After meeting up with Shandong, Taehyung and I entered a new phase of torment life.
Taehyung used his official authority for his private interests by temporarily transferring me from Legal Department to Marketing Department. He gave me a golden position – the company spokesperson. When I happily arrived at the Marketing Department, I then discovered the tragedy.
Under AC there is one additional small food company, the so-called spokesperson, is require to put on toy figurine suit, dressed up as a gigantic sausage for the company’s flagship New Year campaign! Since then, every day at noon, Taehyung will personally visit the location of the propaganda point. By purchasing the sausage the customer will received reward by name. Led by AC’s staff members, the guest will be escorted to the side to watch me dance.
When the Store Manager saw President coming he work harder, from 3x a day of “Sausage Dance” he has increased to 5x a day. When there are children passing by, they will shout ‘Mama look! That older sister pretend to be young!’ Or bad youngster will said to me ‘Hey miss, what brand of condom are you selling ah?’ At that time when I turn around, I saw Taehyung laugh with rejoice when he saw my misfortune.
I have decided to use my trump card within my power to retaliate Taehyung. I was holding a bundle of kickback, without the slightest hesitation I sell Taehyung to the famous major blind date organisation. So instantly he become influential figure in matchmaking circles. Even residential district matchmaking aunty was holding a photograph of Taehyung, by means of showing excellent in business within hand resource.
Taehyung as before unhurried and calm, with one day speed he meet up with all blind date partners and as for me, I almost collapse because of 5x a day of jumping and hopping the “Sausage Dance”.
Christmas is approaching. Because of the Christmas spirit the whole street are full of young ladies wearing red color hat and happily nestled against the side of the boyfriend. But I can only wear the gigantic sausage headgear together with the housewife haggle over the price. I realized, I cannot make my life so tragic – I decided to take the initiative to surrender.
‘Let us make peace.’ With my sausage expression range, I used my biggest effort to put out my best and pleasing smile.
Taehyung prod at the sausage’s top. He saw me shook and wrapped inside and he said ‘Lalisa, is you who started the war. And at my high fighting spirit moment, you want to order retreat? Humph, inside my world, there in no one can retreat. Even though surrendered, I also want you to capitulate and take responsibility!’
‘Darling ah, to behave with integrity it is important to leave oneself some leeway ah.’ My sincere and earnest advice.
Taehyung heard the words ‘Darling’, his eyes at once flashes a stern air ‘Lalisa Manoban, to behave with integrity, cannot over and over again touches someone bottom line!’
‘Well,’ I decline to comment and shake my head, ‘tonight you go and meet up with this girl.’
Taehyung feel very conspiracy theory therefore very prudent and careful looking at the girl’s profile. He repeatedly looking and looking than asked me ’16 years old?’
’15 and 1/2 years old, after 5 years she will be 25 years old and you will be 40 years old. Why? Such a magnificent AC President lacking in confidence?’
‘Humph! What a joke. Even if I’m 80 years old, if I want to eat tender grass also not a problem!’ Taehyung seize the profile of the 15 years old ‘Lolita” and walked away.
I look at his rear view and noiselessly laugh. Humph! Think of eating tender grass put on your dentures first!
The 15 and 1/2 years old Lolita name is Li Si Si. She refused to meet up at Taehyung’s favorite cafe house, but she request to meet up at Judy Bar. Her exact words ‘Red Makeup Fall ah. This name sound like a place where dear aunty meet up for blind date ah. Brother let us go to the bar to meet up.’
I reached there before them and Taehyung reach before Li Si Si.
‘Huh? Tonight I didn’t invite you ah, aren’t you have one evening sausage promotion?’ Taehyung asked.
I changed shift with other people. On Christmas night, I will dance hot dog dance.
Taehyung looked at me with alarm and raise his eyebrows.
‘That’s right, I come to see excitement ah.’ I smile sweetly and cheese when he raised his sake glass.
Si Si came on time, wearing black shirt, black boots and smoky makeup. Looking so mature. Don’t even look like 15 and 1/2 years old.
‘Big brother you have arrived.’ Si Si happily skip in front of Taehyung and said ‘Let’s dance.’
Taehyung feel so proud of himself. He turn back to glance at me while being pulled by Si Si to the center of the dance floor.
The first song was a slow dance. Men and women slowly sway to the music. I sat alone at the bar counter, being captivated by the dusky lighting, imagine them as a group of swaying penguins, happily amusing themselves. When the first song ended, only few second pause the next song immediately start playing the world’s best dance music. People from the dance floor immediately following the beat of the music and start dancing crazily. Si Si dancing skilled was very enthusiastic among the crowd, twisting like a black demon snake. Taehyung moved was also pretty good too, even though wearing a very formal shirt but his button was undo until his chest. Under the charm of lighting, surprising it give you a kind of romantic juvenile charm.
Obviously, some people has the same thinking but not as open-minded like me.
One pink-haired youngster passed thought the crowd, went straight to Si Si side. He turn her around and force her body to stop dancing. Si Si said something, angrily push off the pink-haired youngster. That youngster still planned to step forward to grasp firmly at Si Si, but being stopped by Taehyung. Right away, at this moment the music come to an end. Spontaneously the DJ change to a beautiful jazz. Si Si turned and ignore the youngster, both hands cling to Taehyung’s neck, like a winding vine gently wrap around Taehyung.
That youngster concentrate looking at the scene. With one turned he jump to the stage, rush over to grabbed the microphone and without demur loudly roar out ‘That uncle, seize off your hands from my girlfriend!’
Everyone’s gaze follow that youngster sight and wander toward Taehyung’s body. The booing sound of whistle occurring non-stop and it create a very disturbance atmosphere.
Taehyung calmly and composed dust off the corner of the lower hem of his shirt, one hand embrace Si Si’s shoulder ‘Wrong person, She is my girlfriend.’
The youngster took the microphone continues to roar ‘Hey, I say uncle, you’re so old. It is time to go home and get yourself a daughter in-law. Ought to hold grandchild than hold grandchild. If have nothing then don’t fool around with other people’s girlfriend. Nowadays is not in trend where an *old cow eats young grass. I suggest you go to 9 Street Nightclub to try out, that place got a lot of wealthy woman waiting to keep *pretty boy.’
* an old cow eats young grass (idiom); romance where the man is significantly older than the woman.
* pretty boy/gigolo
The DJ stopped the music, using few sarcastic pop guitar notes *to throw stones at someone who fell down and the whole place was cover with burst of laughter.
* to throw stones at somebody who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down.
Taehyung calmly pulled Si Si’s hand and said ‘Honey, here is too trouble, not suitable for dating. Let’s go, I bring you to Rong Shi Hua Ting. Over there I reserved all year round President Suite.’
The youngster from the stage change direction to Si Si ‘Si Si, I’m sorry, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time, okay? I know you love me, you just do it to annoy me.’
Taehyung pulled Si Si ‘Let’s go darling, I have told the driver to wait for us at the entrance. My secretary has arranged candlelight dinner for us.’
Si Si obstruct Taehyung ‘…. hold on.’
‘Si Si! You forgive me ba. I really love you! In this world, I love you the most! If you want to see my heart, I will pull out for you to see!’ That youngster continue screaming at the microphone.
‘You…..’ Si Si hesitate to ask ‘You can’t raise your rage at me anymore?’
‘In future if I dare to raise my voice, I will be raped then killed. Body being dismembered, bleeding to death and bone turn into ash!’ The youngster at stage made a bloody cruel oath.
‘What about those clothes, shoes and bags?’
‘Buy, buy! Even if you want the whole Jinshan, I will sell kidney and liver to purchase for you.’
* Jinshan is a suburban district of Shanghai.
‘Oh! That is great!’ Si Si jumped, embraced Taehyung’s neck and casually kiss his cheek ‘Uncle, thank you very much. If it were not you, that loathsome guy will never acknowledge his mistake and apologies!’ Once she has completed her saying, very skilfully jump to the stage, together with the youngster, passionately exchange ‘French Kiss’.
The whole place was surrounded by the whistle sound, half was cheering to the winning couple on the stage who had reconciled and the other half was for the hateful Taehyung who has lost to snatch away people’s girlfriend.
The embarrassed Taehyung standing among the crowd, looking at this parody, than saw me watching from the side.
‘Cheers!’ I smiled and raise my glass to pay tribute to cannon fodder.
The dispirited Taehyung was holding a glass of wine, sitting next to me and asked ‘You know……. she does it on purpose?’
‘Of Course. Si Si is my neighbor. She and boyfriend has a fight, therefore wanted me to help her to look for a handsome guy to provoke her boyfriend. The purpose is, without doubt make him feel jealous, envy, hate and conveniently see the good side of her. At the end both successfully make up and happily ever after.’
Deceive ba, uncle! I patted Taehyung’s shoulder ‘Not everyone can eat tender grass.’
Taehyung drink the wine on his hand in one gulp.
Humph, humph! In order to see your depression face, the two months of jumping hot dog dance was worth it!
I left Taehyung. I went alone to the center of the dance floor and move along with the music. Ah, jump for so many days of sausage dance, any other dance as far as I’m concerned is kind of enjoyment.
A short period of time, one charming youngster came in front of me and keep dancing until the song ended.
‘Hi, my name is Hwang Hyunjin, may I buy big sister a drink?’
I’m in a good mood, therefore accepted the invitation. I followed him to the side where there are a group of 4 or 5 young boys. When they saw me coming they clear a space for me.
‘I have bought her over, if you guys have anything to ask please ask.’ Hwang Hyunjin said.
‘What?’ I asked.
‘We bet how old big sister is.’ Hyunjin explained.
‘A lady’s age is a secret oh.’ After sipping a mouthful of wine my mood was good.
‘Exactly like I said, big sister will not tell us.’ A youngster beside Hyunjin said ‘ I guess big sister is in her early thirties!’
‘Cough, cough.’ I got choked, ‘What?!’
‘Ah? Guess wrongly? Big sister you hit 4? Over 40? Aiya, indeed don’t look like ah, can you tell me how you maintain? If I’m at this age, still can have good skin like big sister I will die with no regret.’
‘What do you mean?!’ I’m somehow feel a bit resentful.
‘You really want me to say ah, Judi indeed become degraded,’ just now a man in black shirt coldly watch from the side said, ‘Isn’t all along known as 20 prohibited. 20 and above can enter? Why now uncle and aunty also come, to be better off I might as well go to my house workers club. Anyway also see older people dancing and the consumption fees is cheaper.’
I resist the impulse to pour wine on his face and stormed off. See you boys like this, if remove makeup also as young as me. I will…… I will cut off Taehyung’s head for you!
Hyunjin hastily get up and catch up with me ‘Big sister, please don’t get mad. It is just a joke.’
I squinted my eyes and looking at him.
‘Is the man who has just been dumped by Si Si paid us money and asked us to do so. He said the more ruthless words we used, the better it is.’ Hyunjin explained.
I turned toward the bar counter.
Taehyung raised his glass and said ‘Cheers!’
AC President Taehyung, there is no party on Christmas Eve….. indeed quite tragedy ah, but I don’t mind letting his life be more tragic.
I picked and chose a lady for him. It is said that this lady is quite beautiful and exquisite. Nevertheless, she was a judo master and has repeatedly won championship within domestic and international competition. Unfortunately, beautiful lady normally has to endure rough journey of life and encounter unlucky situation. In her past relationship, she either met unfathomable mystery or halfway in relationship someone will snatch away her boyfriend. Therefore she have deep hatred toward man who had two-timing relationship.
‘Very beautiful lady’ Taehyung carefully look at the photo and on the other hand he tried to look at my face for any hints of conspiracy.
‘Heart of the villain, is not?’ I said, ‘You have excuse me from work during Christmas, I will considered this as pay back ba. I sincerely wish that at the end of the year you will be able to end the blind date journey.’
He unconvincingly took the photo and walk away.
Taehyung ah, Taehyung, you are too vile character….. but me certainly loh.
After work I quickly went to Red Makeup Fall Café. I hide well at the corner behind the Christmas tree. After a while, Taehyung appeared at the scheduled location. As usual he ordered a cup of coffee. After a while, a girl sat opposite to him.
I accurately grasp the right moment where both of them work hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder toward the blind date, I speedily came out from the corner, rush forward to grasp firmly at Taehyung’s collar and roar ‘You! You this faithless man. You dare to go behind my back and meet up with another women! Even more, date during Christmas! You! You! You don’t tell me you forget, this is Christmas day, we agreed to spend our lifetime loving and guarding one another? How can you forget your words so quickly? How can you go behind my back with another women! Can you be worthy to me and my belly baby!’
I speaking in a tearful voice and keep shearing tear. In my heart was like Judo girl, go give him a back fall. Let this heartless man fall to death.
That girl look at me stupefied for a long time, carefully said ‘Miss, miss, buy a rose for this gentleman………’
I only allow myself to petrify for few seconds, then quickly used the package to cover my face, took out few change ‘I will take these flowers.’
Flower girl feel embarrassed said ‘If you want the entire, I can offer you a discount of 5 Yuan per stalk…..’
‘How?!’ I fiercely ask.
‘You only gave me 2.8 Yuan’ she timidly said.
‘Help me wrap all up.’ Taehyung took some money from his wallet and endured from laughing, ‘please keep the change.’
Flower girl thanks us, before leaving she turned around and give me a ridicule smile.
Taehyung stuffed the whole bunch of roses in my arms ‘Let’s go!’
‘Go where?’ I dare not look up and buried my face into the flower.
‘Still not humiliate enough ah? Let’s go, brother will bring you to a place to lie low until the fuss dies down. After tonight deed is completely forgotten then only we come back.’ Taehyung push me out of Red Makeup Fall Café.
‘Sir Taehyung?’ I looked at Taehyung who hold back his laugh and I can’t help yelling.
What?
‘If you want to laugh just parked the car at the roadside and have a good laugh. You keep turning around to look at me, I’m afraid we might meet an accident.’ I said in a low voice.
‘I was thinking, Lalisa Manoban ah, you know how to blush?’
‘Where got, flowers reflect.’ I reluctant to admit mistake, again I buried my face into the flowers.
‘Sign, *try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice use to lure it (idiom). This lifetime I will not be able to raise my head in front of Taehyung.
* to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) – fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off to go for wool and come back shorn.
Taehyung took me to a bar called C’est la Vie. It is different from Judy. This is among the name from the guests filled with the city elite arrogant and somewhat narcissistic temperament pub.
c’est la vie in French meaning ‘That’s Life’
Taehyung gave me a glass of Tequila, holding the glass he asked ‘The unborn child? Who?’
I drain the glass in one gulp. Lower my head, blush and said ‘Sir Taehyung, your toast words is too lame.’
Taehyung burst into loud laughter. And he called someone to fill up my glass ‘No matter what, as long as I can make you drink it will be fine. Lalisa, I was wrong, I always think your hilarious talent is the clause of the opening and downward of the parabola. After reaching a certain point than it will inevitably decline. Now I discovered that you turned out to be an unlimited extension of diagonal line, never-ending ah.’
I drank again, tragically fell on top of the bar counter ‘I might as well jump the whole night of hot dog dance.’
There is a lot of wine patrol, I feel the present scenery was somehow floating, but my head feel exceptional awake.
‘I hate Christmas! I hate Christmas!’ I keep hammering the table, ‘Kim Taehyung ah, I hate Christmas!’
‘I dislike Christmas too.’ Taehyung faintly said.
‘Ah? How come? You also experience Christmas tragedy?’ I shake Taehyung’s shoulder and asked ‘The end of the world it degenerate people. The end of the world it degenerate people ah.’
‘I experienced Christmas when I was abroad…. however when I return things remained the same but the people have changed. I always thought I don’t believe in religious. The person who believe….. also no longer at my side, why should I celebrate.’ Tonight first time Taehyung drain the glass of wine in one gulp.
My eyes capture Taehyung’s silhouette and transmitted into my brain. After a series and careful analyse, the outcome of his expression after the final analyse will be as follow lonely and frustrated. I patted his shoulder.
‘But you, Lalisa, why do you hate Christmas?’ He turned and ask me.
‘He, he, it’s a long story.’ I turn toward bartender and asked, ‘Come, give big sister another glass of wine.’
I drink 3 glasses in a row, but I never said why.
‘Don’t drink! What exactly did you do?!’ Taehyung grab my glass.
‘Return back to me! Return back to me!’ I pounce over to snatch the glass, ‘if I don’t get drunk, how do I face ah.’
‘Oh, so tragic?’
How can this be endured! How can this be endured ah! I bend over and once again gulp down another glass of wine. ‘Forget it. I also don’t speak clearly. I remember over Chicu’s place there is a CD, just let you watch and you will know.’
This thing completely inspired Taehyung, he speed all the way to my house.
A week ago Jisoo flew abroad. She went to spend Christmas with her hubby, so I was left home alone. I staggered to open the door to get in. I turn the whole house upside down, inside out and finally from the bathroom ceiling, second after the mezzanine I found the CD.
‘Lalisa, even if you destroy this is useless, I have a lot of backup.’ Taehyung read the CD’s cover and laughing at me.
‘Do not worry about it, Chicu loves to play with it.’ I interrupted him, ‘Oh, I don’t have a TV and my computer is not working. Do you have a TV?’
’52-inch LCD screen.’
‘Too good, too good! Then let’s go to your place.’ I took Taehyung’s hand and walked out.
Came to the Taehyung’s house, I went straight to the TV, put the CD into the player and sat down on a sofa and shouted ‘Wine? Taehyung, do you have wine? ‘
‘Still want to drink?’ He raised his eyebrows and looked at me.
‘Hi, hi! Aren’t we suppose to get drunk during Christmas ma. Why? Are you afraid under the influence of alcohol I will get confused and assaulted you ma?’
Taehyung smiled and took out one dozen of beer from the fridge and threw over to me.
‘Can start loh, Lalisa’s Christmas trip!’ I cheered, turn on the TV and open one can of beer.
First, the TV show snowflake and then follow by a dusky interior house image.
One wretched voice said ‘Here is Jinyoung’s Christmas party. Today we have prepared a large number of beer for everyone, beer….. beer. Yes, the theme of this party is: who drink the wicked. Today largest attraction is to see panda get drunk and run naked, to show love at Love Street and roof top singing…….’
‘Also Lalisa Manoban join together with Chou Tzuyu!’ Said by a mystifying voice.
‘What! Lalisa doesn’t said she will be coming? Even if she come, that girl seems to be soft, for sure not worth watching.’
‘That is normal Lalisa,’ the mystifying voice said, ‘the drunk Lalisa! Hi! Hi! Is hard to say. New love and old love big PK* ah.’
*PK means “Player Kill (MMORPG)”
Then there are more and more people in the picture and background was getting noisier.
‘Ah, Lalisa unexpectedly appeared! On time! Come, I be the representative of the mass on behalf of the party. To interview her current mood.’ Fast-moving camera scene. Then I appeared on the camera, black sweater and worn out white jeans, a smooth long hair, gentle and quiet no longer be gentle and quiet.
‘Lalisa ah, I heard that Kim Mingyu will attend with a new lady ah. What’s your opinion on this matter?’ That wretched voice asked.
‘Aiya, you can be truly boring. What do you mean of my opinion ah. Just bless them. Lovers can be together is not easy ah.’ One year ago, Lalisa Manoban smiled very seriously.
‘Lalisa, you just pretend. You don’t pretend, can die ah!’
‘Hi, hi, whatever you say’ I fade away from the camera scene.
A face covered with acne craters appeared from behind and pass through the camera scene. The wretched voice explained Her inner bleeding surface still make a strong and calm appearance. Comrades, this is what type of spirit ah! This is worth for us to study, shatter the tooth, passed through the abdomen, self-tyrannical character ah.
‘Who is Kim Mingyu?’ Taehyung interrupted from the side.
‘My ex-boyfriend. Last year, a few days before Christmas he dumped me for Chou Tzuyu. Legend said that Tzuyu’s father is the Secretary of Commerce and Industry. Shhh, don’t talk, they will be out soon.’
A firm voice from the TV and two persons appeared from the entrance.
‘Here, let me introduce Kim Mingyu and his new girlfriend Chou Tzuyu! Damn it, indeed incomparable, I have been living for so long don’t even have a girlfriend. Mingyu, this fellow hasn’t get rid of current beauty and here goes he catch a new beauty.’
‘In the screen Mingyu is still the same appearance as in my memory. After separated for a year, once again I recalled back the past. I discover he doesn’t even had a bit of sadness toward our ended relationship. In fact his appearance was full of sun shines and laughter!’
I can’t help but sigh.
Taehyung watch the TV and seriously said ‘Chou Tzuyu doesn’t look prettier than you. You look better.’
‘Damn it! This is exactly why I feel most depressing!’ I patted my thigh and shouted. After empty one can of beer, I pressed fast-forward button to skip away Mingyu and Tzuyu very intimate love scene.
Once again the camera scene has stabilized. And merely just saw me pulling a man’s collar and one hand holding a can of beer ‘With one breath I can finish up this can of beer. You believe it or not? Believe it or not?!’
The guy shook his head.
‘I will drink for you to see! See clearly ah!’ I point at that man’s chest, raise my head with one breath I gulp down the whole can of beer.
‘How, how was it?’ I put down the hand that was holding the beer, continue to poke at the guy’s chest and shouted ‘Are you convince or not! Convince or not!’
Surrounded by applause and mixed of boos.
‘Really boring!’ A voice near the camera said. No image but the voice owner was obviously Tzuyu, ‘Mingyu, let’s go. A group of mad drunker what good to see ah.’
Mingyu’s silhouette move across the edge of the scene and he said ‘Hey, Tzuyu and I will leave first as we have prior appointment. You guys have fun.’
Miracles happen in a flash.
Once I hear the voice I ran to the side. One hand support the sofa and one big step forward, the position perfectly landed in front of Tzuyu, blocked both paths. Then I conveniently grasp a bottle of beer, swing at the coffee table and break it le, with the broken sharp edge I point directly at Tzuyu’s face.
At that moment the sound from the CD even though rumble, the whole house got one kind of extremely horrified effect.
Everyone was silent, shocked to see me. Left hand rested on the hips, right hand holding a dangerous shape broken beer’s bottle. They all in silent mode waiting for me to use the broken bottle to destroy Tzuyu’s beautiful moment.
‘Fxxk, Lalisa, you are fxxking awesome!’ the wretched voice gently said.
We are so deadlocked. I seem to enjoy seeing Tzuyu’s forehead oozing with sweat. Toying with her panic emotion I slowly open my mouth and said ‘Let’s challenge by singing’
When everyone was taken aback, I twist my waist and before standing properly at that moment they hear me using an extremely and excited voice singing ‘hey swish swish, hey swish swish, hey swish swish…..’ while singing I throw away the beer bottle, doing twist waist dance and using my fingers making scissors movement across the front.
In the scene there was a commotion.
Tzuyu, wipe away the nervous cold sweat and said ‘Boring!’ She turn around and walk away.
Who knows, I turn my hand over to embraced her waist and shamelessly said ‘Let’s challenge by singing, challenge by singing, who goes who is puppy! No is kitten.’ Said ba, than I twisted my body ‘Meow’ with a high pitch, raise my hand and wave like a whip and from the lip keep repeating ‘Wu Pa’ in high pitch.
‘Mingyu should dumped me.’ I mock.
Yes ah, looking back at the past, even I think so Mingyu abandon me and go, his simply confused life make the most sensible action.