369 January 14
"Where do you think you're running off to?" Xin Zin glared at Zhao Huan who ca out of his study. "I told you to fix that little girl."
"Xiao Zi, she's a human, not a bloody machine that I could fix," replied Zhao Huan feeling like this brother-in-law of hers really needed to learn how to talk.
"Don't try to be smart with , Huan!"
"Oi!" Zhao Huan hit his head. "How dare you be disrespectable to ? Don't forget I'm your elder. Be nice."
"Whatever!" He grumbled before asking, "How is she? Anything serious? Should I take her to the hospital? Or should I bring the hospital to ho? I think the latter is a better idea." At this point, he was more so having a conversation with himself.
"Xiao Zi..." she called him but he was so engrossed in rambling on and on that he didn't notice. "Xiao Zi!"
"What?"
"She's fine. Ask soone to bring this dicine and after feeding her sothing light, tell her to take the dicine and sleep. She badly needs it right now." Xin Zin listened to her giving so other instructions and he ntally noted it all diligently while nodding his head. After she was done, she kept looking at his face before finally asking, "Why are you panicking as if she's your daughter?"
"She's like one," answered Xin Zin without thinking.
Since Zhao Huan didn't close the door behind her, Xiu could clearly hear them clearly. And as soon as Xin Zin said she was like a daughter, Xiu felt like soone had cocooned her body in a warm and fluffy blanket. It felt extrely good.
Outside, Zhao Huan tried to touch his forehead while frowning, "Are you okay? Any discomfort anywhere? Or did you fall over your head last night?"
"What nonsense!" he had stepped back to avoid her touch.
"Sorry, but I'm more willing to believe that you're possessed than to believe that you've suddenly developed compassion. That's a humanly feeling. How can you have it?"
"I'm also a human," he retorted.
"Really? You never acted like one though." Xin Zin glared at her while she laughed it off with a shrug and turned to leave. "Take care of her and yourself. Also, you can call without a reason as well. I promise I won't bite."
Xin Zin didn't listen to her, he gave Xiu's prescription to the maid behind him and took the tray with the bowl of porridge in it from her hands. He entered the study and placed the tray on the table saying, "You're already this big and don't know how to take care of your health? Don't you know health is wealth? How can you be so reckless about it?" He pulled a chair beside her and sat down. With the spoon, he was mixing the porridge while rebuking her.
This might be the first ti soone was actually angry with her because she was neglecting her own health. But even though he was being harsh why was she feeling so happy about it? Oh, it might be because of the way he carefully blew on the porridge before bringing the spoon before her mouth.
Xiu instinctively opened her mouth. She neither complained nor did she even bother to refuse his help. After all, she could still use her hands. There was really no need for him to feed her. And yet, he was doing it and she was letting him do it.
"You shouldn't have disturbed your sister-in-law early in the morning for ," Xiu finally thought of distracting herself from all the strange feelings. She knew these feelings well. She had felt like this when she was young. She always thought if her father was around, her mother would perhaps be different. And right now, he was actually making her want to wish for a father all over again.
"I'm doing her a huge favor, the least she can do in return is using her dical degree for ," retorted Xin Zin in a way that Xiu didn't understand his aning at all. He wiped her mouth with a tissue and passed her a glass of water as he went on, "Don't think about it. She is a doctor, she knows patients co first."
He heard a knock at the door and stood up to open the door. He ca back to Xiu's side with her dicine which made Xiu scrunch up her face in instant dislike.
"Take this," said Xin Zin as he passed her the dicine. "I just asked the maids to clean another room for you. After this, you're gonna sleep there."
"I can go ho to rest," said Xiu.
"This is also a ho," replied Xin Zin firmly. "Besides, I think we have enough rooms to accommodate a small girl like you. You can fit anywhere."
Xiu pursed her lips and didn't argue. Instead, she silently took the dicine. Then when she saw him collecting the dishes, she said, "Can I borrow this?"
Xin Zin looked up slightly and saw the book in her hand. He didn't react for a minute. But then he sighed and said, "It's not the genre you should read. Your young brain should read those love stories or one of those fluffy rom-com."
"I don't like that anymore. Besides, what's wrong with this?" Xiu questioned while raising her brow. Since the mont she saw that quote in that book, she was certain that she was close to solving the mystery surrounding Destiny Novell. That's why she decided to borrow the book.
"It's a psychological fiction. Really not your type," answered Xin Zin lightly. His brows were constantly knitted together as he spoke. Until this day, even he wasn't able to read that book. He couldn't bring himself to. It brought up the pain, he didn't want to relive.
"Psychological fiction?" Xiu hadn't noticed it before. She looked at the cover of the book curiously before searching up the author's na on her phone. As she read the search result, she blurted out in surprise, "Wen Ai? Where have I heard this na before?"
"That's my wife," he answered for her making her gape at him.
"What?"
Xin Zin chuckled at her response. Indeed, the author's na was Wen Ai. It was his wife's work; One that she penned down before leaving this world.
"Wow! She has written three books. But..."
"But this is the only novel she wrote," Xin Zin completed her words for her. "Writing was a hobby of hers. As for this novel, I don't even know why she wrote it."
After Xiu skimd through the profile she found on the internet related to his wife, she was frowning deeply. There were no photos and even less of information related to Wen Ai. But sothing caught Xiu's attention, "Why are all her books related to psychology?"
"Not psychology. It's criminal psychology," corrected Xin Zin making Xiu's brows to raise up. "She was a criminal psychologist. But don't tell anyone." Although he said the last sentence playfully, she could tell he wasn't really joking.
Xiu didn't know much about his wife, Wen Ai. Except that she was no more and that she was just as weird as Xin Zin is. So, that ans if she was a Criminal psychologist, he wasn't as simple as he seed, right? Xiu's brain had already started working up on this detail.
"Stop thinking and get so rest," said Xin Zin as he urged her to get up and follow him.
Xiu did so. The room he brought her to was right beside the one where Nora was sleeping. As Xiu walked inside she realized this room wasn't much different from the one beside it. Expect that this one had a balcony where a swing was hanging.
"If you need anything, just use the telecom. No need to hesitate at all."
Xiu nodded her head as she got on the bed without any argunt. She was too drowsy after taking that dicine. Besides, argunts needed so energy which she lacked right now the most.
"Have a good rest," he said while stroking her head very gently.
Xiu's eyes were closing on their own but she still didn't forget to question. "What does January 14 represent?" Xin Zin's hand on her head stiffened. "It's written at the start of the book."
Xin Zin crouched down beside the bed as his eyes kept looking at her. He could hear her soft breathing indicating, she had gone to sleep now. "14th of January..." he mumbled softly. "It's my daughter's birthday." There was a sad smile on his lips as he said that out loud.
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