Chapter 103: I Bicker With Everyone, Don't Take It Too Personally

Xia Sha would be mad if she knew Guan Xian possessed so many shares of her company in his pocket. Lucky for Guan Xian, neither Xia Qi Feng nor Xia Sha aware of his father's doing. 

Rather than being alerted, she is getting furious from five minutes ago. Tapping the porcelain glass of her coffee, she scoffed lowly. 

Is Xiao Zhan tried to annoy her to death? The sight of him is enough to irritate her, but he dares to come late. Xiao Zhan is courting death.

Waiting for another round of minutes, the figure she waited for appearing before her eyes wearing a baby blue shirt. She rolls her eyes and gestures him to sit. 

"You are early," he smiled nervously.

"We agreed on lunchtime. Lunch is at twelve, and it's twelve passed seven minutes now," Xia Sha replied coldly. She didn't even bother to show a polite smile. 

Xiao Zhan took a deep breath and lowering his head like he had committed a serious crime. Xia Sha look at this and slightly felt she went too far. 

Thus, she cleared her throat and went into their discussion directly to avoid the increasingly awkward atmosphere. 

"So, what do you want to say?"

She picked up her cup and sipped her coffee. The air surrounds her was distant and cold. However, Xiao Zhan could felt she is calm. 

"Can I at least order-"

"Miss, your ice americano with 25% sugar is here." 

The waitress put down the coffee right when Xiao Zhan just wanted to ask for his ice americano. Stunned, he watched Xia Sha thanking the girl with an earnest expression. 

Xia Sha is familiar with the look Xiao Zhan had right now. She furrowed her eyebrow and admonished him. 

"Don't think much. Ordering your drink meant nothing. I only want every second I invest right now worth my time. Now please tell me what you want to say. You have your coffee." 

Xia Sha leans back to her chair and gives Xiao Zhan a chance to speak. Xiao Zhan look disappointed for a while before he collected himself and clear his mind. Focusing on the urgent matter, he began his speech. 

"First of all, I wanted to apologize for creating this big, hot mess that might drag you down," he stopped and took a deep breath. Glancing at Xia Sha, who keeps her frosty eye, he helplessly continued. 

"That night, at Jian Jun's charity party, I got madly jealous. I saw you and Guan Xian together and the way you looked at him..." He paused in the midway. 

A surge of emotions reveals in his eyes. Xia Sha silently bites her tongue inside. Xiao Zhan is struggling to mention her liking behavior toward Guan Xian certainly touched something on her heart. 

"I panicked and ran for help like a coward. I didn't know they would be so engulfed in the idea of making the Xia family theirs in law. I-" 

"You regretted it," Xia Sha finished his sentence. 

Xiao Zhan looked up and stare at her with a heavy heart. Indeed, he regretted asking for help and listen to either Xiao Yu or his grandfather. Although the situations are in favor, he couldn't bear to watch the hatred glare from Xia Sha. 

"Yes. I regret everything." 

"Including suddenly working in Xia Corporation when you don't have a slight interest?" 

Her question got Xiao Zhan taken aback. He agreed to train at Xia Corporation only because he wanted to get close to Xia Sha. 

"I regretted not asking what position they'll put me. If I could choose, I'll rather be your P.A than the team leader. But I do enjoy bicker with you. At least it shows that we are a friend at one point." 

A faint smile appears on his face. Xia Sha look at that smile and frown for the second time. 

"I bicker with everyone, don't take it too personally." 

"Right," those smile turned into a grin.

He once was the closest person to Xia Sha. He was there when her parents got a divorce. He is the one who foolishly follows all Xia Sha's request during her rebellious phase, where she started to act like a cactus while her heart is tofu. 

"Don't grin. You didn't get the right to grinned, yet. The matters of Ling Guang plagiarized our product, do you think he could be so resourceful and scheme just like that?" 

Xia Sha probing question silenced Xiao Zhan. He tried to think of every mistake he might make, but none of them could be related to that bastard. However, since Xia Sha has mentioned this to him this way, it must involve him. 

His confused eyes meet Xia Sha's sharp gaze. He shook his head. 

"What did I do?" he has not a slight clue of what he has done. 

"Your brother suddenly invested money on Bright Electronic project, You suddenly joining Xia corporation. Now your family insisted on marriage between the two families. Don't you find it funny?" 

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There is not a single trace of doubt or uncertainty from Xia Sha's voice. Xiao Zhan knows her too well to realize she had her conclusion in this matter. And judging by her expression, she blames it on his family. 

"Xia Sha, I knew you are biased now that we pushed you to the corner. But why would my grandfather do something to harm your family company?" 

"To covet it?" Xia Sha answered almost instantly, which meant she had the answer the whole time. 

Xiao Zhan's jaw clenched. He didn't know how to act upon the verdict Xia Sha cast onto his family. But he also could see her accusation is not baseless. 

"Think it through. Either sabotaging Xia Corporation or marriage between two families, in the end, they could get control over Xia Corporation. Marriage is just a cover-up." 

Xia Sha smirked and carefully observed Xiao Zhan's expression. He still looks doubtful and disbelief at what he just heard. And she could understand why he felt that way. 

If someone accuses your family of doing something dishonorable, you won't stand aside and do nothing. Xia Sha personally would lash out and cause trouble if that happens. 

But Xiao Zhan's reaction to staying calm and didn't get biased has proven one of Xia Sha's predictions. Now she is sure that Xiao Zhan is not involved in this conspiracy. 

That makes her heart warm a lot. 

"Xiao Zhan, you knew I'm not someone who opposed a political marriage. I knew what comes with every privilege I had, the responsibility, and the burdens. But this-" 

Xiao Zhan nods his head, indicating that he understands what she wanted to say. 

"You are not my enemy. You were never will. What I fight is not you, but those whose biased against me, just because I'm a woman. If they arranged this marriage a long time ago, maybe I'll-"

"You won't." Xiao Zhan cut her off with a mocking smile. He looks at Xia Sha gently and says something that Xia Sha herself hates to admit. 

"You fall in love," He murmured under his breath. He was smiling, but she could find thousand of pain in his eyes. The same eyes that once cruelly break her heart years ago. 

Xia Sha couldn't stand eye contact with him anymore. 

"I apologized if I offended you in some way, but we need this conversation." Xia Sha stopped midway to control her emotion. 

She couldn't deny that seeing Xiao Zhan hurting make her heart ached too. Despite everything he has done in the past, he is still one of the people that stay on the darkest days in her life.

Up until now, even if they are fighting, he still helps her in acquiring Bright Electronic Company. She knew his uncle (who buy Xia Sha's share of BEC in the past) stand on her side. 

"No, I'm glad I got a chance to apologize and hear this. I'll find out about this, and before that, I guarantee we won't get married," Xiao Zhan replied. 

"As if you could stop my grandfather," Xia Sha's lips twitched, her frosty aura slowly dissipated. 

Xiao Zhan pressed his lips and closed his eyelids playfully. 

"You are right. I can't." 

His helpless answer created a smile on Xia Sha's face. 

"Oh! You smiled at me!" Xiao Zhan cheered, cover his sadness in his heart. 

He widens his eyes and looks like he is about to jump from his chair. As if all the heavy burden he carried just now has disappeared into thin air. 

"Stop it! I might be your step sister in the future," Xia Sha rolls her eyes but didn't change her smile into a frown. 

"Your joke is not funny," Xiao Zhan's expression changed into a flat face so quickly. Xia Sha giggles and wrinkled her nose. 

"It's not a joke. It's a possibility." 

"Shut up!" Xiao Zhan jeered and pursued his lips. He was about to continue his sentence when Xia Sha's phone rang. It's only a short notification, probably a text. 

"Wait, It might be Fu Qun," Xia Sha excuse herself and checked on her phone. 

He waited on her patiently, observing her beautiful features with a heavy hard. Her long eyelashes are quivering, she tried to control her expression so he wouldn't notice, but her cheek is blushing. 

Xiao Zhan felt a thousand small needles are pricking his heart. Nonetheless, to guess, it must be a text from Guan Xian. Facing Xia Sha, who focused directed on her phone, he decided to play the fool. 

"Who is it? Perhaps, your other potential stepbrother?" he teased. 

"No way, that is a special position just for you!" 

Xiao Zhan grin. He felt satisfied when she averted her gaze from the phone and looked at him. Yeah, at least she paid more attention to him than his text.. At least.

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