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

46. Mrs. Claus

"Yay! It's finally time to head home! I can't wait to leave the office!" Feng Jiu stretched and eagerly packed up her stuff. She was feeling cold, and she wanted to get out of the meeting room as soon as possible.

"So eager to get away from me, huh?" Dong Hua silently thought to himself while looking at Feng Jiu packing her stuff in a hurry.

Feng Jiu then quickly left the room, and Dong Hua pretended not to notice her leave. After she left, he started to look out the door, trying to see what Feng Jiu was up to. As he wasn't able to see anything, he promptly stood up and walked over to the glass panels to open up the blinds.

Right at this moment, Feng Jiu came rushing in and almost bumped into Dong Hua, who was standing near to the door.

"You forgot something?" He asked calmly.

"Yeah, these." She walked over to the table and picked up Dong Hua's empty cup. Then she said, "I'll wash your cup. You probably don't do that, and I'm sure Chong Lin does it for you usually."

"Oh? So you think that I can't wash a cup by myself, just because I'm the President of Tai Chen group?"

"No, that's not what I meant! I mean... I just thought that it would be nice to do so since you 'accidentally' made two cups of tea. I guess I could 'accidentally' wash two cups too." Then she smiled at Dong Hua and slowly walked out of the room.

"Wait." Dong Hua stopped Feng Jiu from leaving. She turned around and replied, "Huh?"

Then he took the cup from her hands, and said, "I'll show you how good I am, at washing cups." Then he gestured for her to follow him into the pantry. Feng Jiu also picked up her cup from her own desk, on the way to the pantry.

The gossip duo, Si Ming and Lian Song, then started to 'drink their tea' again.

"What are those two trying to do?" Si Ming asked.

"Why is he carrying a cup to the pantry? Usually, Chong Lin does it for him! And if Chong Lin isn't around, there will be others doing it for him." Lian Song replied.

Then the 'gossip duo' crept slowly towards the pantry, trying to peek at what they were doing.

"Are you sure that you want to wash these cups?" Feng Jiu stood beside Dong Hua, in front of the sink.

"Wash the cups?!" Lian Song accidentally yelled out to Si Ming.

Dong Hua immediately turned around upon hearing his voice and noticed them peeking into the pantry. Then he stared at them intensively. Lian Song and Si Ming immediately pretended to be finding something from the pantry.

Then Lian Song tried to cover up the fact that they were eavesdropping, and he said loudly to Si Ming, "Oh. I forgot to wash the cups. Si Ming, you forgot to wash your cup, too, right?" Then they smirked at each other

Feng Jiu heard them talking and immediately replied, "Bring your cups here. We will help you wash it since we are washing our cups anyway."

"We?" Dong Hua silently thought to himself, and he tried to hide his smile by covering his face with his hand, acting like he was rubbing his face.

"Oh? Si Ming, go grab our cups." Lian Song raised his eyebrows at him and nudged him to bring their cups to the pantry while he waited there. He didn't want to miss any of this 'good show' in front of him.

"Here you go, Feng Jiu. Thanks for helping us wash the cups!" Si Ming said while he handed the cups over to Feng Jiu. Then the 'gossip duo' stood there, and stared awkwardly at Dong Hua and Feng Jiu.