It is Habitual?

Back at the Feng mansion, Feng Xinying went to her room and started pacing. However hard she tried, her anger wouldn't settle. She had been shot at because of him and she wanted to talk to him about it—about yesterday—but all that he did was bark at her.

Remembering yesterday night's incident, she picked up the newspaper and searched through it to find any news related to that incident but there was none. She knew that Xie Shengjun was too powerful to be trifled with; he wouldn't have allowed that kind of news to leak.

She wanted to call him, but instead ended up calling Keira.

"Xiao Ying, how are you? I heard about yesterday night's shootout. I am so sorry. Why is this happening? I think we should leave these brothers and go back to America to continue living our lives normally," said Keira as soon as she picked up the phone.

Feng Xinying became sad. "Keira, I think you are right. There is a lot of unhappiness here. I will go to America as soon as possible. When are you planning to leave?"

"None of you are going anywhere!" came a booming voice from the phone. Xie Shengjun had snatched the phone from Keira's hand.

"Xie Shengjun, give the phone back to me!" shouted Keira from somewhere far away.

Feng Xinying gritted her teeth and replied, "You two brothers are no good. Both of us only feel sad all the time. Give the phone to Keira. We have to discuss our travel plans back to America."

Keira had snatched the phone back from Xie Shengjun and Feng Xinying heard him saying, "Baby, no. Baby, please don't go. The man behind this attack is already dead. I will kill all those who will come after you, I promise! I will soon find the culprits of yesterday's incident and get them killed too but please, darling, don't leave me."

"Xie Shengjun, what are you doing? Let go of my thigh!"

"Xie Shengjun, stop crawling on your knees while gripping my thigh. Let me walk properly."

"Xie Shengjun stop! That is my panty! You can't kiss me there. I am angry at you!"

"Ah… Ah!"

Feng Xinying disconnected the phone before she could hear any more of their love noises. She was so embarrassed. She was trying to vent her anger and here she was, red as a tomato.

Throughout the day Feng Xinying couldn't rest properly. She wanted to go to the office, but she wondered why she wanted to go to the office. It wasn't because she wanted to meet him, but because she missed her job. Yes! That was why, she convinced herself.

She looked at her phone a thousand times but there was no call from him. She sulked and curled in her bed. She covered her face with the blanket and closed her eyes. But every time she closed her eyes, her thoughts went to the kiss he had given her forcibly and she would become restless. She would open her eyes and look at the phone. She realized she still didn't have his picture.

In the evening, Xie Yuansheng came home early at 5PM. The moment he came inside, he ran inside to see her. He climbed the stairs two at a time.

Feng Xinying heard the car pulling in the garage and she thought he had come. She leapt out of bed, tidied her messy hair and dress, and hurriedly went to open her door only to see that Xie Yuansheng was there on the uppermost staircase with his hands on his waist panting and sweating. As soon as the two locked their gaze, they acted as though they were not in a rush to see each other. Their gazes converted into casual glances.

"You look relaxed," he said upon seeing her. He was angry that he was longing to see her for the whole day and here she was, indifferent to his feelings.

"Of course I am. I was at home. I rested and had a great time," she replied uninterestedly.

Xie Yuansheng didn't say a word. He went to his room, collected a huge pile of documents and went to the study in front of her and closed the door behind him with a loud thud.

Feng Xinying became flustered. Why wasn't he talking to her?

Lu Boyun was coming upstairs with a cup of coffee.

"For whom are you taking that coffee?" she asked Lu Boyun.

"For the young master, Miss Xinying".

"Give it to me. I will take it." She took the coffee from his hand and went to the study, much to his surprise. He could never understand her temperament. He shook his head and went downstairs.

In the study, Xie Yuansheng looked up to see who has entered. He narrowed his eyes when he saw her.

"Lu Boyun's ankle got sprained a bit, so I he asked me to give this coffee to you," she said as she placed the cup on his table.

Xie Yuansheng didn't say a word and started reading the document again. Feeling sad, she turned back to go. As she was going, she heard him saying, "Yun Chen, please pass me that file."

She turned back to him with a smile and picked the file to pass it to him. He stared at her and she stared back, "Yun Chen?"

"What did you just say?" she asked with wide eyes. "You said, Yun Chen?"

Xie Yuansheng got up from his chair, went next to her and replied, "I am sorry, I must have been crazy."

"Yes, right, you are crazy. Bye, you madman."

Feng Xinying left the study with so much anger that she couldn't even fathom it.

Xie Yuansheng ran after her. "Xinying, Xinying, I said that unconsciously. I am sorry."

"Unconsciously? You called her name unconsciously? Are you under her control when you are unconscious?"

"No Xinying! What are you talking about? I am not in her control. Today, since you were not in the office, I called her often to get the files in my room and so I spoke her name out of habit," he explained, almost wailing. "Calling her name did not carry any meaning."

"You called her name out of habit? It is habitual?" She looked at him as though she would kill him.