"Hello, Roulan! How are you? It's been so long since we last met! Is Uncle's health good?" Yan Meilin hugged her while Sun Feihong and Wen Zhenzhen took turns to greet her. Yan CheungWei's eyes, from behind An Roulan, fell on his Fenhua, and as always, his heart warmed at her sight, all his work stress and tightness left him, making him relaxed! Similar to how seeing oasis gives respite to a deserter, she is like a fresh breeze, who takes away all his pain..., her beauty resembling a quagmire, succumbed him into her. Thus, CheungWei started admiring, his gaze soft on her. However, the surrounding noise brought CheungWei back from his flower land, making him avert his eyes, the previous deep yet passionate emotions nowhere to be found. Giving one last look at Fenhua, he left for his study.
Here, after receiving a warm welcome from Yan's, An Roulan found her seat and answered their questions of well being.
"I am fine, Melin Jie! Dad's also in good health! He often inquires about Grandma and CheungWei. Dad also wanted me to pay his respects to Grandma on his behalf! I miss you all too, being abroad is different from one's own homeland!"
Li Fenhua shot a confused look at Roulan and was busy analyzing, as she doesn't know about her! Similarly, An Roulan was also observing Fenhua, with oblivious disdain in fox like eyes. Pointing at Li Fenhua, she asked Yan Meilen.
"Meilin Jie, who is she?" With a smile, Yan Meilin introduced Fenhua.
"She is Li Fenhua, my dearest sister and family!" Meilin's intro brought a bright smile on Li Fenhua, who lifted her hand in greeting at An Roulan! Despite Fenhua's good intentions, An Roulan made a face and shot a filthy look at her. Li Fenhua became quite uncomfortable at her gaze because she did not know what wrong she committed having incurred that look, while the trio(Grandma, Yan Meilin, Wen Zhenzhen) faces darkened, thoroughly offended by her.
"Family means?" An Roulan questioned again, resulting in Grandma's stern reply this time.
"Family means family! Our most trusted person, Accountant Li Bojing's daughter, and my Sun Feihong's granddaughter!" Grandma smiled tightly at An Roulan, warning clear in her eyes.
"Yes, yes! Huahua is our own, much braver than my son! Moreover, our family's Huahua is such an adorable and bright girl! She is our nation's high-school topper!" Wen Zhenzhen continued, adding her own two cents.
An Roulan's face burned in embarrassment at their words, but very soon, she recovered and changed the topic.
"Where's CheungWei? I just saw him standing with us!" Seeing that she stopped making faces at Fenhua, trio no longer made things difficult for her.
"Wei Sir would be in his study at this time!" Li Fenhua replied in her usual bubbly self, totally forgetting An Roulan's previous behavior... she is just like this, totally naive yet devilish!
" Ohh! Then, let me go to him to discuss our current project!" An Roulan smiled at Grandma and Meilin.
Li Fenhua frowned as she heard her! Don't know why but, she did not like it one bit when An Roulan is with her Wei Sir! An uneasy feeling starts to crawl from her stomach to her heart.
"Alright! You go to study, I will send refreshments though Zhang Niu." Yan Meilin set off to the kitchen as she spoke... Wen Zhenzhen and Sun Feihong too left for their rooms.
Li Fenhua was about to follow Yan Meilin to the kitchen, but was rudely stopped by An Roulan!
"Hey, girl! Bring two strong black coffee to study!" Throwing these words at Fenhua, An Roulan left with a smirk.
Li Fenhua eyes widened in rage, listening to her command! No one, I mean, no one allows her to do any kind of work, and here An Roulan is ordering her around, as though she is a servant?! However, before Fenhua gives a tit-for-tat reply, An Roulan left for study, leaving her to stew in anger!
Li Fenhua stomped her foot furiously, gritting her teeth so hard that it would break. Is it possible, a character like her, who doesn't even have hard feelings for anyone, to hate a person so much that she wants to kill and bury the said person? However, Li Fenhua felt the same when she saw An Roulan! Why her heart burned when she saw An Roulan clinging onto her Wei Sir? Why..., why she felt as though..., as though someone snatched her most prized possession from her?! Li Fenhua had great difficulty in naming this weird feeling. If only, she knew, this is a jealousy strike that made her feel this way!
Yan mansion kitchen.
Yan Meilin was getting Zhang Niu to prepare coffee for An Roulan and Yan CheungWei while our naughty flower came there with her face puffed up, red due to anger. 'How dare that Makeup bag?! Am I a maid?' How can our Huahua leave her? She is going to take revenge!
Li Fenhua eyed Yan Meilin, seemingly wanting to say something. Yan Meilin, who saw her nervously shifting around, frowned in confusion, "Huahua, my dear! What happened? Why are you nervous? Did something happen? Oh, wait! Have you done some mischief again?"
At Meilin's I-know-you-are-up-to-something expression, Fenhua flashed her signature sheepish smile, hurriedly covered her tracks, which are dangerously close to exposing.
"No, no, Jie! I'm just here to inform you that grandma is calling you..., huh! Yes, her Buddha beads are missing."
"What! Beads are missing?! Grandma must be tensed!" Yan Meilin was stupefied at Fenhua's words!
"Yes, Jie, you please go to grandma, lest her blood pressure rises again!" *I am sorry, Grandma* Fenhua mumbled an apology in her heart and spewed nonsense, hurrying Yan Meilin.
"Alright! I am leaving, just inform Zhang Niu to send coffee to Ah Cheung's study!" With that, Yan Meilin left.
Similarly, Fenhua made an excuse to shoo Zhang Niu off the kitchen!
As soon as he left, Li Fenhua glared viciously at An Roulan's black coffee with all her might, as if it stole her last plate of cookies! Later, she took chili powder of 3 teaspoons worth, mixed in one of the coffee mugs. Placing the two coffee mugs on a tray, Fenhua smirked devilishly, "Ms. Makeup bag, today, you will taste the best coffee of your life!"
With a spirit akin to a war soldier, Li Fenhua sashayed towards Yan CheungWei's study!
******to be continued******