Chapter 9: Ku Shiyang's point of view

Shiyang's pov:

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'So, that's him.'

I notice him, too, and knew at first glance who he was.

So, I took the napkin to wipe the oblivious someone's mouth who was busy eating her cake without any care.

"Huh! What's wrong?" Aylin raised her head from the plate and looked at me puzzle.

"There's a cake on your lip."

"Thank you." She smiled.

"Do you want to try this flavor?" She tried to feed me.

"No, keep it yourself. You know I don't like matcha flavor."

"Hehe. I know. That's why I let you try."

She clearly messed with me.

"Aylin." A cute girl with shoulder-length hair called out to us (Aylin). There's a big smile on her face showing how happy she was to meet Aylin here.

"Lily? What are you doing here?" Aylin looked surprised as well seeing her here.

Does they know each other?

"I come to try their new menu. Do you like the cake here, too?

"Hmm. I like it because it's not too sweet. It suits my taste well."

"I know right. If you're ok, Why don't you guys come and join us too?" She asked.

"Us? You mean..." Aylin turned to look at people here then she noticed a group she familiar with.

"Yeah. Yihan is here too."

"I'd love to, but my friend here is a very shy person. So..." Aylin turned to look at me showing an I-got-your-back look.

What does that mean? 

"No, I'm fin-" 

'Sh*t don't step on my feet.'

"?" Lily looked at us bewildered.

"That's right, I'm very shy with strangers." I said, gritting.

Shy my a**

"You can go to them. I can wait here." I suggested.

"No, how can I leave you. I'm sorry, Lily. Maybe next time." At the last sentence, she turned to look at Lily with an apologized look.

'You're pretentious.'

Poor me, I can only swear at her in my head with a smiling face on.

"Really? That's too bad."

"Oh right. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Su Meili. Or if you don't mind you can call me Lily just like Aylin did." She said to me.

"Hi Lily, My name is Ku Shiman."

"The name is just as pretty as its owner." I handshake her.

"You are handsome, too. Then I'll leave you two be. Bye-bye." She waved goodbye at us as she didn't want to interrupt us anymore.

"Su Meili? Isn't that Li Yihan's friend? " I asked after she left.

"Emm."

'That's why she looks familiar.'

"You guys seem pretty close."

"Which eyes of your see we're close?" She looked at me like I'm not in the right mind.

'Did she forgot she doesn't have any friends except me?'

It was my first time seeing her interact with someone her age.

She was very good with boys whom she dated but if she were to talk to a girl? I don't know how to describe this. Let's just say she was like an amateur in gameplay.

I was not wrong. She did change, although it was a small change. But that's meant there's still room for improvement.

Actually, I had known about this arranged married since two months ago even before Aylin came back. Aunty had called me asking for my help with persuading Aylin.

Because of what happened in the past, she wasted her time dating any men she took an interest in and dump them after one week of dating and, she continued doing so.

I could understand how worried she was about her only daughter all these years for her to think of this idea. But what I don't understand was just how good that man was for aunty to trust and hand her precious daughter to.

So I did a background check on him. And to my surprise, I couldn't find anything bad about him, whether how many exes he had and what kind of a person he was. Because he never had any girlfriend in the first place, and that was very unbelievable for a handsome and rich boy like him to have never been in a relationship before.

Then that meant our Aylin had the upper hand in this matter. And not to mention, he came from a prominent family; he had a good education and he is handsome. To sum up, he fitted all those criteria a man that woman wants to married to. So I didn't have any reason to reject aunty's request. 

But now, the way I saw it, maybe aunty didn't need my help at all. I'm also surprised by Aylin's sudden decision on revenging him. It was a bad idea but also a good solution. At least it became a reason for them to get close. As for the outcome? They just need a little push.

With my hand on my chin, I asked. "Why don't you go and say hi to him? Now I don't understand you at all. Do you want to get close to him as your plan or not? Or is this your new tactic?"

"Of course, my plan is still proceeding as normal, but not today. I want to eat my dessert to my fullest for today and, I'll work on my plan tomorrow."

What kind of logic is that.

"Besides, I just don't want you to meet with his friend, that's it." Her last sentence almost had me flare up for good.

'@%*#'

Although I'm interested in handsome men, it didn't mean I'll just go around trying to know them. And the person I want to meet was your fiancé because I wanted to know him in person.

'I was thinking for her own good. Just how much worst can she think of me?'

"Come on. What do you think of me? Do you think I would try to date anyone of those young masters? I know the word 'impossible', ok?"

And my secret probably couldn't cover up anymore if I was to have a relationship with those famous young masters.

"Well, who knows what the future hold." She joked around.

"Yeah, who knows. But I knew you just make my golden opportunity go to waste just now." I talked back.

"Haha right. Maybe you're not meant to be." She patted my shoulder.

I'm speechless.

"Talk about yourself. What are you planning on doing?" My eyes directed at that person.

She turned to look at Lee Yihan for a sec and turned back to face me.

"You want to know? Come here." Her hand indicated me to come closer to her.

"What?" I did as she said and moved my face close to her.

"I haven't think of a plan yet." And this was what she said.

I'm probably saying this for a hundred times now, but believe me. She totally likes messing with people feeling.