Chapter 20 - Step #08 (1/2)

”Okay then, Mr. Chen, I'll be leaving first.” She said, making Zaki jump in surprise. ”Wait. Where?”

”To the market.”

”Eh? Why don't you just ask the maids to go instead?”

”No, it's fine. I'll go buy the ingredients myself.”

Davi's jolly answer made Zaki feel somewhat amazed. He knew she wasn't going to give up but he didn't expect her to bounce back so quickly after she realised that her plan might not work. As expected of a mighty rock mountain!

”Ohh, okay. I'll go call Mr. Gou to acc---,”

”Ahh… No, no. No need, I can go alone. Don't worry, I'm already used to doing this. I mean, going to the market by myself.”

Davi's firm tone, combined with her kind eyes and warm smile, seemed inexplicably hypnotic, making anyone agree with just about anything she wanted. Zaki felt intrigued and just nodded obediently at her without any more questions.

She then turned and started to walk away. But she paused the moment she heard steps coming from the stairs. She looked back and as expected, Sei was there standing like a godly existence, looking at her.

Zaki, who was still standing between the two of them, instantly tried hiding his presence, slowly backing off a little in order to have a better view of what was about to unfold before him. His intrigued self was sure that something interesting was about to happen.

But a long silence passed and Sei didn't say anything. Zaki could only bite his lip hard as he stared at the motionless stone, as sharply as ever. The whole lounge was suddenly enveloped with nothing but silence and the only thing missing were sounds of chirping birds. Zaki was about to burst!

Thankfully, Davi finally walked towards the unbothered, masked frozen ice to break the awkward atmosphere.