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Chapter 12: Why Do People Lie

Chen Jiaxin's POV

Lying might seemed to be inevitable or usually inescapable in one's life.

People lie because of different reasons.

Some are valid. But most often, they are usually unacceptable.

But why do people still choose to lie when they can just go and speak the truth?

Maybe it's because it can protect someone they love?

Or maybe it's because these lies are the only thing that can protect them from getting hurt from what is true.

But for whatever reason it might be, lies cannot coexist at the same time with trust and love.

It coexist with betrayal.

And often betrayal ruins love and trust between people.

Because people don't get simply hurt because of the lie itself, but more on the betrayal of those people whom they thought would never lie to them.

But that was not what I thought when I decided to hide things from Xiyi.

That I wasn't lying and was only keeping one little secret from him at the moment and would definitely tell him everything eventually.

However, it feels like this one lie is heading to another story different from what I have been expecting.

When the renovation of the studio was still ongoing, I was so busy that I unintentionally forgot my follow-up check up last week with Dr. Jiang. So I had to make a call to her assistant so she can set another schedule for me with which I am sure that I can possibly show up by this time.

And that day happened to be today. I am currently on a one week vacation starting today since the renovation of the studio was over. And this upcoming Monday will finally be the opening day. My master invited many of his friends as well as his previous colleagues whom he had worked with in the past when he was still stationed here in the country.

As for me, I only invited my family which includes my mom, my cousin and her family, so they'll be coming this weekend here at Shanghai. I also asked Siqi to come with Anson considering that she's the only close friend that I have with me right now since Dylan flew back to Hungary with his sister after the wedding.

Ever since yesterday I had been thinking of what to tell Xiyi for going out today. He's not usually strict to me however he's always curious about my whereabouts, probably to make sure that I'm not running away again and I'm still in the same country as him.

In the end, I made an alibi about visiting a nearby gallery and instantly got his permission. At that moment, I don't know if I would be happy knowing that he trust me this much or if I should felt guilty because I kept on lying to him.

So today, I left the house after Xiyi went to work. I took a cab to go at the hospital even though Grandma insisted that she'll let her driver escort me.

"Ms. Chen, you're here! I was nervous thinking that you wouldn't show up again" Dr. Jiang's assistant greeted me as I walked out of the elevator.

"Sorry, I'm not usually late."

"It's okay. Dr. Jiang is waiting for you inside."

The check up went for almost an hour. Dr. Jiang scolded me a little after I told her that I was experiencing nausea and headaches these past few weeks. But after that, she told me not to worry too much since it might be just those side effects that she had mentioned to me a month ago when she had prescribed me the pills. However, she also advised me to immediately inform her if these symptoms become severe and intolerable.