"Back then her mother got cancer, it required a lot of money for the treatment alone. My family tried to help but they wouldn't allow it." Shen Mu spoke.
"Have you guys always been so close?" Hu Yiting asked.
"Yes, we have known each other since we were in diapers. Our mothers were friends since high school, so we all lived in the same neighborhood. Her mother is my godmother, and my mother is her godmother. " She explained.
"If it is like that, why didn't they accept your help?" He asked again.
"Her father doesn't like owing people, growing up they were always working so my mother raised the four of us. He felt like he didn't want to owe us any further." She spoke and looked at him.
"She would have said something sooner, but back then the secretary position paid more than the new designing position she would have gotten, so she worked extra hard. When she tried to apply for the position, they would say that it is taken, next time." She spoke recalling how many times Cheng Xiao tried to transfer.
"The HR would say that they will hire someone to take over from her, but they got used to how she was the only one who understood Mr. Xu so well and didn't want to mess it up." She was really angry with how the HR treated her friend at the time.
Hu Yiting stood up from the chair when he saw the time, it was past midnight. "I should get going, it's getting late." He spoke.
"Let me walk you out." Shen Mu spoke and stood up as well.
"No, you should go in and get rest. I'll come to pick you up tomorrow." He replied.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He said and kissed her forehead before he heads out.
In the morning Cheng Xiao woke up stretching her arms. She opened her eyes and looked around and saw it was the room that she shared with Xu Kai, her first reaction was to check her clothes. She looked down and saw that her clothes had been changed.
She held her arms around her chest at the same time Xu Kai was coming from the bathroom. "Did you change my clothes?" She asked looking at him but looked away when she saw that he only had a towel wrapped around his waist.
"You don't remember what happened yesterday?" He asked looking at her.
"No!" She replied shaking her head.'
"What happened yesterday?" She asked in a raised voice.
"Nothing!" Xu Kai spoke coldly gritting his teeth.
How could she forget that she had taken the first step and kissed him. It was the first time she initiated it and he had thought that now their relationship was improving, only for her to forget and take them back to square one.
"Who changed me?" She asked again.
"You did it yourself." He replied and went to walking in closet to wear his clothes.
Cheng Xiao was puzzled but stood up to go to the bathroom to take a shower.