650 Dì Mèi (2/2)

Truth be told, Xiu also didn't know why she reacted this way. What Nora had said was something she had felt herself. But the problem was that no matter how familiar she felt with Zhao Huan, it didn't change the fact that her heart always got sad around her. Last time, she didn't notice this feeling but this time around, she felt it. It seemed strange how a part of her wanted to get close to Zhao Huan but another part felt extremely... Sad?

However, as always if she needed answers she would choose to follow that part of herself that wanted to get close to Zhao Huan. That was the only way she could figure out what she was feeling.

While walking distractedly, she was about to bump into someone but the person before her saved her before she could. Xiu looked up and her eyes narrowed.

”Watch where you're going dì mèi. If my brother saw you getting hurt because of me, he might turn this white wedding into a red one.”

”Strange... I can't tell whether you're being funny or serious.” Looking straight at Zhou Jinhai's face, Xiu's face didn't give anything away. Not like she was feeling much that she could give away through her expressions.

”I don't have a habit of joking when it comes to my brother,” was his reply.

”Oh?” Xiu raised her brows at him. ”Why is that so? Is it because you're guilty?”

”And why should I be guilty?” he retorted.

Xiu smirked at him, ”Because in your heart, you know very well that everything you have belongs to him. Rightfully!”

Xiu was surprised to see that Zhou Jinhai's expressions didn't change. Not even a little. He neither looked shocked nor offended. In fact, he looked very calm about it as he nodded, ”Indeed, everything I have, never really belonged to me.” He looked up a Xiu as he asked, ”Did he tell you all of this?”

Xiu snorted, ”Do you really think he would say something like that?”

”No...” he paused before he pressed the bridge of his nose. ”He would never bring this topic up. I've waited to hear him ask for everything I took from him but he never did. Darren is actually a lot prouder than people might think.”

”I think I know him very well already. Yes, he is proud. So what? He has the right to be. He can accomplish everything on his own. He never needed a family name to back him up. Besides, if you really had wanted to give him what belonged to him, you wouldn't have waited for him to ask for it. You would have given it already!”

[1] ”dì mèi”: The wife of your younger brothe