Against Fate (Eternal Love of Dream/Pillow Book FanFic)

34. Curiosity

Feng Jiu ran all the way to the cafe. Then she went inside and sat down beside her friends, still huffing and puffing. She quickly ordered a drink to quench her thirst.

"So, what did Xuan Yue do to make you feel this tired?!" Xiao Yan excitedly asked. Then he raised his eyebrows and smirked at Feng Jiu.

"No, it wasn't Xuan Yue, it was because of that stupid Dong..." Feng Jiu stopped herself in time before she mentioned Dong Hua's name.

"Huh? What did you just say?!" Xiao Yan anxiously replied, and he leaned closer to Feng Jiu as he was getting more curious.

"Oh, sorry, I spoke too fast! I was trying to say, Xuan Yue confessed to me, and I scare him off, like how I did with all my other suitors in the past." Feng Jiu quickly explained herself.

"Our Feng Jiu is so popular! Wait, so what did you do to Xuan Yue?!" The excitement from wanting to know more kept Xiao Yan on the edge of his seat.

Feng Jiu then told them about the whole incident with Xuan Yue, and then they all broke out into laughter.

"Xuan Yue will never dare to come near you now, Feng Jiu." Xiao Yan said.

"You'll definitely hear more stories of Feng Jiu chasing her suitors away, Xiao Yan. She has no lack of suitors, but she was never interested in any of them." Si Ming casually replied.

Feng Jiu instantly thought to herself, "Yeah. I have no lack of suitors, but my heart only belongs to one person." Then she started to think back on what happened on the roof terrace, between her and Dong Hua.

"Well. Dong Hua said I could address him by his name!" She excitedly thought to herself, while trying to hold back a smile.

"But..! Ji Heng calls him Dong Hua too. I guess he just doesn't like people addressing him so formally, just like what he said." Her excitement quickly disappeared, and then she brushed it off like it was nothing special.

Then they left the cafe and headed towards the restaurant.

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"I'm so tired! What should we do tomorrow?" Feng Jiu asked Si Ming while they were having dinner.

"Well, I heard that they would be providing shuttle buses to the nearby beach tomorrow morning. Should we go? We don't have any training tomorrow as well."

"Yes! Let's go to the beach together!" Xiao Yan replied excitedly.

"That sounds nice! I would love to go!" Feng Jiu replied.

Suddenly, a crowd formed at the entrance of the restaurant. Xiao Yan lifted his head, with his mouth still filled with food, and said, "What's going on there?!" Then he stood up, trying to get a better view of what was going on.

"It's Ji Heng!!! Why is she here? I'm going over to say hi!" Xiao Yan then ran towards the crowd.

Si Ming smiled, shook his head, and said to Feng Jiu, "Let him be. Let's just continue eating."

Xiao Yan came back with an annoyed face, and he said, "I can't even get a chance to talk to Ji Heng. She's always around Ice Face!"

"Ice Face... Wait! Dong Hua is here?!" Feng Jiu thought to herself, and she almost choked on her food.

Then she swallowed the food in her mouth and replied, "Why is he even here?! Shouldn't he be eating in the VIP room?" 

Si Ming shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Well, you should know Dong Hua by now. He does whatever he wants, and nobody would have any say in it."