Chapter 998 - Making Friends (1/2)

”Shall I introduce myself for real this time?”

Nora chuckled and nodded her head, ”Sure.”

Xiu held up her hand to her, ”Hi, I'm Chen Xiu. Thank you for being the best-est best friend in the world.”

Nora gave her a knowing smile, ”So, my nagging feeling was right! You are Chen Xiu!” She held her hand and shook it heavily, ”I feel so happy right now. It's my first time meeting a superstar. I feel surreal.”

Xiu's brows furrowed up in helplessness, ”Nora, are you okay? We've been together for over a decade now.”

”It's different right now,” argued Nora. ”Right now, I'm meeting you as Chen Xiu, the superstar! It's different!”

Xiu shook her head as she asked, ”Why did you think I was Chen Xiu?”

Nora looked into her eyes and told her, ”Because that name seemed to have been following you everywhere. It's like no matter how you ran from this name, it followed you like a shadow. Just take today, for instance, even your son ended up somehow bringing this name back into your life.”

Xiu couldn't deny those words. ”I also thought this name followed me like a curse everywhere. But I realized that it followed me because I've been running from it for way too long. I have stopped running now though. I don't know how or when my son fell in love with Chen Xiu but I am feeling proud. It's a reminder that I didn't live my life as Chen Xiu as a waste. I had something in me to inspire people. Even if the one person I managed to inspire was my only son, I still think my life as Chen Xiu was worthwhile.”

Nora took her hand in her own and patted it saying, ”Everyone has a role to play in life. You played yours perfectly. Don't ever think your life wasn't worthwhile.”

Xiu smiled at her genuinely, ”I have another identity though.”

”Huh? There is another one?” Nora was dumbfounded.

Xiu nodded her head, ”Hi, I'm Xin Xiulin. It's nice to meet you my youngest sister-in-law.”

Nora gaped at her and almost cursed out loud. ”No way!”

”Yes, way!” responded Xiu. ”I really am Xin Xiulin. I also got to know a few months before Rowan's birth.”

Nora scratched her head, ”No wonder, my husband is so respectful towards you. And loves you like crazy.”

”I think he loved his daughter more,” argued Xiu.

”That is hard to say,” replied Nora.

”Don't say it like that. I don't want to compete with my own niece. I'll feel petty.”

”Aren't you petty enough?”

Xiu glared at Nora, ”No, I am not to that level yet.”

Nora thought about something and asked, ”Does Darren know? No, what am I even asking? I'm sure he knows.”

”Yes, he does,” answered Xiu. ”He was the very first person to whom I revealed this truth.”

Nora nodded her head, ”Of course, he knows.”

Xiu hugged Nora again and said, ”I wanted to tell you even before him. But I was scared that you'd leave me. I didn't want to lose you.”

”Now, you're just saying it,” Nora pretended to be upset.

”No, I mean it,” insisted Xiu. ”I really mean it.”