Chapter 10 – Pick Them Up

As they entered into their house, Yin said "Yue, Xing I'm going to need your help" "What do you want us to do? " Yue asked. "We're listening" Xing added. "Okay so Yue I need you to keep an eye on the Taio family and Xing I need you to send some people to protect those reporters, Yijun I also need your help, I need you to interfere with the signal in the Taio family so they can't threaten those reporters" Yin explained.

"Easy pizzy"

"No problem"

"Consider it done"

"Welcome home, how was the party? " Jie Meiling asked them. "It was great mom" Yijun said " Yeah mom, tomorrow be expecting some explosive news" Yali added. "Mother, where is father? " Jiañ asked "He's resting in his room" Jie Meiling replied.

"Alright you all go freshen up, I know you girls aren't used to eating at parties so by the time you're finished dinner will be served" Jie Meiling said.

They all got ready and with their pajamas on they sat round the long dinning table for dinner.

As always Jie Feng sat at the head of tge table portrying power and Jie Meiling sat beside him. They commited tge food to the Supreme Being and started eating.

"Hey Jiañ pass me the stew"

"Yin pass me the salt"

"Min water please"

"Yue juice please"

"Yali pass the chicken"

"What's wrong with your hand? "

"Is your butt glued to the chair? "

"The salt is right in front of you why complaining so much, do it"

"Don't talk nonesense and give it to me"

"Pass me some new chopsticks"

"So lazy"

"It seems it's been long since I taught you a lesson"

"Are you blind? Can't you see you're closer to it? "

"QUIET!! Table manners! " Jie Feng commanded. Everyone suddenly became quiet. He looked over all of them giving them a warning gaze and them continued eating.

They started using Morse Code, eye and hand signs, lip reading, using their legs to kick each other under the table and so on.

The rest of the days went by and it finally reached Monday where the headlines of Taio Hua were still ongoing.

"Hey we're going out to meet with some friends you're cousins and aunt will arrive at 12:45pm one of you should go pick them up, don't forget" Jie Meiling instructed. "Are you listening? " "Jiañ! , Min! " She called out.

"Yes mom" Jiañ replied " Min!Min! " They both called out to Min. Min saw their mouths moving and removed her earpods. "What were you both saying?" Min asked. Jie Meiling sighed and said " Tell her Jiañ, you were paying attention" "Um I was studying something on my phone" Jie Meiling sighed again and repeated what she said " Don't forget what I said, you're father's probably waiting for me, take care of yourselves, bye"

Yali came back from her dance lesson, Yijun and Yin came back from feeding Yin's swan and Xing and Yue descended from the staircase. Jiañ spoke up " Mom said one of us should pick our cousins and aunt from the airport at 12:45pm, who's going?" Everyone was silent. Yue thought of an idea "Let's play a game of poker and who ever looses has to go" Everyone nodded their heads.

..... 30 Minutes Later....

"Yijun and Yali you girls have a tie" Min spoke up. "Well another round" Yijun said. "Sure" Yali replied

... 2 Minutes Later....

"I win" Yali announced. " What?! " Yijun said in disbelief. Xing went towards Yijun and shouted into her ear " Yali wins!!! " "Ahhh! Do you want me to go deaf? " Yijun asked. " I'm helping you see reality clearly" Xing replied innocently. Yijun just sneered.

"Don't delay, it's 12:01 right now, from here to the airport is a 35 minute drive" Yue said expressionesly. "You wait for me Yali this isn't over, how can I loose to a girl that's just 17yrs old, impossible" Yijun said. "Don't lie to yourself, it just happened before your very eyes" Xing said. " You talk like you both are 20yrs apart" Yue said " Yeah meanwhile you're just older than her with 4 years" Jiañ said.

"I'm going okay, geez" Yijun said, went to her room to grab her car keys and went to the underground parking lot.

Sneak peek: "Well you girls were so fast to tell her I went but you cam't call her and say I'm back, are you really that petty? " Yijun asked frustratedly