Chapter 78 - Girl Dreams

Having extended her time with Ah Hai as much as she could,Shi Ai came back home exhausted.She had been dropped back to the Zhang's house by Ah Hai where Zhang Min had been busy tearing a hole in the ground.Mrs Zhang and Uncle Chu welcomed and fussed over her and were ready to bash Ah Hai with pots and pans if she had come back hungry.She knew that after today she would not be able to meet him again for a long while.The car ride back had been silent and somewhat emotional for her. She had really wanted to cry and cling to Ah Hai begging him to not leave her.

Normally Shi Ai would have enjoyed her time being pampered but now she just felt tired..and wanted to escape to her room and wallow in the little moments thanking the fates that she had received the chance to spend little time with him.She wanted to re-live every moment from today.So after an appropriate amount of time,Shi Ai claimed to be tired and went up to her room to lie down. 

So preoccupied was she by her thoughts of the sweet moments,that she failed to notice Zhang Min who had been silent throughout and  was even now observing her with narrowed eyes.

Zhang Min noticed the play of emotions across Shi Ai's face,and his heart was filled with worry.Unknowingly her face reflected her happiness as well as sadness..He even saw her face go all dreamy and mushy as she specially mentioned that person. His mother and Uncle Chu chalked her paleness and hot flushes up to sickness and blood loss but he knew.He knew something was the matter and he was going to find out.Whu, out of all the emotions, the most prevalent was sadness.

Shi Ai entered her room and fell face first onto the bed. Immediately her mind wandered to the time when she had presented the dagger to him and the way he had gently caressed her hair to thank her. Though she did not feel shy at the bold move she made when she hugged him from behind but now she felt her face turn red at the thought of it.She could still feel the way her hands had felt on the hard muscled body.His broad back had given her a warmth that she couldn't have expected.Never had she felt that just the smell of a male could affect her like this.She knew what she had experienced..though it was her first time.Desire.Her body had felt the electric jolt when she hugged him and she had to forcefully suppress a shiver when Ah Hai had held her hands.His hands been hard and rough as compared to her soft and small ones.He could engulf her in a one armed hug...

In the privacy of her room,she imagined Ah Hai doing to her things that she had read in those romance books.Would he kiss her like those princes did to their princesses or would he be like those bad boys in the novels all aggression and heat.Would his lips be soft or firm when he kissed her?She thought of his thin lips and thought that they would definitely be firm.Her imagination ran wild as she placed herself in the place of all those female leads in the novels that she secretly devoured on her phone..Shaking off the naughty thoughts in her head,Shi Ai slapped her cheeks repeatedly to come out the dream world.

As if to ruin her good mood,Ah Hai's conditions echoed in her head and she pouted.She had no intention of dating anyone.That would be unfair to any boy she went out with since her heart would not be in it.She was going to have to break that promise.But her conscience chose that moment to speak up.Ah Hai would know she had made a false promise and even if he did not she would. How could she expect him to keep his promise if the one she made was with false intentions.Sigh!Guess she will have to find a way out to satisfy the conditions.Maybe she could ask Zhang Min.

Think of the devil and he appeared.Just as Shi Ai was pondering over the problem there was a knock on her door.Waiting at the door was Zhang Min who had come to talk to Shi Ai.However before he could utter a word, Shi Ai had unloaded the entire problem on him asking him to suggest a way out of this hurdle.

But never would she have imagined the answer that Zhang Min gave her.As she stared expectantly for an answer about how to get out of the promise, Zhang Min said,"Where is the problem in dating other people?"

Shi Ai's jaw dropped at this dunder head answer. "Min Min!What do you mean?You know I only love him.So what makes you think that I can date someone else?Do you know anyone who can compare upto him?"

But instead of answering her,all Zhang Min was stare gravely at her.

For the second time in a day,Shi Ai felt that feeling of foreboding to her.She knew!She knew even before he said anything,Shi Ai knew that Zhang Min was going to say something bad...