"Okay." I end up saying only to realize I hadn't really grasped the full meaning. But when I do, I'm surprised for the second time today. I look up from the floor and stare at him with strained horror in my eyes. "Wait hold on. Girlfriend? Don't tell me your father actually think those rumors are true?"
Silence. The. he's rubbing the back of his neck with obvious guilt.
I poke I inside of my cheek, wanting to laugh like a madman now.
"I wouldn't be here telling you this if he didn't."
Oh how the tables have turned. I thought he liked Jia.
I widen my arms as my shoulders raise in bewilderment. "Why didn't you say anything then? Why didnt you tell him that they're just baseless rumors?"
"I did. But he's not the type of person to actually listen you know?"
I grab the cart, getting r
