28 Beaten (1/2)

Xizi looked at Yueyue silently for a few seconds and then said, ”Miss I have something to report to you. Mo Qing told me you asked him to investigate a few matters. I have the results with me.”

Su Li asked him to pass on to her all the information.

Xizi really didn't know how to continue and Su Li was really confused that why was he so slow to respond today so she kept on observing him. Finally, Zixi said, ”Ahem! That is the walls have ears too so why don't we talk somewhere else?”

She hadn't thought the results of the investigation would show something that would require secrecy but watching this guy dithering really sapped her patience. With an irritated glance at him they walked out of the house. She had thought that they would talk in the garden but was baffled when she saw him walking towards the garage to take out a car. This gave her a pause, she hoped that the mastermind behind the incident wasn't someone the Yu's couldn't contend against otherwise she'll also become an indirect punching bag for that person.

Soon enough they reached a hill top which was semi - public. The guy brought her to a place which was without any trees as if he was afraid of someone listening in on their talk. His secrecy was making her jittery in turn. She asked him impatiently, ”What has been found out? Who was the person behind the scenes? Even if she is not born of my mother she still has Yu as a surname. Who dared to lay hands on someone from the Yu family?”

Zixi hadn't thought that Yueyue would be so concerned about the spurious child. It looked as if as soon as she got the name of the culprit she would send him/her into the reincarnation cycle. Was she really so concerned about the other person just because of some blood - ties? or was it that she was worried that she would be implicated. This.... this really put him between a rock and a hard place but he couldn't hide it from her if she was so anxious so he carefully replied, ”Miss it was me.”

He heard her sharp intake of breath as if she couldn't believe her ears.

”What? What did you say? I thought I heard you said the person responsible for injuring her was you?”

He really didn't want his impression to deteriorate any further than it already had with his answer infront of her so he simply nodded his head with his head bowed low.

For the next minute or so it was completely silent. This silence was ominous as if the very next second a fierce wind would start and uproot everything.

”You, How dare you? What gave you the right to harm a member of the family you serve? What? Since master trusts you, you have become so capricious that you would dare lay hands on his daughter to harm her? Don't forget your identity. What do you think will happen if this comes to light? What response will you give to your master who trusts you?Wouldn't I also be pulled into the muddy waters because of you. How, how could you be so fearless? Or is it simply that when you were born, god forgot to give you a brain and the space above your neck is empty?”

Zixi hadn't thought that he would be mercilessly pelted by Yueyue with such words. He hadn't thought that the person he did all of that for would be the person to question his motives. But then how could he even try to explain it to her.