Reunion: The Guardians of the Five Elements

Chapter 7

The team arrived at the hotel arranged by Wu Nuwa near Mount Taì in Shāndōng Province before lunchtime. The hotel they will be staying at is not your ordinary hotel, tall and classy. This is one is a cabin house type hotel. The owner has thought of this concept because he doesn't want to damage the scenery and the nature around or near the mountain. Among the locals who grew up in the area that Mount Taì is blessed by the goddess Nuwa and whoever harms everything around the mountain will be cursed until death. The locals believe in this and always made sure that it is followed by all, tourists and businessmen. To avoid any problems with his project, the owner built a hotel in a cabin theme room structure for all their guests. The team's cabin is located near the entrance and the concierge where they checked in since the other cabins are occupied by other guests. It looks like, they are not the only ones having an expedition.

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"I'll scout the area and try to get information on the other guest. They may be the ones Nuwa Jíe is talking about." Black Glasses Ge said as carefully placed the last luggage inside their lounge area. Chu Chu immediately grabs his arm before he could leave and said, "I'll come with you." The older man sighed and removed her hand from his arm. "I can do this alone." "And look more suspicious than you already are. Just as you said, they may be the ones Nuwa Jíe is talking about, which is already telling us to be cautious." Black Glasses Ge looked at her, trying to think of a way to get her to let him be but nothing comes to mind. So he sighed again and looked at Wu Xie for backup. He may be the second oldest among the group, except for Xiao Ge, he thought but Wu Xie is the appointed leader, mutually. Wide eyes, Wu Xie point his finger at him, gesturing to their Black Glasses Ge if he's looking at him and then looked at everyone who is all staring at him, waiting for his order or plan, as Pang Zi gestured him to just do it. Wu Xie cleared his throat and said, "Miss Chu Chu is -" "Chu Chu is fine, Wu Xie. No need to be formal. After all, we've been acquainted already." "Ah. Okay. Again, Chu Chu has a point. It will be less suspicious. We all need to be tourists or a family on an outing. So in pair or fours will likely be less suspicious. All of us will take turns. Black Glasses Ge and Chu Chu will be first. Next will be Liu Sang and Miss Bo Sying. Pang Zi, Xiao Mei, Kan Jian, and Jia Le will be next. Then Bai Hao Tian and I will be next. Lastly, Xiao Ge and Miss Xia Yu Yan. We will take a 30-minute interval so that we will go unnoticed, just in case." "Wait a minute, Naive. Why am I team up with the kids? Shouldn't you get the other boy and I get the other one?" Pang Zi complained when Xiao Mei slightly hit her step-father's left side. "Ouch, Mei Mei. What is that for?" When Xiao Mei signaled him and read her gestures, he instantly gets what his little girl is trying to do. "Alright, Pang Zi. I'll take -" "Hey, wait. Why such a rush? I'm just joking. You are still so naive, Naive. I can handle a bunch of kids, isn't that right, Mei Mei?" "Yup!" Then the father and daughter just laughed, a bit awkward which the other girls, except for Bai Hao Tian who is embarrassed by what they are doing, trying to hold their laugh while the others smirked and shook their heads which left Wu Xie confused but shrugged it off for now. "Okay, " Wu Xie continued, "Get as much information as you can and we will talk about everything we got tonight."

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"There's no use giving me the silent treatment but if you will keep on giving me that, might as well act that we're a couple or something. You're making it obvious that we are not." Chu Chu emphasizes as she roams around with her video camera recording everything. Everything. From the guests to their cabins, to the sceneries. Everything. Just in case, they needed to look it up later if she missed something. Black Glasses Ge sighed so many times since they start "sightseeing". Chu Chu would hold his arm, pull him somewhere, really acting like a couple. Not that he minds, no, scratch that, he does mind. He thought as more questions fill up his mind. But, among those questions, one is more appropriate. So, he walked near her and wrapped his arms around her waist, and pull her close to him getting the other frozen as he asked his question. "How are you?" Chu Chu blinked twice, not expecting the question not minding their proximity and how Black Glasses Ge said those words as she looked back at him and chuckled. "Not expecting that but, I'm fine, Xia Zi. More than so now that I see you, alive." Black Glasses Ge looked down at her who smiled gently at him as Chu Chu held his hand and started walking around, acting like a couple. "How were you able to survive that?" Black Glasses Ge asked all of a sudden which Chu Chu is expecting the question already from him. "Well, after Jiao shoots at me, at us, I thought me and my friend are done for. But, your friend, Xie Yu Cheng, who helped get my voice back has me under watch. So, when the moment all Jiao's men are gone, Xie Yu Cheng's men saved us. When we are well enough, he told us to hide. Even my brother, we all need to hide. Just in case. And we all did. For a while. Until Nuwa Jíe and then the girls. And now. Here I am." She said looking at him smiling still, not minding their acting or if it's true but for Chu Chu, this is a chance she may never have again known this person's personality, she will not have this chance again. So, for now, she will do this and save this feeling, this moment in her memories, forever. "What about you? How are you, were you able to find what you were looking for?" She asked then get back at filming. Even though they are walking around and talking, she hasn't forgotten what she is supposed to be doing. Filming is one of her expertise so there won't be a problem in getting what she needed. When she was about to let go of his hand to get more footage, the other didn't let go. Confused, knowing that Black Glasses Ge is waiting for this moment and didn't let go, Chu Chu looked back and was surprised by his answer.

"Yes."