Chapter 222 - Terrifyingly Fascinating (2/2)

”I found Destiny's treasure box that she kept really safe but I don't have the key to open it. To find the key, I have to solve the riddle that she left behind,” told Xiu and felt good that she finally had someone to share all of that with and especially when that someone was Darren.

Even if Darren couldn't help her through all of that, it was enough that he was someone who knew everything. Also, as long as he was beside her that was enough to keep her going and striving hard to finding the truth behind the girl named; Destiny Novell.

”What's the riddle?” asked Darren. ”Maybe I'd be of some help?”

”I say nothing yet you know, I have a name but I have to let it go. I have no mouth yet I tell a tale. I make you smile, I make you cry. I make memories come alive.” Xiu repeated the riddle right as she remembered it. ”Honestly, I have no clue what she's talking about since I never took interest in riddles in my whole life.”

”Focus on eating as well, your noodles will get soggy,” reminded Darren as he thought about this riddle as well.

Xiu finished her noodles in silence and went around the kitchen counter to wash the dishes when she came back, she noticed that Darren was still engrossed in thinking all by himself. She tapped his shoulder and said, ”You don't have to be that serious about it.”

”Aren't you in a hurry to learn about the mystery?” questioned Darren looking at her oddly.

”That's true that I want to know this mystery but that's not true that I'm in a hurry. I have learned how to be patient. If the answers are meant to be mine, they'll eventually come to me. Worrying about it so much won't help my cause at all.”

Darren touched her head as he said, ”You've really grown up now.” He took a pause before asking, ”But why do you want to know this mystery? Isn't life just alright without it for the past five years?”

”Even though life had been more than just fine for the past years, I still want to learn the truth. Because I want to know the person who gave me her life. I heard life is a mysterious thing even though each of us is writing our own tale, somehow or someway these tales of ours get intricately intertwined. I want to know just how my tale got connected with hers.”

The more he listened the more he understood her yearning to know that mystery. Living in someone else's body without knowing why could also be hell in itself.

Darren heaved a long sigh as he said, ”Hmm... These tales are really intricately intertwined. Just like yours and mine.”

”Ours is different,” said Xiu certainly.

”How?”

”Because our tales managed to connect even beyond the border of death. How fascinating. Or terrifying?”

Darren laughed at her reaction saying, ”It's terrifyingly fascinating.”

”Oh, that's a very true description,” agreed Xiu as she gave him two thumbs up in appreciation.

”Come, I'll take you home,” said Darren as he held her hand and walked out of the house to board the car. As they settled in the back seat of the car, Xiu's eyes were glued to the lone house that stood at the top of the hill. ”What's wrong, Sweets?”

Xiu peeled her eyes off of the house to turn her head towards Darren and said, ”I forgot to say thank you.”

”For what?”

Xiu pointed at the house saying, ”For making my only dream come to life even when I wasn't there to see it.”

Darren placed his arm around her shoulder and said, ”So what if you weren't there? I believed as long as your memories are here, it's worth it.”

”That's why I said thank you... For keeping me alive in your memories.”