Chapter 8
1177 Words
Shuji went to the swimming pool area of their house.
"There you are," Shuji said when he saw Lixue swimming in the swimming pool.
"I can't do anything! You? Don't you have a date with Erika today?" Lixue asked Shuji as he floated in the pool.
"He'll be here soon," Shuji replied as he sat down on the wooden chair near the swimming pool.
"Ah! I'll just ask you, why aren't you and your godfather and aunt here at home?" Lixue asked stopping floating and stepping opposite Shuji.
"Mama doesn't want to go back to the Philippines anymore, she already lives in our house in Japan." Shuji just answered.
"Ah! It's like I know I remember something." Lixue replied.
"What do you remember?" Shuji asked as he looked at Lixue.
"Other! Nevermind." Lixue mentioned and he just shook his head afterward.
"Didn't Papa mention you? My Mama doesn't want to go back to the Philippines since she found out that her friend died in a tragedy that traumatized her even though she was in Japan that day and was recovering from her illness." Shuji said as he turned to look at Lixue.
"I know what you're referring to, Shuji because the godfather told his aunt what happened to my mommy, they are close friends even though they have different backgrounds," Lixue replied.
"I'm thinking about your relationship with Papa, I know everything that Papa has had, but I didn't know you," Shuji replied as he looked at Lixue.
"I told you I don't often go to my dad's friends' events even though I don't know you by name just because your godfather always mentioned you to us before," Lixue replied she went up and Shuji looked at him as he avoided looking at him.
"How old were you when your sister and mommy died?" Shuji asked sitting on the edge of the swimming pool to play with both feet.
"I was eleven years old when they died in a tragedy," Lixue said as she dived into the swimming pool.
"You were still young when your mother and sister passed away, during those lonely parts of your life, where is your father?" Shuji asked when he looked at Lixue.
"My dad—when they went, hmm..he was also sad but a few months later, I found out that they had a relationship with my mommy's friend and now they are married and living in China," Lixue replied as she climbed into the water.
"They don't have you in the same house?" Shuji asked Lixue.
"I didn't go with them even though my daddy talked to me, I can't accept that he quickly ignored what happened in our family, he immediately had a relationship with another woman even if he said he just wanted to move on," Lixue replied, she lied because the truth is they have a suspicion of his father that not evil spirits are the reason everyone the spirits will not come out of the portal if no one comes out and he whispered to ask for forgiveness.
"Ah!" Shuji replied.
A few hours later Shuji went inside their house to meet his girlfriend and Lixue was still swim in the swimming pool. She waved when she saw Erika and Shuji together going to the swimming pool area where he was.
"Hi, Erika, do you have a swimsuit? It's boring for us to swim right now." Lixue smiled at Erika who was already frowning.
"Have you already bought a replacement for our fashion show? The long gown we're going to wear will cost us nothing, the long gown is not in the agency's budget." Erika replied as she glared at Lixue.
Shuji called one of their maid to bring them a snack.
"Tomorrow maybe I'll buy a long gown. I still have money on my credit card," Lixue said.
"Uncle, Shuji?" Erika asked her boyfriend as he turned to look.
"Dad is still at work and he's going home tonight," Shuji replied to his girlfriend as he sat her where he sat earlier.
"You two are the only ones here?" Erika asked her boyfriend she looked at Lixue who was quietly swimming.
"Yes, it's just the two of us, darling," Shuji replied to his girlfriend.
"If you're jealous of me because I'm the only one with your boyfriend in their house, stay here first so you don't think of a reason for you to argue," Lixue replied and went up and took her robe that was hanging on the chair. adjacent to the seat.
"I'll be jealous if you have a motive with him, Lixue you don't know me if angry," Erika replied as she looked at Lixue.
"You don't know me better if you're angry, Miss Melendez, don't mess with me to make me angry, and then trust your boyfriend if you really trust him," Lixue mentioned that he just left the swimming pool where the couple was left.
'He doesn't trust me very much.' Shuji said in his mind he looked at his girlfriend he followed Lixue's gaze.
"Her presence when she left was different, I can't explain why I felt terrified," Erika said to his boyfriend when she looked back at him.
Shuji didn't respond to what his girlfriend said and he just looked at Lixue who was walking away.
"Come on, let's go to our garden," Shuji replied to her girlfriend, he took her hand and they walked towards their garden.
"When did she just come here?" Erika asked her boyfriend as she tightened the grip on her hand.
"On Wednesday or Thursday last week, why?" Shuji asked as he looked at his girlfriend.
"I'm just curious about her have you known her for a long time because you said, that your Papa is her godfather," Erika told her boyfriend she was on his lap.
"No, darling, I just met her, she told me that she doesn't always go on a tour with her daddy or her parents, especially if they attend an occasion," Shuji said to his girlfriend as he hugged her waist.
"Really? How did that happen, didn't you say that you know all of your father's godchildren." Erika exclaimed to her boyfriend.
"I'm also wondering, but my Papa told me that he thinks of Lixue as his daughter, maybe Leatrice's family has a reason why that is." Shuji just replied to his girlfriend before shrugging his shoulders.
"Didn't you think that your Dad has an illegitimate child and just now she showed a lot of that in the teleserye or movie," Erika said to her boyfriend.
Shuji was quiet as his girlfriend said. From above, Lixue could hear the two of them from the veranda of her room as she shook her head and laughed softly.
Lixue came out of the room and went through the back and she climbed the high wall and jumped before she got on the tricycle and drove to the corner of the subdivision. Lixue waited a few minutes and she hailed a taxi with empty passengers she delivered to Liao Company.
- Writer
