Chapter 11

Chapter 11 : Conflicted students

"Stop bothering about it if you can't even cook" Ian muttered to the person in front of him

" I can. Just wait , okay?" Zhen replied firmly however, his clumsy movements were contradicting his words.

He anxiously poured the oil into the pan then carefully beat the egg into the bowl while mentally recalling how Mrs.Narcia cooked scrambled eggs

Not a minute later, the oil started to boil it created a low sizzle.

"This is it" said Zhen before adding a little seasoning to the beaten egg

He anxiously poured the egg into the pan, creating a loud frying sound

"Ah!" Zhen immediately retreated a few steps back, startling Ian as well

"What's wrong?" Ian asked, concerned

"Are you burned?" He added. Zhen shook his head and continued cooking

Behind him he can hear Ian scoffing

"You must be crazy " He said before walking away with a gloomy face.

While Zhen was busy cooking downstairs, Ian decided to check on his Phone and as usual, he didn't receive a notification as many as Zhen's thought he had over twenty, messages and notifications, it was nothing compared to his cousin's over ninety nine notifications and fifty messages.

Ian silently praised his famous cousin while criticizing his ugly looks, his facial expression turning more complicated.

"Why can't I be like my cousin" He laid his back on the bed, his feet hanged while swinging back and forth.

Suddenly, a huge pillow covered his entire face, making him think that he was suffocated for a moment

"Mom!" He exclaimed as he sat straight

"What time is it, why aren't you up yet? Look at your cousin, he's already up and he's preparing your breakfast so get up!" Ian almost wanted to cover his ears with both his hands

Cousin this cousin that!

Ian mentally rolled his eyes

In his heart, he was screaming, justifying and defending himself but on the outside, he could only lower his head and listen. After his mother had left, Ian laid back down with one hand covering his beautiful eyes, he sighed and asked, "why can't I be like my cousin?" He wanted to cry but he could only squeeze out a tiny smile. His eyes were dry and could no longer shed tears.

After all, who would care if he cry?

No one would feel sorry not even his overreacting Cousin nor his prejudicial mother and friends.

"What's going on?" Zhen almost jumped when he heard his aunt's voice

"Auntie, why are you here?" He immediately put the spoon away as if getting rid of an evidence

"What are you cooking?" She asked

"How terrible " Zhen mumbled to himself as he looked behind him

"I cooked scrambled egg for everyone" he hesitated for a good while but managed to squeeze out an answer in the end.

"What? It didn't seemed like it" Madam Narcia fanned the air

"What are you even doing? Let me see" She said before taking the spoon-like-ladle. Not a minute later, she gasped and hit Zhen on the shoulder

"You're not even good at cooking -no you really suck at it" She scolded him

Zhen couldn't help but scratch his head. How embarrassing.

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Zhen and Ian didn't talk much after that but they didn't fight either so to Zhen, the sudden silence was more like Ian behaving himself so he didn't bother his chaotic mind anymore.

When the two of them arrived, the first person to meet them was surprisingly Louie, her hair was beautifully tied up in a ponytail. Her eyes instantly lit up upon seeing them arrive

"Brothers!!!!" She exclaimed before running towards them

"Ai ai, how could you address us casually like that?" Ian , who seemed to regain his old self, promptly grabbed the girl's shoulders. Louie however, didn't even care about Ian but thinking about it, her 'Zhen' might be embarrassed as well so she lowered her head and apologized to Zhen

"Now it's more awkward" Ian mumbled

"Where's your other sister, Yuya?" Zhen asked louye making her a bit furious

"She's in the canteen, I guess" Said the girl and then she suddenly remembered something. "She's with the other Senior brother" she said happily like how an innocent girl like her should.

Zhen and Ian looked at each other, each have their own thoughts but different worries. In fact, Ian had no worries at all while Zhen was the total opposite. How could Ian possibly know the embarrassment they had to suffer yesterday when he was inside their classroom arguing with Jaiden.

"Ian, you go first" Zhen said to Ian. Ian nodded and said something to the girl before leaving

Zhen didn't even had to ask who's with Yuya.

Zhen arrived in the cafeteria in no time but unexpectedly, there was no one there. His forehead started to sweat, and he subconsciously clenched his ten fingers while his eyes searched for a short girl in her usual ponytail. He should have felt relieved but instead, the worry had felt overwhelmed him.

Meanwhile, in the back of one of the buildings, Yuya stood with her hands at her back, waiting for someone.

After sometime, that person she was waiting for finally arrived. One of the guy's long blue sleeve was rolled up, exposing his honey-like skin.

"What took you so long?" Yuya crossed her arms

"It's none of your business" The guy replied flatly making her a bit mad

"What the hell! You made me wait here for too long and now you're saying it's none of my business? What hell!" She was about to continue when the guy suddenly pushed her against the wall while gripping her neck

"You ungrateful bitch!" The guy stared at Yuya's angry and hopeless face

She's really a cat. a wild and unyielding cat. Suddenly, the Guy's cold face lit up a bit and he started to loosen his grip on her neck. Only after he let go and took a few steps back did Yuya finally decided to breath

She was holding her neck while gasping for air.

"Why are you suddenly acting like this?" The guy asked Yuya, making her slightly nervous.

"What do you mean?" She replied horsely. " whoever told you that is lying" She even had the guys roll her eyes before standing straight.

"Whatever you want, just don't harm anyone that is important to me" she added. The guy looked at her with amusement and said "You really like him, huh? Then I'll try and exempt him"

"Is everything ready?" Said the guy as he turned his back behind her

"Psh. Bastard"

"What is it?"

Yuya immediately straightened her posture and replied, " I mean yes yes" the guy continued to walk a little further before stopping and reached something inside his pocket.

"Here" A white envelope suddenly flew in the air towards Yuya who was standing too far from the guy and because of her distance, the envelope fell to the ground and the things inside immediately scattered to the ground.

Yuya looked at the pile of cash on the ground, her hands slowly clenching yet her lips curved up to a beautiful smile.

"Thanks" she mumbled before squatting down to collect the money. She decided to take a look at the Guy but he was no longer there. He didn't even bother to help her.

"Brat. One day when I'm done with this shit, I'll take him away!"

She paused and glanced at the money. She thought that the money is not even enough to help her out with her problem so how could she help him?

Just then, an idea came to her.