673 Things We Do For Love (1/2)

And this time around, he would make sure she takes revenge. He'd hate to let any one of those people get away with what they did to her. Xiu's kindness was not placed in the right place or on the right people. These people broke her in a way that they didn't deserve any of her kindness. Even if she could forget all that, he knew she won't be able to set herself free from it.

”Sweets, are you really sure about this?” He asked one last time before they entered back inside.

Xiu patted his hand saying, ”I know you think I'm weak but trust me, I'll try my best to be strong.”

”That's not what I meant,” retorted Darren with a frown.

Xiu passed him a smile as she went on, ”Okay, okay. What I really want to say is that now I don't just have you.” Darren raised his brows at her inquisitively. She lowered her voice as she added, ”Now I have a little tiger inside of me. I'll have to be better than this.”

Darren's brows eased up.

”Things we do for love,” said Xiu as she looked around at the people mingling in this banquet.

If someone had told her a few days ago that she'd be daring enough to walk up to Xin Suyin and pretend like everything was alright, Xiu might slap that person. But today, after that initial shock, she felt rather relaxed. It was as if an inner force was urging her to not step back. And the magnetic pull of that inner force was so strong that Xiu couldn't hold back.

.....

Earlier, the very first person to notice Xiu's absence was Xin Zimen. He was talking to people around him but his attention never left Xiu. But the moment he got a little distracted because of Su Feifei's antics, Xiu was gone.

His eyes wandered around the hall but he didn't find her.

”Little brother, who are you looking for?”

”I'm looking for...” In his frantic state of mind, he didn't even realize who was the one asking the question and almost blurted out that he was looking for Xiu. As for why he felt this frantic, only he could tell.

He looked up at his brother and replied, ”None of your business.”

Xin Zemin laughed at him saying, ”How come your answer is always the same? I believe I taught you more than just a few words.”