Love Began with the First Meeting

The next day was an unusually nice winter day in A City.

Early in the morning, sunlight broke through the clouds and spread everywhere across the city.

An early bird, as usual, Molly was up before sunrise. In the kitchen, she kept herself busier than a moth in a mitten, cooking together with Lisa. When Brian walked out of the study and looked down from the second floor, he saw Molly was wearing an apron, like a butterfly dancing in morning-light.

For a while, Brian was in a daze. His craving eyes moved slowly with Molly whenever she turned, going about her cooking. He watched her with a passion burning hotter than a dozen suns.

Perhaps it was because she felt someone was looking at her that Molly looked back, with knives and forks still in her hands. When their eyes met, she cracked a faint smile and greeted,"Good morning! Bri!"

Brian frowned. He was surprised at Molly's sudden reaction. However, an indescribable feeling nudged him on, deep at heart, touching his nerves.

Slowly he walked down the stairs, taking a glance at the dining table. There were fried eggs, milk, ham, steamed dumplings, minced pork porridge with preserved duck egg. A mixed variety of Chinese and Western food. However, there was no coffee, which he must drink every morning!

When he sat down at the table, Brian took a slight look at Lisa, who was carrying vegetable salad in her hands. Lisa knew what he meant by such a glance. She hastily explained,"Miss Xia said that..."

"I told Lisa not to make coffee!" Molly cut in to save Lisa. She did not want Lisa to feel embarrassed, so she said,"Never mind, Lisa, go ahead with your stuff."

cast him a

coffee or alcohol every day and drink tea only occasionally. But in fact, it is not good

cautioned at length. Slightly Brian raised his eye brows, looking steadily at Molly, while an unusual light was sliding

so much like Shirley's usual

Brian smiled, secretly. However, as soon as he met Molly's gaze, the rare glimmer of light in his eyes disappeared, his typical indifference

start drinking milk from today," a bold looking Molly suggested. "It's even better to drink porridge!"

of him. He did not like it at all. He wondered, 'What's wrong

not doing all this, thinking you'll impress

first, Molly was speechless. But after a while, she shrugged and answered with an innocuous smile,"Your letting me go.... is something I

reaction on Brian's face was mixed. Glad at first, but soon turning pensive,

impossible to change the facts, why should I keep hoping against hope? Given the current circumstances, dreaming that I'll leave will only end up with perpetually disappointment. That's not how to live." Molly shrugged and sat down. "Time goes by

keen interest. He was discovering another side of her. At the moment, her eyes were shining bright like diamonds— much the same as Becky's. On the one hand, she seemed magical, mysterious, even angelic. But, she was also human, frail and burdened by the pressure of life. She was trying to keep under her struggles. But innocent and unpretentious as always, one could

to Molly's surprise, he stood up, turned around to leave, and said,"I

and walked out. Looking at the food all over the table, untouched, Molly sulked. She

Tony gunned steadily towards Emp Exchange. He stole a furtive glance at the rear view mirror and found that