Chapter 885 - Right Up My Alley
"He-he!" Xiu gave an awkward laugh in response to Xin Zin's words.
But that awkward laugh sounded more like a shaless laugh to Xin Zin which made his lips twitch. However, he still wasn't able to reprimand her at all. Although the words were at the tip of his tongue, he couldn't spit them out.
He sighed out heavily while rubbing his forehead, "Little lass, why are you so worriso?"
"I know I'm a problematic child," agreed Xiu without any scruples. "However, I think your worry has more to do with your worrywart personality."
"So, the bla is on ?" Xin Zin sounded quite amused.
"No....~" Xiu drawled out her reply. "I can't bring myself to bla you, Ah-Xin. In fact, the bla is on . I shouldn't have run away from ho."
"It's good that you know!" Xiu heard her second father's voice and realized that the phone had been on speakerphone until now.
"Aiyoh, Father, this much anger and worry are not good for health. Take a deep breath!"
"How am I suppose to take a deep breath?" retorted Xin Zemin. "You ran away that's a different issue. But who the hell suggested you sneak out in such a manner? In this condition, how could you hide in a suitcase? What if sothing went wrong? What if you couldn't breathe properly? Have you thought about it?"
Han Bohai noticed the smile playing on Xiu's lips as she continued to listen to a long lecture from the Xin brothers. In fact, he was the one frowning but one couldn't find a single frown or sign of impatience on Xiu's face. She looked relaxed as she silently listened to everything and even took a seat at the chair beside the window.
"If I continued to focus on what if's, wouldn't life get too boring?" questioned Xiu. "Both of you should stop worrying so much. If I chose this thod, I had my reasons to do so. It's not like if I asked you both to let go out alone, you'd allow it."
"Of course, we won't allow it," said Xin Zin. "The world is a dangerous place. How can we be at ease with letting you wander out alone?" He took a pause and went on, "And don't even assu that we don't know what happened today. In broad daylight, soone tried to kill you."
"Huh? Who told you that?"
Xin Zin almost blew up at that question, "So it did happen?! I was just taking a guess because your husband's lips are sealed. I didn't think I was right. You wait right there, I'm coming there myself!"
Xiu facepald herself for letting it slip. No, she didn't let it slip. She was tricked into this! 'Great! Marvelous! Dear Dad, you're really sothing, eh! You actually made spill out my own secret.' Xiu took a deep breath and repeated in her mind that she needed to be cautious around this father. He paid attention to the smallest of things.
"You really don't have to co, though," Xiu tried to persuade him even though she knew it won't work on these worrywarts. And she was also certain as long as they didn't see her with their own eyes, they won't be at ease. One could practically see their anxiousness spilling out from the phone!
There was silence on the other as Xin Zin and Xin Zemin shared a look before Xin Zemin cautiously said, "So is our guess right?"
"Huh?"
"Are you trying to avoid both of us?"
"Where did that thought co from?"
"Don't think we didn't notice," began Xin Zin. "It's been weeks since you've been keeping distance from both of us for so reason. Although we don't what we did, we would still like to know about it. Do we make you uncomfortable? Or did we do sothing wrong? Whatever it is, you can say it with ease. We won't mind."
"Yes, we definitely won't mind," Xin Zemin also echoed his younger brother's words.
Xiu was stunned to hear their words. She didn't think their thoughts would be going in such a direction. It's true, she'd been keeping a certain polite distance from them but it was only because she was struggling to co to terms with her own feelings. It had nothing to do with both of them. They were indeed the best fathers one could ask for. How could they be the reason to make her feel uncomfortable?
"Have you both always had such a pessimistic personality?" questioned Xiu. "I was keeping a distance from you both but only because I'm hiding sothing from you. And I know once you both are around, I won't be able to keep this secret."
"What secret you can't share with us?"
"Well, there is sothing," said Xiu in reply, vaguely. "However, forget about it. You both want to co to see , you're most welco. But please, stop assuming that I'm avoiding you." She took a pause and went on, "But no matter what, make sure soone stays with my Regan. I ca here worry-free because you're both there for him. Now that you both want to co, then I can only ask you to make sure my husband is not left alone."
Both Xin Zin and Xin Zemin's lips twitched as they heard her say that.
"Regi has Francesca," said Xin Zin.
"Leave Mama out of this," replied Xiu. "For the first ti in years, she is actually willing to go on dates with soone. Let's let her have so fun. She deserves it. She has taken care of Regan for long enough. Give her a break now."
"I'll call Zhao Huan to co back," said Xin Zemin indicating that they won't bother Francesca and they'd do everything exactly as she wanted it.
"Where is Mom?"
"She's staying with Zhao Wei," replied Xin Zemin. "Why else do you think it's so quiet around here even though you had been missing for hours? It's only because she doesn't know about you running away."
"Ohh..." responded Xiu. "That ans you lied to her. Father, it's not nice to lie to your wife."
"You keep that advice to yourself!" Xin Zin shot back. "You should be the first one to learn that it's not nice to lie to your loved ones! Just because your husband knew about your whereabouts, it won't wash off your lie."
"Why so fierce, Ah-Xin?"
"Am I not supposed to be? Liu Nuan is dead! Zhou Jinhai is fighting for his life in the hospital! Even Niu Peizhi is terribly injured. All of that happened right before your eyes and you expect to be calm? And you even want to believe that you didn't get injured at all?!"
Xiu scratched the tip of her nose, "How will you believe that I'm fine?"
"As long as we don't see it with our own eyes, let's not have this discussion."
"Ah-Xin, you don't believe in my words?"
"No!" Xin Zin didn't even try to hide the real feelings of his. How could he hide it? He really couldn't believe in her right now. His heart was still feeling anxious. And his hands had been clammy since the ti he learned that she ran away from ho. No one could understand what he was going through right now.
Well, that's what he thought. However, he didn't know that Xiu could clearly perceive his mood even from so far away. It wasn't difficult. She could feel the fear in his voice.
"Okay, co fast then," she didn't try to dissuade them any longer. It was pointless anyway.
"Where are you staying?" When Xiu gave them the na of a hotel, Xin Zemin said, "Why didn't you just go ho?"
"I don't want to go to that Xin Manor. I might suffocate to death there."
"Silly, your father has his own houses in the Capital," told Xin Zemin. "And if that's also not where you want to go. You could have just gone to Xiao Zi's house. Even your Ah-Xin has a house there."
"Forget it," spoke Xin Zin. "You just stay in the hotel. It's relatively a safe place. I'll strengthen your security instead."
'I knew it!' Xiu said to herself. "Then am I suppose to stay inside the hotel until you co here?"
"That'd be better."
Xiu shook her head, "Do I look like a kid to you both?"
"We didn't get to stay with you when you're a kid," said Xin Zemin. "It's only right that we treat you like a kid."
"I'm not a kid! But I am with a kid!"
"Oh, so you do rember that you're with a kid? I thought you completely forgot that detail."
"You both are really my fathers," said Xiu. "Even the sarcasm is right up my alley. Anyway, I'm waiting for you both. Co soon if you're going to co." With that, she hung up the phone not realizing that her words left both Xin brothers staring at each other incredulously.
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