Xuan'ers Call (II)

Alex who had a thick skin was not in the least affected but the young girl who turned eighteen the other day was really affected. It was the first time she had shared a bed with anyone of the opposite gender. As much as it was the edge of the bed , it was still the same thing to her, not to mention they were just the two of them in a room.

"I'm glad then. Oh, right, did you want something Miss Cheng?"

Alex asked feighning curiosity.

"Please call me Xuan'er Mr. Cruz. You're my saviour after all." Her voiced reduced as she made the request, blushing on the other side which Alex was totally oblivious of.

"If that is the case, then I'll listen to you. "

"Thank you Mr.Cruz. "

"Mr. Cruz , I have a small request that I wanted to ask. I don't know if you're willing to listen."

Alex knew what was coming but still went with the flow.

"Speak freely Xuan'er."

There was a slight silence from the other side that Alex knew not what it meant, before a stunned Xuan Cheng's voice came with a tinge of nervousness and expectation.

Unbeknownst to Alex, the whole immediate Cheng family were surrounding a three sitter couch, with Xuan'er in the center , her grandparents in her right and left, while the rest of the family leaned over or were within a two meters radius. The phone was in loudspeaker and everybody was as quiet as a mouse, and only Xuaner in her branded pajamas was talking.

The Cheng family had utilized a lot of resources in search of Alex Cruz, and thanks to an incredible network and their money, they managed to trace Alex's true identity, after running his face in a face recognition algorithm. 

It was hard and had taken many hours because of the different new look, but finally after getting more than a hundred final matches, the family had cross matched all these people against the portrait of the new Alex Cruz and the last verification was done through Annie Craig who had refused to tell on Alex thinking he was in trouble.

But her poor acting skills had made it obvious that the two portraits presented were basically the same person. 

Xuan Cheng and her grand parents were the most anxious to find her saviour. The other family members after learning that Xuan'er was okay had also rushed here, and the whole extended family had arrived in manila.

When everyone heard how Alex  called Xuan'er intimately, there were mixed reactions. Some were satisfied while others thought he was lacking a sense of propriety.

After getting permission to ask what she wanted, Xuan Cheng looked at her grandmother who held her hand smiling encouragingly at her. The others also nodded at her .

"This,…aah…Mr. Cruz, we , I ..I mean my family and I want to ask you for a dinner to talk and express our gratitude for your life saving grace."

'SILENCE'

Alex knew she wanted this but still did not know whether to agree or decline.

\\'Master, your future is bright but full of danger, your current network is inconsistent with your current and future net worth. Master is advised to agree to her request as this is a good chance to create a bond with the Cheng family. You will need them.'//

Sheba came to the rescue just as Alex was debating whether to agree or not. He was taught to do good without expecting anything in return. The good deed is enough and after doing good he should not announce it to the world. 

This time he did good and was happy to escape the limelight and he was somehow pulled back into the limelight and he was a little unwilling.

"Mr. Cruz? Hello?"

Xuan'ers anxious voice pulled Alex from his thoughts.

"Xuan'er, I still have some things to do. How about I let you know when I come back to Manila? I'm assuming you're still in the country. Right?"

"Yes. The whole family is eager to meet you Mr. Cruz. Let me know when you arrive . I'll pick you up myself at the airport."

"No need to bother. And by the way stay away from alcoholic drinks ,spicy food and sea food. Also don't expose yourself to direct wind and make sure you do some yoga frequently without exerting yourself."

Before Alex knew it, he had already mouthed a few medical advises stunning not only the Cheng family but also himself.

He knew why she needed to do that but he did not know why he said it without thinking. Thanks to the merged essence of medical expertise and the experience, he felt like giving medical advises to everyone he saw.

"Aah! Mr. Cruz, are you a doctor? How did you know what the doctor said? You actually said more than our family doctor. Are you a doctor?"

Xuan Cheng's words reflected what everyone wanted to know. They had checked the background of Alex Cheng and he was a normal average guy, from a very humble background and his profession was in the movie industry. But it never crossed their minds the guy would actually say most of what their highly respected and paid family doctors said.

"Just follow your family doctor's words. I have something to do so I have to go. Good day."

With that, Alex hung up the call without satisfying her curiosity.

After hanging up the call, the Cheng family started talking one after another.

"This boy is really not an ordinary person at all. When it comes to him, nothing makes any sense at all. Looks like we have to re-think about how to show our gratitude."

The old Aiden Cheng said playing with his mustache.

"Grandpa, can't we just give him a position in Cheng Media? After all, as a director of cinematography working with the aces of the industry should be very interesting to him. Right?"

Asked Zoey Cheng , the love of the people and object of many young people's fantasies. She had rushed over last night with the rest of the family, and earlier she learned that Alex Cruz, her baby sister's savior was in the entertainment industry.

Surprisingly, she had watched some of his work before and did not even think about it then. This happened when her family's company where she is shareholder was planning a collaboration with the company Alex worked with, and had requested a sample of their best work, which happened to be Alex's work.

It is only now that she remembered she had offered some lucrative benefits to poach that rise talent to her company headquartered in Malaysia. 

Alex Cruz had refused her offer and made a good impression on her, but left her unwilling. She still remembers that name, though it held no importance to her and would be forgotten sooner or later.

  Remembering all this, she answered her own question.

"No. This won't do. I remember I was impressed by his work six months ago and offered four times better benefits to come work in Cheng Media , but he politely turned me down then ,saying something about biting hands that fed him or something.

Money and special treatment and the feeling of being bought with money was probably what turned him off."

Zoey Cheng spoke her mind about the insinuations she had about a man she had never met other a brief chat online .

A middle aged man in black jeans, black shirt and sport shoes with a military cut said,

"Uncle. The only way to make such a person who is not very corrupted by capitalism is to bless him, but to bless those he cares about. If the people he cares about are happy, he will be very grateful to you then."

As everyone was discussing how to thank Alex for his life saving grace, Lewis Kekoa the ace detective from Washington DC received a prompt from a black smartphone whose normal operations had not been affected by the jammer at all.

When he clicked on the prompt, a picture of a young handsome man with incredible features was displayed on the small phone screen.

Below the Photo was a paragraph describing the person's information, with a last sentence in bold saying. 

'Current location; DARAM ISLAND'