Nostalgia

[At Hospital]

Han Feifei's sleep was disturbed by the growing commotion inside her ward, rubbing her eyes as she looked around just to find her relatives making themselves 'at home' in the hospital ward.

She sits up straight to welcome the bitter words and taunts thrown at her. Yes! They weren't here to pay her a visit of sympathy or concern. They visited her just to vent their anger out of their corrupted hearts.

"Why are you still alive, Feifei? You should've been dead after the shame you brought upon Han's," said the lady in her late 40s with a disgusting expression. Her face was already dull, adding the ugly expression which she was making, makes one wonder if she was straight out from a horror story or something.

Tapping her cheeks with a tissue, she continued

"Oh, damn piece of dirt! How dare you throw tantrums in the presence of the General."

"God she never learns, being an orphan, other girls would've died for a thousand times just to marry a man like General Li"

"Stubborn trash like her mother! Huh?"

Clearing her throat, a lady dressed in black formals, she looked younger than the one in her 40s she walked towards Han Feifei. Lifting her chin aggressively, she made FeiFei look into her eyes. Scanning her face, she nodded in disagreement.

"Nah! Although she is stubborn, she isn't like her mother. If she were, she wouldn't have rejected the General."

"Oh, yeah! Yeah! Her mother was a gold digger, wasn't she? She fooled our brother"!

Han Feifei clutched the blanket tightly, not wanting to cry in front of those heartless witches, biting her bottom lips she yelled,"Stop!! You all!! My mother wasn't a gold digger. Stop involving my dead parents in every single discussion."

"Whack" the sound of the slap resonated in the entire room, "how dare you shout at us? You ill-mannered bred."

"Your mother was not innocent. She was a greedy wimp. When she was alive, she looted the wealth of our brother in the name of love, and passed all of it to her useless daughter after her death."

"You better go and beg General Li to accept a nasty wench like you,"both the ladies casually walked out of the ward after trash talking Han Feifei.

~Inside the ward, Han Feifei was drowned in her own thoughts, touching her cheek that was slightly swollen, with the fingerprints from the hard slap that her aunt left her with.

Usually the patients in hospitals are visited by their relatives with "Get well soon" flowers, nutritious foods and fruits. But her? She was stuck with bad luck. Her relatives came to visit her with heartbreaking taunts and violence. A huge tax to pay for the wealth she possessed, wasn't it?

And to spill the fact, she would be considered as the world's youngest taxpayer, as she started paying it at the age of 10, and never missed up to this day.

Well, the world is cruel, no matter who you are.

It's all a matter of choice. If you choose to be a victim, then you'll stay one till your last breath unless you choose to stand up for yourself.

It's hard to manage, but in the end it's all about endurance & confidence no matter what the choice is!

But Han FeiFei was both. In her own family, she was a victim of mental torture and physical abuse. To the outer world, she appeared to be a confident and an arrogant young lady. She wasn't a coward or a hypocrite, she just was too tired to stand for herself.

"What is even happening, Mom & Dad? Why did you leave Feifei alone? To deal with all this misery." Tears started trickling down her cheeks.

"Do you not like Feifei? Is that why you both left FeiFei here? With them? Oh! How I wish I could've dead with you"

"I have no one with me, no one! My love, My Michael turned his back on me. What am I going to do now?" She sobbed her heart out.

The day went by after the vitals check up, FeiFei was handed with a prescription by her doctor and was advised to rest well. After completing all the formalities, FeiFei walked out of the hospital.

Her Grandfather instructed her not to leave the hospital until he returns, but FeiFei was too stressed and bored to stay there. She wanted to breathe fresh air and let her thoughts get the best of her….

After walking for a while, down the street FeiFei came across the cafe that she and Michael use to spend their time. She stood there staring, as the memories started playing in her mind.

This Cafe is Michael's second lover, all the free time Michael had, he use to spend it in this particular Cafe,

He could sit here for an entire day without getting bored.

From the time she met Michael, she discovered that his favourite place in the entire city after the library and laboratory was this Cafe.

Sometimes she used to bunk her own classes to hangout & spend time with him, even if they didn't talk much she still sat there either beside him or opposite to him.

Ordering coffee and sandwiches for herself and Michael.

With every sip she looked at Michael and admired him in her heart,

Even with least interaction and no proper formalities she alway considered this as their Date.

Whenever asked where she had been,

Her reply was "Ah! Been on a date with Michael".

To her the definition of Date wasn't getting a beautiful bouquet of 99 Roses, and going to high profile restaurants that play soft music and serve expensive and lavishing dishes.

Nor was it the candle light dinner on the seaside.

To her spending quality time with Michael in itself was a romantic date, regardless of the place and things.

Listening to all the rumours around, how he and Han FeiFei go on dates almost everyday, Michael confronted her.

"It's enough now, Ms. Han FeiFei we haven't even officially started dating, yet you are making things difficult for us".

Adjusting his glasses Michael continued…

"And to be honest, I'm not capable of taking a beautiful rich lady as such you, Ms. Feifei to an expensive date.

" Plus all you do at the cafe is eat, drink and stare at me for hours together"

Taking a step forward FeiFei smile as she answered him

"There's nothing more attractive than watching a handsome man working hard" FeiFei blushed in her own words.

Watching her blush the corner of Michael's lips curled into a smile,

"Oh is it? Shouldn't you be thankful?

Raising her eyebrows Han fei fei questioned

"I should be thankful? And exactly for what?"

Leaning his face near her's he replied.

"Ms, FeiFei. Firstly everyday you are right in front of me admiring my gorgeous face,

as you sip your coffee and enjoy a free stunning view of an angel-like person working, and yet I do not charge anything from you".

"And secondly not only you interrupt me,

but also tease me every now and then, Ah! And I never filed against you"

Listening to her own silly actions from Michael, Han fei fei was embarrassed, her cheeks turned red as she blushed.