Chapter 146 The mask to fool others (1/2)

Ryn unbuckled herself once the car stopped moving. She saw Sugar was already waiting for them at the entrance of the building.

So far she was satisfied with the safety measurement. The guard asked questions and even asked for Mei Li's driving licence.

The first house of the day and she already had a good feeling about it.

”Good morning, Miss Catherine, Miss Mei Li,” Sugar greeted politely.

”Morning,” Ryn greeted back.

”Morning,” Mei Li took the files from Sugar and handed one to Ryn.

”The first house is on the fifth floor. It is on the main building. The security always patrols the area every few hours,” Sugar informed as she led them toward the elevator.

”Oh...” Ryn flipped at the first page, about the house they are going to check. So far she liked the floor layout. However, she still needed to see by herself.

And she still needed to see whether the house could satisfy her hippy parents too.

They arrived in front of the house and Sugar hurriedly unlocked the door. It was weird to see the agent so flustered even though neither Ryn nor Mei Li said anything.

”This is the living room,” Sugar showed, almost breathlessly. Why oh why was it so hard to open the door just now? The key kept slipping from the keyhole. It made her so nervous, she felt like she wanted to cry in frustration.

Was this a bad sign?

”The room is quite nice,” Mei Li commented. She tried to lighten up the atmosphere but her silly in charge was too serious to even notice how weird Sugar was looking right now.

Could Ryn stop being so serious the whole time? This was not a life or death situation!

”It has a bathtub,” Ryn finally commented as she looked into the bathroom of the master bedroom.

”Yes. Yes. And compared to the previous condominium, the bathtub in here is bigger,” Sugar said enthusiastically.

”Hmm...” Ryn walked into the second bedroom.

In her mind, whatever house she chose, the master bedroom would belong to her parents while the second bedroom would belong to her. Another room would be a spare in case they received a guest.

So the second and the third room should be in suitable size too to accommodate both their uses.

And the second and third room here almost... almost in the size she wanted.

But she could not make a hasty decision. She still wanted to see the other houses, just in case, there was a better choice.

She did not tell what inside her mind to the women. She just kept it inside, but taking note of this house for the first choice. The ones yesterday... well, none actually grabbed her attention and interest.

”The second house, then?” she asked once they were done walking around the perimeter.

Sugar gulped. She quickly opened the file she had in hand and checked the address.

”It is not in the city but not too far,” she stuttered.

”Sugar, can you be more... calm?” Ryn finally said, cocking an eyebrow, ”Or do you need coffee break first?”

”No... no... no... I am good. Let's go to the second house,” Sugar said quickly. She walked to the door, trying to calm herself by taking a deep breath a few times.

”Stop scaring her, Ryn. I don't want us to be the reason she gets into an accident or something,” Mei Li hissed.

”Am I?”

”Catherine!” Mei Li growled.

Ryn ignored her. She simply walked toward the door, following behind their flustered agent. It was not her problem if anyone could not stand with her 'serious' side.

Not her problem at all.

Mei Li dropped her shoulders in defeat. She had no idea what to do with Ryn's bad mood. Since yesterday, Ryn's mood getting worst and worst. It felt like she was with a stranger, compared to the Ryn she knew.

That incident really gave a huge pang to Ryn's heart. She could not control herself. She could not even put a mask on her face to fool others about her real feeling. Mei Li could even swear she could see dark smoke around Ryn, following her everywhere.