363 I Have Another Job (1/2)

Even before Xiu entered the lounge, she could hear soft giggles from inside. It made her smile instantly as she saw Nora playing with her daughter. She looked so different today. Was it weird that Xiu felt like she was willing to do anything to protect that smile on her best friend's face? Even if it was weird, she didn't care at all.

Nora was the first family to her and the rest came after that. She was the first person Xiu saw when she opened her eyes to this new life. That reason alone was enough to make Xiu depend on her. She really didn't know when or how it started, but Nora had become her reverse scale without a doubt now.

”Xiu, come here!” Nora called out her excitedly and as Xiu came close, she said, ”Look at her. She is so pretty.”

Xiu looked at the little girl in her hands and nodded, ”She is really pretty.”

”Hold her,” said Nora and without waiting for Xiu's reply, she passed Ava to Xiu. But seeing how awkward she looked, she shook her head, ”Don't be so stiff. Just relax. You used to be so good with Jackie, why are you acting like it's your first time holding a baby?”

Xiu could only sigh but she didn't reply. Just because she was at ease with Jackie didn't know she was fine with kids in general. Actually, if Xiu was being honest, she would say that she had literally no interest in kids. As a matter of fact, she had some kind of repulsion towards kids. Even though she wanted to grow out of the shadows of her past life but somethings don't just change that easily.

While Xiu was busy with her own thoughts, little Ava had already jumped back into her mother's arms. It reminded Xiu of something she read somewhere, the biggest betrayal you feel is when you're holding a baby and they open their arms for someone else. Like what the hell? But Xiu wasn't gonna say it out loud because the person she jumped over to was her own mother.

”Since you brought up the topic...” Xiu began looking at Nora. ”What are you planning to do now?”

”Huh? What do you mean?” questioned Nora distractedly.

Xiu took a deep breath. ”Don't forget that no-one back home knows about this little one.” Nora's smile froze as Xiu reminded her that important point. ”Not only you'll have to tell Clara mom and uncle Jing about this but you'll have a lot of explaining to do to little Jackie whose brain isn't really little at all.” Nora's heart dropped a bit. ”It's not that difficult to explain everything to Clara mom and uncle Jing with this cute little baby of yours. But Jackie is not that easy...”

Seeing Nora's reaction, Xiu bit her lips. She wanted to smack her head. Why did she bring this up right now? She really chose the wrong time to spout her nonsense!