Chapter 23 - Lost Her Way (1/2)

Sitting under the shade of trees, Xiu's eyes wandered up to look at that clear blue sky. A defiant sky looked back at her. Living through two lives, Xiu had walked under the same sky countless times. Sometimes she found it dark, angry, crying bitter tears of rain, hailing, firing away its heat, or just looking like brimstone.

But there were rare days like today when the sky looked serene, dappled by the clouds. That vast sky akin to the ocean and those beautiful clouds akin to molted feathers of an angel.

”Won't you be joining us, Ms. Bai?” Bo Jiu's voice broke Xiu's calming therapy of enjoying herself under this beautiful clear day. With a clenched jaw, she gave Bo Jiu a hard look.

”No,” that monosyllable reply was enough to back off Bo Jiu who got the hint and left her alone.

Since her whole rhythm was already disturbed, Xiu decided to watch her colleagues play. It was quite obvious that none of them were taking it very seriously. They all just came to enjoy themselves, who would bother about the game rules. Only now she noticed, that she was the only one dressed like someone who was here to play golf. And ironically, she was the only one keeping her distance from golf clubs.

While the other ladies were all dressed to impress. As for who they wanted to impress, she neither knew nor cared.

”If you're gonna sit here, why did you come?” Manager Li came to rebuke Bai Xiu for keeping her distance again. Why was it that being so young, Bai Xiu didn't like interacting with people? Manager Li couldn't understand her at all. Rather, she found this girl frustrating.

”Because you forced me to,” Bai Xiu answered plainly, in all honesty; making Manager Li gape at her in disbelief. This honest nature of hers was the reason she found her too difficult to handle.

”You little lass, I'm your superior. Can't you for once try to be nice to me? Perhaps I'll give you a promotion.” Manager Li's words were like they fell on a deaf ear. Because Xiu was still treating her like an invisible being.

”You might get a heart attack at this age if I started being nice to you. And I don't want that. I care for you.” Xiu's words made Manager Li place her hand on her neck as she felt like her blood pressure was shooting up because of this uncaring girl. How could she even curse her like this? Right at her face! And she even called her old!

”Okay, okay! Stay a damn lunatic!” With a huff, Manager Li left her alone.

Xiu watched her leaving and a smile bloomed on her face. It was quite easy to mess with this superior of hers. But this lady looked cute when she was angry, so Xiu did it at every chance she got. Xiu picked up the golf club which Manager Li forgot and looked at it carefully. While twisting it in her hands, she could easily tell that this was pitching wedge (a type of golf club).

Bai Xiu might have despised golf as per Nora's words, but Xiu didn't. At least, not until she was Chen Xiu. She learned it diligently under her mother's orders, only to fit into the elite class of Capital City. She was talented in golf, even beyond her mother's expectations but to give a face to those pampered socialites, she had to lose oftentimes.

What a pity that she buried her talents only to be acknowledged by people who didn't matter from the beginning. Once Xiu even thought of becoming a professional golf player because her instructor was impressed by her talent. But her mother didn't let that happen. At that time, Xiu had realized that she was just a stand-in doll who was supposed to achieve those heights of fame that her mother couldn't do so in her youth.

With a sigh, Xiu dropped the golf club and stood up from the grass and dusted off her clothes.

”When are we having lunch, I'm hungry.” Xiu's voice broke the chattering of everyone as they looked at her in astonishment. When did Bai Xiu start to care about food? Wasn't she always skipping lunch? No one had ever seen her eating in the company's cafeteria. And she never went out of the office during lunch hours either. Feeling their curious gazes a bit annoying, she gave a look that seemed to say, ”What? Never seen someone hungry before?”