413 Fortunate Families (1/2)

Xiu was equally amazed and dumbfounded when she finally learned what actually was going on in this family. From her perspective, everything seemed so simple and yet these people had made it seem so complicated.

Standing outside Nora's room, she knocked on the door and waited. Getting no response, she was getting impatient. ”Nora! Open the door before I tear it down!”

Still no response. Wow! This girly was really acting stubbornly.

”If you didn't open the door, I'm gonna take my bat to beat Ah-Si once again!”

*Click!*

Xiu smirked to herself. The threats always work. Why can't people hear her out when she's being nice and all? They just have to push her to use her threats.

Xiu walked inside the room following the sullen-looking Nora who seemed like her soul had left her body. ”Can you at least do something about your hair?” Nora pushed her hair from her face and looked at her.

”Happy?”

Xiu shook her head. ”Not really.” Nora was about to sit down when Xiu held her hand and dragged her out of the room.

”Hey! Xiu'er! What are you doing?!”

Although Nora seemed stronger than Xiu physically, Xiu was still able to drag her out and bring her downstairs without any trouble. No matter how Nora tried to hit her, slap her, kick her, squirm her way out, it didn't work.

Xiu dragged her before her parents and let her hand go saying, ”I used to think that Dylan is the most immature person I've come across in my life but I have to disagree with myself now. You're worse than him.” She poked her head making Nora wince. ”Instead of trying to find a way to make it up to your parents, you decided to lock yourself in the room? What are you? Four? What kind of tantrums are you throwing at this age?”

Nora looked at Xiu with an aggrieved look on her face. ”I wasn't throwing any tantrums. They both didn't want to see me so I just decided to stay out of their way!”

Xiu rolled her eyes and sighed out, ”Clara mom and Uncle Jing, you don't want to see her now?”

”We never said that,” they both denied firmly.

”But...” Nora turned her eyes towards her parents. ”You both just turned away from me.”

Xiu smacked on her head without holding back, ”And that's why you got so moody? They needed time. Is it that wrong?”

”Are you really trying to take their side now?”

”Oh, shut up!” Nora immediately sealed her lips when she saw the look in Xiu's eyes. ”Have you ever thought about how lucky you are to have such parents? I'm willing to exchange everything for a chance to have parents like yours.” Nora's brows drew together. ”They always loved you. And when you let them down, they are still not disappointed in you. Heck! They are not even angry with you. You really don't know how lucky you are to have them.”

Nora again looked at her parents who didn't try to talk between them. But she could see how her father held her mother in his arms as if to silently support her.

”Instead of disappointment and anger, they both are sad. Not because you let them down, but because you chose to share your pain with your grandmother rather than them who stood by you at every step of the way!”

”I know I wasn't supposed to go to grandma but what could I do? I had seen how mom raised me all on her own. I had seen how much she went through as a single mother. She had finally found her happiness with dad. I didn't want to come between them. I was truly lost. I didn't know what to do...” Nora's voice broke down as her tears fell down again.

Clara came up to Nora and held her face up while wiping her tears. ”If you felt lost, you should have come to mom. I was supposed to show you the way. How could you not even believe in me?”