Chapter 7: The Betrayal (1)

"Uncle Fang, how do you intend to explain it to your wife?" Chen asked farmer Fang when they got out of the room.

"I wouldn't hide anything from her, Mr Chen, Hmm!" he signed deeply and smoke came out of his mouth.

"My wife had always wanted a daughter but we could only have Fang Zu despite all the efforts. Seeing the way she cares about her just now, I believe heaven has finally decided to hear her wishes".

"Okay! The young miss might likely forget everything that happened to her in the past due to the injuries, what are you going to do when she finally wakes up?" Chen asked him, with his hands at his back.

"In that case, she is welcome to my family, since fate has made her cross paths with us, I will accept her as my daughter" Farmer Fang said with a smile.

"Alright! If that is the case, take this bottle, it should be applied on her wound then dressed up with clean cloth" Chen said, handing over a white colored bottle containing the powdered medicine early on.

"Take this one too, it should be brewed into ginger tea for her to drink every morning until the wound heals completely"He gave farmer Fang a black colored bottle.

"Aaii! Thank you so much Mr Chen! My family is deeply indebted to you" Farmer Fang gratitude shows him .

"It's okay, Uncle Fang. Alright, I am going over to the old Zhu house. I have been treating his third son's illness for the past two days now" Chen informs farmer Fang, about to walk away.

"Old Zhu's third son? Is it Fei? Alright let's me not hold you back anymore Mr Chen!"

"Welfare, uncle Fang" Chen bade him goodbye, walking out of the compound.

Using a green colored blanket to cover Xing Qian up to the chest, Mrs Fang carefully stuck Xing Qian's hand inside the blanket, smiled and touched her face again, before walking out of the house.

Few seconds later, Xing Qian's finger moved slightly under the blanket. Her face swist in anguish, like she is having a nightmare. She turns her face and body slightly, struggles with something unknown, resisting a force beyond her, a force trying to keep her still, trying to keep her unconscious from reality.

She continues struggling, as a series of events flashes through her mind like a dream yet it feels real to her.

"Huh, Xuer you are not going to work today?" Chua Ai, a girl of average height, fair skinned with large eyes, who is the roommate and one of Xuer's best friends, asked when she came out of the bathroom already dressed up in a white daffodil shirt with brown skirt, and saw Xuer typing something on her laptop.

"My boss gave me a day off duty today," Xuer replied without turning to look at Chua Ai, her fingers moving rapidly on the keyboard.

Xuer, a young lady with porcelain skin tone, plum shaped natural red lips, and delicate cheekbone, who is very pretty even without makeup.

It has always been Xuer's dream to be a renowned novelist someday even though her works have been rejected countless times by publishing companies, she is still passionate about writing.

"Aaii, Aaii !!!" She exclaimed, surprised while turning to look briefly at Xuer's direction.

"Finally your heartless boss decided to let you rest a while today? Sometimes, I wonder why you agreed to be Le Yang's bodyguard! Chua Ai said, drying her hair with a hairdryer.

"Why? Because the money will help pay my bills, pay my college debts, and sort out my family needs" Xuer replied.

"Your family? Hmph! The same family who did not help you through college? Xuer, stop deceiving yourself! Your family doesn't need your help. You should start planning for your future now. They are taking advantage of your kindness!" Chua Ai said, rolling her eyes, obviously displeased at her words.

Packing up the hairdryer, she sat down in one of the two chairs, looking at the silent Xuer.

"Xuer, stop sending money to Li Mei, she doesn't need it. She can take care of herself, you should rather start saving it" Chua Ai said when Xuer didn't not reply to her the first time.

"Ayeei! Chua Ai, Li Mei is my younger sister and therefore it's my responsibility to take care of her needs. Off course I will! And she needs it much more".

"Xuer! Are you just too kindhearted? Or are you actually blind? These people are fooling you! And yet you call them family?" Chua Ai said pissed at her friend's lack of discretion.

"Enough already,Chua Ai! You are distracting me here!" Xuer stops typing and turn to look at Chua Ai, wondering what is wrong with her this morning

"What about your boyfriend? When was the last time Wen called you?"

"Wen?" She paused to reflect on Chua Ai's question.

"Speaking of the devil, he has not even bothered to call me since he traveled? Well, it's not a new thing, after all I have been the one doing the calling since he got promoted two years ago. Sometimes, I wonder who the man in the relationship is? And if they are not actually telling the truth?. No! I shouldn't allow their words to get to me, Wen is a changed man now. Hmm!" She breathed out deeply.

"Wen? He went to London on a business meeting, he will be coming back next week" She said then stopped typing again, and turns to look at her.

"Chua, look, I know you don't like or trust Wen because of what happened in the past, but he has changed already. You don't have to continue crucifying him for his past mistakes".

"Xuer!!!" Chua Ai was suddenly interrupted by the urgent knock on the door and both of them kept quiet at once.

"Open up quickly! Chua Ai, Xuer!" An angry female voice sounded outside the door.

"Is that not Yu Xia? I hope she is okay?" Xuer said while opening the door, Yu Xia hurried inside the room, fanning her face with her hands.

"Xuer, I am going to kill that bastard!!! Imagine his nerves?" Yu Xia, a short girl with a slim body build, said in her high pitched voice. She bends down to smooth the long socks worn in her black sneakers over a popular new brand of dress called modern Harmony.

"Yu Xia,calm down, okay! What happened between you and Zi Mo? I have never seen brother Zi Mo make you angry before, what really happened?" Xuer asked her while trying to open up a can of cold juice for her drink.

"Me and Zi Mo?" Yu Xia asked her, looking confused, then her eyes suddenly went wide open in shock before she turned to glare at Chua Ai.

"Chua Ai!!! You are a bad friend! Why did you keep it from Xuer? You should have told her already!" Yu Xia yells at Chua Ai, her face all red with anger.

"Stop yelling at me Yu Xia! Tell her and what next? Watch her cry herself into depression? Have you forgotten what happened to her two years ago?" Chua Ai shouts at her, breathing hard...