Chapter 862: Waiting

Chapter 862: Waiting

Of course, the main point was the thrill that he got out of annoying Xiang Wai. The rest didn't matter actually.

Hearing the voices of Xiang Wai and Huang Shuyi, he was actually getting a headache. Putting these two together was a mistake! Tsk! Hyson, ah Hyson, how could you make such a mistake? Sigh! But then again, humans are allowed to make mistakes.

"He is family?" repeated Huang Shuyi with obvious disbelief written on his face. How could he believe it? Perhaps, he wasn't even this shocked when he met Raelle and Shui Xian who also were Hyson's family.

But this time, he was truly shocked.

"How is that possible?" he asked.

"Why isn't it possible?" she retorted.

Huang Shuyi opened his mouth but in the end, he couldn't say anything. Right, why wasn't it possible? In all these years, he had seen that with Hyson, anything was possible even the things you'd think were not possible would become possible. He should stop using the word possible now.

"He is so cute and you're so not cute," stated Huang Shuyi. "I refuse to believe that you're family."

"Don't test your luck," she gritted out.

"With you? I'd never dare test my luck. It doesn't work at all," he lamented. "If it worked, wouldn't I be having coffee with a beautiful woman? Why would be sitting here with you?" Taking a moment he grinned slyly, "By the way, I never thought I'd see you on a blind date, Major! But it seems even the charismatic Xiang Wai also ended up on the blind date market. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Poor you."

"Blind date market?" she repeated.

"Isn't it like a market?" he asked seriously. "You go on a date with a stranger and state your strong points as if selling yourself. You're advertising yourself to the other person. It's such a weird culture."

"If it's weird, why are you here?"

"I only came because Fai asked me to," he replied honestly. "He asked me if I'm single, and I said yes. Then he asked if I'd like him to introduce me to someone. I found it weird but agreed. If anyone else was asking, I wouldn't agree. But it was Fai. I couldn't say no."

He really couldn't say no. He was sleeping when Hyson came to him and asked whether he was single or not. Huang Shuyi was very surprised by his question since Hyson would never ask personal questions to any of the group mates. He'd listen if you want to share anything but he rarely tried to pry into your private lives. So, him asking whether he was single or not was a big shocker to Huang Shuyi and even more when he said he wanted to introduce someone to him.

"Why is it so difficult to say no to him?" she asked.

"It's just difficult," he replied.

Xiang Wai was really confused. Up until now, she hadn't seen anyone saying no to Hyson. Even she fell for his tricks and agreed in the end even though she was insisting on refusing in the beginning. Now, it seemed there really wasn't people who could say no to Hyson. He just had that kind of a charm.

"After seeing you at the wedding, I thought I won't see you for years again," said Huang Shuyi. "But here we are. Just a few weeks later, we are here sitting together, drinking coffee. Oh no, it's you who is drinking coffee while I'm just staring."

"Then don't stare, order yourself a coffee," she said. She looked around and whispered, "Aren't you afraid of being caught with a woman on a blind date? What if your fans found out? Won't you be in trouble? And when did stars like you have to go on blind dates?"

"Dating is the most difficult thing to do in our life as a star," said Huang Shuyi. "We can never satisfy our partners because we have to keep things a secret. We can't go out on dates openly or post our lovely confessions online. It's a whole lot of trouble to date a star so most people really avoid it. Even finding a partner on a blind date might be a miracle."

"Don't exaggerate so much," she snickered. "You think only you have it easy? I'm a soldier. Most of the year, I'm out on missions and can't even contact people because of the confidentiality of my missions. Being in a relationship with someone like me is almost like not being in a relationship at all. It's all long-distance relationships and statistics say, long-distance relationships don't survive."

"Then how did yours survive for a decade?" he asked seriously. Xiang Wai stared at him as he continued, "You said long-distance relationships don't survive. And those statistics are for the people who can at least reach each other through phone and video calls etc. But you can't even do that being a Special Armed Force officer. So, I'm curious, how did your ex-boyfriend bear with this type of relationship where he didn't even know whether you'll come alive or not?"

Xiang Wai fell into thought. She always thought she had a lot to complain about Zhai Yanjun. But only now did she be reminded that whenever she came back from a mission, he'd always be there waiting for her. And he always opened his arms for her and hugged her in relief. She just realized, the relief was to see her alive and well. How come she didn't notice this detail before?

"You're right," she said in a small voice. "I also wonder how did he manage to wait so long."

Because he was the one who always waited. Even if she said, she was the one waiting for him. The truth was, he waited for her whenever she was gone. He usually didn't have to go on missions where you'd lose contact with him entirely. At least, she was always able to call him. But it was very different in her case. He couldn't know anything about where she was going, what she'd doing, or when she'll back or whether she'd be coming back at all or not?