Fight ICE with ICE

Cheng Xiao: Unexpected Friends

She is stunning.

Beautiful.

Looks much more nicer than me.

And I'm nice!

She literally radiates kindness. Happy energy. She is like sunshine. But... why is she here?

"Hey Miss Xiao! I'm back." He smiles at me and I just slowly stare at them. He notices my stare and introduces the girl he brought with him.

"This is the person I wanted to introduce to you!"

"Hi! My name is Bei Weiwei! And I hear that you are from the states? It's so nice to meet you!" She is so enthusiastic it kind of creeps me out.

"Hi! I'm Cheng Xiao." Mr. Xu looks at me very surprised. I give him a questioning look but he just waves it off.

"You have a very thick accent! Where are you from?" I'm actually very curious. I wasn't being rude or anything.

"Oh!" She starts laughing and I just look at her like 🤨. She stops laughing, eventually and says, "I'm Australian! Hence my thick accent! My parents are Chinese though, so they wanted to move here. I decided to try and study in China instead of staying in Australia and being far away from them. Sooo here I am!"

"That seems nice!" I start to say, but Mr. Xu cuts me off. He probably thought that I was about to be mean to her or something. The thing is that, I feel a little intrigued by her story. There's something about her that is so enchanting!

"Hey! How about we decorate your room, then we can talk." Mr. Xu motions for me to shut it while he decorates.

Is he serious?!?!? How dare he! He dare tell me to shut up?!? And why is he trying to get me to stop talking to her. She's interesting. The first thing that I find interesting since this whole trip started, and Mr. Xu is already trying to not get me to enjoy my time. I'm really wondering whether he hates me or not!

"So, Miss Bei, I feel like even though I wasn't tricking you, I could have been a kidnapper or something of the sort! Why did you decide to follow me?"

He attatches a ton of the light blue ribbons as he talk to her.

"There must have been a reason for you to trust me so much! Or do you trust yourself a lot?"

He looks at her playfully and smirks. She stands up from the chair she had sat in, and headed straight towards him.

"First of all, body language, I'm pretty good at understanding all that. You looked desperate, as if you actually needed help. Second, you don't look intimidating. You look as if you couldn't even kill a fly. Third, I'm a black belt! I can defend myself easily, I've mastered a bunch or fighting skills."

With one swift move she has him locked down.

She didn't even break a sweat!

"So, if you were a kidnapper, I could have easily done something about it. Plus, this part of city is very populated. I don't doubt that if you were to kidnap me, there wouldn't be someone seeing everything. I got eyes everywhere as well. I'm like a secret agent, I did work undercover for some time. That's why I'm entering college late, I used to work as a spy for a company."

Me and Mr. Xu just stay frozen in shock.

Wth just happened?!? What is she? Who is she?

"That's a very... umm... cool story?" I say questioning whether I even want to say that to her.

"Yea well, it's not as cool as it sounds. After that job, for a few years, I've become a person who is always paranoid about everything. The smallest things can trigger my anxiety. Just don't be surprised if I say, I think someone is watching us. Because they are!"

She looks out the window and points at the nearest rooftop. In plain sight, I see one of the people that was sent to watch me is there. Along with some of my staff!

Mr. Xu does the same, and looks out the window. "Oh don't worry about him! That's just Mr. Laochen!"

Then he turns at me, knowing exactly what I'm thinking.

"Yea! That's your bodyguard corp leader, or whatever you want to call it. He's in charge of most of your bodyguards. He's even in charge of the one that lives with us."

I nod my head and feel a little uneasy.

Why do they have to watch me though? It's not like I am a baby who needs special attention! Plus, I have plenty of bodyguards all around this floor level of the hospital, and in the hospital overall!

"Well, Miss Bei, you talk with Miss Xiao, you guys become very good friends! Don't fight while I'm gone!"

"Where are you going Mr. Xu?" We both question him at the same time.

"Jinx!!!" I yell as I turn to look at her.

"Dang it! I should have seen that one coming." She pouts. Then she shakes her head and we both laugh it off.

She's very likeable! And very fun to be around. Even though she might sound like a psycho sometimes.

We both turn our attention back to Mr. Xu.

So? I gesture. And he finally answers.

"Ahh, I'm just going to go buy us some dinner. For later, since I don't want to wait later, when more people are buying their food. Also, Miss Xiao, you will have to only eat hospital food. So this is only for me and Miss Bei."

He looks uneasy at me. And I feel like exploding. But if I try to be reasonable, I won't be out of here anytime soon, unless I take care of myself. I nod and then look away, clearly unhappy. He leaves without saying a word, and I think that's the end of all the conversation, but WeiWei speaks again.

"Hey! So, you can call me WeiWei!"

I already was but whatever.

"Hi WeiWei!" I smile a bit, feeling a ray of happiness just coming off of her.

"Well! Let's meet each other, let's get to know each other!" For the first time, her enthusiasm makes me feel happy. I'm happy, and she is too! It's something that I haven't felt in a while.

•AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hai peeps! I've been out for a long time. Only updating with my prewritten chapters. My teachers are trying to kill me, with more than 5 tests a week. But i havent died yet, so u guys gotta put up with my bad writing for a little longer 😅 oh well, I hope u guys are safe and healthy! Have a nice day/night :] baiii