41. Star

''I know it.'' Little Li Zhilan said as she clapped her hands with a bright smile and said, ''Since you said you can do anything,'' She pointed towards the sky and continued, ''I want a star. If you can get it, you pass the test.''

The little boy worded his brain in every angle but still couldn't come up with an answer but he wasn't one to give up.

''If I bring you a star will you really accept to mine?''

''Yes. I will accept to be your girlfriend now and then when we grow up, I'll be your wife.''

''Don't forget your promise.'' The little boy added just to make sure.

Actually the little girl also liked the little boy back but the words of the men in her family really scared her. They had added that if someone couldn't do a difficult task for the girl the liked, then the feeling that boy had for the girl were fake or it will only exist for a short duration. That was why she see set a difficult task for the little boy.

When the men in her family told her about setting a task for the boy, they had emphasized on the word 'difficult' so that their little princess won't be stolen from them. Imbue at that time, they had no idea that their little girl would be exceptionally smart and the task she set would be anything but easy. But if they had heard of this next to impossible task, they would have cheared for her and would have felt proud and grateful to her for setting such a task. After all, who could bring a star to be gifted. Not one they could think of.

...

''Yeah it's still valid. If you can bring me a star, I will accept you.''

Infact the little girl had learned how difficult her task was. She had spent the whole year praying that he would be able to think of something and when she finally arrived, she prayed he succeeded.

Even now, contrary to her calm exterior, her heart was beating frantically and her fingers were crossed behind her back. Both her mind and heart was repeating the same sentence over and over again, 'please let him succeed. please let him succeed. please...'

''Here.'' Much to the astonished little girl, the boy took out and little lantern like locket with a rock inside. The lantern seemed to be made out of platinum with diamond dust splattered on floor of the inside of the lantern. The rock inside didn't look like normal rock. Instead it was shiny and beautiful.

''The stone inside is a meteroid. When a meteriod falls, it's called a shooting star or a falling star. Since you wanted a star and didn't specify which kind of, and since the one I brought is also a star, I passed your test right?'' Though he had planned a whole speech to retord any thing she said so as to muddle his way to her heart, he was still apprehensive as the little girl infront of him was very smart.

However all his worries were for a naught. The little girl infront of him didn't even grab the locket before she hugged him and said, ''I was worried I fell for a fool. Thank God you are smart enough.''