บท 7: Han Meixiu's Parents
Han Meixiu woke up when she heard the endless ringing of the phone near her bed.
"Yes?" she lazily answered. Her voice was a little hoarse and sounded extremely seductive. She was half sleep and absent mindedly lifted up the receiver.
The person on the other line coughed slightly before he spoke. "Someone was here who wanted to talk to you Ms. Han. She is..." Then she heard Li Xiaozhi's frustrated voice.
"You lazy bum!!! How dare you make me wait for an hour!!!" She voice made her sober and immediately sat up.
Han Meixiu could clearly visualize the her best friend's facial reaction at this moment. The veins almost popping out, knitted eyebrows, gnashing teeth and reddish cheeks.
It's a big sin to make this walking grenade wait. Li Xiaozhi might look always calm and composed but what she hated the most was waiting.
She immediately told the man in the lobby to send her friend up.
A deathly glare was given to her when she opened the door.
Li Xiaozhi angrily stomped her way inside and sat on the chair near the desk. She saw some papers on the desk. Those were the documents she gave to Han Meixiu earlier. Her face softened a little.
"Let's have dinner first. We can order room service." She said. Food could definitely help lift up the mood of a person and Li Xiaozhi's not an exemption.
"There's a seafood restaurant nearby. We can go there and eat. I'll be sleeping here tonight. We need to talk about your parents." Li Xiaozhi answered then opened her backpack and took out another set of documents. She then dragged her best friend to the door.
Good thing that Han Meixiu has short hair and she didn't need to fix it further. Just few strokes of her hand and her hair looked chic. She was wearing a cream dress with small floral pattern and a pair of flat black shoes.
As Li Xioazhi was holding her right wrist, she used her other hand to grab her lapel double-breasted dark gray coat on the coat hanger near the door.
During dinner they didn't talk about her parents. Han Meixiu could tell that her best deliberately avoided it. She just followed her lead as Li Xiaozhi described K Country's main city. The latter also promised to tour her around tomorrow.
They decided to go back and have their 'tea after dinner' in the hotel. It was actually Li Xiaozhi's decision to use the free complimentary tea in her room rather than buying. Her best friend reminded her that since she didn't plan to work anytime soon, she should at least save.
This side of Li Xiaozhi made Han Meixiu speechless everytime. Even though the latter was used to her best friend's stingy side, she couldn't really believe sometimes that this girl's a young mistress from a prominent military family. Besides she clearly didn't need to save. Even if she wouldn't work for a decade, she could still treat her best friend a meal, which cost more than a cup of tea. But since she also wanted to immediately know what were the information Li Xiaozhi has, she followed her back to the hotel.
Once they settled in, Li Xiaozhi handed her the new set of documents.
"The information in these documents is still not complete but it can help you answer some of your questions." Li Xiaozhi said. "I have to warn you, though. It's like a pandora box. Once you opened it, there's no turning back."
Han Meixiu's initial excitement turned into worry. Her heart started to pound irregularly and her expressive eyes looked at her best friend with full of mixed emotions.
"It would be better to forget meeting them now, Meixiu." Li Xiaozhi softly said and she held her best friend's slightly trembling hands. She's not sure if it was from excitement or anxiety. "If you want to know their past no one can definitely stop you."
Han Meixiu, her best friend, was the only one she let inside her heart aside from her family. Although they have contradicting personalities, they coexist perfectly.
Compared to her calm and serious behaviour in most cases, Han Meixiu was a vibrant and expressive girl. In seldom cases that she got angry, her best friend usually carried a relax demeanor and let her vent it out in any possible way she knew.
"I won't read it now. But can you spoil me some details?"
"Your parents are hiding so it would be better for you not to interact with them. It's for your own good."
Han Meixiu tightly closed her fist. She's really dying to know but she's becoming to get anxious and her instincts were telling her to follow her best friend's advice.
"In short, what I don't know can't hurt me huh," she whispered softly but Li Xiaozhi heard it so she answered.
"For now, yes. Wait a little more so I can gather further information. I find your parents' case complicated."
Han Meixiu just nodded. "What should I do with these documents then?"
"You decide. You can keep them for future preference or you can also burn them."
"I'm not confident that I can control myself not to look. How about you take them back?"
"Alright. I'll take a bath first." Li Xiaozhi put the documents in her bag and pull out some clothes. She then went to the bathroom.
Han Meixiu fell into a deep thought after her bestfriend left.
Based from Li Xiaozhi's words, she could deduce that there was a bigger reason why they divorced, left her and eventually went into hiding. But according to her best friend, the information was still not enough. But she couldn't just wait idly.
She wanted to call her eldest cousin Yu who could use the resources of Zhang Family without any hindrances. But she immediately disregarded the idea realizing that she made a little 'mess' in Q City before she left.
She felt frustrated. She flopped down the chair and pouted. What should she do now? She wanted to know so much but she's also too lazy to be stressed out. Being stuck in s dilemma, she took out a coin from her pouch. 'They said that if you can't decide, a coin can help. So Mr. Coin, I'll rely on you,' she murmured.
When Li Xiaozhi finished her bath she saw her best friend tossing a coin vigorously.
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