177 I Love Him (2/2)

She was already standing up at that time, leaning against the window to look at the scenery outside.

”Thanks for helping me that day,” She thanked Xiao Ye for reaching her in time.

Xiao Ye scratched his head and kept smiling as he stared at her, looking a little ashamed. ”I didn't do much that day. It was Third Young Master who came and dealt with that man after that.”

She furrowed her eyebrows, not fully understanding, and looked at him.

Xiao Ye explained, ”That day, Third Young Master came when you fainted. He threw that man onto the wall and bashed him half to death when he saw you lying on the ground. Third Young Master also got rid of the back ups that the man had mentioned on his way there, and he sent you to the hospital.”

Xiao Ye's words surprised her. ”You're saying that... Third Young Master hit him personally?”

”Yup.” Xiao Ye said, ”I couldn't believe it at first too. I've been here for so long, I've never seen Third Young Master do the work himself, I initially thought that he didn't know how to fight.”

The words Xiao Ye said made her turn silent. She had always thought that seeing Third Young Master before she fainted was a figment of her own imagination, she had never thought that he would come to save her one day.

Xiao Ye saw her deep in thought with her head lowered, seemingly unable to express herself, and finally spoke, ”Sister Lina... you like Third Young Master, don't you?”

She looked directly into Xiao Ye's eyes.

”I saw you standing guard outside unmoving when Third Young Master booked a hotel room with a girl, and even though no one else noticed... but I felt that... you seemed to be sad.”

How did other people react during the moment their secrets were revealed? Should she deny it to the death, or quarrel indignantly with the other person? But she did not seem to feel anything.

Seeing that she remained silent, Xiao Ye was a little awkward and scratched his nose. ”I'm sorry... Did I say too much?”

She finally spoke, ”When did you realize this?”

”Probably a year ago, for some time.” Xiao Ye asked, ”Have you told Third Young Master?”

”Do you want me to die?” She smiled.

Xiao Ye was a little shocked. ”It can't be that serious.”

”Third Young Master will never allow the people around him to have other thoughts. I've seen those girls he'd been with, none of them had a good end.” She gave a helpless smile. ”I don't want to become one of them.”

”If... Third Young Master thought you're that special one?”

She shook her head. ”Impossible... I'd rather believe Third Young Master will let me go one day, than believe in that.”

She suddenly felt a sense of relaxedness that she had never experienced before her secret was exposed. She had been guarding this secret alone for so many years, and nobody had ever talked about it before. She had even thought that the moment she would speak about it would be when something serious had happened to her. But now she realized that she could also talk about it in a relaxed manner one day.

”Then you're going to... stay like this...”

”I won't.” She did not finish speaking the next half of the sentence, which was, to give me more time.

Just give her more time, and I could personally bury this thought.

Third Young Master would never find out. She would be quick, and kill off this thought before Third Young Master realized it.

Xiao Ye reassured her that he definitely would not let Third Young Master find out about it for the umpteenth time that day. After she was discharged from the hospital, she returned back to working for Third Young Master and life seemed to return back to normal.

But things would still change a little in the end. After she had told Xiao Ye everything, her relationship with Xiao Ye seemed to have become more intimate, and Xiao Ye seemed to like talking to her more. After he had finished the missions assigned to him, he would always stay by her side, rambling non-stop, his eyes filled with happiness, and she did not even know what he was delighted about.

After she had come back from the hospital, she seemed to like smiling a little more. She liked chatting with Xiao Ye by her side. Even if she did not talk much herself, she always enjoyed hearing Xiao Ye talk to her as she did her work.

She felt that Xiao Ye was like her younger brother at first. Even if she did not have one. But she felt that if she had a younger brother, then he would definitely be like Xiao Ye. She was sure of it.

The people around them also noticed the changes in their relationship. She knew that they were definitely discussing whether she had hooked up with Xiao Ye behind their backs. She did not mind this much, and neither did she bother to explain herself. People would misunderstand even further if she did.

But what she did not expect was Third Young Master asking her whether she was together with Xiao Ye one day. He told her to break the relationship as soon as possible if she really was together with Xiao Ye. She wondered if Third Young Master would still be like this and break all the connections she had with the people around her if she was really dating in the future.

Was he hoping that she would always be that cold-blooded killer who relied on her beauty to steal people's hearts, that she could only be an emotionless tool.

She was not able to hold back her own desires, and asked Third Young Master a question for the first time.