331 Tongue-Tied (1/2)

Use your words wisely.

Xiu actually felt like today she understood the meaning of this sentence in a perfect sense. The words you use to describe others can often be used to perfectly describe you. For instance, in the case of Xiu, she loved calling Dylan a dumb person. But today, at this very moment, she wanted to use the same word for herself.

DUMB!

IDIOT!

BLABBERMOUTH!

Most of all, BLIND!

She was repeatedly condemning herself for having a single-track mind. Xiu would never hesitate to accept that she had flaws. Like she was selfish, hypocrite, sometimes a liar as well. But she never thought that her being a single-track minded person was also a flaw. That's something she only realized now.

The woman before Xiu's eyes looked to be in her forties but if one asked Xiu, she'd love to mention that Francesca could even outshine her beauty even at that age. She was stunning and those eyes that reminded her of Darren's radiated an irresistible charm like her son's which made Xiu believe that Darren definitely inherited his charms from this woman.

Xiu was flustered now realizing how she just acted like a clingy little girlfriend before her mother-in-law. Damn! Someone just kill me right now! This is so damn embarrassing! Xiu wanted to cry but had no tears. This had to be one of her most embarrassing moments in both her lives. How she wished the ground to open and swallow her whole.

Now her only hope was that Francesca didn't understand her stupid chatter. Yup! That's the thread of hope, I'm gonna hold with dear life. Xiu struggled to lift up her mood optimistically. However, Francesca's next words dumped her newfound optimism to a place where she really didn't dare to find it anymore.

”Don't look at me like that. If I'm disturbing, I can find my way out...”

Although Francesca's Mandarin wasn't perfect, it still was enough to tell Xiu that her mother-in-law definitely understood her words. Great!! How awesome my life is! Note the sarcasm here!!!

Xiu felt Darren's hands on her shoulders as he pushed her towards his mother and finally spoke out, ”Mama, you were so eager to meet my Sweets and now, you want to leave?”

”I just thought I should leave some privacy for you both,” said Francesca clearly in a teasing voice. She looked at her son before turning her eyes to Xiu who had yet to utter a word. It actually looked like she lost her voice. Well, at least that's what she felt inside. ”How about you get the introductions out of the way...”

Darren nodded his head. ”As you can already guess, Mama, this is my Sweets. My girlfriend. The only one I so eagerly wanted to introduce to you.”

”Sweets...”

”For you, mama, it's Xiu. She's only my Sweets. You can't call her that.”

”Oh, so possessive now. How mean of you!” Francesca looked at Xiu again with a smile. ”Hello there, my Regi's Sweets.”

Xiu slowly bowed her head a little as she tried to speak, ”Hi!”

Darren slid close to his mother and began, ”Sweets, this is my mother. Francesca Salvay.”

Now that Darren stood beside Francesca Xiu was again stunned. No matter how she looked at it, it was really hard to believe that Darren was actually Francesca's son. She looked too young for that. Besides, Xiu was more willing to believe that they were siblings rather than mother-son.