Chapter 116 - Its The First Time (1/2)

Xiu had recently read online that in a research conducted by a behavioral economist and Duke professor Dan Ariely showed that highly controversial questions on a first date actually helps people in understanding the emotions and values of a person. Run-of-the-mills questions like work, family, and hobbies are meaningful but they don't provide the emotions that you're often looking for.

As they walked around after the dinner, Xiu looked at the side of Darren's face and asked, ”Have you ever broken someone's heart?” Darren ended up choking on air as he coughed as her out of the blue question. Xiu rubbed his back slowly and thought, 'Wasn't that a highly controversial question? What's with the reaction?'

”Are you serious about this question?” He asked after he stopped coughing.

”Uh-huh,” was Xiu's reply.

Darren stayed quiet for a second before saying, ”I don't know about others. But there is indeed one heart that I broke.”

”Others? Do that others refer to the ones you dated before?” Xiu stood before him looking at his face while Darren tried to look away.

This was definitely so not what he had expected. ”Sweets, trust me you don't wanna go down that road.”

”Why not? How many did you date? There must be a number?”

”What if I lost count a long time ago?” retorted Darren as he looked back at her.

It was close to midnight and there wasn't a single soul in sight at this time. Perhaps that's why the silence between them felt eerie for a second.

”I don't believe that. You don't look like a casanova,” said Xiu after thinking for a moment.

Darren flicked her forehead lightly as he said, ”You really... Forget it, I don't even know what to say to you.”

”So, why did you broke that person's heart?” Xiu still didn't let it go as she asked.

Darren breathed out through his mouth before he said, ”It's not like I wanted to. I promised her I'll come to see her but... Something unexpected happened and I didn't keep my promise. The last message she sent me was that I really broke her heart. I thought it'd be fine once I see her later but who knew she wasn't gonna give me another chance.”

When he talked like this Xiu really had more and more inkling that Darren sounded just like him. She always found Darren's voice pleasing but she didn't realize it until today that his voice held so much resemblance to someone else'. In her own thoughts, she didn't hear most part of his answer as well. It was a pity, she missed out on something very important.

But seeing how he looked depressed and dejected, she realized she had touched a very sensitive topic. She didn't feel good seeing him like this at all.