40 AM I SEEING THINGS?

Zhaolin sat in his office dazed. That first day he went to school, he had been forced by his mother, she kept on persuading him but he never heeded her word until that day. He still didn't know the reason why he woke up so early and prepared for school. His father had been so shocked that he sent Feng Riuwen and Jiuwen to keep an eye on him.  He had gone to school so early, that even his friends were shocked beyond redemption. He got tired of sitting in the classroom eventually and headed out, when he got to the door and it was pushed open from outside, he thought it was one of the lousy students but then, when her face came into view... He was dumbstruck, when she looked up and met his gaze, a bell rang in his heart, it was love at first sight, oh yes it was. 

He looked straight into her jet black eyes and wondered to himself if he was just seeing things, then she tilted her head to look behind him and he felt his blood rush up to his brain. And then when she had frowned at Li Xiangyang's action of blinking at her, he thought to himself  She's even beautiful when she's angry. Wait, what am I saying? 

He had been too engrossed in his own world of fantasies until Xiangyang told her to move away from the door. She did obediently. 

He took just two steps forward and turned back to look at her, her side profile, her cheeks were flushed he thought it was due to the cold weather. 

He went out on the account of leaving for the day but after seeing her, he decided to come back to class. When the whole class was filled up and she wasn't anywhere in sight, he thought it was his illusion and almost when he was feeling disappointed, she reappeared, and they were meant to share the same desk. He rejected it in his mind immediately until she came forward and told him that she had used the desk the previous day. She had been in school the previous day? 

He had no choice but to make adjustments. He remembered how Xiangyang had teased him, saying that he would get infected with a girlish syndrome and start acting like one. He laughed in his mind, I really want to infected. 

She had pestered him after the first week, calling him dumb, saying that his father had a harem, and even talked about Emperor Ju-Long that had many consorts. 

She had also called herself dumb even if she hadn't said it directly, he chuckled in his mind and said, We're both dumb. 

She bothered him, said all sorts of things, even called him a mute.

Everyone in the school referred to him as Young Master Zhao, while his friends called him Young Master Xing. Li Xiangyang and Dai Jingyao had made up the whole story of him being a young master with his first name. And so she misunderstood, calling him ZhaoXing. 

The first time he talked to her, he had used the most softest tone that she had ridiculed him. All the other students knew him, knew his position but only she didn't, he couldn't help but wonder which world she lived in. 

The teacher had assigned them to form a group, consisting of four people, he had never participated in anything in his previous school and it was made clear to the owner of the school. So when the teacher said it, he didn't pay any attention until she mentioned that she wanted them as her team. Xiangyang agreed after taking his time and then she turned to him, when she turned around to face him their skin brushed and that was when he turned to her, she opened her mouth to say something and he thought he was going to loose it so he sprang up from the chair and ran just in time. He had never been so close to any female all his life. So when their skin brushed it sent a tingling sensation all over him. 

Knock! 

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There was a knock on his office door, bringing him back to the present. 

Feng Riuwen came in, "This is it." 

"Send it to her,"

Riuwen was surprised, he knew who the her was but him sending it to her? Why does it have to be me? 

"Yes," he left. 

When the door closed, Zhaolin looked at his time, it was to four. Zhihao would be here any minute.

*****

Meanwhile at the school, kids ran to their parents, while some their chauffeurs picked them up. 

Feng Jiuwen rested on the car, waiting for Zhihao to come out. 

When Zhihao saw her, he smiled and waved, she did the same and went forward to lift. 

"Ah Zhi, how was your day?" 

"Good, good." He answered, his voice filled with excitement. "Will you let me sit at the front today?"

Jiu chuckled, "Sure, sure." He placed him at the front sit of the car and circled around to the driver's seat. 

She slammed the car door shut and helped him fix his seatbelt. 

She started the car and looked at the rearview mirror, and her brows furrowed. Who's that? 

She turned her head to the back but the person had probably vanished, That face... 

Her heart skipped a beat. She looked back at Zhihao who was looking at her with worry, then she smiled. 

She drove slowly to the gate, looking around for the face she saw but it was no where in sight. 

Why did that face look so familiar? No, no. It's due to the fact that I didn't get a better look at the face that's why it looks so familiar. 

She drove straight to the company. But the face she saw kept reappearing in her mind. 

That little girl... Gosh, she just disappeared the second she appeared. 

What is going on? Am I seeing things?