Imperfect Desires

574 To Aim High!

Ying had taken her spot at the windowsill with her rose cakes and milk tea. Not even for a minute did she stop eating just like how she never stopped looking in the direction of Zizi and his brother. From her angle, she could clearly see them sitting in silence as they sipped on tea. While Zizi was busy not paying his brother any attention, his brother\'s eyes were stuck on Zizi\'s face.

While one brother\'s face was expressionless, the other\'s held a gentle expression. They looked so similar and yet so different. It was equally hard and easy to believe that these two were brothers.

Somehow, even from her position, Ying felt awkward for those two who were sitting so close and yet were not saying anything to each other. She couldn\'t even imagine how they were feeling. Was this the feeling of being so close and having hearts far apart? Tsk. Tsk. She didn\'t find it amusing at all.

"Ying Jie, what are you doing?"

"Feeling very anxious," replied Ying in a daze. "The silent tension between them is so thick that even I\'m getting affected from here. I really wonder why your uncle came today."

"I think uncle only came to check up on dad." Ah-Si didn\'t think much about his uncle\'s visit since he had been here yesterday as well when his father was unconscious. Seeing how Ying\'s face was getting pale from anxiousness, he patted her shoulder saying, "Relax! Dad is in a good mood today. I don\'t think he\'d have an argument with uncle."

"Good mood?" repeated Ying and snorted, "As if that can stop him from doing whatever he wants."

Bzzzz...

Ying distractedly picked up her call, "What? Who is it?"

"Why is it that as soon as I\'m out of your vision, I become a non-existing person to you?" came a very hurt voice. "Is it like... Out of sight, out of mind? Aiyo..." Han Bohai sighed sadly as he added, "I\'m hurt now."

"When are you not hurt? Anyway, what do you want?" Ying got straight to point as she stretched her legs on the windowsill while leaning her back on the wall.

"Why? Can\'t I just call to ask how is my girlfriend?" came a prompt reply.

"We practically met just five hours ago. How can anything go wrong with me in those five hours?"

"Anything that can possibly go wrong will eventually go wrong in the blink of an eye without you or I realize it. How can five hours be short when I feel like it\'s been five decades since I last saw you."

"Eee... Can you stop with those crappy dialogues? It\'s giving me goosebumps all over."

Han Bohai chuckled at the response that he had been expecting from her. He was waiting for her to say something and when she didn\'t he went on, "Don\'t you have something to ask me?"

"No, not really..." was Ying\'s offhanded reply.

"Oh." Han Bohai felt disappointed but wasn\'t surprised by that response.

"I already landed," replied Han Bohai feeling so sweet inside. She finally asked.

"That\'s good. Did you have a safe journey?"

Now, Han Bohai felt like pink bubbles were floating in the air as not only sweetness but a warmth spread within him as well. "Yes. I arrived safely." He bit his bottom lip before adding, "Thanks for your concern."

Ying waved her hand even though he couldn\'t see it as she answered, "No need to mention that. As your girlfriend shouldn\'t I be concerned about my boyfriend?"

Han Bohai almost fell off his chair meanwhile Ah-Si who had been sitting beside Ying actually fell down on his buttock. Not because of how surprised he was to hear something like that from Ying but because he dared to laugh at Ying\'s words and that earned him a kick from his Ying Jie. However, not learning his lesson at all, he still dared to laugh out loud.

"What is that sound?" inquired Han Bohai after he managed to calm down his \'Ba-dum! Ba-dum!\' heart a little.

Ying glared at Ah-Si as she replied, "Nothing, it\'s a silly cat who can\'t mind his own business."

Ah-Si gaped at her in disbelief. He stood up from the ground and shouted so that Han Bohai could clearly hear him as well, "Ying Jie, if you called me a cat again, I\'m gonna tell your boyfriend about your embarrassing childhood moments. I even have proof. Don\'t mess with me!"

"Ooohh... I\'m so scared!" Ying feigned her reaction as she continued, "My little cat, don\'t forget I also have some very interesting photos of yours. Do you want me to show it to your girlfriend or your daughter first? Which one would you like?"

"Ying Jie!" Ah-Si exclaimed. "You said you deleted all those photos."

Ying flipped her hair dramatically as she said, "I never said I won\'t keep a backup."

"No wonder dad loves you so much. You\'re just like him, extremely calculative!"

Ying shrugged her shoulders with a proud look as she answered, "There is nothing wrong with being calculative. After all, it\'s survival of the fittest in this jungle of life. We should never let all our cards bare for others to see. That\'s why it\'s necessary to keep some cards up your sleeve. One should know what to pay back and when or how to do it!"

"It\'s useless arguing with you, isn\'t it?" Ah-Si huffed. "Your boyfriend is still on the call?" Ying nodded her head. Ah-Si moved closer and said, "Hey, you! I don\'t know yet who you are but you better cherish my Ying Jie. She might be a little psycho but she is a very nice person. Oomph!"

Ying put her hand on his mouth and pushed his face away saying, "Stop it! And shoo!"

"I know I know you want to have a personal talk with your boyfriend, I\'ll just leave you alone then," grinned Ah-Si and left her side.

Ying was shaking her head when she heard Han Bohai\'s voice, "I suddenly really want to meet this little cat of yours."

"Why?" asked Ying in amusement.

"Didn\'t he say he knows all your embarrassing moments? I really want to hear that!"

"If you dared to even think about this, I\'m gonna put a curse on you!"

"Huh? A curse?" Han Bohai was quite curious. "What curse?"

Ying thought about it for a while before saying, "Well, I\'ll curse that you get mosquito bites right between your toes."

"What?!" Han Bohai was dumbfounded before he laughed out loud. "That\'s some cursing skill."

"Are you laughing at me?" she questioned with a dangerous undertone.

Han Bohai pursed his lips and shook his head but realizing that she couldn\'t see it, he opened his mouth to say, "How can I even dare to laugh at you? Never! I can never do that."

"Hmph!" Obviously Ying didn\'t believe his words at all.

"Ying!" he called out her name making his tone softer and gentler. Ying didn\'t respond even though she didn\'t hang up she wasn\'t planning on answering either. "Dear girlfriend!" he called out again, this time in a loving tone. But Ying didn\'t move, even though it made her heart itch a little. "Oh! My forever kind of love! Are you listening?! Don\'t be angry with this boyfriend. I really wasn\'t laughing at you." Ying\'s lips curled up when she heard him. She wanted to say something but the way he called her made her want to be spoiled. "Urm... How about I tell you a joke to make you laugh?" His voice was getting panicky. He really wasn\'t liking her silence.

Since she still didn\'t say a word, he just continued, "Next time, I want to take you on the plane with me. High up in the air. Do you wanna know why?" Ying furrowed her brows and really wanted to ask why but he answered his own question with, "Of course, to aim high! Hehe!"

Ying facepalmed herself at this stupid joke. It was really stupid but it still made her smile like an idiot as well. What was wrong with her? Why did everything he said make her feel happy? Nothing really made any sense to her these days!

She really didn\'t believe that the color of an old love could wear off so easily and so soon. If it was really possible, how was she still dyed in the color that didn\'t even suit her? However, she certainly knew one thing that Han Bohai was desperately trying to rub his own color on her. The thing was that Han Bohai never tried to remove her previous love from her heart. He was just doing everything to make his own place in that heart of hers.

As her silence prolonged, his heartbeat got violent. He really didn\'t know why but he was scared. Very scared as he called out in a voice that portrayed his current condition quite well, "Ah-Ying!"

Ying\'s heart shook as her eyes widened. But why?