373 Not The One (1/2)

”Strange. Strange. Super-duper strange.” Xin Zimen had been mumbling to himself as he left the room which Xiu was in and turned the corner to go back into his study.

”What's strange?” he heard the question as soon as he entered the study where Xin Kuan had been waiting for him.

Xin Zimen went around his desk as he spoke with a sad grimace, ”It's strange that I feel such a weird familiarity with that little lass. I can't even describe it...” He was feeling exasperated as he shook his head.

”Sometimes familiarity doesn't have a name,” said Xin Kuan. He was about to continue when the door of the study was pushed open with a strong force and a figure washed in anger and burning in fiery fire strode inside.

Ying's every step sounded like she was a grim reaper who brought a letter of death. Especially when she slammed the envelope in her hand on Xin Zimen's desk right in front of him while her eyes never stopped glaring at him dangerously.

Xin Zimen calmly looked at her then looked at the envelope before he stretched his hand to take it but Ying's hand was still on the envelope. She was still in the same position as before. Not letting him see what was inside that envelope.

”I have questions for you,” she spoke trying to keep her voice level. ”What was your relationship with Carina Novell? Did you really have an affair with her? If yes, then how could you? She was your wife's friend! Are you really a cheater? But if not, then did you and aunt Ai chose her as a surrogate mother?” The more she spoke the more her voice was rising higher. ”Or did she steal your girl? But my aunt Fei said that you hate Carina Novell and that doesn't make sense to me at all. Wait, did she really kidnap your daughter?”

Xin Zimen stood up from his leather chair and came around to stand beside her as he placed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her down on the chair. Then he picked a glass of water and offered it to her, ”Breathe. You really need to breathe first.”

Ying drank the whole glass of water and looked up at him. ”I need some answers here.”

Xin Zimen chuckled softly, ”Your imagination is running wild. I must say, it's running wilder.”

Ying frowned at him. ”What do you mean?”

”Say something before she goes crazy making all these nonsense scenarios in her head,” Xin Kuan's voice made Xin Zimen nod his head.

Xin Zimen sat at the chair in front of her and looked at her with his mouth set in a hard line. The way he prolonged his silence made Ying's heart to beat wildly in anxiousness. She really didn't know what she wanted to hear from him at this point but she needed to hear something. And only he could answer her.

”Say something,” she urged while shaking his hand.

”Huh?” Ying's frown came back as she stared at him in confusion.

”She was Wen Ai's friend but that doesn't mean I met her or knew her.”

”Then was she really a surrogate? Or a kidnapper?”

Xin Zimen hit her head and rolled his head, ”Silly girl! Why did you not think that the DNA sample Brother Kuan gave you wasn't mine, to begin with?” She gaped at him in disbelief while he added, ”You assumed all kinds of ridiculous things except for this one.”