Chapter 35: A Heads-up.
After talking for too long, thinking than a brother is on the other side of the phone; but didn't expect to hear a female voice in english british accent saying;
"Hello brother-in-law, this is your sister-in-law speaking. Cj is taking a bath so talk to your sister first. You spoke tagalog just now but I managed to understand. My height is just fine and not that beautiful but thank you for the compliment. By the way, there's a little sister who's turning eighteen this year, I can talk to the family for marriage. I'm sure they will agree if my brother-in-law propose."
The man was already embarrassed and got worse when he heard the last two sentence.
Speaking english, he was in a hurry to say;
"Sister-in-law, I was just kidding about the wife thing. The truth is, I already have one in my heart. If sister is busy, she can hung up the phone and Cj will call me if he's done."
"No, let's not hung up. It's a rare opportunity to talk to the one known as the strongest warrior in the Underworld so I won't miss it. You know, wives love their husbands and women admire the strong. Brother, let's just say i'm a big fan.
Meeting a fan sister-in-law, Yang doesn't know what to say.
Fortunately;
*Doh, is that my phone? Are you checking again if there's a woman? How many times do I have to tell you that no other woman will attract me. Well, words are useless so let me take ac..."
"You shut up! Can't you see that i'm talking to someone." "Brother-in-law, I will now give the phone to Cj. And by the way, you should visit us when you have time. Take sister-in-law with you."
Ignoring the awkwardness, buried it by the words.
Yang also want to forget and directly;
"Yes sister-in-law. Maybe within this month, I will take your sister-in-law to have a visit."
"Then I'll be waiting for your update."
There's a moment of silence and suddenly;
"Brother Wigan,,, it's been a long time. I think it's more than four months, not even a congratulations for my engagement."
The tone of sarcasm was obvious for yang to;
"Then you should notice me a year in advance and I will save the date.You know what I do, mostly gone for adventure. But now, i'm going to retire and settle down. From now on, there's a commander at home to give orders so i'm not going anywhere."
"What, are you serious!? "
You can feel the hesitation and finally;
"Brother, i'm happy that you finally found someone to grow old with but it's impossible for you to settle down. I know why you made the call, and that's the reason why you won't be retiring from the life of being a warrior, a soldier. I will not say much because it's confidential. But one thing you should know is war is coming,,, against the outside world. With your identity, someone will recruit you. And I hope you put aside the past grievance because this war, it's about the survival of humankind. Anyway, a meeting will be held today, preside by the president himself. I'm sure everything will be public after this meeting. So brother, enjoy the time remaining with sister-in-law; because the future, we are not sure."
Coincidentally after hearing the last sentence, saw Ning-ning, Tala and others coming.
And suddenly, felt a line of coldness on his face,,, as tears flowing.
Abigail this bad girl, she was about to start again but noticed the tears that keep flowing and quickly swallowed her words.
Ning-ning and Tala also notice it and at the same time, approach Yang in a hurry and worriedly;
*Yin-yin, what's wrong with you?
*Yes brother, I never saw you cry and i'm very worried. Please tell us what's wrong.
But before he could reply, several phones rang at the same time.
With the situation at the moment, no one went to answer,,, until;
*Everyone, answer it. Let's talk after the calls.
Gaining some calmness for Yang to say the words.
It was Ning-ning who went to answer as she hold the hand of Yang-yang.
Hiraya and other sisters also went to aswer, except for little Tala whose phone didn't ring, only to hug her brother's arm to comfort.
A few minutes later, all the calls ended and everyone is looking at each other.
It was Yang-yang who;
*What's the call all about?
Immediately;
*It was my mother who called and told me to go home quickly. The matter about the Chen family is nothing compare to what's coming so it's okay to go back. She also said that not only her who was told to return home but everyone in the family.
These sisters heard what Ning-ning had said and went to nod, indicating that their call is similar to hers.
At this moment, Yang-yang had returned to normal and went to look at everyone saying;
*Ning-ning's family is here so she will stay. As for the five of you, go home right away after the wedding. Your family is right of what's coming, will be public later. The choppers just now is the initial action of the Philippine goverment. I'm sure your own government had also took action. With the military strength of this country, safety is not guaranteed. I may send Yin-yin home if things get worse, because what's coming is not really simple.
The mystery in the words, shocked everyone and need some time to be processed for silence to cover the place...