Crossroad between the choppy waves and serene fields

The deal and that feeling

"I..I think you've got it all wrong Kay"

"Did I?" Kay was just suddenly distraught which caught Yan Lan by surprise. Everything came back in a flash, the times when Yan Lan would hold him when he cried into the night from misses of Jon, when Yan Lan would accompany him to sleep until he was sound asleep.....and when things got better Yan Lan retracted from being close and their friendship got a little awkward after Kay found out that he was Er Ge's mutual friend and Kay had been careful afterwards to deal with Yan Lan further limiting their interaction. It lost the little trust and closeness that they shared and they had not revisited any discussion on this. Yan Lan was conscious of the treatment but decided to just take it professionally after all they were both co-partners in their collaboration on music and dance event until Yan Lan offered to teach Kay to dance.

There's just something about Yan Lan that intrigue Kay at times. The way Yan Lan look at him those eyes, it pierce deep into his soul and Kay would often need to break away from those stare. Jon to Kay was like a very close brother almost like a family member which Ta Ge hates to make comparison to always being there for Kay more than his brothers and they grew up in music and made music together. Yan Lan on the other hand .....was different but Kay didn't think much into it as he needed to make sure their collaboration works well and that they had to drive sufficient client base to sustain their business.

"Let's finish up and see what you have"Kay said
Yan Lan went through the papers and proposal on what his thoughts were but in that talking and explaining both of them were not focusing fully, their minds were elsewhere - they were each replaying their feelings. Yan Lan felt hurt ... that Kay thought of him this way, whereas Kay was struggling to find the right explanation for his erratic behaviour. he has to stop expecting that Yan Lan is supposed to fill any void or do anything for him.

"I'm sorry" ....Kay said in between. He couldn't focus on what Lan Yan was saying, but was just angry that he had again been emotionally disturbed by the past which he had told himself that he won't be revisiting, he will move on.

Yan Lan stopped speaking and responded "No need to be" and continue with what he was sharing. And they went on discussing. After Kay had a better view what this whole proposal was about. He understood his grandpa a bit more while Uncle Li is still the holding our family to ransom due to some deals and my coming back to the stage was a negotiation deal with Uncle Li had in replace for Uncle Li not pursuing an acquisition of grandpa's trade business which was used as a collateral in a separate discussion. So complex as i thought about it further ...I can imagine what GuGu has to go through with grandpa. I now appreciate how Ta Ge and Er Ge is managing everything poised and composed all the time.

"I'll do a trade with Uncle Li" I said.
"What do you mean??...." Yan Lan asked.
"I'll add only on a few conditions"
"Kay don't make it complicated he has all our hands tied...."

"What do you mean?" Kay asked with added curiosity
"Some of my songs are produced by them, I am somehow succumb to some conditions until end of the year.

"What do you mean?" Kay asked to which Yan Lan kept quiet.

It was something he had decided to do. Uncle Li has been pestering Kay's grandfather as Kay did not respond to their request to carry out a post tribute song commercialising Jon's passing and a live show to rake in more benefits from it. His grandfather on the other hand were held ransom for this opportunity loses as they have agreed on a pre deal that uncle Li delivered. As a revenge to seek compensation they wanted to run some news on Kay to sensationalise the facts of what had happened. To Kay, Jon was really a good friend and a very close brother to him and their team, they loved each other as very closed knitted family but the paparazzi created some misunderstanding sensationalising their relationship and trying to tie the fact that Kay was neglecting Jon and was spending time with others and hence Jon was forced into depression. The story continues through and Uncle Li wanted to instigate it further after Kay fail to deliver what his grandfather bargain for. "I'll run the news of them next week if you fail to compensate back what we agree on" Uncle Li told Kay's grandfather who was accompanied by his dad and Ta Ge and Er Ge as they visited him go try to resolve this.