Xiu had recently read online that in a research conducted by a behavioral economist and Duke professor Dan Ariely showed that highly controversial questions on a first date actually helps people in understanding the emotions and values of a person. Run-of-the-mills questions like work, family, and hobbies are meaningful but they don't provide the emotions that you're often looking for.
As they walked around after the dinner, Xiu looked at the side of Darren's face and asked, "Have you ever broken someone's heart?" Darren ended up choking on air as he coughed as her out of the blue question. Xiu rubbed his back slowly and thought, 'Wasn't that a highly controversial question? What's with the reaction?'
"Are you serious about this question?" He asked after he stopped coughing.
"Uh-huh," was Xiu's reply.
Darren stayed quiet for a second before saying, "I don't know about others. But there is indeed one heart that I broke."
