Chapter 88 - Sick Of It (1/2)
Have you ever gotten to a junction of life where life forced you to wonder; Wonder how different life could have been if that 'one thing' didn't happen? If you had chosen to take the left turn instead of the right one? What if you hadn't met that one person? Could anything really be different today? Or was it just our wishful thinking?
Xiu wouldn't lie, she had cried all her tears because of that one moment. The moment she had fallen in love with Zhou Jinhai. It hurt her to a point of no return and yet, she was stubborn about being a strong person. She was that stubborn and solid person, who wiped her own tears knowing no one else will and went along with the day like any normal person.
Fate seemed to be playing an elaborated joke with her. She was supposed to start over. She had just decided to give her heart another chance. But with a single phone call, she was sucked back into that past she despised. As they say, wherever you go, whatever you do, past will always follow you.
Xiu slammed her chopsticks down on the table startling all her colleagues who were engrossed in their own gossips. Xiu had stayed quiet all this while. Even though her body was with them, her mind wasn't. But no more!
The shadow of Chen Xiu's past of bitter memories... Xiu would never let it ruin Bai Xiu's present. Under the curious and strange gazes of her colleagues, Xiu placed her hand over her heart, 'Right. I'm Bai Xiu. How can I let Bai Xiu's heart beat for the same rotten, cheap, brainless, heartless ignorant? No! I can't let that happen! I won't let that happen! As Blair Waldorf once said, ”We can't let the men of our past define us.” 1 '
Xiu finally noticed the weird looks she was receiving and smiled awkwardly. ”Let me pour you a drink,” Gu Lili offered and Xiu nodded in return readily to get over this moment of awkwardness.
”Ms. Bai, you've been quite famous in the company since you joined,” Yao Tianyu started the conversation to involve Xiu noticing how distant she was.
”Really? Are you sure the word you're looking for is not 'notorious' instead of 'famous'?” Yao Tianyu ended up coughing at her indifferent remark. With just one answer, he managed to somewhat understand Xiu's personality and decided to stay quiet. However, some people were classic examples of ignorants.
”I heard you've been named 'Heartless Witch'. How many hearts did you break to get that title?”
”Oh, there was another name of 'Pompous Demotivator'. You seem quite experienced in raining on other's parades.”
”Some people say Ms. Bai is too full of herself and never gives a face to others.”
This trio of Fu Suyin, Liu Jinjing and Wang Hualing were the same girls who were punished by Dylan earlier in the week. But seeing them being so gossipy here again, Xiu could only smile which didn't even look like a smile. Some people never learn their lessons. It was her own mistake for expecting to have a quiet dinner.
Xiu gulped down her glass of Baiju and turned to face them as she spoke, ”Why don't you be honest? Just be straightforward and say that I am notorious as a crazy bitch. Yes, I broke plenty of hearts but what can I do, I was given an opportunity to do so. Didn't you get a chance to break a couple of hearts?”
Let's call the trio of gossipy girls were shocked since that's exactly what they had heard about Xiu from others. It was completely unexpected to see that Xiu wasn't even the least bit affected by their words. Instead, she was attacking them so blatantly.