Chapter 169 - ONE HUNDRED RED ROSES [I]

Xueyan alongside her father, mother and daughter went to the mall.

They shopped happily and after they moved to the amusement park to have more fun.

As they continued, they didn't see the time slip by them.

Soon it was five in the evening.

"I had so much fun." Qingran licked her ice cream cone joyously.

"Mom, do you want one?" Xueyan asked.

"No, no. It's too cold."

"Thank you mommy. I had fun."

"Uh huh? That's good." Xueyan bent to kiss her little girl.

Mr Bai returned with four stick of steaks. He gave them one each.

"We should leave now, we already had enough." Mr Bai urged them. 

On their way to the car, her parents suddenly stopped walking. Since she was talking to Qingran, she didn't notice and bumped into them.

Xueyan was tall, just like her father so she had trouble seeing what was wrong from his back. She moved to the side and the person she saw surprised her.

"Xiao Shiya," someone else was with her. "Why are you here?"

*

He had called to inform her in the morning that Xueyan was going out with her whole family.

Shiya had gotten ready as well and told him to follow Xueyan, so she herself would be able to catch up.

She had watched Xueyan have fun all day, smile like nothing in this world bothered her. Really? Was she that happy? Since she knows she might be able to win Zhaolin with that same trick from the past.

Acting all innocent and being sweet. And that thing they called love.

She decided it will be best to block her when they will be leaving.

"Can we talk?" Shiya asked arrogantly, she didn't even bother to greet the two elders in front of her.

Xueyan's jaw clenched, "I can see your level of education, you didn't get to finish school to lose your manners." She was now standing in front of her father.

"Oh, I had come to see you." Shiya smiled mockingly. "Not them."

"It's fine, we will leave you two to talk." Her father said. "We will take Qingran along too." After saying that, they walked towards the car.

"If you leave with that car, which car will she use?" Shiya turned to ask Mr and Mrs Bai.

Mrs Bai thought she had been too quiet. "Young lady, don't tell me this is how you talk to your parents."

"No, why would I?" Shiya chuckled. "They are not jobless. They earn a lot of money, so..."

"Xiao Shiya!" Xueyan called from behind her.

Shiya swirled around to face Xueyan. "What?" She asked angrily. "Are you angry?" You are making me do this, you are making me look like one young miss with no upbringing.

Xueyan took a closer step. "One more disrespecting word from you and I'll give you a double of it." 

"Hahaha," Shiya laughed. "I didn't say anything wrong, they should be riding in a taxi or bus. They don't earn salary, so they don't deserve to be treated like people that do."

"It's none of your business what I decide to do with my parents," Xueyan gave her father a go ahead to enter the car.

They entered and left.

"Now, why did you decide to come see me all of a sudden."

"Who was that little girl?" Shiya asked. "I bet she's your daughter. Does Zhaolin know you were..." She bent to whisper into Xueyan's ear. "Raped?"

The word Raped, sent an electrocution all over Xueyan's body. That word was always able to penetrate through the walls she built. The walls that had made her stronger, it took time but she achieved it. So why would she let such a tiny word affect her?

No. She couldn't allow the word she was familiar with, shake her, so she tried to get a grip on herself.

"Why?" Shiya smirked. "From your expression, seems he doesn't know." Maybe she will have the upper hand at last.

Zhaolin's father and mother might always abide by whatever their son wished, but the grandparents... Hahaha.

This made her excited.

"What do you think will happen if he knows?" Shiya enquired. "Will he still be the same Zhaolin he is to you? Or a Zhaolin that doesn't want anything to do with you?"

"Did you come here to find out? Or just to just make I'm not trying to steal him." Xueyan stated. "You must be suffering a lot to stoop this low,"

"Watch your tongue," Shiya pointed at Xueyan and warned. 

"Hahaha, spot on. Now if you will excuse me, I've somewhere to be." 

"I'm not done," Shiya blocked Xueyan's path.

"Not like I care," Xueyan smiled.

"Let's talk somewhere private," Shiya used her hand to block Xueyan as she had moved.

"I don't want to talk to someone like you, I might get infected with this disease called one sided love."

"You should just do as you are told." The man standing by the side of car finally said something and turned around.

Xueyan looked him up and down as her mouth fell open. "I know you,"

He chuckled, "An honour. It's a great honour that the number one upcoming actress in the country recognizes me. I'm flattered."

"Oh, seems like you ended up as an errand dog." 

Andy was easily provoked. His hands balled up. "What did you just say?" He blinked thrice. "If I remember correctly, my parents has more social standing than yours. How dare you?"

"I knew it," Xueyan smiled mischievously. "You two had been suspicious right from the very beginning."

Shiya was shocked. "What are you trying to say?"

"I had seen you two a couple of times, back in highschool."

Shiya whom had been holding her shoulders very high, dropped them. "Say that again."

"Perhaps," Xueyan couldn't hide her excitement. "You two had been..."

"BAI XUEYAN!!!" Shiya screamed out loud, attracting the passerbys attention.

"What is wrong with that young lady?"

"Why is she shouting so much? The sun isn't even down yet."

"She must be crazy."

"Doesn't she care about her social status?"

Shiya heard the comments coming from the passerbys and she wished for the ground to open and swallow her. 

Why would Xueyan make her look like a fool?

That disease called one sided love... The statement echoed in her head.

Xueyan took a step closer so whatever she said will be between them. "I really didn't want to go ahead and start a relationship with Zhaolin, but now, I think I have more reason to. Besides, my feelings for him is more genuine than yours. Why don't you stay out of my business? And I'll turn a blind eye to yours."

Xueyan straightened. "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. It was nice catching up with you."

*

It has been up to two minutes since Xueyan left, but Shiya remained rooted at that same spot.

Andy Huang called her name multiple times but she didn't answer. He then resulted in shaking her back to her senses.

She desperately gasped for breath. She didn't know she had been holding it in. He went to the car and got her a bottle water. "Here, drink this."

She took three gulps and pushed his hand away.

"I need to go back home." She went straight to the car, got into the driver's side and ignited the car.

He got in and she drove off.

*****

"What did you just say?" Zhaolin asked.

"I have pictures," Riuwen passed him an envelope he quickly stretched his hand to grab it.

Zhaolin tore the envelope open, and after looking through the content, he scoffed. "She's no longer scared to go out with her lover at daytime. She even met up with Xueyan, to do what?"

"He couldn't hear them as they were talking on a low tone, and he was also far but he said he had heard Miss Xiao scream Miss Xueyan's name." Riuwen reported. "I think Miss Xueyan must have provoked her."

"I'm proud of her, she isn't a pushover." Zhaolin smiled. Yes, he liked the fact she was strong. No one can easily bully her. His woman was strong. "Send her a bouquet of one hundred red roses."

Riuwen thought he heard wrong. "What?"

"A bouquet of one hundred red roses." He repeated. "What else do you think I should add? Should I present it to her, or let you deliver it? No, I'll deliver it myself." He grinned.

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Secretary Jiang had heard that through the door, so he did a quick maths.

Before knocking on the door.

Zhaolin opened the door. "Cancel all my meetings," he said to secretary Jiang whom nodded and bowed.

"Yes sir."

Immediately Zhaolin was out of ear shot, Secretary Jiang rushed into the office to gossip with a none interested Riuwen.

"Why do people in love do the weirdest thing?"

Riuwen didn't reply.

"One hundred red roses, if he gives me that much money I'll be so happy."

"You should be contented with your salary." Riuwen hissed and exited the office.

"Yes I should be."