A new start

*Knock Knock*

Lei Kai Xuan opened the door and found Chairwoman Xia sitting down. She looked up and saw who it was. "Why are you here?" as she asked him.

"I came to explain something to you. Me and Xia Xi aren't engaged, and she isn't pregnant. Everything we said yesterday was just to shut the reporters' mouth and make sure they don't make anything up. As for Xia Xi, she didn't know the plan until I said it. So, don't try and blame her for it." Lei Kai Xuan finishes his explanation and looks up at Chairwoman Xia who seems to be relaxed. But at the same time she also felt guilty for hitting Xia Xi on the face.

"How come you didn't say this earlier?" as chairwoman Xia asked.

"Well because I also want to tell other people that I'm not interested in them. Plus, I don't want my mom to arrange different girls for me that I don't even like."

"Are you talking about the girl who hit Xia Xi yesterday?" Lei Kai Xuan nodded his head in reply to Chairwoman Xia's answer.

Xia Xi left De Lin and started walking. She didn't take her car, but just kept walking. She doesn't know how long she has been walking, but she knows that she doesn't want to turn back. The life that she forgot, and the life that she has missed, she wanted to forget about them. She just wanted to look straight ahead and start a new life. A life where no one can control what she wants to do. Xia Xi doesn't know if doing this will make her regret, but she knows that if she doesn't do it then she'll definitely regret it.

*RING RING*

Xia Xi's phone starts ringing and it is Han Chen who called her. She picked it up and answered.

"Hello."

"Xia Xi, where are you right now? Your grandmother is so worried about you." Hearing Han Chen's voice, she knew that she must have made them very worried, but she doesn't want to go back anymore. She's tired of living under someone's protection. She knows that it's not what she wants.

"I'm sorry. I need some time alone. Don't need to find me, I'll be fine." Xia Xi ends the phone and slides the phone inside her coat jacket. She stops and stares through the restaurant window. Inside sat a family eating their meal. Seeing them eat, reminds Xia Xi and her mom. She suddenly misses the feeling of eating with her mom or even her dad who she never seen before.

* "Mom, where is dad?" Her mother stares at her and strokes her head. "Your father is somewhere far away." "How far mommy? Will he ever come back?" "Yes, he will." *

Xia Xi wipes her tears and walks in the restaurant.

"Welcome, How many seats?"

"Just one." The waitress guides Xia Xi to her seat and it happens to be across from the family.

"What would you like to eat?" as the waitress stands in front of her. She stares at the family from across and sees that they ordered noodles and soup dumplings. She looks up at the waitress, "Can I have a bowl of soup noodles." The waitress took her order and walked away. It didn't take long for her food to come. In less than 10 minutes, her soup noodles came. The soup noodles weren't anything special. It's just a bowl of plain noodles and a fried egg on top. But this bowl of noodles brings back a lot of memories to Xia Xi. She took a pair of chopsticks from the bucket and started eating. The first bite of noodles reminds her of her mom when she would always make this for Xia Xi when she doesn't feel well. While eating the noodles, Xia Xi suddenly has tears coming down her eyes. She couldn't hold it back anymore and started crying. People around her started staring at her, but she didn't stop. She kept eating and crying. A girl walked up to her and handed her a tissue. "Older sister, are you okay?" Xia Xi looked up and saw it was the little girl across from her. She takes the tissue from her and wipes away her tears. The little girl reached from her pocket and pulled out something. "Mommy said eating something sweet will help you stop crying." She handed Xia Xi a candy and Xia Xi looked at it. Xia Xi took it from her and before she said anything, the little girl ran back to her family. The mom smiled at the little girl and walked out the restaurant.

"Xia Xi is that you?" a voice called. Xia Xi looked up and saw a girl at the door. She slides the candy back in her pocket. The woman walked up to her and took a seat in front of her.

"Xia Xi, it is you. What are you doing here?"

Xia Xi looks at her. "Who are you?"

"You forgot again? Your enemy."

"My enemy? I must have so many enemies that I forgot who is who. So who are you?"

"You really forgot?? I'm Zhao Yi. Your high school buddy." Xia Xi stares at her for a really long time. "Zhao Yi?" She thinks back to high school days and finally remembers who she is. "Oh Zhao Yi, I remembered now. Sorry, that I didn't recognize you right away. But why did you say you're my enemy?"

"You forgot again? After the day we graduated, I moved and to make you not forget me, we made this promise. If one day we ever met up again, then we'll use this as a way to meet up again. Now thinking back, it's lame right?" as she smiled at Xia Xi. Xia Xi couldn't hold back and laugh. "I guessed." She looks at Zhao Yi and remembers that she saw her outside of The Lei's Group last time. "You worked at the Lei's Group?" as Xia Xi asked her. "Oh yea. Right now I'm an assistant for one of the executive fashion designers. Her name is Wen Na. Do you know her?" "Yes, I know her. But I only saw her a few times, so we're not that close anyway." Zhao Yi looks at her, "So what are you doing here?" "Zhao Yi, where are you living right now?" "I rent an apartment near here. Why?" Xia Xi smiled. "Want to live with me? The house I'm living in right now it's too big and I don't like the loneliness." Zhao Yi stares at her for a really long time and Xia Xi wasn't sure what she's thinking. "OF COURSE GIRL! That way I don't have to pay my bills too. Plus, now I have a friend to talk to instead of talking to the wall," Zhao Yi laughs and smiles back at Xia Xi.