Hyson was really like a kid when he got to enjoy the variety of rides and games. He didn't look like he'd stop anytime soon. He was still over the moon.
As always he managed to turn Raelle into his personal photographer for the day. She'd click the photo whenever he said so without a word. And she also followed him everywhere without complaining. Even if amusement parks weren't the kind of place she'd usually go, she still followed him around.
Only after seeing them like this did Shui Xian realize why Mu Chenyan worried about these two so much and treated them like kids. It had been past lunchtime and yet, these two didn't even remember that they had to eat something.
"Why don't we take a break and eat something now?" suggested Shui Xian.
Zhai Yanjun nodded his head, "Yes, please!" He placed his hand over his stomach saying, "I'm really hungry now." He usually didn't even feel this tired after a day of drilling on the grounds under the hot sun. But now he was exhausted following around two excited kids. No, it'd be right to say that Hyson was the excited kid, Raelle was just... Raelle.
Hyson looked at something saying, "But I want to play that."
"We'll play it later," said Shui Xian and dragged him to get some food first. "What do you want to eat?"
Hyson looked at the menu and answered, "Pizza!"
"No," Raelle refused immediately.
"What no? I said pizza, it's pizza! No more discussion!"
Raelle stared at him and said again, "No! It's unhealthy."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHyson rolled his head dramatically, "Ellie, it's okay if it's unhealthy. By eating unhealthy food, we are serving the people."
"Serving the people?" questioned Raelle. "Please explain your nonsense."
Hyson smiled at her, "Look at it in this way... By buying the pizza, I'm contributing to the staff of this restaurant who are earning from it. And if by eating this unhealthy food, I get sick, then I'll have to see the doctor. And that also means I'll be contributing to the doctor in earning his patient fee. Once I see the doctor, the doctor will also write some prescriptions for me. When I buy the medicine, I'm contributing to the pharmacist. In the end, am I not serving the people by contributing to the economy."
Both Zhai Yanjun and Shui Xian stared at Hyson with a strange look in their eyes. They couldn't help it. This was the first time for them to hear such detailed nonsense just because the other person wanted to eat pizza. Like what?
On the other hand, Raelle wasn't impressed by his nonsense at all.
"Stop being stubborn," she said to him.
"Ellie, it's you who is being stubborn," he shot back. "If we don't eat unhealthy food, the doctors will have no patients! Isn't that too pitiful?"
"All this nonsense just for pizza?" she questioned.
"I won't stop unless you say yes," he smiled at her sweetly.
"Fine," she agreed. "Have it your way!"
Hyson smirked at that proudly, "Between you and I, it's always my way."
Zhai Yanjun leaned towards Shui Xian saying, "He really has your wife in his grasp."
"I know," answered Shui Xian as he shook his head and ordered the pizza for Hyson.
"Fai," Zhai Yanjun called out. "Is this really your first time at an amusement park?"
Hyson nodded his head, "Yeah! It's Ellie's first time as well."
Zhai Yanjun gave them strange looks as he asked, "What have you both been doing all your childhood?"
"Studying," answered Raelle.
"Playing piano," was Hyson's answer. "Since my mum used to teach some kids how to play piano, it became an inseparable part of my life."
Zhai Yanjun pursed his lips when he heard that. Then he asked, "It seems you both had been working hard for your life."
"You can't expect everyone's starting point to be the same," said Hyson.
"That's true," agreed Zhai Yanjun.
"Ellie, let me see the photos," Hyson snatched back his phone from her and scrolled through the gallery. Looking at a bunch of Shui Xian's photos, he stared at Raelle and said, "Your camera really loves Xian Ge."
"He looked pleasing to my eye," said Raelle.
"He sure is pleasing to your eye," retorted Hyson. Then he turned towards the photos again and commented, "But I have to say, he does look good." He looked up at Shui Xian and asked, "Xian Ge when was the last time you came to the amusement park?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShui Xian had a thoughtful look on his face, "It was in college I think. Our class went on a graduation trip and we found a water park there. So, we had loads of fun."
Hyson nodded his head, "I hardly even had the time to attend my classes because I had already debuted at that time."
"Excuse me!"
Hearing that soft voice, Hyson turned around to see a girl standing there shyly. She didn't even dare to look straight at him and kept fixing her glasses on her face.
"Yes?" replied Hyson.
"Can I get an autograph?" she asked, nervously clutching her skirt.
"You recognized the wrong person," Hyson went with the same lie he had been going with since the time they entered the amusement park at noon.
The teenage girl bit her lips and raised her head slightly to look at him saying, "I know it's you. I promise I won't say anything, I just really want an autograph."
"She is asking so nicely," he heard Raelle saying. "Don't be rude."
Hyson gave his best friend a look before extending his hand towards the girl to take the notepad and the pen. He signed it and gave it back to her.
"You should take a picture with her as well," instructed Raelle and Hyson looked at her wide-eyed.
"Can I?" The teenage girl's eyes were sparkling at him. It was so bright that Hyson couldn't really turn her down and nodded his head.
They clicked a picture and the girl continued to bow down to him to express her thanks. She looked like she was over the moon.
"Don't worry, I won't post this photo anywhere. I just want to keep it."
"I don't mind you sharing as long as you don't it today," he answered.
When Hyson sat back down with Raelle, he asked, "When did you become so nice?"