474 Let Me Count! (1/2)

Just because Ying asked him not to say anything, he didn't say a word. But his eyes didn't leave her face. Ying could feel his gaze even if he was wearing those shades, she could tell where he was looking. However, how come she wasn't able to understand the reason behind that silly smile he was passing her?

She even touched her face to check whether there was something on it or not. Because his behavior was certainly odd. Fortunately, her phone's ringtone distracted her.

”How did the discussion go?” she asked the person on the line. After listening for a minute, she went on, ”I don't care about your schedule. The wedding better be perfect or I would be really mad. It's a special day for everyone.” She took a pause to hear the other person before saying, ”Yes, it's very special to me as well. Okay, bye! I'll see you in a few days.” When she hung up, she stood up to leave.

”You're getting married?” Ying was already at the door of the restaurant she came out of when his voice halted her steps and she turned to look at him with a raised brow. ”But I just found you.”

”What?”

”Aren't you too young to marry?”

Ying's face twitched. She pointed at her face as she said, ”I'm turning thirty.”

But his response shocked her, ”Exactly. That's too young.”

”Your definition of young is appalling,” said Ying after she took a moment to speak. ”Do you even know how dangerous it is for a single woman to be thirty in our society?”

”Why?” He was staring at her in genuine curiosity now.

”Because people like to talk in our society,” she replied offhandedly.

And he ended up wondering out loud, ”Our society is weird. Someone was in a relationship at the age of 22 and was cursed for dating too young. Here you're telling me not dating at 30 is even dangerous because people will still talk. When do the people stop talking exactly?”

”I don't know and I really don't want to know either.” With that, Ying was again on her way inside.

But before she could enter she heard her team members' loud chattering as they were leaving the restaurant.

”Oi! Where did our magpie go?” said one of them making Ying's face to scrunch up. He just referred to her as magpie? How outrageous!

”Don't tell me boss ditched us here because she didn't want to pay?”

Ying gaped as she heard them discussing her like that? She was the best they'd find in the whole syndicate and yet, she was being labeled like this? So much for being an heiress!

”Boss already paid the bill.” Ying smiled in satisfaction when Gigi spoke up for her.

”It's good she paid. At least we didn't shed those tears for nothing.”

”I presume she is hiding because she knows we want to drag her to the karaoke with us.”