Chapter 108 - Break My Heart

In a small voice,Shi Ai said,"She was lying. But why?"

As Shi Ai's voice went progressively lower,Ah Hai knew that she was trying to compose her emotions. He could feel his heart break for her. The first clue she found relating to her long lost sister was lying. He knew that she was desperate for information and all she could see were dead ends. Ah Hai packed his work and left the work. ;

Assistant Yang was not shocked by this because he knew that is how the brothers were and conveniently went to work on rescheduling the man's meetings. ;

Ah Hai reached his apartment at top speed and marched straight into Shi Ai's room. And there the little pixie was sitting cross legged on the ground,with her eyes swollen big. Shaking his head at her,he sat on the ground and put her in his lap. She sniffled a bit and buried her face into his neck. A few minutes later,Shi Ai had composed herself and apart from the occassional sniffle,she was silent as she heard Ah Hai's steady heartbeat.Ah Hai looked down at the pink hair and said,"Xaio Ai!You did not change your hair color today?"

Shi Ai looked up at him and pouted before replying,"There are thousands of women with pink hair!I will not change my color for now. I really really like this."

Xaio Ai..Ah Hai was the only one who called her that.The only person who even knew that her real name was Shi Xaio. After her eighteenth birthday,Shi Ai had started having horrible nightmares and she had chosen to take guidance from a counselor to see if there was any reason behind these recurring nightmares. But the problem was Shi Ai never remembered what she dreamt of, only that is caused her to break out in a sweat and wake up screaming. It was during this time that she discovered the letter that Aunt Wu had left for her to read on her eighteenth birthday,whichbshe had forgotten about.

Aunt Wu had documented the times that she had those nightmares from the time she came to the orphanage and what she screamed about when she woke up.

It seemed she usually woke up shouting the name Shi Ai or jiejie( meaning sister) most of the times. Shi AI had found it odd that she never screamed for her parents only a sister. This had made her firm up on her decision to find her buried memories and her parents as well as this person called Jiejie. This had made her discover the fact that she was in fact Shi Xaio and not Shi Ai and also remember that it had been her sister who had left her at the orphanage. In honor her sister, she had chosen to keep her name Xaio Ai, her own name and her sister's name. Though Ah Hai was the only one who called her Xaio Ai

Shi Ai was jolted back from the present when she felt a firm tug on her hair. With his big hands clenched in her hair,Ah Hai made Shi Ai look into his eyes and said,"How many times have I warned you to not think of the past. I made you a promise to find out the past and you know I will but if you torture yourself like this then I will not tell you anything. Xaio Ai, you know whatever it was your sister was protecting you from was dangerous and we have to be careful of that fact. Silvia Gray is lying but the question is why? ;

You heard her voice,she was scared out of her wits when I took Shi Ai's name. So even if your sister survived or not,I have kept a close watch on that woman and we will know. Do not torture yourself until then. And now get up and wash your face. We are going to have lunch."

With that Ah Hai dropped a light kiss on her lips and pushed her off his lap.

Shi Ai crawled off his lap and went straight towards the washroom. She seemed to not realise that her lips were tingling and her fingers were still touching the warmth there. Since when did Ah Hai start to get like this with her? She wondered of it was just a comfort kiss or something more?

Shaking her head,Shi Ai washed her face and applied a light layer of makeup before leaving the room. Ah Hai looked her over and making a face complained," You had to go and ruin your beauty with goop.Long Shi Ai! When will you stop applying this paint and come with me the way you are? "

Shi Ai gave him a sassy reply and said,"this is a woman's war paint. It makes her look pretty."

Ah Hai stared at Shi Ai and then leaning forward whispered in her ear,"Shi Ai. Let me tell you a secret. War paint does not make anyone look beautiful. It us for war so naturally it makes you look ugly...like you are now!" He finished off with a wink and ran forward as Shi Ai rushed after him to hit his arm for calling her ugly! The two people left the home hand in hand laughing and teasing each other.

Silvia Grey on the other hand,sat in her room with the blinds closed and utter darkness surrounding her. Her head was filled with dark thoughts of the past and every now and then she would let out a shudder. Today was a dooms day for her. Just who had she offended recently that this happened. Silvia stared at the photo frame in her hands and traced the features of the girl standing with her. In a small voice she kept whispering,"I am sorry Shi Shi. I am sorry.." After crying her eyes out,she let out a hiccup and then wiping her tears made a call to a private investigator. ; She needed to know why that man was asking about Shi Ai.