9. Should I smile?

After a decade, her heart and mind is already stable, except that she needs to stay in the bathroom for 2 hours just so he could practice the facade of being ok.

Should I smile? Should I laugh? Should I just be myself smile when I feel like smiling and laugh when there is something funny? Right, I should just do that.

Going to the first floor she found Ushi sitting at the living room waiting for her.

"Let's go." Ushi said.

"We should eat first, I'm hungry"

"Mm"

Ushi is calling someone before driving their car.

"We want reservation for two, Yeah, Now"

after hanging up, he starts the car and exited at the gate.

"May I know who is that?"

"I booked a restaurant near the mall, it is Chinese cuisine because I don't know I prefer but anyways that is the only one I like so you have to bear with it"

"Mm"

They proceeded to the restaurant and eat with silence. Being awkward, Lu Xinghe decided to start a conversation,

"Uhm, if I'm not mistaken Old master Yu is your uncle?"

"Mm"

"Oh, but why are you here? Are you also training to become assassin?"

"No, I'm studying"

"Huh? Then why do you still need to be there? Isn't it more convenient if you are with your family? If you are not working for the Yus, then I presume you are paying your rents for living there?"

"..."

"Or you are a scholar? Are they granting scholarship?"

"..."

Lu Xinghe decided to just annoy him rather than having answers to her questions, she knows he doesn't have a normal circumstances since day one because he's part of a mission of rescuing him. What bothers her is he said that he is not working for the Yus but what? What is he doing there rescuing her?

"I lost my memories. That's all I know"

"I'm sorry, I don't know"

"It's ok"

The rooms is so quiet that no one attempts to speak and every second fast seems like forever for Xinghe, what a talker she is! Filled with guilt and conscience because of the predicament that resurfaced to the man across her. She really don't know what to say.

"You should eat your food, it is tastier when hot" Ushi said.

After eating in silence, they proceeded to buy clothes and other things necessary for Xinghe, her mind is filled with what she learned right now, every clothes they bought is all suggested by the saleslady of every boutique the took in.

"Can we go home now?" after being tired of walking she wants to go home now.

"Did you already bought your things?"

"Yeah, I'm tired let's go home"

"Mm"

After arriving home, Yu Liqiang told Xinghe to meet her Instructors but Xinghe wants to start the lesson right away.

"Xinghe, I am Li Jingli, I will be your teacher for the basics like what other teachers teach in High school" bowing at Xinghe, he continued

"I am already 28 years old, I got my doctoral abroad so you don't have to be bothered what I look liked.

"Oh- okay" Xinghe is utterly shocked! The man across her looks like a boy her age but it turns out he is already 28 and have doctor's degree from abroad! Nothing really ordinary in this house!

"I am Xi Ming, I will be your teacher at computer-related topics, Nice to meet you"

"Hi I am Lu Xinghe, Nice meeting you teachers. Please take care of me" Lu xinghe bowed at the two of them. She started learning Academics lesson before proceeding to Hacking and programming. She take all her day studying and learning as though she is catching to something, Yu Liqiang can't do anything anything about her. He once tried to let them have vacation on one of their townhouse but instead of unwinding, the girl just stayed in her room and study all day.

When they came back from vacation, all the computers and any learning equipment are stored in locked room to prevent her from studying all day, it is the idea of Old master Yu from worrying that Xinghe would be exhausted from nonstop studying, they let them hang out by stating that she should first learn marksmanship and other combat skills for her safety.

But when they started, she never talk and sometimes spacing out when Ushi and Liwei is talking to her.

"Why is she like that? Is that who she really is!? I feel like there's something wrong to her!" Liwei runs out of patience, he doesn't know if that is how Xinghe really behaves or that is what the effect of the things that happened to her.

"Liwei, we should be more patient to her, we should observe more if there is really serious that is happening to her. She is just a kid, and letting her to know the situation she would face is really hard."

"Why is it that you turned to be a talkative person when it comes to her?"

"..."

"When I'm talking to you, you always nod at me then say yes or no, but when it comes to her you always say 20 plus words!"

"That is because her situation is serious and when she talks, every word is worth listening because it makes sense, rather than listening to your babbling for a year"

"..."

It is time for Liwei to have ellipsis in his head. Is that really how nonsense I am bro?

After whispering at the side, they proceeded to resume their so-called Marksmanship training.

"Xinghe, are you done practicing? How about we have a contest?" Liwei spoke excitedly.

"You two can do, I am a little tired so maybe next time"

Xinghe attempts to walk towards the door when Liwei stops her.

"Wait Xiao Xing, my dear cousin, you are my cousin right? We should know you practice enough, father said that it is part of your training to have a contest with us!"

Xinghe furrowed her brows. Her patience is running thin, they get her to some townhouse to swim then proceeded to have this training all of a sudden as though they don't want them to study. She has a project that needed to be done!

"I'm sorry but I'm really tired." Xinghe said to him.

After failing once again, his face looks like he is wronged.