Chapter 259 - Breakfast Meeting (1)

"Sister Jing Jing?" the voice of Sofia suddenly sounded before Jing Jing could connect her call to boss Wang's contact number.

Jing Jing turned towards her direction and smiled apologetically at her. Despite not waking Sofia up, she was still awakened. 

On the other hand, Stephen walked directly towards Sofia with tenderness on his gaze. He stopped beside her and placed his hands inside the pocket of the coat that he had lent.

With the two of them standing side by side and with their morning look and messy hair, Jing Jing could not help but feel delighted. 'Awe, they are really a perfect match!' she thought and waved her hand.

"Miss Sofia, good morning! Sorry to disturb your rest. There is something that I was confused about but, Stephen had enlightened me already. I will make a call first," Jing Jing quickly explained before she retraced her steps and hastily went out of the apartment unit. 

Sofia looked at the door that was carefully closed by Jing Jing. The lady did not even wait for her to respond. 'Is it something urgent that she quickly went away?' Sofia questioned in her mind. Then, she turned her head and stared at Stephen, "How do you feel?"

"Thank you for taking care of me last night, Sof. My fever is gone," Stephen answered with gentle expression on his face.

"You're welcome. Steph, bring an umbrella next time. Don't compromise your health. I'll go back to my place first to check Heiz. Do you want to come with me?" Sofia said as she remembered the wooden cart. She was worried that it would be disposed of as it was already past 6 AM.

"Okay," Stephen stated. He took a glance at his three other friends who were still asleep. Clark and Claire were still locked in an embrace giving Joey the space to sprawl his long legs and extend his hands freely. Their blankets had long been pushed on the bottom side of their feet. 

"We should wake them up?" Stephen asked her.

Sofia curled her lips and looked at her watch, "Later, there is still enough time for them to sleep. We will just check Heiz and return here."

As the two went out, they saw Jing Jing facing on the wall who was still on her phone call. She was moving her hand comically as if she was lecturing the person on the other line. "What seems to be the problem of sister Jing? She looked annoyed."

"Ms. Jing Jing mentioned to me about the time interval of publishing the formal announcement about the wedding of Brent. It seems that the media wanted to expose the information at once because of some complaints that were directed towards their company. I've told her not to change anything. Then, she seemed to have interpreted what I said in a more useful way," Stephen stated.

"Ohh, so it's boss Wang on the other line. Well, no wonder," Sofia nodded her head and remembered how boss Wang had treated Jing Jing. She combed her hair with her fingers as they continued to walk towards her place and entered inside.

Before they could close the door, Heiz already appeared in their sight, holding her baby.

"You are back, sister! Good morning!" Heiz said and approached them. She could not help but take a glimpse and the watch on Sofia's wrist before she looked at Stephen and exchanged hello to him.

"Hmmn, your cart...?" Sofia trailed and took notice of another plastic bag placed on the side of the sofa.

"I went down earlier and talked the guard about my cart. I've already taken all my merchandise. The cart was on the backside of this building. The guard helped me carry the bag containing the merchandise. I did not know what time you would be coming back so, I just handled them," Heiz prompted and also glance in the direction where Sofia was looking.

"That's good," Sofia smiled with satisfaction at her. "This is Stephen," she casually introduced.

Heiz pulled Sofia closer to her and secretly asked, "Your boyfriend?"

"Not yet," Sofia softly said with a chuckle and give Stephen a small grin.

'Not yet!' Heiz exclaimed in her mind. Then, she looked at Stephen with bright and clear eyes.

"I'm Heiz. My baby is named Hazel."

"Please to meet you, Heiz!"

Both extended their hands and had a proper handshake. For a minute, Sofia once again looked at the eyes of the two. She could not help but point out their similarities, "You have the same shape of your eyes."

"Really?" Heiz spoke in a surprised tone. Then, she subconsciously touched the facemask that still covered her face. "By the way, sister, there is a lady who came here too. She was looking for you. The guard called her Miss Jing Jing. Did you meet her?"

"Hmmn... yes," Sofia confirmed.

"Is she the manager that you mentioned last night? I did not properly greet her," Heiz worriedly inquired.

"Yes, sister Jing manages important things for our squad since the beginning," Sofia quickly answered.

Stephen managed to maintain a friendly smile but did not speak. After a while, he leaned closer to Sofia's ears and whispered, "Sof, who is she?"

Such a question was directed towards the complete identity of Heiz, which, Sofia had also a complicated feeling on how to explain their encounter.

"About that... Let's talk over breakfast with the others," Sofia whispered back at Stephen. Luckily, they were all together in the same building. It would be easier for her to discuss everything about the planned arrangement of their club. The sooner they could formally talk about forming a club, the better arrangement they would make.

"Okay," Stephen agreed.

"Sister Heiz, let's have breakfast in Claire's place. Come with us," Sofia stated and took a notebook from her mini table. It was the same notebook that Heiz had read before she fell asleep.

"Sister, I've read the content of your notebook. I never understood what you have written on it," Heiz stated and pointed her index finger at the notebook in Sofia's hand.

"It's alright. I've drawn and written our possible gaming strategies in this notebook. Since you don't play virtual games, it's understandable that you won't understand the contents," Sofia sympathized. 'If it was me in the past, I won't be able to understand the contents either,' she mentally added thinking about her past life.

As the three of them walked to return to Claire's apartment unit, Jing Jing was still stuck in the phone call.

Sofia raised one of her eyebrows and then went near Jing Jing. "Is that boss Wang, sister Jing? Let me talk to him," she asked.

Jing Jing quickly handed her phone to Sofia and breathed a sigh of relief. "Boss Wang is so difficult to reason! No matter what I told him, he won't listen!" she lamented and smiled at two figures behind Sofia.

"It's me, Sofia. Boss Wang, what seems to be a problem?" Sofia started. Then, she gestured at the three people who were staring intently at her for them to enter Claire's place. Then she silently mouthed, "Wake them up." Jing Jing and Stephen nodded but Heiz remained motionless. 

"Heiz, come," Jing Jing called her and she finally moved her feet to follow them.

"Time to wake up!" Stephen announced and gently kicked the legs Joey. "Time to wake up! We will be late!"

"Shhh... Stephen, wait," Jing Jing suddenly said and stopped Stephen's foot from kicking Joey. "Let me borrow your phone to take picture of these two," she mumbled and looked at Claire and Clark.

"I have no phone with me right now, Ms. Jing Jing," Stephen replied and opened the palms of his hands in front of her.

"Then, your phone Heiz?" Jing Jing looked towards Heiz.

"I don't have any phone either," Heiz softly replied.

"Ahh! What a pity!" Jing Jing pouted. She wanted to take a picture of Clark and Claire but there was no device available. But, out of her peripheral view, she noticed a phone that was connected to the power source with a charger.

"That's Claire's phone," Stephen stated.

"Nevermind. Let's wake them. Hehe," Jing Jing stated and shook the shoulder of Claire.

"This couple, sorry to disturb you but you will be late for your class. Wake up!" Jing Jing playfully announced.

Claire was the first to open her eyes and pushed Clark. "Why are you hugging me? Where is the pillow I place between us?"

"I just sleep," Clark grumbled and felt like he was wronged. 

"AHH... don't quarrel. The two of you ahh... You have a peaceful sleep locked in an embrace. How could you look upset? I should be the one who is upset here. You have no respect for a single guy like me!" Joey sounded teasing the two.

"Hmmph!" Claire snorted and stood straight. She glared at Clark and folded her mattress. Joey helped her with the blanket while Clark grabbed his phone and checked his messages.

"I will contact my driver to order our breakfast meal. Do you guys have preferences?" Clark thoughtfully asked.

"Right now, I have no cash with me. So, anything is fine," Joey quickly said.

"Don't worry about the money," Clark spoke and scrolled down the contact numbers in his phone. "Claire what do you want to eat for breakfast?" he called as the lady had gone to her bedroom to put back her mattress and pillows.

"Noodles is fine. Spicy," Claire replied from her room.

"There are  7 of us, Clark. We can split the expenses later," Jing Jing stated.

"Ahh.... never mind the expenses, I'll order our breakfast and choose the food," Clark grumbled and texted his driver to buy a double family meal containing from main dish to appetizer and a noodle soup.