Chapter 6.1 (1/2)
Chapter Six
Mai Wei Ze went back to training, only Old Mai and Li Yongxuan were left at home.
Two unrelated people, suddenly left alone at home to live together – this situation should have been embarra.s.sing, uncomfortable and strange. But there were no such feelings, as if her living there was completely justified.
When she got up everyday, she had a hot breakfast waiting for her, dinner was delicious as well, full of wonderful color and fragrances.
Whenever Li Yongxuan complimented the food, the stern expression of the old man would immediately soften
He had good skills, but because his grandson was an athlete, for many years, he had to restrict his skills to cooking only specific food. With Li Yongxuan, he finally had an opportunity to show off his skills.
And the old man did not let her lounge around just like that, he sent her off to do the various tasks at home quite unceremoniously
So was.h.i.+ng dishes, mopping the floor, whatever task Old Mai did not like to do , it became Li Yongxuan's work.
And one more thing was soon added..
One morning, when Li Yongxuan was vacuuming the floor, she watched the old man sitting at the kitchen table, solemnly typing out something on the computer using two fingers. She couldn't help but ask , ”Grandfather, what are you working on ?”
Old Mai looked up and stared at her.
His eyes, when angry, looked exactly the same as that of Mai Wei Zhe, he was indeed a worthy grandchild.
She was habituated to this stare. Whenever they were angry, embarra.s.sed,shy or did not know how to answer, they would always stare like this at people in response.
So she carefully asked again, ”If you want, I can help. I can type fast.”
She had just offered casually, but to the old man it was like a life saver. For his grandson, he had learned the computer at an old age, but it was a real struggle for his old bones!
Now that he had a helper, of course, he would make good use of her!
Immediately, the old man got up and pointed to the computer and said, ”Emailing the physical records of Mai to the coach and his staff, collecting information about him over the internet, all of this stuff is now your responsibility.”
So from then on, Li Yongxuan took over this additional task as well. Old Mai, sitting by her side, nodded his head approvingly as he saw her fast typing speed. But from then on, she also figured out that Old Mai's recordkeeping of Mai was quite extravagant.
Every day, he would search online and update every little bit of news that appeared.
Whether it was just a newspaper report, an interview or a review by a sports channel, even a fan update…everything would be recorded one by one and archived by date.
No wonder that sometimes he would sit in front of the laptop for two or three hours.
With his typing speed so slow, how long would it take for him to finish?
It was really hard for an elderly person.
Did his solemn expression hide his enormous love for and his expectations around his sole grandchild?
Li Yongxuan pondered over this as she cut and paste the content pages one by one.
Was it good luck to have something like this? Mai Wei Zhe had not enjoyed parental love since childhood, so…
” Oh!” She hadn't realised when Old Mai had appeared behind her. He had brought her a cup of cold, lemon tea for her.
He was standing behind her, quietly watching her skilfully cut and paste the pages to his archive.
He phone rang at 445 PM on time, and she rushed back to pick it up. She couldn't help laughing at herself. This was the time when the afternoon session of ice training ended. Usually, before going back to the gym, Mai Wei Zhe would call in between.
”h.e.l.lo, what are you doing?” this was usually the first sentence, followed by , ” What are you planning to have for dinner at night?”
Li Yongxuan sighed ”Even if you ask, you cannot eat, so why do you ask ?”
”Did you have any soup?”
”Mai Wei Zhe, we are planning to have pizza”
As expected, a voice said angrily, ”Pizza! Do you know how long since I last had Pizza?”
”Since the training started six months ago.”
Then she asked, ”Did everything go fine in today's training?”
Earlier, when he had suddenly left the press conference, he had been scolded badly by his coach. As punishment, his coach had forbidden him to go home.But Mai Wei Zhe had said nothing to her, she had learnt all this from internet reports.
”Do you want to watch us shoot an ad? Do you want to visit the team?”
” Yes I'll come. Old Mai has asked me to carry some things for you.” Grandpa had also asked her to keep a close watch on the monkey b.a.s.t.a.r.d, but ofcourse this was not something she could convey.
”You can come and meet us in two days”, he said.
”Ok”
They hadn't met for a few days, but it felt like a long time. This feeling she safely secured at the bottom of her heart; she could clearly comprehend that this feeling of hers was reciprocated by the other person as well. As she hung up the phone,a secret, sweet feeling like lemon iced tea lingered in her heart
After two days, she took some of grandfather's stuff and went to visit the team and the ad shooting.
The shooting was happening in the shed.
Yongxuan was not aware that they were actually shooting an advertis.e.m.e.nt for chocolate!
”Isnt this sponsor supposed to be a sports drink manufacturer?” She asked in confusion.