CH 185

Chapter 185 - "I'm glad you've decided against joining the temple." (2)

Luo Xiu straight up revealed the truth. “I had someone look into her, especially when she retired from the circle.”

An Yi frowned and struggled about whether to say something.

Luo Xiu, “Go ahead. Just say it.”

An Yi thought about it for a few seconds before he said, “If this Miss Gu is the only girl that you ever cared about, then I don’t think she would like that you are looking into her behind her back.”

“I know.”

“Then why did you……”

An Yi looked up reflexively and saw that Luo Xiu was also looking at him, his dark eyes ice-like. “I had to do it even though I was aware of that.”

“But why?”

“That is the only way I can have control. It will allow me to understand and control the elements that could hurt her.”

An Yi sighed. “The problem is that you want control all the time. And I will admit that you are always able to accomplish that. But, when it comes to romance, that is not a virtue.”

Luo Xiu laughed all of a sudden.

An Yi asked, “What are you laughing at?”

Luo Xiu lifted his smiling eyes, “When have I ever had any virtues?”

An Yi was speechless.

“Of the ones who truly know me – you, Qiao Xi, Luo Jingyuan, Luo Qingtang, and even Luo Zhang……”

Luo Xiu smiled tenderly.

“Have any of you mistaken me as a nice person?”

An Yi felt bad. “Well, you don’t have to say that about yourself.”

“Oh. “ Luo Xiu smiled and raised his tea cup. “Then tell me something virtuous about me.”

An Yi was stunned.

Tender? That was fake.

Kind? Non-existent.

Honest? Never.

Looking at his buddy with limited moral and emotional quotient about zero, An Yi remained silent for a long while before he finally gave Luo Xiu a thumbs up and said to him, “You are good looking.”

Luo Xiu chuckled, “That was hard.”

An Yi cleared his throat embarrassingly.

Luo Xiu was not bothered by that. He looked back and toyed with the tea cup in his hand. “I don’t think anyone will fall for the real me nor would I need that.”

An Yi looked at him, baffled.

Luo Xiu smiled tenderly. “I don’t need real. All we need is what she likes. I will be however she likes me to be.”

“……”

An Yi’s brows furrowed.

He had never been in love but something told him that wasn’t right. He was, however, unable to put his fingers on what was wrong.

Finally An Yi sighed and gave up on the subject. “Were you able to find out the reason being Mengzhi’s retirement 6 months ago?”

“Not yet.”

“What are you going to do then?” asked An Yi. “Qiao Xi and I looked online while you were on the phone. It was surprising how much attention it had drawn in such a short amount of time.”

The tea cup that Luo Xiu had been rotating stopped for a second. The fluid inside of it waved and he chuckled with a cold look on him.

“That’s because someone was behind it. They wanted it to blow up.”

An Yi said, “Your men?”

“Of course not.” Luo Xiu looked up at him. “Why would you think that?”

An Yi turned his head and smiled. “Because you two seemed to have a great tacit understanding – you had just said you wanted to reveal the truth that Zhuo Yixuan was not Mengzhi and Mengzhi stood out immediately after. I thought you would be happy to help her along some.”

Luo Xiu shook his head. “Right now the public opinions are all focused on Mengzhi. That was not what I wanted to see. Blowing things up at this point would only put her on the spot. I wouldn’t do such a thing.’

“If it wasn’t for you then who could it be? For sure it could not be Zhuo Yixuan or her people. They only wish this whole thing will be blow over. It is unlikely that it would be someone who hated her.”

“……”

Luo Xiu didn’t say anything. His lips curved a little after An Yi’s words. It looked more like a cold sarcasm than a smile.

An Yi could tell from that look. “You figured out who it was already? Zhuo Yixuan’s enemies?”