"You're getting meaner." Yuan was grumbling as he felt wronged and left out. Why was it that it felt like he was being pushed aside while his own brother was getting closer to Oniisan? He couldn't just take it lying down!
"Whatever!" Xiao Zhi Ren said absentmindedly while he fixed the lapels of his coat. And attached a golden plated maple leaf shaped brooch on the left lapel. His tweed custom made blazer was retro styled and tailored to be slim-fit for his lean body accentuating his muscles. The white shirt underneath had a golden touch to its collar matching perfectly with the brooch.
Without waiting for Xiao Zhi Ren, Yuan left the shop to wait in the car instead.
When Ru came out, she saw Xiao Zhi Ren waiting for her. His dark eyes were deep and enchanting as they were eyeing her from head to toe. His lips were slightly curved with a bit of evil dancing on them.
She could see a green tint on his face only near the lips and his jaw perhaps it was due to the slight stubble. Even though he had shaved his beard cleanly.
"If you keep looking at me like that green grass will grow on your girlfriend's head.[1]" Xiao Zhi Ren's words made Ru scowl.
"I don't have a girlfriend." She stated in an obvious manner.
Xiao Zhi Ren looked at her tall figure clad in a black formal suit, that seemed to have brought the 'man' before him another kind of aura. It wasn't just aristocratic, noble or sophisticated. This aura was different. Her whole self seemed like that emperor sitting on the dragon throne unmatched and untouched.
"If you don't have a girlfriend, who were you hiding under the table that day?" Xiao Zhi Ren came up to her side and fixed the collar of her shirt and as his fingers lightly brushed against the skin of her neck, there was a jolt of electricity that seemed to have sparked in his heart.
Ru calmly pushed him away and stated, "I was hiding a girlfriend? And even I don't know that. You guys really have a wildly imaginative mind."
"It wasn't my imagination. I have full faith in you." Xiao Zhi Ren replied plainly. He really didn't believe that Ru would hide a girlfriend. Even if for a second, his mind wondered about this possibility, his heart still rebuked him for that. He pinched her nose and added, "After all, I named you Bellissimo for a reason."
As both equally handsome and outstanding men were making their way out of the shop, they both caught unnecessary attention from the people around them. One was a magnificent sight to behold with his beautiful looks and charms, just like a handsome beast. While the other one was a delightful wonder of cold, elegant and brawns like the tough iceberg.
Individually, they were already enough to take someone's breath away but when put in the same picture, they were too mesmerizing for people.
To avoid all the commotion, Ru shifted her attention back to Da Xiao and asked, "Doesn't Bellissimo means a lovely soul or handsome? Are you calling me handsome?"
"No, I'm calling you lovely soul." Xiao Zhi Ren answered with a quirk of his lip that seemed to have enhanced his beauty.
"Why? I don't have a lovely soul or spirit. It's purely dark." She enunciated each word to emphasize her point.
"Rong, night hath a beautiful sight. The colors of the night are so rich and alive that one can't possibly find any impurity in them. No matter how dark you get, it just shows how lovely your soul is."
'Does he have the wrong idea of life or do I?' Ru wondered to herself and chose to shrug her shoulders. This thinking wasn't worth the time to waste her brain juice.
"Forget it, let's just get to that circus."
"We are going to a banquet." Xiao Zhi Ren reminded her.
"People are going to try to impress each other with their dresses and mannerisms just like circus animals. And then they will laugh with each other as if seeing a clown." This description of a banquet was rather new for Xiao Zhi Ren. Oddly, it sounded right to him.
"Then why are we even going?" He asked her amusingly.
"Obviously, to laugh at clowns," Ru answered matter-of-factly.
"Why bother?" Xiao Zhi Ren started offhandedly. "I mean I see a clown almost every day for free. I shouldn't make a visit to a circus for that."
"Huh? Where do you see the clown?" Ru turned her face to find him looking right back at her while trying to stifle his laugh.
[1] 'Having green grass grow on one's head': means their partner is cheating on them.