Chapter 109 - A Big Wolf

A black maserati raced it's way out of the apartment's parking towards the outskirts of the city. Out of the two occupants in the car,one was relaxed as he drove with one hand on the stearing wheel and the other holding his wife's hand. The other party was somewhat angrily and half heartedly trying to get her hand out of the man's grasp.

Finally,giving up after a while,Shi Ai let her hand stay in his and even locked their fingers together.

After a while of peaceful driving,Shi Ai realized that they were going towards the outskirts of the city. Finally,she turned to Ah Hai and asked,"Where are we going?"

Ah Hai just gave a look and said,"You will know when you reach there."

Shi Ai rolled her eyes at him and muttered under her breath,"Of course I will know when we reach there. It's not like I am dumb that I won't know after reaching there also."

Ah Hai threw the smart aleck a glance and said,"I can hear what you said,you know."

"Of course you can!You have the hearing of a wolf!"

"Shi Ai..wolves have strong sense of smell.Now Bats,on the other hand, have good hearing..."

"Whatever.." came the sullen reply. Shi Ai wanted to pull her hand out of his grasp and cross her arms but she knew he wouldn't leave it.

Staring at their adjoined hands,Shi Ai missed what he said next and looked at him in confusion..making Ah Hai repeat,"I said that, I do have wolf teeth?"

Amused at her innocence,Ah Hai clarified,"Wolf teeth,my dear. The better to eat it's prey with.And ofcourse you are my prey."

This statement was followed by an expression so l.e.w.d that if it had been anyone else they would have reported Ah Hai to the authorities for indecent behavior. Shi Ai could only blush and look away.

Ha! Shi Ai wanted to really kill herself for blushing so easily! Ever since she was a kid,shebwould blush at the smallest compliment making her face turn red. In the initial days when Ah Hai used to tease her, she remembered her face used to be red all day long. She had prepared so long and hard that she would not turn the shade of a tomato but here she was.. Red again.

Frowning and unreasonably angry,Shi Ai scolded Ah Hai,"Give me my hand back!"

Ah Hai had really forgotten that he was holding her hand. To him it had felt as if it was a part of him. Even  now he did not want to let go so he refused,"You said I could hold your hand for eternity and now you want it back. Are you reneging on your promise to me Shi Ai? Are you not a woman of your word?"

Shi AI stared in horror at the man in front of her. The man she had thought of Ah Hai was a knight. A braveheart. Who was this person that she had married? He hardly ever spoke in the past and now he was suddenly a drama queen. The saying that appearances can be deceiving was apparently true. Of course Ah Hai had successfully made Shi Ai forget her grief from earlier and her objective of taking her hand back now without her realizing it.

Soon they had arrived at their destination. A carnival..

Shi Ai looked around in amazement at the colorful banners and displays. There was everything from giant wheels and merry go rounds to games! Shi Ai had never been to a carnival and neither had Ah Hai.  Once when she had confessed that she always wanted to go there,Ah Hai had promised her that they would go together but she had forgotten about it. Now it seemed that he had not..

Throwing her arms around his neck,Shi Ai smacked a small kiss on his cheek and hopped off the car.

Running straight inside with the enthusiasm of a kid,Shi Ai was already playing a game by the time Ah Hai followed her in. It was one where they had to burst a circle of balloons with  bullets to win a soft toy but the number of bullets should not exceed five to win the grand prize. Shi Ai had been able to burst only two and the rest were all empty shots. She tried to cajole the stall owner to let her buy the grand prize but he wouldn't do that.

Shi Ai had fallen in love with the soft toy at first glance. It was a wolf disguised as a pirate. She felt that since wolves were what they had been talking about on the way here it was the best momento for today but she could not hit it.

She looked pleasingly at Ah Hai and almost begged fluttering her eyelashes,"Please...Please."

Ah Hai narrowed his eyes and said in a decisive tone," No."

Not giving up,Shi Ai grabbed his arm and said,"Please,pretty please."

Ah Hai looked down at the two fair hands which were now clutching at his arm and said,"Why are you holding onto me now? You wanted me to leave your handbag while back."

"Ugh!childish!" Shi Ai thought to herself but did not say it out loud. Instead she tried to act cute and said,"Aiya..I was only kidding.of course I want you to hold my hand for eternity."

Ah Hai looked at her in disbelief but then taking the gun,fired five shots rapidly..leaving both the stall owner and Shi Ai speechless..He had not hit even one balloon. Ah Hai was even more pathetic than her..This caused Shi Ai to break into laughter and between giggles she said,"Ah Hai,thank God you were not a sniper in the army!"

Ah Hai smirked at the irony. The sniper who was known to kill multiple enemies with a single pull of the trigger was being laughed at for not hitting the target with a toy gun. Even the stall owner was about to laugh out loud when suddenly Ah Hai turned backward and placing the gun casually in his shoulder,fired just four shots randomly.

The laughter of both the other people stopped abruptly and even some of the onlookers were surprised. Ah Hai had burst all the balloons on the make shift wall not just the ones on the circle. The onlookers all started to clap and some of the girls even jealously accused their boyfriends for being useless. Ah Hai turned to look at Shi Ai who just said,"Show off!" And then ran to pick up the big bad wolf who was then hugged and kissed while the real wolf was left behind.

Shi Ai and Ah Hai then went hand in hand throughout the carnival,each treasuring the small moments and somewhere thankful in their hearts for their difficult childhood that they were able to come here together and be each other's first partners.

Towards the end of the day,the two of them were so tired that instead of driving back they  looked two rooms in a nearby hotel and decided to stay in. Shi Ai who was so excited throughout the day,fell face first on the bed,hugging her wolf to her c.h.e.s.t.

Ah Hai on the other hand had dropped his happy face the moment the door to his room closed. Opening his messages,he checked the activities of Miss Silvia Grey after she left the office and then started to finish the work that had been left incomplete due to his abrupt departure.

Innumerable calls and meetings later, Ah Hai finally discovered the the person who Shi Ai had informed about this investigation. He then ordered Assistant Yang to leave a few old pictures of Shi Ai for the woman's  private detective. Soon they would have reached the mystery of Shi Ai's past and then the two of them would be able to live peacefully and separately.Ah Hai leaned back on his bed as he rubbed his c.h.e.s.t slightly. The area over his hear was hurting a bit. And he knew the reason also. He had gone and fallen in love with the little girl. But he knew he had to set her free. Being with him would be a curse for her. Every person he loved had to suffer the consequences. There was also the fact that he was tainted. The mistakes of his youth were a black spot that would forever mar his heart. They had married to save her and once he was assured of her safety,he would go back to his own mission. His revenge.

He was glad that he had decided to be her friend at least. She was a breath of fresh air in his stale life. A light for his dark future. Ah Hai clutched the small picture that they had clicked in the picture booth and safely tucked it into his wallet. 

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