CHAPTER 7 : CHARU-PRASAD

Thamizh and Preethi begins to text each other since the day she forgave him. Approximately after a week, Thamizh asked Preethi for lunch. At first, she denies but after he insisted on her, she agrees on two conditions.

"hey, Preethi lets go have lunch together. What do you say? Moreover, after I got injured you never come looking for me." Thamizh texted Preethi.

"no way I'm coming with you" she replied.

"That day I save you from the goons and I don't ask you anything, just a lunch with me." he creates sympathy to make Preethi agrees to have lunch.

"Ok, but I will come with you in two conditions. If u ok my conditions, then we can go or else I won't come with you." she texted back.

"Whats that Preethi, you are really hard to get😔😔😔." he texted with sad and curious emoticons.

"First I will go to the restaurant I want. Another one is I will bring my friend along with me. Are u ok with my demands😅😅😅." she texted with laughing emoticons.

"Ok fine. As your wish Drama Queen," he replied

"Don't call me a drama queen. If I'm a drama queen, you are monster Thamizh. Haha." she replied to him.

Their chats continue.

Preethi later reaches the stall and send him the location.

"Hey monster, come to this restaurant😈." she texted him.

"Ok I'm on my way madame👸," he replied.

Before he went to the location, he went to Preethi's office and flirts with the clerk, Navee. He later requested the Navee to call Preethi's friend when he text her. Navee agrees on one condition that they should go to a dating soon. Thamizh agrees to her demand.

"Hey gorgeous, each time I see you, my heart got disturbed." Thamizh flirts with her.

"Hey hottie, my heart skips a beat every time I think of you, or maybe its more of somersault." Navee flirts back

"I need your help. I want you to call Preethi's friend who went with her when I text you. Would you help me, baby? If u do I will do whatever you want." he requests her while flirting.

"Yeah baby, that not a big thing for me and all I just want is to go date with you." she agrees to help him happily.

"Thank you sweetie and I promise we will go for a date soon," he tells her while kissing her hands.

Later he went to the venue Preethi send to him. When he reaches there, he gets shocked to see the stall.

"She said restaurant, but I don't see any restaurant around here. Just a small dirty stall is here. Better I call and ask her."

Thamizh called Preethi. Preethi takes the call.

"Hey drama queen, where are you. I reached the location and all I see is this filthy stall with a weird name. Are u pranking me drama queen?" he says to Preethi

" hey Thamizh, raise your hand and I will find where u are? And Why should I prank you? I'm really at the restaurant right now."She replied

He later raised his hand. Preethi saw him.

"Hey, Thamizh I saw you, u just stand in front of the restaurant. Come in. The owner is my friend, I will tell him to give us a discount price." she tells him.

"Whaaaaat! Are u at the stall. The stall is the one you mean restaurant?" he replied

"Yaa, just come in. Bye," she cuts the call.

"Oh god, I never come to a stall like this. It's so dirty and disgusting. How can people eat here? Even my room is bigger than this stall." he babbled himself while sigh heavily seeing the stall.

He later texted Navee to call Preethi's friend now

"Hey babe, call her now" he texted.

"Ok hubby." she texted back.

"Because of the drama queen, I'm going through this now. I'm damn sure the foods here will make me diarrhea. Just because of my plan to revenge the drama queen I'm going inside now. Otherwise, I would not even let my dog go eat in this kind of dirty stall." he murmured himself.

Later Navee calls Shanti and asked her to come to the office now.

"Hey Shanti, Our boss wants to meet you right now. It's kinda urgent. Please come as soon as possible. ASAP" Navee texted her.

"ok ok, I will come now. Just give me 5 mins I will reach there.im just nearby our office. Shanti texted her back.

"Hey Preethi, our boss is calling me right now. I think I have messed things up otherwise he won't call me. You enjoy here. I will check and give an update to you" Shanti informs Preethi.

"Ok, ok let me come along with you. I will tell Thamizh to cancel today's plan," she replied.

" Its ok Preethi, I will handle my self. U can enjoy here. Don't make Thamizh sad for my sake, please. He such s cutie pie." Shanti requested Preethi.

"Ok. But I cannot guarantee you that because he really loves to spoil my mood," she replied.

Shanti goes from there.

While on the other hand, Charu tells her parents that she is going to Manglembu to investigate further about the case. Her parents both get shocked and their faces turned pale. They tried to stop her from going there but Charu stands firmly to get justice for the victims.

" Charu I told you from the beginning to not being involved in this matter ma, but why you didn't wanna listen to me. That day you got kidnapped thank god Thamizh saved u but who will save you when something happens in that village.." her father scolds her.

"I don't want you to get involved in this murder. Its too risky ma. My answer is no." he adds on

" But appa, how can we let the real killer outside. It's still dangerous for humankind. Before he starts killing again. We should stop him. I have to go appa and I got some leads about this case. This murder is similar to Krisnanmoorthy's murder and I'm going to investigate him until the roots. So we can easily catch the killer.

Her parents stunned when they heard the name.

"What!" Charu's mom asked.

"Charu I won't let you go to the place. It's too risky. You got kidnapped also because of this case. I think u should hand this case to the superior. Let them handle it. I won't let you go Charu." her mom tells her sternly to drop this case.

"Ma, I thought you will support me. You raised me to be a queen and not be a slave. I will handle this case by myself. I thought you both will support me but instead, you guys scold me."Charu tells her parents.

" not like that charu, we will always support you but this case is really risky. I don't want my daughter to be in danger. That's what every parent wants." her father tries to stops her but in vain.

"Mom, Dad you are my world. You give me everything I want and I wished. But please support me in this case. I know its too risky. Nevertheless when I have your blessings, nothing cant stops me. I have to go now. Just 2 days. I will be back." Charu said to her parents before heading out from her house.

Her parent's faces are sill in pale and they stunned when she tells them about Manglembu. Her mom feels restless after that.

"What happened to you? You seemed disturbed. anything you wanna share." asked Charu's dad

"Nothing. I'm fine just worry about Charu," she replied.

Later Charu felt a bit scared and realized that it's too risky to go alone to that village because she almost gets assassinated by that goons last time if Thamizh and Preeti don't reach that place on time and help her. She decided to inform Thamizh about this and ask help from him to follow her along to Manglembu. Without delay, Charu quickly took her phone and called Thamizh but he don't answered.

Charu then left a text to Thamizh about this

"Hey baby, I know u are busy there but I need your help! I need to go Manglembu this evening to investigate further about the murder case and I want u to follow me because I felt scared to go alone and it's too risky dear, Please come along with me baby"

Once Thamizh received this message he replied to her that he could not help her due to some new projects and news for his channel. Thamizh lied to Charu that he is busy in office but actually he wants to spend time with Preeti so his plan to revenge Preethi will accomplish. Charu believes Thamizh and decided to go to Manglembu alone.

While on the other hand, Preethi welcomed Thamizh to the restaurant and Thamizh sits beside Preethi.

"Hey Thamizh welcome, how is your wound. I hope its getting better. Next time stop emotional blackmailing me." Preethi tells Thamizh.

" Hey. it's getting better before I come and sit in this filthy small stall," he replied.

"This place may look dirty but the foods here are the most delicious dishes you will ever have in your life. I love to come here every week. The price is also affordable. Next time you can bring your girlfriend here. I'm sure she will love it. Preethi boasts about the stall with Thamizh.

"Yeah, she will love it too," He tells Preethi while looking around and making a weird expression.

Later the waiter come and asked them to order food.

"Hey Thamizh what you like you have?" Preethi asked him.

"No Preethi, in full. I just ate a lot before I come here," he replied

"No, you have to eat something. Let me order mee Goreng Mamak for you. This restaurant is famous because of the mee Goreng Mamak they do.

"Thambi I would like to have 2 fried mee and 2 cups of masala tea," Preethi ordered the food.

While the food being prepared they both have a nice chit chat. Thamizh asking about her career development and so do Preethi. They share their interest and hobbies.

"Hey, Preethi tell me about yourself and why you want to become a reporter?" he asked

"when I was young, my mom told me that she wants to become a reporter but that time my grandfather does not have enough money to make her further her studies. So I decided to be a reporter and make her proud." replied her

"What about you Thamizh, why you decided to be a reporter?" she asked him back.

"Me? Haha. My family owns a big company and they wanted me to join them. But I refused and join the reporter instead. Hahaha." he replied while laughing hard.

He also shares his funny childhood memories with Preethi. They both laugh. He then smiled when he saw Preethi's laughing. He don't know he begins to fall for her for real.

"You know what, when I'm young, I used to be a troublemaker. I was skips schools, hide my homework so my mom doesn't see it. Later one day I was caught red-handed by my mom and she hits me hard. Until now I didn't forget the pain. Hahaha." he said to Preethi.

"Even now you are still a troublemaker. Why you don't know ah how much u used to trouble me?" she scoffs

Later their foods arrived.

"Yuck, how can you guys eat this kind of oily and unhygienic food. I'm sure I'm going to have diarrhea after having this."Thamizh tells to Preethi while pointing to the food.

"Can you stop complaining. don't judge the taste by its look. Have a bite and you will know how tasty it is. she replied back.

"No. I won't never eat this," he adds on.

Preethi feeds him the fried mee and they have an eye lock.

"Naah taste this, then you can complain whatever you want." she feeds him

" hey drama queen, what are u doing," Thamizh asked while blushing.

"Feeding you as I know you will never stop complaining about this stall and the food. So to make you silent. I have to feed you." she replied to him.

After enjoying their lunch, Preethi realized that she comes with Shanthi in her car. Now Shanthi is gone she decided to go use the bus. Later Thamizh offers her to drop her at the office.

"Hey drama queen, come I drop you at your office. We are going the same way though. Come sit on my super motorbike." he asks her to sit.

"No need I can manage myself. You can go first. I will take the bus." she replied.

"Hey drama queen, don't be stubborn please, just sit I will drop you safely." he insisted her to drop her at the office.

"Ok. But later I will pay you." she said to Thamizh

"whatever you want madam because no one can argue with you." he answers back

Later she sits on his bike and while going to her office, she sees a park and gets happy. Thamizh looks into the side mirror and realized it thus decided to bring her to the park.

"Hey, why you bring me here? Preethi asked curiously.

"I saw you smile when we crossed the park. That why I bring you here. I will do anything in this world just to see you smile. He replied flirtatiously

Preethi smile and get blush. Later they walk around the park.

While on the other hand, Charu is on her way to Manglembu. The goons see her car coming from afar and pour some nail on the road. Later her car stepped on the nails and get punctured. She gets down from the car and seeks for help.

Then the louts approach her and warn her not to investigate this case or else they will have to kill her. One of the louts took his knife to threaten her and she got panicked.

Prasad who is on his way to his village see the goons threatening Charu and decided to help her out.

"Hey what's happening here," Prasad asked Charu.

"The goons said they will kill me if I investigate further about a murder case.

"Hey kiddos why are you showing your bravery to a girl. Come show me some." Prasad triggered the goons.

He begins to fight with them. They hit him badly. Later he hold Charu's hand and flees from there and ran into the woods nearby. The goons chased them.

While Rudhra get a call from Anbrassan and asked him whether he already sign the contract of not.

"The time I give you is officially over. I know you didn't sign it yet. I think I will kill your daughter, then only you will sign the contract. This night I will prove to you that I'm not joking. Stay safe at home."Anbrassan blackmail Rudhra.

"hey give me one more day. I will discuss it with my family then I will inform you. Please. I'm just asking one day." he pleaded.

"Hey old dog, stop nagging and sign the contract quickly. Today we will prove you not to mess with us." Decklin yells at Rudhra before she ends the call.

On the other side, Preethi and Thamizh are spending some quality time together at the park. Preethi sees some bunch of children playing hide and seek. She requested them to let them join it. The children happily agrees.

"Hey kids, can we join in your game?" Preethi asked the children

"Yes anna and Anni, we would be happy to play with you guys."

They both get shocked when the kids call them anna and Anni( brother & sister in law).

"Preethi what are you doing?" Thamizh asked her.

"No, I just want to spend time with the children and I miss playing hide and seeks with my family so today I wanna play with them," Preethi replied.

"You go, I don't want to play and I'm not kids to play like that," he tells her.

"No, you have to come" Preethi pulled him towards the children.

Later they all play the game happily. Thamizh saw her with childish and happy with the children and he smiled. He started to love her without his acknowledge. Then when its Thamizh turn to find Preethi, he manages to find her behind her bench.

"Gotcha I got you Preethi," she said.

She gets happy and they started to laugh. She then accidentally hold his hand and they both shared an eye lock. Later the kids calls for them and they come to their sense and get shy.

After they play the games with the children, they got tired and sat on a bench and she thanked Thamizh for bringing her to this place and some moments with her. Later she treats him with a ice cream and a ballon.

"Hey, Preethi am I look like a kid for you?" he asked her.

"Yeah, you a kid. Your stubbornness is exactly like a child and sometimes your anger too," she replied while insisting him to eat the ice cream and take the ballon. He smiled at her.

While on the other hand, Charu and Prasad still hiding in the forest waiting for the goons to go away. After a while, the goons went away. They both get relieved.

Later Charu requested Prasad to send her to the road then she will book a grab or taxi to go to her venue.

"Hey boy, can you help accompany until the road then I will go to my venue myself? She asked Prasad

"NO. We cant go now. It's already dark. I can't take anymore danger for you. I think we should crash here tonight."Prasad replied.

"Whaaaaat!, you say we will stay in this forest today, are u kidding me, dude? How on earth you think I will be convinced to stay with a guy I just met a few hours ago in a scary forest," she said to him.

"I just want you to accompany me to the road. Don't worry I will pay for you," she adds on.

"I don't need your money miss clingy. If you want, just go yourself," he replied.

When she planned to go herself. She heard some animal roars and see a snake glides in front of her. She gets shocked and hugged Prasad.

"It's ok, I'm a brave girl. I can go myself. I don't need your help." she tells him.

"hiss, hiss" snakes glide in front of her.

"Oh my, what's that sound," she asked Prasad

"I told u not to make sound but u didn't listen to me, now you see your friends are comings towards us," Prasad tells her while pointing the snake in front of her.

"Oh myyyyyy," she screams and hugged Prasad tensely.

They both looked at each other eyes and get mesmerized. After a while, they come to their senses and are shocked.

"Hey miss clingy, come find some safer place to sleep tonight. I don't think this place is safer anymore.

Later when they roam around the forest. Charu saw an old wooden house in the middle of the forest.

"Yeay we found a house. I'm sure there will be some person who will help us" she runs to the house excitedly.

"Hello! Hello! Is anyone there, we are trapped in the woods." she screams in front of the house.

Later they knocked on the door and realized its not locked so they went inside the house and shocked to see no one is there.

"I'm not going to stay in this nasty place tonight. it's so disgusting and dusty. I'm not staying here, that's my final call." said Charu to him.

"Who asks for your decision, if u wanna go outside, just gonad be the prey of wild animals out there. He argues back.

"I'm stuck in the middle of the forest because of you. If I just mind my work and ignore you in the road, I would've been here now and hearing all your complaints. My aunt must be worried about me now and this damn phone is useless now. No line and no battery left" he adds on

She checked for her phone and later realized that she kept in her car.

"Oh my, I think today is the worst day of my life. Everything is upside down now. If u didn't help me today, I would have managed myself. This all because of you. Did I ask your help?" she argues.

"Oh, Madam. If I didn't come here to help you, you would have died now. You must thank me. Say thank you now. He asked her to say thank you.

"No way I'm saying thank you to especially you," she argues back.

Later after the end of the arguments. He asked her about her investigations.

"Hey, girl, where u from, and why are u even here? He asked her

"Why the goons threaten you" he continuously asked her.

"I'm charu and I'm from Kuala Lumpur. I come here for murder investigations that happen 2 decades ago. The goons are after me because they want me to stop the investigation right away or they warn me that they will kill me. I'm heading to Manglembu now to investigate Mr. Krisnanmoorthy. I don't know why am I even telling you all this even I just know you some hours ago." she tells him and starting to complain again.

"What Mr Krisnanmoorthy? Why are u digging the old news again" he was shocked to hear the name.

"Do you know Mr Krisnanmoorthy?" she asked

He keep silents while she keeps asking him

"Hey you, how do you know about Mr.Krisnanmoorthy. Just tell me please" she continuously ask him.

"I'm his son. Now you know ready so I begged you to stop digging the old case, please I begged you." he requested her to stop digging about the past.

She stunned to learn that Prasad is actually Mr.Krisnanmoorthy son.

"Oh sorry, I really don't know. Sorry about the murder." she apologizes to him politely.

"What you want to investigate his murder now" he questions back.

"I'm sure the real killer is still roaming freely outside now. that why I wanna get your father a justice," she replied.

"Nah, he don't deserve it," he tells to charu furiously.

Later she asked him about his mother. He tells him that she passed away 20 years ago. She console him. His tears roll from his cheek. She saw this and hugged him.

"What about your mom, where is she?" she questions him

"She also passed away just some days before a guy killed my father," he replied to her.

" what you know who killed your father?" she again questions him.

" Please I'm begging you to stop questioning me. You are hurting my feelings. My mother suicide while my dad got killed. What sin I do in last birth until everyone I love the most leave me all the sudden. My aunt and uncle are my world. They are the one who took care of me since my parents left." he begins to cry.

"Don't cry, you are a good guy. I knew it. You saved me even though you don't know me. You are a good-hearted guy. Your aunt really raised u well." she said while hugging me.

"Don't worry, from this moment we are friends and I will always be there for you," she tells him than she realized her words are coming unknowingly from her mouth.

They looked at each other. Later he asked her to sleep while he will watching from any wild animal entering the house. She sleeps on an old rag. He watches her sleep. In the middle of the night, Charu starts shivering in cold. He then looked for blanked around the house and he finds nothing. So he decided to cover her with his shirt. She then stop shivering and sleep peacefully.

In thamizh house, Rudhra tells the whole family about Anbrassan blackmail. Thamizh gets furious and asked his dad to not sign the contract . while they were discussing, some guys started to throw stones and break their windows. Later Rudhra received a call from Anbrasaan. Thamizh pick the call.

"you idiot, if u are a man come and mess with me, don't mess with my father." Thamizh furiously yells,

"Sorry, I'm not male. I'm a female. So can I mess your with your father" Decklin interrupted the call?

"I will make you arrested soon and u will regret messing with my family" Thamizh replied.

"Ok brother as your wish but please take care of your sister, please. She may get accident tomorrow or died on the spot." she blackmailed him before ends the call.