“What are you doing here?” An Xiulan asked as she saw Han Zixin outside the restaurant where she would be meeting Han Nanxian. Earlier this afternoon, Han Nanxian called her and asked if she was up for a meal. Since he came to this city after so many years, she could not say no to them. Hell, she was excited to show him the city that he had been dying to see all these years.
If there was someone who missed home like her, it was Han Nanxian.
Moreover, she was looking forward to meeting him here. She had made so many schemes of setting him up with Song Xueyun and for that, she needed to meet him in person.
Throughout the entire way, she was visualizing all the ways she could set Han Nanxian and Song Xueyun but when she saw Han Zixin here, she grew sceptical.
This morning, he was at their breakfast table saying all the nonsense things. He almost told her parents that he had feelings for her. Who does this? This boy was trying to embarrass her, nothing else!
“What are you doing here?” Han Zixin asked the same question. Even though he had a clue why she was there, he still asked the same question. Since he was getting on her nerves, he would like to get on her nerves even more. Was ignoring him all day not enough that she wanted to do more?
“I asked the question first, “An Xiulan said, looking at him. She stood straight as if she was the party in power not the other way. He also stood straight and towered over her and she inwardly pouted. She knew what he was doing. He was trying to scare her off with his tall and strong body. But she fed him to be like this. Did he forget it too soon? So, how could she be scared of him so easily? Hah! Let the game play, baby!
“It doesn’t matter, “Han Zixin said. Taking a pause, he asked again, “Why are you here?”
An Xiulan held her hands on her waist and asked him, “Why can’t I be here?”
Why did her coming to this place surprise him so much? It was not like he couldn’t guess why she might be here. But he had to pretend that he knew nothing. Han Nanxian was their mutual friend. Surely, it would be to meet him.
Han Zixin answered, “Of course, you can be anywhere as I don’t own the world.”
When Han Zixin said this, she didn’t like his tone. His rude and aloof tone hurt her and she didn’t shy away from saying it to his face. These two had been like this. No matter what happens, they would never keep things in their hearts as they knew that it would hurt them in the long run. Sometimes, it was better to say what hurt them than to keep it in our hearts to have it hurt us even more later.
“Why are you not talking nicely to me?” An Xiulan asked in a hurtful tone.
“Why are you running away from me?” Han Zixin sighed and questioned.
Han Zixin reminded her of the time when she ignored him, “I dropped you at your office this morning but you didn’t even look at me throughout the entire ride.”
Not just this, when he went to her house this morning, she looked at everyone and everything but him. Even her parents could see that she was not herself throughout the entire meal but they were pretending for their sake as they didn’t wish to make them uncomfortable with anything.
She kept her head lowered the entire time. He thought she was just shy after their kiss. But she ignored him throughout the way to the office. She didn’t even bother to say a word to him. Even if he didn’t want to, he could help but get hurt because of this behaviour.
“How could I look at you on a bike ride?” An Xiulan muttered.
“Still, it didn’t change the fact that you didn’t say a word, ” Han Zixin said.
“If I didn’t say a word, then you were silent too, ” An Xiulan said. ” Why didn’t you ask me why I am silent? Why did you not try to break that silence? If I didn’t speak to you now, would you have let me maintain this silence again? And what if because of you, we never talked again? Would that be nice?”
“Why are you like this?” Heaving out a sigh, he asked.
“Like what?” An Xiulan questioned
“Like a blockhead, ” Han Zixin said, lightly flicking her forehead. She slapped his hand but he gently rubbed the point where he flicked. Softening his tone, he asked, “Now I am asking you. Why are you here?”
“I am here for the same reason you are, ” answered An Xiulan. Now she felt like things were going normal between them.
“How do you know why I am here?” Han Zixin raised his brow.
An Xiulan pursed her lips. “The person who invited me also invited you.”
“Ge invited you?” Han Zixin asked. He had an inkling that Han Nanxian might have invited her over but he was not sure about it. But it seemed like his assumption was right. Han Nanxian invited both him and An Xiulan. It also meant that Song Xueyun would be here. Did it mean the couple were going to disclose their relationship status?
It looked as if this meal was not going to be a simple one.
An Xiulan nodded her head. She didn’t think much about the fact that he was silent and pondering about something. She believed that if something was troubling her, he would surely share it with her. As both of them were aware that he could not hide many things from her.
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A/N: These two needs to throw away their issues and come together! It’s getting too much now!
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