Chapter 66 - Eternal Silence (1/2)

Xiu had always loved gifts. The mystery of wrapped gifts always made her excited like a kid. She really wanted to open the one that Darren gave her but she held herself back because of the promise. But when she thought about the promise again, she felt despondent. 'I don't think happiness is anywhere in my life. Does that mean I'll never get to open this gift? Urgh! I should re-negotiate the terms of this promise.'

With those thoughts, she placed the gift in a cabinet in her room. For the first time, Xiu felt like this gift wasn't just wrapped in a gift paper, it was actually wrapped in a wish. A wish for her happiness. That thought was weird but her heart was inclined on believing that. With a long sigh, she fell down on her bed again planning to sleep for the rest of the day.

She was thinking about the clue that Darren gave her. Something she asked for? But what did she ask for? She tried to remember but instead of the memory, her headache was coming back. So, she decided to just give up. Let the mystery stay as a mystery. A tiny little devil on her left shoulder was checking her nails as she said, 'Gr.a.p.es are really sour.'

Xiu felt like punching that tiny thing. Okay, she was giving up because she could remember, but did she have to point it out like this?!

”Xiu!” Nora entered her room and sat beside her on the bed. ”What do you think about Darren?”

”What? What am I supposed to think? He's a nice man. Nicer than anyone I've ever met. Wait, he's the second nicest person in my.” Xiu rephrased her words as a certain person came to her mind out of the blue.

”Who's first?” Nora asked curiously.

Xiu turned her face away saying, ”Definitely not you.”

”You!” Nora picked up a pillow and hit it on Xiu's head. ”I'm so nice to you and I'm still not at the top?”

Xiu sat up and faced Nora with a serious face, ”Look, Nora. I know you're really nice. But the person on the top of my list is someone nobody can compete with. Sorry!”

Nora didn't push this matter as she could see that Xiu looked really serious. ”Anyways, why are you nice to Darren?”

”What do you mean?” Xiu placed the pillow in her lap and supported her face on her hands.

”I mean, I know Darren is nice as a person. But you... You certainly can't be described as a nice person.” Nora spoke honestly without sugar-coating her words as always.

Xiu thought about what she just said. She indeed wasn't nice as Bai Xiu. Chen Xiu was the one described as a good girl. As Bai Xiu, she had already changed that image of a good girl to a cold devil. But then why was she nice to Darren? The answer to this question was simple, Darren saw her when she was crumbling again from inside, he heard her lies at the hot spring. He always saw her most embarrassing states and yet he never really laughed at her.

And how many people were there in the world who would actually lend you a hand when you fell instead of laughing at you? In Xiu's life, Darren was the third person who offered her a hand. The second was Nora and first was someone really special to her.