Chapter 73 - The War Of Love

Zhang Min kept cursing at Yao Yao as he entered the room.He gave a wide berth to Ah Hai and went to the other side of Shi Ai to talk some sense into her.He had heard the entire interview that the officer had conducted and he was tempted to ask Ah Hai what he had done about Yao Yao.But after what he had just witnessed,he was scared to even ask.But Shi Ai was the one who was ignorant enough to ask,which she did."Is Yao Yao alright?"

Zhang Min felt like his mouth had been stuffed with chillies!The nonsense that Yao Yao had spouted about her and the first thing that Shi Ai did was ask if the girl was crazy.Shi Ai was crazy,Zhang Min knew that for sure now.

Ah Hai,however,did not look surprised.In his same unemotional tone,he answered,"Of course she is."

Shi Ai nodded satisfactorily with this answer and said"Thank you,brother Ah Hai."

Ah Hai nodded and was about to get up when his wrist was caught in a tight hold by Shi Ai."Don't leave please."

Ah Hai looked down at the slender and long fingers as they held wrist and he felt a small warmth creep into his heart,unknowingly.Her eyes pleaded with him to never leave her and go.Seeing this side of Shi Ai and the way her hand clutched at Ah Hai,though,made Zhang Min frown.

Sitting back down,he said,"I am not leaving yet.In fact there are some things that I wish to discuss with you.You and Zhang Min both."This caught both their attention and they looked at Ah Hai questioningly."I am leaving Yao Yao to the both of you for now.She has stabbed you in the back and it is upto you how you wish to handle her."

Ah Hai's gaze then turned to Zhang Min,who gulped nervously.Affirming that he had the boy's full attention,Ah Hai continued,"Soon,you will get a teacher who will teach you ways of the society as well as martial arts and strategies.The two of you must agree and pay attention to everything you are taught.Do you accept?All that you will be taught is for the benefit of handling situations like the one took place."

Zhang Min,remembering the feeling of helplessness that night immediately nodded in agreement but Shi Ai on the other hand did not agree.She continued to stare at Ah Hai and said,"You teach us."This caused Zhang Min to stare at Shi Ai in horror and reaffirm his belief that Shi Ai was crazy.Ah Hai stared at the little girl and said,"No..Be assured that you will be in good hands."

This time,the always smart and always mature Shi Ai decided to throw a tantrum.Her lower lip wobbling,she mutinuously looked at Ah Hai and said,"I will not learn a thing from anyone.You can send the best teachers in the world but they will not teach me anything,because I will never learn.Last time we went our separate ways because I was a kid who did not know if she would survive and if I had not been saved the other night then I would have never met you before passing on to the other world,so this time I refuse to lose contact with you."

A bit impatient at this,Ah Hai muttered,"I cannot stay here.Think of some other condition to get you to agree."

Zhang Min felt as if had entered a parallel universe where Shi Ai was in the middle of a teenage rebellion.He lookad at the grim reaper who also stood there with the same frozen expressionbut was still willing to negotiate with her.Actually Ah Hai was just as shocked with this tantrum and at a loss as what to do.He could not stay as it would be dangerous to them because of his numerous enemies and anyway he had to leave for his mission,he had already delayed it as much as possible.He could just leave and he knew that the two of them would not be able to stop him but he did not wish to hurt Shi Ai like this.Ah Hai also failed to understand Shi Ai's motive.Mrs Wu had told him that she was a good girl who was never stubborn but this tantrum did not sound like that of an obedient girl.Ah Hai tried to tell her and appease her that he would come back but he could not even bring himself to lie because this mission was war to him.His own personal war where there was only one outcome.Death..

Shi Ai had been thinking the same thoughts for the past two days about what would have happened if she had been killed that night.She would have forever lost her chance to see the new Ah Hai.Now that she had been given another chance,she was unwilling to miss out on seeing him regularly.She had thought to talk to him seriously but Brother Ah Hai had been treating her like a kid so she thought that she should behave like a kid.She wanted him to get to know her and even if this tantrum made him believe that she was a kid,that was alright.All was fair in love and war.And this was the war of love!

Burying the terror coursing through her veins,she said in a bold voice,"Take me to your home today and then we can discuss the conditions.