CH 442

At first, Lin Xiao never held any extra feelings for Xiao Hua and just thought of her as a ninja with zero presence that can do a lot of things that he couldn’t. So he wanted to get her on his side to help him to stuff.

But now, when he hears her slightly hoarse voice and looks at her freckled face, Lin Xiao felt a twinge of heartache.

Without any doubt, ShenDai Ying was a pitiful woman, and Xiao Hua, as her loyal servant, was also a similarly pitiful woman…

Saying that she was a walking corpse was too much, but she really didn’t have anything else but ShenDai Ying. She was a normal girl yet she couldn’t live a normal life, how could Lin Xiao’s heart not ache?

“There’s nothing wrong with living to survive, but if possible, why not go try more possibilities?” Lin Xiao slightly smiled and looked at Xiao Hua, which reminded him of Snow in the past.

“More possibilities?” Xiao Hua tilted her head and didn’t understand.

“Yes, more possibilities.” Xiao gently touched her head and smiled.

“Going to faraway places, looking at the most beautiful scenery, doing things you’ve never done before, or meeting the right one… there are so many interesting things waiting for you. Xiao Hua, as long as you take the first step, life is far more exciting than you think, it’s not just living to live.”

“Is… that so?”

What is the most beautiful scenery like? Is it more magnificent than the Great Qin empire?

What kind of things has she never done before? Is it more interesting than attending to the miss and the young masters?

As for meeting the right one… can someone like her, a servant with nothing going for her, meet someone she can entrust her heart to?

Who is the right one that belongs to her?

Lin Xiao said that as long as she took the first step, she would discover a more interesting life, but that was only half right.

In actuality, even if she didn’t do anything and continued hiding, Lin Xiao already opened the windows for her. So even if she just stood there, she could smell the aroma.

That was the smell of the outside world.

Just like Lin Xiao said, life may be more interesting than she had thought. Just living wasn’t enough, you had to be happy and live without any regrets.

“Hehe, I finally understand.”

“Hm, that’s good, so do you have anything you want to do?”

“No, not about that.”

“Not that? Then… ah, why did you hit me?”

Lin Xiao wanted to ask but Xiao Hua swatted his hand away.

Xiao Hua looked at him while tidying her disheveled hair.

“I never understood why the miss cared about you so much. You weren’t handsome or rich, you couldn’t even compare to those that were chasing after her, but she only cared about you, it was too strange.”

“Uh, I can’t tell if you’re complimenting me or insulting me… so, did you find an answer?”

“Yeah, I finally understand now. It seems like you’re the one who brought her out of the room… you brought her to see the most beautiful scenery, to do things she would never do, and become the right one for her… whether you can succeed or not in the end, you are already a special existence to her.”

Xiao Hua finally understood, the ones chasing after ShenDai Ying are all a bunch of fools! So what if they’re handsome? So what if they had wealth and power? They all held on to what they thought were precious and foolishly kneeled outside the house praying for the princess’s love, so they would obviously be rejected.

But what about Lin Xiao?

He didn’t have anything, no wealth or power. This poor kid just brought his unyielding sincereness and kicked the door open then extended his hand to ShenDai Ying who was hiding in the darkness.

As for ShenDai Ying… whether she was willing or not, the first ray of light already shone on her body and she finally smelled the aroma of the outside world, so how could she continue hiding in her small and uninteresting house?

So they ignored everyone else and even went against fate and took each other’s hands and bravely walked out of the room, toward somewhere far away…

“So Lin Xiao, do you want to do the same thing to me now?” Xiao Hua bitterly smiled.

“You also want to kick down my doors and force me to take your hand and leave with you? … But sorry, I’m not like the miss, I’m not a beautiful princess, just a normal servant girl, the outside world might not be a beautiful place, but rather a bloody hell.”

Xiao Hua took a deep breath, collected her excess feelings and fantasies and pretended like she never heard what he said.

“Xiao Hua?”

When Lin Xiao saw her desolate expression, he knew her plans and sighed.

Xiao Hua didn’t choose to leave the room and continued hiding because that way she can guarantee her safety.

She was indeed different from ShenDai Ying. She didn’t have ShenDai Ying’s bravery, she has always been an underling, and is still an underling, and will probably still be an underling in the future.

“Okay, I understand.”

Lin Xiao didn’t force her and chose to let go and continue to wait.

“If you can’t think of anything you want right now, then we’ll leave it for later.”

“… Okay.” Xiao Hua didn’t say much and just nodded.

“So, are you leaving again?”

“Yes, the top has a new mission for the miss so I have to go back.”

“What mission? Is it another assassination?”

“How would I know? I’ll have to go first.”

“Right… then go quickly, and be careful, I’ll be waiting.”

“Okay.”

“Then… is it time to say goodbye again?”

Lin Xiao smiled and waved her off.

“Hm, then I’m leaving.”

“Goodbye.”

Lin Xiao knew that Xiao Hua would leave without a trace, so he was just going to go back to sleep on his bed after saying goodbye. But before he turned around, he heard her slightly hoarse voice again.

“Lin Xiao?”

“Hm, what is it?”

“Thank you.”

“Uh, what are you thanking me for? You helped me, I didn’t help you with anything.”

“Hehe, I don’t know either, possibly because of all that useless nonsense you were saying earlier… anyways, thank you, whatever the case, I’ll continue to help you watch over Snow.”

“Great! I’ll leave it to you then.”

“Also, as for the person you’re going to see next, I have to warn you.”

“Ah?” Lin Xiao had no idea what she was talking about, but she just kept on going.

“Lin Xiao, I recommend you to maintain some distance from them, don’t be overtaken by lust and wrong the miss. Other than Elena, since she came before her I cant really blame her, but other than Elena, I wont let you get involved with any other woman. If anything happens between you and that person, then I definitely won’t forgive you!”

“So who is the person you’re talking about? I have no idea… Xiao Hua, you should… hey, Xiao Hua? Xiao Hua?”

Lin Xiao wanted to ask her a bit more, but when he looked away from her for a second, she was already gone by the time he looked back.

“So who is she talking about? Maintain distance, don’t… strange, is someone coming to see me?”

Lin Xiao lowered his head and thought about it but couldn’t think of anything. He only knew so many people in this city, who could it be… could it be Snow?

Impossible.

In order to study the black core, Snow completely shut herself inside recently. She wasn’t even interrogating Bob and stayed in the lab all day with Elona being the only person she sees during mealtime, so how could she have the time to see her dumb brother?

Then, is it Claire?

Unlikely, she was also really busy and he hasn’t seen her for a few days already.

He heard that the rebel army was beginning to stir so the general rushed back and was going to hold a strategy meeting to plan for the next steps and Claire had to attend… He also heard that her father’s sickness has gotten beyond curable and couldn’t deal with paperwork anymore, so where would she have the free time to come see him?

“Who else could it be other than them? It can’t be Rosie, she’s already rolling around on her bed with her pet, so she has no reason to come.”

Lin Xiao laid sprawled out on his bed and was daydreaming. But his daydreaming didn’t last long.

Knock, knock, knock…

There was a gentle knocking sound on his door.

“Heh, they really came?”

Lin Xiao quickly leaped off the bed and thought about how amazing Xiao Hua was and opened the door for his guest. But he was dumbfounded when he did so.

“… Claire? What are you doing here?”