44 Birds of the Same Feather (1/2)

”Why is she crying?”

Ange could not hold her curiosity and worry anymore and asked. Paula was rather confused too.

”Paula, one of your questions should be why I saved her right?”

Mark asked while stroking Mei's hair.

”Yes. You have been staying away from that topic. I don't mean it in a bad way but even with what you said earlier, we did something worthy of being saved so you saved us but that reason does't apply to her. Also, we knew that you two just met when you saved her but the affection you two are giving each other is rather unusual.”

Mark nodded understanding her question.

”Normally, any man will have the reason to save her mainly because she is beautiful. I'm different though, the reason I saved her is because she is like me.”

”Like you?”

The two girls was confused as they did not understand how he could say that.

”Yep, we're birds of the same feathers you see. I just said it right? I'm a person that had no place to belong to before the outbreak. Mei'er is the same.”

”How can you be sure about that?”

Paula asked and Ange had the same question.

”You don't believe me?”

Mark raised an eyebrow towards the two girls.

”If you don't believe me, you can ask her.”

The two girls looked at Mei and asked.

”Mei, is what he said true?”

Mei did not immediately answer, she wiped her tears with her hands first before she nodded.

Seeing her nod made the two girls surprised. This beautiful girl actually felt that she don't have a place to belong to? It was kind of hard for the two to accept.

”Can you tell us the reason?”

Paula tried to probe further. As Mark also wanted to know, he also asked her.

”Mei'er, I also wanted to know your reason but if it's not convenient for you, it's also fine.”

Mei looked at her Gege then at Paula and Ange. She started speaking.

”I was born in a business family. Have you heard of Xiao Industries? My family was the founder and the major shareholder of that company.”

The three was surprised. Xiao Industries was one of the largest engineering, construction and land development company in the country. It was the major general building contractor of the government before the outbreak.

That company was a very large one. They did not expect that the princess of that company was the beautiful girl in front of them.

”If your family is that rich, shouldn't you be happy living in riches.”

Ange asked with the shock in her face apparent. And to her question, Mei reacted negatively and looked down.

”Yes, we are rich but I never had any good relation with them. From the time I remember, it was the maids who took care of me the most. And for my family,I'm just a tool for expanding their business.”

Hearing that, Mark and Paula immediately understood it was a common circumstance for nobles, rich and influential people. Mark then spoke.

”So, your duty is to marry someone your family chose for you right?”

Mei nodded in reply.

”Gege, did you see Henry- the dead student in the cinema when you saved me?”

”He is the one huh?”

”What are you two talking about?”

Paula interjected and Mark replied to her question.

”You two did not see him but there is a dead student there in the cinema dumped in the last row of chairs. The gangsters should be the ones who killed him. What Mei is saying is that student was the fiancé arranged by her family.”

Mei nodded to confirm what Mark said and continued.

”He is the son of one of our family's richest business partners. Still, that person was a lecher. I knew that he had other women despite being arranged by our families. He also tried advances of me many times but he can't force me to do what I don't want because of my family. Furthermore, he bought all of my friends for them to push me to him.”

Dumbfounded, Ange and Paula looked at each other.

”If I were to choose, I'd rather have my freedom than the riches of my family. Because I'm rich, I had no real friends. Those who tried to befriend me are those who were after the personal connections they can make and those who were paid by Henry. Most men were only after my looks, and their eyes were always looking at me like I'm naked.”