Chapter 71 - The One Xinyi Likes

"Aunt! Where is the video that you sent me?" Zizi came rushing to Han Guang.

Han Mingli frowned. "What do you mean? Didn't you show it to Zhiyuan yet?"

She gritted her teeth. "How do I show? I was about to but then it suddenly erased from my phone. Even from our chat history!"

Han Guang was shocked. "What?"

She checked her WeChat and video folder, but just like Zizi, there was no trace of that video she recorded.

Han Mingli asked, "It's still there, right?"

Han Guang was stupefied. "No...How can it be possible? I saved it on phone but now it's not there!"

Zizi and Han Mingli widened their eyes.

Zizi said, "Even from your phone too? How is this possible?"

Han Guang clenched the phone in her hands. "I don't know what happened but it got erased!"

Han Mingli cursed. "Damn it! That was our chance to make Zhiyuan go against Xinyi. What will we do now?"

Zizi cried. "Aunt. Bro refused to believe me. He is still blindly trusting that Xinyi!"

Han Guang took a deep breath. "Don't worry. I sent the video to Caihong too and she has seen it. That Xinyi...she must have got a whiff about it and did something to delete the video from our phones!"

She smirked. "But it's alright because Caihong has seen it. Do you think she would stay quiet after listening to their confession?"

Han Mingli nodded. "Caihong wouldn't tolerate this. She would definitely confront Xinyi."

Zizi cautiously asked, "Do you really think so?"

"Of course. And once she tells the truth to Zhiyuan, he will have to believe her. He may not believe us, but he would surely trust Caihong's words. If she said that she saw the confession, then Zhiyuan would have no choice."

"We have to just wait for the drama to unfold," she sneered.

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In their room, Zhiyuan saw Xinyi sleeping on the bed with Siying and Chyou. Siying slept on her left side while Chyou on her right.

He softly chuckled.

As he stared at her sleeping face, he wondered once again if she ever liked any guy in college?

The question made him curious and he didn't know why, but a little nervous too.

Zhiyuan saw that their bags from the cruise were still packed. He thought to put back everything in place to reduce Xinyi's work.

He quickly sorted out the stuff and quietly unpacked and arranged all the things back in their room. At the bottom of the bag almost hidden in a corner, he found one book.

Wait, this seems like Xinyi's diary. 

He remembered the day Siying had pointed it out and shown it to him. The diary almost slipped from his hands but he quickly caught it. 

Phew. 

His sight fell onto a page that got flipped open. In it, he could partially read a sentence.

'... realized that I fell in love with him.'

Zhiyuan rapidly blinked his eyes. He read it again and again.

He was just thinking about it and here he already got the proof.

This was Xinyi's diary so every sentence written was her thoughts and feelings in her handwriting.

So it's true. Xinyi did like someone…

He silently clutched the diary in his palm.

Who was he?

Zhiyuan stared at Xinyi's sleeping face and felt conflicted. But he was confused too. There were too many emotions swirling in his heart that he couldn't understand.

Naturally, he had an urge to read her diary and know more about the guy, but his principles didn't let him. A diary was a personal belonging, and it was wrong to invade someone's privacy.

He felt helpless and quietly put it back in her drawer. 

In the evening, Liang and Ah Cy came to pick Leina. Since it was already dinner time, Xinyi asked them to join as well.

Liang asked, "What happened to my dear princess? You look in a bad mood."

He narrowed his eyes at Siying. "Did Siying say something to you?" He glared at Zhiyuan. "Hey, Zhiyuan! Look at your son scaring my daughter!"

Zhiyuan shook his head. "You just need a reason to target my son."

Xinyi and Ah Cy giggled.

Leina harrumphed. "I don't like her!"

She pointed at Chyou and Chyou pursed her lips.

"She pushed Siying!"

Siying said, "Chyou said sorry too!"

Leina glared at Siying, making him shut his mouth.

Ah Cy said, "Ah, I wonder who this girl was...So you are Caihong and Xiaosi's daughter."

Liang touched his chin as he raised his brow. "Hooo…"

He looked at Zhiyuan and Xinyi curiously. 

Chyou blinked her eyes. She was a little nervous around these new adults she just met. "D-Do you know my Mama and Dada?"

There was a moment of silence.

Liang and Ah Cy shared a glance. Liang smiled. "Yup. We have a long history. We went to the same college."

Her gaze sparkled. "Oh! Just like Siying, Leina, and me!"

Leina grumbled. "Don't include me…"

Ah Cy tugged Xinyi and whispered. "How is Chyou here?"

Xinyi shortened the story and quickly said how it came to place.

Her eyes slightly widened in shock. "So you will teach Chyou and Caihong will teach Siying?"

She felt it was too incredible. Here, their fathers acted as natural enemies, but the children were unaffected.

Xinyi said, "Siying might go tomorrow at An residence."

"I see…What can I say?"

"Exactly. What can I say too?" Han Huizhong majestically entered the dining area and sat on his chair.

He glanced at Chyou and squinted his gaze. He looked back at Ah Cy and Liang and smiled. "Aren't my grandson and granddaughter-in-law have such big hearts? When I heard it for the first time, I was shocked to know about it. Xinyi never fails to amaze me. She is going to teach someone's daughter who was her husband's-"

Xinyi quickly cut him off. "Grandpa!" 

How can he carelessly reveal about Caihong and Zhiyuan in front of the children?

Han Huizhong sneered. "What's wrong? I think you should tell them your wonderful story of youth."

Zhiyuan looked at the children. "Why don't you all play in the garden?"

They got down and ran away.

"Tsk," he snorted.

Liang looked around. "By the way, I don't see Uncle and Aunt Han and Zizi."

Zizi was in a bad mood after her failed attempt to show Xinyi's truth to Zhiyuan while Han Guang and Han Mingli decided to eat upstairs in their room. 

Han Huizhong raised his brow. "Isn't it just fine? All the annoying people are absent. Wait, Zhiyuan is still here. It will be perfect if he leaves too."

Zhiyuan stiffened.

I shouldn't have asked it, Liang thought.

Xinyi gave a helpless glare. "Grandpa please…"

He snorted and looked away.

Ah Cy slowly asked, "I am amazed to know that Grandpa actually agreed to this arrangement for the kids."

He laughed. "Oh about Siying going to meet that woman tomorrow? I wouldn't have allowed it, but then aren't we taking care of their daughter too?" His eyes twinkled. The rest of it was left unsaid.

Han Huizhong's sly smile made her shudder.

If anyone read in between the lines, they would understand that his statement was a blatant threat.

If something happened to Siying, don't forget that we have Chyou too. So, watch out.

Liang said, "Well, we should leave. It's already gotten too late."

Zhiyuan thought for a moment and said, "Liang, I have to talk about something."

"Cool. Let's head outside."

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As the kids still played around in the garden with Xinyi and Ah Cy also joining them, Liang and Zhiyuan walked a little farther away.

Liang asked, "What's it, buddy?"

Zhiyuan didn't know how to frame his question. He felt at a loss for words.

"Why are you thinking so much? Just ask right away."

Zhiyuan glanced at Xinyi who was laughing with the kids.

"That um...D-Do you know if Xinyi...I mean if she," he cleared his throat, "liked anybody in college..?"

Liang rapidly blinked his eyes. This sudden question took him away.

Zhiyuan quickly said, "I am just curious. Something brought into my mind about it and...I wondered if she might have had a crush on a guy…"

"In short, you want to know if she dated anybody?" 

He coughed. "I don't think she dated anybody, otherwise we would have known. Well…"

Liang gave a sly smile. "Why do you want to know who she liked? It's all in the past anyway."

Zhiyuan said, "I mean it was always known that Caihong and I were together. But I never knew about her side. If Xinyi liked some guy too and she got married to me then... wouldn't it have affected her too? I never thought about it that way...I mean I know we cannot change anything now, but I just wanted to know what kind of a guy he was that she *ahem* liked…"

Zhiyuan felt clueless for the first time on how to explain himself clearly.

Liang narrowed his eyes, making Zhiyuan slightly nervous.

"Tell me the truth. What happened?"

Zhiyuan sighed and then told him about Xinyi's diary and his accidental discovery about her crush.

Needless to say, Liang was surprised. Not because of knowing about Xinyi's crush, but it was the first time that Zhiyuan was curious about something related to Xinyi. That he wanted to know more about her.

And not just anything. It was about a man she liked.

The husband was curious to know about her past crush.