Chapter 822 - Walls Have Ears (1/2)

Right after Ah-Si left the room, Darren heard Xiu groaning. She buried her face in his chest and continued to groan. It was equally funny and cute to him.

”I thought I'll never have to say it ever again.”

”Say what?”

”That I am...” she lowered her voice and whispered, ”That I am Chen Xiu.”

”Why so secretive?” questioned Darren.

”Because I just realized when wise people of the past said that walls have ears, they weren't joking around.” She hit her head as she went on, ”One should always lower the voice and be careful of one's words.”

”Sweets, it took you so long to realize it?”

Xiu glared at him, ”Are you also looking down on me now? Don't you think I'm enough to do that?”

Darren patted her head, ”I'm not looking down on you. It wasn't just you who didn't notice, I also didn't realize that it was an inappropriate place to talk about all that.”

”It seems I can't hide it forever,” said Xiu.

”Nothing can stay hidden forever,” replied Darren.

”Do you think Ah-Si will someone about it?” asked Xiu.

”The person Ah-Si is mostly likely to tell is Xiao Li but since he didn't do it till now, he is less likely to do it now. He came to talk to you directly which shows how much unwilling he was to share it with anyone else. So, you can relax. I'm sure, he won't tell anyone.”

Xiu nodded her head feeling a little assured to hear him say that. ”Do you think anyone else was there apart from Ah-Si? Or someone saw the video he recorded without him realizing it? There is always a possibility.”

Darren poked her forehead, ”Now, you're just being paranoid.”

”How is it my fault?” retorted Xiu. ”So much happened today. My paranoia is justified.” She pulled the blanket over her head and said, ”If anyone else comes, tell them I'm not available. I've had enough for today. There is only so much I can take in one day.”

”That's true,” agreed Darren. ”You should give your mind some rest now. Go to sleep. I won't let anyone disturb you.”

Xiu yawned tiredly and closed her eyes, ”I really need to catch some sleep before my mind explodes from so many shocks.”

It didn't take long for her to fall asleep. Darren looked at her sleeping figure lovingly. He turned his head slightly to kiss the top of her head. Soon, his eyes darkened with rage.

Just as Xiu had said, he also thought there was a possibility that someone else other than Ah-Si heard their conversation. And that person had to be Liu Nuan. That would explain why she caused such a mess. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. Since Liu Nuan was already with Xiao Li, he could set his mind at ease.

....

On the other hand, after Xiao Li met with his brother, he sorted out a couple of things before he decided to leave. He had to go and check up on Liu Nuan now.

However, before he could leave the house, someone held his arm.

”Take me with you.”

Xiao Li looked at Ying and rolled his eyes, ”We are not having this conversation again!”

”Yes, we are!” retorted Ying. ”No, in fact, if you don't want to have this conversation, it's alright. We don't have to talk at all. I just want to go with you.”

”Where is your brother? Why isn't he keeping you tied up to the bed?” questioned Xiao Li.

”Ahem! Ahem!”

Both Xiao Li and Ying turned their heads to look at Su Xixi who had coughed as she said, ”Choose your words wisely, Xiao Li.”

Xiao Li recalled what he just said and groaned, ”That sounded wrong.”

”It did and it didn't at the same time,” said Su Xixi. She looked at her daughter and asked, ”Where do you think you're going, young lady?”

”Mom, it's important that I go with him,” said Ying. ”You can't stop me.”

”You're right,” agreed Su Xixi. ”I can't stop you. After all, I have never been able to stop you from anything in your life. You wanted to chase after Xiao Li, I couldn't stop you. You wanted to stay behind in this country, I couldn't stop you. You wanted to become a part of the syndicate, I couldn't stop you. You didn't want to marry anyone else, I couldn't stop you. If I never had a say in your life before this day, how can I have a say today?”

Ying's face fell. Although her mother only stated facts, all those things made Ying once again reminded Ying just how much she had gone against her mother in her life. As she had said, she was perfect for everyone except for her mother but she couldn't even blame her mother for saying that because she never tried to make it up to her.