Chapter 884 - What Did I Say? (2/2)
”Maybe because you've spent too long trying to connect with the computers that you've forgotten how it felt to connect with humans,” said Xiu without any change in her expression.
Bo Jiu's shoulders slumped down, ”I think you're right.”
Xiu shook her head at this eccentric piece and went back to her room before saying, ”Get ready. We are leaving.”
”Where to?” questioned Han Bohai.
Xiu halted in her steps as she replied, ”Obviously, we are going to check up on Xin Suyin. Since she is already scared of the ghost of her guilt, let's allow her to actually meet this ghost in real now.”
Han Bohai furrowed his brows at her but didn't ask further.
It didn't take long for Xiu to come out of her room dressed up in a white dress. Her silky long hair fell over her shoulders. Her bare face looked hauntingly beautiful at the moment.
”Are you gonna play the role of the ghost yourself?” questioned Bo Jiu when she looked at Xiu's attire.
Xiu was looking at the phone in her hand when she looked up and glanced at Bo Jiu, ”I'm the real ghost around here.”
Han Bohai could only shake his head at Xiu's remark of being a ghost. He didn't know when she was gonna call herself a human again.
”But you don't even resemble Chen Xiu,” pointed out Bo Jiu. ”In this way, how are you gonna act this play? That's why I sent you the pictures of four candidates who had an uncanny resemblance with Chen Xiu's appearance.”
”But none of them was Chen Xiu,” that sentence came from Han Bohai who stood up to follow Xiu without any question.
Bo Jiu frowned at him, ”What is that supposed to mean?”
”Sometimes, you shouldn't be so curious,” replied Han Bohai.
”Huh?” Both Bo Jiu and Han Bohai turned to look at Xiu who was just standing at her place with her eyes focused on the phone screen. ”When did I get a call from this number? Why does this number seem familiar?” Xiu was mumbling to herself. ”Oh, fish! That's Daddy's phone number! So, he actually called? And I actually answered the call?” Xiu looked up at Han Bohai with wide eyes, ”What did I say to him?”
Han Bohai was startled by her question and shook his head, ”I don't know.”
Xiu almost cried out in panic. She knocked on her head repeatedly, ”Stupid head! Why can't you recall it?!” Then she slapped her mouth, ”And what did you spout?”
”Sister Xiu, stop it. Maybe you didn't talk about anything important,” said Han Bohai when he saw her acting like this.
”But I know myself!” exclaimed Xiu. ”I always say something necessary even when I am awake. I'm sure I said something worse when I'm half-asleep! I hope I didn't let out all the truth before him. I don't want to come out before him in this manner.”
”Xiuxiu, you're looking worried as if you're coming out of the closet before your family.” Bo Jiu laughed at her own joke but the other two gave her a hard stare! So, the poor girl decided to zip her lips and put a lock on it before throwing the key away.
*Ring!*
Suddenly the phone in her hand rang again and Xiu was so startled that she almost dropped the phone. But seeing who was calling, she didn't want to pick up the call. If Xin Zimen had the number it meant that her husband had spoken the truth before others. Now, she couldn't hide at all. So, she couldn't escape this at all. She had to take this call now.
Taking a deep breath, she picked up the call and tried to maintain her usual cheery persona, ”Hey, Ah-Xin! What's up?!”
Xin Zimen paused for a minute when he heard her voice and didn't say anything for a minute. He didn't know what to say. He was wondering why he called. Because his mind had gone blank again once he heard her voice. And that voice had actually made him recall the way she called him 'Daddy' earlier.
Now, his whole body was trembling from the aftereffects of that. Even though it's been so many hours since then.
”Ah-Xin!” Xiu called out again. ”Why aren't you saying anything?”
Xin Zimen took a deep breath, ”I'm just surprised at how shameless you are, little lass. You actually dared to sneak away and yet, you're speaking to me as if nothing happened!”