C.L.S

EPILOGUE

“Yu Heng, is room 204 ready yet?”  Qiao Xuan was in the kitchen clearing the breakfast dishes after the guests left.

“Not yet.”  A disheveled Yu Heng came running down the stairs.

“No?  What about the other two rooms?”

“The toilet in 204 is blocked!  Don’t know which bastard did that.  If I find out, I must give him a good beating.”  Yu Heng angrily threw the tools down.

There were six students that stayed in 204.  Yesterday, it was so noisy they had to ask twice for them to finally quiet down.  Today, as they left they were far too happy to bid farewell.  Come to find out, when he went to clean the room, it was in complete chaos.

“Then you have to hurry, in three hours, a number of guests will be checking in.”  Qiao Xuan warned him anxiously.

“I know!”  Yu Heng grabbed the tools again heading upstairs.

In order to celebrate their fifth anniversary of marriage, he had thought to bring the family to the B & B.  The results were, his wife became the cook, and he became the handyman.

Finishing with room 204, Yu Heng hurried to tidy up the other two rooms.  Finally accomplishing his tasks, he returned to the kitchen.

“Wife, what is there to drink?”  Yu Heng put away the utensils, then went to the counter for his reward.

“Well, here’s some mango smoothie.”  Qiao Xuan held something yellow in a glass to his face.

“Very good.”  Yu Heng moved to accept the prize.

“–” But before he could taste anything, Qiao Xuan suddenly yanked it away.

“Why?”  Seeing his prize taken away, Yu Heng frowned.

“Just now you talked to me a little fiercely.”  Qiao Xuan complained.

“Just now?  What time?”  Yu Heng seriously thought back.

“When you said, “you hurry up to tidy up the room”.”

“Oh.”  Yu Heng thought.  “Sorry my wife, it’s because of the group of young bastards yesterday.  They made a mess yesterday, it got me angry.  I didn’t mean to be fierce with you, don’t angry ah.”

“Okay.”  Qiao Xuan accepted his apology, “Since you apologized, I’ll forgive you.”

“Oh, anything else?”

Hugging her waist, he bowed his head to gently give her a kiss.

“Hurry to drink the smoothie, you must be thirsty?”  Qiao Xuan blushed from his kiss, sticking the straw in his mouth.

In the six years of marriage, Yu Heng’s love for her never wavered, but grew even more.  Whenever his tone was a little fierce with her, she would coax an apology.

“Oh yes, Mom called me again just now.”  Qiao Xuan suddenly was reminded of this matter.

“Was she asking what her baby grandson was doing?”  Yu Heng didn’t need to guess.

“Since she’s abroad, I told her to rest assured.  Have fun and don’t worry about Xiao Jie, we will take good care of him.”  Qiao Xuan wasn’t tired, she was just afraid that her mother-in-law wasn’t enjoying her vacation with her friends in Japan.

“No, it was useless to explain anyway.  She’d worry regardless.”  Yu Heng understood his Mom’s personality too well.  No one was more important in this world than her baby grandson.

“Okay…  Oh, right, Dad says to bring Xiao Jie to Ilan to see him more often.”  In addition to Yu Heng’s Mom, her Dad also only thought about Xiao Jie.

“You see, we should’ve had another child so it’d be fair for both grandparents.”  Yu Heng joked.

“I never said no, but at that time, having another child was too much to take care of.”

“Now that Xiao Jie has grown up, how about we try for another one?”  Yu Heng’s trick had worked.  When his Mom heard Qiao Xuan was pregnant with a boy, she immediately forced him to hurry up and propose.

Because of their son, they were able to get married.  In order to thank Xiao Jie their little love, they had decided not to have a second child so soon in order to give him all their love.

“We’ll see, but…  Definitely not here.”

Qiao Xuan has learned not to put her guard down lest she fall into another one of his traps again.

“Oh, okay.  By the way, our son?  Where is he?”

“Outside playing with the little girl.”

“Little girl?  Social services hasn’t come yet?”  Yu Heng looked out the yard.

“Not yet.”

Niu Niu is a four year old little girl.  The week before last, a pair of young husband and wife came to stay at the B & B with their little girl.  They didn’t expect that the very next day they ran away abandoning their little girl at the B & B.

They left behind a note with the little girl.  The note explained because they owed a huge debt, they could not support their daughter anymore.  They hoped that good hearted people can help take care of her.

Aunty had called Yu Rong Gui and asked him what to do.  Of course, Yu Rong Gui’s response was to let the little girl stay at the B & B ah!

So they took care of the little girl, and contacted social services.  Yesterday, someone from the bureau finally helped the little girl get adopted.  Today they will take her away.

“Today, the sun is so hot.  They’ve been playing in the yard no problem?”  Yu Heng worried.

“Let’s go out and have a look.”  Qiao Xuan took her husband’s hand and walked outside.

Out in the yard, the couple saw Xiao Jie teaching the little girl something.

“You see, like this, if the enemy attacks you, you just poke him in the eyes and then kick him.”  Seeing Xiao Jie making funny gestures with his rickety little body, his parents chuckled.

“But my hand is very short, how to hit him?”  Niu Niu asked.

“Then you just intercom me, and I’ll come and save you!”  Xiao Jie proudly demonstrated how to use the walkie talkie.

Yesterday, his parents bought him this new toy.

“Really?”  Niu Niu pressed the button on the walkie talkie to call Xiao Jie.

“Ah!  Did you hear?”  Xiao Jie excitedly let her listen to his voice.

“I did.”  Niu Niu laughed happily.

At this time, two people appeared at the gate.

“Hello, we are social services.”

Yu Heng and Qiao Xuan hurried to open the gate for them, and then picked up Niu Niu.

“Niu Niu, don’t worry, Uncle and Aunt has helped you find a happy home.  Go with them and you can start a new life.”

“Okay.”  Niu Niu nodded, then turned to look at Xiao Jie.

Xiao Jie was reluctant to part with her.

Suddenly, he ran forward and gave his beloved toy to Niu Niu.

“You take it, if someone bullies you, you call me!”  Niu Niu cherished the toy in her arms.

The walkie talkie wouldn’t work at a far distance, but Yu Heng and Qiao Xuan refrained from saying so.  They just smiled at the children.

Lan Kwai Fong is full of love and hope.  They hesitated to part with their warm guests, but they know that this warmth will form a full circle.  One day, it will be back again.

[The End]

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