MAFIA BOY and MASK MAN: Live to Love

CHAPTER #20

The next day it was raining, so the twins took umbrellas to school, but shared a taxi ride there. As usual once on the school grounds they split up.  While walking towards the school building, Fai saw Qihe and thought it was Lu He.  Fai caught up to him and ducked under the umbrella.

"Wrong twin again." Qihe dropped his umbrella and tossed it aside.  He saw the stalker girl and signalled her to his side.  She brought her umbrella over his head and they walked together.

Fai was annoyed, but someone else had snatched up Qihe's abandoned umbrella.  Another girl walked by with an umbrella. "Can we go together?" Fai asked.

"Yes." The girl replied with a smile.

As Fai and the girl walked by Qihe and his stalker girl, she signalled him a thank you.  Qihe raised an eyebrow in response.  Then he said to the stalker girl, "what's your name?"

"Mey."

"Don't let this moment go to your head Mey, I still don't like you."

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Lu He was reading a magazine while waiting for the after lunch class to start.  Chyou came and sat beside him, but before she could say anything, a guy came over to her.

"Can I borrow your umbrella?"

Chyou looked over to Lu He and saw he had a few umbrellas.  Noticing her do so, the guy added, "if you lend it out, you can go home with him."

Chyou smiled and gave the guy her umbrella. "Bring it back tomorrow."

A group of guys and girls suddenly all came to Lu He, each asking for an umbrella.  He handed out all of the ones beside him, while staring at Chyou.  She got up in a disgusted huff and walked away.  Lu He leaned back in his chair, a smug expression in his eyes.  This was one game, he'd won.

It wasn't until the end of the day, when it was still raining, that Lu He realized he had forgotten to keep one umbrella for himself.  As he came to the outer school doors, he saw Chyou standing outside almost at the point where the roof overhang ended.  Lu He went to stand beside her. "You lent your umbrella to someone else."

"So did you... .  What am I going to do now?"

He grabbed her wrist pulling her after him, and they ran off into the rain together.  By the time they reached the bus stop, they were soaked.  Chyou sneezed twice, so Lu He instead called a taxi for them to share.  The driver cranked the heat for them.

"Why did you have so many umbrellas earlier?" She asked.

"Girls were giving me umbrellas all day, so I gave them to people who needed one."

"I forgot how popular you are... .  Does it get annoying?"

Lu He shrugged, "before I was modelling and acting, it sometimes was tiring.  Now I'm use to it."

"Have you ever had a fangirl obsessed with you?"

"A few, but the agency is very strict on how they handle that type of situation."

"Seven Cranes Entertainment?"

"Yes.  At school the girls know better than to do that, as it will get you expelled and legal action can occur."

"Right." As they neared her house, she added, "thank you for sharing your taxi with me."

As she got out of the car, the driver said, "it just stopped raining."

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Qihe was waiting with his gang for the rain to stop.  They were sitting on the front steps of a building, that had a large overhang.  He was playing a game on his phone, when one of his guys nudged him.

"Boss, someone is harassing your wife."

Looking up and putting his cell in a pocket, Qihe saw Mey on the sidewalk.  They watched as a guy approached her and offered a bunch of flowers.  Qihe predicted, "she won't take it."

He was right and her refusal offended the guy offering the flowers, so he threw them at her. "I'm letting you take it!"

Qihe crossed his legs and the guys of his gang all stood up. "Go teach him to respect girls."

The gang went and picked up the guy, carrying him away.  Mey watched them leave, with confusion on her face.

"Mey, come here."

She turned and saw her crush.  Cautiously she approached. "I wasn't following you, it's the way I take home from school."

"Relax, I'm not accusing you of anything."

"Was that you helping me, just now?"

"Yes."

"But I thought you hated me."

"I said I didn't like you, at least not in the way you want me to.  I never said I hated you and I wouldn't let anyone bully a girl like that guy just did."

"Oh... thanks."

"I'll walk you home, let's go."