Chapter 456 - TRYING TO SCARE ME (1/2)

Akira slept through the morning after breakfast. She intended to wait for Hu lei to return while resting in the guest bedroom, but she accidentally dozed off. She did not know why she was so exhausted even though she had been feeling energetic earlier.

When she woke up, it was a little past two o'clock in the afternoon. Once she saw the clock on the wall, she ġrȯȧnėd and buried her face in the soft pillow. She was embarrassed by her behaviour and wondered how the hosts would think of her.  ​​

She stood from the bed with stiff limps and walked to the bathroom. After splashing some cold water on her face to wash away the grogginess, she went downstairs. She found Hu Lei stretched on a couch, typing on a computer with concentration.

”Hey, I am sorry I fell asleep after breakfast,” Akira said.

”It's alright. Grab some lunch from the kitchen. We can talk after you have eaten.” Hu Lei waved a hand casually.

She continued typing on the computer while Akira went to the general direction of the kitchen based on her memory. As she ate, she felt a little confused by the carefree attitude displayed by the other woman. It was a little strange that she did not seem to care about her intrusion.

After eating the simple meal prepared by the friendly chef, Akira found Hu Lei where she had left her. However, she had put aside her ŀȧptop and was now tapping on her phone. Akira sat on another chair and waited for her to finish.

”Who do you think I am?” Hu Lei asked with some teasing as she put aside her phone.

Akira did not know why she felt a little embarrassed. She had already come to a conclusion about Hu Lei's identity. However, it felt like if she admitted, she would seem like a bit of a stalker. It was weird for her to know a lot about a stranger.

Still, she had her pride. She would never lie to protect her image.

”I think you are Hu Lei. Kaito told me about you.” Akira responded.

”Oh, he talks about me?” Hu Lei giggled with girlish pŀėȧsurė.

Akira felt irritation at the cute and sweet face before her. She did not even realise that her face showed her annoyance at Hu Lei's words. She only snapped of the strange jealousy when Hu Lei started laughing loudly with amusement until tears flowed out of the corners of her eyes.

”You should see your face.” Hu Lei said. ”You must really like Kaito.”

Akira felt even more embarrassed, but she still admitted. ”Yeah. He is nice.”

Hu Lei laughed again. ”I never thought I would live to see a day when Kaito is described as nice. I think the sky is falling down.”

”He is nice to me.” Akira's eyes became a little misty, and tears threatened to fall.

Hu Lei felt a little scared of the young lady crying again. The scene in the morning was still quite fresh in her mind. This Akira cried as if she would melt into a puddle of water. And Hu Lei did not know how to handle it.

She had only cried that much once after the rescue from Antarctica. She did not know why, but tears scared her. Maybe, it was because she did not ever have the luxury of crying at any point in her childhood.

”What was Kaito doing before he disappeared?” Hu Lei asked quickly.

”He was investigating his uncle from the Takahashi family,” Akira said, suppressing her emotions. ”We found out that his uncle was shipping a strange drug to an unknown place. He was trying to track the flow of the drug from a certain private port.”

”A long while after looking for information, he managed to find someone willing to tell him more about the shipments from that port. He called me before he met up with whoever was giving him the information. And then, he just disappeared.”