Chapter 26

PURSUING THING BEYOND REACH

When Ai Eng saw Yun Xi lifted her hand, Ai Eng closed her eyes, waiting to get slap. But Yun Xi didn’t slap her. Instead she grabbed Ai Eng’s jaw tightly which made Ai Eng open her eyes and look at Yun Xi in agony which was caused from the tight grip and the hurt feeling in heart, as she was so sad to see Yun Xi acting this way. Yun Xi looked at Ai Eng with the eyes filled with hatred and said, grabbing Ai Eng saw tighter,

“You know what?! I will never let go what is mine. No one can snatch anything from me, not even you. No matter what, I will definitely get him back. Just wait and see.”

Yun Xi smiled wickedly and let go of Ai Eng’s jaw. At that time, Ai Eng just looked at Yun Xi sadly as Yun Xi was looking at her with that wicked smile. When Yun Xi noticed that someone patted her shoulder, she turned her head to here right and saw a hand just moved towards her face at a very fast speed, giving her a tight slap on her face.

Ai Eng was shocked to see Jun Tai slapping Yun Xi. Jun Tai looked at Yun Xi fiercely and asked,

“Yun Xi, don’t you think you have done far too much? Are you out of your mind?”

“Yeah! I am mad! And it is all because of her!”?

Yun Xi said and pointed at Ai Eng, touching her own face. Then Jun Tai looked at Ai Eng and back at Yun Xi, saying in a calm tone,

“Even if she has done something hurtful to you, you should not push her down and be so rude to her. I think you should help her up and say sorry to her.”

“Say sorry? To a bitch who has just snatched my boyfriend away, betraying our dad’s love? RIDICULOUS!”

Yun Xi said with a sarcastic smile. Then Yun Xi looked at Jun Tai angrily and asked,

“Why did you slap me because of her? Don’t you use to hate her from her head to toe? Don’t tell me you are like Jun Xuan has got cheated by her hypocrite and started to treat her well?”

“Don’t drag Jun Xuan and me in. I am talking sense to you. I know I shouldn’t have slapped you but I just can’t stand it anymore to see you treating her so badly.”

Jun Tai said, looking at Yun Xi sadly. Then Jun Tai looked at Ai Eng, feeling bad and said,

“Yun Xi, you are right I used to really hate her last but now I know that she really cares a lot about us.”

Hearing this, Ai Eng looked at Jun Tai amazing, feeling touch. Then Jun Tai looked at Yun Xi again and continued saying sadly,

“I hate all those women who are together with married men even though they know they will ruin the men’s family. Like our mother who had ruined Jun Xuan’s family and ran away with another married man because he is richer. I really feel so disgusted and ashamed of her. And when I first saw Auntie,”

Ai Eng was pretty amazed when she heard Jun Tai calling her Auntie at last. She continued looking at Jun Tai as he said,

“I thought that she was just one of the bad and materialistic women like our mother just married dad because he is rich. So I have treated badly for the past three years and ignored all her care and kindness to me. After Dad has left, I realize that she really loves Dad and us if not she wouldn’t have to stay here and take care of us until now. Unlike our biological mother who has left us a long time ago.”

Jun Tai walked closer to his sister and held her hand, saying,

“Please open the eyes in your heart and see who the ones really worthy for your love are. And don’t try to pursue something which is beyond your reach.”

“I know who I should love. So just stay out of my business.”

Yun Xi said coldly and pulled her hand back. When Yun Xi turned and walked to the staircase, Jun Tai looked at her in despair and turned to Ai Eng. When Ai Eng saw Jun Tai bending down and offering her a helping hand, Ai Eng just stunned there, looking at Jun Tai unbelievably.

“Auntie, don’t you want to get up?”

Jun Tai asked with a smile. When Ai Eng heard what Jun Tai asked, she regained consciousness and held onto Jun Tai so as to get up, smiling heartedly. After standing on her feet, Ai Eng held Jun Tai’s hand and put her other hand on his shoulder, saying with a pleased smile,

“Thank you, Jun Tai. I am really glad to hear you calling me Auntie.”

“Auntie, I am really sorry for……..”

Before Jun Tai could finish his sentence, Ai Eng put her finger on his lip and said, shaking her head,

“You don’t have to say sorry when you did nothing hurtful to me.”

Then Ai Eng said with a smile, pinching Jun Tai’s nose softly,

“Just don’t call me slut again.”

“No! I won’t call you that again, Auntie.”
Jun Tai said immediately, shaking his head nervously. Ai Eng touched Jun Tai’s head and said with an extreme happy smile,

“This is my good boy.”

Jun Tai smiled embarrassingly and looked down so as to hide his red face. Ai Eng laughed a little when she saw Jun Tai’s embarrassed reaction but when she looked up at the staircase, the smile on her face gradually faded away. She thought in her heart,

“What have I done to Yun Xi, Tian Ming and Jun Xuan? They are hurt because of me. What should I do to reduce the pain that I have caused them? What can I do besides not doing anything and let the situation get worse?”

Ai Eng hugged Jun Tai in her arms and closed her eyes sadly with a sigh, feeling hopelessly.

On the other hand, Jun Xuan was looking at Tian Ming who was sadly staring out the window in class. Jun Xuan could see that Tian Ming’s struggle and misery but he just looked down at his book and start reading at that time. When the lecturer left the class, Tian Ming quickly packed his books in his bag and said, looking around,

“I’d better leave now before they come to me.”

Before Tian Ming could even stand up, there were several girls standing around him and giving him chocolate and love letters. The girls took out several magazines which had Tian Ming’s photos in them and asked in a vain way,

“Tian Ming, can you please sign all these magazines for us?”

Tian Ming gave a fake smile and nodded his head reluctantly. When Tian Ming stretched out his hand so as to take one of the magazines, all the girls just pushed the magazines in their hands towards him, making him feel dizzy. He tried to say out something but the girls were quarrelling too fiercely over who should get his autograph first. And the girls eventually kept moving closer to Tian Ming and pulling him here and there, pushing one another away and shouting at one another,

“Let go of him! He’s mine!”

Poor Tian Ming was surrounded by a group of tigresses which were pulling him almost in two. Tian Ming looked up and said in his heart with a funny sorrowful look on his face,

“Since when have I become the prey of these fierce tigresses?!”

Tian Ming sighed painfully as his arms were almost pulled off so he tried to get out of there but he couldn’t because his strength couldn’t withstand so many girls’ strength. All he could do was sit down there and let the girls pull him. He was extremely shocked to see one of the girls just overturned his table out of anger, and furthermore there was a few girls started pulling one another’s hair. Tian Ming looked at them shockingly as they fought violently and said, covering his wide opened mouth with his hand,

“Wow….. Korean woman really can’t be provoked.”

Tian Ming quickly stood up and sneaked out of that group when the rest of the girls were watching free wrestling at that time. When Tian Ming was creeping out of the class bending pretty low, his head knocked onto someone’s buttock. Tian Ming looked up and saw that big boss who used to bully him last time. When that big boss saw Tian Ming, he was really scared as since that university party’s incident that big boss was scared of Tian Ming so he kept on bowing and saying,

“Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry…….”

Tian Ming looked at him and looked at the window into the class with a very funny troubled look on his face. Then Tian Ming put his finger on his lip, telling that big boss to keep quiet. But that big boss didn’t see it because he wasn’t dare to look at Tian Ming and kept on bowing and apologizing to him. Tian Ming had no choice but to cover that big boss’s mouth, dragging him away from behind.

When Tian Ming dragged that big boss to a corner in the garden, he looked around to make sure that the girls did not follow up. Then he let go of that big boss who looked at him with his face turned pale white. When Tian Ming saw that big boss trembling, he quickly asked with much concern,

“Are you alright? Why are you trembling? Did I hurt you just now?”

Tian Ming scratched his head and said,

“I am really sorry. I was just trying not to alarm the girls in the class just now.”

Just as that big boss was moving backwards and rounding his eyes as he was about to turn around and run away, Tian Ming put his hand on that big boss’s shoulder and gave him an eye signal telling him to sit down on the bench with him.

When Tian Ming sat down with that big boss who was looking ahead as he was still too scared of Tian Ming, Tian Ming gave a sad sigh and looked down sadly which made that big boss looked at him and asked in a careful tone,

“Is there anything troubling you?”

Tian Ming looked up at that big boss and said with a sad smile, shaking his head,

“No, nothing is bothering me. I am just feeling exhausted having to study and work at the same time.”

“Wouldn’t you use to work part time jobs ever since you were in your college school?”

That big boss asked with a puzzled expression. Then Tian Ming looked at that big boss with evil eyes and said with an eerie tone, moving closer to him,

“You have just reminded me you had been bullying me since college time. Now I want you to pay for it.”

When Tian Ming was grabbing that big boss’s shirt, that big boss quickly shut his eyes tightly and trembled in great fear. Looking at how scared that big boss was, Tian Ming laughed out and said, letting go of his shirt,

“I am just joking with you.”

That boss heaved out a breath of relief and wiped away his sweat on his forehead. Then Tian Ming stretched out his hand so as to shake hand with him and said with a smile,

“Let’s be friends.”

That big boss hesitated for a while but when he looked at Tian Ming’s sincere smile, he stretched out his hand and shook Tian Ming’s hand with a smile. When that big boss was pulling his hand back, Tian Ming grabbed his hand and asked, smiling awkwardly,

“Can you please protect me from those girls since we are friends now?”

“Oh! Sure!”

That big boss said and quickly pulled back his hand. When Tian Ming smiled and turned to look ahead, that big boss secretly looked at Tian Ming with a funny angry face, and put his hand up and boxing the air as if he wanted to give Tian Ming a few punches. But when he saw Tian Ming turning back to look at him, he immediately put down his hand and smiled politely to Tian Ming.

One night, when Ai Eng was walking to the studio door, she waved goodbye to the photographer and his crew. Just as Ai Eng opened the studio door, she saw Tian Ming was standing in front of her. They looked at each other.