Are you sure?

"And about coming back to work, I'll probably be back the day after tomorrow." Zenghai said, going back to his food. "Why not tomorrow?" Si Xia asked and Chen lectured him, "Xia!! He's newly engaged! Don't pester . . . . . . " But she never completed her sentence as Xi Hua's voice rung out. "We're going to meet my parents tomorrow." she said in a small voice.

Si Xia and Yu Chen turned their heads to stare at Hua and Zenghai, both looking very funny, with Xia's chopsticks half-way to his mouth and Chen's mouth hanging open.

Xi Hua's voice broke their reverie as she said, "Don't stare like that. It was evident after he fuc*ing proposed to me on live television." Zenghai and Xia lightly chuckled upon hearing this but Chen's face was solemn as she said nothing and continued to stare at Hua with a worried expression. "Come on Chen! It's a happy occasion." Xi Hua said and Yu Chen forced out a smile before saying, "Yeah it is. I'll finally have have whole apartment to myself." This sent all of them into fits of laughter and the conversation turned merry.

After the main course, the girls decided to run to the restroom real quick while the boys ordered dessert. After freshening up, Chen was drying her hands while Xi Hua was checking her make-up in a bathroom mirror. "Are you sure Hua?" Chen asked in a small voice, going to stand at the sink next to her and looking at the latter's face in the mirror.

"Whatever do you mean? About you being the maid of honor? Of course, I'm sure! You're a little devil, but you're my devil. And who best to keep men in check than a beautiful devil?" Xi Hua replied with a slight chuckle as she fixed her lipstick a bit.

Yu Chen chuckled and scratched her head, "That's true. But I wasn't talking about that." "Then about marrying Zenghai? I'm really excited to have a wedding, but I guess Zenghai will have to do for the groom." Hua cut in with a chuckle as she slapped Chen's hand away and began to fix her hair.

"Hua . . . . " Chen let out an exasperated sigh. Xi Hua nodded with a smile and said, "I'm sure Chen. Mom is really happy and wants to meet Zenghai as soon as possible. As for dad, well, he seems to be satisfied with my choice of groom. Actually, he was the one who called me after the awards and insisted on meeting Zenghai."

Xi Hua would have rambled on but Yu Chen cut in. "Hua, look at me." she said, making the latter look at her. Once the two were looking into each other's eyes, Chen raised an eyebrow and Hua sighed.

"I don't care Chen. I don't even care anymore for his games. I'm doing all this because I would like my mom to bless me and Zenghai on our wedding day. Otherwise, I know the exact reason why he approves of Zenghai so much. Zenghai and everyone else thinks that I hadn't taken him to meet my parents because I thought that they wouldn't like him. But I did it because I knew once my dad knew who was my boyfriend, he would have tried to make him like himself. A crazy, cruel man who cares for nothing other than money."