93 The reason (2/2)

On the other hand, despite in the losing side, Naruto didn't lose the smile on his face, his hand barely shivered while the offender trembled all over.

”You could have just give up you know...” Naruto said, his tone creep with a small malice.

”If you keep going like this, your hand might get an injury...” his lips curled to the side.

”Little minx indeed is a remarkable woman, if I am not her elder brother, I don't mind get a piece of her myself...” he didn't realize the words he spoke actually cause a thunderbolt to struck the small waist woman on the side, ”but is it all worth? to hurt your own arm like this, perhaps it could cause you a permanent injury, all for the sake of picking up women?”

”Not just any woman...” Hu Qiang spoke in the midst of rough breath, ”Wanqiu Xia is not an ordinary woman...”

Both people got surprised by his response, Wanqiu Xia's face turned absentminded for a while.

”You seemed know something about little minx...” Naruto tilted his head to the side and smirking a little.

”It was few months ago, I was on my way back from the date with my old girlfriend, it was already evening so the road is not crowded. I was stopping my car in the traffic light, went I look to the side, I saw three people played a simple instrument from the food can leftover and sing 'the reason' by hoobastank. Two of them still a teenager, and the other one is...” he opened his eyes to force himself to look at the woman at the side, Wanqiu Xia eyes turned confuse for a while then she frowned as if trying to remember the same event. It wasn't long for her to finally receive the revelation.

”It's normal of me to recognize her, after all, we practically a coworker, in the same level of management at that. I was confused at first why she joined along with them and singing together. Then I realized it as I noticed the half filled casket in front of them, her voice... was not that bad but also not that good and coupled with the loud clanking sounds, it completely ruin the song itself. but people still threw away their money, perhaps because she was a beauty thus they took a pity on her. ”

Naruto almost blurted out a laugh and Wanqiu Xia face filled with shame, Yeah is not the best way for her to help them at that time by singing together, she's quiet a bad singer after all, but looking attheir empty casket back then she didn't have the heart to just leave them there, moreover she also forgot to bring her wallet, thus it's the only way for her to help them.

”But what made me entranced until the car behind me honked their alarm as if they wanted to kill me, it was her face that was glistening by joy despite the weariness on her forehead. Whether you knew it or not, Wanqiu Xia had quite many client and she was popular among the coworker, but she didn't hold any embarrassment from doing such a petty job. Didn't fear of her own reputation to drop because of dirty occupation she temporary did.

I had been living my life without care of other, I don't care what the people next to me eat tomorrow, or they had anything to eat at all. I don't care about many women's heart that I had been dumped, because I was selfish, it was the first time... that I actually hate looking at my own appearance in the mirror.”

”Wanqiu Xia... changed my life... and so did opened my eyes to the world, open my heart for the love at the first sight.”

Naruto and Wanqiu Xia already went silent, especially Wanqiu Xia. At first she thought the big man ahead actually just another of those who after her figure and trying to get inside her clothes, but after hearing his confession, she realized how wrong she had been. True enough, data was just data, information was just information, no matter how valid those are, doesn't mean it was enough to reveal the truth.

Because human was a complex creature, they easily can changed, far more easier than a form of water, but sometimes they also hard to change, far harder than a diamond.

”Why you didn't tell me before?” Wanqiu Xia said with a soft tone.

”I... was embarrassed...” Hu Qiang's face turned red, ”I didn't have the guts to tell you about it.”

”So a loud public confession is your brightest idea?” she sighed in helpless manner.

”...” he kept his mouth shut while kept trying to push down Naruto hand that only several inches away from the table.

”Hu Qiang...” Wanqiu Xia smiled, this was the first time she ever smiled to him, ”I am sorry because I have been wrong about you, after reading your track record of past love live, I simply thought you just a playboy who like to play with women's heart.”

”No, you are not wrong... I am that person... or at least what I used to be... until you changed me Wanqiu, at that evening, at the side of the road, your voice reached up to my heart, you waked me up from the blindness of the cruelty of the words, you had restored the sympathy that had been long lost to me decades ago, Wanqiu, you are the reason for me, and you are my first love...”

Wanqiu Xia widened her eyes, then she declined her head. She looked at her feet for a long time, before braving a smile toward him again, the smile was so pretty, dazzling akin to flower in the middle of summer field.

”Un, I receive your confession and I am so glad there is someone who love me like that...” she spoke slowly, each words was careful and meaningful, ”but I am sorry, I can't reciprocate the same feeling toward you.”

Hu Qiang widened his eyes, his face looked infuriate, ”Why?! Why couldn't you accept me?!”

She tilted her head, her smile never lost from her face, ”Will you accept, if I say I don't know?”

”Huh?!” the man's anger rose to several degree, ”are you kidding me? What kind of reason is that?”

”I wanted to say because I am chasing my career, but after hearing your true confession, I still... don't get the feeling about you. You are sweet, I truly tried to get the feeling but... I just couldn't...” she apologetically smiled, ”if I am truly meaningful for you, then I hope you accept that I just simply couldn't love you.”

”...” Hu Qiang finally went silent, a last bitter smile appeared on his face, ”is there a hope, for me in the future?”

”Maybe...” she nodded, ”but at the moment, there is none.”

”I see...”

After both of them concluded their feeling, the third person who had taken the mantle of an audience punched out the last line with a faint smile on his face, ”Then let's conclude this game shall we?”

Naruto easily lifted Hu Qiang's hand and gently tapped down the back of his palm at the surface of the table.

(***)

”Such a good boy, you are rather cruel for rejecting him like that...”

Naruto watched the fading figure of the bear like man before it completely disappeared beyond the double gates.

”Really? I guess I am not as good as he think I am...” Wanqiu Xia chuckled as she sat on the chair.

”Seriously though, what's your reason for not liking him?”

”I like him!” she retorted, ”I just couldn't love him!”

”You do realize that love is sometimes not instant, right? You should have give it chance to grow...” Naruto stood up from his chair and walked up to her, sitting atop the table on the side.

”I know,” she nodded cleverly, ”But somehow, deep inside me, I don't want it to grow...”

”Hah, you are one complicated woman, it will be hard for you to find a significant one if you behave like this...” Naruto twirled around his finger.

”Humph, my love life is not for you to care!” she crossed her arm and threw her face away from him.

”What?! How can that be?! But our daddy had told me to look for you a qualified candidate husband!” he said with righteous manner.

”OK, quit the act, it's getting disgusting now...”

Naruto shrugged then he somehow let out a chuckle, ”I could think of two reason why you are incapable to accept him...”

”Do enlighten me, O expert in relationship...” she put her hand on her monte carlo lips and giggled.

Naruto fixed his posture and cleared his throat, he raised one finger to the air, ”One, is that you are gay...”

”Pffft, what a terrible guess, I don't get the feeling either toward the same gender...”she chortled until her body trembled.

”Or two, someone already inside your heart,” Naruto carelessly put up a second finger.

”Eh, come again?” as fast as wind blew, her expression instantly changed from the joy full of laugh to confuse and bewilder.

”You already interested at someone, thus until you receive the confirmation of their feeling or at least knew what they thought about you, in sexual attraction of course, you won't capable to move on to other people,” Naruto explained slowly.

”...” her eyes immediately widened, she stayed her gaze for a long time to the blonde man on the side.

”Well, that's just a guess anyway, maybe you had other problem that we don't know of, I suggest you see a therapist, do you want me to introduce you with one? She is amazing!” Naruto nodded his head before pondering out loud.

”No need...” she said while eyes glued into him, ”hey, Naruto...”

”Um?”

”Is it possible, that I am intere-”

*Bzzzt* *Bzzzt*

At the nick of time, Naruto felt a buzz inside his pocket, he raised his hand to cease her from talking and he picked up his phone, after looking at the Id of the caller, he said with wryly smile, ”Oh, I am sorry, this is my chief, I got to take this one...”

”Oh yeah, oh yeah, please, go on...” Wanqiu Xia quickly said.

Naruto pressed the green icon and put the phone into his ear, ”Chief Mo.”

”Ah, yes, Mingyu mentioned it to you? Ah wait, wait, don't get mad at me, is not like I forgot mentioning it to you-” then Naruto sighed, ”yes, chief Mo... I'll be back right away...”

Naruto put down his phone with bitter face, then he looked at Wanqiu Xia, ”Ms. Wanqiu, I am sorry, I gotta go, I see you... later?”

The small waist woman turned a bit sad, then she flashed out a smile to him, ”OK, you have a job to do, and I also have mine... but Naruto?”

”Yup?”

”Do you mind... if we go out sometimes later?” she asked while hesitated.

”Go out?” Naruto dropped his jaw, then he chuckled, ”did you just ask me for a date?”

”I don't know...” she shook her head, but her eyes somehow filled with hope.

Naruto went silent, then he nodded, ”Sure, I don't mind, but my schedule is rather tight this weekend, how about next week?”

”Un, I can make it!”

”Alright, I see you then!”