Even after rubbing his eyes when Xiao Zhi Yuan could still see the person waiting for him at the gate, he was lost for words. It was certain that he wasn’t dreaming.
"What is she doing here?" He muttered to himself but Zhang Han still heard his voice.
Zhang Han followed his sight to find a girl in simple jeans and shirt. She was holding a big bouquet of bright red roses in her hand. Her small face was impassive but her eyes were expressive.
Seeing the girl walking in their direction, Xiao Zhi Yuan wanted to run away but he couldn’t move his feet no matter how hard he tried to.
Under the curious gazes of high school students, the girl stood right in front of Xiao Zhi Yuan and extended the bouquet of roses towards him. There were loud gasps around but he didn’t care at all.
Xiao Zhi Yuan eyed the roses and then eyed the girl who held it. There were some complicated feelings inside of him. Slowly he lifted his hand and pointed his finger at the bouquet and asked, "This is..." he pointed at his own face as he went on, "for me?"
With her straight face, the girl nodded making Xiao Zhi Yuan arch his brows.
He pressed his lips together before voicing out, "Lilly, are you sick? Just yesterday, you gave me a bunch of bruises. Today, you are giving me roses? Why?"
Lilith rummaged out her cellphone and typed on it, "To apologize for yesterday."
Xiao Zhi Yuan wanted to smile but his face was stiffened up. "So... To apologize you brought these red roses?"
She typed again with a frown on her face, "Yes." Wasn’t it obvious that she was apologizing? She was listening to her master and trying to be normal. Was it so hard to believe?
This time, seeing her innocence, Xiao Zhi Yuan really smiled gently. "Lilly, you are not supposed to give red roses for an apology."
Lilith gave an inquisitive look and typed again, "Why not?"
"Red roses are a symbol of love. Yellow roses are used for an apology since they symbolize innocence and friendship." Xiao Zhi Yuan explained patiently with a gentle look.
Although he was scared of Lilith because of yesterday’s events, he still found her very innocent and naive at the moment. Yesterday, she had made him run for ten kilometers and after that, when he couldn’t throw a punch right, she actually flipped him and knocked him straight to the ground. His back was still sore.
Lilith scratched her head as she puckered up her lips and typed again, "I’ll go buy the yellow ones."
She was about to turn when Xiao Zhi Yuan held her wrist to stop her. "There is no need. I like the red ones better." Saying that he happily accepted the bouquet from her hands. "Thank you! And I hope you won’t be too vicious again."
Lilith gave an uncertain look but still typed for him, "I will try my best."
Xiao Zhi Yuan who was nodding in delight didn’t notice that Zhang Han was giving him some serious looks.
"I didn’t know you have a girlfriend."
Xiao Zhi Yuan frowned at Zhang Han’s over-imaginative mind and said, "Stop using your little brain on my matters." He turned to Lilith and asked, "Did you come just for this?"
She shook her head and typed on the cellphone for him to see, "I came to pick you up."
Nodding, Xiao Zhi Yuan said, "Let’s go then."
After Lilith parked the car in the underground parking lot of the condominium building, both of them got off simultaneously. As they walked side-by-side towards the electronic doors, Xiao Zhi Yuan looked at Lilith’s expressionless face and asked, "How do you know my Oniisan?"
Lilith tilted her head to face him before she entered the passcode of the electronic glass door and walked inside. She took a while before taking her cellphone to type, "He saved me."
Reading the three words on the screen, Xiao Zhi Yuan’s brows creased up. "Oniisan saved your life?"
She shook her head and pointed at the screen again. There were the same words as before, "He saved me."
Xiao Zhi Yuan couldn’t possibly fathom what she was talking about. Because only she knew how grateful she was to be able to meet her master. He literally saved her. Not her life, but her soul and humanity.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a pair of green eyes were stuck on the glass of sparkling clean water.
For some company-related issue, Ru had to fly back to London. But her mind definitely wasn’t in the condition to focus on anything.
Her mind was still occupied with the thoughts of how she was going to fulfill her promise. This promise wouldn’t have been an issue if she wasn’t Alev Knight or if she wasn’t Xie Rong. But the biggest problem was that she was the one with the dual identity.
Sending someone else as Alev Knight would be akin to lying and the promise will not be fulfilled but going herself... Could she possibly explain the reason for these messed up identities?
Adrian had just entered the meeting room when his eyes caught sight of Ru sitting all alone holding her head in her hands. He had never seen Alev Knight looking this distressed. And the extent of distress could be seen from the way, Ru ruffled her own hair making them a wild mess.
"I didn’t know our most favorite Knight in shining armor is back." Adrian couldn’t stop himself from being bitter with words.
Ru raked her fingers through her wild mess of a hair to settle them and Adrian’s eyes followed her movements closely. Suddenly he sighed out, "It’s a pity that you are a Knight. If you had been a Princess, men would have gone crazy over that face of yours." Adrian always thought that Ru’s face was too handsome for a man. That defined face-cut and high cheekbone gave her a wild and yet sophisticated look.
Adrian thought he’d get a reaction since he just literally called Ru a girl but the latter was still indifferent. She wasn’t in the mood to use her brain juice on this useless prince. She had better things to do. Or perhaps, more important things to worry about.
Adrian didn’t just give up. How could he? He won’t be satisfied until the other person actually gave a reaction.
"But then again, I think it’s better that you’re a man." This time Ru looked at him with an arched brow. She was curious to know, was her being a girl really that bad? "If you had been a girl, you’d put other men to shame with your tough personality."
Ru still didn’t speak in reply as she mulled over his words. ’Tough personality? Is it really that bad?’ She wondered to herself in silence.
Not feeling comfortable with Ru’s silence, Adrian burst up, "Hey, Alev! Why so serious, man? I have never seen you this quiet." Don’t scare me like this.
Rolling her eyes at his outburst, Ru languidly looked at his face and retorted, "I certainly can’t plan your murder out loud now, can I?" She said it with an impassive look and a plain voice.
It took a while for Adrian to realize that she was being sarcastic with him. He snorted. "You! You’re impossible! Just stay quiet."
After another moment of silence, Ru asked, "Hey, Adrian! Does a tough personality of girls really bad?" She really regretted asking this question but the bullet was shot, she couldn’t possibly retrieve it. She could only deal with the consequences now.
Why did she ask this question? She didn’t know. It just suddenly popped into her mind out of nowhere. She had never taken herself being a girl very seriously. If there weren’t a monthly reminder, she might really forget that she was a girl. Therefore, she never really cared about those girly feelings at all. However, she couldn’t deny that she was born a girl.
"Isn’t it obvious?" Adrian retorted matter-of-factly. "Doesn’t all boys like their woman to depend on them? If a woman is tougher than the man himself, it’ll hurt his ego and pride." Recalling something, he frowned, "Why are you so interested? Is your girlfriend tough?"
Ru wanted to smack his face but didn’t want to bicker with him at all. "Yes... And I also like her being tough. A person, man or woman, can’t depend on others for life. We have to fight our battles ourselves. There is nothing wrong with being tough. It just shows that a person has gone throw enough storms of life to learn how to row a raft like it’s a luxury boat."
Adrian was dumbfounded. Why did he feel like he was just insulted again? And he didn’t even do anything!
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