498 All About I (1/2)

-Xin Villa-

After talking to his son, Xin Zimen had locked himself in his study. When it was close to the dinner time, he heard a light knock at his door before the door was pushed open and a dainty neck poked inside.

”May I?”

Xin Zimen looked at Xiu's eyes that were sparkling strangely as he nodded and allowed her to enter. After entering the study, Xiu walked around languidly without a care in the world. It was only natural that she had remembered this place from her last visit.

Neither Xin Zimen said anything to stop her from touching his things, nor did Xiu held herself back. If the owner himself didn't mind her presence, she certainly was gonna do anything to curb her curiosity about a few certain things.

However, all this while, Xin Zimen's eyes followed her figure with narrowed eyes while his fingers tapped at his handrest rhythmically.

”Xiao Zi, did I mention that you have a beautiful house?”

His fingers halted as he pursed his lips before voicing out, ”Little lass, say what you really have to say. There is no point in dragging this anymore.”

Xiu stopped pacing around and looked at him with a smirk on her lips. ”Don't you get tired?” His brows shot up inquisitively and she added, ”I mean, you're always reading between the lines. Reading every expression and figuring people out. Isn't it tiring?”

Xin Zimen placed his elbows on the desk and the fingers of his both hands intertwined with each other as he said, ”I grew up trying to distinguish between a friend and a foe. Reading people has become a...”

”A habit?” Xiu offered a word from her vocabulary and frowned when he shook his head.

”Instead of calling it a habit, I'd call it instinct.” He paused briefly before adding, ”So, tell me what is it? What do you have to say? Or what do you have to ask?”

Xiu pulled a chair and sat down before him. ”If you're being this frank then I guess I have no need to hold back either.” He stayed silent as if allowing her to talk. He really was curious to know what she had to say. And somehow, he already knew why she was here. And his inkling proved to be right when she went on, ”Why did you ask Ying Jie to follow me?”

Xiu had expected to see his face shocked. After all, Ying never told her who was behind her. She indeed wanted to see an expression but the one she received went against her imagination again because instead of staring at her with wide eyes, he was looking at her with a gentle gaze and a slight curve to his lips.

Xiu furrowed her brows a bit unpleasantly, ”You're the one who asked her to follow me, right?”

”Yes,” he replied straightforwardly, and seeing how she nodded believing him, he questioned, ”You believed it so easily?”

”I've finally managed to understand you a bit. If you aren't willing to tell the truth you'd rather stay quiet instead. I guess you don't like lying.”