"SO--YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?" ASKED TIE LAN. ANGER WAS EVIDENT IN HER TONE OF VOICE

"WHY WOULDN'T I?YOUR MY BEST FRIEND. I JUST PRAY ONE DAY OUR EMPEROR WOULD AT LEAST SMILE." SAID GU LAN

"THAT'S ONLY GOING TO BE SOME WISH OF YOURS" SAID TIE LAN

"Ss.h.!.+ SOME ONE COULD HEAR YOU."GU LAN SAID TRYING TO COVER TIE LAN'S LIPS

"OF COS I KNOW THAT. LET'S SEPARATE NOW I'VE GOT WORK TO DO IN THE KITCHEN."TIE LAN SAID PUs.h.i.+NG GU LAN'S HANDS AWAY.

"AND I'VE GOT A BABY TO PLAY WITH"GU LAN PLAYFULLY SAID.

"BABY? SINCE WHEN DID YOU BIRTH A BABY?" TIE LAN ASKED PRETENDING TO PUZZLED

"THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO."REPLIED GU LAN.

"HOW OLD ARE YOU?"TIE LAN ASKED AGAIN.

"16----"SAID GU LAN BEFORE TIE LAN CUT HER SHORT.

"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU. FROM MY CALCULATIONS YOU SHOULD BE MY MOTHER."SAID TIE LAN SARCASTICALLY

"NO! YOUR MISTAKEN. I DO HAVE A BABY AND THAT'S FEIFEI - THE DOLL MY MOTHER LEFT FOR ME"EXPLAINED GU LAN

GU LAN SIGHED.

"YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON."SAID TIE LAN

"OF COS LAN''ER"SAID GU LAN

"STOP SAYING THAT! SO GROSS!" TIE LAN COMPLAINED AS SHE LIGHTLY PUNCHED GU LAN'S SHOULDER.

"WHAT ARE THESE TWO DOING HERE"

SAID A EUNUCH WHO WAS a.s.sISTANT TO THE HEAD MAID.

"ER---I--TIE LAN AND I --"

"DON'T MENTION MY NAME GU LAN"

"YOU ALSO MENTIONED MY NAME---"

THE TWO OF YOU COME HERE" BARKED THE EUNUCH

"GU LAN!"

"BESTFRIEND?"

"ARE YOU THINKING SAME WITH ME?"

"YES!"

RUN!!!!!!!

THE TWO SHOUTED AT THE SAME TIME AND BEGAN TO RUN. THE EUNUCH WHO HAD A POT BELLY BEGAN TO RUN AFTER THEM

"COME BACK HERE! I'M NOT GOING TO PUNISH YOU. SEEING YOU HAVING---HAVING NOTHING TO DO---

DON'T FOLLOW US. FORGIVE US'' SHOUTED TIE LAN AS THEY RAN FASTER .

"YOU TWO------THEN DONT---LET ME CATCH YOU OR ELSE YOUR DOOMED." SAID THE EUNUCH AS HE TRIED HIS BEST TO CATCH UP WITH THEM . BUT THE SAD REALITY WAS THAT HE WAS JUST A ROUND BALL. NO SOONER THAN A MINUTE HE STOPPED RUNNING AND SAT ON THE GROUND EXHALING DEEPLY.