Chapter 21: Nuisance.

A week had gone by since Qin Qianyu had returned from her road trip.

However during that week several incidents had occurred in that single week, all of those incidents all carried the same name too.

Nuisances.

The first nuisance was grandpa Wú. When Qin Qianyu had arrived at the studio the next day after returning from their road trip, she found out that grandpa Wú had gotten sick and was bedridden with a flu.

What made it worst was the fact that he wouldn't let her do anything to help him.

She had medicine made for such things but he declined to take them, she made him soups and porridge for an entire week but they just sat at his closed door the entire day.

"Grandpa Wú! Why are you being so difficult! Stop acting like a child, otherwise I'll treat you like one!"

Qin Qianyu exclaimed from behind his closed door.

"Old people don't get appetites when sick!"

Was his response every time.

He knew he wasn't really sick with the flu, although his body wasn't well, we wasn't about to drop that on the poor girl.

The reason was he felt depressed, he didn't know how to face Qin Qianyu. He thought about it that entire night and the following week and it quickly consumed his mind.

Then the guilt started filling him, which was why he didn't want her medication or soups and porridge.

This guilt caused him to fall deeper into his depression. It ultimately created a cycle that was hard for him to both endure and get out of.

"Xiaoyu doesn't need to know, she can do without the distractions. Haa, she has her competition coming up also, why should she spend her time worrying over me!?"

Grandpa Wú stated to himself as he watch the girl training outside from his window.

"As for that stupid cat!"

His eyes sent a piercing glare towards the tiger and Bai Saan quickly picked up on it. It lowered its head but cast its eyes towards the bedroom window.

It quickly ambled away from Qin Qianyu and found a spot close by but out of her way.

This lead to the second nuisance, it was Bai Saan, because grandpa Wú was in bed, Saan would whine after Qin Qianyu for attention every morning when she entered the studio to train.

He eventually made a nest out of the clothes she left in her studio room because it had her scent on them. But in doing so he had ruined them all with his heavy paws and teeth.

Not only were the clothes ruined but also the closet, bed, basically her entire room was destroyed by the oversized cat.

"Bai Saan, Listen, I know it's not your fault but seriously? There's room for you to exercise, there's a pond to cool you down and drink from, your meals are provided for. I know you'd need time to readjust to your new surroundings but you have to meet me half way. Remember, you're the one that wanted to follow me."

Qin Qianyu admonished the tiger as it nudged its head against her body and whimpered.

"Argh! Such a damn pain, a big, warm, fluffy, cuddly pain."

Qin Qianyu groaned as she wrapped herself around the tiger stroking and petting it heavily.

The third nuisance was the stalker in joggers park. He had spotted her jogging one morning and "attacked" her.

He had gotten hold of her bag which had clean clothes from her home to replace the ones that Bai Saan had ruined.

Unfortunately for Qin Qianyu, the pocket that had her underwear in was ripped open by him. Qin Qianyu was shocked, she realised he had her panties in his hand while many others had fell to the ground after being flung through the air from the force and momentum of her running coupled with the stalkers actions.

For some strange reason the stalker started yelling that it was all a misunderstanding he was just trying to get her attention.

It seemed he was embarrassed by the incident and something possessed him at that point as he pulled the underwear over his face so that Qin Qianyu wouldn't recognise him.

"Stinking pervert!"

Qin Qianyu exclaimed loudly, she heard none of what the stalker was saying though as she was fuming because of what he had just done.

That and the fact that she had her earbuds in listening to music as she jogged.

She attacked the stalker with a well placed kick to the groin. She wanted to do more but doing so may reveal her other identity and so she settled with the kick.

While he was down, clutching the intimate part of the human male, she took the opportunity to pick up all her belongings and ran to find the duty officer for the park.

Together they reviewed the footage and found out that he had done this before as his lewd face was flagged by the system.

This was due to all the other times Qin Qianyu had made reports regarding the creepy guy.

Qin Qianyu left it in the hands of the officers after taking copies of his high resolution face to make up warning posters regarding this guy.

After that incident she decided not to wear earbuds or listen to music while jogging ever again.

She had been caught unawares by this guy because of such a distraction.

"People are so weird these days, I can't even go out and jog while listening to my music without some jerk wanting to accost me. Maybe I should bring Bai Saan with me and have him teach that creep a real lesson?"

She had thought to herself as she made her way back to the studio and drew some energy from Bai Saan through hugs and cuddles.

The fourth nuisance was Qin Qianyu herself. After getting the news about her mother being pregnant she had been fussing over every little thing.

"Don't do that, don't do this, I'll do that, wait for father,"

On and on. In the end her father, Qin Haoran had to pull the excited teen to the side and reprimanded her for being overly excessive.

"Oh, haha, sorry dad, . . Sorry mum!"

She called out. From then on she just monitored but didn't over react to every little thing Ouyang Zihan did.

Finally the fifth nuisance, it was Xiaoling, or rather the doctor whose work Qin Qianyu, offhandedly made attributable revisions to.

Everyday since her return from her road trip she had received several math problems and calculations, formulas, compositions related to plant biochemistry, genetics and such would flood her Hextext messages.

At first, Qin Qianyu saw this as cute, then she thought how she could use these as resources for studying and maybe even use it within the SIC competition happening in 7 weeks time.

But then a realisation hit her, if she did that then her identity would most probably be exposed and she couldn't have that.

In the end she had to tell Xiaoling to stop, she would look them over if she had the time but told her that she really did have other things she needed to concentrate on.

[If you dare to be blocked by me then please keep sending me those damn formulas!]

[Foxy sister don't be mad please, I have no choice, that doctor is my dad, he's such a nuisance. I'll try and get him to stop, it's not like he doesn't have a team he can call on.]

[Mhm, so I take it that handsome wolf is fine seeing as you keep sending me your fathers notes and his insinuations.]

Xiaoling was laying on the couch surrounded by her family, her life had been too quiet of late due to everyone being busy.

Her eldest brother being poisoned was the best thing to happen to her, as it brought everyone home.

Thinking of this a wicked idea formed in Xiaoling's mind.

[Foxy sister, what was my brother poisoned with? Where can I find more of it?]

Qin Qianyu read the question and froze in thought,

"The heck is this little bunny up to?"

[Its basically a hormone injection given to animals to help produce more healthy sperm, it seems like the poachers had combined it with something else, they may have had the intention to mass breed certain catches of theirs, but whatever else they added, that I don't know.]

[oh okay,]

[Listen, don't mess with that stuff, if I find out you've done something you shouldn't have,]

[I understand Foxy sister, I'll behave.]

Xiaoling then told Qin Qianyu why she was asking about it. She was enjoying having her family around, all of them, it was like how they use to be before everyone took very important jobs.

The good times she was having right now all came about because her eldest brother was poisoned and that he, along with their father were given a respite of their duties for a few weeks.

Qin Qianyu understood Xiaoling's heart there and then, she had a feeling that the little bunny was like her, young and full of spunk.

But also lonely, she understood this now, she knew now that in her former life, the entire time, she had actually been lonely which was why she had found a substitute in Meimei.

After a moment of reflecting, Qin Qianyu started typing on her phone.

[Cherish every moment, cry, once a year, share, every month, love, every day, smile every hour, laugh, every minute, enjoy every second of your family.]

Qin Qianyu sent that to Xiaoling and left it at that. She has no control over the actions of someone else's family, but Xiaoling, since she's in it, Qin Qianyu hoped that this short poem would inspire her to do what was right in her heart.

"Xiaoling what's wrong with you!"

Xiaoling's family had all been in a heated discussion about nothing in particular when they heard Xiaoling wailing while balling her eyes out.

The handsome wolf saw her phone and took it from her hands, he went through the most recent messages.

His lips twitched when he read the contents of his sisters message, he sighed especially when he reached the part about the poison, but he soon read the final message from Phantom Fox.

Their father saw this and did the same as his son, soon the entire family read the message exchanges between Xiaoling and the Fox.

"Xiaoling, you have a really good friend."

Dr Wen said to his daughter as he cupped the back of her head and planted a light kiss on her crown.

He handed the phone back and smiled, he, along with the other family members forgot the argument they were just having and decided to make plans for a family outing, however, it didn't take long for the discussion to become another argument about nothing in particular again.

The handsome wolf sat there thinking about Qin Qianyu's message in his mind. When he read the line "smile, every minute" he pictured the Foxes smile that day of the dinner date.

An absentminded smile formed on his lips as he thought back to Qin Qianyu's smile.

Xiaoling saw this and started to ponder, she quickly snapped a photo of her dumb face brother and sent it to Qin Qianyu.

[Sorry, your last message made me cry and it alerted my family, they ended up reading your poem as well. Dad said I have a really good friend. Here take it as compensation.]

She added the photo of the smiling wolf to the message and looked to her brother.

"Why the stupid look? Wait! Are you thinking about Foxy sister? . . You are! aren't you!?"

" . . . "

"Say, Eldest brother, are you thinking about the time in the lobby? The time of the date? Or, the time you had "watered" the garden when she expertly "cured" your poison?"

The wolfs face twisted something wicked as his eyes darted around the room at the other family members as he whispered angrily,

"Hey, didn't we agree to never bring that up again?"

"I didn't! you're assuming, besides, if it's anything that involves Foxy sister it'll be hard not to forget it, right!?

" . . . "

In a residential block where the middle class breaks away from those of the lower class a young man sat in front of his computer inside a dimly lit room.

He was transferring photos from his camera to his computer and an external drive connected to it.

It was the young man that had stalked and followed grandpa Wú.

The hidden nuisance.

On the monitor were a whole heap of images opened up, they were all of Qin Qianyu going about her daily life unawares of this fellow students malicious obsession towards her.

He had even captured images of the jogger park stalker and her together, the ambiguous angles of the taken photographs made it look as if the pair were on a secret date.

In this students mind he thought so too. He assumed that the handsome young man was a person from Jing Hospital, the one that had dropped Qin Qianyu off that evening he had seen her.

He didn't see the end result of that day in the joggers park where Qin Qianyu crushed the man's chook and eggs with her foot because he was soon chased away by a group of 10 joggers that found his behaviour too odd and creepy.

If he did stick around he would have realised that his assumptions were for nought.

He looked at the image of the handsome young man close to Qin Qianyu and his eyes narrowed.

In comparison to his own looks he was very inferior in many aspects. This upset the young man especially, since it was elbowing his pride into submission.

"So which Jing family member do you belong to huh!? Will you forsake this slut once all this goes public or will you defend her against the reputation of your hospital? . . Either way let's play!"

The venomous laced thoughts were known only to him as he watch the percentage tick over as the files transferred.

The phone in Xiaoling's hand buzzed, she smiled brightly and shock it in front of her brother,

"Speak the devils name, and she shall appear, hahaha!"

After receiving the last message from Xiaoling with the picture of the wolf smiling dumbly, Qin Qianyu thought for awhile before replying,

[Cute and soft suit me more than dumb, hard and unreadable. But since it's free I'll take it, even though it's not enough as compensations goes. Haaa, such a pity, this cave diver is only good for looking at. He's going to break the hearts of many maidens.]

Xiaoling let out a light giggle then looked up at her brother,

"Wanna read?"

She asked teasingly. The handsome wolf just rolled his eyes at her. She just pursed her lips and shrugged her shoulders,

"Forget it then, even though it's all about you."

Hearing this, he perked up a little anxiously but as soon as he realised his actions, he hid his emotions and fought back the urge to snatch the phone out of his sisters hand.

"Why the hell am I eager to know what she said about me!? It must be this break! I've been inactive for too long! . . Yes that's it, it's this damn leave!"