Chapter 58: Chapter 58

Secluded room.

Theresa entered to see Marabelle dancing to a song played by Fu Jin, Long Hua Ming, and Clark.

What Aarti did was applaud in rhymic patterns. Theresa had to rub her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Gosh, Marabelle could dance this well? That's a first. As far as she knew, Marabelle doesn't know Chinese dance and had two left feet in pop music. So what was she doing? Had she deceived her all along?

"What's going on here?" she asked Fu Jin telepathically.

"Oh! This girl is quite talented. She asked us to play a song for her. Besides, she can speak Chinese now." Fu Jin replied telepathically.

"What?" Theresa couldn't believe it.

How can that be possible? Marabelle only knew German and a bit of English and despite watching so many Chinese dramas, it's still impossible for her to speak Chinese. To confirm her doubts, Marabelle called out to her.

"Theresa, come over here and dance with me!"

Theresa's eyes became wide as saucers.

"You can speak Chinese now?" she asked in disbelief.

Marabelle nodded and Long Hua Ming telepathically explained that Marabelle had finished bonding with her pet completely hence it's only natural.

"A pet? She has a pet?"

"Your mum has one too but both of them are in slumber for now. When the time is ripe, they'll wake up but none of them are aware yet and I want you to keep silent on this matter." Long Hua Ming warned.

Though she was stunned, she quickly nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Grandpa Long." she replied telepathically to him.

" Oh, Theresa, you're back. Take a look at Marabelle. She can dance so well." Aarti praised.

"Yes, mum. She is great." Theresa confirmed.

"Where are your pets?" Aarti asked as she couldn't find the annoying trio.

"Well, they'll be back soon. I gave them a task." replied Theresa before sitting beside her mother to cheer for Marabelle.

It didn't take them long to join Marabelle on the stage to perform a German dance. Long Ren, Bai Lu Chen, and Ju Wei came inside to see this lively scene.

Three beautiful ladies dancing an unfamiliar dance to Chinese music. This made Long Ren think of Lu Wei his dear mate. If he hadn't pushed her away, maybe... maybe she'd be here now. How was she doing with Ye Feng?

He doesn't know how to survive ten years without her. He really wanted to smack himself in the face again and again. He put himself into this so he deserves this suffering.

The trio took their seats at different places and nodded at each other. Each of them had a musical instrument that they were good at and after the three ladies on stage finished dancing, they applauded them and asked to get back on stage.

"Party spoilers! Not happening!" Marabelle said unhappily.

"Em... we're deeply are sorry for what we did earlier; so we prepared this performance as an apology to you all. We aren't really bad singers, so please give us one more chance," said Bai Lu Chen.

"Pei! Liar! You sound worse than demons." Marabelle spat.

"Actually, we trio are demons."Ju Wei rebutted.

"You..." Marabelle was made speechless.

"It's just that we haven't sung in a long time. So let's be allowed to try one more time." Bai Lu Chen pleaded.

"Now I really miss my headphones." Marabelle muttered under her breath.

"Okay!" Clark agreed.

"Uncle!" Marabelle whined in German.

"Little girl, let's give them a second chance, alright?" Clark pacified Marabelle.

"Hmph!" she sat with folded arms and crossed legs.

"You can perform but if it isn't good, you'll be thrashed." warned Fu Jin.

"Yes," the trio replied, then brought out their various instruments and nodded to each other with a smile.

Bai Lu Chen was holding a Gu Zheng, Long Ren had the chimes and Ju Wei had the Pipa.

"You can play the Pipa?" Aarti asked but this time, she had spoken Chinese.

"Aarti, you can speak the language now?" Clark asked in shock.

One Marabelle suddenly speaking and dancing to Chinese music had shocked him and now his wife had given him another.

"Well, it must be a miracle then. Ju Wei, don't fail me with that Pipa." Aarti warned.

"We'll be singing 'Flowers blooming but dying red at west' " said Bai Lu Chen.

"What song is that?" Fu Jin asked with furrowed eyebrows. He hadn't heard of this song before.

"It's a song composed by Bai Lu Chen," said Long Ren, and Bai Lu Chen nodded.

"You may start," ordered Long Hua Ming.

"Yes," the trio nodded and took their places.

Bai Lu Chen and Ju Wei sat on the ground. Only Long Ren was standing. He looked at Theresa and she nodded with a smile. He also nodded and began to play his chimes slowly. Long Hua Ming furrowed his eyebrows again as he recalled something.

Long Ren was indeed good at the chimes. Able to relax your body right from the start and make you feel at ease with all mankind.

The pace at which he played increased and just when everyone's hearts felt tense or excited, he suddenly stopped and Bai Lu Chen played his Guzheng very slowly and the sounds were faint.

He did this for two minutes and when the audience was getting anxious and bored he suddenly started playing fast, slowing down occasionally before speeding up the movement of his long fingers.

He was able to pull the heart of the audience and make them feel refreshed and happy. Ju Wei at this moment joined and played the pipa slowly, the sounds weren't heard as they were dominated by Bai Lu Chen's Guzheng but he soon lowered his playing speed and that's when Ju Wei increased the volume of his music.

"Gosh! This kid is talented," Aarti thought in her heart.

He seemed to be pouring this emotion into the music. Long Ren resumed playing his chimes slowly while Bai Lu Chen kept playing at a steady pace.

"This is the best music I've ever heard," Marabelle cried as she occasionally played her harp along with Ju Wei.

At this moment, everyone was immersed in either playing or enjoying the music. For the first time, everyone was at peace and in unity.

*******************8

Earth.

Beijing, China.

Lan and Li Hua were seriously worried. Why had their boss not contacted them yet? They couldn't go to meet him either. So they just continued their work.

Today was a weekend and they decided to go shopping. Well, after teaching that fat pig a lesson, they'd extorted him real good and Lan even suggested that they rob for a living. It was satisfying and profiting at the same time. She could also torture villains. Ha! That would be too good. But Li Hua disagreed so the idea was thrown into the trash bin.

They had chosen to go into 'Peony' a top-tier shop that sold very expensive women stuff and these two girls just wanna have fun so they got in. Lan is wearing a mini black skirt, a white tank top, and a denim jeans jacket.

She wore a small black necklace and black sandals. Her hair was in ponytails. Li Hua wore pink trousers, a purple long top, and purple fancy slippers. Her hair was in a bun. Their dressing made them look average as all who entered this shop were dressed expensively as if afraid that no one would notice that they've got money to spend.

The guards at the front of the shop stopped them.

"Where's your card?" one of the guards asked ina hostile manner,

"What card?"Li Hua asked in confusion.

"Err... sorry Lan. I seemed to have forgotten the card I purchased last week." Lan scratched her head in shame.

"I'm sorry, we'll go get it now. Sorry for disturbing you," Li Hua sincerely apologized and dragged Lan away.

"Hmph! Do those girls think they can fool me? Not happening!"thought the guard as he returned to his assigned post to welcome other customers.

Outside the shop, Li Hua was pissed.

"Lan'er, you shamed us just now,"

"I didn't mean to! Besides, we can still get in, in our own way." said Lan.

"How?"

"I say, we sneak in. Li Hua, you're behaving more like an earth girl. We're cultivators and so this is a piece of cake." Lan happily said but Li Hua didn't agree.

"We can't do that. That's power abuse!" said Li Hua.

"Power abuse? What we did to Mr. Wen last time, what's that called?" Lan asked with a sly smile.

"Fine! You win. Besides, I really wanna teach this arrogant shop a lesson. From now on, any shop that treats us badly, GETS ROBBED!" Li Hua declared.

"Hurray! Hurray!" Lan yelled excitedly.

Passersby stared at her like they were looking at a clown.

"What are you looking at? Want me to gouge out your eyes?" Lan thundered and many people crossed to the other side.

"Shit! That girl is sure feisty,"

"Yeah! I pity her future husband."

"Yeah! I agree. Such a woman will find it hard to give birth."

Lan was really pissed when she heard those words and wanted to beat the people up but Li Hua dragged her away.

"Lan'er, don't make a scene." Li Hua advised in a whisper.

"Why?"

"You can direct your anger at something else," Li Hua said with an evil smile.

10 minutes later, the expensive shop was on fire and more than half of its goodies were missing.

When the firefighters came, they couldn't put out the fire because the more they used water, the bigger the fire. Thankfully, no one died but it meant the shop had been thrown down into the mud.

"Why waste my money on a store with costly things and beasts for human guards. Hmph! Serves them right!" Lan thought in contentment.

They'd looted much spoil and Lan was sure that if they sold these things to their workmates at a super cheap price, it would be good. But Li Hua said they can't afford the aftermath. It was better to go forward with her plan.

They visited a top tier restaurant and put their loot which was stored in very big baskets usually used to carry tomatoes, in their kitchen, and then took photos of it. Then they posted it online before leaving the place as fast as they came.

Two minutes later, the workers fled after seeing the clothes and it didn't take long for sirens to be heard. After all, this was a serious matter.

*****

Guinea hospital.

This hospital boasts of the 3rd best medical facility in the country. Its staff is also not bad with professionalism. Today, they have visitors.

A woman is taken out of a Maybach Excelero by her handsome husband and carried bridal style.

Why is he doing this? That's right!

She's heavily pregnant and about to add to the population's number. Guess the sex of the baby! Hehe... even I don't know.

Upon entering the receptionist area, two nurses rushed over with a stretcher and placed her on it.

"Vanessa, you must hold on. I'm here!" her husband reassured.

The red-haired woman who was sweating heavily and gasping for oxygen managed to nod.

A male doctor who saw them told them to take her to female ward 7 while alerting a female doctor who was free. On reaching the room, the nurses told the husband to stay outside while the doctor entered the room with a pretty and gentle looking female doctor.

"Take courage, she'll be fine," one of the nurses said before closing the door.

The anxious husband sat on the waiting couch, his right leg seriously tapping on the floor. About 30 minutes later, a middle-aged couple dressed in matching casual outfits and two burly bodyguards ran towards him, wearing concerned faces.

"Ling'er, how is she?" the middle-aged woman with brown hair wearing a pink floral gown said.

"Mum... I'm scared," the man replied with a quivering voice.

His mother and the other man who happened to be his father, sat beside him. "Don't worry, she'll be fine!" his dad reassured but Ling's body kept shaking.

"Dear, you've gotta be strong. You need to stay strong for her and the baby. You are their shield and hope. Don't let them down!" said his mum as she patted her son's back with a forced smile and looked towards the labor room. "She'll be fine," she muttered.

Inside the labor room.

3 hrs later.

"AHHHHHHHHH! MUMMY! AHHHHHHHH!" the woman screamed while a nurse held her hand.

"Madam, be strong. By the count of 3, you'll push. Take a deep breath, 1...2..3 push!"

"AHHHH!"

"Come on, you can do it, push!" the male doctor encouraged.

"Get me, my hubby. Get... him here now!" the lady managed to say.

"Madam..."

" Wang Ling! Wang... LING.G.G.G.G!"

"Enough madam. Calm down!"

"I won't birth this child without him here," the lady said determinedly through gritted teeth.

"HURRY!" she bellowed and the male doctor ordered a nurse to go get the husband.

Outside the room, the husband quickly stood up when he saw the door open.

"Nurse, how are they?" he asked anxiously.

"Sir, please follow me quickly," said the nurse as she walked away.

Ling nodded at his parents and ran after the nurse to a room where he was made to wear gloves, hair net, face mask, and patient male gown.

"Sir, you're ready. Let's go now. There's no time." said the blonde nurse as she hurried back to the labor room with Ling following.

Upon entering the labor room, he saw his wife looking super stressed and his heart ached for her. She kept gasping for breath.

"Sir, you're here!" the female doctor commented as Wang Ling ran towards his wife and held her right hand.

"My dear baby, I'm here! You don't have to be afraid. Hubby is here." he said reassuringly but unexpectedly, she raised her left hand to slap him hard on his cheeks.

Everyone was shocked.

"Vanessa?" Ling couldn't believe what just happened.

"YOU BASTARD! JUST YOU WAIT, I'M GONNA BEAT YOU TO DEATH. You...You were doing it with me. It was so sweet... SO ENJOYABLE. But now look at me! It hurts. It hurts badly... Wah!" the lady began to wail and the medical personnel sighed. Ling was flustered to see her cry.

"I'm sorry, Vanessa. Sorry for making you cry like this, ok?" Ling began to kiss her on her cheeks and licked her tears.

"Baby, I'm here. I'm here for the both of you now." he said, holding her right hand again.

"Ling'er... I'm sorry. I didn't mean... to hit you. I was... just pissed that... our baby is so... naughty." she apologized and kissed his right cheek.

"Sorry baby," she muttered "Please, sing for us first,"

"Hmn! Get prepared!" he said while caressing her head and placing a kiss on her forehead.

Ling began to sing 'Unsullied' from ashes of love. Actually this was the first time he sang in front of his wife and others. He had a rich deep voice that was sexily charming at the same time.

Gosh! The nurses and female doctor felt hot.

"So sexy!" They thought.

This man was a born singer. Why haven't they seen him yet in the entertainment industry? Ah, this man here is one in a million. His wife Vanessa was stunned at first but smiled soon after and caressing his hair.

Halfway through the song, she complained that the song made her cry.

"Sing baby shark for us." she requested and he did.

The other females in the ward imagined him singing to them in bed.

Gosh!

Even the only male doctor here began to question his sexuality. Was he still straight? Why did he have this feeling of wanting this man to pound him in his ass.

Shit!

What kind of thoughts were entering his head. He too felt hot and his thing was becoming hard you know. This man is the embodiment of lust itself. A fine male specie. He felt like leaving the labor room quickly but he knew he couldn't. Besides look at the others.

They were about to drool!

He then wondered 'Are we really here to help deliver a baby or to be intoxicated with lust? There must be a demon here, where is he?'

The male doctor named Peter Wales a foreigner was getting frustrated. Thankfully Ling finished singing quickly and the nurses came back to reality reluctantly.

"Happy now?" Ling asked.

"Temporarily!" Vanessa replied.

"Yup. Ready?" he asked and Vanessa nodded.

"Let's do it," Vanessa said to the medical personnel and everyone got to work.

Outside the room, Ling's parents were worried sick.

"I hope she's fine," muttered Ling's mother called Lina Wang.

"She is. I bet she wants to teach Ling a lesson." said Wang Lei, his father as he adjusted his medicated glasses.

He was right!

Inside the room.

"AHHHHHHH!" it was Ling who was doing the shouting but Vanessa wasn't. Why so? Did they transfer the baby to his stomach for him to push out?

No! Was the pain of pushing transferred to him? Still no! Then why is our Ling shouting. Look a little closer. That's right, she's biting his right hand as payback.

"Hmph! Thinking that I'll be the only one to suffer here? I don't need your petting. Just let me bite you like a vampire. Hmph!" this was Vanessa's thought.

It should be expected of a former gangster-turned- Ceo's wife. Poor Ling! The females felt pain for him but could do nothing.

"Keep pushing, baby's head's out. Madam go on," the female doctor encouraged and Vanessa pushed. The male doctor made sure she was stable.

"Almost out! BY the count of 3. 1..2..3!" the male doctor said and Vanessa made the final big push and stopped biting Ling's hand that was already bleeding.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" she cried and sighed as she felt the baby had left her tummy.

A baby's cry was heard and the female doctor carrying the baby smiled.

"Sir, come cut the placenta." one of the nurses said and Ling walked towards the female doctor and the nurse handed his surgical scissors with which he cut the placenta finally separating Mama and baby.

"Here she is," said the female doctor as she handed over the baby to its happy daddy.

Sensing who she was with, the baby stopped crying and the medical personnel smiled. The baby was so pretty that they wanted to steal it from Ling.

"My child." he muttered with happiness and walked back to Vanessa and showed her the baby.

"My dear wife... it's a girl. A beautiful daughter," he said with teary eyes and Vanessa took the baby from him with a smile.

"Dear, you gave mommy headaches and pain but I don't feel angry anymore. I love you baby. I love you..." she kissed her daughter and then closed her eyes. She breathed her 'last'.

"Vanessa, why'd you close your eyes. Doctor, what's happening to her?" Ling quickly carried the baby and let the doctors check on her.

A minute later, they shook their head.

"We are sorry. We dunno why this happened." said the female doctor.

"Cut the dally!" Ling said.

"We lost her!" the male doctor proclaimed and Ling was stunned for a while unable to believe what was just said.

"Lost who?" the door suddenly opened and Ling's parents came inside in a rush.

They had been informed that their daughter-in-law had birthed a child, a daughter and came in happily.

What was this saying that someone had been lost?

"Who's lost?" Ling's dad asked and the female doctor shook her head.

"My child," Ling's mum ran over to the 'corpse'. "It can't be, right? You are playing a hoax. Stop this joke now. Vanessa, wake up!" she kept shaking the her daughter-in-law but reality was harsh.

"She has been taken by the earth," said the female doctor and at once Ling's mum fainted. His dad just stood there unable to move.

As for Ling, he kept staring into space, the baby nearly fell from his hands and a nurse quickly carried the baby from him.

"My daughter..." Ling's dad spoke, still unable to register what happened.

His wife was quickly admitted to a female ward while his dad was taken to sit on a chair beside her in the room.

Ling continued to stand there until his wife was covered with a white cloth and put on a bigger stretcher heading to the morgue. Ling mindlessly followed and asked that he should sleep beside her in case she got a cold.

He wanted to warm her body up but the medical personnel took him out. He then knelt and hit the floor with his fists which unexpectedly created big cracks on it. "Wow! He's so strong!" they thought.

"VANESSA!" he yelled and clutched his chest, gasping for breath.

"No, she's sleeping. You can't let her be cold. I gotta go warm her bed so she won't be cold." he stood and tried to return to the morgue but was forcefully held by his bodyguards.

"Sir, please calm down," they said but Ling took no heed. The bodyguards were having a hard time holding him.

"WAHHHHH!"

The cry of a baby was heard and Ling stopped struggling and turned around to see his baby, well dressed and practically struggling.

The nurse holding her really wanted to drop her. Not only was she heavy but... kinda strong. Is this an inheritance? Seeing Ling's behaviour, it could be.

So two strong people birthed a super-strong baby? Ah, she wanted to cry now. Her hands were tired.

"Sir... your baby. What about her? She needs you." the nurse said and Ling tossed his guards away, walked towards the nurse and carried the baby gently, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Yao, mummy is gone. What do we do? Yao, don't cry anymore, hmm?" he kissed her forehead and the baby stopped crying.

"Daddy, you fool, mummy isn't dead. Go bring her from that room now or you'll be toast!"

"Eh!" Ling was shocked and nearly dropped the baby.

"Impudent! You wanna drop this princess?"

"Who are you?" Ling looked around and was shocked to see that everyone and everything had frozen in place. Everything except him and the baby. And the baby seemed to be pissed.

"Hurry up, daddy"

Ling did not see the baby talking, so who was messing with him?

"SIGH! Mummy must have made the wrong choice. Forget it, I'll go get her myself."

So the baby began to struggle. Ling was shocked at her strength. Was this really a baby? What the hell was going on here?

"How dare you doubt this princess? Just let me get to her, you'll be toast if you continue restraining me."

"You can telepath?" Ling asked and the baby nodded.

"You can understand me?" Ling asked again and the baby sighed.

"Stupid!" she cursed telepathically. "We only have a few minutes left. If you don't go in now, you'll never get the chance to warm her bed again."

"Okay, I'm going," Ling said determinedly and rushed with unnoticed greater speed to the morgue. The locked door instantly opened and the other corpses were floating in the air except for Vanessa.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"Be silent and let me do my thing. Let go of me!"

Ling put the baby on the bed beside Vanessa's body and the baby literally... started growing. Yeah, like really.

She grew up to the size of a 3yr old and light covered her from head to toe. When the light faded, baby Yao was dressed in a purple princess gown, and holding an ancient book. It had a brown cover and was locked by strong vines that seemed to be alive.

"Open!" baby Yao said and the vines receded.

Then the book opened by itself to the middle page. She then turned to face her daddy and gave him the book.

Ling's mouth had dropped to the floor.

"Fool!" she muttered and told him to sit on the bed and read it. She then jumped down from the bed and Ling asked what she was doing.

"Father, I'll be back soon. Just keep reading it. Don't dare stop even if your voice is hoarse. If you do, I'll kill you when I return. Got it?" she warned and Ling nodded.

"Be back safely, Yao." he muttered and she nodded in acceptance.

She raised her gown a little and light covered her again and this time, her clothes changed into a yellow short gown with a lotus design. On her head, was a golden tiara and her red hair was now green with a golden tiara on top.

"Recall what I said daddy," she said before pink butterfly wings grew out of her back and she flew out with great speed.

Ling's eyes nearly fell out.

What was going on today? From the time, Vanessa was declared dead, things became abnormal. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't being tricked but the floating corpses were proof that he was still in reality and everything that he's seeing now is very real.

He looked down at the book baby Yao had given him and saw that it was in a strange language that he'd never seen in his entire life. A vase crashed in his mind.

How would he read this?