When he turned back he found Ammu picking up his phone and directed towards him saying "Iam Sorry"
Wang Lin furiously shouted at her "Are you blind", he snatched the phone from her and staighten towards Fuzhi's room. "
Ammu stunned from his behaviour and she checked around to confirm nobody heard him shouting at her. She walked to the elevator feeling embarrassed.
In the room, Lin yelled and scolded Fuzhi for being careless and strictly warned him saying" Fuzhi, it's good to keep away from trouble making friends of yours and don't indulge in any new overseas friendship "He stressed the last three words indicating Ammu.
Fuzhi insisted to get discharged today as he was feeling bored laying idle in the bed. With doctor's consent they left hospital.
Lin wanted to sent Fuzhi back to X city but since he had to have his review check up after few days he had to stay in Dubai for one week. Their mother asked Lin accompany Fuzhi until he is safe to travel back home. Yong assured that once the accounting records are obtained from Dubai office he will return back to restore the same so that Lin can stay with his brother. Other official matters h can handle online.
Since it was Friday the company was closed for the weekend and hence they planned to visit the office next day. Lin thought he will have some rest after taking bath.
Fuzhi feeling bored scrolled through his phone and suddenly thought about Aamu and he made a call to her. After along ring the call was answered with a sweet voice "hello who is this? "
Fuzhi : Hey, its me Fuzhi, didn't you save my number?
Ammu : Oh, sorry I think it didn't get saved.
Ammu purposely didn't save his number as she thought it is not necessary.
Aamu : So, what's up.... How are you now. Happy that your brother came.
Fuzhi : hmm.. Yaah somewhat.....
Ammu :Somewhat?
Fuzhi : Iam bored here..... So what's your plan to spend your off day....
Aamu : My roommates wanted me to go with them to the Jumeirah beach but I refused so they went after quarrelling with me. Now I feel bad for them so getting ready to give them a surprise.
Fuzhi : Okay then carry on, enjoy your evening. Bye...
He also wanted to go to beach and walk through the shore to relax so he immediately got dressed. His injury has healed much better and only a gauze bandage dressing has been done on his forehead. On the way down he just sned a message to Lin that he is going to the beach.
At 5pm Fuzhi reached the beach and he walked along the shore as he couldn't get into the sea cause his injury may get wet. After 15 minutes Ammu arrived the beach but she couldn't find her friends. She made a call to them and came to. Know that they have changed their plan and went to Dubai mall.
Ammu cursed herself for coming, she stood their looking into the horizon and lost in her thoughts until distracted by a hand that waved close to her face. When she saw Fuzhi a smile crested on her rosy lips as she was happy to see a familiar face in her loneliness.
Fuzhi : Alone.. Where are your friends
Ammu : I didn't know they changed the plan and went to Dubai mall, Iam going back to room now.
Fuzhi : Then Can we have a walk for sometime Angel.
Ammu : (frowns) Angel...
Fuzhi : Yes if you didn't find me on right time, I won't be alive now.
Ammu : hey, you are thinking too much.
Both of them walked along the shore and waves passed through theit feet.
Fuzhi : Ammu, why did you get to the sixth floor of the hotel, didn't you know it was under renovation.
Ammu sighed and hesitated to answer. She became gloomy and her eyes moist. Fuzhi thought it was inappropriate to ask further so they both walked in silence. Later when she eased her emotions..
Ammu : Fuzhi, I was really hurt that day, I found my fiance Arun Varma cheating on my back. Our marriage was fixed in our teenage. Actually I denied the proposal as I consider him as my brother but he persuaded me for the sake of our parents. He is working as a senior IT manager in a renowned company here.
Fuzhi : Oh Iam Sorry Ammu, how you guyz met.
Ammu : He is my father's elder sister's son. We have such culture, if willing we can marry our aunty's son or uncle's (mother's brother) son. This culture was very common in earlier days but nowadays it's rare.Even I personally doesn't like this system but I agreed as our parents insisted.
Fuzhi : Oh, so you are relatives.
Ammu : hmm, Iam not sad because he betrayed me. But the person with whom he is having relationship is one of my cousin sister Anitha Varma, she is my father's elder brother's daughter. If he wished he could have told our grandpa that he doesn't want to marry me, even I don't have any problem with that, instead in front of others he pretended to be a gentleman who is much concerned about me and wanted to take care of me. I don't know what to do now, our engagement has been fixed for next month.
Fuzhi : What do you mean by taking care of you, you are educated and will get a good job then why should you depend on him. Why do you need his concern and caring.
Ammu : Fuzhi, I told you at hospital that Iam much like an orphan now.
Fuzhi : Yes, I forgot.. Actually If you don't mind can you tell me what happened to your parents.
Ammu : I lost my parents in a car accident when we were going to my maternal home at Trichur( District in Kerala) I was in my 12th grade that time. My parents were Woking in Dubai so its my grandparents who took care of me after 10th grade when I was pursuing my studies in India.
Fuzhi felt how blessed he is, until 25 years of his life he had never faced any grievance. He pitied Aami and wanted to support her in his life. He had never felt such feelings foe any girl, he always considered them only as an enjoyment tool. He was never serious in a relationship, he had changed a lot of girlfriends in a year, he was very carefree and never considered their feelings. He never felt a true love to anybody as he was well aware that the most of the girls who approached him was either for his wealth or for his fame. Nowadays it is difficult to find girls who neds pure love.
Both of them sat in the shore talking and whoever watches that scene will definitely believes that they were couples.
Fuzhi : It's okay, Aamu atleast you found his betrayal before marriage and you both are not even officially engaged, so you should be relieved right .
Ammu : It's not. Like what you think Fuzhi, this engagement ceremony is just for namesake. All our relatives, family friends and the whole locality knows that we are to be married. He compelled me to love him, I denied as I suspected him and everybody else who had approached me with proposal, as I very well know with such a face(Fuzhi frowns) there is no chance for them to like me. But for him I made an exception and took the courage to believe him as I thought it's because he knows my character as we knows from our childhood. But he broke my trust.
Fuzhi frowned at her mentioning about the face,he thought to himself what she is upto.
Fuzhi : hello, what is it with your face. Who told you don't look good.
Ammu : (smiling) Fuzhi, I have got a scar on my right cheek, that's why Iam wearing a niqaab to veil it. Actually Iam a Hindu by religion but I wear niqaab to veul my scar. That's why for articleship I chose firm that insists staffs to wear burka ans niqaab. Though in Dubai there is no dress restriction but there are companies and firms that are very strict with dress code.
Fuzhi listened to her without responding and both sat there in silence watching the sun setting into the deep horizon. The lights were dim and they saw a shadow over them. They turned back to see Lin who was standing behind them with his arms crossed to his body.
We both stood up and I remember he was the same person who shouted at me in the hoapital
. Fuzhi started talking to him
Fuzhi : Oh. Second brother, why are you here.
Lin : Of course looking for you, can't you take rest, you have been just discharged from hospital and immediately started roaming around with your new girlfriend.
Though he was answering to Fuzhi he was giving me cold look. I think he is still angry with me for the phone.
Fuzhi :(turning towards Aamu) : Aami, this is my brother Wang Lin, you left when he came to hospital.
Its them I knew he was Fuzhi's brother and not the other person. I smiled and said hello to him, but he didn't show the manners to reply. He continued to talk tto Fuzhi so I just excused myself to give them privacy and left.
After sometime a car stopped near me and saw Fuzhi getting down from it.
Fuzhi : Sorry Ammu, my brother spoke like that because he misunderstood us.
Ammu blinked at him and asked" what did your brother say"
Fuzhi : (embarrassingly) you heard him right, Iam Sorry for that.
Ammu : (smiled) I don't understand Chinese language.