581 Two Extremes (2/2)
Xin Zimen sat beside her as he said, ”You could have simply given me a call and that would do.”
”Oh, that could also work. Why didn't I think of that?” Xiu knocked on her head.
Xin Zimen shook his head at her and asked, ”Anyway, why did you come to see me here? What's the hurry?”
Xiu hurriedly gave the box in her hands to Xin Zimen saying, ”This is for you. I couldn't wait because of this.”
Xin Zimen took the box and peeled off the ribbon before opening it. Seeing the dark chocolate cake, his brows lifted up slightly. ”This is...?”
”This is to show my gratitude for what you did for me,” answered Xiu.
”Oh, you don't see me like family.”
”Huh?”
”Otherwise you wouldn't be setting clear boundaries like this.”
”That's not what I'm trying to do,” retorted Xiu abruptly. ”I would never think of that. If I didn't think of you as a family then why would I call you first? I didn't even think of anyone else but you.”
”Then...”
Xiu lifted her hand to stop him from saying any further, ”I just wanted to bake a cake for you. What's wrong with that? Didn't you also send your personal chef to cook such a hearty meal for me?”
”That was in celebration of your marriage,” replied Xin Zimen.
”This is also in celebration of my marriage,” Xiu argued back. ”Now, stop with the talking already. Won't you even taste it?”
Xin Zimen squinted his eyes at her and contemplated for a while before saying, ”I'll taste it but not before you tell me why you came all the way here?”
”Can't you just believe my words as it is?”
”Little lass, stop dilly-dallying around.”
Xiu stared at Xin Zimen's face as she wondered, ”Ah-Xin, with this personality how did you manage to get married? Didn't your wife mind this personality of yours?”
Xin Zimen's lips curled up slightly as he answered, ”Hmm... If you'd have met my wife you'd also ask the same question to her.”
”What do you mean?”
”If my personality is unbearable, she wasn't any better either. How they say it, like two peas in a pod but in a different way. That's the best way to describe us.”
”Really?”
”Really!” stressed Xin Zimen. ”If I'm too stiff, she was too lively. We both were like two extremes at two different ends.”
Xiu pursed her lips thoughtfully, ”Then how did the two extremes meet?”
Xin Zimen pinched her nose saying, ”The two extremes found their own exclusive core.”
”That sounds... beautiful.”
”Is it?” Xiu nodded her head. ”That's strange people often find it strange.”
”Why? I really think it's beautiful. If two people who are the complete opposite of each other are willing to find a common and exclusive middle just for each other, that only proves how much they both loved each other.” Xin Zimen's eyes widened at Xiu's words. ”It's not only beautiful, but it's also heartwarming.”
Xin Zimen rubbed her head, ”Only beautiful people find everything else beautiful. And you happen to have a very beautiful heart.”