"Zeng Rong! I want to apologise to you first before i continue. I accidentally overheard the conversation between you and Gerald..." I said softly with my head hung in shame. "Never mind, as you said, accidentally, don't put it in your heart. And anyway, do u even know you?" "Umm...yes? I am Eunice. We take the same school bus! I am sitting just behind you, with Ken Kit!"
"Oh...ok! Thnks for encouraging me by the way!" I said nothing but just gave a smile back to him.
As 4 years went by, Gerald left the school and graduated to Secondary school, which is then,me and Zeng Rong started to talk more and more often...
"Zeng Rong, can i ask you a question?"
"Sure!"
"Who do you like and why do you like her?"
"Umm...maybe a girl from my tuition centre and i like her because she is smart and she can help me in my studies. Who do you like then?"
"Wow...you like a girl because she is smart? I like Boon Kiat."
My first thought was : I would never ever like a person who like people because their smart