Chapter 815 - Taking Sides (2/2)
After a long while, as they laid together in silence, Xiu brought it up, ”My laptop is at home. How should I get it?”
”What do you want to do with it?” asked Darren.
”I'm bored here,” said Xiu. ”I'm gonna do some work.”
Darren was stunned. ”My Sweets who love to run from work, is actually looking for work? How did that happen?”
”Who said I run from work?” Xiu retorted. ”I was a very diligent actress once. Do you know why? Because I liked what I did! The only work I'd run from is the one I don't like doing.”
”So what do you have in mind?” asked Darren.
Xiu grinned at him, ”I'm gonna make an interior plan for our home. After we get better, let's move into our home.”
Darren hummed in agreement, ”As you wish. I'll get someone to deliver our laptops.”
”Not ours!” Xiu glared at him. ”Only mine. You're not working. Not until I say so!”
”Sweets, do you want to leave this country?” asked Darren all of a sudden.
”Huh? Why?” questioned Xiu. ”Why would I want to leave this country?”
”This place holds the most painful memories of yours,” said Darren.
”And also my most beautiful ones,” added Xiu. ”Besides, everyone I love is here. You said since I gave you the scars, I should be the one to heal them for you. Since I got all my scars here, this place needs to heal all those scars for me as well. Running away won't get me anywhere.” She took a pause and added, ”When I first opened my eyes in this city, I thought if I didn't go to the Capital, I won't have to face my painful past. But as you can see, everything came around back to me. I didn't go to find my past, but it found me instead. That's why no matter where I go, those bitter memories will follow. So, why should I leave the people who love me?”
”As long as you're okay with this, I'll stay anywhere with you,” said Darren. ”By the way, we didn't buy a house yet. So, which one are you gonna make the interior plan for?”
”We don't have to buy a house,” replied Xiu. ”We already have one.”
”We do?”
Xiu nodded, ”The one at the mountain. The one you built for me.”
Darren's eyes widened, ”You really want to move in there?”
Xiu nodded again, ”Yes! Even after all this time, it's still my dream place. Far away from the crowd! But the interior is not my type.”
”I picked it out just as you described it to me,” said Darren with a hint of nostalgia in his voice.
”Regan, that bland taste was Chen Xiu's! I'm a colorful person, I want to make my house bright like your smile brightens up my life!”
”At every chance, you just have to flirt.”
”It has become a habit now,” replied Xiu sheepishly.