Imperfect Desires

Since Xiu couldn't convince him to give up, she just let Dylan do what he wanted. And seeing how Xiu silently gave him the way, Dylan smiled smugly. 

"Hello, everyone!" Dylan first greeted everyone. "Although you all know me, I'll still introduce myself. I'm Dylan otherwise known as Qiu Hedi. And I am Dazi's best friend. That's why I'm the best man for the day!"

"Why does he look so happy?" questioned Xiu as she leaned towards Darren.

"Because he'd been waiting for this day for far too long," replied Darren in amusement. He was certainly familiar with Dylan's excitement for being his best man. He had been nagging him for years that he had to be the one. So, right now, he was really looking forward to what Dylan had to say.

Meanwhile, Dylan continued, "I've known Dazi since we were in elementary school. I although I hate dogs, I must thank one dog who attacked me and in the process gifted me with a friend who is more like a brother to me. No..." Dylan shook his head and rephrased his words, "I should say, he is a brother of mine. And someone I'm damn proud of."

Darren's eyes didn't leave Dylan's face while the latter continued to talk.

"At first, I wanted to add some embarrassing moments of Dazi's life to make you all laugh but I realized, he doesn't have any embarrassing moments. He had always been too awesome that it made me angry!"

Darren chuckled at his words.

"However, I do have a lot of embarrassing moments of Xiu but I won't share any of it. After all, I still love my life."

This made everyone laugh out while Xiu's lips twitched as she glanced at Dylan.

Dylan took a moment to collect his thoughts and looked at both Darren and Xiu, "When I first learned that you both are dating, I was shook. Really! And let's accept it, none of the three of us can forget that night. But I'm still not sure which one of us was more shocked that night. Me, who learned his best friend was dating his E.A. Or Xiu, who learned that the boss she was planning to kill was the best friend of her boyfriend. But then I think it was Dazi, who was the most shocked that night. After all, he got a call from both his girlfriend and best friend to ask him to bail them out of jail."

"Definitely, me!" replied Darren. "It was one hell of an experience for me."

"But it doesn't matter, Dazi. At least, we added some fun into your boring life," joked Dylan.

"That you sure did," agreed Darren.

Dylan looked at Xiu and continued, "I've said it to you before, I can't find any flaws in him."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You clearly tried to pick out every single flaw of him to make me break up with him."

Dylan coughed when Xiu reminded him of that, "I was joking. Just joking. But didn't I also add that you won't ever be able to find anyone like him? And see, I was right! Xiu, no matter how much I tease you, I have to say that you're the perfect life partner for my Dazi. If he is the best, you're no less." Xiu's brows went up while he ignored her shock and continued, "Even though you love to bicker with me, when I need you, you're always there. I'm honestly really happy that you found each other. The way your love story unfolded made me actually believe in love all over again. Even with everything that happened, you both still found each other like it was meant to be. Xiu, you gave me the courage to follow my heart. You made me face the feelings I was scared of for far too long."

Xiu blinked her eyes to keep her tears from falling. His speech wasn't particularly heart-touching but she and Darren knew what he meant when he said how they still found each other. He was keeping his words vague but they both knew what led them to each other. 

"Even with all your craziness, you're still the kind of a sister one would feel blessed to have. And it can be considered my blessing as well that you're my sister." Dylan raised a toast and said, "Congratulations to both of you. I wish you a lifetime of love and happiness together."

While everyone raised their glasses to toast, Xiu could only raise her glass of orange juice but the good thing was Darren was also just drinking orange juice to accompany her. 

"I didn't expect him to say any nice words," said Xiu.

Just as Dylan was about to sit, he added, "Oh, I forgot to add. Xiu, let's not pull each other's hair again."

Xiu gaped at him, "I'm so gonna murder you, Dylan!"

Dylan laughed out, "Everybody heard that. If I die in the future, catch her first!"

"And what makes you think we won't help her in murdering you?" questioned Xiao Li.

"Li bro is right. Rather than catching her, I might just help her in escaping," added Ah-Si.

"There is no need for an escape plan," said Han Bohai. "Sister Xiu is the best at planning. She won't leave any loopholes in her murder plan. No one will be able to find her."

Dylan had no words for this group of brothers. They really went all out!

He looked at Jackie who was silently and sensibly eating the dinner. Putting his faith in him, he called him out, "Jackie, you're the most sensible one here. What do you say? It's not good to help a criminal right?"

Jackie looked up and shrugged his shoulders, "My mom is a criminal lawyer and she does say it's not good to help a criminal." Before Dylan could smile smugly, Jackie added, "But who said my sister would waste her time on planning a murder of you?"