Chapter 195 - Someone To Lean On (1/2)

Xiu entered the apartment with a dreamy look on her face and a huge grin plastered on her lips. But seeing Clara carefully watering the plant that Darren gave her, she tried to hide her expressions.

”Don't hide it, sweetie. Love isn't that easy to hide.”

Xiu heard Clara's voice and wondered how she knew what expression she had. After all, Clara wasn't looking at Xiu at all. Xiu cleared her throat to hide her embarrassment as she said, ”Who said anything about love?”

Clara looked at her stubborn expression and said, ”Little Xiu, I might not be your mother but I can still read your eyes. Especially, the way you looked at that guy. You're in it way too deep already. And I'm not complaining at all.”

Xiu didn't know how to refute that so she decided to stay silent over this matter. Clara held her hands and took her to the couch. They settled down and Clara said, ”But I think that your Darren is in it on a whole different level.” Xiu raised her brows in question and Clara went on, ”Do you know what violet flowers represent?” Xiu shook her head. ”They represent loyalty, devotion, and faithfulness. He's devoting all of himself to you.”

Xiu laughed it off saying, ”Mom, I don't think he was thinking that deeply. He just loves giving me flowers. There is no meaning behind it.”

”He gave you more flowers?” asked Clara in surprise.

Xiu nodded her head and opened the gallery of her cellphone as she started showing her the photos of all the flowers that he sent and the little notes attached to those bouquets. ”See, he's just crazy and too cheezy.”

Clara looked through each photo with a hidden smile and said in a small voice, ”Wow, he's romantic.” Xiu raised her brows again in question and Clara hit her head lightly as she said, ”Silly girl, he made a damn confession with flowers and you're still clueless? I thought you had an IQ of 180+.”

Xiu didn't understand her meaning at all but when she linked each flower with the words he wrote, her mind was blown completely. The journey of flowers began from the time he sent her Forget-me-nots with a silly poem. Clearly, that was easy to understand since the flower literally meant that he was asking her to remember him in his absence. He clearly asked her to think of him if she felt sad.

The next delivery was of pink carnations when she discharged from the hospital and the note with that said, ”Just because it wasn't obvious enough.” At that time, Xiu had no clue what he meant but now when she noticed, she realized that pink carnations literally meant, ”I will never forget you.” So, that means his note was referring to the meaning behind the flower. As he added up the meaning of two flowers saying, ”If you'll remember me, I won't forget you either. Like a sign of mutual remembrance.”

As she figured this much, she got really curious to know about the rest. And the next bouquet was of red camellia flowers with a note that read, ”It's really in your hands. Because I certainly believe that you're THAT significant one.” This one was even trickier and only now she understood after looking up on the internet that red camellia's had a double meaning. In general, it's royal meaning is, 'My destiny is in your hands.' As for specifically red blooms, they represent the significant other.

Connecting all the dots, Xiu's mind was reeling. That was such a tricky confession and yet it moved her heart from the bottom. He had constructed the whole thing so meticulously that Xiu really wanted to just... hug him and never let go again. It was beautiful in its own crazy and silly way.