Chapter 75 - Flashes Of Memory (2/2)
”What about him?” Her mother asked indignantly. ”Do you think he loves you as well?” Xiu looked up at her earnestly as if silently telling her that he loves her. ”Don't fool yourself, Xiu. He is one of those people who got their wealth on the silver platter from birth. People like him only know how to value their status. Definition of love for them is a lot different.”
”Don't you want to see your own daughter happy?” Xiu found a new wave of confidence as she confronted her. ”Or are you scared that if he married me then you'll lose your money-making machine? Oh, no. You must be jealous since your own relationship didn't work, you don't want mine to work as well.”
”Ptak!” A slap was delivered right across her face but instead of feeling baffled, Xiu was left numb again. ”Yes, I am a mother who is using her own daughter for money. Happy?” She held Xiu's arms and shook her, ”But I won't let you question the failure of my relationship. Don't forget that you also came into this life because of that same failed relationship.”
Xiu lowered her face. She knew she had touched her mother's sour spot but she couldn't help it herself as she continued, ”Perhaps that's why I am a failure as well.”
She watched her mother walking inside the kitchen and when she came back she held a cup of hot chocolate. There was no expression on her mother's face.
”You don't want me to interfere in your personal life, I won't.” Xiu heard her mother's voice when she took the cup from her hand. ”From now on, I'll only work as your manager. There is no point in showing my concern as a mother since you don't need a mother anymore. You're old enough to make your own decisions.”
Xiu opened her mouth to say something but her mother had already turned to leave. She stopped midway of the flight of stairs and said, ”It's a stormy night. Sleep in your old room.” With that, she watched her mother leaving without even turning to look.
*End of Flashback*
Coming back to the present, Xiu closed the window through which she had been looking at the gloomy city dyed in darkness and rain.
To think of that memory now, Xiu was really surprised to realize that her mother's concern turned out to be true. Her mother always said he won't be hers. But she wasn't willing to believe her. Her mother warned her that families like his will play dirty just to throw her out of his life like a useless fly. But she didn't listen. All because she believed in the power of love.
Fixing the dr.a.p.es, she snickered to herself, ”So much for love. Sheesh!”
It was strange but now these memories didn't bring those tears as they used to do. With all the changes going on in her life, she felt like those memories were so distant that they often didn't seem like they belonged to her.
But then again, come to think of it, those memories really didn't belong to her anymore. Those were Chen Xiu's memories. Chen Xiu who chose to die on that balcony. Chen Xiu who was scared of thunderstorms and friendship.
Now, she was Bai Xiu. Bai Xiu who loved everything about thunderstorms. Bai Xiu who had friends... Genuine ones. Bai Xiu who was willing to fight just to live. Bai Xiu who was not just a memory.