?" Though she didn't really want to, but for someone well experienced like Brother Shan to be generous enough to warn them, shouldn't they listen?
"Do you want to stop?" Li Xiaozhi asked her in return.
She slightly shook her head.
"Me, too."
They both fell into deep thought while preparing their dinner. They also didn't talk much while they were eating. Both were thinking about their next move. When it was time to wash the dishes, Li Xiaozhi noticed the scarf Han Meixiu was wearing.
"Don't you feel hot? Why are you wearing a scarf? When did you buy it? The design and color are masculine." She knew her best friend's taste when it comes to clothing as she always accompany her every time she shop from either malls or online. Han Meixiu usually like dual colors for her scarf and mostly pastel. Although the the scarf was clearly an excellent quality, it was plain and dark. Totally in contrast with her best friend's taste.
Han Meixiu froze. She forgot to take it off. When she peeked to look for Xiaozhi's expression, she shyly smiled.
"Uh, oh. You did something bad," Xiaozhi concluded when she saw her smile.
"No! Someone did something to me!" She exclaimed profusely. She really didn't do anything. She just stand there and.. and probably enjoyed the incident?
"What's the connection of the scarf... wait, are you hiding something?" She immediately reached the scarf and removed it from Han Meixiu's neck. She was shocked beyond reasonable doubt with what she saw.
'Three hickeys? and very visible at that!' She was aware that her best friend has a weird hobby which was fantasizing about good-looking men but never to the point of making out with them. Even holding hands wasn't allowed since she would shy away. Well, except for that one instance with the the second master of Liu family. The guy was harmlessly sleeping.
"Who was it?" She was getting ready to her battle mode but Han Meixiu gave her another shock.
"Liu Zijian." Han Meixiu answered while biting her lower lip. She wanted to tell her earlier but she wasn't given a chance.
Li Xiaozhi opened and closed her mouth several times. She couldn't think of anything specific to say. It was clear that Liu Zijian was doing his revenge for what her best friend did but why did this woman seemed happy.
"You see, Xiao Xiao, he counted the marks I did to him. He said the total was eighteen and he plan to do the same to me. It means.."
"Stop!" Li Xioazhi massaged the temple of her head indicating that she's having a severe headache suddenly. She then dragged her to the sofa and sat across. "What's your plan now?" She asked trying to control her raging emotions.
"I don't know. What do you think should I do? Should I avoid him?"
"It's better if you can but the question is, can you?"
They both became silent for quite sometime before an idea popped in Han Mexiu's head.
"How about I ask Aunt Yi Min?"
"Not a good idea. She will confront her son and eventually he might became harsh with his revenge in you. There's a big possibility that it will backfire." She let a long sigh. "Why do you keep getting in a mess?" She blurted out of frustration.
"Then I'll just let him be. After all I harmed him first." She nonchalantly concluded.
"Why didn't you just say you enjoy his 'revenge'" Li Xiaozhi mockingly responded then she stood up to prepare two cups of tea. When she went back to the living room, she saw Han Meixiu holding a compact mirror and touching the 'lovebites'.
"I have three." she softly murmured but Li Zhaoxhi clearly heard her.
After placing the two cups on the small coffee table and rolling her eyes expressing her annoyance, she begun to inform Han Meixiu about her findings.
"Your mom was using a different name when she worked in Emerald Imperial Hotel."
Han Meixiu put down the compact mirror. She didn't look surprise. While checking the list of client's history transactions earlier, she didn't find her mother's name. Since both of her parents were hiding, it's logical not to use her own name.
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