Chapter 50: 50. Heartbeats..

It took a while before they reached Ruri's apartment building.

When she saw Ruri go off to change, Nian Xi took out her phone and dialed a number, she patiently waited for a moment till the phone connected, from the other side came the voice of a middle-aged man,

From the concerned tone and the slightly deep voice that had a stern and heavy force to it, it could be said that the other party was very concerned because of the call and if he found anything amiss, hell might break loose.

Though used to the voice, she still felt a chill down her spine, she usually called this man, the current patriarch of the Xun-jia only concerning Ruri so, it wasn't anything new for him to ask what he did, so she composed herself and replied.

"No, Master. Young Miss is fine and is in the country now." Nian Xi said in a respectful tone.

<What? Then why didn't she come back home?...>, there was a moment of silence on the other side as if the other side was contemplating about something.

Nian Xi knew this about him and hence kept her silence.

After a few seconds, she heard the man continue,

< I have a dinner meeting with ZiXuan two days from now, I'll take her with me. Tell her to prepare for it and if everything goes well, I'll ask Chairman Qin to get them engaged officially sometime soon. The faster the better. xiao Xi, make sure to ready her well, she must get him to be her fiancee.>

That man was a pure businessman, there must be a source for a fire, he was among the few who let the rumors start and occasionally ignited them.

When her daughter told her about her being the 'girlfriend' of Qin Zixuan, he was elated beyond words, so he has been taking slight advantages of the fact and has been indirectly hinting the chairman of the Qin empire and everything seems to be going well.

If it was before he might treat Zixuan as nothing but a pet the Qin-jia took but now that he was the CEO, it was evident that he was held high in the chairman's heart as even his doted grand-daughter was given only the secretary position, a position without much power.

He had to take this chance and make his family stance clear, with the Qin behemoth as an official backup who will further try to fight with them.

As a man, he had an inkling that CEO Qin actually didn't like his daughter as every single time she went to meet him, he had to call the chairman for them to actually meet.

But he didn't care, the CEO was a good find, he was not the type to fool around so, though loveless, his daughter's position as the future mistress of Qin was guaranteed.

Not many could get married to the person they loved, which was even stricter in their circle and at least she gets to marry her loved one, no?

It's killing many birds with a single stone ba.

Xun Luli has been pampered since birth, it was only her duty to return something back.

...haaah...talk about using your own flesh as a tool...this world has become too greedy.

Nian Xi was also such a person, if Ruri gets to be the mistress of Qin, then her life was also set.

How could they let this huge catch go??

With a slightly excited, but still with a respectful note to her voice, she affirmed, "A dinner meeting the night after tomorrow. Got it. I'll send her to the ancestral mansion tonight then."

<hm>, he hung up.

Nian Xi was so blinded by her future status that she didn't notice the shadow behind her.

Xun Luli stood there with a strange smile, she was slightly aware of it but using her connections 'once' in a while was not a bad thing, that is why they were there anyway, no?

Only him...she can't allow anyone to take him away from her.

Deep down even she was slightly aware that everything was a fantasy she had created but she had locked that thought in the deepest corner of her heart and thrown the key at Mariana trench.

As long as he didn't repel her and let her name stay by his own, she will make him love her...she never regretted loving him.

She was sure she can win his heart as no one was there to begin with...

Ignorance is truly a bliss, no?

It's not that no one was inside it, it's just that the said person was well protected and no one had a chance to see her...

.........

Meilin's Room.

After he forced her to come inside her room, he directly took her into his arms and tightened his hold around her.

Even he himself was not aware why she always had this kind of strong reaction when he got ill or was injured but he still felt somewhat smug about it. It proved that she was too much in love with him and was unable to withstand anything happening to him.

He wanted to relish the fact and the moment.

He knew she was overreacting but he let her be. She was strong enough to get through it and all she needed was him by her side to get back.

Talk about being too narcissistic but it was the truth.

As expected Meilin calmed down, a deep fear was rooted inside her that he can't get hurt or he might leave her forever, even she didn't know the reason, everything was covered by fog when she wanted to explore the reason behind it, but yes, she had a strong heart.

As long as she stayed by his side and took care of him, he will be alright.

She regretted letting him stay by himself for five years because of her own insecurities, she can't let it happen again.

Her eyes regained their usual twinkling as he held her in his warm embrace.

After about 10 minutes she regained her cold indifference, the facade she created for others but her tone was warm only reserved for him,

"Xuanxuan, I think we should stay together. Leaving you by yourself will only take years of my life while I still keep worrying about you.", she easily dropped a bomb.

When he was slowly climbing the stairs to get heavenly bliss with her in his arms, he was suddenly given a direct ticket to the said place!!

Even our black panther who was treated as a Persian cat by our Meilin was shocked to hear this.

He had tried many ways to make her stay with him when she came back, everything except asking her outright.

He always had regretted it, but now that she did the same, he was shocked beyond words, his hold tightened further, his heartbeat heightened and a small fire was ignited in his ink-black eyes...

Well, actually he was even a bit irritated.

If he knew a simple eye infection could let them cohabitate, he wouldn't have tried to act like a strict man and would have continued with his abnormal habit of being a night owl and a workaholic man in the day like he did in the past few years to cope with her disappearance ba!

Tch..talk about a waste, he had thrown the huge rock he was trying to lift on his own legs.

Not getting an answer, she tensed a bit.

Maybe he didn't like it but when she heard the drumming heartbeats, she slightly looked up only to see a Xuanxuan with a warm smile.

"It took you a while to say it...I tried so hard to get you to stay with me when you came back but you bought this place and left...I thought Meilin doesn't love me anymore." Somehow near the end of it, he sounded like an abandoned puppy.

"Xuanxuan you know that's not true--"

"Then do you love me?", he immediately cut her off.

His eyes held pure innocence and curiosity, she was a bit taken aback.

She froze for a second but the expectation from his eyes made her heart tremble, she softly spoke,

"Of course I still love you"..she gave him a slight smile.

Only she knew how much it pained her, she lowered her head slightly to control the turbulent emotions inside her from spilling out, he was better of not knowing it,

'I love you more than ever. Even I'm unable to control it so, I can't let you burden it...so I'll stay by your side and keep it in check because you are the key both to open the lock and close it", this part was left untold.