Chapter: 2

The party was going smoothly. When everyone sat down after dancing, Aizi went to the middle of the hall room with Wang, hand in hand.

CLINK! CLINK!

Wang Yin tapped on the champagne glass with a spoon to quiet down everyone in the hall room. Once there was silence, Wang and Aizi started their speech.

“Thank you for coming everyone. We are so glad that you all came, even though it was on short notice.”

“I and Mr. Wang Yin invited you all to this party to tell you something huge.”

“Yeah! Some might not find this news very huge but it is a big and a happy news for me and for my wife as well.”

Somewhere from the crowd a voice came, “Just tell the news already, You are getting us all nervous as if it’s some kind of result announcing ceremony.”

“Hahah, Yes we are about to announce it. Would you like to say the news Mrs. Wang?”

“Yes. The news is that I...Am..Pregnant!

and the doctor said that It’s a girl.”

There was a silence. Some were shocked and some were so happy that no words came out of their mouths. Suddenly Mani started clapping out of excitement and other people joined her. It was a huge thing for Mani who was going to be an aunt soon. There were cheers for Aizi and Wang along with the applause.

After the announcement of Aizi’s pregnancy, many of her friends started gathering around her and Wang to congratulate them. Mani was waiting for those people to go away so she could congratulate her sister and her brother-in-law.

‘Who would think she’s pregnant when she’s that thin and pale?? and she didn’t even tell me. Me? Her sister?! we used to share all our secrects with each other. I think it was SISTERS BEFORE MISTERS’

Suddenly Mani felt a presence of someone behind her back, Someone tall. Shadow of a tall handsome guy fell on the back of Mani. A familiar yet unidentifiable person.

‘Why does it feel like someone is standing right behind me?’

Suddenly a disembodied deep voice whispered in Mani’s ear.

“That could be US someday... you know?!”

A voice that would make any girl blush and reach 100% on their blush meter. And the words he just said would make any girl’s heart burst due to beating so hard.

Mani’s heart was beating hard. She was startled by someone’s presence. but she was blushing so hard that her face was a red as a beet. She turned around to find it was Shen! Mani’s cousin...and someone she had a crush on for a really long time.

“What??”

“It was just a joke! What are you all worked up for?”

A little disappointed about the joke but still Mani got a hold of herself.

“The Heck?! Who is getting worked up for what? That was the most stupid and cringe stuff I have ever heard! A. S. S. H. O. L. E.”

“That hurts me. You broke my heart.”

“Somebody get this actor an oscar for-“

“Don’t say it! You will make me shy”

“For THE WORST ACTING I HAVE EVER SEEN. I will get eye cancer by looking at your acting.”

Mani and Shen were really close with eachother. Shen was mostly raised by Mr. and Mrs. Yu, as his parents had to go out of city most of the time. He was the same age as Mani, just a few months older than her.

Lay was seeing Mani and Shen talking with eachother. Laughing and getting all playful and close. It was nothing wrong for Mani and Shen, but for some reason Lay didn’t like it at all. He got really frustrated when Shen put his arm around Mani’s shoulder.

‘What does he think he is doing?’

In a fit of fury, he got up from his seat, marching towards Mani and Shen, taking large steps. Just when he was about to reach them, a group of old women gathered around him. Blocking his vision.

“Young man, are you married?”

He got really annoyed but he still tried to keep his cool and talked to the old ladies in front of him.

“No I am not”

“That’s good to hear. I have a daughter who is your age. You should meet her”

“Hey don’t try to match make your daughter with him. He’s gonna marry my daughter

“Young man, promise me you are going to marry may daughter and not that old wrench’s”

“Who are you calling old!?”

“You, of coarse”

Just when those old ladies started quarrelling with each other Lay tried to look for Mani. But she had disappeared from his sight. She and Shen had left the place where they were before.

“Sorry Aunties but I have to go!”

“Don’t call me aunty, call me you mother-in-law”

“Sorry!”

Appologizing to the old ladies, Lay left them and started looking for Mani and Shen.

“Hey, Brother have you seen Mani?”

“ah- yeah, she was just here congratulating me and Aizi. I think she went to the balcony with Shen.”

“Thanks brother!”

“Good Luck”

“Huh.?!”

Lay was confused by Wang’s good luck but he didn’t pay much mind to it. When he was just outside the balcony, he heard Mani talking to someone.

“Who does he think he is? Weirdo. First her startled me by staring at me and now he was trying to approach me?”

‘With whom is she talking? Is it Shen?Wait- Is she talking about me?’

Lay thought to himself. Freaking himself out He hid behind the door that opened towards the balcony. The situation Mani just described to someone was similar to what happened just now. Lay realised that he had been staring at Mani throughout the party and he had tried to approach Mani too!

‘Who asked her to be so pretty, not my fault I wa staring at her. Anyone would stare at her mesmerising face and such deep eyes’

Lay thought to himself.

“That A**hole, Xingi”

‘Phew! It wasn’t me... But who is she talking to?’

Lay decided to look in the balcony through the glass paynes. He peeked out through the glass to see there was no one with her and she was just talking to herself. It was a good opportunity for him.

...!AUTHOR’s CORNER!...

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WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK LAY WILL DO?

A. Find her creepy because she is talking to herself and runaway?

B. There is someone out in the balcony that lay didn’t see.

C. She’s talking over the phone.

D. Something else.

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