Chapter 77 - Morning after

When NiNi woke up the next morning, she felt her face had swollen badly.

Worse of all when she made headlines again!

She didn't even want to read what the article about, she didn't want to go out. She just want to sulk in her bed whole day long.

Wearing her pajamas, she drag her body to dining room. Starching her itchy hair she yawn before sitting on dining chair.

On the dining chair her father, mother and brother had freshen up and ready. There's frustration on their face, especially mother Guan whose eyes look a little swollen. She just compressed her eyes with eyes this morning.

Father Guan face looks very tired, he felt like he just grew 20 years older.

Guan Xian basically didn't sleep, he just came back at 05.00 am in the morning from Wang residence.

They didn't know what to say to NiNi. So this morning everybody was busy with their own thought although they gather in one place on a sunny morning.

But then, they saw a girl come down lazily. Her hair is messy like a lion, half of his face is black, especially her eyes and cheek area, lipstick was smudged but she didn't care.

She acts exactly when she was 5 years old!

A smile raise from Father, mother and Guan Xian. This little girl is too precious, her presence can turn the gloomy room into sunny day.

"Who are you!?" Guan Xian said acting like he don't know NiNi. Turning her head slowly to Guan Xian, NiNi raise one of her eyebrow.

"Me? I am the most beautiful girl in the world-a." She answers lazily before turning her head to drink water.

"B- b-b-b- beautiful?! You look like sadako!" Guan Xian laughs at NiNi.

"Then you are sadako's brother, Sidikoooo." NiNi answer sticking out her tongue.

"Don't bicker in the morning." Father Guan scolded but there smile in his face.

"Blame GeGe, he always bully me!." NiNi pout before she give Guan Xian a provoking war looks.

Guan Xian who saw her provocation want to flick her fore head. But she successfully dodge his hand!

"Huh!" Guan Xian huffed, focusing on his breakfast again.

Mother Guan and father Guan shook their head.

"Guan Xiao Ni! Did you even brush your teeth?" mother Guan hit NiNi hand when she wants to take a yao tiao.

"I'm hungryyyyyy." NiNi pout while she rubs her hand. Of course she haven't brush her teeth, she was too hungry to brush her teeth.

"Guan Xiao Ni! You are 22 years old but still act like a child. You didn't even wash your face before sleeping. I don't believe you are a movie star." Mother Guan feels hopeless toward this daughter of her.

Blinking her eyes a few time, she turn her head to her mother.

"Right, I forgot…" she said with her blank face. But then she shrugged her shoulder, apparently she didn't care. She probably will grew a pimple later, but she didn't want to think about it today.

Thinking about skin in the morning will only make you depressed!

Let's just eat and be happy in this beautiful morning!

"What is this? Bird nest?" Guan Xian help NiNi to make her hair even messier. NiNi quickly try to make him stop with her hand.

"Aaaaaa!" the sibling fight like a little child.

"Aiya, look at your child both are old already but act like they only 5 years old!" mother Guan said to father Guan who enjoy the bickering infront of him.

"Don't bother them, Si Si come eat more. Now that you already old you need extra assumption." Father Guan said playfully. When mother Guan heard his nonsense she glare at him. Biting a Yao Tiao like a lion shredding it prey body.

"hahaha!" father Guan satisfied he had make mother Guan pissed. Honestly his wife act just like NiNi, so sometimes when his Wife scolded NiNi father Guan felt like she scolded herself.

Thus, sometimes or many times he defend NiNi…

His wife always thought it was because she pampers NiNi too much, but honestly he was saving Guan Si from herself.

"Hey little brat, what happen after we go home yesterday? Why you end up in this miserable state?" Guan Xian tease her, of course he know what happen from Wang Kai.

"Huh what happen?" mother Guan asked, she was clueless. She thought NiNi was having fun because she looks so happy yesterday night, for this morning appearance she though NiNi was too lazy washing her face last night.

"Some annoying people make trouble. Mom you don't know the moment you go home they start to bully me! They want to frame me!" NiNi tell her mom and dad in high spirited.

"What did they do? They dare to bully my daughter!" father Guan frown when he heard NiNi complain. Finding herself a supporter, NiNi continue her story in fire.

"Dad you don't know, they say I stole someone boyfriend. They simply want to create a wedges between me and brother Wang Kai! Also that brother Wang Ru came to make trouble again! But don't worry I scold all of them already!" NiNi say while she take a you tiao, tear it into two peace and eat like a beggar.

"Then after scolding all of them she cried for 30 minutes!" Guan Xian completed her story while laughing his ass off.

"That traitor!" NiNi make an angry face. Damn that Wang Kai, why did he tell her brother? now Guan Xian will mock her around until he forget.

"I'm sad okay, it was an important night for me." NiNi said, keep eating her breakfast.

"Then what did they get after bullying my daughter?" father Guan still frowning, unhappy. His little princess who he always dote from little-a! who are you to bully her?

"Em.. I don't know. Just forget it, they just jealous of me." NiNi answer nonchalantly. She was a simple girl, she had satisfied scolding them in the public. Planning revenge to them? She was too lazy…

"How can you just let it go? No! Guan Xian you handle it." Apparently mother Guan also unpleased.

"Aiya, no need! Too much trouble! Making them lose face is enough. As an actress I know how hard it is to survive on the industry, especially when your parent took your card." NiNi said, slip a little complain to her parent.

When she decide to be a singer her father took all of her card! It was so miserable. She never go out to shop because she can't afford anything 555. Sometimes Guan Xian give her money, but she allocated the money to buy her apartment now and sometimes she was ashamed.

Her salary from singing were being corrupted by that crazy Su!

It's been a very long journey…

"Huh serve you right! I told you to go to university and study well yet you do the opposite thing!" father Guan know what NiNi mean and scold her.

"Look at other family daughter, graduated already!" NiNi show his gummy smile, before walk to her dad. When father mad, just act filial and pitiful! She massage his father back.

"Alright, alright don't be angry. I don't know what major I like, so going to university is just wasting my youth." NiNi said while smiling sweetly.

"You brat, say university waisting your time but you actually waste your time jumping and shouting in a stage. Everytime I look at you I feel so angry that I want to put you back on your mother womb! Eh, lower lower." father Guan said but his face is happy.

"Here?" NiNi asked, skillfully massaging father Guan.

"Then can I have my card back now?" When she read father Guan happy face, she say what she want slowly.

"Alright alright!" father Guan lost. NiNi never act like this again with him after those 3 years cold war. Everytime they met they always end up fighting, they just became civil these past month after that Chen Luo incident. So he was naturally very happy today.

"Humph, Guan Xian see your father lose again to your sister. No wonder you sister is so spoiled!" mother Guan say like there is only Guan Xian in the room.

"Si Si, don't be jealous, you know I spoiled you the most my lovely darling, hahaha." Father Guan tease mother Guan again. Mother Guan face turn red and all of the laugh.

"Aiyo, I cannot stand this old couple anymore. Xiao Ni let's go brother will save you from diabetes!" Guan Xian said, standing and pull NiNi hand.

"Eh, I haven't finish eating!!!" NiNi said in panic, taking a few foods before following Guan Xian.

Following Guan Xian to the park behind the house, NiNi still munching her food.

"What are we doing?" can sense that her brother want to say something serious so she sit down on the bench, look at her brother.

"Xiao Ni, Wang Kai told me about... your memory." Guan Xian open the topic. It was hard but after his converstation with Wang Kai last night, he thought NiNi had the right to know if she want to know."

"Oh..." she move her gaze away.

"Is it very extreme?" NiNi ask without looking at Guan Xian. She actually want to know, but there must be a reason why they hide it from her.

Part of her was curious, yet another part of her are afraid.

Guan Xian didn't answer directly, he took a seat beside NiNi. The morning wind blew past both of them, it somehow create a peaceful feeling.

"You lose your soul, can't sleep because you always had nightmare, stop talking, stop laughing, you do nothing. Is that extreme for you?" Guan Xian said softly.

"hmm... then I don't want to know!" NiNi said, look at Guan Xian with bright eyes. Guan Xian was dumbfounded, that's... all?

just like that?

He thought it will be a hard topic that why he spend the night smoking! yet this wrench didn't need a minute to make the decision.

But it's good. he was relieved.

He can't imagine what will happen if she insist to know the truth. How can he bring himself to tell her that she watch Wang Ru murdering his own mother with her own eyes.

Tell her that crazy Wang Ru abducted her just because he need someone to share his burden.

Apparently for Wang Ru who live his life in the darkness, NiNi was the only light he knew.

So when his mother ask him to kill her, she took NiNi because he was afraid.

What a joke, why should my little sister share your fking burden. Guan Xian feels anger again when he think about Wang Ru.

"NiNi, remember what I said. Don't talk with Wang Ru, if you saw him just run. He is crazy." Guan Xian said seriously.

NiNi look at his brother angry face, somehow want to tease him.

"Hehehe, but he is handsome. How can you resist a handsome man?" NiNi said acting flirty. Guan Xian eyes grew bigger, when NiNi sense danger she might face she run to save her life.

"You dare!!!!!!!!!!"

That morning, Guan Xian and Guan Xiao Ni turn the Guan manor upside down.