I looked confusedly at Basteel, thinking he had spoken, but he just smiled faintly at me, standing quietly beside me. Yet his quiet appearance overlapped with Shui Zixi’s face.
Their overlapping face was clearly the resolute man I saw in my dream, the man wearing a silver mask. Cold, icy, ruthless yet passionate, and world-weary.
“Yan’er, don’t scare me, why have you become like this!” Xiao Xin hugged me tightly, tears rolling down because of my state.
I silently nestled in her embrace, wanting to push away all the chaos and enjoy a moment of peace. At this point, I couldn’t even distinguish whether the ancient memories, the scenes from my dream, and the person before me were hallucinations. But if they were hallucinations, why did they feel so real?
“It’s all because you didn’t properly manage your country, it’s because of you that Yan’er has become like this!” Xiao Xin began to unreasonably blame the stranger.
She completely didn’t consider that he was a president, with bodyguards nearby, and that offending him might not bode well for her future.
“Xin, it’s not their fault. President Basteel coming to apologize for his citizens shows his sincerity. He didn’t have to come personally for such a small matter, we shouldn’t blame him!”
Basteel smiled softly at me: “How about this, I’ve brought my personal physician on this trip to China. If you’re willing, my private doctor can treat Ms. Ran!”
He spoke calmly, his composure completely different from the mediocre rumors about him.
Xiao Xin was silent for a long time, seeing that I had returned to normal, she nodded slightly, but anger still couldn’t be hidden from her face.
“If anything happens to Yan’er, I’ll never let you off!” She spoke defensively, as if the two before her were lifelong enemies, like a mother hen protecting her chick.
I helplessly laughed at these distinguished guests before me. Fortunately, they were gentlemanly and didn’t get angry; otherwise, with our lack of courtesy, we would have been in trouble.
Actually, seeing Xiao Xin’s appearance made me feel more touched. We had both been abandoned by our parents since childhood, always dependent on each other. We might not have a family or parents, but we had a deeper bond than most.
