Chapter 1117: Hi & Hello!

Chapter 1117: Hi & Hello!"What are you doing here?"          

Xiang Hulin looked at his ex-wife who asked this question and answered, "It's my daughter's engagement."     

Song Xin'ai gave him a look, "You know that's not what I meant."     

Xiang Hulin obviously knew that was not what she asked. She asked why he was here to see her. "Just wanted to say hello to you."     

"Okay! We are done with hi and hello. Go away now. Scram!"     

If Hyson was here he'd be really shocked to see how similar Song Xin'ai looked to Raelle at the moment. Because he was the person who was most used to Raelle's 'scram!'.     

"Well, I'm not done yet though," said Xiang Hulin as he also picked up a glass of champagne and looked at her taking small sips with an uncomfortable expression on her face. "If you don't like drinking. Don't drink."     

Song Xin'ai hurriedly put away the champagne. Even if it wasn't a strong liquor like vodka, she still didn't like it.      

"What do you want Hulin?" asked Song Xin'ai. "Shouldn't you be with Su Feifei right now? Don't be a douche and go, be with her. It's not good to ignore your date." She suddenly turned and faced him, "You're not here to actually see if I'm okay with it or not, right?"     

"Why would I ask for your opinion if it's my life?" retorted Xiang Hulin.     

"Exactly my point. It's your life, make your own choices. And I must say, you made a very good choice this time around by listening to Chenyan and having this blind date. Feifei is good. She is definitely good."     

Xiang Hulin smiled at her words and agreed, "I know. She is quite interesting."     

"How could she not be interesting?" Song Xin'ai picked up a snack to eat and went on, "In fact, Chenyan's whole group was very interesting. It's a shame that their leader died and they all scattered." She took a brief pause to lament before asking him, "On a serious note, why are you looking for me?"     

"No special reason," said Xiang Hulin. "I just wanted to ask you how it feels to be here tonight?"     

"Kinda special," replied Song Xin'ai. "I am not sure how to describe it. I still have some difficulties with putting my feelings into words but I won't have to say anything to you. You're the only person who can understand my feeling right now. You and I are in the same situation in this engagement."     

"I do understand," was what Xiang Hulin said. "You look a little disturbed. What's up? Family again?"     

"If you know why ask?" she retorted.     

"What are they up to now?" he asked.     

"Oh, my mother called asking me if I know about Raelle's engagement and how grand it was and how shameless the Xiang family is for not even inviting Raelle's maternal grandparents," she scoffed at that herself. "As if they deserve to be called grandparents. Even I haven't gotten shameless enough to say that I deserve to be this girl's mother and they have the nerve to question her? I don't know who even gave them the nerve."     

"Sorry to say this but I think it's you," said Xiang Hulin. "You gave them the nerve by letting them do what they wanted for so long. You gave in to their unreasonable expectations of you over and over again to the point that they started thinking they could do anything."     

"Thanks for the reminder," she said.      

"If you had taken the trouble to fight for yourself at the first step, we wouldn't be here today."     

Song Xin'ai didn't comment on that. Maybe she did do wrong by finding it troublesome to deal with her own family but what could she do? She was also just a girl who seek some attention from her family. Although she didn't look for that affirmation anymore, it didn't change the fact that it hurt.     

"Hulin, don't waste the rest of your life. If you're really compatible with Feifei. Go for it."     

"What makes you think I won't?" he asked. "You don't think that I had been alone for so many years because of you, right?"     

"I'm not that delusional," she responded.         

"Good," he said. "Because it's certainly not like that. I just wasn't able to get over some things. But now it's okay. I got my father and my sister back. I think everything is okay in life now."     

"I understand," she said. "I'm sorry for making you suffer from this separation you didn't deserve. It wasn't even your fault but you had to take the punishment."     

"It's alright. These years taught me a lot too."     

"I just wish you the best as a friend. We are divorced but it won't change the fact that we are friends. Does it?"     

"It's been so long since we divorced. And even when I didn't get to see my father and my sister, we were still friends. Why would it change now? Since you're so concerned about me as a friend, I'm also worried about you. Don't be so hard on yourself all the time. Take it easy. You've done enough in this life."     

"I also think I've done enough. I have done my best." Then she smiled at him sincerely, "Thank you for not giving up on giving me lectures over the years. You've been the most constant nagger in my life for years."     

"Hey! I'm not a nagger!"     

"Yes, you are," she insisted. "Do you want me to call someone and ask?"     

"Let's call Chenchen!"     

"Why? Your sister will always be your sister. If you ever murdered someone, she'd be the first to bury the body for you. The whole world can be wrong but Chenyan's brother can never be wrong."     

Xiang Hulin was actually pleased to hear that because he knew it was true. How could his Chenchen ever say he was wrong? She'd fight you to death if you said her brother is wrong. That's his Chenchen. His silly but sweet sister.     

But in fact, only he'd be the one calling her sweet apart from Raelle and Hyson.      

No one else would dare to claim it.