Chapter 8

ENGLISH VERSION

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[3 months later]

"RING!” The door bell rang as Guigui lazily got out of bed and opened the house door.

“you're？” She asked as a unfamiliar face stood behind the door.

“Are you Miss Guigui？”

“Yup”

“Okay,can you sign this?Someone sent you a present” The delivery man smiled.

“Present? Is it from my fans?” Guigui signed the paper and handed it back to the man.

“I'm not sure either.Oh, isn't it your birthday today?Happy birthday!” The delivery man handed a large box which was wrapped in stitch wrapping paper. Then, he turned around and passed Guigui another basket of flowers with balloons attached to it.

“Thanks！” Then, Guigui shut the door, excitedly ripping off the packaging, only to reveal an animal cage.

“WOOF!” The dog barked excitedly as Guigui opened the cage door. It raced towards Guigui and jumped onto her lap, her face with its wet, long tongue. Guigui laughed heartily and patted the dog before inspecting the flower basket. She eyed a pink coloured letter and anxiously opened it.

[Contents in the letter]

“Hello dear~Happy birthday! Do you remember the time when you said you lliked my dog? I also made a promise to you-that i will buy you a dog as a birthday present.Do you remember? However,don't forget~ You also promised me that you will name the dog Gaga!Anyway,i really miss you ALOT.But because of my busy work shedule,I wouldn't be able to accompany you.I'm sorry!Let Gaga take my place and accompany you alright? ”

[End of letter]

Guigui placed the letter aside as she stared at the floating balloons. She didn’t know she should be happy or sad. Aaron had been so sincere and caring towards her ever since they started dating. There were times where he would specially send gifts to cheer her up or even send meals to remind her not to skip her lunch. However, she didn’t want presents. She only wanted him, but now, she only had Gaga and gifts to keep her company.

“Gaga~ Are you hungry？” Guigui carried Gaga up and kissed her. Then, she picked up her mobile phone and dialed Aaron’s number. It rang for a few seconds, however, no one picked up.

“Looks like he's really busy...” Guigui patted Gaga who was sniffing around the house. “But i really miss him- - is it really that difficult to see him？” Guigui sighed as Gaga ran up to her and cuddled in her lap.

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“Tao Hua,let's go--go to school--together----HAHAHAH”

“CUT!” The director hollered.

“Why did you stammer?” Guigui whacked Jiro on the arm playfully.

“Why are you still laughing?” Jiro glared at Guigui in frustration before pulling her pigtails, messing up her entire hairdo.

“You're so irritating! Now i have to redo my entire hairdo!” Guigui pouted at Jiro angrily and she ran after him, hoping to mess up his hair. However, thanks to their height difference, it was difficult for Guigui to reach out for Jiro’s head.

“Stop playing!Guigui!Get your hair tidied up!"The director commanded unhappily. Although he was quite use to Jiro and Guigui fooling around during filming, today’s schedule was rather packed and they didn’t have that much time to waste.

“Alright” Guigui muttered before pinching Jiro on the arm and running off towards her make-up artist.

It had been about 2months since Momo Love started to film. Similarly, it had been nearly 2 whole months since Guigui had seen Aaron. Although they have often kept in touch through the phone and MSN, it was different. There were a few times Guigui asked Aaron out. However, as he was still busy with the filming of Love Buffet and preparing for Fahrenheit’s concert in Taiwan, Aaron had to apologetically turn Guigui away. On the other hand, being unable to see Aaron often, Guigui was getting restless every time she was not working. Thankfully, there was always Jiro there to cheer her up.

Guigui walked into the make-up room and started playing with her cellphone. She twirled it unhappily and then flipped it open. Hastily dialing a number she knew by heart, a hopeful smile returned to Guigui’s face.

“Ah bu! Are you free tonight?”

“Guigui?I'm sorry, but i have rehersal for Fahrenheit's concert”

“Are you that busy?I really miss you---”

“Alright, don't whine.I have to get to work! bye!”

Aaron didn’t even wait for Guigui’s reply before he quickly hung up. Guigui stomped her feet on the ground angrily. Although she knew Aaron loved her, she couldn’t help but feel unwanted. She had tried calling countless of times recently, hoping to spend some quality time with him. However, he would seal her lips with a single sentence: “Sorry Gui, I’m busy” before hanging up. This hurt her and sometimes, it made her doubt his love for her.

“Is he really that busy?” She asked unhappily. Then, after trying to reason out why Aaron had rejected her offer to meet once again, Guigui tried to distract her nagging thoughts by picking up a magazine and starting to read it.

“《Love blossoms between Fahrenheit's Aaron yan and Qiaoqiao?》” Guigui read the magazine article slowly, re-reading the title to ensure that she didn’t read it wrongly. Then, Jiro entered the make-up studio.

“Is it QiaoLun again?” Jiro plunked into a nearby chair and rested his head against the headrest as he peeked at the magazine Guigui was holding. However, Guigui didn’t reply. She merely nodded meekly and sighed in sadness.

For 3 entire months, not only has she not been able to see Aaron, Aaron and Qiaoqiao have been appearing on the latest magazines shoots for winning the most compatible male and female actor and actress award. It hurt Guigui horribly to see how Qiaoqiao could be spending so much time with Aaron although she wasn’t Aaron’s girl.

Jiro glanced at Guigui briefly and snatched the magazine away.

“Hmph!Why are you staring at that boring magazine! Come! Let's watch the television!” It wasn’t that Jiro knew that Aaron and Guigui were together, but he could sense how Guigui got so depress every time QiaoLun was being promoted. So, as usual, he tried to cheer her up by diverting her attention elsewhere. Picking up the remote, he switched the television to Guigui’s favourite channel.

[television programme]

“So Aaron,will you be inviting Qiaoqiao to your concert?” The host on the television show asked Aaron.

“Of course! She's Love Buffet's lead female actress!” Aaron chirped in happily, although a little nervously.

[end of television programme]

Before Guigui breathe a word, Jiro switched off the television. He smiled uncomfortably.

“Heh--This programme is boring too!” Jiro smiled painfully at Guigui, hoping for a response. But, Guigui remained still, perhaps too hurt to retaliate to the cruel reality. Seeing Guigui being so unhappy, Jiro couldn’t help but feel worried.

“hmm--How about following me to tonight's rehersal for Fahrenheit's concert?” Jiro flashed a smiled and raised his eyebrows.

“Can I？！” Guigui’s instantaneous reaction caught Jiro off-guard.

“Of course~As long as you stick close to me, the crews should not reprimmand you!” Jiro patted Guigui’s head and helped her tie her messed up hair into pigtails again.

Guigui nodded happily and she stared at Jiro through the mirror. It isn’t easy to find a man who is always on the look-out of her. It isn’t to find a man who is willing to help her plait her messy hair. But, this man that isn’t easy to find simply wasn’t the one she loves. The one she loved simply had to be the one who couldn’t be by her side 24/7.

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I'm no longer receiving a lot of comments...Hmm...Is it getting boring? OKOK, here's another chapter for the week!