499 A Journal?
Xin Zin's revelations left Xiu in deep thought. He told her everything she asked without hiding anything. For so reason, he couldn't stop himself from telling the truth. The earnest look in her eyes was enough for him to reveal everything he knew at this point.
But even he knew that what he was aware of wasn't enough at all. However, if it could help her, then what was the point of keeping it to himself. It wasn't like he was gonna hide it forever. No matter what, sothings couldn't stay hidden for good.
"Now, would you like to tell how you connected everything to ? Why did you assu that I'm related to your father?" he might not have been surprised with other things but he was certainly curious to know how she knew that he was related to her father? If she had no mories, then how did she co to that conclusion?
Xiu rubbed her chin in silence before she rummaged out an envelope from her pocket and placed it before him. Xin Zin eyed the envelope for a while before he looked at the content. It had a piece and it read:
'I feel like my mind is gonna burst with everything that's been going on in my life lately. I think I'm stuck in a storm or perhaps, I chose to jump in this storm voluntarily. However, whichever it is, I'm stuck for sure.
Let's go over the things I learned in the last few days...
Carina Novell was looking for her good friend; Wen Ai.
Madam Wen Ai died years ago.
So, Carina Novell tried to reach out to her family.
However...
Wen Ai's living relatives are Xin Zin; her husband and her two sons; Xin Xiaoli and Xin Xiaosi.
If Carina Novell was looking for Wen Ai's family, why didn't she look for her husband?
Why did she try to reach out to that family?
The Xin family...
.
.
.'
Even on the paper, there were several scattered dots. As if soone was thoughtlessly just tapping the nib of the pen over the blank sheet of paper.
'But just when she tried to reach out to the Xin family, she got into an accident.
Coincidence?
I think not!
Planned murder?
I hate this gut feeling but it's possible.
But if it was a planned murder, then why?
What did my mother do to anyone?
Just who was she looking for?!'
"Turn it over."
Xin Zin was startled by Xiu's voice and turned the paper over. There was only a single line written there, 'Carina Novell wasn't looking for Wen Ai's family. She was looking for soone in the Xin family... She was looking for Xin Zemin!'
"What is this? And who wrote it?" he asked after a mont of silence.
Xiu lifted her eyes slightly as she replied, "Destiny Novell wrote it. Call it a journal or perhaps a letter?" Even Xiu wasn't certain what this was. Although she found it between those letters of Destiny. This one wasn't addressed to anyone. It was more like, Destiny just happened to jot down her thoughts carelessly. "I assud at that ti that Xin Zemin is your brother's na. Now, you just proved it right."
Xin Zin finally understood why she ca to look for him.
Suddenly she stood up and turned to leave, "Let's go. I'm hungry. You aren't planning on starving a guest, are you?"
Xin Zin gave the envelope back to her as he stood up saying, "I wouldn't dare."
"Oh, you aren't expecting to call you uncle, right?" Xiu questioned out of nowhere. "I an I can call you weird uncle to tease you but I personally find, Xiao Zi more amusing. So, don't think I'll call you uncle just because my birth father happens to be your brother."
Xin Zin pinched her nose lightly. "You really think about all sorts of things."
"I can't help it," she shrugged her shoulders. "It just reminded . Although the question is gonna sound really la, I still can't help asking."
"Go ahead," he replied while walking side by side with her towards the dining room.
"Your na is Zin which is from Spanish while your brother's na is Zemin which is from Mandarin. Any special reason behind it? Because both sound very similar."
Xin Zin gave her a sideways glance and shook his head lightly, "There is no special reason. As you just said, both are just slightly different in sound. That's it. I guess that was the reason why we were nad like this."
Xiu wasn't really amused to hear that answer as she muttered, "How boring!" Xin Zin didn't give any reaction but he listened to her silently as she went on, "Zin ans 'Obedient' while Zemin ans 'Favor to the people.' Although both sound similar slightly, but the aning is completely different. And I don't think your na has any effect on you."
"Little lass, are you saying that I'm not 'obedient' kind of a person?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying. I can't say anything about your brother yet since I haven't t him."
Xin Zin patted her head softly as he inford her, "Congratulations then... You'll be eting him soon." Xiu's brows furrowed together in confusion. "He is also invited to my son's wedding. I guess you'd love this father-daughter reunion."
"You're wrong. I don't look forward to this reunion but I certainly am curious to know what he is like."
Xin Zin shook his head but didn't bother telling her that whether his na's aning was obedient, he had never been one. Instead, it was his brother who was called the obedient one.
It was strange but he was also curious to see Xiu's reaction. As he had said to Francesca, this wedding was really gonna be one hell of a show. Now, this allowed him to look forward to sothing. He also needed to find out his brother's standpoint in all this. After all, even until now, he was uncertain whether he knew that Xiu is his daughter or not.
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