317 Drinking Partners (1/2)

Xiu who had gone to explore the pantry didn't expect to stumble upon this scene between Yan Ying and Qiu Meihui. She had silently stood and listened to everything. It was a very bad habit to eavesdrop but even if she didn't try to eavesdrop, their voices were loud enough to reach her. She watched Yan Ying storming off and waited until Qiu Meihui stomped away before she came out and look at the mess.

She really didn't expect that her curiosity would be fed so soon with all the answers that had been running through her mind. But these answers left her in a very complicated mood. Cleaning up the mess from the floor, she poured the rest of the tea again in cups and took it outside with a heavy heart.

As she placed the tray down, Zhao Wei was the first one to speak, ”Xiu, why did you bring it? Where is Yingying?”

Xiu bit her lips before saying, ”Ying Jie made the tea and left. She got something to do.” The only reason why she dared to say this lie was because she had an intuition that Ying wasn't gonna come back inside.

Sure enough, just then Xin Zimen's phone buzzed, and after reading the text he said, ”That little lass ran off again. She said something urgent came up.”

”A new artifact must have come that's why she's so eager to leave,” Zhao Wei shook her head knowing Ying's nature very well.

Xiu was glad that they didn't notice that something was amiss. However, she overlooked the look that Xin Zimen and Qiu Jiayi shared. No matter how Ying would lie, they knew her very well.

”It's either your son,” began Qiu Jiayi.

”Or your daughter,” finished Xin Zimen.

They both shook their head as they whispered simultaneously, ”One of them definitely messed up again.” They had definitely hit the mark with that. After all, they both knew that the only people who could effect Ying in this house were either Xin Xiaoli or Qiu Meihui.

....

Yan Ying who had chosen to leave quietly was now sitting in a bar. There was no drink before her, she was merely staring into space with a blank look on her face. As her phone buzzed, she picked up the call without even looking at the caller id.

”Did you find my cousin?” came the voice from the other side.

Ying rolled her eyes as she replied, ”Cali, do you really think I am God? It's only been a few hours. Have some patience, will you?”

”I can't,” replied Cali sounding really tensed. ”I had a really bad dream and I just can't shake off this bad feeling from my heart. She's my only relative left. Do you know how that feels?”

Ying's eyes drooped down, ”Believe me, I do know how it feels.”

”Huh?”

”Nothing. How about grabbing a drink with me?” offered Ying out of nowhere.

Cali frowned at her words as she said, ”But you don't like drinking.”

”You're at the hotel?”

”Hmm...”

”I'll be down in a minute,” said Cali and hung up the call.