488 JJ (2/2)

Behind her, Ah-Si looked at Xiu to ask, ”Is it the jacket she was wearing yesterday?” Xiu nodded her head. ”Oh... No wonder she looked so weird when I caught her on a date.”

”Is she really dating?” The question came from Xiaoli and was directed at Xiu.

Xiu could never go wrong with acting as she replied, ”Yes. Why?”

Xiaoli shook his head, ”Nothing. As long as she is happy.” He smiled slightly before he turned to go to his room.

Xiu watched him leaving but when she turned she found Xin Zimen's eyes looking at her constantly. She quirked her brow at him and asked, ”Yes? What are you looking at uncle weird?”

”What are you doing here, little lass?”

”Didn't you say I am allowed to come whenever I want to?”

”I did,” replied Xin Zimen. ”And I stand by my words even now. I'm just unwilling to believe that you came here for a simple visit.”

Xiu smirked at him. Indeed, he could see through a lot. And it was proven even more when he leaned closed to her to whisper, ”You're indeed good at trapping people. Even I could never manage to send Ying'er on a date but you accomplished this. I don't know whether should I call you smart or cunning?”

”Call me whatever you want to,” retorted Xiu. ”But I would like to know how can you say I trapped Ying Jie? Don't you really believe she has a boyfriend?”

Xin Zimen shook his head, ”As I said earlier, our Ying'er has a bad habit. She can hide nothing from her elders. If she had a boyfriend, I'd be the first one to know about it. I know her. I still remember the day she realized she had feelings for my son, the first person she looked for was me.” Xiu's eyes widened to hear that. She never thought Ying was that close to Xin Zimen. ”Besides, last night she called just to tell me how she came across an annoying man who helped her when she needed it, and now she owes him a meal.”

”She even told you that?” Xiu was shocked.

”That's because she doesn't have a habit of asking for help from others. This rumored 'boyfriend' of hers is the first person who helped her perhaps in her whole life. After all, it has always been she who was helping others. It'd be odd if she didn't mention him to me.”

”So when Ah-Si brought up the guy from yesterday, you already understood what was happening?” inquired Xiu just for confirmation.

He nodded his head without any hesitation.

”No wonder they say you're dangerous,” mumbled Xiu to herself. Taking a deep breath, she said, ”Let's check up on my brother and my niece.”

Ah-Si was more than ready to check up on that. He had been worried sick for the past fifteen minutes. Even though it was just fifteen minutes but he felt it was longer.

Just as Xiu, Ah-Si, and Xin Zimen came to the entrance of the living room, they heard.

”Now, call me JJ like a good niece...” Xiu was amused at the way Jackie was coaxing the little girl who was blinking her eyes at him.

But the next minute everyone was left speechless when that little girl slowly and brokenly said out, ”J... J...”