499 A Journal? (2/2)

But if it was a planned murder, then why?

What did my mother do to anyone?

Just who was she looking for?!'

”Turn it over.”

Xin Zimen was startled by Xiu's voice and turned the paper over. There was only a single line written there, 'Carina Novell wasn't looking for Wen Ai's family. She was looking for someone in the Xin family... She was looking for Xin Zemin!'

”What is this? And who wrote it?” he asked after a moment of silence.

Xin Zimen finally understood why she came to look for him.

Suddenly she stood up and turned to leave, ”Let's go. I'm hungry. You aren't planning on starving a guest, are you?”

Xin Zimen gave the envelope back to her as he stood up saying, ”I wouldn't dare.”

”Oh, you aren't expecting me to call you uncle, right?” Xiu questioned out of nowhere. ”I mean I can call you weird uncle to tease you but I personally find, Xiao Zi more amusing. So, don't think I'll call you uncle just because my birth father happens to be your brother.”

Xin Zimen pinched her nose lightly. ”You really think about all sorts of things.”

”I can't help it,” she shrugged her shoulders. ”It just reminded me. Although the question is gonna sound really lame, I still can't help asking.”

”Go ahead,” he replied while walking side by side with her towards the dining room.

”Your name is Zimen which is from Spanish while your brother's name is Zemin which is from Mandarin. Any special reason behind it? Because both sound very similar.”

Xin Zimen gave her a sideways glance and shook his head lightly, ”There is no special reason. As you just said, both are just slightly different in sound. That's it. I guess that was the reason why we were named like this.”

Xiu wasn't really amused to hear that answer as she muttered, ”How boring!” Xin Zimen didn't give any reaction but he listened to her silently as she went on, ”Zimen means 'Obedient' while Zemin means 'Favor to the people.' Although both sound similar slightly, but the meaning is completely different. And I don't think your name has any effect on you.”

”Little lass, are you saying that I'm not 'obedient' kind of a person?”

”That's exactly what I'm saying. I can't say anything about your brother yet since I haven't met him.”

Xin Zimen patted her head softly as he informed her, ”Congratulations then... You'll be meeting him soon.” Xiu's brows furrowed together in confusion. ”He is also invited to my son's wedding. I guess you'd love this father-daughter reunion.”

”You're wrong. I don't look forward to this reunion but I certainly am curious to know what he is like.”

Xin Zimen shook his head but didn't bother telling her that whether his name's meaning was obedient, he had never been one. Instead, it was his brother who was called the obedient one.

It was strange but he was also curious to see Xiu's reaction. As he had said to Francesca, this wedding was really gonna be one hell of a show. Now, this allowed him to look forward to something. He also needed to find out his brother's standpoint in all this. After all, even until now, he was uncertain whether he knew that Xiu is his daughter or not.