Chapter 216 - My Girlfriend

"Brother Matt, woah! woah! calm down!" Watching Matthew Xi reload his pistol before aiming the muzzle at the poor paper target that was nearly being torn apart, a man shouted. 

"It's been so long since you've visited, but it seems you're bringing years of frustration with you!" He added, as it was obvious how edgy Matthew Xi at the moment. 

If not the fact that they've been childhood friends, the man wouldn't even dare talk to him right now. Alas, the staff around was having difficulty as they needed to change the target paper but afraid that Matthew Xi would just shoot at them instead! 

"Bro, why don't we just calm down a little here, alright?" Seeing Matthew Xi not moving in his stance, the man suggested awkwardly. 

However, the next second, loud bangs were heard as Matthew Xi shot at the paper target until it was torn and aimed at the other two paper targets that were hanging. 

"Yeah, maybe not..." Seeing that none of his words got through him, the man clicked his tongue as he took off his earmuffs and headed to the stool nearby. 

"Jeez... what's got into him?" Watching his childhood friend pull the trigger until it ran out of ammo, the man sighed. "If I didn't know him, I'd think it's a woman but meh, impossible." The man murmured, curious what kind of problem would make Matthew Xi lose his cool. 

Clicking the trigger that had already run out of bullets, Matthew Xi glanced at the pistol. Upon seeing Matthew Xi's expression while staring at the gun as if telling him to reload himself magically, his eyes twitched. 

"Useless." Matthew Xi muttered which worsened his childhood friend's twitching. 

"Ah God... where's Assistant Qian when I need him?" Looking around, the man whose hair was tied into a man bun with a short apparent beard around his chin and thick brows that complimented his black and thick eyelashes, searched for the reliable Paul Qian. 

However, even the assistant's shadow could not be seen! Frustrated, the man rubbed his pointy nose. "Damn, I hate the smell of hate seeping throughout this place!" 

"Ken," Matthew Xi tossed the gun on the table, causing Kenneth Bai to jolt from his seat as the muzzle coincidentally pointed at him.

"Man! I want to live!" Kenneth Bai exclaimed, shifting his disbelieved gaze to Matthew Xi who was now checking his phone. 

"God! Why did I even come here today?!" With Matthew Xi's usual nonchalance, Kenneth Bai just expressed his frustration by exclaiming while talking to himself. 

[Young Master, Madam Xi and Mr. Qian were spotted arriving at Z Image Company.] 

Matthew Xi, who had been keeping an eye on Vivian Xi's movements read the report from one of his men. However, as soon as he read the report, he scoffed as Vivian Xi's actions were truly smart. 

His mother was smart to the extent that it irked him. Still, Matthew Xi was thankful that he had a cunning mother. Or else, he deeply knew that he would regret targeting his loyal right hand man. 

However, Matthew Xi knew he needed to avert his focus from Zoey. Otherwise, he wouldn't even know what he would do to Zoey. 

Knowing how she misunderstood him, questioned his sexuality, taking Paul Qian as her next love interest all the while knowing she liked him with real feelings involved... Matthew Xi felt like going crazy. 

After all, he might just do something unspeakable, punishing Zoey for her naughtiness and kiss her while he did so. He just... couldn't bear to put her in such a situation. 

It was just too much... just like him, he was just too much right now that he was certain Zoey wouldn't want to deal with. After all, this was him... the ugly side of him which he couldn't control properly once overwhelmed. 

He had to choose between Paul Qian and Zoey. His decision was already obvious, wasn't it? Therefore, Matthew Xi was also prepared that after this, if Paul Qian might resign then he would respect it. 

"Ken, shoot me." Placing his phone back inside his pocket, Matthew Xi gazed at Kenneth Bai who nearly gasped in disbelief. 

"Aha! Bro, I think I need to get my ears checked because I think I'm beginning to hear things." Kenneth Bai laughed awkwardly, pulling his earlobe. "What did you say again?" He asked, preparing his ear to hear what Matthew Xi was saying properly this time. 

"Shoot me." Without batting an eye, Matthew Xi requested. 

This time, Kenneth Bai gasped as it was not his hearing that had a problem. It was Matthew Xi's head that had a problem!

"What?!"

"Here, no, here." Pointing at his leg, Matthew Xi shook his head before pointing at his palm to where he was asking to be shot. 

"What... Bro! Are you planning to be the modern Jesus?!" Staring at his palm where Matthew Xi was pointing at, Kenneth Bai criticized loudly as he stared at him in disbelief. 

The thought was not impossible if Matthew Xi was thinking of being the next messiah. After all, nails are too ancient while bullets would still leave a hole in his palm. 

"I don't know." Not a bit humored by Kenneth Bai's remarks, Matthew Xi faintly sighed as he turned to look at his palm. "I just need to divert my mind as soon as possible." He muttered, because whatever he does wouldn't make him calm his nerves. 

Was this excitement? Rage? Disappointment? Perhaps, a mix of everything? Matthew Xi didn't know. 

But what he knew was he couldn't face Zoey under such a state. After all, she would surely look for him and make him sit down for a talk. 

"Tsk tsk, brother, why would you resort to such an extent? Just what kind of problem would make you lose it?!" Kenneth Bai clicked his tongue as he was truly intrigued on what kind of problem the XI family was facing. 

In his perspective, Kenneth Bai thought it was serious like someone embezzling money from the XI Corporation, or a family heirloom was stolen — he chipped in everything extreme he could think of that could put his childhood friend in such a dilemma. 

"Zoey." Slowly, Matthew Xi perched on the chair next to Kenneth Bai which made him knit his brows. 

"Zoey? Who's that?" Opening the bottled water, Kenneth Bai asked before he drank it. 

Since Zoey's name was rather neutral for both genders, Kenneth Bai thought it was Matthew Xi's left hand man who turned out to be a traitor. 

"My girlfriend.." However, Matthew Xi's response was akin to a punch while Kenneth Bai was drinking his water, causing him to cough the water out from his mouth.