570 I'll Be There, Boss!

"Pfft!"

Dylan couldn't help laughing at Xiu making her lips twitch along with an itch to beat him getting stronger within her. Control! She reminded herself. Self-restraint is necessary! He is officially my brother-in-law, I can't just beat him up. Not just yet! Let's hold back for a while longer.

"That's like the most accurate description of yourself. Permanently exhausted pigeon! Haha!"

Xiu gripped the hem of her shirt tightly in her fist. However, Dylan really wasn't getting the hint!

"From now on, I'll call you, Piggy! What's up Piggy? OMG! It's so funny! Haha!"

*Smack!*

Finally unable to hold back, Xiu kicked his leg from under the table.

"OW!" he yelled as he looked at her with a look of grievance.

Xiu smiled as if nothing happened and calmly reminded him, "Just because I don't have a job, doesn't mean I've lost my temper. If anything, it's gotten worse in the previous week. So, don't push your luck with me."

Dylan rubbed the sore spot as he observed her expressions and pointed out, "Why does it seem like you're really in a good mood today?"

"Oh? What gave that away?" asked Xiu with feigned astonishment.

Dylan tapped his chin before saying, "I don't know. Normally, if I teased you like this, you'd have already beaten me to a pulp. Also, usually, it takes a lot of begging, pleading, and bribing before you agree to help me. Today, none of that happened. You actually readily agreed to help me." He took a brief pause before adding thoughtfully, "Unless you're possessed, the only reasonable reason could be that you're in a good mood. Now, since you've already possessed this body, I already can cancel the first option. So, that brings me to ask, why are you in a good mood? Did something good happen?"

"Dylan, take my advice and spend even more time with Cali."

"Why?"

"Her intelligence is rubbing off on you. How great is that!"

Dylan stared at her face with a blank look. 

Seeing how she didnn't manage to get the reaction she was hoping for, she went on, "Anyway, you're right. I am indeed in a very good mood today. Something really good happened."

"What is it?" Dylan was immediately like a curious cat.

"That..." Xiu drawled her words with a sweet smile before finishing with, "I won't tell you."

Dylan leaned back in his seat in annoyance. "Why hype it up if you aren't even gonna share it with me?"

"It's fun to burst your bubble," she replied simply.

Dylan happily ate in silence and even when he asked for a second bowl, Xiu didn't refuse him. She indeed enjoyed seeing people eat with gusto. And in this busy life, homemade food was a luxury for most people. Not to forget, it had become a form of happiness and comfort to some people. So, how could she refuse anyone?

After Dylan was done eating, he sprawled on his seat in a very bad posture.

"What are you doing?" she questioned seeing him sighing to himself.

"I'm thinking," he replied.

"About?"

Dylan took a moment before he spoke in a small voice, "What if Cali didn't accept my feelings? What if she rejected me?"

Xiu placed the dishes in the sink and looked over in his direction with a strange look. "Are you nuts? There is still a doubt that she'd reject your feelings? You guys have literally been stuck to each other from the time you started courting her."

Dylan sat up straight and said, "That's only because I didn't give her a way out. I literally stuck to her on my own. Maybe I was being nuisance. She had feelings for me, but you never know about feelings. They change faster than weather. There is a possibility that she met some handsome guy on this trip and her heart swayed? You never really know."

Xiu smacked the back of his head, "When did you get so self-conscious? Besides, you tell me did you fall for Cali because of her looks?"

Dylan hurriedly shook his head, "I like her maturity, stability, loyalty and the peace she brings to my heart."

"There you go! You answered your own worries." Dylan looked at her in perplexion. "Cali isn't the kind of person to be swayed by just looks. It's the sincerity that matters." She took a pause and patted his shoulder saying, "And don't forget rejecting someone's feelings isn't a crime. It doesn't make you a bad person. But if you are playing with someone's feelings that does make you a bad person. Every person has the right to accept or reject someone's feelings."

"So, you think she'll reject me?" 

Xiu again rolled her eyes at this dumbo! "No! Focus, Dylan! I just told you a fact. I didn't mean she will reject you. Stop overthinking about it."

Dylan thought about her words and nodded his head saying, "I guess I'lll just have faith in my own sincerity and believe that it has moved her heart."

Xiu gave him a thumbs up. "Good for you. Now, get out! Your lunch hour is already over."

"I still have ten minutes," he said cheekily.

"And you also have to ride back," she reminded.

"Oh." With that he turned to the door. But stopped for a moment to say, "Don't forget to be on time tomorrow. I specially came to invite you."

Xiu grinned at him saying, "Bro, I love getting invited to places. But it's the showing up part that bothers me."

Dylan narrowed his eyes at her. She waved him off saying, "Fine, fine. I'll be there, boss!"

Satisfied with her response, Dylan left the apartment leaving Xiu to curse at him behind his back.