134 More Reasonable

"Manta knew?!" Realization dawned on Masaichi.

"Of course. He is more reasonable than you are." Midori had a smug look on her face.

Xiu Jin started his irritatingly contagious laughter again.

Aoi Xiu could not help but chuckle.

These made Masaichi even more irritated. "Why you..!" He leaned in over his sister.

Just then, he felt small hands pushing him away from his sister with all their might.

"No, Tousan! Aunt Midori is pre-nant!" Manta was still getting into his new vocabulary.

Masaichi almost laughed. His son is quite adorable. He took the boy into his arms.

"When did you start keeping things from me?" he interrogated him as they went out to the lanai.

Midori heaved a sigh of relief, then eyed her mother. "Did not even defend me..."

"Didn't even invite me..." Aoi Xiu contorted her lips before walking away, playfully shifting the blame back to her daughter.

Midori turned to her father. "Otousan, why are you here?"

"You don't like seeing your old man anymore? I heard your husband often visits. Do you question him like this?" Xiu Jin was pouting immaturely.

"Uhm...it should be alright. However..." Midori mimicked the curled up lips her mother had just shown. "If Niisan is here...and you are here...who's running XCG?"

Xiu Jin scratched the back of his head. "It doesn't matter. I know my people."

Midori frowned. "Did you appoint an OIC?"

He flashed a wide, apologetic grin.

"You careless old man! Do you need us to replace you already? Do you have Alzheimer's?!" She could not believe that her father would just leave the company under subordinates without appointing a temporary leader.

"Don't worry. Adams is there. You know him." Xiu Jin tried to save himself.

"Can you be more reasonable?! You left the CEO assistant to fend for himself off your wolves of shareholders?!"

Indeed, Riley Adams can deal with subordinates and colleagues, but he would not have a voice against the demanding shareholders.

"Well...I think he knows your husband. He's in City S now, right?" He looked around the hallway as if afraid to find that his son-in-law was there.

Midori took a deep breath. "My husband is not part of XCG. Why are you expecting him to interfere?!"

"He's partially responsible for it after marrying you." He shrugged his shoulders and grinned at her.

Midori rolled her eyes and ended the conversation by walking away.

Xiu Jin's face became serious. He walked to find his wife just outside her room.

Aoi Xiu was sitting on a wooden rocking chair at the terrace facing the pond. The sound of the sozu bamboo clashing against the rock as it emptied the water adds to the traditional feel of the garden.

"Aoi..." he cleared his throat.

"Do we have a problem again?" She did not even look at him. She kept staring at the bamboo fountain.

"No! I mean...I do have a problem, but it does not really concern you." He never wanted her to worry. He just wanted her to know.

"Really...so, what's her name?" Whenever her husband talks like this, he had tangled himself with a woman, most of the time, a delusional one.

"You already know Su Linyu." His face became serious.

"So Midori's mother-in-law wanted you after what had happened to her husband?"

Xiu Jin was surprised for a second before he smiled. Indeed, his wife is amazing.

His silence meant affirmation.

"So, did you finally agree to her proposal?" This was a pun because Xiu Jin left Su Linyu on their engagement party.

"Of course not." Xiu Jin furrowed his brows. Then he truly frowned. His wife had been like this ever since Wong Xiaoyu showed up in their home years ago.

"Hmmn." Aoi Xiu squinted her eyes. Indeed, if it was just Su Linyu, she would not feel threatened. However, if it were someone else...