The 3 B's- Beauty , Brains and Bravery 217 "Because of me..."

Rong Xinghe was struggling continuously when the door to the room slowly opened and Xi Yuan entered the hospital ward. The man's heart ached when he saw the girl putting in all her strength just to see him. He didn't knew if her actions were warming up his heart or if they were shattering it into thousands of tiny pieces.

The man strode towards the girl and cupped her face with both his hands as he made her look at him ,"I am here. Just lie down."

Rong Xinghe calmed down when she felt the familiar warmth beside her and stopped moving around almost instantly. She looked at Xi Yuan in a daze as if she was dreaming. The girl then reflexively took the man's wounded hand into her weak ones and looked at it silently.

After sometime , tears slipped down her cheeks as she uttered few words softly ,"Because of me..."

Xi Yuan took a deep breath and helped the girl lie down on the bed. He then adjusted the air conditioner's temperature before covering the girl with a blanket.

After that , the man sat down on the edge of the girl's bed and caressed her hair softly ,"Silly ! It wasn't your fault. And I am a man. I am not that weak. Can you not trouble your brothers by crying like that ? Xinghe , I am fine. Really !"

Rong Xinghe wiped her tears frailly and looked at Lu Wei ,"I am sorry. I don't know why I..."

"Shh. Just have some rest kiddo.", Lu Wei smiled at the girl.

The five men rushed out of the room so that the girl could sleep peacefully while Xi Yuan remained inside. After all , the girl was still holding onto his wounded hand.

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"Didn't you guys noticed that she has gotten too attached to him ?", Mo Zixuan looked at the four men.

Zhi Xi nodded his head in agreement ,"I know , right ? She was struggling so hard just now. Is it possible that..."

"...that she has started to develop feelings for him ?", Lu Wei pinched the space between his brows.

"That's possible. Only he was able to pacify her. But there is a tug of war going on between her heart and mind. She is facing difficulty in deciding whether to give this relationship a chance or not. She is unsure if she is really in love or not.", Su Rogguang sighed.

"After Lu Che's accident , isn't it only obvious ? Don't you guys remember how he was able to help her gain back her confidence and walk into little Alix's ward ?", Zhi Al sat down on the bench beside him.

"Anyway , it won't take too long for her to accept Xi Yuan. I know that man. He has his own charms.", Zhi Xi said.

"This is going to bring hell of troubles then.", Lu Wei sighed.

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At this time , Xi Yuan also came out of the hospital ward ,"Xinghe is asleep."

Zhi Xi squinted his eyes at the man ,"You do have the guts , don't you ? Why did you go to Military Chief Office instead of Rogguang's assistant ? Can you not stay away from her ?"

Xi Yuan shook his head ,"I might not be able to survive without her , Mr. Zhi. You can ask for my life if you want but until and unless my heart is beating , it will beat only for your sister."

Zhi Xi : "....."

"I heard that the Xi family elders are coming back soon. Is that true ?", Lu Wei fixed his gaze on the young man.

"Yes. But they will be living in Xi family mansion. Apparently , they wanted to come back to their home country."

Zhi Xi closed in on the man and smiled meaningfully at him ,"If that is the case , you better disclose about your past to Xinghe before she gets to know about it from others. I don't want her to stay in the dark for too long.

"I know that it will be challenging for you but opening up about Zhou and Rong family to you wasn't easy for her either. Muster up your courage and tell everything about how your grandparents died to her.

"And yes , now that your family is coming back , we will be watching all of you closely. We might trust you but you know your family more than anyone. As her brothers , there is no way in hell that we will let her suffer anymore. Do you get it ?"

Xi Yuan clenched his fists and closed his eyes when Zhi Xi mentioned his grandparents' death. How was he to tell her about all of that ? The entire world currently believed that the Xi family elders had met with a frightening accident and that resulted into their death. But the truth was way more horrifying and different than that !

This was a secret their family had been hiding for years now. It was a mystery , about which , only Xi , Lu and Zhi families knew.

But he couldn't hide anything from Rong Xinghe as well. Since he intended to bring her into his life , he was bound to reveal his past to her before that. She had the right to know everything about him.

So the man nodded his head after some thought ,"Give me some time , senior."

Zhi Xi and Lu Wei understood Xi Yuan's difficulty and approved his request without contemplating about it too much.

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Next morning ;

Xi Fang and Xi Ying arrived back in Country X from England. Earlier , they had some paperwork to deal with and hence , weren't able to come back with Xi Yuan. But now that they were done with most of the business there , they rushed to the Military Sanatorium as soon as they stepped into City A.

Only when Xi Yuan reassured them about his and Rong Xinghe's safety did the Xi twins breathed out a sigh of relief.

Xi Yuan also told them that he wanted to reveal everything about their grandparents' death to the girl.

"Brother , are you sure ? I mean... wouldn't sister-in-law look down on us once she gets to know about how our family was like years ago ? What will she think of us ?", Xi Ying asked worriedly.

"My Xinghe is quite righteous , Ying. She will definitely try to understand everything. But I really can't keep her in the dark.", Xi Yuan smiled dully.

"When do you plan to tell her ?"

"Next week. On grandfather and grandmother's death anniversary."

"Bro , you haven't talked about it ever before. Not even to us. Whenever our grandparents' death is mentioned , you never say anything. Are you really prepared to open up that painful old wound of yours ?", Xi Fang squeezed the man's shoulder.

Xi Yuan simply nodded at that. It was indeed going to be difficult for him. He was just 15 when he had lost his inspiration , his grandfather.

In fact , he was the first person to see their grandparents' dead bodies. After that , he never uttered a single word regarding that incident to anyone. It had been 11 years since that episode had taken place but the pain was still as unbearable as years ago.

Maybe talking about it to his angel could help him...

Chapter end