"Grandma, Grandpa." Shu Ling greeted her grandparents who were seating elegantly on the chairs. Her paternal grandparents, the only ones who had backed her up against her family who had always been bias towards Shu Hui for they had always thought of her as the mature one.
Shu Ling took a seat beside her grandmother as she helped pass the cutleries for her grandparents. "Young Miss! They haven't seen you for so long, I'm glad your finally here, your grandfather keeps nagging me-" Before her grandfather's assistant, Si Lin could continue, he was interrupted by Shu Hui's grandfather, Yong Jun. " Old Lin (idk how to put it but that's how people talk in my local dramas CHANNEL 8)"
Yong Jun's words hinted a threat towards him if he did not stop talking. Si Lin immediately zipped up his mouth before greeting, "I'll take my leave now, Young miss...thank you, you saved my ears from bleeding!" He then ran out shutting the door behind him.
"That old geezer! Even though he is so old already, he still pulls tricks like this!" Yong Jun ranted towards his wife, Wen Hao. "Grandpa, I'm sure your as energetic as Uncle Lin." Shu Lin chuckled as she scooped the shark fin soup into three bowls before passing them to her grandparents.
"Xiao Ling, why do you seem so different today? And why aren't you wearing your dresses?" Wen Hao gently asked Shu Ling. Shu Ling who was eating halfway paused and placed her chopsticks down before looking back at her grandparents, "Grandma...Grandpa...I...I want to build my own gaming company." She hesitantly said.
BANG! Yong Jun had slammed down his chopsticks, not in anger but...excitement? He had a surprised look on his face with his eyes twinkling in excitement. Wen Hao who was equally shocked as him was smiling. She then turned to her husband and smacked his shoulders, "Our Xiao Ling has grown up!"
"Xiao Ling this kind of thing is so small! I'll quickly get it started up for you and then you handle the rest!" Her grandpa smiled as he was delighted. Shu Ling gave a bright smile and thanked her grandparents and continued scooping food for them to eat.
After dinner, Shu Ling's grandparents had gone home earlier because she wanted to look around a little more to get something for Luo Chen. 'Maybe I should get him a slice of cake!" Shu Ling thought you herself as she remembered the incident in the morning when even while catching her, he was still eating.
Nodding to herself she walked into one of the most famous bakeries in the city. Because of how expensive it was for a single piece of cake, normal people wouldn't have came. Thus the bakery was quite empty other then some people who were dressed from head to toe in designer goods.
One slice of cake had caught her eye.She quickly walked towards it, inspecting it. It was a mango layered cake that was covered it gold paper and for a finishing touch, it had whipped cream with a single cherry on top. The price? 60 dollars. Though, to Shu Ling, it wasn't a big deal. She grabbed it and was just about to make her way to the counter when she heard a familiar giggle.
Shu Ling frowned, quickly hiding behind the shelves, she peaked at the couple who were joking around with each other. The couple was none other then, Shu Hui and Yu Zhe. The crease on her forehead deepened more as she thought to herself, 'What are they doing here? In my previous life, didn't she say that she was going out to study with her friends?' Shu Ling's face darkened at the thought of her being lied to.
'Wait! I can use this against them can't I?' Shu Ling smiled to herself as she quickly took her phone out of her bag and hid in a corner as she recorded them.
"Zhe, you don't actually like Shu Ling right?" Shu Hui's doe like eyes widened making it look like an innocent angel who had just fell from heaven. Upon seeing her expression, Yu Zhe chuckled as he hugged her tightly. "Of course not silly, she can't even compare to a finger of yours."
Shu Hui blushed at Yu Zhe's words and hit him lightly. "Zhe, don't mess around, we are in public..."
Without Shu Ling knowing, there was a figure behind her who was watching her every move. "Haha! I got the video!" Shu Ling squealed as she smiled to herself. "What video?" A melodic voice rang out. Shu Ling immediately snapped to the left, meeting the eyes of Luo Chen.
Few minutes ago:
"Gah! Why did you drink so much today?!" Zihan shouted at Zhou Lei who was clearly drunk as he held onto Zihan's shoulder. Because of Zhou Lei eating almost every single thing, Luo Chen and the others were unable to eat till they were full.
Luo Chen looked around before stopping his eyes at a famous bakery. Excitedly, he ditched his friends to go buy some cakes. "Guys i'm leaving, i'm hungry bye!" He quickly said and without waiting for their responses, he walked into the bakery.
While he was looking around for some cakes, someone had caught his attention. 'Shu Ling? Why is she here...taking a video?' Luo Chen cocked an eye brown and walked over to her.
Present:
"Mr Long, I'm beginning to think that you are stalking me." Shu Ling said as she placed her phone away. Two crescent moon like eyes smiled at her in reply. "Hm? Me stalking you? I have higher standards." Luo Chen replied nonchalantly.
Shu Ling looked at the cake in her hand and looked back up at Luo Chen. "Here I bought this cake for you, now we own each other nothing anymore! Help me keep this a secret, bye!" Shu Ling said as she shoved the cake into Luo Chen's hands before turning around to leave.
Luo Chen looked at the cake in his hands and smiled, 'At least I got something for free!' As he turned to leave, he was stopped by a staff who asked him to pay. It was then he realised that Shu Ling had tricked him! Reluctantly he paid using his credit card before leaving the bakery.