354 A Gues (1/2)

”Ying Jie!”

Xiu couldn't tell why but she was genuinely so happy to see Yan Ying standing at her door. Perhaps, it was because of the comfortable feeling that she brought to her, but no matter the reason, Xiu really liked her only after meeting her twice or so.

”Hi!” Ying waved at her with a smile saying, ”I actually came over to see Regan but he isn't home. And I think I heard from someone that you live right opposite his unit. So, I decided to give this to you. It'll be a waste otherwise.”

Ying had intentionally chosen this time to appear when Darren wasn't home. She had to go through so much trouble of making a whole set of the lunch box to bring with her before she came up with this stupid excuse. She was waiting for Xiu's reaction now.

”That's wonderful. Come inside,” she offered and while Ying was startled at how enthusiastic she appeared to be, Xiu had already dragged her inside.

”Oh, Dylan? I didn't know you're here,” said Ying with a bit of surprise. She really didn't know Dylan was here. What was he doing here on a weekend though?

Instead of answering her, Dylan pointed at the lunch box in her hands and asked, ”What's in that? I'm hungry.”

Ying placed it down on the coffee table and as soon as she opened the lid, the delicious aroma wafted out making the two hungry people drool at the sight of the food before them.

Miso soup. Tempura. Spring rolls. Yangchow fried rice.

The four leveled lunch box contained everything drool-worthy. Ying definitely went overboard just trying to come up with an excuse to see Xiu. But actually, she wanted to do this much for Xiu since this young girl had been very pleasing to her eyes from the very beginning.

”Comrade, it's time to attack,” said Dylan as he rubbed his hands eagerly.

”Wash your hands first,” nagged Xiu making him groan but he still got up to wash up his hands.

While those two went to wash their hands, it allowed Ying to look around her apartment. She had spent the previous night in her office going through the details she had found. But no matter how she looked, the result was the same. Xiu was Destiny Novell. But that wasn't the truth that was shocking to her. Other than that information, she had received two more important clues.

One; Xiu was suffering from retrograde amnesia.

Two; Her teams couldn't find anything related to Destiny Novell for so long because the information regarding her had been sealed within their own syndicate's server.

Shocked? Ying was more than just shocked now.

First, she needed to confirm whether Xiu had recovered her memory or not. Second, she needed to know how Xiu was associated with her syndicate. But if Xiu really had no memory, the second one was gonna be a lot tricky to find out about. However, she had never given up so easily and she wasn't going to do it even now.

For now, her first and foremost mission was to collect a DNA sample. Before anything, she had to confirm Xiu's relationship with Xin Zimen. She had already gotten Xin Zimen's DNA sample which was quite easy since she just had to ask Uncle Kuan for it.

”Ying Jie, why are you just standing there?” Xiu came back with her hair tied in a messy bun at the top of her head. ”Sit down, be comfortable. It's only me and Dylan here. Even my roommate is not around. Oh, I so wanted her to meet you.”

”Your roommate?” asked Ying pretending like she knew nothing about Nora.

”Yeah. Nora is more like a sister than a roommate though. But today, she's not around. I'd make sure to introduce you to her soon.” Taking a pause she asked, ”Would you like something? Coffee? Tea? Juice?”

”Water is fine,” replied Ying politely.

Xiu went to get water for her but she heard Ying asking, ”I'd like to use the restroom.”

”Oh, you can go to the one in my room. My room is on the left side,” instructed Xiu since Dylan was in the guest restroom, she could only send her to her own room.

And that was exactly what Ying had hoped for. Because arriving at the restroom, the only thing she did was taking Xiu's toothbrush for the DNA test. ”I feel like a thief right now, but I have to be discreet about it. I'm so sorry little one.” She didn't even know why she was apologizing. But she felt bad for sneaking around Xiu without her knowledge of what she was up. For the first time, Ying felt like a bad person for invading someone's privacy.

When she came back, she heard Xiu reprimanding Dylan, ”Can't you wait for Ying Jie? How can you start eating even before her? She's the one who brought all this.”