A Beautiful Misunderstanding

Leila ignored Essie deliberately. She squatted at the table and talked to Zac, "It can read ancient poems. When I read any line, it will read the next line of that poem." She swallowed and murmured, "Wild grasses spreading over the plain."

"With every season come and go," said the parrot in a shrill voice.

Leila continued, "In the morning one departs from Baidi, amongst rosy clouds."

"One thousand li to Jiangling, in one day returning," the parrot continued.

With his arms around his chest, Zac touched his chin and asked, "Did you get this from the zoo?"

"No, I bought it with a man who has parrots. There are many parrots among them, and it is the smartest one. So I picked it and give it to you. You can ask it to wake you up every morning," Leila grinned.

"Okay, I take it. It's much more interesting than an alarm." Zac asked the servant to hang the birdcage on the balcony. Then he sat on the sofa and chatted with Leila, ignoring the woman standing at the stairs.

Essie was not happy to be ignored as air. She felt like she was thrown into a lemonade, sour from cells to pores.

She used to be a substitute for Leila, and now she was even inferior to her. It was only a powerful third wheel. She was the unnecessary existence

around and went upstairs. She didn't want to see their intimacy any more. Her eyes

glanced at her back with the corner of his eyes, without any expression on his face, silently doing whatever she wanted. She turned a deaf ear to him for three years, he would let her know how it felt

reconciled with each other?" Leila asked nervously.

more peace in her heart when she saw that his face was cold, not as

a cold tone in Zac's tone, as if he was mad at the people upstairs. In fact, in his

understand the underlying meaning behind his words. The colder Zac was to Essie, the happier she

single word he said had clearly pierced into her ears. Her heart ached, and it was like countless needles were piercing into it. And the pain was so deep that it was unable to be pulled out. Every time she breathed, the needles would

heart, she was so insignificant that she couldn't even be counted as a friend. There was no other relationship between them except using

hearing her sobbing. She locked the door, turned on the tap, letting the sound of water cover her crying, so

came out of the bathroom, Zac was already in the room. He looked up and saw her red and

eyes?" He asked in

the shower just now." She

He raised his eyebrows and seemed to be a little doubtful, "I thought you were

much of yourself." She pursed her lips and said, "I've never been jealous of you before,

in the eyes of Zac. A rage slowly rose. "It is good that you will not. In your current status, you are