“Then why aren’t you speaking?”
This question sounded somewhat confrontational. Rosiley took a deep breath. “You’re angry, aren’t you?”
She looked somewhat aggrieved. Sachin raised his eyebrows slightly, the corner of his lips curling up faintly. “Aren’t you angry yourself?”
Rosiley pouted her lower lip and admitted frankly, “I am indeed.”
Sachin nodded and said, “So am I.”
Rosiley was at a loss for words.
A sense of helplessness overwhelmed her from the bottom of her heart. She felt like she was making trouble for herself by getting so angry.
She sighed heavily, then looked at Sachin solemnly. Her tone was just as serious as she said, “Yan Xu and I are only friends.”
Sachin stared intently at her, not saying a word.
His eyes were so profound that she could not clearly guess at what he was thinking.
After a long while, he finally spoke. He only uttered two words:
“I know.”
So? He had said he had not misunderstood her and Yan Xu, and still believed in her. So why was he still angry?
She did not quite understand.
Perhaps seeing her bewilderment, Sachin explained, saying, “I don’t doubt you, but I don’t trust Yan Xu.”
“Oh?” Rosiley was even more baffled by this.
Why did he not trust Yan Xu?
Sachin leaned back into his sofa, folding his arms over his chest. His heavy eyes fell on her baffled face, the corners of his lips curling up. “He likes you.”
Rosiley was startled, then she reacted almost instantaneously. She asked tentatively, “You’re afraid he might do something to me?”
“Yes.” Sachin nodded. “He’s not as simple as he seems.”
Rosiley frowned and thought for a while. “Are you investigating him?”
Sachin did not give her a direct answer but merely asked, “Why do you think he’s so popular after just three years in the entertainment circle?”
“It’s because of his good looks and acting skills, of course.”
Rosiley thought that he was asking a stupid question. “Can’t everyone see this? Why must he ask a redundant question?”
Sachin gave a light chuckle. “Rosiley, do you think good looks and acting skills alone will win you popularity in the entertainment circle? You’re too naive. You must consider the entertainment circle simpler than it really is.”
“Do I?” Rosiley lifted her slender eyebrows slightly. “The entertainment circle is really complicated. I don’t know about the others, but Yan Xu has indeed won popularity because of his good looks and acting skills.”
Although she was speaking up for Yan Xu, Sachin did not seem to mind. He just smiled mildly. “I don’t deny he is handsome and can act, but you mustn’t underestimate his background.”
“So you’re saying he won popularity for himself because of his privileged background?”
Rosiley rephrased and repeated what Sachin had said to her.
Sachin smiled. “Perhaps.”
“Perhaps?” Rosiley raised her eyebrows. Yet he had not affirmed that it was Yan Xu’s background which had made him popular.
“Whether he’s popular or not because of his background has nothing to do to me. I just want to tell you, he’s not as simple as you think.”
Okay, so she had understood him. He had said so much only because he was afraid Yan Xu might do something to her.
In the depths of her heart, she did not believe that Yan Xu was a schemer. At least not to her.
However, she did not dare say this to him. Sachin was already unhappy. If she were to bring this up again, she would only be creating trouble for herself.
So she took a deep breath and raised her right hand, pretending to be docile. “I swear I won’t ever see him alone again.”
Sachin was silent for a while. There was a barely perceptible smile on his lips. “You swore this yourself. I did not make you do it.”
“Dammit, he’s like a crook pretending to be fleeced after ripping me off!”