562 To Have That... (2/2)

”Why are you sleeping at this time?” asked Xiu.

”Oh, I called to say thanks to you,” Xiu's attention was successfully diverted.

”Thanks for what?”

Xiu facepalmed herself saying, ”Obviously for everything you did for me. I had no problem getting my marriage certificate. It was such an easy process.”

”Congratulations on getting married!” said Xin Zimen with a genuine smile on his face. ”May you forever be of one mind and have a harmonious union that lasts one hundred years.”

”Why only a hundred years?” grumbled Xiu unhappily. ”I want it to continue even in the next life.”

Xin Zimen chuckled at her response and said, ”Then I wish you both find each other in each life with the same love and respect for each other.”

”That sounds better,” she sounded pleased to hear this. ”Thank you so much for your kind words!” Taking a pause, she added, ”Oh, and thank you so much for the big feast. I enjoyed every dish. But I couldn't finish it all. I feel so bad for not being able to eat it all.”

”It's alright. We can get you more whenever you want to eat it. No need to feel bad about it.”

”Hmm...” Xiu hummed in reply. She waited for a minute as she hesitated before asking, ”Ah-Xin, can I ask you something?”

”Sure,” replied Xin Zimen in a casual tone.

”Why are you so good to me?” After asking this, she felt like she said something wrong so she rephrased her words, ”I mean, you are a good person. But I feel like you're especially good to me. However, I'm not able to understand why?”

Xin Zimen looked at the photo in his hand and his lips curled up slightly as he said, ”Who told you to have that...”

”That? What? What do I have?” she was baffled and very curious to hear what he had to say.

Xin Zimen took a deep breath as he said, ”I mean who told you to have that kind of charm? Who can possibly resist that?”

Xiu chewed on her bottom lip. She could feel that he wasn't telling her the truth. ”So, it's not because I'm your niece?”

Xin Zimen's eyes widened. It only struck him now that she was indeed his niece. How strange that he had completely overlooked this fact.

”Little lass, even if I'm especially good to you because of this, what's wrong with that? In fact, I only have one niece. So, it's not wrong that I want to take good care of her.”

Xiu smiled at his reply and said, ”Then I am very grateful to have Ah-Xin. Thank you so much again! I'll talk to you later. Bye!”

Even when the phone was hung up, he couldn't help staring at the screen for a long while. He felt bitter at the reminder that she wasn't his own daughter. But the only satisfaction was that she was at least his niece. At the end of the day, she was still a family member.