Chapter twenty three

From morning till after lunch, Caihong waited for the present of Wu's girl, but she did not see even her shadow. The young gal assumed the elder female might not come.

Water lily that she planted near the grinder was spreading its generation. Size of the pot was not big enough for storing the flower's whole family; hence, the lassie decided to organize a new pot for the newborn of the white flower at the entering way of her shelter.

After putting the pot, she carried the water to fill it by herself. Drops of liquid leaked from the basket, wetting the wooden floor. When she finished and wanted to get into the house, she stepped, innocently, on the slippery spot, and caused her to fall backwards.

"Be careful."

Once again, Caihong found her body inside the embrace of the person that she did not want to meet.

Over face that was laying half way above the floor, the young colleen witnessed the feature of the woman, who liked to disturb her, closely and clearly. When her eyes met with the peepers of the handsome lady, the string of feeling re-arrived, making the daughter of Yang's heart happen to have beating fast in the chest.

"Are you alright?" Lantian assisted the younger girl to stand her back. "No hurt?" 

Caihong shook her head, "No." Actually, she felt her right waist was meeting a small aching, but she ignored the pain because it was a flash-hurt.

"I come to get my second wish," Lantian stated.

Hearing the sentence, the face of the daughter of Yang Fu that was pale because of the last moment incident was changed to be dark pink and hard like a stone. The young lady held an annoyed glance towards the elder woman. "You are tricky," she said.

The smart judy's cheeks raised up.

Caihong continued, "You drank wine, then got my bunny drunk by making it smell the odor of the wine that was on your hand."

"Now, you see that I don't need my father's power. I just use my brain then I can win over you." Lantian smirked.

It was a waste to argue about this point because even though she admitted her failure already.

"What do you want me to do today?"

"I want to eat the sea corals and the snow river."

Daughter of Yang Fu felt silly when she heard, "What is that?" 

"You don't know it?"

Caihong shook her head. "Change the menu," she said.

"I want to eat that food. No change," Lantian indicated.

"I never hear."

"Well," Lantian patted the fan on her palm then said, "I'm going to eat this food but you don't need to cook. Just come with me."

"To where?"

"You cannot ask. You lose to me, you have to fulfill my wish."

"But," Caihong dropped face and spoke in a lower voice, "I cannot get out."

Lantian understood the meaning of the younger lady. She enlarged her edge of lips a little bit and called, "Xiaolan." Then the female maid of Wu's young lady walked towards Yang's second daughter and presented a cloth to her.

"Wear it and follow me," Lantian told.

Nothing that Caihong was able to do besides agree to follow what her winner wanted.

After changing, the young lassie found herself similar to the miss Wu.

"Xiaolan, you go home," Lantian said and afterwards, she dragged the hand of the daughter of Yang Fu through the backdoor of the residence to the main spot that was located in the crowded downtown.

"Wan Hua Lou!" Caihong read the name tag that was stored above the front door of the locale before she turned to the elder woman and asked, "What is this place?"

"It's a happy place," Lantian said.

Head of the colleen from the province was blank as she heard the meme 'happy place'. Although she crossed the hall filled with males and females, she had no ability to sense the type of the campus that she was staying in.

Lantian took her new friend upstairs. "Yang Ying," she called.

"Young lady Wu." Yang Ying strolled to welcome the big female customer. When her eyes caught the new face near her client, her lips seemed to be frozen. Even though she could sense this close-by-person was a woman.

"Her surname is Yang," Lantian introduced.

"Young lady Yang." Yang Ying softened her knees.

"Call me Caihong," Caihong said.

Pretty hostess unlocked her pair of orbs when hearing the first name of the girl. She vocalized, "Caihong!" then threw a glance at her regular female guest.

"I take her to taste the sea corals and the snow river," Lantian claimed.

The famous geisha expanded her edge of lips and returned to look at the woman who was having a name as a rainbow.

"Please wait for a minute. I tell the chef to prepare for you," she said.

When the food was served on the table, Caihong stuck her eyes without peeping anywhere. It was a kind of blue inside the brain of the female. She could not acknowledge how this menu got such a name because what she saw on a plate was pickles such as cucumber, mustard green and dried shrimp and next to it was a large bowl of rice porridge.

Yang Ying dipped a small ladle into the bowl of congee then carried some of it to pour into a tiny bowl; afterwards, she placed it in front of the daughter of the municipal governor.

"Thanks," Lantian said, then she picked up chopsticks between her fingers to catch a piece of pickles to put into mouth.

To eliminate the suspect in mind, the illegitimate daughter of Yang decided to take one piece to taste.

"It's good," she said.

Yang Ying smiled sweetly, then she prepared the congee for Caihong with saying, "Our place is open after sunset. The weather is cool, eating hot congee can warm the body. Furthermore, most of our customers are old age, their stomach are weak, and it is not good if they drink wine, so we organize this menu to help reduce them from drinking alcohol."

"But why is it named the sea corals and where is the snow?"

"Actually, it's just a way to attract the customers. Because it is salty, so we name it sea corals. And the congee," Yang Ying pointed to the bowl of rice porridge, "is the snow river."

"I see." Caihong wagged her head.

On the right, Lantian listened to the talking between the two younger ladies with a smile over her lips. Mind of Wu's daughter believed this dinner was a convenient occasion during these five years, especially when she had the second daughter of Yang participate with her. The senior lady was feeling pleasure as her eyes perceived the younger girl to have a big appetite and with a big beam.

"How do you get this food?"

"It was brought to Wan Hau Lou by sister Caihong."

Peepers of the younger lady unlocked when hearing the same name as her. "Who is she?"