Chapter 21 - A Supermarket Encounter (2/2)

Dylan glared at her. ”Just because you're a girl I'm being a gentleman otherwise...”

Xiu stood up with ease disregarding his words as she turned to leave and said over her shoulder, ”Keep your chivalry to yourself. I am an independent woman. I don't need it from someone like you.”

Dylan was stumped for words for a while before he shouted at her back, ”Don't let me find you again!”

”Don't wanna see you again as well, Uncle,” Xiu replied with a sickly sweet smile which made him cringe.

Xiu left Dylan in his pitiful state right there on the floor and came to join Nora at the checkout counter. Coincidently, the mother-son pair from earlier were also right ahead of them.

Xiu turned to Nora and winked at her as she started wailing, ”Ahhh! Nora, my tooth is hurting.”

Nora had already gotten the hint as she also made an anxious face and said, ”Oh my! That's why I warned you to stop eating those candies. You must have gotten cavities from all that sugar consumption.”

The kid ahead of them looked at them making his eyes big. His mother was also looking at Xiu and Nora in confusion.

”Now what?” Xiu asked with another scream of pain.

”Let me take you to the dentist.” Nora held Xiu's hand as if ready to pull her out of here.

But Xiu resisted like a kid and with glossy eyes said, ”I don't want to. The dentist will use that big needle to poke into my mouth. It'll hurt a lot. Also, my face will swell up and all my friends will call me ugly.”

The kid ahead of them gasped as he held his mother's hand tightly. His face looked horrified. ”Mom, I don't want candies ever again.” His mother looked surprised as she looked at both Xiu and Nora, she felt a bit guilty for her remark. She judged their intention too soon. Even though their way of giving the message was too peculiar but it worked on a five-year-old very well.

As Xiu watched the mother-son pair leaving the supermarket, both friends did their signature fist bump dramatically.

”And as always, my baby Xiu'er is the best actress.” Nora praised Xiu who flipped her hair off her shoulder- even when all her hair were tied up in a bun.

”I told you, I was the most amazing actress in my past life,” Xiu replied sincerely.

”Yes, yes. And I was the ruler of the seven seas.” Nora obviously took her words to be a joke as she played along.

But Xiu wasn't backing off either as she replied, ”Oh my! Your Majesty, you bestowed me with your friendship...” She wiped her non-existent tears and continued, ”Now, this peasant of yours can die in peace.” She was curtsying like a noble lady as she lifted her eyes and met with Nora's amused gaze.

Both friends burst out laughing happily without any regard for the others around them. They really knew how to live in their own bubble. Perhaps, that's why both of them didn't realize that someone was intently looking towards their antics.

With a soft look in his eyes, Darren couldn't stop himself from following Xiu from the moment he saw her at the checkout counter. And that drama of hers really took him by surprise. Just as he said before, she really knew how to change her shades in the blink of an eye. He was definitely entertained.

”Daz, let's never come to this supermarket ever again!” Dylan's voice broke Darren's gaze as he turned to see the black face of his best friend. Dylan looked like he was on the verge of exploding.

”What ticked you off now?” Darren asked offhandedly while turning to look in Xiu's direction but couldn't find her anymore. He felt slightly disappointed.

”That little monster!” Dylan gritted out. He didn't even have to explain anything and Darren already could figure out who he was talking about.

”She met you here as well?” Dylan nodded his head while Darren sighed out, ”You said we won't go to that convenience store since she met you there. Then you stopped driving your Ferrari just because you again bumped into her because of that car. And now, we are even not allowed to come to this supermarket?” Dylan again nodded his head but this time, Darren slapped the back of his head saying, ”Knock yourself out of it already! Just say you don't want to help me buy my daily necessities.”

”I'm serious,” Dylan argued but Darren kept on ignoring his childish behavior.