OPEN YOUR MASK, PRINCESS!
Episode 31 OF THE PAST THAT CAME BACK ALIVE
The sound of the door slamming was heard breaking the silence of the house. Xin Er ran up to lift the wooden slipper that was used as a door retainer. The long beam he put down just like that, he rushed to welcome the arrival of Wei and a little princess.
“This must be young lady. Xin Er salutes.” Xin Er bowed and greeted the gongshou to the little girl Wei had taken with her to her house.
From the crack of the bedroom's wooden wall, Li Jun peeked at the movements of his parents. He watched carefully the girl whose age was more or less himself. Long-haired stroked straight and black, a faint look of beauty and gentleness from her gaze. Li Jun sharpened his hearing, his father was introducing the girl. It is named …
“Ah..tour.” Xiao Jun complains, it seems like he was caught off guard as a stalker. His heart thumped faster. The girl glanced towards his eyes. Li Jun tried not to blink so as not to get caught. Wretch! The girl walked over to him.
“Tidaaaaak!” Xiao Jun was aghast, his eyes widened in shock. It regulates the breath whose rhythm is quite chaotic. Both of his palms he clenched and stretched out repeatedly, his gaze spreading around. The dream just now can make him sting when he wakes up. Surprisingly he felt that the events in the dream were quite real. Especially the face of the girl, he thought hard where he had seen her.
“Girl who came with dad while me and Cie-cie were sleeping. Where have I seen him?” Xiao Jun looked far into the past, twisting the memory of the time, searching for the mystery waiting to be solved.
“She came with dad, then mom called her young lady. My family has served Li's descendants for a long time, meaning he must be Mr. Li San's son. Miss Yue Hwa.” Xiao Jun pulled the red thread, he realized why it was so familiar with the photo of Yue Hwa that he saw in Liang Jia's room. This was not an ordinary dream but a memory of his childhood that he had forgotten for so long.
Xiao Jun was inexhaustible, his dreams these days were often about his family. It was as if something was implied and waiting to be revealed. With the magic power weakening here, he could not do much.
“I have to find a reason to return to Hongkong soon!” xiao Jun insisted on himself. He felt that was the only way he could detect again the magic signal that he could not do here.
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Li San Residence, Hong Kong.
Yue Yan and his three sisters were gathered in his room. Since returning to the land of birth, the four of them were again confined in the rules of a boring house. Flexible living abroad
make them have to adapt hard in their own home. On the contrary, their cousin – Chen Kho – actually really enjoys the holidays. The man was free at will to roam the city as well as inside the house. Li San did not dare to curb his nephew by the rules even though he was the host.
“At first I thought we could feel the warmth of the family after decades of wandering, it turns out then and now it's the same.” Yue Fang complained. The third daughter of Li San was the least at home. Every day he works just playing games from the phone to drive out saturation.
“I want to work outside, but dad can't possibly allow.” Following the complaint from Yue Xin, Li San's second daughter. Given their esteemed family status, Li San was unlikely to grant any freedom to his descendants in determining everything including soul mate and career.
“Since we go home, mother even often sickly.” Yue Yan chimed in a long vent between brothers.
“I think mom is burdened with our return.” Said Yue Xiao, Li San's fourth daughter. The words he uttered provoked the full gaze of Tanya from his three brothers.
“Adik don't think so. Mom loves us so much, it's impossible that she's burdened.” As the eldest child, Yue Yan was more mature in thinking and acting. He always tried to muffle disputes between brothers and managed to live well until now.
“What is impossible? Mom thinks we're a bitch. In his heart there was only Yue Hwa!” cry Yue Xiao furiously.
“Just ask the same brother Yue Fang, we accidentally heard mother's conversation with her maid. I'm burdened to see us go home, our existence reminds me more of that damn sister!” fretful Yue Xiao was annoyed, her emotions had already overflowing to a hump.
“Adik, watch your talk! It is impolite to say rudely to someone who is gone.” Yue Fang intervened. He patted the table loudly in a sign of protest at his sister.
“Why are you following mad brother? You heard it for yourself, I still love her very much. We who live this still lose affection from him.” Yue Xiao was getting mad, his tone was getting shrill.
“Already. Wherever we remain luckier than Yue Hwa. Among the five of us, he's the only one father's problem. What would happen if the four of us followed his fate? Sent father to die!” Yue Yan began to ease the atmosphere. It would be terrible if their chat was sabotaged by the other party and was reported to Li San. They may not be forgiven.
“Ha ha ha... so funny to you! The one who died you were jealous. Do you realize that there are people who are more threatening?” Yue Xin giggled at the innocence of her brother.
“Who?” said Yue Fang and Yue Xiao simultaneously. While Yue Yan only silently listened to what his brother thought.
“The only male sister. LI XIAO JUN!” Yue Xin confirmed her remark when she mentioned Xiao Jun's name.
“Oh...” Yue Xiao said briefly.
“Yes too, why can forget the same guy. Because of him, we were sent to uncle's house. Now that he's gone, dad just sent us home.” Continue Yue Xiao.
“And again yes mastering the whole father business. He was educated to be the successor of the Li family when he was not the father's biological son.” A tinge of envy was thrown at Yue Xin. He will not forget how he and his three brothers were forced to wander as children, the cause of all this because of the son of Wei.
“Then he wants you to get rid of? Hmm. don't be naive, be aware of our nature as women. We have no inheritance rights and are not successors of surname.” Yue Fang reminded his two brothers who were beginning to think cunningly.
“Fang-fang, we live in the modern age. Men and women have equal rights. We can have a career, marry the person we love. And we have the right to claim inheritance!” Yue Xin was reluctant to lose the argument, let alone the person she hated.
“Yes, if you come from another family. But that freedom does not apply in the Li family! Stop this silly discussion.” Yue Yan spoke up. He became a listener without taking anyone's side. If the talks continue, it is likely to lead to a scandal of rebellion. He had to end immediately before the wall started eavesdropping.
“Solar sister. I definitely don't respect Xiao Jun. He was more unfit to be the Li family heir. We who have the pure blood of Li's ancestors must be removed from the same children? I don't accept it!” Yue Xin ended the debate by maintaining her opinion. He and Yue Xiao looked at each other and strengthened each other through body gestures.
Walls so thick and distance adrift far do not prevent a pair of ears to hear the quarrel between brothers. Li Chen Kho smiled cunningly from behind his room that was hundreds of meters apart. Armed with sharp hearing, he freely eavesdropped without worrying suspected. At least he knew who could be used to play his part.
“Li Xiao Jun! Wait for the play date! Ha ha ha..”
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