His health was already fragile and each day he would have breakfast at a set time and then he would have his medicines. She didn’t want to be the cause behind his bad health.
“What a caring child, “The old man sweetly sighed. “To ease your worries, I ate a little in the morning to have my medicines. But I’m hungry again. Won’t you let this old man join you?”
Song Xueyun realized what he was doing. Her eyes teared up. Grandfather was making sure that she didn’t miss her family on the first day of work here. He waited to have a meal with her so she didn’t feel alone. The Han family had always been like this. They always put their family and loved ones first and now that she was a member of this family, she was given the same treatment. Sometimes, she felt as if she didn’t deserve these beautiful people in her life but she was too greedy to push them away.
“Why do you look sad?” Grandpa asked in worry.
“I’m not sad, just touched, “Song Xueyun said, holding back her tears. “I was missing my mom and dad but you made me feel so wanted and loved. I am just a little emotional.”
“Come here, child, ” Han Qian said. When she came near her, he asked her to bend and when she did, he patted her head lovingly. “Sweet child, you are one of us now. I always adored you. You were so little and so kind to Nanxian. You were his only friend. Except for Zixin, he would never let anyone come near her. When Zixin was not in his life, it was you who kept Nanxian glued. How could we not love you? Now you are a married couple and my dream of having a granddaughter is fulfilled. So, please let me dote on you as much as I want.”
Song Xueyun nodded her head. “Yes. Please.”
He heard this and let out a chuckle. “Go get ready.”
When she came half an hour later after getting ready, she saw him on the dining table alone. She asked, “Yeye, where is Zixin? Wasn’t he saying that it was his day off?”
“Don’t talk to me about that fellow, “Han Qian muttered. “He has been laughing and talking to himself. Something told me he is possessed by a ghost. And this morning he left like a ghost even without informing me.”
“But you told him to go to his place, “Song Xueyun said.
“I did, “Han Qian agreed, ” But he didn’t even inform me that he is leaving. Such a careless brat!”
“Who knows if he even went to his apartment, “Song Xueyun commented. “Maybe he went to Xiulan’s house. Lu Xuan and Gu Shangyan are not home and he might have taken advantage of the time to meet Aunty Qinyan and Uncle Shangyan.”
“He needs to befriend those boys, “Yeye snickered.
“They are friends, “Song Xueyun said. “Just a different kind of friend who behaved so weirdly that nobody would be able to find out what’s wrong with them.”
When she was going back to her room, she saw that the door to Chen Jiayi’s room was opened. A servant was packing the bags while Chen Jiayi was seating on a chair near the window. As Song Xueyun entered the room, she went to where Chen Jiayi was standing and saw her watching a scene.
From the window, anyone could see anything that’s happening on the streets. She knew why Chen Jiayi had such a pale look on her face. She felt bad for the injured girl but she was happy that this girl knew where she stood in Han Nanxian’s life.
Downstairs, Han Zixin had locked An Xiulan between his body and his car. He had held her chin with his finger and was making her look at him. But before he could do anything, she bit on his hand and ran away, giggling.
Han Zixin ran behind and eventually caught her. He held her by her waist and she was still laughing at him.
A soft smile played on Song Xueyun’s lips as she watched the fantastic view of the morning.
“They are best friends, ” Song Xueyun suddenly said.
Chen Jiayi could feel presence behind her but she didn’t say anything before but right now, she could not stop herself from commenting.
“They don’t look like best friends, ” Chen Jiayi whispered. “It’s written right on his face that she is his whole world. How can they be just best friends?”
Song Xueyun chuckled. “They are not in a relationship if that’s what you want to know. They have always been like this. They have been behaving the same since they were in high school.”
“His feelings for her never went anywhere, ” Song Xueyun answered. “Miss Chen, you will not be able to understand the dynamics of their relationship because it’s hard. We know because we have seen them from the start together. An Xiulan and Han Zixin don’t make sense without each other. They always do everything together. They always stay together. And now they fell in love with each other. It was long coming and we were anticipating it for so many years. You may feel like she didn’t deserve him but the truth is no one is good enough to deserve our Xiulan.”
“You talk as if she is a goddess, ” Chen Jiayi asked.
Song Xueyun smiled. “About being a goddess? I don’t know about it. But she is the fairy of our life. With her invisible wings, she flies everywhere and spreads happiness and sunshine.”
Taking a pause, she went on, “If you want to fight for yourself, you can do it. But I will tell you that she would not even consider you her competitor. Beware of her. She may end up making you one of her friends. I have never seen her jealous but if you end up making her, I will treat you to a meal.”
Hearing this, Chen Jiayi turned to look at Song Xueyun but the latter merely laughed.