Rushing out of the conference room, she kept going until she was out of the building. Her face was burning up from anger. She squeezed her fist together tight, and she couldn’t wait to compete in the competition. She told herself she must win that first place.
Then Ma Xiao-Er remembers that she still hasn’t picked out a dress yet. She hurried to catch a bus that was heading to Yang Corps Mall, which was only a block away.Just as Ma Xiao-Er got inside the bus, she quickly sat in the seat closest to the door. She tried some breathing exercise to cool her head. However, it was hard for Ma Xiao-Er to cool down. Liu Shun-Feng’s poster was posted everywhere, in and outside of the bus. She turned her head to look elsewhere, but she could still see his stupid face! Angry, she opened up her phone and she’ll see his name, and his rumours with another famous model, Tira Kim.In her mind she thought how much of a player this Liu Shun-Feng was, as all the“You are so beautiful! Let’s get it!” Ma Xiao-Er was excited from seeing how well the dress fits Wang Yi-An.“No, it’s too expensive. I… I can’t afford it…” Even though her internship was a paid one, however, the dresses at this high-end store were way out of her price range. And how often would she wear the dress? She thought it was wasteful.“What are you saying?” Ma Xiao-Er smiled at her, “I’m paying for it. Think of it as a gift!”“But… I can’t accept such a gift…” Wang Yi-An was too shy, she doesn’t feel like she deserves such an expensive dress as a gift.“I really like you.” Ma Xiao-Er came up to Wang Yi-An and held her hands, “You stood up for me when Shun-Feng was bullying me. You were the only one who cared about me when I bump my head on that jerk-,” Ma Xiao-Er breathe out and she didn’t continue that
The final meeting for the day was completed, and he rushed to the East-West entrance of Yang Corps Mall. The closest place to pick up the love of his life. When Ma Xiao-Er messaged him to come pick her up along with Wang Yi-An; all Yang Tian-Xu thought and cared about was Wang Yi-An. Ma Xiao-Er was just a tag-along.When Yang Tian-Xu got to the curb, he saw them standing there waiting for him. He pulled over to the curb and got out, and opened the door for Wang Yi-An. Of course, Wang Yi-An didn’t get in right away, however, Ma Xiao-Er pushed Wang Yi-An forward, and she shouted, “Don’t just stand there! Sit in the front!”“But… Shouldn’t you sit in the front?” Wang Yi-An doesn’t want to be in the front seat. Leaving Yang Tian-Xu feeling awkward, it was like none of them want to be in the front seat, it’s not like he has a contagious disease. However, Ma Xiao-Er got to the backseat and lay down flat.“I
Standing outside of the backstage entrance, Yang Tian-Xu continues to wait for Wang Yi-An. He wanted to go to their seats together. He hated the thought that Ma Xiao-Er had shooed him away, but he was still grateful for her to give him a chance to be with Wang Yi-An.Smiling to himself, he thought of how beautiful she looked, in that blue dress, with her light makeup on, and her hair a bit curled. Ma Xiao-Er had really done it, he admits that Ma Xiao-Er has great taste in fashion and beauty, and he was thankful that Ma Xiao-Er had taken a lot of photos of Wang Yi-An.Of course she sent some of it to Yang Tian-Xu. She had also kept some for herself, which she hasn’t revealed to Yang Tian-Xu yet. She planned to use them as bargaining chips with Yang Tian-Xu for things she wants later in the future.The look Wang Yi-An has goes well with simple makeup and with a bit of curls. She looked a lot more natural compared to when she was at Madam Liu’s party. Wang Yi
Walking off the stage with the audience applauses, Ma Xiao-Er was feeling comfortable. Happy and cheerful that she had really done her best. She wasn’t the last person to go on stage, there were still a few more people who hadn’t perform yet.In the backstage there was a monitor to see the performers on the stage, the person to go after Ma Xiao-Er was nervous, he was shaking. He was a man in his thirties; he had applied for competition from MICM for years. Ever since he was a teenager, he dreamt to be able to perform for the judges at MICM. But after seeing Ma Xiao-Er, he knew he couldn’t have done better than Ma Xiao-Er.When he was on stage, he messed up his notes and his fingers, everything was messed up from the pressure. The pressure to perform better than Ma Xiao-Er, he obviously couldn’t, and failed miserably. A judge had to stop his performance and removed him from the stage. It was rare for something like that to have happened. However, the
Yang Tian-Xu wasn’t worried about Ma Xiao-Er when he sees her smiling. Just as he turned to look at Wang Yi-An, he saw her smiling as well. Her beautiful smile makes his heart skipped a beat. He couldn’t help himself but to smile as well. Watching Wang Yi-An whether she cried or smiled, he still prefers to see that smile of hers. It had been a while since he saw her smiling like that.The only love Ma Xiao-Er has was for her music. As for Yang Tian-Xu, the only love he has was for Wang Yi-An. Being able to give all their hearts into what they love. Perhaps they are a lot alike. Just as Ma Xiao-Er was so excited to go out and celebrate her victory, she was disappointed with Yang Tian-Xu’s words.“Celebrate? Don’t you always win first place? Why celebrate it?” Yang Tian-Xu wanted to have dinner with just him and Wang Yi-An. He didn’t want to have Ma Xiao-Er there being his third-wheel, he just wanted to spend some alone time with Wan
Inside Ma Xiao-Er’s favourite practice room, there was that black grand piano. Wang Yi-An had always wanted to play the piano, but she never have the chance to learn to play it. She was excited to see a grand piano up close; she came over close to it and feel it with her hands.“Xiao-Er is amazing. She’s incredibly talented, pretty, cute, and sweet. I wish she can teach me how to play the piano sometimes. I had always wanted to learn how.”Yang Tian-Xu took her hand, gently, and with her hand, he lead her over to the bench in front of the piano, “Come here, I can teach you. Sit down.”The bench was big and long enough for the both of them, and when she sat down, he sat beside her on her left side. He held her left hand and isolated her index finger, and using her finger, he pointed to the key. “This here is ‘C’ and this is ‘D’ and…” He runs her finger through each note and tells her which k
After searching the entire third floor, he had made his way to the second floor, and he saw Ma Xiao-Er just sitting outside of Room 204. He thought, perhaps it was Wang Yi-An inside that room. He knew that the Ma and Yang Family were close. And he knew that Ma Xiao-Er has a good relationship with Wang Yi-An thanks to Madam Liu’s project.When Liu Shun-Feng approached her, he asked her, “Why are you out here?”“Shush!” She rushed on over and covered his mouth with her hand.Ma Xiao-Er came back from greeting the press, answering questions about her feelings and all for winning first place. The interview took about eight or ten minutes. When she came back, she heard piano playing and Yang Tian-Xu’s voice from within the door, with her noisy personality. Instead of coming inside, she remains outside eavesdropping. Listening and smiling at how romantic Yang Tian-Xu was to sing a song for Wang Yi-An.When Liu Shun-Feng saw Ma Xiao-E
Puffing her cheeks out, she ignored every question he asked her. “That’s it, you annoying brat! Let me in!” He tried to get pass her, but just as she struggles to keep her stop, Liu Shun-Feng didn’t want to hurt a little girl. But he was annoyed by her. “Get out of the way, you little brat!”Ma Xiao-Er hated to it when people call her a brat. People can insult her anyway they can, but calling her a brat? She’s known to be mature for her age. How dare he call her a brat?Just when Liu Shun-Feng held onto her wrist and pushed her against the door, and tried to open the door with his free hand, but she shouted and stopped him, “No! This is a private room, reserved for me! You are not allowed in!”“I don’t care if it’s reserved or not, open the fucking door!” He screamed at her, “Don’t make me search you for the key!”“No!” She struggles while he was touching h