265 Drama Queen

"He was…is my true best friend." Her tone was emotional to the point Lei Xinyi wanted to roll her eyes and puke her organs.

The girl sure was one drama Queen. A whinny, childish insolent wench! She was sighing and mourning things like the whole was crashed on her. Whimsy!

She was contemplating slapping the girl to senses and show her how there were people who had real problems and how real anguish was.

Su Qing raised her brow at Lei Xinyi as if to say 'I told you so, the girl was a lost cause' Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes in a 'Let me show you how I can extract entertainment from her' way and held Lu Xinyi's hand.

She ran small comforting circles and shushed her, "I am guessing he isn't in your contact anymore which is understandable as he is a very busy person…" Her voice was nonchalant but inside she was carefully voicing her words to not look like she was probing.

The best way to fish for information was doing it nonchalantly like it was really not of importance and of any concern to you. Gasping and feigning shocks make the messenger aware and conscious of his words as he will feel threatened by your excess interest.

Lu Xinyi raised her tear-streaked face and looked at Lei Xinyi in her eyes, "If I tell you something personal, would it stay between us?"

Lei Xinyi turned to Su Qing with a barely visible smug smirk and when her face turned to Lu Xinyi and the curve of her lips turned to a comforting sweet smile, "Of course darling, it would."

Lei Xinyi needed to just touch the apex of it to know there was a treasure beneath the layers of restrained words and formal etiquettes.

She hadn't known the man on a personal basis but she had known him enough to know if Yu Youhan allowed a woman to live in his Manor that was off-limit to even his own mother then the girl wasn't just a friend.

And as far as she knew him, the man had despised her ways and there was hardly a chance that a face resembling hers was her ticket inside his manor. Partly, she was curious what was it about the tramp that could melt the ice Monster away and another part of her was interested in knowing how far she could push him using this little modest imp.

She could smell freshly baked gossip from miles away and this was definitely cutting it! Steaming hot gossip!

If there were fewer eyes you could even see her rubbing her hands together and laughing like a 90's villain with her head thrown back. And she would be shaking Lu Xinyi to tell her the story without the suspense.

A dreamy smile bloomed on Lu Xinyi's face and her eyes turned starry, unknowingly opening her treasures of memory to two devils in six-inch high heels, "He was the most gentlemanly, sweet man. He would always come home and get me those expensive sweets and praise my paintings. He would even take me to ice cream parlors, those pricey and classy restaurants, he also took me to shop and got me all the cute dresses and snacks I wanted…"

Lei Xinyi mouth dropped and eyes widened, she restrained the urge to throw up. This was some real classy shit! It seemed this childish girl wanted him all but for the sweet or shinny things he offered, way to be an immature gold-digger!

Su Qing looked like she was going to die of shock after shock! They had been living in the elite social circle and had seen a fair share of social climbers and gold diggers that they could finally say nothing could surprise them, then came this calorie-digger!

What was she? Five years old? If somebody wanted to kiss her they had to get a chocolate bar from the supermarket and for sex maybe a truck of cocoa?!

Unaware of both women's reactions, she continued with enthusiasm, "…We were the best of friends! He made me a good art studio that had those tall French windows that had the view of his beautiful garden and man-made pound and there was also this gazebo" She smiled sheepishly and continued, "Back to the topic we were good, I would paint all day long when I wasn't doing anything else in my past-time before I got my memories back."

Finally getting their senses back they both shared a shocked look. So she didn't have her memories for real and Yu Youhan took a person in who didn't even know her own name?! What kind of sorcery was this?! Did Yu Youhan lose his memories along with his mentality too!

"So you lost your memories after the accident?" Lei Xinyi's jaw dropped in shock and her astonishment echoed through the walls of the cozy room.

Lu Xinyi nodded her head and her eyes shone in excitement as if she was talking about some adventure. 

How classy! Note the sarcasm.

"Yes, I was improving physically but there was no memory jogging. Yu Yuohan is my guardian angel, he was always there when I got upset and kept the boring me, company, then this day I heard something in the news and bippiti-bappiti-boo! I fainted and then woke up to be back to the ole genius me!

They both shared a knowing look. So it looked like the girl was officially Team Yu Youhan while they were the loyal battalion of Team Li Yuan.

But… there was scope here. If the girl wasn't delusional or a fabricating liar then Yu Yuohan sure was pinning for more than bear hugs and cheeks-kisses.

Lei Xinyi uncrossed her legs and then re-crossed them, this time with the right leg over the leg one. She subtly touched her earlobe and gave Su Qing a smirk. She smirked back with a subtle nod, getting the signal.

In a very understated, restrained way she switched on her phone, pretended to text and turned the recorder on, and casually kept the phone on the table

The gullible girl went on with her rant, "I was happy, nervous, and wrecked and then decided I wanted a rather new life so I wanted to move out. I had drawn this good painting of him as a souvenir but he flipped and told me…"

She looked at the closed door then motioned Lei Xinyi and Su Qing to come closer by arching her finger. She whispered in a conspiratorial whisper, "He told me he like me…like in 'like' like way!"

Lei Xinyi dramatically gasped and gave her an astonished look, "Oh! What did you do then?"

Lu Xinyi sighed and vividly hunched her shoulder, "I called him out on his bad behavior, and instead of trying to improvise his approach he flipped once more!"

Su Qing tsked in a consoling manner and raised a brow at her, "So…You don't like him? Isn't he handsome, wealthy and gets you sw…cares about you?"

She gasped and revolted back at the verbal blow as if too offensive even to be voiced and turned cherry red but tried to frown to hide her embarrassment, "It's incest! He is my ex-fiancé's cousin! What will everyone say?!"

It was by far no incest! The girl was sure a product of conceited nut-jobs of society! He was no relative of her, nor by blood nor by any other means!

Su Qing and Lei Xinyi both shared cunning smirks. This can be the most interesting hoax of the century if they can trick this missy to jump on the broody bastard Yu Youhan.

With a perfect graphed plan, they give each other nods and acted unbothered. Lei Xinyi turned to her and feign to observe the girl for seconds.

Lei Xinyi then gave her a bored look then sipped her drink before she placed it on the table and fully turning to her, "You want to be an independent, head-strong woman, right?"

Lu Xinyi's hand froze for a sec and she looked at Lei Xinyi in wonderment. Yes, she wanted to be the poster woman for the woman-empowerment but she never had confidence enough to voice her deepest desire.

She didn't want it, she needed it. Most days she would even feel awkward in her own skin. She wasn't an introvert but she was socially awkward because she was never able or allowed to mingle with people.

Staying indoors suffocated her but being in an unfamiliar environment did more damage. When she had barge out of Yu Youhan's house she had the rest of her life figured out but nothing was as simple. She was still a loner. Stil she would be one with things left to say and opinions kept to herself.

She was free yet more shackled than ever. When she had decided to leave her comfort zone, she was expecting all rainbows and blooms not knowing the sky that holds the sun rays also carries the rage of storms.