Chapter 385 - Words Are Not Wrong (2/2)

”Do we?” Jie didn't even spare him a glance which made Xiamu frustrated.

But he soon understood Jie's tactics. His brother-in-law was really good at guilt-tripping. How did he not notice that before? Perhaps because he had only seen Jie's warm and sweet side which he showed to the people he loved the most.

Sighing heavily, Xiamu started, ”Look, brother-in-law, I already made it clear to sis that love can't be forced.”

”You're going in the wrong direction, Xiamu. I certainly don't want to force love on you because I can see clearly that you don't love Azalea that way.” Jie's words put Xiamu in a trance for a moment. Was he hearing things? How was his brother-in-law sounding so understanding?

”But it doesn't make your actions any right either.” There it is! He knew Jie wasn't so understanding.

”Did I say something wrong? I just wanted her to face reality.” Xiamu voiced out.

”Oftentimes, our words are not wrong but the way we say those words... That's a whole different story.” Jie placed his teacup down saying, ”I believe there was nothing wrong with your words. But your way of saying those words might have gone a bit overboard.”

Xiamu cleared up his thoughts and nodded his head. ”I guess I was a bit overboard.”

”You're a sensible man, Xiamu. But just like my wife, you are also impulsive.” He patted Xiamu's shoulder and went on, ”I'm not saying this because Azalea is my sister. I just don't want you to wrong your relationship with Azalea on impulse.”

”What should I do then?”

”Well, you most certainly can't change what happened but there is nothing wrong in trying to change what is yet to come.”

Xiamu thought long and hard over that before saying, ”I understand. I'll apologize to her.”

”Good to hear that...” Jie said with a soft smile on his face. He had seen Azalea crying hysterically earlier but while consoling her, he had also made it clear to her that she was holding a torch for incessant torture.

”But I do love him,” Azalea had insisted on this fact while they were talking earlier.

”Buddha once said, 'You can only lose what you cling to.' You had been clinging to his love for so long now that it's slipping away. Just let it go for once, who knows, it might give you a chance to grow?” Jie had countered with sensibility.

She was bringing pain to herself and no-one could possibly deny that fact. But she was still his sister and he had to be there for her as much as possible. He didn't give her unnecessary hope. He gave her a chance to grow up again.