Hua (Hua Cheng x Xie Lian Love Story)

𝓒𝓪𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓶?

Xie Lian's POV:

The journey back to my place was relatively quiet. Whilst Lyric had Mozart playing on his radio, I on the other hand relentlessly thought about the visitors Hua had at home. He definitely wasn't happy and rather it seemed he was more disturbed by their presence. I had so many questions to ask, but wasn't sure if I had the right to ask them. He was an enigma to me.

"We're here."

Parking the car in front of my condo Lyric got out and the next second my neighbour Ms. Han whistled at us to seek our attention. When I say our, I meant more of Lyric's and less of mine.

"What's a handsome man like you doing here?"

Freak. Does she flirt with every single guy?

Last time my parents were here, she barged into my house as if she owned it, and tried flirting with my dad right in front of my mother. Not that it mattered, because for my dad, no one else existed except my mom, and thus he was very oblivious to Ms. Han's words. On the other hand mom and I had a hearty laugh at Ms. Han's failed attempts.

"Not you. Definitely not you." Shocked at Lyric's soft whispers; I had to hide my laughter behind a poor coverup cough.

Oh the humour of these men!

Turning to face her I plaster a fake smile on my face and nod, "Ms. Han, this is Mr. Lyric. My professor at our University. He is here to collect some notes. So, if you could please excuse us-" I don't wait to finish my sentence and quickly bound upward towards my place and watch from my peripheral vision Lyric instantly following me.

"Wow! She's quite interesting..." I laught at his sarcastic comment and soon he joins me.

"Don't mind her. She has been eyeing Sky for a very long time. He is now almost and I repeat almost immune to her."

There was an instant change in his demeanor which made me pause and wonder if I said something wrong? On closer inspection I found that he had visibly paled which made me rethink my words.

"Lyric?"

He was still as water.

"Professor?"

Nothing.

"Professor!" I raised my voice a bit which shook him out of his stupor. He still looked dazed but no longer pale. Handing him a bottle of water from my bag I enquired softly, "Is everything alright?"

Quickly gulping the water he shook his head and smiled wearily, "Yeah. Everything is alright." Closing his eyes Lyric rubbed his temples and once he found some semblance, he opened them and the weariness from before all had disappeared.

"Why don't you get dressed? If we leave a bit early, we can escape the morning traffic."

"Sure, but before that, would you like some coffee?" Walking over to my pot I grinned, "I usually prefer good old brew than instant."
Before I could complete my sentence, Lyric was in front of me salivating at the pot in my hand and I had to laugh. Looking at him right now, no one would have guessed his stance from before.

Gesturing him to take a seat on the chair in front of the counter; I go about my usual ways and place the rosted grains inside the filter.

King Kong. Feng Shui.

The memories of those guys popped up and unable to curb my curiosity I knew my mind won't rest until it found some answers and who best than the man in this room.

"Lyric."

"Hm?"

"Have you known Hua for a long time?"