457 Little Sister (1/2)
”Why are you sulking?” joked Yan Ying. Xiu harrumphed in response and refused to look at Ying. Since Xiu's silence was bothering her, Ying stopped the car at the side and poked Xiu's shoulder, ”Hey, are you not gonna talk to me?”
”NO!” glowered Xiu.
”Why?”
Xiu turned to face her and raged, ”You don't know?”
”I don't,” answered Ying casually. She really couldn't understand why Xiu's mood was shifting like this. Although she found Xiu quite adorable acting like this, she still didn't like it. ”Please, do tell me what made you so mad?”
”How could you agree just like that?” Ying raised her brow inquisitively and Xiu elaborated, ”Doesn't it already hurt enough? Now, you're gonna arrange for the wedding planner as well. You might as well just go and arrange the whole wedding of your best friend.”
”Not a bad idea,” said Ying thoughtfully and Xiu was left gaping at her in disbelief.
”Are you for real?!” exclaimed Xiu. ”How can you even think like that?”
”Didn't you hear the excitement in Weiwei's voice? How could I just say no to that?”
”Ying Jie! For someone else's happiness, you can't keep killing your own heart and wishes. It's not fair!” Xiu was feeling really bad for her. The image of her previous self that she saw in Ying was getting clearer now. No wonder she always felt so close to Ying. She reminded Xiu of Chen Xiu; Her past!
Ying patted her head, ”Don't get so worked up...” She took a pause before saying, ”My parents had rarely been home.” Xiu frowned as she stared at Ying. ”Both my parents had always been busy with work. I was mostly left with Zizi and his wife. Perhaps, that's how I came to find solace in Xiaoli which I named as love.”
She looked out the window as she went on, ”You might assume that I'm not close to my parents but that's wrong. I'm an only child and I'm very close to my parents. And since I'm very close to my own parents, I grew close to every other elder around me. I hate seeing people close to me getting hurt.”
She looked back at Xiu who had a complicated look in her eyes now. ”If I had said no to Weiwei, she'd have been upset. She's like my own mother. If I can't even bring myself to hurt my mom, why should I hurt someone else's mom? Everyone's mother is special and precious. If I can respect my own, it won't hurt me to respect anyone else's mother.”
Xiu scoffed, ”You remind me of someone I hated for years.” Ying was confused to hear it. ”She was so kind that her kindness ended up killing her. Oh, wait. She killed herself.” Xiu was clenching her hands tightly. ”Weiwei might be oblivious. But you know it that Qiu Meihui did this to hurt you. Why are you letting her tear you down like this?”
”I know why Meihui did this. You don't need to tell me that. But so what? Even if she had asked the same thing herself, I'd still agree to help.”
”But why?!”