Lunch Confession

After the waiter left, neither person spoke for a minute before Xiu Ying couldn't bear it anymore and said "how are you these days?"

" I'm good," Yang said out loud but in his head thinking 'I missed you a lot'

"That's good to hear," Xiu Ying said with a strained smile because of the awkwardness

A minute later Xiu Ying looked down to her hands while whispering, "you kept the cufflinks I gave you in high school" not noticing that she said it out loud and because it was so quiet in the room Yang heard it and smiled and replied, "I'm also happy you kept and wore the earrings today"

Xiu Ying who was half thinking and half mumbling was startled hearing Yang but then her face started heating up and said "well they're pretty and it would be a waste not to use them" while thinking 'and because you gave it to me' Yang smiled and decided to not comment

"Um, why don't we decide what to order now?" Yang said to try and break the tension and awkwardness

���Oh okay um let me look at the menu then," Xiu Ying said and skimmed through the menu before deciding on

"What about the Peking Duck combo and shrimp + Chinese chicken salads as the side dishes?" Xiu Ying said after looking

"Sure," Yang said and unbeknownst to Xiu Ying he would agree to anything she wants to make her happy

Yang pressed a button which called the waiter in and at the same time the waiter had the drinks ready so he brought them over and asked "would you like to order now?"

"Yes we would like Peking Duck combo and shrimp + Chinese chicken salads as the side dishes please, thank you," Xiu Ying said in her normally expressionless face and voice

"Ok will that be all?" said the waiter while memorizing the dishes they ordered

"Yes" Yang said in his cold voice

The waiter then bowed and left to place the order

"Xiao Ying…" Yang said while debating on whether to just ask if he can court her again or to first tell her why he left in the beginning

"Hm?" Xiu Ying said while making sure she doesn't look emotional because Yang hasn't called her Xiao Ying in such an affectionate way in so long

"I- I want to court you and all I am asking is for you to allow me to. I promise I won't ever hurt you again in any way" Yang said with a straight face yet in his eyes you can see the sincerity, love, and pain (of hurting her in the past)

"I-I-I" Xiu Ying stuttered with her eyes turning big while looking straight at Yang

After a minute in silence, Yang was very worried that she would say no and even then he can't complain because he hurt her a lot and he knows it

"Uh Yang, I will let you but I can't promise you anything. You know, after what happened in the past and with Zhao Feng I turned my heart into stone so I won't be hurt again." Xiu Ying said while looking down

"That is fine Xiao Ying as long as you let me court you, I won't ever try to break your wall you put around your heart, I will take time and take each brick out one by one and show you all the love you can ever have and pampering. As long as you give me a chance, that is all I need" Yang said while smiling with tenderness

- 5 minutes later the food arrives -

The waiter knocked on the door and hearing "enter" he went in he saw the 2 guests smiling at each other and guessed that they were just talking and thought 'what a lovely couple'

"Sir and ma'am here is the shrimp and (Chinese) chicken salad. The Peking duck will come in another 10-20 minutes" the waiter said while bowing and left after setting everything

"Here let's start eating," Yang said and he picked up the salad and serve a portion to his love first before serving some into his plate"

"Thank you Yang!" Xiu Ying said while picking up some shrimp to peel for Yang and herself

After Yang confessed on wanting to court Xiu Ying, the atmosphere around them started to relax as Xiu Ying saw the sincerity in his eyes and decided to give him a chance thus them becoming more relaxed with each other

- another 15 minutes -

The waiter knocked on the door and when he heard "enter"

He came in and said "sir and ma'am here is your Peking duck combo"

After he finished placing it on the table he left

"Ooo yay! I love Peking duck!" Xiu Ying said while giggling even though she knew she had Peking duck with her dad just days ago (around a week or so)

Yang smiled and chuckled at how adorable she looked and sounded and starting making the Peking duck wraps for them

'Ring ring' Xiu Ying's phone went off and because she trusted Yang she picked up the phone and started talking while Yang continued to make the wraps

"Hello Yan? What do you need?" Xiu Ying said

"Ma'am I know you're with CEO Wang but this is urgent," Yan said

"What's the problem?" Xiu Ying said furrowing her eyebrows

"Someone tried to hack into our system but luckily our IT team is preventing it. Although we've prevented it, were not exactly sure who it was and I wanted to ask you first before we do anything" Yan said

"Hmm contact Feng and ask him to contact his brother Lin Chen to help track the hacker down. After telling him that,tell him I will call him within 30 minutes " Xiu Ying instructed.

"Got it ma'am," Yan said and ended the call

During the call, Xiu Ying didn't notice but Yang was drinking vinegar* and sulking because she was being casual talking about another man other than him

*= drinking vinegar basically means he is being jealous XD