Chapter 392 - A Soulless Entity

Traumatized by Lucifer's aggression when he proposed that they should date, Xia Ruo Lan would flinch each time she'd lay her eyes on him. His presence was enough to make her feel uncomfortable.

"It's okay, I'll do it..", Xia Ruo Lan hurriedly refused Lucifer when he fixed her hair for her.

"No, I don't want to go on a date with you..", Xia Ruo Lan rejecting Lucifer's idea of going on a double date with Ethan Lee and Mia Chung.

"I'm fine, I'm not feeling cold..", Xia Ruo Lan pushing back Lucifer's hands when he tries to cover her with his coat.

"Thanks, but I have my own umbrella..", Xia Ruo Lan taking out her umbrella from her bag and refusing Lucifer's help, once again!

"I'll eat by myself.. Thank you!", Xia Ruo Lan pressing her lips together when Lucifer tries to feed her something.

"Ah? No, I'll go.. It's not that late..", Xia Ruo Lan hastily shaking her head, and denying to let Lucifer drop her home when it gets dark.

Surprisingly, the man was very nice to her.

Through out their relationship Lucifer was extremely gentle and sweet to Xia Ruo Lan. He'd do everything that Ethan Lee would do for Mia Chung except for the extreme - physical intimacy.

"It's Xia Ruo Lan's birthday, why just a hug? You have to kiss her brother! Kiss! Kiss!! Kiss!!!"

Annoyed, Mia Chung created a fuss after seeing Lucifer briefly hug Xia Ruo Lan, for less than five seconds.

"Huh? Just on the cheek? One more, one more kiss!"

Relenting to Mia's incessant urging, Lucifer gave a peck on Xia Ruo Lan's pale cheeks. She clenched her teeth, remaining mum without a squeak.

"Tch! So boring.."

Viewing their reluctance with her own eyes, Mia Chung clicked her tongue in frustration.

"Enough! Mia.. Lucifer is not a open person you know that.."

Observing the evident discomfiture on Lucifer's face, hence Ethan Lee came to his friend's rescue.

The farthest Lucifer and Xia Ruo Lan had progressed in terms of intimacy in their relationship was a quick peck on the cheek or forehead or a hug. Sometimes a kiss at the back of her hands, that's it.

Nothing less, nothing more.

Thus, most people were all shocked to see Xia Ruo Lan treat Lucifer like a ghost, she'd pale at the slightest touch. And across like she was being tortured by him.

It was a real pain to watch the couple estranged like that..

The loving couple, Ethan Lee and Mia Chung used to feel really bad for Lucifer instead of Xia Ruo Lan who was the real victim.

Thanks to this misunderstanding they even ended up assuming that Lucifer is the one who is truly in love with Xia Ruo Lan, while she's just using him or going along with him for his happiness.

That it's a relationship in namesake only!

On account of this reasoning, Xia Ruo Lan gradually came to be hated by Ethan Lee and the likes of him, except Mia Chung. Xia Ruo Lan was like a villain in Lucifer's life.

Even though Lucifer treated Xia Ruo Lan well, and Ethan Lee used to lecture his friend to open his eyes and look at the reality!

"Brother! Why can't you see, Xia Ruo Lan doesn't love you.. She's not a good girl for you.."

On one such day, Xia Ruo Lan heard Ethan Lee lecture Lucifer. She had had enough of these rumors, her image as a bad girlfriend and Ethan Lee's hatred towards her. She decided to break up, and leave the country.

"Lucifer, I'm breaking up with you.. Let's never see each other's faces again coz I don't want to have anything to do with you.. I hate you!"

To maintain her image as a bad girlfriend, Xia Ruo Lan publicly broke up with Lucifer in front of the whole campus. Leaving him heartbroken, or so they thought. In reality, he was impressed by her, and they later became very good friends.

"That was some acting!"

Gulping the beer in his hands, Lucifer remarked with a smile.

"You think I was acting? I actually hate you!"

Rolling her eyes, Xia Ruo Lan spat harshly, she took a gulp and felt nauseated. It was her first time drinking!

"Heh! I like you.. Let's become friends!"

Clinking their bottles to produce a sound, Lucifer chuckled.

The night when Xia Ruo Lan was supposed to leave the Country for further studies, she was drinking with Lucifer on the rooftop of a bar, away from school. They had a blast before she fainted after drinking one and a half bottle of beer.

From that day onwards, Xia Ruo Lan was in constant contact with Lucifer, until one day.

It was Mia Chung's 18 birthday, also the day of her death. An excited Xia Ruo Lan wanted to surprise her, when she herself was bewildered to see Ethan Lee on his knees, proposing to Mia Chung. It broke her heart. She was shattered, inside out.

Crying, and sobbing her heart out Xia Ruo Lan left the venue and the country, the very same night. She brought along Mia's gift, a masterpiece painting by the artist 'ROSE', her favorite.

Xia Ruo Lan's eyes were bloodshot after crying so much. She was looking weak, her face pale with a harrowing pain in her chest whenever she remembered the scene at the party. She was like a soulless entity, like a dead person on this earth!

The next two days, Xia Ruo Lan slept in like a dead body. Refusing to contact or meet anyone, including Lucifer. She had even changed her contact number. After nearly two months, Xia Ruo Lan came to know about Mia Chung's untimely death, she was regretful and filled with self-reproach for running away.

To this day, Xia Ruo Lan remembers that night, the radiantly smiling face of Mia Chung as Ethan Lee kissed her hand before slipping the ring. It was a golden moment of her life.

The only golden moment of Mia's life!