1 Chapter 1 : Meeting God Hongqi (1/2)
Song Xiulan just received a very long message from her transgender best friend, Wen Wenyan, that he currently broke up with his wealthy sugar daddy and he'll come back to S city sometime soon to mend his broken heart and finances.
Xiulan knitted her brows when she read that he'll come back soon. It means that Wenyan will be living in her apartment. She haven't tidy up that place yet and it's full of unnecessary paperwork. She must clean that place before Wenyan comes back. Xiulan is sure that she'll receive a backlash from Wenyan when he sees her apartment.
Wenyan is currently not in good terms with his family due to his decisions in becoming a woman. Wenyan's family didn't have any problems when he confessed that he was gay. But when he told them that he wanted to be a woman and have a sex change, her parents went diabolical on him. They oust him out of the Wen family and never acknowledge him even though he has wonderful titles and achievements in Paris, London and Belgium.
Xiulan became his only family and friend during his hellish and successful days. Wenyan loved Xiulan like his own blood. He thought that if he remained as a man, he might have married Xiulan.
Though Wenyan physically looks like a woman now, for Xiulan he is still the cutie pie matinee idol Wenyan in her primary and secondary school days. Xiulan always find it really funny that the hot matinee idol is now a hot muse. What an amazing development, Xiulan thought.
Even though Wenyan is a woman now, Xiulan would still call him brother. It's more like an endearment and to annoy him. Also only Xiulan can call Wenyan as brother. Because both of them felt awkward if Xiulan suddenly calls him as sister. They have been friends for half of their lives and changing a simple endearment felt really awkward.
Xiulan quickly called Wenyan. He was brokenhearted and obviously suffering from the other side of the world. As the only person who believes in him, a call might make his mood brighter.
While Xiulan is both walking and talking to Wenyan on the phone, she saw luxurious cars outside the building of her father's company.
”Wow. Father's client might be someone important. There are a lot of expensive cars outside our building.” Xiulan suddenly blurted out while talking to Wenyan.
”Huh? Why are you there anyway? I thought your office is not in your dad's company?” Wenyan asked.
”Yeah, you are right. My IT company resides on Y district since most of my employees lived near there. I'm just here to visit father since he wanted to talk about my upcoming marriage. Have I told you that I'm gonna get married soon?” Xiulan casually said like her marriage was a no biggie.
”Huh!? Why I didn't know about that? You meanie! Spill it!” Wenyan suddenly became excited when he heard that his sister from another planet is getting married.
”I actually only found out about my marriage a month ago during my nephew's 3rd (one of her cousin's child) birthday. It was weird since most of my relatives paled when they found out who my husband to be is.” Xiulan said. She's now entering the building and she gave a faint smile to the security guard. She went directly to the elevator and waited for her turn to come in.
”Who is it anyway? Give me more details! Faster! Goddamnit!” Wenyan was so thirsty to find out more about Xiulan's wedding.
Before Xiulan speaks, she looked at her surroundings first and cleared her throat. It's only four of them inside the elevator and they looked like they don't know her. It was one very tall guy with two bulky men in black suits. Xiulan didn't saw the tall man's face since he was very tall and why does she need to look at his face anyway?
Also as a daughter of this company's CEO, employees would always greet her and they are familiar with her face. But those three seemed to not know her.
She thought that maybe they are outsiders or new. ”It's Xing Hongqi. Does it ring a bell? I actually only heard about him from my employees and my sisters. They seem to worship him.” Xiulan said.
The three person inside the elevator suddenly put their attention on Xiulan's small frame. The very tall man raised his eyebrows and attentively eavesdropped onXiulan's phone conversation.
”My God! Xiulan baby, I might have lived my life in Europe for the past ten years but I still know Xing Hongqi! This damn girl! Are you really a CEO of an IT company? Why you don't know about him?” Wenyan suddenly scolded Xiulan for not knowing God Hongqi.
”But I really don't know him. I've heard his name before but I didn't pay attention since I was really busy with work and I've been constantly studying.” Xiulan explained. She was a computer genius and since technology is always advancing, she has to study constantly to keep up with the latest tech.
She doesn't care about who's the wealthiest or the most popular right now. If only Hongqi was under her radar, then she might have known him. But he was a business man, politician and a show business enthusiast. What's the correlation between Hongqi and Xiulan? None!
”You're giving me a headache. I can't believe I know someone who doesn't know Xing Hongqi! Ugh! I'll call you later. You are stressing me out. Give me the details of your wedding through message instead.” Wenyan hurriedly ended the call.
Xiulan frowned and thought why are people getting headaches whenever she say that she doesn't know Xing Hongqi. She was bewildered.
Xiulan suddenly felt like an alien or a trespasser in a religion. Hongqi was the God of that religion and she was an oblivious peasant that troubled everyone by her stupidity. Is it that bad that she was never interested in gossips and show business?
Xiulan never felt alienated like this in her entire life.