615 Trained Her Brain
As Xin Zin's other niece was suddenly ntioned, he couldn't help frowning as he said, "And how do you know that I don't treat my other niece the sa way? It's not like you have seen with her."
Darren smirked, "I heard she is scared of you."
Xin Zin's frown deepened, "Scared? What am I a monster?" He was suddenly feeling irritated as he added, "Last ti I t her was at her wedding. How did I scare her?"
Darren chuckled softly, "It's been six years since she got married that ans you haven't seen her in six years. As for my wife, if you don't see her in two days, you'd end up calling her. But Uncle Zi, that only proves that you're biased towards my wife."
Xin Zin rubbed his face as he said, "We can't clap with one hand. If I'm biased towards your wife that's also because of the way she treats . I can't show care to soone who is always running from ."
"That's true..." Darren had to agree with that. And he knew it wasn't Xin Zin's fault that he wasn't close to his other niece. After all, there were only a few people like his Sweets who would persistently try to break the walls Xin Zin had built around himself. In that departnt, his wife was a lot more stubborn than most people!
"I just realized sothing." Darren looked at Xin Zin who had an amused look in his eyes as he said, "One of my nieces is married to your brother, and the other is married to you. That's such a strange coincidence that both my nieces married into the sa family."
Darren's face turned somber as he replied, "It's not the sa family."
"Oh? But no matter how you say it, Zhou Xichen will still be your father and Zhou Jinhai will still be your brother."
Darren looked calmly at him, "I'm not disagreeing with that. I never refused to accept him or respect him as my father. But..." he took a brief pause, "We are still not the sa family."
"Really?"
Darren nodded his head, "As you said, they are 'Zhou'. I'll always be Salvay! It's not the sa."
Xin Zin looked at Darren's expressions before chuckling out gently, "This is why I like you so much. You always know where to draw the line."
"One should one's place," was the only reply Darren gave.
"If we talk about rightful places then shouldn't you be the heir of Zhou family?" He propped his face on his head as he added, "That's your place after all."
Darren quirked his brows at Xin Zin, "Uncle Zi, shouldn't you also take your place in the Xin family?"
"I have my own identity in this world. I don't need their status!"
Darren smiled at him, "Uncle Zi, sa goes for ..."
Xin Zin couldn't say anything now. They both had such a similar character that it was inevitable that it'd be difficult to outwit each other. It was always like that and sohow this was the reason why Xin Zin had actually liked Darren when they first t.
"Yes?"
"I'm a little confused..."
While Xin Zin was still thinking how to ask when Darren spoke up himself, "You're wondering why wife didn't say or ask or even notice your brother."
Xin Zin's lips parted and his brows raised up in surprise, "You could see it as well."
"Uncle, I could not only see it but I already knew she'd be acting like that as well."
"Huh? How? It was her first ti seeing her father. I an, I know she has no impression of him but still... Don't they say blood has a certain attraction?" He took a pause. "I'm not able to understand her behavior. She looked at him like he was a stranger. Although I can try to understand it, I'm still feeling complicated about it. I can't tell what she had in her mind. I know it's difficult to read her intentions but this ti she seed so transparent with her emotions that it left baffled."
Darren laughed when he noticed Xin Zin's rare expression of confusion and enlightened, "Uncle Zi, you're just overthinking. She wasn't pretending to be transparent. She was completely transparent. While you're were wondering what's on her mind, her brain was only focused on only two things; how to convince you for the health check-up or what to eat tonight. Except for that, she had nothing on her mind."
"This..."
"It sounds bizarre but trusts , my wife's brain might be complicated but her emotions are very simple. She is a simple girl. It's just like you... She cares about you because you care about her." He had a sad smile lingering on his lips as he went on, "In fact, her biggest weakness is love. It's sothing that hurt her the most in life and yet it's sothing she won't shy away from. If soone is willing to offer her the love she yearned for, she won't hesitate before opening her heart. Take yourself or even Ying as an example. It's pretty easy to capture her heart."
"The reason why she paid no attention to your brother was also you. At that ti, her brain only processed one information; Ah-Xin is sick. Beyond that, she didn't bother thinking about it. That's why, all that while, her attention was on you. She noticed your brother but it was a fleeting mont and her inner concern didn't allow her focus on him. Because you're the target for her at that ti."
Xin Zin didn't find anything wrong with his words. In fact, he could agree as well. He had seen her one-track mind and he knew how she had the ability to blur out everything apart from her focus. It was very fascinating and at the sa ti, he felt sad for her. Exactly what was she running from that she trained her brain in this way?
"Will she continue to run from it then?" he asked.
Darren shook his head, "She had prepared her mind to see your elder brother at the wedding, two days from now. Seeing him here earlier was sothing she didn't program into her brain and she won't let her emotions turn into a turmoil because of this unexpected eting. That's why she completely chose to ignore his existence for now!"
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