53 The Blindest Mole (1/2)

Apartment 5- Living room

Li Xiuying and Ren Daiyu had returned back to Li Xiuying's apartment to have lunch. Neither of them had spoken a word since leaving the restaurant. The drive had been filled with a stagnant silence.

Li Xiuying wasn't in the mood to cook, so she just heated up some food that was in her freezer.

They were currently eating ready-made gyoza and salt & pepper spare ribs that had been heated in the oven.

Li Xiuying stared at the TV screen, there was a game show on.

Ren Daiyu sat on one side of the sofa whilst Li Xiuying sat on the other; she kept looking over at Li Xiuying with a worried expression on her face.

Ren Daiyu noticed Li Xiuying was more quiet than usual. Li Xiuying was also surrounded by a cold aura that forced Ren Daiyu to maintain her distance.

Ren Daiyu didn't know what to do. In the short space of time that she had known Li Xiuying, she had never seen Li Xiuying become so shut down and unapproachable. Li Xiuying was indeed expressionless most of the time, but she still felt human. Right now Ren Daiyu felt Li Xiuying was like a cursed ice sculpture.

Ren Daiyu had little appetite seeing her friend like this. She asked with concern: ”Xiuying are you okay?”

Li Xiuying didn't speak she just simply nodded.

Ren Daiyu: ”Are you upset because of that jerk Xǔ Junjie? He's not worth a second of thought. There will always be lowlife people like him; who think that everything and everyone has a price.”

Li Xiuying didn't take her eyes off the TV screen and nodded once again.

Li Xiuying finished eating and put her bowl and chopsticks on the table. Ren Daiyu did the same.

Ren Daiyu tried to speak to Li Xiuying again: ”Do you want to talk about it?”

Li Xiuying finally turned to look at Ren Daiyu; she saw that her face was filled with sincerity, concern and worry.

Li Xiuying felt a small warm feeling in her chest when she looked at Ren Daiyu. She turned away from Ren Daiyu and looked at the TV screen. 2 minutes had gone by, neither of them spoke.

Ren Daiyu thought that she had overstepped and was being too pushy, they had just become friends and she didn't want to go beyond her limits. ”I'm sorry. You don't have to...”

Li Xiuying stared ahead and spoke expressionlessly in a small voice: ”All my life I've been used.”

Ren Daiyu hadn't expected to hear such a sorrowful statement from Li Xiuying.