Chapter 1093: [Bonus chapter] The Last Time

Chapter 1093: [Bonus chapter] The Last TimeMu Chenyan instinctively took a step away from him and looked at him strangely before saying, "We're done here." Then she fleed.         

Xia Zhao looked at her retreating back and had an amusing look in his eyes. How come he didn't know that this bold woman had such an adorable side? She was so easily tricked.     

He shook his head and was about to go back to his table when someone placed a hand on his shoulder. Xia Zhao turned around and came face to face with a stern face.      

"Brother Lin," called out Xia Zhao respectfully. He didn't dare be rude to Xiang Hulin since he was Mu Chenyan's elder brother and also Mu Chenyan's reverse scale.     

"It's been a while, Zhao," replied Xiang Hulin. "Do you have a moment?"     

"Yes," replied Xia Zhao.      

"Then let's step aside," said Xiang Hulin and took Xia Zhao with him to a secluded corner. He didn't immediately start talking and neither did Xia Zhao rushed him. He patiently waited for Xiang Hulin to start the conversation. "Do you know why I called you out here?"     

"I don't know," replied Xia Zhao honestly. "But I have an intuition that it has something to do with Yanzi."     

"You're still intuitive as ever," said Xiang Hulin. "And you're right once again. I do want to talk about Chenchen with you." He took a pause to observe Xia Zhao's expressions before continuing, "What are you up to? What exactly are your intentions towards my sister?"     

"I think it's very obvious," responded Xia Zhao.     

"No, it's not," said Xiang Hulin. "I don't know if you recall or not, but we had the same conversation when you both were teenagers. And your answer was, Yanzi is very important to you but you don't see her as your life partner."     

Xia Zhao scratched his chin when he was reminded of that.     

Actually, when they were younger, most people assumed that he had feelings for Mu Chenyan whenever they saw them together. Because he was always patient with her, he was more talkative with her around, he was willing to lose to her, he was willing to do whatever to make her happy and he never said no to her.      

Now that he recalled all that, he had to say that the signs were there. Maybe he had feelings for Mu Chenyan for the longest time but he was oblivious to it and didn't think it was love. He knew his feelings for Mu Chenyan were unusual but he wasn't able to give those feelings a name until now.     

Only now he was certain about what he felt for her.     

"Do you want me to say that I was a fool who wasn't able to recognize his own feelings?"      

Xiang Hulin gave him a look, "Oh, you're indeed a fool." He didn't bother being nice right now. "I told you to think carefully about you and Chenchen but you insisted, it wasn't what I was thinking. Now, who was the blind one? Me or you?"     

"Me," Xia Zhao accepted his own mistake obediently without quibbling.      

This attitude of accepting his own mistakes was quite to Xiang Hulin's liking. "Actually, I can't blame you entirely too. You aren't the only fool. Chenchen is also the same."     

Xia Zhao looked at him, "Do you also think she has feelings for me?"     

"Yes," said Xiang Hulin straightforwardly because he believed if he still spoke in a roundabout way, these two would never learn. "She always takes you as a challenge but do you understand why? She subconsciously thinks she has to become at least as good as you are to be able to stand beside you. She has a habit of denying her own feelings. She has a history of denial."     

"But she has hurt my feelings a lot too knowingly," mentioned Xia Zhao.      

"You must have hurt her too so she chose to do the same," said Xiang Hulin. "In my opinion, you should both stop playing games and just sit down and talk. Although I don't think anyone deserves my sister, you're still better than most. So, I'll reluctantly accept you."     

"Well, thank you very much for that," said Xia Zhao with a smile.     

"Do a better job. I'm watching you," with that Xiang Hulin stepped away and Xia Zhao shook his head.     

Then he walked towards the table where his seat was arranged and looked at the tag of the person next to him. Oh, it seemed his nephew's seat was right next to him but where was this nephew?         

Speak of the devil and the devil shall appear.      

As soon as Xia Zhao thought of Ru, Young Master Ru appeared and sat down beside him as he muttered, "It seems I'm late." He picked up a water bottle and unscrewed the cap before taking a sip. And as he was drinking the water, he heard a very familiar voice from the seat next to him.     

"Oh, what a pleasant surprise to see you here! Young. Master. Ru!" The person enunciated each word with great force making Ru almost choke on the water he was drinking and looked over at the person who spoke. Seeing that familiar face, he suddenly sighed.     

"It seems I should talk with the person who arranged the seating for this party," muttered Ru. Then with a smirk, Ru looked at the person on his right side, saying, "It's Mr. Xiao Zhiren. What an unexpected surprise!" Taking a pause, he added, "My mistake. It should be, Mr. Ji Zhiren now. My bad. My bad. My memory isn't as good as it used to be when I was younger."     

Xia Zhao from Ru's left side almost rolled his eyes when he heard Ru talking about bad memory. Who was young master Ru even trying to fool right now? But he was suddenly curious about the man on Ru's other side too who could recognize Young Master Ru. He couldn't be simple if he was familiar with Ru's identity.     

"Long time no see, Zhiren," said Ru. "The last time we met was..."     

"Was when you broke my heart, twisted it with your own hands, and then discarded it before stepping on it heartlessly and cruelly walking away from me."