CHP 4 : Appeasing the Ancestor

Manager stared at the restaurant and then her artist who showed no emotion. He just looked nonchalantly at the restaurant before walking in. Manager stared at his artist who was little less angry than an hour back.

Why It's so hard to please this young ancestor thought Ma Song as he went behind Mo Xichen .

Manager of the hotel stepped out to welcome them and led them to their private room.

As they were walking not far ahead the door of one of the private room opened and Ning Ran and Chen Nan walked out of the room. Manager stopped in front of them asking if they enjoyed the meal to which Chen Nan replied politely. As they walked past the manager, Ning Ran glanced at the man at front and walked past the manager Ma Song who kept trying to catch up with his ancestor.

Manager took them to their private room which was just next to one from which Ning Ran left.

Mo Xichen settled down and waited till waitress left with their order then removed his shades and mask. And stared out of window as snow swirling around with wind, his thoughts started to drift back to old memories, while snow coated everything in thin layer of white.

Ma Song stared at his artist who was lost in his thoughts as his fixed but, not focused at somewhere distant. Can't help but, think about the little teenage boy from the first time too much desolated from crowd.

Knock

Both withdrew their gaze and Mo Xichen again wore his shades and mask. While straightened the cap which he didn't remove from start.

" Come in" said Ma Song after making sure that Mo Xichen can't be recognized.

A waitress walked in and served them with vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes and left.

Ma Song took all the meat dishes towards him and moved all vegetables towards Mo Xichen.

Mo Xichen took some of egg dishes towards him and started dipping veggies in spicy side.

While veggies were being boiled he ate the egg salad.

Ma Song stared at him wondering how can someone be so graceful even while eating something simple. Ma Song came out of his thoughts as he saw his meat being shooed aside by Mo Xichen in spicy side separating the veggies from it.

By the time their dinner ended it was already past 11 o'clock. Mo Xichen stood in front of restaurant as he waited for his manager. From across the street a small shop owner walked out and fixed the light on board having ICE CREAM.

Mo Xichen walked into shop and bell over the door rang, old man looked at him through his spectacles while he walked around the shop and noticed it's old-fashioned way of decoration of 90s unlike having branded company ice creams, counter was filled with few flavors like strawberry, vanilla, chocolate, mint and blueberry.

Unlike those new Carmel, cookie and other popular fruit flavor of today.

Trt...

Mo Xichen noticed across the street his manager waiting in car.

" Two scopes, Mint and chocolate "

Old shopkeeper walked around and pulled out old style cones and after placing both the scopes stacked on each other, handed it to Mo Xichen.

Mo Xichen stared at the ice cream for few seconds before licking it twice after pulling off his mask.

A glint so faint flickered and disappeared from is obsidian eyes as if it was never there.

Hollow

Dark

Like abyss

He pulled on his mask and kept few notes and turned to leave without waiting for the shopkeeper's change.

Just as he stepped out of door. He saw old shopkeeper holding his jacket and the change in another hand.