Chapter 287 - A Rescue Tale (1/2)

Darren finally got the gist of the situation. Now, he finally could say that Xin Zimen wasn't omnipotent. That man was also scared of something.

He went inside to check up on Ava and Ah-Si and decided to leave only after he was certain that everything was okay. Outside, on the driveway when he was walking towards his car, he heard a feminine voice.

”Tsk tsk tsk. How can you even cry at this age, Zi?”

Darren stopped walking and looked around to find where this voice was coming from. It took him a minute to find the owner of the voice sitting on the grass beside Xin Zimen.

”Your granddaughter is absolutely fine now. So, you can stop worrying,” said Ying again since the person beside her was really not paying attention to her. ”Zi!!!” she shook his arm violently. ”Don't ignore me like your son.”

Xin Zimen finally looked up at the girl beside him and said, ”I don't even know how to thank you.”

”Why don't you?” retorted Yan Ying while she wiped the tears from his face and went on, ”Just say thank you, it's that easy.”

Seeing her laughing even at this time to cheer him up, he was really lost for words. Perhaps, Brother Kuan was right. This little girl was indeed stronger than him. Or at least, she was better at pretending.

Xin Zimen touched her head gently and said, ”Thank you, Ying! If it hadn't been for you… I'd have really lost another person.”

Yan Ying sighed dramatically as she blinked her eyes saying, ”Don't say such touching words. You'd make me cry.”

”Be serious for a minute,” warned Xin Zimen seeing her theatrics. ”I honestly don't know how to repay you for everything that you do for my family.”

”Ying is honestly flattered to hear that but… that's enough for today.” She dusted off her jeans as she got up and added, ”I might really cry if you kept being like this and Ying is in no mood to shed a tear.”

With a flamboyant flip of her hair, she walked away from him towards the driveway and was stunned to her place when she found Darren looking at her inquisitively.

”You heard that, didn't you?” questioned Yan Ying knowing the answer very well. Darren nodded his head honestly. There was no need to lie to her. ”Damn it! Why is it that I always find you eavesdropping?”

Darren shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly before he held her from her shoulder and dragged her to a side while she complained, ”Hey! It's hurting!” She finally shook off his hand away when they were quite a distance away from their original position as she muttered, ”Can't you go easy on me?” She gritted her teeth while she pressed on her shoulder with her other hand.

Darren frowned at her girly reaction but seeing a scarlet liquid dripping down her hand, his eyes widened, ”What happened to you?”

”Oh, thanks for noticing!” retorted Yan Ying before cursing her luck.

”Ying?”

”What?!”

”Would you like to enlighten me what's going on or do you want me to go and ask Uncle Zi himself?”

”Ah!” Ying held him back. ”Don't! Let him forget this incident. I'll tell you. I'll tell you everything as always.”

Darren smiled in satisfaction and tapped his foot on the ground impatiently, ”Please, start talking then.”

She glared at Darren before muttering, ”Bloody bastard! Broke my stitches and now want me start talking as if I'm a parrot!”

”What are you muttering to yourself?”

Yan Ying gave him a fake smile. ”I was just wondering whether your girlfriend knows that there is a gangster hiding behind that beautiful face of yours?”