When Liwei noticed her gaze on him, to hide his embarrassment, he coughed. He doesn't want her to think that he had fallen, head over heels for her. He still wants to maintain his cold and arrogant demeanor.
He then looked at her and said, " Why took it so long, for you to get ready? See because of you, we are late." He said arrogantly, but can't help himself and caught side glances at her.
When Ming heard his words, she scoffed. 'This man is so weird. One minute he became so expressive and another minute he pretends to be cold. And then men say that no one can understand a woman. Like they have a manual to understand them.' she scoffed.
She didn't bother to argue with him and asked Yu Mei if she had prepared everything that she had told her.
Yu Mei nodded.
Liwei looked at her in confusion and asked, " What did you ask her to prepare?" He was confused. He cannot decipher her mind.
She looked at him and replied, " We're going for dinner, right? And it's been so long that I haven't visited my house, so I had asked her to buy some gifts for them. After all, we can't just go, empty-handed, can we?" She looked at him, with raised eyebrows.
He looked at her with an amused expression. It's surprising enough, that she is visiting Xie family but more surprising is that she is getting them some gift. Taking their relationships into consideration, their relationship is not the type in which, they could fulfill the formalities.
He looked at her and nodded in agreement.
Then they sat in the car and started their journey towards Xie Mansion.
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Xie Mansion.
Xie Rouxi was preparing for the dinner. They were all excited that Liwei accepted their dinner invitation. It was the first time, he was coming to their house. As Xie Rong, has broken his ties with Xie Ming, Jin Liwei also never came to visit them.
So to invite Liwei, they had to invite Xie Ming as well. Though they hate that vixen to the core, but they could tolerate her to gain Liwei's attention.
It was almost the time of their arrival. Xie Rong came into the living room and asked Xie Rouxi,
" Where is Xie Xinyi?" He asked while straightening his collar. Xie Rouxi looked at him, smiled and said, " She is getting ready, after all, she needs to look pretty today. I am sure, today Xie Ming will be nothing in front of her. "
Xie Rong nodded.
At that time, Xie Xinyi came downstairs after getting ready. She heard her mother's words and smiled and said, " Mom, don't say like this. How could I compare myself, to my sister? She is more beautiful than me. That's why Liwei chose her over me." As she completed her words, she frowned and looked at the floor, with her head down.
Hearing her words, Xie Rong frowned, " What are you saying Xinyi. You're the most beautiful girl in this world. No one can match your beauty. That brat is nothing in front of you. Her beauty is all fake. But you're different. You're beautiful from inside and out." He said, patting her head.
Xie Xinyi lifted her head to look at her dad and smiled. Her smile is innocent and beautiful. It could move any man's heart. From her looks, she is the most innocent girl, but they don't know the devil behind this innocence.
At that time, a maid came running inside, informing about the arrival of Xie Ming. Xie Rouxi and Xie Xinyi looked at each other and then smiled. They understood each other well. To communicate, only a smile is enough to understand each other's thoughts. There is a saying, that the devil understands the devil well. ( And that saying, was given by me. *wink*)
Xie Rong stepped forward to welcome them. Xie Rouxi and Xinyi followed him.
When Liwei and Ming entered, they saw the trio coming towards them, Liwei held her held which was linking his left arm and patted it, to assure her that he was there. Ming smiled at this gesture of his. And tightened her grip on his hands.
When Xie Rong saw Liwei, he was all smiling, but when he saw their linked arms, he frowned. It was the same expression on the faces of the other two devils. But soon, they calmed themselves and their expressions were back to normal, all smiley.
Xie Ming noticed the change of expressions on the faces of the other two and laughed inwardly. 'They care so about their innocent images.'
Xie Rong saw Xie Ming's mocking face and frowned. He ignored her and went to Liwei.
"Welcome, Mr Jin. We were all waiting for you, my wife has prepared everything for today's dinner. " He didn't even glance at Xie Ming. Seeing this Liwei's face darkened. He turned to look at Ming, but she was standing there uninterested.
'He smiled, this nonchalant behavior of her is very charming to him.'
Xie Rong said, " Mr Jin, please come inside. Let's not stand here. Make yourself at home." he said while gesturing towards inside.
Liwei stood rooted there, then looked at Ming and said, " Let's go, babe," He said casually to her. The word ' babe' came out of his mouth so casually, that he calls her like that normally.
When Xie Ming heard him, she looked at him and blushed. She held her cheeks with her hand and thought," This man is so weird. How could he call me like that. Ahh, it's so embarrassing."
Her cheeks became from embarrassment.
He smiled. But due to their PDA, some people were having a hard time to accept their relationship. When Xie Xinyi heard this, her face became red from anger. She shaped her hands in a tight fist. 'From when, he started to call her babe?'
Xie Ming then turned to Xinyi, when she saw her dark face, she smiled. She decided to play along with Liwei and said, " Let's go then. This is your first time, to come to my house, right? Come, I will show you around." As she said, she pulled him with her inside, leaving the trio outside.
Everyone was shocked at her. She said, ' her house'. Does she think, that it's still 'her house'. He was fuming with anger.
' How dare of that girl, to ignore him like that. This girl has no manners. She is just like her mother.' He thought to himself.
Then he went inside. The other two drama queens also followed him. 'They can't act like themselves, they need to calm their anger. Their image is more important. That bi*ch is not that hard to handle. She is just trying to play with them. But they will also present their best act today.'