So Alluring..

"Umm, Ah Si, could you not make this matter worse? Please let go of each other." She held on to his shoulder as she looked around tensely.

"Tsk. What are you so worried of?" Ah Si looked at her and let go of the man's collar. He glared at him and the man ran away as far as he could.

"What will I be afraid of? It is just that I am not really fond of fights."

"Mmhh, interesting! 2 points." Ah Si looked down as he fixed his disheveled suit.

"What do you mean?" She looked at him confused as she asked.

"Getting to know you. I know you are kind and like to help others. Now I also know that you don't like fights, meaning you are calm in general."

"Ah Si, do you always keep information about everyone?" She looked at him with shocked and surprised filled eyes.

"No, I guess, It naturally comes out when it is you!" He answered while he wondered and took a sip of his champagne. He looked nonchalant and carefree at that moment.

Aizhe looked embarrassingly at somewhere else and noticed the approaching figure. She smiled as she called out.

"Uncle!"

"Xiao Zhe, how is it going dear?"

"Great Uncle! Meet my new friend, Ah Si." Aizhe held on to his hands as she dragged him towards her uncle. Her eyes were beaming with shiny lights as she proudly introduced him.

"Oh, who is this guy that made our Aizhe so comfortable?" Mr. Li looked carefully at the sharp and deep eyed figure. His posture was straight and his manners were well behaved. He looked familiar but he couldn't figure where he saw him at.

Mr. Li was trying to figure out where he saw him when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and his eyes flew wide open.

"Mr. Li, are you that happy that you are not even going to hug me?" Mr. Ah, who was also surprised spoke out in a happy tone.

Hearing him, Mr. Li broke out of his daze and he immediately hugged the man while laughing in his old, raspy, heavy tone.

"Mr. Li, you already turned so old? Look at me, I still look 30 when I am already 48!"

Mr. Li shrugged that off as he went into his childhood memories. The two kept talking until Mr.Li remembered the familiar man.

"Is he your son? Ah Qiao, he sure went after you!" He looked at Ah Si as he laughed.

"Does he? Many said he went after his elder. You are really an observing guy."

"Daddy, are you going to introduce us or what? Ai held on to her mother's hand as she looked at the old man laughing and talking on their own.

Oh, my. This is my daughter Ai, and my wife Su Ling." Mr. Ah introduced and he kept talking about his family.

Aizhe looked at them happily as she tilted her head. Ah Si noticed her face and smirked. He went near her ears as he spoke out faintly.

"3 points. You love seeing your happy ones happy."

Aizhe looked at him and pushed him away as she tried to run away. He was really a teasing person.

"Aizhe, where are you going? Noticing Ah Si and her together, Ai smirked and looked at her with happiness. She hurriedly went forward and grabbed her hands.

When Ah Si noticed Ai's look, his gaze shifted and he looked calm like usual.

"Nowhere, Ai. I was just going to look for my cousin." Aizhe calmed her nerves as she looked around. She noticed Lina was really nowhere to be seen.

Ai suddenly chuckled and took her other hand into hers. "You mean Li Na"

"Yeah, you know her? Aizhe looked at her as she quipped.

"Who doesn't know her in the industry?," Ai looked at her calmly as she answered.

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In a familiar room, clothes were thrown everywhere as the air smelled of hormones and lust.

"You really are something else." A manly tone spoke as he looked at the naked lady beside him.

"Of course. I am Li Na after all. Okay, enough of all this. Now you do my work, Fu Tiang,"

"Don't forget our deal." He stood up as he wore his shirts and reminded her.

Noticing her perplexed face, gleamed with sweat and tension, he looked down at her and noticed her eyes weaving around everywhere.

"Why? Lost confidence already? It didn't seem so when you were on top.." He smirked at her.

Her eyes widened and she immediately glared at him. "You better not let anyone know of this..."

Noticing the change of attitude in her, Fu Tiang got confused, but nonetheless kept quiet as he wore his clothes and turned to leave the gloomy room

As soon as he left the room, another figure came in and looked at the messed up room.

Cheng Meng chuckled and shook her head in disbelief. She couldn't believe this..

"Lina, darling, what did you do?, " Cheng Meng looked at her daughter's messed up sight. She looked at the red and visible purple marks on her body. She looked away and dropped down to the floor. Tears welled up in her dewy eyes and she looked down, unable to process anything.

"Mother, stop overreacting. It is nothing big. I have a great plan ready." Lina stood up as she closed the door and wrapped a towel at her body. She looked at her mother as she took her shoulders and made her sat on the sofa.

Cheng Meng looked up with her teary-eyed as she glared at Lina. She looked at her body and before Lina realized, a thundering mark was left on her cheeks. Lina looked back up as she glared at her mother and hold on to her burning cheeks.

"Plan, you say? What plan is more important than your virginity? Huh? Lina how many times, how many times do I have to tell you to use your brain. Can't you, for once think calmly? You are a Li! You can do any works done under your name. You don't have to lower yourself to this extent. Please.."

Directing his gaze on Chen Meng, Lina was fuming yet her appearance was really calm and normal. Her eyes were burning with fire and she was looking at Cheng Meng with an indifferent gaze. She calmed herself down and sat at the huge bed.

"Mother, I was feeling it so I did it. What is the big deal? No one is going to get wind of it, ok?"

Cheng Meng looked at the indifferent girl and sighed. She grabbed her own hair in frustration as she paced around the room. She was blaming herself for this.

'Lina, you get dressed here, and you are not coming into the banquet! Understood!"

Not being able to take anything anymore, Lina sighed and took a step backward. She hesitantly looked up and when she caught the bra and dress, she immediately looked away.

It wasn't easy for her too..

Mother, am I really a Li? Why are my rights being given to that lowly class woman? Why is dad being so unfair to me and Brother Chen?

When Cheng Meng heard her low words, she sighed and looked at her calmly. She squatted near her as she explained.

"No work is done in haste and those who do have nothing in their hands to enjoy at the end. Listen, my child, I promise you! No one will point any finger at you, let your father do anything he wants. Let him make that village girl his real blood. We will see how far he can polish her! But you need to promise me, you are not going to interfere or do anything like this again, promise?"

Hearing her mother's comforting words, Lina felt warmth and she immediately hugged her.

"Mother...I promise I promise!" She wept as she hugged her tightly.

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"Ah? Isn't that the business tycoon and the legend Mister. Ah? Wasn't he popular for not coming to banquets like these..?"

"You just noticed it? I bet, Mr. Ah has something to do with that lady there! Su Rin, would you want to bet?"

"I don't think Chin Ha, he is really popular and known to stay away from ladies. No lady has ever reached out to him. You expect them to do so?"

"Huh, that means he is single? Who was the pregnant lady before?

"That is his sister, you dumbass! How do you expect them to.."

"Who knows? She is the only girl seen with him. No one knows if he is single or taken. All girl likes him, but none of us try to flirt, okay?"

A lot of murmurs and talkings were being passed around and all of them were directed on to the Ah Familie and the Li family which were the main guest for the banquet.

Aizhe didn't want to bring Ah Si as she was still embarrassed to be around him. She hurriedly turned to him and looked at him with helplessness in her eyes. Seeing her look, Ah Si frowned. He clenched his hand and looked at her.

"Ai, tell him please.." Aizhe turned around and looked at Ai for help. She held on to her hands and swung it around as she desperately needed to get rid of him.

"Aizhe, what is this? Is this what I get for being your hus-- I mean friend." Ah Si's eyes swept past her lips as he looked tentatively at her.

He understood her helplessness but still didn't like the way she refused him all the time. He went forward passing by the commotion, grabbed a drink, and sat at the bar unmoving.

When people saw that, they felt confused and bewildered. They all thought that they had something going on between them.

"See, Mr. Ah is known to stay away from ladies. He hates- no, loathes them, ok? No lady has ever turned him up! What will these frail girls be able to do?"

When Aizhe heard those words, she froze. She looked at Ah Si who was sitting gloomily at the barroom and felt like she hit the wrong nail. She felt a tremendous amount of emotions swirling in her heart.

Ai noticed the silly couple and sighed.

She replied calmly. "Now, now, now. Should we pacify the man or stand here? Go my dear Aizhe, you need to make up with him. And he is also right, you have been fine with me but you are running away from him all the time, that is not good, okay?" She pushed Aizhe forward as she explained to her in a tense manner.

'What if these two don't makeup and Aizhe don't like him. Then what happens to her brother and sister-in-law's marriage?'

Aizhe looked at Ai helplessly and sighed when she didn't receive any pity back. She looked at the frowning adult and hesitantly moved forward.

Damn it Aizhe. Control yourself! She mentally encouraged herself and took couple of steps more forward. But after two steps away from him, she turned around and hugged Ai.

"Ai, I don't know how to talk to a guy, okay? And I don't know why, everytime we talk we end up in an awkward topic."

"Aizhe, are you not going to give it a try at all?"

"No! Please you go and talk to him."

Aizhe took hesitant steps backward and looked at Ai and her determined face. She frowned and glanced at her with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"Are you really my friend? You are not helping me.."

"Aizhe, girl, you need some help. Come with me and I will help you .." She calmed herself. Aizhe smiled and hugged her tightly.

When they reached him, Ai looked at the almost drunk man and sighed.

Bebo, be a real man and make up with her. It is not decent for you to be drunk and sulking around, is it? Ai held on to his shoulder as she questioned.

"Aizhe, don't you thinking you need to say something?"

Aizhe looked at him and realized his intentions.She pulled her hands away from Ai and smiled at him.

Oh my good friend, don't be sullen. Look, I am forwarding my hands to be a really good friends to you also from now on.

Grounding his teeth in annoyance, he looked away and ignored her hands. He shook his head as he looked at Ai.

"Aizhe, he means apology." Ai whispered in her ears as she looked at the flabbergasted girl.

She looked around the people and noticed they were all looking at her and Ai. Peoples gaze were especially directed at Aizhe and they were all mumbling and gossiping. Ah Si noticed it and smirked, thinking of something immediately.

"Ai, actually you want me to make up with her, right? Then ask her to go up on that stage and perform a song especially for me." He went near Aizhe and spoke near her ears.

Aizhe trembled as she heard his condition. "What? Ah Si, you can't do that!" She held his shoulders as she refused.

"What? You are refusing then, fine! I am not interested either."

Aizhe knew her uncle invited powerful, wealthy and credible businessmen's and their families. If she refused the Ah's then her uncle would be in a huge disadvantage. She also knew that Ai, his and her friendship would be tainted.

"Ai, your brother is a devil! No he is worse than a devil. He is a vixen in the form of a man."

Ai chuckled and pushed Aizhe to the stage. She glared at her brother and pinched him.

What? Don't you wish to see how qualified my lady is? He smiled and when the people saw it, they were all stricken by his beauty and aura.

They all envied whatever made him that happy.

Aizhe kept sighing and she slowly walked ahead. Grabbing the mic, she smiled and elegantly sat down. Noticing Ah Si's smiley face, she smiled dryly and pressed on to the white blüthner piano keys. Soon a beautiful melody resounded throughout the room. It was wavy like the ocean waves. Soft like a comfortable cushion and captivating like a peacock's wings.

Grabbing the attention of the audience and her family relatives, Aizs felt tiny sweat droplet in her back forming and she held the mic tightly as she played the piano with the other.

Ai was smiling in anticipation, but soon her face was swapped with shock and surprise. She sipped on to her juice glass and looked at the enchanting lady in the stage.

Wasn't this girl from the village? How can a mere village girl know all these? The Li relatives whipered, grunted and cursed lowly. The music covered their venomous words.

Looking ahead they caught the mesmerizing girl with her amazing and relaxing tone.

"Huuuuuu, huu, huuuu, huuuu.." She sang with her voice and the keys of the piano gently clasped each other. They went along well. It felt like a morning breeze accompanied along with a loved one. It was a really amazing thing to hear.

"They all look at you.."

"knowing you are in pain.."

"knowing you are suffering.."

"Our everytime and our everyday.."

"It comes to my mind, oh so suddenly."

"Your every touch, every mischief, every smile"

"It is stored in my heart... ohhhhh, uuhhhh"

"It will be with me when I am happy"

"It will be with me when I am sad. Please hold on to my hand and never let go."

Her voice was like a petal; Soft, mushy, gentle and tolerant. The whole banquet guest turned around and they looked at her like she was a goddess descending down and singing to them. She was singing and playing the piano so accordingly. They looked at her really attentively and some were even weeping and being emotional. They felt emotions blowing in their heart, like someone was squeezing it really tight.

Aizhe was mesmerizing and her grace was really appealing. Even her smallest little action was enough to stir up something in a persons heart.

Her notes were soft and in some cases, like the ocean wave, it was really high. She sang with no effort or effect. As she sang, the keys of the piano would also accompany her along. Her long, lightly tanned fingers were touching the piano keys effortlessly, like she had done this numerous times. Her beautiful face and mesmerizing features were beyond anything. Every little thing was perfect about this girl? Who was she again?

The performance soon came into an end and Aizhe took a deep breath in. She opened her closed eyes and looked at the shocked audience. They were looking at her so attentively that they even forgot to clap.

One clap, two claps. Soon the whole place was filled with the sound of clapping. She looked down and her face was in a shock. She looked at Ai and Ah Si and saw their confused faces.

Her hands clenched, her eyes became teary and she looked like she was relucant. She looked down and was in a daze. Did she just sang that song? She looked at the huge audience and a sense of familiarity reached within her.

This song? She finally learned how to play and sing this?

Just as she was in a daze, her uncles deep and heavy tone reached her. "Zhe? Come here.." Mr. Li walked forward and noticed her bewildered face. He frowned deeply when he caught her misty eyes. With one gaze, he understood every thing and blamed himself.

He was so busy with the paper formalities that he forgot his Aizhe. However, now that she was fine and even performing infront of this huge and powerful audience, he knew that she wasn't frail and weak. She will make good use of his name and stand strong infront of others.

Aizhe looked at him and got of the stage. She slowly walked forward and noticed Ai and Ah Si. She smiled at them and showed thumbs up.

Reaching next to her Uncle, Aizhe looked at him and smiled brightly. "Look, this is the power of your soulful voice. I never knew you can sing so well!" He patted her head and with his old and powerful tone laughed out. He was really impressed with her. He felt really accomplished and wanted to cherish her forever.

He heard a song so familiar and reached out to check. He never expected it was his Aizhe who was singing this song.

"Dad would be happy knowing his granddaughter was singing his composed songs." He whispered into her ears. He felt proud of her and grabbed her hands. He went back to the same stage and took the mic from the bands.

With his old, deep gaze, he looked at everyone and they all stood attentively..and wondered the relationship between the two..