3 Unwanted Dreams - 1.2 (1/2)

Looking at the young lady sitting in front of him, leisurely eating, Fan Hui Zhong couldn't help but let out an exasperated sigh.

”Xia'er, what did I say about drinking during the day?”

”You said not to?” she answered cheekily, as she looked at him with an innocent expression on her face with wide eyes shining with amusement making him shake his head.

”Yet you were drinking so early in the morning!” Fan Hui Zhong exclaimed, his agitation written so clearly in his face making her giggle.

Fan Hui Zhong's increasingly darkening expression would usually send most people's heart racing with a sense of fear but to Zhu Xia, it only made her want to tease him more!

”I had started drinking last night! It just so happens that it lasted until dawn...” she answered coquetishly, batting her eyelashes up at him.

Hearing her teasing words, Fan Hui Zhong felt his temple throb so early in the morning as he started ranting, ”Zhu Xia, how many times do I have ask you to limit your drinking? Do you need me to beg before you even listen?”

Seeing Fan Hui Zhong so worried about her, her teasing mood left her and she felt the usual guilt she felt whenever she worried him. She knew that Fan Hui Zhong always worried after her well-being ever since he found her, acting more and more fatherly towards her to the point that he even offered to officially take her in and adopt her to give her a new identity and make sure the threats she faced in the past will have a harder time to find a connection to the new her and she is kept safe.

This was something that she couldn't decline nor had she wanted to refuse.

Aside from saving her, Fan Hui Zhong also became her family, a safe haven that she can always return to.

Fan Hui Zhong really did become a father to her and treated her as if she was truly his daughter.

This thought made the guilt she felt over worrying him grow all the more bigger.

Putting down her chopsticks before gently wiping her lips, she then gave him a small apologetic smile and sincerely apologized.

”Father, Xia'er is truly sorry for causing you to worry but this is really something Xia'er couldn't help. No matter how much you dislike it, the wine keeps away the dreams and memories that I would rather not see.”

”Did you dream again last night?” Fan Hui Zhong asked, concern heavily laced his words as he looked at her with a mixture of worry and helplessness.