Love is the Sunshine

"A gift?" Hasen paused and asked.

"It is only polite to bring a gift. One can never go empty-handed when asking others for a favor. Am I right? Besides, the An family is a powerful family. They are sure to be accustomed to these kind of things. We have to make sure that the gift will be lavish. If we bring something, Mr. Terence might acknowledge our request. If that happens, he might consider helping us. We must bring an expensive gift just to be sure!"

Carla said with a smile. Then she added, "Uncle, selecting a University is one of the most important thing a person will do in her life. She is your precious daughter. It is only right that you spare no expense to provide her with the best. I am not entirely sure whether I can help or not. However, you can call me whenever you need me. I promise that I will try me best to help you," said Carla.

Hasen hesitated when he heard about the gift. Moreover, there was a chance that this may not succeed.

His wife was sitting next to him and she was getting impatient. She snatched the phone from his hand and said, "Carla, aren't you together with Terence now? From what I've heard, you and him are now dating. Based on your relationship, is a gift really necessary?"

Carla withdrew the phone slightly away from her ear because her aunt was speaking loudly. She then glanced at Sean who was listening carefully in the conversation. She returned the phone to her ear and replied, "My dear aunt, there is an old saying that seeing is believing. Have you seen us together in person?"

"I heard that Terence was engaged with another woman. But a lot of people are saying that it was over and that you two are together now. Can you give him some pillow talk? Persuade him to help us? Maybe he will agree to help us if you talk to him very sweetly. What do you say, Carla?" her aunt pleaded.

Carla sneered and said, "Aunt, it is easy for you to say that. When I was in college I heard that even the daughter of our mayor failed to enter the JA College. And only by one point at that. Your daughter failed by ten points. Do you really think it is possible to get her in?

Now without contributing a single cent, you and my uncle want me to ask the Ans for help. Tell me how to do that?"

Struck dumb by her sharp words, her aunt thought for a little while and said, "How about this? You cover the cost of the gift for us first then we will pay you back after. We can even give you more money if you managed to help us!"

"I'm so sorry, Aunt. I do not think that I can do that. I am just a young woman in my twenties. I also need to pay for my brother's education. How can I possibly buy an expensive gift for you?"

said Carla. She can't help but feel offended with her aunt's words.

"So Carla, are you saying that you are not willing to help us? Is that what you are implying? " said her aunt in a sharp voice.

"How could you say that? I already told you that I will try to talk to them. But I can't promise you that I will succeed. I cannot give you my word, considering the difficulty of your request,"

said Carla.

"Carla, how about this? I will go to JA City tomorrow with your uncle. Can you introduce us to Mr. Terence? We will ask him for his help in person. If things fail, there is no need to blame anyone. What do you say?"

said her aunt. She was truly a shrewd woman. She immediately thought of a second option for Carla in such a short notice.

was about to speak but she noticed a tall shadow on the ground

behind her and found Terence standing

smiled at her with his arms crossed.

to

other side of

recovered herself and said, "Aunt, Mr. Terence is a very busy person. I am not his boss. I cannot see

was trying

Please take your time. There is no need to hurry." said

conversation ended.

threw her phone

her, "Carla,

didn't understand what the conversation was about.

Sean saw him, he ran up to Terence and gave him

I am glad that you're finally

beside Carla and said, "What kind of

it will satisfy me, I might consider your

heard most of their conversation and guessed what it was

the table and while peeling it said, "Stay out of it, please. If they were sick, I will gladly lend them some money for the hospital. However, they

eating

get something for doing nothing. It would set a bad example to our other relatives if they hear that

were miserable when their parents died. Their relatives were never there for them when she and

the more one wanted. Her relatives were greedy and dissatisfied people. They

when she was ill. But they

to Carla and said, "Carla, I can fix this for you if you want. If your aunt decided to call again to ask for help, I

sooner we can get

was more experienced than Carla in dealing with these kind of things because the Ans had numerous relatives.

even say that he was an expert

up suddenly. He turned to Terence and said, "Terence, I am going to

careful!" replied Terence while smiling

next to Carla. He placed his arm around her shoulder and asked her gently, "What did