Chapter 92 - Live Happily (1/2)

'Why didn't he reply?' Darren thought about it all over again.

He remembered what happened... When she texted, 'What if I am?', he had placed his phone down without a reply but he picked it up again and typed, 'The idea doesn't sound as bad as I thought it would.' Reading his own reply, he wasn't sure anymore and backspaced everything.

He tried to type another reply, 'Am I supposed to be flattered?' But this time as well, he hesitated before pressing the send button. While he was hesitating, Dylan had come up behind him and said, ”I think both answers are good. Just hit the send button already.”

Darren glared at him and backspaced again before locking the screen. ”Why did you stop flirting? It was going so smoothly,” had said Dylan.

Darren slapped his head and said, ”I don't want to hit on her.”

Dylan's brows quirked up in surprise as he questioned, ”Why not? In the past five years, you dated girls to fill the void in your heart and life. Although it didn't work, still it's worth a shot. If you can't make it, just fake it.”

Darren didn't refute his words but said, ”She's not someone I want to fill my life's void with. She is a good friend.”

”Why? What's so different about her?” asked Dylan seriously but also answered his own question, ”Because she made you smile without even trying? Or because this neighbor managed to cross your walls of trust? What really is different about her?”

”She...” Darren didn't know how to say it. ”She reminded me of Ah-Xiu at more than one point.”

”Ah! So, she's my Goddess Xiu's replacement?” Dylan didn't say it like it was a question. His tone suggested it as a fact.

Darren glared at him and warned, ”Didi, Sweets is not anyone's replacement. I don't even look at her like that.”

Dylan shook his head at his friend and said, ”Daz, if she's not a replacement, then are you willing to replace Chen Xiu in your heart with this neighbor of yours?”

Darren was dumbstruck at his question. He knew it was almost impossible to replace Chen Xiu in his heart or life but he never thought of using Bai Xiu as a replacement as well. Then what was going on? What answer was he supposed to give?

”I have to leave for Capital. Bye!” Darren had left their conversation at that. But this left Dylan in a complicated situation as well.

Now that Xiu had brought up the question again, he still had no reply. He made her sit on the bench outside the convenience store and went inside. When he came back, he had a sobering drink in his hand, he uncapped it and passed it to her saying, ”Drink this and sober up. Then we'll talk about it.”

Dangling her legs like a kid, she drank the whole bottle in one go. She scrunched up her nose adorably as she passed the empty bottle back to him. Sitting beside her, his eyes were trained on her face. ”Gosh! You're making me curious. And I really don't want to be curious again.”

”Huh?” Xiu blinked her eyes at him inquisitively but he shook his head.

”Come, I'll take you home now. Sleep early, so you can wake up early,” he tugged at her arm but she refused to budge.