Volume 5 Chapter 8 (1/2)

Xu Yi was surprised. He quickly got up and asked in a concerned voice, “Teresa, what is it? Did something happen?”

Teresa looked up with wide eyes that had tears in them. Tears were already dripping out of the corner of her eyes and she couldn’t stop herself from crying.

Seeing her appearance, Xu Yi was surprised.

Since he had rescued Teresa, it had already been three years. In these long three years, Xu Yi knew that this beautiful and delicate little miss was actually quite strong, she would never reveal the weak side of her heart to anyone. Now that she was suddenly looking like this, there must have been something that filled her with sadness.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi let out a slow breath and continued in a gentle voice, “Teresa, just tell me what difficulties you have. You’ve already been here for three years, I’ve already treated you like family. There’s nothing you can’t tell me.”

Teresa looked at Xu Yi in a daze and the tears kept gathering in her eyes. Finally she couldn’t stop the tears from dripping down across her face.

“Sir……Sir chairman, I……I……”

Before she could say anything, Teresa suddenly fell down and put her hands around her knees as she cried.

Seeing Teresa who was filled with sadness, Xu Yi didn’t know what to do.

He rarely had the experience of comforting a crying girl, so he didn’t know what he should do at all.

Thinking about it, he said with a sigh, “I’ll go find Still. If you have anything that you can’t tell me, you can tell her. It’s all the same.”

But when Xu Yi took a step, he felt someone grabbing the bottom of his pants.

Turning over, he found that Teresa’s hand was tightly holding the bottom of his pants. She looked up at Xu Yi with a look that was filled with pleading.

Xu Yi was confused.

Just what had happened to Teresa that she went to find no one else but him?

“How about……I have Evita come instead?” Xu Yi tried asking.

Teresa had been working in the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic research facility during these years, so she had plenty of contact with Evita. Because of how Evita kept praising her work in front of Xu Yi, Xu Yi had thought that she was quite close to Evita.

They were both young girls and Evita was a few years older, so it should be easier to talk to her.

But Teresa shook her head, looking hesitant to speak.

Xu Yi was a bit helpless. After thinking about it, he pulled Teresa up and looked into her eyes before saying with a serious voice, “Teresa, I said it just now, I’ve treated you as a family member, so no matter what difficulties you are facing, you can treat me as a family member and tell me. If I can help you, I will definitely do all I can. Do you understand what I mean?”

Teresa looked at Xu Yi in a daze before slowly nodding.

“Alright, sit down and tell me what happened.” Xu Yi pointed at the chair on the side before sitting in front of it.

Teresa softly gritted her teeth before finally sitting down.

Facing Xu Yi’s serious eyes, Teresa had a sad look on her face. After a while, she said in a soft voice, “Sir chairman, I’ve already been by your side for three years, but I’ve never told you where I came from, right?”

Xu Yi nodded and calmly said, “Everyone has their secrets, I don’t demand others to tell me theirs. Since you don’t want to speak, I won’t ask. Anyway, I just know that you are called Teresa.”

Xu Yi had been lying.

Having a stranger live in his house, even if that stranger was beautiful and delicate, looking like a little rabbit that wouldn’t harm anyone, Xu Yi wouldn’t easily accept her.

After taking in Teresa, Xu Yi had used his relations to investigate Teresa.

However, it was like Teresa had come out from under a rock. There wasn’t any information on her in the Lampuri Kingdom.

This made Xu Yi very doubtful of her.

With Teresa’s education, she should be from a noble family. Moreover, with how outstanding she looked, they must have some fame.

But investigating around, he couldn’t find any information at all which really was too strange.

So from the beginning, Xu Yi had been vigilant towards her.

Even if Teresa revealed her talent for magic and showed understanding that surpassed others on magic machines, entering the magic research facility for work, Xu Yi had secretly controlled it so she couldn’t approach the core technology.

But Teresa had been here for three years and although Xu Yi had never found any information on her, she had been very normal these three years.