《Wife Loving Husband: Husband, spoil me some more!》


 Chapter 1 Prologue 1

    "My instincts are telling me, something wrong is ought to happen tonight."


    "Ah grandpa, how many times do I need to assure you that nothing wrong will happen tonight? Tonight is going to be the best night of my life. Tonight, I will get engaged to my prince charming."


    Qin Tian released a deep breath and smiled at her grandpa; her smile was so enchanting that it could make anyone bewitched.


    Walking hand in hand with her grandpa; wearing thetest Chanel gown, a diamond ne around her neck and diamond earrings in her ears; long hair set in the style of a crown; Qin Tian was looking no less than a queen. Her steps were powerful and full of confidence.


    "I am worried about you. I am worried that Ah Tong will do something to snatch your happiness. You know she is not the one to stay quiet, not after what you have done with her?"


    A concerned grandfather looked at his granddaughter.


    Qin Yanze looked at Qin Tian and she was looking very beautiful tonight. There was rare happiness on her face, happiness that soon she was going to get engaged.


    He was happy for her. But on the other hand, he was also concerned for her.


    He was worried because he knew Qin Yutong was not going to stay quiet, not after what Qin Tian did to her.


    Fan Yifeng, soon to be fianc¨¦ of Qin Tian was betrothed to Qin Yutong from the age of five. But Qin Tian who was filled with the hunger for revenge, from her childhood, snatched Fan Yifeng from her cousin.


    From the time of her birth, her maternal family tortured and bullied her because she was born out of wedlock, her father still unknown. She worked like a donkey because of them and always, the credit for her hard work was given to her cousins.


    She smartly dealt with many multi-million deals, and tackled many tough clients but who got the credit, her cousins!


    Qin Tian was always filled with vengeance against this injustice, all the torture. Hence, she decided to snatch the happiness of her cousin Qin Yutong.


    Qin Tian was beautiful and using her beauty as a weapon, she snatched Fan Yifeng. She seduced him and that too on the day when Fan Yifeng nned to propose to Qin Yutong.


    Qin Tian got a wind of his n and very smarty, she arrived at the hotel room where Fan Yifeng had nned thevish proposal.


    Fan Yifeng was shocked to find her in the room instead of Qin Yutong. Before he could react, Qin Tian kissed him hard. The kiss was a full mouth kiss which left Fan Yifeng wanting more.


    Fan Yifeng was able to send Qin Tian away before things could progress any further or before the arrival of Qin Yutong but from then on, he was not able to erase Qin Tian from his system.


    Qin Tian was no less. She applied for the internship in hispany and soon enough, their affair started. Sitting on hisp, and giving him kisses was verymon for her and soon, Fan Yifeng was falling for her, maybe!


    Qin Tian did everything in her power to make Fan Yifeng fall for her. She was the reason why Fan Yifeng broke with Qin Yutong and today, they were going to get engaged.


    She would be having delight after watching her cousin broken-hearted.


    "I can only hope that your uncle and aunt are not nning something vicious. They love Ah Tong more than anything. They will not stay quiet and watch you getting engaged with Yifeng."


    "Grandpa, don''t worry. I don''t think they are nning something today."


    Qin Yanze was still feeling nervous. His guts were saying that something wrong was going to happen tonight.


    "Grandpa, smile." Qin Tian chided. "We are already in the ballroom. What will guests think if they see your sullen face?"


    **


    After thirty minutes


    The worst fear of Qin Yanze came true, his son and daughter inw were not the ones to sit quietly. They were able to destroy the happiness of Qin Tian within thirty minutes.


    "Why?" Qin Tian yelled and fell on the ground in front of Fan Yifeng. Tears were falling from her eyes.


    The engagement which was going to take ce between her and Fan Yifeng was now going on between Qin Yutong and Fan Yifeng.


    "What do you think, I will leave my Tong-Tong only because of your kisses? My love for her was not so weak."


    Fan Yifeng smirked and kicked her. Qin Yutong proudly looped her arm around Fan Yifeng''s and smirked at Qin Tian.


    "Poor TianTian, she thought she can snatch my fianc¨¦ from me. Fool! I knew all along as to what you were nning? I am no fool like you."


    Qin Tian clutched hard on her thigh and looked at the mocking faces of the Fan family, her cousins, and her maternal aunt.


    She looked around at the guests. They were gossiping andughing at her, calling her a home wrecker. The one who came in between her brother inw and her cousin. Her so-called socialist friends were also among them.


    Yes, she came in between them, so what! She was a viin in their lives so what! She only wanted revenge, revenge for her sufferings from her childhood. She wanted to snatch the happiness of her cousin.


    So what if she tried to harm her cousin, so what? Hadn''t her cousin tried to kill her too? Hadn''t her cousins snatched her happiness too?<sub> </sub>


    "Yifeng, why are you doing this to me? Didn''t you say you love me?" Qin Tian tried to stand up, but she has ruthlessly pushed away.


    "Love? You disgust me." Fan Yifeng spat. "Kissing you was hell for me. Whenever I looked at your face, I always wished to puck."


    His words sliced the heart of Qin Tian.


    "Now, now, don''t act as if you loved him. We all know that you only wanted to snatch him from Tong''er. You were with him for his name and money. Gold-digger b!tch."


    Her heart skipped a beat when she heard a familiar voice. She raised her head only to see her best friend of sixteen years loathing her.


    "What? Shocked to see me supporting Yutong?"


    "You¡­."


    Best friend of Qin Tian, Lin Yue chuckled. Raw betrayal registered on the face of Qin Tian. "I never liked you Qin Tian. You were full of yourself, so egoistic, so arrogant. I was envious of your beauty and brain. I hated you. I hated the way you were the top socialist in the society."


    Again, fresh tears spilt out from the eyes of Qin Tian. The betrayal of her best friend was worse than that of Fan Yifeng.


    "Who do you think told Fan Yifeng and Qin Yutong about your n? I told them. I told Fan Yifeng that you did not love him. It was all an act."


    Did she not love him?


    It was the truth that she only wanted him because Qin Yutong loved him, but did she not love him? She did, maybe. At least, she started to see her future with him. She imagined her bright and happiness filled future with him but now her future was gone.


    ''No, I did not love him. I can''t be heartbroken over him.'' Qin Tian removed her tears and tried to console her heart.


    "Why are you sitting here like a fool? Leave, I don''t want to see your ugly face on my special day." Qin Yutong yelled and pushed Qin Tian hard.


    She applied so much force that Qin Tian fell from the makeshift stage. Qin Yanze rushed toward her rescue. He looked at his princess with sadness in his eyes.


    Among the mockingughter and humiliating words of guests, Qin Yanze pulled a dazed Qin Tian out of the ballroom and toward the car.


    "Grandpa, why did I fail? Why do my uncle and aunt always seed in giving me pain? Why can''t I do something vicious to them? I want to hurt them the way they have hurt me and my mother."


    Qin Tian broke down and hugged Qin Yanze tight. He continuously rubbed her back, feeling worst for her.


    At that moment, he realised that Qin Tian would never be happy if she stayed with her uncle and aunt. They''d find a way or another to counterfoil her ns or a way to hurt her.


    ''I have already seen her suffer from thest twenty years, but now no more. I have to send her away, no matter what. Otherwise, she will die in the hands of Qin Yihong.''


    With this determination, Qin Yanze called his assistant and asked him to make all the arrangements and after a week, unbeknown to anyone, Qin Tian was all ready to leave Shanghai for good.


    It was not easy for Qin Yanze to make Qin Tian agree about the same. She gave him a tough fight.


    "Grandpa, I don''t want to go. If I wanted to go then I''d have left a long ago. You know I can''t leave you alone here, in this hell hole. God knows what uncle and aunt will do to you in my absence."


    "They will do nothing to me, not until I have whole property and business on my name. But we don''t know, what they will do to you. They have already squeezed your skills. Now no more. Leave. Go away from this hell hole."


    After a lot of emotional ckmailing, Qin Yanze was able to make the mind of Qin Tian leave the country.


    "I don''t want to leave you."


    "Don''t make me emotional again. You know how hard it is for me to send you off." Qin Yanze blinked his teary eyes. "Now tell me miss, have you taken your new identity cards as Nian Tian?"


    "Yes, I have. I have also packed all the necessary things." Qin Tian replied before Qin Yanze could question about the same.


    "Now go, your new life is already waiting for you."


    Qin Yanze nudged Qin Tian toward the private ne which would take her out of the country, a ce which was unknown to him, a ce where Qin Tian would start a new life as Nian Tian.


    She looked at her grandpa with tears filled in her eyes.


    "Grandpa I will miss you." She hugged him tightly, not knowing when she''d hug him next time. "Take good care of yourself and don''t miss me."


    "Now go and live your new life, away from all the hatred and pain. I am sure you will find your true happiness and true love of life."


    Qin Tian broke the hug and smiled at him. She turned and made her way toward the aerone, toward her new life!

 Chapter 2 Prologue 2

    After 2 years


    BEEP BEEP BEEP


    Surrounded by the machines, Qin Tian was lying on the hospital bed. Many nurses and doctors were surrounding her, continuously monitoring her critical condition.


    Each breath was like piercing sses for her. Her pulse rate was very weak. If not for the machines, anyone would assume her to be dead.


    No, I can''t die like this¡­not when I have so many things which I want to tell him!


    Not when I was to spend my future with him.


    I wove so many beautiful dreams of my future with him, so how can I die now?


    I am sorry love; I am dying like this¡­I am going away from your life like this...I am sorry for leaving you with thest memory of our fight¡­. I am sorry for going away with our unborn child¡­I am sorry¡­!


    I am sorry for fighting with you, for not trusting you...I am sorry¡­please forgive me¡­! I will pray to meet you in our next lives¡­.


    "Doctor, doctor, the patient is having another cardiac arrest." A nurse yelled for the attention of the doctor when she noticed her unstable heart rate of Qin Tian.


    Immediately, doctors came to her rescue and an ECG was performed on her, with the hope to save her.


    **


    "Wu, Wu, what will I do if she dies?"


    Outside the emergency ward of Qin Tian, a girl in her early twenties was crying bitterly while hugging her boyfriend. Traces of fear and guilt were visible on her face.


    "I shouldn''t have tried to drive a car. If not for my driving, that girl would not havee under my car. What will I do if she dies because ofing under my car?"


    Zhou Bingbing sobbed and looked up at her boyfriend, Kris Yang.


    "Silly girl, how many times do I have to tell you that she is not in this condition because of you? You applied the brakes before the car collided with her. I am sure this girl was a victim of some other tortures. It is her good luck that she came in front of your car. You are not behind this condition of hers. Now, stop crying."


    He gently removed her tears and tried to console her.


    "She is lucky toe in front of your car. At least, this way, she is getting the much-needed treatment. Otherwise, who knows in which corner she was going to die."


    Soon after, the father of Zhou BingBing, Zhou Yonge arrived at the hospital. Looking at him, Zhou Bingbing immediately threw herself in his arms.


    "Father, nothing will happen to her right?"


    "Nothing will happen to her."


    "Promise?"


    "Promise, I will appoint the best doctors for her."


    Zhou Yonge already knew about the ident from his secretary. He knew his daughter was not at fault, he also knew that his daughter had a weak heart. She could not see anyone dying in front of her eyes, especially after her mother''s death. That''s why he promised her that he''d save this stranger girl.


    When the doctor came out of the emergency room, Zhou Yonge walked toward him. "Doctor, how is that girl?"


    "Mister Zhou."


    The doctor immediately recognised the man in front of him and why not? Zhou corporations was one of the top conglomerates of Ennd with its business spread throughout the world. They owned many malls, hospitals, hotels, and many other businesses under their name. The face of Zhou Yonge appeared on the face of business magazines from time to time.


    "This girl has suffered many injuries. She has suffered many internal injuries and broken bones. If my spection is correct, someone kidnapped her before inflicting torment on her. There are many cuts and torn marks on her skin which is not a work of any sane person, nor some ident."


    "I must say, she is lucky to have arrived at the hospital at the right time. Otherwise, she''d have died a torturous death."


    "How is her condition now?" Zhou Yonge asked in a stern voice.


    "For now, we can stable her condition, but we can''t say anything about the future. If she will live or die depends on her willpower."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Yonge nodded his head. "Can we shift her to Zhou hospital? You know doctors there are the best."


    "Not for now. It will not be safe for her to be transferred right now."


    The doctor left but not before telling another news to Zhou Yonge, "She was thirteen weeks pregnant. Unfortunately, her baby was already dead."


    Once the doctor was gone, Zhou Yonge walked toward the emergency room to have a look at the stranger girl. His breath hitched when his eyes fell on Qin Tian.


    Zhou Yonge carefully looked at Qin Tian and could easily see some familiarities with a person who was very dear to his heart.


    ''How is this possible? How can she look like him?''


    **


    After fifteen days


    "Granny, I feel so bad for that poor girl. She has suffered so badly. I don''t know how she will react after knowing that she has lost her baby."


    Zhou Bingbing ced her head on the shoulder of Zhang Biyu, looking sad.


    "You are again started with this?" Zhou Yonge entered the living room and looked at his daughter with a stern face. Traces of anger were visible on his face.


    "How many times I have asked you to not be concerned about her, instead focus on your studies? Exams are on your head and you are still thinking about her. Go to your room now and prepare for your exams."


    Zhou Bingbing flinched hearing the loud voice of her father, sadness appeared on her face.


    "Father, you know I don''t like management and finance. They are not my cup of tea. I want to be a fashion designer."


    "You also know it''s not possible. You are the sole heir of the Zhou corporation. If not for you, who is going to be the next owner of ourpany. Now stop giving me this face and to your room, now."


    Feeling dejected, she made her way toward her room. She cursed God for not giving her father another heir who could look after Zhou corporation after him.


    "You should not be so strict with her." Zhan Biyu chided.


    "Ma, you know, I worry about our family business." Zhou Yonge took a seat beside his mother and took her hand in his.


    "Yonge, tomorrow is my monthly check-up. I was thinking of seeing that girl in the meantime."


    "Ok, I will make all the arrangements."


    The next day, Zhang Biyu and Zhou Yonge arrived at Zhou hospital where Qin Tian was already shifted. Zhang Biyu was curious to visit her, especially after hearing so much from Zhou Bingbing.


    After her monthly check-up, they arrived in front of the VIP room of Qin Tian and entered in.


    The moment Zhang Biyu looked at Qin Tian, the floor seemed to slip from beneath her feet. She stumbled back only to be supported by her son.


    "Yonge¡­she¡­."


    "I know, she looks so much like a big brother. But how can this be possible? How can she be rted to him?"


    Zhang Biyu walked toward the bed of Qin Tian and carefully observed her sleeping face, observing her familiarities with her dead son.


    Her son was a secret agent working for the government. He died at a very tender age of twenty-three while serving his country.


    "Yonge, you are forgetting. Your brother wanted to introduce a girl to us after hisst mission. You have also seen their marriage certificate. Unfortunately, that girl went missing¡­. maybe¡­maybe¡­"


    Zhang Biyu broke down feeling emotional. Sadness crept on her face as she remembered sad memories of her elder son.


    "Yonge, find out about this girl. I want to know if she is his daughter or not!"

 Chapter 3 Empty Life

    After another 4 years


    Qin Tian, now known as Zhou Liying flipped around on the bed and opened her eyes. She came face to face with her boyfriend or we can say soon to be ex-boyfriend.


    She looked at him and his naked torso which she devoured not a few hours ago.


    Bitterness filled in her mouth. She could feel, that the vacuum in her chest was still there. She still felt the emptiness in her chest which was eating her alive from thest few years. Her current boyfriend also failed to fill the void in her heart.


    Zhou Liying again looked at the man, trying to find any emotional attachment with him, any sting with him, but she found none.


    She sighed and stood up from the bed. She searched around the room for her discarded clothes. She picked them up from the floor before unhurriedly wearing them.


    She then searched for her discarded purse. Once she found it, she took out a notebook and a pen. On it, she wrote a note, which she was going to leave for her Ex-boyfriend.


    ''Mister¡­.''


    ''Arghh, what was his name!'' she groaned, not remembering the name of the man who was her boyfriend for a week now!


    Forgetting about all the pleasantries, she wrote a simple, straightforward note.


    ''Thanks for thest night. Don''t think about looking for me afterwards because I have given you my fake name and identity.'' Ruthlessness was dripping from her note.


    Afterwards, she took out a cheque and wrote one for him. Even though, the man with whom she slept was himself a millionaire.


    She ced the note and the cheque under his mobile. She left the room heartlessly, without looking back at the man with whom she sleptst night.


    The hotel where she spent herst night was one of the hotels under the Zhou corporations. So, no onemented when she came out of the room. The hotel staff was already aware that Zhou Liying regrly visited the said hotel with a different man in her arms.


    "Good morning ma''am." The Guard of the hotel greeted her and opened the car door of the already awaiting car. The car was already prepared by the hotel for her.


    Zhou Liying took her seat and started the car. Within a minute, her car was driving on the roads of London at a high speed.


    ''What have I made of my life?'' she thought while focusing on the road. ''Howe I became the female version of yboy? Is this my life?''


    Zhou Liying threw her head back against the car seat and groaned, thinking about her past.


    Three and a half years back, when she woke up from thea, she realised that she had lost two and a half years of her life. Six months while ina and two years which she could not remember.


    She tried very hard but she didn''t remember the incidents of the first two years after she left Shanghai. There was no memory of those two years. She didn''t even remember what happened to her that shended in the hospital. She only knew about her severe injuries.


    What bugged her the most was the emptiness that she felt after waking up. She felt a big hollow in her chest. She felt pain, she felt guilty, and she felt as if she left someone behind with her memories.


    In the past, many times she used to feel as if someone was calling for her. She felt longingness, pain, and guilt in his voice.


    Not able to take in the hollowness in her chest, she decided to search for a man who could fill in the void. But till now, after having so many boyfriends, after sleeping with so many men, she failed to find the one who could fill this loneliness.


    Hence, she turned into a ygirl!


    It was not like she didn''t try to search about her past, she did. But knowing herself, she hid her whereabouts so perfectly that she failed to know what happened to her.


    "What happened in those two years?" she murmured to herself and took a deep breath.


    She punched the steering hard and ced her hand over her head. Many a time, she felt useless for not being able to search for herself.<sub> </sub>


    **


    Imperial garden, one of the most luxurious apartments in London, worth millions of dors, was the ce where the penthouse of Zhou Liying was located.


    Zhou Liying parked her car once she arrived at the apartment building. She made her way inside the building and toward the elevator. She pressed the 35th button, the floor where her penthouse was located.


    Another thing happened to Zhou Liying when she woke up, she realized that she was one of the heirs of a huge conglomerate, Zhou corporation.


    When she was told about the same, she was shocked beyond words. She was not a fool to not know about Zhou corporations. She knew it was a huge multinational corporation with its web all around the world.


    "What? You are kidding, right? How can I be your granddaughter?" She busted intoughter when Zhan Biyu informed her about her identity.


    "I am not kidding. You are my lost granddaughter, daughter of my son, Zhou Yingjie."


    Zhang Biyu gave her the DNA report between her and her father, supported by a photo of her father and a wedding certificate.


    She had already seen her father''s photo and had heard from her mother how she had married her father and how her father died. So, it was not hard for her to ept the fact that she was with her father''s family.


    Her cousin, Zhou Bingbing didn''t want to handle the family business, so it naturally fell into her hand. Zhou Yonge started to train her and she liked working for her family business.


    Soon, with the guidance of her uncle and grandma, she became a well-known business tycoon. Hearing her name, people were used to trembling with fear.


    She took the identity of Zhou Liying as a businesswoman. She decided to take her father''sst name. And Liying was merged from her parent''s names, Qin Lijuan and Zhou Yingjie.


    **


    Zhou Liying arrived at her penthouse. She freshened up and got changed in her jogging suit. She made her way toward the jogging ground where many people were already exercising or running.


    "I noticed; you didn''t return homest night." Zhou Liying rolled her eyes when she heard the familiar voice of her neighbour, Arthur.


    "I didn''t."


    "So, any progress?" Arthur asked and started to jog beside her.


    "I ditched him."


    "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Wasn''t he your eighteenth boyfriend? How can you ditch him too?"


    "I didn''t find any connection with him."


    "You and your connection. I am lucky that I am gay. Otherwise, I am sure you''d have left me heartbroken." He teased.


    "You are indeed lucky. This goddess here is talking with you only because you are gay!"


    Zhou Liying met Arthur for the first time, two years back when she shifted to this penthouse. He was a big flirt and she hated him, only till she realized that he was gay.


    Slowly friendship boomed in between them and from then on, Arthur was keeping a count of the men with whom she slept. He suggested many men to her, of her standard.


    "You know where to find me if you need another boyfriend." Arthur reminded her before leaving the jogging ground, leaving Zhou Liying alone, toplete herps.


    Once he was gone, she pulled out her iPhone from her pocket. She opened the contact list. Her finger hovered over a familiar number and she made a call in Shanghai¡­.to her grandfather.

 Chapter 4 Come Back To Shanghai

    Sixteen years back


    When Zhou Liying/ Qin Tian was ten years old


    "Why did you leave me alone grandma? How am I to live when you and mommy both are not at my side? Who will protect me from the sp of uncle and aunt?"


    Sitting in front of the photo of her deceased maternal grandmother, Qin Tian was crying bitterly. Her eyes were red and swollen because of crying. Her nose was also red. Big tears were falling from her eyes.


    "No one¡­loves¡­me¡­sob¡­sob¡­sob¡­"


    She shivered and thought about all the tortures which were going to befall on her now that her supporter, her shield was gone. She knew her uncle and aunt were going to make her work as their ve. From then on, her life would be a living hell.


    "Grandma¡­." She stopped speaking when she heard heavy footsteps. She stiffened, well aware of the identity of the person who entered the room where she was crying.


    In her frozen state, she noticed Qin Yanze taking his seat beside her. She looked at him with fear.


    In her initial ten years of life, Qin Yanze never liked her. He didn''t acknowledge her as his granddaughter. In his eyes, she was the reason his daughter didn''t marry anyone. She was an illegitimate daughter who brought bad luck to her mother.


    Qin Yanze was always cold and emotionless toward her. That was how she knew him at that moment. From under her eyshes, she noticed him weeping which left her in shock.


    She looked at him carefully, only to realize that he was weeping for his deceased wife.


    Feeling sad for him, Qin Tian shifted toward her grandpa and removed his tears. She hugged him tight while whispering, "I am here for you."


    That night, they both cried in the warmth of each other and that was the start of their budding rtionship.


    Soon, Qin Yanze became her supporter, the only person who loved her in her hell hole.


    **


    "TianTian."


    Zhou Liying heard the weak and loving voice of Qin Yanze, the moment the call got connected.


    She plugged the Bluetooth device in her ear and started to jog while talking with her grandpa.


    "Grandpa, how are you doing? Any improvement in your health."


    Qin Yanze was very sick. He was on his death bed. No one knew when he''d die. For thest eight months, the hospital was his home, with doctors, and nurses his family.


    "Stop asking about improvement in my health. It''s the same as usual. You tell me miss, is there any update on your rtionship?" Qin Yanze asked in a stern yet heavy voice.


    "As usual. I ditched him."


    "Why? Wasn''t he huge?" he teased and Zhou Liying chuckled. "He was."


    "Then, he didn''t know how to use it. Such a waste."<sub> </sub>


    The mood of Zhou Liying lightened up when talking with Qin Yanze. He like usual was continuously teasing her about her private life. He was her best friend with whom she exchanged many dirty jokes.


    "TianTian, I will end the call. Your uncle is here." Qin Yanze hastily ended the call.


    Her uncle, Qin Yihong was not aware of her whereabouts or her identity, nor he knew that she called Qin Yanze regrly. Zhou Liying wanted things to be like this only, hence Qin Yanze ended the call.


    Zhou Liying continued her jogging while thinking about the past.


    When she learned how her grandpa had copsed, she was left heartbroken. Forgetting that she was hiding from him, she made him a call. And from then on, she called him regrly, nearly daily.


    She was still jogging when to her utter surprise, she received a call from Mister Zhang, the secretary of Qin Yanze. Clouds of concern appeared on her head when she saw his name on her mobile screen.


    Mister Zhang was the secretary of Qin Yanze for thest thirty years. He was the one who made all the arrangements for Zhou Liying to leave Shanghai six years back.


    Mister Zhang was still beside Qin Yanze even though he was lying on his death bed. That was why Zhou Liying became scared of reading his name. She thought something happened to her grandpa.


    "Mister Zhang, is everything alright? Is grandpa alright?"


    "He is alright for now Miss." She heard a polite and familiar voice from the other side of the phone. She sighed. "Miss, do you have time? I want to discuss something urgent with you."


    "I am free. Speak. What do you want to discuss?"


    "Miss, boss is lying to you. He is not at all fine." There was sadness in the voice of Mister Zhang. "His health has deteriorated badly in thest one week. Doctors have already raised their hands. Sir hardly have a month left."


    Zhou Liying''s heart sunk when she heard Mister Zhang. Unconsciously, she clutched her hands tight and stopped in the middle of the running track. Traitor tears appeared in her eyes.


    "He doesn''t want you to worry about him, that''s why he isn''t telling you the truth. But I know, he is dying." He sighed. "Miss, can you please return and meet the boss for thest time?" he requested.


    "Boss will not say, but he misses you and wants to spend hisst days with you. I have seen him cry for you. He is hurting badly that nor you nor his family is beside him, looking after him, during hisst days."


    Words of Mister Zhang were like arrows in her heart because she could very well understand the pain of her grandfather.


    "Miss, I know the reason you don''t want to be back but can''t you change your mind for the boss? Please."


    "I will think about it." Zhou Liying gritted out and abruptly ended the call, not giving any chance to Mister Zhang to speak.


    Zhou Liying was scared to return to Shanghai because that ce reminded her of her crime. No matter how bad Qin Yutong was to her, but she thought it was wrong of her to attempt to snatch her boyfriend from her.


    She was angry at herself that she fell at the level of her maternal family to get some foolish revenge. She brought embarrassment not only to herself but also to her grandfather.


    "What should I do now?" she felt agitated and ran around the running ground at a fast speed.


    Her eyes were red and tears were flowing from her eyes. She was feeling helpless. She wanted to be beside her grandpa but there was something which was pulling her back.


    She ran around the ground at a fast speed, without any breather for half an hour. She was feeling angry at herself for not being able to win over her only fear and that was her past in Shanghai!

 Chapter 5 Heartless Woman

    Zhou Liying returned to her penthouse and directly made her way toward the bathroom. She took a long cold shower, to take back her emotions under her control. She''d not fall weak.


    After the shower, she came out of the bathroom and entered the walk-in closet. She changed into her office attire. She wore a ck pencil skirt with a striped white and ck shirt. She tied her long, ck and silky hair in a ponytail.


    She applied liner on her eyelid and lip gloss to her lips.


    Her eyes which were filled with pain and guilt were now filled with sharpness and heartlessness. She was giving away an aura of a dangerous person, of an asura.


    She looked nothing less than a business tycoon!


    After picking up her office bag, she made her way out of her penthouse and out of the building. A chauffeur-driven Maybach was already waiting for her.


    "Good morning Miss." Her driver greeted her. Completely ignoring him, she entered the car.


    She knew how to drive a car but like all rich tycoons, she preferred her car to be driven by a driver because it saved her time. In the meantime, she did many important business-rted works on her I-pad.


    Once Zhou Liying arrived at her office building, she took the private elevator and it took her directly to her office.


    "Good morning miss." Her secretary greeted her and passed her a cup of her favourite, Starbucks coffee.


    Zhou Liying picked up her coffee cup while listening to her schedule for the day which was narrated by her secretary, Min Yue.


    She leisurely leaned on her chair and drank her coffee. Her fingers tapped on the office table. Diamond rings on her fingers glittered under office light.


    "Miss, shareholders have called for a shareholder''s meeting this afternoon."


    "Really?" Zhou Liying lifted her right brow in a perfect arc.


    "After the rumours that you have a fallout with the president, they are assuming that your powers have decreased. They are nning to remove you from your post of CEO." There was a concern and worry in her voice.


    "Fools." Zhou Liying chuckled, her eyes darkened with humour, looking at which Min Yue calmed down.


    "Miss, you are nning something, right?"


    p "I am." A cold sneer appeared on the lips of Zhou Liying, looking at which Min Yue smirked.</anda>


    Min Yue was a very close subordinate of Zhou Liying. Before being her secretary, She was a poor waitress. Luckily, she was able to impress Zhou Liying with her skills and soon, she became the personal assistant of Zhou Liying.


    Min Yue was one of the persons who understood the meaning behind the expressions of Zhou Liying. She saw Zhou Liying doing many bad dealings and she knew Zhou Liying could be worse.


    **


    Min Yue was typing a contract over herptop when she noticed, one of the oldest and biggest shareholders of Zhou corporation walking toward the office of Zhou Liying.


    "Mister Li, how can I help you?" She stopped him in his way. She was strictly instructed to never let anyone enter the office of Zhou Liying without her permission.


    "I want to see Zhou Liying." The man spoke arrogantly, showing off his superiority over Zhou Liying. He was a part of this corporation for thest forty-one years where Zhou Liying for merely three years.


    "Let me take the permission from miss?"<sub> </sub>


    "Do you need to take her permission to let me in her office?" Mister Li fumed with anger. "You know who I am, right?"


    "I know who you are and you also know who my miss is?" she spoke coldly and returned to her station to make a call to Zhou Liying.


    Mister Li stood frozen on his spot after hearing Min Yue. He knew who Zhou Liying was, and he''d not dare to enter her office without her permission.


    "You can go in."


    Mister Li entered the office and looked at Zhou Liying, sitting like a queen on her office chair.


    ''What does she think of herself? So much arrogance!'' he grumbled under his breath before forcing a smile on his lips.


    "Liying, I heard about the shareholders'' meeting." He faked a honey-coated voice and without any permission, took his seat opposite Zhou Liying.


    "You must be aware that your chances to save your seat are quite less. So, I am here to give you my support." He grinned, disying his yellow teeth. Zhou Liying inwardly scoffed.


    "And who said my chances are less?"


    "Liying, we are family." She lifted her brows upon hearing him. "I know you fought with Yonge and now, you don''t have his support. Only twenty-one per cent of shares are left in your name. Without his support, you cannot win."


    "So, what do you suggest Mister Li?"


    "You know my family has twelve per cent of shares and if I give you my support, you can surely save your seat."


    "And what do you want in return?" she asked, without beating around the bushes.


    "Smart, so smart." He grinned. "If you can make my son the head of the US branch then I will give you my support. We both will be in a win-win situation that way."


    Without waiting for a second, he passed an already prepared contract to her. It stated that his son would be the manager of the US branch and he''d support Zhou Liying.


    She smiled, but her smile didn''t reach her eyes. Her eyes sparkled with cunningness and she lifted the contract.


    Mister Li smiled like a fool, seeing her picking up the contract.


    "No thank you, Mister Li, I don''t need your help." And with that, she tore the contract into pieces. A dark look appeared on the face of Mister Li when he looked at his contract being torn into shreds.


    "Don''t be so arrogant Liying. If not me, who will help you? You know most of the shareholders are against you." He raged.


    "I don''t need the help of anyone to save my seat. Now leave. I don''t have much time to waste on you."


    Without batting an eysh toward the fuming man, Zhou Liying turned herplete attention toward herptop.


    "You heartless b! tch. You will regret it. I will see what you will do after losing your position." Mister Li stumped his foot and left her office,pletely unaware of the coldness shing in the eyes of Zhou Liying.


    She picked up her mobile and quickly made a call. "Liam, I have an assignment for you."

 Chapter 6 Grace Like A Queen

    The conference room of Zhou corporation was filled with the shareholders of the corporation. They all were whispering to one another, thinking about what was going to happen today.


    ''Do you think Zhou Liying will lose her seat today?''


    ''She is such an arrogant kid. She thinks she can discard us, her elders, and still have the position of CEO?''


    ''I am in Zhou corporation from the time of Elder Zhou. No one disrespected me, not even Yonge but look at her, she dared to remove me from my post. Today, I will remove her from her post.''


    Most of the shareholders of Zhou corporation were from the time when her grandfather was handling the corporation. They all were already in their seventies.


    In the eyes of Zhou Liying, they were corrupted, useless bunch. So, when she took themand of Zhou corporations in her hand, the first thing she did was to vacate their position. She removed all of them.


    They held higher posts and she removed them. After that, their posts were given to the young generation.


    Hence, they all were filled with hatred and vengeance toward her. They all wanted to remove her from her post and now was their best chance, that rumours were there that Zhou Yonge was angry with her because of her certain decisions.


    ''I can now retire in peace knowing she is no longer the CEO of this corporation.''


    All the murmurs and whispers died down the moment Zhou Liying entered the conference hall. She had such a strong aura that unconsciously, every shareholder stood up from their seats. Many even gulped in fear.


    "Good afternoon everyone. I hope, I didn''t make you all wait for me." She showed her respect, even though she was notte by even a second.


    No one dared toment on if she waste or not except for Mister Li. He was still filled with rage because of the insult by Zhou Liying. She dared to deny his proposition.


    "You have made us wait. You don''t have any respect for us, your elders. Hmph."


    "Mister Li." She spat his name and red at him. "Please check your watch. I arrived exactly at 3 pm."


    With a queen like grace, Zhou Liying walked toward her seat. She waspletely unaffected by the fact that everyone in the conference room was looking at her.


    Only after the queen took her seat on her throne, did the rest of the


    shareholders sat back on their seats.


    Min Yue smiled secretly looking at the shareholders. They all were daring to remove Zhou Liying from her position but at the same time, they were so fearful of her.


    "I wee you all to the shareholders'' meeting of Zhou corporation." The speaker of the meeting spoke from the stage. "Agenda of today''s meeting is the removal of our current CEO, Zhou Liying from her position. Without any future ado, we will start the voting."


    The voting system was thetest one. Everything was electronic. That way, the shareholders, not present in the meeting could also vote live from their ces.


    There was a screen on the front wall of the conference hall where everyone could see the changing result.


    "So arrogant, ny-five per cent of votes are already in the favour of her removal but still she is sitting on her seat like a queen." Mister Li grunted when he saw the counting where ny-five per cent were in favour of her removal. He didn''t note that only 27% of shareholders had voted till that time.


    Zhou Liying smirked upon hearing him but didn''t say a thing. She was looking at the watch which was counting down the time for voting.


    "Two more minutes and she will be no longer a CEO." The moment Mister Li said this, there was a sudden change in the results.<sub> </sub>


    The results which were in favour of her removal changed to against her removal. There was a sudden increase in the votes cast and, in a blink, there were seventy per cent votes to not remove her and that was how the voting ended.


    "Impossible, this is impossible." Mister Li banged hard on his table and stood up from his seat making a loud noise.


    Zhou Liying leisurely stood up from her chair and turned toward the shareholders. She leaned on the table and looked at the pale faces of shareholders.


    "I am sure no one will say I cheated because everyone knows that no one can muddle with the voting technology."


    She started to blow air on her nails with a victorious and shrewd smile on her lips.


    "Grandma has once advised me, never to believe in rumours. But look at you all fools, did you believe that I have a fallout with uncle and that too because of a stupid debate?" she chuckled.


    Her chuckle was full of chilliness that goosebumps erupted on the skin of many shareholders.


    "But who dared to cheat us?" Mister Li punched on the table, turning gazes of everyone toward himself. "We all oldies have decided to vote in favour and we have thirty-five per cent shares. Then how can it be only thirty in results? Who voted against the agenda?"


    Mister Li fumed and looked around with usation in his eyes.


    ? "Mister Li, stop looking around at others. It''s your family who has betrayed you." She gloated.


    "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, I threw some money and like greedy peeps, they transferred their shares in my name. Your wife, whom you love more than anything, whom you have given eight per cent shares of Zhou corporations didn''t think twice before giving them to me. I am sure, by now, she is on a world trip with her boyfriend."


    "And your son...."


    "You are lying?" Mister Li yelled, feeling furious.


    "You can check."


    Mister Li pulled out his mobile and quickly dialled the number of his wife and son. He could not believe that his family betrayed him. They transferred his hard-earned shares to Zhou Liying just like that.


    Meanwhile, Zhou Liying made her way toward the door of the conference room. She didn''t have more time to waste on the bullshit of some stupid shareholders.


    She was at the step of the door when she stopped and looked at Mister Li, remembering how he called her heartless B!tch.


    "Mister Li, I forgot to tell you, police officers are waiting for you outside the conference room."


    "What do you mean?" Mister Li paledpletely and his phone slipped out from his hand. He was not able to contact his family and he knew their backstabbing was the reason.


    "You have called me heartless. But unluckily, you have not seen how heartless I can be." She shed an emotionless smile. "I have already sent evidence to the police department about all the corruption and bad deeds done by you. Your properties are already sealed. I am sure you are going to spend the rest of your life in jail."


    BANG!


    Mister Li fell to the floor hearing her words. Other investors also stepped back, afraid of Zhou Liying. Today, again they saw her power. No one can cross her. Otherwise, they''d be finished like Mister Li.

 Chapter 7 I Will Demand A Ring Worth More Than 100 Million Dollars

    Zhou Liying arrived at her office and immediately busied herself with her work which she had to miss due to the shareholders'' meeting.


    She was in the middle of signing an important contract when she received a call from her uncle, Zhou Yonge. She answered the call and cradled her phone in between her shoulder and ear.


    "So, how was the meeting?" Zhou Yonge teased the moment Zhou Liying answered his call.


    "You know the result. So, why are you asking me about it?"


    Zhou Yonge chuckled.


    "Tell me, uncle, why have you called me? I don''t have much time to chat with you."


    "I called to invite you home. It has been so long that you have visited me, from the time of mother''s death." There was a sudden dip in his voice.


    Zhou Liying was also saddened, remembering how her grandma left this world. She''d never forget her. Such a strong and shrewddy she was. Zhou Liying also wished to be like her.


    "I will visit you but first call Zhou Bingbing. It''s like she has forgotten about us after shifting to Shanghai." Shepanied.


    "She is already on her flight."


    "Really?" She stopped in between signing the contract and straightened up.


    "Really. She has something to tell to us. So, are youing?"


    "I will." She smiled a true and genuine smile that she reserved only for her family.


    "Great, I will specially cook dinner with my own hands for my daughters."


    "Please no." Zhou Liying groaned. "Your cooking is a disaster, so please don''t even think of cooking."


    Zhou Yonge chuckled before ending the call.


    Zhou Liying ced the phone aside and hasten up the signing of the documents. She was feeling excited at the thought of meeting Zhou Bingbing.


    When she woke up from thea, Zhou Bingbing was a big support to her. She was a true sister. She helped her to bear with her mood swings and emotional attacks.


    Zhou Bingbing was always sunshine and she knew how to brighten her mood.


    **


    Paradisend was one of the most expensive properties in London where many luxurious mansions were located and one of them belonged to Zhou Yonge.


    Zhou Liying smoothly drove her car and parked it in front of the mansion.


    She made her way inside.


    "Liying."


    Zhou Yonge excitedly called for her. He walked toward her and took her in his tight fatherly embrace. Zhou Liying sighed feeling his strong fatherly hug.


    It was so warm, strong, and full of security!


    It was ironic in her life, that her maternal uncle hated her to the core, treating her like a ve, and here was her paternal uncle, treating her better than his daughter.


    "I heard how you ended uncle Li." Zhou Yonge broke the hug. Zhou Liying immediately missed the warmth. But she didn''tment on it.<sub> </sub>


    "He deserved it. He dared to make a deal with me."


    Zhou Yonge chuckled, hearing the traces of ego in her voice. "You know, he called me to bail him out, for the old time''s sakes."


    "Don''t tell me, uncle, you have bailed him out." She looked at him with wide eyes.


    "Nah, I did not. I was already fed up with that old man. He deserves to be in jail."


    Zhou Liying chuckled at the jolly nature of her uncle. He was still the president of the Zhou corporation but still, he was so warm and carefree.


    "By the way, where is Queen Victoria?" she teasingly mentioned her cousin, and the next second, she got her reply when Zhou Bingbing squealed out her name.


    And the next second, Zhou Bingbing dashed down the stairs and threw herself in the arms of Zhou Liying like an arrow. She gave her a tight squeeze.


    "Lili, I have missed you so much."


    "Bingbing, leave her. Otherwise, she will die of suffocation." Zhou Yonge rebuked. Zhou Bingbing noticed that she was squeezing tightly on the neck of Zhou Liying.


    She poked out her tongue and made a silly face. She broke the hug.


    Zhou Liying sighed in relief. She looked at her cousin, scrutinizing her from head to toe. Her eyes narrowed when she saw how Zhou BingBing was looking extra radiant today.


    "What happened missy? Why this extra glow on your face?"


    "Because of this." Zhou Bingbing grinned and raised her hand, dangling her fingers in front of Zhou Liying''s face.


    Zhou Liying''s eyes widened when they fell upon the glittering diamond on the ring finger of Zhou Bingbing. Without waiting for any second, she took a hold of her cousin''s hand, looking at the ring on her finger with wide eyes.


    "Oh my god, he proposed to you, didn''t he?" clear happiness could be heard in the voice of Zhou Liying.


    "He did. Finally." Zhou Bingbing squealed, carefully looking at the expression on the face of Zhou Liying which was full of happiness but soon it converted into scorn.


    "But what is this? This ring looks so cheap." Sheined. "This diamond is not veryrge, not unique. That Krissy boy didn''t spend much money on your ring."


    Zhou Liying raised her head and looked at her cousin with disapproval. "How can you ept this cheap ring?"


    "This ring is not so cheap, ok?" Zhou Bingbing barked. She was not happy with Zhou Liying''sints. "It''s five million won worth ring."


    "Still so cheap. I will not ept a ring worth any less than a hundred million dors." Zhou Liying twisted her nose with displeasure and Zhou Bingbing fumed.


    "Miss Forbes, not everyone is like you, who has high demands. You are one of the richest women in the world, so you have high demands, unlike me."


    Last year, as per Forbes and many other organizations, the name of Zhou Liying was included in the top five richestdies of the world and the top hundred people of the world.


    Now she dreamt to work harder, to be richer. She wanted to be on the list of the top ten richest people in the world. She wanted to show women empowerment.


    "I am a simple fashion designer and I am very satisfied with the ring given to me by my fianc¨¦. You have no right to criticize it." Zhou Bingbing braked.


    Before Zhou Bingbing or Zhou Liying could start a fight over a ring, Zhou Yonge interrupted them, "Stop messing with her like a kid, Liying."


    He then added, "I am sure you both are hungry, dinner is already served."

 Chapter 8 Winning A Bike Race

    They walked toward the dinner table where Zhou Bingbing gave a cold shoulder to Zhou Liying. But soon, she was back to her cheery nature and was discussing her business with Zhou Liying.


    "Lili, you have no idea, how excited I was when missus''s president approached me for a gown for her brother''s wedding." Zhou Bingbing grinned with pride and Zhou Liying smiled.


    "You are talking about other''s wedding, but when is your wedding, missy?"


    "After a year." Zhou Bingbing replied. "Kris is busy directing a movie. We can marry only after he is free from the filming."


    Zhou Liying and Zhou Yonge both nodded their heads in understanding. "And where will you hold the wedding?"


    "We are thinking about Shanghai." There was a sudden dip in the voice of Zhou Bingbing. "Lili, I know you don''t like Shanghai but you have to understand, Kris and I both have our lives there. We want our wedding to be held at the ce where we will be spending the rest of our lives together."


    Zhou Liying did notment. She looked down at her te with a dim expression on her face.


    "Liying, I have something to discuss with you." Zhou Yonge spoke out. "I was thinking, why don''t we shift our head office to Shanghai? I want to spend the rest of my life in the same city where both of my daughters reside. Besides, the economy of Shanghai is booming. It will be the best decision to shift there."


    "Uncle you know¡­."


    "I know your reasons." Zhou Yonge interrupted her. "But for how long will you avoid not visiting Shanghai? For how long will you run away from your baseless fear? Don''t you miss your grandpa? Your city where you have spent twenty years of your life?"


    "You are my strong daughter, Liying." Zhou Yonge ced his hand over hers. "I know you can win over your fears."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and looked down. It was the second time in the day that she was forced to think, why was she not visiting Shanghai?


    After dinner, Zhou Liying decided to go bike riding, to calm down her emotions.


    She changed into her biking attire which she always kept in the trunk of her car.


    p "You are going on bike riding?" Zhou Bingbing inquired, seeing her changed in her biking dress. "I am also joining¡­."</anda>


    Zhou Bingbing was interrupted due to the ringing of her phone. She looked at her mobile screen and a smile appeared on her lips and that smile was a giveaway that she changed her mind.


    "I am going alone. I am sure you will prefer a chat with Kris over a bike ride with me." And with that, Zhou Bingbing left the Zhou mansion on the bike which was always parked in the garage.


    At a speed of two hundred miles per hour, Zhou Liying drove her bike. Her smooth driving was a telling that she was no ordinary driver, but an expert.


    She drove toward the Rockier hills. Rockier hills was a highway located outside the city where illegal racing took ce. Zhou Liying partook in bike racing from time to time, without disclosing her identity and she was always dered the winner.


    That was the reason when her bike arrived at the starting point of the race, fans who recognized her attire, her helmet, and her bike started to cheer for her.


    "Oh my god, thunderstruck is here. I am sure, today''s race is going to be an interesting one like always." The host of the race cheered with excitement, calling Zhou Lying with the name that her fans gave to her.


    Zhou Liying ignored him and calmly scrutinized the bodynguage and bikes of herpetitors.<sub> </sub>


    The bike race started with the shot of the gun and like an arrow, the bike of Zhou Liying shot forward, leaving dust behind. Her fans cheered loudly, seeing she was already leading the race.


    Zhou Liying was already aware of all the curves and hurdles on the road. She was also aware of the tactics which herpetitors used to make her bike lose its bnce. That was why, with very ease, she won the race.


    She slowed down her bike after crossing the finishing line, relishing the cheers of the audience before driving away from the ground at a fast speed. She left the curious audience behind who wanted to see the face of this amazing biker.


    Zhou Liying drove her bike to the cliff located in the city. She parked her bike at the edge, overlooking the city. She stepped down from the bike and removed her helmet. She took a deep breath of fresh air.


    She tilted her head, looking up at the sky filled with stars.


    This was her heaven. She always felt calm when standing under the nket of stars. At this moment, she felt as if she was standing with her mother and looking up at the stars filled sky.


    ''I am so daring, then why am I so scared to return to Shanghai?''


    She spent two hours standing in the same position, trying to clear her heart and mind before leaving for her penthouse.


    **


    Next morning


    Zhou Liying returned from her morning jog when Zhou Bingbing arrived at her penthouse.


    "Hey, what are you doing here?" Zhou Liying asked with surprise.


    "I am here to take you for shopping and then to the spa." Zhou Bingbing grinned.


    "And who told you, I will be going with you?" Zhou Liying rolled her eyes. "Don''t forget, today is Saturday and I have work on Saturday."


    "Oh,e on. Who works on weekends?"


    "Me."


    "Don''t be a bore and workaholic." Zhou Bingbingined with a whine. "You areing with me and that''s final. I have already made an appointment with the spa and I don''t want to miss it at any cost."


    Zhou Liying could re at Zhou BingBing, but she knew Zhou BingBing was immune to all this. She was stubborn and she got what she wanted at all costs.


    "Ok, I am going with you."


    "Yay!"

 Chapter 9 Recollection Of A Memory

    Zhou Bingbing and Zhou Liying arrived at a mall that was owned by the Zhou corporation. Their shadow guards were secretly following after them, to protect them from unseen danger, especially to protect Zhou Liying. She had many enemies.


    The moment both arrived, they garnered the attention of many other people. They both were sophisticated and beautifuldies so it was no big deal for them to gather all the attention.


    "Look at these Asian beauties. Both of them are a sight."


    "If they are sisters then I pity their father. He must have a tough time keeping men away from them."


    Zhou Liying was wearing a dark blue coloured jumpsuit which highlighted her model-like figure, her ck hair was tied in a front ponytail.


    Zhou Bingbing wore a simple ck crop top with white shorts, her blue hair was left open.


    They both were looking killer in their attires.


    "Lili, look at this dress, isn''t it beautiful?" Zhou Bingbing looked at a dress on disy with glitter in her eyes.


    "I don''t get it. You are a designer then how can you like the designs of other designers?" Zhou Liying groaned with the roll of her eyes.


    "You will not understand but an artist like me can never like her own creation. For me, the designs of other artists are way better than mine."


    Zhou Bingbing was a pro when it came to shopping. She bought many dresses, bags, footwear, and other essories for herself and Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying was following her and gave her suggestions from time to time.


    After their shopping spree, they were on their way back when the eyes of Zhou Liying fell upon a couple ne, disyed in a shop. Her breath hitched and she dropped dead in her tracks.


    She ced her hand over her chest feeling immense pain. At that moment, an image shed in front of her eyes, an image of herself wearing the same couple ne.


    And then, everything went nk!


    **


    Shanghai


    Standing on the one hundred and sixth floor of one of the tallest buildings of Shanghai was a man. A man so beautiful and handsome as if he just came out from some popr K-drama, with a razor like sharp chin and a pointed nose.


    With a height of six feet one inch, a slim body full of muscles, eyes as dark as ink, and a dark aura surrounding him, he looked no less than a devil, a devil liked by most of the girls.


    His charisma was so strong that he could make any girl fall on her knees, with his single nce.


    This man was none other than, Mu Yuehan, CEO and owner of the top empire of China, Mu corporations.


    Mu corporation was one of the leading corporations in the world dealing in every kind of business, from FMCG products to shipyards. Not only that, but it was also leading in all the businesses, and the reward for all this sess solely went to Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan was looking out from the window at the beautiful view of the city which looked so small from where he was looking at it.


    An iPhone was in one hand while in the other, he was holding a couple ne, the same ne which Zhou Liying saw in the mall. The only difference was, that the ne in his hand was made of pure tinum and the diamonds craved in it were real and very expensive.<sub> </sub>


    "Any new news about her?" He asked his private investigator, Wang Wei, over the phone. There was a lot of hope in his voice.


    "Sorry boss, but we did not find anything. All her traces end in Paris."


    "Mm, keep searching for her. I am sure, soon enough, we will find a lead."


    He ended the call and ced his phone in his pocket. He angrily punched the floor to ceiling ss window.


    For thest four years, he was looking for her. He hired the best team to search for her. But he still was not able to find her. Every time he thought he found her, every time she vanished in thin air.


    "Where are you, TianTian? I miss you." His voice was hoarse and full of pain. His eyes were full of guilt and pain. "I am sorry. I shouldn''t have lied to you. Please forgive me. Pleasee back to me."


    There was a knock on his office door and entered his secretary, Li Tao.


    "Boss, Mister Han is here. Should I let him in?" He asked with caution, well aware that at this time of the day, for five minutes, his boss remembered his long-lost love. At this time, he let her memories took control of him.


    "Let him in." Mu Yuehan replied and returned to his seat. His guilt-ridden eyes were now looking sharp and clear, as if he was a lion, ready to attack his prey.


    Maybe that was why he was nicknamed an iceberg by his employees or clients who had met with him.


    "Mister Han, it''s so good to see you." Mu Yuehan smiled, a crafty smile on seeing Mister Han. His smile widened upon seeing the scowl and hidden anger on the face of the old man.


    Mister Han walked toward his table and passed a file to him. "Here are my property papers. Now get my son released from the jail." He ordered, keeping it in his mind as to whom he was talking to.


    Mu Yuehan picked up the file and looked at the property papers. A victorious smile appeared on his lips. His eyes sparkled with ruthlessness.


    "Let him rot in the jail for some more time." Mu Yuehan securely ced the file down.


    "What do you mean by this?" Mister Han fumed. "You have promised to get my son released if I give you my property papers. You can''t go against your words."


    "I promised to get him released, but I did not tell you the date." Mu Yuehan said in a matter of fact tone,pletely enjoying the plight of Mister Han.


    "You ruthless man, how can you do this with my family? First, you threw my son in jail to get my property papers and now you are rejecting to bail him out. You¡­." Mister Han banged hard on the table in Mu Yuehan''s office and fumed angrily.


    "Careful Mister Han. Don''t forget, I can keep your son in jail for a lifetime." Mu Yuehan threatened and immediately Mister Han took his hand away from his table.


    "You are cruel. People are right when they say you are heartless."


    "Yes, I am cruel and you are lucky that you got to see the cruel me." Mu Yuehan chuckled. For Mister Han, at that moment, he looked no less than a devil from hell.


    Mister Han looked at him before leaving the office brokenheartedly. He lost his everything to this devil in the disguise of a human.


    Mu Yuehan looked at his leaving figure and thought to himself, ''Yes, I''m heartless. I am heartless because she has taken away my heart, leaving me hollow.''

 Chapter 10 A White Lie

    Shanghai


    Mu Yuehan called Li Tao in his office and gave him the file, given by Mister Han. "Ask the legal department to process this contract as soon as possible."


    Li Tao took the file and left the office.


    At sharp five in the evening, Mu Yuehan made a call to his best friend, Zhan Wei, to get an update from him about a business meeting.


    For thest four years, or more, Zhan Wei, the best friend of Mu Yuehan was attending many meetings in the ce of Mu Yuehan. He was meeting with many important clients, impersonating himself as Mu Yuehan.


    "So, how was the meeting?" Mu Yuehan asked. He was twirling around the tabletop.


    "Great. Only signing is left, then this deal will be ours." There was pride in this voice.


    "Did anyone recognize you? Did anyone recognize that you are not real Mu Yuehan?" Mu Yuehan asked.


    "Nah, for thest five years, I have be perfect in impersonating you. Already many people think that I am Mu Yuehan. I am sure, there will be a big controversy once you disclose your identity."


    "Mm. Tie up this business deal quickly, I have another work waiting for you."


    "Aye, Aye boss."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and thought about how his friend had lessened his workload by impersonating him in most of the business meetings and parties.


    It was not like they looked the same or something, it was just that, Mu Yuehan never came out publicly. So, not many people knew how he looked. It was easy for them to believe that Zhan Wei was Mu Yuehan.


    And so far, even though, Zhan Wei attended many parties and meetings in his name, still, no one was able to tell he was not the real Mu Yuehan.


    **


    In London


    With much difficulty, Zhou Liying opened her eyes. She was feeling as if her whole body was falling back into a deep pit. She was also feeling a throbbing headache.


    The moment her eyes opened and her vision became clear, she saw the hovering face of Zhou BingBing, much closer to her face. She frowned.


    "Oh my god!!! Finally, you opened your eyes." Zhou Bingbing screamed and hugged Zhou Liying tight.


    "BingBing, don''t scare her like this." Zhou Yonge pushed Zhou Bingbing back. He helped Zhou Liying to a sitting position and gave her a ss of water.


    "What happened?" Zhou Liying asked after emptying the ss of water.


    "You fainted when we were shopping. I was so scared on seeing you not responding." Zhou Bingbing replied with a guilt-ridden voice. "You were unconscious for thest two days. It is already Monday. I was so scared of seeing you unconscious like this."


    "But what happened to me? Why did I faint?" she asked and adjusted herself on the bed.


    "Doctor said you fainted because of fatigue and stress." Zhou Yonge lied, hiding the fact that she fainted because she put pressure on her brain to remember her lost memories.<sub> </sub>


    "Mm." Zhou Liying tried to stand up when Zhou Yonge stopped her.


    "Where do you think you are going?"


    "Office. I have an important meeting. I must attend it."


    "You are not going to the office." Zhou Yonge ordered in a strict voice. "At least not for the next few days. You need rest and as your president, I am giving you a holiday."


    "But, my work¡­.?" She grumbled.


    "Leave that on me. I will handle thepany in your absence." He said sternly.


    "No, you can''t."


    Zhou Yonge raised his brow upon hearing her. "Young girl, don''t forget I am still president and before you, I was the one handling thepany."


    "But you are lenient." Sheined.


    "Don''t worry, I will not be lenient. I will keep you updated. Besides, the Zhou group will not be bankrupt because of your absence. So, chill."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head. She grumbled under her breath knowing there was no fighting her uncle.


    Zhou Yonge knew Zhou Liying would start working if she stayed in London. So, to give her full rest, he sent her and Zhou BingBing to their beach house. He knew Zhou Liying loved the beach. It would be enough to refresh her and divert her mind for the next few days.


    He also ensured to confiscate her phone and tablet. She could only contact him via using the phone of Zhou Bingbing.


    "Oh my God, I have missed the beach so much." Zhou Bingbing chuckled and rushed toward the sea.


    Zhou Liying followed behind her and ced her feet in the seawater, enjoying the texture of sand under her feet as well as the cold water sshing over them.


    She inhaled the salty fragrance of the ocean and it instantly calmed her down. She loved the ocean and beaches. It was a remedy for her empty heart. She felt that beaches had a strong connection with her and her forgotten two years.


    "Don''t stand there like this. Join me in swimming." Zhou Bingbing chided.


    Zhou Liying shook her head and joined Zhou BingBing in swimming. Both girls swam around in the ocean and yed with one another. Later in the afternoon, they both rested on the beach chairs to get some tan.


    "Lili, pleasee with me to Shanghai." Zhou Bingbing looked at her with sadness in her eyes. "I know your reasons but can''t you fight your fears for me?"


    Upon not receiving any reply from Zhou Liying, Zhou Bingbing continued, "I am getting married, and soon, my inws will start all the wedding preparations. I want you to be a part of them. It will be a big day for me and I will need your advice on everything."


    "I may have many new friends in Shanghai but no one can rece you and I need you." Zhou Bingbing sighed and closed her eyes.


    Zhou Liying looked at her, feeling sad. She knew how badly Zhou Bingbing wanted her to shift to Shanghai.


    Now that Zhou Liying was on the beach, she could decide if she wanted to shift to Shanghai or not with a clear mind.

 Chapter 11 His Love For His Siblings.

    Shanghai


    "Sales department of the diamond film industry has submitted their¡­." Li Tao was giving his report when he got interrupted due to the ringing of the phone of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan looked at the screen, to see the caller and actioned Li Tao to stop his reporting. He then answered the call with a rare smile on his lips.


    "Yifei."


    "Gege, I hope I am not disturbing you." He heard the nervousness-filled voice of his little sister from the other side of the phone.


    "Not at all." He spoke in a soft voice, trying to shoo away the nervousness of his sister. He still did not know why his sister acted nervous and timid in front of him.


    <o>,m "I have something to ask from you." There was hesitation in the voice of Mu Yifei.</o>


    "Go on."


    "There was a musicpetition at our college and I won the first prize." Mu Yuehan smiled with pride when he heard her. "So today, mom is throwing a small party for me, for my sess. It will also act as my advance birthday party. I want you to be there at my party."


    "I will be there." Mu Yuehan agreed without a hitch and signalled to Li Tao. He nodded his head in understanding.


    "I know gege, you are busy but can you please, please, please attend my party¡­." Mu Yifei pleaded hard before the words of Mu Yuehan registered in her head. "Oh my god, did you just agree without my pleadings?"


    Mu Yuehan chuckled, hearing the excitement in her voice. "I did. Send me the time and venue of the party. I will be there for sure. Never in the world would I miss my sister''s birthday party. Now tell me, what gift do you want?"


    "I don''t want any gift. Your presence will be enough."


    Mu Yifei did not waste much time with Mu Yuehan and ended the call. She rushed inside her house to tell the good news to her mother.


    **


    "I have already rescheduled all your meetings for the evening, but unfortunately, I can''t postpone your video conference with the London branch." Li Tao reported.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head in understanding. The video conference with the London branch was very important. Tomorrow, they were going to meet Zhou corporation and before that he wished to give them a heads up.


    A month back, the government of the country released a tender for the development of a new city,ke city, near Shanghai. He had overconfident in his team. Therefore, he thought, hispany would get the tender without any hitch.


    So, he did not give much attention to the said project and the result was that Zhou corporation, which was still new in the Shanghai market was able topete with Mu corporation. The tender was awarded to both Zhou and Mu corporation in partnership.


    They were to work in partnership otherwise the government could take the project away from them. It was a huge project which could bring huge profits to Mu corporation and that was why Mu Yuehan agreed to the partnership.<sub> </sub>


    Besides, he wanted to get to know thepany which gave such stiffpetition to hispany and for him, it was first!


    Now, he wanted to keep a keen eye on this project, to get to know who his enemy was. He did not want any further mistakes or negligence in this project.


    "Postpone it by an hour." Li Tao nodded his head and left the office.


    **


    Later in the evening, Mu Yuehan arrived at the Mu mansion. He took a deep breath before stepping inside the house. It had been seven months since hest visited here.


    "Gege, you are here." Mu Yifei grinned and rushed toward him.


    "Happy birthday, baby sister." Mu Yuehan wrapped his arm around his sister and gave her a fatherly hug.


    "I am so happy that you are here."


    "How can I not be here? It''s my sister''s twenty-second birthday party after all." Mu Yifei beamed at him and broke the hug.


    Her brother made her day by showing his presence. She took him as her fatherly figure and she was happy that he was here.


    Soon enough, friends of Mu Yifei noticed the presence of a handsome man beside Mu Yifei. Feeling attracted to the handsomeness of Mu Yuehan, they walked toward them, trying to get close to him.


    "Gege, they are my friends." Mu Yifei looked at him with nervousness when she saw her friends surrounding Mu Yuehan like some bees. She knew, her brother did not like the attention of a girl, forget about many girls.


    On top of that, he hated when girls flirted with him or tried to expose their bodies to get his attention, and that was what, her friends were doing at that moment. She felt embarrassed because of them.


    Mu Yuehan smiled at her friends to look polite. He did not wish to spoil the day of his sister by getting angry. He then looked down at Mu Yifei. "You enjoy your party. I will go and stand with Mu TianYu."


    He patted her head and walked toward his brother. Mu TianYu was standing at the corner, sipping wine while eyeing the friends of Mu Yifei.


    "Stop eyeing them. They are friends of Yifei." Mu Yuehan scolded him.


    "What''s the problem with that? There is no problem if any one of them wants to sleep with me."


    Mu TianYu was the younger brother of Mu Yuehan. He was a typical heartbreaker. This habit irked Mu Yuehan but he did notment on it. He knew his brother had his life and he did not want to interface with it.


    He was satisfied until his brother was giving a satisfying performance when it came to working. Mu TianYu was handling some of the international businesses of Mu corporation and he knew how to crack the deals with his wicked brain and sharp tongue.

 Chapter 12 Hate Toward His Mother

    "What are you gifting her as a birthday present?" Mu TianYu asked and swirled the wine in his ss.


    "She said she doesn''t need a gift. My presence at her party is enough for her."


    "And you believed her?" Mu TianYu spat out his wine and looked at him with wide eyes. "Brother, from the evening she was singing that you will be attending her birthday party and will gift her an expensive present."


    "She is going to be disappointed." Mu TianYu shook his head.


    "What will you gift her?" Mu Yuehan asked.


    "I already gifted her a customized I-phone. Her old phone was outdated."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He was about to say something when Mu Yifei walked toward them. "It''s cake cutting time and I want to cut my cake with my brothers."


    Like a proud sister, she wrapped her arms around both her brothers and walked toward the centre of the living room. She looked no less than a princess dotted upon by her brothers.


    "Here, your birthday present." Mu TianYu looked at Mu Yuehan with wide eyes who presented Mu Yifei with her birthday present.


    ''Wasn''t he in denial a few minutes ago?''


    Mu Yuehan looked at his sister with a soft expression on his face. He patted her head.


    "What was the need for this?" Mu Yifei said but the expression on her face was saying something else. She was happy and excited to get the gift.


    "Unwrap it and see if you like it or not." Mu Yuehan dotingly smiled.


    Mu Yifei eagerly nodded her head. She took the gift, looking like a child. She unwrapped it with tenderness. Her eyes shined with excitement when she saw the violin which was gifted to her.


    "You remembered this." She smiled over tears.


    "How can I forget about it?"


    Three years back, Mu Yifei was watching a performance by a very famous violinist on television and she randomly wished to have his violin. Mu Yuehan did not have much interest in music but he heard that wish of his sister.


    That violinist died and his violin was put in an auction. Remembering the wish of his sister, Mu Yuehan ordered his man to buy the violin at all costs.


    "You are the best gege, your gift is best like always." Mu Yifei hugged Mu Yuehan, feeling lucky to have him as her big brother.


    She looked up at him. She wanted to be strong and have a big heart like his.


    Standing beside, Mu TianYu shook his head with sadness. Why was it that all his gifts were dull inparison to that of his brother? This year he specially ordered an expensive iPhone with diamonds and gems work on it but still, it looked so dull in front of the gift by his brother.


    "Yuehan." Mu Yuehan stiffened when he heard a familiar voice from behind. He turned and came face to face with his mother, Han Chunhua.<sub> </sub>


    "Missus Mu." Mu Yuehan greeted her with a curt smile on his lips, without any emotion in his eyes.


    **


    In the past


    Mu Yuehan had a happy family, a family of three, his father, mother, and him. They were a close-knitted family and loved each other.


    His mother used to look after him, cook for him, bathe him, and help him with his studies whereas his father was responsible for earning money.


    However busy his father was, he always ensured to get some free time on Sundays to spend with his family. He also found time to take his family on vacation, once in a year and Mu Yuehan loved that time.


    Bedtime used to be the favourite time for Mu Yuehan. His mother recited a story for him, and his fatherid beside him on the bed, making their familyplete.


    Once he slept, his father would take his mother to their room for their nightly activities. His parents loved each other the most.


    Many times, naughty Mu Yuehan had walked onto them kissing each other, and he loved to do that. He just loved to see his parents all lovey dovely.


    His family was perfect!


    His father was very loving but he was also strict. Mu Yuehan was forced to attend taekwondo sses from the age of three. His father did not listen to his single pleading.


    But then again, whenever he returned home hurt because of the training, his father was there to apply medicines to his wounds.


    He joined music sses, swimming sses, cricket sses, basketball sses, dance sses, and many other sses and he was perfect in them, only to see the proud smile on his parent''s faces.


    His father was a typical business tycoon but he knew how to be a good father and husband.


    Everything was going perfect in their lives until his mother died. Both Mu Yuehan and his father were broken after her death. A pir of their family was gone.


    The condition of Mu Yuehan was worse. He cried for a long time. He locked himself in his room, refusing froming out. He stopped eating or drinking. He was having sleepless nights.


    Seeing his condition, his father on a suggestion of a friend decided to remarry, to give a mother to Mu Yuehan. He married Han Chunhua, a widow, and a mother of two.


    From the time of marriage, they had a mutual understanding that they were marrying for their kids. Mu Yuehan''s father gave love to Mu Yifei and Mu TianYu where Han Chunhua treated Mu Yuehan like her son.


    Their family gotpleted. Mu Yuehan treated Han Chunhua like his mother. He could not love her like his real mother thou. Qin Yifei and Qin TianYu were his siblings, he never treated them as steps.


    Everything was going so well until four years back. Han Chunhua did a mistake, due to which Mu Yuehan was no longer treating her like his mother. His father left for the Himyas to spend the rest of his life in a resort where he met his wife for the very first time.

 Chapter 13 There Is A Good News

    "I am d that you are here, Yuehan." Han Chunhua smiled. She looked at him,pletely ignoring the way Mu Yuehan had addressed her.


    "Why shouldn''t I be here? It''s my sister''s birthday party after all." He said sarcastically.


    Han Chunhua forced a smile before looking at a girl standing next to her. "Yuehan, I wanted to introduce Xiao Xin to you. She is¡­"


    "Missus Mu, please don''t start again." Mu Yuehan interrupted her angrily.


    "Why shouldn''t I? Yuehan, you are already at the age. You should get married. For how long are you going to waste your life on that girl? Who knows if she is alive...¡­?"


    "Missus Mu," he yelled, forgetting that they were at a party. "I know she is alive and only she will be my wife, no one else. Stop introducing girls to me. Don''t force me to break thest ounce of rtion with you."


    Feeling his mood turningpletely off because of his mother, Mu Yuehan decided to leave the party. Inrge strides, he made his way out of the hall. Mu Yifei followed after him.


    "You should stop meddling with his business, mom. You know, his wounds for that girl are still fresh." Qin TianYu chided his mother. He made his way out of the hall, to stop his brother from leaving.


    "Gege, you can''t leave now." Qin Yifei took hold of the sleeve of Mu Yuehan. She looked at him with nervousness on her face. "You haven''t even eaten dinner yet. How can you leave?"


    "Yifei, I have some work, so I have to leave." Mu Yuehan forced a small. He patted the head of his sister.


    "But," Qin Yifei looked up at him with teary eyes.


    "I have a video conference to attend. So, I must go. Do not think I am leaving because of Missus Mu. Do not dampen your mood. Now smile."


    Mu Yuehan ced his index figure and thumb at the corners of Qin Yefei''s lips. He stretched them in a smile.


    "But you have to share an ice cream with me before leaving." Qin Yifei requested.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and entered back inside the house. He shared an ice cream with her and then left for his office.


    **


    After the video conference, Mu Yuehan returned to his penthouse. He removed his shoes with socks and entered the living room. He removed his coat and undid his ties, throwing them randomly on the couch.


    He undid the top two buttons on his shirt and made his way toward the private bar in his house. He selected the best wine in his collection and started to drink it.


    "Where are you TianTian? Why are people saying that you are not alive?" He spread down on the bar counter and looked ahead with lost eyes.


    "I miss you." His voice was broken. There was so much pain in his voice that it could make anyone cry.


    Mu Yuehan missed his TianTian very much. If only he could find her, if only!


    **


    In London<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying wasying on the sand when she felt a sudden pain in her heart, the same pain and displeasure that she usually felt. Someone was calling for her but she did not know who!


    Feeling suffocated, she ced her hand over her chest and sat up on the beach. She took a few deep breaths.


    "Lili, you alright?" Zhou Bingbing asked with concern. Zhou Liying shook her head. "I am feeling suffocated. I think I need some wine."


    Zhou Bingbing knew what was happening to her. She knew Zhou Liying not only needed wine but also apany of a man. She was again feeling an ache in her heart. It could only be numb by a ss of wine and in thepany of a man.


    "I know a nearby disc, let''s go there." Zhou Bingbing suggested.


    After half an hour, both girls were sitting on the chairs beside the bar counter of the disco suggested by Zhou Bingbing. Zhou Liying was drinking shots of Vodka one after another whereas Zhou Bingbing only had one can of beer.


    "Lili, look at that man. He is eyeing you from the time we entered this club." Zhou Bingbing pointed toward a man where Zhou Liying was randomly roaming her eyes around the club.


    "That man has blond hair and blue eyes. He will suit you best. I am sure he will take your uneasiness away."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head.


    After sending off Zhou BingBing, with two sses of wine in her hands, Zhou Liying made her way toward the blonde man.


    "Hey handsome, will you like to have a ss of wine with me?" She shed her practised seductive smile in his direction and the man like a moth was attracted to her.


    Zhou Liying wore a red cocktail dress. It hugged her body like a second skin. The dress was off-shoulder dress and ended up in the middle of her upper thigh. It left nothing for the imagination of a man.


    Soon, they were sharing a drink and then a dance. Zhou Liying was all over him. She was grinding against him throughout the dance. She tightly wrapped her arms around his neck, leaving no space in between their bodies.


    "Damn woman, you are somet...." his words were muffled because of a sudden kiss by Zhou Liying. She wrapped her legs around his waist and started to rub her private part against his, in the middle of the dance floor.


    The man again cursed and quickly took her to the nearby toilet cubicle which soon rocked because of their activities.


    **


    In Shanghai


    Mu Yuehan was half sleeping on the bar counter when his phone rang. He cursed the caller and opened his eyes. His eyes were hazy because of sleepiness.


    The sleepiness flew away the moment he saw the id of the caller. It was his private investigator. He quickly picked up the call and walked toward the wall-size window of his penthouse, overlooking the city which looked beautiful during the night and from the height of the fiftieth floor.


    "I hope there is good news that you are calling me at this hour of the night." There was a warning in his voice.


    "There is boss."


    The heart rate of Mu Yuehan picked up upon hearing the words of his private investigator. Cold sweat appeared on his forehead in anticipation and expectation.

 Chapter 14 Please Be Good News This Time

    Mu Yuehan''s hand which was ced on the ss window became sweaty and it shivered slightly. His stomach was twisting into knots. He was eagerly waiting to hear more.


    "My team was investigating Zhou corporations. At that time, we got our hands on a blurred photo of Zhou Liying, the CEO. Looking at the photo, I think she looks quite simr to Miss Nian." The PI reported.


    Mu Yuehan fell into thinking upon hearing him. He knew his TianTian was the young miss of the Qin family then how could she be Zhou Liying. Still, he asked the PI to send him the photo.


    "Already did."


    "Wait." Mu Yuehan ordered and opened his email. He downloaded the photo and opened it impatiently.


    His eyes went wide when he looked at the photo. The photo was not at all clear, it was blurry. But he who remembered his TianTian from his heart knew that it could be her.


    His heart rate picked up and a smile appeared on his lips. He looked at the photo with anticipation.


    "Search more about her. I need her clear photo asap." He ordered over the phone.


    "We will try sir. But the Zhou family is also no ordinary family. They have sealed all the information about Miss Zhou. There is no photo of her. I have identally stumbled upon this blurry photo."


    "I don''t need an excuse and you know that." Mu Yuehan spoke in a strict voice.


    "I know sir. I will do whatever I can do." Dejected, the PI ended the call. He knew he had to work harder otherwise, his job, and even his life was at stake.


    That night, Mu Yuehan could not fall asleep. His vision was invaded by the blur photo that he saw. His heart was continuously yelling that it was her but somewhere, his mind was not ready to believe that it was her.


    His mind did not want to raise his hopes, only to face dejection in the future, if she was not her.


    "Everything will be fine; everything will be fine." He took a few deep breaths and sang himself a song that his mother used to sing for him. Eventually, he fell asleep.


    **


    The next day, when Mu Yuehan arrived at the office, he was in a very jolly mood. His expressions were cold but his body movement was saying that he was happy.


    His body was not stiff like usual nor there was a ck cloud above his head. Moreover, today, instead of taking his private elevator like usual, he took the elevator used by everyone, leaving his employees in shock.


    p His employees were first shocked to see their boss who rarely showed his presence in the general elevator, the second reason was his good mood and the third being, that he greeted them back.</anda>


    "Good morning, Li Tao."


    Li Tao received the greetings from Mu Yuehan and instead of feeling excited or shocked, he looked at him with wide eyes.


    Li Tao was working with Mu Yuehan for thest four years. He was like a shadow of his boss. He saw many ups and downs in his boss''s life. He was aware of the mood swings of his boss.


    And he knew, a happy boss was never good news. In the end, it always led to the wake of the demon residing inside his boss!


    **<sub> </sub>


    "Oh my god, our boss is so handsome. Hash, I want to die. Myst wish is fulfilled after seeing him from so close."


    "I feel lucky that today I am wearing my best dress. If the boss has seen me then I am sure I have left a good impression on him."


    "I don''t know why he is called an iceberg. He should be called a Greek god. Ah, he is so handsome."


    The female staff members of the Mu corporation were continuously fangirling about Mu Yuehan. They were excitedly posting about him on thepany''s forum. The female employees who were not able to see Mu Yuehan were feeling jealous of the ones who saw him.


    "Have you seen him? Wasn''t boss looking extra happy today?"


    "He was. He looked way too rxed. Hope to see him in this mood daily."


    "Do you think I shall discuss my proposal with him, today? He is happy, maybe he will ept my proposal."


    Li Tao stationed at his work station rolled his eyes when he heard his colleagues. They were all too happy. They did not know what had happened thest time when his boss was happy.


    Last time, when Mu Yuehan got the news that his TianTian was seen in Paris, he was in a happy mood. Butter, when he got information that his PI team was not able to get a hold of her, he was like an angry demon.


    Within a week, he bankrupted two well-established corporations and fired more than fifty employees from the Mu corporation. Li Tao also faced his rage and that was why he was feeling nervous and fearful.


    "Please God, let the news be positive this time." He prayed and the next second, the inte at his station rang. He nervously picked it up.


    "Li Tao, I am not paying you for daydreaming." He heard the stern voice of Mu Yuehan from the other side of the phone. "It''s already past breakfast time. You are lucky that I am in a good mood. Otherwise, I''d have fired you by now."


    Li Tao''s eyes widened and he looked at his watch. Worrying about the mood of Mu Yuehan, hepletely forgot about his breakfast.


    "Sorry for my tardiness, I will order your breakfast right away."


    Li Tao hung up the call and urgently made a call to a nearby restaurant. He ordered the usual breakfast for Mu Yuehan.


    Once his breakfast arrived, he entered the cabin of Mu Yuehan. He gulped with nervousness on seeing the calm expression on the face of Mu Yuehan.


    "Please, please, please, please be good news this time." He again prayed and served him breakfast.


    Mu Yuehan was feeling unusual today. The Mu Yuehan who was always working and working during his office hours was feeling lost today. He was not able to focus on his work.


    From time to time, he was looking at his phone screen, waiting for a call from his PI. In the meantime, he viewed all his photos with his TianTian saved on hisptop.


    He was just waiting for the good news.


    RING!!


    The hands of Mu Yuehan turned sweaty when he received the call. He took a deep breath and answered the call, waiting for the verdict of his future.

 Chapter 15 Its Her. I Found Her.

    Within the first ring of his phone, Mu Yuehan eagerly answered the call, "speak."


    Thud! Thud! Thud!


    His heart was beating fast in anticipation. It was all ready toe out from his chest. Eagerness could be heard in his voice.


    "Boss, my team tried very hard to dig in the records of Miss Zhou but records arepletely sealed. Many of them are already destroyed. I don''t think we will be able to search about her in a short period." His PI informed.


    His PI, Wang Wei was currently in London, investigating Zhou Liying. He was so far away from Shanghai, but still, he was able to feel cold sweat on the back of his neck. He could feel dark vibes emitting from Mu Yuehan on receiving this piece of news.


    "We are not able to get information on her but we got her photo and this time it''s very clear. Miss Zhou looks ny per cent simr to miss Nian." He added on a positive note.


    The clouds looming around Mu Yuehan immediately cleared and a warm expression appeared on his face. Wang Wei sighed in relief, feeling the change in the surrounding around him.


    "I have sent the photo in your¡­."


    "I have already opened my email." Mu Yuehan cut him off and opened the photo on hisptop screen.


    A huge grin appeared on the lips of Mu Yuehan when he saw the photo of Zhou Liying on hisptop screen. Tears appeared in his eyes and his heart rate picked up.


    He ced his shivering hand on hisptop screen, over the photo of Zhou Liying and caressed it tenderly.


    "It''s her." He whispered in a hoarse voice.


    ''It is her. I have found her.'' He wanted to scream.


    "Take your time and find out about her. I want every information about her. I want to know how she ended up with the Zhou family. I want each detail. Am I clear?" he ordered.


    "Yes boss, I will try my best. But it can take time. Maybe a month."


    "Take it, I don''t care." Mu Yuehan said. "But remember, your bonus will depend upon the time taken by you."


    Wang Wei scratched his head in dejection. He may be a great investigator but this time, the party against him was Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying''s powers were no less inparison to that of Mu Yuehan. That was why he was not able to investigate her.


    "Ok boss, I will try." Wang Wei then added. "There is one thing boss, I have heard Miss Zhou doesn''t want to return to Shanghai. I am not sure if it''s true or not."


    "I have a way to bring her back. You don''t have to worry about that." And with that Mu Yuehan ended the call.


    Mu Yuehan dragged hisptop closer and started to ogle at the photo of Zhou Liying. His eyes were shining with happiness and there was arge smile on his lips. His heart which was dead for so long was feeling alive.


    He zoomed the photo and looked at it in detail.


    Zhou Liying was wearing office attire, a ck pencil skirt with a white blouse and a ck zer. There was a tablet in her hand and she was looking straight at the camera.<sub> </sub>


    Her eyes were looking at the camera like a hawk. Her eyes were dark like before but Mu Yuehan could feel theycked their old innocence and warmth. They were filled with shrewdness and experience.


    Her body posture was poised and he could feel that her aura was simr to his.


    Her photo was screaming a businesswoman!


    "Impressive very impressive. So, my TianTian has changed. I am sure she is more lovely than before." He grinned and covered his lips to control his happyughter.


    He wanted tough, he wanted to shout. He wanted to jump around in his office like a crazy monkey!


    He closed his eyes and threw his head back against his chair, still smiling widely. He started to take deep breaths to control his emotions, already nning what to do to call her back to the country and what he would do once she was back.


    Mu Yuehan pressed the bell and called Li Tao into his office.


    Li Tao nervously entered his office, already imagining many negative scenarios in his mind. He visibly sighed when he saw a happy Mu Yuehan.


    "There is good news Li Tao. I have found her. I am feeling so happy." Mu Yuehan grinned.


    Li Tao was in awe stuck when he saw a grinning Mu Yuehan. It was the first time! He had seen smiles on the face of Mu Yuehan but they were always viinous or without any emotion but this time it was a real smile.


    His eyes were shining and he truly looked happy.


    "I want to share my happiness with my employees and that''s why I have decided to give you all four days of paid break, including weekends. You all go and enjoy your holiday." Mu Yuehan announced with happiness.


    "Including me, boss?" Li Tao asked with anticipation.


    "Yes, including you."


    Happy tears appeared in his eyes when he heard his boss. His heart started to beat fast with happiness. It was the first time; he was getting paid holiday.


    "Thank you, boss. Thank you so very much." His voice was hoarse and heavy. He ced his hands in front of his chest, looking grateful.


    Mu Yuehan smiled upon seeing his assistant. He knew he made Li Tao work twenty-four seven, without a break. He needed this break.


    "Now go and announce this good news to everyone."


    Li Tao bowed to Mu Yuehan and quickly rushed out of the office of Mu Yuehan.


    Without waiting for any second, he typed a notice on the official forum of Mu corporation about the paid leave. He also sent a message about the same on thepany''s WeChat ount.


    Then he hurriedly started to pack his stuff. He was afraid that Mu Yuehan would change his mind, cancelling his paid leave.

 Chapter 16 My City Is Calling Me Back.

    "Assistant Tao, is it true that the iceberg has given us a paid holiday?" The sales manager arrived at the station of Li Tao and asked him with curiosity.


    "Yes, he has." Li Tao replied, without looking at the sales manager. He was busy packing hisptop in hisptop bag.


    "You are not kidding, right?"


    "I am not, I am not." Li Tao hung his bag on his shoulder and looked at the sales manager. "Now hurry and inform others about the same to others. Leave before the boss changes his mind."


    The sales manager looked at him with wide eyes, especially after seeing the hurry in which Li Tao himself was. Without waiting for any second, the sales manager ran toward his office.


    Li Tao also rushed toward the elevator, in a hurry to leave before Mu Yuehan could stop him. His heart was beating fast with anticipation. He was already imagining how he was going to spend his break with his wife.


    "Assistant Tao¡­"


    "It''s true." Li Tao interrupted the director of the Publishing department before he could ask about the holiday. "Now leave."


    Li Tao rushed and stopped before the elevator.


    He was impatiently waiting for the elevator when the bell at his station rang. He cursed and groaned hearing the ring. He knew Mu Yuehan was calling him. At the same time, the elevator doors also opened.


    He knew he could step into the elevator and could leave thepany, acting as if he did not hear the bell. He also knew Mu Yuehan had his ways to know about his clear white lies.


    He cursed and with a hung face, he made his way back toward the cabin of Mu Yuehan. He sighed and ced his bag at his station. He knocked on the cabin door of Mu Yuehan.


    "Come in." On getting permission, he entered in.


    "I am cancelling only your holiday Li Tao." Li Tao felt as if lightning struck him when he heard Mu Yuehan.


    Wasn''t this discrimination? Why was he cancelling ONLY his holiday?


    "I have something in my mind and for that, I will need your help." Mu Yuehan then looked at the expression on the face of Li Tao. "But I promise, if I can make TianTian my girlfriend, then I will send you and your wife on a Europe trip of seven days."


    Li Tao''s eyes brightened when he heard Mu Yuehan. Like a rabbit, he jumped toward the table of Mu Yuehan. He knew the value of the promise of Mu Yuehan.


    Foolishly, he thought, "it is not a big deal. I am sure Miss Ning will agree to be the girlfriend of the boss in no time.''


    He was not aware of the hardship which he was going to face in the future.


    **


    In London


    "We are home, dad." Zhou Bingbing announced her presence and walked into the house with Zhou Liying.


    Both girls were tired because they had a lot of fun at the beach. They enjoyed a lot of swimming, sunbathing, and surfing which had them tired. The return journey was also tiring.<sub> </sub>


    "I am surprised, Liying was able to stay at the beach house for three days. I thought she wille running back within a day. How did she spend three days without worrying about herpany?" Zhou Yonge teased.


    "Uncle, stop teasing me." Zhou Liying groaned. "I know you were here. Besides, as you have said, it has been a long time since I have taken a rest."


    Zhou Liying stumbled down on the couch and closed her eyes, followed by Zhou Bingbing.


    "You girls, go to your rooms and get refreshed. I will have dinner prepared in the meantime." Zhou Yonge said. "Liying, get changed. I have something important to discuss with you." He then made his way toward the kitchen to give orders to the staff.


    Zhou Liying stretched her body and stood up from the coach. She yawned, covering her mouth gracefully.


    Zhou Liying was the first to make her way toward her room in the Zhou mansion.


    She spent her nights there many times, so there was a room always prepared for her. Her clothes were also hung in the wardrobe.


    She had a shower and then got changed into afortable pair of clothing. She then made her way down the stairs to know what her uncle was to discuss with her.


    **


    Zhou Yonge turned his head when he heard footsteps. He smiled when he saw Zhou Liying showered and changed into a fresh pair of clothes.


    "Wow uncle, you got a treat prepared for us." Zhou Liying smiled when she saw a wide spread of dishes on the table. "Now, I will need to spend an extra hour in the gym to reduce the weight which I am going to gain today."


    "Don''t worry, my news will automatically reduce your weight." Zhou Yonge looked at her with a serious expression.


    He actioned for her to take her seat on the dining table and took his seat beside her.


    "I have something to discuss with you."


    "What is it, uncle? And why this serious expression on your face? Did something happen in thepany in my absence?" She asked with seriousness. She was in aplete business mood.


    "You are aware of the Lake city development project, right?"


    "Yes, I am. I have personally supervised it. What about it?" Zhou Liying ced her hands on the table and leaned closer to her uncle.


    "Mu corporation has put forth a condition, they want you to visit Shanghai to supervise the project personally. In their opinion, this project is huge, and they don''t want to share its responsibility with someone from the lower department."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head, lost deep in her thoughts.


    "Mu Yuehan is personally looking after this project. They want the same from you. You are aware of how big this project is."


    Zhou Liying thought for some time and she must agree, that their condition was not logic less. If she was in their ce then she would have also expected the same from the other party.


    "Uncle, I think Shanghai is calling me back." Zhou Liying sighed with a small smile on her lips. "Start preparing for shifting our headquarters to Shanghai."

 Chapter 17 Her Only Friend

    "So, is that a yes? Are you finally agreeing to shift to Shanghai?" Zhou Yonge asked with doubt. At the same time, excitement could be heard in his voice.


    "Yes, I am."


    "Ahhhhh." Zhou Bingbing shrilled loudly when she heard Zhou Liying. She rushed inside the dining room and pulled Zhou Liying up from the chair, gripping her hands tightly.


    "Are youing to Shanghai with me? Like really?" She questioned with wide eyes; eagerness was visible in her voice.


    "I am. I think I can''t dy my visit to Shanghai."


    "Oh My God, oh my god." Zhou Bingbing squealed and twirled with Zhou Liying.


    Once her adrenaline lessened, Zhou Bingbing stopped twirling and looked at Zhou Liying with a wide smile.


    "You areing to Shanghai with me, tomorrow and that''s final." She dered.


    "No, I can''t. I still have some¡­."


    "Leave them on me." Zhou Yonge interrupted her. "I will do all the work rted to the London office. You join BingBing in her journey."


    "Aren''t you in a hurry to send me away?" Zhou Liying pouted.


    "I am. I am afraid, otherwise, you will change your mind." He teased, and Zhou Liying pouted.


    But she must agree, that if she stayed long in London then there were chances that she may change her mind about shifting to Shanghai.


    Moreover, the earlier she would go to Shanghai, the more days she could spend in thepany of her grandfather.


    The three of them had their dinner with gusto. They were already nning about the shift of the head office of Zhou corporations to Shanghai.


    After dinner, Zhou Liying left for her penthouse. She had some packing to do. She also wanted to bid adieu to Arthur, her neighbour.


    **


    "Oh my god, am I dreaming? Is the almighty Zhou Liying seriously standing at my door?" Arthur dramatically pinched himself when he saw a special guest at his door, Zhou Liying.


    "You are not dreaming." Zhou Liying looked at him with deadpanned expression.


    "Then the sun must have risen from the west that you are here." He teased.


    "Arthur, will you please stop with your nonsense? If not, I am going back." Zhou Liying groaned.


    "Ok, ok, I will stop with my nonsense." Arthur raised his hands in surrender. "Now,e in please."


    Arthur invited her inside the house and Zhou Lying entered in. Feeling curious, she looked around the house, at the paintings painted by him.


    "I didn''t know you are a painter." Zhou Liyingmented.


    "You didn''t know because you never tried to know about me." Arthur pointed out.<sub> </sub>


    "You are so good at it." She praised, admiring the paintings with awe.


    Arthur scratched his neck and looked at her with an embarrassed expression. "Nah, I am not so good. I simply exhibit my paintings here and there. But they are nothing like what was painted by other painters."


    "You are underrating yourself." Zhou Liying smiled. "I loved to paint. I have seen many paintings and I can say you are great with your art."


    "You are a painter?" This time, it was Arthur who was in surprise.


    "I was but I have stopped painting a long time back." Zhou Liying looked down with long lines on her forehead and a sad smile. She sighed and then looked at Arthur. "By the way mister, you are a bad host. You do not know how to serve your guest. You haven''t even asked me to take a seat yet."


    Arthur chuckled and offered her a seat. He then ran toward his kitchen and returned with a ss of water with some snacks.


    "So, why are you here?" he asked after taking his seat on the couch.


    "I am here to say goodbye. I am shifting to Shanghai."


    "Oh really." Arthur stretched a smile on his face. "I will not lie that I am happy because I am gonna miss you like hell. You are one of my friends you know."


    "I know."


    Both shared a small chat over the time they spent together. They also shared augh on the count which Arthur kept on the men with whom Zhou Liying slept.


    They parted their ways with a hug, initiated by Arthur. Zhou Liying was shocked when he hugged her but soon, she hugged him back, feeling awkward.


    "I will miss you. I will try to visit you whenever on the trip to Shanghai. I hope you will not forget about me." He teased.


    "I will not." Zhou Liying insured and left his house.


    Arthur saw her leaving figure and sighed. He sent a quick prayer, ''I hope she will find her true man in Shanghai. She is such a pure soul and she has suffered enough. Now she needs someone to truly look after her, to care for her, to love her.''


    **


    The next day, together with Zhou Yonge, Zhou Liying announced in front of their staff that they were shifting their headquarters to Shanghai from London.


    The staff at the London office had a mixed reaction. Many people were very happy, especially the higher-ups but some were sad regarding the shift.


    "I am so happy that Hitler is leaving for Shanghai. Hash, now I cane to the office without worrying about facing Hitler." An employee celebrated a small victory, mentioning Zhou Liying as Hitler.


    "Don''t be so happy. Do not forget, our London office climbed in sess only after the takeover by Miss Zhou. She may be cruel or heartless but she is one of the best leaders." One of the employees pointed out, feeling bad.


    Everyone had their views; some were happy that Zhou Liying was going away but some were sad. It was also a truth that headquarters always get more importance than branches. Now that headquarter was going to shift, their branch was ought to suffer some losses.


    After announcing the shift, Zhou Liying left the meeting room, toward her office. She still had some work toplete before leaving for Shanghai.


    When she entered her office, she found Min Yue in a gloomy mood. She raised her right brow, expectedly looking at her secretary.

 Chapter 18 Short-Circuit In Brain.

    Min Yue was feeling extremely heartbroken and sad upon hearing that Zhou Liying was leaving London.


    If she was to go then what about her!


    Zhou Liying entered her office and took her seat. Min Yue followed her and stopped opposite her table, looking down at her feet and lost in her thoughts.


    Zhou Liying looked at her and raised her right brow in a perfect curve. She cleared her throat to get the attention of her secretary.


    "You have something to say to me?" Zhou Liying inquired.


    "Miss, can I apany you as your assistant to Shanghai?" Min Yue raised her head and looked at Zhou Liying with hopeful eyes.


    Zhou Liying dragged her chair close to the table and ced her hands over it, leaning close to Min Yue.


    "And who told you, you are not apanying me?" Zhou Lying smirked and her eyes shed. "Have you taken me as a fool? You are my investment. I have worked so hard to nurture you, to make you a perfect secretary. I still am paying for the education of your brother."


    "Do you think I will leave my investment here in London?" Zhou Liying straightened up and looked at Min Yue with emotionless eyes. "You have signed a very contract with me. You will be following me wherever I will go."


    Instead of feeling sad or demotivated upon hearing the words of Zhou Liying, Min Yue grinned like a fool. Her eyes brightened up, cracks appeared in the corner.


    When Zhou Liying offered her the job and gave her and her brother a life which they never had because of being orphans, Min Yue promised herself to always follow Zhou Liying.


    She was very grateful to her. She was able toplete her education only because of Zhou Liying. And now, her brother was studying at Harvard, again all because of Zhou Liying.


    "Stop standing there like a fool. Go out and prepare for our stay in Shanghai. You know what kind of amodation I need." Zhou Liying ordered, trying to control the smile which wanted to crack on her lips, seeing the silly expression on the face of her assistant.


    "Right away miss." Min Yue beamed and left the cabin of Zhou Liying, jumping like a kangaroo.


    "Idiot." Zhou Liying looked at her secretary and shook her head.


    **


    The next day, Zhou BingBing, Zhou Liying, and Min Yue arrived at the private airport from where their private jet was going to take a flight. Zhou Yonge was also with them, to send off his princesses.


    "Have you packed everything?" he inquired to Zhou Liying like a concerned father.


    "Uncle, for how many times are you going to ask the same question?" Zhou Liying groaned and red at him. "You have seen me packing all the stuff."


    Zhou Yonge smiled and put forth another question, "what about amodation?"


    "Min Yue has already bought a penthouse for me." Zhou Liying replied with a roll of her eyes.


    "You sure you don''t want to stay at our mansion? You will not have any problem with staff or anything if you stayed there, you know." He looked at her with worry.<sub> </sub>


    "Uncle, you know I don''t like big mansions. I prefer penthouses. Now stop wasting my time. We are gettingte." Zhou Liying groaned and hugged Zhou Yonge. She looked up at his face. "I will miss you, uncle. Quickly tie up the work in London ande to Shanghai."


    "I will try my best." Zhou Yonge chuckled and hugged Zhou Liying tight. Zhou Bingbing also joined them in the hug.


    "Now go, you will gette." With a smile on his lips, Zhou Yonge nudged his daughters toward the jet.


    "Let''s go." Zhou Bingbing lopped her arm in the arm of Zhou Liying and pulled her inside the jet, followed by Min Yue.


    Zhou Yonge looked at them and removed his tears, feeling a little emotional.


    Min Yue climbed the jet and was again in awe after seeing the private jet of Zhou''s. She had already travelled on a private jet multiple times, all because of Zhou Liying, but still, she was amazed by it.


    Min Yue was sure, after travelling so many times in the private jet, she would not be able to travel in a simple ne.


    Zhou Liying walked toward the couch and took her seat. Slowly, the realization started to dawn upon her that finally, she was leaving for Shanghai.


    She became anxious and her heart started to beat fast. Doubts started to appear in her mind, she looked out of the window. One part of her mind was screaming for her to miss the flight and to return to her penthouse in London.


    "What happened?" Zhou Bingbing asked with concern when she saw sweat droplets on the forehead of Zhou Liying.


    "Anxiety attack, I guess." Zhou Liying closed her eyes and ced her head against the seat. She started to take deep breaths.


    "You should try to sleep. It will calm you down." Zhou Bingbing advised.


    "Do you think, I will sleep on this couch when I have my private room on this jet?" Zhou Liying opened her eyes, turned her face toward Zhou Bingbing, and looked at her with a pointed look.


    "You and your private room." Zhou Bingbing rolled her eyes. "God knows what will happen to you if God forbid, you lose this wealth one day. This richness has spoiled you."


    "Nothing will happen to me because no one can snatch this wealth from my hands." Zhou Liying smirked with pride and again looked out from the window, and at the runway.


    "Goodbye London, I will miss you." She looked at the city with emotional eyes.


    Zhou Liying kept looking out from the window till the time they were flying, and the view of London city was out of her horizon.


    **


    Shanghai


    "Boss, I have a piece of news for you. Miss Zhou has just left London for Shanghai. She is finally moving back to Shanghai."


    Mu Yuehan''s brain short-circuited when he received this piece of news from Wang Wei.

 Chapter 19 Getting Ready Like A Bridegroom.

    "Boss, I have a piece of news for you. Miss Zhou has just left London for Shanghai. She is finally moving back to Shanghai."


    "What?" Mu Yuehan noisily stood up from his office chair. His chair was pushed back, creating a loud screech noise. "She left for Shanghai and you are telling me this just now. Why didn''t you inform me about the same when she nned to move back to Shanghai?"


    Wang Wei scratched his head when he heard the yell of Mu Yuehan from the other side of the phone.


    "It is not easy to know the happenings in the Zhou family. I only find out about miss Zhou leaving the country after seeing her at the airport. Please forgive me for my¡­." ¡­Dy¡­Wang Wei could notplete it because Mu Yuehan had already hung up the phone.


    "She ising back." Mu Yuehan squeaked and started to pace around in his cabin, already calcting in his mind that in within eleven hours, his TianTian would be in the same city as his.


    "Oh my god, I have less time to prepare for everything." Nervously he pulled on his hair. "What to do? What to do?"


    He nervously paced here and there in the office, looking lost.


    His heart was feeling perplexed. His mind was nk, not knowing what to do. For the first time, the almighty Mu Yuehan was feeling short circuits in his mind.


    He finally called Li Tao into his office.


    Li Tao entered his office and was shocked to see the condition of Mu Yuehan. His eyes nearly bugged out from their socket in the shock.


    ''Is he my boss? From when did he be a nervous wreck?  He was always so confident. I have never seen him so nervous, never.''


    "What happened, boss?"


    "She ising back." Mu Yuehan looked at him with wide eyes, looking anxious like hell. "And I am not fully prepared yet."


    Li Tao nearly flipped when he saw his boss. He was so nervous because of ady? He was not even this nervous when he met the queen of Spain for the first time!


    "Li Tao, take me to the airport¡­no¡­no... take me to your¡­. argh ¡­no...my home." Mu Yuehan stuttered and walked out of the office.


    Li Tao followed behind him and was shocked to see Mu Yuehan taking themon elevator instead of the private one.


    ''Has boss lost his mind?''


    "Calm down boss. The flight of Miss Zhou willnd after eleven hours. You still have a lot of time." Li Tao advised.


    "It''s only eleven hours, eleven hours! It''s so little time for me to prepare everything." Mu Yuehan ran his fingers in his hair and made them messy.


    At that moment, Li Tao felt d that the staff was on leave. Otherwise, they would have made jokes about Mu Yuehan upon seeing him in his current bizarre condition.


    Mu Yuehan arrived at his home and ordered Li Tao to call for his barber and caretaker. He wanted to get his hair trimmed properly.


    Li Tao was shocked when he heard Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan had his regr hair cut only a week back. His hairs were still short, in perfect style.<sub> </sub>


    "But boss, your hair looks perfectly fine." Li Tao looked puzzled.


    "Can''t you see, they have grown a little inst week? I don''t want anything out of ce when I meet TianTian." Mu Yuehan chided and red at Li Tao. He was not following his order and was wasting his time.


    "Right away boss."


    Li Tao without wasting any time made a call to his barber and caretaker, calling them at the penthouse of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan got his hair cut, proper shaving, spa, pedicure, and manicure. Li Tao wanted to pinch himself upon seeing his boss. He was acting like a girl going out for a first date with her boyfriend.


    Mu Yuehan then walked toward his walk-in closet to select the dress which he was going to wear tonight when meeting her. He looked at all his clothes with a scrutinizing gaze.


    Li Tao thanked his stars when he saw him looking at the dresses in his closet with so much attention. He already ordered many custom-made dresses for his boss, knowing well that he would need some new dresses to impress hisdy love.


    "Which dress should I wear? Why do I have so less dresses in my closet?" heined like a child and selected a chocte-coloured three-piece suit, remembering that it was the favourite colour of his TianTian.


    "How do I look in this?" Mu Yuehan asked Li Tao for his opinion once he was all decked up.


    "You are looking smart and handsome like always." Li Tao praised him and looked at his watch.


    There were still five hours left for the flight of Zhou Liying. Now that he had worn his suit, what was his boss going to do next to spend this time?


    Li Tao got the answer to his question when he heard the next words of Mu Yuehan, "I think I should try on some more suits. Maybe I will look more handsome and impressive in some other suit."


    Li Tao choked on his drink when he heard Mu Yuehan and looked at him with wide eyes like a fish.


    After two and a half hours, Mu Yuehan was still trying on suits. Li Tao was bored like hell seeing his boss modelling in various suits.


    If he was a girl, he''d have liked to see his boss looking handsome and sexy in different suits, but he was a man and at that moment, he felt jealous seeing how his boss was able to carry on different looks with ease.


    "This suit is best. I am sure, Miss Zhou will surely kiss you upon seeing you in this suit." Li Tao praised him loudly.


    "I don''t think so." Mu Yuehan looked at him with dissatisfaction. "I think the first one was the best."


    With that said Mu Yuehan returned to his room and changed into the chocte-coloured suit which he had tried first.


    Meanwhile, Li Tao was caressing his chest where he had felt a slight shock in his heart. ''Why has he wasted our time when he wanted to wear the first one only?''


    Mu Yuehanbed his freshly styled hair and wrapped his Rolex watch around his wrist. He wore customised Italian leather ck shoes and wore one of the favourite perfumes of TianTian.


    "Let''s go." He ordered Li Tao, once he waspletely ready.

 Chapter 20 Looking At Her From Afar.

    "Why are you driving so slow?" Mu Yuehanined. "If you keep driving so slow, then for sure, we will bete in arriving at the airport."


    With wide eyes, Li Tao looked at his boss from the rear-view mirror. He wanted to curse and yell.


    ''We are driving at a speed of two hundred mills, all right. I have already broken many signals, and what is this about gettingte? There is still an hour left in the arrival of the flight.''


    Mu Yuehan was eagerly looking out of the window. His heart was beating fast. He could not wait to meet Zhou Liying. He already recited in his mind how he was going to meet her, what he was going to say to her.


    "I hope her anger at me has calmed down." He murmured to himself. "I am sure she is no longer angry at me after four years."


    They arrived at the airport, forty-five minutes before the expected time of the flight. Li Tao parked the car in front of the gate of the private airway. Mu Yuehan was looking at the runway from the window of his car, without a blink of his eyes.


    **


    Zhou Liying had her air routes set by the authority which led to no traffic in her way. Though it was costly to have your own personal air route, but it was convenient as well.


    That was why, their journey was very smooth, and they arrived in Shanghai after a journey of eleven hours unlike twelve hours journey on amercial flight.


    Zhou Liying stepped out of the jet and a gush of air blew past her face, blowing away her hair. Her heart rate picked up and she looked up at the sky.


    "I am home, finally I am home, mom. The ce where we have so many memories." She became emotional, remembering all the memories which she had with her mother, grandmother, and grandfather in Shanghai.


    She did not let the sad memories invade her mind.


    "Do you n to stand here for the whole night?" Zhou Bingbing teased when Zhou Liying stood frozen at the first stair of the jet.


    "No." Zhou Liying stepped down the stairs and ced her feet on thend of Shanghai. She clutched her fist, feeling overwhelming emotions flowing in her heart and mind. She was feeling emotional to be back.


    "It feels like yesterday when I left Shanghai for good." She remembered the day when she left Shanghai to start a new life. It was probably thest memory she remembered before forgetting about everything for two years.


    Zhou Bingbing looked at lost Zhou Liying and shook her head. She wrapped her arm around her cousin and pulled her toward the gates of the airport where their amodation was waiting for them.


    The moment Zhou Liying stepped out from the gate; she froze. Her heart beating picked up and she felt as if she was alive again. She became conscious and started to search around, feeling as if someone familiar was there around her, looking at her.


    Her heart was thumping fast, calling for someone and she did not know whom!


    "What happened?" Zhou Bingbing inquired, seeing a sudden change in Zhou Liying. She was restlessly searching for someone.


    "I think someone is here. Someone I know." There was eagerness in her voice.


    "No one is here." Zhou Bingbing rolled her eyes. "You are feeling hyper to be back in Shanghai."


    "Maybe you are right." Zhou Liying nodded her head and walked toward the awaiting SUV.<sub> </sub>


    Min Yue like an obedient assistant opened the backseat door for both thedies. After closing the door, once they were settled, she took her seat on the shotgun seat.


    **


    On the side of Mu Yuehan


    The heartbeat of Mu Yuehan picked up when he saw Zhou Liying stepping out of the airport. She was looking so enchanting, so beautiful, so breath-taking like always.


    He was feeling giddy and love stuck boy all over again. He could feel all those feelings which he felt when he saw her for the first time four and a half years back.


    His eyes shined with excitement when he saw her searching for someone. He was confident that she was searching for him. His heart was calling for her, after all.


    "Boss, are you not going out of the car to meet Miss Zhou?" Li Tao questioned.


    Suddenly, Mu Yuehan became nervous. He did not find the guts to face Zhou Liying. It was like he forgot what he was going to say to her. How he was going to face her.


    "Not today, I don''t n to meet her today." There was panic in his voice.


    Li Tao wanted to puck out blood upon hearing Mu Yuehan.


    ''If you don''t want to meet her today then why the hell you groomed yourself like a man getting ready for his wedding?'' He yelled out aloud in his heart.


    With a disheartened expression on his face, he saw Zhou Liying climbing inside her SUV.


    "Should I follow after the car of Miss Zhou?"


    "No need. Drive straight to the penthouse. I want to have some rest. Today was quite tiring." Mu Yuehan replied, without averting his gaze away from the car of Zhou Liying.


    Li Tao started the car and smartly drove his car parallel to the SUV of Zhou Liying.


    From his car, Mu Yuehan was able to see the outline of Zhou Liying sitting in her car. Like a fan, he kept looking at her. He noticed herughing and smiling at whatever her partner was saying and all this warmed his heart.


    "So beautiful. Her smile is so beautiful." He smiled like a love-struck puppy and for a second, he felt jealous of Zhou Bingbing.


    He wanted to be at her ce, he wanted to see herugh and smile. He wanted to hold her hand, run his figures in her hair. He wanted to kiss her senselessly.


    "Arghh!" he groaned, recollecting the taste of her lips again on his lips. He threw his head back, against his seat and closed his eyes, dreaming about their kiss.


    At the same time, Zhou Liying looked out of the window and noticed a ck Porsche driven parallel to their car. She also noticed the silhouette of a man sitting at the back.


    And she did not know why, her heartbeat again picked up and a feeling of familiarity filled her heart.

 Chapter 21 Dogs Only Know How To Bark.

    "What are you looking at?" Zhou Bingbing questioned and looked out of the window, at the car at which Zhou Liying was looking at.


    "This car¡­.it seems familiar." Zhou Liying did not tell Zhou BingBing that she felt as if she knew the owner of the car.


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and tried to get a clear look at the man but could not due to tinted sses.


    "Miss, I know why you find this car to be familiar. I saw this car at the parking of the airport." Min Yue chimed happily.


    Because of her brother, Min Yue had a craze to notice expensive cars. That was why a Porsche parked at the airport did not escape her eyes.


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and looked at the car, with suspicion arising in her heart.


    **


    Mu Yuehan felt as if someone was looking at him. He turned his face and looked out of the window. He saw Zhou Liying leaning against the ss.


    Like a shy boy, who got caught by his crush, he turned his face away. Hue appeared on his face and a smile danced over his lips.


    He kept his face on the other side till the time both cars parted their ways. He took a deep breath and again looked out from the window.


    "Have you arranged for amodation for her?" Mu Yuehan asked.


    "Yes boss, her assistant was searching for a penthouse. So, using our broker, I have sold yourst used penthouse to her."


    "Good." Mu Yuehan said with satisfaction.


    He was satisfied that Zhou Liying would stay at a ce which he vacated hardly six months back.


    **


    "Shanghai has changed so much." Zhou Liyingmented, looking at the road and some new unrecognisable buildings. "I left for six years and it has changed drastically."


    "It has not changed much." Zhou Bingbing chuckled. "After staying in London for so long, you are finding Shanghai different. You just wait, I am sure you will be having trouble bing habitual to the changes innguage and culture of Shanghai. It''spletely different from London."


    Zhou Bingbing spoke out from her own experience. When she and her boyfriend, Kris Yang moved in here, one and a half years back, both faced a simr type of trouble.


    "I think I will need a tour of the city to be apanied by it. It will take time to settle down." Zhou Liying sighed, looking at the passing buildings.


    **


    Their car stopped in front of a restaurant because the threedies were feeling hungry. Besides, Zhou Bingbing wanted to bring Zhou Liying to this particr restaurant.


    "You both go ahead. I will join you after attending a call from Kris."


    Zhou Liying and Min Yue made their way toward the restaurant, leaving Zhou BingBing behind. She was busy attending a call with her boyfriend.<sub> </sub>


    The eyebrows of Zhou Liying shot up with surprise when she noticed a long queue outside the said restaurant.


    "This restaurant seems very famous. All the people standing outside look so sophisticated." Min Yuemented and then looked at Zhou Liying, "Miss, will we get a seat in this restaurant?"


    "Why not? Do you think I can''t get a seat in a mare restaurant?" Zhou Liying gloated and made her way toward the doors of the restaurant.


    To her surprise, she heard a familiar name, the name which she had not heard in thest six years.


    "Qin Tian, is that you?"


    Zhou Liying turned and looked at a beautifuldy, standing opposite her. Looking at her dress and appearance, she could say that thedy was a socialist, but Zhou Liying could not remember who she was.


    "It''s you." Thedy chuckled mockingly. "Aren''t you shameless? After what happened six years back, I thought you will never show your face again in Shanghai, but here you are, shameless."


    "Lu Chunhua, who is she?" a man in histe forties wrapped his arm around thedy named Lu Chunhua.


    Hearing the name Lu Chunhua, Zhou Liying also remembered who she was. Lu Chunhua was one of the friends with her cousin Qin Yutong. She was equally bitchy as her cousin.


    "Darling, remember, I once told you about a girl who tried toe in-between Fan Yifeng and TongTong? She is the same shameless girl." She spat angrily and eyed her boyfriend.


    Her boyfriend, on the other hand, was looking at Zhou Liying without a blink of an eye. He felt mesmerised by her beauty. Standing in a ck midi dress with her hair tied in a high ponytail, she looked no less than an unattainable queen.


    "Who*re, you only know how to seduce boyfriend of others." Lu Chunhua spat upon seeing how her boyfriend was looking at Zhou Liying with lust-filled eyes. "First you seduced Fan Yifeng and now you are trying to snatch my boyfriend."


    "Snatching your boyfriend?" Zhou Liying cocked her brows and chuckled. "Miss Lu, is he your boyfriend or your sugar daddy?"


    "You¡­" Lu Chunhua fumed when she saw Zhou Liying chuckling at her face.


    "And what am I seeing Miss Lu, from when did your breasts be so big? If I remember correctly, your chest was very small. I am sure, you have had surgeries done on your breasts to make them look so big."


    With satisfaction, Zhou Liying looked at the changing colours on the face of Lu Chunhua, from red to green.


    Ignoring her, she made her way toward the entry of the restaurant. She did not have time to waste on fools like her.


    "You, where do you think you are going after insulting me?" Lu Chunhua barked and angrily walked toward her, blocking her way. She was about to attack her when Min Yue took a hold of her hand.


    "Careful miss, you do not afford to offend her." Min Yue advised; her eyes sharp, ready to counterattack if Lu Chunhua again tried to attack Zhou Liying.


    "Do not afford to offend her, ha." Lu Chunhua chuckled. "Why can''t I offend her? Do you know who I am? Do you know who my boyfriend is? But she, this Qin Tian is a peasant, growing up on the mercy of her uncle and his family."


    Min Yue wanted to say something when Zhou Liying stopped her, "Let her bark. Dogs only know how to bark."

 Chapter 22 Who Is A Lowly Peasant? Not Me!

    "You¡­." Lu Chunhua fumed. She wanted to crush this Qin Tian so badly, especially because of herment on her breasts, and also because of her friendship with Qin Yutong.


    "Qin Tian, do you think you are still the daughter of the Qin family who can parade and enter anywhere? Qin family has broken every rtionship with you a long time back. Now you cannot enter high-ss ces like this. Everyone is aware that you do not have anything on yourself. Your condition is no better than a beggar."


    Lu Chunhua gloated and hugged her boyfriend''s arm tightly. He stood silently beside her, not saying a word, silently drinking in the beauty of Zhou Liying.


    "Do you think I need the name of the Qin family to enter this restaurant? How foolish!" The Voice of Zhou Liying was sharp, and it acted like a p on the face of Lu Chunhua.


    Zhou Liying stepped aside from Lu Chunhua and entered the restaurant. Lu Chunhua followed her with a mocking smile.


    "I will see how will you get to have a meal at this restaurant."


    <o>,m Zhou Liying side passed Lu Chunhua and walked toward the receptionist. The receptionist looked at Lu Chunhua and then at Zhou Liying. She heard the words which Lu Chunhua said about Zhou Liying.</o>


    The receptionist already made a negative impression of Qin Tian, thinking of her to be some passer-by who wanted to have a meal at their restaurant for free.


    "Sorry Miss, but you cannot enter in. This ce is a prestigious one and we cannot let anyone like you enter in." The receptionist politely pointed Zhou Liying toward the door.


    "Please leave by yourself, miss. Don''t force me to call for the guards to escort you out."


    "Ha, Ha, ha." Beside her, Lu Chunhua chuckled like a madwoman, disturbing the other guests who were having their meal.


    "What''s happening here?" The owner of the restaurant walked toward the receptionist and looked at Lu Chunhua. She was disturbing his guests with her loudughter.


    "Sir, thisdy is disturbing our guests." The receptionist pointed toward Zhou Liying.


    "Then what are you waiting for? Get her thrown out of the restaurant." Without wasting any second, the owner, Tang Ying called for the guards.


    Guards entered the restaurant at onemand of Tang Ying. "Guards, escort thisdy out of the restaurant and cklist her. I don''t want to see her here ever again, not even near the premises of my restaurant."


    Lu Chunhua looked at Tang Ying with wide eyes when he instead of asking his guards to escort Zhou Liying out, pointed his finger toward herself.


    "Mister Tang, you are mistaken. I am not disturbing your guests, but she is." She pointed toward Zhou Liying. "She is a low-ss peasant. She does not deserve to be at the prestigious restaurant like yours. She is a freebie. She is here to disturb your guests, to create a scene and to have a meal for free."


    "Miss Lu, how dare of you to call her a low-ss peasant or a freebie?" Tang Yingzily grinned and threw his arm around the shoulder of Zhou Liying. "You don''t have any idea who she is, do you?"


    Tang Ying chuckled and smiled at Zhou Liying, he then looked at his guards. "Be quick, escort her out. She has already disturbed my guests."


    Ignoring her, he took Zhou Liying inside the restaurant. Min Yue followed behind them, trying to control herugh seeing the expressions on the face of Lu Chunhua.<sub> </sub>


    What lowly peasant? Who was a lowly peasant? She had no idea about the worth of her boss.


    **


    Outside the restaurant, Zhou Bingbing was grinning from ear to ear upon seeing Lu Chunhua being thrown out of the restaurant. She was creating a fuss, kicking her legs but the guards were not the ones to hear her out.


    "You don''t know who I am? How dare of you to touch me?" she yelled and kicked the air. She created a big fuss. She was feeling angry and embarrassed for getting thrown out like this.


    The smile on the lips of Zhou Bingbing widened when she witnessed boyfriend of Lu Chunhua getting angry with her and leaving her in the middle of the road.


    "She deserves it. In fact, everydy who bad-mouthed my Lili deserves to be treated like this." She murmured to herself.


    When Zhou Bingbing shifted to Shanghai. She learnt that the status of Qin Tian was worse in the eyes of socialists. She was a butt of a joke, a source of their entertainment. Her family left no stone unturned to tarnish her image.


    There were many rumours about her. One such rumour was, that she ran away with her driver out of shame, another one was she killed herself, she became mental and many more.


    Zhou Bingbing knew Zhou Liying was ought to be criticized on her return. Many socialists were going to treat her like the dust of their shoes, a girl whom they could insult the way they wanted.


    And that was why Zhou Bingbing was on high alert. She wanted to help Zhou Liying in settling down in Shanghai and then help her in rising like a queen like before.


    That was why she called Tang Ying and asked him to personally escort Zhou Liying inside his restaurant.


    **


    At the side of Mu Yuehan


    "Boss, there is some news for you. Your secret guards have caught a hitman."


    Mu Yuehan removed his tie and spoke nonchntly, "what''s the new thing in it?"


    "The hitman was not there for you but Miss Zhou. His gun was pointed at her." Mu Yuehan froze when he heard Li Tao. His eyes turned red with rage.


    "Find out the person who hired him. Don''t let that person or that hitman be alive."


    Mu Yuehan looked ahead, thinking about the person who could be after the life of Zhou Liying. That person also knew that Zhou Liying wasing to Shanghai today.

 Chapter 23 Seeing The Cheating Couple.

    "I didn''t know you own this ce." Zhou Liying removed the arm of Tang Ying from around her shoulder and smiled at him.


    "Now you know." Tang Ying smiled. "This humble restaurant belongs to me and I am lucky to have you here."


    "I thought I will have a grumpy day in Shanghai after my encounter with Miss Lu, but now, your news has made my day." Zhou Liying grinned. "I can''t wait to eat the delicious dishes cooked by your hands."


    "I am at your service ma''am." Tang Ying mocked a bow and directed Zhou Liying toward the seat which was specially reserved for them.


    Tang Ying was a friend of Zhou Bingbing. Zhou Liying met him back in London. He was an excellent cook and that was how he and Zhou Liying clicked.


    They both shared many recipes. Zhou Yonge also waited for dinner time whenever Zhou Liying and Tang Ying were cooking together.


    One year back, Tang Ying shifted to Shanghai and opened his restaurant. Due to the magic of his hands, his restaurant became a top-rated restaurant in the city in within a year.


    "You have your seat here. I will cook my restaurant''s signature dish for you." Tang Ying looked proud of his dish.


    "I can''t wait to have it." Zhou Liying looked at him with eagerness.


    <o>,m At the same time, Zhou Bingbing arrived at their booth. Tang Ying exchanged pleasantries with her and made his way toward the kitchen.</o>


    "Surprised to see him here?" Zhou Bingbing teased, aware of the love of Zhou Liying toward the dishes of Tang Ying.


    "Very. At least I will not regret my decision to be here in Shanghai, knowing my favourite chef is here. Otherwise, that female dog has spoiled my night."


    Zhou Bingbing chuckled. "From when are you affected by dogs like her? You know a dog likes to bark. She is a lowly socialist, trying to get attention by fighting with you."


    "I know." Zhou Liying rolled her eyes and looked out from the window when her eyes fell upon the familiar-looking couple.


    "Where are you looking at?"


    Zhou Bingbing followed the line of sight of Zhou Liying. She shook her head when she saw Fan Yifeng and Qin Yutong standing opposite their window.


    "Today isn''t your day. First, you met that b! tch and now you are seeing that scoundrel couple."


    "I have expected to see them today." Zhou Liying shook her head. "I know my luck. I expected to cross my path with them in within a moment after stepping my feet in Shanghai."


    Zhou Liying did not turn her face away from the window, observing the intimacy between Fan Yifeng and Qin Yutong.


    Weird! In the past, she thought she would feel pain or guilt upon seeing both getting intimate. But now, when she witnessed them, she felt nothing. It was like seeing strangers getting intimate with one another.


    "They haven''t changed much. Fan Yifeng is still handsome like usual and Qin Yutong, still a beauty." Zhou Liying observed and then turned to look at Zhou Bingbing.


    "Tell me about them. I want to know how they are doing after all these years."


    "They are doing well." Zhou Bingbing snickered. "I have heard, soon they will be getting married."


    "They aren''t married until now?" Zhou Liying asked with surprise and looked out of the window, at the vanishing sight of the couple.


    "Nah, they are not. As per my information, Qin Yutong joined the film industry, and this was not liked by her inws. They opposed this marriage. Only Fan Yifeng stood beside her like a wall. He¡­"<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Bingbing stopped talking when she observed a waiter walking toward them with a bottle of wine.


    "Miss, mister Tang has sent his favourite wine for you." Zhou Liying nodded her head and asked the waiter to serve them the wine.


    "Then how did his parents agree now?" Zhou Liying inquired once the waiter was gone.


    "It''s rumoured that Qin Yutong is pregnant."


    "That can be the reason." Zhou Liying nodded her head and took a sip of her wine when she remembered something. "You said she is an actress, then she must have acted in the movie of Kris, hasn''t she?"


    "Nah she hasn''t. Do you think Kris will prefer to direct a movie with her in it?" Zhou Bingbing twitched her nose. "Kris was directing a movie and the producers selected Qin Yutong as the female lead. You know what, Kris walked out of the movie."


    "That''s the Kris I know?" Zhou Liying chuckled. "So, when are you taking me to his ce?"


    "Whenever you want." Zhou Liying smiled. "I am sure he will be happy to see you back."


    "I know."


    "What are youdies talking about?" Tang Ying arrived at their booth and asked the waiter to serve the dishes. Meanwhile, he took his seat on the only vacant seat, beside Zhou Liying, opposite Min Yue.


    "We were talking about Fan Yifeng and then about Kris." Stars appeared in the eyes of Zhou BingBing, thinking about her fianc¨¦.


    "Arghh! That jerk." Tang Ying cursed. He had heard about the story of the party where Fan Yifeng insulted Zhou Liying. He hated that man for hurting his friend.


    "You know him?" Zhou Liying looked at him with surprise.


    "Who does not know him? He is one of the top businessmen of Shanghai." Tang Ying picked up an empty te and filled it with a few pieces of Momo. "Every once in a while, you can see his face in a magazine or the television."


    "I must say, he loves to show his face on television and show off his wealth." Tang Ying ced the te in front of Zhou Liying. "Now stop thinking about him and taste my dish. Tell me, how it is."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and picked up a Momo using her chopstick. "Mm, your skills have improved Tang Ying. This Momo is delicious."


    "I am d you liked it." Tang Ying grinned and served the te to the other twodies.


    "You have to tell me the recipe." Zhou Liying spoke, enjoying the rich taste of Momo in her mouth.


    "I will tell you. But you have to pay for it."


    "How much do you want?"


    "Two million won."


    "Done."


    "So easily, without bargaining." Tang Ying looked at her with surprise.


    From what he remembered,st time, he demanded a few thousand for telling her the recipe. She created a big fuss at that time. And today, she agreed just like that. He was having a tough time gulping down this piece of news.

 Chapter 24 Mom, I Am Back. Your Princess Is Back.

    "Mister Tang, Miss is earning more than two million in an hour. This amount is nothing for her." Min Yue interjected and chuckled upon seeing the bewildered expression on his face.


    "Ha, my loss then. I forgot you are now a mighty CEO." Tang Ying shook his head.


    "We already have a deal. Now you cannot back off. You have to tell me the recipe in exchange for two million." Zhou Liying warned with a smile.


    "I know." Tang Ying mocked a smile.


    They all had their dinner with full gusto. Zhou Liying was having such delicious food, food of her liking after such a long time. So, she had more than her capacity.


    "How much is it for dinner?" Zhou Liying asked after finishing off her ss of wine.


    "Do you think I will ask for money from you?" Tang Ying raised his right brow.


    "I know you will not, but I want to pay. I am here for the first time and as your friend, I should pay for the food which I have eaten. Next time, you can treat me for free." Zhou Liying passed him her card. "Now go and make the payment."


    Tang Ying shook his head and called for a waiter. He asked him to make the payment.


    Later, Tang Ying personally escorted Zhou Lying and Zhou Bingbing.


    "Do keeping. I will cook my best dishes for you." He hugged Zhou Liying and patted her back.


    "Do you think I will note here? You know I am crazy about the dishes cooked by you." Zhou Liying chuckled and parted away from him.


    They then made their way toward the penthouse, where Zhou Liying was going to stay for the time being, she was in Shanghai.


    **


    Zhou Liying arrived at her penthouse which was located on the fiftieth floor of Dreams Heights building, one of the best apartment buildings in Shanghai. Beside her, Min Yue was informing her about the perks of her penthouse.


    "Miss, as per your requirements, this penthouse is well equipped with a library cum study room, a personal gym, and an indoor swimming pool. It also has three servant quarters attached to it."


    Zhou Liying looked around the penthouse. Her penthouse had a ss atrium with a wall that swings open and a living room with double-height ceilings. It was fully furnished and beautifully decorated as per her taste.


    This stunning penthouse included 5 bedrooms. One of its highlights was the 70-foot-long under-sky swimming pool, overlooking Shanghai city. It was neighboured by a small patch of ground with grass. A resting swing was also ced over it.


    She nodded her head in approval. "This penthouse will do. This is exactly up to my requirements. Good job Min Yue."


    Zhou Liying always had some expectations with the ce where she was staying and one of them was servant quarters, so she could have easy ess to her assistant or guard in case of need.


    "Thank you, miss." Min Yue bowed her head.


    "I am again jealous of you." Zhou Bingbing rubbed her nose in displeasure when she looked around at the penthouse. She was awestruck by its beauty, especially the pool area and garden, the beautiful view of the city from her balcony was also a reason.


    "How can you always end up at such beautiful ces? I and Kris looked all around but still; we were not able to find such a beautiful ce to live in."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying chuckled when she heard Zhou Bingbing. "That''s because I am lucky."


    "Miss was lucky this time." Min Yue interjected. "No one was ready to sell a penthouse at a short notice. But then, suddenly, I received a call from my broker that a rich party has vacated this penthouse and wanted to sell it."


    "I wish I¡­." before Zhou Bingbing couldment on anything more about the penthouse, she received a call from her fianc¨¦.


    "Lili, I am taking your leave now. I will call you tomorrow." Zhou Bingbing announced.


    "Where are you going? Aren''t you going to spend some more time with me?" Zhou Liying teased.


    "Lili, don''t tease me." Zhou Bingbing blushed. "You are aware I am going to meet Kris. It has been a week that I haven''t seen his face."


    "You have seen his facest night, on video call remember."


    "It was a video call. I wasn''t able to touch his face." Zhou Liying rebuked.


    "Touch or kiss his lips." Zhou Liying teased.


    Zhou Bingbing shook her head and abruptly left the penthouse of Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying chuckled and then, she looked at Min Yue with a serious expression on her face.


    "Go, get freshen up in one of the servant''s quarters. We will leave for the hospital in half an hour." Zhou Liying ordered.


    "Should I get my stuff shifted in one of¡­." Min Yue cut herself off when she saw a re from Zhou Liying. She chided herself and left the penthouse of Zhou Liying, and toward the servant rooms located on the same floor.


    Once Min Yue was gone, Zhou Liying walked toward the wall-sized window and stood in front of it. She sighed and looked out of the window, at the sky filled with stars.


    Her heart turned heavy and her eyes filled with tears. She took a deep breath and wrapped her arms around her chest.


    "Mom, I am back. Your princess is back in Shanghai."


    **


    After getting changed into a fresh pair of clothes, Zhou Liying made her way toward the exit of the building with Min Yue following behind her.


    A car with a driver, designated for her by Zhou BingBing was already waiting for her.


    "Min Yue, search for a bodyguard and driver for me. I can''t use BingBing''s driver for a long time." Zhou Liying ordered.


    "I have already sent a quotation to the best agencies. Soon, we will get a reply from them." Min Yue reported.


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and entered the car.


    Zhou Liying could ask one of her shadow guards to be her driver, but she knew they would not be happy with this decision of hers. She knew they would not be able to perform their jobs with perfection the way they were doing it from their hiding.

 Chapter 25 Reunion

    Zhou Liying arrived at the hospital where her grandfather was admitted. With confidence-filled steps, she made her way toward his room.


    In the morning, she had talked with his assistant, telling him about her shift. She had taken the direction to her grandfather''s room from the assistant. She also requested mister Zhang not to inform her grandfather about her return to Shanghai.


    She wanted to surprise her grandfather. She wanted to see the happiness on his face upon seeing her back.


    "Sir is going to be happy upon seeing you." Min Yue chirped and stepped out of the elevator with Zhou Liying.


    "He will be." Zhou Liying said, at the same time, her eyes fell upon her aunt,ing from the opposite direction.


    Zhou Liying quickly changed her direction and hid inside a room. She did not wish to face her aunt today. She did not want to waste her time in her aunt''spany, the time which she could spend with her grandfather.


    Furthermore, she knew her aunt was not going to say anything good to her.


    With a hawk-like gaze, Zhou Liying looked at her aunt crossing the room where she was hiding. Her eyes widened when she noticed the familiar earing in the ear of her aunt.


    ''I must be dreaming. How can aunt wear mom''s jewellery? Aren''t they in the custody of grandpa? He can never let her wear them.''


    She shook her head, thinking it to be an illusion. She stepped out of the room and made her way toward her grandfather''s room, once her aunt was gone.


    She entered the room and looked at the figure of her grandfather.


    p Qin Yanze wasying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed. There were many tubes attached to his hand and his chest. He looked weak, tired, and sick.</anda>


    "Whoever is here, leave. I am not in the mood to see anyone." Qin Yanze said, without even opening his eyes.


    Zhou Liying smirked and walked toward him. She took her seat beside his bed.


    "What is this grandpa? I havee from so far, especially to meet you. Will you send me away just like this?" she teased.


    "TianTian." Qin Yanze said her name and opened his eyes. His eyes widened with clear surprise and shock when he looked at her. "Am I dreaming?"


    "You are not dreaming grandpa." Zhou Liying chuckled and looked at him with soft eyes. "I am here. Your TianTian is here and now, I am not going anywhere."


    Soon a huge smile broke upon the lips of Qin Yanze. He became emotional and tears appeared in his eyes. He lifted his hand and shakily ced it on the cheeks of Zhou Liying.


    He missed her badly. With his family not around, he missed Zhou Liying more than anything. Only he knew how he spent his days in the hospital without herpany.


    Not only that, he had missed her for six years. He may had send her out of Shanghai, but he always missed his smart granddaughter. He missed spending his time in herpany, having debates with her, or giving her business-rted tips.


    Zhou Liying took his hand in hers and gripped it tight. She missed him equally. She was concerned and worried for him.<sub> </sub>


    "You are here. You are here." He spoke hoarsely. His voice was full of emotions. Unshed tears were in his eyes. His heart swelled because of unexined happiness.


    It was like, hisst wish got fulfilled.


    Min Yue saw the reunion of grandfather and granddaughter. She felt emotional. To give some private time to them, she left their room.


    Inside the hospital room, Qin Yanze and Zhou Liying had an emotional reunion. Qin Yanze was delighted to see her back.


    He was happy to hear from her mouth that she was well settled with her father''s family. Now he knew he could leave this world without the worry of anything.


    **


    "I should take your leave. It''s alreadyte." Zhou Liying lovingly massaged her grandfather''s head. There were unshed tears in her eyes.


    "Will you visit me tomorrow?" Qin Yanze asked and took a hold of her hand, not wanting to let her go so soon. He wanted to spend some more time with her.


    "I will. At the same time. Till then rest." She properly covered him with a nket.


    "Thank you TianTian. Thank you for caring for me. You have made me so happy bying here." Qin Yanze looked at her with emotional eyes.


    Though his son''s family was here in Shanghai and they usually visited him. But Qin Yanze never felt at ease which he was feeling right now, in the presence of Zhou Liying.


    He knew his son and daughter-inw were acting as if they cared for him, only to get his property. Only his TianTian was genuinely worried for him.


    "Grandpa, it''s me who should thank you." Zhou Liying squeezed his hand. "Thank you for always protecting me, for being my shield. Thank you for teaching me your business tactics and strategies. Thank you for giving me a new life by sending me away from this hell hole."


    "TianTian, if after my death, I get a chance to meet the god, then I will request him to give you back your memories which you have forgotten." Qin Yanze promised.


    "Grandpa stop talking about death." Zhou Liying rebuked and removed the lone tear which slipped out of her eyes. "Now rest." Her voice was hoarse.


    Zhou Liying stayed in the room of Qin Yanze, watching him fall asleep. She then left the room and made her way out of the hospital. Min Yue was silently following her.


    "Where to miss?" her driver asked once she was settled inside the car.


    "Is Barista ice cream still here?" she questioned.


    "It is. But I am afraid that they will be closed at this hour of the night." The driver informed her.


    "Don''t worry. Take me there." The driver obeyed the order of Zhou Liying and drove toward the Barista ice cream.

 Chapter 26 A Sad Memory With Her Mommy

    Zhou Liying looked out of the window and at the familiar streets that she used to visit as a child. Many memories of hers got refreshed. Her heart became heavy with sadness.


    "Are you taking the route of royal streets?" she asked, recognizing the route.


    "Yes, miss."


    Zhou Liying sighed and rolled down the windows and the next second, the building of the Qin corporation came into her sight. She looked at the building and her heart twisted with pain.


    So many times, she had visited the Qin corporation with her mother.


    "Mommy, when I will be big like you, I will help you in handling the corporation. This is a promise of TianTian to mommy."


    Zhou Liying closed her eyes and a tear slipped out of them.


    Her mother was also a businesswoman like her. When Qin Yanze choose his heir from his children, instead of choosing his son, he gave up his seat as CEO for his daughter, Qin Lijuan, mother of Zhou Liying.


    At that time, Zhou Liying was only one year old, and her mother was struggling with the memories of her father. So, to divert her mind, Qin Lijuan epted the seat of CEO.


    She was a dedicated woman. She took Qin corporations to a great height. In her leadership, many deals were cracked, and many big offers were received.


    Zhou Liying followed her mother to the corporation many times. Qin Lijuan also loved to work in the presence of her daughter. She knew she was working hard and earning money for her daughter only.


    From time to time, Qin Lijuan gave many tips to her little princess. Even though Zhou Liying did not understand what her mother was saying at that time, but she loved it whenever her mother talked about her work with her.


    "Oh mom, I am sure, you are going to be very proud of me, seeing that I have be a sessful woman, just like you." Zhou Liying sighed and closed her eyes. Many happy and sad memories of her with her mother surfaced in her mind.


    "Miss, we are here, but the shop is closed." Min Yue spoke.


    Zhou Liying opened her eyes and looked at the familiar shop. She loved the ice cream in this shop very much. She came here with her mother many a time.


    Ice-cream of Barista was a magic trick which her mother used to coax Zhou Liying whenever she was angry at her mother.


    "There is a small door beside the shop. Ring the bell. A man wille out. Tell him that Qin Tian is here and she wants to have her favourite chocte ice cream."


    After hearing the instructions of Zhou Liying, Min Yue left the car and made her way toward the door which Zhou Liying referred to.


    Zhou Liying looked out from the window and at the streets, another memory of her with her mother surfaced in her mind.


    "Is my princess liking this ice cream?" Qin Lijuan asked her five-year-old daughter.


    "Yes, mommy. This ice cream is delicious." Qin Tian licked the ice cream and gave her mother a toothy grin.


    "Is mommy forgiven now?"<sub> </sub>


    "Yes, she is. If mommy keeps treating her princess with such delicious ice cream, then how can her princess remain angry with her?" Qin Tian tugged at her mother''s leggings. "Do you want to taste it?"


    "No. You enjoy it." Qin Lijuan looked at her daughter with love and dotting in her eyes. "Princess, do you know today is your father''s birthday?"


    "Really." Qin Tian looked at her mother with a wide smile. On getting positive affirmation, she looked up in the sky and at the brightest star. "Happy birthday daddy. TianTian loves you."


    She then sent a flying kiss to the star.


    Qin Lijuan chuckled and carried Qin Tian in her arms. She made her way toward their parked car.


    "Mommy, you should not carry me. I have be heavy. If you keep carrying me like this, then you will also have back pain like granny." Qin Tian looked at her mother''s face with concern.


    "Don''t worry princess. You are not so heavy. Mommy with not feel any pain." Qin Lijuan smiled and gave a wet kiss on the cheeks of Qin Tian.


    **


    Zhou Liying unconsciously ced her hand over her cheeks, feeling as if her mother kissed her. She then looked up in the sky and at the two brightly shining stars, believing them to be her parents.


    "Mom, Dad, I love you."


    **


    "What, Qin Tian is here?" the owner of the Barista ice cream, Mister Han looked at Min Yue with wide eyes. "Where is she?"


    Min Yue pointed toward the parked car. Without wasting any second, Mister Han ran toward the car. Seeing himing in her direction, Zhou Liying rolled down the sses.


    "It''s you." Mister Han smiled. "It has been such a long time since you havest visited my shop."


    "It has been quite a time." Zhou Liying acknowledged. "I hope you haven''t stopped making my favourite."


    "How can I? How can I? You wait here, I will return with your ice cream in within a minute." Mister Han grinned at her. With enthusiasm, he ran inside his house to bring the favourite ice cream of Qin Tian.


    Min Yue walked toward the car and looked at Zhou Liying with an amused expression on her face.


    "That old man likes you. He was angry when he saw me at the door. But the moment I told him that I was here to get an ice cream for you, there was a three-sixty degree turn in his behaviour." Min Yue chuckled, and Zhou Liying smiled.


    "This shop was going to be closed twenty years back. But knowing that I liked the ice cream in this shop, my mother decided to invest in it. Mister Han is just thankful to me and my mother." Zhou Liying informed, and Min Yue nodded her head.


    "Your mother was also kind-hearted like you."


    Zhou Liying chuckled and shook her head. "She was but I am nothing like her. She was an angel walking on the earth."

 Chapter 27 Doom Of Someone

    After some time, Mister Han returned with the ice cream for Zhou Liying in his hand. He served her.


    "How much for this ice cream?" Min Yue asked and opened a payment app on her phone.


    "It''s for free. Miss Qin is here at my shop after so many years, how am I to ask for money from her?"


    Min Yue looked at Zhou Liying for further orders. Zhou Liying nodded at her. "Thank you for the ice cream, Mister Han."


    Zhou Liying took a bite of the ice cream. She smiled, feeling the familiar taste melting on her tongue. "It still tastes the same."


    "I am d to hear that." Mister Han smiled. "I wish to see you again and again, miss Qin."


    Zhou Liying then nodded to Min Yue. Min Yue climbed into the car and took her seat. Then their car was moving toward their next destination.


    **


    A ck Maybach stopped in front of one of thergest buildings in the city. Guards ran toward the car and opened the door for the owner to step out.


    Zhou Liying stepped out of the car and looked at the building, which was going to be her new castle. The building was non-other than the building of the Zhou corporations.


    It was one in the night but looking at the hustle and bustle in the building, no one could tell about the time.


    Zhou corporations worked for twenty-four seven in a week. There were three shifts of employees. The employees who had some other work during the day preferred toe to thepany for their work during the night time.


    There were different appointed guards, managers, receptionists, and other employees who changed their shifts from time to time.


    "Good to see you, Miss." The guards who recognised Min Yue bowed in the direction of Zhou Liying.


    Shanghai branch was intimated about the visit of Zhou Liying to Shanghai, a day back by Zhou Yonge. He knew Zhou Liying did not want her face to be known to the employees of thepany.


    So, he attached a photo of Min Yue with his email, stating that thedy with Min Yue was their new CEO, so employees could recognise her without making a fool of themselves.


    Zhou Liying entered the corporation and made her way toward the receptionist. Her eyes widened when she saw the receptionist talking over the phone instead of doing her work.


    Not just that, but the receptionist also had her legs ced over her work desk which was not liked by Zhou Liying.


    "Is she here to work or rest?" Min Yue murmured and looked at the receptionist with hate and disgust. After staying by the side of Zhou Liying, she too hated tardy people like her or the person who neglected their work.


    Min Yue looked at the face of Zhou Liying. Seeing her dark expressions, Min Yue knew tonight was going to be thest night of that receptionist as the receptionist of Zhou corporations.


    "Excuse me." Zhou Liying knocked on the reception and red at the receptionist.


    The receptionist was so engrossed in her chat with her boyfriend over the phone that she did not take notice of Zhou Liying.<sub> </sub>


    "Get me a jug filled with ice and cold water." Zhou Liying ordered.


    Min Yue nodded her head and asked one of the guards to give her a jug filled with icy water.


    "Here miss." Min Yue then passed the jug to Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying took the jug of water and walked behind the reception desk, behind the chair of the receptionist. The receptionist was still unaware of the presence of Zhou Liying.


    Mercilessly, Zhou Liying poured the ice with water all over the receptionist. The receptionist yelled and jumped off her chair, feeling ice all over her body. Cold water seeped inside her clothes, making her shiver.


    "How dare of you to pour cold water all over me?" she yelled. "Do you have any idea that I am a much-favoured receptionist of Zhou corporation?"


    "Not for long." Zhou Liying replied coldly. "Because I fire you. I cannot have azy ass like you working in my corporation."


    "And who are you to fire me?" The receptionist red at Zhou Liying with confidence. At the same time, Min Yue walked toward her.


    "She is the CEO of the Zhou corporations." Min Yue announced. The eyes of the receptionist widened. She recognised Min Yue. With recognition, she then looked at Zhou Liying.


    The receptionist shivered, feeling the icy re of Zhou Liying. "No, please don''t fire me. Please forgive me. I will not repeat the mistake like today. Please don''t fire me."


    Without wasting any time, the receptionist fell on the feet of Zhou Liying. She knew she was doomed. She was not only caughtzing when at work, but she also dared to raise her voice on her boss.


    "Guards take her away." Zhou Liying ruthlessly pushed the receptionist. Guards also entered inside and took a hold of her. She kept begging, but no one heard her.


    **


    "Wait." Zhou Liying stopped the guards when they were about to throw the receptionist out of the building. "Before leaving, tell me the directions to the manager''s office."


    "Manager Wang? He is not in the office." Receptionist replied.


    "Then, where is he?" Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes. "Has he gone to attend some meeting at this hour of the night?"


    The receptionist could lie to save the ass of Manager Wang. But she was domed, and she wanted to drag down other people with herself.


    "No miss. I am sure, currently, he is in some bar or pub. He rarely stays in the office for long. His cking off is the reason that others have also started to neglect their work."


    Min Yue shook her head, knowing well that the manager was also gone. Besides, Zhou Liying had already offered to her team of managers in London to shift to Shanghai. She was in no need of such cking managers like Mister Wang.


    After taking the directions to the office of Mister Wang, Zhou Liying made her way toward his office.

 Chapter 28 Scary, Their New CEO Is Very Scary!

    On the thirtieth floor of the building, the offices of managers were located. The offices of the other two managers whose working time was not during the night were locked. But the office of manager Wang was unlocked, and the lights were also on.


    Zhou Liying entered the office and took her seat on the head chair. She looked at the files roughly ced on the table.


    Zhou Liying randomly picked up a file and started to go through its content. She frowned upon noticing the iplete work.


    "This manager Wang is something." Shemented. "I don''t know why uncle has not fired him till now."


    "Maybe because he is the son of one of the sir''s friends." Min Yue reported, and Zhou Liying nodded her head.


    She then picked up another file. A sly smile appeared on her lips. "So, Lu corporation has also approached us for the funds. Interesting."


    Zhou Liying looked at the papers and financial statements of Lu corporation. Words of Lu Chunhua rang in her mind.


    "Make a call to Mister Lu and tell him that the deal with them is over." Zhou Liying passed the file to Min Yue.


    Min Yue took the file and after taking a note of the contact details, she made a call to Mister Lu using thepany''s phone.


    "Hello, am I talking with Lu Jinnian?" The Voice of Min Yue wasced with a practised professionalism.


    "Yes, I am Lu Jinnian. Can I know with whom I am talking to?"


    "I am speaking from Zhou corporations. I am calling to inform you that my miss has called off the contract with Lu corporations. We no longer want to invest in yourpany."


    "How can you?"


    Lu Jinnian stood up from his chair noisily. He ced his hand over his heart. He checked his mobile screen to confirm that it was a call from Zhou corporations, not a prank call.


    "I thought everything is settled, then why this sudden change of mind at thest moment?"


    ? "For that, you should talk with your daughter. She offended someone from the higher-ups with her dog-like mouth." And with that Min Yue ced the phone down.


    Zhou Liying smirked and twirled the tabletop around.


    "I hated that Lu girl. Finally, I got a chance to have my revenge."


    Zhou Liying opened another file and started to read the content. She must say, there was a lot of scope in the development of Zhou corporations in Shanghai but if only the managers were working with diligence.


    "Min Yue, go and check if my office is ready or not. If it is ready, then ask someone to shift all these files to my office."


    Upon receiving the orders of Zhou Liying, Min Yue made her way toward the floor where the CEO''s office was to be located.


    When she arrived at the said floor, employees working on that floor looked at her with wide eyes. Recognition was there in their eyes.


    "Isn''t she the assistant of Miss Zhou? But what is she doing here now? Wasn''t miss going to visit thepany tomorrow?" one of the employees asked his co-worker.


    "Maybe she is here to check up on the CEO''s office." His co-worker replied. "Now stop gossiping. We do not want to leave a bad impression on the assistant. What if she reports about us to Miss CEO? Haven''t you heard about her reputation in the London office?"<sub> </sub>


    Min Yue smirked when she heard them.


    ''So, the news that Miss is a hitter has already reached the ears of employees at the Shanghai branch. Not bad, not bad. But if only they knew that miss is already here in the building.''


    Min Yue entered the cabin. It was decorated ording to the taste of Zhou Liying. She nodded her head in satisfaction upon finding it appropriate. She came out of the cabin and looked for one of the workers.


    "Miss, do you have any work for me?"


    "Yes, go down to the manager Wang''s office and retrieve his files for me." Min Yue ordered.


    Peon looked at her with doubt. How was he to go and get some files from manager Wang''s office without his permission?


    "Don''t worry, consider this to be an order from your CEO. Now go."


    One of the employees looked at Min Yue from behind his workbench. He had heard Min Yue was the right hand of their boss and today he was seeing the same.


    Without wasting any time, peon made his way toward the manager Wang''s office. He was shocked to see a woman seated on his chair. It did not take him time to put two and two together.


    "Good evening miss." He greeted her and picked up the files from the table.


    "Don''t inform anyone about my presence in the office." She ordered the peon and he shivered to hear the threat in her voice.


    "Of course, miss. I will not inform anyone."


    With his tail tucked in between his legs, peon ran out from the office with some files in his hand.


    ''Scary, their new CEO is very scary!''


    After some time, manager Wang also arrived in the building after his nightly activity,pletely unaware of what was going to befall upon him.


    **


    "Who are you and what are you doing here in my office?" Manager Wang yelled the moment he saw Zhou Liying sitting on his chair. "And how dare of you to sit on my chair?"


    Zhou Liying leaned on his chair and looked at him with a cold re.


    "Your chair?" she chuckled. "I am sad to inform you Mister Wang, but you have lost all your rights to sit on this chair."


    "Who are you to tell me this? Get up, leave my seat." Wang Yi had a lot of drinks tonight. He waspletely intoxicated and was in an aggressive condition.


    He walked toward his chair and was about to attack Zhou Liying when out of nowhere, her shadow guards came to her rescue. With ease, they pushed Wang Yi away.


    Zhou Liying stood up from her chair and looked at him. "You don''t deserve to sit on this chair. This chair is for someonepatible, someone passionate not a drunken like you."


    "Who are you?" Wang Yi asked when he felt a strong aura from Zhou Liying. Sweat appeared on his forehead. With men in ck surrounding her, she looked no less than a queen from hell.

 Chapter 29 Do You Plan To Throw Me Off The Building?

    "Who are you?" Wang Yi asked.


    "I am the CEO of thispany, Zhou Liying, and using my authority, I am firing you from thispany." Wang Yi''s eyes widened when he heard her. All the horrible stories which he had heard from his colleagues from the London office came to his mind.


    Zhou Liying looked into his eyes. She smirked upon seeing the realisation on his face.


    "Leave this cabin within a count of five. Otherwise, I will cklist you." Zhou Liying warned and started to count. "One, Two, three, four¡­."


    Wang Yi knew Zhou Liying never faked a warning. He was no fool. He knew she could really cklist him. So, without caring for anything, he ran out of the office.


    Zhou Liying looked at his figure andughed loudly. Oh, how much she loved this effect. She loved it when others feared her.


    **


    Penthouse of Mu Yuehan


    Mu Yuehan climbed up the stairs of his swimming pool and stepped out. He wore his bathrobe and started to dry his wet hair with another towel.


    He made his way toward the door camera lock, located in his swimming pool area. He saw the face of Zhan Wei, so he opened the door.


    "You are back." Mu Yuehan looked at Zhan Wei and nodded at him.


    "I am back finally." Zhan Wei huffed tiredly. "You were swimming?"


    "No, I was dancing." Mu Yuehan rolled his eyes.


    "Hey, you are getting sarcastic." Zhan Wei jumped when he heard the sarcasm in the voice of his friend. He walked toward Mu Yuehan and looked at him with narrowed eyes.


    "What''s the matter, buddy? You look different?"


    "Guess what can it be?" Mu Yuehan smirked and threw his towel aside. He walked toward the railings on the balcony and stopped in front of it. He ced his hands on the railing and leaned outside, looking at the city. Zhan Wei followed him.


    "Have you cracked some important deal?" He guessed and then pped his head. "No, that can''t be the reason. Your smile is different. What is it? Tell me, please?" Zhan Wei whined.


    "I am not telling you." He said in a sing-song manner. For a second, Zhan Wei thought he was Mu Yuehan from four years back.


    He gasped and his eyes widened. He dared to guess wildly, "you have found my sister-inw?"


    "I have." Mu Yuehan smiled and leaned against the railing. There was a huge smile on his lips.


    "Oh my god." Zhan Wei squealed in excitement and jumped on the back of Mu Yuehan, nearly throwing him off the railing.


    "Are you crazy?" Mu Yuehan yelled and steadied himself. "Do you n to throw me off the building? Are you nning my murder?"


    "I am sorry. I was just over-excited." Zhan Wei gave him a silly smile. "So, where did you find her?"


    "Zhou corporation, Zhou Liying, ring a bell in your mind?"<sub> </sub>


    "Yes, I know about her. Why?" Zhan Wei frowned in confusion. "How is she rted to your TianTian?


    "TianTian is now Zhou Liying." Mu Yuehan informed him calmly. "She changed her name and identity."


    "But how is this possible?" Zhan Wei looked at him with surprise.


    "As per my information, she is the long-lost heir of Zhou corporation." Mu Yuehan shrugged. "I don''t care how she became Zhou Liying. What I know is that I found her."


    "Did you meet her? Did you see her? Where is she now?" Zhan Wei fired one after another, feeling curious and excited at the same time.


    He was happy that Zhou Liying was back. He treated her like his sister after all. Thou, they only met twice or thrice but still, he had made a strong rtionship with her.


    "See her, yes. But I did not meet her till now. I am afraid. What if she is still angry at me?" Mu Yuehan sighed. "But I am all ready to meet with her tomorrow. I am ready to bear all her punishments."


    "That''s the dedication." Zhan Wei patted his back. "Any order for me?"


    "You know, the usual. You will need to handle thepany in my ce. I may not be able to give my focus on it now that TianTian is back."


    "Aye, Aye boss." Zhan Wei saluted. "You look after your love life and I will do your work."


    Zhan Wei looked at Mu Yuehan, feeling extremely happy. He was happy that Zhou Liying was back. He knew how iplete Mu Yuehan was without her in his life. At least Mu Yuehan''s love story would beplete, unlike him.


    He witnessed how Mu Yuehan had destroyed himself when Zhou Liying vanished. Like crazy, he searched for her. He was a wounded animal, destroying anything and everything in his way.


    He was like a stone statue; his heart was nowhere to be seen. It took two years to make him smile and bring his feelings back toward his family and friend.


    Zhan Wei had witnessed the struggles of Mu Yuehan to search for hisdy love. He was d that, Mu Yuehan got the fruits of his hardship, struggle, and heartbreak.


    **


    At the side of Lu Chunhua


    "What have you done, stupid girl?" Lu Jinnian yelled and looked at his unfilial daughter.


    "Dad, what are you talking about? I have done nothing." Lu Chunhua looked at her father with puzzlement.


    "If you have done nothing, then why did Zhou corporations step back from their deal? Do you have any idea of how I had used all my contacts to get that contract?"


    "Dad trust me, I have done nothing wrong." She pleaded.


    "Trust you?" Lu Jinnian spat. "I trusted you and that''s why you are still here, drinking my blood with your stupidity. Your mother and brother are right. You are a curse in my life. I am done with you. I am done with you."


    Lu Chunhua had made fun of Zhou Liying that she lost everything after losing her name of Qin. But that night, Lu Chunhua lost her everything when Lu Jinnian disowned her from his name and property.

 Chapter 30 I Am Greedy

    It was early in the morning when Zhou Liying returned to her penthouse. Feeling tired and jet legged because of the long flight, she decided to call it night.


    RING! RING!


    Zhou Liying woke up due to the loud ringing of her phone. She groaned and picked up the call.


    "Hello." Her voice was groggy due to sleepiness.


    "What is this Lili? You were asleep till now? Are you all right?" She heard worry and concerned-filled voice of Zhou Bingbing from another side of the phone.


    "I am all right. Last night, I went for a surprise visit to thepany. That''s why I sleptte." She replied and sat on the bed. She checked the time on the wall clock.


    "You started to work from the first day itself." Zhou Bingbing chided and shook her head on the other side of the phone. "By the way, I am standing at the door of your penthouse. Can you open it for me?"


    "Wait for a minute." Zhou Liying stood up from the bed. After wearing her sleeper, she made her way toward the door and opened it for Zhou Bingbing.


    She gave Zhou Bingbing the pin to her penthouse.


    "What are you doing here so early in the morning?" Zhou Liying walked toward the kitchen and served herself a ss of water.


    "I am here to take you to my fashion studio with me. You are here for the first time. I so want to show you my workce." Zhou Bingbing beamed, and Zhou Liying groaned. "Can''t we go there some other day? I want to visit mypany."


    "No." Zhou Bingbing stubbornly dered. "Yourpany can wait. You will being with me today and that''s final."


    "Ok, but I will not stay with you for long. I need to visit thepany. I want to see the working culture of the morning batch."


    "I will not waste much of your time." Zhou Bingbing smiled. "Now go and get ready."


    After getting ready, Zhou Liying ordered Min Yue to go to thepany and to check on everyone in her stead. She then followed Zhou Bingbing to her fashion studio.


    Zhou Bingbing and Zhou Liying arrived at the Central mall where the Candid studio of Zhou Bingbing was located. The central mall was the biggest mall in the city and her studio was located in one of the prime locations.


    "Your studio is huge." Zhou Liying impressively looked at the studio of Zhou Bingbing.


    "Yes, it is. And why not, I am one of the best designers in the city." Zhou Bingbing beamed with pride and pulled Zhou Liying inside her temple, her workce.


    "I should give you the credit for this studio."


    "Please don''t start with your story again." Zhou Liying groaned and walked toward the dummies with dresses designed by Zhou Bingbing.


    Zhou Bingbing was always thankful to Zhou Liying due to whom she was able to aplish her dreams.


    If not for her, Zhou Yonge was hell-bent on making Zhou Bingbing the heir of hispany. It was Zhou Liying who took the load of thepany on her shoulders. It was her who pursued Zhou Yonge to let Zhou Bingbing achieve her dreams.<sub> </sub>


    **


    Zhou Liying was looking at the dresses designed by Zhou Bingbing with much attention. She was very impressed with her cousin.


    "I don''t know, why don''t you like your dresses? Why buy dresses from some other brand when you are so good."


    "You know the answer, then why ask me?" Zhou Bingbing spoke nonchntly. "Now tell me, do you like any dress? Should I pack one for you?"


    "No need." Zhou Liying shook her head. "My crazy cousin has bought many dresses for me back in London. I don''t need any more¡­."


    "Hey, I am not crazy." Zhou Bingbing rebuked, and Zhou Liyingughed, taking the cloth of one of the dresses in her hand.


    "Still Lili, do you not need a new dress?" Zhou Bingbing asked again.


    ''I am greedy'' was written all over her face.


    "I thought I will be able to get some money from your pocket by selling you my dresses at a very high price." Zhou Bingbing grinned with greed. "Look at this dress, don''t you like it?"


    "No, BingBing, I don''t like any." Zhou Liying chuckled. "Now stop dreaming of getting any cash from me, at least not for today. I am in no mood for shopping."


    Zhou Bingbing pouted and pulled on the sleeve of dress shirt of Zhou Liying.


    "Come, let me show you my masterpiece."


    Zhou Bingbing then pulled Zhou Liying toward a corner of her shop with wedding dresses disyed there. She loved to design, more than anything she loved to design wedding dresses, especially now when she was going to wear one very soon.


    "Mesmerizing." Zhou Liyingmented and looked at a wedding dress disyed in the centre of the room. She walked toward it with mesmerised eyes.


    "Gorgeous isn''t it? It is one of my best designs so far. I have worked very hard to design it and then stitch it¡­" Zhou Bingbing started to praise her dress, telling Zhou Liying about all the work she did on this dress.


    "I n to earn millions by selling this dress. I can''t wait to see this dress getting sold." Zhou Bingbing squealed.


    "I didn''t know you were so greedy." Zhou Liyingmented. "It''s such a beautiful design. Why don''t you wear this dress for your wedding?"


    "I have some other design in my mind for my wedding dress. Come, let me show you some more dresses." Zhou Bingbing took hold of Zhou Liying''s hand and pulled her toward her workshop.


    Zhou Bingbing proudly disyed her workshop to Zhou Liying. Her eyes were wide with excitement, she was telling Zhou Liying everything about the process using which dresses were made.


    Zhou Liying was not at all interested in hearing the process, but she still stayed calm out of respect for Zhou BingBing and her love for her work.

 Chapter 31 Zhou Bingbing V/S Cheating Couple

    After the workshop, Zhou Bingbing took Zhou Liying toward her office. The walls in the office of Zhou Bingbing were covered with many designs. There were many boards in her office which also held some roughly drawn designs.


    "Tell me, what will you have for breakfast?" Zhou Bingbing asked and took her seat on the sofa, ced in a corner of her office.


    "Anything Chinese. It has been so long since I have tasted authenticated Chinese food." Zhou Liying replied and opened a business magazine ced on the table.


    Zhou Bingbing ordered her assistant to bring breakfast.


    After some time, one of the staff members entered her office and looked at Zhou Bingbing with a wide smile. There was a star-stuck expression on her face.


    "Miss, you will not believe me but actress Qin Yutong is here, with her boyfriend. She wants to wear a wedding dress from our shop." The staff nearly squealed.


    Zhou Liying froze when she heard her. Zhou Bingbing groaned and was about to ask the staff to send off Qin Yutong and Fan Yifeng when Zhou Liying stopped her.


    "Don''t let my personal grievancese in between your business." She closed the magazine in her hand and looked at her with a meaningful smile.


    "You said Qin Yutong is famous. So, she will like to wear the best dress from the best designer at her wedding and that designer is you. She will not step back from spending money on her wedding dress. Don''t let yourself suffer some loss because of your anger."


    Zhou Bingbing nodded her head in understanding and told the staff that she wasing out in a minute.


    "You just wait and watch Lili; I will not only insult that b! tch but will also force her to spend a huge amount of money on her wedding dress." Zhou Bingbing stood up from the couch with determination in her eyes.


    She made her way toward the door of her office but then she turned back. She switched on the television connected with CCTV.


    "You can watch the live scene here. CCTV in my shop also have speakers attached with them." Zhou Liying nodded and took control of the television from the hand of Zhou Bingbing.


    Zhou Bingbing then made her way toward her shop. She looked at Qin Yutong with a fake surprised expression on her face.


    "Miss Qin, it is you." She mocked surprise on her face and stopped in front of Qin Yutong and Fan Yifeng. "If you are getting married then why the hell were you seducing my boyfriend? Are you being a two-timer?"


    "Excuse me." Qin Yutong red at her, feeling offended. She hugged tightly on the arm of Fan Yifeng.


    "Excuse you?" Zhou Bingbing narrowed her eyes and looked at her. "How can I excuse a girl who dared to try to kiss my boyfriend?"


    "What are you talking about?" A confused Fan Yifeng asked. "My Tong''er will do nothing like this. There must be some misunderstanding."


    "Yes, there is a misunderstanding. I don''t even know your boyfriend; then how will I kiss him?" Qin Yutong yelled.<sub> </sub>


    "You don''t know him?" Zhou Bingbing gritted her teeth. "Does director Kris Yang ring a bell in your brain? You wanted to y a role in his movie, so you tried to seduce him."


    Zhou Bingbing had an angry expression on her face but from inside, she was dancing in victory after looking at the face of Qin Yutong.


    It was true Qin Yutong tried to seduce Kris Yang but there was no kiss involved. Zhou Bingbing only wanted to sow the seed of doubt in the mind of Fan Yifeng, that''s all.


    "Lie, it is a lie. I never seduced anyone." Qin Yutong panicked; her face palled. She pulled on the sleeves of Fan Yifeng and looked at him with tear-filled eyes. "She is lying Yifeng. I never seduced anyone. Why would I when I have you and our baby?"


    Fan Yifeng was angry when he heard the words of Zhou Bingbing but then he looked at pitiful-looking Qin Yutong. He lovingly removed tears from her face.


    "I trust you. I know you can never seduce anyone. You love me and me only." He then looked at Zhou Bingbing. "Look, miss, I am sure there must be some misunderstanding. Forget about force kissing someone, my Tong''er will never think about seducing another man. Now, can you please show us some wedding dresses?"


    "Don''t trust me. After all, I have nothing to do with you or your life?" Zhou Bingbing shrugged her shoulders and turned around.


    A small smile danced on her lips. She had noticed a small spark of doubt in the eyes of Fan Yifeng even though his words were something else.


    "Follow me."


    The party of three entered the corner with wedding dresses on disy. "These are one of my best designs. Sure, they are costly ones, but I guess miss Qin would prefer to wear one from them only."


    Qin Yutong and Fan Yifeng started to look at the dresses. Zhou Bingbing scoffed, hearing fake sweet wordsing out of the mouth of Qin Yutong.


    "She sure is a good actress. Don''t know what that fool saw in her to treat my Lili so badly in the past." Zhou Bingbing thought to herself and the next second, she saw them approaching her masterpiece.


    Oh, hell with them! I am not selling my masterpiece to them.


    "Excuse me, this wedding dress is not on sale. Please look at the other dresses." She dered.


    "What do you mean by this dress is not on sale?" Qin Yutong red at her and then coyishly looked at Fan Yifeng. "Darling, I like this dress very much. I want to wear this dress at our wedding, not any other dress."


    "Miss Zhou, I want this dress. Tong''er likes this dress very much. I am ready to pay any price for this dress." Fan Yifeng informed her and produced his cheque book from his jacket pocket.


    Zhou Bingbing raised her right brow in amusement. Earlier, she nned not to sell her best dress to them. But now seeing their desperation for the dress, she devilishly thought of selling it. She nned to get a huge chunk out from the pocket of Fan Yifeng.

 Chapter 32 A Wedding Dress Worth 500 Million Won

    "This dress is not for sale. Some other customer has already purchased this dress, not a few minutes back. I was going to ask my staff to remove this dress from the model." Zhou Bingbing spoke quite professionally.


    Very expertly she hid her ill intention behind her eyes. A smirk was itching to escape her lips.


    Fan Yifeng looked at Qin Yutong. She was looking at the dress longingly. His heart squeezed, seeing the wretched expression on her face. He didn''t wish to make the mother of his child sad.


    "Yifeng, I will marry only once, and I want to wear the best at my wedding and this dress is the best." Her voice was heavy and emotional. "Please buy this dress for me."


    Qin Yutong ttered her eyes. She emotionally looked at him. She knew this expression of hers was the weakness of Fan Yifeng. Her sadness always made his heart melt for her.


    Fan Yifeng nodded and then looked at Zhou Bingbing. "Look, miss Zhou, I am a billionaire and there is nothing which I cannot purchase. My fianc¨¦ likes this dress very much and I will buy it at any cost."


    "We will pay double for this dress." Qin Yutong offered.


    Fan Yifeng started to sign a nk check but stopped when he heard the next words of Zhou BingBing, "Double? Are you sure you want to buy this dress for 500 million won? My client specially came from London and offered me a price of two million pounds."


    A conflicted expression appeared on the face of Fan Yifeng. This dress was not worth this much. He looked at Qin Yutong clinging to him and then at the staff and other customers present in the shop.


    He just dered that he could buy anything. And now, if he did not stand on his promise then all the staff and customers were going to make a joke of him. It will be a shame on his name of Fan.


    ''What''s 500 million won for me? I can earn it anytime. It''s not a bigger amount than my reputation and happiness of Yutong.''


    And with that, with a heavy heart, Fan Yifeng signed a cheque of 500 million won.


    "Mister Fan, sorry to say but I will not ept cheque payment from you. I am afraid, it will bounce." Zhou Bingbing denied the cheque forwarded toward her by Fan Yifeng.


    "Do you know who I am? How dare of you to say that my cheque will bounce?" Fan Yifeng gritted his teeth, feeling angry at the designer who was mocking them from the time they had entered her shop.


    "I have no ill intention. A week back, ady came into our shop, iming to be your mother-inw. Not only were her cards blocked but her cheque also bounced. We were lucky that she left her dresses with us for alteration. Otherwise, we''d have faced a huge loss because of her."


    Fan Yifeng froze and then looked at Qin Yutong. "Not possible."


    "If you do not trust me, I can ask someone to show you the photo of thatdy. We keep a photo of our clients in our records."


    Zhou Bingbing then asked her staff to retrieve the photo of Huang Jiayi, mother of Qin Yutong. Qin Yutong and Fan Yifeng both froze when they saw the photo.


    Fan Yifeng''s jaw clenched and he red at his mother-inw''s photo. He then looked at Qin Yutong for an exnation.<sub> </sub>


    "Yifeng, mom is excited about our marriage. That is why she is buying some new dresses." Qin Yutong quickly made an excuse for her mother.


    Inside, she was gritting her teeth and cursing her mother. Fan Yifeng was helping their family in their hard times. He already made it clear to them to not be spendthrift, but her stupid mother was doing wasteful shopping.


    He was already bearing the financial burden of the Qin corporation. He did not want to add the burden of their extravagant expenses on his shoulders.


    "Ok, I will pay using my card." Fan Yifeng gritted out, thinking about his father''s word who reported to him that Qin corporation was hollow from the inside. They were on the brick of bankruptcy. But he did not believe his word.


    Zhou Bingbing was feeling bad that she was selling her masterpiece to Fan Yifeng and Qin Yutong, but she was also satisfied with the price which she was fetching from that dress.


    "Miss, my staff will take your size for the dress."


    After giving her size, Qin Yutong left the shop of Zhou Bingbing with Fan Yifeng. She knew very well that she would need to coax Fan Yifeng. Already their marriage had many hurdles because of her career and the disliking of his parents toward her.


    And now this.


    Her only support for this marriage was her beauty and her child!


    ? **


    "Is it true that cards of Huang Jiayi were blocked?" Zhou Liying asked a happily dancing Zhou Bingbing.


    "It''s true. And this incident is from one month back." Zhou Bingbing informed. "Dad has his spices in Qin corporation. As per them, Qin corporation is hollow from the inside. The earnings of Qin Yutong and Qin Yeteng, plus some help from Fan Yifeng is the only support of the Qin family."


    Zhou Liying nodded and took a sip of her coffee which was already served to her.


    "I am sure, tonight there is going to be a huge fight in the Fan mansion."


    "Why so?" Zhou Liying asked.


    "Elder Fan couple is against Fan Yifeng spending so much money for Qin Yutong and today, like a fool, he purchased a dress worth 500 million won for her. Sure enough, there is going to be a battle." Zhou Bingbing grinned with a sly smile on her lips.


    After spending some time with Zhou BingBing, Zhou Liying returned to herpany in disguise.


    This time she was satisfied when she saw the receptionist stopping her and asking her about her identity before letting her in. She was also satisfied with the way everyone was working, maybe because Min Yue was already present in the building.

 Chapter 33 Impossible, She Cannot Change

    Zhou Liying reached the floor where her office was located. A smile appeared on her lips when she heard staff whispering about her.


    "I hope Miss Zhou is not so bad as imed by people in the London branch."


    "Have you heard she has fired the receptionist and manager Wangst night? She must be cruel to fire someone on her first night in thepany."


    Her friend sneered. "Receptionist deserved it. Don''t you know she is habitual of chatting with her boyfriend during work time? I am sure, Miss Zhou caught her on a call with her boyfriend."


    "I have heard she is evil. People in London call her Hitler."


    "I don''t think so. I heard she is bad only to bad people. Manager Wang is an apt example. He was troubling everyone and look how miss Zhou fired him. Another example is Miss Min herself; Miss Zhou identified her talent and gave her so much importance."


    "I agree with you, Miss Zhou is a great leader and if we dedicatedly follow her then maybe we will achieve huge heights in our career."


    Zhou Liying smirked at the mixed reaction from everyone. She walked toward her cabin, announcing her presence. She turned and looked at the higher-level staff who had their working stations on the floor in her office.


    "Hello everyone, I am Zhou Liying. From now on, I will be leading you all. London branch has achieved many great heights under me and I vision the same about this branch. I hope you all will help me to achieve this vision." She bowed and entered her office.


    Min Yue was waiting for her. She immediately started to report to Zhou Liying about everything which she saw from the time of her arrival.


    "Manager Tang is hardworking." Min Yue ended her report.


    "Ask him to report to me. Also, arrange for a meeting with Mister Mu regarding the Lake city project." Zhou Liying ordered.


    At the same time, her mobile rang with a call from Zhou Yonge.


    "I heard you fired Wang Yi from his post. Can I know why? I thought he is a hard-working man." Zhou Yonge came to the point without beating around the bush.


    "Hard-working? My ass. He was in some pub or a bar during his working hours. I do not need men like him working for me. Besides, my team from London will being here, to help me handle his post." Zhou Liying said and heard Zhou Yonge chuckle from another side of the phone.


    "Can''t I force you to change your mind? Father of Wang Yi is a good friend of mine."


    "No uncle. You can''t change my mind." Zhou Liying dered. "Now if you have nothing else to talk about then I will end the call. I have a lot of work to do."


    "Ok, I will not waste any more of your time." And with that, he ended the call.


    **


    Zhou Liying stopped for the day at ten and left the office. She made her way toward the hospital in the same car designated for her by Zhou Bingbing.


    "Any reply from the agency?"<sub> </sub>


    "They said they will send a driver cum guard." Min Yue replied.


    Zhou Liying arrived at the hospital and made her way toward the room of her grandfather. She was hell tired and sleepy. But still, she visited the hospital because she promised the same to Qin Yanzest night.


    She knew her grandpa and she knew; he must be waiting for her.


    "Liying." Qin Yanze smiled when he saw her. "Come here,e here. I was waiting for you only."


    Zhou Liying walked toward him and took her seat. "How was your day grandpa?"


    "Boring. Qin Yutong and Qin Yeteng came to meet me. Do you know Qin Yutong and Fan Yifeng are going to get married?" Qin Yanze asked with disdain in his voice.


    "I know. And no, I am not sad. I guess, I never loved him." Zhou Liying smiled and gripped his hand.


    "How was your day?" Qin Yanze asked, and Zhou Liying dictated to him about the happenings of her day, including how Fan Yifeng bought a dress worth 500 million won, making the old man chuckle.


    "You are just like your mother, a businesswoman." Qin Yanze smiled with pride.


    "Nah, mom was too soft-hearted. I have taken after my father."


    "Don''t mention that man in front of me." Qin Yanze gritted his teeth. "That mother f*cker left your mother pregnant, out of wedlock."


    "Hey, don''t curse my dad. You know he died at a young age, if not he would have loved me and my mother. Besides, they married before he died. You have already seen the wedding certificate." Zhou Liying pointed out.


    Soon the topic of their chat got diverted toward another direction and then it was time for Zhou Liying to take her leave.


    "Rest grandpa. I wille to meet you tomorrow." Zhou Liying covered him properly and left his room.


    She was in the lobby of the hospital when she collided with a small girl, making her cry.


    "I am sorry." She helped the girl in standing up and asked for forgiveness. "Let me give you a lollipop."


    She offered, well aware that Min Yue was addicted to lollipops and always had one or two with herself.


    At the same time, coincidently Fan Yifeng also arrived at the hospital and his eyes fell upon Zhou Liying. He looked at her and was surprised. To get a clear view of her, he walked toward her but before he could reach her, Zhou Liying had already left the hospital.


    "I must be imagining; how can thatdy be Qin Tian? Qin Tian is gone six years back. Besides, thatdy looked very beautiful and sophisticated, unlike Qin Tian. She also helped that child and made herugh which is not in the blood of Qin Tian.''


    Fan Yifeng bitterly thought about Qin Tian and made his way toward the room of Qin Yanze, to take his permission to marry Qin Yutong, only out of his etiquettes.

 Chapter 34 How Can She Forget About Me?

    "Boss, you sure you are ready to meet Miss Zhou today?" Li Tao looked at Mu Yuehan with a troubled expression on his face.


    "I am all ready." Mu Yuehan dered with confidence.


    Last night, Mu Yuehan was not able to fall asleep. He was continuously scolding himself for chickening out. His TianTian was so close to him but still, he did not find the courage to go in front of her.


    Fromst night to today, he was practising how he was going to ask for her forgiveness, forgiveness for lying about his identity to her five years back.


    He had skipped his office today, only because he wanted to be perfect with his speech. He wanted to win back the heart of Zhou Liying.


    "Has the bouquet with artificial flowers arrived?" Mu Yuehan inquired, and Li Tao nodded his head in affirmation.


    "Good. Wait for me. Let me get ready and then we will go to her apartment building."


    Mu Yuehan entered his room and decided on the dress which he was going to wear tonight. After changing into his dress, when he came out of the leaving room, Li Tao fell from the sofa in shock upon seeing his dress.


    "Boss why are you dressed so poorly?" he looked at Mu Yuehan with confusion, Thinking his boss had gone mad.


    Instead of wearing some expensive custom-made suit, he was wearing a simple shirt and pants which Li Tao himself would not wear.


    "When I met TianTian for the first time, I was wearing this same dress." Mu Yuehan replied. "Today also, I want to wear this same dress. Maybe her anger will subside after seeing me wearing this."


    Li Tao nodded his head upon the exnation of Mu Yuehan and followed him out of the penthouse and toward the parking. Instead of selecting his car, Mu Yuehan decided to travel in the less expensive car of one of his guards.


    Mu Yuehan arrived at the apartment building of Zhou Liying with the bouquet in his hand. He leaned against the car and started to look at the entry gate with longing.


    He had appointed some guards to secretly follow Zhou Liying. He was continuously getting reports about her whereabouts.


    "TianTian, I know you are angry with me. But please forgive me. Can''t you¡­." he murmured the speech under his breath which he was going to give in front of Zhou Liying.


    "They are here." Li Tao spoke from behind when the car of Zhou Liying entered inside.


    Mu Yuehan straightened himself and waited for the car to stop. He then made his way toward the car. He took a deep breath and walked toward Zhou Liying, forwarding the bouquet toward her.


    Zhou Liying stepped out of her car and looked at a stranger, a stranger with a goofy smile on his lips and a bouquet of artificial flowers in his hand. Her heart rate picked up when she saw the stranger, but she ignored it.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying, looking at him and for a minute, he forgot to breathe. His mind fused, looking deep inside the familiar eyes.


    He wanted to say something, but it was like he forgot everything. "You remember me?" he asked foolishly and mentally pped himself.


    Zhou Liying looked at the stranger with confusion. She was thinking if she knew him or not.<sub> </sub>


    "Excuse me, who are you?" she asked and looked at him with narrowed eyes.


    Mu Yuehan was bbergasted when he heard her question and that was when he noticed that Zhou Liying was looking at him as if seeing him for the first time. Her eyes were cold and detached.


    There was no anger, no pain, no love, no recognition in her eyes. He frowned.


    "Idiot," Zhou Liyingmented when she noticed Mu Yuehan standing there like a fool. She bypassed him and made her way toward her building.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her retreating figure. He was about to follow her, to ask her about the reason for her such strange behaviour when the phone in his pocket rang.


    Seeing the name of his PI he picked up the call.


    "Boss, there is bad news. I just got my hands on hospital reports from four years back and as per them, Miss Zhou has suffered partial amnesia. She has forgotten two or so years of her life. Maybe she has forgotten about you." Wang Wei said in a soft voice, afraid of the reaction of Mu Yuehan.


    The heart of Mu Yuehan stopped beating when he heard Wang Wei. Realisation dawned upon him. Now he knew why Zhou Liying was looking at him as if seeing him for the first time, the reason as to why her eyes were emotionless, why she never contacted him in all these years.


    "Miss, maybe he is the driver sent by the agency. I have heard they offer gifts to their new owner, to get in their good book." Min Yue spoke all of the sudden.


    Believing her exnation, Zhou Liying turned and walked toward Mu Yuehan, "Are you the driver cum bodyguard sent by the agency?"


    Mu Yuehan looked at her and her eyes which held no recognition of him. He stood dumbly and nodded his head. No word came out of his mouth.


    "Min Yue give him all the instructions and exchange your number with him."


    Min Yue quickly gave all the instructions to Mu Yuehan and took his number. Mu Yuehan just stood there like a statue and did what he was asked to do.


    Once Zhou Liying was out of his sight, he fell on the ground and tears started to flow from his eyes. Li Tao was at his side within a minute.


    "Why me? Why me? How can she forget about me? Why is God punishing me like this? What wrong have I done to feel so much pain?"


    He ced his hand over his heart, feeling immense pain. It was like someone was cutting his heart with a knife, stomping on it.


    Zhou Liying stepped out of the elevator and felt a sudden pain in her heart. She ced her hand over her chest and closed her eyes. Min Yue was immediately at her rescue.


    Outside, Li Tao supported a broken Mu Yuehan toward their car. Mu Yuehan took his seat and ced his head against the car window, lost in his past.


    Lost in the beautiful memories with her.


    Announcement: Next volume is going to be past love story, that is from the time Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan first met and how they fell in love.

 Chapter 35 Start Of Their Road To Love.

    Twenty-two years back


    When Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying were of age four


    "This pencil kit is mine."


    "No, this pencil kit is mine."


    "You are a liar."


    "No, you are a liar."


    "You thief."


    "No, you are a thief. You are calling my pencil kit yours."


    "No, this kit is mine. This belongs to me."


    Two four-year-old kindergarten students were fighting with one another over a pencil kit. Their ssmates surrounded them. They were enjoying the tug of war between the kids over a pencil kit.


    "Qin Tian, you will win."


    "Mu Yuehan, you have to win. Boys power."


    Soon enough, the ss divided themselves into two groups and started to cheer for Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan. Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan ignored their ssmates and focused on the kit, each holding one of its corners.


    "Mu Yuehan, I am warning you. I will kill you if something happened to my kit because of your pull." Qin Tian gritted her teeth and red at him.


    "This is my kit." Mu Yuehan groaned and tightly tugged on the kit. "You stupid girl, why do you fight so much with me?"


    Soon, their ss in charge also got an air of what was happening in her ss. Leaving her important work in the middle, she rushed back to the ss. She shook her head in distress when she saw Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan fighting again.


    "Both of you, to the principal office right now." She ordered, and, like meek toddlers, Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan followed her, toward the principal office. Both were exchanging hateful gazes with one another.


    "They are here, again." The principal also shook her head when she saw Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan.


    Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan were the most naughty kids in her school, fighting nearly every day. They both were from influential families and that was why their teacher was not able to punish or scold them.


    "I think we should call their mothers now. They should know how violent their children are." Principal decided.


    And that was how their parents were summoned urgently to the school. Concerned mothers, Qin Lijuan and Chen Mingyu arrived at the school.


    "What happened? Is everything all right?"


    Qin Lijuan was the first one to arrive. She looked at her daughter with worry and concern. She picked Qin Tian in her arms and started to inspect her. She sighed once satisfied that her daughter was not hurt anywhere.


    "Why have you called me, principal?" Qin Lijuan inquired and took her seat opposite the principal. She ced Qin Tian on herp.


    "Please wait for some time, miss. Let Mrs or Mr Mu arrive. Then I will tell you about the deeds of your child."<sub> </sub>


    There was slight anger in the voice of the principal, catching which, Qin Lijuan looked down at her daughter with a questioning look.


    "What have you done this time, TianTian?"


    Before Qin Lijuan could get the answer, Chen Mingyu also arrived. She also inspected her son before taking her seat. She also made Mu Yuehan sat on herp and smiled at Qin Lijuan.


    "Miss Qin and Missus Mu, this is the seventh time that Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan are brought here in my office by their teacher because they were fighting with each other." Principal informed. "At first we ignored them, thinking it to be a childish fight but now they have started to affect the other children too."


    "Qin Tian, you are fighting in the ss? Have you forgotten what I have taught you?" Qin Lijuan red at her daughter. Her daughter looked at her with an innocent smile.


    "Mommy, it was not my mistake. Mu Yuehan started the fight. He called my pencil kit his. Not only that, he always tries topete with me. He makes fun of me." Qin Tian pointed her finger at Mu Yuehan with an using re.


    Mu Yuehan red back at her. He wanted to speak that she was lying, but he kept quiet knowing his mother was there.


    "Yuehan, did you make fun of her?"


    "No mommy, I did not." He rebuked and then looked at the pencil kit in the hand of Qin Tian. "And that pencil kit is mine. Mommy, you know it''s mine, right?"


    "It''s not yours because you forgot your kit at home."


    Mu Yuehan looked at his mother with wide eyes. His mouth formed a small O. Qin Tian looked at him with a smug expression on her face, saying out loud, ''I told you, it''s mine.''


    "Now, apologise to her."


    With much difficulty, both mothers were able to solve their grievances. Then both the kids were sent back to their sses, to resume their work.


    Both mothers came out of the principal office and smiled awkwardly at each other.


    "My Yuehan is so quiet child. I don''t know why he is so violent whenever he is around Qin Tian."


    "Ditto." Qin Lijuan chuckled. "Maybe they both feelpetitive toward each other. After all, they both are one of the smartest students in the ss."


    Chen Mingyu nodded her head in agreement. At that moment, they both decided that they would try to make their children friends.


    That evening, both mothers gave a lecture to their kids, telling them it was not good to bepetitive with each other. Instead, they should be friends and help each other with work.


    When they did not listen to their mothers, their mothers ordered them to stop fighting and became friends.


    Qin Lijuan sent some cookies to Qin Tian and asked her to share the same with Mu Yuehan. Chen Mingyu sent sandwiches with Mu Yuehan and asked him to share the same with Qin Tian.


    Hence, the next day, unwillingly they shared their tiffins, forced a smile on their lips and called a truce.


    "Qin Tian, from now on, I will not fight with you." Mu Yuehan dered.


    "I will also not fight with you if you will not fight with me." Qin Tian too dered.


    And that was how the seed of friendship of Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan was sown when they were four. They both were unaware that their friendship was going to be a lifetime rtionship.

 Chapter 36 First Kiss

    One year passed, and, during that time, the friendship between Mu Yuehan and Qin Tian grew very strong., They both realised that it was best to befriend theirpetitor instead of having enmity.


    Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan were the power pair of their ss and school. They won many school-levelpetitions and represented their school in manypetitions at the mere age of five.


    Unknowingly, they became possessive of each other, of their friendship.


    "Why were you talking with that boy?" Mu Yuehan red at Qin Tian when he saw her sharing her pencil with some other ssmate.


    "He was only asking for my pencil." Qin Tian blinked her eyes innocently and looked at him with confusion.


    "You are not allowed to give your pencil to anyone." Mu Yuehan yelled.


    "Not even to you?" Qin Tian teased.


    "No, I am allowed. Your girlfriends are also allowed but no boys." Mu Yuehan then wrapped his arms around his chest. "I will stop talking with you if I ever see you talking with any other boy."


    Alerted, Qin Tian looked at him with wide eyes. "I will not talk with any boy. I promise but please don''t stop talking with me."


    Mu Yuehan grinned with satisfaction. He threw his arm around her shoulder. "I will not stop talking with you."


    One such time, their ss went on a pic. One of their female ssmates forgot to bring her lunch box. Mu Yuehan being helpful offered his lunch box to her.


    Qin Tian got so angry, seeing him sharing his lunch with another girl that she did not talk with him for one full day until Mu Yuehan promised her that he would not talk with any girl other than her.


    Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan were bing the support of one another, an unpartable pair.


    There was a story recitingpetition in their ss. It was the turn of Qin Tian to recite her story. When she climbed up on the stage, she became frightened and forgot about her story, forgot what her mother had memorised her.


    "Qin Tian, will you not recite your story for your friends?" their teacher coaxed Qin Tian, but she stood frozen on the stage, looking nowhere with wide and fearful eyes. She wet her dry lips and looked up at her teacher.


    "I can''t teacher."


    Her teacher tried to motivate her but it was of no use. It was Mu Yuehan who stood up from his seat and motivated Qin Tian.


    "TianTian, you can do this, fighting." He fisted his right hand and raised it in the air. "Look at me and recite the story."


    Qin Tian looked at Mu Yuehan with a small smile on her lips and started to recite her story. Throughout the time she narrated her story, she kept looking at him, forgetting that there were other students in the ss.


    And this was not the first time, they both were motivators of each other, standing for one another, and giving confidence to one another.<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan also lost his first kiss to Qin Tian. Thought it was an innocent peck on his cheeks, but he always treated it as his first kiss.


    So, what happened was...¡­.


    "I am sorry Yuehan. You got the second prize because I cheated." Qin Tian looked at Mu Yuehan with teary eyes and a guilty expression on her face. "Please don''t be angry with me."


    There was a drawingpetition in their school and Qin Tian cheated. She got first prize whereas Mu Yuehan got second.


    "I will not be angry with you, but you have to give me some reward." Mu Yuehan looked at her with a cheeky smile, expecting her mother''s baked cookies as a reward.


    Qin Tian looked at him with wide eyes and thought for some time, thinking about the reward which she could give to him. She then remembered how her mother kissed her on her cheeks as an award.


    She leaned toward him and quickly gave a wet kiss on his cheeks. She smiled at him,pletely ignorant of the reaction of Mu Yuehan.


    Qin Tian was called by one of her female ssmates and she ran toward her, leaving a bewildered Mu Yuehan behind.


    Qin Tian did not know the meaning of a kiss between the opposite sex because she only had her mother, but Mu Yuehan was aware of it. He saw his parents kissing all the time and he knew it meant likeness or something intimate.


    Mu Yuehan blushed and looked in the direction where Qin Tian went. Grinning like a fool, he ced his hand over his right cheek where she kissed him, his heart was beating fast with excitement.


    This was his first kiss and he was very excited and happy about it.


    After some time, Qin Tian returned. She was confused seeing Mu Yuehan so lost in his world and smiling so widely. Her eyes widened with concern when she took note of how the face of Mu Yuehan waspletely red.


    "Yuehan, are you all right? Are you sick?" she asked with concern. She leaned toward him, to ce her hand over his head but he shifted his face away, out of shyness.


    "I am all right. I am just feeling a little hot." Mu Yuehan quickly made an excuse. He then drank water from his bottle, took a few deep breaths and averted his eyes away from her.


    For the rest of the day, Mu Yuehan kept ignoring her. Qin Tian was confused about his behaviour. When she returned home, she told her mother about the same.


    "So, my TianTian kissed him as a reward." Qin Lijuan chuckled, imagining the reason as to why that boy was ignoring her daughter.


    When Mu Yuehan told his mother about the kiss, Chen Mingyu alsoughed at his son. She teased him too. Her husband supported her in the teasing.


    "Mommy, daddy, stop teasing me. It was a simple peck." Mu Yuehan groaned and blushed beetroot red. "Stopughing, otherwise I will also tease you both for kissing all the time and that too on lips."


    And that was enough to quieten down his parents and to give some relief to himself. He was secretly very excited about his first kiss.

 Chapter 37 Yes, I Will Marry Him.

    Mu Yuehan was Qin Tian''s knight in shining armour. He protected her from many bullies.


    Cousin of Qin Tian, Qin Yutong studied in the same school as hers and she constantly sent some boys to bully her.


    "Why are you bullying me?" Qin Tian yelled when five boys, seniors to her formed a circle around her.


    "Your cousin promised us that she will y games with us if we bully you." One of the boys spoke. He was about to pull on the ponytail of Qin Tian when Mu Yuehan took a hold of his hand.


    A six-year-old Mu Yuehan walked in front of Qin Tian like her protecting wall. Qin Tian smiled with relief when she saw him.


    "Boy, move aside. We don''t want to beat you."


    "Let''s see who will beat who?" Mu Yuehan looked at the five boys and did a quick calction in his mind.


    His father had already sent him to the military and self-defence sses. Mu Yuehan knew he could easily take down these five boys.


    "I am warning¡­." Before the senior couldplete, Mu Yuehan punched him hard on his nose.


    "You¡­. attack him."


    Seniors started to attack Mu Yuehan and he fought with them like an expert. Qin Tian walked aside and looked at Mu Yuehan with awe. She was again impressed with Mu Yuehan.


    She secretly eyed her cousin. Qin Yutong was also looking at Mu Yuehan with wide eyes. She smiled with pride upon having such a strong friend. She grinned knowing well that her cousin would again be jealous of her.


    "I am warning you to stay away from my friend." Mu Yuehan kicked one of the seniors and walked toward Qin Tian.


    The seniors stood up from the ground and red at Mu Yuehan. They were badly beaten by a boy year younger than them. They felt ashamed.


    "Yuehan, are you alright?" Qin Tian walked toward Mu Yuehan and looked at him with concern.


    Mu Yuehan had bruised knuckle and a cut beside his lips which was nothing inparison to the condition of boys who needed urgent help.


    "I am alright." Mu Yuehan smiled, not feeling any pain at all. These many wounds were nothing to him.


    "But you are hurt." Qin Tian looked at him with teary eyes and then at his red knuckles.


    Her mother used to kiss her wounds whenever she was hurt, taking her pain away. She thought of trying the same remedy with Mu Yuehan.


    So, she leaned down and quickly kissed the knuckles of Mu Yuehan. He blushed, and his heart skipped a beat. "It will hurt less after my magical kiss."


    Qin Tian stood up straight and then looked at his lips. rmed, Mu Yuehan looked at her with wide eyes and quickly covered his lips, before Qin Tian could kiss him there. His heart was beating frantically.


    "You should not kiss me there. Mommy told me, a girl and boy should kiss each other on their lips only after their marriage." Mu Yuehan informed, feeling a small fuse in his brain.


    "Ok." Qin Tian nodded her head.


    Qin Tian then pulled Mu Yuehan to the first aid office and stayed by his side all the time. Later, their parents and the parents of seniors were called by the principal.<sub> </sub>


    "Mommy, please don''t let the principal punish Yuehan. He fought with those bad boys because of me. They were bullying me." Qin Tian looked at her mother with teary eyes, afraid that Mu Yuehan would get strict punishment.


    When the principal heard stories from both sides, she forgave Mu Yuehan with small warming. Instead of fighting, he should have informed his teachers. The seniors were given strict punishment.


    **


    Qin Lijuan and Mu family also became close because of their friendship. They spent quality time together as a family gathering.


    Qin Lijuan and Chen Mingyu were aware of how their kids liked each other and they usually joked about getting them married once they achieved the marriageable age.


    "They look sopatible together." Chen Mingyu grinned and looked at their kids. They were giving water to the nts. She then called for Qin Tian and Mu Yuehan.


    "Little Tian, will you marry Mu Yuehan?" Chen Mingyu asked in a soft voice.


    "Mommy, what is marry?" Qin Tian asked her mother, looking clueless.


    "Marry is when a boy and a girl promise to stay together forever. Just like Mingyu aunty and uncle." Qin Lijuan exined.


    Qin Tian nodded her head at her mother''s exnation and then looked at Chen Mingyu. "I will marry him." That way, I will always stay together with Mu Yuchen. We will y together and will together handle thepany of mommy.


    "Yuehan, will you marry her?"


    Mu Yuehan thought about all the kisses and how his heart skipped a beat. He grinned, enthusiastically nodding his head.


    At that moment, he decided that he was going to marry Qin Tian only. Only she would be his wife.


    For Qin Tian, marriage was nothing but a sort of game but for Mu Yuehan, it was a lifetimemitment.


    ''I will marry her. Mommy also likes her. Only she will be the daughter of my mommy.''


    "TianTian, will you marry me?" Mu Yuehan asked Qin Tian and looked at her with expectation.


    "I will marry you, Yuehan." Qin Tian smiled and hugged him.


    Mu Yuehan shied like a boyfriend who heard a yes on his proposal. He hugged her tight, making bothdies chuckle.


    Their friendship grew stronger with time but soon they had to part ways.


    Mu family shifted out of the country because Mu Yuehan''s father wanted to spread his business foreign.


    With time, Qin Tianpletely forgot about the presence of Mu Yuehan in her life, especially after the death of her mother, when she had blocked many bitter memories, one being separation from Mu Yuehan.


    While growing up, Mu Yuehan also forgot about Qin Tian. He could only remember his first kiss and how his heart used to act differently when in the presence of a certain girl.

 Chapter 38 A New Start

    Five years back from the present time


    That is when Qin Tian is twenty-one and Mu Yuehan is twenty-two years old


    Mu Yuehan looked out from the window of his private jet, feeling excited. He was going to do this. He was going to do something new in his life.


    Five days back, on his twenty-second birthday, Mu Yuehan asked for Juju ind as his birthday present, from his father. He then took permission from his father to visit this ind and develop it under his supervision.


    Already a Harvard graduate with a PhD degree in finance, MBA degree in business, master''s degree in arts and multiple other diplomae''s in his hand, Mu Yuehan was no less than a genius.


    At the age of twenty, he was already able to have his own hotel chain, build from scratch, from his hard work. Now on his twenty-third birthday, he would be officially taking over his father''s Mu empire.


    And within one year, he wanted to do something different. He wanted to rx. He wanted to spend his life like a normal businessman and that was why he selected Juju ind for his vacation and his next project.


    "You sure you want to do this?" his friend, Zhan Wei, seated opposite to him, asked him with concern and worry.


    "For how many times do I have to repeat myself? I want to do this." Mu Yuehan looked at his friend with azy smile on his lips.


    "What if we get caught? Uncle will kill me if he gets to know that I will be impersonating his son, the great Mu Yuehan." Visible fear was there on his face.


    "He will kill you only if he will know that we are switching our identities on this trip. No one is there to tell upon us to him, not you nor me." Mu Yuehan leaned against his seat and opened a beer can.


    "What about your shadow guards?"


    "They are my guards. They follow me. Now stop being a pussy cat." Mu Yuehan passed his scared friend a can of beer. "Enjoy the life of Mu Yuehan. You may not get this chance again."


    Zhan Wei looked at Mu Yuehan with doubt. He epted the bottle of beer. He would need it if wanted to calm himself down.


    Their private nended in the city closest to Juju ind. A yacht was already waiting for them which was going to take them to Juju ind.


    Mu Yuehan looked at the ind with a lot of ns forming in his mind.


    A year back, Juju ind was one of the famous tourist spots. A tornado hit itst year, destroying its natural beauty, destroying its tourist ces and hotels, and taking away its glory.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to return that glory to Juju ind.


    When Zhan Wei and Mu Yuehan arrived at the ind, they were royally weed by the manager of the hotel. The hotel was once the glory of Juju ind.


    "Enjoy the perks of being me." Mu Yuehan murmured in the ears of Zhan Wei. He was getting special treatment from the staff and manager.


    They arrived at the hotel and like a businessman, Mu Yuehan started to look around, taking a count of the damage done to the hotel by the tornado.


    The East side of the hotel waspletely destroyed as well as the entrance. Due to no proper maintenance from thest one year, the hotel looked no less than a third-ss hotel.


    "I am sure, you are tired. Let me show you to your room." Manager with respect directed Zhan Wei toward his room, thinking him to be Mu Yuehan. Hepletely ignored Mu Yuehan, thinking him to be a mare assistant.


    "I want to make this hotel like one in the Maldives." Mu Yuehan shared his ns with his friend once they were alone in his room.<sub> </sub>


    "Ha, ha, ha, you and your ns." Zhan Weiughed when he heard him.


    "Don''t forget the development I have done on my other projects." Mu Yuehan red at him.


    Mu Yuehan shared his ns with Zhan Wei before leaving the hotel. He did not wish to stay in the hotel. He had already purchased an apartment on Juju ind.


    "This is wrong. How can you leave me here?" Zhan Weiined when he heard Mu Yuehan was not going to stay in the hotel.


    "One of us needs to stay here, in this hotel for close inspection and he will be you, Mu Yuehan," Mu Yuehan teased.


    Whistling excitedly, Mu Yuehan left the hotel, leaving his friend behind. Zhan Wei cursed Mu Yuehan out aloud.


    **


    Mu Yuehan arrived at his apartment. It was fully furnished. His stuff was already ced in the living room by his guards.


    He showered and got changed into fresh pair of clothes. He made his way toward the kitchen feeling hungry and tired at the same time.


    "Oh no," he groaned when he saw an empty refrigerator. All the shelves in the kitchen were empty.


    "I need to do some grocery shopping.'' He made a mental note.


    He searched about a nearby restaurant on his phone and made his way toward it. He made a small walk toward the Hope restaurant, looking around at the shops on Juju ind.


    When he entered the restaurant, he was immediately hit by a mouth-watering aroma, increasing his hunger.


    He looked at the interior of the restaurant and nodded his head in approval. He made his way toward the booth by the window, overlooking the streets.


    "Handsome, what will you like to have?" After five minutes, ady in herte fifties walked toward him with a notebook in her hand.


    "Anything will be fine with me." Mu Yuehan replied.


    "Would you like to have our restaurant''s special dish? Mind you, it''s expensive." The server of the restaurant, Marta looked at him with hopeful eyes.


    "It will be good, until and unless it is something delicious."


    "Don''t worry, every dish in our restaurant is delicious." The olddy beamed. "It has been so long since someone has ordered an expensive dish. You see, only a few rich people visit this ind nowadays."


    Olddy, known as Marta, jumped with glee, and walked toward her kitchen, leaving a hungry Mu Yuehan alone.


    Mu Yuehan looked out of the window with a lot of hopes and dreams in his eyes.


    Also, a lot of hungry rats in his stomach!


    ~~~#~~~~

 Chapter 39 Tasting The Most Delicious Food.

    "Here you go." Smiling brightly, Marta served a huge tter to Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan gulped when he inhaled the delicious aroma. His stomach grumbled loudly and without wasting any second, he served himself a big scoop of food.


    He started to enjoy his food, enjoy the authentic taste of different vours.


    As a teen, Mu Yuehan had travelled to many countries and had tried many different dishes. He must say, the dishes at this particr restaurant were the best. He knew he would be visiting this restaurant from time to time, to have his meal.


    "Is this restaurant always so empty and quiet?" Mu Yuehan asked Marta. Curiosity was written all over his face.


    From the time he entered this restaurant, he noticed, that the number of people having their meal here was not veryrge.


    "There was a time when this restaurant was always full, with a long queue of customers waiting for their turn to have a seat." Marta sighed and took her seat opposite Mu Yuehan. There were long lines on her forehead and sadness in her eyes.


    "Before the typhoon, this restaurant was quite famous among the tourists and the locals. But after the typhoon, tourists stopped visiting Juju ind and locals do not have enough money to enjoy an outside meal." Lips of Marta twitched in a mocking smile.


    "It was a time when we had a staff of ten and today, it''s only me and my owner, both trying to save this sinking ship." Marta then looked at Mu Yuehan. He was silently having his food.


    "What are you doing here? You seem rich. As far as I know, rich people like you don''t visit this destructed ind, not anymore."


    "I am here with my boss, Mu Yuehan. He had purchased this ind, and now, he is working on...." Before Mu Yuehan couldplete, Marta squealed loudly, "Oh my God, Mu Yuehan is here?"


    Mu Yuehan froze when he heard her. He looked at her with wide eyes. "You know him?"


    "Yes, I do." Marta grinned. "My daughter is crazy about rich bachelors. Especially about this Chinese guy, Mu Yuehan. She is impressed with his achievements at the mere age of twenty-two. Oh My God,


    Marry will be so happy to know that Mu Yuehan is here on this ind."


    Mu Yuehan gulped his food and looked at Marta, excitedly telling him about his daughter.


    "She is a big fan of Mu Yuehan. I have heard he is a bachelor. Can you act as a cupid in between my daughter and your boss?" Marta quipped with a lot of expectations in her eyes.


    And that was the reason Mu Yuehan had decided to switch his identity with Zhan Wei. He was fed up with people following him because of his name, Mu Yuehan.


    p Luckily, his cyber team always insured to remove his photos from the inte. No one knew how the real Mu Yuehan looked like. They knew about his achievements but not his face.</anda>


    "Mister, where are you lost?" Marta waved her hand in front of Mu Yuehan. He was lost in his thoughts. "Can you act as a cupid?"


    "Ah, no¡­. No, I cannot. Mu Yuehan is already taken. He has a girlfriend." Mu Yuehan replied and took a sip from his ss of water.


    "Too bad." Marta pouted and shook her head. "By the way, for how long is your boss nning to stay here?"<sub> </sub>


    "For a long time, I guess." Mu Yuehan took another sip from his ss of water.


    "So, does that mean I can see you as my guest in this restaurant from time to time?" Marta asked hopefully.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to reject. He did not want to encounter such a noisy server again. Marta knew about Mu Yuehan. But then he looked at the empty te of food, the mouth-watering food.


    "I will visit again, to taste this treat."


    "Great." Marta pped and joined her hands in front of her chest. She looked at Mu Yuehan with star-stuck eyes, feeling very excited and happy.


    Mu Yuehan paid for his food and left a huge tip for Marta, knowing well that she would appreciate it.


    He then made his way to the local market. He was making a mental n on how he was going to develop all these shops once his hotel was renovated.


    "Would you like to have anything?" Many shopkeepers looked at him with expectation, trying to sell him their products, in the hope to have some earnings for the day.


    "Would you like to smell my perfume?" a perfume seller asked Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan ignored him and was about to walk further when the perfume seller spoke again, "Don''t buy them, but smell them at least. They are the best perfumes on this ind, probably all around the world. I have personally extracted them. The fragrances are all-natural."


    Mu Yuehan walked back toward the shop and looked at small bottles ced on a small counter.


    "I have a garden with flowers. I and my daughter personally extract these perfumes. I am sure, you will like them." The perfume seller enthusiastically picked a bottle and passed it to Mu Yuehan. "Here, take a whiff of rose perfume."


    Mu Yuehan took the bottle and took a small whiff. He must say, the fragrance was quite natural and fresh. He then tried many other perfumes with different fragrances. He felt very impressed.


    "Try this," seller passed him another bottle. "This is my best creation so far. Rain. This perfume smells like ''after rain smell."''


    Mu Yuehan took the bottle and took a whiff. He closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of wet soil, wet leaves and after-rain fragrance.


    Immediately, an image of his sister came into his mind. ''Yifei will love it."


    "I am buying this one."


    "Do you want to buy other perfumes? They all are good." The seller asked hopefully.


    "No, only this one is fine."


    The shopkeeper nodded his head and walked back into his shop. He returned with a fresh bottle of the said perfume and passed it to Mu Yuehan.

 Chapter 40 Her New Life

    When asked for the price, Mu Yuehan was left in shock. The price was quite less inparison to what they paid in the city to get this quality of perfume.


    "Sir, keep visiting me again." The seller bowed to him and personally sent Mu Yuehan off.


    Mu Yuehan looked at the carry bag in his hand with the bottle of perfume which he bought for his sister.


    ''Let her try it. If she is satisfied with its quality then I will purchase this shop. I am sure, it will get me great value in the future.'' Mu Yuehan thought to himself and called for one of his shadow guards.


    "Get this delivered to Miss Mu."


    His shadow guard took the carry bag and like winds, he vanished from the sight of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan took out his phone from his pocket and decided to call his sister, to tell her about the gift which she would receive tomorrow, and also to inform her that he had arrived at Juju ind safely.


    "Gege, have you arrived?" Mu Yifei asked him the moment she answered the call.


    "I have, three hours back." Mu Yuehan replied. He tucked his left hand in his pant pocket and continued his walk toward the beach.


    "How is the ind? Do you like it there?"


    "I do. The air here is so fresh, and on top of that, I am feeling free." Mu Yuehan replied.


    Both brother and sister talked for some time. Mu Yuehan then told her about the perfume which he had sent for her.


    "I will try it for sure. After all, it''s a gift from you."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled when he heard her reply. "Take care of yourself, and mom and dad. Don''t let dad workte at night."


    "I know, I know, you don''t need to give me the same lecture again." Mu Yifei chided. Mu Yuehan chuckled and ended the call.


    Mu Yuehan arrived at the beach and took a deep breath. He stretched his body, enjoying the salty air of the ocean.


    He walked toward the seawater and started to stroll on the edge, looking up at the star-filled sky. It was rare for him to see such a beautiful sky in the city. He could see nes flying from above juju ind.


    After strolling for some time, he decided to rest on the beach. He removed his sleepers andid down on the sand, looking up at the sky.


    Due to tiredness and fatigue, after some time, he fell asleep!


    **


    "After such a long time, we had such a good earning. I am so happy."<sub> </sub>


    Qin Tian/ Zhou Liying currently known as Nian Tian smiled and looked at her co-worker, Marta. For thest two hours, she was repeating the same thing and was dancing around in excitement.


    "Today was indeed a good day." Nian Tianmented and locked the restaurant properly.


    She checked the handle. Once satisfied that her restaurant was locked, she stepped back.


    A huge sigh escaped her lips when she saw the illuminative board with Hope restaurant. This restaurant was her baby, her sess, the fruit of her hard work.


    One and a half years back, when she left Shanghai for good, she was clueless. She did not know where to go and what to do.


    She knew her uncle''s family and Fan Yifeng would search for her and why not, she was the reason for their sess. She was handling the Qin corporations in the shadows.


    She was also helping Fan Yifeng in cracking many deals. Born charismatic, she was able to persuade many clients to invest with Fan corporation or with Qin corporations.


    Besides, how could her hateful uncle, aunt and cousin let her free from their clutches? She was a parrot in their cage, they would never want her to be free. She was their golden hen. Their punching bag!


    Fear of Qin Tian came true when Fan Yifeng traced her presence in Paris, by tracing her call with Qin Yanze. He sent goons to catch her.


    Qin Tian ran away. She travelled from country to country, small to big. She stopped contacting Qin Yanze and then, finally she arrived at Juju Ind, a small ind on the map of the world.


    Here, she started apletely new life. She knew Fan Yifeng or the Qin family would never expect her to crash on such a small ce like Juju ind.


    With a little amount of cash in her hand, she purchased the hope restaurant which was run by Marta and her daughter. And within a month, this restaurant was a hit.


    Using her culinary skills which she inherited from her mother and grandmother, Nian Tian was able to bring this restaurant to great heights.


    She witnessed so many things at Juju ind, the sess of this ce and then the tornado which destroyed it. This ce gave her real happiness.


    ''I wasted twenty years of my life by staying with the Qin family. I should have started my own life a long back. This is real happiness. What is it in revenge that I was so crazy for it?''


    Nian Tian thought about the same repeatedly. She had only brought embarrassment and heartbreak, not only for herself but also for her grandfather by being stupid.


    Taking revenge on the Qin family by using Fan Yifeng was not real her, this was real her, a businesswoman, born to run her own business and to earn her own money.


    She had met so many different people in thest one or more years. Children, teens, couples on run, couples on their honeymoon, couples on their fiftieth anniversary, politicians, journalists, young millionaires, and many more people, all from different regions.


    She had realised that the world was very big, then what was she doing by staying with her uncle''s family!


    "See you tomorrow." Marta greeted her night and made her way toward her house. Nian Tian turned in the opposite direction and made her way toward the beach.

 Chapter 41 His First Kiss

    From the time Nian Tian arrived at Juju ind, it was her routine to visit the beach. It made her refreshed and took away all her tiredness and her distress. She loved to soak her feet in the seawater.


    Nian Tian arrived at the beach and took a long deep breath, looking around at the tourists or locals like hers who were there on the beach, to enjoy their nighttime.


    Nian Tian removed her flip-flops on the sand and walked toward the sea. She dipped her feet in seawater, enjoying the cold water swiping over her feet.


    "Heavens." She murmured and stretched her hands, looking at the vast sea in front of herself.


    She was enjoying rough sand under her feet and cold water over them. It was a natural therapy for her which took away all her tiredness and worries from the day.


    Somewhere, this beach, this salty beach air was the reason, she did not want to leave Juju ind. After the tornado, she could have left this ind like many others. She had already saved enough money. But she decided to stay here.


    She loved this ce and the people here, especially Marta.


    Nian Tian looked at the horizon and noticed the high tides. She knew it was time for her to return to her home. Staying here for some more time could be dangerous for her. During the night, the tides at the beach were usually very high.


    Nian Tian made her way back toward the beach and wore her flip-flops. She was about to leave when her eyes caught sight of a lone figure rxing on the beach. She narrowed her eyes and realised that a man was sleeping on the beach.


    ''Does this man have a death wish?'' she thought to herself. ''Doesn''t he know it can be dangerous to sleep on a beach, especially here at the beach of Juju ind, which faced a tsunami, not a long back?''


    Nian Tian shook her head and walked toward where Mu Yuehan was sleeping. She stopped a few inches away from him and shook her head at his carelessness.


    She leaned toward him and shook his shoulder. "Mister, wake up. Beach is not a ce for you to sleep."


    When Nian Tian noticed that the stranger was not taking the name of waking up, she pulled out her phone from her bag. She navigated on her phone and selected the loudest song.


    She yed the song and ced her phone near the ears of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan was having one of the best and most relief-filled sleep of his life. He was having a beautiful dream of his family, his mother and his father.


    ''Say the word¡­. babe, yeah¡­. Babe, babe¡­.'' he groaned when he heard loud music buzzing in his ear. He shifted his position, trying to p the hand of Nian Tian.


    "Yifei, let me sleep¡­" he murmured. He thought her to be his sister.


    "Mister, hello¡­. wake up. You are sleeping on a beach. It can be dangerous¡­." Nian Tian spoke in a sing-song manner.


    Realising where he was sleeping, Mu Yuehan opened his eyes, his heart immediately skipped a beat.<sub> </sub>


    "Good, you are up." Upon seeing that Mu Yuehan opened his eyes, Nian Tian stopped the song on her phone. "You shouldn''t stay here for long. It''s time for high waves." She stood up and hurriedly left the ce.


    Mu Yuehan rubbed his eyes and tried to make out the figure of Nian tian but it was dark on the beach. Besides, his eyes were blurry because of sleep.


    "Who was she? And why is my heart acting like this?" he ced his hand over his heart, which was beating fast like a bullet train.


    Slowly, a smile appeared on his lips when he remembered his angle who saved him just now. Her voice was so soft like a nightingale, her touch so warm.


    Mu Yuehan stood up from the beach with his hand still over his chest. Forgetting that he was not wearing his sleepers; he made his way out of the beach.


    He was on the stairs of the beach when he remembered he was not wearing underneath. He pped his head and made a dash toward the beach. He retrieved his sleepers and dashed out of the beach. By now, the waves were quite at a height.


    "Thank you angle, thank you for saving me from this unseen cmity."


    He was on the way to his apartment, still thinking about his angle and how his heart was acting weird. It was then, like lightning, it fell upon him that she may be his first kiss.


    ''Was she my first kiss? Wasn''t my heart used to act like this whenever I was in herpany?''


    **


    Nian Tian returned to her home and made her way toward the shower. After the shower, she changed into her nightclothes.


    Once changed, she made her way toward the storeroom and retrieved her vacuum machine, deciding to clean her house.


    After cleaning her house, she crashed on the couch in her living room. She yed some random movie on the television screen and decided to pass her time by watching the said movie until it was time for her to call it night.


    **


    When Mu Yuehan returned to his apartment, he was in quite a good mood. He was whistling cheerfully. A silly smile adorned his lips.


    "I can''t believe, I saw my first kiss." He was feeling giddy all over again, just like a teenager. He ced his hand over his cheek, feeling as if it was yesterday when he was first kissed.


    Honestly, he did not remember much from his past. Come on, he was only six-year-old and who the hell remembered the time from back then?


    He only remembered that he was kissed when he was six-year-old and he liked the girl who was his first kiss. And today, he may have failed to recognise her but his heart, his stupid heart still remembered the girl, the girl who took his heart away.

 Chapter 42 All Ready To Faint.

    That night Mu Yuehan could not fall asleep. He was thinking of his angle. He was trying his best to remember something from his past, at least her name, but all was in vain.


    After counting, three thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine sheep, he was finally able to fall asleep.


    The next morning, Mu Yuehan was woken up by the ringing of his phone. He groaned and picked up his phone. He cursed when he saw the name Zhan Wei appearing on the screen.


    "Enemy of my sleep." Mu Yuehan cursed under his breath and picked up the call. "What? Why have you disturbed my sleep?"


    "Mu Yuehan, here I died and there you are concerned about your sleep." Mu Yuehan then heard a scream from the other side of the phone, making his ears numb.


    "Stop acting like a drama queen, tell me what happened?" Mu Yuehan murmured sleepily.


    "Showerhead of my bathroom fell. I was lucky that I was not standing under it." Zhan Wei yelled. "This hotel¡­this hotel is worse than any third-ss hotel. There is no good thing about this ce." Zhan Weiined.


    "I will visit the hotel by evening, then I will see what I can do about it." Mu Yuehan murmured. He was about to end the call when he heard Zhan Wei from the other side.


    "Dare of you to end the call. You areing to the hotel right now, Mu Yuehan. Otherwise, I will tell the staff that you are Mu Yuehan, not me. I want you here in the next thirty minutes." Zhan Wei ckmailed and his warning worked.


    "I will be there." Mu Yuehan groaned and unhappily left his bed. He made his way toward the bathroom and got changed into a simple pair of white shirt and ck pants.


    "This Zhan Wei has finally caught my right nerve." He murmured under his breath andbed his hair.


    Once ready, he walked toward the parking of his apartment. He had already ordered for a very low-key Volkswagen to be parked in his apartment as well as a bicycle.


    Deciding that he was going to the hotel using his bicycle, he unlocked it using the key. He removed the bicycle from its stand and started to paddle it. He made his way toward the hotel.


    "Thank god, you are here, finally." Zhan Wei sighed when he saw Mu Yuehan.


    Without wasting any second, Mu Yuehan with him made his way toward his room. He looked at the showerhead which fell because its steel was rotten.


    "Let us check other rooms. If they also have problems like this or not." Mu Yuehan suggested.


    Mu Yuehan and Zhan Wei started to inspect rooms after room and each room was in a bad condition, with rotten furniture, old bathroom equipment or some other problem.


    The bathroom door of one of the rooms nearly fell upon Mu Yuehan. He pushed it away on time. The condition of the kitchen, spa, the gym was also the same.


    "This hotel needs urgent help." Mu Yuehan deducted. He ordered his construction team and renovation team to give an urgent visit to Juju ind.<sub> </sub>


    "Why so much hurry to leave the hotel?" Zhan Wei asked when Mu Yuehan was about to leave.


    "I have to do some grocery shopping before returning to the apartment." Mu Yuehan informed.


    "Grocery shopping? From when did the great Mu Yuehan start to do grocery shopping?" Zhan Wei teased. Mu Yuehan raised a brow. "As far as I remember, I was the one who used to do grocery shopping during university days."


    Zhan Wei and Mu Yuehan studied at the same university. They shared the same dorm room with two other ssmates.


    During university days, it was the duty of Mu Yuehan to cook dinner and breakfast for the boys whereas Zhan Wei was responsible for doing grocery shopping.


    It was amon topic of conflict between Mu Yuehan and Zhan Wei because most of the time, Zhan Wei used to forget to do the grocery shopping.


    "And if I remember correctly," Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms around his chest. "Most of the time you were either busy orzy to do the shopping. I was the one to buy the stuff to cook myself dinner."


    Zhan Wei poked out his tongue and scratched his head. "Don''t get me started Zhan Wei. You were way¡­."


    Zhan Wei interrupted Mu Yuehan before he could start insulting him. "Aren''t you gettingte now? I have heard, grocery stores close early in the day."


    Mu Yuehan rolled his eyes, clearly understanding the intention of Zhan Wei. Without exposing his friend, he made his way out of the hotel and toward his bike.


    Mu Yuehan arrived at the grocery shop. He parked his bike among the other bikes. He made his way toward the shop when he saw a huge crowd outside the exit of the shop.


    He furrowed his brows. With curiosity, he walked toward the crowd. His heart automatically skipped a beat. His eyes widened. He quickened his steps toward the crowd and in the centre of it.


    ''My angel.'' A love-struck expression appeared on the face of Mu Yuehan when he saw Nian Tian standing in the middle of the crowd.


    He took his own time to drink in her divinely beauty. Pale face with big dark eyes, full of confidence, feistier and a pinch of innocence. Hair trimmed in a bob style with fringes covering half of her forehead, she was looking beautiful.


    She was wearing a baggy top with ankle-length jeans, a very simple and casual attire but still in the eyes of Mu Yuehan, she looked no less than a model. She looked so sexy and hot.


    Thud! Thud! Thud!


    His heart was thumping fast in his chest, all ready toe out. He could feel himself falling dizzy at her beauty.


    "Mister, are you alright?" Someone pushed him. Mu Yuehan came out from his trace. He cleared his throat and shook his head.

 Chapter 43 Are You A Flirt?

    Mu Yuehan again looked at Nian Tian and then at his surrounding, trying toprehend what was happening around him.


    "You cannot touch her, not until I am here protecting here." Nian Tian said in a strong voice and red at a man, a few inches taller than her.


    "And who will stop me? You, a little and weak girl?" the man mocked and red at Nian Tian.


    Anger filled in the veins of Mu Yuehan when he heard someone calling his first kiss a weak and little girl. He looked around at the crowd which was watching the scene, no one was ready toe out and help.


    ''Cowards.'' He muttered under his breath and made his way toward the centre. He saw the other man raising his hand, to p Nian Tian.


    His heart skipped a beat and at a lightning speed, he was standing in front of Nian Tian, holding the hand of the man who thought about hitting his First kiss.


    Mu Yuehan turned his face slightly and looked at Nian Tian. A boyish smile appeared on his lips.


    ''First kiss, nice to meet you again.''


    "Shame on you man. Haven''t your mother taught you to not raise your hand on a girl?" Mu Yuehan looked at the man opposite him.


    From his appearance, he looked to be a man belonging to a normal middle-ss family. He had a poor appearance and was also a head shorter than him.


    "You, who are you? Leave my hand right now¡­. otherwise." the man warned and looked at Mu Yuehan with narrowed eyes. He then looked at the girl hiding behind Nian Tian. "Aline, we can talk. Do not hide behind a stranger. Come out right now."


    "I don''t want to talk with you. You are a cheater, a liar." The girl named Aline said.


    "Aline, I am warning¡­" before the man couldplete, Mu Yuehan twisted his wrist. A painful cry left from the lips of the man.


    "Didn''t you hear, that the girl is not ready to talk with you?" Mu Yuehan gritted his teeth and kicked on his back, throwing him to the floor.


    The man was a weak chicken. He knew he could not fight against Mu Yuehan. So, without wasting any second, he ran away, but not before ring at Aline.


    "Are you alright?" Nian Tian asked in perfect English, to the girl hiding behind her.


    "I am all right sister. Thank you for your help." The girl replied in French. She was not very good at English. Thou, she could understand what another person had spoken to her.


    Nian Tian frowned, not understanding thenguage. Nian Tian was an expert in manynguages like Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and English but she was not good at French.


    "She is thanking you." Mu Yuehan tranted for the girl when he saw a big frown on the face of Nian Tian.


    "Thanks to you too, brother." Aline smiled and blushed when she saw Mu Yuehan. In her eyes, he looked no less than some model from Hollywood movies.


    "How will you return to your city?" Nian Tian looked at the girl with concern.


    "I have called my daddy. He is already on his way." Aline again replied in her mother tongue.<sub> </sub>


    Nian Tian then looked at Mu Yuehan exceptionally, waiting for the stranger to trante Aline to her.


    "Her father is already on the way."


    Nian Tian nodded her head. "Till the time he arrives, you can stay with me. I hope you don''t mind."


    Aline enthusiastically nodded her head and then smiled at her. Nian Tian turned her face and looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "Thank you for your help but I didn''t need it." There was a slight attitude in her voice.


    "You didn''t need it?" Mu Yuehan raised his brow. He saw it all, if not for him, the other man would have hit her.


    "You have said, girls are not weak. I am a karate expert. I know how to protect myself from such jerks." Nian Tian nodded to him and then looked at Aline. "Let''s go."


    Mu Yuehan looked at her and smiled. His first kiss was able to protect herself. He was feeling so proud of her.


    "Hey, how can you walk away like this, by only saying thanks?" Mu Yuehan followed her. "Sure, you could protect yourself. But for now, I have saved you. You should thank me properly over a cup of coffee."


    Mu Yuehan knew that at this very moment he looked no less than a shameless flirt but he did not care.


    "I don''t have a cup of coffee with strangers." Nian Tian replied without turning toward him. She already had her share of flirting with men after arriving on Juju ind.


    He was amused at her haughty nature.


    "We are not strangers, you see. I think we were kindergarten ssmates." Mu Yuehan said coyly. A blush appeared on his cheeks and he unconsciously ced his hand over his cheeks.


    "Really?" Nian Tian turned and looked at him. Her heart skipped a beat in fear. What if this stranger knew her real name and identity? "If you know me, then tell me my name."


    "Ah, that I don''t remember." Mu Yuehan replied embarrassingly. "But I am sure that we were ssmates and good friends."


    Nian Tian rolled her eyes and turned around. "People have found so many ways to flirt with a girl." Shemented nonchntly. Inwardly she sighed that Mu Yuehan was only bluffing.


    "Hey, I am not lying, trust me." Mu Yuehan followed after Nian Tian, looking desperate. "We were friends. We both went to¡­."


    Mu Yuehan was interrupted due to the ringing of his phone. He pulled out his phone to check the caller. And by the time he ended the call, Nian Tian was already gone.


    Mu Yuehan looked around in the hope to catch her glimpse but his angle was gone likest night.


    ''Hash, what a stroke of bad luck. I again failed to know her.''

 Chapter 44 Game Of Tom And Jerry

    "Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha," Zhan Weiughed loud when Mu Yuehan told him about his encounter with his angle, thest night and now early in the morning. "You, my friend have gone crazy. You are hallucinating a girl!"


    "Hey, I am not crazy." Mu Yuehan rebuked and red at aughing Zhan Wei. He roughly removed the hand of Zhan Wei from his shoulder.


    "I am sure, there is a girl who has stolen my first kiss. She is the same girl who saved mest night." Mu Yuehan spoke confidently.


    "It was a peck, first of all." Zhan Wei corrected. "And the second thing is, my friend, you need a girl for your physical needs. It has been a long time since you had a proper girlfriend. You need someone to let the steam out of your system. This hotel has many beautiful female staff. Do you...."


    "Stop talking rubbish, Wei." Mu Yuehan fumed at his friend and stood up from the couch. "I told you, my first kiss is not my imagination and I will prove to you the same. Soon enough, I will find her."


    After making his deration with confidence and belief, Mu Yuehan left the hotel and made his way toward the restaurant. After seeing his first kiss in the morning, hepletely forgot about doing grocery shopping.


    **


    After having his dinner, Mu Yuehan made his way toward the beach, where he visitedst night, in the hope to see his first kiss.


    Nian Tian arrived at the beach as usual. She walked toward the sea, removed her shoes, and ced her feet inside the seawater, feeling refreshed.


    Today wasn''t her day, first, she encountered a runaway couple, then a flirt and then with the father of Aline.


    "Hey."


    Nian Tian''s eyes widened when she saw the man from the morning walking toward her. She shook her head and walked out of the sea. She quickly wore her shoes and dashed away from the man, who in her eyes was crazy.


    "Do not run. Please stop. I am not lying."


    He followed her but Nian Tian who knew the ways on the beach vanished from his sight within a minute.


    "Is she a magician? How can she vanish just like this?" Mu Yuehan scratched his head in confusion. The very next second, he sensed his shadow guard standing behind him.


    "Sir, do you want me to find out about her?"


    "No need, I want to catch her by myself." Mu Yuehan rubbed his hands and grinned widely.


    For how long his angle was going to run away from him!


    He was going to enjoy the game of Tom and Jerry!


    **


    It had been fifteen days but still, Mu Yuehan was not able to find out about his angle. He started to feel irritated. He knew she was here, a citizen of juju ind but still he failed to meet her.


    Many times, he saw her on the beach, at sunset viewpoint on Juju ind or at the market, but every time he approached her, she would vanish in thin air. He was forced to think that he was imagining her.


    Sometimes, he thought, why not take the help of his shadow guards but his heart always stopped him. He wanted to search for her by himself. Somewhere, his male ego was enjoying this game of cat and mouse.


    He wanted his heart to find her.


    "Yuehan to earth." Zhan Wei clicked in front of Mu Yuehan, finding him lost in his world.<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan came out from his thoughts and looked at the interior designers, eagerly waiting for his approval.


    Today, he met his team of designers with the final proposal for the design of the hotel. He was here to select what was best for it.


    "I think the project of Grace and co is the best. It is exactly like what I have in my mind." Mu Yuehan gave his decision, making the other party jump in excitement.


    "Thank you so much, Mister Mu, for giving us this chance. We will not disappoint you."


    Zhan Wei nodded and ended the video call. He shut down hisptop and then looked at Mu Yuehan. "Want to join me on the beach?"


    "Nah, not interested. I am feeling hungry." Mu Yuehan stood up from the couch followed by Zhan Wei. "Want to join me? The food at hope restaurant is delicious."


    "Nopes, food served here, at this hotel is not bad. Food is the only best thing at this ce." Zhan Wei declined his offer.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and left for the restaurant. He had be an addict to the food at the hope restaurant. He had tried each dish there and each one of them was his favourite.


    It was like someone was lovingly cooking food for him. He could feel the passion and dedication of the cook in all the dishes.


    "Hello." Mu Yuehan smiled at Marta and Marta grinned.


    "You are early today," Martamented and ced the menu in front of him.


    "Yup, I am." Mu Yuehan picked up the menu and looked at Marta. "What''s the special asion? You look quite happy today."


    "My daughter is returning after a year. I am so happy." Marta chimed. "You decide your order, meanwhile, I will attend to the other customers."


    Marta excused herself and walked toward a couple who just arrived at the restaurant.


    Mu Yuehan decided on the dish which he wanted to taste today. He ced his order.


    In the meantime, his order was being prepared, he started to y his favourite game on his phone!


    What! He yed games! Really!


    Yes, really!!!


    His favourite game was, the stock market!


    "Here is your order." Marta served him his order. She was about to leave when Mu Yuehan stopped her.


    He was dying with curiosity to meet the cook of this restaurant and today, he decided to talk about the same with Marta.


    He wanted to know who was the person serving him such a portion of delicious food fromst two weeks.


    He wanted to kiss the hands of that person.

 Chapter 45 Found You

    "Marta, am I not a loyal customer at your restaurant?" Mu Yuehan asked in a serious voice.


    "Yeah, you are. You are my favourite loyal customer." Marta replied truthfully.


    "Then why is it that I haven''t seen your owner so far?" Mu Yuehanined. "I mean, she should at leaste out and thank me for visiting here regrly. She should also take my opinion or ask for some advice or feedback. Don''t you think so?"


    "You are right. Nian Tian loved to take feedback from her customer before the tsunami. But after the tsunami, her kitchen has been shifted inside due to some damage to the restaurant. She doesn''t get time to interact with the customers anymore." Marta informed, lost deep in thoughts. "Don''t worry, I will tell her about yourint."


    Mu Yuehan nodded and started to have his food. A smile left his lips when he ced the first slice in his mouth.


    ''Nian Tian, you are my favourite cook.'' He praised.


    **


    "Our money bank is requesting to see you," Marta informed Nian Tian.


    "I was also thinking of thanking him personally," Nian Tian informed and removed her apron. "After all, he is visiting here regrly and is also ordering expensive dishes, leaving huge tips for you."


    Nian Tian walked out of the kitchen. Her eyes went wide with horror when she saw Mu Yuehan sitting in the ce of her best customer.


    She was fed up with this flirt. He was following her all time, trying to befriend her and she did not like it.


    She noticed him all around the ind and always, using the benefit of staying here for a long time, she was able to bypass him. But never in her wildest dreams did she think that he was her regr customer.


    "Don''t tell me, this stalker is my regr customer." Nian Tian looked at him as if seeing a ghost. "God, are you ying some cruel joke with me?"


    She took an angry deep breath, turned around and made her way toward the kitchen. She was continuously cursing Mu Yuehan.


    That man, he was not only following her around. He had made her beach as his base. She could no longer visit there only because of him. And now, he was here, at her restaurant, like really.


    This ugly, stalker, cruel man, sexy flirt, shameless man, jerk.... she cursed him.


    Sneeze! Sneeze!


    Mu Yuehan sneezed twice. He rubbed his nose with his handkerchief and thought to himself, ''is someone cursing me?''


    **


    "What happened?" Marta asked Nian Tian the moment she entered the kitchen. "Why are you angry?"


    "Marta, god is ying some cruel joke with me." She gritted her teeth. "The man outside is my stalker. He is the one, following after me for thest two weeks."


    "Pft," Marta broke down inughter when she heard her. "I will call it fate. Maybe you both are destined. Why don''t you meet him, Nian Tian? Talk to him. Maybe he was your ssmate. He looks like a good man to me."<sub> </sub>


    "Marta, you don''t know a man like I do. They only know how to y with girls." Nian Tian clenched her right hand and punched it on her left palm, imagining the left palm to be the face of Mu Yuehan.


    "Maybe he is a good man. You know, Zhan Wei works for the great Mu Yuehan. He is well settled. He can¡­."


    "Marta, please." Nian Tian interrupted her. "I am not interested in Zhan Wei nor Mu Yuehan. I am not interested in men at all. And you know this."


    Marta sighed at her stubbornness and shook her head.


    **


    It waste in the night when Nian Tian closed the shop. Marta was again excited by the sale of the day. "Good night Marta."


    Nian Tian made her way toward the beach, a different beach from her usual one. She waspletely unaware of a man following her in the shadows.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Nian Tian and grinned excitedly.


    ''Found you!'' he wanted to yell.


    Finally, he was able to find his angle. He could not imagine that Nian Tian was his angle. The girl whose food he was enjoying was his angle. He was so close to her, yet he was searching for her all around like crazy.


    She was the one whose food he was having for such a long time. He started to imagine his future once she became his wife. For sure, he would gain weight after having such delicious food from her hands, daily.


    When Nian Tian had stepped out of the kitchen to meet him, maybe she stayed there only for a second, but that second was enough for his heart to recognise her presence. His heart thumped hard like crazy. He lifted his eyes and there he saw her back.


    And from that time, he was waiting for her outside the restaurant.


    ''Isn''t she afraid of the dark or the crimes which happen with a girl in dark?'' Mu Yuehan knitted his brows with concern when he saw her taking a dark alley, in thete hours of the night.


    ''I will ask my guards to follow after her. This foolish girl does not worry about herself. Then, as her soon-to-be boyfriend, I must look after her.''


    Nian Tian could feel as if someone was following after her. She turned around, again and again, but she saw nobody. Mu Yuehan had taken military training, he knew how to hide in the darkness.


    "I must be tired." Nian Tian murmured to herself.


    Nian Tian quickened her steps and arrived at the beach. She didn''t spend a lot of time there. She made her way toward her apartment, with Mu Yuehan still following after her.


    "So, you stay in this building." Mu Yuehan murmured to himself and then he saw the lights of a house on the third floor turning on. "And this is your house."


    Mu Yuehan looked at the apartment of Nian Tian as if he had won a billion-dor deal. He pulled out his phone and made a quick call.


    "I need your help."

 Chapter 46 Being A Hypocrite

    The next morning, Mu Yuehan woke up in a very happy and exciting mood. And why not, he finally found her, his first kiss, the girl who was able to make his heart crazy, fuse his mind with her beauty.


    "It looks like she doesn''t remember my presence in her life. So, what? I will start from scratch. I will make her fall in love with me." He beamed with dedication and stood up from the bed, to start his day.


    Mu Yuehan whistled in delight and got ready in a simple dress. He decided that he would pursue Nian Tian as Zhan Wei, not Mu Yuehan. To him, she did not look like a girl to be impressed knowing his real identity.


    Moreover, he wanted her to fall for him as a human, not for the name Mu Yuehan.


    Once ready, he entered his kitchen. With a wicked smile on his lips, he picked up an empty bowl. He walked out of his apartment and toward the door of his neighbouring apartment.


    Like a gentleman, he knocked on the door and ring the bell of his neighbour.


    **


    Knock! Knock!


    Nian Tian frowned when she heard a knock on her door, followed by the ringing of her doorbell.


    "Who can be here at my ce?" she thought. It had been a long time since she had some visitor over her doorstep. After a long time, she heard the music of a ringing bell.


    She opened the door for the visitor. In the next second, a gasp escaped her lips.


    "What the hell are you doing here? And how the hell did you find my address? I must praise your stalking qualities." Nian Tian fumed when she saw Mu Yuehan at her doorsteps.


    "Miss, I know you are angry at me. I will ask for forgiveness from you. Now that we are neighbours, coincidently. Can we start again?" Mu Yuehan looked at her with sincerity.


    Nian Tian looked at him with wary eyes and then at the bowl in his hand. "What do you want?"


    "Oh, I was making coffee when I realise that I don''t have sugar. Can you give me some?" Mu Yuehan forwarded his bowl.


    "Wait a minute." Nian Tian snatched the bowl and entered her house.


    Mu Yuehan grinned victoriously. He was happy to see the flustered expression on her face. He was happy with his decision from thest night.


    Yesterday, when he saw her apartment. He called his property agent to purchase the apartment adjustment to that of Nian Tian. To his luck, that apartment was vacant and he was able to buy it within a night.


    For the whole night, his guards worked hard to shift his stuff in his new apartment. Nian Tian heard the noise but she did not give any head to it.


    "Here, your sugar." Nian Tian came back with a bowl full of sugar and passed it to Mu Yuehan.


    "Thank you." Mu Yuehan smiled. Before he could start a conversation with her, Nian Tian mmed the door at his face.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and made his way toward his apartment, only to return with another empty bowl.


    Knock! Knock!


    "What?" Nian Tian yelled and looked at Mu Yuehan with irritation.


    <o>,m "I just realised; I am also short of coffee. You see¡­." Before he couldplete, Nian Tian snatched the bowl from his hand and entered her apartment.</o>


    Mu Yuehan chuckled. He sneakily looked inside the apartment of Nian Tian, feeling impressed with the interior and the wall paintings.


    "Here you go."


    Instead of giving him a bowl of coffee, Nian Tian passed him a cup of brewed coffee.<sub> </sub>


    "I wanted instant coffee, not¡­."


    "I am sure, next time you were going to knock on my door saying, ''you are short of milk.''" She mocked him. "No need to return the cup."


    And with that, the door of the apartment of Nian Tian was once again shut on the face of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and took a huge gulp of his coffee. He was feeling light-hearted after bickering with her like this in the morning.


    He never liked coffee with milk or sugar, he preferred dark coffee.


    But guess what, he liked this coffee, only because it was made for him by his beautiful neighbour!


    **


    Mu Yuehan wanted to follow around Nian Tian for the whole day, till she was ready to be his friend and then-girlfriend, but his attention was diverted by a phone call from his brother.


    "Are you free right now? There is a kind of emergency." Mu Yuehan heard the voice of his brother, Mu TianYu, the moment he picked up the call.


    "I am free." Mu Yuehan looked at the closed door of the apartment of Nian Tian and made his way inside his apartment. "What happened?"


    "There is a guy following Yifei."


    Mu Yuehan froze when he heard Mu TianYu. The vein in his neck throbbed, thinking of the little punk who dared to follow his sister.


    "Who is he? Do I know him?" Mu Yuehan fired questions with anger in his voice.


    "He is the kid from the Han family. You know him."


    Mu Yuehan fumed, remembering that boy. He was a ssmate with his sister.


    "He is visiting at home quite a lot, nowadays, with an excuse of a project. Early in the morning, I caught him presenting flowers to Yifei." Mu TianYu reported. His tone was that of a possessive brother.


    "Have you confronted him?" The brain of Mu Yuehan was already running in all directions, how to throw that boy away from the surrounding of his sister.


    "What do you think?" Mu TianYu groaned. He crushed a paper in his hand. "He confessed that he loves our sister. He loves her from the time they were in the second standard. God, he was so gross when he confessed to me about his deep feelings for her, how his heart acts like crazy when in her presence¡­h¡­h¡­h¡­."


    Mu Yuehan fumed and punched the nearby wall. "Leave him to me. I will talk with his father. Have you talked with dad?"


    "Nah, I decided to call you first."


    "Good."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call with Mu TianYu and immediately made a call to mister Han. After ending the call, after warning mister Han about the behaviour of his son, he made his way toward the apartment of Nian Taint.


    When he was outside her apartment, he realised, wasn''t he too acting like that Han kid, following after Nian Tian because his heart acted like crazy in her presence.


    ''Stopparing yourself with that Han kid, he is a fool. He is no good for your sister, but you, you will be the best man and husband for Nian Tian.''


    He was being a hypocrite, he knew. But he did not care about the same.


    Mu Yuehan knocked on the door of her apartment, but to his bad luck, she was already gone. He groaned and decided to pass some time with Zhan Wei before attacking at the hope restaurant.

 Chapter 47 For How Long Will You Ignore Me?

    "You are shitting with me. Did you seriously find her?" Zhan Wei looked at Mu Yuehan with shock, not believing that he had found his angle.


    "I am not kidding. I found her and now, we are neighbours."


    "Great. I cannot believe, my friend has finally found his dream girl. Should I be expecting that there are chances of wedding bells in the near future?" Zhan Wei teased and Mu Yuehan grinned.


    "Sure, soon you will have someone to call sister-inw. I can''t wait to marry her."


    Zhan Wei fell from the stool when he heard him. He was only teasing him about wedding bells. He did not expect Mu Yuehan to be in such a hurry to get married.


    "Aren''t you thinking too far? I mean you are hardly twenty-two. This is not an age for you to get married."


    "In my view, this is the best age. By marrying her now, I will get to spend more time of my life with her." Mu Yuehan swirled the wine in his ss.


    "My friend, you have gone mad for her." Zhan Wei shook his head. After thinking for some time, he spoke again, "Care to join me on the beach? A kind of celebration that you found your angle."


    "Sure." Mu Yuehan replied.


    **


    Mu Yuehan and Zhan Wei arrived at the beach. They immediately became the centre of attraction among tourists, especially girls. They both were in their boxers with their bodies on disy.


    "I like this effect which I have on girls." Zhan Wei grinned and threw a smile in the direction of a group of girls.


    Mu Yuehan rolled his eyes and walked toward the stall which rented surfing boards. Renting it for an hour, he jumped into the sea and was surfing in the high waves, Zhan Wei followed him.


    After surfing and swimming for some time, both men ended up on the beach chairs, to enjoy the view of the sunset.


    "Any n of returning to Shanghai?" Zhan Wei asked and opened a beer can.


    "Nah," Mu Yuehan looked at Zhan Wei as if seeing a fool. "Do you think, I will return now when I have finally met my soon-to-be wife?"


    Zhan Wei wanted to tease his friend but was stopped by the ringing of the phone of Mu Yuehan. A glint appeared in the eyes of Mu Yuehan and he picked up the call.


    "Report."


    "Young master, I have investigated Nian Tian properly. I don''t think, you have met her ever before."


    Yesterday night, he asked his father''s assistant to investigate Nian Tian. He wanted to know about her. He also wanted to confirm if his instincts were true or not.


    "From my investigation, I found that she travelled to Juju ind from Paris. And from then on, she is staying there. There is not much data about her."


    "Did you look into my school''s record?" Mu Yuehan asked and run the nail of his thumb on his forehead.


    "I did. There was no student named Nian Tian in your ss."<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan sighed and narrowed his eyes, deep in thoughts. His heart and instincts could not be so wrong.


    "Do you have the names of my female ssmates?" Mu Yuehan asked. "Maybe she changed her name."


    "I do." The assistant started to recite the names of his female ssmates and when he said the name, Qin Tian, the heart of Mu Yuehan skipped a beat.


    "It''s her, her name is Qin Tian. Send me all the details about her. I also need her photo. If possible, try to find out about her rtionship with me." Mu Yuehan ordered and ended the call, without giving any chance to the assistant to speak.


    "He didn''t give me the chance to tell him about the incident of Miss Qin from two years back." The assistant thought to himself.


    The engagement party of Qin Tian from two years back was quite famous that the assistant was also aware of it.


    **


    For the whole day, Nian Tian was not able to shoo away Mu Yuehan from her mind. Constantly, she was reminded of teasing smiles which adored on his lips when he troubled her with sugar and then coffee.


    She must say, that man was quite adamant to get close to her. Not only did he find out about where she stayed but also purchased an apartment neighbouring to hers.


    Not only that but there was also something, something which attracted her toward him.


    But sigh, she could not dream about him. She knew he would leave her once he got to know how she had seduced the man of another woman and the reason was not love, but revenge. Besides, she could no longer trust another man, what if he was also ying with her like that Fan Yifeng?


    Nian Tian locked her restaurant and bid adieu to Marta. That was when her eyes fell upon Mu Yuehan. He was leaning against the wall opposite her.


    "What are you doing here?" she asked with slight irritation in her voice.


    For thest five minutes, Mu Yuehan was eagerly waiting for her. He wanted to see her beautiful face, to see this irritation-filled expression on her face in which she looked cute.


    "I am here to have a walk with you." Mu Yuehan threw a smile in her direction. He straightened himself and walked toward her. "Have you heard a proverb that two people are better than one?"


    "Yes, I have. So¡­?"


    "So, it''s better to return home together. After all, now we are neighbours. Very close neighbours." Nian Tian looked at him and narrowed her eyes.


    "Aren''t you very clingy, just like a parasite?"


    "Gotha." He clicked his fingers and smiled his 440-watt smile. "My family members always tell me that I am very clingy. Now you know I am clingy and this clingy man is not going to leave you."


    Nian Tian sighed and shook her head. She thought, that if she would ignore him, not give him any importance, he would get bored with her and would leave her alone.


    Nian Tian made her way toward her regr beach with Mu Yuehan following behind her. He was whistling happily and was trying to talk with Nian Tian but she waspletely ignoring him.


    "I know you are ignoring me. But for how long? I know my charm and no girl can be unaffected by it." He thought to himself and smiled devilishly.

 Chapter 48 Tasting Vinegar

    The next day, like yesterday, Mu Yuehan knocked on the door of the apartment of Nian Tian. The only difference was, this time, he had a cup in his hand, the cup in which Nian Tian served him coffee yesterday.


    "Oh god, no." Nian Tian groaned when she saw him. "What?"


    For the whole night, Nian Tian was not able to sleep. Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw his 440-watt smile and the dimple on his cheeks. He looked so handsome in her dreams, but not more than in reality.


    "Can I have a cup of coffee like yesterday?" Mu Yuehan asked shamelessly.


    "No, the packet of coffee at my ce is finished." Nian Tian lied and closed the door on his face.


    She was feeling quite frustrated with the presence of this charming man. If it was old her, she would have jumped on him by now. But after the betrayal of Fan Yifeng, she did not have the courage to trust another man, especially a man so handsome like Mu Yuehan.


    In her eyes, he for sure had some motto to be with her, otherwise, why would he follow her like this even when she had nothing when she was ignoring him like gue.


    He could have any girl then why was he following her and only her?


    What if he was using her to pass his time at Juju ind?


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and looked at the closed door. He again knocked on the door.


    How could he not vex her a little more?


    Isn''t this how a hate rtionship or hateful feelings get converted into a feeling of love?


    "What?" Nian Tian asked without opening the door.


    "If you don''t have coffee, then, can you serve me some tea?" He bit on his lower lip, to control hisughter, imagining her with a huge scowl on her face.


    "No, I don''t have any beverage at my house. Now leave." She ordered.


    **


    When Nian Tian came out of her apartment, she was shocked to see Mu Yuehan leaning against the opposite wall. His left leg was supporting against the wall and his hands were tucked in his pant pockets, he looked quite dashing in her eyes.


    ''Stop getting affected by his charms.'' Nian Tian scolded herself.


    "You didn''t leave."


    "No, I did not. I remember that your restaurant also serves coffee. So, I thought why not I apany you to the restaurant?" Mu Yuehan smiled and walked behind Nian Tian.


    Nian Tian ignored him and entered the elevator, followed by Mu Yuehan.


    "You can''t apany me. I will be going to the grocery shop first." Nian Tian smoothly lied again.


    "Great, I was also thinking of doing some grocery shopping."


    "I will be going in my car." Nian Tian quickly made an excuse and this time, Mu Yuehan did not say anything back.


    Nian Tian furrowed her brows in doubt. She knew he would have said that he was going to share the car with her, but why did he not say so?<sub> </sub>


    Nian Tian got the answer to her question when she arrived at the parking and saw all her vehicles were punctured.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with wickedness. Yesterday, he punctured all her vehicles in case she tried to run away from him in any of them.


    "I guess, now you will need to use my car." Mu Yuehan teased. "Or if you want, we can walk to the grocery shop. I don''t have a problem with either of them."


    Nian Tian angrily stomped her feet and red at him. "We are taking the car."


    "As you say." Mu Yuehan''s voice was full of innocence but there was mischief in his eyes.


    Mu Yuehan retrieved his car from the parking and honked to get the attention of Nian Tian. She raised her brows in amusement when she saw him driving thetest Porsche.


    "Zhan Wei, what do you do for earning?" Nian Tian asked once she buckled herself. She wanted to know what this man did to own this Porsche.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her, feeling bad that she called him by the name Zhan Wei. He felt further bad when he lied to her about his work.


    "I am driver cum assistant cum bodyguard of Mu Yuehan, heir of Mu conglomerate from Shanghai."


    "I didn''t know a driver can own such an expensive car." Nian Tian ran her fingers over the smooth dashboard of the car.


    She always wanted to own a luxurious car. Jaguar, Porsche, and Lamborghini were one of her favourite brands.


    Hash, her uncle never let her buy one and when Qin Yanze gifted her an Audi, it was ruthlessly taken by her aunt. She kept fulfilling the wishes of her aunt, afraid of what her aunt would do to her or her grandpa in case she resisted giving her car to her aunt.


    "This is my boss''s car. Before the boss and employee rtionship, we are friends. Besides, he thinks that it will be more convenient for him if the car is parked at my ce." Mu Yuehan again lied.


    Nian Tian nodded her head, notpletely believing his lie. She turned and looked out of the window, again ignoring Mu Yuehan.


    "So, from how long are you staying here on Juju ind?" Mu Yuehan asked but he did not get any reply from her.


    He sighed and looked ahead on the road. From time to time, he was stealing nces at Nian Tian, his girl, the girl whom he wished to make his wife!


    **


    Mu Yuehan was shocked to see several people approaching Nian Tian and exchanging small talks with her. She knew everyone working at the grocery shop and some of the customers.


    He was jealous. He was hell jealous, not only of males but also of females. He wanted her to talk with him like this, so carefreely. He wanted to see the smile on her lips when talking to him, instead of anger or irritation.


    "Will you keep looking at me or will you do your shopping?" Nian Tianmented on noticing that Mu Yuehan was following her without any cart.


    Again, there was slight anger in her voice. It hurt Mu Yuehan. He felt undefinable emotions in his heart.


    "Oh." Mu Yuehan stupidly pped his head and walked back to retrieve a basket for himself. All this while, his eyes were fixed on Nian Tian, afraid she would again vanish from his sight.


    "Mister Hawkins."


    Mu Yuehan groaned when Nian Tian greeted yet another man and this time the man had a young man apanying him.

 Chapter 49 Your Genius Son Has Gone Mad.

    "Tina, so nice to meet you." The man in histe fifties was not able to pronounce Nian Tian, so he called her Tina. "Tina, meet my son, Andrew. He is nning to take over my shipping business. From now on, you will see him regrly."


    Mister Peter Hawkins excitedly introduced his son to Nian Tian. He liked this girl and wished to get his stupid and worthless son married to her.


    Peter Hawkins knew Nian Tian from the time she arrived at Juju ind. He knew the way she interacted with others. He knew she had a heart of gold. He had seen her with his eyes when she had helped others at the time of the tsunami, selflessly.


    He would love to have a daughter-inw like her.


    "Nice to meet you, Tina." Andrew forwarded his hand to Nian Tian for a shake. All this while, he was looking at her with a lustful gaze.


    After having his fair share of nights with girls, he could say that Nian Tian was someone wild below her innocent fa?ade.


    "Nice to meet you." Nian Tian was aware of his dirty eyes on herself. But to not embarrass Mister Andrew who was once her loyal customer, she decided to shake her hand with him.


    But before she could do so, Mu Yuehan came in between Andrew and herself. Hepletely ignored Mister Hawkins and Andrew.


    "Sweetie, hurry up. Marta just called and informed me that there are many customers in the restaurant, waiting for you."


    He possessively looped his arm around her waist. He then looked at Peter. "Nice to meet you. I am close friend with her."


    The way he held her was speaking possessiveness and closeness. Peter looked at them with disappointment. He knew his chance to have Nian Tian as his daughter-inw was gone.


    Mu Yuehan had already taken her for himself. And whenparing the handsomeness of his son and Mu Yuehan, he knew Mu Yuehan was clear cut winner.


    "Excuse us, we are gettingte."


    Abruptly, Mu Yuehan pushed Nian Tian away from the father and son duo. Nian Tian gave a guilty smile to Peter and walked with Mu Yuehan.


    Once they were not in the sight of the father and son duo, Nian Tian roughly removed his arm from her waist and red at him. "What was that?"


    "I was trying to save you." Mu Yuehan shrugged his shoulders. "We both know you were hesitating from shaking your hand with him."


    "I was not." Nian Tian denied it and started to pick up the items she needed, from the shelves.


    "Keep lying, we both know he was looking at you like a leech. He was practically underdressing you. And I do not like it. I don''t like it because you are my girl."


    Mu Yuehan red at nothing, remembering how that man was looking at his girl. He made a mental note to transfer the Hawkins family away from this ind forever. So, that leech would not get a chance to be close to his girl in his absence.


    Nian Tian looked at him with wide eyes when she heard my girl. The honesty, the seriousness with which he had called her his girl, she had felt tingles of warmth surging in her heart.


    It felt as if those words were directlying from his heart.


    She took a long deep breath to calm her heart down. Many people said words like this but not many people stood by them.


    Nian Tianpleted her shopping and made her way toward the cashier. Mu Yuehan groaned when he saw her exchanging greetings with the cashier.


    So much vinegar for the first day!<sub> </sub>


    ''Should I make this ind, a girls-only ce?'' he thought to himself in his jealousy.


    "Nian Tian hurry, Marta is waiting for you." Mu Yuehan spoke from behind her. Nian Tian nodded her head, asking the cashier to quickly make a bill.


    Nian Tian took her carry bags and then Mu Yuehan passed his basket to the cashier. Once Nian Tian was out of hearing range, he threatened the cashier, "young boy, she is my girl. So, stop thinking about her."


    The cashier looked at him with wide eyes and shook his head. "Mister, I am only sixteen. She is like a big sister to me. Rest assured."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and made the payment. He made a quick dash toward Nian Tian. He took the carry bags from her hands, naturally.


    "Let me carry them. They are heavy."


    Nian Tian wanted to rebuke but then she saw with how ease he was carrying the bags where she was having trouble in carrying them.


    She again felt amused seeing his strength and physic. It was screaming aloud that he worked regrly in the gym.


    **


    They both arrived at the restaurant. She frowned when she saw there was only one customer present. And he was nearly done with his breakfast.


    "Didn''t you say a customer was waiting for me?" Nian Tian asked.


    "Yes, there is and that is me." Mu Yuehan beamed.


    "You...¡­."


    **


    After having his coffee, Mu Yuehan left for the hotel. Zhan Wei was shocked to see him driving his car. As far as he remembered, Mu Yuehan imed that he would not drive to Juju ind because he was liking the fresh air here. He preferred to walk or ride on his bicycle.


    Zhan Wei wanted to raise his doubts but he did not, seeing the foolish smile on the lips of Mu Yuehan.


    ''Mu Uncle, your genius son has gone mental. You should start training TianYu as your next heir.'' Zhan Wei thought to himself.


    **


    "I heard; you have shifted in the apartment next to Nian Tian." Marta raised her brows in amusement and looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "I have." He replied with a grin. "After all, I want to woo her. I will need your help, Marta. I hope you will help me."


    "Sure, sure. I am watching Nian Tian for such a long time. I will be happy if she gets a man like you in her life."


    A loving look appeared in her eyes. She remembered how she met Nian Tian for the first time.

 Chapter 50 She Was Scared.

    After her husband''s death, Marta was struggling with the restaurant. That was when she met Nian Tian for the first time. She was like an angel to her. She bought her restaurant, giving it a new life.


    Marta saw her struggle not only with the restaurant but with her life. The way she dealt with everything; it was clear to Marta that she was in the outside world like this for the first time. She was hurt from inside. She was like an emotionless robot.


    She was a pure-hearted, hard-working soul, struggling alone. She needed someone to love her, to look after her.


    **


    "Thank you for your vote on my side." Mu Yuehan smiled and took out a pen from his shirt pocket. He then wrote down his number on a napkin.


    "Can you pass her my number?"


    "What an old fashion way?" Marta mocked. "Why don''t you give her your number by yourself?"


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with a dreamy gaze. "Sometimes, it''s fun to do things in the old way."


    "Crazy." Marta chuckled and picked up the napkin.


    Marta entered the kitchen and passed the napkin to Nian Tian. "He sent his number for you."


    Nian Tian fumed angrily. She picked up the napkin and tore it into a million pieces, imagining that she was tearing him and his smile into pieces.


    "What have you done Nian Tian?" Marta gasped and looked at the napkin. She then grinned and produced another piece of napkin. "He knew you''d tear the first one, so he wrote his number on two napkins."


    "God no." Nian Tian groaned.


    "I am again telling you; you should give him a chance. He is such a good man. He¡­"


    "If he is such a good man then why don''t you give his number to your daughter?" Nian Tian interrupted her. "Marry ising back, isn''t she? I am sure she will love to have a boyfriend like Zhan Wei."


    "Nah, he is not for her. Marry is rowdy, a bad boy in the attire of a girl but that man is¡­what should I say, I think he is an angel. I could see slyness in his eyes but not in a bad way. I feel that he has a heart of gold." Marta talked about Mu Yuehan with a dreamy gaze. Nian Tian rolled her eyes.


    "If he is so good then marry him. But stop troubling me." She snatched the napkin from the hand of Marta and again tore it into many pieces.


    **


    "Have you saved my number?"


    Mu Yuehan asked Nian Tian on their way back to their apartment.


    "Why should I? You are a stranger to me and I do not save the number of strangers on my phone." Nian Tian replied arrogantly. Mu Yuehan looked at her with amazement filled expression.


    Girls died to get his number on their phone and this girl¡­.! Hash! One day he would have his number saved on her phone for sure.


    "You should save it. What if you get in any trouble? You see these streets are not safe for you. If you have my number, you can call me anytime." Mu Yuehan spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.


    "Are they dangerous?" she asked.


    "Yes, they are very dangerous."


    And the next second, Nian Tian pulled out a pepper spray from her bag and sprayed it on the eyes of Mu Yuehan. It all happened in the blink of an eye that Mu Yuehan was not able to protect himself.<sub> </sub>


    "You¡­" Mu Yuehan gritted his teeth and covered his eyes, feeling irritation and burning.


    "I know how to protect myself from every danger."


    He rubbed his eyes. He blew air on his handkerchief and pressed it on his eyes to give them some relief. When he opened his eyes, Nian Tian was long gone.


    "Women, this woman¡­" he gritted under his breath and then chuckled. "My women, she is my women. She knows how to protect herself."


    **


    Mu Yuehan made it his routine to follow after Nian Tian in the morning and then during the night. Nian Tian was hell irritated by his presence, especially his noisy mouth which never kept quiet.


    Like a tape recorder, she had heard many things from his mouth repeatedly. So many times she wished to tape his mouth, to shut it.


    By now, she knew his favourite food was food cooked by her. His favourite colour was red because she looked good in it. His favourite ce of vacation was Juju ind because here he saw her.


    She knew all his favourites and they all started and ended with her.


    How clich¨¦!


    "Don''t your boss say anything to you when you arrivete at your work or when you leave before your working hours are over?" Nian Tian questioned. Her tone was full of vexation.


    "Why will he, when he knows I am pursuing the love of my life?"


    And here it came, his megawatt smile. Nian Tian shook her head and turned her face away before his smile could again affect her.


    "You should stop wasting your time. You are not going to get any sess in it."


    "And says who?"


    "Me. I am not weak. I am not going to be a fool in your hands. I know your type of man. You all only know how to hurt a woman."


    Mu Yuehan felt rage pulsing in his chest when he heard her. Was she ignoring him because shepared him with other men? Could she not see that he was very determined to pursue her, he was true to her?


    The fire burnt in his eyes.


    "I don''t know what type of man you have seen in the past but I am not them. I will not stop pursuing you. My feelings are sincere for you." He gritted his teeth. He held on the shoulders of Nian Tian and turned her toward himself. "Nian Tian, I like you. I like you very much. Mark it in your mind, I am not the one to throw ''like'' word at anyone."


    He then ced his hand over his heart. "My heart is crazy about you and I will do anything in my power to make your heart crazy for me. Good night, have my dreams."


    With that said, Mu Yuehan made his way toward his apartment, leaving Nian Tian alone with her thoughts.


    Nian Tian clenched her fist and looked in the direction where he went. Her heart was thumping hard in her chest.


    Her heart and mind both conflicted, not knowing what to do after his confession. He looked so faithful and true to her; his confession felt true!!


    But what to do, she was scared! Her experience with men and love was not good!

 Chapter 51 He Knows How To Win The Heart Of A Girl.

    "Oh no," Nian Tian groaned when the next day, she again saw the face and smile of Mu Yuehan, early in the morning.


    Yesterday, she could not sleep. Her mind was full of his deration and his challenge that he would make her his. And the worst thing was, one portion of her wanted to see what he would do to make her his.


    Her heart wanted to feel the dedication, care, and love of the opposite sex. It needed someone who could make her feel secure.


    But her mind, it was continuously rebuking her for thinking about a man. It reminded her of all her past experiences with men. They only needed her for their physical need, not for love.


    "You are here."


    "Yes, I am, with full motivation to chase you. And there is good news, today, I have taken a leave. I will be spending my day with you, helping you with the restaurant." Mu Yuehan looked at her with full enthusiasm.


    After confessing to her yesterday night, when he left for his house, he did a pep talk with himself. He did some search online and found, that it was not easy to pursue a girl. One needed to work hard and he was ready to do that.


    After all, the fruit which we receive after doing hard work is the sweetest!


    He was ready to give her his all, to show her with his actions that his feelings were true and strong toward her. He was ready to work hard to have her love as his fruit.


    Nian Tian wanted to grumble and reject his idea but then she thought of something.


    ''Why not trouble him today? I am sure he will run away if I give him a lot of work.''


    "I know there is no use to fight you."


    "You are correct." Mu Yuehan clicked his fingers.


    He could read the mind of Nian Tian. He knew she was not going to make today easy for him and he was ready to stand on all the tests she would throw in his way. He wanted to prove his dedication by helping her.


    "Marta, today Zhan Wei will be helping me. You were asking for a leave. You can have one today." Marta looked at Nian Tian and then at Mu Yuehan.


    She wanted to tell him that work at the restaurant was not easy but then Mu Yuehan gave her a reassurance-filled smile. "It''s my way to persuade her. Maybe her heart will melt after seeing me working hard with dedication."


    "All the best with your n." Marta could only give him good luck. She knew Nian Tian was not going to make today any easy for him.


    **


    "Chop these onions in perfect cubes." Nian Tian gave the first task to Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan looked at the basket with at least ten kilograms of unpeeled onions. He then looked at her face.


    "Why will you need so many onions?" he asked in an using tone.


    "All my dishes have quite a good amount of onion in them." She replied in a matter-of-fact tone, with no trace of lie in it. Be quick, chop them. And if you cannot, I can call Marta to help me. She is resting in¡­."


    "No need. I have promised to help you and I will stand on it."<sub> </sub>


    Nian Tian looked at him with mirth. She turned and started to brew coffee ordered by her customers.


    Mu Yuehan scowled at her; her mirth not hidden from his eyes. "''if she thinks I will leave her after seeing onions, then she is wrong.''


    Mu Yuehan started to peel onions. His eyes were burning, tears were flowing from his eyes but he ignored the itching. ''anything for TianTian.'' He motivated himself and peeled the onions.


    He dipped the onions in a tank full of water to lessen their effect. He was also thanking his mother who gave him some cooking tips and lessons when he was young.


    After peeling the onions, he started to chop them. By now, his eyes were blurry because of tears. He was not able to see anything but he still chopped them, and too in perfect cubes.


    Nian Tian was impressed seeing his culinary skills and his dedication.


    ''I must say, this man knows how to win the heart of women. He knows cooking, really!''


    By the time Mu Yuehan was done with onions, his eyes were red and puffy due to crying. It looked as if he did not sleep for a whole week.


    "Not bad." Nian Tian took the onions and then passed Mu Yuehan some garlic to peel.


    After that, he was given potatoes to slice. Nian Tian was having full use of him. Otherwise, she was the one to chop onions knowing well that she did not cry when chopping them. Yup, she was a lucky one. She did not have the itching effect of onion.


    "Ah." Mu Yuehan cried when he identally cut his finger while chopping.


    He expectedly looked at Nian Tian, waiting for her to show some worry for him. For her to suck his finger like in all those drama''s his sister watched. But nothing like this happened.


    "So, clumsy. You can''t cut potatoes without cutting your finger."


    "Heartless women." Mu Yuehan murmured under his breath and ced his finger under the water.


    Nian Tian passed him the banded and asked him to do the task at hand. He angrily red at her and continued cutting the potatoes.


    Once he was done with cutting, without giving him a chance to rest, Nian Tian passed him the uniform of her restaurant and asked him to serve the customers which he did with a smile on his lips.


    "He is so dedicated to you. You troubled him from the morning but still, he is treating your customers with a smile on his lips." Martamented and opened a small window from which Nian Tian could see what was happening in the restaurant from her kitchen.


    She noticed how Mu Yuehan was serving customers with his usual charming smile. A smile also broke on her face.


    "He likes you. It''s written all over his face."


    "If he likes me then he has to face some challenges. I am not an easy person to be wooed."


    Marta shook her head. "I am sure, he will do anything to make you his."

 Chapter 52 Dream On!

    During the evening, Mu Yuehan was tasked to mop the restaurant. He again did his task without anyint. Nian Tian entered the restaurant and was impressed with the way he had cleaned everything.


    "I am done."


    "No, you are not." Nian Tian spoke emotionlessly. She knowingly dropped her cup of coffee on the ground, to increase his task.


    Mu Yuehan gave her a teasing smile. "You can mess with me as much as you want, but I am not going to leave you. I am a parasite."


    He whistled the song which Nian Tian had yed on the first night they had met, to wake him up. Nian Tian rolled her eyes and returned to her kitchen.


    **


    During the night, Mu Yuehan helped Nian Tian in closing her restaurant. He happily passed all his tips to her, like a dutiful boyfriend.


    "Don''t you think I deserve a reward for helping you out today?" Mu Yuehan asked once he was done with closing the restaurant.


    "You do." Nian Tian nodded. She opened her bag and retrieved some cash.


    "I don''t need cash." He looked at her with distraught and ced his hand over the cash. "Say yes to be my girlfriend. It will be the best reward for me. Give me a chance to be with you."


    "Dream on." Nian Tian ignored him and made her way toward the beach.


    "Don''t you think I deserve this much after working so hard today? Aren''t you impressed with my dedication?" he looked like a kid who wanted thetest toy car from his parents.


    "You didn''t do much today to deserve this luxury of bing my boyfriend. It was not even one per cent of what I wanted from my boyfriend."


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with a sour expression on his face. He was tired because of working hard today. She had made him work like a donkey but still¡­. could she not be a little polite with him?


    Mu Yuehan wanted to hold her shoulders and shook her badly. He wanted to yell, ''heartless women. What will it take you to say me a yes?''


    Before he could do anything like this, the phone in his pocket rang. It was a call from Zhan Wei. He was inviting him to have a few drinks and he knew, he needed them.


    "I aming." Mu Yuehan looked at Nian Tian and epted the offer.


    Mu Yuehan stomped his feet angrily and left Nian Tian alone on the streets, not caring about her safety.


    ''It will be better for you to give up on me. I have evilness in my heart. I will not be good for you.'' Nian Tian sighed and looked at his vanishing figure.


    She waspletely unaware of a looming figure in the shadows who was waiting for Mu Yuehan to leave her side for a long time!


    **<sub> </sub>


    "Ha, ha, ha, ha, I must say, I like your first kiss." Zhang Wei chuckled and mmed his ss against the bar counter in excitement. "She rejected you, seriously."


    Mu Yuehan looked at Zhan Wei with a dark expression on his face. He was regretting that he had shared today''s incident with his friend.


    "The man, who was a fantasy of many girls, who rejected so many girls, broken dreams of half of the girl''s poption on the earth is rejected by a mare girl, how unbelievable!!"


    It was the first time that Mu Yuehan received defeat in something and Zhan Wei wanted to celebrate it. For the first time, he got such a chance to tease his best friend and all thanks to Nian Tian.


    "The man whom girls pursued was pursuing someone for the first time, the man famous for his charm, the best boyfriend material, the man who had a long line of girls after him is rejected. Ha, Ha, ha."


    Theughter of Zhan Wei filled in the small bar of the hotel. All this while, Mu Yuehan was ring at his friends. He was remembering how Nian Tian rejected him.


    "Now what are you nning to do? Will you still chase after her or should I prepare for our return?" Zhan Wei asked with a serious expression, but still, teasing and mocking could be heard in his voice.


    "Do you think I will stop pursuing the love of my life because of one rejection? Today was just a start. It was only my first defeat. There are many more days toe." Mu Yuehan ced his ss down and looked at Zhan Wei with a raised brow. "I read girls are hard to woo, my girl is a little harder. I will not sit quietly until she is my girlfriend and then wife."


    Zhan Wei shook his head upon seeing the determination in his eyes.


    "Any ns? Or any ideas?"


    "No," Mu Yuehan shook his head. "Call Jingyan. I am sure she will be able to give me ideas on how to pursue my girl."


    Zhan Wei''s eyes widened slightly with fear but he immediatelyposed himself. He spoke, "How will I have the number of your cousin? You should call her by yourself."


    Mu Yuehan raised his brows. A teasing smile appeared on his lips. He brought his ss of wine near to his lips. Now was his chance to tease his friends.


    "Do you think I don''t know you have a crush on my cousin, and you talk with her once a week?"


    Zhan Wei''s heart skipped a beat. He looked at Mu Yuehan with wide, horror-filled eyes.


    How does he know about my feelings? I always ensured to control them, then how the hell this devil knows about them?


    ''I am gone, I am gone, I am gone, this devil will not leave me now. He loves his cousin so much. He will not let me go alive knowing my feelings for her.''


    Zhan Wei nearly slipped from his stool. With a lot of courage, heposed himself. He gulped. "What rubbish are you talking about? I will never dare to have a crush on your cousin, forget about talking."


    Zhan Wei was looking all around, except for the face of Mu Yuehan.

 Chapter 53 Getting To Know Her Past.

    "I am no fool. From thest two years, I know about your feelings for her." Mu Yuehan looked at him with mirth in his eyes, sneer on his lips. "You are with me for such a long time. Don''t you know I love to keep a record of my friends and enemies?"


    Zhan Wei looked at him with an using gaze and shock, "You hacked my phone, didn''t you?"


    Mu Yuehan nonchntly shrugged his shoulders and took a sip of his wine, clearly enjoying the state of his friend.


    "You...." Zhan Wei fumed in anger.


    "Careful. You should respect me. After all, you will need my yes if you want the hand of Jingyan in marriage." Mu Yuehan looked at him teasingly, clearly enjoying his upper hand on his friend.


    Zhan Wei grumbled under his breath and red at Mu Yuehan. "If you knew about my feelings, why didn''t you stop me?"


    "Because I know, no one can be better for Jingyan than you." Mu Yuehan told him truthfully.


    The ck clouds which surrounded the head of Zhan Wei cleared immediately and he smiled warmly. Those words meant a lot for Zhan Wei. He knew, that when asking the hand of Jingyan for marriage, Mu Yuehan was going to be the biggest hurdle.


    "I know you from school days. You are from a good family. You are working hard only to be able to stand as her perfect life partner and I like your dedication."


    "I never thought I will hear these wordsing from your mouth." Zhan Wei grinned and finished his ss of wine.


    "Now stop grinning and call Jingyan. Dare of you, if you tell her that you need the suggestions for me."


    Zhan Wei nodded his head and quickly called Mu Jingyan, eager to hear her voice.


    "Hey, Jingyan." Zhan Wei looked at nothing in particr with love-stuck eyes. Mu Yuehan rolled his eyes.


    "Bro Wei, how are you? I was going to call you only. I need your help."


    And just like that, Zhan Wei was lost talking to Mu Jingyan, hisdy love, forgetting about Mu Yuehan seated beside him.


    Soon, he felt cold res in his direction. He turned and looked at Mu Yuehan. Remembering the reason for his call, he gulped in fear.


    "Jingyan, I also need your help. Can you give me some suggestions as to how to woo a girl?" he asked.


    Mu Yuehan signalled him to put the phone on the loudspeaker so he could hear her suggestions.


    "Bro Wei, do you want to woo a girl?" There was clear dejection in the voice of Mu Jingyan.


    Zhan Wei became scared at the thought that Jingyan was sad. So, forgetting about the warning of Mu Yuehan, he spoke, "They are not for me but Mu Yuehan. He wants to woo a girl."


    Mu Yuehan pped his head and looked at Zhan Wei. Zhan Wei gave him a guilty look.


    "Jingyan, I hope today''s conversation will stay only between us."


    "Don''t worry gege. I will not tell anyone about you. Now tell me about the girl you like." There was excitement and happiness in her voice.<sub> </sub>


    ¡­


    Mu Yuehan was satisfied with the suggestions from Mu Jingyan. He did not know if they would work or not, but he wanted to give them a try.


    "I was nning of giving my yes to you, to be my cousin''s husband but now I think, I should rethink." Mu Yuehan patted the back of Zhan Wei and left the hotel.


    Zhan Wei looked at his back and cursed himself. He got caught by the devil. Now, Mu Yuehan was going to use his feelings against him.


    Holy¡­.


    **


    Mu Yuehan stepped out of the hotel. He felt the presence of his shadow guard, so he stopped in his tracks.


    "Boss, as per your order, I am following miss Nian. For thest few days, I am noticing different men following after her. Today, when you left her in the alley, a man got very close to her with a knife in his hand."


    "Detain him. Try to get information from him." Mu Yuehan ordered and left the hotel with a disturbed mind.


    ''Who can be after her life? And from how long men were following after her?''


    When Mu Yuehan returned home, he decided to call his father''s assistant. It had been many days but he still had no information about Qin Tian.


    "I am sorry young master. I didn''t remember to search about her." The assistant spoke from the other side of the phone. "But if you want, I can tell you whatever I know about her."


    "Tell me."


    And with that, the assistant told Mu Yuehan about the incident from two years back. How Qin Tian seduced her sister''s lover only for his money, as per rumours. She was a third party between the couple. Not only that, her reputation among the socialists was not very good.


    "My advice young master. Stay away from her. Everyone in the high society knows that she is an evil, gold digger. If whispers are to be believed, she murdered or injured people or two to climb high in the social circle."


    "Everyone ims her to be the worst woman in society. I do not think there is even a person who will say good about her. She is hated by all, including my daughters."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and thought about what his assistant had informed him.


    **


    "Weird," Nian Tian murmured to herself when the next morning, Mu Yuehan did not knock on her door, nor was he waiting for her outside her apartment.


    "I knew it. No man can be so dedicated to stay by a girl''s side if she is challenging. They like when girls easily say yes." There was disgust on her face.


    She was feeling slightly bad. There was a slight pinch in her heart. She expected Mu Yuehan to stay but guess what, he left her. His determination was for such a small time.

 Chapter 54 Trying To Do Something Good But Ending Up Triggering Her Allergy

    In a gloomy mood, Nian Tian arrived at her restaurant and opened the door. She looked around at the restaurant with wide eyes and then at Mu Yuehan. He was grinning at her like a fool with a bunch of flowers in his hand.


    Her restaurant was covered with different varieties of flowers with a tag of their meanings attached to them.


    Sneeze!


    Sneeze!


    Sneeze!


    Nian Tian covered her nose. She rushed out of the restaurant. She closed her eyes and sneezed multiple times. She started to gasp for breath. Her eyes turned red.


    Mu Yuehan ran after her and looked at her with worry-filled eyes. "Nian Tian, why are you sneezing like this? Are you all right?"


    Mu Yuehan unconsciously forwarded the flowers in her direction. She started to sneeze harder.


    "Idiot, I am allergic to pollen. Take these flowers away." Nian Tian spoke amid a stroke of sneezing.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with wide fearful eyes. He quickly entered the restaurant. He threw the flowers away and returned out with a ss of water in his hand.


    His heart squeezed in pain when he saw her sneezing. Her nose turned red and tears were dropping from her eyes. She was gasping for breath.


    "Here, have some water. You will feel good after having it."


    Nian Tian took the ss of water and finished it in one sip. She started to take long deep breaths.


    "Do you want to woo me or kill me?" Nian Tian red at him in between long breaths.


    When Marta arrived, she looked at the scene with wide shock filled eyes. She looked at the restaurant and then at Mu Yuehan with disappointment. When she gave him the keys, she did not think he needed them to decorate the restaurant with flowers. He didn''t even share his idea with her, otherwise, she would have stopped him.


    "Next time, before wooing any girl, try to know about her." Nian Tian advised and then looked at Marta. "I am going home. Get the restaurant cleaned."


    Mu Yuehan looked at Nian Tian with sadness in his eyes.


    Last night, he was in shock after the call from his assistant. His assistant spoke badly for Qin Tian. There wasplete dislike in his voice.


    But when Mu Yuehan thought of the story from the angle of Nian Tian, he realised she equally suffered. She was made a butt of the joke in front of the whole society. She was running away from her real world and was now living here with a changed identity.


    He understood the reason for the sadness in her eyes, the reason she was rejecting him. She was afraid he would also leave her like her ex-boyfriend.


    But he was not going to do anything like this. His heart liked her and it was ready to ept her good and bad. He would ept her even if she murdered thousands of people.


    Being a third party was nothing!


    So, early in the morning, as per the suggestion of Mu Jingyan, he decorated the restaurant with flowers. Girls liked flowers but to his bad luck, his girl was allergic to pollen.


    The advice of Jingyan was to give her only one bunch of flowers per day, with a different meaning behind the flowers, to show his dedication and true feelings. But he became excited and got the restaurant decorated with all the varieties of flowers he found on Juju ind.


    "Will she be alright?" Mu Yuehan asked Marta with concern.


    "She will sneeze for some time but then she will be alright," Marta replied. "Come and help me clean. I don''t think I can clean this flower shop."<sub> </sub>


    "Is she allergic to something else?"


    Mu Yuehan felt quite bad. He wanted to win her heart, to give her happiness but he ended up making her sneeze, hurting her.


    Marta thought for some time and then replied. "I don''t know much but she is allergic to berries. They are very deathly for her."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and made a mental note about the same. He then helped Marta in cleaning the shop.


    **


    Later that evening, Mu Yuehan arrived at the apartment building and knocked on the door of Nian Tian''s apartment.


    "Who is it?" Nian Tian asked without opening the door.


    "It''s me, Zhan Wei. I wanted to know if you are all right?" His voice was full of concern.


    "I am not dead, at least." Nian Tian replied sarcastically.


    "I am sorry. You had to suffer because of me. But I promise I will make up for my mistake by tomorrow." There was determination in his voice.


    **


    The next day, Mu Yuehan was again outside the apartment of Nian Tian. He followed her to the restaurant, a look of anticipation was there on his face.


    When they arrived, he walked toward the office, as if he owned the restaurant. He returned with a bouquet in his hand, a bouquet of choctes decorated in the shape of flowers.


    "Here for you." Mu Yuehan passed it to Nian Tian. She looked at him with surprise. "If you cannot ept the flowers, so what. You can have choctes. I have confirmed. These choctes are of your favourite brand."


    She looked at him with emotional eyes, impressed with his thoughtfulness. He was so dedicated. If not flowers then choctes in the shape of flowers.


    Mu Yuehan noticed the small smile forming on her lips but he did notment on it, afraid she would not ept his gift otherwise.


    "Take it, it''s yours." Mu Yuehan thrust the bouquet in her hands when he noticed her hesitation. "Now, it''s yours. And I must tell you, I don''t take my gifts back."


    ''Good job Mu Yuehan. You have crossed the first hurdle in pursuing her. Look at her eyes.'' He mentally praised himself when he noticed the softness in her eyes.


    Nian Tian looked at the bouquet of choctes in her hands. She unconsciously clutched it tight. Her small action was not hidden from Mu Yuehan, making his heart flutter with delight.


    "Zhan Wei, I know you like me but please back off." She spoke in a soft voice. She sighed. "I have done something in the past. I am sure you will not like to be with a girl with a past like mine."


    "Try me." Mu Yuehan looked at her with dedication. Already aware of her past. "I don''t care what your past was, I only care about your present and future. And it will be beautiful with me."


    "Zhan Wei¡­"


    Before she could say anything, they were interrupted by the arrival of a customer.


    "We will talkter. I should take your leave."

 Chapter 55 A Proposal

    "Did she try those choctes?" Mu Yuehan asked when he arrived at the restaurant, in the evening.


    "She is having them after every one hour. She is looking at the bouquet with dreamy eyes. I must say, I saw her smile so cheerfully after such a long time." Marta replied and then looked at him with strictness. "She has started to have expectations from you. Dare you if you broke her expectations."


    "Rest assured Marta, I am very serious about her."


    Mu Yuehan was feeling excited, knowing he was able to light a candle in the heart of Nian Tian for himself. A ce was made in her heart for him.


    He wanted to do a mini dance to celebrate his victory. He was on cloud nine.


    After having his dinner, he left toward the hotel, where his shadow guards had confiscated the man stalking his girl. He would not leave him or his master, the one who had given him orders.


    **


    "He is not here today." Nian Tian murmured to herself, feeling slightly bad at the absence of Mu Yuehan.


    With slumped shoulders, she made her journey back home. Unconsciously, she was turning her head from time to time, to see if he was following her or not.


    She sighed, ''Nian Tian, control yourself. Don''t be affected by him, not so easily.''


    "Missed me." She jumped when she heard the voice of Mu Yuehan in dark. He came in front of her and grinned.


    "Zhan Wei, you scared me." She ced her hand over her chest and breathed hard. Her eyes were fixed on him and his stupid grin.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her. An urge formed in him. She was looking so beautiful, standing under the single street light. Her hair wasing on her face. He so wanted to tuck her hair behind her ears. He so wanted to run his fingers over her forehead, to remove her frown.


    "Will you keep standing here like a fool or are you going home?" Nian Tianmented upon seeing him lost in his world.


    "I aming." Mu Yuehan walked behind her. He took long deep breaths. Day by day, it was getting hard for him to control his desires. He so wished to hug her and kiss her. With tenderness, he wished to make love with her.


    They walked side by side. Mu Yuehan looked at her hand, close to his hand. He gulped, wishing to hold her hand and walk with her.


    He decided to spark some talk with her, to divert his mind which was again getting dirty today.


    "You know, I am so jealous of you."


    "Huh?"


    "During my college days, I was praised for my cooking skills. But look at you, you are my favourite cook. You are brilliant."


    "Oh."


    Nian Tian did not say anything. She was lost in her thoughts. She was feeling confused. She wanted to give him a chance but somewhere, she was afraid of heartbreak.


    They arrived at the beach and decided to spend some time there. They took their seats on the beach.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Nian Tian, with the glow of the moon falling on her face. She looked like a nymph sent by god for him.


    "TianTian," he spoke in a soft voice. Nian Tian furrowed and turned her face toward him.


    "TianTian," he again whispered and daringly tucked her hair behind her ear. His heart jumped with triumph when she did not reject his touch.


    To test his luck, he then ced his hand on her cheeks. "I like you so much, you know that." He leaned toward her. His hot breath fanning on her face.<sub> </sub>


    He smiled, drunk in her fragrance. He was lost in her charm and beauty. "Please give me a chance."


    With another hand, he traced her lips, desire burning in his heart, a desire so strong that without thinking of any consequences, he locked his lips against her.


    He felt jolts of shock in his body. Her lips were so soft and warm, just the way he imagined them to be.


    He tucked one hand in her hair and the other was ced on her waist. He pushed her onto the sand, still kissing her, like no tomorrow. His whole body was crushing her soft body. He could feel her breasts rubbing against his chest, increasing his desire.


    "Mm." He moaned in the kiss. He sulked on her lower lips, enjoying its taste.


    He squeezed on her waist. She moaned in desire. Using this chance, he tucked his tongue into her mouth, enjoying the taste of each corner of her mouth. His body was burning like a furnace.


    "Zhan Wei¡­Zhan Wei¡­."


    Suddenly he felt as if someone was shaking him. He shook his head and came out of his dream. With wide eyes, he looked at the face of Nian Tian. She was looking at him as if seeing a ghost.


    "I didn''t know you daydream." Shemented, looking at him with dismay. She stood up from the sand and made her way out of the beach.


    Mu Yuehan touched his lips, not able to believe that he dreamt of kissing her with wide-open eyes. Then he looked down, at his lower part which was hard and standing tall. His whole body was burning. His back waspletely wet.


    ''Are you fucking kidding me?'' he yelled at himself.


    He was hard just because of a kiss and it was not even a proper kiss, but a dream. A dream!


    "So embarrassing." He murmured and felt d that it was dark. Otherwise, if Nian Tian had seen his pants, she would have run for the hills in shock.


    "Calm down. I will treat you after returning home." He patted his lower part and followed after Nian Tian.


    He kept his distance from her so that she would not notice his lower region. He was feeling quite flustered.


    On returning home, Mu Yuehan relieved himself in the bathroom and then had a cold shower.


    He slumped on the bed, knowing he was not going to fall asleep, not after that dream. So, he decided to make further ns to pursue her.


    **


    The next day, when Nian Tian arrived at the restaurant, she was surprised to see it decorated with balloons, heart-shaped balloons.


    Mu Yuehan walked toward her with a red velvet cake in his hand. The cake too was in a heart shape. There were balloons in his hand.


    "I thought, maybe you are rejecting me because I haven''t given you a proper proposal." He passed her the cake and then made her sit on the chair. He kneed down in front of her, on one knee.


    "Nian Tian, I like you very much. Can you give me a chance? We can start with a simple friendship. We can get to know each other and then you decide if you want to stay with me or not."


    Marta was awed and looked at the scene with a bright smile. She was rooting for him. "Say yes. Say yes."


    "Please be my girl." He pleaded. "I promise to not disappoint you."


    He passed her the balloons. Nian Tian epted them with a smile. The heart of Mu Yuehan lighted when he saw her epting the balloons with a smile on her lips.

 Chapter 56 Marta’s Daughter Marry

    Before Mu Yuehan could celebrate his victory, a sinister smile appeared on the lips of Nian Tian. She picked up a knife and one by one, burst all the balloons. Her eyes were challengingly looking at Mu Yuehan.


    "Is this a proposal? Do you think I will be ready to be your girl just like that? You have not wooed me properly."


    Mu Yuehan sighed and looked at his stubborn girl. "If getting wooed is what you want then it is what you will get. From now on, I will not stop wooing you. I will not sit quietly until I get a yes from you."


    **


    Mu Yuehan decided to work from the restaurant only. He sent Zhan Wei on some other assignment. Now hotel did not need much of his attention, so he was spending his time in the restaurant.


    He got to know about the secret window, in the kitchen, using which Nian Tian could see him. From his regr sitting ce, he could also see her from the window. So, secretly arriving at the restaurant in the darkness of night, he had removed the screws of the windows and had removed it away.


    Now when working, he could see her beautiful face. He could ogle at her at any time he wanted, much to the disappointment of Nian Tian.


    He was attacking her in his own ways. He was making her habitual of his charming face. He did not forget to smile at her from time to time.


    He was not behind in showering her with gifts. Each gift was thoughtful and tenderly selected. He gifted her a vacuum cleaner, knowing she cleaned her house using it. Teddy bears, a set of knives, other kitchen helping machines and utensils, and locally purchased stuff.


    Nian Tian was impressed with his thoughtfulness. Though she acted as if she did not like them but when alone, she cherished them. It was only her mother who had given her gifts after thoughtful thinking, and now him.


    **


    "What happened? What are you doing here? Haven''t you taken a day off, to spend some time with Marry?" Nian Tian inquired Marta.


    "She wanted to visit her friends and then the restaurant," Marta informed. "She doesn''t have time for me."


    Nian Tian frowned when she heard that Marry wasing to her restaurant. "I hope, she is no longer bitter at me like before."


    "Don''t know." Marta shrugged sadly. "Just ignore her. She is a child."


    "Yeah, yeah, twenty-three-year-old child." Nian Tian mocked and focused on her work. "She is elder to me, you know!"


    Nian Tian and Marry were sworn enemies, and it was all Marry''s fault. She never liked Nian Tian. In her opinion, Nian Tian had snatched her restaurant. She believed all the glory which the hope restaurant had should belong to her.


    She badmouthed Nian Tian a lot and tried to create problems for her. Nian Tian stayed quiet in her case only because of Marta. Marta was like a mentor, friend, and mother to her. To give her respect, she never said or did something sinister to Marry.<sub> </sub>


    "Mom, I am here. I feel so good to be back at MY restaurant."


    Nian Tian rolled her eyes when she heard a familiar im in the familiar voice of Marry. She walked out of the kitchen and caught sight of a brte, walking toward Marta. As usual, she was wearing extra short clothes, disying her body parts.


    "You still work at my restaurant?" Marry looked at her with disdain.


    "Marry, when will you ept that Nian Tian had purchased this restaurant. It''s hers now." Marta chided her daughter.


    Nian Tian had purchased this ce from Marta because Marta needed money. Marry was not able to ept this reality that their restaurant was gone. She burnt with jealousy whenever Nian Tian earned arge amount of money from the restaurant, which could be hers.


    "If only she did not purchase it, then all its glory would have been mine." She spoke in a venom-filled voice.


    Nian Tian rolled her eyes and returned to the kitchen. She knew what wasing next. It was their daily routine before Marry left for London to get some culinary sses.


    "Sweetie, we both know, this restaurant got famous only after the takeover by Nian Tian. It''s her cooking skills which attracted the customers." Marta spoke in a soft voice, trying to make her daughter see the reality, again.


    "You know mom, it''s not the truth. My skills are no less than hers. She is only lucky."


    "If you think that your skills are better than mine, then why don''t we have apetition likest time? Remember, how a customer had walked out of the restaurant when we served him a dish cooked by you?" Nian Tian spoke darkly. Sarcasm was dripping from her voice.


    "It was my bad day. But today, I can easily defeat you." Marry was full of confidence because her skills were improved highly due to the training which she took in London. In her confidence, she forgot the fact that the skills of Nian Tian also improved because of practice and experience.


    Nian Tian looked at Marry with a sly smile. "There is a customer. Hees here daily. Why don''t we serve him our best dishes and then let him decide who is the best cook?"


    <o>,m "epted, even though he knows the taste of your dishes but I am sure, after having a dish cooked by me, he will regret tasting the dishes cooked by you." Marry epted her challenge and wore an apron.</o>


    "Don''t worry, I will cook a dish which he has never tasted before. He will not be able to identify the cook of the dish with its look."


    Marta looked at both and shook her head. She knew there was no use toe in between them. Again, Marry was going to cry at her defeat like every time in the past. She then would say some crude remarks to Nian Tian before leaving for the city to improve her skills some more.


    After some time, Mu Yuehan arrived at the restaurant. He waspletely unaware that Nian Tian had baited him.


    She had prepared a tricky challenge for him.

 Chapter 57 Winning The Challenge With Brownie Points

    "What happened? I have hardly left for half an hour, but it looks as if world war three is happening here in the restaurant." Mu Yuehanmented when he noticed a stiff environment in the restaurant.


    "My daughter happened." And with that Marta exined to him how he was bait in their challenge.


    Mu Yuehan gulped in fret. He knew he was a goner; all his progress would go negative if he identally selected the dish cooked by Marry.


    **


    "All the best." Marta served two tes with different dishes to Mu Yuehan. She looked at him with sympathy and pity. She could understand what was going on in his heart.


    Mu Yuehan looked at the dishes. He had not tasted any of them in this restaurant before. He then lifted his head and looked at the window. He saw Nian Tian, daring him to make a wrong choice.


    Nian Tian looked at her knife and ran her finger over it. Her eyes held killing instinct. "Careful mister, one wrong choice and you will lose all your chances to woo me."


    "Taste them and tell me, which dish tastes the best."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and again looked at the dishes. He first inhaled the aroma and then started to check the ingredients. A smile appeared on his lips.


    He noticed the dish cooked by Nian Tian had an authentic aroma which he loved. Also, there were onions and garlic in it. After working for her for one day, he knew Nian Tian added these two ingredients in her dishes a lot, no matter what.


    "Take this dish away." He pushed the te with a dish cooked by Marry, making everyone shocked, especially Nian Tian. She could not believe he recognised her dish just like that.


    Her heart skipped a beat after realising that he had recognised her dish, without even tasting it.


    Marry was equally shocked. She could not believe, someone would push away her dish without even tasting it. Marta returned to the kitchen and sadly smiled at her daughter. "He didn''t like the aroma of your dish, forget about the taste."


    Marry looked at Marta with an open mouth and then at Mu Yuehan, feeling slightly impressed with his handsomeness. She then asked, "Is he, Zhan Wei?"


    Marta talked to her daughter regrly. Hence, Marry knew about Zhan Wei.


    "He is."


    Marry smiled viciously and nodded her head. So what if she lost the cookingpetition? She could easily win Zhan Wei from Nian Tian. She knew Zhan Wei would forget about Nian Tian in front of her sexiness.


    Somewhere, seducing Mu Yuehan was the reason she returned to Juju ind. But now when she saw Mu Yuehan, acting as Zhan Wei, Marry changed her target.


    Marry adjusted her top and pushed her breasts up. She made her way toward Mu Yuehan. "Hey, handsome." She seductively took her lips in between her teeth.


    Mu Yuehan nced at her, feeling disgusted when he noticed her actions. He averted his eyes away from her.


    Marry ignored his reaction and took her seat opposite him. She ced her hands over the table and pushed her upper chest in his direction, popping her cleavage and breasts out.


    "Why did you reject my dish? You know, in my culinary school, I was always praised for my dishes."


    "Your teachers must have some problem with their senses then." Mu Yuehanmented sarcastically. He raised his head and looked at Nian Tian.<sub> </sub>


    His eyes twinkled with delight when he saw traces of anger on her face. ''Is she jealous? Is she not liking the closeness of Marry toward me?''


    Nian Tian looked at Marry and her eyes widened with fear. She knew Marry was a slut, she knew how to get a man in her arms.


    Unknowingly, Nian Tian tightly gripped the knife and red in the direction of Mu Yuehan and Marry. Her heart was burning with murderous desires.


    She roughly chopped the potato into many small pieces, looking at Mu Yuehan. He would be her next target if he dared to fall for the charm of Marry like every other man.


    Mu Yuehan was happy, seeing the jealous her. He thought of using Marry to make Nian Tian more jealous. He hoped, that maybe Nian Tian would step out and push Marry away from his face.


    He was about to execute his n of flirting with Marry when red rms rang in his head. He recollected how girlscked resistance to his charm. They tend to fall for him.


    He remembered how once he had confessed to a slut of their university that he liked her because of a dare, and by the next day, the slut was no longer a slut, she wanted to be a one-man woman for Mu Yuehan. She badly fell in love with him.


    Once, he gave his pen to a girl and after two minutes, three girls were fighting over that pen. A pen worth sixty dors!! because it originally belonged to him.


    And these were not the only cases! It was only Nian Tian who was still unaffected by his charms.


    Moreover, Marry was the daughter of Marta. He could not y with her feelings, to get his work done.


    "Mom told me how you are after Nian Tian. I do not know what is so special about her. Instead, you should select me as your girl. Trust me, I...¡­."


    Before Marry could say anything more, Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and walked toward the kitchen, ignoring Marry as if she did not exist. He leaned against the kitchen counter and looked at Nian Tian.


    "She asked me to be her man." He informed Nian Tian and looked at her expressions. He smiled in satisfaction when he caught stiffness on her face.


    "Great, you should ept her offer. That way I will get free from you." Nian Tian gritted her teeth and angrily sliced the vegetable on the chopper board.


    Mu Yuehan grinned and walked toward her. "Are you jealous?"


    "Why should I be?" Nian Tian replied coolly.


    "You are jealous." Mu Yuehan dered. "Don''t worry, I will not look at any girl other than you. You are the only one for me. By the way, today''s dish is delicious."


    Nian Tian looked at the dish and curiously asked, "But how did you recognise that I cooked it, even without tasting it?"


    "It''s a secret." He teasingly winked and Nian Tian blushed. She quickly turned her face to hide it from Mu Yuehan but she waste. He saw her blush and was satisfied with it.


    After finishing his meal, Mu Yuehan walked toward Nian Tian and produced yet another gift from his pocket. "Here, today''s gift for you."


    Nian Tian tried to ignore his gift but she felt curious to know what he was going to gift her this time.

 Chapter 58 Losing His Chance Because Of His Miscalculations

    "You. Don''t you understand, I don''t want your gifts?" Nian Tian said angrily, but she still epted the gift.


    "Perfume?"


    "It''s a customized perfume. I bought it from a local seller. Its fragrance is that of the beach. I am sure, you will like it."


    Nian Tian ced the perfume near her nose and was impressed with its fragrance. It was very close to natural sea air. She was again fascinated with the thoughtfulness of Mu Yuehan.


    ''Nian Tian, don''t get affected by his gifts. He is giving you gifts only till you say your yes to him.''


    "You should stop giving me gifts, especially the ones I don''t need." Nian Tian raised her brow and looked at him with seriousness.


    "Then tell me, what do you need. I will get it for you."


    "You can''t get it." Nian Tian scoffed. Her brain already running in all directions as to what gift she could ask for which he would reject.


    "I will get it. You only have to say the name." Mu Yuehan dered stubbornly.


    "Let''s see then." Nian Tian opened her phone and searched for thetest video game which would release tomorrow. The video game was in great demand even before its release.


    "This video game." Nian Tian passed him her phone. "There is only one shop which is selling this game, it''s not even on juju ind but is in the city. Fans are already gathered outside the shop and had formed a long queue. Can you stand in that queue for me? Can you get me this game?"


    Nian Tian scoffed when she noticed a frown in between his brows. "You can''t. You can¡­."


    "I will." Mu Yuehan looked up at her face. "I will get this game for you. If this is what you want, then this is what you will get."


    Nian Tian looked at him with wide eyes, she blinked twice to ensure she was not dreaming. Would he get this game for her?


    "Close your mouth sweetheart." Mu Yuehan closed her half-opened mouth. "I will do anything for you and getting this game is nothing."


    Marry fumed with anger when she saw this scene, the care of Mu Yuehan toward Nian Tian. Her mother has told her how Mu Yuehan was pursuing Nian Tian, about the gifts. She wanted to be the girl pampered by him.


    She would try her best to be his girl, even if that meant, removing Nian Tian from her way.


    **


    When Mu Yuehan arrived in the city, he was shocked to see a huge line of fans outside the shop where the game was about to be released. There were a minimum of two hundred people in the queue.


    Some of them were sitting on the roadside. It was clear that they were in the queue from thest night. He gulped.


    When Nian Tian disyed him the news clip yesterday, he did not believe that fans could be really outside the shop but today, he was proved wrong.


    "I can do it." He motivated himself.


    He could have asked one of his guards to buy this game, scratch that, he could have used his influence to get this game, but he wanted to buy it himself, to prove his devotion to Nian Tian.<sub> </sub>


    **


    Nian Tian was working in the restaurant when she received the first photo from Mu Yuehan, a selfie with him standing in the long queue. She was surprised that he went to buy the game for her. She was more surprised to realise that he had her number.


    ''Marta must have given it to him.''


    After another hour, she received another photo with him standing in the queue and the sun high above the sky. Then another photo of him sharing some food with the others standing in the line. Another one of him having an ice cream, while sweating profoundly.


    Mu Yuehan was struggling in the queue. It was not only extremely hot but also, it was his first time standing in a queue.


    It was in the evening when Nian Tian returned home, she received a final photo from Mu Yuehan. In the photo, he was grinning widely with the video game in his hand. His smile was so contagious that the heart of Nian Tian skipped a beat.


    Her eyes became emotional. It was the first time that someone struggled so much to give her something. At that moment, she felt his love and care for herself.


    She ran her finger over his face on the phone screen and spoke in a soft and heart-melting voice, ''I am ready. I am ready to give you a chance. To be your girl.''


    She felt her heart melt with his dedication. Her heart was crazily begging her brain to give Mu Yuehan a chance. She knew he was dedicated to her. There was no harm in having him as her man.


    Unbeknown to her decision, Mu Yuehan was nning his next step, which was going to change the mind of Nian Tian.


    **


    It waste in the night when Mu Yuehan returned to Juju ind. He decided to not disturb Nian Tian and called it a night.


    **


    The next day, when Nian Tian heard the knock on the door, her heart skipped a beat and then it started to beat wildly. A nervous smile appeared on her lips. Her heart did a summersault and her toes curled up in anticipation.


    "You can do this. You can tell him, you are ready." She motivated herself and walked toward the door. She opened it with a gentle smile on her lips which soon turned into a frown.


    "Delivery."


    With distaste, she looked at the delivery boy. Gloominess appeared in her heart because it was not Mu Yuehan.


    Nian Tian epted the delivery and entered the house. She frowned when she saw a jewellery box with the name Zhan Wei written on it.


    "Another gift?"


    She opened the box and her eyes went wide when she saw a very expensive diamond set in it. She fumed with anger, forgetting she was going to give a chance to Mu Yuehan.


    To her, this jewellery box felt like a bribe to win her heart!

 Chapter 59 Seeing Him In That Condition……….Gulp, Gulp.

    "This Zhan Wei, did I not tell him to not give me a gift, especially not so expensive one? Does he not care about my feelings? Does he think I am a gold digger who will say yes after seeing this expensive gift?"


    She felt disgusted, seeing this expensive gift. From her experience, these type of gifts were given when a man wanted to make a girl his mistress, to sleep with her.


    In the past, she had received many gifts like this. At that time, she liked that. It made her feel proud and egoistic. She loved the attention of others and the gifts rich heirs were throwing at her. But she did not like it anymore.


    She did not want to be the stupid girl from the past.


    She angrily paraded toward the apartment of Mu Yuehan. She turned the nob and to her surprise; the door was unlocked. She entered his apartment and made her way toward the living room, calling out the name ''Zhan Wei.''


    Mu Yuehan stepped out of his room with a knowing smirk on his lips. He knew Nian Tian was going toe to his house, after seeing the set that his guard had delivered to her.


    That was why he left the door to his apartment unlocked.


    Nian Tian''s eyes budged out from their socket when she saw Mu Yuehan. He had freshly stepped out of the shower. He was all nude except for a towel covering his lower part. That towel hung dangerously low on his waist.


    p His wet hairs were all messy, covering half of his face. Water was dripping down on his chest, making him very tempting and delicious.</anda>


    Nian Tian gulped and looked at him like a goldfish. ''one ab, two ab, three ab¡­.'' She started to count his stomach muscles, feeling slightly dizzy.


    He was so hot!


    Nian Tian''s eyes roamed on his eight abs and then at his V hidden under the towel. She could see some hair of his private part sneaking out from the towel. Her heart skipped a beat when she looked down at the shape of his part, hidden with a single towel.


    Her throat became dry and she kept looking at him. She then lifted her face and looked at him. He was smiling with self-satisfaction.


    Mu Yuehan was enjoying the reaction of Nian Tian. He liked the way her eyes held a look of worship and appreciation. He walked toward her. Each step was strong and powerful.


    Nian Tian unconsciously stepped back, feeling overwhelmed with his sexiness and her body''s reaction to him. Her fingers were itching to move forward and touch this specimen of beauty.


    Her legs collided with the couch and she fell on it. Mu Yuehan walked toward her, he leaned in her direction and ced his right hand behind on sofa support.


    They were so close to each other that Nian Tian could smell his shower fragrance, as well as his male sexiness. It was making her dizzy. Her stomach was churning with desire.


    Her breathing was ragged and her heart was beating wildly.


    ''What is happening to me? And why is this happening to me? I have never felt like this before, not even with Fan Yifeng!''<sub> </sub>


    "You are here for?" his voice was hoarse and charming. Nian Tian could feel herself getting lost in his charm.


    "You are here for?" Mu Yuehan asked again, in a loud voice. He enjoyed it when Nian Tian flushed and looked at him with fake anger, trying topose herself.


    "I am here to return you your gift. I am not a money grumbler who will get happy with such an expensive gift." Nian Tian tried to speak with a lot of anger. But her voice was soft and her eyes were fixed on his chest. His clean and smooth chest!


    "This was not for you." Mu Yuehan charmingly smiled and took the box from her hand. "I guess, the delivery boy made some mistake. I had it delivered for my boss''s sister."


    "Oh," Nian Tian cleared her throat and clenched her fist tight, feeling a pressure building inside her. "Then I should leave. Can you move aside?"


    Mu Yuehan stood up. Nian Tian also stood up, all this while looking at her feet. "I should leave."


    "No, wait, have your real gift first."


    Mu Yuehan entered his room and returned with the video game. He passed her the game. He noticed how her hands were shaking and her breathing was ragged. It raised his male ego. At least, he had his effect on her. She liked his body.


    "I should leave." Nian Tian said shakily.


    Her legs were like jelly after seeing his hotness, therefore when she tried to move, she trembled. She was about to fall. Mu Yuehan tried to save her and as a result, both fell to the floor.


    And that was not it, because of the fall, the towel around his waist got misced and now, Nian Tian was lying face to face with his lower part which was standing strong and hard. Her face burned hot red.


    Ahhhhh!


    Nian Tian cried loudly, she abruptly stood up from the floor, kicking his lower part in between the process and ran out from his apartment to hers. She closed the door with a loud thud. She ced her hand over her chest and breathed hard. Her eyes were wide like ser.


    He is huge. He is so huge.


    What have I seen just now? Why have I seen it?


    On the other side, Mu Yuehan was crying in pain due to her kick. He was holding himself with pain. It was not his mistake that he was so big and tall, especially when in the presence of Nian Tian.


    He was already hard and in sweet pain when Nian Tian was openly admiring him with her innocent eyes and blush-filled face. And when she saw him, it was the cherry on the top.


    Now, he was in indescribable pain!

 Chapter 60 Heartbroken Mu Yuehan

    Back to present


    "Boss, we have arrived at the apartment." With sympathy, Li Tao looked at his boss. Mu Yuehan was lost in his memories from the past. His eyes were lifeless and tears were falling from his eyes.


    "Boss," he shook his shoulder.


    Mu Yuehan looked at him and stepped out of the car like a robot. Directionless, he started to walk. Li Tao looked at him with concern and directed him toward his apartment.


    "Don''t worry boss. I am sure, Miss Zhou will remember you eventually." Li Tao already knew what happened. How Zhou Liying no longer remembered his boss.


    Once they were inside the penthouse, Li Tao dared to give a piece of news to Mu Yuehan that he recently received.


    "The man who our guards caught yesterday; the hitman hired to kill Miss Zhou died in the evening."


    Mu Yuehan turned and looked at him with shot red eyes. There was anger in his eyes. They were murderous "How? Can''t you keep a man alive?" he yelled and threw away a vase in anger.


    "He had already consumed a poison which kills a person within twenty-four hours. It was toote until we realise the presence of the same poison in his body."


    Smash!


    Mu Yuehan smashed another vase. "Useless people."


    "Go and investigate about his hirer. I want his name, no matter what. I am sure it''s someone from the Qin family or Fan family." His jaws were set tight in rage.


    "We investigated both the families but the hirer is no one from them. Both families are not even aware of the new identity of Miss Zhou. They don''t even know that she has returned to the country."


    Smash! Smash! Smash!


    Mu Yuehan angrily kicked the table, chairs, and sses. He was angry, for not only not being able to find the person who wanted his TianTian dead but also because of the pain in his heart.


    His TianTian forgot about him. He did so much to pursue her. They faced so many difficulties. They loved each other so deeply. So, how could she forget about him, only him?


    "Leave." He ordered.


    "But boss." Li Tao was not ready to leave him in this condition.


    "I said leave." He turned and looked at Li Tao with a murderous gaze. Everything in him was yelling danger. There was no sanity or humanity in him.


    Li Tao shuddered in fear and decided to leave.


    Once he was gone, Mu Yuehan walked toward his alcohol cab. He returned with the three strongest whiskey bottles and a ss. He slumped down in front of the window and started to have ss after ss of whiskey, in his sorrow.


    There was so much pain in his heart. Tears were continuously falling from his eyes.


    He finished the first bottle of whiskey when his phone rang. He answered the call, without checking the identity and heard the worried voice of Mu TianYu the next second.<sub> </sub>


    "Mom is in the hospital. She slipped. Her condition is very critical. She may die." Mu TianYu was crying on the other side of the phone.


    "Why should I care if she is alive or dead?" Mu Yuehan spoke heartlessly. Then he yelled. "Why should I care for thedy who killed me by snatching the love of my life away from me? I don''t care if she lives or dies."


    "Yuehan¡­."


    Before Mu TianYu could say a word more, Mu Yuehan threw his phone away and smashed the empty bottle of whiskey on the floor, breaking it into millions of pieces, just like the way his heart was breaking right now.


    He produced a diamond ring from his pocket and looked at it with emotional eyes, remembering how beautiful it had looked on her fingers. His lips trembled and a whimper escaped his mouth.


    He started to sob loudly and ced his head against the window.


    "Why? Why me? Why is my heart broken like this? How can my TianTian forget about me? Why me? Why me?"


    **


    Back to the past, from where we left


    Nights and dreams of Nian Tian were raided by the beautiful and sexy body of Mu Yuehan, especially his lower part which was so strong and long.


    She did not know how to look at Mu Yuehan without blushing or shying or imagining what was hidden beneath his clothes, his monster. She was feeling like a teenage girl who saw a male body for the first time.


    She was ignoring him, Mu Yuehan knew the reason. He pped his head many times. He was nning to get close to her but he did his own loss. Now she was running away from him and why not?


    Nian Tian found the best way to avoid him when her university exams were announced. She got busy with the preparations for her exams. She spent most of her time on the four walls of her office, studying.


    Marry got the best chance to get close to Mu Yuehan. She made it her motto to snatch Mu Yuehan from Nian Tian at all cost. He also found a method to push her away.


    "Can you do something for me?" he asked her one day, looking hopeful.


    "I can do anything for you." Marry dered. "I like you. So, I will do anything for you."


    Mu Yuehan smirked. "Can you be a cook at the hotel where I work? Designers and construction workers are there. It will be noble of you if you can prepare the meal for them. Aren''t you a good cook?"


    Marry looked at him with a conflicted expression on her face, trying to understand his intention. "I asked Nian Tian but she denied it. With so much hope, I havee to you."


    Mu Yuehan blinked and looked at her with innocence-filled eyes, with expectation-filled eyes. Marry readily agreed, thinking she could get in his good books by working for him.


    "Fool!" Mu Yuehan muttered under his breath, noticing her true intention in her eyes.


    From then onwards, Marry got busy at the hotel, giving relief to Mu Yuehan. He was fed up with her clingy nature, with the way she exposed her body in front of him.

 Chapter 61 Student And Teacher.

    "Marta, where is Nian Tian? I rarely see her nowadays?" Mu Yuehan finally asked Marta. It had been a long time since she was ignoring him. He could no longer bear her absence.


    "She is in the office, studying."


    "Studying?" Mu Yuehan asked with surprise and curiosity.


    "Yes, she studies at the university in the city. She is taking a private course. If I am correct, she is doing business and finance."


    "Oh." Mu Yuehan nodded his head and made his way toward the office. He opened the door of the office without making much noise.


    There he saw her sitting opposite the work desk. Her work desk was full of books, notebooks, and various notes. He frowned.


    Nian Tian was one of the students who prepared for the exam at thest moment. Now that the exams were at her head, she started to study and for that, she was taking the help of YouTube, feeling hell stressed.


    Mu Yuehan walked behind her and noticed her state. He shook his head in disappointment when he noticed how Nian Tian was trying her best to understand some topics online.


    "I am so disappointed." He said tsking. "Why are you taking the help of YouTube when your soon-to-be boyfriend can help you?"


    He looked at the question that she was trying to solve. It was too easy for him. "Let me help you."


    "No, I don''t need your help."


    "Don''t be stubborn. I can help. It will save your time." Nian Tian looked at him with doubt, not believing he could help her. "Trust me, alright."


    Mu Yuehan took his seat opposite her. He took her book and notebook and started to solve the question for her. She looked at him with alertness before her eyes unconsciously fell on him and his body.


    Again, she recollected what she saw. She blushed hard and ducked her face, trying to concentrate on what he was teaching her.


    ''Focus, focus, focus, you don''t want to fail in exams.'' She motivated herself, averting her gaze and mind from him.


    She must say, he was smart. He knew what he was doing. He knew the solution to all the questions. She was impressed with his teaching skills. If he wanted to switch jobs, he could easily be a professor.


    She noticed his curvy handwriting and was impressed. It was so beautiful, clear, and impressive. She had never seen a boy with such good handwriting.


    She then looked at his face which looked more attractive when he was serious.


    "I know I am handsome but my face will not get you marks in the exams. So, focus."


    Nian Tian groaned and focused on her notebook. By the evening, Mu Yuehan had helped her with many concepts and questions. She was sure, that if not for his help, she would not havepleted all this work even within two days.


    "Zhan Wei, I am back." Mu Yuehan groaned when Marry entered the office. Nian Tian sniffled when she saw distaste on his face.<sub> </sub>


    "The workers at the hotel are very impressed with me." She praised herself and took her seat beside Mu Yuehan. She was unaware that Mu Yuehan had ordered the workers to praise Marry, to make her stay longer.


    Marry was about to randomly ce her hand on the shoulder of Mu Yuehan when he abruptly stood up, leaving her hand hanging in middle.


    "Nian Tian, I am sure you are hungry. Let us have dinner." He suggested.


    ? Nian Tian nodded her head and both walked out of the office. Marry looked at their backs and banged her hand against the table. She quickly made a call to someone.


    **


    Later that night, Nian Tian invited Mu Yuehan to her ce. He wanted to help her and she epted his help. She knew she needed it. Besides, she wanted to spend some time with him. She also wanted to confess her likeness to him.


    "Impressive." Mu Yuehanmented and looked around at the house where he was stepping his foot for the first time. He sneaked in many times but he never got such a clear view.


    "You painted them?" he asked when he noticed various paintings, murals and sketches hung on the wall.


    "I did. I like to paint in my free time." Nain Tian confessed.


    "You are a master in your art."


    "I am not so good." Nian Tian embarrassingly looked at him. She then offered him the chair and they were again off to study.


    It waster in the night when Mu Yuehan asked for something to eat. Nian Tian entered the kitchen to see if she had something for him to eat.


    She opened the refrigerator, and her eyes danced with mischief. In the morning, she was experimenting with some spicy muffins. idently, they were extra spicy. She herself was not able to eat them, even when she liked spicy food.


    "Let''s see, what will mister do after having a taste of them!" She yfully thought and stepped out of the kitchen with a te of muffins in her hand.


    Mu Yuehan smiled and looked at the te of muffins in the hand of Nian Tian. He picked up a muffin and took a bit of it. Immediately spiciness filled his mouth and his eyes widened.


    He looked at Nian Tian. She was smirking, looking at his condition.


    "Delicious, very delicious." He praised and finished a muffin, much to the surprise of Nian Tian. His expression was poker, not giving a hint that his mouth was burning with fire.


    Mu Yuehan ate another and then another muffin. There was a smile on his lips when he munched the fire bombs in the form of muffins. "They are so good." He forced a smile on his lips before asking, "where is the bathroom?"


    Feeling bad for him, Nian Tian pointed toward the bathroom. Mu Yuehan rushed toward it. She only wanted to tease him. She did not expect him to eat three muffins.


    Yet again, she felt impressed with his dedication to her.

 Chapter 62 I Am Ready To Be Yours.

    "Fool, will he eat anything given by me to him?" Nian Tian murmured under her breath.


    Mu Yuehan entered the washroom and toward the washing dish. He rinsed his mouth. Tears started to flow from his eyes due to the itchiness he was feeling at that very moment. His lips got puffed up.


    He gaggled his mouth for some time and then came out of the bathroom. Nian Tian was waiting for him with a honey jar in her hand and a remorseful expression on her face.


    Mu Yuehan did not notice her remorseful expression in his anger. He was angry because he was fed up. All his hard work so far seemed to be going into drains.


    "Happy now. Happy after seeing me suffer?" he closed his eyes. "Nian Tian, I know you are scared. You do not want someone in your life but for how long? I want to spend my life with you. Why not give me a chance?"


    "I have seen my father. He had suffered because of loneliness. He needed a partner and you too need a partner. For how long are you going to stay so closed up? Give me a try, please. I am ok if you cannot love me. My love will be enough for us."


    With that said, he returned to the table. He angrily grumbled under his breath. His breathing was ragged, eyes dark because of anger and frustration.


    Nian Tian kept looking down, feeling guilt-ridden. She had seen her mother and knew her pain. Her mother suffered because of loneliness.


    "Are you nning to stay there? Come back. We still have a lesson toplete." His voice was rough and grumpy, not at all warm.


    Nian Tian returned to the table and started to study. Her heart was beating hard in the fear of his anger. She did not raise her head, afraid of his anger and her guilt.


    She was solving a question when due to boredom and tiredness, she fell asleep. Mu Yuehan looked at her sleeping figure and shook his head. "Idiot. For how long do you n to suffer like this?"


    He walked behind her and looked at her sleeping face with a soft smile ying on his lips. His eyes hold so much love for this silly girl, his girl.


    He gently tucked her hair behind her ears and felt giddy. His dream came true atst. He traced his finger on her eyes, cheeks, and lips. He took a deep breath, feeling his heart beating fast, urging him to kiss her, to taste how she felt.


    He ced his arm under her knees and easily carried her in his arms in princess style. He frowned upon noticing how light she was in his arms.


    "She needs to gain some weight."


    He carried her to her room and ced her down on the bed. His hormones were going haywire due to the low lighting in the room and the beauty lying on the bed. Moonlight falling from the window was making her more enchanting.


    He took his seat beside her and gently ran his fingers in her hair. "I thought I only have likeness toward you. But you know what, now I think, I love you."


    He gently scoped down and pressed a kiss on her forehead. "Trust me for once. I will take all your pain and fear away. I will make your life beautiful."


    He picked up her phone and ced her finger on the lock. When her mobile unlocked, he switched off the rm. He knew she would need some sleep. She worked hard today in hispany.


    "Good night sweetheart." He again pecked her forehead. "Have sweet dreams, dreams full of me."


    He then left for his house, unaware to himself, that his wish came true. Nian Tian dreamt of him that night, dreamt of how she would confess that she was ready to give him a chance.<sub> </sub>


    The next day, it waste in the morning when Nian Tian woke up. She was shocked to see the time and shocker to see the rm off.


    "I do not remember turning it off." She thought to herself.


    She sent a message to Marta, informing her that she overslept and would bete to visit the restaurant.


    p "Don''t worry. I already have someone to help me out." Marta replied.</anda>


    Nian Tian made her way toward the bathroom and had her shower. She then got changed into a fresh pair of clothes. Words of Mu Yuehan fromst night were running in her mind.


    "Idiot, if only I haven''t seen you, I''d have given you my yes a long back." She grumbled under her breath andbed her bob-style hair.


    She sighed and looked at her hair. They used to be long, till her waist. But to change her looks, she had to sacrifice them.


    "I hope he likes a girl with short hair."


    Nian Tian got ready and arrived at the restaurant. She was shocked to see the person helping Marta in the kitchen.


    "What are you doing here in the kitchen?" she asked with surprise and looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "You are busy. So, I thought, why not help you with the kitchen?" Mu Yuehan smiled. "By the way, I am also a good cook. My dorm mates used to praise my cooking skills."


    He grinned and passed her a ss of milk with some almonds. "Here you go, it will keep your mind sharp."


    Nian Tian epted the milk and almonds with a satisfactory smile on her lips. Her decision to give him a chance would be the best.


    Tonight, again, Mu Yuehan helped Nian Tian with her sybus. By now, she got a good grip on the sybus.


    "Do this excessive tonight. I will check the answers tomorrow." Mu Yuehan ordered like a strict tutor and Nian Tian smiled.


    She walked him toward the door of her house, with a giddy smile on her lips. She took her lower lip in between her teeth out of nervousness.


    "Good night."


    He was about to make his way toward his apartment, when much to his surprise, Nian Tian took a hold of his hand, and before he could recover from his earlier surprise, she tip-toed on her feet and pressed a kiss on his cheek, leaving the poor man in a state ofplete haywire.


    "I am ready to be your girl."


    She whispered in his ears and smiled. She looked at his frozen expression with a satisfactory smile before she was running inside her apartment and closing the door.

 Chapter 63 His Victory

    Mu Yuehan came out from the frozen state after a full five minutes. He ced his fingers on his cheek which was still wet because of her kiss. A small smile appeared on his lips. "Is it true?"


    He then banged on the apartment door of Nian Tian. "Hey, can you repeat it? I think I heard wrong." There were clear surprise and excitement in his voice.


    Nian Tian was leaning against the door and smiling brightly. She had not smiled like this for god knew how long. Her heart was fluttering fast and her knees were like jelly. Her breathing was ragged and her eyes were filled with pure bliss.


    "You did not hear wrong. I ept you." She whispered, still Mu Yuehan heard her, and the next second, she heard his loud hoot of excitement.


    He jumped and threw a fist in the air in victory. It was a big sess for him. A very big sess!


    He returned to his apartment and started to roam around here and there, from his room to the apartment door to the kitchen to the balcony. He was feeling energetic. His heart was racing and his mind was running in all directions with excitement.


    Once tired, he fell onto the bed. The smile was not taking the ce of leaving his lips.


    "Calm down, I don''t want to die of a heart attack. We still are to spend our life with TianTian." He patted his heart and took a long deep breath.


    ''By the way, isn''t our girl super daring? She is always the first one to kiss us. Ah." He again ced his hand over his cheeks and blushed like a teenage girl.


    On another side, Nian Tian too could not fall asleep. She ced her finger on her lips and imagined the way she felt shock waves when she kissed Mu Yuehan.


    She knew it was daring of her but she wanted to be daring for him. Was she not like this before the betrayal of Fan Yifeng?


    "I don''t know how to face Zhan Wei tomorrow." She covered her face with her hands out of shyness.


    **


    Mu Yuehan was walking back and forth, in the corridor, in front of their apartments from early in the morning, waiting for Nian Tian toe out.


    He looked at the door of her apartment from time to time, waiting for her toe out. He was feeling desperate.


    He heard a click sound and rushed toward the door of her apartment. He stood in front of her door with anticipation and nervousness on his face.


    Nain Tian closed the door and looked at him with bashfulness. She leaned against the door, waiting for him to speak something.


    "Can we talk about¡­ahemst night?" he cleared his throat and looked at her, with a lowered gaze. His cheeks and neck were all red because of shyness "Are you ready to give me a chance?"


    He looked at her with a hopeful expression. He wanted to confirm that what happenedst night was not a dream but a beautiful reality.


    "Em¡­. yes." She replied with a small smile. "I am ready. First, we can try to know each other and then, we can take our rtionship a little further. What do you think?" She bounced against the door in nervousness.


    "I am ready for anything or everything. We will go as per your say." He happily wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She hesitantly removed it. "No kisses or hugs please, at least not for now."


    "Then what was thatst night?" He raised his brow, ced a finger on his cheeks and looked at her with an using gaze.


    "A gift for staying with me for so long." She shrugged innocently, ducked him, and made her way toward the elevator. "Stop standing there like a fool. We are gettingte for the restaurant."


    He looked at her teasing expressions. He smiled. He shook his head and followed after her.<sub> </sub>


    "I hope, I can hold your hands." He asked. Instead of answering him, Nian Tian intertwined their hands together. Their hand were fitting into each other perfectly. They both looked down at their hands and smiled softly.


    "Zhan Wei, before starting our rtionship, I want to tell you something. Something from my past." Nian Tian took a deep breath and looked at him.


    "No need, as I have said before, I don''t care about your past." He raised their intertwined hands and kissed hers.


    "No, I want to tell you. I don''t want to hide anything from you." There was desperation in her voice. The heart of Mu Yuehan squeezed. Was he too not hiding his real identity from her? Should he tell her about his true identity?


    ''Let us wait for some time. What if she does not want to be with me anymore after knowing I am the son of a rich man?''


    "My real name is not Nian Tian, but Qin Tian." She informed. Mu Yuehan smiled.


    "I know that."


    "How?" she asked with surprise. He chuckled.


    "You forget, on our first meeting, didn''t I tell you that we were kindergarten ssmates?" He lopsidedly smiled.


    "Oh. Its fate, I guess."


    ? "It''s destiny."


    He gently knocked on her head. He then unlocked his phone and searched for a photo. He gave his phone to her.


    "It''s our photo from kindergarten. Here is you and here is me."


    Mu Yuehan had gotten a photo from his father''s secretary and today, he felt delighted to share it with her.


    "I am sorry, I don''t remember anything." She pursed her lips together.


    "No worries. I too do not remember much from that time. Now, we will make new memories together."


    "I am not so good as you think." She removed her hand from his. "You are from Shanghai, aren''t you? You must know about the happenings in Qin and Fan family from two years back?"


    "I don''t know. I was in the states at that time." He tried to hold her hand but she pushed it away.


    "I tried to steal my cousin''s love out of jealousy and revenge. I did everything toe in between them. I am not good. Back in Shanghai, people call me a mistress, a gold digger, a slut and whatnot. Not only that, I was a socialist, I crumbled many females under my feet, for my own delight." There was pain and guilt in her voice. It wasing directly from her heart.


    "I don''t care, what you did. I am sure you have your reasons. Your cousin must be bad that you tried to snatch her boyfriend from her. What I care is that now you are my girl." He gave her a stern look.


    Nian Tian smiled, feeling as if a heavy burden was lifted from her shoulders. He smiled back. "Let''s go."


    He again intertwined his hand with hers and together, they made their way toward her restaurant.

 Chapter 64 Indirect Kissing

    "Oh my god." Marta squealed when she saw interlocked hands of Nian Tian and Mu Yuehan. "Tell me, I am not dreaming. Did you finally agree to be his girl?"


    Mu Yuehan chuckled. He teasing narrated how Nian Tian kissed himst night and agreed to be his girl.


    "I am so happy for both of you." She ced her hands on her cheeks and smiled brightly.


    Mu Yuehan took Nian Tian to her office. He helped her in solving her doubts and then taught her a new topic.


    "You solve the questions. I will go and take control of the kitchen."


    "Don''t you have some other work?" she took a hold of his hand and looked at him with concern.


    "I don''t have much work. I am kind of holidaying here with my boss."


    "Besides," he leaned toward her, a teasing smile was adorning his lips. "A wife can help her husband; can''t a husband help his wife?"


    Nian Tian looked at him with wide eyes. This shameless man!


    Till now, he was after her to be her boyfriend, and now, when she agreed to be his girl, he promoted himself as her husband!


    "Be good, focus on the questions." He patted her head and left the room, to the kitchen.


    Marta had already prepared the ingredients for him. "You know, many customers like your food. Though, it doesn''t taste like Nian Tian''s."


    "I know that." He chuckled and started to work on the preparation of some of the basic dishes.


    "I am here." He groaned when he heard the voice of Marry. "I am here to help you. Mom told me how Nian Tian is busy."


    Marry grinned and walked toward him, in an attempt to use this chance to get close to him. She had adjusted her time at the hotel ordingly.


    "I am sorry to inform you Marry, but I don''t like anyone in the kitchen when I cook." He gave her a pointed look. "So, can you please leave? I will be thankful to you."


    She pouted and looked at him. "Let me help. I will not be a problem for you."


    "I know myself and I know, you will be a mental trouble, so please leave." He raised his voice and pointed toward the door.


    Marry suggested that Mu Yuehan could rest while she cooked but Mu Yuehan rejected her suggestion without thinking twice, "I want to handle the kitchen. If you want to help then help your mother in mopping the restaurant."


    She shrugged her shoulders and walked toward Marta. Half heartily, she started to help her, knowing well that Mu Yuehan was looking at her from the window.


    "Do you know, Nian Tian said yes to him?" Marta gushed excitedly. Marry''s eyes widened with surprise. She grumbled bitch under her breath.


    "Why does she get everything good?" she groaned.


    "Marry." Marta scolded her. "She is so good to you, to me. Why don''t you ept her presence? Stay with her, and learn something from her. I am sure, you will also get a man like Zhan Wei. Take your dressing sense as an example. I never like what you wear."


    Marta grumbled and let Marry alone with her thoughts. She thought for some time and a n formed in her mind and soon, a smile appeared on her lips.


    ''If we cannot defeat a person with our enmity, then why don''t try friendship?''<sub> </sub>


    **


    "Are you done with the questions?" Mu Yuehan leaned against the chair of Nian Tian and whispered in her ears. She felt tingles all over her body.


    "I am done with them." She rotated her chair toe face to face with him.


    "Good, nowe with me. I have cooked your favourite to celebrate our first day." He took her hand and pulled her out of the office.


    She blushed when she saw many customers, looking in their direction and their hands with knowing smiles.


    He made her sit in the booth where he usually sat and uncovered the dish. Her eyes brightened with surprise and she squealed, "Lasagne, who told you it''s my favourite?"


    "Who else?" he shrugged and looked at Marta.


    Nian Tian smiled. She was about to take a bite of her favourite when Mu Yuehan stopped her, "Let me."


    He picked up a spoon and filled it withsagne, and forwarded the spoon toward her mouth. She smiled at his gesture and took the spoon into her mouth, with a smile on her lips.


    She blushed profoundly when Mu Yuehan tasted the food from the same spoon which she used.


    Was he not indirectly kissing her? She thought.


    His thoughts were mirroring her.


    Marry looked at the scene from afar and burnt with envy. She wanted Mu Yuehan to be hers, to care for her, to look at her with love-filled eyes. She wanted his eyes to be on her not on Nian Tian.


    "Go and ask for forgiveness from her." Marta nudged her daughter once Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian were done with their lunch.


    Marry nodded her head and faked a reluctant expression. She then walked toward Nian Tian and took her seat where Mu Yuehan was seated originally.


    "Nian Tian, mom wants me to truce with you and I am ready for that."


    Nian Tian raised her brows in amusement and surprise, not able to believe what she was hearing from Marry because it was not the first time when Marta asked her to truce with her.


    "I was thinking for a long time, and I think, it''s crazy of me to harbour hate towards you when it''s clear that you helped us. If not for you, this restaurant would have been closed a long time back."


    Marry sighed. "I know, you don''t believe me." She raised her hands in surrender. "Just give me a try. Okay. Let us be friends." She forwarded her hand. Nian Tian looked at her with vary.


    "I will think if I want to have you as my friend or not. Who knows what is running in this brain of yours? My experience taught me not to trust anyone."


    From her past, Nian Tian knew no one was good to her without any motto. Her cousin Qin Yutong always buttered her whenever she wanted to get her assignments done. Her uncle became the uncle of the year whenever he wanted Qin Tian to crack a deal.


    She stood up from her seat and nodded at Marry. Marry also stood up. At the same time, Mu Yuehan also came toward their booth.


    Marry sneakily looked at him and wickedness appeared in her heart.


    She walked toward him and knowingly twisted her feet, so she could fall and Mu Yuehan could hold her in his arms.

 Chapter 65 Sucking His Finger

    Mu Yuehan looked at Nian Tian and smiled. He then looked at Marry walking toward him. He then saw how her foot twisted and she was about to fall.


    Instead of helping her, he took a step back. He did not want to make any of his body parts dirty by holding her in his arms.


    "Oomph." Marry fell on her hips and groaned loudly. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Mu Yuehan. He was standing there with no sympathy or worry for her.


    Nian Tian and Mu Yuehan walked toward her and kneeled beside her. Mu Yuehan maintained his distance from her.


    "Are you alright?" Nian Tian asked with concern but Marry was looking at Mu Yuehan. "Why didn''t you save me?"


    "I am sorry, I am already taken. I won''t touch another female." He looked at her with an innocent expression. "Nian Tian, can you help her up?"


    Nian Tian helped her on the nearby chair, trying her best to control her smile at the reply from Mu Yuehan. Marry groaned in pain. She was throwing daggers at Nian Tian and then at Mu Yuehan. "My foot, it''s hurting so much."


    "Let me see it." Nian Tian scoped down, and Mu Yuehan followed after her.


    "I hope you are satisfied." He whispered in her ears. "I am sure, you''d have split my throat if I had saved her."


    She looked at him with a sly smile. "I can''t trust her. Who knows if she knowingly fell in your direction?"


    Marry looked at them whispering and fumed. Not only she was in pain, but her n was also a super flop and now, they were whispering to each other like love birds.


    "Oh my god, what happened?" Marta arrived at the scene and looked at her daughter.


    "She fell."


    "Let me look at her."


    Soon a doctor was called, and he checked on the foot of Marry. Then, she was sent to her home which was on the next street.


    **


    Love was blooming in the air, in between Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian. They were getting close to each other day by day. Nian Tian was tackling her studies and kitchen sometimes while Mu Yuehan was handling his office work, her kitchen, and her studies at the same time.


    "How to solve this?" Nian Tian passed her book to him.


    Mu Yuehan ced aside hisptop and gave priority to her work. Nian Tian smiled.


    ''He knows how to give preference to his girl over his work. He is such a perfect husband material. How do I be so lucky?''


    He spent all his time in the restaurant. Whenever he was absent, he ensured to give enough assignments to Nian Tian so she would not miss him.


    He was like the real owner of the restaurant; Cooking, cleaning the shop and also talking with some of the customers.


    He also looked after Nian Tian, serving her meals from time to time, and looking after her health.


    "What are doing here?" Mu Yuehan rebuked when he saw Nian Tian in the kitchen.


    "I was bored doing study, study and study. I need to cook something. Otherwise, I will go mad. It''s my energy booster." She innocently blinked, trying her best to pursue him.


    "Alright, you can help me." And at the same time, Marry chimed, "He doesn''t like it when someone is in the kitchen when he cooks."


    "No worries, she can help me." He looked at Marry with a frown and then at Nian Tian.<sub> </sub>


    Marry wanted toment something but she kept her remarks to herself. Instead, she politely approached Nian Tian, "can I watch you cook? I want to take some tips from you."


    "Are you not done with your friendly drama?" Nian Tian ridiculed.


    "I have told you. I am not acting." She rebuked.


    "Okay then." She rolled her eyes and let Marry watch her.


    They were working when one of the pieces of the grinding machine broke down, and Nian Tian became hyper. She quickly called the repairer but he was not on juju ind. He was the only one who could repair the said machine.


    "Let me repair it." Mu Yuehan suggested.


    "Are you an engineer? How can you repair it?" She looked at him with irritation.


    "I can at least open it. I have done the same back home. So, chill."


    Mu Yuehan opened the machine and rolled his eyes when he saw a small defect. As expected, this delicate machine broke down because of overworking. He pressed a button inside the machine and started to close it again.


    He was nearly done when he identally cut his figure because all his attention was on Nian Tian. She was looking at him with concern.


    "I told you. You shouldn''t repair it, now look." Sheined and was about to take his bleeding finger in her hand when Marry beat her to it.


    She took his bleeding finger. "I have heard, that sucking your finger will stop the blood flow."


    She was about to take his finger in her mouth when he snatched his hand back. With a dreamy gaze, he forwarded his finger in front of the lips of Nian Tian.


    "I have heard, that sucking my finger will stop the blood flow."


    Nian Tian smiled and gazed at Marry. She took his finger in her mouth and lightly sucked on it.


    He felt an electric jolt in his body and his body stiffened. Blood rushed in his neither region and he gulped hard. Many dirty thoughts raided his mind.


    She released his finger and tied a bandage on it. He immediately missed the feeling of his finger in her mouth, her warm mouth.


    "Stop looking at me like this." Nian Tian gently pped his face with a shy smile on her lips.


    Marry fumed and looked at the scene. She decided it was finally the time to execute her n.


    **


    The next day, when Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian arrived at the restaurant, Marry walked toward them with a cake in her hand.


    "Nian Tian, I want to start our friendship with this mango cake. I have baked it, especially for you. Mom told me, you like Mangoes. I hope you will like the cake."


    She passed the cake in front of her. Nian Tian narrowed her eyes.


    "Have you taken me as a fool? For your kind information, I grew up with two cousins and they hated me. They tried to kill me all the time and who knows if you are trying to do the same. What if this cake is poisoned or something?"


    Marry pursed her lips in a sad smile. "I should have known; you will doubt me. Here let me check it for your satisfaction."


    Marry cut the cake and took a bit of it. Still, Nian Tian looked at her with suspicious eyes.

 Chapter 66 Pain Of Nian Tian

    "Stop being so suspicious. Maybe she wants to be your friend. Not everyone wants you dead." Mu Yuehan nudged her. He took a piece of cake for himself and passed other to Nian Tian.


    Marry smiled. "Thank you, Zhan Wei, for supporting me." Huh, fool, killing your girl with your own hands. Not bad, not bad!


    Mu Yuehan took a bite of the cake, and immediately, his eyes widened. The suspicion of Nian Tian was right. He looked at Nian Tian. She was about to eat the cake. He instantly ced his hand in front of her mouth.


    "Don''t eat. This cake has berries."


    Nian Tian looked at the cake which was worse than poison for her. Her heart skipped a beat in fret. She instantly dropped it to the ground, as if it was burning coal. She felt thankful to Mu Yuehan. He had saved her from unwanted pain. She red at Marry.


    "I knew it, you can never change." She spat with gritted teeth.


    Marry faked an innocent expression and looked at them. "This cake has berries, so what happened? Berries tastes good with mangoes."


    "Don''t act innocent Marry. I know you know I am allergic to berries." Nian Tian used and stepped toward her.


    "I didn''t know, I swear."


    "I am no fool." Nian Tian then leaned toward her ears. "I could have gotten ridden of you a long back but I am bearing you only because of Marta. So, control your deeds before I am forced to take some action against you." She threatened.


    Nian Tian straightened herself. "I don''t have time to waste on you. I have examsing." And with that, she walked toward her office. Mu Yuehan followed behind her. He was looking at Marry with a hidden motto.


    "How do you know I am allergic to berries?" Nian Tian asked once they were in her office.


    "Marta, after the flowers fiasco, to be on the safe side, I asked her about your allergies. Are you allergic to anything else?"


    "No. Thankfully." She sighed and opened her bag. She ced her books on the table and again she was studying.


    **


    In the night, they left the restaurant together. He casually took her bag on his shoulder and she smiled. They made their way to the beach and then to their apartment.


    "I will visit you after changing." Mu Yuehan informed.


    Meanwhile, Nian Tian took a shower and got changed. Mu Yuehan arrived after some time and they were back to study.


    In the middle of the night, he cooked something for them to eat.


    While eating, Nian Tian kept her book open. Mu Yuehan frowned. He closed her book and looked at her. He gently ruffled her hair.


    "Do not worry. You are nearly done. Now eat. You should not eat and study at the same time."


    Nian Tian nodded her head and finished her food. Then they were again off to study.


    Later that night, Nian Tian was so tired that Mu Yuehan carried her to her room and by the time heid her down on the bed, she was sleeping.<sub> </sub>


    "My girl." He smiled tenderly and pecked her lips. He still was not able to kiss her cheeks but he could kiss her when she was asleep, right?


    **


    The next day, when he knocked on the apartment door of Nian Tian. No one answered. He knocked again and again, but still no reply from her.


    Worry and concern started to eat him up. Many ill scenarios came into his mind. He was thinking the worse. His heart was beating fast in panic and fear. After waiting for five minutes, he decided to call Marta.


    "Marta, have you seen Nian Tian? She is missing. She is not at her apartment."


    "She is at the restaurant and in a weird mood. Come quickly and handle your girl."


    Mu Yuehan took his car to save time. He arrived at the restaurant within a few minutes.


    "Why is the environment at the restaurant so suffocating and where is she?" he asked Marta.


    Marta then pointed toward the kitchen. "She is inside and cooking whatever rubbish ising into her mind. She is like this since the time I arrived. Her eyes are emotionless like a ss. There is sorrow on her face but no tears in her eyes. Now only you can ask her what is wrong."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and entered the kitchen. His eyes widened when he saw her adding a cup of salt to the batter of the cake.


    He rushed toward her and took a hold of her hand. Nian Tian turned and looked at him. Her eyes were missing their light. She looked lifeless. His heart twitched when he saw her like this.


    "Come with me." He took a hold of her hand and pulled her out of the kitchen, but she resisted. She kicked him and punched him.


    "Leave me, Zhan Wei, I want to bake my cake." Her voice was hoarse and heavy. It was full of pain and sorrow. It seemed; she would cry any a second.


    Her eyes were like dark clouds covering the sky, hiding away all the light, ready for heavy rain!


    <o>,m "I am not leaving me." He dered and gripped tightly on her shoulder and waist.</o>


    She tried to remove his hand from her waist, repeating the same words, "leave me. I want to bake my cake."


    His heart was breaking with her each word. Her pain-filled voice was hurting him. He wanted to know what was hurting his girl. He wanted to take her pain away, make her smile like before.


    He pulled her to the office and closed the door. He made her sit on the chair. He prisoned her by cing his arms at either side. She kept hitting his chest. He looked into her eyes.


    "Will you stop it and tell me what''s wrong?" he yelled and lifted her face, making her look into his eyes. "I am here, tell me what''s wrong. Why is my TianTian in pain? Tell me."


    His voice was soft and gentle. He tenderly run his thumb on her cheeks. She looked at him and drop by drop, tears started to fall from her eyes. She hugged his waist and stuffed her face in his stomach. Soft sobs escaped her lips.


    Mu Yuehan wrapped his one arm around her head and with the other, he rubbed her back, not knowing why was his girl in pain. Her sobs were painfully squeezing his heart.

 Chapter 67 He Is Here For Me.

    "Tell me, sweetie, what''s wrong? Together, we will solve the problem. You can trust me. Your boyfriend has a solution to all the problems."


    "I am here, I am here for you."


    Warmth fuelled in the heart of Nian Tian when she heard him. Finally, she had someone ready to support her, to stand by her side in her hard times. His fragrance filled her senses, giving her some relief.


    He felt like a rock to her, her rock!


    She rubbed her face in his now socked shirt and looked at him. "Let me get you a ss of water first. Then you can tell me."


    Mu Yuehan returned with a ss of water and gave it to her. She had the water in between her hups. He took his seat beside her and gently side-hugged her.


    "Tell me, what''s wrong.


    "Zhan Wei, my grandpa¡­he¡­" Nian Tian sobbed and Mu Yuehan tightened his hold around her. "He copsed. I do not know how he is doing now¡­. what if¡­what if¡­"


    She again started to sob. Mu Yuehan looked at her with sad eyes.


    "Do you want me to take you to him?" he offered.


    "No, I can''t¡­. go back. I....can''t." Her voice was hoarse and throaty because of crying. "I¡­."


    "Let me ask someone, back in Shanghai to get information about him, alright."


    "Can you do that?" she looked at him with expectant eyes. "Are you so powerful?"


    "Not me, but my boss. I am sure he will help me. You wait here, let me make some calls."


    Nian Tian nodded to him and loosened her hold on him. They both immediately missed the closeness of each other. Mu Yuehan stood up and walked out of the office to make the call to his assistant back in Shanghai, giving him orders.


    When he returned to the office, he saw Nian Tian rocking on her seat with anxiety. There was so much worry in her eyes. He wanted to see some worry in her eyes for himself.


    "What did you find out?" she asked.


    He walked toward her and removed her frown. "You should frown less."


    She pped his hand away and asked again, "how is grandpa?"


    He did not reply. After some time, his phone rang and he passed it to Nian Tian. "Here, talk with him. Do not worry, my phone is secured. No one will find out about your location."


    Tears filled in her eyes and she took his phone with shaky hands. She answered the call.


    "Grandpa." Her voice was shaky. She bit her lips to stop her sobs.


    "TianTian, is that you?" she heard the weak and surprise-filled voice of Qin Yanze.


    "Mm, it''s me. How are you, grandpa?"


    "I am fine, especially after hearing your voice."


    "But your copse¡­?"


    "You know media. They love to spice up the news. I fell because of stress and they called it an attack." She heard the usual fun-filled voice of her grandpa. She smiled.


    "You tell me, missy, how are you doing? Didn''t you remember me in thest two years?"<sub> </sub>


    They talked for some time, about their lives. Neither Qin Yanze asked about her location, neither she disclosed it, knowing it was for the best. Last time, she was discovered in Paris only because of her calls with her grandpa.


    Nian Tian ended the call, feeling light and happy. A heavy burden was lifted off from her shoulders and all thanks to Mu Yuehan.


    She looked at him and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. I am so lucky to have you. Thank you for loving me this much."


    Mu Yuehan hugged her tight, liking this feeling of closeness between their bodies. He was enjoying the small electric sparks buzzing in his body due to their touch.


    **


    "Marta, we are leaving." Mu Yuehan informed.


    Marta looked at the smiling face of Nian Tian and smiled. "Go, go, leave this restaurant in my hands. This olddy can handle it."


    They left the restaurant together. Mu Yuehan wrapped his arm around her shoulders.


    Finally!


    Nian Tian looked at him and pushed her body toward him, enjoying his warmth. Both exchanged a mirroring smile with each other.


    They arrived at the apartment. Mu Yuehan pushed her toward the bathroom. "Clean your face. You do not look good with a face filled with all these tears marks. Meanwhile, I will cook mom special sandwiches for you."


    "Mom special?"


    "Yup, my mom used to make sandwiches for me, whenever I was not in a good mood." Mu Yuehan informed with a loving smile, clearly remembering his mother.


    "You never told me about your family. Tell me something more."


    "I will," he pocked her nose. "But first clean your face."


    "Ok boss." She mimicked a bow and made her way to the bathroom.


    She looked at herself in the mirror. She cringed when she saw her appearance. Her hairs were flying here and there. Her face had ugly tear marks. Her eyes were red. Her lips were dry and cracked.


    ''What must be Zhan Wei thinking of me?''


    She properly washed her face and stepped out of the bathroom. She saw Mu Yuehan cooking in her kitchen leisurely as if it was his kitchen.


    She padded toward the kitchen in soft steps, enjoying the view of him in her apron. He looked sexier when working in her kitchen and with her apron.


    She entered the kitchen and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. Mu Yuehan jolted, feeling her hug. His lower region was alive again, desire rushed his vein. A fire burnt in his veins when he felt her soft bosoms against the hardness of his back.


    With much difficulty, he removed her arms from around himself and looked at her. She yfully smiled at him.


    "First kiss and now first hug. Missy, am I allowed to hug you back?" he knocked her nose.


    "Yes, you are because I am in a happy mood today." She opened her arms and like an excited kid, getting his best gift, he hugged her tight, enjoying this moment, forgetting about the sandwich on the stove.


    Soon, they smelt a pungent smell in the air. With wide eyes, Mu Yuehan broke the hug and turned around. "Oh shit."


    He removed the sandwich from the stove and looked at its backside. It was dark like coal. Nian Tian chuckled upon seeing his disappointed face.

 Chapter 68 You Are My Student, So You Will Not Fail.

    "Now tell me about your family?" Nian Tian asked once she finished her sandwich and a ss of strawberry shake.


    "I have a brother, a sister and a loving parent." Mu Yuehan replied nonchntly, not lying about his family.


    "I must have met your mom, right? When we were kids, I mean. Have you told her about me? Does she know me?" she fired questions one after another.


    "My birth mother died, a few years back." He said in a sad voice.


    "Oh, my mother died too." She replied sadly. Before she could get lost in the thoughts of her mother, Mu Yuehan spoke, "my father remarried and I love my stepmother equally. I am sure, you will like them. Also, my siblings."


    "Are they also like you?"


    "Somewhat." He replied, ying with his fork.


    "How do you know Mu Yuehan?" Nian Tian asked. She did not want to let this chance go. She wanted to know more about Mu Yuehan. "By the way, I must praise him, he was so quick. I mean, I talked with grandpa within five minutes of your call to him."


    Mu Yuehan smiled at her praise. Again, he wished to tell her about his identity. To test the waters, he asked, "Do you like him? Will you prefer to be with a man like him?"


    "Nah." Nian Tian immediately denied, unaware of the changing expressions on the face of the man opposite to her. "I don''t prefer a rich man, not anymore. I want a man like you. The one who is a normal employee and can give me a simple life."


    Mu Yuehan stiffly nodded his head. One thing was sure, today was not the time to tell her about his identity.


    If only he knew, that today was the best time, otherwise, it would be veryte.


    "Now, tell me about your boss. How do you know him?"


    "We met in the second standard. My father was his father''s loyal employee, you can say right hand. We were also ssmates. Soon we clicked and here we are, best friends." He told from the view of Zhan Wei.


    "If you are best friends then why are you working with him? Why does he not help you start your own business?" she pouted and Mu Yuehan smiled. "Is he using your friendship to make you his loyal worker?"


    "It''s nothing like that. I know I can progress higher only if I stay by his side. I am his right hand after all. He can do anything for me. Take my words, when he will take over the empire, he will promote me to a higher post."


    Nian Tian nodded her head and asked him many other questions before it was the turn of Mu Yuehan to ask questions.


    "Tell me, why don''t you want to go to Shanghai? If you miss your grandpa, why don''t you visit him?"


    Nian Tian looked down at her fingers and yed with them. Mu Yuehan ced his hands over hers.


    "You know, I was kind of viin in my cousin''s life. Now, I am afraid, she will have her revenge on me. She will not let me live in peace." She sighed. "Somewhere, I am also embarrassed with what I did. It was not what my mother taught me. I am also guilty."


    "I don''t have the guts to be the butt of the joke of society. Who knows what they gossip about me? They all hated me. I am sure they will kill me with their cruel mocking once I get back." She humourlessly chuckled. "What a big fool I was."


    She shook her head to shoo away the bad memories which she did not wish to remember.


    "Besides, I am happy now. I am happy to be here on Juju ind. This ind has given me new hopes and a new identity. I also met you here." She teased and gripped his hand. They both smiled at one another.


    "Zhan Wei, can you do something for me?" she asked after some time.<sub> </sub>


    "I can do anything for you."


    "Can you get this painting delivered to my grandpa?" Nervously, she passed a painting to him. "I always wanted to gift this to him."


    She chewed on her lips and looked at him with nervousness.


    "Sure." He smiled. "Now stop chewing your lips. You don''t know what effect they have on me."


    She immediately freed her lips and he chuckled. "Can I see the painting?"


    She nodded. He unrolled the painting and was amazed to see it. She drew a scene where she was getting her graduation degree and her grandpa was looking at her with a wide smile. Each detail was vividly drawn.


    "Amazing, you are simply amazing." He praised her. "I will like to be your model one day."


    "Anytime you want."


    Mu Yuehan rolled the painting and promised, "I will get it delivered."


    Nian Tian smiled and again hugged him. "Now go and study. Don''t you have your first exam on the day after tomorrow?"


    Nian Tian nodded her head and busied herself with her studies while Mu Yuehan walked out of her apartment and called his guard, to get the painting delivered.


    **


    "Oh my god, I am feeling so nervous, Zhan Wei. What if I failed?"


    <o>,m Today was the first exam of Nian Tian and she was getting all nervous. At three in the morning, she knocked on the door of Mu Yuehan''s apartment and from then on, he was watching her freaking out without any reason.</o>


    "You will not fail." He repeated for the hundredth time and ced a spoon full of porridge in front of her mouth. She took the spoon in her mouth and finished its content. He ced another spoon in front of her mouth as if feeding a kid.


    "I am your teacher and I know my skills; you will not fail. Now rx."


    Like a mother, he fed Nian Tian and then led her out of her apartment. Her bag with essentials hung on his shoulder.


    "Are youing with me?" she asked.


    "Of course, looking at your condition, I am afraid if I don''t follow you, instead of reaching the university, you will be roaming in the other party of the city." He teased.


    "Hey."


    "What hey? Look at you. From the morning, you are acting half insane. You do not know what you are doing. What if you took the wrong bus?" he pointed out. "Let''s go now, you don''t want to bete."


    Mu Yuehan took her hand and pulled her to his car.


    They arrived near the seaport from where they caught a ferry which took them to the city.

 Chapter 69 Shoe Away Girls, He Is My Men!

    The moment Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian took their seats on the ferry, Nian Tian opened her book and started to go through thest-minute notes. Mu Yuehan looked at her and shook his head. He was nning to enjoy the view of the sea from the ferry with her, but s!


    Throughout their thirty minutes journey, he kept looking at her, like a boy looking at his favourite toy car in the showroom which he could not buy.


    They arrived at the city port and Nian Tian closed her book. They both stepped out of the ferry.


    "What''s this?" Nian Tian looked at the shy Jaguar parked in front of her. She then looked at Mu Yuehan and he grinned.


    "As you know, Yuehan is staying here. So, for today, I have borrowed his car because I want to drop my girlfriend at her university." He opened the door of the shotgun seat for her.


    She looked at him with amusement and entered the car, unaware of the fact that Mu Yuehan had gotten this car airlifted for her. This model was released not two days back.


    "I must praise your boss. It seems, he has a craze of collecting luxurious cars." Shemented and then noticed the sour face of Mu Yuehan. Somewhere, he was jealous of himself!


    "Thank you, boyfriend." She then smiled at him. "For borrowing this car. I am feeling prestigious."


    "Anything for you." Hemented and drove the car toward the university which was still at a drive of one hour.


    Mu Yuehan drove the car. From time to time, he was sneaking nces at Nian Tian. The way her hair wasing on her face, the way she was seriously looking at her notes or the way she was taking the top of her pen in her mouth. All this was too tempting for him.


    He shifted the gear and then ced his hand on her thigh. Nian Tian jumped because of his touch, feeling all tingly. She looked at him with surprise and saw him whistling with delight. She blushed, her heart fluttered at this intimate gesture.


    She wanted to remove his hand but did not because she was enjoying his touch, just like Mu Yuehan.


    **


    "All the best for your exam." Mu Yuehan wished her good luck.


    She smiled and nodded her head. She then teased him, "Don''t worry teacher. Your student will not let your name get tarnished."


    She opened the car door and was about to step out when Mu Yuehan held on her hand. "I will wait for you after your exam."


    She gave him a stiff nod and left the car.


    For her, his words were only words, always fake words. No one had ever waited for her after her exam. Her mother used to do so but she was alwayste to arrive at her school.


    So, when she heard the same words from Mu Yuehan, she could not believe he would be there.


    Mu Yuehan caught the disbelief in her eyes.


    "I will be here for you." He murmured to himself and drive away the car from the university to the ce where Zhan Wei was staying at present.


    **


    When Nian Tian submitted her answer book to the teacher, she was already nning the return route. She walked the long corridor of the university and heard some of the university mates, whispering to each other.


    "Have you seen that car? It''s so shy!"<sub> </sub>


    "I saw it on the news channel, two days back. Apparently, it is one of the expensive cars."


    "I am so envious of the owner of that jaguar. If only I can own it. You know, silver colour is my favourite as well as a jaguar."


    bbergasted, Nian Tian ran and stepped out of the university. She froze in her steps when she saw the car from the morning parked in front of the university gates.


    "He is here."


    Flowers bloomed in her heart and a huge smile appeared on her lips. She was feeling very warm inside. Her eyes were filled with happiness. She covered her lips with her hands and a burst of happyughter escaped her lips.


    She walked toward the jaguar and opened its door. She entered inside and then looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "You came."


    "Told you, wille to receive you. I am a man of my words." He ignited the engine and pressed the elerator. "How was your exam?"


    **


    After fifteen days


    Nian Tian stepped out of the university after giving herst exam. There was a bounce in her steps and her eyes were full of expectation.


    She knew Mu Yuehan would be waiting for her at the university gates like usual.


    "Have you seen that man? Isn''t he sworn worthy handsome?"


    "I am so envious of the girl whom he is here to receive. Only if I can be at her ce."


    "I thought, maybe I can try my charm on him, making him forget about his girlfriend, but you know what, he didn''t even nce at me. Can you believe me? I am university''s most beautiful girl but still¡­."


    "It''s so hard to find such a trustworthy boyfriend who is rich and handsome. I am so envious."


    Nian Tian smiled with triumph when she saw some of her university mates talking about Mu Yuehan. She knew it was him. Otherwise, who could be more handsome than him?


    "Shoo away girls, he is my man. My man."


    When she walked toward the university gates, she saw girls crowding around the usual spot where Mu Yuehan parked his car. She walked toward him and gasped when she saw him standing there with a bouquet in his hands and sunsses on his eyes.


    She forgot to breathe, seeing him in ripped jeans and tight fitted short sleeve shirt. With sses and messed hair, he looked more smart and handsome. His panty-dropping smile was something else.


    No big deal, everyone was gushing about him.


    ''How can I be so lucky to have him as my man?''

 Chapter 70 Will You Keep Standing Here Like A Fool?

    "Hey." Mu Yuehan waved to her when he saw her.


    The girls trying to catch his attention looked at Nian Tian and threw daggers at her, feeling jealous. They were trying for so long but this handsome hunk was not ready to look at them. And here, he just waved at his girl.


    "Why did you step out of the car?" Nian Tianined.


    "Are you jealous?" he teased and stylishly removed his sunsses, cing them in his breast pocket.


    "Who is jealous? And why should I be jealous when I know you are mine?" she dered. "After all, you have worked so hard to woo me. You will not cheat me so easily."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and passed her the bouquet. "Don''t worry, they are artificial. I remember you are allergic to the real one."


    "They are artificial?" she asked with surprise and looked at the jasmine in his hands which seemed near to real.


    "Yup, I specially ordered them." He passed the bouquet to her.


    She took them and was surprised when a mild fragrance reached her nose. "They smell like real, how?"


    "Remember the shop about which I have told you once, the one which sells extracted perfumes? I wanted to give you a real experience of receiving flowers."


    Nian Tian nodded her head and looked at the flowers, feeling overwhelmed. She never thought, she will receive flowers. But look at this man, he was so thoughtful.


    "Hey, hey, hey, don''t crush them." Mu Yuehan chided when he saw her crushing the bunch. She had the bunch tightly pressed against her chest. She was unknowingly crushing it in her happiness.


    Nian Tian gave him a silly smile. She opened the back door of the car and securely ced the bouquet, well aware that she was going to keep them with herself throughout her life.


    She straightened and looked at Mu Yuehan. By now, nearly the entire university was looking at them with awe, but they were ignorant of all the eyes on them.


    "There is another gift for you."


    Mu Yuehan passed his phone to her. Nian Tian looked at the photo with wide eyes. A happy tear dropped from her right eye when she saw a photo of her grandpa looking at her painting. He looked healthy and was sitting in his room.


    Feeling emotional, she hugged Mu Yuehan tight. "Thank you so much."


    Mu Yuehan returned the hug.


    She broke the hug and looked at him with tenderness. A thought appeared in her mind. She looked at him and decided to follow after her thoughts.


    She broke the hug and looked at him with tenderness. And on instinct, she tip-toed and quickly pecked on his lips.


    Mu Yuehan''s mind short-circuited with the feel of her petal-like lips against his. His heart skipped a beat. He forgot to breathe with surprise.


    Nian Tian looked at his expressions with satisfaction and delight. She blushed furiously, recounting her actions. Her heart was thumping hard in her chest.


    Before Mu Yuehan could react, she was on the other side of the car. He touched his lips and looked at her shy face with wide eyes.


    "Will you keep standing here like a fool? Let us go." Shemented and quickly entered the car, mentally pping her head for kissing him and that too in front of the whole university.<sub> </sub>


    Good thing was that she was not going to see these students again.


    "What was that?" Mu Yuehan looked at her with an using gaze. "You deny me of kissing you but you kiss me and not too once, but twice. This is not fair."


    Nian Tian blushed and turned her face to the other side which was soon turned around by Mu Yuehan. He looked at her intensely. His eyes were dark with desire.


    Oh, how badly he wanted to ravish her sweet mouth!


    "Now I deserve to kiss you." He leaned toward her. She ced her hand on his chest. "I am not ready."


    "You should have thought about it before kissing me. You know how I am feeling right now?" he groaned. "My lips are still shivering. Blood is pumping hard in my veins. I so bloody want to kiss you."


    A shiver passed her spine and she gulped. She looked at him without blinking her eyes.


    Mu Yuehan removed her hands from his chest and gave her a sloppy wet kiss on her cheeks. "I will spare you of lip lock for now. But soon." He whispered in her ear and bite it.


    He straightened himself and started the car.


    Nian Tian stayed frozen at her seat, feeling new feelings in her body. She was feeling butterflies in her stomach which she never felt before, not even when she was with Fan Yifeng.


    She felt her heart beating in her ears and she was hot. Her palms and back of her neck were sweaty and all because of his words and his kiss.


    **


    "Want to go to the beach to celebrate yourst exam?" Mu Yuehan asked.


    "Huh?" Nian Tian looked at him with confused eyes. He chuckled, well aware of his effect on her.


    "I asked, do you want to go to a beach?"


    "Sure," she replied.


    Mu Yuehan drove the car toward one of the famous beaches in the city. It was a crowded beach unlike the beaches at Juju ind.


    They stepped out of the car and made their way toward the beach. Mu Yuehan bought a hat and sunsses for her. He made her wear them. Nian Tian smiled at his care.


    "Do you want to enjoy water rides?" he asked.


    "Why not?" She replied.


    They enjoyed various kinds of water rides like Knee boarding, Windsurfing, Jet skiing, Banana tube boat ride and many more.


    Mu Yuehan was shocked to see her stamina when it came to water rides. She did not tire like other girls he knew, nor she felt scared of any of them. She was ahead of him in enjoying them.


    Again, he felt right about his decision to be with her. She was different from other girls and he liked her like this.

 Chapter 71 Someone Is Out There To Kill You.

    Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian tried the pebble game. Nian Tian threw a pebble in the sea and it jumped thrice before submerging inside the sea.


    "You cannot beat me in this game." Nian Tian challenged him with a smile.


    "Are you challenging me?" he raised his brows.


    ? "Yes, I am." Nian Tian ced her hands on her hips. She raised her brow in challenge.


    Mu Yuehan was always ready for challenges. Though he had never tried this game, he knew he could learn it within a few attempts. He started to throw pebbles in the sea but all in vain. He tried to copy the trick of Nian Tian but again, it was a failed attempt.


    "Told you." She teased. "Let me teach you the trick."


    Nian Tian then taught him the game but still, he was not able to defeat her. His stone hardly bounced two times, forget about three.


    "You can''t defeat me. I have practised for two years."


    She pocked out her tongue and teased him. He took this exact moment to click her photo. At that moment, she looked so carefree, so young.


    "Let''s go and have something to eat."


    They walked toward the oyster stand where again Nian Tian taught him how to eat them properly. They then walked toward a grill house where they grilled some vegetables by themselves.


    "Here, let me clean your lips." Mu Yuehan looked at the sauce on the lips of Nian Tian. They were inviting him. Nian Tian tried to clean it but she failed to do so.


    "You do it for me." She forwarded her face toward him.


    He gulped and cleaned her lips with his index finger. His finger lingered on her lips for a little longer. The hormones of both were going haywire.


    "Here, it''s cleaned." Mu Yuehan pulled back his finger and smiled.


    After filling their tummies, they again walked on the beach, hand in hand.


    They built a sandcastle, sshed water on each other, and walked on the beach, leaving their footprints behind. All this while, both of them were being extra touchy with each other. Their hormones were going all around.


    "Let''s watch the sunset." Nian Tian squealed and wrapped her arm around Mu Yuehan''s. He looked at her, at her beautiful face.


    He gulped and took a deep breath.


    With one swift motion, he turned her face toward himself, and with the sinking sun, he pressed his lips against hers. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close.


    Nian Tian tried to resist but soon, she was lost in the effect that his kiss was having on her. She could feel sparks going in her body. Her body was burning hot.


    She tucked her fingers in his hair and gently tugged on them.


    Mu Yuehan sucked on her lips, tasting her saliva. He rolled his tongue over her lips and pushed his tongue inside her mouth, in his heaven.


    "Mm." She moaned, feeling the effect of his tongue in her mouth.<sub> </sub>


    This kiss felt so beautiful, so magical, unlike what she had felt before. With this kiss, she feltplete. She felt at home.


    They broke the kiss when they heard whistles. Many tourists had collected around them and were now whistling.


    Nian Tian blushed tomato and hid her face in his chest. Mu Yuehan chuckled shyly and pulled her to the car. All this while, she did not dare to lift her face.


    They entered the car. Nian Tian was about to scold him for kissing her in public and that too full mouth kiss when Mu Yuehan again sealed her lips with his.


    "You are so tempting, Sweetie. I think I am bing addicted to you."


    **


    Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian looked at each other. Both were gasping for breath and both their faces were red out of shyness. They both felt it, the connection they had. They knew they were craving for one another. They were each other''s other half.


    Mu Yuehan was about to tease Nian Tian for their kiss when he received a call from his guard. He attached the Bluetooth to his ear and answered the call. All this while, his eyes were fixed on Nian Tian.


    Like a frail little cat, she was trying to hide in the car seat, away from his intense gaze.


    "Boss drive the car, right now." He heard from his guard.


    Without wasting any second, he ignited the engine and drove the car, and that too at a fast speed. Nian Tian looked at him with a confused expression and he simply smiled at her.


    "Someone is following after you. You should drive it a little faster." He looked in the rear-view mirror and saw a motorbike following after them at a fast speed.


    He then turned and looked at Nian Tian. She was looking out from the window and at the dark clouds covering the sky.


    "Want to go on a long drive? This weather seems adequate for it."


    "Sure?" she replied. She would love to go on a long drive at this hour, with her boyfriend and in this car. It was one of the items on her bucket list.


    "Tighten your seat belt then."


    Not giving any chance to Nian Tian to react, he increased the speed of the car. Their car was shooting ahead like an arrow.


    She clutched her seat and a smile spread on her lips. She loved speed, just the way he did.


    "Why? What happened?" He spoke. Nian Tian looked at him with confusion. He then pointed toward his Bluetooth for Nian Tian to understand.


    "There are some hitmen following after you and Miss Nian. From the morning, we have caught five different men, aiming at Miss Nian. When you arrived at the university, their aim shifted at you."


    Mu Yuehan stiffened.


    "Many hitmen have tried to aim at you from time to time and fortunately, we caught them all. Now only these two are left as per our information. When you were kissing miss, you were exactly at their target."

 Chapter 72 Perks Of Being A Mu.

    Mu Yuehan took a deep breath and looked behind from the rear-view mirror. He could see two bikes following after them. He shifted the gears and increased speed.


    "Why me?" his voice was hard.


    "I guess, instead of harming you, the person wants to kidnap Miss Nian. He wants to harm you because you are a hurdle in his way." Mu Yuehan smirked.


    "Catch them all." He ordered and ended the call.


    "What happened?" Nian Tian asked.


    "Office work. One of the clients ran away. I was dealing with him." He smoothly lied.


    Nian Tian nodded her head and looked out from the ss window.


    Mu Yuehan cursed the men following after him. He missed the chance of teasing her after their first kiss because of them.


    After some time, Mu Yuehan was able to outwit the motorbikes and why not, they were iparable to his driving skills and his car.


    He then slowed down the car. "Why don''t you pull down the sses?"


    Without waiting for any second, Nian Tian pulled down the sses. Chill air mixed with tiny droplets of rain fell upon her. Mu Yuehan smiled and looked at her.


    Today was indeed a perfect day for a long drive.


    Nian Tian pushed out her hand to catch the raindrops when Mu Yuehan scolded her. "Didn''t your mother teach you, not to push out your hand from a moving vehicle?"


    She pouted and took her hand back inside the car.


    Mu Yuehan kept driving the car aimlessly and soon he received the message that all the hitmen were caught. He smirked and drove the car toward the docks.


    "Stay here, let me check if ferries are going at this hour of the night or not." He ordered her and stepped out of the car.


    Nian Tian leaned her head against the window pane and looked at him. He looked so strong and reliable when walking toward the dock. He looked like a strong man with a very strong personality. He was a mature person.


    Mu Yuehan inquired around and then asked the driver of his yacht, he was informed the same, it was not safe to travel in the dark of night, especially when it was raining.


    "We have to spend our night here in the city." Mu Yuehan informed and entered the car. "Waves are too strong tonight."


    "Where should we go then?"


    "Mu hotels, of course." He shrugged his shoulders.


    "But, isn''t it expensive?"


    "Darling, when will I use my identity as one of the Mu employees?" he smirked.


    **


    "Sorry sir, we can''t give you a room right now. You can try in some other hotel."


    The city was a famous destination for the wedding, and at present, the wedding of a rich businessman was taking ce here. Many famous people were staying at the hotel, and for their privacy, the receptionist was asked to not allot a room to any random person.


    Mu Yuehan took out his wallet from his pants back pocket. He retrieved a Mu employee identity card from it. The good thing was, that it did not have a photo and he had already exchanged his with that of Zhan Wei.


    With amusement, Nian Tian saw how the behaviour of the receptionist took a one-eighty-degree turn when she scanned the card.<sub> </sub>


    A minute back, she was not ready to allot them a room and now, she was personally guiding them to their room.


    "Perks of being an employee of Mu corporation as well as the best buddy with Yuehan." He whispered in her ears.


    "I still am feeling bad. You will need to pay for a single night." She puckered her lips.


    "No, I will not. It is all free. Another perk." He grinned.


    "This Mu Yuehan is so lucky. He must y on the money." Shemented.


    "Do you want me to switch ces with him? Then as my girl, you can be the future female of the Mu family."


    "Nah, I am satisfied with this. Who wants to be the head?" she scrubbed her nose. The heart of Mu Yuehan sunk. He thought, today he would tell her his identity but guess what, she still did not like the identity of Mu Yuehan!


    "Sir, here is your suite with two bedrooms."


    Mu Yuehan nodded. They both entered inside the suit. They decided on their respective rooms and entered inside. They wanted to have a shower before doing anything else. Their clothes were full of sand from the beach.


    **


    Mu Yuehan entered his room and without wasting a second, made a call to his guards.


    "Report."


    "We have caught a total of ten men. As expected, they were ordered to kill you and bring Miss Nian to their boss."


    "Is there any name?"


    "No." There was dejection in the voice of the guard.


    "I don''t want a mistake likest time where the stalker killed himself before saying a word." His voice was harsh and firm.


    "Don''t worry boss. This time, we have ten men. I am sure, one of them will say the name."


    "Don''t be so overconfident. I want the name by tomorrow at all costs. Also, get some clothes delivered to my room." He ordered and ended the call. He then made his way to the bathroom.


    Nian Tian entered her room and bathroom. She looked at her face in the mirror. She was looking different. She was glowing. There was a light hue on her cheeks and happiness in her eyes. Her eyes were crinkled from the corner.


    She was feeling alive!


    "You are changing me, Zhan Wei. You are changing me for good."


    She blushed and entered the shower. She took a long shower, thinking about Mu Yuehan and how his lips moulded with hers. How perfectly their bodies mended into each other.


    She wore the bathrobe, provided by the hotel and came out of the bathroom. She then decided to make a call to Marta.


    "Are you back?" Marta asked the moment she picked up the call.


    "No, we are stuck in the city. The weather is not good for the ferries to sail." Nian Tian informed and looked out from the hotel window. "How was everything at the restaurant?"


    "Everything was good. There is a piece of good news." Marta squealed, making Nian Tian curious.

 Chapter 73 Intimacy.

    "A couple had visited our restaurant a year back. Thedy became a fan of the food cooked by you. And now, when she is getting married, she wants us to cater at her wedding." There was excitement in her voice.


    Nian Tian was happy to hear the news but she must think about all the other factors. "Marta¡­"


    "Listen to me first," Marta interrupted her. "Thedy, Daisy Hardin is the daughter of one of the famous businessmen in the city, she had agreed to pay us triple for our service. She promised to provide us with all thebour we need. She just wishes for you to be her head cook. You only need to supervise all the otherbours"


    "But still¡­."


    "Marry will be also there to help."


    "Marta, don''t take the name of that Marry. You are aware of how she nearly killed me." Nian Tian chided.


    "Don''t be like that. I am sure she wasn''t aware that you are allergic to berries."


    "Not possible. I remember telling you both that I am allergic to berries. Even if not, with your big mouth, I am sure you must have told her the same."


    "She must have forgotten then." Marta protected her daughter. "She can''t n your murder, not when it was so obvious. Besides, leave her to me. I will look after her. I will not let her in your proximity." Marta paused. "I have already sent you the number of Miss Hardin. Call her, right now."


    Nian Tian ended the call. With a doubtful mind, she called Miss Hardin.


    Daisy was excited when she received a call from Nian Tian and after some settlement, it was decided that Nian Tian was catering for her wedding and why not, Miss Hardin had done all the necessary nning.


    "Oh my god, I just received the biggest order of my life." Nian Tian squeezed the phone in her hand. She squealed loudly.


    With the thought of sharing the good news with Mu Yuehan, she rushed out of her room. She knocked hard on his room door, without a breather, forgetting that she was wearing only a bathrobe.


    "Why has this door turned so soft all of the sudden?" she thought to herself and then her eyes widened. She looked at Mu Yuehan standing in front of her, with her upper body naked, instead of the locked door.


    She looked at her twisted finger which just touched his delicious Abe. She again looked at him, his chest actually. It was so close to her. She could inhale his natural masculine smell as well as his after-shower smell. He was again only in a towel that was so low on his hips.


    ''His chest is tastier from so close.'' She tucked her lower lip in between her teeth and took a deep breath. ''Control, control, control.''


    Meanwhile, Mu Yuehan too was looking at her, her wet hairs, her bathrobe-d body, especially her long legs which he was seeing for the first time. She usually wore jeans, you see.


    He gulped. With a lot of self-restraint, he controlled himself. He took a step away from her. Nian Tian did the same.


    "Why is it that you are always half-naked whenever I enter your room or house?" she used afterposing herself.


    Mu Yuehan raised a brow and wrapped his arm around his chest. She looked at the bulge in his biceps due to his simple move. She gulped. Her heart skipped a beat.


    "If I remember correctly, the first time you barged into my house, without my permission, and this time, you knocked on the door as if a fire broke out. If not for opening the door without wearing my clothes, what was I supposed to do?" He mocked sarcastically.


    She graced him with a silly smile and again looked up and down at his body. She cleared her throat, "you, wear your clothes. I will wait for you here in themon area. I have something to tell to you."


    "That, you have to wait." He teasingly smirked. "I think, I will need a cold shower."


    He closed the door with a satisfied smile on his face. He was satisfied with the way she blushed furiously and her mouth fell to the ground after hearing his word.


    **


    "So, tell me." Mu Yuehan took his seat on the couch beside Nian Tian.


    "From where did you get the clothes?" she inquired, seeing him in his clothes unlike herself.


    "Hotel staff."<sub> </sub>


    "Oh."


    She nodded and then excitedly recited to him about her call to Marta and then Miss Hardin. She then jumped in his arms in excitement.


    "You will need to help me. This order is so huge. I don''t think I can handle it alone."


    "I will help you." He ruffled her hair, hiding aplicated expression on his face. "Now my reward."


    "What reward?"


    The next second, her eyes widened when she saw a smirk on his lips. Before she could run away from the clutches of the devil, he pulled her back in his arms and kissed her hard.


    She quivered in his arms, feeling his lips passionately iming hers. Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her on hisp. She could feel his strong thighs beneath her.


    Her heart fluttered when she felt the ne of his chest brushing against her soft mounds.


    "Ah." A moan left her lips when he tucked on her lower lips. Expertly switching between sulking and nibbling, he ravished her lower lips, followed by her upper lips.


    The way their bodies were crushing together, Mu Yuehan felt every curve of her body. This fuelled the desire in his heart.


    They both fell to the floor still kissing each other like no tomorrow. His body was crushing hers. She felt desire churning in her stomach with each intoxicating kiss.


    "Ah." She broke the kiss to breathe. Mu Yuehan did not give her much time. He again kissed her. He wanted to ravish all his sufferings from thest few days.


    Unknowingly, his hands roamed around the belt of her bathrobe and untwisted it. Nian Tian was so lost in his touch to care about anything.


    "You are so sweet." He breathed onto her face and kissed her again. His kiss was again demanding and hot. He kissed her again and again, not getting enough of her mouth. "So, sweet."


    Only when his hand touched her warm skin, he stiffen. Nian Tian shivered where his palm touched her. She started to breathe hard.


    "Oh shit."


    He broke the kiss and noticed, that he had identally opened her bathrobe. He immediately closed his eyes.


    Nian Tian blushed hard and quickly tied back her bathrobe. She then again kissed Mu Yuehan. They kissed for some time before Mu Yuehan broke away from her.


    "We should stop here, otherwise, I may not be able to control myself." His voice was harboured. "Besides, I think I will need another cold shower."


    His length brushed against her thigh and she blushed hard. She tucked her lips in between her teeth.


    "Don''t." He pulled out her lips. "You don''t know how tempting you look with your lips in between your teeth."


    He took a long deep breath and closed his eyes. "Leave, if you don''t want to face my devil."


    He again brushed himself at her. rmed, she quickly stood up from the floor. She was not ready to face him, not now, especially when she knew how big it was at first hand. She ran toward her room, without ncing back in his direction.


    **


    Once she was gone, Mu Yuehan stood up. He called Zhan Wei and took information about Miss Hardin and soon to be her husband from him.


    And as expected, they were one of their current business clients!

 Chapter 74 Married Couple.

    "What happened? Why is the environment of the restaurant so suffocating? And why the hell are you not ready? We should leave now."


    Mu Yuehan looked around in the restaurant with confusion filled eyes. There was a question mark on his forehead.


    Today, Nian Tian with everyone else was going back to the city to take control of the kitchen for their biggest order. Thou, the wedding was tomorrow but they needed to be there today if they wanted to prepare a feast for at least two hundred people.


    "Zhan Wei," Nian Tian rushed toward him and wrapped her arms around him. "I am gone. My biggest order is gone."


    "Why? What happened?"


    "Today is a strike of all the ferry drivers. No one is ready to take us to the city."


    "That''s it." He knocked on her forehead. "Let me ask my boss for his Yacht. Meanwhile, do all the preparations."


    "Will he give you his Yacht?" Surprised, she asked, her voice was full of hope, the light was again returning to her eyes. This order was very important for her.


    "Why not?"


    **


    "Gorgeous." Nian Tianmented and looked at the huge yacht standing in front of her in all its glory.


    "It''s all yours for today, mydy." Mu Yuehan grinned and held her hand. Together they climbed on the yacht, followed by Marta and Marry. Marry looked around enviously, especially seeing Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian.


    "All the stuff is already ced inside."


    They were taking some important cooking tools and some spices with themselves, afraid they may not find them in the city. Also, they had their bags with extra dresses.


    Marta walked toward the cabin where Marry, Nian Tian, and Mu Yuehan stood on the observation deck, by the railings. The observation deck was secured by the railings. Railings had a gap in between them if someone wanted to jump directly inside the sea, to enjoy the water support.


    "It''s so beautiful." Nian Tian looked at the vast sea.


    "Have you travelled in a yacht before?"


    "I have, maybe I was nine at that time." Nian Tian replied.


    She then walked toward the opening of the railing. Taking the support of the side railings, she leaned toward the sea.


    She felt adrenaline running in her body, feeling the fast speed on the yacht and the fast wind pping her body.


    "Careful, you can fall in the sea. It can be dangerous. I have heard, this area of the sea has some sharks."


    "Don''t worry. I know, I have you to protect me."


    Mu Yuehan smiled at her confidence in him. He walked behind her and stood behind her protectively. They were kind of imitating the Titanic pose with a little difference.<sub> </sub>


    Marry looked at them and quickly a n formed in her mind.


    ''I failed to kill you by using your allergy but I have many other methods up my sleeve.''


    Without wasting any time, she executed her n.


    She sneakily walked toward the side of the railing from where Mu Yuehan was not protecting Nian Tian. The couple was busy gawking at each other. They failed to notice her actions.


    Marry acted as if she was falling. She leaned on the body of Nian Tian with full force. The grip of Nian Tian loosened on the support and she fell into the sea with a ssh. Before Mu Yuehan could save her, Marry took his extended hand to protect herself from falling into the sea after Nian Tian. She clutched tight on his shirt.


    "Oh my god, Nian Tian fell in the ocean. It''s my fault." She faked a fearful expression and then looked at Mu Yuehan. "What are you doing?"


    Marry gasped when Mu Yuehan pushed her away, preparing himself to jump in the sea.


    "Don''t tell me, you will jump into the sea. Didn''t you just say, it''s dangerous?"


    Hearing the noises, the driver had already stopped the yacht. So, without carrying to reply to Marry, Mu Yuehan jumped inside the ocean. He dived deep inside to search for his life.


    The fall of Nian Tian was very strong and she waspletely unready for it. Her head hit the water in the wrong position and now, she was feeling dizzy. Salty water entered her lungs They were burning. She felt disoriented.


    She knew how to swim but at that moment, she was feeling confused and light-headed.


    Mu Yuehan looked around here and there in the sea and finally, he caught the sight of her sinking body. He swam toward her effortlessly and wrapped his arms around her. He had taken survival sses so it was not hard for him toe on the surface of the water with her.


    Once their heads were out of the water, Nian Tian spurted out a lot of water from her mouth, gasping for breath. All this while, Mu Yuehan held her steadily. He felt relief washing over, that she was alright, not unconscious


    "I told you to be careful." Mu Yuehan yelled once he saw the colour on the face of Nian Tian had returned.


    "I was careful, okay? It was that Marry who fell upon me. But why did you jump after me? I know how to swim."


    "Why not jump after you? You know there are sharks in the sea. You were in danger." He again yelled.


    "That''s what I am saying. It''s dangerous then why did you jump?"


    Before they could start fighting, they heard the call of Marta.


    "Stop fighting like a married couple. Come up on the yacht. It is dangerous to stay in the sea for long."


    They both swam toward the yacht. Mu Yuehan was looking after her without a blink, afraid she was hurt but she was perfectly all right, by god''s grace.


    Once they were on the yacht, Mu Yuehan looked around in the ocean and caught sight of the yacht of his guards. He nodded at them. He knew they were ready if anything was to befell them.

 Chapter 75 Keep An Eye On Her For Me.

    "Here, use this towel." Mu Yuehan searched in the cabin and retrieved a pair of towels. He passed one to Nian Tian and used another for himself.


    He then passed her a warm man''s jacket. She looked at him with surprise-filled eyes.


    "Yuehan and I were used to travelling on the yacht and then jumping randomly in the ocean for a good swim. This is the backup to keep us dry and warm." He informed and stuffed his jacket in her arms and himself wore the jacket of Zhan Wei.


    Nian Tian wore the jacket and rubbed her palms together. "Let me give you some more heat." Mu Yuehan took his seat close to her and wrapped his arms around her.


    Nian Tian turned around and red at Marry. She very well knew that Marry intentionally fell all over her.


    Marry was angry because Nian Tian was safe and without a scratch. Above that, it was Mu Yuehan who saved her. He jumped in the water like a hero, without carrying about his safety.


    She had caught sight of a shark swimming in the water. If he had not protected her, she was sure Nian Tian would have be its food by now.


    Also, she felt jealous seeing the care of Mu Yuehan toward Nian Tian. What if it was her who fell into the sea, was he going to save her the same way he protected Nian Tian?


    **


    They arrived at the hotel which was booked by the Hardin family. Daisy, the bride herself came to receive Nian Tian and her party. On knowing about their ident, she hurriedly gave them the keys to their appointed room, for Nian Tian to get changed into fresh pair of clothes or to rest.


    **


    Nian Tian was always a hardworking girl. Once taken a task, she felt relief only afterpleting it. It was one of her strong points and that was the reason, she was good at her studies and when dealing with business.


    So, as per her habit, when they arrived at the hotel, she tookplete hold of the kitchen. She met the workers and was immediately off to work. Thou, she had a team of workers, ready to do anything at her order, she worked very hard. She cooked many dishes.


    "Enough now, it''s alreadyte at night." Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms around her waist. He pulled her up.


    "Hey, I am not done yet. I am to freeze this dish so it will be ready by tomorrow." She chided.


    "What are they all here for then?" He pointed toward the workers. "I don''t know anything. You areing with me to your room, right now. Aren''t you feeling tired because of your fall?"


    "No, I am not going with you."


    Mu Yuehan shook his head. Knowing her and her stubbornness well, he carried her in his arms, making her yelp.


    "Put the dish in the freezer." He ordered and left the kitchen with Nian Tian. She thrashed all around but he did not let her down.


    "Put me down. I can walk to my room on my own. I don''t want others to see us like this." She pouted.


    "I am not putting you down, I am liking this feeling of you in my arms." He smirked. "I like this feeling of you in my arms."


    "Don''t you act like a shameless person sometimes?"


    "I am shameless, sweetie. I am controlling myself only to not scare you away." She looked at him with a slightly opened mouth and he teased. "Close your mouth. We don''t want flies to enter inside."


    She shut her mouth and narrowed her eyes at him.


    **


    All the dishes were ready an hour before the time of the wedding party. Daisy and her mother checked the food. They were satisfied with it. They praised Nian Tian and invited her to attend the wedding.


    Marta was tired, and not in the condition to attend the wedding. She asked Nian Tian, Marry, and Mu Yuehan to attend the wedding which was going to be a kind of royal.<sub> </sub>


    "There is a problem." Nian Tian yelled and pped her head. She looked at Mu Yuehan with worry-filled eyes. "I don''t have any dress which I can wear for the night."


    Marry smirked from behind. "You can spend the evening with mom if you don''t have a dress." That way, I can spend some time with Zhan Wei and maybe, take him to my bed.


    "She will be attending the party. I knew she is my silly girl." He pulled on her nose. "I have prepared a dress for you. It''s in your room."


    "But how did you know my size?" she looked rmed.


    Mu Yuehan secretly smiled and hugged her. "This way."


    "You¡­."


    **


    Nian Tian arrived in her room. She saw a packet ced on the bed. Inside was a royal blue-coloured satin and silk gown. Its upper portion was studded with jewels where the lower was left to flow freely.


    "You didn''t need to spend so much money for me." She moved her hand over the silk, well aware that it was costly. "Are you nning to spoil me?"


    She sighed and looked at another package that had matching heels and a clutch. She shook her head and entered the bathroom to get ready for the night.


    **


    "What have I done to see your face after such a long time, my grace?" Zhan Wei mocked a bow when Mu Yuehan entered his room.


    Being business clients, Hardin''s invited Mu''s, and being impersonating Mu Yuehan, Zhan Wei was here.


    "I want you to keep an eye on someone for me." Mu Yuehan passed his phone with a photo. "I will be with TianTian all the time. I can''t keep my eyes on this person all the time."


    Zhan Wei took the phone and nodded his head.


    "Leave it on me. You enjoy the time with your girl. By the way, when are you introducing me to my sister-inw?"


    Mu Yuehan blushed when he heard sister-inw. "Tonight, but you have to act as Mu Yuehan in front of her."


    "What? Haven''t you told her about your true identity?" Zhan Wei looked at him with concern. "My advice,e clean to her before it''s toote."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and left the room. He made his way toward the room of Nian Tian.


    "You should go to the party and check if the dishes are presented properly or not. It will take me time to get ready." Nian Tian spoke without opening the door.


    "Alright, I will be waiting for you."


    **


    After some time, in the kitchen


    "You have to give this ss to thatdy." Someone pointed at a ss on the tray and then at Nian Tian.


    The waiter nodded his head and walked toward Nian Tian.


    "Now I will see, who will save you from your death."

 Chapter 76 Beloved Queen.

    Mu Yuehan was checking if the dishes were presented and served properly or not when suddenly, his heart rate picked up.


    Instinctively, he turned his head. He looked at the staircase, and there, his princess was stepping down the stairs in the gown which he had selected for her. He knew she would look beautiful in it but never thought she would look so mesmerizing. His heart thumped hard in his chest. A grin appeared on his lips.


    She again took his breath away. He felt lucky to be the man of this beauty.


    Not only Mu Yuehan, but many guests were looking at Nian Tian. Her presence was no less than a queen. With her back straight like a rode, a unique aura around her, and a small smile on her lips, she looked no less than a beloved queen.


    Mu Yuehan looked around. He saw many men looking at his girl. He groaned and walked toward the staircase. He gave his hand to her which she epted. He gripped it tightly in possessiveness. He then wrapped another arm around her waist, dering his possession.


    Nian Tian looked around, feeling nostalgic. It felt like, centuries had passed, since she hadst attended such a high-ss party, forget about the high-ss party, she had not even attended a party after leaving Shanghai.


    Before leaving Shanghai for good, she was a party bee, with a circle of rich heiress as her friends. She had attended countless parties in the past. She enjoyed them; getting drunk, flirting with one or another man, cracking high-value deals, and making others jealous was her ir.


    She was famous for stealing the attention at the party whichever she attended. Today again, when she was standing at the party, she felt those lost forgotten feelings.


    She felt cold daggers of females at herself as well as the lustful gazes of horny men. She used to enjoy that but not today.


    "You are looking lovely tonight." Mu Yuehan whispered in her ears and stood in front of her. His one hand was securely ced on the small of her back.


    "Do you mean, I don''t look lovely on normal days?" she narrowed her eyes yfully.


    "I don''t mean that it''s just¡­" he gave her a boyish smile. "I like it when girls wear skirts or anything girly."


    "Oh." She smiled. She was about to tease him more when a waiter came in their direction with a tray full of drinks.


    "Miss, have some drink." The waiter was about to pick a ss and serve it to her when Mu Yuehan beat him to it. He picked up a ss and gave it to Nian Tian.


    "You must be thirsty. Have some drink."


    Nian Tian nodded her head. She started to take slow sips, enjoying the taste of familiar red wine. Again, it felt like centuries since she hadst drank alcohol.


    From the corner of his eyes, Mu Yuehan noticed the changing expression on the face of the waiter. He awkwardly pulled back the ss in his extended hand.


    Mu Yuehan smirked.


    "Let me introduce you to Yuehan."


    Mu Yuehan pulled her toward where Zhan Wei was standing.<sub> </sub>


    Zhan Wei''s eyes glittered teasingly when he saw Mu Yuehan walking toward him, with his arm securely ced on the back of Nian Tian.


    "Ah, ah, ah, I see, someone is on full possessive mode today." He teased and then extended his hand towards Nian Tian for a shake. "And you must be my future sister-inw."


    Shocked, Nian Tian looked at him with wide eyes. She quickly corrected him. "We are still at the initial stage. I don''t know if I will be your¡­."


    "The way this man talks, and the way he does his work, I know, you will be my sister-inw, you want it or not." He cut her off. "Now, will you shake my hand? It will not look good if I retrieve my hand back without a shake."


    "Ah sorry." Nian Tian gave him a silly smile and shook his hand. "I have heard so much about you, Mu Yuehan. Also, thanks for lending him your car and yacht. Also, thanks for getting information about grandpa."


    Standing aside, Mu Yuehan felt jealous and wronged. He was the one who did all these things but it was Zhan Wei getting all her thanks. Zhan Wei also looked in his direction with a teasing smile, well aware of what was going on in the mind of his friend.


    "Ah, no worries. It was my duty as a friend. Moreover, now you are my sister." Zhan Wei smiled and Nian Tian grinned. She was feeling warm in her heart when he called her sister with true feelings and no hidden intention.


    Soon enough, they were talking like close friends, like long-lost brother and sister. They talked about the business, and parties and gossiped about Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan felt vinegar in his mouth, seeing their closeness. It took him so long to get her eyes and look at the way she became so intimate with Zhan Wei in mere seconds.


    "That''s enough." Mu Yuehan wrapped his arm around Nian Tian''s waist and pulled her to his chest. A small pout was there on his lips. "Don''t tell me, you are nning to change your boyfriend after meeting Yuehan."


    "Are you jealous?" Nian Tian teased.


    "Yes, I am jealous." He confessed without beating around the bushes. "Why shouldn''t I be when I know you are so beautiful, and there are many men out there, all ready to snatch you from me?"


    Nian Tian and Zhan Wei both chuckled, hearing his possessiveness-filled words. Zhan Wei was happy. He never thought of seeing this lover boy side of his friend.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Zhan Wei and red at him. He then asked him the question which he wanted to ask for a long time. "Tell me, how do we look like a couple?"


    He ced his head on the shoulder of Nian Tian and looked at Zhan Wei with expectation-filled eyes.


    Zhan Wei observed them and then gave a truthful opinion. "You look perfect. A handsome man and a beautifuldy."


    Nian Tian blushed and ducked her face down in shyness.


    Soon enough, the wedding march started to y. They all averted their attention toward the gates from where the bride and bridegroom entered the hall.

 Chapter 77 A Wedding In Vegas.

    Nian Tian gripped tight on the arm of Mu Yuehan. She looked at the bride with wide eyes and a little dreamy smile.


    "What kind of wedding do you want?" Mu Yuehan asked her.


    She looked at him and gave him a slight smile.


    "When mom was still alive," a lost look appeared in her eyes. "Like a littledy, I wished to have a grand wedding. Silly, but I wanted my wedding in Switzend in the middle of snow with everything in white colour."


    She chuckled. "It was a silly dream of mine as a kid."


    "What are your dreams now?"


    "Runaway to Vegas and getting married there." She replied after thinking for some time. "Getting drunk and then marrying the love of my life in Vegas."


    "I did not think you will like this kind of marriage." He teased.


    "I just want it." She shrugged her shoulders. "Now hush, they are going to make wedding vows."


    Throughout their vows, Nian Tian looked at the couple without a blink of an eye. Mu Yuehan looked at her and realized she was one of the girls who wanted a wedding, with vows, kisses, and rings and all. She also wished for her wedding to be different from others.


    And he promised to do so. He would make their wedding different and memorable.


    Zhan Wei pulled Mu Yuehan away because he wanted to talk about something to him, regarding the person on whom he was keeping an eye on. Also, they needed to meet some of the businessmen if they wished to make more close contacts.


    Meanwhile, Nian Tian stayed behind to check the dishes. She was also sipping her fifth ss of red wine, feeling slightly drunk and tipsy.


    A socialist, Miss Emily Knight was standing not very far from her. She was enviously looking at her. She was one of the beauties of her social circle but when she saw Nian Tian and the way men looked at her, she felt her appearance dull.


    Arrogantly, she walked toward Nian Tian. Seeing her lost in her thoughts, Emily collided with her. The result was that wine from the ss of Nian Tian slipped onto the dress of Emily.


    A hardly noticeable patch formed on the dress of Emily but it was enough for her to create a scene. She knew Nian Tian was a mare caterer where she herself was the daughter of one of the rich men of London. Obviously, everyone was going to support her if she created a scene.


    "You, don''t you have eyes? How can you spill wine on my dress?" Emily yelled bitterly.


    Nian Tian furrowed and looked at her. She was well aware that she was back to her life in Shanghai where socialists loved to y such dirty tricks, to embarrass each other. And she was an expert in all this.


    "This dress was so expensive and you ruined it. Who will be paying for this dress now?"


    "Miss, why are you yelling at me when you are at fault? I should ask you, where were your eyes when you were walking because I am standing at this same spot for thest five minutes. It''s you who is rushing blindly here and there like a fool, in a fully packed hall."<sub> </sub>


    Some of the people chuckled when they heard her. Emily fuelled with more anger. She looked at her.


    "Please step aside. I don''t have time to waste on a lunatic like you." Nian Tian scorned.


    "You¡­." Emily felt embarrassed. She raised her hand to p her. Nian Tian saw a ping. She gritted her teeth. Slyness appeared in her eyes. She was ready to take a hold of the wrist of Emily in her palm, to twist it. But Mu Yuehan beat her.


    Like a saviour stood in front of Nian Tian. He took a hold of Emily''s hand. Much to the disappointment of Nian Tian, instead of twisting it, he shrugged her hand away.


    Mu Yuehan was standing beside Zhan Wei when he saw Nian Tian talking with someone. He frowned and walked toward her, only to realize the ill intention of Emily. And now here he was, protecting his girl.


    "There was no need for you to save me. I could have dealt with her." Nian Tian gritted her teeth. She so wished to twist that arm. It had been so long since shest fought with someone.


    Mu Yuehan turned and red at her. "Woman, I know you are strong enough to protect yourself. But can you please let your boyfriend do such silly works for you?"


    He then turned and red at Emily. Not knowing his identity, Emily yelled, "you! Do you know who I am? How dare of you to touch my hand?"


    "Do YOU know who I am?" He spat each word with a pause. His aura was turning dangerous. He took a step toward her, ready to disclose his identity when Zhan Wei came to his rescue.


    Zhan Wei ced his hand on the shoulder of Mu Yuehan. He calmed down and instructed Zhan Wei from his eye signals.


    "What''s happening here? Miss Knight, do you have some problem with my best friend?"


    Nian Tian took a huge gulp of her wine. With awe, she looked at the effect of Zhan Wei on Emily. Emily had turnedpletely pale under his presence. Her haughtiness was all gone.


    Not a long back, Zhan Wei was talking about some deal with her father, impersonating Mu Yuehan. So, Emily knew what a powerful man he was.


    "Mister Mu, I don''t have any problem with him."


    Nian Tian wanted to whistle and p. She also wanted this power, this aura. With one appearance, your enemy was ready to fall to your knees.


    One day, her dream was going toe true!!


    Maybe it was the effect of drink but the feelings, the reality which she had kept deep hidden in her heart wereing out.


    "She tried to p my girl." Mu Yuehan pointed out and looked at Zhan Wei. "You are my friend and as my best friend, you should cancel the deal with knights, to give my girl justice."


    Zhan Wei smirked and shook his head. He looked at Emily with pitiful eyes. She hadmitted the biggest mistake of her life just now.

 Chapter 78 Nian Tian And Drinks Were The Worst Combination.

    "No, no, no, please no. It was my mistake. Please don''t punish my father or hispany." Emily begged. "If you want, I can kneel in front of your girl."


    "Then do so." Mu Yuehan smiled and stepped aside from Nian Tian.


    With amazement, Nian Tian saw, the arrogant Emily, kneeling in front of her like a peasant and asking for forgiveness from her.


    "I forgive you." She raised her hand and flicked her hair, feeling like a real queen again. Mu Yuehan smiled when he saw her expressions and actions.


    He sent off Emily. He walked behind Nian Tian. She was about to pick another ss of wine when he stopped her.


    "Enough, you have drunk enough. Look at yourselves."


    "Hey, let me drink." She whined. "Besides, I have you, my saviour. So why should I not drink?" She pouted and blinked her eyes, ready to cry if she did not get her drink.


    Mu Yuehan softened when he saw her expression and gave her a ss of wine. "Don''tin when you have a splitting headache in the morning."


    Nian Tian did not heed his advice and gulped down a whole ss of wine in one sip.


    **


    "Why are police here?" Nian Tian asked in-between hups and pointed toward the gates. Her body waspletely leaning against Mu Yuehan. He had his arms securely wrapped around her waist. He was enjoying this closeness in between their bodies.


    "We will see." He replied.


    Police entered the hall, and the head constable walked further, leaving his troop at the gates. He walked toward the heads of both the bride and groom''s families.


    "I will like to ask for your permission to lead my team in. We have a suspicious person to arrest. I am afraid, if I fail to arrest him tonight, then he will hideaway."


    Both families were respected families. They knew the police would not have arrived at the wedding if it was not urgent to arrest the suspect. So, they let the police in the hall.


    Uniformly, the police team paraded inside the hall. Very smoothly, they arrested the suspicious person and left the hall, without creating a scene.


    "Why is Mister Parker arrested?" Nian Tian inquired quietly.


    "You know that man?" Mu Yuehan asked. She turned toward him.


    "I do. He is a jerk, he had once asked me ''how much for a night?''" She rubbed her nose in disgust. "I have heard, he got stuck in the tycoon and suffered some harm. I am surprised to see him at the party."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. Fire zed in his eyes, especially when he heard, ''how much for a night?''


    **


    ''Drinks and Nian Tian were a deadlybination.'' Mu Yuehan made a mental note.<sub> </sub>


    She pulled him from his tie, taking him to the dance floor. She had a very sensual dance with him. Her hands were all over his body. She was about to kiss him in front of everyone when he took her off the stage. He was afraid, they would snatch the attention of the married couple which was not a good thing.


    "You know, I am being told, I am very bold when I am drunk?"


    At present, Nian Tian was in the arms of Mu Yuehan. He was carrying her to her room. Her arms were tightly wrapped around his neck.


    "I can see that." Mu Yuehan remarked. "But who told you, you are bold?" suddenly, he felt jealous. "Your ex?"


    "Nah," Nian Tian twisted her nose. "I rarely got drunk when with him. I was always his designated driver after all."


    "Then who told you?" He looked at her with a rxed expression on his face.


    "My b!tch of a best friend. She was my best friend but then she ditched me. I suffered all the embarrassment and shame just because of her." She spat. There was a pure rage in her eyes.


    Mu Yuehan felt her anger. He was about to ask the name of her friend when Nian Tian kissed his neck, making him jolt. He looked at her and she smiled cheekily.


    He shook his head and hurriedly carried her to her room. He was about to leave when Nian Tian pulled him from his tie. Due to a sudden pull, they fell on the bed with him above her.


    "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are so slow. You don''t know how to woo a girl, and then, how to have a strong rtionship with her." She dejectedly shook her head. "You were so slow in wooing me. Let me teach you how to woo a girl and then maintain her as your girlfriend."


    Her hands reached his tie and undid it. Mu Yuehan gulped and looked at her. "Sweetie, you..."


    "Shh¡­" she cut him off. "Be good. Let your mommy teach you."


    She undid the buttons of his shirt one after another. He stayed frozen at his ce, his breath was bing heavy with each passing second.


    "You should use your body. Why do you work out if you don''t know how to use your body to impress a girl?" she smiled. She threw him on the bed and crawled on his body.


    She looked at him as if looking at her favourite candy. She gulped and licked her lips, looking at his chest. "So, yummy."


    His length twisted and he groaned. Simple words and such a big effect!


    This girl, she will be the death of me!


    Soon enough, Nian Tian was trailing her hands over his chest and stomach muscles. Her eyes were glittering with excitement. Drool was leaking from her lips.


    "Can I kiss you?"


    Mu Yuehan groaned with closed eyes. Taking his groan as a yes, she started to kiss all over his stomach. Her hands were trailing his body. He was feeling hazy, in his desire. He was enjoying her kisses and bites on his chest. He loved it that she liked him. A dangerous fire of desire was burning in him.


    He threw her on the bed and pressed her body underneath his. He pressed his lips to hers, in a raw, desirous kiss.

 Chapter 79 His Cruel Side.

    "Ah," Mu Yuehan yelled when she bit him hard. It was enough to bring him out of his trace.


    "We should not be doing this, not now. Especially when you are drunk."


    She giggled like a schoolchild and much to his surprise, she started to kiss all over his face.


    "Nian Tian." He groaned and pushed her. His length was already hard. His body was already hot with desire. One wrong step and he would im her right here and right now!


    His monster was all ready to tear deep within her, iming her as his.


    "You should rest. We will kiss tomorrow." I am sure you will not remember your torture to me by tomorrow morning. He murmured under his breath.


    "No, we are kissing now."


    With much difficulty, Mu Yuehan was able to release himself from Nian Tian and please her that they will kiss tomorrow.


    "I shall leave for my room." He was about to stand up from the bed when she started to cry.


    "I agreed to not kiss you tonight but it did not mean that you can leave." She pointed out in-between her sobs.


    He looked at her with bewilderment. "But¡­."


    "Ok, go, leave. Leave me like all others. First my mother, then my puppy, grandma, everyone leaves me. You too, leave me." She looked at him with big tears dropping from her eyes.


    His heart squeezed when he saw her in tears. "I am not leaving." He looked at her with a softened expression. He took his seat on the bed beside her. "Try to sleep. You must be tired."


    Nian Tian grinned andy down on hisp. She tightly wrapped her arms around his waist. Unknowingly her face, especially her lips were very close to a certain part of his body.


    Mu Yuehan gulped and looked down at her. His length was all ready to tear his pants and enter her mouth!


    ''God, give me enough strength for tonight.''


    **


    Once Nian Tian was asleep, Mu Yuehan separated himself from her. He buttoned up his shirt and covered her with a nket.


    He left her room.


    Mu Yuehan rushed toward his room and to the bathroom. He quickly relieved himself again and again. Tired, he fell to the bathroom floor. His heart was beating fast and breaths wereing in pants.


    He did not know, for how long was he going to control himself. With each passing day, his thirst for her was going out of his control. This desire, this fire in him was bing uncontroble.


    He knew, soon his demon would be out on the surface, ready to im her, her will or not!


    **


    After relieving himself for the nth time, Mu Yuehan took a long shower. He then wore a fresh pair of clothes and left the hotel, toward the Mu hotels.


    The receptionist tried to stop him but he red at her, "I am expected at the presidential suite."<sub> </sub>


    She looked at him with wide eyes. She immediately recognized him as the man who was in their hotel, not a few days back. She immediately cleared his way and let him make his way toward the said room.


    Mu Yuehan barged into the presidential suit. He opened the door. Inside were his guards and Zhan Wei, surrounding a man, sitting on his knees, stark naked with his wrists bound behind his back.


    "Will someone tell me, why am I here?"


    His eyes fell on Mu Yuehan, making blood drain out of his face.


    Mu Yuehan took the offered seat from one of his guards and took his seat. He leaned toward the man. He was looking no less than a king from hell. His aura was extremely dangerous, making Mister Parker, the abductee shiver in fear.


    "Who¡­. who are you? And why am¡­. I held here?" There was fear in his voice.


    Mu Yuehan smirked and took a knife from one of his guards. He started to y with it.


    "Your men must have told you about a man with Nian Tian, that man is me." Mu Yuehan grinned with satisfaction. "Shall we start?"


    Mu Yuehan was informed about the name of the man following after Nian Tian and the man who sent hitmen to kill him and that was, William Parker.


    His team was trying to look for him, but William had underground himself in fear. Knowing well that, Willian was a good friend of Mister Hardin and would surely attend the wedding, Mu Yuehan had ordered his guards to enter the wedding in the uniform of the police.


    "Who are you exactly?" William asked.


    "He is the heir of the Mu Empire of Shanghai, Mu Yuehan." Zhan Wei introduced him. He then leaned and whispered in the ears of Mu Yuehan. "Such a big effect of your name. He just peed in fear."


    With amusement, Zhan Wei straightened up. With mock, he looked at the wet floor. He was eager to see the show.


    "Would you tell me, why were your men following my girl? And why¡­"


    "I am telling everything." William interrupted him and like a scared cat, he spurted out all his ill intentions, "I like Nian Tian a lot. I wanted to have her as my mistress. So, I sent some men to follow after her, to get to know her. I wanted to get her kidnapped and be brought in my ce, whereby giving her everything to her liking. I wanted to win her heart."


    "And then I came in between." Mu Yuehan looked at him with a disinterested expression. "Now, how shall I punish you for nning my murder?"


    "Please don''t kill me." He pleaded.


    Mu Yuehan smirked and angrily shed the face of William, giving a huge cut on his face. Blood spurted out. It sshed all over him and some of his guards.


    No one flinched at his cruelty, not even Zhan Wei.


    "Cut his balls and take his eyes out. Torture him before throwing him in the sea, to be the food of sharks." He ordered and stood up from his seat.


    He walked toward the bathroom and cleaned the blood from his face, looking unaffected.


    "Who will believe that ''lucky to go man'' like you can be so dangerous?" Zhan Wei teased once they were out of the hotel room.


    "Don''t forget, cruelty is in my blood. We Mu men know how to protect what is ours." He pointed out and Zhan Wei chuckled.

 Chapter 80 A Date.

    Nian Tian opened her eyes. She groaned.


    ''How can I forget about the after-effects of drinks before getting drunk?'' She cursed herself angrily. She straightened herself on the bed.


    Her eyes fell upon the handover pills and a small smile appeared on her lips. She picked up the pills and gulped them down with a ss of water.


    "What did I dost night?" She asked no one in particr and ced a hand on her forehead.


    She then looked at her dress from thest night which waspletely crushed. She groaned, "he is so thoughtful. Couldn''t he have asked someone to change my dress? Poor dress, it''spletely ruined." She pouted.


    She looked at her dress, which she would not be able to wear to any party again. It was badly crushed and some stones hade out from their threads.


    "This Zhan Wei¡­." She cursed him.


    But if only she knew the state of Mu Yuehan duringst night. He was so focused on controlling himself that he did not care about changing her dress.


    After encouraging herself for thirty minutes, Nian Tian dragged herself to the bathroom. She looked at her chest which was slightly red because of the stones of her dress that pressed on her skinst night.


    She mumbled to herself and entered the shower cubicle.


    When she came out of the shower, fully dressed, Mu Yuehan was waiting for her.


    "I see, you are up and fully refreshed." He walked toward her, a mocking smile was on his lips. "Do you remember anything after getting drunk?"


    "No." She mumbled and massaged her head. "Did I do something embarrassing?"


    "Yes, you did something." Mu Yuehan then naughtily unbuttoned his shirt, for Nian Tian to see his chest which still had evidence from thest night.


    "You see all these red marks? They are given by my wild cat." He teased and Nian Tian blushed. She quicklyposed herself.


    "How can a meek girl like me attack you? You are so strong. You should have stopped me."


    "How was I to stop you when I was enjoying it?" he smirked. "Besides, you were too fast. You were calling me slow. I am hurt."


    "What I said was not wrong. You are slow. Look at you¡­. you¡­" you haven''t taken me on a date yet, she wanted to say, but her words were muffled when Mu Yuehan kissed her hard.


    And in within a blink, they both were on the bed, with his shirt and her blousepletely gone. She looked at his speed with wide eyes.


    Mu Yuehan broke the kiss and smirked at her shocked expression.


    He whispered in her ears, "Sweet love, I am not slow. I am fast, way too fast. I did not want to scare you away, that is why I am controlling myself. Five minutes, five minutes it will take me to take away your virginity from you." He dered in a husky voice.


    Nian Tian gasped and looked at him with wide fish-like eyes. Her heart was beating fast. Her face was hot. She looked into his dark eyes filled with lust and love.


    Her heart skipped a beat.


    Was he her Zhan Wei who was always controlling himself for her, because, at that moment, he did not look any less than a devil who had lured her into his dangerous cage.


    **


    After returning from the wedding, Mu Yuehan decided to take Nian Tian to the amusement park, to divert her attention from the hotel room incident.


    He knew she was slightly affected by his sudden boldness.


    "Let''s go out." He offered to her. She looked at him with a wide smile.


    Nian Tian squealed, "Is it a date?"


    She wanted to go on the date, her first date. When she was with Fan Yifeng, she never went on a real date but she wanted to have a real date with him.


    "Kind of." He gave her a boyish smile. "We can take it as a test date because I am nning something else for our real date."


    He chuckled upon seeing the stunned expression on her face. He shut her mouth with his finger and pecked her lips.


    "Stop standing here like a fool. Let''s go."


    "Now, right now?" She asked in surprise.


    "Yes, right now." He took her hand and then looked at Marta. "Marta, we are going out."


    "Go, go, I am here." Marta smiled.


    Marry sneakily looked at them and fumed.


    ''This Nian Tian is so lucky. I ced so many traps for her during the wedding but she came out from them unharmed. Not only that Zhan Wei seems to love her more than before.''


    She gnashed her teeth, to the point of breaking them. She then pulled out her phone and made a call to someone.


    **


    Mu Yuehan first took Nian Tian to a shop on the ind from where he bought a couple t-shirt. They both got changed into them.


    ''I am his.'' ''I am hers.'' Was written on them.<sub> </sub>


    They then made their way toward the city where one of the famous amusement parks was located. They directly entered the amusement park because Mu Yuehan had bought the VIP tickets.


    "You have spent a lot of money, haven''t you?"


    "If not for my girl, then on whom am I going to spend it." He replied and pulled her toward the rides.


    By now, Mu Yuehan knew she loved to enjoy all types of thrilling rides. She was one of those girls. So, he didn''tg and enjoyed many rides with her.


    He then took her to the horror house.


    "Are you afraid of ghosts?" he asked her.


    "Who is afraid of ghosts?" She shrugged her shoulders proudly and walked ahead. Mu Yuehan stood behind, looking at her.


    The next second, a man without a head came in front of Nian Tian. Blood was all over his body. She shrunk in fear and was back in the arms of Mu Yuehan, making him chuckle.


    "Hey, not my mistake. That ghost looked real." She pped hard on his chest.


    After the horror house, they walked toward the carnival where both of them got a chance to show off their skills.


    "Look at me, I am an expert in the rings game."


    Nian Tian was given ten rings. She took them professionally and then looked at the gift items on the table ahead of her. One by one, she threw the rings and eight out of ten rings had gifts inside of them.


    "Wow." Mu Yuehan whispered and collected the gifts.


    He then took her to the shooting range. Many gifts were disyed on a rake. They were given to the yers based on the number of balloons burst by them within a minute.


    "Which gift do you want?" Mu Yuehan asked her nonchntly. He counted down the balloons, they were a hundred.


    It was not hard for him to burst all those balloons in within a minute, taking his training in the military.


    "I want that teddy with heart in his hand." Nian Tian pointed toward the gift which he would win only by getting the highest points. "I am sure, you cannot get it for me."


    Mu Yuehan smirked and adjusted the gun. "Start the timer."


    "Go."


    Mu Yuehan fired the gun. He frowned when he noticed, that the balloon he burst was not his target, but two balloons below in the next row. He shot another bullet and again, the same was the case.


    He smirked. ''So, this gun is adjusted.''


    After studying the modified target of the gun in mare five-second, Mu Yuehan started to fire one after another. Each shot was urate. Everyone was looking at him with wide eyes, especially the stall owner.


    In exactly, fifty-five seconds, the board was empty of any balloon with air.


    "Here is your gift mister. You were too good just now. I have hardly seen someone crossing the mark of forty."


    Mu Yuehan took the teddy from him and gave it to Nian Tian. She grinned and took the teddy, squeezing it tight. "Thank you, my shooter. I did not know, you were so good at firing a gun."


    "Don''t forget I am the bodyguard of Mu Yuehan." He ruffled her hair.


    They made their way to the canteen to have something. He then passed the gifts they had won to one of his shadow guards, much to the surprise of Nian tian.


    "You have shadow guards? From when does a guard have his own guards? Are you hiding something from me?" she used.


    "I have two men following after me, so they can quickly support me in case of emergency. It''s not new for guards to have their team."


    "Oh," Nian Tian nodded her head, believing his lie. She continued eating her food.


    Mu Yuehan sighed. He had called for the guards out of habit, forgetting about her.


    Once they had their fill, they decided to enjoy other rides. And now, only Ferris wheels was left and Mu Yuehan was strictly against going in it.


    "Sweetheart, look at the carts. They are open. They don''t have any protecting gates. They can be dangerous. What if you fell when enjoying the ride?" He looked at the carts of ferry wheels.


    The carts were in the shape of a basket and opened from both sides. There was a lot of danger of people falling out from them when enjoying the view. They were thrilling, adventurous, as well as dangerous.


    "I don''t know anything. I am riding it and that too with you." Nian Tian dered and clutched his hands. "Moreover, I have heard, that if a couple kisses on the top of the Ferris wheel, then they stay together forever."


    She looked at him with a twinkle in her eyes. Her bait was enough for Mu Yuehan to willingly follow after her.


    They entered their cart, sitting opposite to each other. They took the hold of support and looked out from their cart.


    "City looks so beautiful from up here." Nain Tianmented. She unconsciously shifted to one side of the cart, looking out from it.


    "Careful." Mu Yuehan frit out and ced his arm in front of her. He was afraid, this stupid girl would fall. Then what was he supposed to do without her?


    "Don''t worry. I am not a kid. I know how to protect¡­." Her sentence was not evenpleted when the Ferris wheel came to an abrupt halt, and due to momentum, she was pushed out of the cart.

 Chapter 81 Either We Both Will Die Or We Both Will Survive

    "TianTian." Mu Yuehan yelled and took a hold of Nian Tian''s hand before she could fall to the ground. Her body waspletely out of the cart, only the hand of Mu Yuehan was supporting her. Their cart was moving as well as her body because of the winds.


    ''Can you not be careful for once? He was saying ''it''s dangerous but you did not listen to him.'' She scolded herself.


    Nian Tian looked down and gulped. Their cart was at the highest point of the Ferris wheel. She noticed how many stupid females like her had fallen from their carts and were injured.


    The crowd had collected around the Ferris wheel. She could hear shouts of someone to call for an ambnce.


    "Hold my hand with both hands." Mu Yuehan ordered. His heart was beating fast out of fear. He was thankful that he acted fast, otherwise, God knew what could have happened to her.


    He was afraid, hell afraid, more afraid than her.


    When he saw her slipping out from the cart, his heart came out of his chest. For the first time in his life, he felt so scared. He felt his life was going out of his hand.


    He was all ready to fall out of the cart after her!


    Nian Tian gripped his hand with her other hand. Cold sweat was there on her forehead. She felt scared.


    Mu Yuehan had his feet stuck on the other side of the cart. Half of his body was out of the cart. He knew he could easily pull them both back in the cart. It was the wind which was making it slightly difficult for him. The cart was swinging, giving him a tough time.


    Nian Tian looked at him withplete fear highlighting her features. "You sure, you can pull us back. If not...¡­."


    "Stop thinking rubbish. I have taken military training. You get it. I can pull us both up inside." He started to lift her. With amazement, Nian Tian noticed his strength.


    With ease, he pulled her up. Sweat was falling from his forehead. His heart was beating fast in scare. His stomach was in nervous knots.


    Somewhere far, the person who had malfunctioned with the ferries wheel gritted his teeth. He looked at Nian Tian. He targeted his pistol at her and fired a bullet.


    Nian Tian was half the way to the cart when the bullet was fired. Instead of Nian Tian, itnded on the upper bicep of Mu Yuehan. He groaned and his grip loosened on the hand of Nian Tian out of reflex action.


    "Keep holding my hand." He gritted his teeth, feeling the pain of the bullet and slight dizziness. It did not take him time to realize that the bullet was coated.


    The heart of Nian Tian stopped beating when she looked at the blood pouring out from his arm. She saw the pain on his face. His pain twisted her heart. Tears appeared in her eyes.


    "You are hurt, Zhan Wei. You should leave me. You can''t¡­."


    "I said, keep holding my hand. Stop thinking or talking about rubbish. I am not letting you go. Either we both will survive it or we both<sub> </sub>


    will die here. You get it."


    Nian Tian felt tears in her eyes when she heard the determination in his voice. He was in pain, she knew. His shirt was covered in blood but he still was adamant to save her.


    She must have done some good deeds in her past life to deserve a man like him.


    Mu Yuehan gasped for breath and pulled her with full force. His forehead was covered with sweat, not because of the force which he was applying to pull her but the force he was using to fight whatever had entered his body with the bullet.


    "Keep holding me tight." He again instructed. With a loud groan, he pulled her up inside, exploiting all his energy and muscle power, more than what he should use.


    Nian Tian climbed inside. Mu Yuehan fell on his seat. He closed his eyes and gasped hard for breath. His heart was beating fast, extraordinarily. His breathing was fast. His eyes were dropping. He felt pain but in that pain, he was also happy that Nian Tian was safe. The bullet hit him instead of her.


    Nian Tian looked at him with worry-filled eyes. She heard cheers and psing from the crowd which was d that they were safe but she was careless about them.


    She climbed on thep of Mu Yuehan and looked at him with concern. "Zhan Wei, are you alright?"


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head, feeling dizziness taking over his scenes. "I think, the bullet was coated."


    She looked at his arm with concern. She quickly tore the lower part of her shirt and tied it around his bicep and then hugged him.


    "I am sorry, I don''t know how to remove a bullet." Her voice was raspy. It was full of guilt.


    "Stupid." He chuckled slowly. "There is no instrument here. So even if you knew how to remove a bullet, you were not going to be able to remove it."


    She then looked at his face and removed his sweat using her fingers. There were tears in her eyes, tears for him. "I am afraid, what if something happened to you?"


    "Nothing will happen to me." He ced his forehead on hers. He gasped. "Now kiss me. Isn''t this why we are here?"


    Nian Tian nodded her head and kissed him hard. Her kiss was filled with tears. She was afraid, very afraid. She did not know what to do. She was feeling handicapped.


    "That''s the kiss." He mumbled and ced his head on her shoulder, falling limb.


    "Zhan Wei." She yelled and shook his head. She felt his shallow breath on her neck. His heart rate was also less. It terrified her out of her guts. She was scared out of her wits, seeing his condition. His unconscious state was scaring her.


    "God, please save him. How will I live without him? Don''t snatch him from me."

 Chapter 82 Please Save Him.

    "God, please save him. How will I live without him? Don''t snatch him from me. Please God!" As if God has heard her prayers, the Ferris wheel started to move.


    Nian Tian quickly took hold of the support behind Mu Yuehan. "Hold on Zhan Wei, nothing will happen to you." She mumbled.


    Once their cart reached the lowest point, they were quickly taken out by the guards of Mu Yuehan. Nian Tian looked at the guards with a frown but then she saw his guard to whom Mu Yuehan had given the teddy. She sighed with relief.


    "Take him to the hospital. Be quick."


    Guard nodded and very smoothly, Mu Yuehan was taken to the ambnce.


    Inside the ambnce were a nurse, the same shadow guard from before and Nian Tian. She was holding the hand of Mu Yuehan tightly. She was crying painful tears.


    Her heart was aching for him. Many scenarios wereing to her mind. Holding on to his hand tightly and seeing his pale face, Nian Tian remembered her mother''s death. It was the same, a little Qin Tian was seated beside her mother in the ambnce, praying to God to save her mother.


    "You have to survive. You hear me. You cannot die. You cannot die." She whisper yelled.


    She sobbed loudly. Big fat tears were falling from her eyes. She was in agony. Her heart was burning. She was hating this feeling, the feeling of losing someone close to her heart. Wasn''t this the reason she pushed him away when she met him for the first time? She denied to ept his love?


    She had lost many people close to her heart. She did not want to open her heart to anyone else, only to lose him in future. But Mu Yuehan, he had opened her heart. He made her fall for him and now here he was, in a bad condition.


    "Miss, if you don''t mind, I will like to remove his bullet." Guard looked at her for his permission.


    She looked at him with doubt. But then she thought how Mu Yuehan must have trusted him, to have him as his guard. So she trusted him too.


    Besides, keeping the coated bullet in the body of Mu Yuehan was more than dangerous.


    "Remove it."


    Guard nodded. He took all the essential tools from the nurse. Like an expert, he removed the bullet from the arm of Mu Yuehan. He then inspected the arm of Mu Yuehan.


    "He may have fractured his muscles," Guard informed before his eyes widened. "Shit, the bullet was poisoned."


    Nian Tian looked at him and gasped. She gripped tight the hand of Mu Yuehan, sending prayers to god.


    **


    "You are very lucky that the bullet from your husband''s body was removed on time. Otherwise, it''d have been impossible to save him." The doctor informed her.


    Nian Tian sighed and thanked the doctor. "No need to thank me, thank the man who removed the bullet."


    She nodded. "Can I see him?"


    "You can see him after we shift him to a room."


    Nian Tian watched as the doctor walked away. She leaned against the wall. Her knees buckled up and she fell. She ced her head on her knees. She covered her face with her hands. She started to sob.


    A painful sob left her lips. All the anxiety that she felt came out in the form of sobs. She was d that Mu Yuehan was fine. He was not in danger. Her body shook violently. She sent many thanks to God for saving him.<sub> </sub>


    "Miss." A kind-looking nurse ced her hand on her shoulder. "You can see your husband now."


    Nian Tian removed her tears and abruptly stood up. She followed the nurse to the general ward. She entered in.


    A muffled sob left her lips when she saw Mu Yuehan. He looked alive unlike before. She rushed toward him. She took deep relief filled breaths when she saw the rise and fall of his chest. She took her ce beside him. She took his hand in hers. Tears were flowing from her eyes.


    The nurse looked at her with sympathy. She then looked at her hand which had scratches and dried blood over it. Nian Tian had scratched her hand during the fall. She didn''t feel her pain because she was feeling the pain of Mu Yuehan.


    The nurse silently left the ward and returned with the first aid kit. She took the hand of Nian Tian, much against her rejection and started to tend to it.


    Once the nurse was gone, Nian Tian leaned on the chest of Mu Yuehan, to hear his heartbeat. His faint heartbeats were calming her heart down.


    ''He is alive.''


    ''He is alive.''


    ''They have a long life ahead of them.''


    **


    "Nian Tian, how is he?" With surprise, Nian Tian looked at Marta and Marry. They entered the ward.


    "Who informed you about the ident?" she asked doubtfully. "And who told you about this hospital and room?"


    "We received a call that you and Zhan Wei are in the hospital." Nian Tian nodded her head, thinking his guards had informed Marta.


    "He is fine. Luckily out of danger." She looked at Marry with scorn on her face and then again at Marta. "Marta, thanks foring. But I think, you should leave for now. The doctor will be angry to see so many people in the ward. It can disturb Zhan Wei."


    "Let''s go."


    "Mom, how can we leave Zhan Wei with Nian Tian?" Marry red at Nian Tian. "Look at her condition, do you think she can look after Zhan Wei? She has a bandage around her hand and she looks tired. She should rest. I will look after him."


    "I am not weak. This simple bandage does not affect me. Now LEAVE. Stop creating a scene. You are disturbing him." Nain Tian red at Marry. She then looked at Mu Yuehan. He was frowning. "He is my boyfriend, MY. I will look after him."


    "You don''t own him." Marry huffed and took her seat on the bed, near the legs of Mu Yuehan. "He is also my friend. I will look after him and that''s final. Who knows when you will fall unconscious?"


    Nian Tian gritted her teeth. Marry was creating a scene without any reason. Nian Tian was afraid, the doctor would enter inside and would kick them all out because of her high pitch yells.


    "Don''t force me to call on the guards of Zhan Wei to kick you out." There was raw anger in her eyes. If not for unconscious Zhan Wei by her side, she would have pped Marry hard for being so stubborn. Her head was already bursting because of the happenings of the day and now Marry was adding to her sour mood.


    "Call them. I am sure, they will take you away. If they are the guards of Zhan Wei, they would show their concern for you too. They will ask you to have a rest." Marry smirked.


    "You," Nian Tian massaged her head. She then looked at Marta. She had hidden the secrets of Marry for long enough. But now no more.

 Chapter 83 Liar, Liar Pants On Fire

    "Marta, remember the sixty-eight thousand dors in cash which you thought were stolen, butter you found them after three days in your locker? Marry had stolen them. I found her gambling away the money. At my warning, she returned whatever money she had left with herself. She also sold her pieces of jewellery toplete the sum."


    "You bitch." Marry yelled, being discovered.


    Marta looked at her daughter with anger and disbelief. "Mom, don''t believe her. She is¡­."


    "Come with me." With full force, Marta took her out of the room of Mu Yuehan. Marry followed after her. She was gritting her teeth in anger.


    Marry did not want to leave the side of Mu Yuehan. But she knew about the wrath of Marta if she did not follow her. She knew a long lecture wasing.


    "That was something which I expected from my girl." Mu Yuehan opened his eyes and teased her in a soft voice.


    "You are up." Nian Tian breathed in relief and hugged him tightly. They both hugged each other tight, letting go of the fear that they were feeling.


    "Let me call the doctor." She was about to break the hug but Mu Yuehan kept hugging her tight. "Let me hug you some more. Let me calm my heart that we are safe."


    Nian Tian smiled in his hug and hugged him harder. She inhaled his familiar smell.


    "I was so scared that something worse happened to you. I thought you were leaving me. I thought¡­." Her voice broke down.


    Mu Yuehan smiled painfully, feeling her pain and fear. He decided to tease her, to lift her mood, "Did I not tell you that I am a parasite? So how did you even think that I will leave you? Don''t you trust me? I am sad."


    Nian Tian lifted her face from his chest. She looked at his mock pout. She pped his chest. "I was scared and here you are, cracking jokes."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled. He twitched his brows mischievously. "Do you know, I have a long line of life on my hand. I will not die easily. I have done many good deeds in my past and current life. God will not call for my presence in heaven until I have enjoyed my life with you to the full."


    He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and again pulled her on his chest. He exhaled sharply.


    "I will not leave you. We have a long life ahead of us. A life, full of love-making, a wonderful and marvellous wedding, lots of kids, lots of grandkids and a lot of beautiful memories."


    Nian Tian smiled when she heard him. She tightened her arms around him and imagined her future with him, in his arms.


    **


    Nurse and doctors were called after some time. They checked the vitals of Mu Yuehan, tied a temporary band on the right hand of Mu Yuehan and left the room.


    "Let me kiss you." Mu Yuehan pulled her toward himself. He was about to kiss her when a bodyguard entered his room.


    His eyes widened when he saw the scene in front of them. Mu Yuehan''s lips were very close to that of Nian Tian.


    "I am sorry." He was about to leave abruptly, after seeing the dark expressions on the face of Mu Yuehan when Mu Yuehan stopped him.


    "Speak."<sub> </sub>


    The guard turned. Without looking at the love birds, he reported, "We have caught the man who fired the shot."


    The guard then looked down. "I am sorry. I failed to sense the danger."


    "It was not your mistake."


    It was not the mistake of the guard. Mu Yuehan was at fault. He knew, that visiting an amusement park was dangerous. It was crowdie. Anyone in the crowd could be after his life. It was not easy to protect him in such a ce.


    But still, he decided to take Nian Tian there.


    "Who wants to kill you?" she asked with concern, once the guard was gone.


    "Don''t worry about that person. I will catch him. Now my kiss." He was about to kiss her again when Zhan Wei barged into the room.


    "Not again." Mu Yuehan groaned. He threw his head back.


    Nian Tian chuckled and parted herself from him.


    "Thank god, you are fine." Zhan Wei hugged him tightly. Fear was evident in his voice. He released a deep fearful breath. "You don''t have any idea of how scared I was. I''d be dead if something had happened to you."


    "You are a big man. How can you cry?" Mu Yuehan teased Zhan Wei and patted on his back. "Leave me, otherwise, I will send a photo of your crying face to Jingyan."


    "I was not crying okay." Zhan Wei broke the hug. "I am concerned about you."


    "Who is Jingyan? Is she your girlfriend or crush?" Nian Tian teased Zhan Wei and for some time, there was a lively environment in the room.


    "She is not my girlfriend or crush." Zhan Wei said bashfully. He left Mu Yuehan. He took his seat on the spare stool.


    "Liar, liar, pants on fire." Mu Yuehan teased. He wickedly winked at Zhan Wei. He looked at Nian Tian.


    "Jingyan, my cousin is his childhood crush. He is deep in love with her."


    "Wow, isn''t your love story like a story from some novel? Childhood love." Nian Tianmented. She felt curious. "Mu Yuehan, tell me something more about Jingyan."


    "There is nothing. He is lying. I don''t have any feeling for her." Zhan Wei lied. He blushed. Mu Yuehan scoffed.


    "If you don''t have any feelings for her then why are your ears red?" She teased. "Come on, tell me about her. You called me your sister. Will you not tell your sister about the love of your life?"


    Zhan Wei sighed and told Nian Tian about his crush. To tell the truth, he felt happy on confining about his feelings to someone. He told everything about his feelings, his emotions, and how he felt about Jingyan to Nian Tian.

 Chapter 84 Mastermind Behind Their Accident

    It was the first time Zhan Wei spoke out aloud about how much he loved Jingyan. "She is the sunshine of my life. She is the treasure which I will get after solving the puzzles of my life. I love her deeply. The only bad thing is that I don''t know if she loves me back or not."


    "I am sure, she too has feelings for you." Mu Yuehan patted his back. He felt moved hearing the deep and true feelings of Zhan Wei.


    "I am sure she likes you. How can a girl not like a man like you?" Nian Tian smiled genuinely. "And if not then you can woo her. You can take my help. I will always help you with your love life."


    "Thank you."


    "You can also take the help of Zhan Wei. He is an expert in wooing a girl." She lovingly looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "Actually, he took the advice of Jingyan to pursue you." Zhan Wei spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.


    "What?" Shocked, she looked at Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan red at Zhan Wei. "I thought all ideas were yours."


    Mu Yuehan turned toward Nian Tian. He looked at her with a puppy face. Zhan Wei muffled his chuckle, seeing his expressions.


    "Idea of giving you flowers and gifts, the idea of spending his time with you, helping you with your daily course was all hers."


    Mu Yuehan cursed his friend. "Sweetie, what was I to do? It was the first time I was pursuing someone. I didn''t want any mistake and that''s why I asked Jingyan for her help."


    Seeing the disappointment on her face, Mu Yuehan fake yelled, saying his hand was aching. Nian Tian jumped with concern. And just like that, the topic that Mu Yuehan took his cousin''s advice was forgotten.


    **


    Once Zhan Wei was gone, Mu Yuehan without waiting for a second, kissed Nian Tian hard.


    "You¡­.were you dying without kissing me?" Nian Tian pped his chest gently.


    "Yes, I was."


    **


    After two days


    Marry jumped in surprise when the door of her room was pushed open. It had been two days since she was house arrested by her mother.


    Marta was very angry at Marry upon realising that she theft her money and on top of that, she never confessed her crime. Not when Marta gave her a lot of opportunities.


    "Zhan Wei, what are you doing here? Are you here to save me? To help me get out of the room?"


    Mu Yuehan entered the room and nced at Marry. His hair was messed up and a ster was wrapped around his right hand. With powerful steps, he walked toward Marry.


    Ignorant of his dark expressions, Marry walked toward him with hope. "I was there in the hospital for you but Nian Tian kicked me out. You know."


    She tried to hold the hand of Mu Yuehan but he pushed her back, feeling disgusted. He pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and cleaned his hand.


    He then again looked at Marry. "Why did you try to kill me?" He asked in an emotionless voice. His eyes were murderous.


    "What are you talking about?" Marry stuttered in fear.


    "What do I mean?" he mocked and then pointed toward his shoulder. "I caught your man and he confessed. Now tell me, why do you want to murder me? Why did you send a hitman to the amusement park after me?"<sub> </sub>


    Marry acted ignorant to what he was saying. "I don''t know¡­."


    "Dare of you to lie." He yelled. "Confess. Otherwise, no one will be worse than me. I will ask again, why do you want to kill me?"


    Marry flinched at the hardness in his voice and coldness in his eyes. Tears appeared in her eyes.


    "I don''t want to kill you, okay." She yelled from the ground. "I like you. I like you very much. How can I n your murder? I wanted to kill Nian Tian but she is lucky. She got saved. Instead, you got shot by the bullet made for her."


    She spat with hate. Fire burnt in the eyes of Mu Yuehan when he heard her. He clenched his fists.


    "I hate her so much. I wanted to kill her. I was sessful in my n if not for you." She looked up at him. "So many times, I tried to kill her but you saved her all the times, first by feeding her berries, then pushing her out of the yacht, poisoning her wine in the party and not once, but you saved her all the times."


    Mu Yuehan started tough humourlessly when he heard her. "So stupid. Do you think you can kill my girl?"


    "Your girl," Marry yelled. "What is so special about her? Why is she your girl but not me? Why?"


    "You want to know what''s so special about her?" Mu Yuehan leaned toward her. "She is not evil like you. She may do many bad deeds but she will never kill another person. She has a heart in her chest, after all, unlike you."


    "And for your kind information miss, the hitman killed himself without saying your name. You gave away yourself."


    Marry gasped in shock. She looked at him with wide eyes. "Your confession was enough for the proofs."


    "You, You, you¡­you cheat. You lied to me." Marry started to thrash her hands around angrily.


    "Yes, I lied. So, what? Can you do something about it?"


    Marry looked at him with pale expressions but then a hopeful light appeared in her eyes. "You can''t do anything to me. I have a backing."


    "Backing?" Mu Yuehan smirked. "Are you talking about Mister Parker, the one who died in my hands?"


    "How¡­how¡­I?" Marry stuttered in shock, feeling all her hopes gone. Terror filled her heart. Cold sweat appeared on her forehead. Her breathing turned heavy.


    "He and all his men are gone. Thest man left was your hitman. No one is left to save you now. You are fated to die."


    "No, it''s not possible. This is not possible. I don''t want to die." Marry fell on the feet of Mu Yuehan. "Forgive me, please. I didn''t do anything on my own will. It was Mister Parker, he brainwashed me. He asked me to kill Nian Tian."


    "Have you taken me as a fool?" Mu Yuehan hollered. He pushed her away. His aura was turning dark. He then called for Marta.


    "Marta, you have listened to her and have recorded her confession. Now I will leave the proof and Marry in your hands. Police will be here anytime. It''s up to you if you want to turn her in or not. I am leaving her only because TianTian treats you as her mother. Otherwise, she''d have died a brutal death in my hands."


    Marta was standing outside all this while. She was also recording the confession of her daughter. She was shocked when Mu Yuehan put forth his doubts that she was after the life of Nian Tian.


    She was heartbroken when she heard the confession from the mouth of Marry. She failed to believe her daughter could be so vicious as to kill someone in her jealousy.


    "Mom, please save me. I promise I will change. I will change for good." Marry sobbed and hugged the knees of her mother.


    Marta looked at Mu Yuehan with a conflicted expression on her face. He had left the fate of Marry in her hands. Now it was up to her to get justice for Nian Tian.

 Chapter 85 Move In With Me

    "You are back." Nian Tian walked toward Mu Yuehan. She gently tugged on his left hand. "How is your hand? Did you put any pressure on it?"


    "I am alright." He smiled at her and took his seat on one of the restaurant chairs. Nian Tian sat beside him.


    "So?"


    "Marry confessed. As expected, she wanted to murder you." He informed and Nian Tian looked down. She took a deep gloomy breath, feeling bad for Marta.


    In the hospital, both were thinking about the ident at the amusement park. The person who could be behind the ident and then both their minds moved to one person and that was Marry.


    Also, the guards of Mu Yuehan pointed out that Marry was in contact with Mister Parker, giving him all the information about Nian Tian. He was the one to provide her with drugs and poison. They were given to kill Mu Yuehan but Marry used them to kill Nian Tian.


    Mu Yuehan always had his doubts about Marry. That was why at the wedding party he asked Zhan Wei to keep an eye on her.


    Mu Yuehan wanted her behind the bars. But nor Mu Yuehan nor his guards had any strong evidence against Marry. So, Mu Yuehan decided to confront her and force her to confess her deeds.


    "I left the confession video in the hands of Marta." He informed her.


    "Thank You." Nian Tian smiled and leaned against him. "I know Marry is bad but I can''t forget she is the daughter of Marta. Marta has done so much for me. I can''t separate her from her daughter."


    Mu Yuehan smiled at her, already nning what he was to do in silence if Marta didn''t handle the evidence to the police.


    **


    "I handled the video to the police," Marta informed. She looked at Nian Tian and Mu Yuehan.


    Tiredly, she took her seat in front of them. Nian Tian took her hand, feeling bad for her.


    "You all rights with it, Marta?"


    "How can I be all right?" Marta closed her eyes and a tear fell from them. "I should have stopped her when I realised for the first time that she was sleeping with a man for money. She was destroying herself and I watched her, believing she will change. If only...." Marta sobbed.


    ?


    "What do you n to do now Marta?"


    "What else?" Marta removed her tears. "I n to stay in the restaurant for as long as I can. Then I will shift with Henry. I am sure, he will have room to wee his mother."


    Nian Tian nodded. She stood up from her seat and took a seat beside Marta, hugging her. Marta hugged her tight and started to sob loudly, sobbing for the pain of her lost daughter.


    **


    Mu Yuehan was cursing that he got shot, his muscles were fractured and a ster was tied to his hand. He felt handicapped. But soon his curse turned into a blessing.


    Nian Tian med herself for his pain. So, she took it upon herself to help him in his recovery. She decided to nurse him back to his health.


    She took his small day-to-day needs on her shoulders, so that, he would not exert pressure on his hand or muscles.


    "It has been two days. Why are you still feeding me? I can eat on my own." Mu Yuehan groaned. "I feel like a kid when you feed me."


    "Haven''t you seen boyfriends romantically feeding their girlfriends?" She narrowed her eyes at him. "Tell me, don''t you like it when I feed you or care for you? Are you already bored with me?"


    "How can I be bored of you?" he mumbled. "But I feel embarrassed when all the guests in the restaurant look at me as if I am a baby. I don''t like this feeling."<sub> </sub>


    "Why do you care about what they think of you? Look at me and feel my care for you, all right."


    He did not like it when Nian Tian coaxed him and feed him as if he was a five-year-old child. But he loved it when she changed his bandage around his gun wound or when she helped him in changing his clothes or when she ogled at his body while doing so.


    He loved it when she was at his side with his single fake cry of pain. He loved her true care for him as if she was his wife.


    When Mu Yuehan recoveredpletely and the doctor was about to remove his ster, in the absence of Nian Tian, he had even requested the doctor to lie that his muscles were still not recovered. He wanted to have her care for a longer time. His wound was an opportunity for him to get closer to her.


    But if only he realised that the life of a lie was not long.


    "Zhan Wei." Nian Tian entered her room where Mu Yuehan was rxing. Her eyes were red with anger and there was a fork in her hand. "How dare of you to lie to me?"


    "Lie?" he frowned innocently.


    "I talked with the doctor and he informed me, your wound has healedpletely. Your muscles are healed. You are fooling me all along." She barged toward him, fork pointed toward his direction. "I will kill you."


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with wide eyes. He flipped away from the bed in the nick of a time. Fork in the hand of Nian Tian fell on the pillow.


    "Don''t run. Come to me nicely." Nian Tian hooked her index finger and asked him toe forward. Mu Yuehan fearfully shook his head. "Then get ready."


    Nian Tian was running after Mu Yuehan and he was running around in fear, asking for forgiveness.


    "My darling, my sweetheart, please forgive me. I was selfish. I wanted for you to look after me for some more time." He hid behind a chair and looked at her.


    "You were selfish. Now bear the consequences of being selfish."


    In the end, they ended up on a small couch with Nian Tian punching hard on the chest of Mu Yuehan. They then were kissing each other before cuddling together and watching a Hollywood movie.


    "Move in with me." Mu Yuehan proposed.


    "Huh?" she looked up at him.


    "We spend all our time together. Then why don''t you move in with me? I promise, there will be no dirty business without your consent. We can cuddle during sleep. What do you say?" he looked at her with hopeful eyes.


    "But why? Why do you want us to move in together? Don''t you think it''s quite fast?"


    "Because my dear, I don''t think, I can stay away from you, not even for a second." He looked deep into her eyes. "Don''t you like me all around yourself, twenty-four?"


    She looked at him and saw the determination in his eyes. Besides, what he said was the truth. They were staying together all the time. It was not bad if they move in together.


    "Okay, but I have a condition. You will move to my house, not the other way around."


    Mu Yuehan raised his brows.


    "What? My house is homier than yours and I love it."


    "Okay, I will shift here." Mu Yuehan agreed and kissed her lips.


    **

 Chapter 86 Cleaning Him.

    Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian''s love lives took a huge flip with the shift of Mu Yuehan in the house of Nian Tian. Now, they werepletely inseparable.


    They went to the restaurant together, spent their day there and then returned home together. They watched midnight movies and sometimes, they cooked together in the kitchen.


    During the night, they kissed and kissed before falling asleep, while cuddling each other. They were bing habitual of each other''s presence.


    The only thing left in between them was a proper date, lovemaking and a proper marriage proposal, and Mu Yuehan nned to do so and that too quick. He was only waiting for the right time.


    Another thing left was his true identity. Many times, he had tried to confess but he stopped himself. He was afraid that she''d hate him, leave him after knowing his identity.


    He was waiting for her confession beforeing clean to her. He''d fall at her feet and would ask for her forgiveness but now was not the time.


    **


    "What are you doing?" Nian Tian asked. She stood behind Mu Yuehan. He was working on hisptop for thest one hour, with a serious expression on his face.


    Mu Yuehan smiled when he looked at her. He pulled her toward himself. He made her sit in between his legs. He wrapped his arm around her waist. Nian Tian blushed at the intimate position in which they were sitting.


    "I was looking at the designs of the presidential suite of the hotel which is being renovated here in Juju ind." He informed and pointed at the design on hisptop screen.


    Nian Tian gasped. She turned her face and looked at him with wide eyes. "Are you sharing about yourpany''s design with me?"


    Wasn''t he afraid of sharing them with a stranger? What if she sold them?


    "I have nned to share my life with you, then sharing these designs is nothing for me." He said smoothly.


    "So, cheesy." Shemented and turned her face, blushing slightly.


    "Tell me, which design do you like?" Mu Yuehan asked and switched the designs on hisptop screen.


    Nian Tian shared her ideas with him and he was left in amazement. Her knowledge was vast. She not only criticised the designs based on how they look, but she also pointed out the expenses and all other points which were generally ignored.


    She left his side only when she heard the whistle of the cooker.


    "Are you making something special today?" He asked and she narrowed her eyes at him. She ced her hands on her hips.


    "Are you forgetting, that today is our third monthiversary of togetherness?"


    Mu Yuehan scratched his head and looked at her with a silly smile. Nian Tian huffed.


    "I am forgiving you only because I forgot our first monthiversary. I will not forgive you if you repeated the same mistake the next time."


    "I will never dare to." He hugged her from her waist lovingly. "Tell me, what do you want as a gift?"


    "Next version of the video game is released. I want you to purchase that for me."<sub> </sub>


    "Oh no." Mu Yuehan groaned, remembering the queue where he stoodst time to get the said video game.


    Nian Tian chuckled after seeing his expressions. She patted his head. "I was kidding. You have already given me enough. I don''t need anything more. Now leave me."


    Mu Yuehan smiled and left her waist. "Let me send this presentation. Then I wille and help you."


    Nian Tian returned to the kitchen and turned off the gas under the cooker. She then took a bowl and started to prepare a cake batter.


    With the bowl of cake batter ced in between the joints of her arms and a whisk in her other hand, Nian Tian was beating the batter when Mu Yuehan entered the kitchen. He whiffed the air, teasing his nose with a delicious aroma. He looked at Nian Tian and smiled. He walked behind her and hugged her waist.


    Nian Tian was engrossed in the work in her hand. She was not aware of the presence of Mu Yuehan. So when he hugged her from behind, she jumped in surprise. Bowl flew from her hands and as a result, the batter was poured all over him and her, bowl fell on the ground with a loud crack.


    With wide eyes, Nian Tian turned and looked at Mu Yuehan. He was covered from top to toe with sticky batter. There was a sour expression on his face.


    "I am sorry." Nian Tian looked at him with guilt, trying to hide her chuckle.


    "This is not funny." He grumbled. "Now help me clean, will you?"


    She took some napkins and started to clean him. She cleaned his face, his neck and his shirt. While cleaning him, she kneeled down with the napkins in her hand.


    She cleaned his belt. Her hand was about to move lower when her eyes widened. She gulped.


    "Why did you stop? Clean me properly. It was your fault, after all." He teased.


    Nian Tian looked at his belt and the bulge in his pants. Her face turned red. She looked at him. He was looking at her with a teasing smirk. She stood up, haughtily. Acting nonchnt, she thrust clean napkins into his hand.


    "It was my mistake as well as yours. You were the one to scare me. You are half responsible. I havepleted my duty by cleaning your upper part. Now clean the rest of yourself by yourself." She turned around and made her way out of the kitchen.


    "And yes, it''s our day. We both should contribute to it. I have made dinner. Now you bake the cake." After ordering him in a strict voice, she rushed away from the kitchen.


    Her cheeks were red out of embarrassment.What was she about to do, touch him from his pants?


    She entered the bathroom and looked at her face in the mirror. She pped her cheeks hard.


    "Nian Tian, control yourself. Control. Control. Control."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her escape. He then looked down at his proudly swelling part. He shook his head and made his way toward the extra bathroom to have a shower.


    **

 Chapter 87 First Real Date

    "Zhan Wei," Mu Yuehan grimaced when he heard Zhan Wei from the mouth of Nian Tian. Again, he urged to tell her about his real identity. He took a deep breath. He decided to test the water before disclosing to her that he was Mu Yuehan, soon-to-be CEO of the Mu empire.


    Nian Tian hugged Mu Yuehan from behind and ced her head on his back. "Will we always remain like this?"


    Mu Yuehan turned and looked at her slightly saddened face.


    "Yes, we will." He answered. "Why? What happened? Why this gloomy expression?"


    "I don''t know." She shrugged her shoulders. "I just had a thought that you will get busy and will forget about me."


    "Forget about you? It will never happen." He hugged her. He then looked down at her with seriousness. "Sweetie, will you leave me if I be a CEO one day?"


    "I don''t want you to be a CEO." She looked at him with stubbornness.


    "Why?"


    "Because they are always busy." She sighed. "My mother was a CEO and she was always busy. She rarely had time for me. She tried to attend all my school functions, and parent-teacher meets but she was alwayste."


    There were tears in her eyes. Her voice was heavy. "She then used to take me to an ice-cream parlour as a bribe, to mollify me. She worked all the time, even during the night."


    "And then, I have seen grandpa. I was helping thepany in secret and I know how hard it is to find time for yourself in a busy schedule. Truthfully, I liked it before. I dreamt of being a CEO but not anymore. I want a life with less burden. Just like this, where we have time for ourselves. We are not busy with our responsibilities as a CEO."


    She held on to his hand.


    "But what if, I became a CEO?"


    Nian Tian looked at him and spoke truthfully. "I will leave you. Instead of spending a life with a workaholic husband, waiting for him all the time, and missing his presence at important events, I will prefer to live alone. I don''t want the childhood of my kids like mine where we will need to wait for you to do anything in our day. I don''t want them to miss your presence half of the time when growing up."


    Looking at her, Mu Yuehan lost all his courage to tell her his identity. He knew she hated the idea of him being a CEO. He''d need to work hard to make her ept his identity as Mu Yuehan.


    **


    "Should I pose naked for the painting?" Mu Yuehan teased and looked at Nian Tian.


    Today, they have decided that Nian Tian was going to paint Mu Yuehan. Nian Tian was deciding the pose when he gave this dirty idea.


    She red at him. "Do you want me to paint you or not? If yes, then stop giving me such ideas. Stop wasting my time. I have closed my restaurant only because you wanted me to paint you."


    "Ok, ok, I will not give you any dirty idea." He raised his hands in surrender. "What about this pose?"


    Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms around the teddy that he won in the amusement park. He pouted and looked at Nian Tian with love stuck expression. He looked like a lost puppy, wanting the attention of hisdy.


    "Perfect." Nian Tianmented. "Now stay in this position."


    Nian Tian started to paint him and mind you, Mu Yuehan was the worst model. From time to time, he was saying something or asking for a kiss from her.<sub> </sub>


    "This is myst warning, if you moved another time, I will leave this painting in the middle." She warned him. Mu Yuehan slumped and was again in his pose.


    He had thought, it''d be fun to be her model but he didn''t realise, that sitting for three hours, without moving, especially when yourdy love was sitting across from you, was not easy at all.


    "Are you done?" he asked impatiently.


    "Nearly." She muttered with a paintbrush between her lips.


    "Done." She dered once she was done with the painting.


    "Let me see it." Mu Yuehan was by her side in a second. He leaned down and looked at the painting. It looked as if he was looking in the mirror.


    She had portrayed all the expressions on his face with so much perfection. He saw himself many times in the mirror with the same expression on his face and he knew what the painting was depicting was the truth.


    "Brilliant." Hemented.


    "You like it?" she ced her hands on his cheeks.


    "Like it? I love it. I am sure, you can sell it for millions. Why don''t you be an artist? I am sure, you will be very famous as Paso."


    "It''s Picasso." She chuckled, correcting him and removed her hands from his cheeks. The next second, her eyes went wide when she noticed the colour stain left on his cheeks. She then looked at her hands.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her action and his eyes too went wide with realisation. "You¡­."


    He dipped his hands in the paint pte. Nian Tian stepped back. "It was an ident¡­.ah."


    Mu Yuehan applied the paint to her cheeks. Nian Tian looked at him with wide eyes and repeated his actions. And just like that, they were paint fighting like children.


    In the end, they fell to the ground,ughing hard. They looked at the faces of each other which were covered with various colours.


    They were looking no less than clowns.


    Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms around Nian Tian and looked at her with soft eyes. "Let''s go on a date."


    "Real date?" her eyes brightened with excitement. "With candle and dinner?"


    "Kind of." Mu Yuehan chuckled.


    "Oh my god, finally. I was waiting for so long, for you to ask me for a date." Nian Tian squealed loudly and hugged him hard.


    She could not wait to go on a real date with him.


    **

 Chapter 88 Worth Billion Date

    Nian Tian looked at herself in the mirror for thest time. She was all ready to go on the date with Mu Yuehan.


    She was wearing one of her old dresses, the one she had packed when leaving Shanghai. She was wearing an off-shoulder sleeveless red skirt which reached to the mid of her upper thigh.


    She had pressed her short hair in waves. There was dark red lipstick adorning her lips. She had given a smoky dark eye look to her eyes.


    She was looking, killer!


    "Sweetie." Mu Yuehan knocked on the door of her room.


    "Coming."


    She wore her red stilettos with six-inch-long heels. After taking a deep breather, she opened the door. She looked at Mu Yuehan with wide love stuck eyes, feeling enchanted by his handsomeness.


    Mu Yuehan had groomed himself perfectly. He was excited about this date and wanted to look striking in her eyes. He was wearing washed ck pants with a white shirt.


    He was wearing a coat over his shoulders. His hairs were pressed back. He had ditched the tie, leaving the top two buttons of his shirt open.


    Nian Tian looked at his clean chest visible to her. She gulped. Did he n to kill her with his sexiness?


    The condition of Mu Yuehan was no less. He was surprised to see the dress of Nian Tian and then her red lips. Desire was churning deep in within him. Her long legs killed him. He wished to wrap them around his waist and fuc* her hard senselessly.


    "Let''s go." His voice was hoarse. He cleared his throat and forwarded his hand to her. She took his hand; well aware, he was equally affected by her.


    Hand in hand, they walked out of the building, looking like a royal couple deep in love.


    "Limousine, on juju ind?"


    Nian Tian looked at the parked limousine with wide surprise filled eyes.


    "Don''t ask. It was so hard to get it delivered to her." He murmured under his breath. "One of the reasons, why I have to dy this date."


    Nian Tian nodded and entered the limousine. The door was opened for her by the driver.


    "You have spent a lot on this date. Haven''t you?"


    "Why not?" He nonchntly shrugged. "If not for you, then for whom am I earning or saving my money?"


    p </anda>


    Nian Tian smiled and took his hand in hers. They both were yearning to kiss each other. But they knew, that one wrong move and they''d end up doing something else other than the date.


    "Are we going to some fancy hotel in the city?" she asked when their limousine stopped in front of the yacht.


    "Nopes." He lopsidedly grinned.


    Taking her hand in his, he climbed on the yacht, feeling nervous and excited at the same time.


    They arrived in the city. After a walk of three minutes, they were standing in front of the helipad.


    Nian Tian looked at the helicopter, standing at the helipad with bewitched expressions. Her mouth fell on the floor in shock.


    Mu Yuehan walked behind her with hands tucked in his pockets, enjoying the look on her face. He knew the money which he had spent was worth it. He had sessfully surprised his girl. He had made her happy.


    "Are you taking me to theLover''s pointhotel?"


    "Yes, I am."<sub> </sub>


    "Oh my god." She shrieked and jumped in his arms. "Thank you, thank you so much. I can''t¡­"


    She gasped feeling emotional.


    She was lucky, she was so damn lucky!


    How deep were the feelings of this man for her?


    What more could he do for her, to make her happy and surprised?


    "Thank you foring into my life. Thank you for loving me so much."


    **


    Lover''s point was one of the most expensive restaurants which served only one couple in a week and the booking cost from one million to billions.


    Its name, lover''s point was not without any reason. Only a man, who was blindly in love with his girl spent so much money to have dinner there. Dinner at Lover''s point proved the gullibility of a man to stay with his girl.


    Lover''s point was located at top of one of the lone inds, in the middle of the sea. The only way to reach there was the helicopter. The food at the restaurant was served by different famous chefs in the world. Top bands were invited as musicians.


    It was a perfect ce for a royal date.


    "We should go. Our pilot is waiting for us."


    Mu Yuehan took the hand of Nian Tian and took her toward the awaited helicopter, a helicopter sent for them by lover''s point. They both took their seats inside.


    Nian Tian looked out from the window, feeling giddy. She tightly held on to his hand. Both their hearts were beating fast in a rhythm. They both were looking forward to their date.


    The helicopter flew above in the city and the ind. Nian Tian looked out from the window, at the beautiful view of the dimly lit city and ind. Sea was also looking so dark and beautiful.


    Then the restaurant came into her sight. The ind was decorated with different lights and Nian Tian found it hypnotic.


    "Now, I know why it''s called heaven on earth."


    The helicopternded on the helipad. Mu Yuehan was the first to step out. He gave his hand to Nian Tian, taking which, she stepped out. She looked at the small restaurant with awe-stuck expression.


    Many staff members were standing, in a queue, at their wee with their heads bowed down. Nian Tian entered the restaurant feeling like a queen.


    A staff walked toward her with a washbasin in his hands, like from the time of kings and queens. Nian Tian washed her hands and then another waiter came toward her with a tray with a towel. She dried her hands and watched Mu Yuehan doing the same.


    Mu Yuehan ced his right hand on the small of her back and took her toward the open balcony. Cool sea breeze washed over them.


    Mu Yuehan tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at her with dark eyes. "You have no idea how badly I want to kiss you." He whispered in her ears and wrapped his arms around her waist, cing his head on her shoulder.


    "You are looking so beautiful tonight. I so wish to keep you locked in the house, in my arms like this."


    Nian Tian blushed and looked down. She felt his length poking her thigh. She did notment on it. She knew they both were controlling their desires.

 Chapter 89 A Wish To Stay Together Forever

    "Sir, it''s time." A waiter informed Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He pulled Nian Tian toward twin telescopes ced in the same balcony.


    "A meteor shower is going to take ce, tonight. Let''s watch it together."


    Tonight, one of the biggest meteor showers was taking ce. Many small to big meteors were going to cross the earth from a near distance. This was on news for thest few days.


    Somewhere, this was also the reason he had dyed the date. He wanted to enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime view with Nian Tian, and the balcony of Lover''s point was the best ce to view it.


    They both stood in front of the twin telescope set in front of them. They looked at the sky hand in hand.


    "Wow." Nian Tianmented once the show of meteor shower had begun.


    "I have heard, in some ces in the world, there is a belief that the wish made at the time of meteor showeres true." Mu Yuehan spoke.


    Nian Tian did not believe in such superstitions, but at that moment, she made a wish, she wished to stay together forever with Mu Yuehan. She wished to be one and only one girl in his life.


    Unconsciously, she squeezed the hand of Mu Yuehan. He squeezed her hand back. Both were wishing for the same,togetherness forever.


    **


    After the meteor shower, they took their seats at the table set in the middle of the restaurant. As asked by Nian Tian, a candle was ced on the table.


    Nian Tian chuckled when she saw the candle.


    "Someone has nned everything." She teased and leaned toward him, looking at him, from under candlelight.


    "Good evening sir, ma''am. Tonight, I will be your chef."


    Their chef walked toward them and bowed. Nian Tian looked at him and her eyes widened. He was one of the famous chefs. She had seen his videos on YouTube.


    "Oh my god, wasn''t he John?" she asked Mu Yuehan, once John was gone.


    "It''s him."


    Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened. She wanted to squeal. "I am going to have food cooked by him." She covered her mouth with both her hands but still, Mu Yuehan could hear her excitement-filledughter.


    He chuckled. "I am d you like our chef. I especially gave his name."


    Their dinner was served. Forgetting all her etiquettes, Nian Tian started to ravish it.


    Mu Yuehan loved this trait of hers. She was unlike otherdies who ate in pea size. She ate with full gusto and had a sense of taste. She enjoyed her food, never letting it waste.


    After dinner, they were served their deserts. Although Nian Tian was full after dinner, she still had dessert with full delight. Now she knew why John was such a famous chef with millions of views on every single video.


    After dinner, John himself came out to get their feedback. Nian Tian didn''tg in praising him. She was unable to stop herself from praising him and his skills.


    "I also wish to be famous like you one day."


    They were also served bowls with lemon and hot water, to clean their hands and then towels to dry them.


    "Dance with me." Mu Yuehan gave her his hand which Nian Tian readily epted.<sub> </sub>


    A piece of soft music was already being yed in the background by a musical team. Both started to move with the music, hand in hand, arm in arm. Their bodies were moving in sync with no space in between them.


    They were lost in their world.


    "I think we should return." Mu Yuehan looked at her lips with hunger. "I don''t want to ravish you here."


    Nian Tian nodded her head. She was feeling the need, need to know how would they feel together. Her body was burning. She knew tonight was the day, the day for which they were waiting for.


    **


    Their yacht was nearing the ind when Mu Yuehan suddenly remembered something. He cursed out aloud and pped his forehead.


    How can I do such a big mistake?


    "What happened?" Nian Tian asked when she saw a scornful expression on his face.


    "In my excitement to make this date perfect, I have done a blunder." He told her truthfully. "I didn''t ask someone to wait for us at the dork. We will need to walk back to our apartment on foot."


    Nian Tian looked at him with wide eyes and then at her stilettos. How was she to walk wearing them? And that too in dark?


    "Can you not call for a driver and car?" she looked at him with a hopeful expression.


    "It will take at least twenty minutes." Mu Yuehan replied and looked up at the sky, full of dark clouds, which were ready to rain at any minute.


    "We will walk back then." Nian Tian decided. She took a deep breath.


    They arrived at the dork and at the same time, Nian Tian felt a raindrop on her head.


    "We will need to run if we don''t want to get drenched in the rain." Nian Tian said. She held onto the hand of Mu Yuehan and they started to run on the roads of the ind.


    The legs of Nian Tian were killing her. Her lungs were burning because ofck of air. And soon, it was raining heavily over them and cherry on the top, they weren''t even halfway to the apartment.


    "We should take shelter." Nian Tian stopped in her track and looked at Mu Yuehan.


    He looked around and found shelter under a shop. "Let''s go under that shelter."


    Nian Tian nodded and walked toward the shelter. By the time, they were under the shelter, they both were drenched.


    Nian Tian ced her hands on her waist and leaned down. She took long deep breaths, feeling theck of oxygen in her lungs. Mu Yuehan looked out of the shelter and at the streets which were getting flooded with rainwater with each passing second.


    "You alright?" he then turned and looked at Nian Tian.


    "I have never run in my life like today." She confessed. "Especially in stilettos."


    Nian Tian straightened up. She threw her head back, feeling light-headed. Mu Yuehan gasped when he took in her wet appearance. Her hairs and dress were all wet. Rainwater was sipping down from her neck and into her dress.


    He looked at the water droplets on her neck and then her shoulders. He gulped. He then looked at her wet lips and they were inviting to him.


    Like a moth attracted to a flower, he walked toward her. He caged her against the wall. He looked down at her lips, gasping for breath.


    Nian Tian looked up into his eyes. Her eyes were burning with desire for him and it was his undone. Forgetting where they were standing, forgetting about their surrounding, he leaned down and kissed her hard.

 Chapter 90 Two Souls Became One

    Both Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian felt explosions in their bodies when their lips touched.


    He sulked and licked her lips. Nian Tian returned his actions. He ced his hands on her hips and she tugged her hands in his hair, pulling him closer.


    Mu Yuehan pushed his tongue in her mouth and pushed her hard against the wall, leaving no space in between their bodies. Instinctively, Nian Tian wrapped her legs around his waist, reciprocating his kiss.


    Mu Yuehan nibbled her lower lips and tugged it in between his teeth. He then started to suck raindrops from her neck. She moaned, feeling sparks in her body when he nudged the hollow of her neck. She arched her neck, giving him more ess. Mu Yuehan looked at her long neck with wanting. Her thumping vein was inviting him. His rode was hard, looking at the example of sexiness in his arms.


    He leaned his head toward the vein of her neck and kissed it hard. He licked over it, leaving a love bite. Nian Tian moaned and clutched hard on his shoulder. Her stomach was in knots and she felt wetness in her neither region.


    A crack of lightning and thunder reminded them of their ce. They both broke apart, breathing hard. They both were feeling hot in this cold rain. They both were ready for each other.


    "We should leave." Mu Yuehan breathed hard and looked at Nian Tian. He removed his coat and covered her with it.


    "Wear it."


    "But what about you? What if you caught a cold?" she asked him with concern and quickly wore his coat.


    "I will not. Trust me."


    He then leaned in front of her. "Hope on my back. I will carry us back. You can''t walk with heels in this heavy rain."


    Without wasting any second, Nian Tian climbed on his back. She knew how strong his strength was. She had witnessed it herself. She trusted him.


    She wrapped her arms around his neck and legs around his waist. He held on to her thighs. They both felt a fire burning in their bodies. Mu Yuehan stepped out in the rain.


    Mu Yuehan took long and fast steps toward the apartment. Rainwater was working down as a cooler for them but still, they were hot with desire.


    "We are near the apartment." Mu Yuehanmented and dashed toward the apartment.


    They reached the apartment, and once they were in front of the elevator, Mu Yuehan ced Nian Tian down on the ground and breathed hard, not because of fatigue but because of craving.


    They entered the elevator, and the moment the doors were closed, Mu Yuehan had Nian Tian caged against the walls of the elevator and was kissing her.


    "Don''t stop me tonight. You know we both want it." He looked at her with burning eyes and she nodded.


    Still kissing, they stepped out of the elevator and made their way toward her apartment. Mu Yuehan opened the door and entered in with her.


    He closed the door with his leg. He trapped her against the door.


    "Beautiful." Mu Yuehan held onto her chin and bit it lightly. He then trailed kisses down her neck. He so wanted to suck it hard and he did it.


    He sucked all the raindrops off her neck. Nian Tian threw her head back in ecstasy. Soft moans were leaving her lips with each kiss. She was clutching hard on his shoulders.


    New feelings were building inside her. She felt ticklish feelings in the lower region of her stomach and it was bing hard for her to control herself.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her white shoulder de and sulked in a deep breath. They were so beautiful. She was so freaking beautiful, so mind-blowing.


    He licked her shoulders, freed them of rainwater and then lightly showered kisses all over them which soon converted into love bites.


    His hands which were till now on her hips reached on the zipper of her dress.<sub> </sub>


    Nian Tian took in a deep breath and closed her eyes when she felt his warm hands on her back. Her heart thumped hard and she felt sparks all over her body. Her breathing wasing in pants.


    After feeling the softness of her back under his hands, Mu Yuehan lost all control over himself. He carried her to the room and threw her on the bed.


    Teasingly, he started to remove her dress. Nian Tian clutched the bed sheets tight, feeling his hot gaze and hot breath on her body. She knew she was exposed in front of him. There was no hiding or going back.


    "Beautiful. You are so beautiful." Hemented and kissed the button of her stomach.


    "Ah." Nian Tian gasped loudly and threw her head back.


    "Are you a virgin?" he asked and she shyly nodded her head. "Have you ever had¡­."


    Before he couldplete it, he received a no from her.


    Although she was with Fan Yifeng, they never got past kisses. She had never let him touch her so intimately. Somewhere, he didn''t spark her the way Mu Yuehan did.


    Mu Yuehan grinned, feeling proud and lucky. "Darling, tonight I will give you memorable firsts and this is my promise to you."


    And with that, he tore off her panties and started to do his work with her body.


    He sulked every raindrop off her body, bringing her to and from heaven many a time. She died with pleasure so many times during that night before Mu Yuehan entered her forbidden cave and made her his.


    Under the romancing whether of rain, two souls finally became one.


    **


    Mu Yuehan opened his eyes, feeling the harsh rays of the sun. He then looked at Nian Tian and smiled.


    So,st night was not a dream!


    He looked at her with love. Nian Tian''s head was ced on his shoulder and her hand on his chest. He looked at her breasts and gulped. They were moving with her each breath, calling for his attention.


    He then looked at her chest, all covered with the pieces of evidence fromst night.


    Last night, it was magical. He had never felt like this before. He knew, now he''d not be able to sleep with anyone else, and why did he need to sleep with others when he had her?


    He nudged his face in her chest and inhaled deeply, feelingplete after such a long time.

 Chapter 91 Gifts For Her

    "Good morning." Nian Tian opened her eyes, feeling disturbed because of Mu Yuehan''s intense gaze. Her voice was hoarse because of all the screaming which she didst night.


    "How are you feeling?" he tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at her with gentleness.


    Nian Tian moved her legs and replied truthfully. "Sour, very sour. Also, tired."


    She nudged her head against his chest and closed her eyes. Mu Yuehan took a deep breath and closed his eyes. His demon was again on the surface, ready to im her but she needed rest.


    "I have a gift for you." He spoke, in an attempt to divert his mind.


    "What''s it?" she asked and raised her head from his chest.


    Mu Yuehan moved. He opened the bedside drawer. He retrieved a jewellery box and ced it in front of Nian Tian''s eyes.


    Nain Tian''s breath hitched when she looked at the jewellery box. Fear and nervousness appeared in her eyes.


    "This is not what you think, sweetie." Mu Yuehan chuckled. He poked her nose. "I bought a couple ne. I hope you will like it."


    He opened the box and inside were lockets of heart and key with two chains. The ne was made of diamond and tinum.


    (Same pendant after looking at which Zhou Liying had fainted)


    "Breathe darling, breath." He advised, and that was when Nian Tian realised that she was holding her breath. "I will give you a proposal and a wedding ring, but not today."


    He chuckled and Nian Tian blushed. She had imagined a proposal ring in the box. She was already preparing how she was to react to his proposal only to see couple ne inside the box.


    "Can I?" Mu Yuehan removed the ne for her. Nian Tian turned around, giving him ess to her neck. Mu Yuehan smiled and made her wear the ne. He then kissed her neck lovingly.


    "This ne is evidence of my profound and true love for you." He confessed softly.


    Nian Tian gasped and turned around. She looked at him with wide eyes. It was the first time, Mu Yuehan had openly spoken out his feelings in words.


    "Did you just¡­."


    Before she couldplete, Mu Yuehan pecked her lips. "I love you TianTian, more than anything." He ran his fingers in her hair. "From the time we were children, I have loved you and only you."


    "My heart is crazy for you. It acts crazily when in your presence. I am sure, that if we are to be separated one day, my heart will die in the pain of separation. I love you so much." His voice and eyes were full of sincerity and love for her.


    Nian Tian felt emotional after hearing his confession. He loved her, he did. And the ne around her neck was the proof of the same.


    "This key is the key to my heart." He lifted her locket and she nodded her head.


    Nian Tian took the other ne and tied it around his neck. They looked at their nes and chuckled. Excitedly, she wrapped her arms around his neck. He groaned when her leg identally rubbed against his length.<sub> </sub>


    "Sweetie, I was nning to spare you in the morning. But guess what, I have changed my mind."


    "Ah," Nian Tian yelped when he threw her on the bed and entered inside her with one smooth motion.


    **


    "There is another gift for you." Mu Yuehan spoke softly and ran his finger on her arm.


    Nian Tian was securely covering herself with the nket. Only her left hand was out of it. She had maintained a distance from him, afraid he''d again devour her like a monster because of her one wrong move.


    "What gift?"


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    Mu Yuehan smiled teasingly and sat straight on the bed. She gulped and looked at his chest which was now covered with her teeth marks and nail marks. She blushed and turned her face to the other side.


    "Don''t be shy my sweet. I am all yours. I don''t mind if you scratch me or do anything to me." He licked her ears and then again straightened up.


    He opened the drawer and retrieved another gift. Nian Tian looked at the gift and him with wide eyes. "I was joking. Why have you bought this video game?"


    This was the same video game addition that she had teasingly asked from Mu Yuehan on their third monthiversary. She did not need it, especially because it had little to no difference from thest version.


    "Your small to small wish is mymand love." He looked at her and she was awestruck by the look of love in his eyes. "Besides, I cheated here. I asked someone else to purchase it for me."


    Nian Tian chuckled and shook her head. "You are spoiling me. If you keep fulfilling my wishes like this then I will be addicted to you."


    "Ah, my n is discovered. I was nning to make you addicted to me. So, you will not be able to leave my side." He lopsidedly grinned and shot a wink in her direction.


    **


    Both of them were bing an addict to each other, especially Mu Yuehan. He was not able to keep his eyes and hands away from her. Each second of the day, he kept thinking of the way of pleasuring her, of seducing her.


    Nian Tian realised he was a hungry caveman in the modern body of Mu Yuehan. When it came to his cravings for her, he ate her brutally, not listening to her pleas.


    There was no corner of her house left where he had not made love with her. He had tried every corner. Now only the kitchen and balcony were left.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Nian Tian from his usual seat. She was working in the kitchen of the restaurant. He looked around at the various tables and gulped. He so wished to stole Nian Tian and experiment lovemaking with her on one of the tables of her restaurant.


    "Should I try it out? It will be hot."


    He walked toward the kitchen with determination. Today he''d fulfil his dream of having her in the restaurant.

 Chapter 92 Getting Caught When Getting Dirty

    "What are you doing?" Nian Tian looked at Mu Yuehan with wide eyes when he pushed her away from her cutting board and made her sit on the kitchen b.


    He parted her legs and stood in-between them, his hands were on either side of hers.


    "I was thinking." He licked his lips and took a hold of her hips. "Why not try it here?"


    "Zhan Wei," She yelled. "Throw this thought out of your mind. We are not making love in my restaurant. This is a ce where peoplee to eat."


    "And what else will I be doing? I will be eating you only, sweetheart."


    "You¡­" She pushed on his chest but he stayed rooted at his spot. His eyes were fixed on her jeans-dded legs. "You dirty pig, duck head. Leave me. I regret letting you touch me. You are so dirty."


    Nian Tian started to punch his chest in her anger. This restaurant was the ce she worshipped and this demon didn''t even want this ce to stay clean. Also, this was her hideaway from him. She thought, he''d spare her at least here in the restaurant.


    "Why are you punching me when you know I will get what I want?" he chuckled and stubbornly pulled her close. He ced his lips on hers.


    And just like that,dies and gentlemen, Nian Tian forgot all about her resolution to not let him touch her in her restaurant.


    While kissing her, Mu Yuehan dropped her upper body on the kitchen b. Her legs were dangling down. With his expert fingers, Mu Yuehan found the button on her jeans and unbuttoned it. He slipped his hand inside her panties.


    Nian Tian moaned, feelings his hand reaching her private part. To her embarrassment, she knew, she was all wet just from one kiss, one simple touch.


    "You are so wet." He teased and pulled out his hand. "You were rejecting my touch and here you are, all ready for me."


    He ced his hands on the side of her jeans and was about to pull them down when they heard a loud gasp. With wide eyes, they turned and looked at the door. They saw Marta standing there withplete shock in her eyes.


    "You kids, I know the restaurant is closed. But you should not have forgotten I also work here. Oh, my eyes, what have I just witnessed? Two youngsters getting ready to have some fun." She teased dramatically.


    Nian Tian blushed hard when she heard her. She pushed Mu Yuehan hard and jumped off the counter, buttoning her dress.


    "Please don''t stop. I will leave the way I came. But please do remember to warn me the next time, so I can be prepared."


    Marta winked at Mu Yuehan and left the kitchen. She was happy to see them so much in love with each other.


    But if only any one of them knew about the separation which was in its way.


    **


    Nian Tian was sleeping peacefully in the arms of Mu Yuehan when her sleep was disturbed because of the loud ringing. She groaned and sleepily pushed on the chest of Mu Yuehan.


    "Your phone. Pick it up. Someone is calling you." She mumbled.


    When she saw, that Mu Yuehan was not taking the name of waking up, she angrily pped his chest. "Wake up, your phone."


    "Mm." Mu Yuehan groaned and picked up his phone from the bedside table. He groggily opened his eyes and looked at the id.


    He became alert to see a call from his sister.


    Why was she calling himte at night? She knew it was the nighttime in juju ind.


    Mu Yuehan stood up from the bed and walked a little distance away from Nian Tian. Nian Tian switched on the bedsidemp. She leaned against the headboard of the bed, enjoying the back view of his strong body.


    His sharp shoulder des, broad chest, his hips and his long muscr legs. She shuddered to imagine the pleasure fromst night. She tightly covered herself with the nket, hearing the one-sided conversation with Mu Yuehan.<sub> </sub>


    "Don''t cry Yifei¡­. nothing¡­nothing will happen to him. He will be fine."


    There were worry, concern and fear in the voice of Mu Yuehan. He was running his fingers in his hair continuously. His back became straight in tension and stress.


    "I¡­I will be¡­do not worry¡­." There was a long pause. "Nothing will happen to dad. You get it. Now give the phone to mom¡­. what happened exactly?"


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and returned to the side of Nian Tian, hugging her tight. She hugged him back, well aware that something had happened to his father.


    The heart of Mu Yuehan was breaking with each second. His father was in danger, he needed him and on another side, he didn''t wish to leave Nian Tian alone. He''d miss her.


    "My father had suffered an attack. He is in the operation room. He needs surgery." He sighed and looked at her face. "I need to go. He and my family need me."


    Nian Tian shuddered when she heard him. Fear appeared in her eyes.


    "Hey, hey, I will leave but it does not mean that I will not return. I wille back to you. Okay." He ran his fingers on her cheeks and then pulled on her ne. "This is my promise to you. I will return and take you back with me."


    "You promise. You will not forget about me after returning to Shanghai?"


    "Stupid." He pped her head. "It''s not like I will stay there forever. I will return once my father''s condition will be stable. I will be away from you for hardly a week. Hmm."


    "Hmm." She mumbled and ced her head against his.


    "I want to take you with me. But if only I can. Everything will be chaos back home. I don''t want to drag you in it. Family of my father will be cruel to you and me."


    He sighed and pecked her lips. "But what if I want to be dragged with you?" She looked afraid. She hugged him tightly. "Please don''t leave me alone."


    "I don''t want to but¡­I haven''t told my family about you yet. I know, they will approve of you but my extended family¡­. they are ruthless. I am sure, they will try to drag our rtionship as a reason for my father''s copse. Please understand."


    Mu Yuehan felt helpless. He wanted to take her, his support. He wanted to lean on her shoulder and cry upon knowing the true condition of his father.


    But the biggest hurdle was, his identity!


    There was no time for him toe clean to her right now.


    "Call me daily Zhan Wei. If not, I will catch the next flight and wille after you. You have won my heart and now I will not leave you." She warned. Mu Yuehan grinned when he heard her.


    "So, do you¡­." She ced her hand on his lips.


    "To hear my confession, you have to return. Only then will I confess my feelings for you."


    "Now, I have to return to you as soon as possible."


    ~~~$~~~

 Chapter 93 Returning Home.

    Mu Yuehan entered the bathroom to have a shower where Nian Tian went to the kitchen to pack some light appetisers for him, like a dutiful wife.


    Mu Yuehan came out of the bathroom and smiled at her. He was going to miss her and that too badly!


    Nian Tian walked toward him and gave him his packed box. With a forced smile, she looked at him. "Come back soon."


    "I will." He leaned toward her and gently kissed her lips, well aware, that if he kissed her rough, he''d not be able to stop himself. His heart was heavy because of theing parting, even if for a short time.


    "I should leave. I will call you once I arrive in Shanghai."


    "Hmm." Nian Tian nodded her head and sent him off.


    She closed the door after him and leaned against it. Tears started to fall from her eyes. She had never thought she''d get so close to him one day. This small separation felt like a knife to her heart.


    She wanted to open the door and run after him, to beg him to take her with himself. She''d bear everything to be with him but she knew, Mu Yuehan was not in the right mental state.


    She''d act as a burden on him by going back with him to Shanghai!


    **


    "Why are you so lost today? And where is Zhan Wei?" Marta asked and entered the kitchen.


    "His father had an attack, so he had to return." Marta felt her sadness and patted her back. "Don''t worry, he wille back soon. He loves you so much. He can''t stay away from you for long."


    "I know. It''s just that I am missing him already." She shrugged her shoulders. "It''s hardly been three hours since he left but I am already missing him."


    After four hours, instead of preparing the dish for her customers, Nian Tian was looking at her phone. The flight from juju ind was of seven hours and she knew Mu Yuehan''s flight would bending at any time by now.


    ''Will he call¡­.'' She was not done with her thinking when her phone rang, making her jump.


    She picked up the phone and smiled to see it was a call from Mu Yuehan.


    "Have you arrived?" she asked excitedly, eager to hear his smooth, velvety voice.


    "Mm. My flightnded just now. I am unbuckling my seatbelt right now." Nian Tian gasped when she heard him. He stood on his promise. He had called her the moment he reached.


    Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and nodded to his guard. With the phone pressed against his left ear, he stepped out of the ne.


    He was missing Nian Tian. He was missing her so much. This seven-hour-long ride was boring for him. He wanted to return and hug her tight, locking her in his arms.


    "Don''t be worried about your father. He will be alright."


    "Mm." He nodded to his guards and walked toward the custom authority. "Did I ask you before leaving that you should start looking for the next owner of your restaurant?"


    "What do you mean?" Nian Tian frowned and Mu Yuehan chuckled.


    "What I mean is that my dear, aftering back, I will be proposing to you. Then I will bring you here. So, wouldn''t your restaurant need another owner?"


    "You are serious about the proposal?" Nian Tian ced her head against the wall and took her lower lips in between her teeth.<sub> </sub>


    "Dead serious. I will not rest till making you my wife and bring you home. I¡­." He paused and nodded to the guards of his father, waiting for him at the arrival. "I need to hang up. I will call you the moment when I can."


    "Mm. Take care."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and put back his phone in his pants pocket. He then greeted the old butler from their house who was here to receive him.


    "How are you uncle Fang?" he asked in a soft voice.


    "I am all good, young master. After two months, I will retire." He informed and Mu Yuehan smiled for him.


    He entered the car which was driven by butler Fang.


    Mu Yuehan was d that butler Fang was here to receive him. He was close to the butler and he may need his support now.


    When the mother of Mu Yuehan died, butler Fang was the one to look after him. He stood in the shoes of his father and mother both when his father, Mu Jichen was grieving the loss of his wife.


    "It''s his first attack, right?" Mu Yuehan asked. He was looking out from the window.


    "No, young master. It was the second one."


    With wide eyes in surprise, Mu Yuehan shot the next question. "When was the first attack? Why do I not know about it?"


    Seeing that the butler was silent, Mu Yuehan spoke again, "Uncle, tell me everything. When did he have his first attack? I want to know everything. And if not from you, I have my other sources."


    Butler sighed and started to speak. He knew Mu Yuehan would know what he wanted to know.


    "One month back, he had a minor stroke. We didn''t inform you because of the orders from the master. He did not want to worry you. Besides, it was a minor one."


    "Any reason?" Mu Yuehan shot, looking out from the window angrily.


    His father had an attack before and he was not even informed about it! He was feeling angry, hell angry at his father and himself!


    "It was because of some words spoken to him by the brother of madam."


    "What words?"


    "He used sir for not treating second young master like his son. He was angry that the second young master started his career as a simple employee instead of getting a high-ss job."


    Mu Yuehan muttered under his breath and cursed the man who badmouthed his father. His father always treated him and his siblings equally, without any discrimination.


    "And what about today''s reason?"


    "That I don''t know." Butler sighed. "Second young master must know about it He was with the master when he had the attack."


    Mu Yuehan gave a stiff nod and looked out from the window and at the city, without any emotion on his face.

 Chapter 94 Pillar Of His Family

    "Gege," Mu Yifei ran toward Mu Yuehan, the moment she saw him.


    Other family members also turned their attention toward him.


    Mu Yuehan looked around at his second uncle, third uncle, aunts and many other elders, standing outside the operation room. He gave them all a stiff nod.


    He knew they all were here to see his father''s fall. They all wanted him dead. They all were ready to fight for the seat of the head of the Mu family because till now, his father had not officially announced him as the head of the Mu family.


    He then looked at Mu TianYu, standing in front of the window of the operation theatre.


    "Yifei, nothing will happen to father. Mm. I am here. I will ensure about the same." He patted the head of his sister. "Let me see the father."


    Mu Yifei nodded her head and loosened her grip on the shirt of Mu Yuehan. "I am d that you are here. You are the pir of our family and we all needed you."


    Mu Yuehan nodded and walked toward Mu TianYu. He ced his hand on the shoulder of his brother and looked inside the theatre.


    "You are back." Mu TianYu looked at him with relief. He hugged him. He softly whispered in his ears. "These old men were standing on my head for so long. I was afraid of them. I am d that you are back."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and looked at the elders. They never liked Han Chunhua and the kids she had brought into their family. He could imagine the plea of Han Chunhua and Mu TianYu in their presence.


    If something was to happen to his father, when he was not here, all the me was going to fall on the shoulders of Mu TianYu.


    "Don''t cry. I am here now." Mu Yuehan patted his back. He then teased. "Should I ask dad to send you back to the military training once he is up? I see, you still cry like a girl."


    "Hey, I was not crying." Mu TianYu chided and Mu Yuehan ruffled his hair.


    "Nothing will happen to dad. He is strong. He knows, his family is waiting for him." He spoke with determination and then turned, to look at the uninvited and unwanted guests.


    They all had their eyes fixed on Han Chunhua or Mu Yifei, scaring them.


    "Second uncle," he walked toward the old man. He then acknowledged all other rtives with their titles. "You all are at your old age. I don''t think it''s good for any of your health to be here. Why don''t you all go home? I and my family is here to look after dad."


    He smiled, and every elder knew the meaning of his smile. He was asking them all to go out nicely before he called for the guards to get them all kicked out of the hospital.


    "Second uncle." Mu Yuehan pointed toward the corridor.


    His second uncle looked at him with sour eyes. They knew about the power which Mu Yuehan held in secret. So, what if he was not the head of the Mu family? His current powers were enough to crush them all.


    ?


    "Call us when he is up."


    "Will do."


    Mu Yuehan watched the elders leave the hospital. He knew they were all polite to him outwardly but inwardly, they all were cursing him and his guts.<sub> </sub>


    They were nning on how to remove him first, in case, something was to happen to his father.


    ''Foolish people! They think of removing me!''


    Mu Yuehan walked toward Mu TianYu. Mu TianYu looked at him with amazement. "They were stone-headed, not ready to leave when I asked them. But see how they left with your few sentences."


    Mu Yuehan smiled and then looked at him with all seriousness. "Why did he have an attack? What was the reason?"


    Mu TianYu sighed. "Mu corporations is deep in loans and losses."


    Mu Yuehan looked at him with wide eyes,pletely surprised. Mu Yuehan was still not very interested in Mu corporation. He devoted all his time to his personal business.


    Mu TianYu was the one working in Mu corporation as a simple employee. He was aware of the working of the corporation more than Mu Yuehan.


    "Inst year, dad had made some tough and risky decisions. He thinks that the decisions will give a result in future but for now, no one is happy with him. Investors are angry, shareholders are angry, and everyone is angry. The shares of Mu corporation had tumbled down quite badly."


    Mu Yuehan exhaled sharply. He felt guilty for ignoring Mu corporation like this.


    "Dealers are cancelling their deals with us. Investors are taking their investments back. Everything is a mess with the empire. Many big projects havee to aplete halt. Government is also behind our ass for their loans and projects."


    "Today, some shareholders, uncles and aunties came into his office, ming him for the loss of the empire. Dad could not take this all and he...." Mu TianYu threw his head back, feeling the terror which he had felt when his father copsed in front of his eyes.


    Mu Yuehan consoled him and then walked toward Han Chunhua. He took his seat beside her and side-hugged her. "Mom, don''t worry. Dad will be alright."


    Han Chunhua clutched his shirt and started to cry, feeling d that he was here.


    Mu Yuehan pressed a kiss on her forehead in constion.


    After calming down his mother, Mu Yuehan asked Mu TianYu to follow him toward the balcony in the hospital.


    "What do you want to talk with me about which you could not talk in front of mom?" He asked and pulled out a cigarette from his pocket. He lightened it up.


    "Do you feel, father, discriminated with you by not stopping you from joining the corporation as a mare employee?" he asked straightforwardly.


    Mu Yuehan had seen and heard about many empires which copsed because of the fight between brothers. Look at his own family, there was bloodshed before his father be the head. He knew, till now, many of his uncles were nning the murder of his father.


    He did not want that to happen with Mu TianYu.


    "Ah, I see, butler Fang told you." Mu TianYu puffed out the smoke from his mouth and passed the cigarette to Mu Yuehan. To his amusement, he denied it. Mu TianYu raised his brows in amusement but did notment on it.

 Chapter 95 Missing Her

    "You are well aware that I decided to start from the lower post. Dad wanted to make me a manager but I denied it." Mu TianYu sighed and leaned against the railing. "I want to achieve a higher position on my own. I don''t want people to stay I got a high position only because my mother married a rich man."


    "More than you, I was angry on uncle. He knows that what I and Mu Yifei have, what his own family have is all because of dad. I am sure, if not for the marriage, I was never going to get the proper food. It''s all thanks to dad and then you."


    Mu TianYu threw his arm around the shoulder of Mu Yuehan. "You are my big brother. You knew you were gettingpetition for your position but still, you epted us with open arms. I will never deceive you. I want to spend the rest of my life under you, as your shadow."


    Mu Yuehan smiled with pride and patted his shoulder. He was feeling satisfied after hearing his answer. A heavy burden was lifted off his shoulders.


    "You should start stressing out because I am sure, soon dad will be giving you the position as the family head. You will be getting a lot of mess. Now you are our only hope who can save our Mu corporations from getting bankrupt."


    Mu TianYu smocked from cigarette and then passed it to Mu Yuehan but he again denied it. "Hey, what''s the matter? Why are you denying cigarette?"


    "No reason." Mu Yuehan shook his head but a smile appeared on his lips when he remembered a particr night when Nian Tian had warned him to not smoke again.


    Mu Yuehan smoked whenever he was under stress and that night, he was smocking. He was stressed because Nian Tian called him Zhan Wei when they made love and it started to trouble him.


    "You smoke?" Nian Tian entered the balcony and looked at him with wide eyes.


    "Sometimes." He shrugged and threw the cigarette on the ground, stomping on it with his right foot.


    "You are so smart, so educated, still you smoke! Don''t you know cigarette can be dangerous for your health?" She then jabbed her index finger in his chest. "I am warning you, mister. I don''t like it when a person smokes. So, next time, if I saw or heard about you smoking again, I will leave you."


    Seeing her hate for smokers, Mu Yuehan pledged that he''d stop smoking.


    "Hey, hey, hey, I know this smile. It''s a girl. Isn''t it?" Mu TianYu pointed at the smile on the lips of Mu Yuehan with a wide grin on his lips.


    "What rubbish are you talking about?" Mu Yuehan pped the extended hand of his brother.


    "Liar, liar, pants on fire. I know you are in love. Now I know why you loved juju ind so much." He teased.


    "You¡­stop teasing me." Mu Yuehan pped his head. "Go in and check on mother."


    "You are sending me off. I am hurt." He twitched his brows. "Will you talk with sister-inw the moment I am gone?"


    "TianYu. It''s enough. Leave now." Mu Yuehan yelled with irritation. A red hue was there on his cheeks. Mu TianYu chuckled and made his way toward his mother.


    **


    "Hey, how is your father?"


    Mu Yuehan leaned against the wall of the balcony and took a long breath. He needed this. He needed to hear her voice. Especially when he heard about the condition of the corporation.


    "It''s all mess here sweetheart." He spoke in a broken voice and fell to the ground. "My family is in a bad financial condition. My father could not take it in and he copsed."


    Nian Tian took in a deep breath, feeling the pain in his voice. Over the phone, she tried her best to console him.<sub> </sub>


    "If only I was there to hug you." She spoke softly.


    "I can already imagine you hugging me. Magically, it''s working. You are my power TianTian, my support."


    Nian Tian stayed on phone with Mu Yuehan for a long time. She ended the call only when she felt assured that Mu Yuehan was not down like the way he was when she had answered the call.


    **


    Arrangements for Mu Yuehan to spend the night in one of the VIP room in the hospital was made. He was tired because of the journey and he knew, he needed rest.


    He looked at his bed with tiredness. Realisation fell upon him like a heavy burden that he was alone here. Nian Tian was not here to share his bed. He had to sleep alone tonight, without her in his arms.


    If only he did not lie to her. He would have done anything to bring her here with him. But his lie, his real identity was the reason she was not with him right now.


    He sighed andid down on the bed. He switched on his phone and called Nian Tian.


    "Hey, how is your father?"


    "This is the same question which you are asking me on my every call. Should you not ask how I am?" Mu Yuehan faked anger.


    "I know you will be fine if your father is doing well. Besides, call me selfish but I want your father to recover quickly so you can be at my side, again." There was a pregnant pause from her side. "I miss you."


    "I miss you more." Mu Yuehan turned around on the bed. "What are you doing?"


    "Cutting onions."


    They both chuckled.


    "Tell me, how is uncle?"


    "He is fine. His operation was a sess. He opened his eyes, but before anyone could talk to him, he fell unconscious due to the effect of medicines." Mu Yuehan informed her in one breath. "Now stop talking about dad. Talk about me. I miss you. I don''t know, how I am going to sleep on the bed without you."


    Nian Tian chuckled. She started to talk to him, about their days together. Mu Yuehan who felt naughty, started to talk about bedtime, making her blush.


    "You should sleep now. You must be tired. Bye." Nian Tian spoke angrily. She was fed up with his dirty talks.


    "Hey, at least give me a good night kiss. How am I to sleep without it?"


    Nian Tian shook her head. She looked around. When she saw no sign of Marta, she pressed her lips on the phone, "Muah."


    "Muah sweetie, love you." Mu Yuehan spoke before the line went dead.


    Nian Tian sighed and looked at her phone screen. Soon, she''d be returning home and she didn''t know how she''d sleep now that Mu Yuehan was not there.

 Chapter 96 Surprise

    "Dad, how are you?" Mu Yuehan held onto the hand of his father and looked at him with emotional eyes. "You scared all of us."


    "Are you crying my strong boy?" his father teased in a weak voice.


    "No, I am not crying. I am sad. And angry. Why did you not tell me about the condition of Mu corporation? Do you still not trust me? Do you think I will not be able to help you with its condition?"


    Mu Yuehan lifted his head and red at his father. "Do you know what I am feeling right now, I am feeling betrayed!"


    Mu Yuehan puffed his cheeks and fumed like a baby.


    After his mother, only his father was left. He was not ready to lose him too. Only he was the person who understood him well. Mu Yuehan may be strong, may scare away his all family members or his enemies but he was always a five-year-old kid in front of his father.


    "I didn''t inform you because I did not want to disturb you from pursuing yourdy love. Business cane and go, but life, life gives you only one chance to fall in love." His father spoke in a deep voice.


    Mu Yuehan looked at him with wide eyes filled with surprise. "How¡­how do you¡­?


    "Do you really think, you will ask my secretary to search for a girl and I wouldn''t even know about it?" His father faked a disappointed face. "I may be old but I still have my eyes on everything. I am not ignorant. Now tell me, where is my soon-to-be daughter-inw? Why didn''t you bring her with you?"


    Mu Yuehan blushed when he heard his father calling Nian Tian his daughter-inw. He then looked down guiltily.


    "There is a problem." Mu Yuehan told everything to his father and for the next fifteen minutes, he heard a lecture from him.


    "You are so smart. I did not expect this type of foolishness from you. Don''t you know, girls are fragile and they hate it when we men lie to them?" He yelled angrily, forgetting that he still was in the hospital bed, his operation was done, not a few hours ago.


    "Calm down dad, please calm down. I promise to repent my mistake the moment I get back on juju ind."


    "Hmph, do that. Otherwise, don''t you ever show me your face. Don''t forget, we Mu man are famous for spoiling our wives."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled when he heard his dad. "Don''t you have a problem with her? I mean, you must have heard¡­."


    "I trust you." His father interrupted him. "I trust your choice. If you like her then she must be the perfect daughter-inw for this house."


    Mu Yuehan smiled and gripped his father''s hand. "Get well soon dad. Now, I shall take your leave. I have someone waiting for me."


    Mu Yuehan stood up and was about to exit the room when his father called him back. "My stupid son,e back. Love has made you crazy or what?" He rebuked angrily.


    Mu Yuehan turned and looked at his father with a frown, not knowing why his father was angry like this.


    "How do you n to propose to her?" his father asked.


    "I will buy a¡­."


    "You¡­" his father fumed with anger. "Did you forget about our family heirloom? How dare of you to think about buying another ring and not giving her that family heirloom?"


    Mu Yuehan looked at his father with wide eyes and pped his head hard. "I have gone crazy. How can I forget about it?"


    "How can you forget about it? When you were young, you were always saying, ''mom, my wife will wear this ring and¡­" before his father couldplete his scolding, Mu Yuehan hugged him tightly.<sub> </sub>


    "Thank you, dad. You are the best. I am taking that ring away from your locker."


    "Idiot." His father looked at his son and shook his head.


    **


    "When are youing back?" Nian Tian spoke sadly over the phone. She looked out of the window and saw that it was going to rain soon. Memories of their first night surfaced in her mind, making her gloomy.


    "It will take a day or two. Dad is still sick. I will return only after having his final reports."


    Nian Tian visibly sighed. "I miss you so much." Her heart was heavy. At any moment, she could cry.


    There was a knock on the door. She walked to open it. "Try to be here as soon...¡­. Ah...¡­"


    ?


    Nian Tian squealed loudly when she saw Mu Yuehan standing at the door in flesh and blood. She touched him, not believing that he was there.


    "You are here." She gasped in shock. Her phone slipped out from her hand.


    "I am here." Mu Yuehan smiled, enjoying the shocked expression on her face.


    "You are here. Oh my god." Nian Tian jumped in his arms and started to kiss all over his face.


    Mu Yuehan entered the house with Nian Tian in his hug, still kissing him. They both stumbled and fell on the couch.


    "I missed you so much."


    Mu Yuehan tugged on her hair and pulled her for a raw kiss. He kissed her hungrily, like a caveman who was eating after years. He missed her, he missed kissing her and he missed teasing her.


    Soon enough, craving for each other, they were kissing each other deeply. Their clothes were gone and Mu Yuehan was kissing her all over her body.


    **


    Mu Yuehan sulked her belly button hard and bit the soft skin on her stomach. He moved south and started to kiss her down there.


    "Ah, please¡­" Nian Tian pleaded, feelingpletely lost in desire and pleasure.


    Mu Yuehan stopped kissing and climbed over her, looking at her face. He asked, "Do you want me?" his voice was throaty and hoarse.


    "Very much." Nian Tian replied and licked her lips. She tried to take a hold of him but he pushed her hand away. He locked her hands over her head.


    "Why are you stopping? I am so close. I want you." Nian Tian begged and brushed herself against the hardened him.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her face which was filled with desperation. He had a sly smile on his lips. The corner of his lips lifted in a smirk.

 Chapter 97 His True Identity

    "If you want me, then confess." Mu Yuehan grinned.


    "How can¡­."


    "Confess." He ordered. "We are not moving until you confess. You promised to confess to me on my return."


    Nian Tian blushed and hid her face in his chest. She then spoke in a weak voice, "I love you."


    "I didn''t hear you."


    "I love you." She spoke a little louder.


    "A little louder."


    She huffed and red at him. He was something. Ordering her to confess when she was so close. He knew she couldn''t wait anymore and now, he was enjoying her plea.


    "I love you, I love you, I love you," she repeated and kissed him hard. "Now enter. Otherwise, no one will be worse than me."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and entered inside her. She moaned, feeling his hardness. He stopped halfway through.


    Nian Tian looked at his face and groaned. "What now?"


    "Only if you will say yes, then only¡­."


    "What do you want?" she asked with irritation and tried to move her hips in desperation.


    "Marry me. Say yes to marry me."


    Mu Yuehan retrieved the ring which he had hidden under the carpet. He produced it in front of Nian Tian. "Say yes to be my wife."


    bbergasted, Nian Tian looked at him and then at the ring. It was the most beautiful ring which she had ever seen.


    It was a perfect pink ring. It was a stunning piece of ring with a huge pink diamond in the centre and colourless diamonds on either side.


    This ring was gorgeous and anyone would say yes after seeing this ring, to wear this ring. But what the heck, was this a way to propose to a girl!


    Wasn''t this ckmailing?


    Mu Yuehan looked at her changing expressions. He entered a little more into her, making her moan. "Say yes, if you want me."


    Nian Tian gritted her teeth and red at him. "This is no way to propose."


    "I don''t have time to n a perfect proposal. So, this is the best and unique way. Now answer me, will you be my wife? Will you like to have me as your husband?"


    "Yes, I will." Nian Tian took a deep breath in frustration and passed her hand to him. Mu Yuehan made her wear the ring and grinned widely. It was a perfect fit on her fingers.


    "Stop grinning like this. Now enter in me. I am waiting." She yelled.


    **


    After three hours<sub> </sub>


    With a dreamy look in her eyes, Nian Tian looked at the ring on her finger.


    ''I am finally engaged.''


    She knew the way Mu Yuehan proposed was stupid but it was also unique in its own way. He knew what he was doing, and look at this ring.


    Nian Tian was looking at the ring with star-struck eyes. She knew she was never going to remove this ring. This ring was going to be her next favourite piece of jewellery.


    She sighed and looked at the clock to check the time. She was missing Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to say something to her but unfortunately, his phone rang at the same time. There was some problem at the hotel which required his urgent attention.


    He promised her that he''d be back by an hour or so but he still was not back.


    "Why aren''t you back?" she groaned.


    Bouncing like a rabbit, she walked toward the door when she heard the doorbell, expecting Mu Yuehan to be there. But unbeknown to her, a tsunami was at the other side of the door. A truth which was going to separate her from Mu Yuehan for the next four or so years.


    The expression on the face of Nian Tian changed when she saw ady at her doorstep instead of Mu Yuehan. "Yes?" she asked disinterestedly.


    "Are you Qin Tian?" thedy asked. Nian Tian shivered in fear. "Don''t worry, I am neither from the Qin family nor the Fan family. I am here from the side of the Mu family."


    "Oh." Nian Tian looked at thedy with a frown, not finding her intention toward her to be true.


    "Can Ie in?"


    "Yes," she let her in. She was afraid of offending thisdy.


    What if she is someone from higher up? What if she gets Zhan Wei kicked out if she feels offended by me?


    "Look miss, I will not waste much of your time." Thedy produced a cheque worth one hundred million dors and passed it to Nian Tian. "Missus Mu has asked me to deliver this to you. She hopes, you will leave the life of her son after taking this money."


    Nian Tian shook her head with disgust, finding hate in her heart for Missus Mu. "You must have some misunderstanding. I am not with Mister Mu. You should go and talk with his real girlfriend."


    Thedy scoffed and chuckled. "He still hasn''t told you. Poor you." She produced some documents from her bag and passed them to Nian Tian.


    "The man who is living in this house, the man you think is Zhan Wei, is the heir of Mu corporations. He is Mu Yuehan. He was fooling you all along."


    "No, you are lying." Nian Tian''s heart skipped a beat when she heard the bitter truth. She was not ready to believe that Zhan Wei had lied to her so badly.


    "These are proofs. His IDs, his photos with his parents and other documents. I am sure, they are enough to open your eyes. You are yed by him. You should take the money and leave before he crushes you himself."


    "He¡­"


    "Good day, Miss Qin. You are smart. You know how to look into this truth." Thedy bowed and left the house, leaving Nian Tian with a cheque and documents with the reality of Mu Yuehan. She didn''t waste much of her time with Nian Tian. She had done her work which was to deliver documents and cheques to her.


    Nian Tian exhaled deeply. She looked at the file. It made her heart heavy, thinking her Zhan Wei had lied to her. She gulped and opened the file. She looked at the photos with desperation. Her heart was crushing with each second when he saw his identity as Mu Yuehan, his certificates, his degrees. Tears were falling from her eyes. She was feeling betrayed.


    "He can''t lie to me. He is my Zhan Wei. Thatdy was a liar. He will never hide such a big truth from me." With shivering hands, Nian Tian removed her tears.

 Chapter 98 I Need Some Time And Space

    Nian Tian opened herptop and searched for the father of Mu Yuehan. She was shocked to see the photos of Mu Jichen. He was the same man in the photos with Mu Yuehan and what broke Nian Tian more was the news that he had just gone under surgery. Mu corporations were in a financial crisis.


    Unconsciously, sobs started to escape her lips. She felt heartbroken, lost and deceived. She felt like a fool, a fool in his eyes. Her heart was breaking into million pieces.


    "I had recovered from the betrayal of Fan Yifeng but how will I recover from your betrayal? I loved you, I loved you with all my heart. Then how can you betray me? How? Why didn''t you tell me your identity? Why?"


    Her mind was hazy. She didn''t know what to do and what not to do. She was unable to process that Zhan Wei was Mu Yuehan. Somewhere in her mind, because of her anger, she had tagged Mu Yuehan to be a big cheat, forgetting his love for her.


    She yelled to nobody and sobbed badly. She crawled into the corner, ced her head on her knees and cried hard and that was how Mu Yuehan saw her when he returned home.


    "Sweetie, are you all¡­"


    "Don''t sweetie me." Nian Tian angrily pushed his hand away and stood up from the ground. She roughly removed her tears.


    "You were crying? Why? What happened?" He looked at her with concern.


    "It''s none of your concern Mister Mu Yuehan." She looked at him with cold eyes.


    Mu Yuehan froze when he heard his real name from her mouth, his name coated with venom and so much hate. His heart dropped down to his stomach.


    "I can exin." He pleaded. "Give me a chance."


    "Exin? Chance?" she yelled. She removed her ring and threw it at him. She then removed the couple ne and again, threw it at him.


    "Exin what?How I like your body and wanted to have you at all cost? How I had made fun of you in front of my friends? Or how I nned to marry a rich heiress while keeping you as my extra?" Nian Tian spoke without any filter on her mouth. "I don''t wish to hear such an exnation. Now leave."


    Nian Tian pushed him out of her house, ignoring his pleadings. "I love you. I never lied about my love. Trust me. I want to make you my wife, Missus Mu."


    BANG!


    The door was loudly shut on his face. Mu Yuehan knocked on the door, looking desperate. His heart was twisting painfully. Tears floated at the rim of his eyes.


    Nian Tian''s heart broke down when she closed the door. She knew he deserved a chance to exin but at that moment, she wanted to be left alone. She wanted to process everything.


    She slumped down against the door and Mu Yuehan did the same. They were sitting opposite each other, with broken hearts, with only a door separating them.<sub> </sub>


    "Please open the door. Please hear me out. I know I lied but I have reasons. I was afraid that you will leave me after knowing my true identity. I wanted to make you fall for me before telling you about my identity. Trust me. Please trust me."


    Nian Tian was sitting against the door. Her body was shaking. She heard each word of Mu Yuehan. She heard the pain in his voice. She wanted to open the door and hug him tight but something was bugging her, she was not ready to ept that he was lying to her for so long.


    "I never wanted to lie to you in the first ce." And with that, Mu Yuehan told her why he took the identity of Zhan Wei. How many times, he wished to tell her about his identity, but he was afraid.


    "I wanted to tell you about my identity after proposing to you, but you know, I received a call. Open the door love, please. I¡­" before he could say anything, his phone rang.


    He ignored the call but then it rang again and again. With irritation, he attended the call and was shocked to hear another piece of bad news.


    "Mom slipped from the stairs. She had hit her head. She is in the ICU. Her condition is very critical. You need to return."


    Mu Yuehan felt conflicted. One side was his mother and on the other was the love of his life.


    Like desperate, he started to bang on the door. "Sweetie, please forgive me. I promise I will never lie to you ever again. Your heart is so big. Can you not forgive me? Please." He started to sob.


    "I just¡­just received a call. My mother is in¡­ critical condition. I have to go back¡­.. I want to take you with me. Pleasee back with me¡­.. I am begging you. I need you. You can punish me as much as you want but please don''t ignore me or hate me, please."


    "Open¡­open the door." He broke down, feeling helpless. "If you will not open the door and listen to me, I will not go back. I don''t¡­."


    "Go¡­" he heard the small whisper of Nian Tian.


    Nian Tian was crying hard for him. She knew he was in pain because she was not talking to him, and also because his mother was in critical condition. She wanted to open the door and hug him tight. But she also needed some time to process everything. She needed to clear her head.


    "Give me some time and space." She roughly removed her tears and ced her head against the door. "We will talk once you are back. Till then, I will try my best to process everything, Okay."


    Mu Yuehan sobbed and in a hoarse voice he said, "Okay." He knew, she needed time to process everything, to process, he was Mu Yuehan.


    "I promise toe back. I will answer all your questions and will take away all your insecurities. Then I will take you back and make you my wife, missus Mu."


    He wanted to tell her so much but he received a call from his sister and then father. His father himself was in the hospital bed. So, the responsibility of his mother was on his shoulder.


    That one simple news broke him apart. It broke Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian apart from each other.

 Chapter 99 She Vanished

    "I have to go now." Mu Yuehan stood up from the floor and looked at the door. "Wait for me. I will return."


    "Hmm." Nian Tian gulped down the tears and looked at her empty ring finger. In her anger, she had thrown it away and now she regretted it.


    Nian Tian heard the sound of footsteps fainting away. She knew he was leaving. She stood up from the ground and ran toward the window.


    From it, she saw him making his way toward his car. Her heart broke when she saw the painful expression on his face. She gripped hard on the curtains.


    Mu Yuehan was about to enter the car when his heart rate picked up. He turned and looked toward the window. A small smile broke on his lips when he saw her shadow.


    He knew it was not their ending. With some time and a little mollifying, he''d win her heart, again.


    But if only Mu Yuehan and Nian Tian knew, it was thest time they were seeing each other. A four years-long separation awaited them.


    Heartbreak was written in the fate of Mu Yuehan.


    **


    "I don''t know what to do Marta." Nian Tian looked at Marta with tearful eyes.


    Mu Yuehan knew Nian Tian needed some time in silence. But he also knew she''d prefer thepany of Marta. So, he had called Marta, requesting her to visit at their apartment, to console Nian Tian.


    "My heart wants to forgive him. I know the reason for his lie but somewhere I am afraid. What if he is like all other rich men? What if¡­" she sobbed and ced her head on thep of Marta. Marta gently massaged her head.


    "Ask your heart, do you think he will cheat you? Why are you letting his identity be a test of his pure love? We both have seen it. He had worked so hard to be together with you. If he wanted to sleep with you, Marry was a better option for him and we both know that."


    Nain Tian looked at her with wide eyes. Doubts, her misperceptions were clearing up upon hearing the wise words of Marta.


    "Don''t doubt his love. Don''t forget how he saved you in the amusement park. He took a bullet for you. If he wanted, he could have left your hand but he did not. Because he was holding onto his life."


    The heart of Nian Tian churned and she looked at Marta with guilt. "Oh my god Marta, I have done the biggest mistake of my life in my anger. What to do now?"


    Nian Tian covered her face with shame and guilt. She closed off Mu Yuehan when she should have epted him. She shouldn''t have given a mind to his identity, even for once.


    "First get up and wash your face," Marta ordered. "Then call Mu Yuehan. Poor child, he was so concerned for you."


    Nian Tian nodded her head. She was about to stand when she felt dizzy. Marta took a hold of her hand and looked at her with concern.


    "Are you alright?"


    "Hmm, it must be stress." Nian Tian blinked her eyes. "I am fine."


    Nian Tian entered the bathroom and washed her face. In the meantime, Marta prepared food for her.


    Nian Tian came out and dialled the number of Mu Yuehan but it was out of range.


    "He must be on the flight right now." Nian Tian took her seat. "Marta, should I go to Shanghai, to give him a surprise?"


    "Good idea. He will love to see you there." Marta passed her food. "Don''t worry about the restaurant. I will look after it in your absence."


    Nian Tian nodded. She was about to have her food when she felt nauseous. She ran to the bathroom and emptied her stomach. Marta followed after her. She started to rub her back.<sub> </sub>


    "Are you pregnant?" Marta asked.


    "No¡­. I¡­" Nian Tian looked at the mirror with wide eyes, remembering that she waste, her periods werete and they seldomly used protection.


    "Holy...!"


    **


    "Can you see this? It''s your baby." The doctor pointed toward the screen where Nian Tian could see a small blip, which was her baby.


    Without wasting any time, Marta had brought her to the doctor who had a small clinic two streets across the apartment of Nian Tian. Now Nian Tian was lying on the bed with gel applied to her stomach.


    "Congrattions, you are four weeks pregnant."


    Nian Tian looked at her baby with tearful eyes. She was going to have a baby with Mu Yuehan. She felt extremely happy.


    "Marta, I am with a baby." She squeezed the hand of Marta.


    "This baby is god''s indication. He wants you to be together with Mu Yuehan, for this baby. It is the symbol of your true love."


    Nian Tian nodded her head over tears. Her heart swelled with happiness. She ced her hand over her stomach, feeling motherly love for her baby.


    "Doctor, can I travel in a ne?" she asked hopefully.


    "Yes, you can. But you will need to take precautions."


    Nian Tian nodded. Marta ced her hand on her shoulders, "Don''t worry. I will apany you. I can''t let you travel alone in this condition."


    After taking the medicines and prescriptions from the doctor, they left her clinic. Nian Tian was feeling happy and excited, but her happiness was short-lived.


    They were on the crossing of her apartment when a ck van stopped in front of them. Marta did not know what happened exactly, but she knew, a man came out of the van, wearing all ck. He pulled Nian Tian inside the van and then, the van was gone.


    It vanished with Nian Tian. It was like that van never existed.


    Nian Tian was gone and no one knew where!


    **


    Back to present


    Mu Yuehan stood up from the floor and roughly removed his tears. He looked at the wall clock to find it was quarter past twelve.


    He took a deep breath and looked at thest bottle of untouched whiskey.


    ''It''s not time for me to fall weak. I cannot lose her. Not when I have found her after such a long time.''


    With determination, he walked toward the cer and ced back the wine bottle. Then, he made his way toward the kitchen. He tore off the packet of curd and gulped it down directly from the pouch, to lessen the effect of drinks from his system.

 Chapter 100 Demon From Hell

    Mu Yuehan made a call to Li Tao. His voice was strong and full of authority like usual. "Li Tao, pick me up in thirty minutes."


    After ordering a shocked Li Tao, he made his way toward his room to get changed. On his way, he stopped in front of a room, adjacent to his.


    He opened the door and entered in. Warmth filled in his heart when he looked around at the room filled with the belongings of Zhou Liying, his TianTian.


    Whatever was in her apartment was now brought into this room. Her paintings were hung around on the wall, with his painting, which she had painted, was hanging over the bed.


    The bed sheet spread on the bed was the one on which they had slept together for the first time. Many a time, when Mu Yuehan missed her badly, he slept on the bed, imagining that she was there. He hugged her teddy tight, the teddy which he had won for her in the amusement park.


    His gifts for her, including the flower bouquet given by him to her, were also tenderly ced in this room. Her clothes, her recipe books, everything was affectionately ced inside the closet.


    Mu Yuehan took a long whiff of the room and it calmed down his nerve like it always did. He then made his way toward his room to get changed.


    **


    "Good evening, boss."


    Li Tao gulped in fear when he saw Mu Yuehan stepping down the stairs of his apartment building. He was looking like a demon in all ck.


    His shoes were stark ck and he was wearing all ck suit. His hairs were handsomely pressed back. Don''t ask about his eyes, they were dark as ink. Many dangerous emotions were swirling behind them which could make anyone pee in fear.


    "Have you done what I have asked you to do?" His voice was calm andposed but Li Tao knew better, it was calmness before the cmity.


    "Yes, boss. Team of Lake city project is waiting, as well as Wang Wei and his team."


    Mu Yuehan did not say anything else. He looked out at the city with burning desire. He wanted to burn this city in his anger. He wanted to burn that person who dared to kidnap his TianTian. He wanted to torture the person responsible for her forgetting about him.


    He clutched his hand tight, trying to control his demon. He knew his demon would not be of any use if he wished to have Zhou Liying back in his life and that too, as soon as possible.


    **


    The conference room of Mu Empire was filled with hundreds of employees but it felt like no one was inside because of the pin-drop silence. It was so silent that anyone could wrongly assume that the people inside were dumb.


    The atmosphere inside of the room was extremely cold. People sitting on their chairs were shivering when looking at the king of hell sitting on his throne.


    A team of fifty-one was standing on the tform of the conference hall, looking at Mu Yuehan with terror. They were holding onto each other, for support because their knees had already given up.


    They were suddenly given the notice to present the presentation of theke city project and in the middle of the presentation, Mu Yuehan rudely asked them to stop.<sub> </sub>


    "Is this how you do your work? Is this the presentation which you want to present? Zhou Liying will reject it without a blink." His loud voice boomed around the hall, making the heart of poor employees tremble in fear.


    No one dared to say a word. They knew it was calling for death by talking to him.


    Many employees could see red horns on the head of Mu Yuehan and fire zing out from his nose. Many employees had their heads down, afraid that they''d get cursed if they saw the face of the demon.


    "I want a new and fresh presentation by tomorrow evening. If not, then resignation of the whole team." His voice was like a knife to the hearts of employees working in theke city team.


    The head of the Lake City team, Fang Lin wanted to say something but her partner pulled her back. She huffed and stood like others, with her head bowed.


    "I want no mistake tomorrow." And with that, he left the conference hall.


    No one dared to move or speak even when he left. They could still feel his dark aura in the room.


    It was only after five minutes that employees took out deep breaths in relief. They started to make their way out of the conference hall.


    **


    "Don''t know, why was he in such a bad mood today." One of the team membersmented. "He has already sanctioned this presentation so why did he reject it like this, today?"


    Fang Lin, the head clenched her hands tight and ground her teeth. Thiske city project was bing a bone in her throat.


    She had so many expectations with this project. She had expected this project to be a stepping stone in her career. But who knew she''d lose the tender to a still establishing corporation in the country, Zhou corporations?


    Zhou corporations may be famous in European countries but its roots were still very weak in the Shanghai market. And that was why everyone was shocked when Zhou corporations took the tender with ease. Everyone: government, other corporations, investors, public were looking at it with high expectations.


    Fang Lin knew it well that Mu corporations got the partnership only because of their name and trustworthiness. The government had many projects with Mu corporations and it didn''t wish to insult the Mu corporations by not giving a part of the Lake City project to them.


    "B!tch." Fang Lin cursed under her breath with hate.


    She had developed a hate for Zhou Liying. She failed to gulp that anotherdy had given her such an easy defeat. She wanted to meet Zhou Liying and defeat her, to put her down.


    "Head, we should go back to our office. We don''t have much time."


    **

 Chapter 101 A Truth Hidden From Him

    Like a typhoon, Mu Yuehan entered his office and looked at each member of his private investigation team with hawk-like eyes. Wang Wei shivered when he felt the eyes of Mu Yuehan on himself.


    Mu Yuehan took his seat on his chair and started to y with the tabletop. His eyes were like a hawk, judging the postures and expressions of everyone.


    He didn''t say anything, making the tension in the room very thick. Finally, he decided to speak, "Why am I giving money to you all?" he mmed hard on the table angrily.


    "How can you not report to me on time that she has forgotten about me? Are you the best team created by me?" His voice was slow and crisp.


    "Do you all take me and my feelings as a joke?" he threw the tabletop in the air, breaking the screen of the television, on the wall opposite to him. The members standing near it shivered with fear.


    What if the tabletop had identally hit on one of their heads?


    "So weak." He leaned against his chair. "You have made so many mistakes one after another. Now how should I punish you?"


    They all shivered because of his cold voice and dark eyes filled with calmness.


    "Forgive us, please give us ast chance." Wang Wei begged for his team. He was already on the limit of controlling his tears.


    "Last chance? Let me think." Mu Yuehan twirled around on his chair, not saying any sybles.


    Each second was like a ticking bomb for the PI team. Their fates were in the hand of Mu Yuehan. He could forgive them or kill them any moment he wanted.


    "Last chance is given. Mind you, it''s thest chance." He warned. "I want aplete detailed report of Zhou Liying from thest four years. The detail must include the name of men with whom she had slept, her choices, her hobbies, everything."


    "This is¡­." Wang Wei wanted to say impossible when Mu Yuehan harshly red at him.


    "If you can''t collect the details in the next twenty-four hours then make yourself vanish from the face of the earth because I will not leave anyone of you. I will hunt you all down."


    There was a promise in the eyes of Mu Yuehan and the investigation team knew that.


    "Leave." Mu Yuehan flipped his hand and the whole team left hurriedly. They had a lot of searching to do and the time with them was very less.


    Li Tao looked at Mu Yuehan as if seeing an asura. He was feeling afraid of him and at the same time, he was also feeling pity.


    ''Poor boss, he was searching for missus for such a long time but she does not even recognise him. Poor him!''


    **


    Mu Yuehan entered the parking when a stupid model of theirpany walked toward him. Li Tao looked at her with wide eyes and tried to push her away but she didn''t listen to him and hugged the arm of Mu Yuehan.


    Chilly vibes emitted from Mu Yuehan the moment the model touched him. He red at her and harshly pushed her away with full force. He removed his handkerchief and dusted off his jacket.


    ''Why do I feel as if I have arrived in Antarctica?'' Li Tao thought, feeling sudden chilliness in the air. He could see frost appearing on the cars because of the coldness of Mu Yuehan.


    "Disgusted. cklist her." After giving his orders, Mu Yuehan walked toward the car.


    Li Tao opened the door for him, not wanting to be the next victim of his anger.<sub> </sub>


    He looked back at the model and shook his head. The model was one of the best in the industry and was promoting many products for Mu corporation.


    Today was her bad luck that she decided to cross her path with Mu Yuehan. Not only her career but her life was also gone.


    "Where to boss?" Li Tao asked in a terrified voice.


    Mu Yuehan thought for some time before replying, "Take me to the hospital where Missus Mu is hospitalized."


    He ced his head against the car seat and closed his eyes, again getting lost in memories.


    **


    Back to past


    The heart of Mu Yuehan was not still for even a second during the flight to Shanghai. He was feeling anxious. His heart was heavy as if something wrong was happening.


    So many times, he wished tomand the pilot to take a U-turn, to return to Juju ind, to his TianTian but he knew, she needed time.


    The moment his flightnded in Shanghai, the first thing he did was to call Nian Tian. He wanted to hear her voice. He again wanted to ask for her forgiveness, to appease her that he loved her and only her.


    He tried her number but it was not reachable. He tried it again and again but the answer was the same. He panicked. His heart thumped hard and he dialled the number of Marta.


    "Hello, Marta."


    **


    For a month, Mu Yuehan stayed at juju ind, searching for Nian Tian like a crazy man but she was gone. There was no trace of her or the van. The shadow guards, whom he had left behind were killed, the one left alive was not in the condition to say anything.


    When he called Marta, he broke down upon knowing that someone had kidnapped Nian Tian. He returned at that very moment and from then on, he was searching for her, without thinking of anything else or without contacting his family.


    He had searched dorks, airports, and roadways but he did not know the transport that her kidnappers had used to take her away.


    He knew they were professional and they were nning to kidnap her for a long time. They were only waiting for him to leave.


    "Marta, a team will arrive and take over the restaurant. If you want you can continue working here. Otherwise, you are free." Mu Yuehan spoke without any emotion.


    Marta nodded her head, feeling pity and sadness for him. Mu Yuehan was filled with so much light when he had first arrived here but now that light was gone.


    "Do inform me when you find her."


    Mu Yuehan nodded and left toward the awaited car. Marta looked at his back and sobbed with guilt, the guilt of not telling him about the baby.


    He was so broken by the news of the kidnapping of Nian Tian that she didn''t dare to tell him that he was going to be a father. She didn''t wish to do the sin of breaking him to the extent of not returning.

 Chapter 102 A Crack In The Mu Family

    "Boss." One of the guards walked toward Mu Yuehan.


    "Mm." Mu Yuehan was leaning against his chair in his jet with closed eyes.


    "Thedy who gave your identity card to Miss Nian was sent by missus Mu." The guard informed in a troubled voice. "A cheque worth one hundred million was also sent by her. A team of men was on standby mode. They were ready to kidnap Miss Nian on hermand."


    "Report." Mu Yuehan raised his hand and the guard ced a file in his hand. Mu Yuehan opened the file and crushed it when he saw clear evidence against his mother. Fury appeared in his eyes.


    "Not only that¡­." the guard passed him another file.


    **


    Like an injured lion, Mu Yuehan marched into the Mu mansion. His breathing was ragged and his eyes were pitch ck. He was seeing red. He wanted to kill his mother and sh that, stepmother.


    "Han Chunhua, I will not leave you." He roared and moved toward his mother and with ease, he picked her up from the couch, by holding her from her shirt cor.


    His siblings and father were also in the living room. They were left in shock after seeing this angry avatar of Mu Yuehan.


    "Tell me, why did you do this with me? Why?" he hollered, making the body of Han Chunhua shake vibrantly. She was in pain but Mu Yuehan did not care about it.


    "Yuehan, are you crazy? What are you doing?" Mu TianYu yelled and pushed Mu Yuehan away from his mother. He stood in front of his mother like a wall.


    Han Chunhua coughed hard and looked in the direction of Mu Yuehan with terrified eyes, well aware of the reason for his anger.


    "Move aside TianYu. Don''t force me to raise my hand on you." Mu Yuehan cautioned.


    "No, I will not move aside. What had happened to you? Why are you so angry at mother? Not only that, you didn''t even visit her when she was...¡­Ah¡­" Mu TianYu cried hard when Mu Yuehan pushed him away with full force.


    He marched toward Han Chunhua but was stopped by his father. His father, Mu Jichen ced his hand on his shoulder and looked at him with tender eyes.


    "What happened, tell me? Why this much anger on your mother? Tell¡­."


    "Don''t call her my mother." He bellowed. "Thisdy can''t be my mother, backstabbing murderer." He spat.


    Mu TianYu was about to attack Mu Yuehan when he heard such words from his mouth but Mu Jichen stopped him.


    "Dad," Mu Yuehan turned around and looked at his father with vulnerability. "Thisdy had sent a woman to my Nian Tian with a cheque and my identities. Nian Tian knew about my identity before I could tell her about the same. Not only that, but she also sent some men to kidnap her."


    "I lost my Nian Tian because of her. She has murdered me by snatching my love from me." Mu Yuehan pointed his finger toward Han Chunhua.


    "No, mom can''t do this." Mu TianYu looked at him with unbelievable expressions.


    "Ask her." Mu Yuehan yelled and looked at Han Chunhua. "Tell them, did you not n to separate me from my TianTian?"


    Han Chunhua looked at him with teary eyes. She was ready to confess when the next words of Mu Yuehan froze her.<sub> </sub>


    "Tell them, didn''t you enact your brain injury? Didn''t you direct your fake ident? Wasn''t this your way to lure me away from my Nian Tian? Tell them." He screamed. "Tell them, Dammit!"


    In his anger, Mu Yuehan punched at the ss table, breaking it into millions of pieces. Han Chunhua flinched and cowered back.


    "She can''t do anything."


    "That was what I thought." Mu Yuehan threw the file at his father. "Look at the pieces of evidence. She bribed the maids and the doctors. There is a detailed list of men she sent to kidnap Nian Tian."


    "Mom, did you do this?" Mu TianYu asked with tears in his eyes.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Han Chunhua with rage in his eyes. His breathing was ragged. He grunted his teeth hard. He wanted to tear thisdy apart.


    "Yes, yes, I did it. I wanted to separate that Qin girl from Yuehan. She is not of our standard. I acted to be injured." Han Chunhua confessed. "But I am not behind her kidnapping."


    "I know that, but you are the reason she is gone. She is gone. Someone else kidnapped her because of your trap. I lost her because of you. I lost her. I lost her."


    Mu Yuehan started to repeat the same sentence like crazy. Not able to take the pain of his son, Mu Jichen hugged him tight and soon, Mu Yuehan became unconscious in his arms due to stress and pain.


    **


    "Will he be alright?" Mu TianYu looked at an unconscious Mu Yuehan with concern.


    "Don''t know." Mu Jichen spoke truthfully with a shake of his head. There were unshed tears in his eyes. "When his mother died, my condition was just like his but I at least had him to guide me past my pain."


    Mu Jichen took a deep breath and removed his tears. "But he has no one. I don''t know how he will bear that she is gone. He will no longer be the same. He will never be the same."


    Mu TianYu looked down, feeling guilty. He failed to believe that his mother could be so cruel, separating two people in love.


    "Stay with him. I need to talk with your mother."


    Mu Jichen returned to the living room and saw Han Chunhua curled up on the couch. She was crying.


    Han Chunhua had heard that Mu Yuehan loved someone named Qin Tian. She investigated her and found her past. She thought Qin Tian was not a girl for their family. So, she nned all this.


    But she did not think of breaking the heart of Mu Yuehan in the process. She never thought that his feelings for Qin Tian were so deep and real.

 Chapter 103 I Will Make Her Mine By Hook Or Crook

    "Why did you do this?" Mu Jichen asked. "How can you hurt Han like this?"


    "Trust me." Han Chunhua took a hold of his hand. "I only wanted better for Yuehan and our family. You don''t know but that Qin girl is a gold-digger. Her image is not good. I have heard that she tried to kill someone at the age of sixteen."


    "Do you think I don''t know anything about her?" Mu Jichen spat. "I am Mu Yuehan''s father. I worry more for him than you. But still, I said my yes, didn''t I? Then why did you intervene? Are you smarter than me or Yuehan?"


    Han Chunhua shivered and betraying tears left her eyes.


    "You should have trusted Yuehan before doing anything. Look what you have done. That poor child is kidnapped and my son is broken beyond repair. I married you to give love to him, not to snatch the love of his life."


    Mu Jichen looked at her with disgust. "I am leaving. I am leaving this house for good. You can stay here with your kids."


    "Don''t say like this, please. Don''t leave me." She pleaded and tried to hold on to his hand but Mu Jichen shrugged it. He made his way toward the room of Mu Yuehan.


    **


    When Mu Yuehan woke up, he was no longer the same Mu Yuehan. The life from his eyes was gone. The smile on his lips vanished. A dark and dangerous aura naturally surrounded him.


    "Dad, I want your seat." He ordered, ready for takeover on Mu corporation.


    "It''s already yours." Mu Jichen gloomily looked at his son. "I n to retire in the Himyas, in the vi where I met your mother for the first time."


    "Good for you."


    It was good for his father to leave. Otherwise, he''d not be able to see the cmity which he was going to bring to the world and himself.


    The next day, Mu Yuehan was officially announced as the head of Mu Family and was given the chair of CEO and president of Mu Corporation.


    The moment he was in power, he made a team of efficient detectives, police officers, and army men to search for Nian Tian, all around the world.


    "I don''t care about money or lives. I want information about her at all cost."


    And the head of the team was Wang Wei!


    One lie of Mu Yuehan, the truth about his identity had snatched Nian Tian from him. If only he had told her the truth from the start, then maybe, she was going to be by his side at that moment.


    The anger of Nian Tian had destroyed her life. If only she had calmly thought about the love of Mu Yuehan for her, instead of focusing on his identity, then maybe, she was going to be with him, instead of getting kidnapped, and then living in a hell hole.


    If only, Han Chunhua hadn''t used her brain, maybe her family was not going to break like this. Maybe Mu Yuehan was not going to be away from her.


    One wrong decision cost them all a lot.


    shback End


    **


    Back to present


    Mu Yuehan walked toward Mu TianYu and ced his hand on his shoulder. Mu TianYu shivered when he saw his brother. It was like seeing his brother from four years back.


    "How is she?"


    "She is still in the operation room." Mu TianYu replied and Mu Yuehan nodded his head. "What happened?"<sub> </sub>


    "I found her."


    Mu TianYu knew who was her. He wanted to congratte his brother but the next words of Mu Yuehan shocked him. "But she does not remember me. She has a partial memory loss."


    Mu Yuehan turned and took a deep breath. "Call me with any new news about her."


    Mu TianYu nodded his head, not nning to stop his brother. He could understand the turmoil in the heart of his brother, his sufferings.


    **


    "You are weak."


    "You are pathetic."


    "There is no one to save you."


    "You are alone."


    "No one ising to save you. You are alone in this world."


    "You are weak...¡­..."


    The body of Zhou Liying shook vibrantly on her bed. Sweat covered her forehead. She was again hearing those voices, voices from her past, following after her.


    "No," she yelled and opened her eyes. She sat on the bed, gasping for breath.


    She ced her hand over her cheeks and felt wetness. She knew she was crying, crying in fear that no one was there for her, she was weak.


    "I am not weak. I am not alone." She murmured to herself in between long gasps. She picked up a ss of water and emptied its content.


    She stood up from the bed. She covered herself with her gown properly and walked toward the window. She opened it and entered the balcony. She took deep breaths.


    She was having this dream for thest four years; a dream of a man following after her, tormenting her, calling her weak and whatnot.


    Truthfully, after waking up from aa, she had nned to live a normal life but these dreams had forced her to be powerful. She did not want to be weak or alone.


    Now she had a team of hundreds of shadow guards ready at her order. She was safe and protected. She was in power.


    "I am not weak." She again murmured and removed her tears.


    **


    "What next, boss?" Li Tao asked and adjured the rear-view mirror.


    "Find a dress of driver for me. Also, call all the bodyguard or driver agencies, ordering them not to send any staff for the service of Zhou Liying. I will be her driver."


    "What are you nning boss?"


    "She thinks of me as her driver. So, I will win her heart by being her driver and bodyguard. That way, I will be close to her."


    He had already lost a chance to be with her, four years back but this time, he''d not lose her. He''d make her his by hook or crook!

 Chapter 104 A New Start To Win Her Heart

    "Where were you son?" Fan Yifeng covered his eyes when he felt sharp lights.


    "Dad, what are you doing here? Why didn''t you sleep till now?" he asked, throwing his keys randomly on the couch.


    "Answer me. Don''t question me back." His father, Fan Zixin raised his voice. "Where were you?"


    "I was with TongTong. She was craving ice cream."


    "TongTong, TongTong, TongTong, can''t you think about anything other than her?" Fan Zixin yelled and threw a ss vase in the direction of Fan Yifeng.


    Fan Zixin was fuming with anger. Five hundred million was a big thing for him. He did not expect his son to do such an extravagant expenditure for Qin Yutong. He bought a wedding gown worth five hundred million, like really!


    Fan Yifeng dodged the vase in a nick of time. He red at his father. "Dad, what''s wrong? What has gotten into you?"


    "You are asking me this, seriously? Don''t you know what you have done?" Fan Zixin pped a file on the table. "How dare of you to buy a dress worth half a billion for Qin Yutong? Did you not think about the financial condition of our family before buying it?"


    "I am not saying anything to you about your help to the Qin family but what is this?" he yelled.


    Hearing the loudmotion, the mother of Fan Yifeng, Li Na came out of her room. She ced her hand over the shoulder of her husband and asked, "what happened?"


    "This prince here has bought a dress worth half a billion, rubbish."


    Li Na gasped and looked at Fan Yifeng. "Why did you?"


    Li Na liked Qin Yutong during the time they were dating. She was the one who supported her the most when Qin Tian tried to seduce Fan Yifeng. But her love turned to disgust when Qin Yutong joined the film industry and when Li Na realised that Qin corporation was empty from the inside.


    "I bought this dress to save my face." Fan Yifeng yelled, not at all loving the way his father was talking with him. "And for your kind information dad, I have used my personal money."


    "Used your personal money for the dress? Why didn''t you use that money for investing in Fan corporation? Don''t you know, our ongoing projects are already at the stage ofpletion and we don''t have any new projects from thest three years?"


    "You know I am trying dad." He red at his father. "You don''t need to teach me what to do. I am already in contact with Mu corporation. I will also try to make a connection with Zhou corporations."


    "Don''t overreact that I have bought a dress worth half a billion, you know our business is earning quite more than that. Now I will take your leave."


    Fan Yifeng angrily made his way toward his room. He was midway when he heard his father, "That Qin Tian was way better than Qin Yutong. At least she was smart in business and helped you with it. But this Qin Yutong, she is a donkey in a beautiful dress. Useless."


    Fuming in anger, Fan Zixin slumped down on the couch. He felt lucky to have saved some properties in his name when giving his inheritance to Fan Zixin. At least, he had enough money to spend his retirement life without any worry.


    Fan Yifeng entered his room and threw away a vase aside in anger. He was feeling hell angry. Today was the worst day of his life.


    First, he had spent his hard-earned money on a wedding dress, then he saw a glimpse of Zhou Liying in the hospital and now this.


    Smash!<sub> </sub>


    He gasped hard and pulled out his phone. He made a call. "Find out if Qin Tian has returned to the country or not. I think I saw her."


    **


    The next day


    Wearing the uniform of security service under Mu corporations, Mu Yuehan arrived in front of the building where Zhou Liying resided.


    He leaned against a pole and started to look at the entrance, waiting for her to make her appearance. His heart was feeling uneasy. He wanted to see her.


    His left foot was bouncing on the ground with anticipation.


    There she walked out of the apartment building, wearing a tight-fitted shirt and pencil skirt.


    The heart of Mu Yuehan skipped a beat and his breath hitched in his throat. He looked at Zhou Liying with admiring eyes, recollecting the memories of her body under his arms. Those legs which so sensually wrapped around his back, her killer heels.


    "Ah." He took a deep breath to get himself under his control. He could not make any mistake. One mistake could cost him a lot.


    Zhou Liying walked out of the building and looked at her driver cum bodyguard with admiration. She was not able to see his featuresst night because it was dark but now that she saw him, she must say, he was handsome.


    If not for her bodyguard, he could easily pass as being her one-night stand.


    With more than six feet of height, a strong body, a graceful aura, and beautiful features on his face, Mu Yuehan in her eyes looked like a perfect man for boyfriend material. She felt enchanted by his handsomeness.


    With her each step, she felt weird feelings building in her heart. She felt as if she knew him. She looked at him, up and down, trying to find some simrity but she did not find any.


    Min Yue was following after her. She passed the car keys to Mu Yuehan and he went to retrieve the car from parking. He returned with the car and opened the back door for Zhou Liying, "Miss."


    Zhou Liying nodded and entered the car, followed by Min Yue. She shook her head, to shoe away the thoughts of Mu Yuehan from her mind.


    Mu Yuehan adjusted the rear-view mirror, so he could see the face of Zhou Liying during driving. A small smile appeared on his lips because he had caught her checking him out and he liked it.


    "Have you investigated him?" Zhou Liying asked and red at the seat of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan sighed with relief. Last night, he got fake identities prepared for himself. All the wrong proves were delivered to Min Yue. Zhou Liying would never doubt him after seeing his reports.


    "Yes, miss. Here are his reports. He is Hanhan. His reports so far are very good, unto your standard."


    Zhou Liying nodded and took the file.

 Chapter 105 Drinking A Cup Of Vinegar

    Have you ever wished to climb up the highest peak of Mount Everest and cry out loud?


    Have you ever wished to sneak inside a consort, climb up on the stage and confess your love in front of thousands of audiences?


    Have you ever wished to shout from the top of thergest building that ''you are in love?''


    Have you ever wished to stop your car in a trafficked area, step out from the car and inform every passer-by that yourdy love was sitting on the back seat of your car?


    At that particr moment, Mu Yuehan was feeling all this. The anger, the uncontroble murderous desires fromst night vanished from his heart when he looked at her, his love.


    "Have you arranged meetings with the investors, I gave you a list of?" Zhou Liying questioned Min Yue.


    "Yes, Miss. I have. I have made an appointment with all of them." Min Yue then passed her I-pad. "Here is the list of new corporations which have sent their proposals to us. I have scrutinized some corporations whose proposal I liked."


    Zhou Lying nodded and took the I-pad from her hand. She started to look at the names and details of cooperation in which they could invest.


    "So professional!" Mu Yuehan murmured to himself, stealing nces at Zhou Liying from time to time.


    He was loving the way she was working so hard, even though, she had arrived in Shanghai two days back only. He wanted toment, ''Impressive'' but if only he had the right to say so.


    Soon, I would have the right to praise you. Soon, you will be discussing your projects with me. Soon, I will again win your heart.


    Unconsciously, Mu Yuehan started to whistle in delight at his thoughts. His whistling was not liked by Zhou Liying at all. She felt disturbed because of it.


    "Stop whistling." She ordered and Mu Yuehan immediately stopped whistling.


    A gorgeous smile appeared on his lips, on hearing hermand. He felt a dominating auraing from her and he liked it.


    ''Is this how Li Tao feels whenever I order him to stop smiling or whistling when he drives the car?''


    "Have you contacted the people from Mu corporation?"


    Mu Yuehan gripped hard on steering when he heard the words of Zhou Liying. He was reminded of the meeting thest night. He felt a pulse in his forehead thumping hard.


    This deal was an important chance for him to get close to Zhou Liying. He did not want any blunder in this partnership.


    "Yes, I did. Soon, I will set a meeting with them."


    "Good, what about Mu Yuehan? Any contact with his secretary?" she asked. "When can I meet him?"


    Mu Yuehan wanted to chuckle when he heard her. If only she knew that Mu Yuehan at that very moment was driving her car and he was crazy for her.<sub> </sub>


    "I tried to contact his assistant but till now there is no reply."


    "Try again for thest time. If he still does not answer then warn the team from Mu corporations. What does Mu Yuehan think of himself? He can walk over to me. If he thinks he is busy, then I am busier than him." She dered. "I am no less than him."


    Mu Yuehan took his lower lip in between his teeth and again looked at her. She was looking fiery, but in his eyes, she was looking very cute.


    He liked the way she said, she was no less than him. He liked it very much.


    At that moment, he wished to transfer all his properties to her and be her servant. He wanted to make her the money earner, mistress of his house while himself doing the day-to-day work at home.


    "Did you investigate him?"


    "I did. But there is hardly any information on him."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and looked out. She murmured under her breath but her murmur was enough for Mu Yuehan to hear her. "Try to get your hand on information about him. I want to know more about my enemy."


    Funny, when he had first heard about Zhou corporations, he also took Zhou Liying as his enemy. He wanted to know more about her and that was why he had ordered Wang Wei to look into her information.


    He was ready to fight head off with her in the business world and now, she nned to do the same. Zhou Liying was all ready to fight with Mu Yuehan to get a hold over the market of Shanghai.


    ''Will she fight with me, her husband?'' Mu Yuehan thought and grinned. ''By the way, wouldn''t the economy of Shanghai shake at the news of our marriage? Combination of two big corporations like Zhou and Mu will be such a piece of big news?''


    Mu Yuehan started to tap on the steering out of happiness.


    In his mind, he was already imagining his future with Zhou Liying and the future of the Shanghai economy. He was thinking ahead of himself, instead of thinking about how he was going to pursue hisdy love, who had changed in the past four years.


    "Min Yue, search for a high-ss club in the city where I can find some man."


    The temperature of the car dropped when Mu Yuehan heard the words of Zhou Liying. He looked ahead with a frosty gaze. His grip on the steering tightened.


    Min Yue felt the sudden change in the temperature and she shivered. Zhao Liying also felt the change and she frowned. She looked out from the window, to find it sunny.


    "Increase the temperature of the air-conditioner." She ordered Mu Yuehan.


    She waspletely unaware that someone was feeling hell jealous and possessive at that moment. He was cold. His eyes were icy ck with the capacity of freezing anyone.


    ''Finding another man, over my dead body.'' He grumbled under his breath. ''She will never be able to find another man except for me. Wherever she will go, she will find me and only me.''


    He humped with satisfaction and the temperature of the car automatically increased, without him changing it in the air conditioner.

 Chapter 106 HanHan- The Best Bodyguard

    Instead of taking the private elevator and making her way directly to her office, Zhou Liying decided to inspect the working area of the corporation.


    With Min Yue and Mu Yuehan behind her, she made her way toward various departments, in the name of a surprise visit.


    The world wouldugh if it got to know how Mu Yuehan was following after someone. The mighty Mu Yuehan, who loved to lead was now following after someone for the very first time.


    Mu Yuehan also thought about the same but he dismissed that thought immediately. If wives can follow their husbands around then what was wrong with a husband following his wife around?


    Especially when the back view of his wife was so tempting!


    ''Beware, our boss is on a round.'' This message was immediately spread to the personal groups of the corporation. So everyone could prepare themselves for her visit.


    "Give me the report, of thetest proposal, on which you are working on." Zhou Liying randomly knocked on the workstation of one of the employees and made her demand.


    Mu Yuehan was silently following behind her and looked at her with awe-struck eyes. He noticed how employees were shivering when looking at her. He saw some held fear and some held respect. They were looking highly at her.


    She was ady. In his work experience, he had noticed thatdies usually failed to keep such control over her employees, especially over men. They rarely surrendered in front of women. But Zhou Liying was different. She held full control over everyone.


    "Don''t you dare to think that I will be lenient to you because I am ady! Instead of making body, you should concentrate on the ounts of your department." Zhou Liying reprimanded the ountant who had tried to impress her with his good looks and body.


    Mu Yuehan admired Zhou Liying. She was no longer the same, the one who hated being with the CEO. Now, she was a headstrong CEO. Her attitude, her aura, the way she was presenting herself, everything was changed.


    She was no longer his old Nian Tian but she was changed and he liked it. Her changes did not lessen his love for her because he loved her heart and soul.


    After her round, Zhou Liying entered her office. Min Yue took her seat at her station, outside the cabin of Zhou Liying. Mu Yuehan followed behind Zhou Liying and entered her office.


    "You don''t need to follow me inside my cabin. You can have your seat beside Min Yue." Zhou Liying informed him dismissingly.


    "I am sorry, miss, but I am trained to stay in the office with my client." Mu Yuehan stood straight. "And don''t worry about the secrets of your business. I have signed a confidential document. I would never leak what I hear."


    His voice was crisp and clear as if he was reporting to a head in the military.


    Zhou Liying was impressed with his upright posture and his crisp voice which did something in her stomach.<sub> </sub>


    "But what if I don''t want you here in my office?" Zhou Liying leaned toward him, trying to intimidate him.


    ''Me, leaving your office, in your dream.'' Mu Yuehan scoffed. ''Get ready Miss Zhou Liying, to see my face for twenty-four seven because I Mu Yuehan is not going to leave you alone.''


    "Sorry Miss. I cannot take such an order from you, especially after what happened with myst client. You will not believe it but an ex of myst client had entered her office. He had tried to molest her. She was lucky that I had entered her office for a timely check on her."


    "After that incident, I have strict orders from my boss, to stay closer to my client, to not leave her side at any cost." He dered.


    "What if I fire you for not taking my orders?" she red at him.


    "You can fire me then. I must warn you, I am the best bodyguard in the whole of Shanghai. You can check my records. You will never find a better bodyguard than me. If you want to be safe then let me protect you in the way I want."


    Zhou Liying nodded and then pointed toward a stool in the corner of her office. "Take your seat there, and dare of you if you make any noise."


    Mu Yuehan walked toward the stool and grumbled. It was too small for his height, but still, he took his seat on it as apromise.


    Zhou Liying looked at him with suspicion. She turned around and powered on herptop. She opened the report that Min Yue received in the morning. It heldplete details of HanHan, the name which Mu Yuehan had used as her bodyguard.


    ''Working as a bodyguard from the age of sixteen. Completed ten years of his service recently.''


    ''He worked as the guard of the president for two years but left his job when Missus president tried to seduce him, intrigued by his handsomeness. Mister president thinks very highly of him. He was his closest subordinate. He was always near the president, around the clock. He had taken three bullets, caught five people nning the murder of the president, single handily.''


    ''He had worked with a designer in Italy. He protected her when a group of ten tried to molest her.''


    ''He had worked as a guard of a journalist. He protected her by risking his own life, giving her cover during a bomb st. Not only that, but some politicians also tried to kidnap her during the night but he saved her by fighting with the kidnappers.''


    ''Recently, he saved a model when her ex tried to molest him. He was beside her and was able to stop her ex from killing her using a gun. He saved the same model from getting poisoned by her own family.''


    ''On the whole, HanHan is the best bodyguard. Though he is handsome and people think his good intentions as flirting, but he knows what he is doing. He will do anything to protect his client.''


    Zhou Liying sighed and closed the report about him. She sneakily looked at him, remembering how Missus president was charmed by him and why not, he was such an eye candy after all.

 Chapter 107 Impressed By Her

    Mu Yuehan ced his right ankle over his left leg. He ced his elbow over his left thigh and head over his palm. He started to ogle at hisdy love. His love-filled eyes were stuck on her.


    He knew he had nothing to do for the whole day, except for sitting on this stool like this.


    Would he feel bored?


    The answer was no.


    Why''d he felt bored when he had her to ogle at? He could spend his whole life looking at her face, and this was only a day. So, how would he get bored?


    He knew she''d look into his report after seeing his behaviour toward her. That was why he got the best report prepared for himself. Not only that, but the people in the report were already bought.


    They''d act as a witness that HanHan was their bodyguard and was a very capable one. There was no fear to him that Zhou Liying would kick him out.


    **


    "Mister Wang from Gold electronics is here." Min Yue informed Zhou Liying over the inte. On getting permission, she let mister Wang inside her office.


    Zhou Liying straightened her back and looked at Mister Wang with shrewd eyes, trying to catch his emotions and his dedication toward the partnership with the Zhou corporation.


    "It''s really ady. I didn''t believe at first that ady can be CEO of Zhou corporation." Mister Wang rxingly took his seat on the chair opposite her, looking at Zhou Liying as if she was nothing in his eyes.


    Zhou Liying raised her brows at his attitude. Killing instinct passed her eyes.


    ''How dare of this man to judge her only because she is ady?''


    She quickly messaged someone on her phone. She then smirked and looked at Mister Wang.


    "Yes, I am ady. Is there any problem with that?"


    Mu Yuehan smirked when he heard her. Her voice was cold and chilly. He liked it. He also caught a trace of mischief in her voice. He knew something was cooking in her head.


    This Mister Wang, who dared to judge her because she was ady was dead meat.


    Mu Yuehan leaned against his seat rxingly and watched the show that his wife was going to direct. He knew, her way of treating her client would not be any less than his.


    She held his dominance, his aura and his attitude!


    "No problem." Mister Wang grinned and licked his lips. "Instead, I think it will be easy for me to get into a partnership with Zhou corporations. You seedies are not as capable as a man."


    "Is that so? Do you thinkdies are incapable?" Zhou Liying tilted her head. "Then you must be mistaken mister. I guess you have not heard about my tyrant in London. Let me put an example for you."


    And with that, Zhou Liying pushed her phone toward him. On her phone was a full detail of his family and business. It also enlisted the dirty details hidden by the Wang family.


    Zhou Liying pulled her phone back. She opened another photo, "Also here. You may be incapable of getting your son into army school but I am capable enough to get his name cklisted."


    "You did what?" Mister Wang spat and stood up from his seat with her phone in his hand. He was looking at the admission form of his son and there was a cklisted stamp over it.<sub> </sub>


    "I did nothing. I only gave you a sneak peek of what ady like me can do. Now leave my office. I don''t deal with men with your type of mentality." Her voice boomed around the room, making Mister Wang shiver in fear.


    He was feeling angry about his insult but at the same time, he felt fearful of her aura. If she could get his son cklisted within a few minutes, god knew what she could do when given more time.


    "Hanhan, throw this garbage out."


    Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and walked toward Mister Wang. Taking the benefit of his height, he picked Mister Wang from his cor and threw him out of the office of Zhou Liying.


    Mu Yuehan returned. He took his seat and position like before.


    Next to enter the office of Zhou Liying, were twodies in theirte twenties.


    "I have seen your proposal." Zhou Liying closed the file of their proposal. "Tell me, why should I invest in your publishing firm? There are already many well-established publishing firms in Shanghai."


    "Because we are unique." Thedy opposite her replied with confidence.


    Zhou Liying raised her brow at her confidence and started to twirl her pen around her fingers. "Unique, how?"


    "Because we focus on women empowerment. The world may have advanced but still, there are many publishing firms which don''t give girls a chance to be an author. Books, where the female is weak, are preferred over the books where the male is weak."


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    "I am the victim of this. I wrote a book where a female lead was the CEO and the male lead was her driver. The book was rejected because no one wants to see a weak male hero. I want this tform where girls and females can write openly."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head. She knew the idea ofdies was rubbish. No one would approach them first. But she was impressed with their motto,dy''s empowerment.


    "Prepare a presentation and mail it to my assistant." She spoke and sent off thedies.


    ''She is still kind-hearted.'' Mu Yuehan thought.


    He knew the idea of thosedies was rubbish.


    Take his publishingpany for an example, most of the employees and authors were female. The stories were also female-oriented, with a powerful female lead.


    Zhou Liying gave them a chance only out of sympathy and he knew that. He liked it.


    She may have be crafty but her heart was still kind and sympathetic like before.


    "Miss, Mister Qin is here. He wants to see you." Zhou Liying received an inte from Min Yue. Her eyes narrowed.


    "What is he doing here? I remember not seeing his name on the list."


    "His name was not there. He came here without an invitation. His proposal was not of our standard, so I didn''t shortlist it." Min Yue informed. "Should I let him in?"


    "No need. He doesn''t know about my identity and I want this fact to remain the same. Let him wait for me outside the office." She ordered and ended the call, leaving the rest on Min Yue.


    ''Ha, he tortured me in the past, thinking I was weak. Get ready Mister Qin Yihong. Now I am way too more powerful than you. It''s my turn to torture you. You wait and watch how I will squeeze you and your family under my feet!

 Chapter 108 Sharing The Same Plate Of Food

    "When will you let me in her office?" Qin Yihong yelled with irritation. He red at Min Yue. "I am waiting for thest one hour but still there is no reply from your miss. Is she insulting me by not seeing me?"


    "Mister Qin, I have told you that she is busy. She will be able to see you only when she will get some time." Min Yue informed him in her professional tone.


    "Time? Why is she so busy? She is just showing attitude. What''s there in her to show such¡­."


    "Mister Qin, mind your words." Min Yue warned. "Don''t forget, where you are standing. If I want I can call the guards to get you thrown out."


    "You mare secretary, how dare of you to threaten me? You don''t know who I am?" he roared angrily.


    "I know who you are." Min Yue leaned toward him. Her aura was bing dangerous. "You are the owner of a sinking ship. But you don''t know who I am. Call any employee from Zhou corporation and ask them about Min Yue. You will know, my position is second to Miss Zhou."


    "Now, it''s your decision, do you want to sit on your chair quietly or should I call the guards to get you kicked out?" She spoke coldly and turned her attention toward herptop.


    Min Yue wanted to get Qin Yihong kicked out of the office building but she also wanted to enjoy his plea on waiting for her miss who was never going to see him.


    Qin Yihong grumbled and returned to his seat. He needed the help of Zhou Liying urgently otherwise he''d have created a big scene by now.


    He was aware, sooner orter, Fan corporations would stop supporting him. He needed a permanent solution and Zhou corporations seemed to be one.


    Besides, from his deceased sister, he had once heard the name of Zhou corporations by ident. He knew his sister knew someone from inside. He nned to use his sister to get a deal with Zhou corporations


    Fool, if only he knew!


    **


    When the lunch delivery of Zhou Liying arrived at her office, Mu Yuehan beat Min Yue in epting it.


    "You do your work. I will serve Miss." He informed Min Yue and epted the delivery.


    Like an expert, he served the food on the small table ced in the office of Zhou Liying. He smirked and looked at the food.


    Zhou Liying closed herptop screen and stood up from her chair. She walked toward the attached bathroom to wash her hands. She returned and took her seat on the couch beside the table where her food was served.


    She picked up the chopstick and was about to have her food when Mu Yuehan stopped her. "Miss, let me taste your food first, to ensure that it''s not poisonous."


    "And how will you know if it''s poisonous or not?" Zhou Liying asked, feeling intrigued. This bodyguard of hers was something.


    "During training, I was fed nearly all types of poisons. I am immune to them. Not only that, I can identify its presence by tasting a food item." He informed.


    Zhou Lying knew some people had such capabilities. She had heard from her uncle that her father could also identify the presence of poison in a food item by tasting it.


    That was why she did not doubt Mu Yuehan and let him taste her food. Besides, she had so many enemies. She was already poisoned twice. So, it was no harm to let him taste her food, if it meant that she was safe.


    "Taste it."


    Mu Yuehan grinned inwardly. He happily picked up his chopsticks and tasted the food. He chewed it slowly and once ensured that it was safe, he let her have it.


    ''She is having the food which is first tasted by me. Isn''t it like sharing the same te of food?''he thought inwardly.<sub> </sub>


    "You should also order your lunch. I don''t want you to die out of hunger." Zhou Liying said and eyed him.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to jump with excitement when he heard her.


    ''Is she concerned for me? Yes, she is.''


    Zhou Liying was noticing each expression on his face with narrowed eyes. She was continuously feeling his eyes on herself. Also, he had a smiley face which was umon amongst the guard, they were always poker-faced. His presence was irritating to her.


    She''d have fired him by now. But she didn''t know what was stopping her from doing so.


    Was it his good record or was it her heart which wanted him to be near around him?


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    ''Liying, stop thinking about rubbish. He is just a simple guard. Not of your standard. You can only sleep with him. Nothing more. Your target is to marry a man who not onlypletes you but also brings some money to your empire.''


    **


    After having his lunch and clearing the table where Zhou Liying had her lunch, Mu Yuehan returned to his original position. He pulled out his phone from his pocket and checked for any notification from Zhan Wei or Li Tao.


    Last night, he had turned on a function in his phone due to which, all calls on his phone were forwarded either to Li Tao or Zhan Wei. He could only receive a call from Zhan Wei or Li Tao.


    Zhan Wei was asked to call him during the nighttime or at the time when it was a severe emergency. Otherwise, he was also banned from calling him.


    Mu Yuehan did not want to get disturbed by the calls from his work. He wanted to focus all his time on Zhou Liying. Using his handsomeness, he wanted to make her addicted to his presence in her office and around herself.


    **


    "I am sorry Mister Qin but miss had left the office due to some urgent work. Please visit some other time." Min Yue informed, not at all looking guilty or concerned.


    "What do you mean? How can she leave without meeting me?" Mister Qin gritted his teeth.


    "I have informed you, that her schedule is very tight for the next one week. You can only meet her with a sheen of luck."


    "You did not say that." Mister Qin used.


    Min Yue rolled her eyes and did what she was itching to do from the afternoon. She called the guards and asked them to escort Mister Qin out.


    "You have disturbed many of our employees. Now leave."


    Qin Yihong grumbled under his breath and left the office, escorted by guards. Once he was gone, Min Yue picked up the inte and reported. "He left."


    "Good, we will also leave in five minutes. Pack your stuff." Zhou Liying spoke with satisfaction.


    She knew Qin Yihong was very insulted by her because so far, no one had dared to make him wait for so long.


    Zhou Liying: 1


    Qin Family: -1

 Chapter 109 Her Mother Was Murdered

    From the window of her car, Zhou Liying looked at Qin Yihong. He was waiting for his car which was driven by a driver. She scoffed and anger shed in her eyes.


    She felt hate and anger when looking at her uncle. She did not feel this hate when seeing other family members but his story was different.


    Her uncle had not only tortured her in the past, but he had also insulted her mother on many asions, even after her death. He had brought the Qin family business, which was nurtured by the hard work of her mother, to the brink of bankruptcy.


    This man deserved her anger and hate.


    "You have insulted my mother, Qin Yihong. Now, her daughter will take her revenge." She pledged. She would slowly snatch everything from his hand, leaving him with nothing but destruction.


    "Miss, how did your mom die?" Min Yue asked cautiously.


    "A nned ident."


    Mu Yuehan became rigid when he heard her. He caught sadness and pain in her voice which acted like a knife in his heart.


    "Miss, if you don''t mind, can you tell me some more about her ident? Maybe mypany will be able to find the murderer."


    "Do you think I haven''t tried to look for the murderer?" she narrowed her eyes at him. "It happened long years back. There is no clue. We don''t even have a lead." She yelled at him with anger.


    She poured out all her anger at her failure at Mu Yuehan. She had tried to find the murderer of her mother so many times but she always failed.


    "It can be the Qin family." Mu Yuehan spoke, analysing the reasons in his mind.


    "They can be. The murderer can also be her business enemies or the man who killed my father. It can be anyone."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He made a note in his mind to ask his PI team to investigate the ident of her mother.


    Maybe it had something to do with the kidnapping of Zhou Liying four years back or with the hitman whom his shadow guards caught two days ago.


    **


    They arrived at the penthouse and Mu Yuehan followed after her.


    "Miss, do you have an extra room where I can stay? So, I can always be at your service?" Mu Yuehan asked.


    By now, Zhou Liying knew, he was not going to leave her alone. So, she nodded toward Min Yue. "Allot him one of the servant quarter."


    Min Yue nodded and gave him the keys to the servant quarter.


    Mu Yuehan entered inside the servant quarter and cringed. It was way too small. For thest four years, he had be habitual of staying in luxurious penthouses. Not to forget, the penthouse where Zhou Liying was staying once belonged to him. So the box-like house felt quite small to him.


    "I have to be satisfied with it if I want to stay near her." He consoled himself.


    He took out his phone and made a call to Li Tao, ordering him to pick him up after fifteen minutes.


    **


    Zhou Liying entered her penthouse, followed by Min Yue. "Ask our investigators to have a detailed search on Hanhan. There is something fishy about him." She ordered.


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    "If possible, contact the references in his report. Ask about his reputation and the reason he left his job."<sub> </sub>


    "Ok miss."


    Min Yue left her penthouse, only to collide with Mu Yuehan. "Where are you going at this hour of the night?" she narrowed her eyes and looked at him with doubt.


    "To retrieve my stuff from my old house." Mu Yuehan replied.


    Min Yue nodded her head at his exnation and let him go.


    Mu Yuehan smirked and made his way out of the building and toward the car driven by Li Tao.


    **


    Once Min Yue left the penthouse, Zhou Liying made her way toward her room. She changed into her bikini which consisted of a top with two strings holding it from the back and a bottom which covered only her private parts.


    She wore an overcoat over her bikini and made her way toward the swimming pool. With awe, she looked at the pool. It was quite huge and looked gorgeous under the sky filled with stars.


    She removed her overcoat and threw it aside, she dived inside the pool and started to swim. Coldwater floating over her body was making her body wet and rxed.


    She looked so sensual in her bikini, all wet, under the dark sky. If Mu Yuehan was to see her like this now, he''d die of a heart attack. She was looking so erotic when swimming like a mermaid.


    Zhou Liying swam toward the edge of the pool, overlooking the city. She knew, that no one could see her from such a height. So, she removed her bikini and ced it on the poolside.


    She let the cool water wash over all her body parts. "This city is gorgeous." Shemented.


    She pushed against the wall of the pool and started to back float, looking at the beautiful sky, full of stars. Perks of having a penthouse at such a height. You could have a clear view of the sky.


    Zhou Liying swam for some more time beforeing out of the pool,pletely nude. She covered her body with a bathrobe and made her way toward her room.


    She dried herself beforeying down on the bed. She covered her nude body with a nket and fell asleep.


    **


    "Have youpleted your work?"


    "Check the printouts. There should be no mistake in them."


    "Boss has arrived. Be quick. Quickly set the reports in the meeting room."


    The whole office was in chaos, especially the department working on theke project. They knew, their lives were at stake tonight. They had to impress Mu Yuehan with their presentation otherwise, their jobs were gone.


    "Where are the photo prints of the presentation?" someone yelled desperately.


    "They are in the machine. It will take me time. I can''t ask the machine to work faster."


    Employees of theke city project were tired and irritated because of working throughout the night and without a break. They had pleaded to Zhan Wei to help them out but he denied it, and the same was the case with Li Tao.


    "Be quick, boss is in his elevator. Prepare everything for the meeting, fast."

 Chapter 110 Mu Yuehan Will Let Zhou Liying Climb Higher Than Him.

    "Hey man, I heard what happenedst night?" Zhan Wei teased. "Why this sudden scary mood? I thought you''d be shining like a sun after meeting your TianTian. Is there any possibility that she doesn''t remember you?"


    Zhan Wei heard what happened thest night. But he was too busy attending the meetings in ce of Mu Yuehan that he didn''t ask the reason for the sudden change in him.


    "She does not remember me." Mu Yuehan confirmed deadpanned. Zhan Wei looked at him with wide eyes.


    "Your luck in love is worse than me." Zhan Wei shook his head. "At least Jingyan knows who I am. She may be away from me but she has not forgotten about me."


    "Hey, don''tpare yourself with me." Mu Yuehan chided. "You are pussy. You don''t know how to follow after your love, unlike me. I can guarantee, that within a month I will be back with my sweetie. Think about yourself."


    Zhan Wei grumbled under his breath. "I''d have followed her if she loved me."


    "We both know she loves you." Mu Yuehan looked at him with deadpanned expression. "It''s you who does not know how to pursue after her."


    "No, I¡­."


    Mu Yuehan interrupted him, not willing to hear some excuse from his friend. "Stop wasting my time. I don''t have time and energy to waste on you. After doing my work, I need to return home to have some rest."


    Zhan Wei cursed under his breath, feeling pain in his heart. Mu Yuehan had touched the weak spot in his heart, his weakness of not following after Jingyan, to not being able to support her in the time when she needed him the most.


    He fisted his fist and entered after Mu Yuehan, in the conference hall.


    The conference hall fell into silence with the presence of Mu Yuehan and Zhan Wei. Some employees sighed with relief when they saw Zhan Wei. Everyone knew Zhan Wei held a soft spot for the employees. He always stopped Mu Yuehan from torturing the poor them.


    "Start the meeting." Mu Yuehan ordered after taking his seat.


    Like yesterday night, tonight also, he was imitating a dangerous dark aura. It made many employees shitless scared of him. They all started to pray for their presentation.


    Mu Yuehan opened his file while listening to Fang Lin. She was the one giving the presentation.


    "Stop." Mu Yuehan again interrupted the presentation in between.


    Hearing his order, many employees stepped backwards in fear. They started to shiver and looked at Zhan Wei with expected eyes. They did not want to lose their jobs.


    Everyone knew it was not easy for a person to find a job after getting fired from Mu corporation. They were treated as ipetent by the other corporations. Their career would be over if they were fired.


    "Fang Lin,e here." He ordered. His voice was dangerous and full of threat.


    Fang Lin gulped and walked toward him. She stopped a few inches away from him, showing a strong front. She was the daughter of one of the influential families of the city. She was also a friend of Mu Yifei. So, she was sure that Mu Yuehan would not fire her.


    "Did you know, your father and my sister have praised highly of your skills and that was why I have appointed you, didn''t you?" his voice was low and full of threat.


    "I know and I am trying to do my best." Fang Lin said, not knowing why Mu Yuehan had stopped her presentation in the middle. It was good.<sub> </sub>


    "Do you call this presentation a work of skill?" he pped the file on his table. "Are you sure you studied at the best architecture university? This presentation is trash."


    Fang Lin fisted her hands and looked down, feeling insulted. "I tried to do my best. I don''t know where my mistake is."


    "Your mistake. Have you seen the presentation of Zhou corporations? It was excellent. Your presentation is nothing." He sneered and asked Li Tao to y the presentation from Zhou corporation.


    "Look at it and learn something." Mu Yuehan snarled and looked at other employees. "You all watch it carefully and learn something."


    Fang Lin fumed when she heard Zhou corporations. She had already received the presentation but she had not watched it because of her ego. She wanted to prove herself the best.


    The presentation was yed and employees were left in awe with the quality of it. Everything was exined in clear detail. It was not hard to understand the presentation without a presenter.


    Many employees understood the reason for the anger of Mu Yuehan. They understood that their presentation was nothing inparison to that of Zhou''s.


    Many employees were inwardly cursing Fang Lin. If only she had taken this presentation as an example, they would have worked hard, keeping it in their minds.


    "I need a presentation of this standard within the next two days. Use three-dimensional technology or anything. But I need it. Mind you, it''s yourst chance."


    Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and left with Zhan Wei and Li Tao. The moment he left, the members of theke city project started to scold Fang Lin.


    "We got all the scoldings only because of your ego. You were the one who denied to share their presentation with us."


    "Look at your idea and look at their ideas. No big deal, we nearly lost this project."


    "You need to work hard otherwise, we will be forced to request the boss to change you as our leader."


    Fang Lin returned to her office and threw away a vase aside in her anger. She felt insulted. Mu Yuehan insulted her in front of her colleagues. If only she was in power!


    **


    "That presentation was amazing. I must say, Zhou Liying will give you a stiffpetition in future." Zhan Wei teased and as expected, he saw the proud smile on the lips of Mu Yuehan.


    Li Tao was shocked to see that smile. He thought Mu Yuehan would get angry. He always believed in finishing off hispetitors before they could climb high, instead of feeling proud of them.


    ''Breaking news, boss is ready to let Miss Zhou climb higher than him.''


    "Isn''t it great? Finally, I have found someone topete with, and I am lucky that it''s my TianTian." Mu Yuehan spoke with love stuck expression.


    "Congrattions my friend, your heart is back. I am so happy." Zhan Wei removed his fake tears.


    He was feeling quite happy for Mu Yuehan. He prayed that Mu Yuehan would get closer to Zhou Liying as soon as possible,pleting his love story, unlike him.

 Chapter 111 Looking At The List Of Men With Whom She Slept

    "Boss, I have sent the detailed report of Miss Zhou. You can have a look at it." Wang Wei informed. His heart was beating fast out of fear. "The hospital reports are notplete though. They were already destroyed by Zhou Yonge."


    "Let me check it."


    Mu Yuehan opened his email. He frowned when he saw little information about her. The columns of hobbies and interests were filled with nil.


    "What is this?" he barked. "Why isn''t there any information about her hobbies?"


    "Because it''s the fact. From my sources, I learned, that she had spent all her time in her office. Her free time also went by working. Her only hobby can be said to be visiting clubs, having boyfriends and sleeping with them."


    Mu Yuehan clutched his fist hard.


    Was Zhou Liying living a life like him, thinking about work all the time?


    When Wang Wei did not hear anything from Mu Yuehan, he sighed in relief. He was not able to find anything about Zhou Liying. So, using his brain, he had made this excuse.


    He knew Zhou Liying was quite a workaholic like Mu Yuehan and from his observations he knew, Mu Yuehan had no habit. So, he deducted, Zhou Liying too didn''t have any habit.


    Most of the information was guesswork by his side.


    Come on, how the hell was he to find all the information about her in a short period, especially when everyone''s lips were sealed shut regarding her?


    "You have found the list of men with whom she had slept quite quickly." Mu Yuehan spoke amusingly and Wang Wei froze, knowing well that Mu Yuehan was doubting him.


    "I met her neighbour. Luckily, he had kept a record of the men with whom she had slept. He only knew the name thou. Over a ss of drink, he spilt out all the names. I also bribed the receptionist at the hotel where Miss Zhou visited with her men."


    Wang Wei crossed his fingers, praying to god that Mu Yuehan would believe his lie. He had nned to use Arthur but he failed. He was close-mouthed about Zhou Liying, same was the case with the receptionist.


    So, he had randomly penned down the names of some men.


    "My threat made you all work so fast." Mu Yuehan mocked. "Try to look for the hospital records. If you can''t, then return to the country. I have another assignment for you."


    Wang Wei sighed when he heard him. "Yes, boss."


    He ended the call and gave a thumbs up to his subordinates. They all breathed in relief. They had just tackled a big life-taking threat.


    **


    The eyes of Mu Yuehan turned dark when he looked at the list of men with whom Zhou Liying had spelt. The list contained only sixteen names.


    But if only he knew that Wang Wei had lied and the list was much longer than sixteen!


    "Oh my god, is Zhou Liying the female version of yboy or what?" Zhan Wei teased. "She has such a busy schedule but still, she managed to sleep with such a good number of men. Wah!"


    "Here you were, living a life of celibate and there she was, enjoying her life to the fullest. She¡­." Zhan Wei stopped with his nonsense when he felt the dark gaze of Mu Yuehan over himself and the next second, I-pad in the hand of Mu Yuehan flew past his face.<sub> </sub>


    "You are my friend, otherwise this I-pad would havended on your face." He spat. "Now leave. You must be tired."


    Zhan Wei nodded his head and left the angry lion alone.


    Mu Yuehan clenched and unclenched his fist, recollecting the names which he just read. "She may have slept with many men in the past but the next man on her list will be me and only me. From now on, she will sleep with me and only me."


    He received a call from Wang Wei and picked it up. "Sorry boss, I forget to inform you that Miss Zhou is here for the Lake City project as well as for her grandpa. I heard, he is on his sickbed."


    "Mm."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and a smirk formed on his lips. Wang Wei did not know he had given a great idea to him.


    "Let''s go to the hospital where Elder Qin is admitted." He ordered Li Tao and he nodded his head.


    Li Tao was a verypetent assistant. He was trained in the military and was a part of the country''s intelligence force before joining the Mu corporation. He always kept himself up to date, so he coulde in use of Mu Yuehan in time of need.


    That was why he knew where elder Qin was admitted. Not only that, but he also had a full report on him and the Qin family. He had his sources which kept him informed.


    In the past, manypetitors had tried to buy his loyalty but he was not the one to deceive his boss. He had pledged to be at the side of Mu Yuehan for the whole of his life.


    He still could not forget, how Mu Yuehan had eliminated the threat over his family when he first joined the Mu corporations. Mu Yuehan may not say it aloud, but Li Tao knew, that Mu Yuehan was sheltering his family like his own.


    Mu Yuehan treasured him like his family member!


    "Should we buy something for elder Qin?"


    Mu Yuehan thought for some time and then gave his approval. "Buy some vitals for him. He needs them the most."


    Li Tao nodded his head and drove the car toward the medical store before driving toward the hospital.


    **


    It waste at night. Everyone was either at their home or was returning to their home. The hospital was pitch silent because everyone was having a rest.


    Only some on-duty night guards, nurses and doctors were alert, otherwise, at that time, everyone was sleeping.


    At this hour of the night, like a night king, Mu Yuehan entered the hospital and confidently made his way toward the VIP room of Qin Yanze.


    Nurses or guards did not dare to stop him or say anything to him after seeing his aura. They knew he was someone dangerous and with power.


    Mu Yuehan entered the room of Qin Yanze with a mission to aplish.

 Chapter 112 I Am Your Soon To Be Son In Law

    "I didn''t know Qin Family has arranged for a VIP room for elder Qin. I thought he was dumped in a trash can." Mu Yuehanmented with amusement when he noticed, that Qin Yanze was staying in one of the best hospital rooms in the city.


    "He was originally dumped in the general ward. I heard, he was magically shifted here, reasons unknown. Now that I think, I guess Miss Zhou has ordered someone from London, to get him shifted to the VIP room." Li Tao informed.


    "I didn''t interrogate deep into his room shift because the president of this hospital was an old acquaintance of elder Qin." Li Tao quickly rified before Mu Yuehan could rant on him.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and entered the room of Qin Yanze. He looked at the weak body of Qin Yanzeying on the bed, then he looked at Mister Zhang. He was giving medicines to Qin Yanze.


    "Who are you? And who let you in my room?" Qin Yanze barked when he saw Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan smirked on seeing the condition of the old man. He could predict, that the old man was not going to live for a long time.


    "I am your soon-to-be son-inw." He answered the question of elder Qin in a clipped voice. "I love Zhou Liying. I am here to ask for her hand in marriage."


    Qin Yanze narrowed his eyes and looked at Mu Yuehan. From the clothes, he was wearing, and the way he entered his room, Qin Yanze concluded that Mu Yuehan was some powerful person.


    "She arrived in Shanghai hardly two days back and you love her already? Tell me young man, who are you? What is your intention toward her? Are you after her property? Her money?" There was warning and threat in his voice.


    "Why will I need her property when I have my own vast empire? I truly love her and that''s why I am here, out of my love for her." He smirked and walked toward the bed, looking at the screens attached to his machine.


    "Who are you? What''s your identity?" Qin Yanze again answered.


    This time Li Tao replied. "He is Mu Yuehan, CEO of Mu groups."


    Qin Yanze looked at him with wide eyes. He knew who Mu Yuehan was. He then looked at his secretary Zhang.


    "Go away Mu Yuehan. I know you don''t love my granddaughter. Why will a heartless man like you love my daughter? Whatever your motto is, go away. I am not the one to get yed by your lies." Qin Yanze dered powerfully.


    He may be old or on his dying bed. He still held a lot of power. "You are a gangster. You have killed many people. How can I let my granddaughter be with me? You will never be able to give her happiness, forget about love. So, go away."


    "I see, you know who I am. Then you must know that I can get you killed with a flick of my finger." He spoke slyly. "But I will not kill you. I know you are the beloved grandpa of my love. I never kill a loved one of my dearies."


    Mu Yuehan smiled. He pulled a seat and took his seat on it. "I can marry her right now. I don''t need your permission. But here I am, like a good grandson-inw, asking for your blessings. It''s my love which has forced me to visit you."


    "You¡­." Qin Yanze fumed. "Stop calling her your love. Whatever n you have in your mind, throw it away. My TianTian has already suffered a lot, leave her alone. I will not let you hurt her. Dare of you to y with her or her feelings."


    Mu Yuehan looked at the old man ring at him. At that moment he realised, that the feelings of Qin Yanze for Zhou Liying were true. He was not acting to be caring and loving toward her.<sub> </sub>


    Guess what, he truly loved and cared for her! Unlike the rest of her family.


    "Look elder Qin, my motto to visit you or to marry TianTian is not to harm her." He raised his hands in surrender. "But I love her. My feelings for her are true for thest four and a half years. She has not only forgotten her two years of memories but has also forgotten about me."


    Qin Yanze gasped after hearing his words. Mu Yuehan dictated their story in short. "I became heartless only because of her and now that she is back, I aim to make her happy, I am sure, you want the same. In this mission, I need your help."


    "How do I believe that you are telling the truth? What if you are lying?" Qin Yanze trusted his story but he wanted more proof. He was afraid of making a wrong decision when it came to Zhou Liying.


    Mu Yuehan sighed and nodded to Li Tao. Li Tao quickly passed the old photos from juju ind and also the reports which stated that Mu Yuehan was looking for her.


    "Remember the call which you received from Zhou Liying when you copsed four years back? You can check the number. It is my phone number." Mu Yuehan informed.


    He had not changed his number, because he thought, what if Zhou Liying wanted to contact him? She only had this number. So, he never thought about changing his number.


    "Also, remember the painting of her graduation."


    Qin Yanze gasped and looked at Mu Yuehan with a twinkle in his eyes. Nearly no one knew about that painting. He had kept it away from the eyes of others.


    "I was the one who had helped her in delivering it to you." Mu Yuehan informed. "I hope, now you believe I love her. Will you help me?"


    Mu Yuehan shrugged his coat. Thou his face was poker, he was looking at Qin Yanze with eagerness. His help could make his work easy.


    "What do you want from me?"


    Mu Yuehan smirked and told him his n. Qin Yanze narrowed his eyes and looked at him.


    "I don''t think she will ept you. TianTian is headstrong. You can''t force her to marry you against her will."


    "You leave that on me. I know how to marry her. You only do what I have asked you to do." Mu Yuehan stood up from the chair. "I ensure you, this action by you will be the best decision of your life."


    "I will pamper her, spoil her and give her the love which she deserves." Mu Yuehan ced his hand behind his back and bowed toward Qin Yanze. "It was nice meeting you, grandpa. Rest assured, Liying is in safe hands."


    Mu Yuehan turned and left the room. The moment he left, Qin Yanze ordered secretary Zhang, "Try to get information about him and the truth behind his words."

 Chapter 113 Seducing Her.

    After leaving the hospital, Mu Yuehan visited his penthouse. He packed a small duffel bag with some simple pairs of clothes and other stuff, which he used on juju ind.


    Then he left for the penthouse of Zhou Liying and to his servant quarter. Without wasting any time, he called it night. He knew, his body needed sleep now, especially because he had failed to sleep in thest few days.


    **


    The next morning, Mu Yuehan stood opposite his servant quarters'' door, wearing a jogging gear which consisted of shorts and a vest, and they both were one size small for him. His muscles were budging out of them.


    The moment he heard the sound of the door closing from the other side of his door. He smirked. He walked out of his quarter and smiled after looking at Zhou Liying.


    "Good morning, miss. Going out for jogging?"


    He already knew she went for a jog daily. So, he decided to join her today and use this chance to seduce her. After all, he looked quite hot when jogging and doing exercise.


    "You too are going for a jog?" Zhou Liying asked. She entered the elevator and turned her head to look at him.


    She gulped the next second.


    Why do I feel so hot all of the sudden?She thought to herself.


    She eyed Mu Yuehan. He was doing some hand exercises. Due to this, Zhou Liying was able to see the clear movement of the muscles of his arms and back.


    ''He is so strong, stronger than all the men with whom I have slept. Look at his body, yum.''


    Zhou Liying thanked god when the elevator door opened. Leaving Mu Yuehan behind in a hurry to escape, she ran out of the elevator.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her retiring figure. He had felt her eyes on him and he knew, she was affected because of him. Wasn''t this what he had nned to do? Seducing her and then winning her heart?


    Mu Yuehan ran out on the jogging ground and within a minute, he found her. He ran toward her and started to jog beside her, keeping their bodies close.


    "Can''t you leave me alone when I am jogging?" Zhou Liying groaned at his proximity. Her heart raced fast whenever he was close. Weird feelings formed in her stomach and she was not taking a liking to it.


    "Why should I miss? As your bodyguard, I should be always close to you. Besides, I have heard that some men are nning to flirt with you. How can I let that happen?" He toothily grinned at the irritation-filled expression on her face.


    "I can save myself from those jerks. Now move away."


    "As you say." Mu Yuehan shrugged and left her side.


    He naughty started to jog in front of her or beside her. He was continuously teasing her with the different views of his body.


    "Look at his ass, they are so¡­. Arghh.''


    She groaned and stopped jogging. She knew she''d not be able to jog with the current state of her mind where she wanted to sleep with her bodyguard.


    "I should search for a new boyfriend and that too asap." She thought to herself.


    Mu Yuehan also stopped jogging when he noticed her stopping. He walked toward her and leaned against a tree. He opened his water bottle and pour the water all over his hair, face and chest.


    Gulp, gulp, gulp¡­.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying gulped audibly when her eyes fell on water drops pouring down his hair, face, long neck and into his tees. The water droplets were teasing her. His body shining under the light was charming her.


    Mu Yuehan ran his fingers in his wet hairs, sshing water all over her. A small smile was on his lips. ''Jump on me, sweet. I am all yours.''


    "Miss." Mu Yuehan opened his eyes and intensely looked at her. "I have heard that you are looking for a man to sleep with. Why don''t you try me? I can see that you are attracted to me."


    Zhou Liying looked at him with wide eyes. Unknowingly blush appeared on her cheeks. "What rubbish? Why will I sleep with you? You are not so attractive."


    With that said, Zhou Liying turned and jogged toward the apartment building and to her penthouse. She was feeling flustered. Mu Yuehan had caught her feelings urately.


    Her physical desire to jump on him was of no help!


    "Why do I feel like this in his presence?" Zhou Liying thought out aloud once she was inside her penthouse. "Never had any man affected me like him."


    She shook her head and made her way toward the bathroom.


    **


    In an excited mood, Mu Yuehan returned to his quarter. He removed his wet clothes and threw them aside. He entered the bathroom. A groan escaped his lips when he saw a tap instead of a shower.


    Not only that, but the bathroom was very small. He was hardly able to do any body movement.


    "Only for Liying." He motivated himself and washed himself using the watering from the tap.


    **


    "Min Yue, did you investigate about HanHan?" Zhou Liying inquired when Min Yue entered her penthouse.


    "I did miss and there is nothing doubtful about him. I contacted his old clients and they all were praising him. His only problem is that he is handsome, a flirt and slightly aggressive. Otherwise, he is the best bodyguard."


    Zhou Liying hummed and nodded her head. Maybe, she was feeling paranoid about his identity because of the way he was openly flirting with her, or the way his eyes twinkled with delight whenever looking at her.


    "Team from London has also arrived yesterday night. They will visit in the afternoon." Min Yue reported.


    Zhou Liying again nodded. "Let''s go. We are gettingte."


    When Zhou Liying walked out of the apartment building, Mu Yuehan was already waiting for her outside with the car. He opened the door for her and smiled.


    Zhou Liying looked at him and her breath hitched. His words from the morning came rushing into her mind, ''why don''t you try me?''


    She bit her lips and entered the car. She closed her eyes to calm her raging hormones.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her and smirked secretly. He very well knew that she was thinking of him. After all, which girl would not after the offer he had given to her in the morning?


    He looked at her for thest time and closed the car door after her. He took his seat and soon their car hit the roads.

 Chapter 114 Is She Some New Actress?

    Zhou Liying received a call from Zhou BingBing when she was meeting her team from London. She signalled them to wait and answered the call.


    "Lili, are you free in the evening?"


    "I need to confirm with Min Yue, why?"


    "Kris will be free in the evening. So I thought, why don''t we visit him together?" There was excitement in her voice. "You see, Kris is hardly free because of his filming."


    Zhou Liying thought for some time, "Ok, tell me the time and ce."


    "At five O clock, I wille to pick you up."


    "Mm." Zhou Liying ended the call and then called Min Yue, asking her to cancel all her arrangements after five. She then turned and looked at her team.


    "This is the organisational n which I have set for Shanghai." She pointed at the screen of her I-pad. Two female staff and three male staff looked at her I-pad with concentration. "We will need to work double hard if we want to snatch the market share from Mu corporations."


    Behind her, Mu Yuehan was attentively listening to the healthy conversation between Zhou Liying and her team. He must say, his corporation was her number one target.


    Also, her team was something which he wanted. He noticed each member was smart and an expert in his or her area. The advice they gave to Zhou Liying told him why Zhou corporations were one of the leading corporations.


    No big deal, their presentation of theke city project was so good. It was all because of the dedicated team that she had formed.


    "That''s all for today. Check in at your ces. Tell me if you want any changes. You know who to find if you find any problem in Shanghai."


    "Don''t worry miss, as usual, all the preparations for our stay in Shanghai are well taken of. You don''t need to worry about us."


    Zhou Liying nodded to her team and sent them off.


    She then opened some documents to check the business proposals which she had receivedtely.


    **


    At sharp five, Zhou Bingbing was at her office. She was so eager to meet Kris that she did not let Zhou Liying spend another second doing her work.


    "Let me sign this document at least." Zhou Liying chuckled at her excitement.


    "No, I know what signing a document means." Zhou Bingbingined and pulled her hand.


    Zhou Liying shook her head and closed her file. She stood up from her seat, followed by Mu Yuehan. He was by her side within a second.


    "Who are you? And why do I think I have seen you before?" Zhou Bingbing looked at him with doubt, trying to remember where she saw him.


    "Miss, I also think I have seen you before." Mu Yuehan narrowed his eyes and looked at her, faking as if he was trying to pinpoint where he saw her. "Got it, I saw you at Paris fashion week. I was there with one of the models."


    "Oh," Zhou Bingbing nodded her head. She didn''t ponder over his identity and pulled Zhou Liying out of her office.


    Mu Yuehan sighed with relief. He was caught if Zhou Bingbing had recognised him.


    **


    "Lili, do you like your penthouse?" Zhou Bingbing hopefully looked at Zhou Liying, once she was settled inside her car.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying and Zhou Bingbing were sitting in the back whereas Min Yue was seated on the shotgun seat beside Mu Yuehan.


    Zhou Liying looked at Zhou Bingbing with amusement. "Throw away the idea from your mind that I will ever give that penthouse to you. You should search for another one instead of eyeing mine."


    Zhou Bingbing pouted when she heard her. "I will pray to god, for you to find your love fast. So, you can vacate your penthouse for me."


    Zhou Liying chuckled and poked her nose. "And why do you think I will shift with him? Instead, I will ask him to shift to my ce. I am not leaving my penthouse and that''s final."


    ''She is still the same.'' Mu Yuehan grinned pleasingly. He remembered how on juju ind, she denied shifting to his ce. Inst, he shifted to her ce.


    **


    Soon, they arrived at the sets where filming of the current movie of Kris was taking ce. Mu Yuehan parked the car in the parking of set and bothdies stepped out.


    Zhou Bingbing and Zhou Liying entered the set because of the id which was given by Kris to Zhou Bingbing whereas Mu Yuehan and Min Yue were left behind due to privacy reasons.


    ''Look at these twodies, are they new actresses for the movie?''


    ''Maybe, I have heard director Yang is nning to cast a second female lead. Maybe they are here for the audition.''


    ''Look at the one in right, she is so beautiful. With hourss body and that poker face, she''d be famous in no time.''


    Set members started to whisper when they saw two beautifuldies on their set. They have seen many beautifuldies in their day-to-day life but still, they knew how to praise another beauty.


    ''Look at the one in the left. Isn''t she the fianc¨¦ of the director? I think she is here to meet the director with her friend.''


    ''Oh.''


    Soon realisation fell upon everyone when they took careful note of Zhou Bingbing. They have seen her many times but failed to recognise her because Kris always ensured to keep her hidden.


    It can be said that it was officially the first time that Zhou BingBing was publiclying on the sets, without thepany of Kris.


    "I missed you." Zhou Bingbing wrapped her arms around the neck of Kris. She leaned on him and kissed him on his cheek.


    "Hey, you are here." Kris looked at her and then he looked at Zhou Liying with a smile and a small node. He then checked the time on his watch. "But it''s only five-thirty. I have told you that pack up is at six."


    Zhou Bingbing pocked out her tongue and looked at Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying red at her. "You did not let meplete my work, saying we are gettingte. Hmm." She gritted her teeth.


    "What to do? I was missing Kris so much. So I changed the time to five-thirty." She shrugged her shoulders and gave a wet kiss on his cheeks, making faces of everyone turn in opposite direction.


    "Enough BingBing. Let meplete thisst scene." Kris knocked on her head. He was feeling slightly embarrassed because of the kisses given to him by Zhou Bingbing.


    He was famous for being an upright person, and now, her demonstration of kissing him was hugely going to affect his image.


    "Is there any problem if I stay in this position while you direct the next scene? After all, we are engaged. There is no problem with me staying like this."


    Kris Yang groaned and murmured under his breath. He knew his girl was headstrong. There was no fighting her. He could onlypromise. He could only bear the teasing nces of all other production members.

 Chapter 115 Min Yue Advised Mu Yuehan

    "Stop dreaming about Miss. She will never like you back."


    "Huh." Mu Yuehan turned and looked at Min Yue with a frown on his face.


    "I was noticing the way you were looking at her from the rear-view mirror. You were smiling from time to time. And from my experience, I can say, you are smitten with her." Min Yue deducted.


    "She may get ready to sleep with you. She may be your girlfriend but not more than that. She will never marry her bodyguard. She will toy with you and then will break your heart. So, back off."


    Min Yue looked at Mu Yuehan. She was feeling slightly bad for him. She had noticed how he looked at her miss with love-stuck eyes when she was not looking at him. She felt bad for him.


    Min Yue knew that her miss loved to y with boys, she was searching for a man who can fill the hollow in her heart but the condition was, that man needed to be rich, of her status.


    "Thank you for your advice Miss Min but I am not the one to back off."


    Min Yue scoffed when she heard the deration in the voice of Mu Yuehan. "She loves to break hearts."


    "And I love to steal hearts. Don''t worry, soon you will be calling me your boss."


    Min Yue rolled her eyes at his overconfidence. "Don''t be so overconfident. Everyone thinks of this when dating her. It''s not easy to win her heart. She has many walls surrounding it."


    Mu Yuehan looked at Min Yue with admiration. He could see that she knew a lot about Zhou Liying. In the future, he could use her in pursuing Zhou Liying, in case needed.


    "Ha, Ha, ha¡­" Mu Yuehan''s attention was turned toward the exit of the set when he heard loud peals ofughter. His jaws were set tight. He clenched his fist hard when he saw Zhou Liyinging out with her arm wrapped around the shoulder of Kris. She wasughing at something which he saw saying.


    His eyes got filled with murderous desire. Min Yue shook her head when she looked at him. She always felt pity for the bodyguard or subordinates of her miss.


    "Don''t be jealous. He is mister Kris Yang, Fianc¨¦ of Miss Zhou and a good friend of Miss, more like a brother." Min Yue informed him.


    Mu Yuehan rxed when he heard her. He then noticed the arm of Kris around Zhou BingBing and a sparkling ring on her ring finger.


    "I am telling you, Lili. You should try the film industry as a part-time job. In a click, I will make you a star." Kris offered and clicked his finger.


    "You know I don''t want to be a star." She pped on his chest. "Now tell me, when are you returning my one million dors?"


    "Shit, have you not forgotten about the money till now?" Kris groaned and red at her.


    "No, I have not. Don''t forget, I love my money. I don''t forget about the loan given by me."


    "Can''t you let it go, thinking it to be my engagement gift?"


    "Nopes." Zhou Liying teasingly shook her head. "And from engagement, I remember, why have you given such a cheap ring to BingBing?"<sub> </sub>


    "It''s not cheap." Kris looked at her with deadpanned expression. "Besides, she loves it. You should not have any problem with it."


    Beside him, Zhou Bingbing also sounded the same. "Lili, can you not leave the topic of my ring please?"


    "Ok, ok." Zhou Liying raised her hands in surrender when she saw two people ring at her.


    Zhou Liying treated Kris as her brother. She loved to tease him and pull his leg. She did not have any matter with the ring but she wanted to pull his leg, like his friend and his sister.


    When she had woken up from thea, Kris had helped her a lot. He had helped her in facing the terror that she felt against the men. He was also good at ying jokes and pranks, always attempting to make her smile orugh.


    And about one million dors; actually, Kris had not taken money from her. She simply teased him because of a childish bet which he lost, ''Will Zhou Bingbing wear a red dress or a ck dress for her date?''


    **


    After leaving the sets, they made their way toward an ice cream parlour in the city. ording to Kris, it had more than fifty vours of ice cream and arge variety of shakes or different desserts.


    Zhou Bingbing, Zhou Liying and Kris sat at one booth whereas Mu Yuehan and Min Yue sat at another. Mu Yuehan sat in such a way so that he could keep an eye on Zhou Liying.


    His heart was feeling warm upon seeing her smiling andughing with her family. He knew she missed having a family on juju ind and he was happy that she got one now.


    "I forget to tell you. Qin Yutong was there on the sets today. She was quite angry at me because of BingBing." Kris informed.


    Zhou Bingbing narrowed her eyes. "Did she do or say something to you?"


    "Some curses and warnings. She asked me to keep you away from her sight. She was angry that you told to her boyfriend that she tried to kiss me. She was also angry about her wedding dress."


    "She said." He mimicked her. "Who wants to work with you? I am the one who rejects you, director Kris. You are not qualified enough to direct me."


    Zhou Liying chuckled when she heard him. "I expected it. Qin Yutong is not the one to keep quiet after getting insulted. So, how was she to stay quiet at her insult by BingBing?"


    Soon enough, Kris and Zhou Bingbing got emerged in kissing. Feeling grossed out, Zhou Liying decided to take her leave.


    "It was good to see you, Kris. I will see you again soon. But for now, I shall take your leave." She shook her head when Kris paid no head to her.


    Zhou Liying paid the bill and left the ice-cream parlour, leaving the making-out couple alone. Mu Yuehan and Min Yue followed after her.


    She was walking toward her car when her eyes fell upon a scene. Looking at the scene, her heart skipped a beat and a tear slipped out from her eyes.

 Chapter 116 A Sad Memory

    "Someone help, someone please save my mommy. She is injured. Please help."


    Zhou Liying looked at a little girl around the age of five or six, begging for someone to help her mother,ying on the roadside, covered with her blood.


    She saw herself in the ce of that little girl. She had begged everyone to help her mother as a kid, but no one came forward to help and inst, her mother could not be saved.


    "Ah." She gasped loudly, feeling a tight squeeze on her heart. She felt memories from the past haunting her mind.


    "Auntie, please help mommy." The little girl tugged on her dress and looked at her with hopeful eyes.


    More tears flew out of the eyes of Zhou Liying. "Hanhan, take thedy to the car, we are taking her to the hospital. We can''t wait for the ambnce." Her voice was hoarse and held finality.


    Without wasting any second, Mu Yuehan held thedy in his arms and took her to the parked car.


    Zhou Liying looked at the little girl and hugged her tight. "Nothing will happen to your mother. Nothing." Her voice was slightly shaky. She clutched tight on the little girl.


    "Miss, we should go." Min Yue ced her hand on the shoulder of Zhou Liying, finding her lost in her thoughts.


    Zhou Liying looked around. She noticed that Mu Yuehan had already driven the car in her direction. He was waiting for her to sit inside.


    She walked toward the shotgun seat, with the girl in her arms and sit beside Mu Yuehan where Min Yue sat on the back, cing the head of the injureddy on herp.


    **


    At the same time, the car of Fan Yifeng was crossing the same ce where Zhou Liying was standing.


    His eyes caught sight of her and he saw her holding a child in her arms. He then saw her entering inside a car.


    He was not sure if she was Qin Tian or not. So, to confirm his doubts, he ordered, "follow after that car."


    He pointed toward the car of Zhou Liying. He could not let this opportunity go waste. He wanted to confirm if she was back or not. And if she was back, what was her intention this time?


    Was she back to have her share of the property of Qin Yanze?


    Or was she back here to disrupt his wedding with Qin Yutong?


    "But boss, what about the monthly meeting?"


    "Postpone it by an hour. Follow after that car at all cost. It''s urgent." Fan Yifeng ordered and clutched his hands tightly into a fist.


    **


    Instead of looking at the roads, Mu Yuehan was continuously stealing the gazes of Zhou Liying, sitting beside him. With so much tenderness and care, she was consoling the little girl in her arms.


    Looking at her, many thoughts were crossing his mind and one being, ''our children will be very lucky to have her as their mother. She will be a great mother one day.''


    There was another thought in his mind, especially after seeing her in this condition. She was crying as if her mother was injured, instead of some stranger. ''Was this the way her mother died? Was she in the ce of this little girl many years back?''<sub> </sub>


    His hand itched to be ced on the hand of Zhou Liying, to give her his moral support. He wanted to hug her, to tell her that everything will be alright. He wanted to take all her pain away.


    "Will mommy be alright?" the little girl sobbed and looked at her mother in the back seat.


    Zhou Liying looked at her and hugged her tight, close to her chest.


    "She will be alright." Mu Yuehan spoke in a soft voice, trying to console the little girl as well as the owner of his heart. "I checked her. She does not have life-threatening injuries. She will be alright."


    "Really?"


    "Mm." Mu Yuehan patted her head, imagining himself doing the same with Zhou Liying.


    They arrived at the hospital and the mother was immediately taken inside. Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying walked after her while Min Yue stayed behind to do all the formalities.


    At the same time, Fan Yifeng also arrived. He sneakily followed after Zhou Liying, keeping his presence hidden.


    Zhou Liying stopped in front of the emergency ward and that was when he saw her face with rity, her lips, her sharp nose and her eyes. He failed to see Mu Yuehan but he saw her and a girl in her arms.


    "She is Qin Tian and that girl must be her daughter.'' He thought foolishly. ''God knows whose daughter she is.''


    He turned and left the hospital. He entered inside the car and made a call to someone, "Qin Tian is back in the city."


    **


    Zhou Liying may not have noticed the presence of Fan Yifeng because she was focused on consoling the little girl in her arms but Mu Yuehan saw him. His eyes shined when he saw that fool.


    Fan Yifeng was always a fool in his eyes. A fool to let go of a precious gem like Zhou Liying when she fell in his arms. He took her for delight, failed to notice her real potency. He failed to see her big heart.


    ''What''s in that model that Fan Yifeng is so after her?''


    When he had first seen the photo of Qin Yutong, he was unable to believe that Fan Yifeng left beauty like Zhou Liying for her. Not only that, but Qin Yutong had no qualities, not at all except for having a scheming mind.


    Whereas Zhou Liying was filled with surprises and Mu Yuehan himself was a witness to that.


    He had seen her different persona on Juju ind and now apletely different aura here in Shanghai. He had seen her getting cruel with her clients, also soft hearten toward some. He had seen her genuine love toward her family and now, he was seeing the motherly side of her.


    And not to forget her business skills, they were tremendous.


    Mu Yuehan had heard that Fan corporations were not stable for thest two years. No progress was seen and he called Fan Yifeng the reason.


    If that fool didn''t let go of Zhou Liying, if he had loved her and had used her skills properly, he was probably going to be the best businessman in Shanghai.


    It was his wrong decision and the luck of Mu Yuehan. If only Fan Yifeng did not leave Zhou Liying, how was Mu Yuehan supposed to find her and made her fall for himself?


    Mu Yuehan smirked with delight, he turned and again looked at Zhou Liying and the girl in her arms, imagining his future in them!

 Chapter 117 Frustrated Fan Yifeng

    "We need blood. We need O-negative blood. We have already used the supply from the blood bank." The nurse informed them. "Please find someone with the same blood group."


    "My blood group is O negative." Min Yue informed and looked at Zhou Liying for permission.


    On getting a nod of approval, Min Yue followed after the nurse.


    After donating her blood, Min Yue returned. Thou, she already had her refreshments, she was feeling slightly dizzy.


    "You alright?" Zhou Liying looked at her with concern.


    "Slightly disoriented. I have given blood after a long time. Maybe my body is not ready to ept the change."


    "Hanhan, take her home." Zhou Liying ordered and looked at Min Yue with concern.


    "No need. I have called for a cab. It''s better if he stays here to look after you."


    Zhou Liying nodded. "Call me when you arrive home."


    Min Yue smiled and nodded her head, feeling delighted at the concern of Zhou Liying. She left the corridor, making her way toward the reception.


    "Xiao Yi."


    "Daddy."


    Soon enough, the husband of thedy arrived at the hospital. The little girl climbed out from the arms of Zhou Liying the moment she saw her father.


    Suddenly, Zhou Liying felt empty. She was feeling so good with her in her arms but again she felt empty. Many emotions bubbled in her heart.


    "Thank you for helping my wife." The man thanked her.


    Zhou Liying nodded at him. "Look after your daughter. She is so sweet." She smiled down at the little girl.


    **


    Min Yue stepped out of the elevator when identally, she collided with someone.


    "Hey, can''t you keep your eyes straight?" she heard a rude male voice. "Are they eyes or buttons?"


    Feeling offended, she raised her head. Okay, it was her mistake, she was not looking ahead but wasn''t this man at fault too?


    "Hello, mister, it was not only my mistake. You should have seen where you were going. Ah, my forehead." She massaged her forehead and red at him.


    "You dared to raise your voice on me? Do you know who I am?" Mu TianYu looked at Min Yue with wide eyes filled with shock.


    There was nody in Shanghai who did not know about him, then who was this girl who did not recognise him and also raised her voice at him?


    "Do you know who I am?" Min Yue raised her brows and looked at him harshly. "You don''t know the power behind me. If I want, I can get you diminished from the face of the earth."


    Mu TianYu looked at her with shock, on hearing the confidence in her voice. Min Yue took his shock as fear and humped with pride. She walked past him.


    "Hey, where do you think you are going? I am not done talking with you." Mu TianYu gritted his teeth and walked behind her.


    "I don''t have time to talk with an insane person like you." Min Yue yelled and entered inside her awaited cab.<sub> </sub>


    Mu TianYu looked at her figure and stomped his foot. "That girl. She has some guts, she dared to fight with me, the great Mu TianYu! Meet me again. I promise to teach you a good lesson."


    **


    Qin Yanze was staying in the same hospital. So, Zhou Liying decided to meet him before leaving for her penthouse.


    "Mister Zhang," she greeted the secretary when she saw him at the door.


    "Miss, it''s so good to see you back." He bowed toward her. "Boss is quite happy from the time you have returned. He is more energetic. He is also taking his pills on time."


    "Good to hear from you." Zhou Liying looked at him with sincerity in her eyes. "I will like to personally thank you for looking after him all those years."


    "No need to thank me. It''s his big heart which bounded me to stay beside him. He is leaving some portion of his wealth for me too. He still treats me as his son." His voice was hoarse and he smiled. Then he saw Mu Yuehan. His eyes slightly widened. He quicklyposed himself.


    "Who is he?"


    "He is my bodyguard. Do you know him?"


    "No." he shook his head. "I shall take your leave. I was about to bring dinner for the boss. Should I bring something for you?"


    "No need." Zhou Liying nodded and entered the room of Qin Yanze with Mu Yuehan.


    "I am back." Zhou Liying grinned and walked toward her grandpa.


    Qin Yanze looked at Mu Yuehan and his eyes widened slightly. Zhou Liying noticed his expression. "Don''t worry pa, he is my bodyguard."


    ''Humph, so he chooses this way to be close to TianTian, not bad, not bad.'' Qin Yanze grumbled. ''He is way too scheming.''


    Zhou Liying and Qin Yanze started to chat and soon the topic of their chatting was an emotional one. Qin Yanze noticed how with pain Mu Yuehan was looking at Zhou Liying. He noticed true love and care in his eyes.


    ''He seems to truly love her.''


    "Rest now. I wille again."


    "Come soon. I miss you."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and stepped out of the room. Mu Yuehan exchanged a look with Qin Yanze and followed her out, leaving a satisfied Qin Yanze behind.


    **


    "What do you mean by you can''t find any information about her?" Fan Yifeng yelled over the phone. "Have you searched all the flight details and details of the cruise?"


    "Yes, boss. I did. But there is no record of a passenger named Qin Tian, fromst one month."


    "Did you look for the ce where she is staying right now or what was she doing till now? Any history from thest six years?" he asked and clutched tight onto the phone.


    "I did, but there is no record." There was a pause on the other side. "In my opinion, Miss Qin was always in Shanghai. She was keeping an eye on you. It''s possible, she became the mistress of someone and was hiding in his house for some time."


    "I don''t need your excuses. Try to dig out about her. Otherwise, wash your hands from this job." Fan Yifeng yelled and threw his phone aside on the car seat.


    He covered his eyes with his palm, feeling frustrated.


    He was frustrated because of not being able to find a new client or not being able to crack a new deal. He wanted to pour out all his frustrations on Qin Tian. Like a fool, he med her for leaving hispany in crisis, for leaving the important deals in the middle of the negotiation.

 Chapter 118 Meeting Her Cruel Aunt

    "So, it is true, you are back." Zhou Liying exited the room of Qin Yanze when she heard the familiar, bitter voice of her aunt, Huang Jiayi.


    "Aunt, how are you doing?" Zhou Liying returned her harsh tone and bitter expression.


    "You¡­your tongue has be sharper, I see."


    With loath, Huang Jiayi looked up and down at Zhou Liying. Because Zhou Liying was holding onto the little girl, her clothes were crushed badly, they had be wet due to her tears and there were also traces of blood and dirt on her clothes.


    "You still are poor like before. No sense of clothing." Zhou Liying raised her left brow in a perfect curve when she heard her aunt. Her aunt had no idea that her dresses were custom-made in Paris or by her cousin!


    "Look, girl," Huang Jiayi walked toward her. She raised her brows and red at Zhou Liying, trying to scare her. "You may have left the Qin family but the Qin family has not broken its link with you. You still are the daughter of the Qin family."


    "Is that so?" Zhou Liying asked with a cold snicker, irritating her aunt.


    She was enjoying the fuming expression on the face of her aunt. She knew how much her aunt hated when someone was not scared by her not-so-famous res.


    "You have be more shameless. If your mother was alive, she''d have died of shame." Zhou Liying clutched her fist hard when she heard her aunt.


    "You may not be filial but I am not like you. You are still a family member to me. So, as a family member, I am inviting you to the birthday party of TongTong." Huang Jiayi gritted her teeth and leaned toward her.


    "TongTong has be a big celebrity now and for her sake, I need to invite you. After all, what will people think if they get to know that you are in the city but still not present at her party? And yes, do dress well for the party. Come to the party in a car instead of a taxi. You see, it''s about the reputation of TongTong."


    Huang Jiayi smirked in smug. She was trying her best to degrade Zhou Liying. "There will be many rich people at the party. Who knows if someone set his eyes on you?"


    Her only motto to invite Zhou Liying to the party was to insult and embarrass her. Huang Jiayi knew many socialists who would love to embarrass Zhou Liying at one click of her finger. Also, she believed Zhou Liying was poor. She wanted to make fun of her miserable condition, byparing her with Qin Yutong.


    Six years back, when Zhou Liying fell from her position after the engagement drama, she ran away before socialists could pour out their anger on her. Now, Huang Jiayi wanted to give a chance to all the socialists.


    "Here is the card of the party." She produced a card from her purse and passed it to Zhou Liying.


    Huang Jiayi entered the room of Qin Yanze with a smirk on her face,pletely unaware of what was cooking in the mind of Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying looked at the card and twirled it around her fingers. She smirked delightfully.


    "Isn''t she being very haughty, as if she is very rich? Let me go to the party and break her so-called attitude. Let me show her the changed me. Let me have some more fun like old times."


    Mu Yuehan looked at the changing expressions on the face of Zhou Liying. He smirked, knowing well that she was nning something, and that something was rted to the party.


    "Let''s go."


    Mu Yuehan followed after Zhou Liying. For a second, he thought that her life was like a fairy tale, especially that of Cindere; her aunt being her stepmother and her cousins being step sisters. Wasn''t she treated like E before she left Shanghai?


    It was her fate, she found her father''s family and got what she deserved. She was also lucky to find Mu Yuehan as her life partner.<sub> </sub>


    **


    Huang Jiayi entered the room of Qin Yanze and he grumbled when he saw her face.


    "I see, you are quite happy old man and why not, Qin Tian is back after all." She sneakered. "You will not be happy for long because I n to make her life hell again."


    She smirked. Qin Yanze looked at her. He didn''t say a word. For him, it was like talking with a wall when talking with his son''s family.


    "Old man, you will transfer your property in the name of my children and if not, I will get that Qin Tian killed." Huang Jiayi warned. "If you want to protect her after your death then don''t leave anything for her."


    After ckmailing Qin Yanze at the name of Qin Tian, Huang Jiayi left the room with delight. She waspletely unaware of her foolishness and the typhoon which she had invited into her life.


    "Fool!" Qin Yanze chuckled once Huang Jiayi was gone.


    His eyes were dancing with delight. If only Huang Jiayi knew that Zhou Liying''s powers were way too stronger than that of the Qin family. Not to forget, Mu Yuehan was also supporting her.


    "You will not be able to do anything to her. From heaven, I will be seeing her destroying you." He chuckled and that was how assistant Zhang saw him on his return.


    "Have you searched out about Mu Yuehan?" Qin Yanze inquired to him, the moment he was back.


    "I did." Assistant Zhang nodded his head and passed the documents to Qin Yanze. Most of the documents were delivered to him by Li Tao himself.


    "I think, we should help Mu Yuehan. He seems to be dedicated to her." Qin Yanze dered.


    **


    Zhou Liying returned to her penthouse. She took a shower and got changed into her nightdress; V-neckce lingerie sleepwear.


    "Who is it at this hour of the night?" she groaned when she heard the doorbell. She wore her robe and walked toward the door. She opened it and gasped when she saw Mu Yuehan standing outside with only his boxers on.


    "What are you doing here?" She narrowed her eyes at him.


    "I thought you may need my service." He licked his lips. He looked up and down at her with lust full eyes.


    "No thanks." Zhou Liying caught his gaze and closed the door on his face.


    "Hell." Mu Yuehan cursed the moment the door was closed. He was here with the mission to seduce her with his body, but look at who was seduced. He looked down at his swelling part.


    She was looking so sexy in her lingerie. He knew she was not wearing any bra. He was able to imagine her pink nipple. Her G-string also called for him and here was the result, he was damn hard.


    "Is this how she sleeps during the night? I guess I have to raid her house during the night."

 Chapter 119 Attack Of Mu Yuehan On Zhou Liying

    Zhou Liying stretched her limbs and looked out from the window of her room. She yawned and covered her lips gracefully.


    "Such a beautiful morning." She mumbled to herself and watched the sunrise.


    Once the sun waspletely up, she made her way toward her walk-in closet to get changed into one of her jogging gears.


    She came out of her room and padded down the stairs when she saw an unexpected scene.


    What in the hell!!


    What is going on here??


    Is this my house??


    In front of her eyes, in her living room was Mu Yuehan, with an upper nude body. Not only that, he was doing push-ups only on one hand. His whole body was glittering with sweat because of his hard work.


    Zhou Liying gulped. She unconsciously walked closer toward him, ogling at him all this while. She saw all the strong tes of his back, his clear-cut V-shaped body, and the strength of his legs and hands.


    ''One hundred eight, one hundred nine....''


    Mu Yuehan felt her lustful gaze on himself. He looked at her from the corner of his eyes and he smirked. His seducing attack was working on her. He increased the force and speed of his push-ups, making Zhou Liying gulp in delight.


    ''He is so strong, so strong.'' Her heart was thumping fast in her chest and she felt a feeling of d¨¦j¨¤ vu as if she was not witnessing this desirous body for the first time.


    ''Will it harm me if I devour him?'' She thought. Her fingers twisted in anticipation.


    She was so lost in her ogling that she did not notice that drool was rolling out from her mouth. It was only when Mu Yuehan stood up from the floor and walked toward her that she came out from her staring session.


    "Miss, you are drooling." Mu Yuehan teased.


    With wide eyes, Zhou Liying cleared the drool around her mouth. She then bashfully looked at him. "What are you doing here at my penthouse?" she yelled, trying to cover up her embarrassment of being caught drooling. "And how the hell did you enter in?"


    Zhou Liying pointed her finger at him,pletely changing the topic from her drool to him being in her house.


    "I was here to prepare breakfast for you and about the keys, don''t you think bodyguards must have the keys? What if someone enters your house and I am not able to rescue you because I don''t have the keys?" He looked at her with an exaggerated expression on his face.


    "I got the reason for the keys." Zhou Liying wrapped her arms around her chest to show off her authority, "But who asked you to cook breakfast for me? And who the hell told you toe to my house? Don''t you have any decency? Ady stays in this house."


    Zhou Liying was trying her best to be angry at him. If it was someone else, she''d have him fired by now. But she didn''t know why fire word was noting out of her mouth when it came to Mu Yuehan.


    Somewhere, her heart was feeling slightly warm that he was concerned for her safety to such an extent, as well as, he was here to cook breakfast for her.


    "I am sorry, Miss. But my intentions were not wrong. I noticed that you don''t have a home-cooked meal. All your meals are ordered from the restaurant. So, I decided to cook breakfast for you. It will be healthy for you."


    Mu Yuehan made a sad face and it twisted the heart of Zhou Liying. She felt pain and a sudden urge to take away the pain of Mu Yuehan.<sub> </sub>


    "If you don''t want me to cook breakfast for you, then don''t mind me. I was here with true intentions." He mumbled under his breath.


    Mu Yuehan was aware that Zhou Liying would have fired him by now for his audacity of entering her house. But she did not.


    He knew there was still some ce in her heart for him. She may have forgotten about him, but her heart, her heart still remembered him.


    "I shall take¡­."


    "Stop, cook the breakfast. I can smell you have already done the preparations." Zhou Liying spoke sternly. She failed to notice the winning light appearing in his eyes.


    "Thank you, miss. I promise you will love the breakfast cooked by me." Mu Yuehan spoke with determination and ran to the kitchen to check on his dish.


    When he came out of the kitchen, Zhou Liying was nowhere in sight. Knowing well that she went for her jogging, he wore his vest and followed after her to the park in the apartment building.


    "Today is a beautiful day." Hemented once he was behind Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying looked at him for once but then immediately turned her attention away. She did not want to leave her jogging in the middle like yesterday. Moreover, his morning stunt had already affected her.


    Geez, he was looking so hot when doing push-ups like that!


    Any girl would love to be under him!


    She shook her head and continued her jogging. Shepletely ignored Mu Yuehan.


    She was on herstp when she began to hear whispers from other people present in the park.


    "Who are they? Are they some famous couple from the film industry?"


    "Look at that man, he is so hot. With his bodybuilding, I am sure he has a line of girls following after him."


    "I don''t think so. Look at his girlfriend, she is no less beautiful. I am sure she knows how to keep girls away from her boyfriend."


    The heart of Zhou Liying swelled unknowingly when she heard her name getting attached to Mu Yuehan. She also felt jealous when some of the girls started to talk dirty about Mu Yuehan.


    "Should I talk with him? Maybe he will get ready to have a one-night stand with me? It''s my dream to sleep with a hottie like him."


    "If I have a boyfriend like him, I will always keep him chained close to me. I will never let him in the sight of any other girls."


    Mu Yuehan smirked when he heard thements of others. He looked at the face of Zhou Liying and happiness appeared in his eyes. He saw her ring at young girls and he knew she was getting jealous.


    ''Step one- Gaining her attention on his body: Complete.''


    ''Step two- Making her jealous: this step is alsoplete.''

 Chapter 120 Acting Like A Possessive Husband

    Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan returned and made their way toward their respective bathrooms to have a bath.


    Mu Yuehan was quick to get changed and showered. He made his way toward the penthouse of Zhou Liying. He smirked and entered the key inside the lock.


    He was thankful that when Li Tao had sold this penthouse, he had saved a spare key, and he was using it now. Otherwise, with the strict security of this apartment building, no one was allowed to have the key to the penthouse except for the owner.


    He entered her penthouse and made his way toward the kitchen, to prepare breakfast.


    Mu Yuehan''s heart rate picked up and he instinctively looked at the stairs. He saw Zhou Liying descending the stairs, wearing her office attire. Her phone was cradled in her hand and she was having a serious conversation with someone.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her and smiled.


    He had always dreamt of her cooking breakfast for him, he kissing her lips, making her sit on hisp, having the breakfast cooked by her, and then leaving for his office but weren''t their roles reversed now?


    And why was he liking this change?


    If possible, he''d love to give up hispany to her and be her househusband!


    When Zhou Liying came down, breakfast was already waiting for her. Mu Yuehan had cooked her once favouritesagne and had served it on the kitchen ind.


    Zhou Liying took her seat on the stool beside the kitchen ind and looked at the delicious-lookingsagne. She raised her brows in amusement.


    "I didn''t know you can seriously cook." Shemented.


    "Cooking is my hobby. My mother had once taught me, that the easiest way to a woman''s heart is to treat her to delicious meals. Do you have any hobbies miss, like painting, singing, cooking¡­?"


    "None." Zhou Liying replied. "Do you think, a CEO like me have time to have some stupid hobby?"


    Mu Yuehan felt a stinging pain when he heard her. Why did she not have any hobby now? What about her old hobbies like painting and cooking?


    Was she living a life without fun, a boring life just like him? Was she so into doing business that she forgot all about her leisure time?


    Zhou Liying took a bite ofsagne. "Not bad. It''s not good like at some restaurants but it''s not tasteless. It seems as if I have tasted something familiar like this before."


    Zhou Liying frowned and looked down at the dish. Her heart turned heavy. The feeling that she was served this dish by someone with love was very strong.


    The heart of Mu Yuehan danced with glee when he heard such simple words from her. ''She thinks she has tasted it before.'' At least she remembers the taste of the dish which I had once cooked for her.


    Zhou Liying finished the te ofsagne to thest of its bite. Her stomach was full but not her heart., She wanted to taste it more and more. She tried to remember where she had tasted this dish before but everything was in vain.


    "We should go." Zhou Liying said and stood up from her seat. She eyed the empty te for thest time and made her way out of the penthouse.


    **


    During the evening, Zhou Liying visited the candid fashion studio of Zhou Bingbing without informing her in advance.<sub> </sub>


    "Hey, what a surprise? What are you doing here?" Zhou Bingbing looked at her with surprise. She left the customer to whom she was attending with her secretary. She made her way toward Zhou Liying.


    "I am here to get a dress."


    "Dress really?" The eyes of Zhou Bingbing brightened when she heard her. "Tell me, what kind of dress do you need? I promise to deliver you the best."


    "I want the best dress. After all, I will wear it at the birthday party of Qin Yutong."


    Zhou Bingbing looked at her with surprise but then her eyes shined with amusement when she understood the intention of Zhou Liying.


    "Don''t worry Lili, I will design the best dress for you. Everyone at the party will be jealous of you. You only give me some basic ideas of what kind of dress you need.


    "I need a dress with bareback, slit on the leg. I mean I want a dress which shows off my body but not in a cheap way." Zhou Liying exined.


    "Got it." Zhou Bingbing gave a thumbs up. "You want to fire up the party with your hotness, don''t you?" Zhou Bingbing directed a wink at Zhou Liying.


    Standing beside Zhou Liying, Mu Yuehan fumed with anger when he heard words like bareback and hotness.


    How could he let her reveal her beautiful body to the eyes of others?


    "I also need some short dresses, for some club or bar."


    "Come with me. I have designed manytest dresses recently." Zhou Bingbing squealed and pulled Zhou Liying to the part of her studio with short dresses.


    Zhou Bingbing was very rich but she loved it when she was able to get some money out from the pocket of Zhou Liying, by selling her dresses. She always counted it as her hard-earned money and she loved it.


    **


    "What do you think of this dress?" Zhou Liying asked Zhou Bingbing.


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes popped out of their socket when he saw what she was wearing.


    She was wearing a halter dress with a bare back. And not only that, it ended a little above the mid of her thighs. The skirt was so short that it was only hiding her assets, her long gorgeous legs were on full disy.


    Mu Yuehan clutched his hands when he saw her wearing such a kind of dress. His jaws clenched tightly in possessiveness. He red at her. He''d never allow her to wear such a dress when he was not by her side.


    ''I will see how you will wear such short dresses after marrying me?''


    Min Yue looked at his reaction from behind and shook her head. "This is the life of Miss. She doesn''t hesitate to show off her body to strangers. Stay away from her if you don''t want to get burnt by her. I feel sympathy toward you. That''s why this warming."


    Mu Yuehan turned and red at Min Yue before turning back, looking at Zhou Liying.


    ''I will see, how she will unt her body in front of any other stranger male. It will be seen only by me and only by me!

 Chapter 121 Zhou Bingbing Interrogating Mu Yuehan

    Much against the opposition of Zhou Liying, Mu Yuehan became her housekeeper. He appointed some servants to clean her penthouse from time to time. He took it upon himself to get her garden cleaned and fresh. He did all this under his supervision.


    He also took it upon himself to cook three meals for Zhou Liying and Zhou Liying never denied him from doing so. Truthfully, she liked the food cooked by him.


    Moreover, again she did not find the guts to say no to him. She was loving the warmth that he was showing toward her. She was loving it very much. She felt as if she had found someone close to herself.


    Though, she was trying to deny her feelings. She was afraid and not ready to ept newly forming feelings in her heart.


    "Amm, HanHan, you are so good at cooking?" Zhou Bingbing praised Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan always brought a lunch box for Zhou Liying to the office.


    One afternoon, Zhou Bingbing unannounced arrived at the office of Zhou Liying, when she was having her lunch. Zhou Bingbing invited herself to lunch and was impressed with the food cooked by him.


    "Thank you, miss Zhou. I am d that you like it just like my miss." Mu Yuehan smiled at her and then turned his attention back to Zhou Liying. "I was afraid, she will get sick if she kept eating food from outside. Besides, it can be poisonous. So, I decided to cook for her by myself."


    Zhou Bingbing looked at Mu Yuehan and then at Zhou Liying, finding something fishy. She inwardly gasped when she saw Mu Yuehan looking at Zhou Liying with love-stuck eyes and Zhou Liying acting ignorant toward it.


    From what she knew, Zhou Liying was never like this. She never let a man give her such loving looks until and unless he was her boyfriend or she had some feelings for him.


    Zhou Bingbing looked at Mu Yuehan and for sure, he was looking at Zhou Liying with puppy-like eyes. This man was in love with Zhou Liying, no doubt about that.


    Not only that, but Zhou Bingbing had noticed that when they were at her store, he was angry and jealous when Zhou Liying was trying short dresses.


    Was this man in love? Was his Lili falling for him too? Has her Lili finally found a man who can fill the space in her heart?''


    With these questions in her mind, Zhou Bingbing stood up from her seat and made her way toward the cabin door of Zhou Liying.


    "You are going so soon?"


    "Nah..¡­.. I have some work from Min Yue." Zhou Bingbing lied.


    She opened the door and made her way toward the station of Min Yue.


    "Miss Zhou, you want something from me?" Min Yue asked when she noticed Zhou Bingbing leaning toward her.


    "Tell me truthfully, what''s going on in between that bodyguard and my Lili?" Her voice was soft and full of threat at the same time. It seemed as if she was interrogating some vicious criminal.


    "I am not sure about the feelings of Miss but HanHan loves her. He looks after miss as if her husband. I have seen him lost in miss many a time. He positions himself around miss in such a way so that he can always protect her." Min Yue told Zhou Bingbing everything which she had noticed about HanHan so far.


    "One thing is weird though, HanHan flirts a lot with the miss but till now, miss has not slept with him. Nor has she fired him. Otherwise, she''d have fired him a long time back. She also let him follow her all around, in all her meetings which is first."


    Zhou Bingbing beamed with satisfaction. She knew her Lili got feelings for Mu Yuehan and she was unaware of it.


    And from her experience, she knew, Zhou Liying would first generate strong feelings for him and then, she''d start to push him away, feeling afraid of getting hurt. And when she''d find his intentions to be true, only then she''d open her heart fully for him.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Bingbing was going to help her in her love life. She''d support Zhou Liying. She''d let her find her feelings first and if anything went wrong, she would act like a cupid in between Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying.


    "Give me all the information about that bodyguard." Zhou Bingbing ordered. Min Yue nodded her head. "And keep this conversation a secret from her. When she asks, tell her that I wanted you to search for some shop for the wedding cake."


    Min Yue nodded her head with a promise. She knew Zhou Bingbing would never hurt Zhou Liying. So, she trusted her.


    **


    "What did you talk about with her?" Zhou Liying asked once Zhou BingBing was back in her office.


    "I am not telling you because I know you willugh at me."


    "I will not. Now tell me." Zhou Liying urged.


    "I asked her to find a shop for the wedding cake." Zhou Bingbing grinned, her grin was mirrored on the face of Zhou Liying. Mu Yuehan too smiled upon seeing the smile on the lips of Zhou Liying. His smile was not hidden from the sharp eyes of Zhou Bingbing.


    "Hey, Hanhan right?" Zhou Bingbing approached him.


    "Yes, miss Zhou."


    "Do you like a penthouse or mansion?" she asked him. "Don''t mind me, I am asking this question casually."


    "Penthouse." Mu Yuehan replied. "I love the view of the city from the window of the penthouse."


    Hearing his reply, the eyes of Zhou Bingbing twinkled with delight. Zhou Liying turned and looked at him with shock.


    "Which vour of ice cream do you like?" she asked another question. Mu Yuehan looked at her with a flustered expression.


    "Miss Zhou, are you interviewing me? Should I be scared?" he asked, acting meek, trying to understand the reasons as to why Zhou BingBing was suddenly asking these questions from him. Zhou Liying also had the same question in her eyes.


    "Okay, I will not beat around the bush, tell me, do you like Lili, I mean Zhou Liying?" she asked straightforwardly.


    "BingBing." Zhou Liying rebuked.


    Mu Yuehan blushed when he heard her. He knew Zhou Bingbing had caught his feelings. She was asking those questions for some kind of test.


    "Chill Lili, everyone knows that you are a ma, attracting the opposite sex. I only want to know if this bodyguard of yours is attracted to you or not." Zhou Bingbing chided and looked at Mu Yuehan with a raised brow.


    "I¡­" before Mu Yuehan could reply, Min Yue entered the cabin.


    "Miss, Mister Qin is here again and he is quite hyper to meet you. What should I do now?"


    Zhou Liying leaned against her table and thought for some time. A n formed in her head. "Let him in."

 Chapter 122 Plan Of Zhou Liying

    "You can go inside." Min Yue let Qin Yihong inside the cabin of Zhou Liying.


    She smirked when she saw Qin Yihong entering the cabin of Zhou Liying like a greedy dog.


    "Poor man, he does not know, he is stepping inside the trap of miss." Min Yue thought to herself.


    Qin Yutong entered the cabin of Zhou Liying. He looked around the cabin with appreciation and with jealousy, feeling jealous of Zhou Liying. She had achieved so much at such a short age and here he was and his daughters. They were struggling to maintain their corporation.


    If only one of his daughters was as capable as this miss Zhou or his deceased sister or Qin Tian. Then he wasn''t going to be standing here, asking for some help.


    He walked toward the table and greeted the person sitting on the chair. "Good to see you, Miss Zhou."


    "Good to see you, Mister¡­?" Zhou Bingbing asked with a cordial smile on her lips.


    "Qin Yihong, owner and CEO of Qin corporation." Qin Yihong introduced himself.


    "Mister Qin, what brings you here?"


    "I have heard that your corporation helps businesses financially. I havee to you with so many hopes. My business is of interior designing. We are one of the best in the city. If you can give us some of your projects¡­" his voice was slow and full of pleading. "I promise to provide you with the best services. You will not find anyint."


    Zhou Bingbing leaned toward him and looked at him with fake guilt-ridden eyes. "Mister Qin, I will be truthful to you. I am not the CEO. The CEO, miss Zhou is my cousin." She picked up the file. "But if you want, I can rmend you to her."


    "No problem, no problem. I am sure, you are close to the CEO." Qin Yihong did not mind if he was talking with Zhou Liying or Zhou Bingbing until and unless he could get some benefits.


    Zhou Bingbing smiled and professionally started to go through his file. She faked many praises for him. "I will for sure ask my cousin to consider you."


    "Thank you so much, Miss Zhou." Qin Yihong smiled at her and stood up from his seat. There was clear happiness on his face. "I will wait to hear from you."


    He was about to leave when Zhou Bingbing stopped him. A scowl was appearing on her face.


    "By any chance, are you the father of Qin Yutong?" she asked.


    "Yes, yes, I am. If you want, I can get her autograph for you?" Qin Yihong grinned, thinking that Zhou Bingbing was one of the fans of his daughter.


    "Autograph?" Zhou Bingbing pped the file on the table and pushed it away. "Forget that we have ever met. I will never rmend you to my cousin."


    "Why? What happened?" Qin Yihong asked fearfully. "Did my daughter offend you?"


    "Yes, she did. She insulted my boyfriend in front of his crew members and staff members." She then looked at Qin Yihong with dark eyes. "If you want any deal with Zhou corporations, then ask your daughter, to ask for public forgiveness from Kris. If he feels satisfied, then only I will help you."


    "Please don''t punish me because of my daughter''s foolishness." Qin Yihong begged. There was fear and dejection in his eyes.


    "Mister Qin, I don''t think that it will be hard for you to get your daughter to apologise to Kris. It''s your call, either you need this financial help, or you don''t want to let your daughter apologise to anyone. Now please leave."<sub> </sub>


    Qin Yihong knew he was at loss now. He was at the brink of losing a chance of having a coboration with Zhou corporations.


    "Don''t worry Miss. My daughter will apologise to your fianc¨¦e. I hope you will give my reference to your cousin."


    "I will." Zhou Bingbing replied coldly.


    Once Qin Yihong left the cabin, Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying stepped out from the private room attached to her office. Zhou Liying snickered.


    Zhou Liying knew very well that Qin Yutong never bowed in front of anyone, especially someone she despised. It would be very hard for her to apologise to Kris after insulting him once.


    "Wow, Liying, your n was superb. I can''t wait to hear from Kris how Qin Yutong asked for forgiveness from him." Zhou Bingbing beamed. "Wait, why shouldn''t I stick myself to Kris so I can catch this epic moment?"


    Zhou Liying chuckled and returned to her seat. "I must praise you thou. I didn''t know you have such impressive acting skills."


    "That I have." Zhou Bingbing threw her hair back haughtily. "Why do you think Kris loves me so much? His first choice of an actress is always me."


    Mu Yuehan looked at their exchange and smiled. He must praise the idea of Zhou Liying. Without showing her face, or without disclosing her identity, she had found a great way to insult her cousin. She was great!


    **


    "Dad, how can you ask me to apologise to Kris? Do you know, he had rejected me, not only that, his girlfriend had insulted me? I will not ask for forgiveness from him." Qin Yutong dered stubbornly.


    "TongTong," Qin Yihong yelled. "Why can''t you understand? Do you know how important this deal is for me? It can change our future and here you are, acting all mighty and arrogant."


    Qin Yihong angrily looked at his daughter. She was not ready to help him out.


    "Why are you so angry at her?" Huang Jiayi chided. "What if we will not get this deal?"


    "What if? You are saying this? Really?" Qin Yutong hollered. "Don''t forget, your bank ounts are still blocked and above that, Fan corporations is taking a step back from giving us financial aid and all thanks to her wedding dress."


    Qin Yihong gasped hard, due to his rising blood pressure. "We have no idea of what father has written in his will. Now our only hope is this deal. I am warning you TongTong, to ask for forgiveness, otherwise, no one will be worse than me."


    Qin Yihong threw away a vase in anger and made his way toward his room. Huang Jiayi looked at him and then at Qin Yutong.


    "Apologize. You know your father. He''d have never asked you to apologize if this deal with Zhou corporations was of no importance."


    Qin Yutong nodded her head and removed her tears. She felt emotional because it was the first time that her father was so angry at her.


    ''I will apologize but I will not leave that Kris and his fianc¨¦. Sooner orter, I will find a way to have my revenge on him.''

 Chapter 123 Return Of Father

    "You, how dare of you to lie to me?" Qin Yihong hollered and entered the fashion studio of Zhou Bingbing.


    Zhou Bingbing smirked when she saw him. She was already expecting him after receiving a call from Min Yue.


    "I visited Zhou corporation and there I was told that you never asked your cousin to help me out. Why? Aren''t you satisfied with the apology given by TongTong?"


    Qin Yihong was fuming with anger. He had visited Zhou corporations and much against his expectations, he wasn''t allowed to be inside the building. He was cklisted.


    He was also feeling angry for his daughter. Qin Yutong had visited the sets and had apologised to Kris. She confessed to being bad and not of his standard. She had praised the directing skills of Kris and had degraded her acting.


    And exactly after an hour of her apology, the video of her apologising went viral. It was so embarrassing and harmful for the souring career of Qin Yutong. Now everyone was criticising her acting, ndering her because she dared to nder Kris before.


    "Calm down Mister Qin, who told you that I will not be helping you?" Zhou Bingbing smirked.


    She retrieved a coin from her purse, given to her by Zhou Liying. She passed it to Qin Yihong. "Here is my financial help. You deserve this coin for begging like that."


    "You¡­" face of Qin Yihong turned red with anger and embarrassment.


    "Guards, take this man away and don''t let him anywhere near the premises of my shop." Zhou Liying called for her guards. "Mister Qin, before I forget, there is a message for you from my cousin, ''dogs like you deserve to beg only. They don''t deserve to be in partnership with Zhou corporations."''


    Guards entered her shop and took a fuming Qin Yihong away.


    **


    "Uncle, why didn''t you inform me that you are back." Zhou Liyingined over the phone. "If only you have told me, I''d have personallye to receive you from the airport."


    "That''s why I did not tell you. I know you are busy and I didn''t wish to add myself to your list." Zhou Yonge smiled over the phone. "I am sending a car to you. Come to the mansion in that car."


    "Why have you sent a car? You know I have my driver cum bodyguard?" she shut theptop and made her way out of her cabin.


    "I know but I am sure you will love to see the driver whom I have sent for you."


    Zhou Liying frowned. "Who is he uncle? And why are you sounding so mysterious?"


    "You will know after seeing him." Zhou Yonge chuckled. "Now I will end the call. I need to call Kris and BingBing."


    Zhou Liying stepped out of the office building and noticed the ever-famous Mercedes car of her uncle. She gasped when the door of the car was opened and the driver came out.


    "Oh my god, uncle Jiang, is that you?" she gasped with surprise and looked at the old man in histe fifties.


    "Miss, it''s me. It''s so good to see you after such a long time." Zhou Liying felt emotional when she saw him. She rushed toward him and hugged the old man.


    "I am so happy to see you."<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan frowned when he saw her getting emotional and then hugging the old man. He also felt slightly jealous but he knew that this old man was not hispetition.


    "How are you doing? And what are you doing with uncle? When did you leave the job at Qin family?" Zhou Liying fired one after another.


    Mister Jiang was the old driver of the Qin family, the driver of her mother, then grandmother and then grandfather. He was kind of her driver and bodyguard. He had protected her when she had performed some dangerous stunts in her teenhood.


    Not only that, but he was also the one who had dropped her at the airport before she left Shanghai.


    "I was fired from the job after the admission of elder boss in the hospital. Qin family did not require me anymore." Mister Jiang answered and opened the door. "Miss, I will be happy to drive you to Mister Zhou."


    Zhou Liying turned and looked at Min Yue and Mu Yuehan. "Hanhan, take Min Yue home. Don''t worry about me. I will return on my own."


    With that said, she entered the car and was gone. Mu Yuehan sighed as he looked at her car. He looked at his watch and it was only five in the evening.


    Guess what, he needed to spend some time alone without being in the proximity of Zhou Liying.


    "Let me drop you."


    Mu Yuehan dropped Min Yue at the apartment. After making an excuse and taking required permissions, he made his way to Mu Corporations, to deal with some important contracts which were pending for quite a few days now.


    **


    "That was quite a surprise uncle." Zhou Liying grinned and hugged her uncle.


    "I am d you liked it." Zhou Yonge hugged her back. "Tell me, how is everything in Shanghai."


    "Awesome. I am d toe here. I feel so free and light-hearted." Zhou Liying entered his mansion and slumped down on the couch. "You will be surprised to know that it''s been more than fifteen days that I am here and I haven''t slept with any man till now."


    "Wow, that''s surprising." Zhou Yonge looked at her with amusement. "Any particr reason?"


    An image of Mu Yuehan appeared in her mind but she quickly erased it. "No reason. I just don''t wish to sleep around anymore. Maybe, the air of Shanghai is suiting me."


    Zhou Yonge chuckled and patted her head. "I was telling you this for a long, but you were not ready to listen to me. Do you like your penthouse?"


    "Very much. Even Bingbing is crazy¡­."


    "Dad," they were interrupted because of high pitched squeal of Zhou Bingbing. She rushed inside the house and hugged Zhou Yonge tight.


    The environment of the mansion became lively with the arrival of Zhou Bingbing. She was happily narrating the apology of Qin Yutong to Kris and then how Qin Yihong visited her.


    She was also praising the penthouse of Zhou Liying and was buttering her father to search for such a luxurious penthouse for her. She was fed up with her current penthouse.

 Chapter 124 Meeting Mu Yuehan

    Zhou Liying was making her way toward the elevator where Min Yue was reciting the schedule for the day. Mu Yuehan was silently following after them.


    "In the morning you have a video conference with the American branch, in the afternoon you will be meeting Mister Mu and¡­."


    Zhou Liying interrupted her, hearing the name of Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan also straightened up. "So, you have set the meeting with him. I thought you were still unable to contact him."


    "I contacted him long ago but we failed to find a time where you both could be free. Fortunately, today you both didn''t have anymitment."


    Zhou Liying nodded when she heard the exnation by Min Yue. Mu Yuehan smirked from behind them.


    Afterpleting her video conference, Zhou Liying arrived at the Japanese restaurant where her meeting with Mu Yuehan was arranged.


    After receiving her identity, the restaurant staff directed her toward the private room of Mu Yuehan.


    "Miss, should I follow you in?" Min Yue asked, because usually, in this type of private meeting, Min Yue was not allowed to be inside, in case her presence was not liked by another party.


    Zhou Liying looked at Mu Yuehan and nodded at Min Yue. She knew Mu Yuehan was to follow her inside. So, she didn''t wish to leave her secretary behind.


    "Mister Mu is waiting for you inside." The guard standing in the private room informed and opened the door. Zhou Liying entered inside with real Mu Yuehan and Min Yue at the toe.


    "Good to see you, Miss Zhou." Zhan Wei stood up from his seat and greeted Zhou Liying.


    Li Tao was receiving many messages from Min Yue that Zhou Liying wanted to meet Mu Yuehan. He knew that Zhou Liying would be doubtful if she did not meet Mu Yuehan.


    So, yesterday night, Mu Yuehan asked Zhan Wei to meet Zhou Liying while impersonating Mu Yuehan.


    "Good to see you." Zhou Liying smiled and shook hands with Zhan Wei.


    Zhan Wei inwardly smiled when he saw Zhou Liying after such a long time. He could pinpoint the changes in her from thest time he had seen her.


    In juju ind, she was a little fussy and shy. She was carefree and childish, but thedy in front of him was quite sophisticated. Not only that, her looks, her hair, and her way of clothing were also changed.


    Earlier, the pair of Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying was like water, both had soft hearts but now, they both were fire. They had their terror in the business world.


    "Tell me, Miss Zhou, why did you want to meet me?" Zhan Wei asked and leaned toward her.


    Zhou Liying closed the menu and ced it aside. She too leaned toward him, looking directly into his eyes. Her eyes were shining with sharpness.


    "I did not want to meet you. I wanted to meet Mu Yuehan but guess what, he had sent his proxy to meet me."


    Zhan Wei looked at her with shock before quicklyposing himself. "What do you mean miss Zhou? I am real Mu Yuehan, not some proxy."


    Zhou Liying scoffed and leaned against her chair. "You can fool the world but not me. Tell me, who you are and where is Mu Yuehan? Answer fast because I don''t have any time to waste."


    Behind her, Mu Yuehan looked at her with amusement because it was the first time that someone had recognised that Zhan Wei was not Mu Yuehan. Zhou Liying was speaking this with so much confidence as if she was sure he was not real.<sub> </sub>


    "Are you telling me your identity mister¡­."


    "Zhan Wei," Zhan Wei raised his hands. "I am vice president of Mu Corporations. Mu Yuehan is not avable because of some family-rtedmitments. So, for the time being, I am handling his all deals. I did not have any ill intention in fooling you."


    Zhan Wei raised his hands in surrender. Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and looked at him.


    "Where is Mu Yuehan?"


    ''Behind you.'' Zhan Wei wanted to say.


    "As I have told you before, he is busy with his family. He hasn''t visited the office for thest two weeks. If it was not about his family, I am sure, he was going to be sitting here instead of me."


    "Please don''t feel offended miss Zhou. You must know about the importance of family in a person''s life. Family is everything for Mu Yuehan."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head. "I did not take him as a man who will love his family. Guess what, he is not so heartless as I thought." She stood up from her seat. Zhan Wei looked at her with wide eyes.


    "Please don''t leave without having lunch. Maybe Mu Yuehan is not here, but we can discuss the project over lunch."


    "No, but thank you. I will prefer to have lunch with Mu Yuehan only." Zhou Liying threw a small smile in his direction. "Don''t think that I am feeling offended. I can understand his reasons very well. I hope, soon he will find time to meet me. After all, a huge project is at stake."


    There were warning and politeness in the voice of Zhou Liying. She was about to leave the private room when Zhan Wei asked the question which was killing him.


    "How did you recognise me? For thest five years, I am impersonating Mu Yuehan but till now, no one was able to see through me, then how you?"


    "I must say Mister Zhan if I am correct, the people whom you met were either blind or did not care that the person with whom they were dealing with was not Mu Yuehan. And for how I recognised you, keep guessing that." She smirked and left the private room.


    Once she was out of the private room, her face became dark. She clenched her fist tight.


    ''What was Mu Yuehan thinking of himself by not meeting her? Was he making fun of her? Could he not find some spare time to meet her?''


    Mu Yuehan noticed her expressions and he gulped. He knew Zhou Liying was angry with him. Now, he regretted his decision. If only he didn''t underestimate her sharpness.


    "Min Yue, ask our guards to locate Mu Yuehan. If he can''t meet us then let us find him. Let me teach some lessons to him." She ordered and looked ahead with a murderous aura.


    ''Sweetheart, I am meeting you every day. It''s just that, you don''t know who I am till now.''


    Min Yue nodded her head and then asked out of curiosity. "Miss, how do you realise that he was not Mu Yuehan?"


    "His facial expressions and the way he looked at me." Zhou Liying replied to her observation. "He is such a big businessman but he didn''t have that aura. Something was missing in him which told me that he was not real."


    Min Yue grinned and again mentally praised her miss. Zhou Liying was so sharp. Mu Yuehan was also praising her from behind.

 Chapter 125 Shopping Time

    After leaving the Japanese restaurant, Zhou Liying decided to visit the mall to do some shopping. She wanted to buy some day-to-day stuff, also a gift for Qin Yanze.


    She did not know for how long he was going to stay with her, but before sending him off, she wanted to give him a gift out of gratitude to him.


    "Min Yue, did you find something?" Zhou Liying asked while looking around the gift shop.


    Mu Yuehan had brought her to the biggest gift shop in the city with an assurance that she''d find a gift here, as per her need. Now, she was rounding around in the shop, in search of an apt gift.


    A soft smile appeared on her lips when she saw gifts for kids; drawing books, various varieties of colours, board games and many things more. They refreshed her beautiful memories as a child.


    "Why don''t we gift him a family photo?" Min Yue suggested but Zhou Liying shook her head.


    "Instead of giving him happiness, the family photo will act as salt on his wounds." Zhou Liying said and ran her fingers on the wind chime.


    She was casually looking around when Mu Yuehan made his suggestion, "Miss, what about this calligraphy painting from the eighteenth century? From my experience, many old people like to have a collection of calligraphic paintings."


    Zhou Liying walked behind and looked at the framed painting that Mu Yuehan was pointing at. She remembered; that her grandfather had a habit of collecting calligraphic paintings like this. In his words, ''collecting old paintings was a craze of rich people. A way of bragging their wealth.''


    She looked at the ssic painting, she did not have much knowledge about it but she had seen a somewhat simr calligraphy painting with her grandpa. The lines written were also apt as a gift to him.


    ''You are the best person in the world. I am nothing without you.''


    "You are quite thoughtful, Hanhan." Zhou Liying praised him. "We are buying this painting. Pack this up." She ordered the staff.


    "Thank you, miss." Mu Yuehan smirked. If only she knew, that he had read many blogs on the inte and many books, to learn what gift should be given to a person, only to impress Zhou Liying with his thoughtfulness.


    Today, those books simply came in handy!


    Staff went toward the billing counter with the painting. She was feeling excited because of themission which she was going to get at the sale of this said painting. It was one of the rare paintings and was also quite expensive.


    She was about to bill the painting when twodies entered the gift shop. One of thedies looked at the painting and decided to buy it, without caring that someone had already purchased it.


    "I am buying this painting."


    "Sorry Miss, but this painting is already sold. Please find yourself another gift." The saledy looked at her arriving customers with a sorry expression on her face.


    "Have you billed it? No right. So, it''s still the property of your shop. Your other customer can buy another gift. I am buying this painting and that''s final. Don''t forget who I am?" thedy spoke quite arrogantly.


    She was a regr visitor to the shop. She had bought many gifts before, so she knew, the staff would not send her empty-handed.<sub> </sub>


    "Excuse me, what if it''s not billed? My miss saw it first and had already bought you. You should go and search for another gift." Min Yue spoke arrogantly and red at thedy.


    "How dare of you to use that voice at me? Do you know who I am? Don''t try to fight me. Let me take this painting, otherwise, no one will be worse than me." Thedy named Lin Yue narrowed her eyes and looked at Min Yue.


    "You dared to warn me?" Min Yue scoffed. "Let me tell you, my miss is no less."


    The staffdy looked at Lin Yue and then at Min Yue. She knew Lin Yue, so obviously, she supported her.


    "Miss Lin is right. This painting is still the property of this shop. It''s onto me to whom to sell this." Saledy said.


    Lin Yue scoffed with pride. Min Yue narrowed her eyes. "How can you do this? Do you have any business ethics? Don''t you know how to make new customers?"


    The saledy ignored Min Yue and was about to bill the painting for Lin Yue when Zhou Liying arrived at the spot. Her eyes narrowed when she saw Lin Yue.


    "What''s happening here?" she asked with authority. "And why isn''t my painting billed till now?"


    "Qin Tian, is that you? So, rumours were not false that you are back. Tsk, Tsk, tsk, so shameless. I thought after that party, you will not be able to show your face to society, but here you are." Lin Yue mocked. Zhou Liying red at her.


    "Excuse me. Do I know you?" Zhou Liying looked at her with cold eyes and then looked at the saledy. "Are you nning to sell my purchase to someone else? I am buying this and that''s final."


    "She is an old customer. So, she is my first priority." Saledy informed without any hitch.


    Lin Yue noted the cold behaviour of Zhou Liying toward herself. She walked toward her with attitude.


    "Do you think you can buy a gift on which I have set my eyes on?" Lin Yue looked at her with pride. "This painting is mine. Let me see how will you snatch it from me."


    "You will not only see me getting this painting Miss Lin but you will also find yourself being thrown out of the shop." Zhou Liying challenged and red at Lin Yue.


    She''d not have bought this painting if there was someone else instead of Lin Yue. But now, Zhou Liying wanted to buy this painting at all cost, only to mortify Lin Yue.


    She wanted to show off her powers to Lin Yue. She wanted to show her that Zhou Liying never lost. She still was the queen. So, what if she was returning to Shanghai after a long time?


    Queen always remain queen!


    Habits take a long way to depart!

 Chapter 126 Meeting Old Friend

    Zhou Liying knew Lin Yue very well and why not, Lin Yue was once her best friend, a backstabbing betrayer!


    Zhou Liying had met Lin Yue when she was in the sixth standard. Instantly, they clicked. They were the best of the best buddies. Zhou Liying helped Lin Yue with her studies and Lin Yue introduced her to high-ss society.


    Zhou Liying was thirteen when Lin Yue first introduced her to the circle of rich kids. The attire which Zhou Liying wore for that party was also of Lin Yue.


    Together, they climbed the socialdder. They squashed manydies under their feet to be the best high-ssdies. They were partners in crime.


    Zhou Liying had nned to seduce Fan Yifeng, not only by herself but Lin Yue had supported her. She had helped her at the time when she had sneaked into the hotel room where Fan Yifeng was about to propose to Qin Yutong.


    Then what had happened that Lin Yue had stabbed Zhou Liying, by changing sides with Qin Yutong, by telling her the n of Zhou Liying, by calling her cruel in her so-called engagement party?


    Zhou Liying could only guess that Lin Yue was feeling envious of her.


    When Zhou Liying had be a properdy, she was way too sexy and smart, catching the attention of the opposite sex to herself. Slowly, Lin Yue became her shadow. Men approached her only so that she could cupid them with Zhou Liying.


    ?


    Lin Yue started to feel inferior to Zhou Liying and soon, hate took birth in her heart. She started to n the fall of Zhou Liying, and for that, she approached Qin Yutong.


    "Why did you stop? Bill this painting at my name." Lin Yue ordered the staff.


    "You are not billing this painting, not until I talk with your manager. Call your manager right now?" Zhou Liying ordered, her voice was harsh and authoritative.


    The staff at the cash counter shivered after hearing the authority in her voice. She stepped away from theputer. She pulled out her phone and hastily made a call to the manager, much to the disappointment of Lin Yue.


    "Min Yue, call Liam and Joshua. Ask them that I want to buy this shop?"


    Without wasting any second, Min Yue made a call to Liam and Joshua.


    Liam and Joshua were part of the team of Zhou Liying. Liam was an expert in searching for any information in a small period of time, whereas Joshua was an expertwyer.


    Zhou Liying had purchased many businesses like this in haste, with their help. So, they knew what was expected from them upon hearing the simple words of Zhou Liying.


    "Qin Tian, have you gone crazy? Do you think you can buy this shop? Do you have any idea of the value of this shop?" Lin Yueughed mockingly. "Or are you trying to fake in front of me that you are powerful and rich?"


    Lin Yue and her friend were looking at Zhou Liying with mocking expressions. They were waiting for her to make a joke of herself.


    Zhou Liying ignored her, not willing to waste her words or breath on her.


    Soon enough, the owner cum manager arrived at the store. He heard what had happened from his staff member, and not only that, he had also received a call from his broker, not long ago. He was informed that someone wanted to buy his shop at quite a high price, only if he cooperated.


    "Are you the owner of this shop?" Zhou Liying asked him and the manager nodded his head. "You must have received a call from mywyer and your broker. Have they given you all the information?"<sub> </sub>


    "Yes, they did."


    The owner was eagerly looking at Zhou Liying. From his broker, he had heard, the party willing to buy his shop was very strong. He''d be rich instantly by selling his shop.


    "I want to buy this shop at fifty million won if that''s okay with you."


    The eyes of staff members bugged out when they heard her. The condition of Lin Yue was no less. She failed to believe that Zhou Liying was buying this shop just like that, for a simple painting!


    Mu Yuehan smiled when he heard her. If he was in her shoes, if someone was trying to get something he liked, he''d have done the same.


    The owner also looked at her with surprise. The amount which she was paying was quite a lot more than the value of his shop. He''d be a fool if he did ept this offer.


    Besides, he was already nning to sell this shop and shift to America, to stay with his son.


    "I agree to sell this shop."


    With an open mouth, Lin Yue watched as two foreigners arrived at the shop and did all the formalities for Zhou Liying. All the property papers of this shop were transferred in the name of Zhou Liying.


    "How can you believe her? She is trying to dupe you." Lin Yue rebuked when she saw Zhou Liying signing a cheque. "Don''t take this cheque. I am sure, this while bounce."


    Zhou Liying rolled her eyes upon hearing her.


    ''Was she always this foolish? Isn''t she able to understand the powers behind me till now? Can''t she see, I can buy any shop with the blink of an eye.''


    Zhou Liying scoffed and did a transfer of money to the owner using inte banking. He received the message and Lin Yue looked at her with wide eyes.


    "How can you? How can you buy this shop with so ease? Tell me, who is helping you out, tell me?" Lin Yue stepped back in horror.


    "No one is helping me. It''s my power, Miss Lin. Did I not tell you I will be buying this painting? Now that, it''s in my shop, so obviously, it''s mine." Zhou Liying gloated and then looked at Mu Yuehan. "Throw thesedies out from my shop."


    Mu Yuehan nodded. To the horror of Lin Yue and her partner, he picked them up from their shirt cor, like sacks, he threw them out of the shop. Theynded outside the shop on their hips.


    "I will not leave you." Lin Yue gritted her teeth and was about to stand when her friend stopped her.


    "Don''t be stupid. Haven''t you witnessed her power? Thisdy is dangerous. You should not fight her, not until you know the name of the man behind her."


    Lin Yue gritted her teeth at the advice of her friend.


    But if only she knew, the power behind Zhou Liying was she herself. She had gained all this with her dedication and hard work in thest three years.

 Chapter 127 Meeting An Old Enemy

    Zhou Liying was feeling happy after insulting Lin Yue like this. She knew Lin Yue would never be able to gulp down that Zhou Liying now had so much power in her hands that she was able to throw her out of a shop.


    "Miss, why didn''t you use some other tactic to buy the painting? Why did you purchase this shop? Isn''t this waste of money?" Min Yue asked, feeling bad.


    "This is not a waste, but an investment. I noticed that this shop has quite a good variety of gifts. As per my observations, soon there will be a trend of giving gifts which this shop has." Zhou Liying informed. "Otherwise, I am no fool to waste my money only to degrade that Lin Yue."


    After leaving behind Liam and Joshua in the gift shop, Zhou Liying decided to continue with her shopping. She bought her day-to-day necessities. When she was outside Victoria''s secret, she asked Mu Yuehan to stay outside.


    "I will not stay outside miss. What if those twodies from the gift shop try to harm you in this shop? I can''t take a risk." He pointed out and Zhou Liying rolled her eyes.


    "Do you want to go to a shop which sellsdies'' private stuff? Don''t you have any decency?" she criticised angrily.


    "I have decency but I also know my duty."


    Zhou Liying ordered him to stay outside, but like a shameless fool, Mu Yuehan followed after her, making her embarrassed, especially when she heard the gossip of other females.


    ''Look at that husband, he is here to buy lingerie for his wife.''


    ''He must want to ensure that what his wife wears when he strips her during the night is best.''


    Mu Yuehan was not only following her; he was also helping her in selecting the lingeries.


    "This will suit you." He pushed a ckcy bra and thong into her hands.


    She red at him but her re did not reach him. She fumed and blushed hard, squeezing the lingerie in her hand.


    "You are shameless." Shemented and walked toward the bill counter.


    She lost the appetite for buying any more lingerie after seeing how Mu Yuehan was hell-bent on making her embarrassed. He was not even her boyfriend or husband but still, he was so hell-bent on buying some lingerie for her.


    Min Yue looked at the scene and smiled secretly. She knew, her miss would have kicked the ass of Mu Yuehan by now if she was not liking hispany. She knew, her miss was somewhere enjoying that a male was so engrossed to help her out in buying lingerie.


    She also didn''t miss to report about the same to Zhou Bingbing.


    Mu Yuehan smirked and noticed what Zhou Liying had bought. Half of them were of his choice and this made him proud.


    Come on, he was the one who was going to see her wearing these lingerie!


    **


    "Where to Miss?" Mu Yuehan asked with a lopsided grin on his lips.


    Zhou Liying red at him but like usual, he ignored her res.


    ''Why is it that I don''t feel offended when he doesn''t follow my orders? Why am I not able to dominate over him like others? What''s so special in him that I don''t wish to fire him, even when he rarely follows my order?'' she thought.


    "What''s our next destination?" Min Yue asked when she saw Zhou Liying was not replying to Mu Yuehan.


    "Take me to the showroom of Harley-Davidson. I want to purchase a bike."<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes became wide when he heard her. He asked her with curiosity, "you know how to drive a bike?"


    Zhou Liying simply ignored him. He amusingly smiled and started the car, ''for how long will you ignore me?''


    **


    ''Today was not the day for shopping.'' Zhou Liying cursed out aloud.


    First, Zhou Liying did not find the model in the showroom that she wanted to purchase, and second, when she was testing the bike which she now decided to purchase, she noticed Qin Yutong and Li Na, her mother inw walking in the showroom. Thou, they had not seen her till now.


    "Thank you foring with me, mom. I felt bad that Yifeng had spent so much money on my wedding dress and I failed to buy anything for him in return. Now I want to buy an expensive sports bike for him. I am d to have your help."


    Qin Yutong and Li Na looked like close mothers and daughters, and it made Zhou Liying wish to vomit. From what she had heard from Zhou Bingbing, Li Na did not like Qin Yutong.


    So, it was no big puzzle to Zhou Liying that Li Na was being friendly with Qin Yutong only because she was going to spend some money on Fan Yifeng.


    In the eyes of Zhou Liying, Li Na was like a rolling ball. She was always attracted to a person who had money and was ready to spend it for her.


    "You are seriously back." Qin Yutong looked at Zhou Liying with wide eyes, when her eyes finally fell on her. Jealousy filled her heart when she noticed the sophisticated personality of Zhou Liying and a dominating aura around her.


    "Breaking news, I am back. So what?" Zhou Liying chided.


    Qin Yutong gritted her teeth when she noticed the arrogant way in which Zhou Liying was talking to her. Her hands were clenched. She was ready to p Zhou Liying, to let out her hate from six years back.


    It was Li Na who stopped her and reminded her that she was a public figure. Fighting with Zhou Liying in public would be of no good for her.


    "You have be more shameful. Will you not greet me?" Li Na spat. "Earlier you were like aunty this, aunty that and now, you aren''t even greeting me."


    "Why should I? Do I have any rtion with you?" Zhou Liying looked at her with cold eyes. "You are no more than a stranger to me. Now excuse me. I don''t have time to waste on some stray dogs."


    "You shameless¡­. I am lucky that you did not get engaged with my son. You are nothing but a worthless chit who does low things."


    Li Na fumed in anger when she saw Zhou Liying. There was a time when Li Na supported Zhou Liying, it was until Li Na realised that she did not have any property in her name.


    Zhou Liying smirked when she heard her. "We will see if you will be saying the same thing after some days or not. I am sure, soon you will be after me, trying to make me your daughter-inw."


    Her eyes shined, well aware of the nature of Li Na. She''d follow after her once she got to know that Zhou Liying was the heir of Zhou corporations.


    "In your dreams. I will never have a poor brat like you as my daughter-inw, and why will I when I already have TongTong." Li Nan yelled.


    "Stupid people only know how to bark." She murmured and ignored them. She asked the salesperson to prepare the registration documents of the bike for her.


    And just like morning, it happened again, Qin Yutong selected the bike which she had already tested and driven, and again, just like morning, the staff gave preference to Qin Yutong and why not, she was a famous personality after all and Zhou Liying was not so famous so far.

 Chapter 128 Ha, I Knew It!

    The staff was more excited to sell their limited edition bike to Qin Yutong instead of Zhou Liying because if Qin Yutong was to buy the bike from their showroom, it''d publicly boast them.


    People who preferred other Harley-Davidson showrooms in the city over theirs would starting to them because of the poprity of Qin Yutong.


    "You sure you can buy this bike, Miss Qin? Because I am sure, it''s out of your budget." Zhou Liying scoffed.


    "Out of my budget! Don''t forget who I am. I am Qin Yutong. I can buy it. I will buy it at all cost and why not, I am buying it for my fianc¨¦ after all." Qin Yutong tried to spike Zhou Liying by saying the word Fianc¨¦ but she was unaffected by it.


    "Let me see if you can buy this bike or not." Zhou Liying wrapped her arms around her chest and looked at her with pride.


    Both Qin Yutong and Li Na scoffed and asked the staff to prepare the papers for the bike.


    "At least, ask for the price first?" Zhou Liying reminded them.


    "What is the price of this bike?" Qin Yutong asked as if she did not care about the price of it.


    "Twenty million won, ma''am. This bike is a limited edition¡­." the staff started to exin the features of the said bike but Qin Yutong heard nothing after twenty million won.


    ''Why is this bike so expensive? I thought it was some cheap bike seeing Qin Tian was trying it.''


    "What happened TongTong? Don''t tell me, you are nning to change your mind after hearing the price of this bike." Li Na red at her.


    "It''s nothing like this mom. I just think, why don''t Ie here with Yifeng? What if he doesn''t like the bike? All the money will go waste."


    Qin Yutong was quite hesitating in buying the said bike after realising its price. Their family was suffering in losses and she had used most of her savings to help her father.


    Spending twenty million won on a bike was not a good idea in her eyes.


    "Told you, you can''t buy this bike." Zhou Liying chuckled. "Nor you have the money nor status. You only know how to use Fan Yifeng as your money bank. I still remember how you used to force Fan Yifeng to buy stuff which you failed to buy with your own money."


    Li Na fumed when she heard Zhou Liying. She red at Qin Yutong, "Are you buying this bike or not?"


    Zhou Liying gloatingly smiled when she saw how the staff was looking at Qin Yutong with disapproval. Li Na was also angry at Qin Yutong, seeing her getting frozen at the name of twenty million which was nothing inparison to what Fan Yifeng had spent to buy her the wedding dress.


    "Miss, I think, Miss Qin is no longer buying this bike. So, you can have it." The salesperson tried to stop her.


    "Do you really think I will buy this bike now?" she sneered. "You lost your chance of having a highmission."


    With that, Zhou Liying turned and left the showroom. She was in a bad mood. She liked that bike but hash¡­.


    "I have heard that this showroom sells fake parts of bikes. No one can expose them until now." Mu Yuehan randomly informed Zhou Liying and she smirked.


    How could she let this showroom be free after the way they didn''t sell her the bike which she had nearly bought?<sub> </sub>


    "Min Yue, call Liam."


    **


    Mu Yuehan took Zhou Liying to the other Harley-Davidson showroom in the city. Zhou Liying entered the showroom and sighed on not seeing any face from the past.


    "Do you have Harley Davidson blue edition?" she mentioned the model of the bike which was quite famous nowadays. It was an upgraded model of what she liked at thest showroom.


    "Miss, we have this bike but unfortunately, it''s already ordered by Mister Mu TianYu." The salesperson informed her with an apologising expression on her face. "We have many other limited-edition models. We can show them to you."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head. She already knew that it was not easy to get a blue edition. At least this shop had it, unlike thest showroom.


    Behind her, when Mu Yuehan heard how she wanted this particr model, and how his brother had ordered it, he made up his mind that Zhou Liying was buying what she wanted.


    He had already seen how her mood got turned off when she failed to buy the bike of her choice in thest showroom, and how she ran into the people whose faces she did not want to see.


    He made an excuse and walked out of the showroom, to a ce where no one could see or hear him. He immediately made a call to Mu TianYu.


    "Have you ordered some bike at Harley-Davidson?" he asked without beating around the bush.


    "Wow, bro. Your sources are super-fast. How do you know that I have ordered a new bike early in the morning?" Mu TianYu asked with amusement in his voice.


    "Cancel your order right now. Make any excuse but cancel it." Mu Yuehan ordered in a strict voice.


    "Why bro? I am buying it for¡­."


    Mu Yuehan did not want to waste time talking to him, so to be quick, he said, "Cancel the order, and the Ferrari in my garage is all yours, and that''s a promise."


    Hearing the promise word, Mu TianYu''s eyes glittered. He had set his eyes on his Ferrari for such a long time. "I will call the showroom right away."


    ?


    Mu Yuehan smiled with delight and returned to the showroom. He returned inside and saw Zhou Liying was inspecting the bikes quite carefully. He could say, she was an expert in the field of bikes.


    One day, he''d love to ride behind her and see how good she was at bike riding.


    "Miss, I just received a call from Mister Mu. He cancelled his order. Do you want to see the blue edition?" the salesdy asked her.


    The eyes of Zhou Liying twinkled. She wanted to buy this bike for such a long time. Unfortunately, it was not avable anywhere. She had already tried her luck at many ces.


    "I will buy it. Show it to me." And to be safe this time, she gave a bait to the saledy, "if I like this bike and can have it, I will give you one per cent as a bonus."


    The eyes of the saledy widened. She started to do maths in her mind. With enthusiasm, she directed Zhou Liying toward the special part of the shop where luxurious bikes were parked.

 Chapter 129 Do You Want To Join Me In Swimming?

    Zhou Liying looked at the customised Harley Davison blue edition which was priced at approximately 1.5 million euros. This bike was a dream bike of many and today, she was going to buy it.


    The price was not because of the customisation this bike went through, but because various jewels and precious stones had been used to adorn this bike. Many parts of this bike were gold tted.


    This bike in itself spoke of luxury and the person riding on it was someone who had money, and this was one of the reasons Zhou Liying wanted to buy it. After earning money, she wanted to spend it to show off, for her self-satisfaction!


    Come on, who with money like her would not like to show off by buying expensive things?


    "I am buying this. Prepare this your me."


    The salesdy, without any dy, got the procedure of purchasepleted. The ownership of the bike was transferred to Zhou Liying and she was given the certificate of originality.


    "Miss, you will receive the bike by tomorrow morning. We need to do some changes in it before it is all ready to run on the roads." The owner of the showroom informed her. He was equally delighted to sell this piece of bike to her.


    His voice was full of politeness. He was aware that Zhou Liying was someone with power and money that she was able to buy this expensive bike without thinking twice.


    "Okay, I will send someone to receive it."


    "Sure, sure, but please send your identity with the other person. We can''t hand over the bike to anyone."


    "Okay." Zhou Liying nodded her head and shook her hand with the owner.


    She left the showroom with satisfaction. She was about to enter her car when she received a call from Liam. He reported, "There was a raid on the showroom. The owner and staff are caught selling duplicate parts of bikes."


    Zhou Liying ended the call and her eyes shed with darkness. The other shop dared to ignore her and now they saw the results!


    **


    After the Harley-Davidson showroom, Mu Yuehan took Zhou Liying to a caf¨¦. She was feeling thirsty and craved to drink something chocty.


    "Here''s your drink, Miss." Min Yue gave her a ss of drink. Zhou Liying was about to sip her ss when Mu Yuehan snatched it from her hand.


    "Hey, what''s this?" Zhou Liying yelled and red at him. "How dare of you to snatch my ss? Do you have any code of conduct?"


    The impudence of this man! Wasn''t he overdoing by drinking from her ss of chocte shake? Had she given him a lot of freedom by not saying or doing anything to him till now?


    Mu Yuehan ignored her furious expression and took a sip of her drink. He then returned the ss of her shake to her. "Miss, if you have not realised, this shop belongs to Mister Qin. From what I know, you have some enmity with him. I drank your coffee only out of precaution. If you want, I can buy another ss for you."


    His voice was full of professionalism, it hide all his ill intention. Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and then took a sip from the drink.


    Somewhere she found Mu Yuehan to be right. What if someone at the shop recognised her and anyhow had spiked her drink? She could not believe anyone from her uncle''s family, not even the staff working in his caf¨¦!


    With wide eyes, Min Yue saw Zhou Liying sipping the coffee from the same ss which Mu Yuehan had used. She knew how much Zhou Liying hated to have her food from a shared te. At the top, she hated to drink from someone''s leftovers.


    On the other hand, Mu Yuehan smirked when he saw her drinking from the ss from which he took a sip.<sub> </sub>


    Wasn''t it like indirect Kissing?


    Zhou Liying knew that their eyes were on her but she ignored them. She finished the drink and threw the disposable ss in a dustbin.


    **


    They returned to their apartment and like usual, after taking a bath and changing his clothes, Mu Yuehan entered the penthouse of Zhou Liying, to prepare dinner for her.


    Zhou Liying came down from her room after showering and changing into a long shirt and pyjama bottoms. She looked at Mu Yuehan, parading in the kitchen in only a vest and shorts. A sigh left her lips.


    She walked toward the kitchen ind and took her seat. She folded her hands on the counter and ced her head over her hands, while her eyes were fixed on Mu Yuehan.


    She was noticing his strong muscles. He prepared dinner daily for her, in this same attire, but till now, she did not be habitual of seeing him like this. She found something intruding in him.


    Her desire to bed him was bing strong day by day. When looking at him like this, she so wished to invite him to her room and f*ck him hard. She so wished to lower down his shorts and underwear to see how long he was.


    Was he long as she had imagined him to be?


    Would he be good to f*ck?


    Zhou Liying took her lower lip in between her teeth, her eyes were burning with deep desire.


    Mu Yuehan was aware of her eyes on himself. He was swelling proudly with each passing second. He knew she wanted to bed him and he wanted nothing less.


    But he was controlling himself. He had already offered himself to her and that too not once but many a time. Now he was looking forward to her invitation.


    He still remembered how he used to feel when holding her in his arms, making love to her and he was eager to have that experience once again. He looked forward to the days when each night he''d sleep with her in his arms and would wake up to see her face.


    "Why are you not scared of me, HanHan?" she asked, to divert her mind away from what she was thinking. "Many people peed in their pants after seeing my re but you are unaffected by it, why?"


    "Because I know that you are not dangerous." Mu Yuehan replied. Zhou Liying raised her brow in amusement. "I can see that your tough exterior is to protect yourself from your enemies. Otherwise, you are way too soft from inside."


    "I am not soft. I have killed my enemies with bare hands, you know. I have destroyed lives and families."


    "Then there must be a reason behind it." Mu Yuehan shrugged his shoulders. "If you were cruel then you would have ended me and my career a long back but you did not because you know, I am not harmful."


    Zhou Liying smiled at his thoughtfulness. Her heart warmed up. After her family, he was probably the first person who did not think that she was cruel to kill the families.


    She stood up from the stool and walked toward the door joining the living room to the balcony with the swimming pool. She turned and looked at him with a small smirk.


    "Do you want to join me in the swimming?"

 Chapter 130 Making Out!

    Breath of Mu Yuehan hitched in his throat when he heard the offer of Zhou Liying. His hand which was steering the spaghetti in the pan stopped in the middle.


    His heart started to thump fast when he saw Zhou Liying removing her pyjama bottoms. They fell on her feet and she not very gracefully threw them aside.


    She turned and looked at him. With a seducing smile on her lips, one by one, she teasingly started to open the buttons of her shirt.


    Mu Yuehan could feel his blood following downwards. His hands were shivering with anticipation. His eyes were burning with want.


    Unconsciously, he switched off the stove under the pan.


    "I will not mind if you join me." With that, she opened thest button of her shirt and threw it away. The breath of Mu Yuehan hitched when he saw what she was wearing.


    Zhou Liying was wearing a nude bikini dress, which hardly covered her private parts and not only that, it was something which Mu Yuehan had selected for her in Victoria''s secret showroom.


    Mu Yuehan had imagined her in it, but he did not expect to see her in this dress so soon.


    Zhou Liying turned toward the pool and made her way toward it. She shook her hips deliberately for Mu Yuehan.


    His heart thumped fast when he saw her back view. Only two strings and her bikini would be removed, only two strings and he would be able to see her private parts.


    He looked at her smooth back and long legs. He gulped, wishing to squeeze her waist, to have her legs wrapped around his waist, to prate deep into her. He wanted to pull hard on her hairs, to tangle his fingers in them.


    He wanted to hear Mu Yuehan from her sexy lips, it was his long desire.


    Unconsciously, Mu Yuehan walked toward the door separating the balcony and the living room. With hunger, he saw her swimming in the pool. He saw her whole body drenched with water.


    Memories from their first night surfaced in his mind and he gulped audibly. He became hard, his bottom became tight. His hands had a tingling sensation. They urged him to touch her, to feel her.


    He ran his tongue over his dry lips. His mind was nk of any other thought except for the beauty in front of his eyes.


    Zhou Liying stopped swimming when she saw him. She leaned against the wall, overlooking the city. She turned her back to the wall and looked at Mu Yuehan with desire-filled eyes.


    She cupped her breast with her hand and started to squeeze it. She threw her head back and started to moan.


    ''Don''t Mu Yuehan. Don''t forget what you have learnt from Min Yue. Zhou Liying tends to leave the men after sleeping with them. You don''t want to be her next target.''


    Much against his subconsciousness, Mu Yuehan removed his clothes, his eyes were fixed on Zhou Liying. She was pleasuring herself, in an attempt to seduce him.


    He stripped himself out from his dress, leaving himself only in his boxers. He jumped into the pool and swam toward her. He wrapped his arms around her tiny waist and looked at her with dark eyes.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying shivered when she felt his dark eyes on herself. Waves passed her body upon feeling his warm arm wound her waist.


    All of a sudden, she felt nervous and this was the first, her heart came to her throat in nervousness and anxiety.


    "You have teased me enough. Now, you will regret it." He murmured and crushed his lips to hers.


    Mu Yuehan kissed her rough and raw, vomiting out all his longing. Both felt jolts after jolts of electricity when their lips collided with one another.


    His hand around her waist tightened to the extent that she started to feel slight pain. He ced his other hand on her forehead and ducked with her inside the pool.


    They both were deep in the pool, kissing each other hungrily. Mu Yuehan was biting and sulking on her lips, Zhou Liying was no less, her lips were moving with his in sync.


    She unconsciously wrapped her legs around him, feeling him poking hard against her private parts. She found herself burning with desire.


    They came out of the pool, both panting hard, "You are so beautiful and enchanting."


    Before Zhou Liying couldment something dirty, Mu Yuehan again ced his lips against her. This time, it was a slow and soft kiss, full of passion. He pushed her against the wall, leaving no space in between their bodies.


    He tugged hard on her hair, making her moan, using this chance, he pushed his tongue into her mouth.


    So sweet¡­like the way he remembered.


    He swirled his tongue around all the corners of her mouth, soon he felt the tongue of Zhou Liying trying to dominate his. Their tongues tangled with each other, intensifying the fire of passion in their bodies.


    They broke apart to breathe, and again, their lips shed with each other, in a demanding kiss. This time, Zhou Liying entered her tongue into his mouth, tasting each corner of his mouth.


    Delicious¡­. she moaned.


    His mouth was so sweet, nothing like what she had imagined or tasted before.


    Her body was feeling alive and burning with raw passion and fire which was again first, she had never felt so hungry for any man before like this.


    They again broke apart for breath. This time, Zhou Liying pushed him against the wall and kissed him. Her hands were running all over his body. She was rubbing her private part against him. She was moaning when kissing him hard.


    Their kiss switched from being a hunger-filled kiss to a passionate kiss to a slow kiss. They both were drinking into each other like starving men. They were lost in each other, forgetting about the world around them.


    And this was only a start!

 Chapter 131 So Close To One Another!

    Mu Yuehan was kissing Zhou Liying again and again, not willing to let her go. He did not care that both their lips were swollen and red because of kissing. Both their lungs were burning because of kissing.


    He only wanted to kiss her again and again!


    Hell, he was starving to taste them for thest four years!


    His grip on her was very tight, he was hugging her very tightly. He was afraid, she would vanish if he let her go. His fear took a toll on him and he bit her lips hard, making her bleed.


    "Ah, Hanhan," she moaned, enjoying the way he was kissing her. She liked the wild men.


    Even thou her lips were bleeding, Zhou Liying did not want him to stop. She wanted to eat his lips. She was feeling as if she wanted to kiss them for a long time. Her heart was thumping hard in her chest, ready toe out any second.


    She was close to releasing herself, and they were only kissing!


    Her buds were pointy and hard because of rubbing against his hard chest. She was lost in ecstasy, she did not wish toe back.


    After so long, she was feeling at peace and she wanted her peace to remain the same!


    "So, so, so, beautiful." Mu Yuehan broke the kiss and mumbled against her chin. His eyes were dark with desire. "I want to take you hard and fast."


    "What is stopping you then?" Zhou Liying spoke, her eyes were mirroring the same hunger as his.


    She took his hand and ced it on the string of the bra. Both their breaths hitched. They closed their eyes, feeling fantasised.


    He undid the knot around her neck, followed by the knot around her back. Her bikini top fell in the pool. He opened his eyes and looked at her breasts with dark eyes.


    "Sexy, so sexy." He mumbled and squeezed hard on her breast.


    "Oh my god." Zhou Liying gasped and threw her head back. She felt strong sensations in her stomach. Mu Yuehan squeezed her breast once again. She moaned loudly, scratched on the back of Mu Yuehan, and came hard and fast.


    "Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn''t know, it''s so easy to make youe." He tsked and squeezed her breast hard, making her yell.


    "It is not my fault if you are so good at what you are doing? Tell me, were you male prosecute before bing a bodyguard?" she asked, breathing heavily.


    <o>,m </o>


    "No, I was not," he pulled her chin and kissed it, slightly nibbling it. He again squeezed her breast and pulled on her buds.


    "Tell me, do you like what I am doing to your body?"


    "Mm." she moaned.


    "Do you want me to fuck you?" He undid her bikini bottom and threw it away.


    "Vey much." Her voice was hoarse and filled with passion.


    "Then tell me that you are only mine, tell me that your body belongs only to me. Tell me that only I have the right to make love to you, tell me." He rubbed himself to her, only his boxers were separating them.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying was lost in him. She spoke everything hazily, "I am yours, only yours. Now make meplete." She opened her eyes and looked at him. Her eyes were full of urge. "I can''t wait to be yours."


    She rubbed against him. He groaned and pushed her tight against the wall. He was about to remove his boxers when her phone rang.


    "Ignore it. Focus on me, today. Get it." She trailed her nails on his back. "Focus on what you are going to get."


    Mu Yuehan removed his boxer, his lower part sprung out into life. He was long, hard and ready for her.


    "You are long, you didn''t disappoint me." Shemented and again, they were disturbed by her ringing phone.


    Her phone rang again and again.


    Zhou Liying tightly wrapped her arms around him. Mu Yuehan had her tightly engulfed in his arms. He positioned himself at her entry.


    "Let''s do it quick, alright. Then you can attend the call." Mu Yuehan murmured. He was all ready to enter into her. He was about to enter into her when her phone rang again.


    "It must be something important. We will continue after I attend the call." Zhou Liying pushed him away with a lot of courage. She did not want to let him go but her phone had rung for the sixth time.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and let her go. He leaned against the wall of the pool and breathed hard. He dived into the pool to calm himself down. Meanwhile, Zhou Liying walked out of the pool to attend the call.


    She picked up her phone, her eyes widened when she saw that it was a call from assistant Zhang. Her body instantly calmed down, instead, fear filled her heart.


    "Assistant Zhang. What happened?"


    Mu Yuehan walked out of the pool and wrapped his arms around her. Soon, Zhou Liying stumbled in his arms when she heard assistant Zhang, "Boss had vomited blood. He is in the emergency room right now."


    Zhou Liying forgot all about what they were going to do, same was the case with Mu Yuehan when he saw her leaning on him with pain in her eyes. He tightly wrapped his arms around her, to give her his support.


    "You have to be strong Liying. Mister Qin needs you. You can''t fall weak like this."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head. She spoke in a weak voice. "Get ready. We are going to the hospital."


    **


    Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying and felt pain in his heart. Zhou Liying was looking so weak and frail at that moment. She was sitting on the car seat with her arms wrapped around her legs, trying hard to control her tears.


    She was in pain, he knew that, but she was not ready to share her pain with anyone.


    He had tried to hold her hand but she took it back. He had advised her to call her uncle or cousin but she shook her head.


    ''Stupid girl, why does she think that she is strong? Does she not know how to share her pain with others? Does she not know that there are many other people ready to lend her shoulder for her to cry on?''


    With an agonising heart, he saw her in pain and the worst thing was that he was unable to do anything to take her pain away.

 Chapter 132 Tragedy

    Mu Yuehan saw how Zhou Liying changed from a fragile, weak and broken girl to a strong woman within a few seconds. By the time she stepped out of the car, she was no longer lost in her own world.


    Her eyes which were filled with pain were now empty. The woman who looked as if she''d fall any second now stood tall and strong.


    Zhou Liying clenched her fist tight, hiding her all true emotions. Her heart was thumping fast in fear. Her blood was going downwards, not knowing what was going to happen in the future, but her face held a calm expression.


    She did not let any true emotion appear on her face. She knew, her uncle''s family would be waiting for her, ready to criticise her and she did not want toe in front of them as someone who was broken. Moreover, she wanted to be strong for her grandfather. She could not let him see the broken her.


    She took a deep breath and entered the hospital. Mu Yuehan closely followed behind her.


    "You stay behind. My uncle''s family will be there. I don''t want them to use you to attack me." She ordered. Her voice was chilly. Mu Yuehan shivered.


    He knew that she was cold to others but when talking to him, she was never so cold. Somewhere, he had always noticed a warmth in her voice and today it was absent.


    Leaving Mu Yuehan behind, Zhou Liying walked toward the emergency room. She nodded at assistant Zhang and then looked at her uncle''s family. Four pairs of eyes were ring at her, ready to attack her.


    "You shameless b! tch. You find the right time to return." Qin Yihong muttered under his breath. "You left ourpany in crisis and now you are back when dad is about to die. What a time?"


    "Excuse me, did you say something to me?" Zhou Liying blinked her eyes and looked at him without any emotion.


    "Yes, I talked with you. You sure have guts. We all forgave you for trying to snatch Fan Yifeng from TongTong then how dare of you to run away from the country." He gritted his teeth angrily.


    It was true, his family did not say anything to Zhou Liying after the party. They only mocked her, nothing more.


    "You forgave me?" Zhou Liying asked, faking a surprised expression. "If you forgave me then why the hell did you embarrass me in front of the whole society? Why were the friends of Qin Yutong swearing and b!tching about me, the very next day?"


    "It was her friends, not us." Qin Yihong stood up from his seat and red at her. "They spoke what they saw."


    "By the way, weren''t they saying the truth? You tried to snatch Fan Yifeng from TongTong." Huang Jiayi stood from her seat, to support her husband. "We kept quiet about the same. We did not forget that you have the blood of my sister-inw flowing in your veins. Qin Lijuan¡­"


    "Dare of you to take the name of my mother from your dirty mouth." Zhou Liying roared


    She looked at her. She leaned toward her aunt and red at her, making the heart of the other party skip a beat in fear. Unconsciously, Huang Jiayi stepped back, feeling a strong auraing from Zhou Liying.


    "Were you going to say, my mother is not proud of me? Let me tell you, my mother is very much proud of me. But what about you, are you proud of your daughter? Huh?" she looked at her with challenging eyes.


    "You always mocked my mother for getting pregnant out of wedlock but what about your daughter? Isn''t she pregnant out of wedlock? Isn''t she a mistress now? What about her, ha?" She bombed and looked at her with disgust. She was breathing hard with anger.<sub> </sub>


    Huang Jiayi raged when she heard Zhou Liying criticising her daughter. "How dare of you to call her a mistress?"


    She was about to p her but Zhou Liying took hold of her wrist in a tight grip. Huang Jiayi winced in pain.


    "Qin Tian, how dare of you to hold the hand of my mother like this." Qin Yutong hollered and walked to help her mother.


    Zhou Liying like an expert ced her feet under her leg to make her fall. Before Qin Yutong could fall, Zhou Liying helped her back. She looked at her mockingly.


    "Careful, what would have happened to your key to easily enter Fan family if something has happened to your baby due to your fall?" Zhou Liying mocking looked at her and then at her t belly.


    "You¡­. how dare of you to ce your foot under my leg?" Qin Yutong fumed and was about to attack her when Zhou Liying pushed her back.


    "Don''t forget that you are pregnant. Fighting with me or getting angry at me will not be good for your baby." Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes at her.


    Qin Yutong stomped her feet and sat back on her seat. Zhou Liying smirked and then looked at her uncle and aunt.


    "What were you saying, blood rtion and all? Let me tell you, I don''t have any blood rtion with any of you. You all are strangers to me."


    Huang Jiayi huffed when she heard her. Earlier, Huang Jiayi used to find excuses to hurt her or bully her but today, she felt inferior to Zhou Liying.


    She felt that Zhou Liying was no longer that weak chicken. She had be strong. She knew how to fight for herself. Huang Jiayi didn''t find any guts to stand against her.


    She could only think of dirty ways to harm her.


    Qin Yihong too huffed in defeat. "Don''te running to us when you need money?"


    Zhou Liying chuckled when she heard her uncle. "Do you have any money left? I have heard that the cards of aunt are blocked. Not only that, with my own eyes, I witnessed how Qin Yutong failed to buy a bike for Fan Yifeng."


    The Qin family fisted their hands hard. They were angry at her. What right did she have to criticise them? It was her fault that they were suffering? She left theirpany in crisis!


    So, she had no right to criticise them. She should not forget how they had looked after her when her mother died. They gave her a roof to stay under and also food to eat.


    She was being ungrateful to them; this was what the Qin family was thinking!


    Weren''t they selfish fools!

 Chapter 133 Kidnapping

    Qin Family was continuously looking at Zhou Liying and they realised that she no longer was the same. She was seated in a very poised manner, radiating power and authority.


    Earlier, no matter what, her eyes always held a kind of innocence which was no longer there in them. Her eyes werecking warmth. They were stone cold.


    Somewhere, she used to be afraid of them but today, they felt as if they should be the ones scared of her. Earlier, her aunt used to p her, kick her or spank her without any future thought but today she did not find any courage to do so.


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    Huang Jiayi was itching to p away the cold expression from the face of Zhou Liying but she did not know what was stopping her. She was feeling somewhat frightened of her.


    Zhou Liying looked at the Qin family and mentally pped herself.


    Why was she scared of this family? The family full of fools!


    They were nothing but a bunch of fools. They used her only because she was scared of them. If only she had shown her authority for once, maybe history was going to be something else.


    They were scared rats, acting like a lion in front of her because she had let them stomp her under their feet. She let them walk all over herself.


    But now she was changed, it was their turn to be scared of her. She did not n to have her revenge on them but she would not let them y with her emotions like before.


    "Who has A positive blood group? The patient needs it urgently. We don''t have time to contact any blood bank." The nurse came out of the emergency ward and looked around with urgency in her eyes.


    Zhou Liying looked around at her cousins and uncle. They shared the same blood group as her but no one said yes. She snickered under her breath and stood up from her seat.


    "I am giving my blood."


    "Follow me." The nurse nodded at her.


    "Do I need toe with you?" assistant Zhang asked her.


    "No need. You stay back." She advised and followed after the nurse toward the room where the nurse was going to withdraw blood from her.


    Zhou Liyingid down on the bed and the nurse started the process to take blood from her. She involuntarily closed her eyes, feeling afraid.


    She was phobic of blood, especially after the incident four years back. Many times, she woke up screaming, finding herself covered with blood in her dreams. She felt nauseous whenever she looked at the blood.


    "You are Qin Tian, right?" the nurse asked. Zhou Liying simply hummed, keeping her eyes closed shut.


    Soon, she felt a middle piercing in her body and a gush of blood running out from her hand. On the instruction of the nurse, she started to shut and open her fist.


    "This process will not take much of your time. So, don''t be scared." The nurse informed her.


    "I am not scared of blood." Zhou Liying replied, feeling her throat dry. She felt an itching feeling in her body upon imagining blood.


    "It''s done." The nurse informed and took out the needle from her arm.


    Zhou Liying was feeling slightly dizzy and disoriented after giving blood. She was about to sit when the nurse tightly held onto her hands. "You did your duty by donating the blood and now it''s time for me to do my duty."


    Alerted, Zhou Liying tried to take away her hand from the grip of the nurse. But she was feeling very weak.<sub> </sub>


    "You can''t do anything to me." She spoke firmly but her voice came too soft and weak.


    Zhou Liying griped on the hand of the nurse but she easily freed it from her grip and before she realised, the nurse injected another injection into her.


    "Hey, what are you doing?" she pushed on the nurse and threw away the already injected injection.


    Dizziness took over her. Her eyelids became heavy. Her heartbeat picked up and her breathing became stubble.


    "I have given a strong dose of a drug to you. You can''t fight against it." The nurse dered proudly.


    "Why me?" Zhou Liying yelled. She tried to stand up, only to fall back on the bed, she did not feel as if her body was her own. She tried to fight off the effect of the drug but at that moment, she felt weak and at loss.


    She was scolding herself for letting her guards down. She was in a hospital with her uncle''s family. Anyone of them could have tried to harm it. It could also be from anyone from outside.


    Suddenly, fear filled her heart, and images of her nightmares appeared in her mind. ''Weak, you are too weak and pathetic. No one can save you from us."


    **


    After five minutes, two men covering their faces with masks entered the room. They looked at the nurse and then at Zhou Liying. She was unconsciously lying on the hospital bed.


    "Are you sure, she is Qin Tian? You are aware that the boss will kill you for your single mistake."


    "She is Qin Tian. She confirmed it herself. Now give me the money and take her away." The nurse informed confidently.


    The man with the mask nodded his head and checked upon Zhou Liying, to see if she was unconscious or not.


    "Good job." He passed the nurse a bag with cash and the nurse greedily epted it, hugging it tight to her chest.


    The two men wrapped their arms around unconscious Zhou Liying and very secretly, grabbed her out of the hospital.


    "Leave me. You can''t touch me." Zhou Liying tried her best to protest but her limbs were not listening to her. The effect of the drug was having a full toll on her. Her body was ready to fall if not for the men holding her tight.


    "You are wasting your energy by fighting us. You can''t win against us." One of the men tsked and roughly pushed Zhou Liying inside the van.


    Zhou Liying groaned because of the fall. One of the men climbed after her and pulled onto her hair, pulling her face upward.


    "Beautiful. She seriously is a beauty. It will be fun to fuck her hard once the boss will be done with her." The man looked at Zhou Liying with drool rolling down his lips. Zhou Liying felt disgusted when she saw him.


    "I think that boss has paid very less for her. This beauty deserves to be sold for more than at least five hundred million." The other man tried to touch her cheeks but she turned her face to another side.


    "Sweet, for how long will you ignore us? This drug is very strong. Soon, you will be begging our boss and then us to fuck you hard, and trust me, you will love it when he will eat you raw."


    Zhou Liying wanted to gage hard when she heard his words.


    A man tried to touch her lips but she pped his hand away. "Feisty huh? Don''t worry. I like feisty girls like you."

 Chapter 134 Doomed

    Zhou Liying was tugged out from the van like a sack of potato. Both men were looking at her with lust-filled eyes. They''d wait for their boss to have his share of fun with her before enjoying her by themselves.


    From whatever Zhou Liying had heard from these two men during the journey of the van, she realised, someone called Mister Lin had purchased her from ady in exchange for fifty million won.


    "Tsk, tsk, tsk. She was acting all mighty and headstrong but who is going to save her now?" Zhou Liying lifted her head when she heard a female voice. Her eyes went wide when she saw Lu Chunhua, thedy from the restaurant.


    "You, why have you brought me here?" Zhou Liying yelled but it came out as a squeeze.


    "You very well know why I have brought you here." Lu Chunhua yelled and kicked her knees. "I don''t know what rtion you have with Zhou corporations but I know, you are the one because of whom my father has lost the deal. You are the one with whom I met that week, and my father suffered a loss."


    Lu Chunhua took her face in her hand and squeezed it tight, making Zhou Liying wince in pain.


    "You had your revenge and now I will have my revenge. I have sold you Qin Tian, you hear me, I have sold you. No one wille to save you. Tonight, you will be raped again and again and that too by several men." She spat.


    "Take her in, Mister Lin is eagerly waiting for her. Let him see what a beauty I have promised to him."


    Lu Chunhua roughly removed her hand from her cheeks and ordered the guards to take Zhou Liying inside the house. She also followed behind them, eager to see what more Mister Lin would give to her after seeing Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying was pushed inside the mansion and her eyes caught the sight of a man in histe fifties. He was only in his boxers. His eyes got filled with lust when he saw Zhou Liying.


    He walked toward her and pulled her up using her hair, Zhou Liying winced, and a smirk appeared on her lips, undetectable by anyone present in the room.


    "Lu Chunhua, you were right. She is worth the money. That bag is all yours."


    Mister Lin nodded in appreciation. He pointed toward a bag with money for Lu Chunhua. Lu Chunhua picked up the bag and checked it to see if it had money or not.


    She grinned widely when she saw the cash. She closed the bag and hugged it tightly to her chest.


    "Darling, tonight, you and I will have so much fun." He looked at Zhou Liying with greedy eyes.


    "Oh really?" Zhou Liying tilted her head andzily smiled at him.


    Liu Chunhua and Mister Lin frowned when they heard her clear and crisp voice. Soon, a guard came running inside the house. "We are surrounded. There are¡­." Before he couldplete it, he fell to the floor unconscious.


    "Miss, I hope I am notte." Mu Yuehan entered the house at his own slow pace. Guards of Mister Lin tried to attack him but they were already surrounded by the shadow guards of Zhou Liying.


    "Let''s the game begin."


    Zhou Liying cracked her fingers. She lifted her right leg and kneed Mister Lin hard. Using her other leg, she kicked on his stomach, pushing him away, freeing her hair from his grip.


    All this while, there was raw anger in her eyes. "How dare of you to think that you can buy a woman? Don''t you know how to respect them?"


    Like an expert, she started to punch hard on his stomach. Her speed was fast, and her each move was urate, this left Mu Yuehan in shock.<sub> </sub>


    She had always imed that she could protect herself but he never trusted her when he saw her today, he knew that she was an expert in kickboxing and other self-defence techniques.


    "You think you can run?" Mu Yuehan stood in front of Lu Chunhua and stopped her from sneakily running away. "You did the biggest mistake of your life by plotting against my Miss."


    Lu Chunhua looked at him with fear-filled eyes. She offered him her bag. "Please let me go. You can have this bag. But please let me go."


    "You can''t buy my loyalty. No one can save you. You have dug your own grave." Mu Yuehan mocked her. "Herees my miss."


    Zhou Liying walked toward Lu Chunhua and pulled her hair hard. "B! tch, didn''t you get your lessons the first time? You should not have underestimated my powers. You should have be wary of me when your father lost the important contract, but no, like a stupid, you tried to plot against me, now bear the consequences."


    Zhou Liying ruthlessly threw her on the floor and kicked her hard with her heels. She pressed her stomach hard with her heels and leaned down toward her.


    "Darling, you know what your mistakes were?" Zhou Liying mocked. "First, you were too stupid. The men who kidnapped me were too stupid. They did not check if I had some navigation instrument with me or not. They were too carefree as if I was a harmless piece ofmb, which I am not."


    "And your second mistake was," Zhou Liying paused. She was enjoying the paling face of Lu Chunhua. She was in agony because of the pressure of her heels. "You did not try to search about my identity. It was clear to you that I held some power but still, like a fool, you decided to y me."


    "What punishment do you deserve, hmm?" Zhou Liying looked at her with dark eyes. The aura around her was cold and scary. Her actions were smooth and perfect, speaking loudly about practice and experience.


    "Forgive me, please. I beg you. I will not be so stupid again." Lu Chunhua begged.


    After looking at the guards who were helping Zhou Liying, she finally realised that the power of Zhou Liying was strong. Whatever she did in thest six years, she was now able to strongly stand in front of her.


    "Forgive you?" Zhou Liyingughed and Lu Chunhua shivered, she felt Goosebumps all over her body. She saw her ill fate in theughter of Zhou Liying.


    "Take Mister Lin to the police station. Get him arrested in the case of assaulting women. Ensure that he fails toe out." Zhou Liyingmanded her guards. "As for Miss Lu here," Zhou Liying increased the pressure under her heals, making Lu Chunhua wince and groan loudly in pain.


    "Send her to a mental asylum. Crazy people like her deserve to stay there."


    "You can''t send me to a mental asylum." Lu Chunhua yelled. "They will know that I am not crazy. They will free me in no time."


    "You sure sweetie?" Zhou Liying looked at her with mock. She blinked her eyes sarcastically. "Because I have heard, money can do anything. A small token of appreciation from Zhou corporation and they will happily ept you as their patient."


    "No¡­" Lu Chunhua yelled loudly when guards pulled her away from the feet of Zhou Liying.


    "So much noise." With thisment of Zhou Liying, the mouth of Lu Chunhua was gaged with a sock. She kept thrashing around but it was of no use.


    She was domed!


    She was domed because she offended Zhou Liying!


    No one was to offend her!

 Chapter 135 Send Her To The Mental Asylum

    One hour back


    Back in the hospital, after the nurse had drugged Zhou Liying, Zhou Liying was feeling quite light-headed but she was not afraid at all. She knew, whoever nned to harm her would not be able to do anything to her.


    Zhou Liying looked around the bed and her eyes caught a stool. With the energy left in her, she tried to kick on the stool. She was unable to kick it in the first few attempts because of her haziness but then she pushed it. The stool fell to the ground, creating a loud bang.


    "What''s happening in here?" Mu Yuehan entered the room and looked at Zhou Liying with wide eyes.


    She was about to fall from the bed. He rushed toward her and saved her on time. Zhou Liying vaguely threw her arms around him. Her breathing was harsh.


    Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms around her, securing her in his arms. His heart was beating fast upon looking at her condition.


    Worse scenarios were running in the mind of Zhou Liying. Her nightmares were making her numb. She was falling back into the darkness. So, when she heard the voice of Mu Yuehan, she found her ray of hope, a ray of light.


    When he wounded his arms around her and pulled her close, she felt secure and safe. She threw her arms unconsciously around him, to give herself some mental relief.


    "What did you do to her?" he yelled and red at the nurse.


    The nurse looked at him with wide eyes. She did not think that help for Zhou Liying woulde in such a short period. She tried to leave when shadow guards of Zhou Liying also entered the room.


    "Tell me, what did you do to her?" one of her guards asked and kicked the nurse hard. He pulled hard on the hair of Nurse. His aura was dangerous. The nurse was of noparison to him.


    "I drugged her, for some money. I was informed that she is alone. No one will being to help her." The nurse spoke fearfully.


    "Who gave you money?"


    "I don''t know. A man wearing a mask approached me. Please let me go. Please." She begged. Tears fell from her eyes.


    In the evening, someone had asked her about Qin Yanze and Qin Tian. She was the regr nurse of Qin Yanze so she knew who Qin Tian was.


    She was offered an amount of money if she seeded in drugging her. She felt so lucky when the doctor asked her to ask someone from the family to get blood and the donor turned out to be Qin Tian.


    Mu Yuehan felt a twitch in his heart when he heard the nurse. He looked down at Zhou Liying and lovingly removed sweat from her forehead.


    His heart ached when he saw the pain on her face. She was trying so hard to keep her eyes open, to stand straight, but she was leaning all over him.


    He should not have left her alone when she entered to give her blood. He should have stayed by her side. That way, he''d have saved her from the pain that she was feeling right now.


    It was his fault! He failed to protect her, knowing well that she had enemies!


    "Is there any antidote?" Mu Yuehan asked.


    "No¡­"


    "Dare you to lie to me." His voice hollered. "The man holding you can kill you this instant. Now tell me, is there an antidote?"


    The nurse nodded her head and pointed toward the table which held the antidote for the drug. After a minute, one of the expert guards checked the antidote and injected it into Zhou Liying.


    "This antidote will take time to show its effect. It''s better if we take Miss to some hotel or her apartment."


    Mu Yuehan nodded. He was about to carry Zhou Liying in his arms when she stopped her. She clutched tight on him. "Wait."


    Zhou Liying decided to follow the n of the person who was after her. She wanted to catch that person and she knew the only way was to act.<sub> </sub>


    When the men with masks entered the room, the nurse was already informed what to do. When the men left with Zhou Liying, shadow guards and Mu Yuehan followed after them.


    **


    "What did you do with that nurse?" Zhou Liying asked one of her guards.


    "She is thrown into jail for taking money and drugging someone. She is cklisted. Her career is over." She nodded her head in satisfaction.


    "You must be thirsty." Mu Yuehan offered her a bottle of water. He looked at her with concern. "How are you feeling now?"


    "Good, the antidote worked." She replied and opened the water bottle. She gulped down its content within one sip, feeling much better.


    "Do you need more?" Mu Yuehan offered her another bottle of water and she epted it. She opened it and emptied its content over her face. She took deep breaths and closed her eyes.


    She threw away the bottle and opened her eyes. "Let''s go to the hospital. I have wasted much of my time without any use."


    "Do you need my support?" Mu Yuehan offered because of his worry for her.


    "Do you think I am weak?" Zhou Liying red at him. "This is not the first time that I am drugged. My body is quite adaptive to it. Let''s go."


    Mu Yuehan inwardly chided when he saw her. She was so stubborn. She was weak because of the effect of the drug but she wanted to act all mighty and high. He tried to offer her his arm but she pushed it away.


    Zhou Liying was independent all her life and today, she didn''t wish to depend on Mu Yuehan. Thou, she wished to lean on him. When in the hospital, he had held her, she knew she was safe and secured.


    After such a long time, she wished to be dependent on someone and that someone was Mu Yuehan!


    **


    Zhou Liying left for the hospital in the care of Mu Yuehan.


    There was a thought running in her mind, she got saved and had an early escape only because Lu Chunhua treated her as Qin Tian, who had no power after her, but what if an enemy came after her well aware of her identity?


    She could not let her guards down, especially when she was here in Shanghai.


    "Miss, you must be hungry. We should visit the restaurant first." Mu Yuehan interrupted her thoughts.


    Much against her protestation, Mu Yuehan took her to the restaurant. He knew she must be hungry. They had missed dinner because of her dirty swimming pool idea.


    "I am not hungry. Take me to the hospital." Zhou Liying red at him.


    "I am not taking you to the hospital until and unless you have something. I don''t want to see you in the next room to your grandpa." Mu Yuehan looked at her with a pained expression.


    "Don''t forget I am your boss. You need to obey my orders." She used her boss card on him, forgetting that he never listened to her orders.


    "Don''t forget, I am your guard and as your guard, I must look after you which includes, looking after your meal." Mu Yuehan dered. "Now stop being stubborn and get off the car, the quicker we enter the restaurant and you have your food, the quicker we will leave for the hospital."


    Zhou Liying scowled and stepped out of the car.


    Again, the same question ran into her mind, ''why was she not able to dominate Mu Yuehan like her other employees?''

 Chapter 136 Opening To Him.

    "Herees queen Victoria. She was gone to donate her blood or to have a rest." Huang Jiayi sneered.


    Zhou Liying ignored her aunt and took her seat beside assistant Zhang. Mu Yuehan was silently following after her from the shadows. His eyes were fixed on her. He''d not let her out from his sight, not after what had happened before.


    "You alright? You were gone for a long time." The Assistant asked her with concern.


    "I am good. I was feeling slightly dizzy after giving blood. That''s all." She lied smoothly. "Any news about grandpa?"


    "Unfortunately, no." assistant Zhang looked down and Zhou Liying sighed.


    She ignored her uncle''s family which was continuously throwing remarks at her, about her absence, calling her dirty and whatnot!


    Mu Yuehan gritted his teeth in anger when he heard them.


    Are they blind, can''t they see that Liying needed some rest? They were chanting the same thing again and again like some tape recorder!


    He knew Zhou Liying would need some time alone at the hospital. Besides, the Qin family was here not out of concern but to show off, to garner fake attention. So, he formed a n in his mind to send them all away from the hospital.


    "Li Tao, do work for me."


    After ten minutes, Qin Yeteng received a call from her manager that tomorrow was an important shoot of hers. She needed beauty sleep before the shoot. So, she left with urgency.


    Qin Yihong was the next one to receive a call from hispany. There was some emergency which needed his attention.


    Now only Qin Yutong and Huang Jiayi were left.


    Qin Yutong left when one of the nurses informed her that it was not good for her health to stay overnight at the hospital with her condition. So, she left.


    Huang Jiayi who was left behind also left. What was her use when no one from her family was here!


    "Finally," Zhou Liying sighed and closed her eyes with relief. She was d that the Qin family was gone.


    **


    "We did our best on him but I don''t think that he will live for more than a week." The doctor informed them. "His body is old and it feels as if he does not wish to live anymore."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and took a long sigh. "Can I meet him?"


    "You can. He will be conscious for some time before falling asleep due to the effect of anaesthesia."


    Zhou Liying entered the room and gulped. She saw Qin Yanze lying on the bed, looking extremely weak. If not for the machines, she''d have assumed him to be dead.


    She walked toward him and took his hand in hers. Qin Yanze looked at her and opened his eyes. A smile appeared on his lips.


    "I heard that you gave me blood. Thou, there was no need for it." His voice was shaky. "You should have let me go."<sub> </sub>


    "How can I let you go?" Zhou Liying rebuked. "I will fight for you till yourst breath. I will not let you go so easily. Call me selfish."


    Qin Yanze smiled and looked at her. "I am alright now, go and have some rest. I will also rest."


    He closed his eyes, and within a minute, he was asleep. Zhou Liying removed her tears and looked at his sleeping form.


    She naturally ran her fingers in his hair. "I love you, grandpa. Thank you for surviving for one more day."


    She spent some more time in thepany of Qin Yanze. She was trying to soothe her heart, she wanted to spend some time with him, not knowing when he would be gone.


    She stepped out of the room and looked at assistant Zhan. "You should go home. I will stay here."


    "No, you should go. I already had my rest in the afternoon. But look at you, you look so tired and weak. You need some rest. Don''t worry, sir is in my hands."


    Zhou Liying knew there was no fighting him. Besides, she was feeling fatigued. She knew she would not be able to stay in the hospital for the whole night. So, she decided to take her leave.


    **


    Mu Yuehan looked at the stubborn women walking ahead of him. She was tired. She was not able to walk properly but still, she denied his help. He had offered to carry her in his arms but she denied it straightforwardly.


    She was fatigued but still, she stood headstrong as if nothing had happened in thest five hours. She had just returned from the hospital but there was no line of worry on her face. It was like she was returning from her office after working overtime.


    "Zhou Liying." Mu Yuehan yelled when she waved due to fatigue.


    He was behind her in a second and was carrying her in his arms, in bridal style.


    "I can walk." Zhou Liying tried to protest.


    "And I can see that." Mu Yuehan mocked. "Don''t forget, you were drugged. You may have taken some antidotes but the drug is still in your system. Your body is fragile and you are in a dire need of rest."


    Zhou Liying sighed when she heard his authoritative voice. Much against her conscience, she leaned on his chest.


    "Why are you like this? I had so many guards in past, I still have so many shadow guards, I am sure no one of them is like you. So, caring toward me." Her voice was soft, at that moment, she looked like a lost girl.


    "That''s because shadow guards don''t have a heart. When they are given training, they are taught to spend their lives without showing any emotion. They don''t work with hearts but with their minds. They work only when they receive orders." Mu Yuehan spoke from his own experience.


    "Can I have a candid talk with you?" Zhou Liying asked and looked at him. "The one where you are no longer my employee and I no longer your boss?"


    Mu Yuehan cheered in his heart when he heard her.


    Was she opening up to him? Was she going to share the secrets of her heart with him? Was she going to treat him as her friend?


    "Sure, but first tell me, where should I take you, penthouse or some nearby hotel?"

 Chapter 137 Sleeping With Her

    "You know, nearly a year back, I fainted in my office. It was nighttime, so obviously, no one came to check on me, not even my shadow guards." Zhou Liying chuckled and threw her head back against the car seat. "As you have said, they work on orders. They were ordered to not disturb me. So, they didn''te to even check up on me. It was not there fault, they all are scared of my wrath."


    "I can understand you."


    "How so?" Zhou Liying looked at him with wide eyes.


    Mu Yuehan bit his tongue and mentally pped his head. "That''s because I have worked with some shadow guards in the past. I was their leader. I know how difficult it could be to handle them."


    Mu Yuehan sighed in relief when Zhou Liying nodded her head, believing his words. It was a close call, though.


    Mu Yuehan parked his car in the parking of Zhou hotels. It was located at a five minutes drive from the hospital. This hotel had a private room of Zhou Yonge and Zhou Liying was going to use it tonight.


    Mu Yuehan helped Zhou Liying out of the car. He carried her in princess style. Zhou Liying did not fight him. She wrapped her arms around him.


    Mu Yuehan walked toward the elevator and entered the code of presidential suit given to him by Zhou Liying.


    "Do you think I am selfish?" Zhou Liying asked. Her eyes were looking deep into his eyes with hope.


    "No, you are not." Mu Yuehan replied honestly. "You are the most selfless person I have seen so far."


    "Then, do you think I am doing right by not letting go of grandpa? You see," she took her shivering lower lip in between her teeth and then released it.


    "He''d have died a long back if not for the doctors I have appointed for him. Tonight too, he was saved because of the doctors and the blood I gave him. He wants to die but I want him to live. Do you think I am wrong?" Her voice was broken.


    There were traces of tears in her eyes.


    "No, you are not. You love him that''s why you want to save him." He looked at her with gentleness. "You should try to understand the feelings of your grandfather. He has achieved everything in his life. Now he wants to go."


    "You hardly spend one hour of your day with him but what about his other twenty-three hours? I am sure the Qin family don''t spend their time with him, even if they do so, I can''t imagine the bitter words they threw in his direction." There was mirth in his voice.


    "You are torturing him by saving him, you know."


    Zhou Liying blinked her eyes. To her, his advice was quite urate, solving the conflicts in her heart.


    "Let him go, let him meet your mother and grandma." There was pleading in his voice.


    "Also, my father." She mocked. "Grandpa is eager to meet him and have a long talk with him. If possible, he''d kill him again in heaven."


    Zhou Liying sighed and closed her eyes. She nudged her face in his chest and inhaled him.<sub> </sub>


    She didn''t know why, but his fragrance gave her much-needed relief and a sense of being at home.


    Mu Yuehan stepped out of the elevator, into the presidential suite. He opened the door of the bedroom and took her to the bed.


    As if she was a fragile doll, he very gently ced her on the bed. Much against her protestation, he removed her shoes. Luckily, she was wearing afortable dress in which she could fall asleep.


    He covered her with a quilt and adjusted the temperature of the air conditioner. She yawned and looked at him from under her eyshes.


    "Will you call Min Yue in the morning? Tell her that I can''t attend the office." She murmured sleepily and within a minute, she was asleep.


    Mu Yuehan smiled and looked at her. Then he heard her murmur, "I don''t want to let him go because I am afraid, I will be once again alone."


    Mu Yuehan took his seat beside her and removed her hair from her forehead. He gently ran the pad of his thumb on her forehead, eyes and then lips.


    "Stupid girl, who told you that you are alone? You are not alone. You hear me." He murmured gently. He looked at her with dotting eyes.


    "You have me. I am here beside you, to love you, to look after you. And I am not going anywhere, nor my love will fall any short for you. I have waited for you for four long years, so see." Mu Yuehan smiled to himself.


    He was d to share his heart with her now, that she was sleeping.


    "I love you my Liying." He again tasted her new name on his tongue. "Lili. Should I call you Lili? Huh?"


    He traced her lips again, recollecting the memories from yesterday night.


    "You have me, your uncle, your cousin, also your employees, you have Min Yue. You have so many people. You are not alone. You can never be alone."


    He leaned down and pressed a kiss on her forehead.


    Zhou Liying felt warmth at his touch. She moaned unconsciously, making him smile.


    A tiresome sigh escaped his lips. He was feeling tired and sleepy, especially after watching her sleep so carefreely. He noticed the time and it was four in the morning.


    Taking the risk of her wrath, he removed his shoes and socks. He removed the quilt to another side of the bed andid down beside her. He covered himself with the quilt.


    A long breath escaped his lips when he felt her warmth around him when her fragrance teased his nose. Daringly, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his arms.


    "Heavens." He moaned and closed his eyes. Within a minute, he was fast asleep.

 Chapter 138 Deep Secrets

    Have you ever heard about the benefits of sleeping with your partner?


    There are many benefits of sleeping with your partner. A person feels more refreshed and active. Small naps are also like a few hours of sleep. It helps to fight anxiety and stress of a person. It keeps the blood pressure of a person in control.


    And at the top, it makes the person happy!


    Today again, Yuehan realised the true benefits of sleeping with his partner in his arms.


    When he opened his eyes at six in the morning, after two hours of his sleep, due to his natural body clock, he saw Zhou Liyingying against his chest. She was unconsciously clutching his shirt.


    He removed the hair locks from her face to have a clear look at her face. He was looking at this face, from so close after such a long time.


    Tenderly, he trailed his finger on her feature which were like before.


    When she was up, she looked strong and stubborn headed but now, when lying in his arms, she looked harmless, weak and innocentdy, just like she looked at juju ind.


    Mu Yuehan sighed. With much difficulty, he parted himself away from her. He stood up from the bed and made his way toward the window.


    He had hardly slept for two hours but he felt all refreshed and this was the effect of sleeping with her. His sleep, which was gone with her, now was back when she was here. He could sleep with a calm mind with her in his arms.


    In the past, he rarely slept for three hours a day. There was a time, when he stayed up without sleep for three days, only falling asleep when exhaustionpletely took over him.


    But today, he wanted to return to the bed, to sleep for some more time. He wanted to spoil himself a little by sleeping for some more time.


    He shook his head and opened the window. He walked toward the balcony and took a deep breath. He wanted to clear his mind which was filled with greed, greed to hug her tight and fall asleep.


    He pulled out his phone from his pocket and made a call to Min Yue. "Min Yue, it''s me Hanhan."


    "I know, I have your number saved on my phone." Min Yue reminded him. They were the ones to exchange numbers. "Why have you called me at this hour of the morning."


    "I have a message for you from miss. Last night, the condition of elder Qin was not good. She will stay with him for the time being. She will not be able to attend the office." He informed her.


    "And you know about this because¡­." there was doubt in her voice.


    "I was cooking dinner for her when she received the call that her grandpa was sick. Now, she is having a rest. Any more questions?" there was slight irritation in his voice.


    Min Yue frowned when she heard his crude voice. It was like talking to a male version of her miss when she had first met her. "No question."


    "Also, ask someone to deliver her clothes to the Zhou hotels. We are in her presidential suite."


    "Alright."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call. He then made a call to Li Tao, to give some instructions to him.


    He then returned to the room and sulked a deep breath. He saw Zhou Liying sleeping, and again, the same greed filled his heart.


    He closed the window and properly covered them with the curtains, making the room dark. He walked toward Zhou Liying and once again, heid down beside her, to have some more sleep.<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan woke up from his sleep after an hour when he received a call from Min Yue that she was at the hotel reception with the dress for Zhou Liying.


    Mu Yuehan went to the reception to receive her day-to-day stuff. He returned back and again, he fell asleep beside her, knowing well that he did not have any other work.


    Next time, he woke up when he received a call. "Hello." His voice was groggy but still, it held authority.


    "Am I talking to Mister Mu?" he heard from another side.


    "Yes, it''s me." He replied and rub his eyes using his left hand. He carefully untangled Zhou Liying from his arms and sat straight on the bed.


    "I am Zhang Wei speaking, assistant of Qin Yanze. Can youe and see the boss? He has something important to tell you." There was urgency in his voice.


    "I aming." He replied.


    He stood up from the bed. He looked at Zhou Liying, not willing to go. But he knew, it must be something important that he received a call from assistant Zhang like this.


    **


    After ten minutes, Mu Yuehan was in the hospital and the room of Qin Yanze. He sat beside him on the small stool. Qin Yanze took his hand and looked at him with hopeful eyes.


    "I did what you asked me to do."


    "Thank you." There was gratitude in the voice of Mu Yuehan. "I promise, you will not regret it. I will treat Lili like a queen."


    "I know, assistant Zhang told me aboutst night." Qin Yanze took a deep breath, finding it difficult to speak. "I called you here because I have a request to make to you."


    "Ask me anything." Mu Yuehan held onto his hand with both his hands and looked at him with assurance.


    "Protect my TianTian. I don''t have enough time to exin, but in future, few men maye after her life. They will try to kill her. You have to protect her." He said in between huge gulps of breath.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to ask the reason but he did not, knowing well that Qin Yanze did not have time or strength to tell him everything.


    "Also, I have a secret hidden from TianTian. I don''t know if it wille out or not but if ites out in the future, she may be angry at me. Tell her, I was sorry. I have hidden the secret so as to not harm her."


    Tears slipped out from the eyes of Qin Yanze and he shut them tight. "I am leaving my TianTian in your hands, look after her."


    "I will."


    Mu Yuehan left the room after some time when Qin Yanze fell asleep.


    Aftering out, he looked at assistant Zhang. "He was talking about some secret. Do you know about it?"


    "I don''t know." He shook his head. "Unfortunately, there are many deep secrets which boss has hidden in his heart. I am not aware of many of them."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. Without wasting any second, he called Wang Wei, to search into the deep history of Qin Yanze, to find if he had some secret hidden in his past.

 Chapter 139 Losing Her Loved One!

    Zhou Liying yawned and opened her eyes. She stretched her body and sat on the bed. She was feeling quite rxed and refreshed.


    She checked the time and it was half an hour past eleven in the morning. She covered herself with the nket and a tangy feeling appeared in her heart as if she had slept with Mu Yuehanst night as if he was engulfing her in her sleep.


    "I see, you are up." Mu Yuehanmented and entered the room. He was holding a tray with breakfast in his hands.


    "Where did you sleepst night?" She narrowed her eyes and looked at him with doubt.


    "I slept on the sofa. I thought it was not safe to leave you alone." Mu Yuehanmented and innocently pointed toward the sofa.


    Luckily, in the morning, he had ced a pillow and a nket on the sofa in case Zhou Liying caught wind that he had slept on the same bed as hers.


    "Now get up. I have bought some breakfast for you. You must be hungry."


    "Let me get freshen up first." Zhou Liying stood up from the bed. She tied her hair back in a bun.


    "Min Yue has delivered some toiletries and clothes for you." Mu Yuehan pointed toward the bag ced on one of the tables in her room.


    Zhou Liying walked toward the table and picked up the bag with toiletries. She then made her way toward the bathroom.


    He washed her face and looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were slightly red fromst night, otherwise, she was feeling all radiant.


    She then did her business and had a shower. She changed into the dress brought for her by Min Yue.


    When she came out of the bathroom, she saw that Mu Yuehan had prepared the table with breakfast over it. She walked toward the table and the next second her phone rang.


    She searched for her phone and found it on the bedside table. Seeing the caller identity of assistant Zhang, she picked it up without wasting any second.


    "Miss,e to the hospital right away. Condition of boss is quite poor."


    Her heart stopped beating when she heard fear and pain in the voice of assistant Zhang. "I aming."


    She ended the call and looked at Mu Yuehan with fearful eyes. "We need to go to the hospital."


    Mu Yuehan looked at the breakfast and then at her. He knew he could not force her to have breakfast. "Let''s go."


    Apanying Mu Yuehan, Zhou Liying arrived at the hospital. Assistant Zhang was waiting for her. "His condition worsened. It seems that he does not wish to live any longer. He only wants to see you."


    Zhou Liying entered the room of Qin Yanze, leaving the Qin family behind who were already present in the hospital.<sub> </sub>


    "Grandpa." She walked toward him and took his hand in hers in a tight grip. "I know you want to go and I am letting you go. I free you pa." she took a deep shaky breath. "Give my greetings to dad, mom and grandma, tell them I love you."


    Qin Yanze smiled when he heard her. He gripped her hand tightly. He spoke in a weak voice. His voice was so slow that Zhou Liying had to lean toward him, to hear him.


    "I am proud of you. I am proud of how strong are you. I will always look at you from above. Be safe and keep smiling. I am sure, you will find your true happiness. Love you TianTian."


    These words were thest words of Qin Yanze. He stopped breathing and closed his eyes. Tears started to flow from the eyes of Zhou Liying when his hand fell out of her grip. She heard the loud beeping of the machine, indicating that his heart had stopped beating.


    "Grandpa, I will miss you." She hugged the dead body of her grandpa and soft sobs left her lips. She let her emotions free.


    Qin family also entered the room. Instead of agony or pain, there was a sign of relief on their faces. They were rxed that he was gone and now his properties would be there''s.


    "Dad is gone. Now let''s decide, who will be staying with him for the next two days?"


    There was a custom in their family that the dead body of the deceased stayed at a memorial for two days before the cremation ceremony. It was so that, everyone in the family could see the deceased for thest time.


    There was also a custom that one or more family members stayed with the deceased, till the time of his cremation. It was so that, his parting soul could go to heaven with light hearty that his family was in pain. It was not able to be away from him even when he was dead.


    "Mom, how can you ask me to stay with him all day a night? Don''t forget I am pregnant." Qin Yutong fuelled with anger when she was asked to stay with Qin Yanze.


    "Don''t look at me. Who will sit in the memorial for nearly forty-eight hours, at least not me!" Qin Yeteng stepped back. "Why don''t you and dad change turns to sit beside him?"


    "How can we? Do you think we can stay up all night?" Huang Jiayi gritted her teeth. "Don''t be stubborn. You need to stay beside him. Otherwise, what will all our rtives think of us? Don''t forget, our long-distance family members will also being."


    Zhou Liying sneered when she heard them.


    They were fighting over who was to stay with him and why? Because of what others would think of them.


    Did they not have any guilt or remorse when discussing his death ceremony instead of crying a few tears?


    And here she was called heartless!


    They were one heartless and cruel!


    They did not care about the men who just died!


    "I will be staying with him. You don''t need to worry." She scoffed and tightly hugged on now cold body of Qin Yanze.

 Chapter 140 Isn’t She Qin Tian?

    Zhou Liying changed into a ck coloured mourning dress. She looked at her face in the mirror and saw her eyes were puffy because of crying. They were also red.


    She took a deep breath and came out of the hotel room. She looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "I am sorry for your loss." He bowed toward her and looked down with hurt in his eyes.


    "Look at you, even you are sad at his death, unlike my uncle and aunt." She scoffed and made her way toward the elevator, followed by Mu Yuehan.


    She pulled out her phone and decided to give a call to her uncle, to tell him about her grandpa.


    "He is no more." She took a deep breath to stop the sobs from leaving her lips. "I am going to his memorial right now. I hope you will handle everything."


    "Don''t worry about work. You tell me, how are you feeling?" Zhou Yonge asked in a fatherly tune. There was worry and concern in his voice. "Do you need my shoulder to cry upon?"


    "No need, I am feeling alright. Truthfully, I was already prepared for this today." Zhou Liying looked out from the ss of the elevator. There were unshed tears in her eyes. "At least, I was there when he took hisst breath. I will not regret anything now."


    Zhou Yonge smiled sadly over the phone, understanding her agony fully well. "I will be there to give my biddings to him."


    "Mm."


    Zhou Liying ended the call and looked at Mu Yuehan. "You will not being with me to the memorial."


    "Why not? In my opinion, it can be dangerous for you to be alone at the memorial. What if some family member tried to attack you?" He protested.


    Mu Yuehan knew Zhou Liying was not in the right state of her mind. She was broken because of her loss. She was trying to be strong but she was not so strong.


    For heaven''s sake, she had lost one of the family members who was closest to her heart!


    Mu Yuehan had seen her broken state on Juju ind, he knew, that leaving her alone was not safe. She''d die in her sorrow!


    "Don''t worry about me. I know how to protect myself. But if you came with me, my so-called family would start attaching your name to me. They''d try to create a scene and I don''t want such a scene in the memorial of my grandpa. I hope you understand."


    She had already embarrassed her grandpa in front of the extended family during her so-called engagement. Many rtives had seen or heard Qin Yutong ming Zhou Liying for seducing Fan Yifeng.


    All those rtives had said crude words not only to her but to her grandpa and she did not want that episode again. She knew, that no rtive would believe that Mu Yuehan was her bodyguard. They all would try to attach her name to him in a dirty way.


    She did not want that, not when everyone should be crying for the loss of Qin Yanze, sending him to heaven with a light heart.


    "Understood, miss." Mu Yuehan sighed.


    "Don''t worry, I will give a clear order to my shadow guards to look after me."


    **


    Mu Yuehan dropped Zhou Liying at the city memorial. It was a huge hall where dead bodies were ced in a ss box with all the chemicals, to prevent it from smelling.<sub> </sub>


    Mattresses were ced on the floor so that visitors could sit on them. It was a huge hall which could amodate as many as hundreds of guests. The hall had many windows and doors, to let the fresh air inside.


    Behind the memorial hall was the hugend where the cremation ceremony took ce.


    Zhou Liying took a deep breath and entered the memorial hall. The dead body of Qin Yanze was already shifted here. Qin family had also arrived. Many rtives were also present in the hall.


    Qin family was crying bitterly, especially Huang Jiayi because of the presence of the guests. Zhou Liying sneakered when she saw their act.


    She walked toward the front of the hall and took her seat, right opposite to the ss coffin. She looked at the cold body of her grandfather and more tears left her eyes.


    She pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. She took deep open-mouth breaths, to stop her loud sobs. She again wanted to cry, seeing him gone.


    It was not a dream. Her grandfather was dead!


    "Isn''t she Qin Tian?"


    "It looks like it''s hers. She is changedpletely. She looks different from what I remember."


    "But what is she doing here? I thought she ran away."


    "Maybe she came back for the properties. We can''t forget, uncle Qin has a lot of properties under his name. He always denied to sale them."


    "I don''t think so. Look at how she is crying. I think she is back to meet uncle in hisst days. Maybe she loved him."


    "If she loved him, why did she bring so much embarrassment on him? Did she not know it is a big crime to be a third party?"


    Zhou Liying paid no heed to what her other rtives were talking about her. She knew, most of them were here to meet each other or to gossip. Hardly anyone of them was here with a heavy heart that Qin Yanze was gone!


    And wasn''t this the true reality of life?


    Wasn''t the death of a person treated as a festive where others could meet after a long time?


    Many rtives and friends came to visit Qin Yanze for thest time. Qin Yanze was a named businessman of his time so many businessmen came to meet him.


    Many visitors were shocked to see Zhou Liying. They were more shocked to see her seated on the main sear, mourning for her grandpa.


    Zhou Yonge, as promised arrived in the evening. He smiled at Zhou Liying, giving his support in that smile, before leaving. He wanted to hug her, to give her support but he stopped himself because of the presence of other visitors.


    By the time it was falling dark, Zhou Liying started to feel dizzy because of hunger and thirst.


    She cursed the Qin family. She was mourning her grandpa, so wasn''t it the duty of the Qin family to ask her for some food or water? At least, ask if she wanted to go to the restroom.


    ''Heartless bunch of peeps.'' She muttered to herself.

 Chapter 141 There For Her.

    By the time night fell, all the rtives left for their homes. The climate outside was also turning bad, so no one wanted to stay behind at the memorial, everyone wanted to be at their ce.


    It left Zhou Liying alone with the Qin family. Qin family was also nning to leave now that everyone was gone. There was no need for them to stay for a long time.


    Zhou Liying who was seated at the same ce from the afternoon, without moving any muscle felt hungry and thirsty. At the same time, she wanted to relieve herself.


    "Yeteng, can you sit at my ce for some time? I need to go to the bathroom." Zhou Liying requested her younger cousin.


    If she was to pinpoint her favourite family member from the Qin family, out of four of them, she''d say it was Qin Yeteng. She was six years younger than Zhou Liying and was the most pampered family member.


    Zhou Liying too loved her and treated her as her family but Qin Yeteng did not like her much.


    "Why should I stay at your ce? Who knows if you will return from the bathroom or not? What if you left me sitting here?" Qin Yeteng spoke sarcastically. "It is falling night. I am sure, you want to leave because you can''t stay here for the night. ''I will stay with grandpa'' was all your acting."


    Zhou Liying sighed and looked at Qin Yeteng. She was filled with venom and bitterness. Why was everyone in her uncle''s family so bitter toward her? Was Qin Yeteng not like Zhou Bingbing to her?


    Zhou Liying cursed herself and control her urges. She knew, no one was going to take her seat and she was not ready to visit the restroom, leaving this ceremony in between.


    "Here, have some food. I don''t want to see you dead tomorrow." Huang Jiayi passed her a te filled with food. Zhou Liying looked at the te and then at the face of her aunt. She sneakered.


    If they were not ready to take her ce even for a minute, then how could she believe that they''d serve her food, without her asking for it? She was sure that the food was tampered with.


    It was no big deal if her aunt had poisoned the food. What better would be for her if she died on the memorial of her grandpa?


    She pushed the te away, even after the protest of her stomach. She hadn''t eaten from yesterday night and right now, she was feeling hell hungry and tired. Above that, after her ident, she was strictly advised to take diet in within twenty-four hours otherwise it could be dangerous for her and her body.


    That was why Zhou Liying was never careless about her meals. Min Yue was strictly advised to serve her meals three times a day, no matter what!


    Today, due to her sorrow, she forgot all about her meal.


    Damnit!


    Foolish! Foolish! Foolish!


    She had even asked her guards and everyone else to look after her from far away, to not to disturb her. Now, how was she to have some rest and food!


    Zhou Liying watched as everyone left her alone in the dark, without any care. She curled herself, feeling cold because of the wind blowing inside the hall. Her hunger and thirst were not helping her.


    ''Don''t be weak, Liying. You have faced many things; you can face this night too. Tomorrow, you can ask some rtive to take your ce.'' She consoled herself.


    Zhou Liying shivered when she felt a gush of cold air. She looked out from the door and saw it raining heavily. She tried to cover herself with her dress as much as she could.


    **


    Mu Yuehan was continuously working in his office, to divert his mind away from Zhou Liying. He urged to visit her but he knew that his presence could create a scandal. No one would believe that he was a mare bodyguard of Zhou Liying.


    And as said to her, she did not want any show during the memorial of her grandpa.<sub> </sub>


    He nned to visit her at night when no one would be there in the memorial hall.


    He signed a file and ced it aside. He opened another file.


    Although Zhan Wei was handling his work in his absence, still there were many important decisions which needed the assistance of Mu Yuehan. He needed to sign some contracts, and perform some other tasks.


    So, here he was, doing his duty as the CEO of Mu corporations.


    ?


    "Boss, there is bad news. It''s raining badly." Li Tao entered his office and breathed heavily. "I don''t think miss Zhou is provided with anything to keep her warm."


    Mu Yuehan abruptly stood up and looked out from the window. He cursed when he saw that it was raining heavily. He got so lost in his work that he did not even check on her. He did not even realise that it was already nighttime.


    He shut hisptop and picked up his coat. He made his way out of the office and shrugged the coat over his shoulders.


    "Call any restaurant near the memorial to prepare a hot meal, also a bottle of water. Also, call someone to arrange for a nket." He ordered and entered the elevator.


    Li Tao followed after him. He pulled out his phone and made some phone calls, as per the order of Mu Yuehan.


    When Mu Yuehan came out of the elevator, he shivered slightly. It was a heavy downpour and with that, the winds were also cold.


    ''If I am feeling cold then what will be the condition of Lili?''


    Mu Yuehan felt a jab in his heart, imagining her condition. He could only pray that the Qin family was not so heartless as to leave her all alone, without providing her with anything warm.


    **


    "Drive fast."


    Mu Yuehan was impatiently sitting in the back seat. He was in a hurry to reach the memorial. He could not wait to see her with his own eyes and confirm that she was feeling all well.


    "Why are you slowing the car?" Mu Yuehan groaned with anger.


    "Boss, the restaurant is here." Li Tao informed.


    He parked the car and opened the door. He ran inside the restaurant and returned with already packed food. He returned to the car and passed the packed food to Mu Yuehan. He restarted the car and made his way toward the memorial.


    The moment the car stopped in front of the memorial, Mu Yuehan stepped out of the car with packed food in one hand and a warm nket in another. He did not care about getting wet.


    Li Tao was also fast. He opened an umbre and ran after Mu Yuehan, protecting him from the rain.


    Mu Yuehan roughly removed his shoes, without caring where they fell. He entered the memorial. He fell to the ground, behind Zhou Liying.


    "You are here."


    Mu Yuehan felt thousands of needles in his heart when he saw her slightly pale face. It was all his fault that he waste. If only he was a little earlier, he would have saved her from a little of her suffering.

 Chapter 142 Dependent On Him.

    Mu Yuehan ced the packed food aside and quickly wrapped Zhou Liying with the warm nket. He wrapped his arms around her body, to give her his warmth.


    "You are here." Zhou Liying looked at him with a weak smile. Her teeth were ttering because of the cold and her feet were freezing.


    "I am here." Mu Yuehan rubbed her hands and she cherished the feel of his warm hands against her cold skin.


    Zhou Liying was feeling emotionally and physically drained. So, when she felt his warmth, she let her guards down. She closed her eyes, letting his warmth sink into her body. She was feeling so warm with his touch and presence. She thought that she was all alone but he came here like her protector, saviour.


    "Feeling any better or warm?" Mu Yuehan rubbed her hands and cringed upon finding them very cold.


    His heart squeezed painfully as he thought in what condition she was sitting here. What would have happened to her by tomorrow''s morning if he had note here?


    "I am feeling much better." She replied and tightened the nket around herself.


    The next second, her stomach grumbled, as if telling Mu Yuehan that it was empty. Zhou Liying blushed in embarrassment and scolded her stomach.


    "You are hungry?" Mu Yuehan frowned and looked at the te a few feet away from Zhou Liying. "Why did you not have that food?"


    "Do you take me as a fool?" Zhou Liying rolled her eyes. She was feeling slightly better now. "Who knows what my aunt has mixed in this food? What if it''s poison?"


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head in understanding. "Don''t worry, I have brought some warm food for you. First, have some water."


    He took out the water bottle. He removed the cap and ced it in front of the lips of Zhou Liying. "I can''t. My dder is already full. I can''t have water."


    "Why don''t you visit the restroom then?" Mu Yuehan suggested.


    Zhou Liying looked at Qin Yanze with a sad smile. Understanding her reasons, he spoke, "don''t worry, I am here. After seeing him for thest two weeks, I feel as if he is my family. You go and get refreshed. I am sitting here."


    "Are you not afraid, I will run away, leaving you alone?" Zhou Liying mocked.


    "So what? I will happily take your ce if this means that you are getting some rest. Isn''t it my duty?" Mu Yuehan gently smiled at her and Zhou Liying felt her heart melting. Few tears filled her eyes and her heart turned heavy. She was impressed with his dedication to her.


    "Now go, it can be dangerous if you keep controlling your urges."


    Zhou Liying removed the nket and stood up. Her feet wobbled. She was about to fall when Mu Yuehan supported her.


    "You alright?"


    ?


    "Yeah."


    Zhou Liying steadied her legs and then made her way toward the restroom. She shivered slightly, feeling the cold floor under her feet.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her delicate body with aching. He wanted to run after her and carry her in his arm, but then, who was to sit in front of Qin Yanze?<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying entered one of the cubicles of the restroom and relieved herself. She came out and looked at herself in the mirror, she cringed.


    Her face was pale. She looked no less than a ghost. Her eyes were red and there was puffiness under her eyes. Her hair which she preferred to be smooth were looking no less than a bird''s nest and all because she forgot tob her hair in the morning when leaving the hotel room.


    "No big deal, everyone was treating me as if I am poor. Nothing is looking good in me except for my dress." She mumbled to herself.


    She washed her hands and then cleaned her face. She tried tob her hair with her fingers. She pressed her hands over her now crushed dress.


    Once satisfied that she no longer looked like a zombie, she returned.


    A small smile appeared on her lips when she saw warm food served by Mu Yuehan. Her stomach grumbled loudly. She walked toward her seat and sit down. She covered herself with the nket before falling over the food like a hungry lion.


    "Calm down. Food is not running away anywhere." Mu Yuehan chided and rub her back. He looked at her with concern and worry.


    "Where is the food? Why is the te empty?" Zhou Liying asked in-between having her food when she saw the te with food served by her aunt was now empty.


    "I tasted it and as you have said, I doubted the food. I have packed it. I will drop it at someb for checking." Mu Yuehan informed her and again wrapped his arm around her.


    Zhou Liying finished the food as well as a bottle of water. Mu Yuehan smiled with satisfaction.


    "This tradition sulks, don''t you think?" Mu Yuehanmented. He ced his hands behind himself and leaned over them.


    "This tradition does not sulk. It''s the Qin family which sulks." Zhou Liying pointed out. She noticed that Mu Yuehan was feeling cold, so she passed him the nket. He smiled and shared the nket with her.


    He pressed his body close to her and Zhou Liying too involuntarily shifted toward him, enjoying the warmthing from him. Enjoying the feeling that someone was there!


    "I remember visiting the memorial of my mother''s aunt with grandpa. I was too shocked when I saw their whole family staying at night at the memorial. They were enjoying themselves as if the aunt was still alive. They were sharing about her funny life incident. It was so good to see them like that."


    Zhou Liying took a long deep breath and shrugged her shoulders.


    "This tradition was to happily send away a soul. But look at my family, they don''t care to sit beside grandpa for even a minute. I don''t know what he must be feeling right now." A tear fell from her eyes.


    "I am sure, he is happy right now. He is happy to see you here." Mu Yuehan involuntarily held her hand.


    Zhou Liying squeezed his hand, and once again, letting her walls down, she leaned against him. "Can you stay here tonight?"


    "I am here. You can have a rest." Mu Yuehan started to run his fingers in her hair.


    He knew she still did not have strong feelings for him. She was leaning against him in her weak time but still, his heart was overjoyed. He felt as if he had received a big achievement in his love life.

 Chapter 143 Her Mother Was So Proud Of Her.

    Zhou Liying closed her eyes, imagining herself as someone else, someone who had a man to rely upon. She imagined herself to be a weakdy, ady dependent on someone else and that someone else was Mu Yuehan.


    "Why are you so good to me?" she mumbled and inhaled his spiky, woody smell mixed with his macr smell.


    Mu Yuehan smiled. He did not answer her. He kept running his fingers in her hair.


    "You should go. What if someonees in? They will get the wrong idea." Zhou Liying tried to push him away but he kept his arms wrapped around her.


    "No one wille, trust me. It''s raining and is dark. Anyone will be a fool toe at this hour. So, rx. Now try to sleep." Mu Yuehan again pulled her on his chest.


    Zhou Liying sighed and let sleep take over her senses. She was feeling tired and was in a dire need of sleep.


    **


    "Wake up, it''s morning. I shall leave now." Mu Yuehan gently nudged her cheeks.


    Zhou Liying mumbled and slowly opened her eyes. She groaned. She looked at Mu Yuehan and frowned. She mentally pped herself for falling weakst night and sleeping in his arms. It was first because she never slept with a man.


    Zhou Liying was about to harshly push him away, like the way she did with all her boyfriends, but then, her eyes fell upon the packed meal ced in front of her.


    "I asked someone to deliver breakfast for you, also a water bottle." Mu Yuehan informed and separated his body from hers. He read the emotions in her eyes and he knew, it was time for him to leave. "I will ask one of your shadow guards to get lunch delivered for you."


    Zhou Liying simply nodded her head, not knowing what to say to him. She was ruthless toward him but here he was, so caring toward her.


    "I shall take your leave now." Mu Yuehan stood up from the floor, and that was when Zhou Liying noticed that he was all decked up in a ck suit. It also looked expensive.


    She frowned. "You own expensive suits? Huh?"


    "I do. Two. You see, I have VIP clients and sometimes I am required to wear something expensive like this." Mu Yuehan lied smoothly, already expecting this question from her.


    Zhou Liying nodded her head, believing him. "Will youe tonight?"


    "Sure. Why not?"


    "Then bring a change of dress for me and also some toiletries." She ordered.


    She was again turning cold toward him and Mu Yuehan noticed it. He didn''tment on it. He simply picked up the stuff from thest light and left the hall.


    Li Tao was waiting for him outside the hall.


    "Did you drop the food at theb?" Mu Yuehan asked and entered the car.


    "I did. Reports will be out by the afternoon."


    "Good."<sub> </sub>


    **


    Soon enough, the Qin family arrived at the hall. They were shocked to see a conscious Zhou Liying, especially Huang Jiayi. She muttered under her breath when she noticed that Zhou Liying was looking all good, not tired at all.


    "Did someonee by?" she narrowed her eyes and looked at the packed food ced in front of Zhou Liying.


    "Yes, my friend did. At least, my friend is not as heartless as you." She mocked.


    Huang Jiayi wanted to ask about the identity of the friend but she stopped herself on the arrival of Qin Yanze''s younger sister.


    "Did she stay here for the whole night?" the new arrival gasped in shock when she saw Zhou Liying.


    "Third Aunt, do you seriously think that Qin Tian would stay here all night? Don''t forget who she was? She is a girl spoiled by father." Huang Jiayi scoffed and then she started to spout lies. "She was up the moment you all were gone. It was Yeteng who stayed here all night. Poor girl, she froze due to cold."


    Huang Jiayi made a sad face as if concerned for her daughter. Her aunt frowned. "But why is she still in the same dress from thest night?"


    "That''s because she does not have money. We gave her money but don''t know where she used them." Huang Jiayi again lied.


    Zhou Liying smirked when she heard her aunt spouting lies in front of the rtives, and the funny thing was, they all believed her blindly.


    Huang Jiayi was continuously calling her poor, a miserable spoilt brat. She was also acting as if a caring and concerned aunt.


    Zhou Liying would haveughed hard upon hearing her lies if only she was not sitting in front of her grandpa.


    "Brother and Lijuan were so proud of her. They always believed that she''d do something big but look at her, she is worthless."


    "After all the embarrassment which she brought upon us when she ran away, I thought she will do something big but here she is, all unfortunate. Uncle was so proud when saying that his TianTian was doing well."


    "Her mother and grandpa both were such great businessmen but she is so miserable. So what if the Qin family no longer helped her? Could she not earn some money for herself?"


    Zhou Liying clenched her fist when she noticed how everyone was again targeting her mother and grandpa. She did not show her wealth and all only because she did not want to be a topic of the talk of her rtives but here they go.


    Was she the only topic of their discussion?


    ''I guess, my decision to stay low was wrong. They''d only respect me and grandpa after seeing my true wealth and powers.'' She thought to herself.


    Many of her rtives walked toward her. They attempted to spark a conversation with her but Zhou Liying ignored them or only answered them in one word or two.


    She knew they all wanted to make fun of her and what better they could do?


    They were treating her as Qin tian, they did not know that now she was Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying thought that now was the time to show them the new her, Zhou Liying. They had already seen Qin Tian for enough time.

 Chapter 144 Meet Zhou Liying.

    With the nightfall, Mu Yuehan arrived at the memorial hall.


    "You are here." Zhou Liying nodded at him with approval. "Did you bring the stuff I asked you to bring?"


    "I did." He lifted the bags in his hand. He walked toward her and took his seat beside her. "Now go and get refreshed. I am sitting here."


    Zhou Liying took the bags from his hand and made her way to the restroom. She first did her business. When she came out of the cubicle, she washed her face with the facewash that Mu Yuehan brought for her.


    She then had a shower in the bathroom present in restroom. Once showered, she felt quite rxed. She wore a fresh dress and sighed. Herst dress was stinking.


    Shebed her hair and tied them in a bun. Once ready, she walked back to the hall and took her seat beside Mu Yuehan. This time, she kept a distance from him. Mu Yuehan exhaled when he saw the distance.


    "Miss, I have sent the food for testing, as per your doubts, it had sleeping pills mixed in it and that too in high dosage. Nothing harmful but strong enough to knock you out for a day." Mu Yuehan informed her.


    Zhou Liying sniggered, "no big deal why aunt was so shocked to see me up. She nned to embarrass me by finding me asleep. She still used her old trick on me, not knowing that I am changed." She mocking shook her head in disappointment.


    "Does your security service have a uniform with badges and all?" she then asked him.


    "They do." Mu Yuehan replied, recollecting that his guards had a uniform. "We have a uniform somewhat like the military. Why do you ask?"


    "Because tomorrow you will be joining me, wearing that uniform. You should look like a proper guard." She ordered, looking at him with seriousness. "Also, ask Min Yue to prepare a ck mourning dress for me with some expensive jewellery. I want to attend the cremation ceremony as Zhou Liying."


    Mu Yuehan slyly smiled when he heard her. He knew what was running in her mind. She wanted to show off in front of her rtives.


    "Should I drive an expensive car?" he asked.


    Zhou Liying turned and looked at him as if he was a fool. "Can''t you get that I want to show off? Of course, you will be driving an expensive car."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He was about to shift toward her when she shifted aside. "You should go now. Tonight, I don''t need yourpany."


    "But I want to stay because I know you need mypany. I have also seen death and I know what effect having others''pany can have on a person."


    Zhou Liying sighed and closed her eyes. She did not say anything. Soon, she felt the arm of Mu Yuehan making a circle on her back, giving her some kind of relief. Again, she did not say anything.


    She kept her eyes closed, not knowing what was happening to her, why did she let her guards down when close to Mu Yuehan? She only knew that whatever he was doing was like doing magic on her.


    **


    The next day, when visitors arrived at the memorial hall, they were shocked to see Zhou Liying changed and looking all refreshed. What shocked them more was the dress she wore; it was a simple dress but it looked expensive.


    Yesterday itself, they all were mocking her for being poor and not having a change of dress but here she was, wearing a different pair of dresses.


    "Aunt, can you sit at my ce for some time? I need to go and change. I also need to stretch my body. After all, I was seating at this ce for thest forty hours." Zhou Liying said to Huang Jiayi.


    Her voice was loud and crisp, for others to hear. She heard a gasp and she smirked.<sub> </sub>


    ''Why did she say, thest forty hours? Wasn''t Qin Yeteng staying at night?''


    Rtives started to discuss her one sentence with their fingers pointed at Huang Jiayi or Zhou Liying.


    "By the way, where is Yeteng? Don''t tell me that she is still sleeping. I still remember she loved her beauty sleep of the nighttime."


    Huang Jiayi fumed when she heard Zhou Liying.


    "Yes, she is resting. After all, she stayed here for the whole night. Unlike you, a liar." Huang Jiayi spat loudly, trying to cover her lie.


    But her loud voice was evident to everyone that she was trying to hide something, that she may be lying. Zhou Liying chuckled and shook her head.


    After making her aunt sit in the ce where she was sitting, Zhou Liying left the memorial hall, an hour before the timing of the next ceremony.


    When she stepped out of the hall, her Maybach was waiting for her. It was driven by Mu Yuehan.


    "Where to?"


    "Nearby hotel." Zhou Liying ordered. "Do you have all the things I asked for?"


    "Yes, miss." Mu Yuehan replied.


    **


    Zhou Liying directly arrived at the graveyard which was now surrounded by the visitors who were there to give theirst visit to Qin Yanze. There were nearly two to three hundred people present, even though it was raining lightly.


    By now, the body of Qin Yanze was shifted inside the coffin and the coffin was ced near the cremation point. The priests were present and they were doing thest rituals.


    Zhou Liying stepped out of her car and with confident steps, walked toward the coffin of Qin Yanze. Mu Yuehan followed after her, like a dutiful guard. He held an umbre over her head, to protect her from getting wet.


    "Is she Qin Tain? She is looking so different from the morning."


    Whispers filled in the graveyard with her arrival. Nearly every head turned to look at her and why not, she looked like a strong figure when walking with powerful steps and a bodyguard following after her.


    Not only that, but she was wearing thetest design by Zhou Bingbing. It was a ck silk dress with delicate work on its border. This dress was an exhibit in one of the fashion shows, so many visitors were aware of it.


    To add in, she was wearing a ck diamond ne around her neck. This ne was auctioned in London, thest year and was sold at quite a high price. Many visitors were aware of this and they knew the owner of this ne was not an ordinary person.


    Zhou Liying smirked in victory when she noticed how everyone was looking at her with a different perspective from the morning, only because she had changed her attire.


    Isn''t it true that a person is characterised based on what he or she looks like and what he or she is wearing?


    Bitter, but it''s the truth of this world!

 Chapter 145 His Apology.

    "Who was saying that she is poor? Look at what she is wearing, damn. She must be freckling rich to wear that dress and ne."


    "I will not be surprised if she is rich. Wasn''t Lijuan like this? She too preferred to keep a low profile. Coming out as high profile only when needed."


    "Now I know why first grandpa was so proud of her. I guess, we wrongly judged her. She is rich."


    "Look at her guard. She has a freaking guard from twenty-four-seven services. They are the best security services in the country."


    "Why are you praising her? I think that she slept with someone to get all this. Otherwise, how can she be so rich in such a short period of time?"


    "I am sure, her sugar daddy gave her all this in exchange for some pleasurable nights."


    There was a mixed reaction from everyone, especially the ones who were close to Qin Yihong and his family. There were many families who were close to Qin Lijuan and were now impressed with Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying walked toward the front and stopped in front of the coffin of her grandpa. She noticed that the Qin family was doing all drama of crying and feeling sad. She groaned.


    Tears fell from the eyes of Zhou Liying with each second of the procession of the cremation ceremony. She remembered the cremation ceremony of her mother and then her grandmothers, and her heart turned heavy.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her tears and removed them with gentleness. He smiled at her. He then passed her his handkerchief. She epted his handkerchief and was about to remove her tears when she froze.


    She looked at Mu Yuehan with wide eyes. She felt as if something simr had happened before. She felt such a strong feeling in her heart that it left her breathless for a second.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her and could not stop himself from remembering how badly she had cried in his arms when she got to know that Qin Yanze copsed, back on juju ind. He was there, supporting her in this way.


    Both were lost in their thoughts. Mu Yuehan was lost in his thoughts from the past and Zhou Liying was trying to remember those memories.


    "Now, granddaughter of the deceased wille to give him herst tribute." The priest announced, breaking the trace of Zhou Liying.


    She took a deep breath. She dabbed the handkerchief over her cheeks to remove her tears. She then climbed up on the stage to give herst tribute to her grandpa.


    "I don''t know what to say." She shrugged her shoulders. Her eyes were fixed on the coffin which was already lowered to the ground. "There are so many things which I can tell about him but I don''t want to bore you all."


    "My grandpa, he was a great man." A sob left her lips. She looked down and exhaled, trying her best to keep her emotions in check. "He always lived his life with truth and dignity. He loved his loved once more than his core."


    "Ask me about him. When the whole city was against me, trying to see me fall, he was the only one to support me. He gave me new wings, to fly high in the sky and now because of him, I have achieved so much. He was the best grandpa anyone could have."


    Her lower lips trembled. She took it in between her teeth and took long breaths. She kept praising Qin Yanze, forgetting the count of time. It was only when that it became hard for her to control her emotions, she stepped down the stage.


    Many guests were looking at her, seconding her views about Qin Yanze. They knew what a great man he was!


    **<sub> </sub>


    After the ceremony, many guests left where many stayed behind to have the lunch arranged by the Qin family, also to give some support to everyone who lost their loved one.


    The media was also invited to take interviews with the guest, to have their views on Qin Yanze, and also to interview the Qin family.


    Many businessmen, with whom Zhou Liying had dealt before leaving Shanghai, came forward to give their condolences to her, out of their respect for the smart woman they once met.


    Sister of Mu Yuehan, Mu Yifei also attended the ceremony because she was also a friend of Qin Yeteng. Mu Yuehan ignored her all the time, not wanting toe as doubtful in front of Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Bingbing and Kris also attended the ceremony. They came to support Zhou Liying. Zhou Bingbing wanted to walk toward her cousin and hug her tight, but she controlled herself.


    Zhou Bingbing knew that the reality of her rtionship with Zhou Liying was a big card in the hand of Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying nned to use this card to have her revenge on whoever did any wrong to her.


    From a distance, Zhou Bingbing nodded to Zhou Liying and Zhou Liying returned her nod.


    "Mister Kris, what are you doing here at the cremation ceremony of Miss Qin''s grandpa? Can we say, you are pointing toward a coboration in-between you and miss Qin?"


    Kris and Zhou Bingbing were surrounded by the paparazzi, the moment they came out. It was a known fact that news from the film industry had more buzz.


    "As I have cleared before, I will never coborate with Qin Yutong. And as about my visit here, I came here out of humanity. I met mister Qin during one of my visits to the hospital. I liked that man, so here I am, giving him myst tribute." Kris lied.


    He was asked some more questions before he was let go because the paparazzi got busy with the other guests.


    **


    "Qin Tian, can I talk with you?" Fan Yifeng cut the path of Zhou Liying and stood in front of her, the moment he found her alone.


    Zhou Liying sarcastically smiled when she saw him. "Here you are. Already, everyone has talked with me. Only you were left. Tell me, what do you have to talk about with me?"


    "Can you not be so sarcastic with me?" He raised his voice at her with authority.


    "If not sarcastic, then how should I talk with you?" She too raised her voice. She wrapped her arms around her chest to show her authority. "Tell me what you want to say because I don''t have much time to waste on you."


    "First of all, I will like to apologise to you."


    Zhou Liying raised her brows when she heard him. A mocking smile was there on her lips.


    "Can you repeat? I think I misheard you. I heard you apologise, which is not possible."

 Chapter 146 Surrounded By Reporters.

    Fan Yifeng fumed. He looked at Zhou Liying. She was making fun of his apology. As the only heir of Fan corporations, which was among the top five corporations of the city, Fan Yifeng was not habitual of apologising but here he was, apologising to her.


    He had thought for a long about the reason for her return, but he could not pinpoint the exact reason. So, he decided to raise a white g in front of her and act as if he was regretful, to be back at her side, to know about her ns.


    He knew Qin Tian from the past, the one who had crushed many people under her feet would get what she wanted and he knew, she''d take her revenge for all the insults from six years back, no matter what!


    So, he wanted to attack her before she could do anything.


    ''Fool.'' Zhou Liying thought to herself. She could read his mind. He thought her to be a fool, Qin Tian from the past who would again fall for his ''I am a good man act.


    "Cut the chase Fan Yifeng, tell me, what do you want to know from me." Her voice was ruthless, without any emotion.


    "I honestly wish to apologise to you. I know what I did in the past was¡­."


    "Apology not epted." Zhou Liying interrupted him. "Now if you are done, I will like to take your leave."


    Fan Yifeng gritted his teeth when he noticed her attitude. She was not even looking in his eyes when he talked to her.


    "You are not going anywhere." He spat each word and took a hold of her hand. Zhou Liying raised her brow in amusement and looked at his hand on her wrist.


    "Mister Fan, what is the meaning of your actions? You are trying to stop me, your ex-lover from going away. What is the meaning of this?"


    Fan Yifeng roughly threw her arm away.


    "Ex lower! in your dreams. I never loved you." Fan Yifeng sneakered. "I only wanted to talk to you out of my goodwill. I was concerned about you. I wanted to offer you some financial help in case you need it."


    "Oh really?" she pretended a surprised expression on her face. She started to y with the ne on her neck, to garner his attention. "But from what I know, Fan corporations itself is not doing so great. Aren''t you meeting investors one after another to crack some profitable deal?"


    "Your information is wrong." He clenched his fist, trying his best to maintain his cool. "Profits forst year were quite good. Instead of concerning about me, you should focus on yourself. How can you be a mistress, and on top of that, a mother of a child of a stranger?"


    Fan Yifeng felt weird feelings in his heart when he remembered the scene from the hospital where he saw her with a stranger and then a baby in her arms.


    Zhou Liying blinked twice when she heard the im of Fan Yifeng. The environment around her was so suffocating but still, she cracked intoughter.


    "Mister Fan, have you gone nuts?" she shook her head. "Who told you that I have a baby? Are you daydreaming? And what mistress? I am not Qin Yutong who got pregnant out of wedlock."


    "You¡­. how dare of you to insult my TongTong?" he walked toward her, intending to p her, but he controlled himself. "You are lucky that we are in public, otherwise, no one would have been worse than me."


    "You are already worse Fan Yifeng. No one can ever be worse than you." She looked at him with zing eyes. "You only know how to be maniptive. You are a two-faced man."<sub> </sub>


    She spat on his face. "Now excuse me."


    She was about to leave again when again, Fan Yifeng took a hold of her wrist. "Don''t act to be na?ve. I know you quite well. Who is the baby? Don''t tell me that you are the nanny of a rich kid."


    Zhou Liying looked at him with amusement. She was feeling quite low because of all the sad environment but after talking with him, she felt quite refreshed.


    "Mister Fan, please stop wasting your time. I don''t know what you are talking about. Let me give you the number of a psychiatrist. In my opinion, you need him."


    She roughly freed her wrist from him. Without wasting any second on him, Zhou Liying walked away.


    Fan Yifeng looked at her back and felt an urge to pull her back. He wanted to know who was the baby he saw in the hospital, and who was the father of the baby. He wanted to know what she was doing when he left her.


    He wished to know everything from her life in thest six years!


    **


    Zhou Liying was making her way toward the ce where her grandma was buried when she was interrupted by the paparazzi. They wanted to interview her.


    She was in no mood of giving an interview but then she remembered, that one day in the future, she''d need their help. So, unwillingly, she epted their interview.


    "Miss Qin, what were you doing here at the burial ceremony of Mister Qin?" a reporter asked.


    "Excuse me." Zhou Liyingughed upon hearing the silliest question. "Is this a smart question? Do I need to answer as to what I am doing at my grandpa''s burial?"


    The reporter looked at her with embarrassment. "That was not what I meant; everyone knows that you left for good. Then why are you back, especially at this time?"


    "I left does not mean that I left my grandpa alone." She red at the reporter. Her aura was turning dangerous, making the reporters afraid of her. "For your kind information, he was the one to send me away. He wanted for me to start a new life."


    "Today, I am here to perform my duties as his beloved. Any more questions?"


    "When we asked your cousin, Miss Qin Yutong, she imed that you are back to get the property of Mister Qin. Anyment on it?"


    Zhou Liying looked at the reporters before breaking down in pearls ofughter, leaving the paparazzi in shock.


    "I am sorry but her statement is too funny." Sheughed hard, clearly making fun of Qin Yutong.

 Chapter 147 Greedy Woman.

    "Why would I need my grandpa''s property?" Zhou Liyingposed herself and looked at the reporters. There was mirth in her eyes.


    "As you all can see, I am doing quite well by myself. I don''t need to visit my grandpa only for my share of his property. It''s his will as to whom he wants to give his property." There was slight cruelty in her voice.


    "What''s more, I think Qin Yutong needs property more than me. After all, she needs dowry to get into the Fan family. She is attending the burial only toe out as a respectful granddaughter. Otherwise, you can ask guests, she did not attend any other ceremony. Ask me and the staff at the hospital, she did not have a teardrop in her eyes when grandpa died." She spat, trying to stomp on the name of Qin Yutong under her feet.


    "Any more question?" her voice was authoritative and reporters noticed it.


    "What were you doing in thest six years? We can feel this aura around you. You are quite sessful now?"


    "Yes, I am. I am quite sessful." Zhou Liying replied. "I was in London, doing some business. Like my mother, I want to be a businesswoman."


    Zhou Liying answered some more questions of the reporters, especially the one asked about the Qin family. She was enjoying tarnishing their image in front of the reporters.


    "I will take your leave now." She bowed to the reporters and took her leave.


    She made her way toward the grave when again, she was disturbed and this time by Li Na. She groaned and looked at Li Na.


    Li Na red at her and ruthlessly pulled her toward a hiding spot.


    "What were you doing with my son?" Li Na asked, her voice was full of usation. "I am warning you, dare of you if you tried to seduce him again."


    "Why will I try to seduce him?" Zhou Liying mocked. "I am not twenty-year-old Qin Tian who became foolish, thinking of him as her prince charming. I have grown up. I know¡­."


    Zhou Liying cut herself off when she saw reporters trying to sneakily film them. Slyness appeared in her eyes with a n forming in her mind.


    In a blink, a remorseful expression appeared on her face. She bowed her head in front of Li Na. "Aunty, why are you like this? You loved me in the past but why did you change?"


    Li Nan narrowed her eyes, noticing the change in her. She was about to say something but Zhou Liying beat her to it. "You know that I treated you like my mother, don''t you? You wanted me to be your daughter-inw. You asked me to seduce Fan Yifeng, did you not? Then why did you oppose me during the engagement party?"


    The voice of Zhou Liying was hoarse and the expression on her face was as if she was about to cry at any time. She was giving a perfect scoop to the reporters.


    "Was this because my mother never told you who my father was?"


    "You very well know about the reason then why are you asking this again?" Li Na spat, not aware of the presence of the paparazzi. "I don''t want you to be my daughter-inw because you have nothing in your name. You were a girl born out of wedlock."


    "So, what aunty? So, what if I did not have anything in my name? Was I not a better choice than Yutong? I was helping Fan Yifeng with his business. You are aware of the number of deals I cracked for him. He was not good with the business but I helped him. He did not know how to crack a single deal but I taught him that. He...."<sub> </sub>


    Li Na felt rage rushing in her nerves when she heard Zhou Liying degrading Fan Yifeng like this when she counted down the weaknesses he had. Not able to bear any more condemnation of her son, Li Na raised her hand, to p Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying smirked and leaned slightly toward her, waiting for the p.


    Fan family was always famous for being cool-headed and upright. They never lost their cool in public. Even when talking to enemies, they were all friendly. That was the reason they had many kins and acquaintances.


    Today, Zhou Liying nned to show the real face of Li Na in front of the media. To them, she would be the aggrieved party, a party with a cool mind where Li Na an abuser, if she pped her.


    **


    Mu Yuehan left the side of Zhou Liying because he received a very urgent call. Zhou Liying too let him leave her side.


    So, when he returned after ending his call, at first, he failed to see her in the graveyard and when he saw her, he found her with Li Na. His heart stopped beating when he saw Li Na raising her hand at her.


    Like d¨¦j¨¤ vu, he rushed to her recuse. He stopped in front of Li Na, holding her hand in his. "How dare of you to raise your hand on her? Do you know who she is?"


    Zhou Liying groaned when she saw him. Her n failed because of her stupid bodyguard. She gritted her teeth. "You did not need to stop that p."


    Mu Yuehan gritted his teeth in anger when he heard her.


    ''This woman, she was still the same. Even her dialogue and expressions were the same from the past.'' He fumed in anger.


    He turned his face slightly and red at Zhou Liying. "I am to protect you."


    Zhou Liying looked around at the media who was now shooting her and Mu Yuehan. Not wishing to have a media-cooked scandal in her name, she walked away from there.


    She was in a bad mood because her n got spoiled just now!


    Mu Yuehan shrugged the hand of Li Na and red at her. "I am warning you. She is not Qin Tian you know. Stay away from here, otherwise, no one will be worse than her."


    Li Na looked at Mu Yuehan with wide eyes, not knowing what happened just now. She was about to p Zhou Liying but then her hand was held by this stranger, and not only that, he dared to warn her about Zhou Liying.


    Had she be really powerful? If yes, then was her decision to side pass her wrong?


    Like a greedy woman, Li Na started to think about her decision of supporting Qin Yutong six years back!

 Chapter 148 Meeting His Mother-In-Law.

    "Why did youe in between us just now?" Zhou Liying yelled at Mu Yuehan when they were out of hearing range. "Do you know I was nning to expose Li Na but you spoiled my n?"


    Mu Yuehan looked puzzled. "Li Na was always upright. I wanted to unveil her in front of the media. I want to show her the reality that she is cruel. She wasn''t hesitating from pping me but you spoiled it." She gritted her teeth.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her and finally realised his mistake. "I am sure, seeing her raising her hand at you was enough for media to dig dirt at her."


    "It is not enough. I was nning to instigate her a little more, to let the media see what a big abuser she is but you spoiled it." She gritted her teeth, feeling hell angry. She closed her eyes to control her anger.


    Zhou Liying hated Li Na more than anything. It was true, there was a time when she saw her mother in Li Na. She thought her life would be good after getting married to Fan Yifeng.


    That was until she saw the real face of Li Na. Li Na was a money-minded woman. She did charities in front of the camera but behind it, she loathed the poor.


    Zhou Liying knew her true face. She had witnessed how a poor kid had identally spoilt her expensive dress. She forgave him in front of the media but when the cameras were off, she had hit that poor boy.


    Today, she wanted to bring that violent side of Li Na in front of the media but she failed. She could not even me Mu Yuehan because he was doing his duty.


    "Forget about her. I will get other chances to expose her." She consoled herself and made her way toward the grave of her grandpa.


    Mu Yuehan followed after her, in silence. He was feeling bad for spoiling her n but it was not his mistake. He was scared that she''d get pped.


    Moreover, what was with her and her stupid n?


    Why did she use herself as bait to expose Li Na?


    Could she not think of another idea?


    He grumbled under his breath and red at nothing in particr.


    **


    After spending some time at the grave of Qin Yanze, Zhou Liying decided to visit the grave of her grandmother and mother, which were located in the same graveyard.


    After returning from London, she did not get the time nor courage toe and meet her grandma and mother.


    "Grandma, look who is here." She fell in front of the grave. She removed the dirt from the grave by using her hand. Already some flowers were ced on the grave which was brought by other visitors.


    "Your doll is here." Her voice became heavy and a few tears spilt from her eyes. She missed her grandma. She loved her so much. "I have be a big girl, just the way you have imagined. Now I am the CEO and owner of a big conglomerate like Zhou corporations. I hope you are happy with my sess."


    She spent some time in front of her grandma''s grave, feeling pain in her heart. Mu Yuehan also felt her pain. He wanted to take her pain away but his hands were tied.


    Zhou Liying then made her way toward her mother''s grave. Like a lost child, she fell in front of it. She ced her head on the dirty grave and started to run her hand over the grave, imagining herself to be touching the stomach of her mother.<sub> </sub>


    Soft sobs escaped her lips, imagining herself to be sitting in front of her mother''s grave. Mu Yuehan looked at her and then at the grave. His eyes turned soft when he read the name of Qin Lijuan on it.


    ''Nice to meet you mother-inw. I am Mu Yuehan, you''re soon to be son inw. I love Lili so much. I promise you that, she is in good hands.'' He thought as if talking with Qin Lijuan.


    **


    Zhou Liying was feeling quite emotional after returning from the grave of her mother. There were unshed tears in her eyes. She was feeling suffocated. Her heart was heavy.


    A turmoil was going on in her heart. Her breathing was ragged and there was a pain in her stomach as if someone had punched her guts hard.


    She was feeling physically exhausted after meeting her mother. She wanted to cry, to sob but no tear was ready toe out of her eyes.


    Emotions were building in her heart, making her breathless. Her heart felt constricted because of all these emotions.


    "Are you alright?" Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying with concern. She was sitting quietly in the car, lookingpletely lost.


    Her eyes were nk, without any emotion. It looked as if she was not in this world.


    "Hanhan, will you help me?" she pleadingly asked. Her voice was hoarse and gruff.


    "I will. Tell me, what do I need to do?" he asked gently.


    Zhou Liying forced a smile and looked at him. "Take me to the Zhou hotel, the same room."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He took a U-turn and drove toward the hotel where she stayed three nights back. From time to time, he kept looking at her and her eyes were fixed on him.


    Zhou Liying was looking at him without blinking her eyes. Many thoughts were going on in her mind, unbeknown to him. But with each passing second, they both could feel the increasing tension in the car.


    Zhou Liying looked at him and she knew what she needed to do to let go of the prating emotions in her heart. As usual, she needed apany of a man to feel light. It was a remedy to all her turmoils and today, she needed Mu Yuehan.


    She knew she was selfish. She was going to use him to get done with her desires. She knew he liked her and she was going to use his feelings to sleep with him but she needed him.


    Wasn''t this the true her?


    A woman who was a female yer!


    A woman who knew how to throw a man after using him!


    Then why was she hesitating that she was going to sleep with Mu Yuehan before leaving him all alone on the bed?

 Chapter 149 Eating Him.

    The moment, Mu Yuehan parked the car in the parking, Zhou Liying removed the safety belts. She climbed upon hisp, catching him off guard.


    She started to straddle him and ced her lips on his, in a demanding kiss. Her lips were rough and raw against his. She was skilfully switching from sulking and biting his lips. She tucked her fingers in his hair and pulled his face close to her, deepening the kiss.


    Mu Yuehan was caughtpletely off guard with her sudden move. He did not know what to do. They were in the hotel''s parking for hell''s sake and she was kissing him like a caveman!


    He did not want their kiss to be so public! He did not want others to see what an experienced kisser his woman was!


    Expertly, Zhou Liying ced her private part over his, only her panties and his pants were separating them. She started to move on him, making him hard.


    Mu Yuehan groaned and broke the kiss. "Not here, let me take you to the room."


    "Here only." She spoke gruffly and again her lips were on his.


    Mu Yuehan grunted. He was feeling desire churning in him with each passing second. He was losing control with each passing second. The way her tongue was licking the inside of his mouth was making him blind with desire.


    He was so hard in his pants. He only wanted to rip her panties apart and fuck her hard, making her lose her mind. He wanted to enter her deep caves. He missed them so much.


    His breath hitched in his throat when Zhou Liying opened the button of his pants. "Not here please." He grunted out aloud, panting heavily. He ced his hands on hers. "Let''s go to the room."


    Zhou Liying ignored his pleadings. She pushed his hands aside and pulled down his pants, followed by bowers, enough for his private part to spring into life.


    Mu Yuehan grunted, his blood froze when Zhou Liying took him in her hands. His blood moved downwards. He felt himself crumbling down with her each touch.


    Zhou Liying knew it could be scandalous if someone saw her or caught her making love in the car but she needed it. The desire in her heart was so strong. She wanted to let go of all emotions.


    And the moment she first kissed him, she knew she was a goner, there was no going back. She was going to have him in the car itself.


    "You are so huge and warm. You are so ready for me." She licked her lips. She freed him and ced her hands on his shoulders. A wild expression was there on her face which made Mu Yuehan gulp. "Remove my panties."


    Like a kid, Mu Yuehan removed her panties. Zhou Liying moaned, feeling his warm hands on her skin. She was making him crazy with her moans.


    "You are so wet." He murmured and looked at her with dark eyes. He himself was very hard, all ready to enter her and pour his seeds inside her.


    "So wet for you." Her voice was soft and hazy. "What are you waiting for? F*ck me."


    Mu Yuehan adjusted the seat, making it a recliner. He leaned back on it. He took a deep breath, ced his hands on her hips and positioned her on himself.


    Slowly, Zhou Liying lowered herself to him. She threw her head back and started to make erotic sounds, making Mu Yuehan mad.


    "So, good, so good, sorge¡­." She murmured continuously and started to rock on him. "You are so huuugggggeeee."


    Losing control over their desires, they started to bounce into each other. Loud pping sounds wereing out whenever their bodies met with each other. Zhou Liying was ridding hard on Mu Yuehan. Her fingers dug into his shoulders. Mu Yuehan''s fingers dug in her hips, pushing himself dipper and dipper into her.<sub> </sub>


    "Ah." Zhou Liying cried loudly when he hit her G spot. "Amm, Amm, darling, faster please."


    Mu Yuehan increased his pace and mmed fast and fast into her.


    They both were panting hard and were having wild and rough lovemaking in the car, without caring for anyone.


    "I aming¡­I aming." She wailed out loud and came, followed by Mu Yuehan. He too came in full force.


    Zhou Liying fell on him after her climax andzily wrapped her arms around him. Mu Yuehan hugged her tight in his arms. They both were breathing hard. Their bodies were all sweaty. Their car was having an after-intercourse smell.


    The heart of Mu Yuehan was thumping fast because of the experience he just had. He knew this was the best lovemaking they ever had and all because of the wildness of Zhou Liying.


    He did not know that she became so bold and wild. He was happy about this realisation and also scared. He was scared of making her bored of himself.


    "It was so good." Zhou Liying nudged her face in his neck and breathed hard. He felt ticklish feelings in his body and he was again hard, inside her.


    "You are again hard." She teased and breathed hard. "I think we should go to the room now."


    She removed her hairs from her neck and threw them on her back. Her this simple action was enough to turn Mu Yuehan harder.


    "Let''s go."


    Mu Yuehan was waiting for this moment for such a long time. He wanted to make love to her. So, how could he let today''s chance go away just like this?


    Both quickly wore their clothes and pressed them, to make them presentable.


    They stepped out of the car and dashed toward the elevator. Once inside the elevator, their lips were again locked into each other.


    The moment they arrived in the room; their clothes were all on the floor. Zhou Liying was trapped against the wall and Mu Yuehan was entering into her like crazy.


    Then they wereying on the bed with Zhou Liying all over him, kissing him all over him.


    "Don''t you think we should take a break and eat some food?" Mu Yuehan suggested in between heavy breathes.


    "What do you think, am I doing?" she looked at him with raw lust. "I am eating you only."


    His heart skipped a beat when he heard her. Wasn''t this what he said to her back then on juju ind? Were their roles reversedpletely?


    Should he start imagining himself as a submissive party and her as the dominant party in their bed life?

 Chapter 150 Use And Throw.

    Zhou Liying had slept with many men, which even included many prosecutes and many yers but she had never felt so pleasured aspared to making love to Mu Yuehan.


    He was the first one whose stamina matched her, sh that, his stamina was good than her. He knew how to bring her darkest side. When she was with him, she was feelingplete.


    They had so many roundsst night but still, she did not feel bored. She wanted more of him and suddenly, she felt scared of these feelings.


    Zhou Liying opened her eyes and looked at the sleeping form of Mu Yuehan. His lips werepletely swollen and his chest was all covered with scratches and red marks that she had given to him.


    She was extremely wild. She bit him many times, she marked her nails at him but he did not aint, not once. He let her pour out all her emotions. He gave her the physical and emotional support that she needed from him.


    And now she felt scared of that support!


    She was scared of her feelings to get dependent on him, to keepying in his arms, to let him wrap his arms tightly around her.


    She looked at his face for thest time and abruptly stood up from the bed, feeling pain in her neither region. She was extremely sour.


    She quickly searched for her clothes and wore them. She picked up her purse and like usual, found her cheque and notebook.


    After writing a note for him and signing a cheque with a huge amount, she left the hotel and Mu Yuehan behind.


    Her heart turned heavy when she was in the elevator. She thought it was thest time she was seeing Mu Yuehan.


    But she was not aware, he was Mu Yuehan, her crazy lover.


    **


    It was half an hour past four in the morning when Zhou Liying arrived at her penthouse. Without wasting any second, she summoned Min Yue to her ce.


    After five minutes, Min Yue was at her penthouse, with her I-pad in her hand. She was looking professional. All ready to report to her boss.


    "What happened in the office in my absence?" Zhou Liying asked, looking out from the window and at the dark sky.


    Min Yue was there when the paternal grandmother of Zhou Liying died. During her death too, Zhou Liying broke down. She fulfilled all the rituals of her burial like a dutiful granddaughter but the next moment, she was back as the CEO of Zhou corporations.


    She did not let the death of her grandmother affect her emotions or her business.


    So, Min Yue had expected that Zhou Liying would ask about herpany after the burial of Qin Yanze. And that was the reason, Min Yue had already prepared her schedule for today.


    **


    "Search for another driver and bodyguard for me. I fired Hanhan." Zhou Liying ordered her.


    "Why miss?" Min Yue asked with surprise. "Did he do something wrong?"


    "No, I slept with him." She grumbled and turned around. "Now go. I need some sleep."


    Min Yue bowed her head and left the penthouse. Her eyes were wide with the newfound information, her miss finally slept with Mu Yuehan.


    She entered her house, and without any dy, she called Zhou Bingbing.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Bingbing grumbled when she received a call so early in the morning. She groaned and answered the call. "I will kill you if¡­."


    "Miss slept with Hanhan." Min Yue informed her excitedly.


    "What?" Zhou Bingbing yelled and jumped in her bed, forgetting all about her sleep. "Detail. Give me details."


    "She asked me to switch her driver and bodyguard because she fired HanHan and the reason being, she slept with Hanhan."


    "I knew it." Zhou Bingbing squealed. "Yesterday, when I saw him standing so close to Lili and the way she was unconsciously leaning toward him, I knew that she got some feelings for him. I knew that she''d soon fire him but I did not know she''d fire him after using him. She is still a cunt."


    Zhou Bingbing mentally patted herself. She was right that Zhou Liying had feelings for Mu Yuehan and like usual, she pushed him away, in a fear of losing him in the future.


    Her case was the same. Zhou Liying had spoken many crude words to Zhou Bingbing in the start, so she''d leave her alone. Zhou Liying even tried to flirt with Kris to anger Zhou Bingbing.


    It was Zhou BingBing who stood strong beside her. Soon, Zhou Liying opened the door of her heart, letting Zhou BingBing inside. Zhou Liying was very guilty for her behaviour and Zhou Bingbing understood her reasons.


    "What should we do now miss?" Min Yue asked with concern.


    "Hanhan is already able to reach near the walls of her heart. Now it depends on his willpower and his feelings if he is ready to bear insults and challenges of Lili or not. Lili is not going to be any easy on him." There was pity in her voice.


    "Do you think he will be back?"


    "Sure, I have seen him and I can bet that he''s not leaving the side of Lili. He''d try his best to pursue her. Now it all depends on the power of his love." Zhou Bingbing dered confidently.


    Zhou Bingbing was additively shipping for HanHan and Zhou Liying. She did not know much about Mu Yuehan but she knew that man loved her Lili. He''d keep her happy and she only wanted that.


    **


    After waking up, Mu Yuehan groaned when he saw the other side of the bed was vacant. Not only that, but the other side of the bed was also cold.


    With sleepy eyes, he looked around and found all her clothes gone. A smirk appeared on his lips and he remembered the report from his guards, how she tended to leave the man alone on the bed.


    ''Did she think she can leave me after using me?'' He chuckled with a devilish smile on his lips.


    His eyes fell upon the cheque and the note. With curiosity, he read the note,


    ''Thank you for giving your support to me in thest few days. Now that we had slept together, I cannot have you as my guard anymore. I don''t mix my private life with my work life. You are fired from your job. I am leaving a cheque behind.''


    "Amazing. She is bing more interesting with each passing day." He crushed the note in his hand.


    His ego was feeling slightly bruised that she left him alone on the bed, with a cheque as if he was an escort. But he did not let his ego climb upon his head.


    He had seen her as Nian Tian from Juju ind and he knew, it was not easy to make a ce in her heart. Especially now when she was more powerful and vicious than before.


    "Sweetheart, you don''t remember but I am a leech. I am not going to let you go."

 Chapter 151 I Am A Shameless Person.

    Zhou Liying was surprised when she saw Mu Yuehan standing at her door, as usual, in his dress. More than her, Min Yue was shocked. To tell the truth, she did not believe Zhou Bingbing that Mu Yuehan woulde back.


    "What are you doing here? Don''t you know I already fired you?" Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes.


    All the softness, all the dependency which she showed toward him in thest few days was gone. It was reced with aloofness.


    "Sorry miss, but you can''t fire me. You are forgetting about the contract with my agency. I can''t be fired till you find another guard. I must be with you, to ensure you are safe." He spoke professionally.


    Mu Yuehan enjoyed the dark expression appearing on the face of Zhou Liying.


    "Miss, we need him today. Today your meeting is in the neighbouring city. We need him to drive us there." Min Yue informed, trying to help Mu Yuehan in spending some time with Zhou Liying, as ordered by Zhou Bingbing.


    "Shall we go now?" Mu Yuehan asked with a huge grin on his lips.


    Zhou Liying fumed. She clearly remembered the use of the agency that she''d not be able to fire her guard till she found another one. They cared a lot about the safety of their clients.


    "Min Yue, quickly search for a driver and bodyguard. I don''t care about the money demanded." She ordered her. "Let''s go."


    Mu Yuehan tucked his hands in his pocket. With a goofy smile on his lips, he walked after Zhou Liying,pletely enjoying her state.


    ''Finding another bodyguard and driver? In your dreams love.''


    Zhou Liying was cursing him under her breath. She did not want to see him or his face, especially his smile because all this reminded her of thest night, the magical night!


    But what could she do? She could not fire him. As said to him, she needed a driver and a bodyguard!


    **


    "Yesterday night was a special night. Don''t you think so?" Mu Yuehan asked and looked at Zhou Liying from the rearview mirror.


    Zhou Liying red at him. Min Yue tried to control herugh when she heard him. It was the first time when someone was openly discussing with her about her nightly activities.


    "It was nothing in special. I have already slept with many men. You were not special." She said with a poker face.


    Mu Yuehan stiffened and clutched the steering hard when he heard her. "Is it so? But I thought you liked my service. You enjoyed eating me up."


    "I like eating many men. So what? It''s not a new thing for me. All the men with whom I slept were quite good at their job." Her voice was cold and without any emotion. It acted like a knife in the heart of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to tease Zhou Liying but look who was suffering. He was suffering because of jealousy and hate toward the men with whom she had slept. His heart was burning with vengeance toward all those men.


    Min Yue noticed his state and shook her head with pity. Zhou Liying could be cruel sometimes and he needed to bear all her attacks if he wanted to be with her.


    **


    All the newspapers and television news channels were reporting on the burial of Qin Yanze and the reason being, he was a big businessman and grandfather of Qin Yutong. She was a big star in the film industry.


    The main headlines were about his death and the return of Zhou Liying. Everyone was specting about her business and her worth. Many were specting that she was with a powerful man. They were trying to dig into her past.


    Another headline was about the wedding of Fan Yifeng and Qin Yutong which was going to take ce soon.<sub> </sub>


    The headline with the most cover was the news of how Li Na raised her hand on Zhou Liying. She may not be able to p her or create a horrible scene as expected by Zhou Liying, but still many reporters were criticising her.


    "Qin Tian was looking at her pitifully. Then why did Li Na raise her hand on her? Was being coolheaded a face of hers?"


    "True image of Li Na. She tried to p Qin Tian. Did she false im that she can''t raise her hand even on a criminal?"


    This simple news was enough to create chaos in the Fan family. Fan Zixin was hell angry because the name of his family was getting tarnished because of the stupidity of his wife.


    "Was there any need for you to raise your hand at her?" Fan Zixin yelled and looked at his wife.


    "It was not my fault. She was the one spouting nonsense about Fan Yifeng. She said she was the one who taught him business skills." Her voice was full of anger and remorse.


    "Isn''t it true? Li Na, do not forget, that Fan Yifeng was a yboy. She was the one who spiked the interest of business in him. He may be a great businessman now, but she sowed that seed in him." Fan Zixin spat.


    "I am sorry, okay? I am sorry." Li Na yelled. She knew no one was worse than Fan Zixin when he was angry. "I will organise some charity event. I am sure, after the charity event everyone will forget about yesterday''s event."


    "Do that, I need positive results."


    Li Na nodded her head. She knew the mindset of the media. They jumped from one news to another. Everyone would forget how she lost her temper and tried to p Zhou Liying, once she showed her good and pure side to others.


    **


    Zhou Liying arrived at the private room in the restaurant where she was meeting with the clients. Mu Yuehan and Min Yue followed after her.


    "Miss Zhou, d to meet you." Mister Fang, a man in histe fifties shook his hand with her.


    "Shall we start the meeting?"


    "Yes, yes of course ."


    Without wasting any second, they started the meeting.


    Zhou Liying wanted to buy thend of Mister Fang which was located at a distance of two hundred miles from Shanghai. She wanted to use thisnd to build the biggest amusement park in the country.


    She had sent her team to Mister Fang but he denied meeting any of them. He wanted to meet her only.


    "I am here, tell me, why do you want to meet me?"


    "Miss Zhou, I think the price which you are paying for mynd is quite low." He looked at her with a cunning smile and passed some photos to her.


    "I think, I deserve a high price."


    "I see, you have done some investigation on me."


    Zhou Liying looked at the photos in which she was seening out of the hotel in London.


    A ruthless smile appeared on her lips. Min Yue shook her head and looked at Mister Fang. He just made the biggest mistake of his life by investigating Zhou Liying and then, ckmailing her.

 Chapter 152 Backfired Plan.

    "Mister Fang, what do you want to prove by showing these photos?" she asked carelessly.


    She always ensured to keep her private life well hidden. She was sure, he could not prove anything from her past life.


    "Isn''t it clear that you spent your nights at the hotel and what does that mean, does it not mean that you sleep with men like a whore?" Mister Fang spat the whore word. His eyes were twinkling with delight.


    Lips of Zhou Liying twitched in mock. "Who says sleeping in a hotel means that I am with a man?" she asked. "Can''t I spend my night at my hotel, to see how they treat their customers?"


    "Even if I slept with man, can you prove the same?" she challenged.


    The grin on the lips of Mister Fang disappeared when he heard her.


    "Don''t you know about the crazes of rich people? I can simply say I get bored with my penthouse so I spend some nights at the hotel."


    Zhou Liying smiled cunningly. She pulled out her phone from her pocket and made a call to Liam.


    "I am dealing with Mister Fang. I need you to send me the documents." She ordered.


    "Done." She heard in within a minute.


    "Good." She ended the call and flipped her hand toward Min Yue.


    Understanding her actions, Min Yue passed her the I-pad. Zhou Liying gave some instructions on the I-pad and then passed it to Mister Fang.


    "I know how to clear my face but what about you? How will you rify the affair of your son?" Zhou Liying smiled but her smile did not reach her eyes. "Isn''t he going to get engaged with the daughter of the Vice President of the country?"


    Mister Fang abruptly took the I-pad in his hands and saw the photo of his son with one of his mistresses. The photo was very clear with time and date well written on it.


    His hands trembled in shock and he dropped the I-pad on the table.


    "What do you think, only you can investigate me?" her voice was ruthless, without any scope of negotiation. "Your team is nothing inparison to mine. I have all your history in my hands. Now it is your call Mister Fang, do you want to sell yournd for free or should I send all these photos to the media?"


    "What do you mean by free?" Mister Fang yelled and stood up from his seat.


    "Calm down Mister Fang. Why are you getting so hyper? Weren''t you the one who started with under-table dealings?" Zhou Liying scoffed disdainfully. "You have only one minute, take your decision, thisnd or reputation of your son. Your time is going away. Tick tock, tick tock."


    Zhou Liying grinned sadistically, looking at the conflicted expression on the face of Mister Fang.


    Mister Fang was informed that Zhou Liying was not simple but he underestimated her. He thought he could get some extra money for his property but he was unaware that he''d fall into her trap.


    "I will sale thend for free." Mister Fang dered. "I hope you will not release these photos to the media."


    "You have my words." Zhou Liying smiled and called her team ofwyers inside the room. "Mister Fang, I will take your leave now. My team is here. They will settle everything."


    She stood up from her seat.


    "You are heartless." Mister Fang spat.


    "I am heartless then what does it make you? Weren''t you nning to dirty my reputation by using some meaningless photos?" She spat and then looked at herwyer. "Joshua, don''t be easy on him."


    "As you say."


    Zhou Liying red at Mister Fang and left the room.<sub> </sub>


    "Miss, will you not send these photos to the fianc¨¦ of mister Fang''s son?" Min Yue asked, feeling pity for the girl.


    "Why should I?" Zhou Liying shrugged. "That girl should herself know what kind of man her husband to be is. I am no angel to help her find the true face of her fianc¨¦."


    Zhou Liying walked toward the lobby of the hotel when she received a call from assistant Zhang.


    "Miss, I want to invite you to the will announcement of the boss. It will take ce tomorrow."


    Zhou Liying stopped in her steps when she heard him. A frown appeared on her forehead. "Isn''t it so soon? He was buried yesterday and tomorrow is his will announcement."


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    "I know it''s quick." Assistant Zhang sighed. "But I was ordered by the Young master. Lately, he can''t wait for will''s announcement."


    "Oh." Zhou Liying shook her head and continued her walk toward the parking. There was a scowl on her face, thinking about how long her uncle was waiting for the day of the will announcement and property partition.


    **


    When she stepped out of the hotel, many goons came in her direction and surrounded her. Zhou Liying frowned and counted the number; they were at least twenty.


    Mu Yuehan walked after her and tsked in her ears. A cheerful smile was on his lips. "You are lucky that I am here to protect you."


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and looked at him. She then looked at the goons. "What do you want?"


    "We want to kidnap you. Come with us peacefully otherwise, we will not hitch from pouring the blood." The leader of the goons spoke and eyed Mu Yuehan.


    "Hah, you will kidnap her, over my dead body." Mu Yuehan lightly looked at the goons and took his fighting pose. "What are you waiting for? I will see, who dares to touch my miss."


    He cracked his neck and hands.


    "He is a fool. He wants to die. Then why should we stay behind? Attack them, ensure to keep thisdy safe and sound. Boss will not like it if something happened to her." The gang leader hollered.


    Hearing his order, all the goons attacked Mu Yuehan. Zhou Liying stepped back, trying to analyse the situation where Mu Yuehan started to fight with the goons.


    He was carelessly fighting with the goons but the next second, his eyes went wide when he realised that the goons were real. They were not his security guards in the disguise of goons!


    Dang it!

 Chapter 153 Bang Bang Bang.

    Mu Yuehan wanted to scare Zhou Liying and wanted to prove to her that he was the best guard. So, after stealing an idea from the dramas, he asked some of his guards to act as goons and attack Zhou Liying.


    That was the reason he was rxed when he saw the goons. He knew they''d not harm him butter he realised; they were real. And not only that, the team was full of professionals. They were not amateurs. They were giving him good fighting.


    Sweat appeared on his forehead when he saw the goons surrounding him. He became alert and started to analyse the situation. There was aplete change in his aura.


    He was making a strategy of taking down all these goons, when the next second, he felt the back of Zhou Liying against his back and then he heard a bang!


    Bang!


    Bang!


    Bang!


    With wide eyes, he looked at Zhou Liying. She had a revolver in her hand and was firing bullets after bullets at the goons, making them injured but nothing life-threatening.


    He too pulled out his gun, tied around his belt and started to fire on the goons.


    Bang!


    Bang!


    Goons also pulled out their guns and were ready to fire on them when shadow guards of Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying surrounded them. Within a minute, all the goons were on the ground, under the control of the guards.


    Zhou Liying passed her revolver to Min Yue and walked toward the goons. Her eyes were stony, and the aura around her was chilly and dangerous. Her each step toward them was threatening. If looks could kill, they all were going to suffer a brutal death by now.


    "Who sent you?" she asked, her voice hollered all around.


    "We are not going to tell." They all spoke in unison and Zhou Liying chuckled.


    "I see that." A calcting smile appeared on her lips. "Take them to the torture room. Keep torturing them till they are ready to say the name of their boss. Also, search about the eagle gang. They seem to be members of that bang."


    "Yes, miss."


    Within five minutes, all the goon members were taken away by the guards. They tried to protest and fight but it was useless inparison to the power of her guards.


    With a deep frown on her face, Zhou Liying looked at the men who attacked her. Her guts were telling her that the person who gave the order to the eagle gang was not very simple. Somewhere, she felt as if the person behind them was the same who had kidnapped her four years back.


    She felt that the people in the gang were not simple. The way they fought was tremendous. When caught, they were still giving a tough fight to her guards. Not only that, when she shot them, they still stood tall, not at all affected by the bullet in their system.<sub> </sub>


    Simr thoughts were running in the mind of Mu Yuehan. He noticed that they had called her Zhou Liying instead of Qin Tian. One thing was sure, they knew her identity and they were after her.


    Mu family had links with the underworld so Mu Yuehan was aware of the eagle group. It was the most dangerous gang in the world: Killing another person without any mercy. They were trained to be emotionless and brutal in their work.


    Four years back, when Zhou Liying was kidnapped, Mu Yuehan tried to hire them to locate her. They had links all around the world. They knew everyone from the underworld. He knew it was not hard for them to find her.


    They denied to help him. It was an announced rule of the eagle gang, they selected the missions they like. No amount of money could buy them.


    Therefore, one thing was sure to Mu Yuehan, the person after the life of Zhou Liying had strong links that he was able to get the eagle gang to kidnap Zhou Liying.


    He made a mental note to call his guards, to ask them to look after the members of the eagle gang. He was afraid, they''d not stay in the custody of her guards for a long time. They''d run away before opening their mouth.


    "How did you realise that they were from the eagle gang?" Mu Yuehan asked aftering out from his thoughts. He wanted to know if she was aware of this gang or not.


    "I saw their badges." Zhou Liying replied. She was still thinking about something. "You are lucky that I saw their badges, otherwise, I''d have believed that you called them to attack me. So, you can show off your fighting skills."


    Shock passed the eyes of Mu Yuehan and he took a sigh of relief. He was thinking of fooling Zhou Liying, by plotting an attack on her. But see, she was already aware of his intentions.


    Should he call himself lucky that real goons arrived at the scene, saving his ass?


    "By the way, any idea of another group of guards, they were not my guards." Zhou Liying had noticed two groups of men jumping to save her. One was her security guard and the other was¡­.


    "They were my team." Mu Yuehan informed. "I told you. You are our VIP client. Your safety is our uttermost motive. So, some men are given to me by mypany to look after you."


    "Oh." Zhou Liying ced her hand on her cheek and nodded to him. "Let''s go then. It is not safe for us to stay here for any more time."


    Mu Yuehan nodded to her and followed her to the car. Min Yue was silently following behind them. She was slightly shaken because of the firing Zhou Liying did just now.


    "By the way, Miss, I did not know that you own a pistol and that too Rohrbaugh SO."


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with curiosity. As per his information, this pistol was one of the most expensive pistols. It was not easy to get a hand on it.


    He was shocked to see that Zhou Liying was owning this pistol and not only that, she was having her pistol with her all the time.


    "Do you take me as a fool?" Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and looked at him. "As you have seen, most of the time I deal with man and man can be crude. I need something to save myself from them."


    Zhou Liying slightly exposed her leg to him and there he saw a belt with a knife attached to it. Now he knew, why she said she didn''t need anyone to protect her. She knew how to protect herself.

 Chapter 154 Eagle Gang.

    Today was not the first instance when Zhou Liying was attempted to kidnap. In thest four years, many people tried to murder her or kidnap her out of jealousy. Although, they all were failed attempts till now, but they still scared Zhou Liying.


    To protect herself from any unseen danger, Zhou Liying learnt the art of fighting and gun shooting. She kept her pistol in her handbag all the time. It was light in weight and small in size, it was very handy.


    She also kept a knife in a belt around her leg whenever she dealt with clients, which she predicted to be dangerous. Even though she knew that people were protecting her, she still wanted to ensure that she could protect herself in case of need.


    **


    It was four in the afternoon when they arrived at the corporation building. Zhou Liying was again off to do her work. She was busy checking all the work done by Zhou Yonge in her absence.


    Zhou Yonge came to meet her when he was informed that she was here in the office.


    For now, Zhou Yonge was only tackling high-ss deals or deals with clients who were very old and denied to deal with Zhou Liying. He did most of his work from home. He only visited the corporation when in an emergency.


    Otherwise, he had left the burden of the Zhou corporations on the shoulders of Zhou Liying.


    "How are you feeling now?" he looked at her with concern.


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    "Don''t worry uncle. I have mourned enough. Now I don''t feel pain or sadness like the way I had felt on his death." Zhou Liying assuringly smiled at him. "You have already seen how I reacted at the time of grandmama''s death."


    "Mm." Zhou Yonge nodded. "If you feel hurt or pain or need any shoulder to cry, you know whom to call, don''t you?"


    "You uncle. I know. I wille to you if I want to cry."


    Zhou Yonge nodded with satisfaction and left her office.


    It was nighttime when Zhou Bingbing arrived to meet Zhou Liying, to give her moral support.


    "I am sorry Lili for beingte." Zhou Bingbing hugged Zhou Liying tight. There was sadness in her voice. "I wanted to be there beside you, to give you a shoulder to cry upon when your grandpa died."


    "I know." Zhou Liying broke the hug and smiled at her. "I am sure you too were hurting knowing that I was hurt."


    "Nowe, let your great little sister treat you." Zhou Bingbing enthusiastically wrapped her arm around hers.


    "You know my grandpa was buried yesterday." She pointed out. "How can you think that I will go to a restaurant with you?"


    "I know you will not, that''s why I asked Min Yue to bring dinner for us here in your office." Zhou Bingbing beamed and pulled Zhou Liying toward the couch in her office.


    Zhou Liying shook her head and settled down beside her. She was not aware of what was running in the mind of Zhou Bingbing.


    Zhou Bingbing especially came to the office to see if Mu Yuehan was here or not. She wanted to know if this man was dedicated enough to be with Zhou Liying or not.


    So, when Zhou Bingbing saw him settle in his regr ce, she felt delighted and happy. She pped for him in her heart. She cheered and hooted excitedly for him.


    His presence cleared two things to her, one being, that Mu Yuehan liked Zhou Liying. He wanted to be with her. The second being, Zhou Liying also wanted his presence. Otherwise, she''d have kicked him out after sleeping with him.


    "So, when will you start with wedding preparation?" Zhou Liying asked.<sub> </sub>


    One of her reason to return to Shanghai was to help Zhou Bingbing with her wedding preparations, wasn''t it?


    Now that her grandpa was no more, she could shift her focus in helping her cousin with her wedding.


    "Don''t know." Zhou Bingbing groaned. "Kris is stuck with his movie. To add in, his parents are gone on a world trip. Don''t know when they will return. I can only wait for their return before starting all the preparations."


    Zhou Liying sadly looked at her cousin. From a long time, Zhou Bingbing was dying to marry Kris. If possible, she''d kidnap him and take him to the city bureau to get married. She stopped herself only because of the feelings of both families.


    From their childhood, both families were nning about their royal wedding. In the opinion of Zhou Liying, an extra-long guest list was already ready. Everyone was already waiting for Kris to spare some time.


    "But the good thing is, I have already designed my wedding dress." Zhou Bingbing shed a smile and Zhou Liying rolled her eyes.


    "You have already designed at least ten dresses for your wedding, in thest four years. I am sure, you will design some more by the time of your wedding." She mocked and Zhou Bingbing pouted.


    "I have also selected caterers."


    "I am sure, he is Tang Ying, isn''t he?"


    "Hey, stop rubbing salt on my wounds. You know Kris and how he is when working on a movie." Zhou Bingbing looked at her in a grumpy mood.


    "Okay, okay, I will not tease you. Now tell me about yourtest fashion show."


    **


    Mu Yuehan returned to the apartment where he was staying as the guard of Zhou Liying. He removed his tie and threw it away. He pulled out his phone and called Li Tao.


    "Report today''s incident." His voice was gruff and full of power and wrath. "Why were there real goons instead of my guards?"


    From the evening, Mu Yuehan was eager to call Li Tao and ask him about the mistake on his part.


    "I am sorry boss but I decided without asking you." There was shame in the voice of Li Tao.


    "When I arrived at the restaurant, goons were already waiting for Miss Zhou. I saw the sign of eagle on them. I knew it was not easy to defeat all of them withouting into the eyes of Miss Zhou. So, I decided to take one of them in my custody for investigation, instead of fighting them all."


    "So, their member is already in your custody?" ruthlessness shed in his eyes. He forgot all about punishing Li Tao for his dy and carelessness.


    He should have eliminated all of them before their exit from the restaurant.


    "Yes, boss. And this time, I have already checked him. He had not consumed any type of poison. Hopefully, we will be able to get a name out from his mouth." Li Tao spoke confidently.


    "Don''t be so overconfident. Eagle is famous for protecting their clients. He will not easily open his mouth. Torture him in the best way you know."


    "Okay boss."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and threw away his phone. He ran his hand in his hair, trying to think who could be after her life, as to hire the eagle gang.

 Chapter 155 Will Reading.

    Mu Yuehan walked toward the mirror and a smile appeared on his lips when he saw her w marks on his upper body.


    All the tension from his body, thinking about her attacker was gone when he reminisced thest night, which was magical.


    In thest few years, he had thought about the way in which he was going to make love to her, after meeting her again. Butst night was nothing like what he had imagined.


    He thought, his Lili would be shy like all the times in the past but yesterday night, she was like a goddess, a goddess who knew what she was doing. He saw stars when she rocked on him.


    His lower part ached as he remembered yesterday night. He shook his head.


    With a ridiculous smile on his lips, he made his way toward the penthouse of Zhou Liying, ringing its bell.


    Zhou Liying opened the door and looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Do you need¡­." Before he couldplete, as if understanding his intentions, she shut the door on his face.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and looked at the closed door. Knowing this door was not going to open again, he returned to his apartment.


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    Zhou Liying looked at the closed door until she heard the footsteps. She sighed and returned to her room.


    For the first time, she felt so crazy about sleeping with another man. She had slept with him yesterday only, and tonight again her body was asking to make love with him, and only him.


    Arghh!


    Zhou Liying groaned to herself. She knew, sleeping with Mu Yuehan was going to be a big mistake because now her body would be crazily requesting her to sleep with him again. She was not going to forget yesterday night like other nights.


    **


    The next day, Zhou Liying arrived at the Zhou hotel where will reading was going to take ce. The private restaurant was booked for the reading purpose and all because of Zhou Liying.


    Earlier, the will reading was to take ce in the Qin mansion but Zhou Liying was not ready to ce her feet in that ce, the ce which held many horrible memories of hers.


    So, she asked assistant Zhang to book the private room at his name. She ensured him that he''d not need to pay a penny.


    "Assistant Zhang, I must praise you. You seriously booked this hotel for will reading?" Huang Jiayi spoke to Assistant Zhang with a smile on her lips, mirth behind her eyes was not hidden from his eyes.


    He knew Huang Jiayi thought that he had booked this hotel only because he was getting a portion of the property in the will of Qin Yanze.


    "I know someone from Zhou corporation. Using her help, I got a discount." Assistant Zhang replied with a polite smile.


    "You know someone from Zhou corporations?" Qin Yihong became alert when he heard him. "Can you introduce me to her?"


    "Unfortunately, no. My known only meets the person she likes." Assistant Zhang smiled and walked toward thewyers and magistrate who were there to witness the will reading, also to stop any kind of violence which usually took ce after the will reading.<sub> </sub>


    Qin Yihong grumbled when he saw the move of assistant Zhang. He knew assistant Zhang was smartly mingling withwyers; well aware he could not threaten him around them.


    Everyone arrived at the hotel room and took their seats. Only Zhou Liying and Fan Yifeng were left.


    Fan Yifeng was fashionablyte. He wanted to show his importance to the Qin family where Zhou Liying was genuinelyte because she got stuck in the meeting she had called with the head of various departments.


    "Where is this Qin Tian? How can she bete today? Doesn''t she know the importance of will reading?" Huang Jiayi hatefully grumbled under her breath.


    Qin Yihong ced his hand over hers and warned her with his eyes. He then looked at thewyers and the magistrate.


    If during the will reading, they disyed any hot temper, then their temper could go against them. Lawyers were here to ensure that everyone got what they deserved without internal family battles.


    "Herees the princess." Qin Yutong bitterly remarked when Zhou Liying arrived. She gripped the hand of Fan Yifeng who arrived not a minute ago.


    "At least, you epted that I am a princess." Zhou Liying ttered her eyes at her.


    She walked toward the front seat on the long table. This seat was reserved for her by assistant Zhang. Qin family grumbled at her presence which was more powerful today.


    "Why wasted your timeing here." Huang Jiayi ridiculed. "I am sure, dad left nothing for you."


    Zhou Liying gave her a dazzling smile. "And I am sure, he left for me more than what he left for you. After all, he loved me more than you."


    Huang Jiayi scoffed. She had warned Qin Yanze many times that Zhou Liying would be in danger if he left any property in her name. So, she was confident that nothing was left on the name of Zhou Liying.


    If only she knew that her warnings did no affect on the old man.


    Before Huang Jiayi could say any more words, Zhou Liying turned and looked at thewyers. "We should start now."


    Thewyers nodded their heads. There was a total of threewyers with one magistrate. They were the ones who witnessed when Qin Yanze wrote his will.


    "I will start will reading process now." The headwyer informed. He opened a small case with the will of Qin Yanze.


    He started to read, "I Qin Yanze, an adult, a citizen of city Shanghai fromst forty years, being of sound mind, is writing myst will and testimonial. I revoke all wills previously made by me."


    "The witness of my will are my assistant Zhang, Zhang Lei,wyer..."


    Everyone was eagerly looking at thewyer, waiting for him to reach the most important part. They could not wait to know what Qin Yanze left for them after his death, especially Qin Yihong and Huang Jiayi.

 Chapter 156 Her Second Cousin.

    "A message for my only son Qin Yihong: my son, truthfully, I did not wish to leave anything for you. But I am not cruel or heartless like you. Due to my duty as your father, I have to leave something for you."


    The face of Qin Yihong turned dark when he heard the words of thewyer. Zhou Liying sniffled herugh when she heard thewyer. This will was hundred per cent written by her grandpa. Only he could be so bold and open when writing his will.


    "I am leaving my collection of wines, my mansion in Beijing and twenty per cent shares of Qin corporations at his name."


    Qin Yihong raised his hand in the air when he heard twenty per cent, it was a big thing for him. He was sure, his father had left other shares with his family only, not with Zhou Liying, after all, they ensured to keep ckmailing Qin Yanze till hisst breath.


    "As for my daughter-inw, I am giving her the pieces of jewellery of my deceased wife. I know she always had her eyes on them and now, they are hers." Again, there was a punch in his tone.


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    This again made Zhou Liying muffle herugh. It was no big deal if Qin Yanze left pieces of jewellery of her grandma for Huang Jiayi because, he had already given most of the pieces of jewellery to Zhou Liying when she left Shanghai, for her to sell them in case of need.


    "Please pass her the envelope with the code to the locker in my closet."


    Thewyer passed her an envelope and Huang Jiayi epted it with a huge grin on her face. She was not aware that most of the jewels were already gone. She still thought that the locker was full of jewellery and it made her excited.


    "As for my assistant Zhang Lei, I am leaving him my mansion in the North, where he is staying right now. I am also leaving with him all the cafes under my name in Shanghai."


    Assistant Zhang smiled when he heard thewyer. He knew Qin Yanze had left something for him but he did not know what. He was happy to know he had left something for him and his family. He was also happy that it did not include the shares of Qin corporations.


    Qin Yihong angrily mmed the table when he heard thewyer. He gritted his teeth. Caf¨¦s under the Qin family were doing great business and his father had left them for his mare assistant. He found it unjust toward himself.


    "Mister Qin, do you have any problem?" the magistrate red at him, after seeing his raw angry expressions.


    "No problem my lord." Qin Yihong grumbled under his breath. He ducked his face, with his hand clenched tight.


    Zhou Liying looked at assistant Zhang and shared a smile with him.


    "For my granddaughter, Qin Yutong, I am leaving twenty per cent shares of Qin corporations." Qin Yutong grinned when she heard thewyer. Qin Yihong looked at her with wide eyes, feeling jealous of his daughter who got equal shares as to him.


    "I am leaving my guesthouse at Fei peak, Hangzhou mountain, my ten per cent shares in Hatchi corporation and hundred million won from my fund. As for the child growing in her stomach, I am leaving him with my two properties in the south."


    Instead of feeling touched by what Qin Yanze left for her, Qin Yutong stood up from her seat in anger, "only this much?" she hollered. "What about grandpa''s property in Hawaii? What about his resorts and other properties?"<sub> </sub>


    Her face turned red with anger. She red at Qin Yeteng and then at Zhou Liying. She liked the properties which her grandpa bestowed upon her but she loved the properties in Hawaii.


    There her grandpa owned a beautiful beach house and she always wanted that. She had made it clear to him in the past.


    "Is there any mistake?" she yelled.


    "Miss, you are forgetting, you have other two sisters." Thewyer red at her. "Let me continue."


    "Don''t get mad sweetie. It''s not good for your health." Fan Yifeng lovingly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her down on her seat. He too red at Qin Yeteng and then Zhou Liying.


    He had expected more properties from Qin Yanze. He knew Qin Yanze had invested in many prospectus properties in his good times. He had thought of using those properties in his own business. After all, what belonged to Qin Yutong was going to be his after their marriage.


    "For my favourite granddaughter, Qin Yeteng, I am leaving my most precious thing. Please pass her the box."


    Thewyer passed a box to Qin Yeteng. She uninterestedly epted the box, not expecting much from her grandpa. If it was not for the force and warning of her parents, she was not interested in even attending the will reading.


    Among the family of four, Qin Yeteng was the one with a soft heart. She was the closest person to Qin Yanze.


    When she was born, Qin Yanze treated her like his princess. He loved her more than anything where her parents were not happy with her birth, they wanted a boy, to lead the family not her.


    Qin Yeteng hated her parents and was close to Qin Yanze. Qin Yanze taught her many things but itsted only till her grandma''s death. Qin Yeteng started to turn bitter when the attention of Qin Yanze was divided between her and Qin Tian.


    Six-year-old Qin Yeteng failed to realise that the love of Qin Yanze did not get any less for her after he epted Qin Tian.


    Soon, she was sent to live with her maternal uncle and aunt. They too did not treat her very good. She med Qin Tian for that. She med Qin Tian for snatching her grandpa from her.


    She hated Qin Yanze who ignored her after giving her his love. The love which she had for him, turned into hate and that was the reason, she did not feel any pain or hurt.


    Because, for her, Qin Yanze died when she was sent away with her maternal uncle and aunt.

 Chapter 157 Properties For Her.

    When Qin Yeteng was living with her uncle and aunt, her mother always filled her ears about how Qin Yanze was loving Qin Tian very much. How Qin Tian was a b! tch. Her mind was filled with bitterness.


    Her bitterness toward Qin Tian increased many folds when she tried to snatch Fan Yifeng from Qin Yutong. She did not know much but she knew Qin Tian was hateful.


    Qin Yeteng did not like her family much but she hated Qin Tian to the core.


    She tried to stay away from her family as much as she could. She was trying to make her future for herself, in the modelling industry. Soon, she nned to enter the film industry.


    "TengTeng, what are you waiting for, open the box and see what your grandpa has left for you." Huang Jiayi nudged her. Qin Yeteng absent-mindedly opened the box.


    A gasp escaped her lips when she saw the items in the box. It included her dolls, her toys, her drawing books and her other things from her childhood.


    Was this the treasure of her grandpa?


    "My princess, I know you thought that I stopped loving you. You were wrong, I always loved you. You were the purest soul after all. I always cradled your stuff close to my heart. You don''t have any idea of the nights I spent missing you. I loved you and will always love you. I wish you will forgive me for whatever grievance you have in your heart toward me."


    Tears fell from the eyes of Qin Yeteng. She picked up her old things and ced them close to her chest. Now she felt hurt and pain at his death. She felt guilty for being cold.


    "I am sorry."


    Zhou Liying looked at her with sympathy. She knew the feelings of Qin Yeteng. She was always ignored by her family, being the second daughter. She thought that she lost her only support when Qin Tian entered the heart of Qin Yanze.


    Huang Jiayi scoffed when she saw the old stuff in the box. "Is this his precious stuff? Useless things."


    Qin Yeteng looked at her mother with hate and removed her tears. She looked at thewyer.


    "What else is here?" she asked.


    "This box." Thewyer passed her a box with an envelope which held the code and a letter in it.


    "Open it." Huang Jiayi ordered.


    Qin Yeteng unsealed the envelope and opened the box using the key written on it. Her eyes twinkled when she saw tinum and diamond tiara in the box with the matching jewellery.


    She ced her hand over her lips and read the letter aloud. "Did I not tell you that I will make you a queen one day? I am leaving our family''s royal tiara and jewellery with you. I am sure, you will look like a queen when you will wear them."


    Qin Yeteng closed the box and started to sob. She wished if Qin Yanze was alive. She was going to ask for forgiveness from him. She was feeling guilty for being angry at him.


    "I am also leaving my five properties in the north, the rest of my shares in Qin corporations that are sixteen perfect shares, myke house and the collection of my books with her, it''s my dowry for her marriage. No one can touch her properties without her free will."<sub> </sub>


    "How can he leave so much for her?" Qin Yutong again bellowed angrily. She dug her nails hard into the table and looked at thewyer.


    "Miss Qin, calm down." Magistrate red at her. "I am the witness that this is what he wanted. If only you loved him like others then maybe he''d have left something more for you."


    Qin Yutong gritted her teeth and looked at her sister. She then looked at her cousin, imagining what her grandpa left for her.


    "Atst, for Qin Tian, I am leaving her with my ounts abroad. My bank locker which held pieces of jewellery of your mother is all yours. Thou, I ask for your forgiveness because I gave some of them to Huang Jiayi because of some reasons."


    The eyes of Zhou Liying slightly darkened when she heard thewyer. Now she knew why she had seen Huang Jiayi wearing her mother''s jewellery.


    Was she angry at her grandpa for giving away her mother''s jewellery? No, because she knew he must have some solid reasons for his decisions.


    "My properties and beach house in Hawaii. My collection of paintings and calligraphy. My properties in Singapore and atst, I am leaving my cabin at the big bearke in southern California with her."


    "Impossible. Lawyer Jiang, there must be some mistake." Qin Yutong stood up from her seat with clear shock.


    Properties in Hawaii and his cabin in California were what she wanted. They were one of his most expensive properties. How could he leave them with Zhou Liying?


    Even after the warning of her family!


    "There is no mistake." Thewyer looked at her with sour eyes.


    "You are kidding me? I am sure, this Qin Tian must have done something." She bitterly remarked. She angrily looked at Zhou Liying, all ready to attack her.


    Zhou Liying leaned in her seat, looking at her with a cold smile. She was satisfied with the properties her grandpa left for her. Her only disappointment was, that he did not leave any share in the Qin corporation for her.


    "Calm down TongTong." Fan Yifeng ced his hand over her shoulder. He was not shocked after knowing the properties which the old man had left for her. He knew Qin Yanze loved Qin Tian the most.


    "Yifeng, you know how much I love that beach house in Hawaii. Why didn''t grandpa leave it for me? I want it at any cost." She sobbed and ced her head on his shoulder.


    Huang Jiayi and Qin Yihong were angered when they heard the words of thewyer. They would have created a scene if not for the presence of the magistrate andwyers. They could lose their right in the will by creating a scene, Qin Yanze had ensured that.


    "Qin Tian, your cousin''s birthday ising. Why don''t you gift her your beach house in Hawaii?" Hang Jiayi demanded. There was a warning in her eyes.


    Zhou Liying raised her brows, looking at her aunt with interest. Slowly, a wicked smile appeared on her lips. She was just going to have her show now.

 Chapter 158 Condition.

    "Gifting my properties. Wow, you sure have a lot of expectations from me. Don''t you?" Zhou Liying chuckled. "Aunty, did you not say that I am a vicious woman? So how can you expect me to gift my properties to anyone just like that."


    "She is your cousin." Qin Yihong gritted out. "Can you not transfer one of your properties to her? Look at how she is crying for it. Above that, she is also pregnant. Can''t you be soft-hearted for once?"


    "Well, breaking news, I am a cruel and heartless woman." She shed a loathsome smile. "If she likes this property this much then why don''t you buy it from me? Weren''t you saying that I need money and all¡­h¡­h¡­h¡­why don''t you give me some cash in exchange for it?"


    "You¡­" Qin Yihong erupted in rage when he heard her.


    "How much do you want?" Fan Yifeng asked with grunted teeth.


    "Here you spoke." Zhou Liying ttered her eyes and looked at him. "How much are you willing to give me in exchange for that property?"


    Zhou Liying started to blow air on her nails, a habit which she did when trying to trap a big fish or when making fun of another party.


    "The mansion in Fei mountain. It''s more expensive than the beach house in Hawaii." He proposed, Qin Yutong gasped beside him. She was not ready to let go of any of her property in exchange for the beach house. She wanted it for free.


    "That''s it?" Zhou Liyingughed. "Mister Fan, I thought you loved Qin Yutong dearly and here you are, bargaining with me for a beach house at such a small amount."


    "You¡­" Fan Yifeng red at her. He clenched his fist tight. He hatefully looked at thisdy. "The mansion and ten million won."


    "Not epted." She waved her hand in dismissal.


    Fan Yifeng stood up from his chair in anger, all ready to p her but he was stopped by the res ofwyers.


    "Increase the bidding, I will see at what price I am willing to sell my oh-so-precious beach house."


    "What price do you need?" Fan Yifeng gritted his teeth. He clenched on the table hard. Now he wanted the beach house at all the costs.


    "I want the mansion in Fei mountain as well as twenty million won." She replied nonchntly, in a very professional tone.


    "You¡­."


    "What? Did I quote less amount? Increase it to fifty million won, then. I will transfer that beach house to Qin Yutong only when you will transfer the mansion, as well as fifty Million won in my ount. I prefer no less." She stood up from her seat and red at him.


    Fan Yifeng looked at her with a frozen expression on his face. "What happened lover boy? Did you not im you love her, h, h, h, can''t you buy a beach house for her?" she mocked.


    Fan Yifeng furiously looked at her. He''d have bought this beach house without a blink if he had not done the wedding dress fiasco. His father was still hell angry at him.


    Zhou Liying picked up her carry bag and looked at thewyers. "Mywyer will contact you regarding the transfer of properties."


    She was about to leave when thewyer interrupted her. "Miss, there is something more. ording to the will of your grandfather, you can get these properties only if you get married within one month. Otherwise, all the properties will be bid for charity purposes."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying froze in her steps when she heard thewyer. She turned around and looked at thewyer with dark expressions on her face.


    "To add in, marriage should not be a shame. It should stay legal for at least three years. Otherwise, the moment you get divorced before the end of three years, the properties would go to charity."


    "Are you kidding me?" Zhou Liying yelled. "How can grandpa add such a use without informing me?" She fumed with anger and looked at thewyer with a dangerous gaze.


    "Miss, he did add this use, he also left thisst letter for you." Zhang Lei said in a soft voice and passed her an envelope.


    Zhou Liying looked at her grandpa''s assistant and epted the letter. She crushed the envelope in her anger.


    She was feeling angry at her grandpa. Not only did he add this ridiculous use, but he also did not leave any share for her in the Qin corporation.


    Did he love me? Or was his love a shame?


    She gritted her teeth and looked at the will where it was written that she''d get property only after getting married within a month.


    "Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha," Fan Yifeng broke down inughter when he saw the red face of Zhou Liying. A huge tension was lifted off his shoulder.


    "Who will marry her? Everyone knows what type of girl she is?" he chuckled mockingly, making fun of Zhou Liying. "Whom will she marry now? No big thigh left in the country to be fooled by her."


    Fan Yifeng knew most of the upper-tier rich bachelor men. He had already filled their ears with dreadful stories of Qin Tian. He was confident that no one would marry her. Hepletely forgot about Mu Yuehan.


    In a rxing manner, he threw his arm around the shoulder of Qin Yutong, "Love, I will get you the beach house once it''s out of her hands."


    Zhou Liying clenched her teeth tight and looked at her maternal family mocking her and all because of a simple use added by her grandpa.


    "You wait and watch Fan Yifeng, I will find a man and will even marry him. I will get these properties as well as a well-settled man." She dered.


    After her deration, she walked out of the private restaurant, not willing to waste any second in thepany of the Qin Family. She was also bubbling with anger. She did not wish to disy her anger in front of them.


    Mu Yuehan who was in shadows all this while smirked. He scoffed and looked at Fan Yifeng. ''Fool, how can he forget about me?''


    Mu Yuehan came out from the shadows and made his way toward the parking. He was happy that Qin Yanze listened to him and added the use of marriage within one month.


    It made his work easy to get married to Zhou Liying.


    ''I only have to wait for a month or less and then, you will be my wife.''

 Chapter 159 A Letter.

    "Qin Tian, stop right away." Qin Yutong yelled and followed after Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying stopped in her track, she turned and looked at Qin Yutong with a frown in between her brows.


    "What do you want?" Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and looked at her.


    "Transfer the beach house to me. You know how much I love it." Qin Yutong wrapped her arms around her chest, looking proud. "And in exchange, I will help you find a perfect husband. You see I know many actors."


    Zhou Liying chortled. She raised her right brow in the perfect curse, "And why should I believe that the man selected by you will be a perfect husband? Don''t forget you are no less viinous than me."


    "You." Qin Yutong pointed her index finger at her. "If I was viinous, I would not have let you off easily after how you have tried to snatch Fan Yifeng from me."


    "Was there anything left which you wanted to do to me?" There was slightly rage andughter in her voice.


    "You embarrassed me in front of the whole society. You snatched my crown of the queen. You forced grandpa and me to bow our heads in shame. You devastated my life, and you are saying you let me off. Wow, joke of the century."


    Zhou Liying raised her voice and started to p, making fun of Qin Yutong. She walked toward her cousin and red at her.


    "You know what, your family believes that they helped me grow up but do you know what, till now, your family is surviving only because of the money earned by my mother, contracts dealt by her. If she had not taken the control of the business, I am sure, we all would have been on the roads a long time ago." Zhou Liying spat.


    "You have learnt how to speak. Otherwise, you were never like this." Qin Yutong deducted. She looked at Zhou Liying with narrowed eyes.


    "Wow, congrattions." Zhou Liying whispered in her ears, in a dreadful tone, making a shiver pass the spine of Qin Yutong. "I am no longer a harmless b!tch. I have been promoted to the German shepherd. Now I not only bark but I bite too and that too, very badly, so beware of me."


    Qin Yutong paled upon hearing her warning. It was hard for her to believe that she was just warned by Qin Tian. She sounded like real evil.


    Zhou Liying in past, maybe vicious to other rich elites in society but she was always a charitable vase for her family and all because she was scared that her uncle and aunt would do something to Qin Yanze.


    But now, she had nothing to be scared of the Qin family. She could show them her real side.


    With satisfaction, Zhou Liying looked at the whitening face of Qin Yutong. She was about to walk out when Qin Yutong tried to hold her hand, reflexively, Zhou Liying pushed her away.


    Qin Yutong stumbled back due to the push. "I warned you to be careful." Zhou Liying red at her, feeling slightly concerned for the innocent baby in her stomach.


    Zhou Liying looked at her with furrowed brows for some time. After ensuring that Qin Yutong was alright, she made her way toward the car, which was already waiting for her.


    Zhou Liying entered the car, lost deep in thoughts.


    "Hanhan, can I ask you something?" she asked seriously.


    "Yes, Miss."


    "Just imagine, you have a baby and¡­."


    "A baby with you?" Mu Yuehan teased with excitement-filled eyes. "Are you pregnant? Did I knock you out?"<sub> </sub>


    "Can you be serious?" she raised her voice.


    "I am serious, please continue." Mu Yuehan inwardly chuckled when he saw the flustered expression on the face of Zhou Liying, which he started to love now.


    "Imagine, you are carrying your baby in your arms and someone pushes you, what will be your reflex reaction then?" she questioned, ying with the envelope using her fingers.


    "Of course, as a father, I will protect the baby. His protection will be my uttermost duty." Mu Yuehan replied honestly. "Why did you ask me this?"


    "No reason." Zhou Liying shook her head, a sinister smile appeared on her lips.


    She pulled out her phone and called Liam, "I have a task for your team. I want you to find out every detail about the pregnancy of Qin Yutong."


    "I will send someone to investigate her right away."


    Feeling satisfied, Zhou Liying ended the call.


    From day one, she met Qin Yutong, she had this itching that Qin Yutong was lying about her pregnancy.


    The way Qin Yutong walked or angrily reacted all the time, or the way she still wore six inches high heels, or the way she was not scared of falling back in the hospital, or the way today she ran after her in her heels had created doubts in the mind of Zhou Liying.


    Not only that, when Zhou Liying pushed her, instead of reacting like other pregnant mothers who instinctively ced their hands over their belly to ensure the safety of her child, her hands were ced on her waist.


    This was not how a first-time-to-be mother reacted. They were very careful! They were concerned about the safety of their child.


    Zhou Liying could also understand the reason for her fake pregnancy and it was simple, she wanted to marry into the Fan family. She was using her pregnancy to marry Fan Yifeng.


    "Interesting, Qin Yutong will be smart if my instincts are correct." Zhou Liying gloated and looked out from the window.


    After some time, she decided to open the envelope left for her by Qin Yanze. She wanted to know the reason for his betrayal.


    She tear open the envelope and pulled out the letter, she took a deep breath and started to read it.


    ''Dear TianTian


    I know, you are angry at me right now when reading this letter. I can imagine smocking out from your nose because of rage.''


    Involuntarily a chuckle left her lips and tears skipped her eyes. This was her grandpa, he always knew how to make herugh, how to take her anger away.


    ''You are looking no less than a Drac, ready to eat me raw.''


    How could she stay angry with him after reading the opening lines of his letter?

 Chapter 160 His Reasons.

    ''You need to understand my reasons. I did not give you any share of Qin corporations only because it is hollow from the inside. I don''t want to bind you with apany which is on its edge, ready to bankrupt with one wrong move of Qin Yihong.


    I know you wanted to inherit it, knowing it was once my and your mother''spany but trust me, the Qin corporation of today is not what we built. Thepany built by us ended with the death of your mother. You will be wasting your time by inheriting it.


    Second, I left the beach house for you because you love them. I know by doing this, I made you a target of TongTong but I am sure, you can handle her.


    Third, the main reason for your anger, I know you hate me for adding the marriage use. But you need to understand my reasons. You are twenty-six, suffering all alone. I want you to search for a life partner to settle down with.


    I am sure, with time ticking in your head, to get my properties, you will search with true heart and will find your true man. I will also pray to God about the same.''


    Qin Yanze wrote some more emotional quotes for Zhou Liying before ending the letter. With care, she ced back the letter in the envelope and looked at the sky. A sigh left her lips.


    "Grandpa, it''s not easy for me to find a man. From where the hell am I going to find a loving husband with whom I need to stay for three years?" she slumped her shoulders, trying to reason out the thinking of her grandpa.


    ''Sweetie, why are you worrying? Here I am, your soon-to-be husband.'' Mu Yuehan thought to himself with a crooked grin.


    **


    Zhou Liying was working in her office when Zhang Lei arrived to meet her. He was first stopped at the reception before, at themand of Zhou Liying, he was allowed to enter her office.


    "Miss, good evening." Assistant Zhang smiled at her.


    "Is it really good?" Zhou Liying spat with revulsion. "Were you aware of that use?"


    "I was." He looked down with guilt. "Missus Qin met him. She taunted him about you and marriage, Boss was scared and that''s why he added this use. He also saw a good dream that you''d find a man in within a month of his death. So, he added this use."


    "A dream and he added this use." Zhou Liying murmured and rolled her eyes. She shook her head. "What is your reason foring here?"


    "I am here to provide you with my service." Zhou Liying leaned on her chair and looked at him. "I know I no longer need to work after owning the caf¨¦. But I am here to ensure you that, if ever you need my service, you can remember me. I wille to serve you at your one call."


    Zhou Liying felt impressed with his loyalty. "Thank you, uncle Zhang. I also have a proposal for you, if ever you need some financial help regarding the caf¨¦, you can always approach me. I will help you without any hitch."


    "I know." He smiled and bowed to her. "I also want to give you this document. It has a copy of the will and also the photos of the properties which you will own in future."


    Zhou Liying gave a stiff nod to assistant Zhang and sent him off.


    Without opening the document, she ced it in her office bag and she was again busy doing her office work.<sub> </sub>


    **


    When Mu Yuehan returned to his apartment, he was quite in a happy mood. His brain was running in all directions as to how to utilise the next thirty days to marry her, not only that, to make her ept their marriage, to tell her his true identity.


    He knew, that telling her that he was Mu Yuehan was going to be a tough task and then pursuing her after that was going to be tougher but he was all ready this time.


    He was lost in his thoughts when he received a call from Zhan Wei, "Hey buddy." He answered the call in a cheerful mood.


    "Here I am dying of heartbreak and there you are, all cheerful. You are acting like a traitor." He heard the gloomy voice of Zhan Wei from the other side of the phone. "Come to our usual bar right now. I am waiting for you."


    Mu Yuehan looked at the nk screen of his phone. He sighed and decided to visit their usual bar. He knew Zhan Wei did not invite him to drink without any reason.


    Also, he wanted to be there for his friend in his sad time because Zhan Wei stood beside him for thest four years.


    He called Li Tao and asked him to pick him up. He also ordered him to bring some clothes suitable for the bar with him.


    **


    After thirty minutes, all changed into expensive clothes, Mu Yuehan arrived at their usual bar, one of the most expensive bars in the city. Knowing his way to their private room, he made his way toward it.


    "What happened, buddy?" Mu Yuehan asked with concern when he saw bottle after bottle ced on the table. Zhan Wei was leaning against the sofa, already looking drunk.


    p </anda>


    "You are here, finally. Come and join me." Zhan Wei patted the empty seat beside his and served a drink for him.


    Puzzled, Mu Yuehan looked at his friend and then at his brother, Mu TianYu with a raised brow.


    "I don''t know. He is like this from the time I arrived. He asked me to share his pain." Mu TianYu replied with a shrug and took a sip from his whiskey ss.


    "What happened? Why are you drinking like this?" Mu Yuehan ced his hand on the shoulder of Zhan Wei.


    "Are you my friend or an enemy?" Zhan Wei fumed angrily and roughly removed the hand of Mu Yuehan from his shoulder.


    Mu Yuehan raised his brows, looking at the condition and action of his friend.

 Chapter 161 Pain Of His Friend.

    "You traitor." Zhan Wei hollered and pointed his finger at Mu Yuehan with usation. "How can you forget about today''s day after finding your beloved? Don''t you remember that today is the fourth of February, the day she left me?"


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes widened with realisation. He looked at Zhan Wei with a guilt-ridden expression on his face. It was the truth, after finding Zhou Liying, he forgot about today''s day.


    Otherwise, for thest three years, on today''s day, Mu Yuehan always arrived at the same bar to share the pain of his friend, both got deadly drunk and cried on the shoulders of each other.


    "I am sorry. I forget about today. But here I am now. I will share a drink with you." Mu Yuehan raised a ss.


    "Good." Zhan Wei nodded and raised his ss. "Guys let''s toast for the worst day of my life." He slurred and finished his ss in one sip.


    "What is he talking about? What girl? What worst day?" Mu TianYu asked with curiosity.


    "Don''t mind him. He is drunk. You enjoy your free whiskey." Mu Yuehan informed him and took a sip of his wine.


    Zhan Wei leaned on the shoulder of Mu Yuehan and looked at him with a drunken smile. "You are so lucky; you got the love of your life but what about me? What about me?"


    He started to yell and soon, he was sobbing in the arms of Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan felt bad upon seeing the condition of his friend. Zhan Wei did so much for him and now he wanted to do something for him.


    "I told her I don''t care about anything but she did not listen to me. She left me. After dating me, she left me, without caring about my feelings. How can she be so cruel?" Zhan Wei lifted his head and looked at him with a broken expression.


    Mu Yuehan felt pain in his heart upon seeing the condition of his friend.


    "Yuehan." Zhan Wei sobbed. "Can you not force Jingyan toe back?"


    Before Mu Yuehan could say anything, they both heard a loud crashing sound and then a squeal of Mu TianYu, "Holy hell. You were the man whom Jingyan was dating."


    There was clear shock on his face. In his shock, he had dropped the ss of whiskey on the floor.


    Mu TianYu was not recovered from his first shock when another realisation dawned upon him, "You are that murmurer, aren''t you? You¡­"


    Mu TianYu stopped talking when he heard the loud sobbing of Zhan Wei, followed by the cold re of Mu Yuehan who was asking him to keep his mouth shut.


    Mu TianYu silently picked up another ss of whiskey and started to gulp down its content. In his mind, he was trying to fix the missing puzzle pieces of the past. A lot became clear to him after one confession of Zhan Wei.


    "Will he be alright?" Mu TianYu asked with concern when he saw an unconscious Zhan Wei.


    "He will be. Today is the only day when he gets drunk and shows his weak side." Mu Yuehan spoke from his experience. "I hope you will not take the name of Jingyan in front of him. He tends to get touchy."


    "I will not, but will you tell me how the hell Zhan Wei got together with Jingyan, and from how long were you aware of it?" Mu TianYu yelled, feeling betrayed that he was kept in dark.


    "Some other day. For now, we shall drop him at his ce."


    "I will wait for that other day." Mu Yuehan narrowed his eyes. "Now tell me, how is everything in your life?"


    "Good." A rare smile appeared on the lips of Mu Yuehan when he thought of Zhou Liying.<sub> </sub>


    "You are crazy about her." Mu TianYu chuckled. "So, when are you introducing sister-inw to me?"


    "Soon." He replied and asked his guards to carry an unconscious Zhan Wei to his car.


    "How is your mother?" Mu Yuehan inquired.


    "She is also doing good. She is quite freetely. So, many aunties visit her regrly, to meet her." Mu TianYu made a yuck face and Mu Yuehan chuckled.


    They both walked toward the parking and guards helped Zhan Wei in car of Mu Yuehan.


    <o>,m </o>


    "Have you talked with dad? I think you shall tell him about finding your girl. He will be happy to hear from you." Mu TianYu reminded him and he nodded his head.


    After dropping Zhan Wei at his ce, Mu Yuehan returned to his apartment, where he was staying for the time being. He decided to call his father without wasting any second.


    "Yuehan, is everything alright? You are calling me at suchte hours of the night." There was a concern and worry in the voice of Mu Jichen.


    "Everything is alright dad. How are you doing?" he inquired, sounding like a worried son.


    "I am all good. I can''t wait for you to visit me. It has been a long time since youst visited me." His fatherined.


    "I will visit you soon." Mu Yuehan knocked his finger on the window frame. "Dad, I have something to tell you. I found TianTian."


    "That''s great. I am so happy for you my boy." Mu Jichen grinned happily. "But why this sullen voice?"


    Mu Yuehan sighed. "She does not remember me. And to stay close to her, I have again lied to her about my identity."


    "Mu Yuehan." Mu Jichen chided. "You are again doing the mistake from the past. What if she again gets angry at you?"


    "I am sure, she will not." He replied with confidence. "Believe me, soon I will disclose my identity to her, making her fall hard for myself."


    "I will pray for you, my boy. I hope you will not regret your decisions." Mu Jichen sighed. "Now tell me, how is everything at Mu corporations?"


    "Till now, everything is going smooth. Some fools tried to eliminate me but I eliminated them before they could do any harm to me."


    "That''s you." Mu Jichen chuckled.


    "How is everything at your side?"


    "Great." Mu Jichen grinned. "I tried some new varieties of flowers. Vegetables this year are more delicious thanst year."


    Mu Jichen was happily telling Mu Yuehan about his life in the Himyas.


    After talking with his father for some time, Mu Yuehan ended the call. He took a deep breath and looked out from the window.

 Chapter 162 Marry Me.

    "What to do? What to do? What to do?"


    By the next day, the mind of Zhou Liying was inplete chaos, because of her tension of marrying a man if she wanted the properties of her grandpa.


    Last night, she opened the envelope given to her by assistant Zhang. She pulled out the photos and like a spark, all her memories from those ces were refreshed, the vacation she had with her mother in Hawaii or California.


    Now she wanted those properties at any cost but there was a big hurdle!


    From where was she to find a man to marry?


    And that too for three years!


    She could not divorce him or leave him. The marriage could not be a shame. There were so many things which she wanted from her husband. From where was she going to find her perfect husband?


    Also, there was a man she thought was with her after she left Shanghai, what about him?


    There were so many questions in her mind.


    Mu Yuehan smirked when he saw the troubled expression on her face, the way she was walking to and fro in her office, trying to get some idea.


    He straightened his shirt and stood up from his seat, ready to implement his n first.


    With azy smile on his lips, he walked toward Zhou Liying, cornering her against a wall, without touching her thou.


    "Miss, I have a proposal for you?" his eyes glittered with excitement.


    "What?" Zhou Liying looked at him with doubtful eyes, already guessing what he was about to propose.


    "Why don''t you marry me?


    "Marry you?" Zhou Liying scoffed and wrapped her arms around her chest. "Why should I marry you? My mare bodyguard! What''s so special about you? What benefit will I get after marrying you?"


    With cold eyes, she red at him. She gritted her teeth, ''how can he think that he can marry me?''


    "I have my body to offer to you." He looked at her with a sly smile.


    "Body? who needs your body?" she rolled her eyes and was about to turn another side when Mu Yuehan pulled her from her wrist and again trapped her against the wall.


    Zhou Liying gasped with his sudden move. He leaned against her, looking deep into her eyes. He pressed his body into hers.


    "Three days back, you were the one worshipping my body. ''Oh HanHan, you are so huge. Ah, I love your body so much.''" He mimicked her. "Remember, how you were not able to get enough of my body? You were dying to have me again and again."


    Mu Yuehan brushed his lips against hers. His voice was low and husky. Zhou Liying trembled. Colour was rising on her face when she remembered their night together. She could feel the familiar tightening in her stomach.


    "Why don''t you marry me? We both will try different ces and different positions every day. Trust me, we will be the best." He lifted her face using his index finger and bit her chin, making her moan. "ept it, we are a perfect fit. Especially on the bed."


    He ran the pad of his thumb against her lips and she moaned. Zhou Liying felt hazy under his strong presence and his sexy voice. She felt hypnosis by his charm.


    "Tell me, sweetie, don''t you want me? Will you not marry me?" With that, he shed his lips against hers.<sub> </sub>


    They furiously kissed each other. Mu Yuehan ced his hands on her thighs and pulled her up, wrapping her legs around his waist. He pushed her deep against the wall.


    "You know we both feel something for each other. We both want each other." He whispered in between the kiss and pushed his tongue into her mouth. Zhou Liying moaned again and started to fight with his tongue for dominance.


    "Don''t you want me to take you hard and fast? Don''t you like it when I im your body?" his voice was sexy, making her crazy with desire.


    Mu Yuehan left her lips. He trailed kisses down her neck. He started to open her shirt button using his left hand where his right hand was tugging at her hair. He started to kiss the soft skin of her chest.


    "Ah." Zhou Liying moaned when he nibbled at her cleavage. She tugged hard on his hair and he groaned loudly.


    "See how hard I am for you." Mu Yuehan rubbed himself against her and Zhou Liying threw her head back, feeling crazy. "I am sure, you are wet for me. Aren''t you?" he licked at her long neck.


    "I¡­." before she could say anything, both were interrupted by the loud ringing of her phone.


    Zhou Liying came out from her dream world. She looked at Mu Yuehan with wide eyes. She pushed him away and stepped down from him. She touched her lips and looked at her now opened shirt.


    She was unable to believe that she let her bodyguard seduce her. She was nearly going to have lovemaking in her office and she was liking it.


    She listened to his dirty talks and she knew he was right. Her body was indeed craving for his and that too badly. She was losing her mind with his one touch, and somewhere, she was cursing the caller who interrupted them.


    ''Control yourself Zhou Liying, you cannot let a male affect you so much.''


    "Why don''t you ept that we are perfect? Marry me. I promise to always keep you like my queen." Mu Yuehan looked at her with a sly smile.


    Zhou Liying red at him and quickly buttoned up her shirt. She pressed on her shirt andbed her hair using her fingers.


    "You are a fool to think that I will marry a guard like you. Didn''t you notice the difference in our status? I will never marry a man like you." Her voice was bitter and cruel. "Min Yue, call the guards to take HanHan away. I don''t want to see his face anymore."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled when he heard her. "You will be seeing my face again and again and it''s my challenge to you Miss. I promise you; you will marry me and me only."


    With a sly smile on his lips, Mu Yuehan left her office before the arrival of guards.


    When he was gone, Zhou Liying slumped down on her chair. She ced her fingers on her lips. She was feeling excitement building in her stomach after hearing his challenge. A part of her was excited to see what he had in his pocket.


    ''Don''t think about him.'' She shook her head and called Min Yue into the office. "Prepare a list of all the eligible bachelors around the world. Right, now." She ordered.


    She started to work on herptop to divert her mindpletely away from Mu Yuehan.

 Chapter 163 Paying A Visit To Father-In-Law.

    Ssh!!


    With a loud ssh, Zhou Liying jumped into the pool and started to swim. She was feeling energised because of what happened in the office. She wanted to release this energy and she knew one of the best ways was swimming.


    Without stopping, she swam for an hour. When she felt tired, she stopped at the edge of the pool. She threw her head back and gasped aloud for breath. She closed her eyes, imagining the face of Mu Yuehan, his dark eyes which were looking at her with lust and love.


    With eyes still closed, she undid the tie of her bra. She removed it and threw it away. Imagining her hands to be the hand of Mu Yuehan, she started to kneed her breast.


    "Ah, Hanhan." She moaned, feeling the desire building in her stomach.


    With the other hand, she undid her panties. She then started to kneed both her breasts and soon, she felt warm hands covering her hands.


    With surprise, Zhou Liying opened her eyes. She looked at Mu Yuehan standing in front of her, with his famous charming smile on his lips.


    "Let me do my work sweetie, you just rx back and enjoy this pleasure." He murmured and began to knead her breasts. He pulled on her nipples and she moaned.


    "Hanhan." She whispered and ced her lips against his. She pulled on his hair and wrapped her legs around his waist. She moaned in pleasure when she realised, he too was naked as at the time of his birth.


    "I missed you so much." Mu Yuehan murmured and chewed on her lower lips. "Tell me, you want me." He brushed himself against her and she moaned.


    "I want you; I want you so much." She took a hold of him in eagerness. Her desires were reaching their peak. She wanted him and could not wait for any more.


    She directed him inside herself and moaned when he entered in. She pushed herself into him letting him deeper and deeper.


    "Ah¡­Ah¡­"


    Soon both were rocking with each other, Zhou Liying was yelling out his name aloud. She was feeling on cloud nine.


    "Oh Yes." She yelled when she hit her orgasm. She closed her eyes and threw her head back, feeling thrilled. She gasped hard for breath.


    "Hanhan." She whined and opened her eyes, and that was when, like lightning, it fell upon her, she just had a wet dream. She dreamt of making love with Mu Yuehan. She was all alone in the swimming pool, trying to pleasure herself.


    "What the¡­. Have I gone crazy?" She mumbled to herself and stumbled down in the pool because of shock.


    Her heart started to thud fast with the realisation that she had let Mu Yuehan close to her heart and he was standing right outside, all ready to climb the wall of her heart, to im her.


    **


    The next day when Zhou Liying woke up, she instantly started to miss the presence of Mu Yuehan in her life. She missed how he was habitual of doing push-ups in her living room.


    Unknowingly, she missed his silly smiles, the way he flirted with her when jogging, the way her mouth watered when she looked at his chocty body.


    She also missed the delicious food cooked by him for her, early in the morning. She wanted to push him away but at the same time, she was missing him and she knew the reasons well.


    "Zhou Liying, stop thinking about Hanhan. You cannot let him affect you. You know what happens with the person you love. They all tend to leave you. So, stay away from him. You can''t fall for him. Now start searching for a man who will marry you only for the expansion of business with no strings attached."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying did a peep talk with herself when she was having a shower. She came out of the shower and got ready for the day.


    Unconsciously, she selected a ck coloured office suit. When she had worn this suitst time, Mu Yuehan had praised her, calling her beautiful and sexy.


    After getting ready, she came out of the penthouse and habitually, she asked Min Yue, "where is HanHan?"


    Astonished, Min Yue looked at Zhou Liying with wide eyes. "Didn''t you cklist himst day? He arrived in the morning but your guards send him off as per your order."


    Zhou Liying closed her eyes and groaned. She mentally pped herself for forgetting that he had left.


    "Do you want me to call him back?" Min Yue asked carefully, afraid of her anger.


    "No need." Zhou Liying replied with authority. "Did you find another guard or driver?"


    "Unfortunately, no. It''s like the agencies don''t have any perfect guard as per your needs. The one they have are already working for someone else." Min Yue reported.


    Zhou Liying grumbled under her breath. "Drive me to the office then."


    Once Zhou Liying was settled in the car, she decided to call her uncle, asking him to give her his driver, for the time being.


    "What happened with yourst driver, HanHan, if I am correct?" Zhou Yonge inquired.


    "I fired him."


    "Can I know why?"


    "Uncle, aren''t you extra curious today? From when do you ask why I fired my driver cum bodyguard?" There was frustration in her voice.


    "I am just curious."


    "I slept with him. Happy now. Send uncle Jiang to my office. I am stealing him from you." She mumbled under her breath and ended the call.


    Zhou Liying waspletely unaware that, at that moment, her uncle was sitting with none other than Mu Yuehan.


    **


    Yesterday, when Mu Yuehan left the office of Zhou Liying, he did not have any idea that she''d backlist him, like really. He was no longer allowed in her office building or her apartment building.


    Her shadow guards were serious about not letting him. In the morning, when he arrived at her apartment, with the motto of teasing her, he was stopped by the guards and was sent back.


    One thing was clear to him after this, Zhou Liying had something for him in her heart, otherwise, why was she ignoring him with so much passion?


    After leaving her apartment building, Mu Yuehan decided to pay his visit to Zhou Yonge. After all, soon, he was going to be son inw of Zhou family and for that, he needed the blessing of her uncle.

 Chapter 164 I Don’t Agree.

    Zhou Yonge was studying the monthly financial statements of different branches of Zhou corporations when his butler knocked on his office door. On getting the needed permission, he entered in.


    "Sir, Mister Mu Yuehan from Mu corporations is here to meet you. Should I allow him in our property?" the butler asked politely.


    Zhou Yonge raised his brows. He removed his sses and ced them aside. "You sure, he is Mu Yuehan?"


    "Yes sir, guards have checked his identity."


    Zhou Yonge nodded his head. "Let him in. Take him here in my office. Also, arrange for some snacks for him."


    "Yes sir." Butler bowed and left the study of Zhou Yonge. He called the guards and asked them to let Mu Yuehan inside.


    When the gates of Zhou mansion were opened, Li Tao drove the car inside. He looked at his boss from the rear-view mirror and saw him whistling carelessly.


    Li Tao parked the car in front of the Zhou mansion. Immediately, guards of Zhou Yonge came rushing toward the car and opened the door for Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan stepped out from the car. He shrugged his coat and followed after the butler to the office of Zhou Yonge.


    Meanwhile, Zhou Yonge shut down hisptop and ced his notes in the drawer of his study table.


    With a knock on the door, Mu Yuehan entered in.


    "What good have I done that the great Mu Yuehan has arrived at my ce?" Zhou Yonge asked quite unprofessionally and shook his hand with Mu Yuehan. He then directed Mu Yuehan toward the sofa set ced in his office.


    "Can I not visit uncle Zhou?" Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Yonge with a sly smile and leaned on his sofa.


    When Mu Yuehan was eight years old, Mu Jichen shifted to London with his family. That time, he got close to Zhou Yonge. They had close rtionship and that was why, Mu Yuehan called Zhou Yonge, uncle.


    Also, Zhou Yonge visited Mu Jichen till fours years back, before Mu Jichen shifted to the Himyas.


    "Cut the uncle bullshit." Zhou Yonge chuckled. "I am sure, the reason for your arrival has something to do with the shift of Zhou corporations in Shanghai. If you are here, asking me to go back, then I must tell you, Zhou corporations is not going back."


    Zhou Yonge made his point clear and Mu Yuehan chuckled.


    "I am not here for that reason, instead I want to talk about Zhou Liying." Mu Yuehan came to the point. He sat straight and looked at Zhou Yonge with serious expressions.


    <o>,m </o>


    "Liying? What about her?" Zhou Yonge raised his right brow, feeling curious to know what was Mu Yuehan doing here.


    "I love Zhou Liying and I want to marry her." Mu Yuehan dered.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Yongeughed. "Is this a joke?" he stoppedughing when he saw the serious expressions on the face of Mu Yuehan. "Stop ying with me, tell me what are your real motives?"


    "I have cleared my motives; I want to marry Zhou Liying." Mu Yuehan again stated in a clear voice, full of resolve.


    "Mu Yuehan, are love and marriage a joke for you?" Zhou Yonge angrily banged on his table. "How can you love her when it''s hardly been three weeks that she is back? You haven''t even met her."


    "I have met her. In fact, from thest three weeks, I am staying with her as her guard."


    "You are Hanhan. Aren''t you?" Zhou Yonge looked at him with shock filled eyes.


    Zhou Yonge knew about the presence of this man HanHan in the life of Zhou Liying and all thanks to Zhou Bingbing who could not keep her mouth shut.


    "Bingo. Not only I know her as Zhou Liying but I know her from four years back. Although, she has forgotten about me with her memories."


    Mu Yuehan took a long deep breath and looked at Zhou Yonge with sadness in his eyes. True love for Zhou Liying was visible in his eyes.


    Zhou Yonge looked at him with surprise. He was aware that Zhou Liying believed that she knew a man in those two years, but he did not imagine that the man was Mu Yuehan.


    "I was searching for her from thest four years and now, that she is back, I don''t want to waste any time in marrying her."


    Zhou Yonge looked at Mu Yuehan with a conflicted expression on his face.


    "Look Mu Yuehan, I know that you love her. But don''t you think you will put her life in danger by marrying her?" Zhou Yonge looked at him with concern. "I have worked with your dad and I know about the dangerous dealings of Mu corporations. I don''t want Liying to be targeted because of you."


    "You don''t have to worry about my enemy''s, uncle. I know how to protect her. Besides, we should not forget that she already has a lot of enemies. She was attacked not three days back." Mu Yuehan pointed out.


    Zhou Yonge sighed, well aware of the attack. "And that''s why I am concerned. Look, I love Zhou Liying as my daughter and I am scared for her life. She already has so many enemies. I don''t want to add in the number of your enemies after her life."


    "Uncle look," Mu Yuehan took a hold of the hands of Zhou Yonge. "I love her more than anything. And more that you, I am worried for her. Trust me, I will do anything to keep her safe and protected. I know what I am doing."


    "If I was doubting that being in my presence could be dangerous for her then I would have never asked for her hand in marriage from you." Mu Yuehan spoke in a soft voice, trying to put forth his point.


    He could marry Zhou Liying without any permission, but he wanted to have the permission. After all, one day or another, he was the one who was going to help him out.


    "Look, Mu Yuehan, I can''t say my yes to you marrying Liying." Zhou Yonge gave his final verdict. His voice held no opening for any negotiation.

 Chapter 165 His Baby.

    "You may love her but what about her? Moreover, her life will be in high risk after marrying you."


    Mu Yuehan clenched his jaws and red at Zhou Yonge. ''Can''t he understand that I love Lili more than him and I am fully capable of protecting her?'' he gritted his teeth.


    "I know you are angry with my decision but¡­." Before Zhou Yonge couldplete, he received a call from Zhou Liying.


    "Hey princess, what happened? Howe you remembered me early in the morning?" Zhou Yonge asked. He walked away from Mu Yuehan.


    Meanwhile, the butler served Mu Yuehan with tea and light breakfast.


    "I need you to give my uncle Jiang to me. I need him as my driver." Zhou Liying demanded.


    "What happened with yourst driver, HanHan, if I am correct?" He inquired, wanting to know what Zhou Liying felt about Mu Yuehan.


    "I fired him."


    There was slight pain and longing in the voice of Zhou Liying which was not hidden from Zhou Yonge. He remembered the words of Zhou Bingbing as to how Zhou Liying was smitten to her driver.


    "And can I know why?"


    "Uncle, aren''t you extra being curious today? From when did you ask why I fired my driver cum bodyguard?" there was frustration in her voice.


    "I am just curious."


    "I slept with him. Happy now. Send uncle Jiang to my office. I am stealing him from you." She mumbled under her breath and ended the call.


    Zhou Yonge looked at the nk screen on his phone and then back at Mu Yuehan. He wanted to send Mu Yuehan away empty-handed but now he was changing his mind, after a call with Zhou Liying.


    He knew he could protect her from the enemies of Mu Yuehan by rejecting his proposal but what about the heart of Zhou Liying.


    From his small talk with her, he could say, she was falling for him and her feelings were the reason she felt frustrated.


    He took a deep breath and returned to Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan looked at the concerned expression on the face of Zhou Yonge with a raised brow.


    "How will you protect Liying?" Zhou Yonge asked.


    He realised; he could not stop Mu Yuehan from marrying Zhou Liying. By doing so, he was going to hurt two hearts.


    He could not ignore the im of Mu Yuehan that he loved her from thest four years. He could not forget how Zhou Liying too was suffering because she thought she had left someone she loved with her memories in the past.


    "I have already deployed a team of hundred guards at her security. They will do anything to protect her." Mu Yuehan replied. "If in case, I and Lili both are in danger and only one of us can be saved, then my team will be protecting her."<sub> </sub>


    "Also, even if she is in danger, my team will do it''s best to find her and bring her back safe. I will also do my best to find and kill her unseen enemies. Also, I don''t want a repeat of what happened four years back, so I will always keep my eyes on her, to protect her."


    Zhou Yonge nodded his head. "I don''t want to but I will give you my blessings. I hope you will love her and keep her happy, also safe."


    "You have my words uncle." Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat. "I will treat Lili no less than a queen. I will give her whatever she desires, possible or not."


    Zhou Yonge smiled with satisfaction. After working with Mu Jichen in past, Zhou Yonge knew that members from Mu family never went back on their words.


    "I hope you will not go back on your words, otherwise, I will be after your tail. I love Liying too much. I will not let you give any pain to her." There was seriousness in his voice.


    "Don''t worry uncle." Mu Yuehan smiled. "I will take your leave now."


    Before Mu Yuehan could leave, Zhou Yonge stopped him. He looked at him with conflict before exhaling a long breath. "I want to give you something. Wait for me."


    Zhou Yonge walked toward his locker. He pressed his thumb and then typed the pin, opening the locker. He found the required documents from his locker and pulled them out.


    "This is the report of Liying from four years back. Real report." Zhou Yonge focused on the word real and passed the report to Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan frowned and epted the report, not knowing the reason as to why Zhou Yonge was giving him these reports.


    Guilt appeared in Zhou Yonge''s eyes and he gulped. "When we found Liying, she had a miscarriage. She was thirteen weeks pregnant."


    Mu Yuehan stumbled back when he heard the words of Zhou Yonge. It was as if a bomb was dropped on his head. His heart started to beat fast and tears appeared in his eyes. His breathing became raged. He opened the medical history and dumbly looked into it.


    "Your baby was already dead by the time she was brought to the hospital." Zhou Yonge ced his hand over his shoulder, to give him his support and Mu Yuehan epted it.


    "My baby. She was with my baby." His voice was heavy and full of pain. Few tear drops fell from his eyes. "I can''t save it. I...."


    He started to sob like a baby, crying for his ill fate. That day, he not only lost his TianTian but also his baby. He took long deep breaths, trying to control his emotions.


    "Does she know?" he asked, his eyes were filled with hate and anger toward the kidnappers.


    "No, she doesn''t. I am telling you only because one of the parents needs to know." Zhou Yonge replied, feeling as if a heavy burden was lifted off his shoulder.


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He roughly removed his tears and stood tall. "Thank you for your time uncle."


    He was about to leave when Zhou Yonge called after him. "You should meet my daughter Zhou BingBing, she may help you in winning the heart of Liying."


    Mu Yuehan gave the elder man a stiff nod and left his office and his house.

 Chapter 166 Help Of Cousin-In-Law.

    Seated inside his car, Mu Yuehan looked at the reports in his hands. He could not believe that Zhou Liying was pregnant. How could he miss such detail when looking for her? Was Marta not aware of it?


    "Li Tao, send someone to Juju ind to pay a visit to Marta, the owner of the hope restaurant." Mu Yuehan ordered, not at all willing or in the state to call Wang Wei or someone else.


    He opened the reports of Zhou Liying and started to read it. He was unable to understand many medical terms but what he understood was that she was badly injured. It was a miracle that she was still alive.


    His heart turned heavy with guilt and pain when he read about her miscarriage. Their baby was healthy but it died and he med himself. If only he did not leave Zhou Liying back then.


    He also med Han Chunhua for trapping him, for separating him from Zhou Liying. Her hands were involved in the death of his baby.


    Mu Yuehan banged his head against the headrest with his eyes closed. He was punishing himself and his fate for losing his first child.


    "Boss, we are at the mall." Li Tao informed.


    Mu Yuehan opened his eyes and looked at him. "Send out a takeaway for Zhou Liying, with a note with only Han written over it." He ordered and stepped out of the car.


    He made his way toward the candid fashion studio of Zhou Bingbing, garnering the attention of all other customers. He ignored them and entered her shop.


    "I want to meet Zhou Bingbing." He informed the cashier. "Inform her, the bodyguard of her cousin is here."


    With doubt, the cashier looked at him, up and down. Today, Mu Yuehan was wearing a grey coloured custom-made suit, which was yelling out loud, ''I am expensive.'' So, the cashier did not believe him when he said I am a bodyguard.


    But still, she went to the office of Zhou BingBing to inform her about the same.


    Zhou Bingbing was sketching a new design when she got disturbed because of the arrival of the cashier.


    "Miss, guard of your cousin is here to meet you. Should I let him in?"


    Zhou Bingbing raised her brow. She removed a sketch from her mouth. "Let him in."


    Zhou Bingbing smirked. She had expected his visit. She was reported by Min Yue that Zhou Liying had fired Hanhan. She knew if Mu Yuehan was smart then he was ought to visit her for some help.


    Zhou Bingbing turned to face Mu Yuehan who had just entered in her office. "What do you¡­." her words got stuck in her throat when she noticed his attire and aura around him.


    From no angle was he looking like a driver or bodyguard. He looked like a very rich businessman.


    Zhou Bingbing narrowed her eyes, "Who are you, your true identity? And why were you with Lili, acting as her bodyguard? How were you able to pass all her investigation?"


    Zhou Bingbing fired questions after questions. She picked up a scissor ced on her table and pointed it toward Mu Yuehan, "dare of you to lie to me, I will kill you without a hitch." She warned.


    Mu Yuehan smiled with satisfaction when he saw concern and worry in her eyes for Zhou Liying.


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    "Don''t stay silent. Answer me." Zhou Bingbing ced the scissor under his neck, in a threatening manner.<sub> </sub>


    "Miss Zhou, can we talk calmly?" Mu Yuehan raised his hands in surrender. "Believe me, I do not want any ill for Lili. I want her good just like you."


    Zhou Bingbing took her scissor slightly back. "Tell me your identity and then we can talk."


    Mu Yuehan took a deep breath. "Let me introduce myself, my name is Mu Yuehan, CEO and president of the Mu Empire."


    With wide eyes, Zhou Bingbing looked at him. She knew who Mu Yuehan was. After all, they had yed when children because their families were close. Not only that, but she also heard about him all the time.


    He was the most dangerous and ruthless businessman. Then howe he became the guard of Zhou Liying and not only that, he was obediently following after her?


    "Miss Zhou, can I have a seat before answering your questions?" Mu Yuehan requested politely.


    Zhou Bingbing nodded her head. She withdrew the scissor. She directed him toward the chair of her clients and took her seat on the head chair.


    "I see you are very close to Lili. You must know that she met a man in her past and forget all about him."


    "You are that man." Zhou Bingbing gasped in surprise and looked at him with wide eyes.


    "I am, I am the man she loved." The stomach of Zhou Bingbing twisted and she became anxious. Fear appeared in her eyes.


    "Unfortunately, she don''t remember me. That''s why I decided to be her bodyguard, to get close to her." Mu Yuehan ignored the expressions on the face of Zhou Bingbing, thinking that she was shocked.


    "I know you have heard that I don''t have a heart and that''s true because my heart always belonged to her. I loved her so much. So very much."


    Mu Yuehan opened the cloud on his phone and passed it to Zhou BingBing, to show his photos with Zhou Liying from the past.


    Zhou Bingbing looked at the photos and tears started to fell from her eyes. ''Lili looks so happy in these photos. She looks so much in love. No doubt, she felt so iplete after waking up. She was looking for him.''


    She covered her mouth and sobs left her lips. "I am sorry." She sobbed. "I am so sorry."


    Mu Yuehan frowned when he heard her. "Why are you apologising?" he inquired, puzzled.


    "I am so sorry. I am sorry you lost your baby. I¡­. she came under my car."


    "Please don''t be sorry." Mu Yuehan shook his head. "If you ask me, I will say she was lucky toe under your car. That way, she got her real family, an uncle and a cousin who loves her. And about my baby, well, that was my ill fate." Mu Yuehan shrugged his shoulders with a gloomy expression.


    "Now Miss Zhou, will you help me?" he inquired.


    "Yes, I will. I know you are the person for whom my Lili is waiting for."

 Chapter 167 Preparing Food For Her.

    "What do you want me to do?" Zhou Bingbing removed her tears and looked at Mu Yuehan with determination. She was all determined to help him in winning the heart of Zhou Liying.


    "First off all, I want you to design a wedding dress for her, as soon as possible."


    "Any specifications?" Zhou Bingbing inquired. "Because Lili has never discussed with me about the kind of wedding dress she needs."


    "Peach coloured dress, with work of pearls. She will like it. Also, keep the dress short, I mean till knee length." Mu Yuehan gave his opinion, seemingly lost in thoughts.


    "Is this the kind of dress she wanted to wear when she was with you?" Zhou Bingbing asked with soft eyes.


    "Mm."


    "How do you n to marry her?" she inquired and Mu Yuehan told her about his n.


    "She will hate you after that, you know." Zhou Bingbing shook her head.


    "But this was something she wanted to do. I will only fulfil her wish. Moreover, I know she will hate me, that''s why I am here. I will need your help to make her ept me." Mu Yuehan informed her without any hitch.


    "It''s hard to make ce in her heart. You know, it took me two months to do so." Zhou Bingbing rocked on her chair.


    "I see, she is still the same. Last time, it took me nearly two months to get a yes from her." Mu Yuehan chuckled at his memories from the past.


    "Drink, money, lovemaking and a promise to stay together." Zhou Bingbing spoke in a soft voice, deep in her thoughts.


    "Huh?" Mu Yuehan looked at her face with confusion.


    "These are the things which can help you win her." Zhou Bingbing leaned on her table. "She is at her weakest point when drunk. At that time, she craves for a malepany which you can provide her, money and pleasurable lovemaking is cherry on the top. Then she will be all yours."


    Mu Yuehan grinned when he heard her. "Thank you for your suggestion sister inw. I will always remember your help."


    Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and nodded to her. He was about to leave when Zhou Bingbing stopped him from behind, "stop."


    She walked toward him with a cutter in her hand. She looked at him with a warning. "Mister Mu, I know you love her but I am warning you, if you dared to y with the heart of my Lili then I will cut your balls using this same cutter. Mind you, it''s quite sharp."


    "Don''t worry Miss Zhou, you will never get anyint from my side." Mu Yuehan assured.


    "I have seen Lili suffer in the past. I don''t know what happened between you two, four years back that she was in that poor condition but I hope it will never happen again. I have seen Lili suffer to rise as a queen. I hope she will not suffer like that ever again." she pressed knife close to his neck.


    "I am helping you only because I love my Lili. But if you ever hurt her, you better hide yourself from my sight because you don''t know what I can do for my dear once, are we clear here?" she threatened.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Bingbing was expecting to see an angry expression on the face of Mu Yuehan after her warning but he smiled like a fool and that made her satisfied. This man would never hurt her Lili.


    "I like it. I am sure, soon we both will be working together to make Lili happy."


    "Now leave. I am to work on an important assignment." Zhou Bingbing pointed toward the door and Mu Yuehan left happily. He knew on what important assignment Zhou Bingbing wanted to work.


    It was a wedding dress!


    **


    "Where are we going now?" Li Tao asked once Mu Yuehan took his seat in the car.


    "My penthouse. No, take me to the grocery shop. I want to shop for some ingredients to cook dinner for my Lili." Mu Yuehan beamed vibrantly and Li Tao looked at him with wide eyes.


    bbergasted, he looked at Mu Yuehan because usually, this was the dialogue spoken by wives. But here was his boss.


    He thought he''d recover from the attacks of his lovesick boss but guess what, his boss still knew how to make him shocked.


    Li Tao parked the car in front of the biggest grocery shop in the city. Mu Yuehan stepped out from the car. He wore a baseball cap and a mask, covering his face. He did not want any unwanted attention or distraction while shopping.


    He entered in the grocery shop and started to shop, leaving Li Tao in shock. It was the first time he saw Mu Yuehan shopping grocery. Otherwise, it was always his house-maid or him who filled the pantry at the penthouse.


    What shocked him more was the way Mu Yuehan was selecting every item with care and watchfulness. He selected each item of vegetable and fruit, ensuring they were properly ripped and fresh.


    He also selected the best variety of all the ingredients avable in the market. He also checked their manufacturing date and expiry date. He was highly concerned about what he was buying.


    ''Is he CEO of the Mu empire or a chef from the seven-star hotel?'' Li Tao thought to himself, seeing the way Mu Yuehan was doing the shopping.


    After putting every ingredient in the basket which he needed, Mu Yuehan passed the basket to Li Tao. Li Tao made his way to the cashier to get it billed. And then, they made their way to his penthouse.


    With tenderness, Mu Yuehan prepared the dinner. He packed it in the boxes. He then asked Li Tao to write a note for him before sending him off to deliver the dinner box.


    "But boss, how am I to deliver it?" Li Tao looked at him with confusion.


    "Leave that on me. You only have to take it to Zhou Corporations."


    Li Tao nodded and like a soldier, he left the penthouse to put the order of his boss into action.

 Chapter 168 Delivery.

    Zhou Liying was working in her office, but unconsciously, from time to time, she was turning her head toward the seat which was earlier upied by Mu Yuehan.


    She did not know when, but she became habitual of sneaking nces at him when doing her work. She became habitual of his dreamy eyes when he sat on his seat or the way he smiled whenever he caught her looking at him.


    She sighed and shook her head before again focusing on her work. They had received a lot of business proposals in thest few weeks. Not only that, but she also needed to take decisions regarding the manufacturing nts under Zhou corporations.


    "Miss there is a delivery for you." Min Yue entered the office and presented Zhou Liying with a delivery box from one of the Chinese restaurants. "Someone ordered lunch for you."


    With narrowed eyes, Zhou Liying looked at the packed box. She epted it. "I knew it'' expression appeared on her face when she saw a note signed Han attached to it.


    "You can leave." She sent off Min Yue. Min Yue sighed with relief and returned to her station.


    Zhou Liying looked at the packed meal with a mixed expression on her face. She was feeling warm that even thought Mu Yuehan was fired, he still cared about her lunch but on the other hand, she felt irritated because he was not leaving her alone.


    She did not want him and he like a stubborn person was trying to make a ce in her heart, even after her resistance. She did not want these feelings. She did not want to get hurt. She wanted to remain alone, independent.


    **


    It waste in the night and Zhou Liying was still working in her office when she again received a tiffin box. This time, it was home-cooked food. Min Yue ced the packet on her table and left her office.


    Zhou Liying sighed and pulled the packed food toward herself. Her nose was immediately filled by the delicious aroma. Her stomach grumbled loudly. She picked up the attached note and read it.


    ''Home-cooked food for your good health. After all, a husband must look after his wife.


    ~Han


    P.S. don''t workte at night. Have this food. I know you love the food cooked by me..''


    Zhou Liying groaned and opened the tiffin box, only to find garlic filled spicy noodles, one of her favourite dishes. Her mouth watered when she inhaled the aroma and looked at the food.


    Without hesitating, she took out the chopsticks and started to savour her food. Unconsciously, she emptied the tiffin box, which was a little more than her diet.


    "Min Yue, clear my table." Zhou Liying called Min Yue. She stood up from her chair and walked toward the window.


    Min Yue got the table cleaned and stepped out from the cabin of Zhou Liying. Without wasting any second, she reported to Zhou Bingbing how Zhou Liying had finished her dinner, not leaving any leftover behind.


    Zhou Liying stopped in front of the window. She tucked her hands in the pockets of her pants and stared at the beautiful view of the city. Her heart was again turning heavy.


    ''When was thest time someone was so concerned about my meals?'' she thought and she failed to find an answer.


    Although Zhou BingBing and Zhou Yonge asked her many times if she had her food or not, he was the first one to bring food to her mouth.


    "You are good HanHan, too good for me. I am sorry, but I can''t marry you." She trailed her finger on the frosty ss of her window and draw a sad smiley.


    "Miss." Liam knocked on her office door and she let him in.<sub> </sub>


    "What brings you here?" she asked without turning away from the window.


    "The details about Miss Qin. Your doubt is right, she is not pregnant." Liam passed her the documents of his research.


    "Good." Zhou Liying epted the documents and roughly read through them.


    A smirk appeared on her lips when she saw a clear-cut photo in which Qin Yutong was bribing the doctor with money.


    "Do you want me to send these pieces of evidence to the Fan family?" Liam inquired.


    "Not so soon." Zhou Liying returned him the file. "Let her climb a little higher. Let her speak more lies, let her reach near her goals, only then will I expose her."


    Zhou Liying looked ahead with a vicious smile. She knew the best asion to expose Qin Yutong, it was the day when she''d marry Fan Yifeng.


    Qin Yutong had destroyed her engagement day and now she''s destroy her wedding.


    Tit for tat!


    "Keep this file safe. I want you to send a person after Qin Yutong to keep an eye on her every step. I don''t want this lie of hers toe true. Got it?"


    "Don''t worry, Miss. I am working for you from so long. I know what to do. My man is already on her toe. Not only that, but we have also hired her doctor. Now she will do what we will ask her to do."


    "Good. I know I can trust you."


    Liam left the office with the file.


    Zhou Liying wrapped her arms around her chest and looked out from the window. A huge smirk was stered on her lips.


    After some time, Min Yue entered her office, "Miss, here is the list of eligible bachelors in the country."


    Zhou Liying looked at the sheets in the hands of Min Yue. She epted them. ''I guess, someone from you is going to be my future husband.''


    **


    Mu Yuehan hooted loudly in victory when he received a call from Zhou Bingbing that Zhou Liying had the dinner cooked by him with much gusto.


    He was happy about the fact that she did not get the food thrown out or distributed among the employees. He was satisfied that the food which he cooked with so much love reached her stomach.


    "Boss, Marta is on face time." Li Tao informed. The smile on the lips of Mu Yuehan vanished. He epted the I-pad from Li Tao and looked at the face of Marta.


    "Hello, Marta."

 Chapter 169 Call With Marta.

    "Monica, take the order from the table number eight." Voice of Marta bombed around in the Hope restaurant.


    Now, Hope restaurant was nothing like the hope restaurant from the four years back which was run by twodies, one Zhou Liying, Nian Tian of that time and Marta.


    It saw many glories in thest two years after the opening of the hotel which Mu Yuehan was building on juju ind. In the memories of his TianTian, Mu Yuehan took it upon himself about the development and sess of this restaurant.


    A major renovation of Hope restaurant took ce and Mu Yuehan invited a team of restaurant managers from overseas to look after his restaurant. The team was working hard, to give the best service to their customers.


    Hope restaurant was the top-ss restaurant with multi-story building, different varieties of dishes where visitors visited to have their food on their visit to juju ind.


    "Marta, there is someone to see you." Someone informed to Marta.


    "Send him to my office," Marta answered. She washed her hands. She then made her way toward her office.


    "Yes?" she smiled at her visitor.


    "I am sent here by Mister Mu. He has something to ask from you."


    The man informed her and passed her his I-pad. Marta froze for a second when she heard the investigator. After controlling her emotions, she epted the I-pad.


    Many thoughts were running in her mind. She was scared and nervous to see the face of Mu Yuehan after four years. She did not know what he wanted to talk with her.


    "Hello, Marta." She saw the face of Mu Yuehan and heard his familiar voice.


    Tears appeared in her eyes. Maybe they were happy tears, tears of seeing Mu Yuehan after such a long time. Or maybe they were tears of guilt, guilt that she had hidden the fact from him about the pregnancy of Zhou Liying.


    "Mu Yuehan, how are you?" Marta asked, her voice was soft and hoarse.


    "I am good." Mu Yuehan replied with a short smile on his lips. "I have something to ask from you, Marta. I hope you will answer me truthfully."


    Voice of Mu Yuehan was calm and friendly but there was threat hidden beneath his tune. This threat was not hidden from Marta. His facial expressions were yelling loud that ''he knows.''


    "Shoot away." Marta forced a smile on her lips, feeling scared. Her guts were already telling her what he was going to ask from her.


    "You were with TianTian during the time of her kidnapping, were you not?" he inquired.


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    Marta felt her knees buckled because of the fear she felt when hearing his question. She stumbled down on the nearby chair. "I was. You know that. Then why are you asking this question?"


    "Did you notice any abnormality in her when you were with her? I mean, was she vomiting or feeling dizzy?" Mu Yuehan asked in a serious voice but his facial features were telling her a different story.<sub> </sub>


    Marta took deep breaths and looked in the hopeful eyes of Mu Yuehan from her I-pad. She could hide the fact but she knew there was no use of it. Mu Yuehan seemed to have a hunch of the truth and she''d be doing injustice to him by hiding this fact for any more time.


    Mu Yuehan was eagerly looking at the expressions on the face of Marta and from the way she shivered at his question, or the way she looked at him with guilt, confirmed that she knew.


    Not only that, his TianTian knew that she was pregnant when she got kidnapped.


    Not able to take the silence of Marta who was not saying anything, he yelled, "Marta, I¡­"


    "She was pregnant." Marta interrupted him with a loud cry. She then started to sob. "I am sorry. I am so sorry." She wailed. "She was pregnant when she got kidnapped. We were noting back from my friend''s house but we visited an Obstetrician."


    Mu Yuehan fell on his knees when he heard Marta. Tears were freely flowing from his eyes. He looked at Marta with betrayal. "Why Marta? Why did you not tell me that she was pregnant?"


    "Because I did not want to give you more pain." She yelled in between her sobs. "You were already broken upon knowing that she was kidnapped. I did not want to add in your guilt and burden by telling you that Nian Tian was not alone but she was with the baby. I knew you''d have never been able to bear that your baby too was in danger. I am sorry. But what I did was what I thought was good for you."


    Mu Yuehan silently sobbed when he heard her. He took his lips in-between his teeth and his body shook violently. He was feeling as if someone had stabbed in his heart. Someone was pulling his heart away from the chest.


    He felt he had lost a part of his heart after knowing that she was pregnant and he had lost his baby. If he had stayed with her, maybe they together were going to cherish the news of her pregnancy.


    "Nian Tian was very happy upon knowing that she was pregnant. We both were nning to visit Shanghai to give you a surprise." Marta removed her tears and recollectedst memories with her. "She wanted to be back for you, but before that..."


    Marta stopped talking. Silence pertain in-between both of them.


    "Boss, you alright?" Li Tao looked at Mu Yuehan with concern.


    "I am good." Mu Yuehan hoarsely whispered and removed his tears. "Do you have any copy of her pregnancy report?" He inquired to Marta.


    "I do." She replied in a soft voice.


    "Good, give it to my man. I want her reports." He paused, thinking of something. "And Marta, I am not angry at you. I understand your reasonings."


    Marta smiled and looked at him over her tears. She nodded her head before passing the I-pad to the man of Mu Yuehan.


    "Take the reports from Marta. Also, pay a visit to the obstetrics. You may find something else with her about my baby." Mu Yuehan ordered and passed the I-pad back to Li Tao. "You can go now."


    Li Tao left and closed the doors of penthouse behind himself.


    Feeling numb and broken, Mu Yuehan made his way toward his room. He fell on the bed and cried in his pillow. He cried for the loss of baby which could note into this world.

 Chapter 170 Torture Him.

    Next day, Mu Yuehan returned to Mu corporation after a long time. His face was poker, without any unwanted emotion. The pain he feltst night upon knowing that he had lost a baby was well hidden in his heart.


    He entered his office and took his seat. Immediately, Li Tao was reporting to him of his schedule and Mu Yuehan was working on it.


    "You are back, seriously?" Zhan Wei teased when he saw Mu Yuehan in his office. "What about your n to pursue yourdy love? Have you already epted your defeat?"


    Mu Yuehan closed the file in his hand and ced it aside. He looked at his friend with a raised brow. "I am not a coward like you. I will never stop pursuing after mydy love."


    "Hey, hey, hey, why are you adding salt to my wounds?" Zhan Wei red at him. "And if you are still pursuing her, then what the hell are you doing here in your office?"


    "Have you heard about giving some space? I am giving my love some space, for her to miss me, for her to realise that she has feelings for me." Mu Yuehan smirked.


    "You and your ideas. I hope she will not forget about you when you are not with her." Zhan Wei teased but it acted like salt on the wounds of Mu Yuehan.


    His eyes darkened and he red at his friend. "She has already forgotten about me once; I will not let it happen again. I know how to keep myself in her mind and her heart."


    He opened another file. "Now go, I have a lot of work toplete."


    "I am going. I am going. Don''t be angry at me." Zhan Wei raised his hands in surrender and left the office of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan looked at the door with ck eyes. She had already forgotten about him once, he''d not let it happen again, sh that, he''d never let her get hurt or kidnapped ever again.


    He''d do his best to protect her.


    **


    Zhou Liying was doing a video conference with the designer head of her car business unit when Min Yue entered in her office. There was concern and worry in her eyes. Her face was yelling emergency. Looking at her expressions, Zhou Liying ended the call. She looked up at Min Yue.


    "What happened?"


    "There is bad news. The members from the eagle gang were able to free themselves. They all left." Min Yue reported with a fearful expression on her face.


    "Impossible." Zhou Liying pped on the table and noisily stood up from her seat. "My guards are the best then how can they fail to keep a few men in their custody?"


    Zhou Liying felt outrageous when she heard Min Yue. She thought that her team was the best then how can few men had left from her custody. It had never happened before.


    "It seems like eagle gang is no ordinary gang. Our secret quarters were attacked from outside. Before guards could understand what was happening, all members were gone." Min Yue reported with her head bowed. "Luckily no one died but many guards are injured."


    Zhou Liying clenched her hands tight. She ced her fists on the table and looked ahead with a murderous gaze. Min Yue shivered upon seeing the dark vibesing from her.


    "Guards tried to track down the eagle gang but they failed because they still are unaware of the map of the city, also because they are quite less in number unlike in London."


    Zhou Liying closed her eyes in an attempt to lessen her rage. She regretted her decision as to not shift her security head quarters here in Shanghai.


    "Call Aiden. Tell him I need him and his troop here in Shanghai. I am again switching his job." Zhou Liying said in a calm voice but Min Yue knew, it was calmness before the cmity.<sub> </sub>


    After taking her order, Min Yue left her cabin. Once she was gone, Zhou Liying angrily pushed away the files from the table.


    Once again, she felt anxious and powerless. Twenty members left from her clutch. It was a big defeat for her. And the major reason for her worry was, a killer was roaming outside, thirsty to kidnap her or torture her like thest time.


    **


    "Boss, there is bad news." Li Tao entered in the office of Mu Yuehan and took long deep breathes.


    He was gone to the bank to meet the manager when he received a call from head of Mu Yuehan''s security. He left his work and abruptly return to tell the news to Mu Yuehan.


    "Members of the eagle team left the custody of Miss Zhou. Her security was attacked from outside."


    "I knew it." Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat. He was looking furious. "I was sure, the other members will not let their colleagues suffer."


    Mu Yuehan shook his head in defeat. He was feeling as if it was not the defeat of Zhou Liying but his loss.


    "What is your next order boss?"


    "Ask the secret security to secretly search for them. I am sure, they will not abandon this mission without one more try." Mu Yuehan informed, from his knowledge and experience. "They will try to attack her when she will least expect it."


    Mu Yuehan walked toward the window of his office and started to knock on it, lost deep in thoughts.


    "What about the man in our custody?" he turned his face and looked at Li Tao with question.


    "He is not saying anything even after our tortures. With a smile on his face, he is facing all the tortures, as expected from an eagle."


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    "Take me to him."


    Li Tao nodded and made few calls and then, Mu Yuehan and Li Tao were going toward the secret quarters of Mu Yuehan where he tortured his enemies.


    **


    Mu Yuehan arrived at the clothes factories under Mu''s. In silence, he made his way toward the centre of the factory using secret doors. He then stepped down the stairs which led him toward his underground dungeons.


    "Mu." The eagle smirked with recognition when he saw Mu Yuehan. He was sitting naked on the ice. There were many wipe marks on his skin with broken skin, but still, he was smiling.


    Mu Yuehan narrowed his eyes. "Tell me, who is your employer? Why do you want to kidnap Zhou Liying?"


    Mu Yuehan picked up an iron rod and pushed it toward the eagle in a threatening manner. He ced it toward his private area.


    "I will tell you. I will tell you, but keep this rod away." The eagle looked at him with a fearful expression.

 Chapter 171 She Will Die.

    "I will tell you. I will tell you, but keep this rode away." The eagle looked at him with fearful expression beforeughing hard. "You were expecting to hear this from me, weren''t you?"


    "Let me tell you something, I am not scared of all these tortures. I have suffered more during training." He spat. "You will never be able to get out the identity of my hirer from my mouth."


    Mu Yuehan looked at his face with wrath and pressed the rode in his private area, making the eagle yell and cry in pain.


    "This is not the only way in which I can torture you. Now open your mouth and tell me the name of your hirer." Mu Yuehan spoke from gritted teeth. "Tell me something because I am not going out without getting any information."


    Mu Yuehan signalled to his guards. They came toward him with different hot iron rods and pressed them on the different parts of the body of the eagle. He cringed and cried in pain.


    "Speak."


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    "I will." He yelled. "Now remove this damn rods, damn it."


    Everyone removed their rods. Mu Yuehan threw his rod aside and looked at eagle. "Now, if you want easy death then speak."


    Eagle again smirked in a challenging way. "What will you do after knowing the name of the person who hired me? It will be of no use to you because you see, my hirer is not the only one after the life of Zhou Liying. Many people want her dead or kidnapped. Tick tock, tick tock, who knows when she will be surrounded from all sides by the people who want her?"


    "Who is after her?"


    On not getting an answer, he again pressed the rod on his private part and instead of crying this time, the eagleughed.


    "You can torture me as much as you want but I am telling you nothing. Protect her if you can. Sooner orter, you will lose her."


    Feeling irked, Mu Yuehan pressed the rod hard but the manughed andughed, unaffected by the pain. That was when, Mu Yuehan noticed five eagle tattoos on his lower abdominal. He groaned and threw his rod aside.


    "He will not say anything. Abolish him in a torturous manner." Mu Yuehan took a deep breath and closed his eyes.


    The eagle members were given status ording to their skills. The eagle with five tattoos was the most dangerous. They were their leaders. They knew how to act in a difficult situation. It was impossible to get anything out from their mouth.


    That was why, Mu Yuehan knew what he told him was a kind of warning, a warning his hirer wanted to give to him or Zhou Liying and it made him scared for her.


    Now he knew, many wanted the life of Zhou Liying, but who were those people and why were they after her?


    **


    In the evening, Mu Yuehan called a meeting with his top security units, from around the world. He ordered them to investigate deep in within Eagle gang to know who hired them to kidnap Zhou Liying.


    **<sub> </sub>


    At sharp five, Mu Yuehan returned to his penthouse with a motto to prepare dinner for Zhou Liying. Also, he wanted to arrange his walk-in closet, to make some ce for the stuff of Zhou Liying.


    He was arranging his suits aside when Li Tao entered in his closet. He looked at him with conflicted expressions. "Boss, here is the pregnancy report of Miss Zhou."


    Mu Yuehan stiffened when he heard Li Tao. His heartbeats picked up with anxiety and curiosity. He took the reports and gulped few long deep breathes. He closed his eyes and pep talked with himself.


    He opened his eyes and then tear open the envelope with the report.


    "You may sit down before seeing the reports." Li Tao advised, remembering how Mu Yuehan fell on the floor yesterday.


    Mu Yuehan nodded and returned to his room. He sat down on the bed and took another deep breath. He pulled out the reports from the envelope and looked at it.


    Tears flew from his eyes when he read the word POSITIVE. He ran his finger over the single word and an involuntary sob left from his lips. After crying yesterday night, he promised himself that he''d not cry for his baby again, but here he was.


    He pulled out the X-ray of his baby and looked at it with guilt-ridden eyes. "My baby. It was my baby. I lost it¡­I¡­."


    He looked at the scan and started to wail. He covered her lips and looked at the X-ray with tears filled eyes. His whole body was shacking because of his loss.


    "Nothing was found with the obstetrician." Li Tao reported and Mu Yuehan nodded his head.


    Without any blink, he was continuously looking at the X-ray in his hand, at his baby. He saw a little dote andprehended that it was his baby.


    He exhaled deeply and passed the X-ray to Li Tao. "Get this framed. I also want a small copy of this X-ray to keep in my wallet." He removed his tears roughly. "Call Wang Wei and ask him to increase his pace of the investigation. I want to know the names of the person who kidnapped Lili, who killed my baby because I am not going to leave them alive."


    A fire burnt in his heart, and with this fire, he wanted to burn whoever killed his unborn baby.


    "There is another news." Li Tao looked at him with a scared expression. Involuntarily, he took a step back. "Miss Zhou is going on a date tonight, with CEO of Mo corporations."


    Mu Yuehan gnashed his teeth hard when he heard Li Tao.


    "This ungrateful woman! I did so much for her but she still denied me and here she is, going on a date with a man double her age! Let me hijack her date.''


    "Take me to the ce where she is going on a date." Mu Yuehan gritted out, an evil smile appeared on his lips.


    All his grief of his baby was gone when he thought how his girl was about to go on a date with some other man.

 Chapter 172 Date, But Now With Him.

    "Miss, you sure you want to go on a date with Mister Mo?" Min Yue looked at Zhou Liying with concern and worry. "He is already in his fifties and I have heard, he has three kids."


    "I am sure, he is one of the best candidates to by my husband." Zhou Liying replied and tied her ponytail. "He wants a wife so he can unt her in front of his clients and friends in parties and my reason is the same. We both will be in win-win condition. And not to forget, he owns one of the biggest handsetpanies in the world."


    Zhou Liying pointingly looked at her assistant.


    Yesterday night, after receiving the list of eligible bachelors, she shortlisted some of them, the one who seemed perfect in her eyes. Mister Mo was on top of the list.


    He was a widower. He lost his wife in an ident. He loved her more than anything. He wanted a wife only to escort in parties and for the satisfaction of his children, who were not ready to leave for abroad, for studies, leaving their fathers all alone in Shanghai.


    He also owned a big business and she''d be its half-owner after marrying Mister Mo. They both would live their own lives. She''d be in profits after marrying him.


    She asked Min Yue to call the assistant of Mister Mo. To her luck, Mister Mo agreed to her offer and wanted to meet her in a Thai resultant in the city, as a date or we could say to make the agreement and to discuss the conditions of marriage.


    ?


    Min Yue was not happy with this decision of Zhou Liying. Maybe she was marrying only because of the will and for the property of Mister Mo, but still. She was young, so beautiful and filthy rich. Was there any need for marrying an old man? Could she not marry someone as handsome as Mu Yuehan?


    "We are here." Min Yue informed and parked the car in front of the said restaurant.


    "You stay here. I will go alone." Zhou Liying informed. She opened the door and stepped out from the car.


    "Miss, do you have any reservation?" the receptionist asked her with politeness, immediately recognising her strong aura.


    "Yes, Mister Mo has reserved a room for us."


    "Oh yes, let me show you to your private room."


    Receptionist guided Zhou Liying toward the room. Zhou Liying thanked her and entered inside the room.


    Her eyes immediately caught the sight of the old man. She cringed upon seeing his condition. ''Min Yue was right. He is way too old. I should have seen his photo clearly.''


    "I hope I did not make you wait." Zhou Liying walked toward him with a diplomatic smile on her lips.


    "Not at all, not at all. I arrived here not a minute ago." Mister Mo felt excited when he saw Zhou Liying.


    When in the morning, his assistant told him how Miss Zhou wanted to meet him for marriage arrangement, he was baffled. He thought it to be a joke butter on, when he realised that it was the truth, he failed to stop himself from getting happy.


    Marrying her meant bing a part of Zhou corporations, which was growing corporation in the country, and now when he saw her, he felt lost in her charisma and beauty. He felt lucky. He also felt disheartened, afraid she''d reject him.<sub> </sub>


    "Should we start with our¡­. sneeze¡­. sneeze¡­sneeze¡­. I am sorry." Zhou Liying sneezed thrice in a row. She cleared her nose and lips with her handkerchief.


    "So, I was¡­." She again sneezed multiple times before saying anything.


    ''Is someone cursing me?''


    **


    Seated on the back seat of his car, Mu Yuehan was continuously cursing Zhou Liying. He was feeling hell infuriated, annoyed, maddened and jealous at the fact that she went on a date with some other man.


    In his mind, he thought of thousand ways in which he was going to shoo away that man in his style. He was lightly punching on his seat and was tapping his foot on the floor, to release some of his furies.


    "This is the restaurant." Li Tao informed. Before he could stop the car, Mu Yuehan opened the door and jumped out from it like a hero.


    With strong steps, he made his way toward the receptionist. "Take me to the room of Mister Mo and Miss Zhou." He ordered in a powerful voice.


    Receptionist shivered when she heard him. "No¡­. I¡­I¡­."


    "Stop stuttering. Take me to her room right now." He boomed in hell angry voice. "If not, then in within a minute, I will be buying this restaurant and the first one I fire will be you. You take me to their private room." Mu Yuehan threatened.


    Receptionist visibly shook when she heard his voice but she still denied to take him there. It was against their restaurant protocols.


    "Take him there." Li Tao told her and passed her his identity.


    The receptionist looked at his identity with wide eyes and then at Mu Yuehan with realisation. Without any question, she took Mu Yuehan to the private room.


    "This¡­" before she could say anything, Mu Yuehan opened the door of the room with a loud bang. He strode inside. His eyes darkened when he saw his love seated with another man.


    "Hanhan." Zhou Liying looked at him with shock, not believing that he was here.


    She rubbed her eyes, imagining it to be her bitter imagination but he was here. Before she could question him about his presence, Mu Yuehan pulled her up from her chair. He wrapped his arm around her waist and crushed his warm lips against her in a demanding kiss.


    And just like thatdies and gentleman, Zhou Liying forgot that she was here on a date. She forgot about the man seated opposite to her, she forgot about anything and let herself loosen up in the arms of Mu Yuehan, in his demanding kisses.

 Chapter 173 Scared.

    "What are you doing here?" Zhou Liying pushed Mu Yuehan away when she heard the sound of the door closing. She looked at the seat opposite her with wide eyes, to find that Mister Mo was gone.


    She then looked at Mu Yuehan with wide shock and anger-filled eyes. He looked at her with a teasing smile and removed her saliva from his lips, using his tongue.


    "Delicious, you are delicious." He murmured and Zhou Liying fumed.


    "What are you doing here? And how the hell did you enter this room?" she yelled and pointed her finger at him. "Are you following me?"


    "Following you, yes." He agreed without any hitch. "And why not, how can I let my future wife date someone else?" there was glitter in his eyes.


    "I am not your future wife. Why can''t you get this simple thing in your mind? I will never marry you. You should forget about me." She boomed and looked at him with an arrogant smile. "You are a one-night stand for me, nothing more."


    After making her point clear, Zhou Liying left the restaurant and to her car. Mu Yuehan looked at her with a sly smile on his lips. He whistled with delight and made his way out of the restaurant.


    "What happened? Why do you look so angry? Did Mister Mo say something inappropriate to you?" Min Yue asked with concern when she caught sight of fuming Zhou Liying.


    "Hanhan happened. He entered the private room and kissed me in front of Mister Mo. He left before we could negotiate about anything." Zhou Liying murmured with irritation and ced her hand over her forehead.


    Min Yue wanted to whistle and p when she heard Zhou Liying. She must say, Mu Yuehan was quite good at doing his work for being get called her man. He was persistent to be Mister Zhou.


    Zhou Liying looked out from her car''s window withplicated expressions on her facial features. When Mu Yuehan entered the private room, her heart fluttered madly even thou she tried to stop it. She was happy to see the rage on his face and happy that he kissed her.


    Somewhere, she felt happy at his persistence to make her his wife, to not let her see any other man, but on the other side, she felt scared.


    She took a deep breath and opened the email application on her phone. She did not want Mu Yuehan to affect her thoughts and the best way to distract herself was to do some office work.


    **


    Mu Yuehan returned to his car with a satisfied smile on his lips. Looking at his smile, Li Tao knew his boss was able to aplish his work.


    Mu Yuehan took his seat in the car and ordered Li Tao to drive him toward his penthouse. He pulled out his phone and dialled the number of Zhou Bingbing.


    "You are speaking to Zhou Bingbing." She answered the call after two rings.


    "Miss Zhou, it''s me, Mu Yuehan. I need your help." Mu Yuehan smirked.


    "What help?"


    And just like that, with the help of Zhou BingBing, Mu Yuehan got his hands on the shortlisted list prepared by Zhou Liying of the most eligible man who could be her husband.<sub> </sub>


    And in within one night, he was able to warn every one of them to stay the hell away from his girl.


    **


    Zhou Liying returned to her penthouse,pletely unaware of what Mu Yuehan was doing at this hour of the night. She walked toward her room and got changed into her silk gown.


    Once changed, she made her way toward the kitchen. There was still some time for dinner, she decided to cook one for herself. It had been a long time since she cooked something.


    With a bowl of spaghetti in her hands, she walked toward the small garden inside her penthouse. She took her seat on the small wooden swing ced in the garden. She removed her shoes to let the wet grass tingle her feet.


    She looked out from the balcony and at the city while enjoying her Spaghetti. Her mind was lingering with the thoughts of past, present and future.


    So many times, in the past, she got attached to many people. She made many friends in school but with time, they all left her. She did not even remember many of them. And then, her most loved one, her mother left her.


    It was hard for her to recover from the heartbreak of her mother''s loss but she recovered because of her grandma. And when she relied on her grandma, she left her all alone in the world.


    Zhou Liying took a long deep breath with an open mouth, feeling her heart heavy with pain. It was not easy for her to ept Qin Yanze. Every time, she was scared that he''d left her like everyone else.


    Many times, she dreamt that he had an ident or he started to hate her. It took her a long to ept that someone was there who would stay beside her.


    She started to build new trust that her loved ones were not going to leave her alone. But then she lost her puppy which Qin Yanze had gifted to her and then, she lost one of her friends in a car ident.


    After that, after a long time, she tried to fall in love with Fan Yifeng, keyword tried and before she could fall for him, he too left her and then Qin Yanze sent her away. She was again alone.


    When she woke up in the hospital four years back, it was not easy for her to let anyone inside her heart. She was scared that everyone would leave her alone. She believed that she was destined to live alone.


    There was a man in her past she did not remember, the one who too left her alone. Everyone left her!


    She let many people inside her heart. She formed her family, only to suffer the loss of her paternal grandma, and in within the next three months, she lost her grandpa.


    And now, when Mu Yuehan was again showering her with love, she felt scared. She''d lost him too like the others. She was shit scared to let him soften her heart. She was afraid to fall for him and let him see her raw and weak side.


    She was scared to get dependent on him, only to find him gone atst. She knew, that if she fell for him and then if he left her, it would not be easy for her to stand again.


    And this terrified her shitless!

 Chapter 174 Rose Day.

    The next day, like usual, in the morning, Zhou Liying again missed the presence of Mu Yuehan. She was unable to believe that he was able to leave an imprint of his presence in her heart within a few days.


    "Miss, there is a delivery for you. Should I go and receive it from the first desk?" Min Yue called and asked Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying frowned when she heard Min Yue. "Get it."


    ''Who has sent a delivery for me, at this ce?''


    After five minutes, Min Yue rang the bell of her penthouse and entered in. She passed her the delivery. Min Yue was blushing when doing so.


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and epted the gift, only for her eyes to went wide in shock.


    ''Sweetheart, today is rose day. So, a rose for you.


    ~Han''


    She gritted her teeth and randomly threw the gift aside. She then looked at Min Yue, "get ready. We are leaving in five minutes."


    She closed the door and made her way to the kitchen, again feeling conflicted as to what to do with the gift. She was feeling angry that he sent her a gift when she asked him to stay away from her. But on the other hand, she was feeling warm that he sent a gift to her.


    Argh!! she groaned out aloud and excited the kitchen. She made her way toward the living room and picked up the box.


    She removed the note, followed by the wrapping paper. She opened the box and a gasp left her lips when she saw an eternity rose in the box. She could say, it was made of red gold. There were diamonds engraved in it which were real.


    ''Beautiful.'' She murmured to herself and delicately picked up the rose. Her eyes became soft.


    ''Is he promising me that he will stay with me for eternity?''


    Her eyes shined and she looked at the rose, forgetting about her curiosity as to how he got so much money to spend on her.


    She looked at the rose to her delight before cing it back in the box. She clutched the box close to her heart. She felt her heart beating fast like crazy.


    With an enchanting smile on her lips, she made her way toward her walk-in closet. She opened the secret door in her closet and entered in. She opened the hidden locker and ced the rose inside, among the items she treasured the most.


    "Thank you for this, Hanhan. But I don''t know if I will ever be strong enough to fall for you or not."


    She closed the locker and stepped back. She heaved a sigh and turned back, away from the eternity rose.


    **


    Zhou Liying was checking the presentation sent to her by the sales department when Min Yue entered her office. She forwarded her, her phone.


    "Miss, HanHan is calling. He wanted to talk with you."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes but still, she epted the phone. She ced it on her ear. "Yes?"


    "Lili." Mu Yuehan grinned widely when he heard the voice of Zhou Liying.


    He directly wanted to call Zhou Liying on her number but then he remembered, that he had never exchanged his number with her. He only had exchanged his number with Min Yue.


    Although, he had already gotten the number of Zhou Liying but he did not want toe out as doubtful by directly calling her.


    "Why are you calling me Lili? I was your boss, not your girlfriend." She stated in a clear, crisp voice.


    "And soon you will be my wife. So, shouldn''t I call you Lili?" Zhou Liying clutched the phone tight in her fist because her heart quivered when she heard Lili in his soft, tender and love-filled voice.


    "By the way, did you like my gift? It is a promise that I will always stay together with you." Mu Yuehan smiled over the phone and twirled on his chair, feeling like a teenager who was going to celebrate his first valentine''s week.


    "Gift?" Zhou Liying faked ignorance. "Oh yes, you have sent that gift. I guess, I threw it away because I don''t ept gifts from strangers."


    "Stranger?" he mocked. "We are more than strangers, sweetie. I not only know you but I also know the map of your body with very much rity." He spoke huskily.


    Zhou Liying felt her stomach clench with his dirty talk. Her blood rushed downward and she felt ticklish there. Her heart hammered in her chest.


    "And why do I think, you had clenched my gift close to your heart like the most treasured gift?" he teased, catching Zhou Liying with surprise. She was shocked that he knew her real reaction.


    It was not hard for Mu Yuehan to guess her reaction. It was the same in the past, and it was still the same in the present, and her silence was the giveaway.


    "Dream on." Zhou Liying replied after a pause of two minutes. "Why will I treasure a gift sent by you? I don''t even know what it was."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her reply. "You can lie to yourself but I know you, sweetie. I know you."


    "I am not lying. I don''t lie." She gritted her teeth, feeling embarrassed that he knew her so well. She never let anyone know her emotions with ease and here he was, already knowing her in and out.


    Mu Yuehanughed when he heard her angry voice. "Okay, I believe you. Now tell me, what do you want to have for lunch? Should we go out on a date or¡­"


    "No need." Zhou Liying yelled and ended the call. On the other side, Mu Yuehanughed loudly, clearly enjoying this small phone call with her.


    Zhou Liying called Min Yue and passed her the phone. She then red at her, "never give me a phone with his call. He and I are no one. Now leave."


    Min Yue left, leaving a frustrated Zhou Liying behind. She was thinking of her call with him and his teasingugh, the way he called her Lili, the way he knew everything about her.


    And all this was making her inside a big mess.

 Chapter 175 Proposal.

    The next day, early in the morning, unbeknown to herself, Zhou Liying was eagerly looking forward to the proposal of Mu Yuehan.


    Yesterday night, before falling asleep, she searched about valentine''s week and now, she wanted to see how he was to make it special. Her heart was feeling giddy with excitement. She attempted her best to suppress this giddiness.


    She took a shower and got ready in one of her best attire, expecting that Mu Yuehan was going to propose to her one way or another. While getting ready, she was not aware of why she was doing this.


    She wore a cream-coloured shirt with a brown coloured pencil skirt. Shepleted her attire with leopard-printed stilettos. She tied her hair in a bun using a bun pencil.


    Once ready, she walked out of her room and made her way toward the kitchen. That was when the bell of her penthouse rang.


    She took a long breath and made her way toward the door. She opened it, feeling curious as to what she was going to see.


    "Miss, HanHan has sent some balloons and a red velvet cake for you." She heard the voice of Min Yue. Min Yue held many heart-shaped balloons in one hand and a heart-shaped red velvet cake in another.


    Zhou Liying froze when she looked at the balloons and cake. Suddenly, her heart turned heavy with suffocation and longing. She felt as if she had seen this scene before but the person carrying the cake was someone else.


    Her heart thumped hard in her ribcage and she started to breathe hard. ck, blurry images came into her mind of a man kneeling on one knee, with a cake in his hand and vibrantly smiling at her, with all the love in his eyes.


    Unbeknown to her, a tear escaped her eyes.


    "Miss, are you alright?" Min Yue looked at her with concern when she noticed that Zhou Liying was whitening with each passing second. She was also having trouble in breathing.


    "I am alright. I am alright." Zhou Liying closed her eyes and took a few breaths. She patted her chest, trying to control her heart.


    With concern, Min Yue looked at Zhou Liying. She ced the cake and balloons on the couch and rushed inside the penthouse to retrieve a ss of water for Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying gulped down the water in one sip and took a few deep breaths.


    "Miss¡­." Min Yue was about to say something but Zhou Liying interrupted her. "Leave all this here. Let''s go to the office. We are gettingte."


    Without looking at the cake or balloons, Zhou Liying turned toward the kitchen, in need to drink some more water. Min Yue felt bad when she saw the cold behaviour of her miss.


    Without waiting for any second, she stored the cake in the refrigerator in the kitchen of Zhou Liying and the balloons with the card in the living room, for Zhou Liying to see upon returning home after work.


    **


    "There is an emergency." Min Yue barged into the room of Zhou Liying with a worried expression on her face, interrupting her meeting.


    Zhou Liying dismissed her subordinates and action to Min Yue to speak.


    "Someone has ndered you online. I don''t know how but this reporter knows about your bad deeds from London." Min Yue gulped and hurriedly passed her I-pad to Zhou Liying.


    The eyes of Zhou Liying darkened when she looked at an article written about her. The author ndered her for her ways of doing work. She called her a whore who was able to reach this height of business by sleeping with her clients.


    The author also pinpointed the name of some of the businessmen who suffered in past, in her hands. The author also raised her voice on the origin of Zhou Liying, asking from where Zhou Liying came in the Zhou family, four years back.<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying clenched her jaws when she read the said article. Her eyes turned red with anger. She roughly threw the I-pad aside in her anger.


    It had been hardly one month since she was back in Shanghai and already people were ndering her. Not only that, but it was also the first time that someone dared to write about her as Zhou Liying.


    In London, she had enough power to suppress all the media and paparazzi from writing about her. But here in Shanghai, even when she was new, still someone dared to write about her.


    The only thing that was good about this article was that the author did not attach her photo.


    "Call Liam." Zhou Liying gritted out. "I want every detail of the author. I want this article to be removed."


    Without wasting any second, Min Yue dialled the number of Liam on her phone. She ced her phone on the loudspeaker. Fear, worry and nervousness were visible on her features.


    "I will be there in two minutes. I am working on the article itself." She heard Liam''s voice from the other side.


    And exactly after two minutes, Liam was in her office with hisptop and phone in his hands.


    "Miss, the author has used a very encrypted source to upload this article. So, it will take me some time to get it removed." Liam reported. "I tracked down the author though. Will you like for me to call her?"


    "Make a call to her and warn her to remove this article immediately." Zhou Liying''s eyes narrowed when she heard that the article was posted by a tight encrypted source and that it was going to take her team some time to remove it.


    "She will like to talk with you." Liam passed his phone to Zhou Liying and she epted it.


    "Do you know who I am? How dare of you to write an article about me?" Zhou Liying yelled the moment she epted the phone.


    "And who told you, I don''t know you? I know you well, Miss Zhou. In fact, I was following you for thest two years. In today''s article, I have only written some details but I also have photos of you enjoying yourself in a bar or your hotel."


    Zhou Liying heard a very confident voice from the other side of the phone. She clenched the phone tight in between her fingers.


    "What do you want?" she gritted her teeth.


    "What do I want? Let me see," she heard a chuckle from the other side. "I want to see your end. I want to see you lose. I want to see you suffer."


    And with that, the line went dead. Zhou Liying groaned and threw the phone in the direction of Liam. She then heard from him, "we tracked her location. What are the orders?"


    "I will be going there. I want to see the bitc* who sounded so confident when talking to me. She wants to see me suffer, let me bring her end to her."


    **


    Meanwhile, Mu Yuehan was having a video conference when Li Tao entered his office. Looking at the emergency written all over his face, Mu Yuehan ended the call.


    "What happened?"


    "Boss, Miss Zhou is going toward the dockyards. As per the information from our guards, eagle gang members are hiding somewhere there."

 Chapter 176 Danger.

    Mu Yuehan cursed out aloud when he heard Li Tao. His heart stopped beating and his mind went into a frenzy for a second before he brought himself back into his control. He needed to take quick action to ensure the safety of his woman, who foolishly was going into the mouth of her death.


    "Li Tao, order our guards around the dockyard to take immediate action. Clear the dockyard of any eagle man before the arrival of Zhou Liying. I don''t want any harm toe on her." Mu Yuehan ordered and picked up his coat.


    He walked toward the elevator with Li Tao behind him. Li Tao was on a conference call with the guards of Mu Yuehan, giving away the orders.


    "I don''t care about the number of men. Send as many men as you can. I want each eagle member to be caught. Alert the military in case of need. Also, call the traffic officer and ask him to dy the car of Zhou Liying by any means."


    Mu Yuehan was freaking out from inside. Something tight was gripping his heart. He was having a hard time breathing because of fear but he gave the orders in his usual cold and strict voice. There was sweat on his forehead and terror in his heart, terror for his stupid girl.


    ''Doesn''t she know that the eagle gang is after her life? Then how dare of her to travel anywhere without any worry? Was there any need for her to visit the dockyard? Was she not concerned about her safety at all?''


    He was fuming with rage for her. It was hard for him to breathe with each passing second. He was eager to see Zhou Liying all well, and then yell at her for her foolishness. His heart was squeezing tight in his chest because of worry and concern for her.


    He entered his car and Li Tao drove it at the highest speed.


    "I don''t care if you break the traffic rules. Take me to the dockyard before Zhou Liying. I want to ensure that everything is alright." Mu Yuehan ordered and Li Tao nodded his head.


    Li Tao looked at his boss with concern. He was angry at Zhou Liying for walking in danger but wasn''t he doing the same, walking in danger? What if the eagle gang attacked him too?


    "But why is she going at the dockyard in the first ce?" he asked.


    "An article was released by someone, early in the morning. I guess she is going to catch the author of the said article. Eagle gang must have lured her to the dockyard using some article and a fake author."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He pulled out his phone and searched for the article written about his girl. A vein in his neck pumped hard when he read the article and the way she was ndered.


    Mu Yuehan called his IT team without wasting any second and ordered them to get the said article removed in the shortest time possible.


    "Car of Miss Zhou is already on the traffic surveince cameras. It will be stopped at every red light. The timing of red light is also intruded. It will take her long to arrive at the dockyard." Li Tao reported. "Your elite soldiers have also arrived at the dockyard and they are surveying the area."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head and looked out from the window, feeling anxious and fearful. He knew nothing was going to happen to Zhou Liying when his elite soldiers were there but still, he felt scared.


    His sixth sense was yelling at him that he was missing something and he did not know what!


    **


    "Uncle Jiang, why are you driving so slow? I want to reach the dockyard asap. I don''t want to miss the author." Zhou Liyingined.<sub> </sub>


    "I am sorry Miss, but there seems some problem with traffic signals. We are facing red signals at every crossing and their timing is also long." Her driver informed, trying his best to drive his car in the traffic which collected because of red light.


    Zhou Liying groaned and again looked at the article written about her. The said article was tranted into manynguages and was posted online.


    Someone wrote this article with a clear purpose of irritating her and destroying her reputation.


    She pulled her phone and made a call to Liam, "How much more time to remove this article?"


    "Denver is working on it. He is doing his best to remove this article. This article was written from an IP which is not registered anywhere. That is why it is taking so long to get it removed." Liam rified. "Give us ten more minutes and the article will be permanently removed."


    "Be quick. I don''t want to hear your excuses." Zhou Liying said in a cold voice and ended the call.


    **


    "Why is it taking you so long to arrive at the dockyard?" Mu Yuehan shouted at Li Tao.


    "I am sorry, boss. It''s peak hour. There is a lot of traffic on the road." Li Tao apologised guiltily, trying his best it drive the car in the traffic.


    "Be quick and fast."


    The heart of Mu Yuehan did not rest for a second for thest twenty-five minutes. It was beating fast with worry and concern. He was satisfied that Zhou Liying did not arrive at the dock till now but eagle members were still not caught and it made him worrisome.


    Above that, the nagging feeling was not helping him out.


    ''I get it that she wants to be independent, but does being independent means walking in danger without any safety jacket.'' He murmured to himself and again cursed Zhou Liying under her breath.


    "Till now, we have caught only one eagle member. The elite group is not able to find the other members. It seems like they have changed their position."


    He closed his eyes, trying his best to think, trying to think what he was missing and that was when he remembered his own words, ''Eagle gang did their second attack on the most expected time.''


    He was expecting them to wait for Zhou Liying at the dockyard but they were nning to kidnap her, to execute their n along the way.


    "Li Tao, immediately call the elite group. Ask them to cover the route from which Zhou Liying is travelling."

 Chapter 177 Diamond Troupe.

    "Don''t worry boss, a group of elite soldiers is already trailing behind Miss Zhou. The area around is also cleared. I am sure, they will catch all the men."


    ?


    Mu Yuehan sighed when he heard Li Tao. Li Tao looked at him with a frown. His boss knew the ability of his team when sent on a special mission, then why was he freaking out today?


    Three years back, Mu Yuehan went to a meeting of the underworld. By the end of the meeting, the condition at his side has worsened but still, Mu Yuehan did not show any ounce of fear because he trusted his team. But today, he was freaking out as if his elite team members were normal guards.


    Members of the elite team were deadly soldiers,manders or ascensions. They knew how to do their work without any mistakes. So far, they had achieved all their missions with fewer and fewer casualties.


    It was a diamond troupe of Mu Yuehan, activated only at his orders. No one knew who the actual members of the elite group were. So, it was not easy to enter into or break apart the elite group.


    "Group one caught a van with five members of the eagle group. Group three caught a helicopter waiting at the helipad, probably to take Miss away. Nearly eight men are caught around the helipad. They were nning to kidnap miss Zhou on her way to the dockyard."


    Mu Yuehan sighed when he heard Li Tao. He took a few long deep breaths, feeling as if a burden was lifted off his shoulders.


    "Boss, Miss Zhou was not alone." Li Tao reported with surprise in his voice.


    "What do you mean?" Mu Yuehan asked, straightening himself.


    "Another group of guards arrived at the dockyard and the helipad. They seem like the force of Miss Zhou."


    Hearing his report, Mu Yuehan smiled.


    ''Did she also have an idea that it can be a trap? Was she prepared for the attack of the Eagle gang?''


    Slowly, a proud smile appeared on the lips of Mu Yuehan. He was feeling proud of his girl who was not stupid or did not react on impulse.


    **


    The moment car of Mu Yuehan neared the dockyard, he removed his coat, followed by the tie. He ruffled his hair and folded the sleeves of his shirt, to look like HanHan, not Mu Yuehan.


    Li Tao dropped him a few meters away from the dockyard, so he''d note into the eyes of Zhou Liying.


    Mu Yuehan made his way toward the dockyard and smiled with satisfaction when he saw his guards, as well as shadow guards of Zhou Liying, surrounding it. There was no threat to him or Zhou Liying. The ce was secured.


    **


    Zhou Liying was about to arrive at the dockyard when she received a call from Liam that the article was removed from all around the world. If anyone had made copies of that article, those copies were also deleted.<sub> </sub>


    "There is something else, miss."


    "What?"


    "Some other party was also trying to remove the said article. The person was also professional. When we tried to look into them, we were blocked by their firewall."


    "Keep digging into that party. I want to know who was trying to help me. Also, look for the real author of this article." Zhou Liying ordered and ended the call.


    Once the call ended, Zhou Liying fell deep into thoughts, thinking about the identity of another party who could have helped her. She wanted to know about that party.


    Because from the time of her arrival here in Shanghai, she faced only enemies and now she wanted to know the identity of the man helping her out from hiding.


    Her driver stopped the car in front of the dockyard and Zhou Liying stepped out from it. She was about to enter inside when she was engulfed in a tight hug.


    She stiffened for a second before inhaling the familiar fragrance, feeling the familiar warmth and soon she rxed in the arms of Mu Yuehan. Her heart started to beat fast, trying to match the beating of the heart of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan was thinking of many ways in which he was going to yell at her, the moment she was going to step down from the car. But all his anger vanished when he saw her stepping out of the car, all safe and sound.


    His heart started to beat at its normal pace. Relief washed over him. His eyes which were filled with fear got filled with warmth and love for her. He ced his hand over his chest and sent a quick prayer to god.


    Although, he knew she was safe but still, seeing her safe with his own eyes had a different effect on him.


    He walked toward her and before she reacted, he hugged her tight, inhaling her familiar fragrance, calming down himself and his heart.


    ''She is fine. We are fine.''


    He broke the hug and red at her. He took hold of her shoulders and shook her body. "Are you stupid? How can youe to the dockyard when you knew it can be dangerous? Are you not scared of jumping into your death trap?"


    Zhou Liying was enjoying his warmth and his hug. She was feeling a sense of security and a homey feeling in his arms. She had involuntarily closed her eyes, to feel his love and care,ing out from his tight hug around her.


    She felt happy that he was scared and worried for her. Someone was finally scared and worried about her.


    All her feelings vanished when he broke the hug and yelled at her. She narrowed her eyes and red at him. She removed his hands from her shoulders roughly.


    "What are you doing here? Who told you I am here at dockyard? And who told you it was dangerous? Answer me right now." She hollered and looked at Mu Yuehan with doubtful eyes.

 Chapter 178 Kill Someone.

    "What are you doing here?"


    Mu Yuehan knew she would ask this question him, upon realising his presence. So, he was all prepared with his answer.


    "What do you think, Lili? I will not look after your security. I may not be allowed to be near you but I have asked one of my colleagues to do so. After all, we are to marry soon. Your safety is my priority."


    Zhou Liying wanted to rebuke him for being shameless and again saying that he was to marry her, even when she cleared it to him time and again that she was not going to marry him. Before she could say anything, a man came out from the dockyard and saluted Mu Yuehan.


    "Meet him, his secret name is rose and he was giving me reports about your safety." Zhou Liying gave a stiff nod, doubt was vanishing from her eyes. At the same time, her team of guards also walked out from the dockyard, led by Aiden.


    Aiden and his family were serving the Zhou family security force fromst many years. His father served her father when he was still alive. He took five bullets for her father. Till thest breath of her father, his father did everything to save him.


    After her father, his father was guarding her uncle and now, Aiden was her head security guard. He led a troupe of twenty guards.


    Last year, Zhou Liying sent Aiden and her group to Zhou''s security training group to investigate deeper about her kidnapping incident from four years back, but two days back, she called him back, realising that she needed him here in Shanghai.


    So today, when Liam told her about the location of the author, which was a dockyard, she became suspicious and called Aiden. She ordered him to clear the dockyard as well as her route. She was smelling something fishy and guess what, her suspicion was right.


    "Good to see you, Aiden." Zhou Liying shook her hand with Aiden. A professional smile was on her lips.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Aiden and his team with curiosity. Looking at their expressions, the way they were dressed with protective gears and all, or the way they walked in sync, Mu Yuehan knew they were her elite team.


    He looked at Aiden and grunted when he saw the way in which Aiden was smiling at Zhou Liying when shaking his hand with hers.


    ''Why is her team full of blonds? Does she like men with blond hair? Should I change the colour of my hair?''


    "I am sorry for giving you a mission on the day of your arrival." Zhou Liying broke the handshake and wrapped her arms around her back.


    She felt slightly bad for giving this assignment to Aiden because he arrived in Shanghai, today''s morning itself.


    "No problem. You know it''s my duty to protect you, no matter what." Aiden spoke professionally, his voice was gruff but smooth.


    "Now report." Zhou Liying tilted her head and looked in the eyes of her head guard.


    "As per your suspicion, eagle guards were the one behind that article," Aiden reported. "But there is one thing, before our arrival to dockyard or helipad where the eagle team was located, some other group had already arrived. They had most of the members under their custody. They seemed very trained and expert."


    "Were they your men?" She narrowed her eyes and looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "Nope, I only had one man after you." Mu Yuehan lied smoothly.


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes, lost deep in her thoughts. She scratched her chin. "Look into the other team who helped me out today. I want to know the name of their boss and the reason as to why he is helping me." She ordered.<sub> </sub>


    She had already guessed that the person behind the other team was the same person who tried to get the article about her removed from the inte.


    There was an ally hiding in the shadows and she wanted to know who?


    If only she knew that her ally was standing right beside her, looking at her with dazzled eyes.


    "Who is he?" Aiden caught sight of Mu Yuehan and looked at him with suspicion.


    "He was my bodyguard. Ignore him." She looked at Mu Yuehan with disinterest and then back at Aiden. "Take me to the warehouse. I want to meet the members of eagle whom you have caught."


    "I am sorry, Miss." Aiden bowed his head. "But we were able to catch only one member. Others are in the custody of the second group."


    "Take me to him then." Zhou Liying clenched her fist hard, eager to know about the identity of another team.


    Without wasting any second, Aiden took Zhou Liying toward his car. Zhou Liyingpletely ignored Mu Yuehan, leaving him alone at the dockyard. She climbed into the car. And soon, her car was driving toward the secret warehouse where the eagle member was taken.


    When Zhou Liying and her team were gone, Mu Yuehan returned to his car. He looked at Li Tao with dark eyes, "take me to the secret warehouse. I want to meet the members of the eagle gang."


    **


    With narrowed eyes, Zhou Liying looked at the eagle. She took a pistol from Aiden and walked toward the man.


    "Tell me the name of your hirer? Who hired you? Who gave you the order to kill me?" Her voice was sharp and without any emotion. It could make anyone scared but not the eagle man.


    "Look who is here?" the man chuckled and spat on her face.


    Zhou Liying''s eyes fired up with anger and she ced her pistol on the nape of the eagle, pouting it toward his head.


    "Answer me like a good boy, otherwise, I will blow your head." She hissed and leaned toward him, looking dangerously into his eyes. Her eyes were bloodshot and murderous.


    "Kill me, I am not afraid of death. You should be the one afraid of death, not me." The eagle chuckled. "What are you waiting for, kill me, kill me....."


    Zhou Liying looked into his eyes. They were filled with determination and loyalty. She saw the same loyalty in the eyes of her guards. She knew they were trained to not cheat their boss at any cost.


    "As you wish." She said coldly and fired three bullets in his head. The man looked at her with wide eyes and then closed his eyes.


    "Miss¡­." Aiden looked at her with shock.


    Zhou Liying straightened up and smoothened her dress as if she did not kill someone just now. "He was not going to say anything. So why waste our time on him?" she shrugged and passed the pistol in the hand of Aiden.

 Chapter 179 Heartless.

    Aiden was with Zhou Liying for thest four years. He was the one who helped her train for self-defence. He had seen her fire bullets heartlessly but still, whenever she killed someone he was always left in shock.


    To him, Zhou Liying was very fragile and weak. He believed her to be emotional but whenever she killed anyone, never she cried, nor she filched, nor she felt any guilt or remorse.


    It was always a shock for him to see ady living in a normal society, ady who did not have strict training like him, killing anyone without any flinch. He had manydies in his troop and he saw many of them faint or scared after killing a person but not her.


    "Aiden, send your most loyal man in search of Eagle. I think they know something about the people who are after my life. They may be linked with my kidnapping from four years back." She ordered and removed the blood of the now dead man from her hand.


    "Copied that." Zhou Liying nodded and followed Aiden out of the warehouse.


    **


    Mu Yuehan too arrived at his secret dungeon. He looked at the eagle man hanging upside down,pletely naked with blood pouring out from one body part or another.


    Mu Yuehan walked toward the group and eyed them. He felt the floor-sweeping from under his feet when he noticed five eagle tattoos on the stomach of every one of them.


    With doubt, he looked at his elite team head. "The dead one also has five eagles. Their hirer must have close links with the eagle head that he was able to hire all the top members of the gang."


    Mu Yuehan again looked at the members. He saw smiles and satisfaction on their faces. They were not afraid of their death. They were proving why they were the best.


    "Try to get all the information from them." Mu Yuehan ordered. "And if you feel as if help ising to save them, then eliminate each one of them without any hitch. Got it."


    "Got it." His head security nodded. Mu Yuehan gave a stiff nod and left the factory.


    He was feeling concerned as to who was after the life of Zhou Liying. Who wanted her kidnapped?


    **


    "Miss, you need to see this." Min Yue turned on a news channel, the moment she arrived in her office. Aiden followed after her. "This news is running on each channel."


    ''Breaking news: there was an open fire at helipad and dockyard.''


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and watched the news which was reporting about the incident from today, where helicopters of some group arrived at the helipad and open fire on the other group.


    "Was this our group?" Zhou Liying pointed out when she saw the group fighting against the Eagle gang.


    "No. It was not." Aiden was also looking at the group with eagle-like eyes. He was focused on their tricks and the way they were working, to see their skills.


    "I will try my best to find the identity of this other group," Aiden promised. "Now I will take your leave. I need to tour Shanghai to memorise its map in my mind."


    Zhou Liying nodded and watched as Aiden left her office. She sighed and returned to her seat. She was feeling d that she was able to easily handle this threat in her life.<sub> </sub>


    **


    Was Zhou Liying affected by the incident which took ce in the morning?


    No, she was not.


    She had already hardened her heart. She was ready to kill anyone if needed. So, she wasn''t a bit affected by the incident in the morning. She had her lunch like usual and then attended the corporation''s monthly meeting, again without any tension, worry or guilt visible on her features.


    During dinner time, as usual, she received a tiffin box with food cooked by Mu Yuehan.


    "I hope you liked my proposal.


    ~Han''


    Zhou Liying frowned, not remembering when he proposed to her today but then she remembered the balloons and cake in the morning, "Was that a proposal? He is a fool if he thinks I will get ready to marry him with his stupid and cheap proposal." She scoffed.


    **


    When Zhou Liying returned to her penthouse, the thing she saw first was the balloons ced in the living room. They were no longer puffed like in the morning but they still had some air in them.


    She then saw the card ced on the table. Involuntarily, like a ma, she was attracted to the balloons and the card. She took the balloons in one hand. She picked up and tore open the card. She read the message written on it:


    ''Marry me, please. I promise to always keep you happy, to stay with you forever.''


    Again, like morning, her heart became heavy. She felt all this setup quite familiar. This thought brought tears to her eyes. She felt a heavy burden was squashing her heart.


    She stood up from her seat and walked toward the kitchen, to have water. She opened the refrigerator and then her eyes fell on the heart-shaped cake. Unknowingly, a sob escaped her lips.


    She picked up the board with cake over it. She took a knife and cut it. She ate the cake, trying her best if she could remember anything, anything which was making this scenario familiar to her.


    She felt that the taste of the cake was familiar to her taste buds but she did not remember when she had eaten it, and this bugged her badly. She wished to know why this felt so familiar.


    "Why is it that whatever HanHan does seems so familiar? Did I know him during my missing years?''


    She immediately dismissed this notion, ''if he knew me then why did he not say about the same? He could have used that time to marry me, but no. He does not know me. It may be a coincidence.''


    Zhou Liying looked at the cake and gasped. She had eaten half a portion of the cake lost in her thoughts or its taste. She shook her head and ced the leftover cake in the refrigerator.


    She cleaned her hands and made her way toward the bathroom, in a need of a cold shower to shoo away the heaviness of her heart.

 Chapter 180 Chocolate Day.

    The next day, when Zhou Liying opened the door of her penthouse, expecting the next gift from Mu Yuehan, she was surprised to see a big box with Min Yue.


    "What is this?" Zhou Liying gasped and looked at Min Yue for an exnation.


    "Your gift. It arrived early in the morning as usual." Min Yue informed and asked the guards to push the box inside the penthouse of Zhou Liying.


    All this while, Zhou Liying was looking at a nearly six feet tall box without any blink of their eyes. She was curious to know what this box held. Min Yue was also looking at the box with curiosity.


    Zhou Liying thanked the guards and sent them off. Once they were gone, she removed the ribbon from the box and pulled it over. The ps around the box fell apart and in front of her stood an artificial tree, just like a Christmas tree.


    As for the decorations, the tree was decorated with differently wrapped choctes.


    ''Happy chocte day.'' Zhou Liying read on the small card hanging from the tree. She looked around at the tree and noticed that there were at least hundreds of choctes hanging around it.


    "So innovative." Min Yue squealed excitedly and looked at the tree.


    Zhou Liying rolled her eyes and unhooked a piece of chocte. She unwrapped it and ced the chocte in her mouth. She stiffened when she tasted her favourite chocte.


    ''How does he know about my favourite chocte?'' She gasped in surprise and looked at the tree with wide eyes. She stumbled back in shock, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together.


    "Miss, are you alright?" Min Yue asked with concern.


    "I am." Zhou Liying sighed and blinked her eyes multiple times. She shook her head, trying to shoo away the weight from her heart.


    Min Yue rushed to the kitchen and returned with a ss of water for Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying epted the ss and gulp it down its content in one sip, feeling a little calmer andposed.


    "Let''s go."


    Min Yue nodded and then eyed the chocte tree. "If you don''t mind, can I have a piece of chocte?"


    "Go ahead."


    Min Yue grinned and took a piece of chocte. Without wasting any time, she unwrapped it and ced it in her mouth. She groaned the next second, "Yuck, who likes such dark chocte? Doesn''t HanHan know girls like sweet chocte?"


    Something hit Zhou Liying when she heard Min Yue. Not many people liked dark chocte then why did he send her dark choctes, especially in perfect vour?


    **


    "Hanhan is over the call. Do you want to talk with him?" Min Yue asked Zhou Liying with a conflicted expression on her face.


    Zhou Liying looked at her assistant for some seconds before epting her phone. She wanted to know how he knew her favourite chocte.


    "Hello."


    "Lili," she heard his excitement-filled sequel from the other side. "Did you like the proposal and those choctes?"<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan asked with so much hope in his voice. Yesterday, he had sent balloons and cake for her, to propose to her, just like the way he tried to propose to her as his girl back on Juju ind. He expected that she may remember something after looking at them.


    "Was that a proposal? It was so cheap." She spoke arrogantly. "That''s why I don''t wish to marry you. I don''t think you can stand up to my high-ss demands and expectations."


    Mu Yuehan grinned like a celestial kitten when he heard her, ''If only you know love.''


    "Now tell me, how do you know about my favourite chocte, the type of chocte I like?" she red at herptop, imagining it to be Mu Yuehan.


    "Favourite?" he feigned ignorance. "Is this your favourite type of chocte? Wow, it''s destiny then. I too like this chocte. I didn''t know what kind of chocte you liked so I sent my favourite choctes. Our choices are so alike."


    "Do you like dark chocte?" Zhou Liying asked with surprise and doubt in her voice.


    "Why not? I like dark choctes with crackles and nuts. I am d that you too like the same."


    "Okay."


    "Tell me¡­." Before Mu Yuehan could say another word, Zhou Liying ended the call.


    She only wanted to know how he knew her favourite chocte. So, when her work was done then why waste more time talking to him?


    Mu Yuehan chuckled when she ended the call. He looked at his phone screen and soon his happiness turned into gloominess. He felt sad that she did not remember anything about him after seeing the setup of the proposal, or she did not remember how he knew her favourite chocte.


    ''Don''t worry Mu Yuehan. Soon, she will remember you and will love you like in the past.'' He consoled himself and was again off to his work, which was nning what he was going to gift to her on teddy day.


    **


    The next day, just like yesterday, Min Yue knocked on the door of Zhou Liying''s penthouse with a big box, a littlerger than yesterday.


    Guards pushed the heavy box inside. They gasped for breath. "This time the gift is extremely heavy." The guards informed. "Can we have a ss of water?"


    Zhou Liying nodded and ordered Min Yue. Min Yue ran to the kitchen and quickly came with two sses of water. She was eager to send off the guards so Zhou Liying would unwrap the gift. She was eager to see what was in today''s gift.


    Once the guards were gone, like yesterday, Zhou Liying pulled the ribbon and the ps of the box fell apart. With wide eyes, bothdies looked at the red-coloured giant teddy inside the box.


    "This teddy is so huge." Min Yuemented. "You can hug this teddy in the night, imagining it to be a man." Min Yue chimed excitedly and ran her hand over the fur of the teddy.


    "I must say, this HanHan knows what to gift you. This teddy is so cool." With appreciation, she was looking at the teddy and was running her hand over its fur.


    "Hello." Min Yue''s eyes widened and she jumped with fear when she heard a voiceing out from inside the teddy.


    "Ah, mommy, save me. Teddy is a ghost."

 Chapter 181 Ghost In Teddy.

    "Miss, did you hear that? This teddy just spoke with me. This teddy has a ghost." Min Yue ran behind Zhou Liying and hid behind her back.


    Zhou Liying already had her doubts that this was not a teddy but a costume with a man inside it. It felt too real to her and when she heard a voiceing from the teddy, it confirmed her doubts.


    She looked at the teddy with narrowed eyes. "Remove your costume and show me your face."


    Min Yue yelled with fright when teddy moved his hands. From behind Zhou Liying, she watched as teddy removed his head and there stood, Mu Yuehan with his all-so-famous charming and heart-melting smile on his lips.


    "I hope you like my gift Lili." He grinned. "Let me show you something which I have prepared."


    Mu Yuehan again covered his face with the teddy face. He started to move his hands and legs, doing an awkward dance. He lifted his legs, left-right, left-right, moving his hips in rounds. He moved his hands directionless, making a joke of himself. His whole body was jiggling.


    A smile cracked on the lips of Zhou Liying upon seeing his silly teddy dance. The teddy attire was quite huge for him to handle and that was why he was looking funny when dancing.


    "Will you stop wasting my time and tell me what are you doing here, wearing a teddy costume?" she hid her smile and looked at him with a strict expression.


    Mu Yuehan stopped dancing and again removed the face of the teddy from his face. "Today is teddy day. So, here is your gift." He pointed toward himself from top to toe.


    "Today is teddy day and you are not a teddy." Zhou Liying wrapped her arms around her chest and looked at him with authority.


    "Why not?" Mu Yuehan smirked and walked toward her. "Tell me, why does a girl love teddies, because they are cuddly and cute. Am I not cute and cuddly? Will you not like to cuddle with me in your sleep?"


    He made cute faces. Zhou Liying bit the inside of her lower lips to control herself from smiling upon seeing his cute face.


    "You are not cute. Now take your costume away and leave my house, right now. Guards."


    "No need to call the guards. I will leave on my own. I have already aplished my mission and that is gifting myself to you." He looked at her with a sly smile.


    "I don''t ept this gift. Now leave." Zhou Liying ordered in a firm and aggressive voice.


    Mu Yuehan turned and was about to leave when he turned his face and looked at her with a sly smile. "By the way, Miss, why aren''t you going on any more dates? Does no one want to go on a date with you? Why don''t you marry me then?"


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes when she heard him. "How do you know, no one wants to go on a date with me?"


    "Just a hunch." Mu Yuehan shrugged. "How will the Qin family let you marry anyone?"


    Shamelessly, Mu Yuehan put all the me that every bachelor rejected to marry or even meet Zhou Liying only because of the Qin family. He forgot that the Qin family was still unaware of her real identity. That was why they were scared that she would marry someone for the properties.


    "Ignore that, now help me unzip the zipper of my costume, will you? It''s quite heavy." Mu Yuehan quickly changed the topic, not giving Zhou Liying a chance to realise that the Qin family was not aware of her identity.


    "Why should I? Remove it by yourself." Zhou Liying shrugged with her famous smug expression on her face.


    Mu Yuehan smiled at her rejection and asked for help from Min Yue. She eagerly helped Mu Yuehan, making Zhou Liying slightly jealous. She''d have helped him if he had asked her for the second time, but he¡­.<sub> </sub>


    Doesn''t he know the words ''asking the second time?'' she grumbled under her breath and watched Min Yue unzip the zipper at the back of the teddy costume.


    "Can I have your costume, please?" Min Yue pleaded, looking hopeful. "I will like to surprise my brother with it."


    "Sure." Mu Yuehan passed her the teddy face and the rest of the costume.


    "Thank you." Min Yue epted the costume and thanked him with gratitude.


    "Miss, I will ce this costume in my apartment. Then we can leave for the office." Min Yue informed and rushed toward her apartment.


    "What are you still doing here? Leave." Zhou Liying hollered at Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan shrugged his shoulders and left her apartment with a satisfactory smile on his lips.


    Yesterday, he thought for a long as to what kind of teddy to gift to her. He then remembered the teddy ced in her room, the one he had won at the fair, he wanted to gift her that. But then it clicked, why did he not gift himself to her?


    He remembered how one time she had called him teddy because he was cuddly and cute like one.


    So here he came, in her penthouse, doming a costume of teddy. Even though, he was having a tough time handling the heavy costume.


    Her secret smiles were not hidden from him and that made him satisfied. He was pleased that he was able to make her smile after such a long time.


    **


    "Min Yue, did you give my shortlisted list of bachelors to anyone?" Zhou Liying asked the moment she was in her office.


    "Yes, Miss Zhou asked for it." Min Yue replied.


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes and cursed. "BingBing always loves to know everything about my affair. Don''t know what is cooking in her mind!"


    "Prepare another list for me. And this time, the list should stay in between us only."


    "Okay miss." Min Yue nodded, feeling slightly bad for Mu Yuehan. She knew Zhou Bingbing asked for the list from her to pass the same to Mu Yuehan.


    **


    The next day, in the evening, Mu Yuehan was eagerly preparing dinner for her. He wanted to deliver the dinner for her and give her promises to her on promise day.


    He was nearly done with cooking the food when Li Tao entered the penthouse, looking rmed.


    "Boss, Miss Zhou is again going on a date."

 Chapter 182 Again On A Date.

    Mu Yuehan arrived at the restaurant where Zhou Liying was having her date. Like a typhoon, he entered the private room where she was having dinner.


    With narrowed eyes, he scrutinised the man seated opposite Zhou Liying. ''Is she nning to marry this kid?''


    The man seated opposite Zhou Liying was not any more than twenty years old. But what caught his attention was that the man did not even have any personality. He had big sses on his eyes with an extra-slim body. He was also short.


    ''Doesn''t she like a man with a body like mine? Then why is she on a date with a joker like him?'' he grumbled to himself.


    And just likest time, he pulled Zhou Liying up from her chair and kissed her hard.


    But unlikest time, this time, Zhou Liying was prepared for his entry and his kiss. That was why, when he kissed her, she remained unaffected. She pushed him before he could take the kiss any further.


    "I knew you will being." She shook her head at him and then pushed him aside. She looked at the heir of the Chen group seated opposite her.


    "He is the insane bodyguard I was telling you about." Zhou Liying chuckled and took her seat. "Hanhan, if you are done, then leave. I am here on a date."


    Mu Yuehan angrily looked at her and then at the man opposite her, known as Chen Yang. He ced his hands on the table with authority and looked at Chen Yang.


    "Don''t you have any backbone? She just kissed someone else in front of your eyes. Still, you want to continue with the date?" he spat and looked at Chen Yang with disgust.


    "She had already informed me that there is a manic following after her. She is nning to eliminate him soon." Chen Yang spoke, looking wise. "By the way, you kissed her, she did not kiss you back. Now leave. Don''t disturb my date. You don''t know who I am?"


    Chen Yang red at him and Mu Yuehan matched his re. He knew this time Zhou Liying had caught him. He needed to do something else to make this boy vanish.


    Zhou Liying inwardly smirked when she heard Chen Yang. She had already filled his ears as to how Mu Yuehan was stalking her or kissing her. She guaranteed him that she was nning to deal with Mu Yuehan asap.


    "Don''t be happy." Mu Yuehan gritted his teeth and red at Zhou Liying. He left the room. Another n was already cooking in his mind.


    Zhou Liying and Chen Yang were discussing the condition of the marriage when a waiter walked toward them. Henot soidentally dropped a ss of wine on the dress shirt of Chen Yang.


    "I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I don''t know how I became so clumsy." The waiter immediately apologized.


    Zhou Liying was angry at the waiter. He disrespected her guest but Chen Yang remained calm. "It''s not a problem at all. It can happen. They are humans after all."


    He stood up from his seat. "Let me visit the washroom to clean myself. We can continue with the other conditions on my return."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying nodded to him and watched him leave. Meanwhile, she got her own time to think if she wanted Chen Yang as her husband or not.


    She knew he was quite young but she was in a hurry to marry someone. Moreover, he was the only one who agreed to meet her where nearly every other bachelor she called rejected to even meet her.


    "I need to work with him if I am not able to find someone else in his ce." She sighed.


    Chen Yang entered the bathroom. He tightened his eyes when he saw Mu Yuehan standing in the bathroom with his arms wrapped around his chest.


    "You did not leave." Chen Yangmented.


    Mu Yuehan scoffed and walked toward him in threatening steps. "Listen boy, you will be the one leaving and not me." Mu Yuehan with ease pulled him from the shirt.


    "What is this? How dare of you to hold my cor?" Chen Yang yelled and tried to pry off the hand of Mu Yuehan from his shirt. Mu Yuehan chuckled mockingly and tightened his grip on his shirt. "Leave me, otherwise no one will be worse than me. You don''t know who I am?"


    "I don''t know?" Mu Yuehan raised his brow, with clear sarcasm on his face.


    "I know you are Chen Yang, firstborn of Chen Li. Yourpany is in a financial crisis and that''s why you are here." Chen Yang looked at him with wide horror-filled eyes. The way Mu Yuehan was speaking felt chilly to him, like in horror movies. "But you know who I am?"


    Mu Yuehan grinned, showing off his teeth and it made Chen Yang shudder with fear. He realised; that the identity of Mu Yuehan was no simple as imed by Zhou Liying.


    "I am the famous Mu Yuehan." Mu Yuehan roughly released him. "Now go and make some excuse to end this date. Otherwise, It will not take me a second in calling my team from making yourpany bankrupt." He threatened.


    "How do I believe you are Mu Yuehan?" Chen Yang asked in a fearful voice, stepping away from Mu Yuehan.


    "Smart question." Mu Yuehan beamed and pulled out his identity, showing it on the face of Chen Yang. "Now you believe me. Go and do what I said, and dare of you if you take my name."


    Chen Yang nodded his head like a scared kitten. He ran away from the bathroom without looking back. Mu Yuehan smiled with satisfaction that his n was a sess.


    He was not able to threaten Chen Yang in the presence of Zhou Liying. So, he nned to lure him out. He paid the waiter and asked him to drop the wine on the trousers of Chen Yang.


    And see, his n worked.

 Chapter 183 You?

    With a deep frown, Zhou Liying looked at Chen Yang. He abruptly entered the private room, as if he had seen some ghost. His shirt was not pressed properly like before, his hairs were all messy and his face was slightly paler.


    "I am sorry Miss Zhou. But I can''t marry you. My father just called. He was angry upon knowing that I am on a date to make a marriage arrangement. For him, I am still young to marry. I need to leave. It''s my study time."


    He bowed to Zhou Liying. Before Zhou Liying could say anything or could understand what happened in thest ten minutes that changed his mind, he was gone like the wind.


    ''Why did his father change his mind? In the morning, he was quite excited to marry his son off to me?'' Zhou Liying frowned.


    She did not doubt Mu Yuehan because she still was not aware of his true identity.


    **


    Mu Yuehan was making his way toward the private room of Zhou Liying.


    So what if her date left, he was still here, and he could have dinner with her. With the determination to shamelessly tease her, he walked toward the private room. But before he could enter in, he received a call from Mu TianYu.


    "Brother, are you free right now?" he heard the voice of Mu TianYu from the other side of the phone.


    "No, why do you ask?"


    "I want you toe on a double date with me. I am out here for a date. Unfortunately, my date has brought her sister with her. Can youe to entertain her sister? I like this girl." Mu TianYu begged desperately.


    "No time for that. I am to marry your sister-inw before she marries someone else." With that said, he ended the call. With huge steps, he made his way toward the private room.


    He entered the room to find it empty. When Chen Yang left, Zhou Liying too left without wasting any second.


    Mu Yuehan took a deep breath and shook his head. ''It is the time for me to put my next n into action.'' He thought to himself and grinned widely.


    He whistled happily and left the restaurant.


    **


    "What is going on in brother''s life?" Mu TianYu thought once Mu Yuehan hang up the call on him.


    He knew his brother was trying to pursue the love of his life and he felt curious as to what he was doing to pursue her.


    He was surprised to know that his brother took a break from thepany, to follow after Zhou Liying. He was more shocked when Mu Yuehan came back to thepany without his sister-inw.


    Mu TianYu was eager to know what was going on in the mind of his brother. He was also eager to see his sister-inw, to know her identity. He inquired with Li Tao and Zhan Wei about the same but they were tight-lipped, the same was the case with his guards.


    "So, what did your brother say? Is heing or not?" his date asked him.


    Mu TianYu sighed. "Sorry to disappoint you girls. He is noting. He is busy wooing his girl. But don''t worry, I am here. I will entertain you both." He gave them his charismatic smile.<sub> </sub>


    "Who wants to date you then?" to his surprise, his date and her sister stood up from their seats. "Ie here only because I thought you will be able to get Mu Yuehan to join us. But who knew, I don''t have the luck to have a date with him."


    "What do you mean? Were you using me to see my brother?" Mu TianYu asked, feeling hurt and dumbfounded at the same time.


    "Who wants to date with you?" his date spoke arrogantly and he red at her.


    "There are hundreds of girls dying to date me. It was my bad luck that I thought of dating you. You just lost a big chance. You forget I am the second young master of the Mu family." Mu TianYu angrily barked behind the girls and left the restaurant room before the girls.


    Mu TianYu was feeling angry and frustrated at the same time. He could not believe he was used by two sisters who wanted to meet Mu Yuehan. He liked this model and asked her out for a date. He nned to make her his valentine and take her on a trip. It was her bad luck!


    Mu TianYu angrily grumbled under his breath. He felt lucky that Mu Yuehan denied joining him. By this, he got to see her real face.


    Feeling anguished, Mu TianYu decided to visit his regr bar. He wanted to find a girl to spend his night with. He wanted to have drunk lovemaking with someone and then when they werepletely lost, he wanted to have a drunk talk with that someone.


    He wanted to pour out his anguish to a stranger, like usual.


    He arrived at the bar and ran his eyes all around, in search of some girl. He groaned when he saw many girls but they all were with their partners.


    Valentine effect!


    He walked deeper into the bar, and that was when his eyes caught sight of a lone figure sitting in a corner. He smirked and walked toward her.


    She was wearing a skin-fitting one-shoulder ck dress, which reached till her knees. He could see her figure from her dress which made her appealing.


    She was short, he noticed.


    Her short hairs were tied up in a high ponytail. He was able to see her white and creamy neck, which was again alluring him.


    He for sure would love to bed her, maybe tonight itself, only if she agreed.


    He took a seat beside her and signalled to the bartender.


    He was a usual visitor to the bar, so the bartender understood his signals. He served him two sses of the best drinks in their bar.


    Mu TianYu smirked and passed the ss to thedy seated beside him. "Care to share a ss of wine with me?" his voiceced with sex appeal.


    Thedy turned and they both looked at each other with wide eyes.


    "You."


    "You."

 Chapter 184 A Card For Her.

    "Take me to a gift shop." Mu Yuehan ordered Li Tao once he was seated in his car. Without questioning, Li Tao drove the car toward the biggest gift shop in the city, the shop which was now owned by Zhou Liying.


    He entered the shop and started to search for a card. A salesgirl was immediately there for his help. She blushed when she saw such a handsome man in her shop. She then became jealous thinking of the girl for whom he wanted to buy the card.


    "Mister, what kind of card do you need?" she asked. "Due to valentine''s week, our shop is filled with many varieties of cards. What kind of card do you need?"


    "I want to buy a simple card. I don''t want to sound too excited." Mu Yuehan exined the type of card he needed. "But at the same time, I want the card to be expensive. I don''t want my girl to call it a cheap card."


    "We have this type of card." Salesgirl beamed. "We have cards with gold work on them. Do you want me to show them to you?"


    "Yes please." Eagerly, Mu Yuehan followed after the girl and selected the card that he was going to give to his girl.


    The card had a wooden work on it which was ted with gold. The card was simple, nothing fancy but it spoke money and ss.


    "I am purchasing this card."


    **


    "You." Min Yue looked at the man who was offering a drink to her with wide eyes. She clearly remembered him. He was the same arrogant man with whom she collided after donating her blood.


    He was arrogant at that time, today also he was being an as*, wasn''t that why he was offering a drink to apute stranger? Anger burned her when she looked at him.


    With surprise, Mu TianYu looked at Min Yue.


    How could he forget about her?


    He collided with her when he was on his way to meet his mother. He was in a rough mood on that day, and that was why he got angry at her and talked rudely to her, otherwise, how could he get angry at such a beauty?


    He regretted his action the moment she left his eyesight, especially when he saw her body sway when she entered the car. Instead of being a jerk when talking to her, he should have helped her out like the gentleman he was.


    "Please ept this drink as an apology for my behaviour from thest time." Mu TianYu apologised, feeling charmed by the beauty sitting in front of him.


    "No, thank you." Min Yue rudely rejected his offer and turned her face to the other side. She was silently enjoying her drink while cursing Zhou Liying and her brother who forced her toe here to the bar.


    Min Yue was happily doing her work in the office when Zhou Liying called her in her office. Zhou Liying stood up from her seat and walked toward her, looking at her with concern. She ced her hand on her shoulder.<sub> </sub>


    "Min Yue, why don''t you go on a date? You are twenty-seven, if not now, when do you n to have a boyfriend?" Zhou Liying asked with concern. "Your brother just called me. He is very concerned that you still don''t have any boyfriend."


    "Miss, you know I don''t have time to date." Min Yue quickly made an excuse.


    "Stop lying to me." Zhou Liying scoffed. "Find yourself a boyfriend, otherwise your brother or I will need to search for one for you. You know that you are like a friend to me and I will not like for you to stay a bachelor for the whole of your life." Zhou Liying spoke in a soft voice but there was a clear threat in her voice which made Min Yue nod her head.


    Later in the evening, she received a call from her brother that he wanted to see his brother-inw beside her. Otherwise, he was all ready to set her on a blind date.


    Going on a blind date set by her brother was the worst dream for Min Yue. That was why unwillingly she thought of searching for a boyfriend. From Zhou Liying, she knew most of the rtionships were built in a club or bar, so here she was, in search of a boyfriend.


    The dress she wore was also not her purchase. It was gifted by Zhou Liying on herst birthday. Zhou Liying had ushered her to the bar at that time but Min Yue had rejected her.


    "Hey don''t be so rude." Mu TianYu chided, feeling offended by her clear-cut rejection. Wounds from his earlier rejection were still green. "By the way, where is your date?"


    "I don''t talk with strangers, so please excuse me." Min Yue narrowed her eyes at him and drank her wine. Mu TianYu too drank his wine and looked at her. Seeing the way, she drank wine, he knew she was a newbie.


    Or the way she was nervously looking around, he knew it was probably her first time in a club all alone.


    "You know, it lowers the burden on your shoulders if you talk with a stranger over a ss of wine." Mu TianYu pointed out. "Now tell me, what are you doing here, all alone, during valentine''s week? Don''t you have a boyfriend?"


    Min Yue ignored him and took a few more sips of her wine. She was not habitual of drinking, so after two sses of wine, she was feeling quite light. She also started to like thepany of this annoying fool, bugging her with his questions.


    "I will answer you. But first, you tell me, what are you doing here all alone? I am sure you have a long line of girls after you." Min Yue asked and turned toward him. She swirled the wine in her ss and ced her other hand on the bar counter. She looked drunk.


    "I was on a date. But I got dumped." Mu TianYu replied honestly.


    "Dumped?" Min Yue looked at him with wide eyes. Her eyes were extrarge today because of drinking.


    She looked at Mu TianYu from up to down, not believing that he was dumped, especially when she remembered how confident he was about his high-ss identity in the hospital.


    The lips of Mu TianYu tilted up in a bitter smile, reading the meaning in her eyes. He gulped down a vodka shot in one sip, recollecting the bitter memories of his past.

 Chapter 185 His Past.

    Mu TianYu''s biological father was not very rich. He was a clerk working under Mu corporation. After his father''s death, his family suffered for three years. He still remembered getting bullied at his school by his ssmates.


    They teased him because he didn''t have a father. He did not have money. Although his maternal uncle was rich but he denied helping his mother. His mother was struggling hard to earn but it was not enough for the upbringing of two growing kids.


    He rarely had any friends. He was not handsome like the present to gain any attention. His only plus was that he was good at his studies and he was hardworking. He wanted to do something but the mocking of others was not helping him.


    He was ten when Han Chunhua married into the Mu family. His world flipped when Mu Jichen adopted him, giving him the name Mu. Scared and shied because of his past, he thought he''d be again bullied by Mu Yuehan. So, he stayed away from him all the time, all alone in his world.


    Mu Jichen provided him with all the luxuries of which he didn''t even dare to dream in his sleep. He was given his room and provided with new clothes. He was given all the electronic appliances avable at that time. He had his personalputer, which was a luxury of that time.


    He was liking this new environment but it scared him too. He was scared of identally dropping any luxurious vase or any other luxurious thing. He was afraid of getting scolded by others because he didn''t know how to behave or act like riches.


    When Mu TianYu was admitted to the school of Mu Yuehan, the best school in the city, the school which was of quite a high level than hisst school, he fell into depression.


    He realised that the students in the school were extraordinarily smart. Mu TianYu was smart in his old school but here he was nothing inparison to the kids who were smartly nurtured by their parents, who took many other extra curriculum sses while doing their schooling.


    Unfortunate for him, he was in the same ss as Mu Yuehan. The age gap in both was of mare months. So, they were in the same ss and again, he became a target of bullies.


    His ssmates called him a charity case. He was teased for being extra fat and was called fatty. Literally, no one was ready to talk to him. For them, he was a poor kid, studying with them only because his mother seduced a rich man.


    From time to time, he waspared with Mu Yuehan. He toopared himself with Mu Yuehan who was smart, tall and handsome. He was a perfectionist. Not only that but he was always surrounded by his ssmates. It was like, they worshipped him.


    Mu Yuehan tried many times to build a rtionship with him, after all, they were brothers now. But Mu TianYu always rejected him with bitterness. He felt jealous of Mu Yuehan and what he got with his birth.


    He was in the seventh standard when he had a crush on a girl in their ss. He confessed to her and desired to be her friend and seat partner. He did all this with a lot of courage. He was all ready for her rejection.


    But the girl not only rejected him, but she also made fun of him in front of the whole of his ss.<sub> </sub>


    "Listen, everyone, this fatty wants to be my friend. Doesn''t he watch himself in the mirror? Why will I be his friend?" she mocked him, and to add salt to his wound, she added. "Hey fatty, you should go and learn something from Mu Yuehan. He is such a charmer, but you, you are a zero in front of him."


    "Zero, Zero, Zero..."


    He still remembered how his ss teased him and called him Zero. He broke down that day. He ran away from school in depression. It was his guards who found him and brought him home.


    And that was the day, Mu Yuehan realised why Mu TianYu was so bitter toward him.


    It was not easy for a ten-year-old Mu Yuehan to ept the new addition to his family but he did. He was happy to have a brother of the same age as his. He already nned to add him to his group of friends. He was equally excited to have a six-year-old little sister who called him gege.


    He tried his best to break into the shell of Mu TianYu, to make him his brother and friend but Mu TianYu was bitter with him, always. He tried to scold his ssmates for making fun of his brother but again, Mu TianYu stopped him.


    After trying for some time, Mu Yuehan stopped trying to befriend Mu TianYu. It was not until he heard his ssmates openly making fun of Mu TianYu, heard that he ran away from the school, or saw him sobbing in the arms of Han Chunhua.


    "Mom, why did you marry dad? You don''t know how everyone makes fun of me because of that. Every time, theypare me with Mu Yuehan. He is so good but I am not. It is not my fault."


    Twelve-year-old, Mu Yuehan had just returned from his basketball ss when he identally heard the sobbing of Mu TianYu. Curious, he leaned against the door to eavesdrop.


    "Everyone makes fun of me because I am not tall and smart as him. Everyone calls me fatty. I don''t want this. I don''t want to study in this school. I don''t want to stay in this house. Let''s go back to our old house."


    Mu Yuehan was always sensible. He understood the suffering of his brother. He also scolded himself for being always negligent to his brother.


    From that day, he decided he was going to help Mu TianYu, he was going to make his brother his equal. He always knew he was going to take over Mu corporation one day and he nned to make Mu TianYu, his right-hand man.

 Chapter 186 Needed Support.

    Mu Yuehan started to divert his time to Mu TianYu. He spent most of his time in the room of Mu TianYu much to his displeasure.


    Mu TianYu hated it when Mu Yuehan like a boss barged into his room, iming it to be his house. What Mu TianYu hated more was how Mu Yuehan stubbornly pulled him with himself in all his activities, much against his will.


    Be it ssroom activities, or birthday parties of his friends, Mu Yuehan tagged Mu TianYu everywhere. Mu Yuehan introduced Zhan Wei to him and from then, Zhan Wei and Mu Yuehan both were stuck to him like mas.


    Mu Yuehan strictly made it clear in the ss that if someone wanted to befriend him then he or she needed to respect Mu TianYu. He warned them worse if he saw anyone bullying his brother.


    There was a time when a few boys made fun of Mu TianYu. For his brother, Mu Yuehan fought with the boys, leaving Mu TianYu in awe.


    Slowly and steadily, Mu Yuehan with his brotherly love was able to pull out Mu TianYu from his depression. Although Mu TianYu was still alwayspared with Mu Yuehan, he realised, he could neverpare himself with Mu Yuehan who was such a good soul.


    Soon enough, the bitterness in the heart of Mu TianYu vanished and he started to respect Mu Yuehan as his big brother. Although his mother''s side of the family tried to brainwash him against Mu Yuehan, he knew, Mu Yuehan was good at his heart.


    Otherwise, why would he have pulled him out of his depressing state, even if that meant missing some of his sses?


    Due to the pursuit of Mu Yuehan, Mu TianYu joined many sses, to improve himself. He started to realise his real potential and all because of Mu Yuehan.


    Even though, till the ss tenth, he did not have any friends except for Zhan Wei or Mu Yuehan, he didn''t mind it. Students still made fun of him behind his back, or girls still ignored him but he did not care about it, and he learnt the same from Mu Yuehan.


    He still remembered, that there was a girl, the daughter of his father''s friend and also his ssmate. He liked her when they were in the tenth standard. She was smart, so Mu Yuehan too liked herpany. But he shooed his feelings away and coaxed Mu TianYu to propose to the girl.


    "Come on, you like her. There is no harm in proposing to her." Mu Yuehan like usual threw his arm around the shoulder of Mu TianYu.


    "But she will reject me. She is so beautiful and here I am, fatty." Mu TianYu pouted and Mu Yuehan red at him.


    "Didn''t I warn you to not call yourself fatty?" he then pinched his cheeks. "You are cute and I like it. I am sure, Jiang JingYue too likes you. Haven''t you seen the way she looks at you, or how she tries to talk with you?"


    "Yuehan is right. She likes you. Go propose to her, tell your feelings to her." Zhan Wei also ushered him to confess to Jiang JingYue about his feelings.


    Zhan Wei and Mu Yuehan were hidden behind a tree when Mu TianYu proposed to Jiang JingYue.


    "I like you. Will you like to go to the farewell party as my partner?" Mu TianYu asked her nervously. He was blushing profoundly. His heart was beating fast with nervousness.


    "Ha, Ha, Ha, who gave you the guts to be my partner in the farewell party?" Jiang JingYue chuckled.<sub> </sub>


    "Don''t you like me?" Mu TianYu frowned. "If you don''t like me then why do you spend your time in mypany?" Mu TianYu yelled feeling offended by herughter and chuckle.


    "I spend time with you to get close with Mu Yuehan, get it. I was only using you. Otherwise, who wants to be with a fatty like you? You have nothing, you are not rich." Saying this, Jiang JingYue left a broken Mu TianYu alone.


    That was the first time he was used by someone to get close to Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan who was standing behind the tree fumed when he heard the words of Jiang JingYue. He felt angry for his brother. He rushed toward Mu TianYu and hugged him tightly, consoling him.


    On the farewell day, Mu Yuehan and Mu TianYu together arrived at the party. Mu TianYu was not ready to attend the party but Mu Yuehan stubbornly tagged him alone.


    "A good show is going to take ce at the party and I want you to see it."


    At the party, Jiang JingYue confessed her feelings to Mu Yuehan and Mu Yuehan, being Mu Yuehan dumped a ss of c on her head. He made fun of her looks and in front of her eyes, asked for a dance from her enemy.


    It was a solid insult to Jiang JingYue in front of the whole ss. It satisfied Mu TianYu a lot but it also gave him a lesson.


    After giving the exams of the tenth standard, for three months, Mu TianYu was sent for military training. That training did a lot for him. It reduced his weight; he grew tall and helped hime out as a man.


    After the training, he was no longer a bulky boy but a handsome hunk.


    For the next standard, he decided to travel to school on his sport bike. His new personality gave him that confidence.


    He still remembered the first day of the next standard, the girls who used to ignore him started to unt him upon seeing his handsomeness and his bike which was one of the most expensive models.


    He became bitter toward the girls. He realised, they did not look into the heart of a person but their bank ounts and their good looks.


    From then on, he started to y with the girls, just the way they yed with his feelings all the time.


    When he was in college, he started part-time work in the Mu corporation as a lower-level employee, climbing the stairs of sess based on his hard work. He wanted to prove himself to and the others that what he was today was not because of the name Mu, but because of his own will.


    And all this while, Mu Yuehan always helped him like a mentor, guide, friend and big brother.

 Chapter 187 First Kiss!

    "Hey, where are you lost?" Min Yue clicked in front of a lost Mu TianYu.


    "Nowhere." He shook his head and passed her a ss of wine which she epted without a fight. "Now answer me, what are you doing here?"


    Min Yue looked at him with conflicted expressions, not knowing if she was ready to share about herself with a stranger.


    "As I have told you before, talking with a drunk stranger is quite good." Mu TianYu gave her his practised dazzling smile.


    Min Yue sighed and remembered that something like this was told to her by Zhou Liying too. Drinking made her light and talking to a stranger made her forget about her real-life troubles.


    "I am here to search for a man." Min Yue admitted.


    "Man?" he raised a brow. He caught a blush on her cheeks. A teasing smile appeared on his lips. "Are you a virgin?" her blush deepened. "Don''t tell me, you haven''t had your proper first kiss till now?"


    It was true Min Yue was a virgin. The thing was, she was scared of men in particr.


    When she worked in the restaurant before bing the assistant of Zhou Liying, she was not treated in a good way by customers. It was usual for them to p her ass or try to be inappropriate with her.


    The manager of her restaurant was a super jerk. He was the one who stole her first kiss and tried to molest her. Due to him and other customers, she never found the guts to trust another man in particte ever again.


    "So, tell me, Miss, what kind of man do you like?" Mu TianYu asked, changing the topic of their conversation.


    He was enjoying the drunk, intoxicated look in her eyes. Her blushing pink cheeks were looking no less than a red apple. Or her cherry-like pink lips were wet and very tempting to him.


    He felt familiar feelings building in him, a need to sleep with this beauty who was attracting him toward her like a bee was attracted to a flower.


    "What kind of man do I like?" Min Yue tilted her head, looking thoughtful. Mu TianYu smiled. Her hair came on her face. His hands itched to remove her hair from her face.


    "I want a man who can love me without any condition. I don''t care if he is rich or poor, fat or thin, I don''t care about anything until he gives ce to me in his heart. Make me his wife."


    The heart of Mu TianYu thumped hard in his chest and blood rose on his face. He felt alive upon hearing her description of the man. It was the first time; a girl was so careless if her man was rich or poor. He liked how she wanted a man who truly loved her and her only.


    "Tell me, what kind of girl do you like?" Min Yue asked. She tilted her head and emptied a vodka shot into her mouth. Mu TianYu gulped when he saw her long neck and it was wobbling when she drank her drink.<sub> </sub>


    "Just like you." He replied, feeling lost in her beauty. After so long, he felt truly attracted to someone.


    "Huh?" Min Yue looked at him with confusion.


    Mu TianYu shook his head and gave her a description of the girl he liked.


    Both kept talking with each other. Mu TianYu told her how he was eager to know about his brother''s girl and many other things where Min Yue shared with him, and how she was not liking how Zhou Liying was ignoring Mu Yuehan because she wanted to marry someone with money.


    Amide talking, they both did not realise but they both got close to each other and soon, Mu TianYu crushed his lips against hers. Her lips were warm and soft against his, just the way he imagined them to be.


    He took her waist in his hand and squeezed it. His hand started to move upward, taking measure of her body. He liked how her moulds fit perfectly in his hand.


    Min Yue felt sparks all over her body with his sudden kiss. His lips were rough and warm against hers. She could taste the alcohol on them. Her heart was fluttering hard in her chest with this sudden kiss.


    She moaned in delight, feeling his hands roaming all over her body. She felt foreign feelings building in her stomach and lower region which she never felt before. Those feelings felt good.


    "Beautiful, so beautiful." Mu TianYu broke the kiss and looked at her with lust-filled eyes and that was when Min Yue came out from her trace.


    She looked at Mu TianYu with wide eyes. She pushed him away. "You jerk, how dare of you to kiss me? I should have known that you wanted to take advantage of me." She roughly pushed him back.


    Min Yue abruptly stood up from the stool. She took her purse and pped the payment of the bartender of the bar. She red at Mu TianYu with anger in her eyes, "It was my biggest mistake to talk with you."


    She roughly rubbed her lips, as if disgusted and left the club.


    Mu TianYu looked at her figure and a smile appeared on his lips. He ced his hand over his lips which were still tinging slightly. It was one of the best kisses in his life and he knew, soon, he''d be craving for more kisses from her.


    "One big ss of strongest whiskey." He ordered the bartender because he wanted to get drunk, to forget about the beauty who was able to move his heart slightly.


    Frustrated, Min Yue walked out of the club. It was a high-profile club with a cab service. So it did not take her long to find a cab. She entered the cab and gave the driver her address.


    She cursed out loud and looked out from the window, cursing the jerk who was like all other men, talking with her, only because he wanted to bed her.

 Chapter 188 I Am Alright.

    "What happened?" Zhou Liying looked at Min Yue with concern.


    Min Yue was slightly irritated today. Her hand was ced over her forehead. She looked ill.


    "Hangover." Min Yue groaned. "Last night, I visited a bar in the hope to find a man but it was a flopped attempt."


    Zhou Liying shook her head when she heard her. "It''s valentine''s week, so it''s not easy to find a man in a bar. Join some dating site or social media to find a man." Zhou Liying pointed out. "Now go back to your apartment and have a rest. I am giving you a leave today."


    "No, please no. I have taken aspirin. I will be alright in a few minutes."


    Zhou Liying nodded and walked toward the elevator. Min Yue followed behind her.


    Min Yue was not ready to stay back in the apartment. She knew ghosts of her past were going to taunt her if she stayed in her apartment, all alone. It was better to go to herpany and do some work to divert her mind from her brutal past.


    **


    Min Yue was doing some work when she received a call from the front desk. She answered the call.


    "Miss Min, someone named Mister Zhan Wei is here from Mu corporations. Should I send him up?" the receptionist informed. Min Yue''s eyes widened.


    She knew who Zhan Wei was. Wasn''t he the vice president of Mu corporations? "Wait a minute."


    She quickly inte Zhou Liying and informed her about Zhan Wei. "Miss, should I let him up in your office?" she asked with concern.


    "Bring him up in my office with due respect."


    Min Yue then repeated the order of Zhou Liying to the receptionist and with respect, Zhan Wei was directed toward the office of Zhou Liying.


    "Mister Zhan, I am sorry for making you wait downstairs. But it''s ourpany''s policy to not let anyone in the office of miss without her persimmon." Min Yue apologised with a bowed head.


    "I understand." Zhan Wei dismissed her apology. "I am sure, if Miss Zhou was toe to our office, she too would be stopped at the reception, without any care of her identity. I know these business protocols."


    Min Yue smiled at him and opened the cabin door for him. Zhan Wei entered the office of Zhou Liying and greeted her. On getting permission, he took his seat.


    He looked around at the office of Zhou Liying with awe. It was so simr to the office of Mu Yuehan. He must say, both of them had simr tastes, especially the one of having a window overlooking the city.


    "Mister Zhan, I wee you to mypany." Zhou Liying looked at him with a diplomatic smile. Her eyes were sharp and shrewd, trying to determine the reason for his uninformed arrival.


    "Miss Zhou, I am d to see you again." Zhan Wei nodded. He again felt a squeeze in his heart when he saw her. She looked at him with doubts, as if looking at a stranger and it did not sit well with him.


    He could only imagine the suffering of Mu Yuehan whom she denied to recognise even a bite. If Zhan Wei was feeling so bad that she did not recognise him then what about Mu Yuehan?<sub> </sub>


    "You are here for?" Zhou Liying asked, seeing him lost in his thoughts.


    "Oh." Zhan Wei came out from his thoughts. He shook his head. He passed an enveloped card to her. "Mu Yuehan sent this card for you. I am here to deliver it."


    Zhou Liying epted the card and looked at him with a raised brow. "You came here especially to deliver this card? The Vice president is here to deliver a card. I am obliged." A mocking smirk appeared on her lips. "I hope your boss is back."


    She was still slightly angry that Mu Yuehan had sent his standing person to meet her, to fool her. She was angry at Zhan Wei who dared to dupe her. And Zhan Wei was clear about her anger.


    "Miss Zhou, I have already asked for your forgiveness for thest time, and I will ask for it again." Zhan Wei sincerely apologised. "Can we not scratch that incident, please?"


    Zhou Liying agreed and nodded her head. The vice president was apologising and requesting. It would not look good on her part if she still did not forgive him and showed her positive attitude.


    "I forgive you, finally." She sighed and opened the envelope, removing the card.


    "This card is especially sent by Mu Yuehan. He sent me here to make you believe that it''s written by him, in his own free will. Someone is not ying a joke on you." Zhan Wei informed sincerely.


    Zhou Liying gave him a stiff nod and pulled out the card. The card was simple and elegant with golden work on it, she knew was pure.


    She opened the card and came across the cursive handwriting of Mu Yuehan. So far, Mu Yuehan got all the notes written for her by someone else so Zhou Liying was not aware of the handwriting of Mu Yuehan.


    Zhou Liying started to read the letter:


    ''Dear Zhou Liying


    I know you are angry with me and I can understand your reason. But please understand, I am a human and I need some vacation. Forgive me for my mistake of not being able to give my time to you.''


    The tone of the words was dripped with honesty and sincerity. It made Zhou Liying raise her brow. She did not expect the big mighty Mu Yuehan to apologise to her. She continued reading:


    ''I heard, you are searching for a bachelor man to marry you. Why did you not think of me? Don''t you think I am the most perfect man to marry you? We both know we will be a great couple. A power couple!


    We together can do so much. We can take ourpanies to a great height and can eventually fall in love.


    You did not invite me to date you, but I, Mu Yuehan is inviting you to be my valentine, my date. On thirteenth February, my jet will be waiting for you at the air pad, at sharp seven in the evening, to bring you to the ce of our date.


    If you are ready to give me a chance, to be my date, to talk with me about our future, then tell about the same to Zhan Wei.


    Yours truly


    Mu Yuehan.''

 Chapter 189 Liking Toward Her.

    Zhou Liying was unable to grasp the words of the letter. From what she have heard; Mu Yuehan was heartless. He did not want to marry anyone. He was cold toward girls. He never dated anyone, like never. He was never seen at some party or anywhere with a girl.


    But then, why was he proposing to her for a date? Was he seriously considering marrying her? It looked like this from the letter.


    "Trust me, Miss Zhou. What is written on the card is his true feelings." Zhan Wei said, reading the expression on her face. "He never liked thepany of a girl because maybe he was waiting for someone like you. I think you should give him a chance."


    Truthfully, Mu Yuehan was on the top of her bachelor''s list and why not, she knew about his capabilities. With his capabilities, he was able to take Mu corporations to new heights.


    But then she cut his name. She had heard about him and she did not think he''d agree to marry her but here it was, his proposal in her hands.


    Was she going to reject going on a date with him?


    Why would she?


    She''d see if she wanted to marry him or not. But for now, this card was her key to meet this mysterious person in person. She wanted to meet Mu Yuehan.


    She had read so many articles about him, read his many reviews. She was impressed with his wisdom and tactfulness. She was eager to meet him and this was her chance. She wanted to know how he looked. Was he a handsome devil as said by others?


    "So?"


    "Zhan Wei, tell Mu Yuehan that I will be there." Zhou Liying slyly smiled at him. "Also warn him, if he dared to y with me again, then I will not leave him with ease. He does not know who I am."


    "Don''t worry Miss Zhou. You will meet real Mu Yuehan only. He is personally looking after this date. You will not regret going on a date with him." Zhan Wei stood up from his seat. "I will see you on the thirteenth at the airport."


    Zhou Liying acknowledged Zhan Wei and sent him off. She was feeling quite curious about this proposal. She was eager to know what kind of person Mu Yuehan was.


    **


    "Miss, you are going on a date with Mu Yuehan, seriously?" Min Yue felt irritated when Zhou Liying invited her into her room and informed her that she was going on a date with Mu Yuehan.<sub> </sub>


    "Have you not heard that he is a cold-hearted man? How can you get ready to meet him? Will you ignore your feelings for HanHan because of Mu Yuehan?"


    "Min Yue. You are crossing your limits here." Zhou Liying red at her assistant and walked toward her. "I know you are concerned about me. But don''t forget what I told you on the first day of the job, I am working only to protect myself. It is money and power which makes a person secure, not love. Don''t forget that."


    After giving her advice to Min Yue, Zhou Liying walked toward her closet, to see the clothes which she was going to take with her. She was aware that Mu Yuehan was going to date her somewhere out of the country.


    "I know HanHan likes me, but for how long? One day or another, he will stop loving me upon seeing my cruel side. Then what?" Zhou Liying looked at her with a pointed look. "Also, we cannot forget the threats and risks linked to my life. Hanhan can''t keep me safe."


    "But Mu Yuehan can, with his military powers. I don''t care if he loves me or not, but with him, there will be a promise that he will not leave me because we both will be gaining from this marriage. He will give me security that he will not leave me easily but there is no security with Hanhan."


    "You with your own eyes have seen how families break apart when love ends in between them, but marriages based on business and money stay for long."


    Min Yue never liked this point of view of Zhou Liying but she knew she was right. When thinking logically, a marriage could not work based only on love, money was also a requirement.


    ?


    She saw her parents. Her mother was from a rich family. She left her everything to her father who was her driver. Soon, love ended between them and their family fall apart.


    Her mother died of jealousy toward her sister who married another businessman as per their father''s arrangement and how her sister was living a luxurious life, with the love of her husband.


    Zhou Liying sighed and pulled out a dress. "Hanhan is good and all. But do you think he will be able to always protect me from my enemies? Forgot that, do you think he will be able to bear that his wife is richer than him? I have noticed that he is an egoistic man and one day or another, his ego is bound toe in between us if I marry him."


    "I want a strong marriage Min Yue, where I know that my husband will return home at the end of the day. Not one where I am scared as to when my husband will divorce me because he no longer loves me, or he feels I dominate him."


    Zhou Liying ced the dress in front of her and looked at herself in the mirror. "Now stop standing there like a statue. Help me find a dress for my date." She nudged her. "Don''t worry, I will not marry Mu Yuehan if I found him over dominating. I am going on a date only to see him and analyse his power. Now cheer up."


    Min Yue nodded and started to help Zhou Liying in selecting some clothes which she could take with her.

 Chapter 190 Going To Vegas.

    "Min Yue, I will not need your service for the next two days. Why don''t you go and visit your brother?" Zhou Liying suggested and zipped her travelling bag.


    "I cannot." Min Yue rubbed her nose, feeling repulsed. "He is going on a date on valentine''s. My arrival will be highly unwee."


    "See, even your little brother is going on a date. When will you open up to your life?" Zhou Liying teased and chuckled.


    "Let me see, how will this dress look on you." Zhou Liying retrieved a dress from her cupboard and ced it in front of Min Yue.


    "What are you doing miss?" Min Yue jumped back with horror in her eyes.


    "Giving you one of my dresses, wearing which you will be going on a date on valentine." Zhou Liying ced back the dress and pulled out another hanger with a dress. "Many handsome subordinates are working under you. Don''t you find anyone of them attractive? Go and ask one of them for a date on valentine''s. I am sure, no one will dare to reject you."


    Zhou Liying searched around in her closet and finally found the best dress for Min Yue. "Here you go. I am sure this dress will suit you. Wear this and rock your valentine''s day."


    Min Yue looked at Zhou Liying with a flustered expression. It was not going to be easy for her to find a man for valentine''s and to go on a date.


    "If you don''t want to go with a couple then go single. But give yourself some break." Zhou Liying passed her, her VIP cards of the restaurants. "I will need all details. Enjoy your life for once."


    Min Yue epted the cards and the dress. She looked at Zhou Liying and felt thankful. She did not know why people called her arrogant and heartless when she was so caring toward her.


    Min Yue knew Zhou Liying was worried for her future and her wellbeing. Hence, she was pushing her for dates.


    **


    "What do you mean by you cannot find any detail about Qin Tian?" Fan Yifeng yelled over the phone feeling outrageous. "It has been more than four weeks but still you are not able to find any single detail about her! Worthless shit!"


    He cursed at his private investigator. He was feeling utterly frustrated at the failure of his private investigators. He wanted to know about the past of Qin Tian. What was she doing after leaving Shanghai? Moreover, he wanted to stop her from marrying someone, to im her portion of the inheritance from her grandpa.


    Something bugged him when he saw her at the funeral and saw her wearing the ck ne. He knew what it was and how costly it was. So, he was eager to know how she got it.


    Her attitude at the funeral added sparks to his curiosity. He sent his investigators to London as confessed by her that she was living in London, but again, he got failure.


    "Alright, I got it that you did not find any record of Qin Tian in London but what about her records in Shanghai? Where is she living right now? What is she doing for earning? What is her progress in finding a life partner?" he fired questions one after another.


    Fan Yifeng wanted to spy on Qin Tian to know what she was doing. Also, he wanted to stop all her steps from finding a husband. He wanted to buy all the properties in bidding, which were left by Qin Yanze in her name.


    "As I have informed you before, there is no record about her. It''s like she never returned to Shanghai. I checked the list of residing citizens but the result I got is nada." His PI informed him in a fearful voice. "I tried to follow her when she left the hotel but she vanished from my sight. After that, I did not see her again."<sub> </sub>


    "I don''t need any excuse. Search about her as soon as possible. Ten days are already gone. Don''t know what she is doing right now. I can''t let her have all the properties. If she did, then no one will be worse than me for you. Remember that." He threatened and ended the call. He angrily ced his phone on the table and took a long furious breath.


    "What happened? Did you find anything about her?" Qin Yutong asked and ced her hand on the shoulder of Fan Yifeng, looking concerned.


    "Nopes, there is no record about her." Fan Yifeng sighed and ced his hand on hers. He gently pulled her on hisp. "Don''t worry, the beach house in Hawaii will be all yours. I don''t think Qin Tian will find anyone to marry, especially because of three years condition. I know her personality."


    Fan Yifeng smiled and ced his hand over her stomach. He closed his eyes, thinking about his future with her and his baby. "How was the cake tasting?"


    "Great." Qin Yutong beamed and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I and baby felt so happy when tasting different varieties of cake."


    Fan Yifeng chuckled and pocked her nose, finding her cute. "So, when is your next appointment with the doctor? I want toe with you. I am eager to see our baby." He spoke with fatherly love.


    Qin Yutong flinched when she heard him but she immediately covered her expression. "Day after tomorrow. Then you can meet our baby."


    Fan Yifeng grinned happily and crashed his lips against hers, "I love you so much."


    Qin Yutong smiled against his lips, mentally making a note to call the doctor, to prepare everything to fool him.


    **


    On the evening of the thirteenth


    At sharp seven, Zhou Liying arrived at the air pad where the private jet of Mu corporation was waiting for her.


    Aiden and a few of her guards were following after her. Zhou Liying was not taking her full team with herself because she knew the guards of Mu Yuehan were there to protect her.


    "Good evening, Miss Zhou." Zhan Wei bowed to her. "I will be apanying you on the jet."


    "Isn''t Mu Yuehaning with us?" Zhou Liying inquired and tightened her coat around herself, feeling cold in this chilly weather.


    "No, he is not because he has already left. I am sure, in the meantime, he is preparing everything for the date. After all, he is dating for the first time and he wants everything to be in ce." Zhan Wei chuckled.


    He bowed slightly and directed Zhou Liying toward the jet. "Please enter in, Miss Zhou. Everything is all set. We are ready to take off once you and your team is settled."


    Zhou Liying nodded and climbed inside the jet.

 Chapter 191 What Tomorrow Hold For Her!

    Once inside, she removed her coat and passed it to Aiden. She looked around at the jet of Mu Yuehan with interest.


    She must say, even though her private jets were very expensive, even though she ensured that they were the best, but still, her jets fall a little below that of Mu''s private jet. And this made her slightly jealous of him.


    "Please have your seat."


    There were many sofas and couches ced in front of the jet. Zhou Liying took her seat on one of the sofas where her team sat on the couches right behind her. She picked up a business magazine ced in front of her and started to go through it, to pass her time.


    Zhan Wei talked with the captain, asking about all the preparations for their take-off. Once they were ready to fly, he returned to the sitting area and took his seat opposite Zhou Liying.


    "You sure, you are Vice President of Mu corporation?" Zhou Liying asked him and ced her magazine aside. "Because I don''t think so. For me, you look like the personal secretary of Mu Yuehan."


    "And why do you think so?" Zhan Wei asked and threw his head back on the sofa, looking at Zhou Liying with interest. He wanted to know what changes happened in her with her changed name and personality.


    "Isn''t the answer very simple? Instead of enjoying your valentine''s day, here you are, taking me to your boss, like his personal ve." Zhou Liyingmented and Zhan Wei chuckled.


    "It was my wish to apany you." He looked at her with a sincere expression. "I don''t do valentine''s day because the person I love does not love me back."


    Gloominess appeared in the eyes of Zhan Wei which was not hidden from Zhou Liying. "Yuehan did so much for me. So, I thought, why not help him find his love? I am an unlucky one with no love in my fate but at least I can help my friend with his love life."


    "You are talking as if Mu Yuehan is already in love with me where we haven''t even met before." She scoffed and shook her head.


    Zhan Wei gave her a secretive smile and called for an air hostess to serve Zhou Liying with some refreshers.


    "So, where are we going?" Zhou Liying inquired, feeling intrigued.


    "That is a secret." Zhan Wei chuckled slyly. "To know where we are going, you need to wait for our jet tond."


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes but did not probe him further.


    Their flight attendant arrived and served Zhou Liying some refreshers of her taste. She also took an order from her.


    "Please excuse me. I need to check up on something." Zhan Wei excused himself and stood up from his seat, making his way toward the cop.


    Once he was gone, Aiden came to his seat. He looked guarded. "Miss, do you think your decision of going to this unknown destination is correct?" he looked at her with concern.<sub> </sub>


    "I am doubting all this date n. We haven''t seen Mister Mu so far, nor they are telling us the location. What if it''s a ploy to harm you?"


    Zhou Liying looked at him with a fox-like smile. She too thought about the same. "Why are you here for? I brought you with me to protect me. Besides, I am taking this trip as an adventurous trip. I am eager to see what is waiting for me during it."


    Aiden sighed and nodded his head. He felt at ease upon knowing that Zhou Liying was fully alert and prepared if something went wrong.


    "Don''t worry. Return to your seat. Everything will be fine like all the time." Zhou Liying slightly removed her skirt from her thigh to show him her knife. It was a signal to him that she came all prepared in case she needed to protect herself.


    She was surrounded by the men of Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan who so far was her enemy, was a stranger. So, she came all prepared to protect herself if he tried to do any harm to her.


    Aiden returned to his seat and after some time, Zhan Wei was back. Dinner was served and Zhou Liying had it with full gusto.


    "Let me show you to the private room. You can have a rest there." Zhan Wei suggested.


    Zhou Liying nodded to him and stood up from her seat. She motioned to Aiden who too was on his feet with her travel bag in his hand.


    Zhan Wei directed them toward the narrow alley in the jet where private rooms were located. "Here is your room."


    Zhan Wei opened the door of the first private room for Zhou Liying. "You will find every supply in there. Call me or anyone if you need anything. I will be in the room adjacent to yours."


    Zhou Liying gave him a curt nod and entered the room. Aiden ced her travel bag on the floor and checked the room for safety purpose before leaving her alone. "I will be outside only. Call me if you need anything."


    Zhou Liying closed the door of her private room. She looked out from the jet window to see it dark. She then looked around at the interior of the room, again impressed.


    ''I will need to ask him the name of the corporation from where he purchased this private jet.''


    She opened her travel bag and took out her nightdress to change in. She had brought many wearables with her. She did not know for how many days she was going and where she was going. So, to be on the safe side, she brought many different type of clothes with her, to avoid any shortfall.


    She selected her clothes and made her way toward the bathroom. Again, she felt impressed upon seeing a shower and tub in the bathroom. If she was not tired then she was going to enjoy a dip in the bathtub at nearly thirty thousand feet height.


    After getting changed, she returned to her room and called it a night, feeling curious as to what tomorrow held for her.

 Chapter 192 Welcome To Vegas.

    "Wee to Las Vegas."


    Zhou Liying zipped her jacket and stepped out of the jet, feeling intruded that she was in Las Vegas, an illegal city.


    She always wanted to visit Las Vegas, in her early teens, when she was rowdy. She always wished to crash in Las Vegas and spend a drunk night here. She wanted to do all the bad things like getting drunk, road sex, gambling and many other things about which she read in novels or heard from other females in her circle.


    Once, she fantasised to visit Las Vegas, getting drunk, marrying a stranger and then having a love-filled night, before dumping the guy the next morning.


    Zhou Liying stepped out from the jet and again, a rowdy girl, an unruly side of her wasing out. If she knew she wasing here, then she''d have left a day before, to spend her carefree day in Vegas, doing what she always wanted to do.


    "Miss Zhou, our ride is waiting for us." Zhan Wei spoke, bringing a lost Zhou Liying out of her thoughts.


    She nodded and followed after him towards the awaited helicopter. She raised her brow and looked at Zhan Wei. He chuckled.


    "Yuehan wants everything on the date to be ssy and royal. This is our ride to the hotel."


    Zhou Liying felt giddy when she was in the helicopter. Familiar feelings started to build in her stomach and her heart became heavy. She felt as if she was not travelling in a helicopter for the first time for a date. She felt as if it had happened before, but when?


    She took a deep breath and shook her head. She did not want these disturbing feelings to spoil her mood. She was here in Vegas. She was going to enjoy her stay here. She was going to meet Mu Yuehan. Maybe they both could talk out about a marriage of convenience.


    Zhou Liying, Aiden and Zhan Wei sat in the same helicopter where the rest of her guards and guards of Mu Yuehan were toe on another helicopter.


    Amazed, Zhou Liying looked out from the helicopter window and at the city. She felt interested upon seeing therge buildings and other monuments of the city which she wished to explore. She also loved the purplish and orange colour of the city, which was clicked by her.


    ''This Mu Yuehan knows how to impress a girl.''


    She felt impressed with the way they were flying over the city and at the perfect hour of the day, during which she could enjoy the beauty of Las Vegas.


    Zhan Wei looked at her happy expressions and hooted loudly for his friend in his heart. Originally, Zhan Wei was against the n of Mu Yuehan to arrange a date in Vegas but upon seeing her smile, Zhan Wei must ept that Mu Yuehan knew what Zhou Liying liked the most.


    Their helicopter slowly descended over the top of one of the biggest hotel buildings in Las Vegas. Once the helicopter came to aplete halt, Zhou Liying stepped out from the helicopter.<sub> </sub>


    Again, she felt impressed upon seeing a line of guards and servants waiting for her. They were disying the power of Mu Yuehan and she felt impressed with it. She also wanted this same power. She was only a little behind from gaining it.


    She picked up a ss of virgin mojito, served to her. She took slow sips of it, feeling refreshed.


    "This hotel is fully guarded by the Mu guards. You don''t need to worry about your security." Zhan Wei informed. "The arrangement of the stay of your guards is done on the top floor of the hotel."


    The meaning of his words was clear. This hotel was Mu Yuehan''s territory and she was not allowed to take her guards with her.


    Zhou Liying looked at Zhan Wei with a conflicted expression. If she did not take her guards then it would mean ying with her security but if she asked Aiden to follow her everywhere then it would mean that she was insulting Mu Yuehan. She did not trust his security.


    "Don''t worry Miss. All the guards inside the hotel are the elite guards of Mu Yuehan. You will be all safe."


    Zhou Liying sighed and gave a signal to Aiden, asking him to stay back. She twisted her ring on her finger, telling him that she''d call him if she found something amiss.


    "This way."


    They entered the hotel and Zhan Wei directed her toward the elevator. Once they entered inside, Zhan Wei pushed a card into the keypad and typed some codes, taking her to the floor where her room was located.


    "You can get ready in the room. Your stuff will be here in a minute." Zhan Wei informed. "You have two hours to rest and change. Then I wille to retrieve you. There are some drinks, wine and choctes in the minibar, for you to enjoy."


    Zhou Liying nodded and entered the room. She looked at the room with awe. She walked further into the room and looked out from the wall-sized window.


    She looked at the dark blue-coloured sky which looked quite cool. Then she looked at the city covered in different coloured lights: yellow, blue, pink, purple, red, and many colours. She saw the Las Vegas strip and the famous fountain of the city.


    She must say, the view from her hotel room was beautiful. She was able to see the city with one glimpse. It also increased her urge to explore the city.


    She looked at the indoor pool in her hotel room. It was also covered in lights. It was calling for her to have a dip, with a ss of wine in her hands and cherry in between her lips and that was what she did.


    She had two hours in her hands before Zhan Wei was toe and take her to meet Mu Yuehan. So, she decided to spend that time swimming and drinking some wine in the pool, looking at the city of her dreams.

 Chapter 193 You! You! You?

    Mu Yuehan was impatiently tracing around in his room. He was nervous about what was going to happen within the next thirty minutes. He was just about to disclose his identity to Zhou Liying and it was scaring him.


    He did not want her to reject him, push him away the way she did four years back. He knew she was more logical and money-minded now, but he still was scared.


    They were on a date after four years and he wanted everything to be perfect, everything to be of her liking. He wanted to make her see that she''d not be at a loss if she married him.


    Mu Yuehan still clearly remembered, she always wanted to visit Las Vegas. It was her deep desire. She had once told him that she wanted to marry in Vegas. After their lovemaking, she confessed, she wanted to visit Vegas and spend a big fortune in gambling. She wanted to see the life in Vegas.


    That was why he brought her here. He wanted to fulfil one of her dreams.


    He had looked after every smallest detail of their date. In this hotel where they were staying, he had bought it because itsst owner denied booking the whole hotel only for him. It was one of the best hotels in the city.


    And the room where Zhou Liking was staying was the royal room, the best room anywhere in the city. If Zhou Liying noticed, the furniture in her room had gold and diamond carvings. And the view from her room''s balcony was the best view anyone could find in the city.


    Heart of Mu Yuehan was acting weird from the time Zhan Wei informed him that Zhou Liying arrived and was in her room, the room which was adjacent to his. His Lili was staying a wall across from him.


    Mu Yuehan was eager to leave his room and knock on the door of her room. He was eager to see her but was also scared of disclosing his identity to her. He was scared of her reaction.


    He had prepared everything for the date. The restaurant in the hotel was all decorated with heart-shaped balloons with lights in them. The menu had the best dishes which the hotel served.


    He invited her favourite band to y the music. Rose and jasmine perfumes were sprinkled in the restaurant room just as per the taste of Zhou Liying. The atmosphere of the room was quite romantic, yelling out about the feelings of Mu Yuehan.


    "It''s time." Mu Yuehan murmured to himself. He took a deep breath and left his room. He made his way toward the restaurant for thest and final check.


    **


    Zhou Liying was feeling slightly tipsy after drinking a few sses of wine. The wine ced in her room was of fine ss and delicious. After one sip, she urged to take more and more sips of wine and before she realised it, she finished two bottles of wine.


    The wine was strong and now, she was a little drunk, nothing to worry but she knew, she was going to have a hard time controlling herself.


    Zhou Liying wore her dress for the date. She did nude and natural makeup on her face. She curled her hair and ced them on her right shoulder. She wore the matching heels to her dress and left her room.


    Zhan Wei was already waiting for her.<sub> </sub>


    ''My friend, you are going to be blown away after seeing her beauty.'' He murmured to himself when he saw Zhou Liying giving a sex appeal in her dress. She was looking quite hot, he must say.


    Keeping his eyes away from Zhou Liying, Zhan Wei took her to the restaurant. All this while, Zhou Liying was carefully looking around for the guards and she felt impressed upon seeing that he had brought full force with himself.


    ''Does he always travel like this, with so many guards or are they here only to impress me?'' she thought to herself and stopped in front of the restaurant.


    "Please enter in. Yuehan will be there in a minute." Zhan Wei informed.


    Zhou Liying entered the restaurant room and was impressed will all the decorations. It was giving off a romantic atmosphere. Dimly lit heart-shaped balloons, the beautiful view of the city from the window, soft romantic music in the background and the mild fragrance of rose and jasmine in the air was making her dizzy.


    She felt intoxicated with the environment and now, she was eager to meet Mu Yuehan. She was feeling nervous and excited to meet him. She wanted to see, was he as handsome as imed by others.


    She wanted to see his charm and wanted to gather some pointers and knowledge from him. She wanted to make tonight a fruitful night. And now, she felt nervous.


    cing her ego aside, she must ept that Mu Yuehan was an idol in the business world. He could tremble the economy of the world with his one decision. Everyone wanted to contact him including her.


    The door of the restaurant room behind her opened. Her heart started to beat fast in anticipation. She was finally going to meet the business mogul.


    Mu Yuehan entered the restaurant room and took a deep breath. One of the most important moments of their life was going to take ce. He was going toe in front of Zhou Liying, as Mu Yuehan.


    He walked a few steps toward her and his breath got caught in his throat when he saw her back, her bareback!


    Zhou Liying was wearing a halter dress, with apletely nude back. Her dress reached the middle of her upper thigh. He could see her everything.


    He recognised this dress. This was the same dress she bought from Zhou Bingbing. At that time, he was feeling irritated that she had bought such a short dress but today, he felt lucky to see her in this dress.


    He took another deep breath and spoke, "Nice to meet you, Miss Zhou."


    Zhou Liying frowned when she heard a familiar voice. With surprise, she turned around and came face to face with Mu Yuehan. Her heart stopped beating in shock. "You?"

 Chapter 194 HanHan?

    Shocked, surprised, dumbfound, numbed and puzzled was what Zhou Liying was feeling at that moment. She felt as if she was in a dream, imagining HanHan to be Mu Yuehan.


    But the panty-dropping smile on his lips, the smile she loved the most told her otherwise. The man in front of her was her ex-driver cum bodyguard, he was none other than Mu Yuehan.


    She was looking forward to meeting Mu Yuehan,pletely unaware that he was always with her, all this time.


    Zhou Liying looked at Mu Yuehan. He was wearing a ck tux with a red tie. His hairs were tossed back. He wore gold and diamond cuffing with an expense watch in his hand. She recognised his shoes to be the bestseller of a famous Italian brand.


    He was giving off a rich and charming aura, which again told her, he was Mu Yuehan.


    The mind of Zhou Liying short-circuited when she saw him. She did not know what to say or do. Should she get angry with him for keeping her in dark, for hiding his true identity from her? Or should she praise him for his perfect acting, for bearing a boss like hers?


    Mu Yuehan looked at a silent Zhou Liying, feeling nervous. He wanted to know what her reaction to his identity was. Would she agree to marry him now, after knowing his true self?


    His hands were sweaty with nervousness. There was sweat in between his brows. He was secretly twisting his left foot in anxiety. He was feeling suffocated because her silence was killing him. His heart was beating slowly with anxiety.


    "You cheater, how dare of you to cheat me?" Zhou Liying used him, after collecting her senses. "How dare of you to keep me in dark? Answer me, why did you be my guard? What did you want from me? Were you there to gain my corporation''s secret?"


    Mu Yuehan raised his hands in surrender when he noticed the fire in her eyes. She was furious at him. "I became your driver only to get close to you. I like you Lili; I like you very much. And I know the only way to be close to you was to be your driver."


    "How can I believe that you like me?" she scoffed. "Many people say the same to me."


    Mu Yuehan pulled her hand and ced it on his chest. She was jerked closer to him with his pull. She felt sparks on her wrist where he touched. She looked at him with wide eyes.


    "Feel my heart. You will be able to hear your name." Mu Yuehan tightened his grip on her hand. "You know I like you. You are well aware of my feelings."


    The breath of Zhou Liying hitched when she heard him. She felt her heart beating fast in her chest, just like his heart. She saw pure love and passion in his eyes. She wanted to get lost in his deep and love-filled eyes.


    "So, cheesy, ha, ha, ha." She chuckled coldly and took her hand away from his grip. "You have already fooled me but no more. How can you make me believe that you love me? Fast beating heart, decorating a restaurant looks good only in movies. Trust is what is needed in love, and yourck in that case. You cheated on me and I can''t date a cheater. So, I will take your leave."


    Zhou Liying took a deep breath and took a step forward. It was hard for her to leave Mu Yuehan and his feelings behind. She knew his feelings were true. She felt it.


    Was she angry that he lied about his identity to her?<sub> </sub>


    No, because she understood him somewhat!


    Come on, she dated many men in the past and she always hid her identity because she wanted the other person to see her as a simple girl. It was not the fault of Mu Yuehan if he thought the same.


    She was impressed with him. She could understand how hard it must have been for him to stay in the apartment she gave to him, Following behind her everywhere, without caring for hispany, Following after her like her bodyguard wherever she went, keeping his ego aside.


    "Lili don''t forget, this hotel is surrounded by my guards." Mu Yuehan spoke, stopping her in her steps.


    "Are you threatening me?" her voice was cold and chilly. Her eyes were turning ck.


    "No, I am reminding you." He walked toward her and stopped in front of her. He tucked his hands in his pocket. "I know your guards are here to protect you, but do you want a blood bath only because of your ego? Tsk, tsk, tsk, not a smart move." He mocked her.


    "Due to my one lie, do you want to miss the opportunity to be Missus Mu? Do you want to leave this restaurant room? I have heard that you love to try delicious cuisines and this hotel serves one, do you want to leave without tasting the delicious food, or enjoying one of the finest wines? Are you really the money-mindeddy everyone speaks of?"


    Zhou Liying took a deep breath. Her eyes were burning with anger. He caught her right nerve. She did not want a fight between their guards on such a small matter. Moreover, she wanted to try the food at this hotel.


    Moreover, there was no harm in giving him a try. After all, she liked her bodyguard, did she not?


    So, it wasn''t hard for her to like his true identity as Mu Yuehan.


    Keeping her deep fears aside, Zhou Liying decided to enjoy tonight in hispany as nned. "I hope you have nned for a big dowry if you n to marry me." Zhou Liying raised her right eyebrow In a perfect curve and walked toward the table.


    Mu Yuehan walked behind her with a triumphant smile. He looked no less than a puppy who got a pat on his head by his owner when he noticed that Zhou Liying was thinking of marrying him.


    "Don''t worry, I have nned a big dowry for you. You will like it." Mu Yuehan smiled at her and directed her toward the table, which overlooked the city from the window.


    Zhou Liying took her seat on the sofa and Mu Yuehan took his seat beside her. He leisurely threw his arm on the headrest and pushed himself closer to her, enjoying her warmth.


    Zhou Liying closed her eyes, feeling his warmth sipping In her body. His manly fragrance was making her hazy. Her lips were turning dry and her eyes had turned dark. She had nned to be cold and shrewd with him tonight when talking about the proposal, but guess what, there seemed to be a change of n.

 Chapter 195 Let’s Get Married.

    "Drinks, use them and she will be all yours."


    Heading to the advice of Zhou BingBing, Mu Yuehan kept serving Zhou Liying with the best wine that this hotel served. And soon, because of the effect of the wine, Zhou Liying opened up to him. She sat close to him, leaning against him. She enjoyed the feel of her in his arms.


    Heading to her another piece of advice, he kept his arm securely wrapped around her waist, telling her in silence that he was there for her.


    "Now tell me, what will I gain by marrying you?" Zhou Liying looked at him with a soft smile on her lips, her eyes were hazy because of being drunk.


    Mu Yuehan lovingly traced his finger on her lower lips. "You will get me as your husband by marrying me?"


    "Then this marriage deal is not eptable. You need to give me something more." Zhou Liying wrapped her arms around her chest and tried to look stern. Tried, but she came out cuter because of a silly smile on her lips which became permanent on her lips because of drinks in her system.


    "I will give you more, but first, we should have dinner. Aren''t you feeling hungry?"


    "I am." She blinked.


    Mu Yuehan expertly pulled her on hisp once their dinner was served. Zhou Liying looked at him with wide eyes and pouted lips. But she did notment on anything because she liked the position. She was enjoying the warmth sipping in her body from his warm thigh.


    "Stop having dirty thoughts." Mu Yuehan bumped his head with hers. "Now eat."


    Mu Yuehan felt at the ninth cloud when without showing any resistance, Zhou Liying epted the food from his hands. Happy tears appeared in his eyes. His heart swelled with happiness.


    He knew she was drunk and that was why she was leaning toward him but it was enough to make him happy. He knew, one day or another, in her full consciousness, she''d lean against him, would have food from his hands.


    "Vegas is beautiful, isn''t it?" she wrapped her arms around his neck and looked out from the window.


    "It is beautiful but not more than you." He spoke sincerely and looked at her with love-filled eyes.


    Zhou Liying blushed and hid her face in the hollow of his neck. She inhaled him and felt more intoxicated. Mu Yuehan stiffened when he felt her hot breath on his neck, followed by her kiss.


    A smile appeared on his lips and he released a deep breath. Even though she did not remember a thing from the past, but still, the ce where she loved to kiss him the most was the same, his neck.


    "Stop shying away. Have your food. Don''t you want to go and explore the city after having dinner?"


    "We will be going out afterwards?" Zhou Liying asked excitedly. She beamed when she received a positive nod from Mu Yuehan.


    **


    "Food was so delicious. I am so full¡­." Zhou Liying patted her stomach. Mu Yuehan smiled, finding her way of acting to be cute.


    "I am d, you liked it." He pinched her cheeks.<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan was also feeling intoxicated, not because of drinks but because of her look and smile. Her hair were flowing here and there, making her look like a temptress. She was looking so beautiful and sexy in his eyes.


    "Now tell me, what will I gain by marrying you?" Zhou Liying demanded again and Mu Yuehan rolled his eyes.


    Guess what, however, intoxicated she was, she would never forget about the profits and gains!


    Mu Yuehan pped his hands and one of the staff came with his I-pad. He opened a few photos on his I-pad and passed it to Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying looked at the photos with wide interest filled eyes. Her eyes looked focus-less and Mu Yuehan knew, she was not going to remember all these photos clearly by tomorrow.


    "If you marry me, I will transfer my ind, Juju ind at your name." Mu Yuehan disyed some photos to her and she looked at each photo with concentration.


    "It''s beautiful. I will like to visit there one day."


    "Don''t worry, I will take you to your ind, one day." Mu Yuehan smiled at her. It was on his bucket list to go with her to juju ind. He wanted to show her the changes which he brought to juju ind in thest four years.


    "I will also transfer my fifteen per cent shares in Disney to your name. My media corporation will be also yours. And my elite guards, the team of hundred guards, the guards who are guarding this hotel right now, will be all yours. They will be protecting you all the time. They will follow only you, not even me."


    Zhou Liying gasped animatedly. She lovingly pecked on his cheeks. "Everything will be mine if I marry you, even your security."


    "Yes, it will be all yours." He spoke hoarsely. He ced his warm hand on her bareback and pulled her close to himself.


    Zhou Liying shuddered when she felt his warm palm on her cold skin. Her heart started to beat unrhythmically. Her breath wasing out in pants.


    "Marry me and this will be all yours." He whispered in her ears. She jolted upon feeling his hot breath. She gulped and felt sweet little butterflies in her stomach.


    "Okay, I will marry you." She agreed and raised her head like a queen. "But for that, you need to propose to me with¡­. ahhhhhhhhh¡­"


    Upon hearing the okay from Zhou Liying, without wasting any second, Mu Yuehan produced the pink ring from his pocket. He ced it in front of her and she squealed loudly.


    "My sweet, will you marry me?" he asked and ced the ring in front of her eyes. The glow of the ring was falling all around, making her amazed.


    "I will." She looked at the ring with wide eyes. She knew it was the ring which she wanted from her fianc¨¦.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and pushed the ring on her fingers. He loved the expression on her face when she saw the ring. It reminded her of the time when he gave her the ring for the very first time.


    "Let''s go. Let''s get married in Vegas." Zhou Liying excitedly pulled him toward the restaurant door.

 Chapter 196 Married.

    It was one of the dreams of Zhou Liying to get hitched in Vegas and guess what, today it wasing true and a drunk Zhou Liying was feeling excited about it. Not caring about the warnings of her brain, which was asking her to reconsider, she pulled Mu Yuehan toward the door of the restaurant.


    She was also feeling buzzy and was eager to get dirty with Mu Yuehan after bing his wife.


    She was feeling over the moon when looking at the ring on her finger. She was instantly in love with it. The diamond was so big and beautiful. Its colour was gorgeous and she liked it. She loved the way the ring sparkled in dim lights.


    "Wait." Mu Yuehan stopped her when she was about to pull him out of the hotel.


    "What? Already changing your mind about marrying me?" she asked and ced her hands on her hips. Mu Yuehan gawked when he looked at her pose. She reminded him of their night when she made love with him. She was giving off the same feeling of domineering seductress.


    "Let me tell you, I don''t care if you are changing your mind. But I am not going to return the ring to you. It''s all mine now." She dered and again looked at the ring adorning her fingers as if it was her precious treasure.


    "Nopes, I am not changing my mind." He nearly whispered in a hoarse voice. He cleared his throat. "Don''t you want to change your dress to a wedding dress? I have one ready in my room."


    <o>,m </o>


    "Oh, you are so thoughtful." Zhou Liying squealed and threw herself in his arms. Mu Yuehan groaned and gulped breaths. He knew he was going to have a hard time controlling his urges.


    **


    Mu Yuehan remembered how Zhou Liying had once told him that she either wanted a wedding in Switzend in all white or she wanted to get hitched here in Vegas.


    He could not get married to her in Switzend, not now. So, he decided to bring her here to Vegas, where he could easily get married to her, even when she was drunk.


    In the back of his mind, he knew Zhou Liying would not ept this marriage after bing conscious, but he did not care. For now, what he cared about was that she was happily pulling him toward his room, to get changed in the wedding dress which was designed for her by Zhou Bingbing.


    The dress was a peach-coloured off-shoulder skirt, made of high-grade silk. It was sewn with tinum threads, giving the skirt a delicate metallic allure. Adding to the dress was the handcrafted embroidery of flowers and pearls sewn across the skirt.


    "This dress is so beautiful." Zhou Liying ced her hands on her cheeks and looked at the dress.


    "I am d, you liked it." Mu Yuehan lovingly wrapped his arm around her waist, enjoying the feel of the closeness of her body.


    Tonight, he was looking for excuses for touching her. Because he did not know, if tomorrow, she''d let him touch her so intimately or not.


    "Let me get changed into it. Then we will visit the church to get married." Zhou Liying broke the hold of him from her waist and rushed toward the bed. She picked up the dress and made her way toward the bathroom.


    Mu Yuehan followed after her. "Don''t close the door." He requested her with concern.


    "Okay." Zhou Liying entered the bathroom and as said to him, she did not close the door.<sub> </sub>


    After some time, Mu Yuehan heard her cry for help. He entered the bathroom and saw her struggling with the zipper of her wedding dress.


    "Let me help you." He took a deep breath. Ensuring that he was not touching her skin, he zipped up her dress. He knew, if he touched her then their control would be gone and instead of church, they would end up on his bed.


    He could not afford that, not when he was so close to getting married to her.


    "Here it''s done." He locked her zipper in ce and turned her around. "Beautiful. So beautiful."


    She giggled. "I have not applied any makeup till now."


    "You don''t need any. You are a natural beauty." He tucked her hair lock behind her ears. "Let me tie your hair. Then we are all ready to visit the church."


    "Don''t you need to change?" she asked once they stood before the mirror.


    "Do I need to change?" he raised his brows and looked at his tux.


    "No." she blushed. "You look good in anything you wear."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her blushing face. He took her hair and tied them in a front ponytail, using a ribbon, matching to her dress. Her curls were looking beautiful on her face.


    "My bride looks so beautiful." He murmured in her ears and pressed a kiss on her lobs. She moaned and he steered with desire.


    "Let''s go and get married." He gave his hand to her and she readily epted it.


    He made his way toward the door of his room and passed a coat to her, to cover her body because it was quite cold outside the hotel. He wore a windbreaker over his tux. He took a tight grip of her hand and took her outside the hotel and toward the church.


    His guards, as well as Zhan Wei were following after them, to capture the most precious moment of their life.


    Both Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying were smiling widely. The happiness of their hearts wasing on their faces. Their hearts were beating fast with what was going to happen tonight.


    "Let me help you with the veil." Mu Yuehan took the veil from Zhan Wei and helped Zhou Liying in wearing it.


    Her eyes were wide with surprise upon looking at the sparkling tiara used to hold her veil. It contained more than thousands of diamonds. It sparks were falling all around, making her feel like a queen, a real queen, queen of Mu Yuehan.

 Chapter 197 Getting Dirty On Streets.

    "Now you are husband and wife." The moment, the priest announced them as husband and wife, Mu Yuehan lifted off the veil of Zhou Liying. He gave her his toothy smile before crushing his lips against hers.


    He was feeling over the moon tonight. His dream of having her as his wife, his life partner was finally fulfilled. Now she was his officially. He need not feel afraid that she would run away and marry someone else. Finally, he was going to start his own family with her.


    He broke the kiss and looked at the face of Zhou Liying. She was sparkling with happiness. Her eyes were extra bright because of mischief and excitement. He knew she was happy and this was enough to make him happy.


    She was looking at her wedding ring which was a simple gold band with three diamonds, matching his, with satisfaction as if she had achieved something.


    He did not any guilt upon knowing that he had married her when she was drunk, seeing how pleased she was with their marriage .


    "Let''s go and explore the city, hubby." She shyly looked at him from under her eyshes.


    Mu Yuehan forgot to breath when he heard hubby from her sexy mouth. His heart started to beat fast.


    "Let''s go, wifey, my missus Mu." He tasted the words on his tongue and he liked them very much. He liked the way his heart was ready to burst out from his chest upon thinking that now she was his wife, missus Mu.


    Mu Yuehan helped her in removing her tiara and veil. He threw them in the direction of Zhan Wei and he caught them with ease. He helped Zhou Liying in wearing back her coat. He buttoned up the coat and then pulled his wife out from the church.


    He knew they were going to scroll through the streets and that was why, he had decided skirt as her wedding dress, instead of heavy and bulky gowns.


    "Let''s go in some alley and do something dirty." She looked at him with mischief filled eyes.


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes widened when he understood what she wanted. "No, we are not getting dirty. If you want to get dirty then lets go back to the hotel."


    "What''s fun in that?" she looked at him with a sly smile on her lips. "You are my husband. Will you not fulfil this small wish of your sweetie, your love?"


    She ttered her eyes innocently. She ran her tongue over her lips. She spoke in a soft voice as if she was all ready to cry, "I always wanted to spoil myself in Vegas. Will you not fulfil my wish?"


    Heart of Mu Yuehan squeezed when he saw the woeful expression on her face. He knew this minx was acting delicate and sad to get his yes. But still, how was he to say no to her such cute and loveable face.


    "Let''s go, let''s fulfil your wish."


    "I know you love me." Zhou Liying squealed and pressed a quick peck on his lips. He looked at her with wide eyes, not liking the idea of loving her in an unknown city, in the middle of the dark alley.


    Mu Yuehan signalled to his guards to not let anyone near the alley and entered in a narrow alley with Zhou Liying. She was bouncing feeling excited and thrilled with the thought of having lovemaking in the narrow alley.


    "Let''s do it." She removed her coat quickly. She shivered slightly because of the cold.


    Mu Yuehan saw a shivering her. He immediately wrapped her in his arms and pushed her against the wall. She moaned in delight upon feeling his hotness. His body was crushed against her body. She felt all of him from their clothes.


    "You sure you want this?" he asked and trailed his finger on her forehead, nose and lips. He pulled her lower lips and traced it, looking at her beautiful jaw.


    "I want this so much. I want you so much." She moaned and took his finger in her mouth. He hissed and closed his eyes, feeling sparks running all over his body.


    He removed his windbreaker, followed by tux coat and again pulled her toward himself. It was chilling outside; cold winds were blowing but they both were feeling hot with desire. They were burning with want for one another.<sub> </sub>


    "You know, I am already wet because of looking in your deep sexy eyes. I want to take you so deep inside me. I want to be torn by you. I want to cry your name so loud for the whole city to hear."


    Mu Yuehan was tight in his pants. His best friend was steering hard upon hearing these words from her fuckable mouth. "Don''t tell me, I did not warn you."


    And with that, Mu Yuehan ced his lips against hers in a furious kiss. He sucked and nibbled on her lips, sucking all her saliva. His hands ran all over her body, giving her his warmth.


    Zhou Liying was calling out aloud his name and he felt deep desire when he heard Yuehan from her mouth. He always wanted to hear his name from her mouth in her sexy and love-filled voice.


    Finally, his wish of hearing his real name from her mouth, during lovemaking was fulfilled!


    Not able to control the fire in his heart anymore, he lifted the hands of Zhou Liying above her head, with another hand, he opened the buckle of belt of his pants.


    ?


    He removed his pants and boxers, pooling them around his legs. He then removed her panties. He ced his fingers on her private parts.


    He leaned toward her face and brushed his nose against her. "You are so wet for me. Only for me."


    "Only for you¡­ah¡­am¡­Han¡­" she moaned when she felt his fingers entering inside her. She started to move on his fingers, feeling the pressure building inside her.


    She started to move, feeling his hot rod brushing against her stomach. She was feeling so erotic at that moment. Waves of passion were washing her. Soft incoherent words were leaving from her mouth.


    Mu Yuehan too was groaning and moaning, feeling her warm skin against his fingers. His man was fat and hard, all ready to enter into her walls. It was twitching with delight, waiting for him to enter her.


    "I am going to enter you. I am warning you; I will make you cry very loud." He warned and pulled out his fingers. He ced himself at her entrance. Zhou Liying howled, feeling his hotness against her entry.


    "Wrap your legs around my waist." He ordered, his breaths wereing in pants.


    Without dy, she wrapped her legs around his waist. He felt her knife band around her thigh, digging Into him but he did notment on it. He knew she was carrying it with herself for her safety.


    He entered into her. Both moaned aloud, feeling excited with the feeling of bing one again. Mu Yuehan stumbled toward the other wall of the alley.


    He ced his hands of her hips and helped her in climbing on him. Zhou Liying started to move on him. Both of them were panting hard, their hearts were beating fast in rhythm.


    Somewhere at a distance, they could hear loud music which made their atmosphere more romantic.


    Mu Yuehan again pushed Zhou Liying against the wall. He then pushed himself in the deepest part of her. He pulled all of himself out before again pushing himselfpletely Into her in a fast sped. He repeated the process and her pleasure filled moans were giving him the needed courage.


    Zhou Liying threw her head back, feeling as if she had found her heaven. This was the best experience she ever had. Mu Yuehan took a hold of her swan like neck and pushed deeper and deeper into her walls, tearing her.


    "I am here¡­. I am here¡­."


    Calling out their names, they both came. There was a delighted smile on their lips. Their eyes were dancing with happiness. Both their hearts were savouring this moment of being one again.

 Chapter 198 Fun In Vegas.

    "Again?" Mu Yuehan asked. He leaned his forehead against that of Zhou Liying, feeling sweat on her forehead.


    They both were sweaty and gasping hard for breath. Their hearts were beating fast, as if inpetition with each other.


    Zhou Liying lifted her eyes and looked at Mu Yuehan with hazy eyes. His eyes were clear like crystal. They were dancing with delight. "No, let''s go and explore the city first."


    Mu Yuehan nodded to her and gently put her down. Her legs buckled up so she tightly clutched his shoulders, giving him a silly smile. Mu Yuehan smiled and helped her in steadying herself.


    "Are you feeling any pain?" there was concern and worry in his voice.


    "No, I am not. Slightly buzzy, that''s all."


    Mu Yuehan nodded and helped her in wearing her panties. He then wore his own clothings. He buckled his belt. He picked up his tux coat and windbreaker from the ground. He dusted them before wearing them over himself.


    He helped Zhou Liying with wearing her coat. "Are you feeling cold?" he asked.


    "No, I am not." She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him. "I have you, my hottie. Then why will I feel cold?"


    Mu Yuehan gently tucked her hair behind her ears and pulled her out of the alley. He looked at the alley, memorising it in his mind. This was the ce where he made love with her for the first time, after their marriage.


    Truthfully, at first, he did not like her idea of getting dirty in some alley but now that he had experienced it, he wanted to say wow.


    It was an experience in itself.


    Making love to the love of his life, in a dark and narrow alley of a strange country, where anyone could see them and on top of that, calling loudly the name of each other, without caring about what others thought of them was fun.


    Now he knew, why Zhou Liying wanted to do it.


    On their feet, they made their way toward the very famous Las Vegas strip. It was illuminating with various neon lights. Zhou Liying was looking everywhere around herself with awe, like a child who was seeing something for the first time.


    Her both hands were tightly gripping on the bicep of Mu Yuehan. She was not willing to let him go. Somewhere, she was scared that if let him go then he''d vanish from her sight. She wanted to keep holding onto him and Mu Yuehan was notining.


    "Do you want to go on a boat ride?" he asked her once they stopped in front of Vian hotel.


    "Yes." She eagerly nodded her head, looking at the colourful water.


    Mu Yuchen chuckled at her excitement and took her on the Vian Gond ride. During their ride, they saw many other beauties of Vegas strip. Then they entered the hotel which was a sight in itself.


    He took her to the Paris hotel and the Eiffel tower. They climbed over the observation deck to look out at the city. They enjoyed the dancing fountains of Begio. The soft music was soothing to their ears.


    Zhou Liying wrapped her arms around the neck of Mu Yuehan and ced her head on his shoulder, looking at the fountain, illuminated with different colours of light.


    "Sleepy?" he asked.


    "Who is sleepy?" she blinked and looked at him. He smiled and pecked her nose.<sub> </sub>


    "I love you so much. I don''t know what I was doing before meeting you." He confessed and looked deep in her eyes. He yed with her soft cheeks which were blushing red. "I will wait for your confession."


    Zhou Liying smiled and blinked her eyes.


    Mu Yuehan knew that the slow music of fountain was making her sleepy. She did not register his words, so he pulled her down the Eiffel tower and took her to their next stop.


    He took her to the mirage hotel. In front of the hotel was a volcano. Zhou Liying leaned toward the railing, eagerly waiting for it to erupt. Mu Yuehan chuckled at her excitement and wrapped his arm around her waist, looking at the volcano.


    "Look at it. It''s a real volcano." She chimed when red fire shot out. It was one of the unique scenes she ever saw.


    "Yes, it''s real. You like it?"


    "I love it."


    Then they entered the hotel and visited the secret garden and dolphin habitats, looking at arge number of trained dolphins in the pool.


    Zhou Liying was looking at everything with curiosity and excitement and it made Mu Yuehan happy. Although he had nned to keep their city visit short, he wanted to take her to his room and make love to her all night but he changed his mind upon seeing how she was enjoying the city.


    They visited many other ces. They saw music show, carnival show, dance show and other shows on Vegas strip. They also visited a tattoo shop. Mu Yuehan also took her to a jewellery shop to get her rings tightened.


    He was afraid, she would remove her rings likest time in the morning. So, to be assured, he got the rings tightened so she would not be able to remove them.


    Atst, they arrived at the high roller Ferris wheel.


    Zhou Liying froze when she saw the giant wheel. She started to step backwards. Mu Yuehan frowned upon seeing fear on her face. Her heart beating fastened and she was taking deep breathes.


    "Can we not climb in this?" she pleaded, looking afraid.


    "Why not?"


    "I am scared of Ferris wheel . I always dream of falling from the it." She confessed her fear to him.


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes softened. He knew why she was feeling scared. He had not forgotten that experience where he nearly lost her.


    "Don''t worry. It Is safe. Besides, I am here. I will not let anything happen to you. Trust me." Mu Yuehan ced his hand on her shoulder and pushed her to the awaiting capsule. He had already bought ticket of one full capsule.


    Zhou Liying took a deep breath, trusting on Mu Yuehan, she entered inside the capsule. She took the hold of the railing in a tight grip.


    "Don''t be scared. I am here." Mu Yuehan whispered in her ears and wrapped his arms around her waist. He took her hands in his and ced them on her stomach. "Enjoy the view. Stop worrying about anything."


    Zhou Liying shivered to feel his closeness. She forgot all about her fears at his close presence and his words. Without a blink, she looked out from the capsule and at the outstanding view of the glowing city with lights.


    And when their capsule was at the highest point, Mu Yuehan did what was pending from a long time. He kissed her at the highest point of Ferris wheel, sealing their love!

 Chapter 199 First Night After Marriage.

    Zhou Liying was feeling tired after all the exploration and the fun which she had on the streets of Vegas. So, like an ideal husband, Mu Yuehan carried her in his arms, in the same pose we carry a baby.


    She was looking like a ko clung to him. Her legs were tightly wrapped around his waist and arms were loosely around his neck.


    "I hope you enjoyed our wedding day, my sweet valentine." Mu Yuchen smiled and lovingly touched his cheeks with her.


    "I enjoyed it so much." She squealed, "thank you for making my day so special. I will never forget about it."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and tightened his hold around her waist. "Want to visit some club for gambling?" he asked.


    "Oh yes. Ipletely forget about it."


    Mu Yuehanughed hard when he saw the excitement-filled expression on her face. A minute back, she was all ready to fall asleep on his shoulder and now, she looked as if she had waken up from a deep slumber. She looked all fresh and ready to visit the club.


    Her clear expressive eyes held the excitement to visit the club for the first time.


    "You know how to y poker and the other games?" he teased her by grazing his nail on her nose. She groaned and pped his hand away.


    "I don''t know how to, but I will learn." Zhou Liying blinked her eyes and Mu Yuehan again found her adorable. "Do you know how to gamble?"


    "Lili you are lucky. Your husband knows nearly everything," Mu Yuehan boasted. "Last I check, I won twenty million dors in within half an hour when gambling."


    "Wow. Are you so good?" Amazed, she looked at him. Her eyes held admiration for him.


    He looked at her with smug. "Yes, I am. I told you, I am good at many things."


    "Ah, I am so lucky." She slurred. "Will you help me gambling tonight, then?"


    She looked at him with hopeful eyes. He looked at her with teasing smile. "I will. But you need to butter me to help you."


    Zhou Liying thought for some time before her lipsnded on the cheeks of Mu Yuehan, in a long-wet kiss. He felt shudder all over his body with her simple kiss and the way her hot tongue ran around his cheeks.


    "Are you satisfied now?" Zhou Liying broke the kiss and looked at him with satisfaction.


    "Very much." Mu Yuehan grinned like a boy getting his favourite gift on Christmas. "Let''s go to a club and help you win a lot of money."


    Zhou Liying grinned, a grin filled with greed, looking at which Mu Yuehan too smiled wide.


    **


    They arrived at one of the biggest clubs in the city. Mu Yuehan put Zhou Liying down and bought two entry tickets for them. He also bought coins worth a million dors, so his girl could y using them.


    Once they were inside the club, he helped Zhou Liying in removing her coat because heaters were on inside the club. He removed his tuxedo coat and windbreaker, passing them all to one of his guards.<sub> </sub>


    "This looks so beautiful." Zhou Liying looked around the buzzy environment of the club with curiosity. She felt blinded for a second because of all the lights. She could hear loud excitement-filled shoutsing from one corner or another.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her expression. He folded up the sleeves of his ck cotton-silk shirt up to his elbows. He ced his hands on her waist with possessiveness and pushed her deeper into the club.


    "Let us start with an easy game. All right?" Mu Yuehan whispered in her ears and she shivered.


    "Alright." Her voice was hoarse and deep. Mu Yuehan smiled at his effect on her.


    "Let''s go then."


    Mu Yuehan took her to the stand of the easiest game. All this while, his grip around her was tight and possessive, telling every other male in the club that she was his. He knew she was looking extra happy and beautiful tonight. He did not want any other male to caste his ck eyes on her.


    "You are good at it." Zhou Liyingplimented when Mu Yuehan won the first round with ease. "Let me try now."


    Mu Yuehan nodded and let her y the game. Zhou Liying yed the game a multiple times where he stood beside her, his left arm was wrapped around her stomach and back, in a tight grip.


    To onlookers, they looked like a couple which was deeply in love. Possessiveness of Mu Yuehan was clear from the way he was holding her. He looked like a proud lover who smiled even when Zhou Liying lost a game, only to encourage her.


    Standing side by side, they looked like a pair of devil and angel. Mu Yuehan in his tuxedo and dark eyes looked no less than a devil. Zhou Liying with her white pearly smile and her short skirt looked no less than an angel.


    But if only they knew, Zhou Liying was no less than a female version of the devil!


    "yes, yes, yes, I won. Did you see it?" Zhou Liying cheered excitedly when she won a game, she turned her face and looked at Mu Yuehan.


    When she turned her face, because of their closeness, her lips were direct across his, not missing a chance, Mu Yuehan pecked her. "I see it. You did well."


    Zhou Liying smiled against his lips. Ignoring the passion burning in his eyes, she turned and yed another round.


    Zhou Liying yed many games. At first, Mu Yuehan enjoyed teaching her and then watching her loss or win the game. But with passing hours, he became slightly irritated.


    He wanted to return to his hotel and wanted to have his first night with her. He was eager to ravish her, especially when she had tortured him with her beauty for the whole night but here she was, unaffected by all his seduces toward her.


    "Let''s go." Mu Yuehan stubbornly picked up Zhou Liying and took her out from the club. His control over himself was over the limit.


    "But my game." She pouted.


    "We wille tomorrow." Mu Yuehan wore his windbreaker and covered her with her coat. "Don''t you want a memorable first night?"


    "Oh yes." Her eyes glittered with delight and mischievousness. She forgot all about her game and was now thinking of how she was going to dominate over her husband on their first night.

 Chapter 200 Missing His Girl.

    At the same time, Zhan Wei was getting himself drunk in the bar of the hotel where they were staying. There were tears in his eyes and a ss of strong whiskey in his hands.


    He was singing sad romantic songs, even the bartenders started to feel bad for him.


    "Mister, don''t you have a girlfriend to spend your valentine with?" he asked with concern.


    Zhan Wei chuckled and shook his head. "My friend, let me tell you a story." He slurred in a drunk voice. He ced his elbows on the bar counter and looked at the bartender.


    "There was a girl. I fall In love with her from the moment I saw her for the first time. She was so sweet, so loveable. I knew she will be my future wife. I worked so hard for her, but¡­she¡­she¡­left me¡­she didn''t turn her face to look back at me." Zhan Wei yelled angrily and threw his ss away. "Doesn''t she remember me? How can she leave me like this?"


    There were agony and pain in his voice. His heart was burning with gloominess. Hot tears were skipping from his eyes without any break.


    He came to Vegas, thinking he would forget about his pain of not celebrating valentine day with Mu Jingyan after seeing his friend getting married. He thought he would feel happy after seeing Mu Yuehan.


    But boy! He was so wrong!


    After seeing them getting married, after seeing the smile on their faces, Zhan Wei felt envious. He too wanted to marry hisdy love. He too wanted to give her surprises on valentine. He wanted to have a memorable wedding with her.


    But she left him, like heartless, she left him on the day when he was going to propose her. She did not listen to his one plea. He said he was ready to fight for her, with her, but still, she left.


    Zhan Wei pulled out his phone from his pocket. He opened his contact list and searched for the contact of ''His life.'' His fingers hovered over her name with hesitation.


    Fuck! He cursed and ced his phone aside.


    He closed his eyes and took few long breathes. "Give me another ss of whiskey." He ordered.


    After gulping down another ss of whiskey, he picked up his phone. Without hitching, he pressed call on the number. His call was connected and like always, it ended in the voice mail of Mu Jingyan.


    Zhan Wei threw his phone aside and started to cry. He sobbed loudly for the loss of the love of his life. He craved to see her, he craved to hug her, he craved to do so much with her.


    But here she was, not even ready to talk with him and it broke his heart, all the times!


    **


    In Shanghai


    On the evening of valentine


    Not knowing what to do with her evening, where everyone was celebrating their time with their valentine, Min Yue decided to visit the restaurant of Tang Ying, one of the friends with Zhou Liying.


    After showing the VIP card given to her by Zhou Liying, she entered inside the restaurant. She inhaled a deep breathe when she felt the eyes of every staff member on herself.


    They all were wondering, what she was doing all alone in a restaurant on the valentine''s day, without her partner.


    Her heart tumbled when she looked around herself . The restaurant was romantically decorated with preparation for candle dinner. She saw many couples romancing with each other and it made her jealous, jealous because she did not have someone to love nor someone loved her.<sub> </sub>


    "This way please." Waiter scowled at her, but dutifully led her toward a table.


    Min Yue looked at the server and she knew, if not for the card given to her by Zhou Liying, no one was going to let a single like her inside the restaurant, not on Valentine''s Day when all good restaurants were full.


    She took her seat and put forth her order. She then turned and looked out from the window at the streets decorated with hearts. Looking at the streets was better than looking at all the lovey dovey couples inside the restaurant.


    "Hey, it''s you." She heard the voice of Tang Ying. She turned toward him and smiled politely. "And here I was wondering, who this single bee is. Guess what, it''s ever famous Min Yue."


    He took his seat opposite to her.


    "You are calling me single as if you have a girl." She teased him. "By the way, why are you sitting here? Don''t you have to cook?"


    "Everyone is asking for valentine special tter and I have already cooked a lot of them. So, I am free for now." He leaned on his seat and looked at her.


    "What are you doing here? And where is your boss? It is the first time I am seeing you away from Zhou Liying. Otherwise, you are always stuck with her like gum." He teased and Min Yue shook her head.


    "Miss has gone for a date with Mu Yuehan. She ordered me to enjoy my valentine. So here I am." Min Yue shrugged and took a sip of water.


    "Wait, wait, wait, she has gone on a date with mighty Mu Yuehan. Howe?" there was astonishment and surprise on his features.


    Min Yue narrated him the details of the reason of her date with Mu Yuehan.


    "Wow." He shook his head. "Why is she looking for a man so hard? Why does she not ask me? I will be her obedient husband."


    "I will give her your suggestion on her return." Min Yue genuinely smiled at him and at the same time, her order was served.


    "Hey, I did not order valentine special tter. I ordered steak and some vegetables." She rebuked when she looked at her food.


    "I was in no mood to cook something else. So, you need to bear with it." Tang Ying leaned toward her. "Besides, now you have apany in form of me."


    Min Yue chuckled and let the waiter serve her the food.


    "Count this dinner on me."


    "You know I am carrying the card of miss."


    "Forgot what I said. Count this dinner on Zhou Liying only."


    Min Yue chuckled when she looked at the greedy expressions on his face. "Don''t shy away. Order whatever you want. After all, Zhou Liying is treating you."


    Min Yue had her dinner in thepany of Tang Ying. She left the restaurant once she was full and called her brother, to know what he was doing.

 Chapter 201 Best Night/ Worst Night

    In Vegas


    It was a beautiful afternoon in Las Vegas. It was a rare asion because it was snowing. Covered with ayer of pure white snow, it looked no less than a heaven.


    Inside, one of the hotel room, two love birds were sleeping with satisfaction on their faces. Their nude bodies were tangled with one another. A thick nket covered them, to protect them from the cold.


    Mu Yuehan after a long time was sleeping with this much satisfaction. His dream had finally came true after all. Zhou Liying was sleeping in his arms as his wife. He did not want to think about what the future held for them. He wanted to cherish this moment.


    Zhou Liying was the first one to open her eyes. She groaned sleepily and stretched her body. She inhaled a deep breath. She froze the next second when she felt a strong warm arm snaked around her waist.


    She panicked!


    It was the first time, she slept with any male after enjoying her night. Her buzzing headache was telling her,st night she had a lot of fun, before torturing some poor man.


    She grumbled and turned around in the arms of Mu Yuehan,pletely ignoring the way his member was brushing against her stomach, or how their legs were tangled.


    With wide eyes, she looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "Hanhan." She whispered and then, piece by piece everything started toe back in her mind. "Mu Yuehan."


    With a surprised gasp, she lifted her hand and looked at her fingers, adorned with her proposal ring and then wedding ring. "This was not a dream."


    She abruptly tried to stood up from on the bed. Her eyes were wide like a ser. She put pressure on her brain, trying to remember everything from thest night.


    Like a fish, she opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to do next. Inwardly, she was cursing herself for being so careless, for not only sleeping with mega tycoon but also marrying him.


    What was she to do now?


    Anger too bubbled inside her when she looked at the sleeping face of Mu Yuehan. She felt cheated but more than that, she felt conflicted and guilty. She also felt scared at the same time.


    "Now how I am to leave him, acting as if nothing happened?" she thought out aloud. She ced her hand over her forehead.


    "Good morning, wife." Mu Yuehan opened his eyes and grinned widely. He again wrapped his arms around her waist. He knew what was running in her mind but he acted ignorant to it. "Today is the first day of our wedding. What do you want to do?"


    "What wedding? I don''t ept any wedding." Zhou Liying yelled with rage. Fear could be traced in her voice. "Past is past, forget what we didst night, not to forget you cheated me into marrying you."


    "I cheated?" Mu Yuehan looked at her with amusement. He took his seat on the bed and much to her irritation, wrapped his arms around her waist. "If I remember correctly, you were the one who excitedly pulled me toward the church to get married. You were the one happier to get married. Missus Mu¡­."


    "What missus Mu?" she rebuked with a gasp. She turned her face and looked at him withplete denial. "I am not some missus Mu. It was a drunken mistake."<sub> </sub>


    "Drunken mistake?" Mu Yuehan raised his brows and then chuckled. "let me remind you, we are in Vegas and there is nothing called a drunken mistake. Now you are legally my wife, you ept it or not."


    "I don''t ept it." She fumed and pushed his arm away from her chest. "Forget about the night. Think of it as a dream."


    She tried to remove the rings from her fingers but they were tight. She groaned, "Argh, why can''t I remove them?"


    "Don''t you remember you got the rings tightened because you did not want me to remove them?" He looked at her with an overconfident smile and she narrowed her eyes.


    Mu Yuehan was enjoying this state of Zhou Liying. He knew Zhou Liying was not easily going to ept this marriage. She was going to show him her ego and attitude before epting him. He was already prepared for some nasty remarks and some challenges from her.


    In fact, he looked forward to them because the more she tried to run away from his love, the harder she would fall for him.


    "Darling, you squeezed me dryst night. Why don''t you return to the bed and let me return the favour?" He coxed her in his sexy voice. Wildness was dancing in his eyes.


    "I said, forget aboutst night." She gritted her teeth. "And about the rings, I will get them loosened before returning them to you."


    Zhou Liying knew that she was doomed afterst night. The wicked smile on the lips of Mu Yuehan was telling her that he was not going to leave her now.


    She had faced his shamelessness as HanHan in the past and she knew, he was going to use his identity as Mu Yuehan for his benefit.


    She knew, eventually, she would fall hard for him, without any turning back.


    And she felt scared about the same.


    She inhaled a deep shaky breath. She turned to leave the room of Mu Yuehan when she heard his teasing voice. "Darling, I so love to see you naked. But I will mind if anyone saw your naked beauty. So, please wear some clothes."


    With wide eyes, Zhou Liying realised that she did not wear any clothes. She blushed furiously. She grumbled and returned to the room and searched for her discarded clothes.


    "I will not mind If you wear my shirt." Mu Yuehan wrapped his arms, ced It on the back of his head and ced his head on the headboard,pletely enjoying the frustration of his wife. "Oh yes, do remember to take a bath. I am sure there is wine stuck to your body." he teased.


    Zhou Liying flushedpletely. Her cheeks were burning. There was a deep red hue on her skin. She remembered howst night, aftering to the room she suggested lovemaking with wine.


    Oh, how embarrassing!


    What more have I done with Mu Yuehanst night?

 Chapter 202 Tattoos.

    Zhou Liying dropped the idea of looking for her clothes in therge room of Mu Yuehan. She did not remember where she dropped themst night. She wanted to me Vegas and its air for spoiling her.


    She wanted to get angry at herself for having a foolish dream as of having fun in Vegas. Her dream was the thing which resulted in her doing all that she didst night.


    She grumbled and picked up the shirt of Mu Yuehan. He whistled when he saw her in his shirt. Not giving him much chance to ogle at her, she left his room and made her way toward her room, which was adjacent to his.


    She took a long shower and changed into a simple crop top and torn jeans. Once ready, she picked up her purse and called Aiden to prepare for their return.


    She left her room and entered back in the room of Mu Yuehan. He was rxing on his bed. With amusement, he looked at Zhou Liying, eager to see what she was going to do next.


    "So, should we talk about our future?" he asked in a lovely voice.


    "There is no future in between us, Mister Mu. I am here to thank you for a beautiful night,st night." She tore a cheque from her chequebook and threw it on the bed. "It''s mypensation that you bear with my stupidity fromst night. Now I will take your leave. It was nice meeting you."


    She was about to leave when her eyes identally caught sight of a tattoo on his chest. Feeling curious, she walked toward him, she looked at him. "what the hell is this?"


    With horror, she looked at the tattoo on his left chest, the ce of his heart. It was written, ''Fire of my heart, my Lili.''


    She stumbled back and more images fromst night came rushing to her mind. She lifted her left hand and looked at her wrist and thumb, there was a tattoo.


    ''The love of my life, my husband, Yuehan.''


    shback


    "Let''s have a tattoo of each other''s name." Zhou Liying suggested and leaned toward him.


    "Why so?" Mu Yuehan looked at her with a soft smile on his lips.


    "So that, if ever I forget about you by chance, then I will remember you by looking at your name''s tattoo on my body. Same with you."


    It was said, fears of a person came out when he or she was drunk and today, another fear of Zhou Liying wasing out. After forgetting her past and thinking that she had left someone behind, she was not ready to forget her past again.


    She wanted to always remember about him. So, if ever in future, she again suffered from amnesia then she would remember him after seeing the tattoo of his name on herself.


    Mu Yuehan liked her idea very much. He not only wanted his name''s tattoo on her body but if possible, he would also like to have his face tattooed on her. So, she would never forgot about him. But on the other hand, he would never like to see her in the pain caused by the needle, nor he would like to see her pure body cover with some tattoo.


    "What are you waiting for? Don''t you want a tattoo?" she looked at him with sad eyes and he shook his head. "Let''s get a tattoo."


    And with that, they both got tattoo of each other''s name on their body.


    shback ends.<sub> </sub>


    **


    A horror-filled gasp escaped the lips of Zhou Liying. She blinked her eyes, trying to maintain her strong front, she spoke, "tattoos can be removed. You can get it removed."


    "Why should I?" he smirked. "After all, you are the love of my life. And I am happy to have your name tattooed on my chest."


    "Love?" she sneered. "Don''t start with your love. I still don''t believe that you love me."


    He chuckled mockingly. "If not for love then why will I marry you, why will I be your driver?"


    "But how can you love me when we haven''t met before I arrived from London?" she wrapped her arms around her chest and red at him, feeling slight headache.


    "Can''t I fall in love with you, after knowing about you? I love the personality of Zhou Liying. I have read all your interviews. I fall in love with this strongdy. Why did you think I put the condition of youing to Shanghai inke city project?" His voice was strong and full of love for her. "I love you and you can''t change that."


    Heart of Zhou Liying fluttered and started to beat fast upon hearing his true deration. The honesty in his eyes told her, he was not bluffing. He loved her and this left her in shock.


    She clenched her jaws and clutched her hands. Not letting any emotion on her face, she gritted out, "I don''t care if you love me or not but we can never be one. Goodbye Mister Mu. Hope to never see you again."


    She turned and left the room. "We will see each other repeatedly, wifey. I am not going to leave you. I will make you fall in love with myself and that''s my promise."


    Zhou Liying shuddered when she heard him. Her heart skipped a beat. She knew the power of his promise. She knew she needed to protect herself and her heart from him.


    She walked out from his room and many thoughts came in her mind. Now she realised, why Min Yue was not able to find other guard or driver for her. Why there was not much information about HanHan, guess what, Mu Yuehan was behind all this.


    Her heart warmed when she realised her hidden friend was none other than Mu Yuehan. She was sure, his security was the one which arrived at the dock. His team was the one which worked to help her In getting her dirty article removed.


    <o>,m </o>


    Before the feelings of getting his love could affect her heart, she ruthlessly smashed them away. She clenched her fist with the determination that she was not going to think about him ever again.


    She was not going to fall for him.

 Chapter 203 Return.

    Zhou Liying closed her eyes and leaned against the seat of her jet. She felt d, to be on the safer side. She had already asked her pilot to bring her jet to Vegas. Otherwise, she would have needed to take themercial flight which she liked no longer.


    With closed eyes, Zhou Liying was thinking about what happened with her in thest few weeks. She always thought her life was in her control but now, everything was going out of her hand. This terrified her beyond means.


    She sighed and thought about her future, what was she going to do now, how she was going to take her life back in her control?


    **


    With an amused expression on his face, Mu Yuehan looked at the cheque which Zhou Liying left for her. He crushed the cheque with his hand and slyness appeared in his eyes.


    He was aware of why she left this cheque behind. She wanted to anger him. She wanted to make him hate her because of her attitude. But she did not know, Mu Yuehan knew her better than she knew herself.


    He was familiar with her each pulse. He somewhat knew what was running in the cunning mind of hers!


    He opened his phone and looked at her photos which he clickedst night. He gently run his finger on her face. He sighed with longing, "soon, soon you will be back in my arms. I will make your heart crazy for me that you will forget about all your rubbish reasons to be away from me."


    Mu Yuehan ced his phone aside. He stood up from the bed and wore his boxers. He was feeling slightly chilly but he did not mind it. He opened the window and saw the city covered in snow. A smile appeared on his lips.


    "Even god is showering the earth with snow because he is happy with our reunion." Mu Yuehan smiled to himself and returned to his room. He made his way to the bathroom to have a shower.


    After taking shower, Mu Yuehan decided to call Zhan Wei.


    "Is everything alright, buddy?" Mu Yuehan asked with concern when he heard a throaty and sad voice from the other side of phone.


    "Everything Is alright." He smoothly lied. "It''s just cold." Zhan Wei made some coughing sounds which Mu Yuehan knew were fake. "Why are you calling?"


    "I have decided to disclose my identity. I want the world to know that Lili is my wife. She is off the limit." He smirked.


    "Really?" there was clear happiness in the voice of Zhan Wei.


    He cried happy tears upon hearing this piece of good news from Mu Yuehan. From so long, he was working hard as Mu Yuehan, but now no more, finally!


    "Yup, I am doing this for Lili." Mu Yuehan smiled, a doting and loving smile.


    "Oh, I am so happy." Zhan Wei squealed, forgetting all about his pain fromst night. Mu Yuehan gave him one of the biggest happiness. He wanted to dance and celebrate. "I will immediately call the media houses for a press conference. Tell me the date?"


    "Day after tomorrow."


    "Done."


    "Also, I want you to take the next flight to Italy. Buy me the earrings getting auctioned by the royal family in Italy."<sub> </sub>


    The smile on the lips of Zhan Wei immediately vanished when he heard Mu Yuehan. His eyes became wide. He groaned. "It''s so hard. Don''t you know they are auctioned by royal family?" he screeched.


    "I know and that''s why I am sending you there instead of going myself. Now go, stop wasting your time."


    "You are evil. Giving happiness and then snatching it another second." Zhan Wei angrily mumbled under his breath. He was fuming. "I am going. Do not worry. I know otherwise you will have my head."


    Mu Yuehan chuckled when he heard the irritation of his friend. He ended the call and thought about the earnings going to be auctioned in the Italy.


    ''They will look beautiful in the ears of Lili.''


    Mu Yuehan sighed and again opened the contact list of his phone. He decided to call his cousin Mu Jingyan. He was aware of the hurt of Zhan Wei. He was sure he got drunkst night like usual. He again wanted to pursue Jingyan to return to Shanghai.


    "Gege." He heard the voice of Mu Jingyan from other side of the phone. He smiled.


    "How are you doing, Jingyan?"


    "As usual." He heard her bored voice. "Now tell me, why have you called me? Because I know, you never call for chit chat."


    "You know why I am calling you." There was a sudden dip in the voice of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Jingyan sighed. She blinked her eyes, to hide her sadness and tears. "And you know what my answer is. I am not ready to return. This city scares me. Its people¡­. Arghh, I am not returning."


    "Then should I send Zhan Wei to California? We both know he is suffering without you. It has been two years that you left but still, he is not able to get over you."


    "Gege." Mu Jingyan took a sadness filled sigh. "We both know, it''s better for him if he forgets about me. I cannot give him the life of love which he deserves."


    "Give him a try. His love will be enough for you both." Voice of Mu Yuehan was soft and full of concern. "It''s my advice for you toe back. You have already mourned for two years. For how many more years are you going to stay away from reality?"


    "Please don''t pursue me toe back. I know what I am doing. My return will not do any good for Zhan Wei. It will be better for us all if he moves on. Tell him to forget about me. Send him on blind dates but don''t ask me to return." Voice of Mu Jingyan was harsh and firm.


    She spoke loudly with anger but Mu Yuehan caught longing in her voice. He knew it was not easy for her to let go of Zhan Wei but she was doing so for their wellbeing.


    "Okay, I will not. Tell me, how is work at California?"


    Mu Yuehan ended the call. He looked at his phone with defeat. He knew he could easily order Mu Jingyan to return but he did not want to force her. He knew it would be of no good for Mu Jingyan or his friend.


    He could only wish for Mu Jingyan to change her mind.

 Chapter 204 A Chat With Father.

    After ending the call with Mu Jingyan, without wasting any second, he called his father, to share the good news with him, news about his marriage.


    "Is everything all right? Why are you calling me thiste at night?" Mu Jichen spoke groggily. He just woke up from his sleep.


    Mu Yuehan bit his tongue at his silliness. When calling Mu Jichen, he forgot about the time difference. He did not think that his father must be sleeping at this time. Likest time, again he disturbed his father from his sleep.


    "Don''t worry dad. Everything is all right. I was not in the country. I didn''t check the time difference before calling you." He ruffled his hairs and walked toward his travel bag.


    "Mm. Tell me, why did you call?"


    Mu Yuchen smiled and ced some of his stuff in his bag. "I am married, dad."


    "Really?" there was surprise and astonishment in the voice of Mu Jichen. Mu Yuehan chuckled.


    "Really and that too to mydy love."


    "I am so happy for you. Finally, your dream is achieved. But, weren''t you saying she forgot all about you? Then how did she got ready to marry you in within a month?" Puzzled, Mu Jichen put forth this question.


    Mu Yuehan grinned and zipped his travel bag. "I brought her to Vegas. She got drunk and now we are married."


    "Can''t you do anything in the right way?" Mu Jichen scoffed and shook his head. "First you lied about your identity and now, married her when she was under the influence of alcohol. I hope, at least you told her about your identity before marrying her."


    "Jeez. I did dad. And she was the one who pulled me to the church for marrying her."


    "And she was drunk." He pointed out.


    "Instead of scolding me, you should be congratting me, asking me when you will see your daughter inw, or teasing me about grandchildren; but here you are." Mu Yuehan huffed angrily and his father chuckled.


    "You will never change. You still know how to act spoiled. Now tell me, when will I see her?"


    "Soon."


    Mu Yuehan opened his room door and let his guardse inside to fetch his stuff. He checked his room for thest time to see if he did not leave anything behind.


    "Dad, there is one more thing I want to tell you." There was sadness in the voice of Mu Yuehan which Mu Jichen identified with ease.


    Mu Jichen straightened up on the bed. He spoke in a firm yet soft voice, "what happened?"


    Mu Yuehan took a long deep dejection filled breath. "She was pregnant when she was kidnapped. I was going to be a father but we lost it."


    Heart of Mu Jichen dropped when he heard Mu Yuehan. He understood what his son was going through right now. He so wished to be by the side of his son and hug him tight. Tears appeared in his eyes.<sub> </sub>


    He cursed Han Chunhua under his breath. "I am sorry. I thought Han Chunhua was wise. Never thought her to do something like this. If only¡­."


    "Don''t be guilty, please. You did what was best." He cleared his throat and rubbed his eyes with the back of his arm. "By the way, I still have a long life. I still can have many babies. I only wanted to share this news with you."


    "You will have many little kiddos in future. Don''t be disheartened with loss of one." Mu Jichen sadly smiled, not knowing what to say more to console his son.


    Mu Yuehan''s lips twitched In a sad smile. He knew about the conflict of his father. He was never good when consoling people.


    "I will call youter. For now, I have a flight to catch."


    "Mm."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call and entered inside the awaiting limousine. He looked out from the window at the city which he was going to remember for forever as the ce where he wedded Zhou Liying.


    **


    Zhou Liying arrived in Shanghai.


    She entered in the awaiting car and decided to call Zhou Bingbing, to fill her in with all the happenings of her life.


    "So, tell me, how was your date with Mu Yuehan?" Zhou Bingbing asked the moment she picked up the call.


    Zhou Liying twitched her brows together with confusion. "How do you know I was on a date with Mu Yuehan?" Her eyes narrowed with doubt.


    Zhou Bingbing pped her head at the sloppiness of her tongue. Zhou Liying had never told her about her date with Mu Yuehan.


    It was Mu Yuehan who had already told her about his idea of taking Zhou Liying to Vegas for valentine. She had also received a photo of their wedding on her phone. After looking at the photo, she was eagerly waiting for the call of Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Bingbing knew Zhou Liying was to open her heart to her, aftering back, and she was ready to hear Zhou Liying, before reporting about the same to Mu Yuehan.


    She was so excited to hear from Zhou Liying, hence the slip of her tongue.


    "Duh, Min Yue told me. I was here in your office when she informed me that you were not in the city." Zhou Bing quickly made an excuse. "You should be happy that I am not angry at you for not telling me about your date with Mu Yuehan. Now fill me in."


    Zhou Liying acknowledged her excuse. But still, instead of replying to her question, she questioned back, "Mu Yuehan had a wedding dress with himself. And from my experience, I know it was designed by you. Can you exin it?"


    Zhou Liying put forth her doubt. After hearing her cousin, she had a nudging feeling in her heart that Zhou Bingbing was aware of the identity of Mu Yuehan and somewhere, she was helping him out.


    Zhou Bingbing mentally pped her head and quickly searched for a perfect excuse.

 Chapter 205 He Is No Different From Others.

    "He has a dress designed by me? Really?" Inst, Zhou Bingbing decided to sound lost. "What kind of dress it was because I don''t remember him buying any wedding dress from me."


    "Zhou BingBing, you don''t remember if he bought any dress from you? "Zhou Liying gritted out angrily.


    "I don''t. What kind of dress was it? Maybe someone else bought It at his ce. Why will he personallye to my studio to buy it?"


    Zhou Liying described the dress and Zhou Bingbing acted surprise. "Oh, that dress. He was the one buying that dress. If I knew Mu Yuehan was buying it then I would have sold it at a high price. Arghh¡­. how can I miss this opportunity?"


    "Maybe he sent someone else to buy it." Zhou Liying wrinkled her brows, still finding Zhou BingBing to be doubtful but her reason was also true.


    Zhou Bingbing took a breather of relief when she heard Zhou Liying. She could not let her knew she knew about the identity of Mu Yuehan and helped him out. Otherwise, Zhou Liying may get angry at her.


    "So, tell me how was your date?" Zhou Bingbing again asked with excitement.


    Zhou Liying threw her head back and closed her eyes. She spoke dejectedly, "It was not a date but a trap to get married to me. Now I am married to Mu Yuehan."


    "What? You married Mu Yuehan?"


    Zhou Liying ignored the surprise in her cousins'' voice and continued speaking, "And in top of that, Hanhan, my old driver is none other than Mu Yuehan. He was staying by my side all this time and like a fool, I was unaware of his identity." She ridiculed.


    "Wow, aren''t you lucky then? You got married to the richest man in the city, not in the city but the world. Isn''t this what you always wanted? Mu Yuehan must like you very much to be your driver. How sweet! It''s just like some romantic novel." Zhou Bingbing squealed.


    Her customers looked at her with wide eyes, seeing her sequel. She apologised to them and quickly made her way toward her office.


    "He says he loves me, like real."


    "Then what''s the problem, Lili? Why do you sound so sad after marrying him? Do not deny, he is the best man for you. Did you not like HanHan? Don''t you like Mu Yuehan?" Zhou Bingbing spoke in a soft and coaxing voice. She took her seat on her chair.


    Zhou Liying opened her eyes and looked out from the window. There were unshed tears in her eyes.<sub> </sub>


    "I am sacred BingBing. I am horrified. So many times, so many times I wanted to open to him in the past. But these fears always stops me." Her throat tightened with cough. "So many times, I have visualised him loving me, but the next second I think, what if his love vanishes for me one day, then what?"


    "What if he gets bored with me one day? What if he do not like my ruthlessness or the way I kill people without a blink? Or what if he do not like an unseen threat on my life which will be his once I marry him? What if he leaves me because of all these reasons?" She yelled her frustration and sobbed.


    "He said he loves you deeply and from what I know, he will not leave you easily." Zhou Bingbing spoke softly. Her heart tightened upon hearing the sobs of her cousin. She wanted to be beside Zhou Liying and hug her tight.


    "But what if¡­. I know I will fall hard for him. And if he stopped loving me then I will break beyond any measures. I have to protect my heart from his love. I can''t ept him or this marriage, I can''t."


    "When I went on the date with Mu Yuehan, not knowing his identity, I thought him to be a heartless jerk. I thought, if I married him then there will be no love between us. It would be a simple contract marriage but I was wrong. And now, I am stuck."


    Zhou Liying tilted her head back and let her tears flow. Her heart was squeezing tight in pain. Many worst scenarios wereing in her mind. She could feel the pain of losing her loved one and she was not ready to lose someone else.


    "Trust him and his feelings." Zhou Bingbing advised. "Many hurdles wille in your life with Mu Yuehan, he may stop loving you but you never ept defeat. Make him fall for you again. Every rtion has some difficulties, so many difficulties but it does not mean, you will run away from love."


    Zhou Bingbing sighed sadly. "Don''t forget, Kris and I too faced many hurdles. He broke my heart so many times but I never let him go and here we are, all ready to get married."


    "Another reason for my fear." Zhou Liying pointed out. She gulped loudly. "You were strong to bear all his anger, all his ignorance or sharing his love with someone else. But I am not strong like you. I saw mom. I saw her crying for dad. I don''t want to end up like her."


    Zhou Bingbing looked down. She knew there was no way to take away this fear of Zhou Liying. It was only Mu Yuehan, who could ensure her of his undying love for her. Only he was the one who was able to take her fears of love away.


    "So, what do you n to do now?"


    "Make him hate me." Zhou Liying spoke with determination. "I am sure, he has an ego, big ego like all man. I will be stomping on his ego repeatedly. I will see for how long he will love me then. I am sure, he will stop loving me, seeing my cruel side."


    "And if he did not, then what?"


    Zhou Liying sneered, "then I will believe he loves me undyingly. Because my dear, there is no man, who can let a woman y with his ego. They treasure their ego and esteem more than anything. I know, Mu Yuehan is no different."

 Chapter 206 She Is Back.

    "What''s my schedule for today?"


    The moment Zhou Liying was back in her penthouse, without wasting any second, she called Min Yue. She wanted to return to work, to divert her mind.


    "I am sorry miss, but I did not set a schedule for you for the day. I was not aware of your return so¡­." She looked guilty.


    "Set it now then. I am going to change, meanwhile prepare a schedule for me." Zhou Liying ordered in a stiff and firm voice.


    Min Yue looked at her with surprise. She had expected to find Zhou Liying in a good mood on her return, but guess what, she was in a bad mood, in fact, she was in a very bad mood.


    Min Yue too was curious to ask Zhou Liying about the date and Mu Yuehan but she kept her curiosity to herself. She did not wish to be the target of her anger and irritation.


    Min Yue also saw the glittering ring on the finger of Zhou Liying and why not, it was hard to ignore. It was too catchy and beautiful. Again, she kept her curiosity to herself, even when she was dying from inside.


    "Did you prepare the schedule?" Zhou Liying asked once she was back after changing. Her voice held warning that Min Yue was to be punished if she had not done as ordered.


    "I have." And with that, Min Yue recited the schedule.


    **


    Mu Yuehan too returned to the city and just like Zhou Liying, he too got himself busy in his business. He was a step ahead of her, he went to his office directly from the airport.


    "Report."


    Li Tao who was in Shanghai when Mu Yuehan was in Vegas, started to give the reports of the current happening in thepany.


    "Today is the monthly meeting of departmental heads. Now that, Mister Zhan is not here, will you be attending it?"


    "I will."


    Li Tao shook his head with dejection, feeling sad for the heads. In the morning, when he left the office, he saw rxation on their faces. They all thought Zhan Wei was going to head the meeting.


    A bomb was going to be dropped upon them when Mu Yuehan would enter the conference room instead of Zhan Wei. Meetings headed by Mu Yuehan were hundred times stricter than that of Zhan Wei.


    **


    The environment of the conference room was quite lively. The heads were chit-chatting with each other, waiting for Zhan Wei. He did not intimidate them in the way of Mu Yuehan.


    "Last month, I was not able to achieve my target. I am sure, VP will neglect my one-time mistake. He will understand my reasons." The sales team head of shoe brand spoke without any worry or concern in his voice. He leaned on his seat as if he had achieved a double sale.


    "You are lucky that iceberg is busy. Otherwise, no one was going to save your ass." Other departmental head spoke, rubbing his belly pot.


    "Danger, danger, danger, I just got the news that iceberg is here. He will be heading the meeting." An employee entered the conference room and looked around with fret. "Everyone tighten your back, today is going to a long day for you all."


    Everyone looked at him with fearful eyes and without wasting any second, they all were on their seats, in front of theirptops.<sub> </sub>


    Not everyone was like the first department head. Many heads had outperformed themselves in thest month and now, they were altering their presentations, so they could impress Mu Yuehan.


    Everyone stood up from their seats with straightened back. Fear or respect could be seen on their faces. With held breath, they all were waiting for the entry of Mu Yuehan.


    Shoes of Mu Yuehan clicked against the floor and he entered in, with all his mightily aura. His lips tilted up in a smirk when he saw everyone looking at him with fear.


    He caught some of them at the verge of tears. Many departmental heads, whose performance was not at par thest month were on the stage of fainting down. Their legs were weak but still, they stood straight, feeling deathly eyes of Mu Yuehan over them.


    After scrutinising everyone in the conference room, Mu Yuehan walked toward his seat. Once he was seated, everyone took their seats one after another. No one dared to look at him.


    "Mister Li, report." A sly smile appeared on the lips of Mu Yuehan when a shivering Mister Li stood up from his seat.


    Mister Li was the same sales departmental head of the shoe brand. He was the one most rxed and now, he was the most scared one.


    From the moment, Mu Yuehan entered in the room, he was praying for Mu Yuehan to not look at him. He forgot, Mu Yuehan''s eyes always fell on the person who was most scared of him.


    "Mister Mu." He gulped. His legs were quaking violently. There was cold sweat on his forehead. His teeth were shivering and making a sound.


    "Speak. I don''t have much time to waste on you." The cold voice of Mu Yuehan bombed all around.


    Mister Li kneeled on the floor and looked at Mu Yuehan with forgiveness. "Please forgive me. Please. Last month, I was not able to achieve my target."


    "By how much?"


    Mister Li gulped hard. His stomach was in knots. He knew he would vomit at any time due to fear. "Five per cent."


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes darkened. "Five per cent? How can you miss it by five per cent? You are¡­."


    Before Mu Yuehan could say fire word, Mister Li spoke up. "It is not my fault. With the shift of Zhou corporation here In the country, many of our customers are moving toward them. They are giving a try to new choice."


    "This is no excuse, Mister Li. I am giving youst chance. Next month, I want to see an increase. Otherwise, count yourself as fired. Next, Mister Jiang, report¡­."


    Mister Li sighed with relief on getting another chance. He took deep breathes and patted on his chest. His face was all covered with sweat.


    He stood up from the floor and took his seat. His brain was moving around and he felt as if he was going to faint any second. He gulped down air to calm himself down.


    He opened the water bottle and gulped down all its content.


    "True face publication again denied to sale the copyright of their book, even when we offered them the double of the market price."


    Everyone stiffened and sneakily looked at the face of Mu Yuehan. It turned dark and dark and with that, the temperature of the conference hall fell below zero degrees.

 Chapter 207 Wedding Photographs.

    "Sale the shares of True face publication which we held. Release the secrets of the top management in the public. Let the publication face my wrath." He spat in a harsh and firm voice.


    His employees shivered, imagining the brutality which fell upon the publication because of their one wrong decision.


    "Meeting is adjourned."


    Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and made his way out from the conference, without turning back. Once he was gone, the heads tumbled down on their seats one after another.


    Nearly everyone had a handkerchief in their hand, using which they were removing their sweat or tears of fear.


    Mu Yuehan was feeling grumpy and angry. He was frustrated at his employees.


    When he entered in the conference hall, he was determined to not punish any of his employees. He wanted to give them some relief as a treat for his marriage.


    But when he saw their expressions on his arrival, he knew, like always, they leisured in his absence. They did not perform their work as per the set standards and Mu Yuehan did not like it.


    Mu Yuehan entered in his office and asked Li Tao to pass him all the pending files which needed his signature. He powered on hisptop and soon, a smile appeared on his lips upon seeing the photo of Zhou Liying.


    Her photo had a cooling effect on him because his temper became low in within a minute of seeing her photo. Li Tao too inwardly sighed upon seeing a small smile on his face.


    **


    Min Yue smartly scheduled the n of Zhou Liying for the day. There were some meetings which she had postponed when Zhou Liying left for Vegas and now when she was back, she asked her clients if they wanted to meet Zhou Liying today or not.


    Lucky for her, most of them were eager to meet Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying was looking at the reports which she received from Hongkong branch when Liam entered in her office. Without lifting her eyes from herptop, she spoke, "What is it?"


    "Miss, as asked by you, my teammates were following after Qin and Fan family. Here is the report." Liam reported professionally. Zhou Liying diverted her eyes away from theptop and epted the file.


    "We are also keeping an eye of Qin Yutong and as expected, she cannot be mother. A surrogate is already prepared by her. That surrogate will give her child to Qin Yutong. She will give someone else''s child to Fam family."


    "Interested." Zhou Liying smirked.


    She never thought Qin Yutong had nned such a big lie. She had thought, after getting married, Qin Yutong would act as if she miscarried but here she was, all ready to adopt a baby, making it heir of Fan family.


    Zhou Liying would be watching a show when she would expose Qin Yutong in front of the Fan family.


    "About Qin and Fan family, they don''t have any connection with eagle gang."


    Zhou Liying raised her brows, not trusting his words. She was sure, they had a hand in kidnapping her. After all, they wanted the property left on her name by Qin Yanze. They were low-ss people; they would notg in harming her.


    "Sure, Qin Yihong had contacted some low-level underworld gang to harm you but he doesn''t have any connection with eagle gang. Nor Is he aware of your true Identity."<sub> </sub>


    And with that, Liam informed her about the working of eagle gang, as much as he was able to gather. Seeing how strict they were in obeying their clients, Zhou Liying knew, there was no chance that Qin family or Fan family contacted them.


    He also reported how Qin Yihong contacted a gang, but the gang was finished by Aiden before it could take any action against Zhou Liying.


    "Go, don''t show any leniency toward Qin or Fan family. I am sure, they will find a way or another to harm me for sure. Also, keep information about me blocked. I don''t want anyone to get their hand on it."


    "Don''t worry miss. All your information is already blocked. Fan Yifeng is trying to get information on you, using your photo or name Qin Tian but so far, he doesn''t even have a hunch that you are now Zhou Liying."


    Zhou Liying nodded her head and smiled at Liam. She started to y with a pen, again thinking about the eagle gang and her enemy.


    **


    With a dreamy smile on his lips, left elbow ced on the office table, and head ced on his palm, instead of doing his office work like usual, Mu Yuehan was looking at his wedding'' photos.


    Mu Yuehan received all the photos from his guards and Zhan Wei which were clicked that day in Vegas and fromst two hours, he was looking at the same photos repeatedly.


    If not for the dreamy smile on his lips, anyone could say he was doing some important work. All his focus was on the photos. He also ordered Li Tao to not let anyone in his office because he was very busy!


    ''So beautiful. So, so, so, beautiful.'' He mumbled with a lost sigh. ''Argh, I am again missing you. If only I can pull you out from theptop screen.''


    And that was how Zhan Wei saw him when he entered his office, He rubbed his eyes and again looked at Mu Yuehan. He shook his head, ''Love has again taken his sanity. He had forgotten about work. Good, good.''


    Mu Yuehan was so lost in his photos that he did not realise that Zhan Wei was in his office. Absent-mindedly, he looked at the photo where Zhou Liying was pouting. He too pouted and leaned toward hisptop screen, to kiss her photo.


    "Hey, have you gone mad?" Zhan Wei chided. "Aren''t kisses of Zhou Liying enough that you are now kissing yourptop?" he teased.


    Surprised, Mu Yuehan looked at Zhan Wei. He scolded himself for again getting lost in her photos. He shut theptop and looked at his friend.


    "What bring you here?"


    "You have lost it." Zhan Wei chuckled. "Did you forget about the earrings?"


    "Give them to me."


    Zhan Wei produced a box from his pocket and passed it to Mu Yuehan. He removed imaginable sweat from his forehead. "I was betting against three royal families for them. But inst, I got them."


    Mu Yuehan opened the box and looked at the earrings with satisfaction. He looked at Zhan Wei with a genuine smile, "thank you for getting them for me."


    "At least you know how to thank me." He groaned.


    Both friends shared a heartyugh.

 Chapter 208 He Is A Devil!

    "What to do now miss? How can you reject Mu Yuehan? I have heard, he is a living devil! What if he gets angry at you and destroys your life? Recently, he has destroyed true face publication because of some small internal problem. He is scary."


    Yesterday night, Zhou Liying told Min Yue about her wedding with Mu Yuehan and how she denied being his wife. From that moment, Min Yue was freaking out. She failed to sleep during the night. She was biting her fingernails in fear.


    "Stop freaking out like this." Zhou Liying yelled at Min Yue. "You are my assistant then how can you be scared of Mu Yuehan? Don''t forget, I am no less. He cannot do any harm to me or mypany. Now buck up. Get ready. I don''t want to gette for the office because of you."


    "But¡­" Min Yue stopped herself upon seeing the deathly re of Zhou Liying.


    "He can''t even touch me. So, do not worry. Besides, If he really loves me then he will not dare to create any problem for me or Zhou corporations. Now leave." She ordered in a harsh voice.


    Min Yue stiffened upon hearing the anger in her voice. Without saying anything, she left the penthouse of Zhou Liying.


    She was worried about her boss. From whatever she had read or heard about Mu Yuehan, she knew he was ruthless. What if her miss angered him to be the target of his vengeance?


    **


    When Zhou Liying and Min Yue arrived at the office, they came across a delivery boy.


    "Miss, he was here waiting for you from an hour. He denied giving the parcel to us." The receptionist informed.


    Zhou Liying walked toward the delivery boy and looked at him with narrowed eyes. "Miss Zhou, Mister Mu has sent a gift for you. Please ept the delivery." The delivery boy pleaded and passed a wrapped package to Zhou Liying.


    "Not epted. Send it back to him."


    "Please don''t reject it." He begged and fell on the feet of Zhou Liying. He gulped. Tears were there in his eyes. He looked scared. "Mister Mu has warned mypany. If I fail to deliver his gift to you then he will finish ourpany. Many employees are working in mypany. We all will be jobless because of him. Please ept it."


    He literally fell In front of Zhou Liying and ced his head on her feet , she looked at the delivery boy with wide eyes and gritted her teeth.


    ''That Mu Yuehan. How can you ckmail someone to get something delivered to me? Isn''t he kind of ckmailing me?''


    "Stand up," Zhou Liying chided. "I will ept the delivery. Now stand up. You are making a scene."


    "Thank you, Miss Zhou. You are an angel for me and mypany." The boy thanked her from all his heart. He stood up and gave her three deep bows.


    Zhou Liying looked at the boy with a scowl. She unwrapped the delivered packet, to find a jewellery box. Her eyes went wide when she saw a pair of stunning earrings in the box.


    They were blue diamond earrings, surrounded by small diamonds. Looking at its quality, she knew they were expensive. And somewhere she had heard before, blue diamonds were thousand times more expletive than a simple diamond. She was able to calcte the value of earning which probably costed more than a million dors.


    If only she knew Its real price!


    Her heart skipped a beat when looking at such an expensive gift. She controlled her heart and looked at the delivery boy with a stern expression.


    "What are you waiting for? leave."<sub> </sub>


    "Ahem," he cleared his throat and passed a note to her. "He also asked me to give this note to you."


    Once Zhou Liying epted the note, without looking back, the delivery boy made a run. When giving him this job, Mu Yuehan had warned him that Zhou Liying may fume after seeing the note. So, it was better for him to run after doing his job.


    Zhou Liying read the note and she fumed when reading It,


    ''My Darling Missus Mu,


    I am sending a small wedding gift for you,


    Your beloved husband.''


    ''I must say, if there was apetition of most shameless man then he was going to win the first price. I insulted him so badly the day before yesterday but here he goes again, with Missus Mu and husband.'' She muttered under her breath.


    She crushed the note, feeling irritated and agitated. She fumed angrily and rushed out from the office building. She made her way toward the parking.


    "Uncle Jiang, give me the car keys." She demanded angrily.


    rmed, the old man looked at her. He knew she was angry. So, he could not let her drive in her anger, he offered softly, "Miss, where do you want to go? I will drive you."


    ?


    "I don''t like to repeat myself. Give. Me. The. Car. Keys. Right. Now." She spoke each word clearly with wrath and vexation in her voice.


    Her driver gulped and passed her the car keys. Zhou Liying opened the car and took her seat. Min Yue ran after her and before Zhou Liying could stop her, she sat on the passage seat.


    Zhou Liying nced at her for a second and then started the car. She drove the car at a fast speed from the parking.


    "Miss, can you easily drive in Shanghai? Here driving is right-hand side." Min Yue reminded and looked at her with concern.


    In London, the driving was on the left-hand side. So, she felt worried if Zhou Liying would be able to drive the right-hand side or not. She was driving in Shanghai after a long time and that too when her mind was clouded by rage.


    "Don''t forget, I once lived in Shanghai. I learnt driving here only. I know how to drive the right-hand side."


    Zhou Liying pressed hard on the elerator and increased the speed. Although, she had some problem tackling with the side she did not mind it.


    Soon, she arrived at the Mu corporation. "Stay here." She ordered to Min Yue.


    She covered her face with a mask to hide her identity. She angrily barged into the Mu corporation and toward the office of Mu Yuehan.


    Much to her surprise, she was easily let in. No-one stopped her on the way.

 Chapter 209 A Gift For Him.

    "What is the meaning of this gift and this note?" voice of Zhou Liying boomed around in the office. She red at Mu Yuehan.


    Sluggishly, he was leaning against his office table, with azy smile on his lips. His arms were wrapped around his chest. His eyes brightened up with mirth and glee when he saw Zhou Liying.


    It had been hardly two days that hest saw her, but still, he missed her very much. He felt refreshed and alive after seeing her, especially when she was angry at him.


    ''Guess what, I am in love with her angry mood more than romantic mood.'' He thought to himself.


    He walked toward Zhou Liying with tease in his eyes and on his lips. "Xiao Li, I was waiting for you only."


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes at his approaching figure. She stepped back, unaware that she was falling in his trap. "Why did you send me this gift?"


    He stepped toward her and she took a step back. "Simple, to make youe here. My n is a big sess, isn''t it? You are right here in my arms."


    Zhou Liying gasped when her back touched the wall and when Mu Yuehan trapped her with his arms. He leaned toward her, not leaving any space between their bodies. Her heart skipped a beat and she looked at him with startled expressions.


    Mu Yuehan smirked when he witnessed fear in her eyes which she was trying to hide, he also caught a trace of longing in them. He removed her mask from her face, to see her face.


    When Mu Yuehan sent the gift for her. He had a hunch that Zhou Liying would be charging in his office. That was why, he asked his guards and everyone to not stop her.


    From the moment, her car was parked in front of his office building, he was looking at her each step from the footage of CCTV. He was happy that she was here to see him, after all, he missed her.


    "Darling, I am going to held a press conference, to disclose my real identity. Why don''t you join me? We can announce our wedding at the same time."


    "Are you retarded? Mentally unstable, I guess? I never expected the head of Mu corporation to be so senseless and stupid." She insulted on his face viciously. Her eyes were taunting him. "Attend the press conference, and announce like a fool that you are Mu Yuehan but don''t drag me with you in your foolishness. So insane." She sneered.


    "How do I be foolish by holding a press conference?" Mu Yuehan looked at her with a smile.


    Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes at his expression. She mentally though, ''He is so shameless. I insted him. Instead of feeling offended, he is smiling at me. Does he not have any backbone?'' She gritted her teeth in irritation.


    "I am waiting for your answer. How am I mentally unstable?"


    "Don''t you know, once you disclose your Identity, your enemies will starting after you? Do you want to be the correct target of your enemies by showing them your face? What you are going to do is a suicidal attempt. If not retarded, what should I call you then?" she spat angrily.


    "Now leave me. I don''t want to waste my time with a pathetic person like you."


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with amusement. She used so many insults for him but still, he stood unaffected. He did not care about any insulting from her mouth, they sounded like the most precious praises.<sub> </sub>


    "Thank you for pointing out my foolishness, darling. Thank you for doing your duties as a wife and protecting me from the blunder which I was going to do by disclosing myself."


    Zhou Liying fumed when she heard him. "Can''t you understand that I don''t ept this marriage?" She screeched.


    "No, I can''t, especially when I am seeing our wedding certificate every one hour." Mu Yuehan took a step away from her so he could retrieve their weeding certificate from his breast pocket.


    Zhou Liying sighed in relief when he took a step back. She took deep breathes now that she was not in very close proximity of Mu Yuehan.


    "Here our license." Mu Yuehan unfolded the license and dangled it in front of her. She looked at it with wide eyes. "Using this license, you can im your rights on your grandpa''s property."


    She gasped upon hearing his words. A random thought wasing in her mind, "did you meet my grandpa before his death? Did you ask him to add a one-month marriage use in his will?"


    "Yes, I did." He confessed with a grin. "And see how helpful my one decision was. Here you are, married to me. Otherwise, why were you going to even think about marrying someone?"


    Zhou Liying lost it when she heard him. Her eyes became red with anger. She fumed. Smock could be seening from her nose and ears. She pointed her finger on his chest.


    "You are a jerk, shameless, egoistic bustard, a brazen person¡­." She slurred out all the insults she knew in his direction. "How can you tarp me like this?"


    She red at him. If res could kill then he was going to be five feet under the ground but here he stood unaffected.


    "Everything is fair in love and war sweetie. I wanted to marry you hence, I used this trap. By the way, grandpa was quite happy upon knowing that I was going to marry you."


    Hot tears of anger and betrayal filled in her eyes. She was cursing herself, her grandpa and him. She was lost of words upon seeing the idiotic smile on the lips of Mu Yuehan. She knew, her sharp, rude words did not affect him.


    "So, when can we go and collect our Chinese marriage book?"


    She red. She angrily took his hand and ced the earring set on it. "listen to me Mu Yuehan, enough of your ying with me. I am not your wife nor you are my husband. I will never ept this sham of a marriage."


    She pushed him away, ready to leave when Mu Yuehan took a hold of her hand. "You too listen to me. I promise, in within one month, you will fall head over heal in love with me. You will be epting me as your husband with free will." He dered.


    He thrusted the gift in her hand. "And I don''t take back a gift given once. ept It or throw it away. I do not care. But I am not taking it back."


    Zhou Liying clutched the gift and looked at him with a heated gaze. He gave her a silly smile. She huffed angrily. She slumped her left leg in defeat and left his office.


    Mu Yuehan chortled upon seeing her leaving figure. He knew he was ying with fire and he was enjoying this game.

 Chapter 210 Stupid Himself.

    Mu Yuehan returned to his seat and called Zhan Wei without a dy.


    After hearing Zhou Liying, he realised, he was doing a foolish thing by disclosing his identity. He knew there would be many threats on him if people got to know he was real Mu Yuehan.


    Moreover, he forgot the threats on the life of Zhou Liying, such threats would increase if he was toe public, and if Media connected dots of his rtion to her. He would never put her in danger because of himself.


    She saved him from a big blunder. She also made him realise his reasons as to why he made Zhan Wei his stand alone. Why he never came public before.


    "Cancel the press conference." He ordered.


    "What do you mean?" Zhan Wei gasped in shock. "Do you know what you are saying? Your press conference is in within half an hour. How can you ask me to cancel it now? What am I supposed to say to hundred of media members who will being at your order?"


    Zhan Wei felt furious and irritated upon hearing the order of Mu Yuehan. Everything was ready for his press conference. He had invited so many reporters and now he was backing off atst moment?


    What!


    Zhan Wei was feeling so happy and now Mu Yuehan wanted to snatch back his happiness. This was not fair.


    "Why are you silent? Speak." Zhan Wei roared. "Why this sudden change my lord?"


    "Zhou Liying came in. She do not want me to hold a press conference. She thinks I am foolish if I hold a press conference." Mu Yuehan spoke in ''I am innocent'' voice. He shrugged his shoulders.


    "Mu. Yue. Han. What am I suppose to do now with media?" he hollered.


    "Think of some other news. Are not you expert in dealing with such matters? Isn''t this why I made you my vice president?"


    "You¡­.so many times I regret my job." Zhan Wei spat and ended the call.


    Zhan Wei pulled on his hair once the call was ended. His cheeks were red with anger.


    ''This Mu Yuehan knows how to anger others.'' He mumbled under his breath, running his mind all around. He could not send media back without any breaking news, especially when they were invitedrge in number with a promise of breaking news.


    **


    "You will be driving the car." Zhou Liying threw the keys toward Min Yue. She opened the back door on her own and entered inside.


    Min Yue noticed her angry state. She was more furious than before and it made her gulp in fear. She fearfully sighed. She opened the door of the driver side and took her seat.


    Zhou Liying looked at the gift in her hands and she cursed. If she epted this gift then would it not send a wrong signal to Mu Yuehan?


    "Help me find the best gift for Mu Yuehan." She sharply said to Min Yue.


    "Why don''t we gift him a private jet?" Min Yue suggested.


    "He already has the best private jets." Zhou Liying declined her idea, remembering the luxurious jet of Mu Yuehan.<sub> </sub>


    "What about a mini cruise? We can ask our branch in London to ship one."


    "It will take time." Zhou Liying sighed and thought of a gift which she could gift him. The one which would match the cost of his gift to her.


    "I know, Zichen was gushing about thetest released Bugatti. As per him, the car is the most expensive. It is tted with tinum and diamond." Min Yue gushed excitedly.


    "Order it then." Zhou Liying paused. "Forget that, I will order the car myself."


    She pulled out her phone from her skirt pocket and made a few calls. She smirked to herself when her work was done.


    **


    "What to do? Only ten minutes are left." Zhan Wei mumbled to himself. He was feeling headache. He looked out from his cabin, into the conference room to see the presence of many reporters.


    "Mu Yuehan, you should deal with the reporters. You were the one to call them in the first ce. Why should I always clear the floor after you?" he muttered to himself and at the same time, his phone rang with a call from Mu Yuehan.


    ''Herees a call from the devil. I don''t know why am I still bearing him after all his tortures.''


    "What is your next order, my emperor?" he taunted.


    Mu Yuehan snorted. "I called to solve your problem."


    Zhan Wei''s eyes brightened when he heard him. The brightness disappeared as quick as it had appeared. Zhan Wei was not able to trust that Mu Yuehan had called him to help him out.


    "Announce that, on twentieth February, every brand under the Mu empire will be giving a discount of twenty-five per cent to its customer." Mu Yuehan spoke nonchntly.


    Astonished, Zhan Wei yelped, "are you serious? Do you want to dere a discount?"


    "Yes, I do. It is a kind of my treat to everyone for my wedding. I am happy, so I want to make everyone happy by giving this discount." He grinned.


    "You already had this idea in your mind when youst called me, right?" Zhan Wei used.


    "I had this idea." Mu Yuehan epted.


    "You¡­how can you torture me like this?" Zhan Wei boiled with anger. "You showed me hell inst twenty-five minutes without any use. You are a cruel, heartless monster."


    "And you love this heartless monster." Mu Yuehanughed.


    "My bad luck." Zhan Wei groaned and ended the call.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled and looked at the nk screen of his phone. Truthfully, he came up with the idea not five minutes back. He knew he had troubled Zhan Wei by suddenly standing up the press conference.


    He was aware of how bitchy reporters could be. That was why he thought of this n to save Zhan Wei and to clean the mess created by him by himself.

 Chapter 211 Best Gift.

    "Boss, an unknown car has arrived in your private garage." Li Tao reported.


    Lips of Mu Yuehan twitched in a knowing smirk when he heard Li Tao. He was expecting a return gift from Zhou Liying, against his gift. She did not disappoint him as usual.


    "Let me see it." Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat. He shrugged his coat and made his way toward the parking.


    There were amusement and curiosity in his eyes. His heart was beating with excitement. After all, this was going to be the first gift to him from her side.


    "Wow." Amazed, Mu Yuehan walked toward the gleaming Bugatti, which was hard to be ignored. It was midnight ck car, car depicting darkness with the shine of tinum on it.


    Tenderly, he ran his fingers on the car, looking at it with hawk-like eyes. Meanwhile, Li Tao searched about the car online and reported to Mu Yuehan about the same.


    It was a diamond tted car with the use of diamonds on mirrors or headlight. It was packed with an engine of 1500 horsepower and 1180 pound-foot of torque that helps it from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds. It had a quad-turbo engine with a top speed of 261 mph.


    It was the dream car of many men, including him and why not, he loved to have a collection of cars. His private parking at his penthouse trophied the best and most expensive cars in the world.


    "You are lucky, you are going to be my favourite car."


    And why not, his wife selected this car for him. It was her first gift for him. He felt excited and giddy about the same. He felt like a teen boy who got a kiss from his crush.


    He pulled out his phone from his pocket and clicked his photo with his car. There was a dreamy look on his face.


    He attached the photo with a message and captioned, ''thank you for this gift love. You know how to keep your husband happy: smiley:''


    He sent the message to Zhou Liying. He grinned widely, anticipating her expressions on receiving his message.


    **


    Zhou Liying was typing an important mail on herptop when she was disturbed by a message on her phone. She picked up her phone and saw a message from an unknown number.


    She opened the message and her eyes went wide in shock. She gritted her teeth, seeing his message and his photo. Without wasting any second, she dialled the number.


    "How did you get my number?" she yelled furiously the moment the call was connected.


    "Is it some rocket science?" Mu Yuehan smug. "It was not hard for me to get your number, darlo. By the way, I¡­."


    Zhou Liying hung up the phone without speaking to him. Mu Yuehan chuckled when the call got disconnected, already anticipating that his number was going to be blocked. And that was what happened, Zhou Liying, without thinking twice, blocked his number.


    "Ha, ha, ha¡­" Mu Yuehanughed out aloud. He loved it so much, to tease his wife. He was loving these small quarrels which they were having as husband and a wife.


    "Boss, Bugatti has released another car with your car. They have released a couple cars. One for male and another for female." Li Tao reported.<sub> </sub>


    "Order it and send it to her ce." Mu Yuehan smiled. "Tomorrow, she will unblock my number after seeing my next gift for her."


    Mu Yuehan gawked at his car for onest time before returning to his office. He had a lot of work to do. He wanted toplete his work before going on a long drive in his new car.


    **


    Zhou Liying returned to her penthouse. She tiredly threw her head back on the couch. She made her way toward the kitchen with takeouts in her hands.


    Mu Yuehan was busy. So, he did not send her dinner as usual. Zhou Liying was in no mood to cook. Hence, she bought dinner for herself in the way.


    She warmed her food and had it while watching the business news on the television. After having her food, she threw the packs in the dustbin.


    She made her way toward her room to get changed. She sighed and pulled out the box with earring from her pocket. With conflicted expressions on her face, she looked at the box.


    She huffed loudly. She opened the box and retrieved the earrings. She removed the studs from her left ears and reced them with the earrings given by him.


    "So beautiful." She looked at the earrings in her ears with soft eyes. Blue and red were her favourites, and that way why the earrings looked stunning in her ears.


    Her heart turned warm and heavy at the same time, looking at the earrings and then at her ring.


    Mu Yuehan knew how to spoil a girl, especially her. She was crazy for jewellery, especially expensive once. She owned many delicate and expensive pieces. She had many anklets, rings, bracelets, earrings, nes, and pendants.


    "He knows how to make a girl fall for him. Simple: by showering her with her best gifts."


    She removed the earring from her ears. She ced it back in the box. She wore her original studs in her ears. She entered her closet and opened the locker which held her precious things.


    She ced the box with earrings in the locker. Now her locker held, two of the precious things given by Mu Yuehan.


    First, the eternal rose.


    And now, these earrings.


    Zhou Liying exhaled deep tiredness and sadness filled breath. She closed the locker. She blinked her eyes to remove the tears of frustration.


    She took out her biking dress from her closet, knowing well that she needed speed. Speed to calm down the anxiety of her heart, to clear her mind of everything.


    Moreover, it has been long that she had purchased her favourite bike. But till now, she did not take it on a long drive because of one reason or another.


    Today was the day when she was going to speed on the streets of Shanghai, told the passers-by that Thunderstruck was here in Shanghai.

 Chapter 212 It’s Only Mine.

    "Do you want me to drive this car?" Li Tao asked.


    "No, only I will be driving it. No one." Mu Yuehan looked at the car with a dotting smile. Li Tao rolled his eyes because to him, it looked as if Mu Yuehan was looking at Zhou Liying instead of his car.


    "Give me the car keys."


    Li Tao obliged and passed the car keys to Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan took the keys and opened the car door. He entered in and took the driving seat. With amaze, he looked inside the interior of the car. "Wonderful."


    He looked around in the car as if it was personally designed by Zhou Liying, not by the designers of the Bugatti.


    "She has such good taste."


    If only he knew, this car was the idea of Min Yue. Zhou Liying had no hand in selecting this car. She only ordered this car and paid for it.


    Mu Yuehan ignited the engine and pressed on the elerator, and as imed by thepany, his car was driving out from the parking in a speed of 200 mph in within a minute.


    Mu Yuehan drove the car at the highest speed, to test its limit. He was impressed. He looked at the empty passenger seat beside his seat with longing. He wanted to go on a long drive with Zhou Liying. He imagined himself going on a long trip with her.


    "Soon, soon, very soon." He motivated himself.


    Mu Yuehan slowed down the car at the traffic signals. He whistled in delight and leaned against the soft seats of the car. He already held many cars, but he found everything in this car to be of superb ss.


    When the signal turned green, he shifted the gears. He was about to press on the elerator when a bike crossed his car at a fast speed. His eyes became wide upon seeing a bike running at such a fast speed.


    He pressed hard on the elerator, to follow the bike. He felt intrigued for no reasons.


    **


    Zhou Liying decided to take a trip toward the ce of herke city project, she wanted to see how thatke looked like. She wanted to gather some knowledge about the area, to prepare herself for the meeting with Mu''s, which was pending till now.


    She drove her bike on the highway at a high speed, toward theke. She was feeling refreshed and carefree, enjoying the speed. Adrenaline running in her body made her forget about everything. She felt free and out of this world.


    She was driving, when she saw a Bugatti following after her. She looked at the car with from rear view mirror. A frown appeared on her face when she recognised the car.


    This model was released not a long ago. So, she knew, the only person owning this car in the whole of Shanghai could only be Mu Yuehan.


    "Why is he following after me? Did he recognise me in this attire?" she talked with herself. She twisted her brows in confusion."Or did he recognise my bike?" She Immediately dismissed this thought because many people owned the bike like hers.


    From top to bottom, she was covered with ck. There was no way, Mu Yuehan could recognise her.


    She shook her head and increased the speed of the bike, to leave the car behind. Even though, she was very aware that there was noparison between the speed of his car and her bike.


    **


    Mu Yuehan was amazed at the driving skills of the bike rider. The highway on which they were driving was famous for being an ident prone area because of many curvy twists and turns.<sub> </sub>


    But still, the driver in front of him was driving fast and like an expert. He knew Mu TianYu loved to bike race, so he thought, why not to introduce the drive in front of him to his brother.


    ''He will be happy to see someone who has better skills than him.'' Mu Yuehan thought to himself.


    He increased the car speed when Zhou Liying increased her bike speed. He was following her. He wanted to meet her.


    He noticed the bike and recognised it. He knew this was the same model which was purchased by Zhou Liying. But he did not dare to dream that she was the biker.


    ''Does my Lili too drive her bike at such a fast speed? I hope not. I hope she is not stupid to put her life in danger by driving at such a fast speed.''


    Mu Yuehan cursed when he saw indicators indicating that his car was low of fuel. He slowed down the car in search of a nearby fuel station.


    And by the time he got his car filed, the bike of Zhou Liying was nowhere to be seen.


    "Shit, I missed an opportunity to meet that driver." He thought out aloud.


    He decided to drive toward theke city which was not very far from where he was.


    **


    On the ind of India


    "Mommy, when will I meet my dad?" a three-and-a-half-year-old boy looked at his mother with sadness and longing in his eyes. "All of my friends have dad, except for me."


    "You will meet him soon, I promise." His mother looked at him with a lovely smile. She ran her fingers in his hairs.


    She loved her son so much. She loved him not because he was her son but because, he was her key to marry with him, his father.


    "Now sleep." She gently smiled at him.


    "No, I don''t want to sleep." He groaned.


    "I said sleep." She red at him. "Don''t you know if you sleep then only will you be taller and healthy. Now sleep." Cruelty and sadistism appeared in her eyes.


    The little child became scared of her. He knew his mother was getting angry like usual. He closed his eyes, as to not be the target of the wrath of his mother.


    "Good boy." His mother smiled when she saw his closed eyes.


    She stayed by the side of her son for a minute. She stood up from her seat. She unlocked her closet using the keys. She took out two photos. She red at one and looked at another with love.


    ?


    "I will kill you." She pointed her finger at one photo and then at another. "And then, I will marry you. You, our son and I will live together like a family."


    Sheughed, a Goosebumps raisingughter. Manic and craziness could be heard in herugh. It was augh of a person who was not in his right state of mental condition.

 Chapter 213 She Is The Biker!

    Zhou Liying parked her bike at a little distance from theke. She walked toward the man madeke and took her seat on one of the stones. "Beautiful."


    She looked in the clear water of theke which was reflecting the stars in the sky. Theke looked beautiful. It was masterpiece indeed. Now she knew, why government so wanted to develop the area around thiske into a city.


    Thiske was going to be an attraction for others to move in here. Thiske was going to be a profit earner.


    Thiske was used to be a part of hydropower nts. The government closed the nt a few years back. They were demolished and the area around theke was cleaned.


    With time, trees and bushes grew near theke, making it a famous pic spot among the citizens. For now, thiske was used for swimming, boating and many other water activities.


    "I guess, this ce is going to be my new heaven for the time being." Zhou Liying sighed. She Renee her hilltop in London which used to be her getaway. And now thiske. It was giving her the needed sce.


    Mu Yuehan frowned when he saw the familiar bike parked near theke. But soon, a smile appeared on his lips. He had thought that he had lost that driver but guess what, the biker too wasing to theke.


    Without wasting any time, he stopped the engine. He was afraid that he would miss the opportunity to see the biker once again if he dyed. He stepped out from the car and ran toward theke.


    With each step, his heart rate increased. His breathing too became abnormal. With astonishment, he looked at a female sitting beside theke. His beating heart was telling him that this female was none other than his girl.


    Holy¡­.


    ''She is that daring driver?''


    ''My Lili was the one driving the bike at such a fast pace?''


    To confirm his doubts, he walked toward her, to see her face. A surprised gasp escaped his lips when he saw it was indeed Zhou Liying. His heart stopped beating upon imagining the risk she was putting herself into, only for fun.


    "Lili, you."


    Alerted, Zhou Liying looked at Mu Yuehan. She groaned when she saw him. She was here to be away from his thoughts.


    But guess what?


    God did not want to see her in peace and that was why Mu Yuehan was here?


    "Should I leave now?" she thought to herself but denied her idea.


    Why should she leave, when she found a little peace here?


    Besides, if she left, she would be a coward. And she did not want toe in front of him as a coward.<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan smiled at her and took his seat on the adjacent rock to her. He grumbled under his breath because of the gap in between two rocks. There was not enough space on the rock of Zhou Liying for him to sit.


    "You know, you should not drive your bike at such a fast speed, especially in this area." Mu Yuehan spoke with fear and worry.


    "It''s my bike, my life, my wish if I want to drive fast or not. You should not care about it." Zhou Liying spoke in a harsh tone, without looking at him.


    Mu Yuehan sighed and looked at theke. He knew she would not listen to him, not now when their rtionship was not good. But he made a mental note to talk with her about her bike''s speed once she epted him.


    "By the way, thank you for the car. Although, you didn''t need to give me a return gift for the gift I gave to you."


    Zhou Liying turned toward him and raised her right brow in a perfect arc. "Who said it is a rerun gift?" She mocked. "This gift is for your escorting service in Vegas. I saw you did not deposit the cheque. Hence, here is the car for thepensation. By the way, you can be an escort as a side business. You are quite good at it."


    Lips of Zhou Liying lilted up in a sneer when she called him an escort. Mu Yuehan red at her for a second before heposed himself. His ego hurt upon hearing that he was called an escort.


    "I know why you are insulting me." He took her hand with her wedding ring in his hand with the ring. Their rings were glittering brightly under the moonlight.


    "I know you are scared that one day I will leave you, leave you the way others left you. But I promise. I will never leave you."


    His voice was soft and soothing to the heart of Zhou Liying. She closed her eyes, enjoying his simple touch on the back of her hand.


    "Insult me as much as you want, make me hate you as much as you want, test my love, challenge my love, but you will always find me standing beside you. My love for you is very strong. I will not leave you because of some stupid acts of yours."


    Thud! Thud! Thud!


    Heart of Zhou Liying beat fast in her chest. Her body was quivering with delight. There were unshed happy tears in her eyes. Few words from him felt like a confession, a true confession from him.


    "I love you so much, Darling. I love you and I am ready to face whatever you will throw in my direction. It is my promise, soon you too will fall for me like crazy. Your heart will revolt against your brain and then, you will be in my arms, loving me."


    Zhou Liying''s heart skipped a beat when she heard his confidence filled words. He was challenging her and she knew, she was to lose this challenge, especially when she looked in his dark eyes.


    His eyes were filled with love, love for her and she wanted to get lost in it.


    Then what was stopping her back!


    One thing which stopped everyone from leaping faith, fear!

 Chapter 214 Game.

    Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying were silently sitting on the edge of theke, enjoying the soothing environment and cold air. The set up was romantic, perfect for a date.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to offer a walk with Zhou Liying around theke but he did not ask, afraid, she would deny him.


    He picked up a random stone from the ground and threw it in theke. It bounced three times before submerging inside. He picked another stone and it too submerged in theke after three bounce.


    After losing against Zhou Liying back in the city across juju ind, Mu Yuehan was continuously practising of throwing a stone in theke, in her memories. Now he too was kind of expert in this game.


    Zhou Liying looked at the stone thrown by Mu Yuehan with amusement. She too picked up a stone and imitated his action, but her stone fell in theke without any bounce.


    Mu Yuehan frowned, ''Can a person forget about his practised skills with his memories?''


    She picked another stone and hence again, it submerged in theke with a loud ssh and without any bounce. She pouted unconsciously.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her pout. "This game is not very easy. It needs practise. Let me teach you."


    Before she could reject his offer, he took her right hand and ced a stone in it. "Hold it like this, all right."


    He was giving her instructions with all seriousness. But she was looking at his handsome face. He looked striking when serious. With moonlight falling on his face, he looked gorgeous.


    She looked at his face from close. Her heart trembled when an image shed in front of her eyes, him with a book. But she did not remember the time when she saw him with a book and in the dress in her sh.


    Her breathing rate picked up. She attempted to remember the image repeatedly, but she failed.


    "Are you alright?" Mu Yuehan ced his palm on her back, looking concerned.


    "I am all right." She took a few breaths from her mouth, feeling calm with his simple touch. She closed her eyes and again opened them. "Let me try throwing the stone."


    She shifted away on her rock. She picked up a stone and threw it in theke, as instructed by Mu Yuehan.


    Her first stone bounced only once, but then next stone bounced twice and after five more attempts, her stones were bouncing three times before submerging into water.


    "And someone was saying it needs practice. Only a dumb person will need practice for this game." She taunted.


    Mu Yuehan looked amused. ''Guess what, a person may forget his skills but she only needs some practice to remember her skills. If only a person can remember another forgotten person so easily.''


    He sadly sighed. Unaware of his gloominess, Zhou Liying was throwing the stones in theke. She was enjoying this pass time.


    "I have transferred all the promised properties at your name." Mu Yuehan informed. He picked up a stone and threw it in water.


    "Excuse me?" she turned her face to look at him. Confusion was visible on her face.<sub> </sub>


    "Remember, I promised that I will transfer some properties to you once we get married? I transferred them at your name."


    Zhou Liying blinked in surprise. "I thought you were lying. Why did you transfer them when I didn''t even ept this marriage?"


    "Soon you will ept this marriage. And hence all those properties are my gift for you. You can send yourwyer to collect the papers. You can see if you want anything more from me for this marriage."


    Zhou Liying felt emotional upon hearing him. Many emotions ran in her mind and her heart turned heavy.


    Was he so sure of his love as to transfer so many expensive properties at her name? she remembered that his aero visionpany was also one of them. Did he want to lose his ownership over them for her?


    "I will take your leave." Zhou Liying abruptly stood up. She could no longer stay with Mu Yuehan. He was infecting her. He was affecting her heart and she was still not ready.


    Mu Yuehan sighed and looked at Zhou Liying driving away from him. He knew his love affected her badly. She was running away from his love and this hurt him. He knew her stubbornness and he knew she was not going to ept his love without giving a tough fight to her own heart.


    **


    Next day in the evening, Min Yue entered in the office of Zhou Liying. She had a fearful expression on her face.


    "Miss, there is an unknown car in your private parking, a Bugatti to be perceived."


    Zhou Liying''s eyes narrowed. A glint appeared in her eyes. She knew who was the sender of this car. She stood up from her seat and made her way toward the parking. She was fuming inside because of the gift Mu Yuehan sent for her.


    With a surprised gasp, she stared at the Bugatti in front of her. And it was not a simple car, Swarovski crystal-coated car. Rubies in millions were coated around the car. Standing under the parking lights, the car looked stunning.


    "This car was released with the car which you sent for Mister Mu." Min Yue informed. She too was looking at the car with awe. She felt lucky to work with Zhou Liying. That way, at least she was able to look at the car from so close.


    There was a card attached with the wind cleaner of the car. Zhou Liying picked up the card and read it: I heard my car was a part of couple carunch. So, I sent the other car for you. Now we both will drive a couple cars for the world to know that we are spouses.


    Zhou Liying fumed when she read his message. Her heart liked his sweet gesture but her mind hated it. It warned her repeatedly that Mu Yuehan was dangerous for her.


    She pulled out the phone from her pocket. She searched for the number of Mu Yuehan and unblocked it. She dialled the number of Mu Yuehan, to ask him to take his car back.


    She dialled his number repeatedly, but no one answered her. She called him after some time gap but again, there was no reply.


    With each passing second, she felt scared for him. She knew that he would never ignore her call, he would surely answer her, especially now when he was pursuing her. So why didn''t he answer her call till now?


    She was afraid that something bad had happened to him because she have started to have feelings for him.


    ''Has my curse to never find love gotten to him?''

 Chapter 215 Worried For Him.

    Zhou Liying ignored the first few missed calls to Mu Yuehan, thinking that he was busy. She ced her phone aside and got busy with her work.


    But when she did not receive any call from him even after one hour, she felt restless. She knew Mu Yuehan and she knew; he was not going to miss the opportunity to talk with her over the phone.


    She called him again, there was no reply. Worry and concern appeared in her heart. She panicked for his safety. She felt scared that something had happened to him.


    She felt cursed because everyone she loved fell into an ident, leaving her alone in this world. First, her mother died in an ident when a car hit her. Then her maternal grandma and after that, her paternal grandmother too died in an ident.


    "Where are you Mu Yuehan?" she was freaking out with each passing second. Her heart was beating fast in fear. There were unshed tears in her eyes. Her breathing was slow. Her hands were sweaty.


    Her whole body was shivering with worry and fear. Her heart was sinking, imagining the worse scenarios. Her stomach was in knots.


    She walked toward the window and opened it. She inhaledrge gulps of breath, to calm down her anxiety. She was feeling panicky because of not receiving his call.


    She was feeling distraught. She again tried to call him but again, it was not answered.


    Was she a bad curse? Why does everyone who tried to get close to her, love her went away before she could feel loved?


    She clutched the edge of the window in a tight grip. She closed her eyes, trying to be optimistic. She tried to control her heart which was worried for the safety of the person who was making his path in her heart.


    ''I am sure he is attending some meeting. Or maybe he wants to y with me by making me worried. He is testing my love for him. I should not be worried about him. He will be all right.''


    ''Even if he is not all right, then why should I care? I do not love him, right? I don''t love him.''


    Before she could answer her question, Min Yue entered her office. Zhou Liying had her face looking out from the window so Min Yue was not able to see her face.


    "It''s ten in the night. We should leave."


    "You go, I still have some pending files to check. I will return home afterpleting them."


    "But¡­" Min Yue was not ready to leave Zhou Liying alone.


    "Go, don''t worry about me. I am all good."


    Min Yue nodded and left her office. Zhou Liying removed some tears drops from her face. She closed the window and returned to her work table. She opened herptop and started to check some emails, to divert her mind away from the thoughts of Mu Yuehan.


    **


    "Todays'' meeting was so long and tiring." Li Tao groaned and entered in the elevator with Mu Yuehan.


    "It was, especially when I forgot my phone back in the office." Mu Yuehan mentally pped his head for his foolishness. How could he so foolishly forget his phone in his office? Especially when he was going to another city for a meeting!


    He knew he received lot of important work-rted calls on his phone. Also, the calls of Zhou Liying. To add-in, if his phone was with him, he never felt bored in his meetings because he always sneakily looked at her photos, whenever feeling bored. Her photos were enough to energise him, throughout the meeting.


    "Did she receive the car?" Mu Yuehan asked with a small smile on his lips, imagining her reaction on receiving the car.<sub> </sub>


    "Ahem," Li Tao cleared his throat. "I don''t know if she received the car or not, but one hour back, a private cruise arrived in your private dock. It is a gift from Miss Zhou."


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes brightened up in amusement. A happyugh escaped his lips. Now he knew what she meantst night when she said it was only apensation. Guess what, this cruise was return gift for his gift.


    Yesterday, after ordering the car for Mu Yuehan, Zhou Liying made a call to her cruise makingpany. She asked them to transfer one of the cruises which were all ready to be hers, to be transferred to Mu''s Dockyard in Shanghai.


    "It seems to be one of the best mini cruise manufactured by Zhou corporations."


    "Ask someone to live video call to me with the cruise. I want to see how it is."


    "I will do it." Li Tao made few calls.


    "It is dark now. Dock members will call you tomorrow."


    Mu Yuehan entered in his office and picked up his phone. A smile appeared on his lips when he saw forty-six missed calls from Zhou Liying, all at a different time gap.


    ''Was she worried that I did not answer her call?''


    With a pleasing smile, he made a call to Zhou Liying. Now it was his turn to panic when she did not answer his call. And after some time, he started to receive a message that her phone was not in range.


    He frowned and dialled her number repeatedly. His heart was ready to leap out from his chest in fear. A fearful frown appeared in between his brows. He made his way toward the elevator, freaking out for Zhou Liying.


    Without wasting any second, he called Min Yue, "where is Lili?"


    "She is in the office. Why? Did something happen?" She sat up with concern in her voice.


    "Nothing happened. She is not answering my call. So, I thought of calling you."


    "Oh."


    Mu Yuehan ended the call with her and dialled the number of thendline in her phone. It rang and rang, but no one answered.


    His heart stopped beating for a second. Many worst and negative scenarios came in his mind. He remembered how there was a threat to her. What if someone was able to harm her?


    He was cursing himself for not taking his phone with him. What if she was calling him not because she missed him but because she was in a danger.


    Damn it!


    He tried her phone, repeatedly and when it was connected, he released a sigh of relief when he heard her voice, before getting barbaric at her.


    But the next words which came from her mouth, in a fragile voice, stopped his heart from beating, "Han¡­. save¡­mee...."

 Chapter 216 Save Me!

    Before the phone call


    Mu Yuehan was feeling restless. He removed his coat and then untied his tie. He threw them aside in his car. He red at Li Tao and ordered to increase the speed of the car.


    He was going toward the Zhou corporation, to look for her. He was angry at himself for not sending his elite team in the service of Zhou Liying till now.


    He was feeling anxious. Cold sweat was flowing down his forehead. "Increase the temperature of the car." He ordered and took a heavy breath.


    ''Please connect my call this time. Please.'' He pleaded to God. He took a deep shaky breath and dialled her number and this time, luckily, the call got connected.


    "Hello, Lili. Are you there?" he asked with concern. He was answered by silence. "Hello, Lili, can you hear me?" he yelled, panicky. "Hello, hello, is someone there, please answer me dammit!"


    Each passing second of pin-drop silence was crushing his heart. His breathing wasboured and there was clear fear in his eyes.


    He clutched the phone tight. "Please, whoever has this phone answer me. Please, I am begging you. I am very worried about the owner." He was all ready to cry if he did not receive any answer.


    He was at the edge of his sanity. His fright was killing him inside. He felt concerned for Zhou Liying.


    Was she kidnapped and was this her kidnapper who received his call?


    Was she in an ident and was this the witness of the ident who was on another side?


    Was the phone answered without her knowledge?


    Many worst to good scenarios ran in his mind. There were many knots in his stomach and his hand holding his phone was sweaty.


    "Han." He heard her faint voice. He took a long deep breath in relief, that she was all right.


    "Why did you not speak anything before, damn it?" he yelled. All his anxiety and fear wereing out in the form of angry words. "Hell will you women, were you enjoying my panicky state? Is not answering my call a joke for you? Was this another challenge of you to test me? Did you want to kill me with an anxiety attack?" He roared.


    He was feeling furious, "You know what, I was only a minute away from deporting all my guards in search of you. But here you are, ying a joke on me? Tell me, why did you not answer my call? Tell me damm. Why aren''t you saying anything?"


    He angrily punched against the driver seat in front of him. His eyes were red with anger and worry. He was breathing hard.


    He heard her sharp intake of breath, followed by her weak voice, "Han¡­. save¡­.me¡­. ah¡­."


    At the same time, they arrived at the Zhou corporation. He rushed inside thepany, only to be stopped by Aiden. "What are you doing here?" he narrowed his eyes.


    "I should be the one asking you the same." Mu Yuehan yelled. "What are you doing here, standing like a statue when your miss is stuck in an elevator from god knows how long?"


    Mu Yuehan ran his hand over his face. He was feeling anxious for her safety. "Immediately prepare for her rescue."


    **


    An hour back<sub> </sub>


    On not getting any reply of her calls from Mu Yuehan, Zhou Liying decided to pay him a visit to hispany. She wanted to confirm that he was all right. She wanted to calm her anxiously beating heart.


    She picked up her bag and made her way to the elevator. She entered in. The elevator was about to reach its destined floor when the elevator stopped because of sudden power break. It turned all dark in the elevator. Its inbuilt battery also failed, making the elevator stuck in the middle.


    Terrified, Zhou Liying tried to press the buttons on the elevator. She panicked because of darkness. Many bad dreams rted to dark tortured her mind.


    ''I am strong, I am strong.'' She repeated the mantra. She gasped for breath and pressed the buttons of the elevator to no avail. She banged against the door of the elevator but no one was at the said floor to hear her cry for help.


    She started to shiver in fear. She searched for her phone in her bag and then pocket. She pulled out her phone from her pocket with much difficulty. Her hands trembled as she unlocked the phone and switched on the sh.


    She tried to call someone, anyone, but there was nowork on her phone. She felt dejected.


    There was fear in her eyes and she was gasping for air. Her shivering body leaned against the cold wall of the elevator. Her heart was beating fast. She feared dark and her fear was now affecting her.


    The only noise in the small elevator was of Zhou Liying gasping hard for breath or of her fast-beating heart.


    She was having a panic attack and she knew that. Cold sweat was falling down her forehead and she felt cold and alone. She felt weak and pathetic to be caged in this small area with no name of help. No one wasing for her. No one was going to help her.


    She was unaware, Mu Yuehan was trying to call her. But because there was no or lowwork in the elevator, his call was getting disconnected.


    When Zhou Liying''s phone screen lite up with a call from Mu Yuehan, she felt as if she found heaven. With much difficulty, she answered the call. She was feeling dizzy and fatigued.


    By the time she ced the phone on her ear, Mu Yuehan was already yelling at her.


    She was feeling short of breath. She wanted to speak but nothing came out from her mouth. Her throat was dry and her lungs were burning. She inhaled a long deep breath and called for him.


    She knew, only he was the one who could save her now. Even though, it was a thought of her unconscious mind.


    "Han¡­save¡­me¡­.lee¡­. elevator¡­. fifteen¡­."


    **


    After hearing the words of Mu Yuehan, Aiden and his team were immediately in action. They were aware of the power off and it was due to default of fuse. They fixed most of the fuses but to the bad luck of Zhou Liying, the fuse of the elevator in which she was caged was taking some time to repair.


    In within a minute, they were able to find the elevator in which Zhou Liying was stuck. She was stuck in between fourteenth and fifteenth floor. Mu Yuehan looked at the elevator from the opened door of fifteenth floor. It was quite a far below from where he stood.


    "I am going inside the elevator. I can''t wait for you all to repair the fuse or search for some rope." Mu Yuehan dered.


    "But mister Mu, it can be dangerous for you to jump and enter in the hanging elevator. Let me go in," Aiden said in a pointed voice.


    Mu Yuehan red at him. "Are you asking me to stay behind when I know Lili is struggling in a small box for breath? I am jumping in the elevator and going inside."


    And with that said, Mu Yuehan prepared himself to rescue Zhou Liying.

 Chapter 217 Saving Her.

    Mu Yuehan needed to jump on the roof of hanging elevator box, which was nearly eight to nine feet below from where he stood. After that, he needed to remove the top emergency window of the elevator, to enter the elevator.


    It was a quite hard and risky job, but not for Mu Yuehan. He had taken the training with the military where he did many life threatening challenges which were nothing inpare to rescuing his girl.


    Auden too was ready to jump in but Mu Yuehan stopped him. He himself wanted to save his girl. Moreover, he wanted to impress her too.


    "I am going in now." He told her guards. He leaned against the door of the elevator and jumped inside,nding on the steel box. Hisnding was absolutely perfect and safe.


    "Throw me the torch." Aiden without any dy threw a torch in the extended hands of Mu Yuehan. He caught the torch with ease.


    Aiden too was feeling quite afraid for Zhou Liying. She was his responsibility but guess what, he failed to protect her because he did not think she would fall in small and negligent problem like this.


    He was worried for Mu Yuehan at first, thinking him to be a rich billionaire who did not know how to protect himself. But when Aiden saw his jump, he got an idea that Mu Yuehan too was trained in protecting himself.


    Using the torch, Mu Yuehan opened the nuts at the window on the top. When he jumped, Aiden had already passed him some equipments which now came handy in opening the bolts and nuts.


    Once the nuts were undone, he uncovered the window. He shed the torch inside the steel box. A sigh of relief escaped his lips when he saw Zhou Liying. His heart calmed down for a second upon seeing her face.


    Worry again crept in his heart when he saw that she was unconscious. Afraid that something serious had happened to her, without wasting a second, he jumped inside the elevator without any care.


    He looked at the unconscious Zhou Liying, and sudden fear crept his heart. He kneeled down at her level. He only sighed when he heard her normal heartbeats and slow breathing.


    "Thank god, you are alright." He took long breathers of relief and pulled an unconscious her in his arms, in a tight hug. He inhaled in her familiar fragrance to calm down his body and his heart. They both were so worried about her.


    Mu Yuehan felt d that nothing bad happened to her. She was simply unconscious, maybe due to fatigue orck of oxygen. He rocked her in his arms, keeping her close to his heart.


    "Soon, I will get you out from here." He pressed a kiss on the crown of her head.


    He pulled out his handkerchief from his pocket and removed the sweat from her forehead. He removed his jacket and covered her with it. He felt that her body was slightly cold.


    "I am here, sweetie. I am here. We both are good." He kissed all over her cold face, too take her coldness away. He then ran his warm hand over her cold body, trying to give her some of his body heat.


    "How much more time, Aiden?" He shouted and immediately got a response in nearly an inaudible voice from Aiden. "Rope is on the way. Please wait for a minute."


    "Okay."<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan looked down at the face of Zhou Liying. She was looking so fragile and weakying in his arms. It felt as if she was free of all the worries of the world.


    A smile appeared on his face when Zhou Liyingtched on his shirt and nudged her nose in his chest. She was trying to take his body heat but for him, this action was quite intimate.


    "Can''t you see she is unconscious?" he scolded his lower part which hardened in his pants, with her small action.


    Mu Yuehan sighed. He was feeling warm in the elevator. He too felt short of breath. The aura in the elevator was also dark, being the torch only source of light.


    He inhaled sharply and started to fingerb the long hair of Zhou Liying. Like a kitten, she was tightly scratching on his chest with her head pressed on his chest.


    "At least, unconsciously you know how to seduce someone." He chided her and looked at her with a genuine smile.


    Truthfully, he did not want this moment to end. He wanted to stay here like this with Zhou Liying sleeping so calmly in his arms. She looked fully depended on him. He knew, she felt secure in his arms and that made his heart warm.


    "Mister Mu, catch the rope." Mu Yuehan heard the voice of Aiden and it broke his dream bubble. He knew it was now time to leave the elevator.


    But he knew, soon enough, he would have Zhou Liying in his arms for forever. Soon enough, she would again get dependent on him. And this time, he would not break her trust. He would never leave her alone.


    Mu Yuehan caught hold of the rope thrown by Aiden. "Lili is asleep. So, I will being out of the elevator with her in my arms. Can you pull out both of us?" he inquired.


    "Don''t worry Mister Mu. We are nearly ten men up. Tie the rope and we will pull you both up with very much ease."


    Mu Yuehan nodded. He stood up from the elevator floor and pulled Zhou Liying up. She unconsciously leaned toward him. He threw her arms around his shoulder and wrapped the rope around both their waists in a tight knot.


    Once ensured that the knot was safe, He tightly wrapped his one arm around the waist of Zhou Liying and ced another on the rope.


    "Pull me up."


    After receiving his order, Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying were pulled up. And at the order of Mu Yuehan, a car was prepared in which, he took Zhou Liying to the hospital, to get her checked up.


    To see if she was all right or not.

 Chapter 218 Nightmare.

    "Doctor, how is she?" Mu Yuehan and Zhou Yonge asked at the same time.


    Before jumping in the elevator, Mu Yuehan had asked Li Tao to call Zhou Yonge. Even though he did not want to, but he knew Zhou Liying would like to see the face of Zhou Yonge more than his after waking up.


    He wanted to give herfort. He knew she was only unconscious when he rescued her but he did not know the reason. What if she had a panic attack because of which she fainted.


    He could only think of what she felt when she was caught in a dark elevator and that too alone, without any knowledge when others would realise that she was stuck in it.


    To give her some relief when she woke up, he called Zhou Yonge. He was also feeling guilty, guilty because she stayed stuck in the elevator for a long time. He thought it was his mistake.


    "She is all right, nothing to worry about her. She fainted because of panic. I have given her needed aid. She will wake up at any time."


    "Thank you, doctor." Mu Yuehan sighed when he heard the words of the doctor.


    "Thank your Mister Mu, for saving my miss." Aiden bowed toward him. "If you were not there, it would have taken us a long time to know that she was stuck in the elevator."


    Mu Yuehan narrowed his eyes and looked at him. "Why were there no guards beside her when she entered the elevator? Don''t you know that there is a threat to her life? So, is it not your responsibility to ce a guard beside her all the time?" he directed his anger and frustration toward Aiden.


    "I am sorry, but Miss does not like when we follow after her all the time. She had strict orders to us to not follow her all around, especially in her office where she feels safe." Aiden was feeling guilty and helpless.


    Mu Yuehan cursed under his breath. He knew Zhou Liying. "Be shameless and take your ce in her office. For your knowledge, I worked for her as her guard. I did not leave her side for even a second. So, you too should not."


    "But¡­." Aiden was conflicted. He was not trained to go against the orders of Zhou Liying. It was worse than death for going against the orders of your owner or be disloyal to her.


    "Aiden, I am ordering you. Appoint a guard by the side of Zhou Liying all the time. If not all the time, then ensure that a person is checking on her after every fifteen minutes, to check her safety." Zhou Yonge ordered, taking themand in his hands. "Now go, and check the reason for this power cut."


    "Yes sir." Aiden bowed and left.


    Mu Yuehan sighed and leaned against the wall. Zhou Yonge walked toward him.


    When Zhou Yonge received a call from Li Tao that Zhou Liying got stuck in an elevator, he panicked. Worry appeared in his heart. He was scared for her, afraid for the only memory of his big brother. He was afraid for her as a father should be.


    He hurried toward the hospital where Zhou Liying was to be brought. He made all the arrangements before Mu Yuehan barged in with Zhou Liying in his arms. VIP doctors were all ready to look after her. A whole floor was cleared for her stay.


    Zhou Yonge too felt relief when he heard the words of Mu Yuehan. He felt d that nothing worse happened to Zhou Liying.He had heard how people died of panic attack due to getting stuck in an elevator.


    "I am sorry uncle. I failed to protect her." Mu Yuehan covered his face with his hands and took a long breath.


    "It was not your fault." Zhou Yonge patted on his shoulder. "No one could have imagined that she''d get stuck in an elevator. Everyone knows, it is hard for the power of Zhou corporation to get cut like this. It was all her bad fate."


    Zhou Yonge squeezed on his shoulder. "Now cheer up. Nothing happened to her. You saved her. Otherwise, who knows, for how long was she going to stay stuck in the elevator. You saved her Mu Yuehan. Stop feeling guilty."<sub> </sub>


    His words acted like a remedy to the heart of Mu Yuehan. He took a deep breath and uncovered his face.


    ''I saved her, yes. I saved her. I did not let anything happen to her. I will always protect her like this.''


    "Patient is shifted to the ward. You can see her." A nurse informed.


    Mu Yuehan and Zhou Yonge entered in the ward. Both took their seats on either side of Zhou Liying. They held on her hands, waiting for her to wake up.


    **


    It was dark. It was very dark and cold. It was so dark that she was not able to see or feel anything. There was not even a ray of light around her. She felt as if she was caged in a room without any door or window.


    She tried to move, to find some wall or something else but there was nothing. She was alone and did not know where.


    She felt as if she was part of some horror movie where she was caged in a dark room. She felt scared because of the darkness as well as she also felt cold.


    "Someone here?" she yelled. "Can someone hear me?"


    She was feeling desperate, desperate to see light, to be away from this foreign ce. She started to feel panicked when she received no reply. She ran here and there, trying to find her escape.


    She felt lonely and afraid.


    "Please help me. Can someone hear me? Help, help¡­." She yelled.


    "No one is here, no one ising here to help you." She heard a loud voice, filled with cruelty. "You are alone and weak."


    Someone started tough. Hisughter was very loud. Zhou Liying covered her ears and stumbled down on the floor. Her hands were tightly pressed against her ears.


    "Help, help¡­."


    **


    With a gasp, Zhou Liying opened her eyes. She looked at the white ceiling of the hospital. Her heart was beating fast and she was taking deep breathes.


    "Liying, you are up. Thank god."


    She saw the face of Zhou Yonge the very next second. Without thinking about anything, she threw herself in his arms, to find her warmth and herfort.

 Chapter 219 Gift And Date.

    Zhou Yonge hugged Zhou Liying tight in his arms, giving her the much-neededfort. She inhaled his familiar fragrance and sighed. Many times, she had imagined this hug to be her father''s hug. Many times, she thought, would her father''s hug have had felt like this?


    Zhou Liying broke the hug and looked around in the hospital room. She frowned. "What happened?"


    "Don''t you remember? You got stuck in the elevator."


    "Oh." Zhou Liying nodded and remembered how she got stuck in the elevator because of power failure. She also remembered having a panic attack. But after that, everything was nk.


    "Who saved me?" she asked the question which came in her mind.


    "Mu Yuehan saved you." Zhou Yonge pointed toward Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan was sitting beside Zhou Liying, eagerly waiting for her to look at him. He was also eager to know how she was doing, his eagerness was clear on his face.


    "I will go and tell the doctor that you are up." Zhou Yonge made an excuse. He wanted to give some private time to Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan. He knew Mu Yuehan wished for it.


    ''Can he not call the doctor by pressing the button?'' Zhou Liying frowned.


    She turned her face and looked at Mu Yuehan. His face brightened up when he finally got her attention. "How did you know that I was stuck in an elevator? Was that one of your stunts to impress me?" she narrowed her eyes at him.


    "No ways." He dramatically widened his eyes when he heard her usation. "I have many tricks up my sleeve to impress you. But trust me, none of them includes harming you. I knew that you got stuck in the elevator because you informed me over a call. I guess you don''t remember it."


    To make her believe in his reasons, he pulled out his phone from his pocket. He showed her his call records.


    Somewhere, Mu Yuehan felt hurt upon seeing how she had used him of her ident. He knew he was the reason for her distrust. After all, he had pulled the biggest stunt on her, by getting married to her in Vegas.


    "Why were you not picking up my call? You see I have called you quite many a times?" Zhou Liying returned him his phone.


    She looked at him with sharp eyes. Hidden anger and possessiveness could be seen in the depth of her eyes.


    "Why? Were you worried for me when I did not answer your call?" he teased.


    "Worried?" she scoffed. "Why will I worry for you? Keep dreaming. I called you only to yell at you for giving me a car. There was no need for that."


    "Why was there no need for that? If Bugatti has released the couple car, should we as spouses not held one?" he smirked when he saw his favourite expression on her face, and that was anger and irritation. She was fuming at him and he liked it.


    "Now do not start with, I do not want the car, h, h, h. I have given it to you and now it''s yours." He smirked. "By the way, I got your cruise."<sub> </sub>


    "Oh, you got it. That is my return to you, for giving me earrings and now the car." Zhou Liying spoke emotionlessly.


    They stayed silent for some time. Mu Yuehan broke the silence. He did not want to waste his time with Zhou Liying without having a chit-chat with her.


    "Zhou Liying, now you believe that I have saved you?" he asked sulkily.


    "Yes, you saved me. Thank you for that. Do you want me to give some gift to you for saving my life?" She rolled her eyes.


    "Yes, I do need a gift. I want you to say yes toe on a date with me." He grinned.


    Zhou Liying humourlesslyughed when she heard me. "Are you nuts, do you think I will go on a date with you because you saved me? I still remember how you deceived mest time."


    "I am not nuts and I think, I deserve a date. I promise, this time it will be a simple date. A date where we will chit-chat, trying to know about each other. If you want, there will not be any drink, so no question of getting drunk." He proposed.


    Going on a date was a random idea. He wanted to spend some cozy time with her at the name of a date. At the same time, he wanted to tell her about himself. His faiths and his love for her. Maybe, hearing him and after spending some intimate time with him, she would give him a chance?


    "Come on, go on a d¡­." he was intruded when Zhou Yonge entered in the room with the doctor.


    Mu Yuehan walked away from the chair and let the doctor do his work. "Her vitals are all good. I will ask someone to get her discharge papers ready."


    "Thank you, doctor." Zhou Liying said to the doctor. She was thankful for getting discharged without any dy. She hated her time in hospital.


    "Uncle," Mu Yuehan spoke once the doctor was gone. "I have saved her. So, don''t you think Zhou Liying should fulfil my wish by going on a date with me?"


    Both Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Yonge with pleading expressions. One pleading him to say no and another, to say yes.


    He looked at both of them. He took a deep sigh. He took his seat beside Zhou Liying, "Liying, when you were unconscious, Mu Yuehan and I talked. We talked about your wedding and how this man loves you. I think you should give him a chance. Maybe he is the one for you."


    "Uncle, I¡­."


    He interrupted her. "I know about your life. Do you think your parents will be happy upon seeing this life of yours, where you are trying to act all will-headed? Acting as if you are strong even when you need a shoulder? Say yes to go on a date with him, if you treat me as your father."


    Zhou Liying huffed when Zhou Yonge ckmailed her. She treated him as her father. So, she could not deny him.


    "Ok, I will go on a date. But I have a condition...." she smirked slyly and looked at the excitement-filled face of Mu Yuehan.

 Chapter 220 First Challenge.

    Grand city high club was the most popr club in the city. This club was very popr among rich people. Many high-ss deals were cracked in this club over the ss of drinks. This club was the ce where many rich heirs fell in love at the first sight.


    The fees to enter this club was very high. Manydies paid the high fees, to enter inside. So, that they could get the attention of any rich man.


    Who knows, if some rich guy fell for them and wish to make them their wives?


    In the private room of the same club, an impatient man was seating. From time to time, he was checking the time on his Rolex watch. He was cursing the other party who called him in the club and was nearly two hourste.


    He urged to drink some drink but he could not, and that was due to that damn women, only because of her.


    ''Dare of you if you stood up on me.'' He cursed under his breath and again checked the time on his watch.


    He twisted his feet in eagerness. He pulled out his phone and started to do some work, to kill some time. Even though, he knew he''d not able to do any work, in her wait.


    Ady wearing a ck cocktail dress entered the club. Her long hairs were waived into curls. Her eyes were adored with smoky look. Her lips were painted red. Hot or sexy words were understandable to describe her sexiness.


    Immediately, the eyes of each man in the club were at her on her arrival. She smirked upon seeing her effect. She walked toward the stairs leading to the private rooms. She was cat walking, getting the attention of nearly everyone on her ass.


    The rise in the temperature on her arrival was obvious!


    She entered the private room. With a sly smile, she looked at the man busy looking at his phone. "I hope, I didn''t make you wait for long." She spoke in a soft voice. "I was stuck in an important meeting."


    "Wait? You made me wait for two hours." Mu Yuehan hollered angrily. "And what important meeting¡­. Yuuu....duuhhh¡­.ahhh¡­." Mu Yuehan lifted his head and looked at her. He was blown away from her beauty and hence, incoherent words came out from his mouth.


    Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying without any blink. He forgot to breathe. His heart was beating fast. His veins were pumping and his blood was burning hot. He felt a rise in his body temperature. Sweat appeared on his neck. He ufortably shifted on his seat.


    Zhou Liying grinned upon seeing his reaction to her. She took her seat on the sofa opposite to him. She pushed up her breast and made him gulp. There was a gloating smile on her lips.


    Mu Yuehan gulped and looked at her pulpy cheery lips, her neck and then her chest. His pants were tight. He took a few deep breathes and gulped down a ss of water ced in front of him.


    ''Does she want to kill me tonight with her looks?'' he murmured to himself.


    "Waiter," Zhou Liying called for their server and ordered twenty-four vodka shots. She then turned and looked at Mu Yuehan. "Did you enjoy some drink in my absence?"


    "No, I did not." his voice was throat. He cleared his throat and blinked his eyes. He was feeling hazy because of her. Desire churned deep within him.


    "I am sure, tonight I will win the challenge, and then, we will go on a date." He challenged. "I remembered how you were drunk in Vegas only after a few sses."


    "Let me tell you a secret, my drink holding capacity is strong. In Vegas, I had already drank a bottle or more of wine beforeing to the restaurant." She straightened her back and looked back at him with a challenge. "Do keep dreaming about the date."


    The condition which Zhou Liying put forth in front of Mu Yuehan was, he needed to defeat her in any one of the three challenges. And if he seeded then he would get a chance to take her on the date.<sub> </sub>


    And today was the first challenge. Challenge as to who can drink more shots of vodka. And that was why, Mu Yuehan did not drink a sip of alcohol from the time, he arrived at the club.


    "Here is your order." The waiter ced two tes with twelve shots of vodka each, in front of them.


    "Let us start. The faster we finish, the earlier I will leave."


    "So much hurry to leave?"


    "Why not? Each second is very important for me, unlike you." She spoke sharply.


    "And you think my time is not important? It was for you that I waited for two hours. Otherwise, no one in this whole country dares to make me wait like you." Mu Yuehan took a ss of Vodka.


    "Then you should learn how to wait for someone. I am not at all punctual." She smirked and picked up her vodka shot. She tilted her head and gulped down the contact. She enjoyed the strong, burning taste of vodka in her throat.


    They both drunk shots after one another. Mu Yuehan was at his eighth shot when he noticed that Zhou Liying was getting drunk. Even when she was feeling drunk, she kept drinking, only to defeat him.


    Mu Yuehan sighed and looked at his silly women. She did not have strong stamina than him in drinking but still, she was drinking only to defeat him.


    He knew she would not stop drinking until she defeated him. She would y with her life instead of epting defeat and he did not want that.


    ''Her health is more important to me than the date. Moreover, I still have two more chances to defeat her.'' Thinking this, he stopped drinking.


    He raised his hands, "I can''t drink anymore. You win."


    "Told you¡­I¡­will¡­win¡­." She slurred with a victorious smile on her lips. She stood up from her seat. She waspletely drunk and it was visible in her swaying body.


    "Hey, where are you going?" Mu Yuehan''s eyes widened when she left the room.


    He ran after her. She was drunk and he waspletely aware, how she acted when drunk. Besides, he did not wish to leave her alone.


    Mu Yuehan''s eyes widened when he saw her stumbling down the stairs, with the support of railing. It was like she was leaning against the railing.


    Before Mu Yuehan could catch up to her, an eager Zhou Liying, feeling energised, was out from his site. She ran away toward the disco. She climbed on the disco stage and was gone from the sight of Mu Yuehan.


    Mu Yuehan cursed under his breath. He started to search for Zhou Liying among the crazy and drunk dancers.


    He fumed when he finally found Zhou Liying and saw what she was doing.

 Chapter 221 Who Will Win?

    Zhou Liying was a born club girl. She loved toe to the club, getting drunk and dancing for a long time. It was her get away from the reality of her life, a source for her to have some fun, a source of freedom.


    At a young age, she had realised, if she wanted other heiress to be her friends then she needed to be badass like them. Hence, she joined them in sneaking out from her house and to the club.


    She was seventeen when she tasted alcohol for the first time. She was attending a party where she and some of the other girls sneaked out toward the bar counter. They drunk the wine ordered by their elders. And from that time, Zhou Liying was alcoholic.


    It was not like she liked it. She hated it. She knew how harmful it was for her. She tried to stop drinking but was never able to control herself. Alcohol was her thirst. Her need to be away from reality. An escape. She could forget about her real life, problems of her real life after drinking.


    After drinking, she also loved to dance on loud music on the disco and getting dirty with the opposite sex. And that was how she found many men in past to sleep with. It was her another getaway from reality.


    When Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying dancing on the stage, he fumed. The reason being, she was not dancing alone. She was dancing with a stranger. And that stranger had his arm wound around her waist. She was grinding against him.


    Mu Yuehan''s vein in his neck thumped hard in anger. He gritted his teeth and looked at his silly girl. He made his way toward her. Before the stranger could take any advantage of his drunk girl, Mu Yuehan snatched Zhou Liying from his arm. He possessively wrapped his arm around her waist.


    Surprised, Zhou Liying looked at him. She gulped upon seeing the velocity in his eyes. His eyes were dark with anger. If looks could burn, then everyone on the dance floor were going to be dead by now.


    The stranger who was dancing with Zhou Liying looked at her and then at Mu Yuehan. He gulped upon seeing the furious Mu Yuehan. Without dy, he ran away for the hill, to save his life.


    "He ran away because of you. Now, who will dance with me?" Zhou Liying pouted and angrily poked hard on the chest of Mu Yuehan with her middle finger.


    "I will dance with you." Mu Yuehan replied. He started to move with Zhou Liying on the beats of the music.


    Eyes of Zhou Liying brightened like a night filled with millions of stars. Clear happiness was there in her eyes and that made Mu Yuehan smile.


    ''Drink can make people open up. If only she can always be like this with me.''


    His heart warmed when he saw her gorgeous smile. He knew she was happy and he wanted her to stay happy with him for forever.


    "Let us go home. It''s gettingte at night." Mu Yuehan spoke in the ears of Zhou Liying, for her to hear over the loud music.


    "No, I don''t want to go home. I want to dance. I want to enjoy tonight." She squealed; dancing hard on the beats of the music. Mu Yuehan sighed and let her fulfil her wish.


    Somewhere, he was d she was pouring out her energy in dancing. Otherwise, he remembered how she utilised her energy in Vegas. Sure, he liked her that way too. But now seeing how delicate their rtionship was, he did not want her to wake up with him in her bed.


    Who knows how far she would push him this time, if she realised, she was getting closer to him?


    "This is my favourite song." Zhou Liying hollered over the loud music. "Brazil, ta, ra, ra, ra, ra, ra, ta, ra, ra, ra, ra, ra, Brazil...¡­." She sang the words of the song at the top of her lungs.


    She started to jump actively at the beats of the song. Mu Yuehan smiled seeing her excitement and expressions. He too was bouncing on his feet''s, to apany her.<sub> </sub>


    ''She looks so fragile but still, she has so much energy.''


    **


    After dancing for nearly three hours, Zhou Liying finally felt tired. She leaned against Mu Yuehan.


    "Want to go home?"


    "Mm."


    Mu Yuehan carried her in his arm and took her out of the club. He wanted to mock at her drunk condition. She was so confident that she would not get drunk. But look at both of them andpare who was drunker. He only consumed one shot less than her.


    Li Tao was waiting for Mu Yuehan outside the club. So, when Mu Yuehan arrived with Zhou Liying in his arms, without wasting any second, he opened the car door for them.


    Mu Yuehan entered the car and took his seat. He made Zhou Liyingfortable on hisp. He looked at her face with a gentle smile. He ran his finger over her sweaty forehead and tucked her wild hair behind her ears.


    "Boss, where to? Your penthouse or Miss Zhou''s?"


    "My penthouse." Zhou Liying replied before Mu Yuehan could.


    "Follow the order of your missus. And yes, from now on, call her Missus instead of Miss Zhou." Mu Yuehan ordered without averting his eyes away from Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying tucked on the shirt of Mu Yuehan and looked at the face of Mu Yuehan with a sly smile. "Mu Yuehan, are you my husband?"


    "Yes, I am." He replied. She ran her fingers in the left side of her hairs.


    "Will you do all your husbandries duty?"


    "I will." Mu Yuehan smiled.


    "Will you follow all my orders without denying me? Will you treat me as your queen?"


    "Yes, and yes. You are my queen. I am going to spoil you badly." He pulled her cheeks.


    A frown appeared on the forehead of Mu Yuehan when he saw her cheeky smile. At that moment, he realised, she asked all the questions for some reason.


    His suspicion was confirmed when the next words came out from her mouth.

 Chapter 222 Making His Car Dirty.

    Today again was a night of surprises for Li Tao.


    He was by the side of Mu Yuehan fromst four years. He always saw him as an upright man, a man who was punctual and never bowed in front of anyone. His presence was no less than a powerful devil king.


    Li Tao knew him as a person who worked twenty hours a day without any break. For him, Mu Yuehan was a cold man who only knew how to drop the temperature of his surroundings. Li Tao never thought that a heart or warmth existed in him.


    But from the time Mu Yuehan got the news of the return of Zhou Liying, he saw visible changes in Mu Yuehan. He acted like a child waiting for the praise of his parents when around her. The smile on his lips when thinking about her was rare.


    He was all warm and sunny in her presence. He was like a normal man in love, even worse than a normal man.


    Today, Mu Yuehan broke many of his rules for Zhou Liying.


    First, he arrived in the club half an hour before the given time. He was famous for arriving exactly at the time but today he arrived early.


    Second, he waited for someone. It happened for the first time in his life. He waited for Zhou Liying for the first time.


    Third, he drank vodka which he hated the most. Mu Yuehan never liked vodka shots but today he drank it for her.


    Forth, he spent more than five hours in the club which was first because usually, he never spent more than thirty minutes in a club. For him, spending more than that time in a club was a waste.


    Andst, like a servant he was fulfilling the wishes of Zhou Liying.


    Li Tao nearly puked blood when he heard the words of Zhou Liying and then the words of Mu Yuehan.


    "If I am your queen then massage my feet." Zhou Liying ordered. "You see, I danced so much tonight and now my feet are aching."


    "Let me massage them for you."


    Mu Yuehan ced Zhou Liying down on the seat and took her feet on hisp. He professionally started to massage them. He was expertly kneading the right points on her feet. She moaned, feeling pleasure passing in her body.


    "Keep your mouth shut if you want to enjoy my massage." He chided.


    "Are your pants getting right?" she teased.


    "Yes. My monster is all ready to tear my pants. Now keep your mouth shut if you want massage instead of facing the terror of my monster." He spoke huskily and Zhou Liying giggled.


    She covered her mouth with her hands. She looked at Mu Yuehan who was massaging her feet without anyint. Her heart swelled, feeling happiness and his love.


    Once he was done with massaging her feet, he pulled her back on hisp.


    "You are such a got massager. My feet are feeling so good. Thank you." She ced her head on his chest.


    "You should never thank me. It Is my duty to care for you. I am always in your service." He ran his fingers on her face. "Lili, why can you not remain like this for forever?"<sub> </sub>


    "Huh?" confused, Zhou Liying looked at him.


    "You are so carefree and bubbly when drunk. You also open up to me. But when you are sober, you are always fighting with me." Heined.


    Zhou Liying giggled upon noticing the cute pout forming on his lips. "How cute?" she pulled on his cheeks.


    "As for your answer, when I drink, I escape from reality, the reality where I cannot be with you." She took a deep breath and yed with the top button of his shirt. "When drunk, I know I am not going to remember the time I am having. So, I will not feel any pain, hurt or guilt the next day."


    Mu Yuehan sighed and pinched her cheeks. He was feeling eager to see a sober herying care-freely in his arms like this.


    "Mu Yuehan, do you like this car?" she asked seriously.


    "I do. It is one of my favourite cars. I was the first buyer of this model worldwide." Mu Yuehan grinned with pride. He liked the Lamborghini brand. So, when this year, they released their new model, Mu Yuehan bought this model before the official release.


    "Why are you asking me this question?" he frowned and the next second, he got his answer when Zhou Liying vomited all over him, the seat of the car and the mat.


    "Shit." Mu Yuehan cursed and opened the car door. Li Tao had already halted the car.


    With Zhou Liying, he came out of the car, in the fresh air. They stood on the roadside. He let Zhou Liying vomit her guts out. He worriedly ran his hand on her back. He cursed himself for letting her dance like that in the club.


    He knew dancing and drinks resulted in her bad health.


    Li Tao too came out from the car with a water bottle. He travelled a lot in the car. So, he always kept a drinkable water bottle with himself.


    "Hold her for me. Don''t let her fall." Mu Yuehan ordered with a threat.


    Once ensured that Li Tao was holding Zhou Liying in a tight grip, Mu Yuehan made his way to the car. He discarded his shirt on which Zhou Liying had vomited. He pulled out a fresh shirt from the car and wore it.


    ?


    He returned to where Zhou Liying was standing. He wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back.


    "Feeling better?" he asked when she stopped vomiting.


    She nodded her head. Mu Yuehan took the bottle from the hands of Li Tao. Using the water, he helped Zhou Liying in gaggling her mouth. He also helped her In drinking some water.


    Zhou Liying took a few deep breaths and once she felt all right, she pulled on the shirt of Mu Yuehan. She was in no condition of walking by herself.


    Mu Yuehan carried her in his arms and took her to the car. Li Tao opened the door of the passenger seat for him. He entered in and ced Zhou Liying on hisp. She tiredly wrapped her arms around him.


    He knew she was going to do so. And that was why he had changed his shirt.


    "Are you angry at me for vomiting in your favourite car and making it dirty?" he heard a question from her in a meek voice.

 Chapter 223 Are You Angry?

    "Answer me, are you angry at me?"


    "Stupid girl, why will I get angry at you?" He chuckled and pulled her cheeks.


    "But isn''t this car your favourite? I have heard boys love the car more than anything." She mumbled and looked up from his chest.


    "I love cars, yes, but not more than you. I do not mind you dirtying my car. Truthfully, I will not say a word to you even if you destroy all of my cars because, for me, you are the most precious one."


    Zhou Liying grinned when she heard his reply. She squared her shoulders, feeling proud of his reply. With a sly smile, she spoke, "But I will get angry on you if you ever vomited in my car, you will be facing hell."


    "I will remember that." Mu Yuehan chuckled. He ran the pad of his thumb on her left cheeks. "Try to sleep. You must be tired because of dancing."


    "Mm," she mumbled and closed her eyes. Mu Yuehan gently hugged her tight in his arms. He ced his head in the crook of her neck, taking in her alcohol and vomit mixed smell.


    Driving beside him, Li Tao was feeling wronged. Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan were stuffing dog food in his mouth. Looking at their simple scene and the way they were seated, he wanted to blush. He also wanted to go home fast to be with his wife.


    He was married for two years now. But he never made his wife sit on hisp in public like Mu Yuehan was doing right now in front of him, without any shyness or hitch.


    **


    "Li Tao, send the car for a wash." Mu Yuehan ordered to Li Tao. He stepped out from the car and made his way toward the penthouse of Zhou Liying.


    She wasfortably sleeping in his arms. Her arms were tightly wrapped around his neck, unwilling to let him go. Her ears were ced on his chest, hearing his fast heart beatings. She was sighing in relief from time to time. Mu Yuehan was smiling, noticing herfort in his arms.


    "Can you bath me? I don''t want to sleep when I smell like this." She murmured in her sleep.


    "I will." Mu Yuehan smiled.


    Using his keys to her penthouse, he entered in.


    He carried her to her bedroom. It was the first time he had entered in her room. A smile left his lips when he noticed that the interior of this room was still the same as he had left. She made no changes in the room.


    This meant, she liked his preference. She liked the way he liked his room to be.


    He entered the bathroom. He was enjoying this feeling of her in his arms very much. This made him feel as if they were a couple, everything was normal in between them.


    He ced her on the vanity chair in the bathroom. He unzipped her dress and removed it. He cursed when her bosoms jumped into his sight. He took a deep breath before carrying her nude body in his arms.


    He ced her in the bathtub. He opened the water faucet and adjusted the temperature of the water.


    In the time the tub was filling with water, he removed his shirt and discarded it. He washed his chest clean of any vomit. All this while, his eyes were fixed on Zhou Liying.<sub> </sub>


    He returned to her side and took his seat on the tub stand. He squeezed some body wash in his hand and started to massage it all over her body. He frowned when he noticed her stiff back.


    He shook his head and started to massage her back. Soft pleasurable moans left her lips and he smiled. "Like it?" he asked but did not get any reply from her, except for moans and groans.


    After giving her a massage, he cleaned her with water. Once she was bathed, he carried her out from the tub. He dried her using a towel and carried her back to the bedroom. He ced her on the bed. He covered her naked body with covers and pressed a kiss on her forehead.


    He was about to leave when she held on his hand. Sleepily, she murmured, "Stay."


    Truthfully, Mu Yuehan did not want to leave her, especially when she was drunk. He knew it was the time he could spend with her like a real husband for the time. And when he got her ''stay'', it helped him with his decision. He decided to stay with her.


    He made his way toward her walk-in closet. If he was going to spend the night with her then he needed to dress her in her nightdress. He cannot stay with her when she waspletely bare.


    "Is this a closet or a showroom?" he murmured when he saw a variety of dresses hung in the closet of Zhou Liying.


    He randomly opened a few drawers. His eyes widened in shock when he saw a huge variety of lingerie, bikinis, and nightdresses in them. His rode twitched hard. He gulped, imagining her in all those dresses.


    He took breathes from his mouth, suddenly feeling hot. Without sparing any more time in her closet, he selected a pair of shorts and shirt which he found most decent nightdress in her ownership.


    ''This girl will be my death." He murmured under his breath and returned to her room.


    **


    After changing her, he took his seat on the bed. He plopped his head on his arm and nced at his women. She was looking so enchanting when sleeping so calmly.


    He took her hair lock in his finger and twirled it. He liked her midnight ck hairs very much. He tucked her hairs behind her ears and caressed her cheeks with his knuckles.


    In the moment like this, he finally felt he was married to her.


    He found her and now she was here and he was sleeping on her bed.


    He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his chest. She sighed, inhaling his fragrance and it swelled his heart with happiness. He tightened his grip around her, not letting go of her.


    "I feel as if I know you fromst life." She whispered unconsciously but Mu Yuehan caught it because of their closeness.


    "You don''t know me fromst life but this life. I am waiting for the time when you will remember everything." He pressed a kiss on the crown on her head.


    For the whole night, Mu Yuehan kept looking at her, saving this calm and peace in his memories, spending his own time with the person whose name was written on his heart.

 Chapter 224 Dream!

    "Who are you? Where am I?" Zhou Liying yelled. She pushed away the persons who were looking at her with wistful eyes.


    She tried to see their faces properly but she failed. She could only see their dark eyes which were filled with lust and victory. Excitement too was there in their eyes.


    Scene changed


    "You cannot do anything to me. You cannot. I have people watching over me. I am sure, they wille to rescue me." Zhou Liying wasying in a corner of a room. She saw herself, covered in blood and dirt. She looked horrible.


    "And who wille to rescue you?" someone chuckled. "Your grandpa who is already dead?"


    She froze. ''Was her grandpa dead?''


    "Or Mu Yuehan who has already found another girl to kill his time? He has forgotten about you, girl. He has already moved on. He is a heartbreaker and after ying with you, he left you. He left you."


    "No, you are lying. You are lying." She yelled and threw her arms around herself.


    "He loves me."


    "He can''t leave me."


    "He can''t leave me."


    " He loves me."


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    "Lili, open your eyes, it''s a dream." Mu Yuehan violently shook the body of Zhou Liying. He felt concerned and worried for her. She was quivering. Tears were falling from her eyes.


    His heart twisted upon seeing her in this state. "Open your eyes. I am here beside you." He mumbled and tugged her close to his chest.


    "Yuehan?"


    "Mm."


    Zhou Liying sighed upon hearing his voice. She threw herself in his arms and clutched him tight as if her life depended on him. Mu Yuehan too hugged her tight. He ran his hand over her back, feeling her heart running quite furiously.


    She was gasping for breath. "Calm down. It was a dream. Nothing bad happened. I am here." He murmured in her ears and his words were enough to soothe her.


    She nibbled her nose in his neck and took long breath. She felt rxed after inhaling his familiar fragrance and feeling his warmth.


    After some time, she again fell asleep in his arms. Nor she loosened her grip on him, nor he let her go from his arms.


    **<sub> </sub>


    Mu Yuehan woke up at eight in the morning. It was a very good morning for him because he woke up with Zhou Liying in his arms. She was practicallyying on him with her head on his chest and her legs on his.


    He smiled, enjoying this feeling of waking up all tangled with her. This reminded him of his happy and peaceful days in Juju ind.


    With much difficulties, he untangled himself from Zhou Liying because of some important needs. He rushed to the bathroom and relieved himself.


    He came out and made his way out of the room. He decided to prepare breakfast for her. He wanted to use his Sunday by having his first breakfast with her as his wife.


    He called Li Tao and asked him to deliver a change of clothes for him. He then started to do the preparations for her breakfast. Once he was done with preparations, he decided to call Zhou Yonge, to ask him about her nightmare''s.


    "I hope, I am not disturbing you." Mu Yuehan spoke politely over the phone.


    "No, you are not. Tell me, why are you calling me so early on a Sunday morning?" Zhou Yonge yawned.


    "Do you know about the nightmares of Lili?" he asked without beating around the bushes.


    "How do you know?" there was a surprise in the voice of Zhou Yonge.


    "Last night, I was with her. In the middle of the night, I woke up because she was having a nightmare."


    Zhug Yonge sighed heavily, "I thought she don''t have them anymore. Guess, she was lying all the time." He spoke dejectedly. "She was having very bad nightmares when we found her. Her condition was very bad. She had a tough time In sleeping for nearly a month. I appointed a psychiatrist for her, after a few appointments, her dreams reduced to quite an extent."


    Mu Yuehan nodded his head. He already knew what she dreamt about. Probably, it was about the hard time she had when she was kidnapped. She stayed god knows where for two months which was a long time to mentally affect someone.


    "Somewhere, her nightmares are the reason I never pushed her to remember her past. I am afraid, she''d not be able to handle what happened with her when she was kidnapped." Zhou Yonge put forth a deep secret of his heart in front of him.


    "Thank you for informing me about this uncle. I will try to give her so much love that she will dream about me and me only. No nightmare will trouble her." He promised and ended the call.


    He ced the phone aside and leaned against the counter. His heart turned heavy upon thinking of her tragedy. He did not know what she faced for her to have so scary nightmares.


    His guilt increased many folds!


    **


    Zhou Liying yawned and opened her eyes. She ced her hand over her head, feeling headache. She groaned and searched for a ss of water beside her bedside table.


    Her eyes widened when she noticed the ss, with a hangover pill ced beside it. She raised her brows in amusement, ''From when did Aiden be so thoughtful to ce hangover pill beside me?''


    Yesterday night, Zhou Liying was not alone in the club. Aiden and four of his guards were there with her. After the elevator incident, Aiden was closely following after her. Much to her irritation, he took his seat where Mu Yuehan sat originally.


    That was why, Zhou Liying thought it was Aiden who dropped her at her penthouse and ced the hangover pill for her. She had no idea that Aiden left the club the moment he saw Mu Yuehan. He knew Mu Yuehan was looking after her which meant, his service was no longer needed.


    Zhou Liying felt quite relieved after taking the hangover pills. She decided to take a bath first but then she changed her mind when her stomach grumbled loudly.


    She sighed and made her way to the kitchen. Her eyes widened with shock when she inhaled mouth-watering aromaing from her kitchen.


    Dumbfound, she looked at Mu Yuehan, cooking in her kitchen, wearing her apron and this image looked familiar to her that her heart started to beat frantically.

 Chapter 225 Good Morning.

    Zhou Liying did not expect to find Mu Yuehan in her kitchen. She blinked repeatedly, thinking either she was dreaming or either she was so drunk that now she was hallucinating him.


    But he still stood there, with his famous sexy smile on his lips, spat in his hand and an apron around his chest. A familiar image appeared in front of her eyes but she dismissed it because she was busy to see what was in front of her.


    "Good morning to you too." Mu Yuehan beamed.


    Zhou Liying gasped when she heard him. She realised he was indeed here. "What are you doing here?" she hollered angrily. "How dare of you to enter in my penthouse and kitchen?"


    "Don''t you remember,st night? Tsk, tsk, tsk, you should drink less. How can you forget aboutst night?" he mocked. "I was the one to bring you home. You vomited all over me and in my car, let me remind you. You then requested me to bath you and stay with you for the night."


    Zhou Liying blushed with embarrassment when she heard him. How could she vomit in front of him? It was so udy like. And why did she ask him to give her a bath and then stay with her?


    She looked In his eyes, to search for some deceive. But honesty was leaking from his eyes, without any yfulness or deceiving.


    "Now, as your good husband, I decided to cook breakfast for you. I am sure, you too are hungry like me." He ced the prepared breakfast in two trays.


    "You¡­" She walked toward him and was immediately enveloped by the aroma of mouth-watering breakfast prepared by him. Her stomach grumbled loudly. She blushed further in embarrassment. She grumbled under her breath, calling today to be her unlucky day.


    Mu Yuehan chuckled at her red face. "Come on, let us have breakfast. Your stomach is asking for it. Moreover, I have cooked it with so much hard work."


    With all the modesty Zhou Liying had left in her, she readied her bow. She spoke sharply, "Do you think I will not have this breakfast? Do not forget, you cooked it using ingredients from my kitchen. You have no idea how hard I work to be able to earn my food."


    She snatched her tray from his hand and made her way toward the dining room. Her mouth watered upon looking at the English breakfast which consisted of French toast, sunny side up, pancake decorated with mangoes and orange juice.


    She ced the tray on the table. Forgetting about the presence of Mu Yuehan, she attacked her breakfast, feeling hell hungry.


    Mu Yuehan walked behind her and took his seat beside her. There was a dejected expression on his face. "Lili, what do you take me to be? I too am a billionaire, I know how hard its Is to earn money, to crack the multi-billion deals." He pointed out.


    He was slightly affected by herment that he did not know you hard it was to earn money for food. Did she forget, more than fifty per cent poption on the earth knew how hard it was to earn money?


    "I don''t think you know the concept of hardworking. If yes, then why do you spend most of your time around me, instead of spending it in your office?" She criticized him and munched on her French toast.


    Mu Yuehan tiredly sighed and leaned against his chair. "I am hell hardworking. But mypany will not go somewhere if I ce my work aside for some time and dedicate that time in pursuing you. What am I earning for if I can''t be with the love of my life?"


    Zhou Liying''s food got caught in her throat when she heard the smooth confession of Mu Yuehan. ''My, My, he knows how to smoothly express his love without any bashfulness.''


    "Silly girl." Mu Yuehan groaned when she coughed. He rubbed her back and gave her the ss of juice. "Eat slowly. Food is not going anywhere."<sub> </sub>


    Zhou Liying drank the juice, keeping her eyes down. She kept her face hidden behind the ss. She felt something in heart upon seeing the pure concern on his face.


    "How are you feeling?"


    "Good." Zhou Liying mumbled and ced the ss aside.


    She picked up her fork and knife and started to savour her pancakes, slowly this time.


    Shepleted her breakfast and all this time, Mu Yuehan was admiring her. He was liking the way they started their morning. If only it could be the reality of their life, their daily routine.


    "How was it?" he asked once she ate thest piece of food from her te.


    "Usual." She shrugged. "You can''tpete with the food cooked by me."


    "Then I will like to taste It one day." Mu Yuehan smiled dreamily, remembering the past days.


    "Let me." He stopped Zhou Liying from picking up her tray.


    Zhou Liying shrugged and let him pick her tray. With two trays in his hand, he made his way toward the kitchen when his mobile phone rang.


    "Can you answer my phone for me? It''s ced on the table." Mu Yuehan requested to Zhou Liying because his hands were filled with trays. He was unaware, this decision was going to be one of his wrong moves.


    "Do you want me to answer your call?" she raised her brows and looked at him with doubt.


    "Why not? You are my wife. I do not care if you know the secrets of my business or not. After all, technically our businesses are one now."


    Zhou Liying rolled her eyes at hisment. She had expected this type of reply only. She answered the call and ced the phone on the loudspeaker.


    Soon, words of Li Tao rang around in the house. "Boss, Mister Fan Yifeng is in the office. He is here to discuss an important deal with you."


    Zhou Liying became furious on hearing him and happy bubble of Mu Yuehan was in burst quite loudly.


    "You, how dare of you Mu Yuehan? Are you pursuing me? If yes, then how can you not know about the first rule of wooing? How can you deal with Fan Yifeng knowing that he is my biggest enemy? Disgusting."


    At that moment, Zhou Liying looked at Mu Yuehan with real hate. She felt hurt and betrayed that he was helping her enemies. She nned to attack on them one day or another and here he was, talking about deals with them. Great!

 Chapter 226 Blunder!

    Li Tao froze when he heard the loud yell of Zhou Liying. He was still on the call when Zhou Liying yelled. He heard her very clearly. His breath stopped and he stumbled back. His grip on his phone loosened.


    His brain froze. His heart dropped in his stomach which was full of knots. Cold sweat appeared on his forehead and neck. He was all ready to pee in scare. He knew his call was on a bad timing. His boss was going to have his ass now.


    With shivering hands, he ended the call. He closed his eyes and started to pray to the god, pray for him to save him for his unintentional mistake.


    **


    Mu Yuehan waspletely clueless about the presence of Fan Yifeng in his office. He was well aware of the rule of being in a rtionship. And that was why, in thest four years, he never had any deals with Fan or Qin corporations.


    He tried his best to stay away from them. He wished to destroy those corporations because of their owners but he did not. He wanted Zhou Liying to do this work. He wanted her to have her revenge with her own hands.


    "Trust me. I do not know what Fan Yifeng is doing in office. I have never dealt with him, nor will I deal with him in future." He pleaded with desperation.


    "Trust you?" she mocked. "Why will I trust you when I know that you know Fan Yifeng?" She wrapped her arms around her chest and looked at him with cold eyes.


    "I don''t have any dealing with him. I have no idea what he is doing in my office building." Mu Yuehan yelled, to prove his innocence.


    "Keep yelling Mister Mu. But I am not going to believe in you." She chuckled humourlessly. "Leave my house before I call Aiden to throw you out. I do not even want to see your face ever again in future. Traitor." Her voice was firm and harsh.


    Mu Yuehan sighed sadly. He ced the dirty dishes and tray aside. He took his phone from her. "I know you are angry and that''s why you are not thinking logically. You know my dedication for you. You know my honesty. You know I have no idea what Fan Yifeng is doing in my office. You are only pushing me away because of other reasons."


    With that said, he left her penthouse. He wanted to give some time to Zhou Liying to cool down. He also needed to deal with Li Tao and Fan Yifeng.


    ''What the hell Is Fan Yifeng doing in the office? How can he enter inside at first ce?''


    The moment he left her house and stepped into the foyer; his aura turned dark. His eyes turned frosty. It turned very cold in the foyer. It looked no less than a cier with Ice all around In the foyer.


    His phone in his hand too turned very cold. If someone was to step into the foyer then he would have died because of cold.


    Mu Yuehan called Li Tao and he immediately felt his coldness seeping in him. He increased the temperature of the heater. He gulped, waiting for the words of Mu Yuehan.


    "What the hell is he doing in my office?" His voice was loud, full of threat and rage.<sub> </sub>


    "He came In here using the privilege card of Miss Mu. She is a friend with the second young daughter of the Qin family." Li Tao informed. "I tried to stop him but he showed her card on my face. Miss Qin is also here with him."


    "Get them thrown out of my office right now. Ask the guards to backlist them. I don''t want to see them ever again."


    "But boss, we can''t forget that he is the CEO of Fan corporation. It will not look good for us if we sends him away, especially when he holds the VIP card. From my view, you should give him some face and meet him."


    "Are you my boss or am I your boss? Li Tao, I think you are fed up in doing your job as my assistant. Do you want me to fire you?" he tilted his neck and threatened dangerously.


    "No boss. Sorry boss. I will get them out of the building right now." Li Tao spoke abruptly. He sighed with relief when Mu Yuehan ended the call. Without dy, he ran toward the extra office of Mu Yuehan.


    Li Tao too did not like Fan Yifeng much. So, when he was informed about his arrival with Qin Yutong, instead of taking them to the office of Mu Yuehan, he took them to the old office of Mu Yuehan which was no longer in use.


    His dislike toward Fan Yifeng had nothing to do with the hate of Mu Yuehan toward him. Actually, before joining Mu Corporation, he had worked for Fan Zixin, father of Fan Yifeng for some time.


    Li Tao liked Fan Zixin. He was a hardworking man, a man of tactics and ethics. But he hated Fan Yifeng. From what he remembered, at that time, Fan Yifeng was a spoiled rich brat. He was famous for doing all type of drugs.


    He was a big headache for Fan Zixin because of his expenses. Fan Yifeng at that time loved to spend money without any care over Qin Yifeng. Throwing parties for show off wasmon for him.


    Li Tao knew that Fan Yifeng had joined the family business and got on the right track only when Fan Zixin threw him out of the house without any fund with him. One month without any money or status gave him the lesson of his life. And then, Zhou Liying entered his life, making business interesting for him.


    Li Tao entered in the office. He sneered when he saw Fan Yifeng and Qin Yutong seated on the sofa as if this whole office belonged to them. He snorted when he saw the short and tight dress of Qin Yutong. It was yelling out loud, ''She wore me to impress Mu Yuehan.''


    "Is Fan Yifeng a fool? Can he not understand the intention of his fianc¨¦ when I, a stranger to them can understand her very well?''


    "Mister Fan, I am sorry to inform you but boss can''t meet you today. He is busy somewhere else. He asked me to show you the way out." Li Tao said in a fake sweet voice.


    Intentions behind his expressions and words were clear to Fan Yifeng, he was being thrown out from the Mu corporation. Mu Yuehan did not care about his presence.


    He was a king and he cares less about giving some random CEO face.

 Chapter 227 Stood Up On Him.

    Fan Yifeng fumed in anger. He banged on the table and stood up. "How dare of him to not show up? Doesn''t he know that he is disrespecting me? Has he forgotten about the conduct of business?" he hollered.


    "Mister Fan, don''t raise your voice." Li Tao walked toward him and looked at him with domination. "Don''t forget that Mu Yuehan is the king of the business world. He does not work with the rule of conduct of the industry. He has his own rules. He doesn''t need to meet with anyone."


    He stepped closer to him in a threatening way. He red at him and said in a sharp voice, "Take my advice and leave. If not then I will get angry and then my boss. You know what the results are once he is angry. Now leave."


    Fan Yifeng gritted his teeth. "But I have privilege card from Mu Yifei. He has to meet me."


    "Having the privilege card does not mean that you can meet the boss. It is his wish to whom he wants to meet and to whom he does not. He does not want to meet you. He made it clear to me. He has othermitments which do not include meeting you." Li Tao stepped aside and motioned toward the door.


    Fan Yifeng red at Li Tao. He felt insulted that a mare assistant was able to throw him out from the Mu corporations. He wrapped his arms around Qin Yutong''s waist and left the building of Mu corporations.


    "This all is the fault of Yeteng. Didn''t she proudly im that we can meet Mu Yuehan after using the privileged card?" Qin Yutong gritted her teeth. She felt angry at her sister. She felt insulted for getting thrown out.


    "Calm down. Do not get angry. Anger is not good for your health." Fan Yifeng lovingly pulled her close to himself. He lowered his eyes and looked at her belly.


    "How can I not be angry? You were insulted. Mu Yuehan denied to meet you even when you were there in his office. Now, what will you do about your idea of a home project forke city?" Qin Yutong looked up at him with concern.


    "Silly girl!" he pped her head. "Here you are sad for me and here I feel sad because you didn''t get an opportunity to talk with Mu Yuehan about making you the face of Mu corporations."


    "How can I think about my future before you?" She smiled at him and leaned against his shoulder. She hid her face from his sight and hateful expression appeared on her face.


    Two days back, she had forced Qin Yeteng to use her friendship with Mu Yifei. Unwillingly Qin Yeteng asked for the privilege card from Mu Yifei.


    The motto behind Qin Yutong to ask for the card was to talk with Mu Yuehan, about bing the face of hispany. Recently, he had fired theirpany''s top model and now she dreamt of taking her ce.


    She shared with Fan Yifeng about the provided card, only to impress him. Otherwise, she was not concerned if he got the deal with Mu Yuehan or not.


    "I will approach Zhou corporations with my project. I am sure, the CEO of thatpany is not cruel or busy like Mu Yuehan."


    Qin Yutong scoffed. "Don''t forget how my father was insulted by the cousin of that arrogant CEO."


    "Don''t worry, I know someone who will help me meet Zhou Liying, if not her, then Zhou Yonge. I am sure, they will like my idea and will let me be a part of theke city project." He opened the car door for her. "Stop thinking about me and think about our baby. I can''t wait to hold our baby In the next seven months."<sub> </sub>


    Qin Yutong beamed at him and entered inside the car. She clenched her fists and looked at her stomach. She needed to do something to prepone the wedding dates before someone realised her pretence.


    **


    After reaching his mansion, Fan Yifeng personally gave a call to Qin Yeteng.


    "Brother inw, why are you calling me? Is everything all right?" Qin Yeteng asked with concern. She hated her family: yes. But she respected Fan Yifeng. He was like a brother to her.


    "Can''t I call you without any reasons?" he chuckled. "I hope I am not disturbing you."


    "Nah, you are not. It was my break time anyways."


    Fan Yifeng lightly talked with Qin Yeteng, asking about her career beforeing to the point. "We went to meet Mu Yuehan. But he did note to meet us. Did you ask Mu Yifei to ask him to meet us?"


    Qin Yeteng rolled her eyes. "Brother inw, did you take an appointment before visiting him?"


    "Did I need an appointment even when I held the privilege card?"


    Qin Yeteng shock her head. "I think you are bing stupid after staying with Yutong for long. Do you think you can meet with Mu Yuehan only because you have a card? He is busy. You still need an appointment. Besides, do not forget that today is Sunday. And not everyonees to work on Sunday."


    Fan Yifeng scolded himself when he heard her. She was right, today was Sunday. No big deal, Mu Yuehan did not give him time.


    "Can you please again talk with your friend and ask her to set my meeting with her brother? I desperately want to meet him." He begged.


    Qin Yeteng sighed. She looked down with dejection. She did not want to use her friendship for others benefit. "Okay, I will see what I can do."


    "Thank you, Qin Yeteng. Do this one favour for me and I will talk with your parents about you moving out of their house."


    A mocking smile appeared on her lips. The sadness appeared in her eyes. Everyone knew how to use her and now, Fan Yifeng too got a hold on her weak nerve and that was to move out from her parent''s house, to be finally fully alone and independent.


    "We will see it in future." And with that, she ended the call.

 Chapter 228 Some Research For Tomorrow’s Challenge.

    Once Mu Yuehan was gone, Zhou Liying entered in her bathroom. She cringed when she looked at her face. She looked pale. Her hairs were aplete mess. She did not look a sight.


    ''Dono know how Mu Yuehan was able to look at me when I look like this?''


    She shook her head and climbed under the shower. She twisted the nobs and let warm water fell over her. Under the warm shower, with a clear mind, she thought about the incident from the morning.


    She knew she was overreacting. Mu Yuehan was not obliged to not deal with the people she hated only because he loved her. It was the first rule of business to never mingle personal life with business. He was only following the rule.


    Then why did she get angry with him?


    Maybe she expected support from him in destroying both families.


    Or maybe, as he said, she used the phone call to be angry on him, to push him away.


    She sighed, not knowing what was going on with her. Her heart and mind were confused or in conflict with each other all the time. Her heart was always heavy, with something bugging her. And she did not know what!


    **


    Mu Yuehan exhaled sharply from his mouth. He looked at the door of the penthouse of Zhou Liying. There was a sorry card in his hands. He took another deep breath and entered the key in the keyhole to open the door.


    He frowned when the key did not move. He pulled out the key and decided to use the digital lock. He entered the password of her penthouse which he got to know when staying with her.


    "What the hell? Did she get the lock and pins changed to lock me out of her penthouse?" He looked at the red rm on the digital lock with wide eyes. "She is very angry. I will need to work hard to tame my angry tigresses."


    He scratched the back of his neck and pressed the doorbell.


    Poor Mu Yuehan was not aware that it was his bad luck that the key did not work. And about the pin code, Zhou Liying changed it because she was habitual of changing pins of all locks once in two month.


    "What are you doing here? Did I not make it clear in the morning that I don''t want anything to do with you?" Zhou Liying narrowed her eyes. She acted all angry in front of him.


    She was about to close the door on his face, Mu Yuehan saw iting, so he pushed the door hard before she could close it. He entered her house.


    "I am not going anywhere before exining to you." He looked at her with determination.<sub> </sub>


    She scoffed and looked at the card in his hands. She shook her head and turned around. "You don''t need to exin anything to me. After all, you are no one to me."


    He gritted his teeth at her emotionless voice. "Don''t forget that we are spouses. And yes, I have an exnation to do. I know you hate Fan and Qin family. Trust me, I hate them more than you."


    Zhou Liying stopped in her steps when she heard loathe in his voice. She turned and looked at his face. It clearly showed his animosity toward them.


    "I never dealt with them nor will I in future. Fan Yifeng was able toe near my office because he had my sister''s privilege card with himself. My sister is a friend of your cousin, Qin Yeteng." Mu Yuehan exined in a firm voice. "I did not go to meet Fan Yifeng. I had him thrown out of mypany. And now if you want, I can ask my sister to break her friend¡­"


    "No need." She interrupted him. "Qin Yeteng is not bad. She must be forced by her parents to get the privilege card."


    Zhou Liying may hate Qin family but she always had a soft spot for Qin Yeteng. The reason being, Qin Yanze loved her dearly. During his dying days too, he requested Zhou Liying to look after Qin Yeteng if possible.


    She knew Qin Yeteng did not suffer any less in her childhood. Who knows what her position in the family was right now?


    Besides, Qin Yeteng never did anything to harm her. Sure, she was bitter but she never crossed her lines. She did not want to make her suffer by snatching a friend from her. She could bet that it was Qin family forcing her to talk with the sister of Mu Yuehan.


    "Am I forgiven now?" Mu Yuehan tilted his head and looked at her with a cheeky smile. "If not, I know many ways to get one." He passed her the card.


    Zhou Liying shook her head. From what she knew, he was not going to leave here without getting her forgiveness.


    "I forgive you. Now leave. Today is Sunday if you do not know, and on Sunday, I prefer to spend my time all alone. So, leave." She spoke in a tired voice.


    Mu Yuehan saw the tiredness in her features. So not wasting much of her time, he thrust the card in her hands. "I hope you remember about tomorrow''s challenge. I lost first one but tomorrow I will win. And then I will be taking you on a date."


    "Dream on." She rolled her eyes. "Tomorrow again you will be losing against me. I am a pro in tomorrow''s challenge. No one can defeat me in it."


    "Then let me tell you, I too am a pro. I am the best in the country. Get ready Zhou Liying, to loss from me." He dered confidently. "Now I will take your leave."


    Mu Yuehan left and closed the door after him. She felt slightly worried because of his confidence. She knew she has high chances to win tomorrow. But she could not neglect that Mu Yuehan too could be good in it.


    She returned to her room and started to do some research, to win tomorrow''s challenge. After her research, she cooked dinner for herself. She ate it while watching a movie and then she called it night.

 Chapter 229 Second Challenge.

    Being in the business, both Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying were interested in the stock market. They loved to buy an investment and then sale it at a high price to earn a profit, or even hold it for long time.


    Many times, within a day, they had earned quite a huge profits from the stock market. It was like a game for them. They both were pro in it.


    Today, the challenge had something to do with the stock market.


    In today''s challenge, they both will be trading in the stock market for the whole day. Their ounts had the same amount of money and the same margin. The person with the highest profit by the end of the day will be the winner of this challenge.


    Zhou Liying arrived at her office. She ordered Min Yue to not let anyone disturb her. She wanted to give her whole focus on today''s challenge. She did not afford to loss it.


    She turned on herptop and opened her trading ount on it. She switched on the television with an financial news channel ying on it. She opened some of them in the browser of herptop.


    "What are you doing here?" Zhou Liying raised her brows when she saw Mu Yuehan entering in her office. He beamed at her. He ced hisptop on her table and plopped himself on the seat opposite to hers.


    "I know I will win today. But I was afraid, on my win, you will call me a cheater. So here I am. Now you can keep an eye on me and Insure that I will not cheat."


    Mu Yuehan looked at her with easy to go smile where Zhou Liying looked at him with narrowed eyes.


    "So much confidence will be bad for your health, Mister Mu." She remarked. She adjusted herself on her seat because only five minutes were left for the market to open. "I hope you remember the rules."


    "I do." Mu Yuehan grinned. "We can buy shares of any corporation except for yours and mine."


    Zhou Liying nodded before zooming him out from her sight. Herplete focus was on herptop screen. Mu Yuehan too became serious. He opened his trading ount and various financial news reporting sites on his browser.


    With a ring of the bell on the television, they both started to do their work. Theirplete focus was on buying and selling of shares, to win today''s challenge.


    Aiden who was silently sitting in the office of Zhou Liying felt the rising tension in the office. He felt strong powers emitting from Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying. Finding it better, he left the office, very silently, to not disturb them.


    **


    Outside the office, both Li Tao and Min Yue introduced each other. They met for the first time. They both knew that, they were going to meet repeatedly on multiple asions so they find it better to break the ice.


    They also exchanged contacts in case of need. Soon, Aiden too joined them, telling them about the environment of the office.<sub> </sub>


    **


    Only clicking sound or sound of typing could be heard in the office of Zhou Liying. Both Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan were looking at theirptop screens without blinking their eyes. It was only Mu Yuehan who was looking at Zhou Liying from time to time, to energize himself, to boast himself to win this challenge.


    Mu Yuehan was quite confident that he would win today''s challenge. He was trading in the stock market from the age of fourteen. It was a hobby of his as a child. He found it fun and challenging to get his money doubled in within one day.


    There was a time during the college days, when his profit was twenty-five times the amount which he had in his ount, all thanks to his high margin. So, he was quite confident. He thought he was not defeat-able in it.


    When he started his own hotel business at the age of neen, the money he invested was his ie, ie from the stock market.


    In his overconfidence, Mu Yuehan did not think that what if Zhou Liying too was a pro like him?


    Zhou Liying started trading because of Qin Yanze. He introduced her into the stock market. She became addicted to it. After having some losses in the start, she steadily climbed up the stairs of high profit.


    Trading in the stock market was a source of earning for Zhou Liying at the age of fifteen. She was a booming heir, a socialist. To match the lifestyle of other rich heirs, she needed many luxurious stuff.


    Her uncle was not the one to let her buy expensive and branded dresses and other things. He was miser when it came to giving her money. So, at that time, trading in the stock market was her helping hand. It sponsored all her dresses and other essories.


    "Who do you think will win today''s challenge?" Min Yue whispered nervously. She was turning her head repeatedly, looking at Zhou Liying and Mu Yuehan.


    There was a stiff environment in between them. The climate of the room was suffocating. Cold vibes wereing from both Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying. Their facial expressions were sombre and spooky.


    "Boss will win. He has quite a good knowledge of the Shanghai stock market aspared to Miss Zhou." Li Tao as expected supported Mu Yuehan.


    "I think miss will win. She has a vast knowledge of the international market. She has eyes for the shares which will rise shortly. I have seen her buying the shares of apany which was nearly at its bankruptcy and then boom, the shares of the saidpany were rising at a high speed." Min Yue supported Zhou Luong.


    Min Yue then looked at Aiden. "What do you think?"


    Aiden looked at them with conflicted expressions. "Mister Mu¡­No¡­Miss¡­don''t ask me." he shook his head in dejection. He sighed. "I am not a market expect. I am a mare guard."


    Min Yue rolled her eyes and then looked at the clock. It was stating that the market was going to be closed in two minutes. In two minutes, they would know who will win this challenge.

 Chapter 230 How Can You Win?

    "Impossible."


    Shocked and surprised, Mu Yuehan looked at theptop disy screen of Zhou Liying. She earned more profit than him within a day. Thus, she was the winner of their second challenge.


    "How can you win against me? You are new to the Shanghai market unlike me who knows the trend and movement of nearly every share." He spat. He pulled on his hair with defeat.


    Zhou Liying smirked victoriously. She leaned against her seat. She looked at him with pure glee. "I am not new to Shanghai market. Even when I was in London, I used to trade in the Shanghai market."


    She ttered her eyes and looked at him with sarcasm. "Mighty Mu Yuehan lost another challenge to me. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I might add, you could have won the challenge if instead of getting lost in me for minutes, you were focusing on yourptop screen."


    Mu Yuehan gritted his teeth. He leaned on the table and again looked at theirptop screens. There was no doubt that she won square and fair. He was the one at fault. He took her lightly. He did not expect her to be good in trading in stocks.


    Moreover, what she said was the truth. He was looking at her from time to time, and unbeknown to him, he was ogling at her without any blink. Hence, without his knowledge, his precious five or more minutes were getting wasted.


    He exhaled sharply and looked at Zhou Liying.


    "My ce or your ce?"


    "Huh?"


    "Last challenge. I want it to happen tonight. So, are we ying the video game at your ce or at my ce?"


    Theirst challenge was a video game challenge. The same video game which Zhou Liying forced Mu Yuehan to buy in the past.


    "I don''t own any video game. So, you have to wait for some time for thest challenge." Zhou Liying informed in a matter of fact tone.


    "My ce it is then."


    "You have a video game?" she asked him with surprise. "You know how to y a video game?"


    "Why did you think I easily agreed to thest challenge?" he looked at her with a smirk. "Tonight, I will pick you up at seven. We will be going to my ce, to y the game. I will be winning the challenge and then, we will be going on a date."


    "Ha." Zhou Liying mockingly chuckled. "You said the same thing during thest two challenges, I will win, but you always lose. In this challenge too, you are going to lose."


    "We will see that." He looked at her with a lopsided grin. "I will take your leave now. See you at seven in the evening."


    To her surprise, Mu Yuehan pecked her on her lips. She looked at him with wide eyes. He straightened himself. He looked at her with amusement. He turned and left her office.


    Once he was gone, Zhou Liying ced her fingers on her lips. It was a simple kiss, then why did she feel sparkles running all over in her body?


    **


    At exact seven in the evening, Mu Yuehan was in the office of Zhou Liying. He was like an unwanted guest. Zhou Liying tried to block him but he had his sources to enter in her cabin.


    "You are exactly on time." Zhou Liyingmented. She shut down herptop and looked at him. "Don''t you have some other work to do?"


    "Silly girl, how can you forget that I have told you yesterday itself that no work is important for me, more than wooing you." He grinned and looked at her with teasing smile. "Your memory is so weak."


    "Yes, my memory is weak. Then why are you marrying a girl with weak memory? You need someone smart unlike me." She said sarcastically.


    She stood up from her seat.


    "Because I love you."


    Like usual, the heart of Zhou Liying escaped a beat. She looked at Mu Yuehan with shock. He grinned at her expressions. He knew she felt good from her heart upon hearing his confession and that was why he nevergged behind in saying the ''L'' word.


    **


    "You liked this car, did you not?" Zhou Liyingmented when she saw Bugatti parked in the parking.


    "I do, after all, it Is the first gift from my wife to me." She rolled her eyes and entered inside the car. She leaned against the cushioned seat.


    Mu Yuehan smiled affectionately when he saw her in his car, on the passenger seat. His dream came true. Finally, she was again going to sit on the shotgun seat beside him.


    He closed her door and jogged toward driver side. He opened the door and entered in. He started the car and they were driving on the roads of Shanghai at a fast speed. He remembered how much she loved speed.


    **


    Mu Yuehan was driving the car at a very fast speed. He wanted to impress Zhou Liying with his driving skills. He was forgetting that Zhou Liying was already aware of his driving skills, all because he was excited that she was seated beside him, in his now favorite car.


    Zhou Liying was secretly stealing nces from Mu Yuehan. Her heart was beating fast, reason was unknown to her. Maybe it was nervousness of thest challenge, or excitement of sitting beside him in the car, or because of looking at his handsome face, smile, or the way his hair were messy, making him more sexy, or this feeling that she had witnessed this scene before too.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to start a conversation with her. He wanted to tease her, or get to know her more but he did not when he noticed how she was stealing nces at him. He knew if he started a conversation then she would again became hard toward him and would avoid him.


    **


    The journey from Zhou Liying''s office to Mu Yuehan''s penthouse was hardly of forty minutes but it took them one and a half hour to arrive, even though Mu Yuehan was driving at a very fast speed, only because Mu Yuehan was taking rounds and rounds around the city.


    He did not wish to end the journey shortly. He wanted to spend some more peaceful time in thepany of his love, the time where Zhou Liying was not fighting him or ignoring him, but was calmly enjoying hispany.

 Chapter 231 Gaming.

    The journey toward the penthouse of Mu Yuehan was one of the calmest and best journeys for Zhou Liying after returning to Shanghai. Otherwise, whenever travelling, either she was always busy with work or was always mentally busy, but today, she was all free.


    Magically, she was not even having any thoughts. For the first time in long, when free, she was not thinking about her future or her lost years. She was all free and rxed, and all this was the magic of thepany of Mu Yuehan.


    Why am I ignoring him and hispany?


    Why have I be like this?


    These were the questions which she was asking herself from the time of her return from Vegas. Unconsciously, she had epted Mu Yuehan, as her husband, but there was a knot in her heart which stopped her from epting him, and she hated this knot. She was an independent girl, then what was stopping her from epting him? She hated that some unknown force was scaring her from epting her feelings.


    If only she knew that this knot was tied when Mu Yuehan left her on Juju ind, when she was kidnapped and when she faced the darkest fear of her life. Her past held so many scary memories, and somewhere that was the reason her brain was not ready to remember what happened four years back.


    If only Mu Yuehan knew that she was not ready to remember him or ept him because of the scary memories of two months when she was kidnapped.


    **


    "Wee to our house, sweetheart. It has been waiting for its mistress for a long time."


    Mu Yuehan smiled widely and weed Zhou Liying into his house. He was happy to finally have her at home. He was excitedly looking at Zhou Liying, waiting for her opinions about his house, their house.


    Zhou Liying was looking around at the penthouse of Mu Yuehan with concentration.


    Located at the height of the nieth floor, the ce was designed by the best designer in the world. The interior made an impression of being extra modern but was cosy at the same time.


    It upied the highest three floors of the building, offering five bedrooms and three staff bedrooms, a private elevator and an open terrace offering an infinity swimming pool with a waterslide and Jacuzzi. And the entire penthouse gave a beautiful full view of the city from floor-to-ceiling windows.


    Was she impressed with it?


    No, because she found her penthouse far better than his. Moreover, she had already expected to find him living in a ce like this. It suited his status and his personality.


    "Why are you standing here like a dump? Let''s go to the room with the video game. I want to get done with it as fast as I can. I don''t have any more time to waste on you."


    And here it was back, her sharp tongue. Softness in her eyes, which was there during the car ride was also gone, screwed Zhou Liying was back and was eager to defeat him, to get done with the challenges.


    Mu Yuehan sighed. "Why so hurry? First, let me serve something to you. After all, you havee to our house for the very first time." He made a sad expression. "I am such a good person. I don''t mind that you did not bring a gift foring here for the first time, but I am a good host."


    Before Zhou Liying could deny his service or could repent him for hisment about not bringing a gift, Mu Yuehan was gone toward his kitchen.


    He had already given his house staff a break for the day. He did not want any disturbance today. He knew Zhou Liying was not going to stay here for long, but still, he found them disturbing.


    "You can sit on the sofa in the lobby." Mu Yuehan shouted from the kitchen when he saw her standing like a dumb in the lobby. "Forget that, you can sit anywhere you want. It is your house after all."


    "It is not my house." He heard the voice of Zhou Liying and a smile escaped his lips. "It was never my house and never will be. Don''t forget that I don''t ept this marriage."


    "Sweetie, you ept it or not, this is your house and we are officially married, and thew says that. Ah, I just remember, we need to take a date with the civil bureau to get our Chinese marriage certificates. I can''t wait to get married to you as per Chinesew."


    His tone was teasing which escaped Zhou Liying. She had no idea of his naughty n.


    "You." Zhou Liying walked toward the kitchen and red at him.


    "Don''t get angry sweetie. Anger can increase your blood pressure and I don''t want that." Mu Yuehan passed a smile which irked Zhou Liying to the core. "Moreover, I don''t want for you to waste your energy in speaking or getting angry. I will not listen to your excuse after losing that you lost because you wasted energy on fighting me."


    "I am not going to lose, not from...¡­"


    "Shah, did I not just ask you to save your energy?" he again teasingly smiled.


    Zhou Liying knew there was no fighting him. He knew how to press on her right nerve. She just wanted to get done with him, and these conditions. She wanted to win today, to avoid going on the date with him.


    She angrily mmed her leg on the floor and made her way to the balcony, and to the sitting area, to enjoy the evening winds, a remedy to calm her temperament down.


    Mu Yuehan looked at her back and smiled. He was very happy to have her at their home. He was not able to control the happiness which was bubbling in his chest.


    Mu Yuehan without any dy served the already prepared dishes on the tray. Two of them were prepared by him and the rest by his cooks, as ordered by him.


    He walked toward the balcony and served dishes to Zhou Liying. He again tried to tease Zhou Liying but this time she acted immune to his talks and his charm. Shepletely ignored him, as if he was invisible. She enjoyed her food.


    After having food, they made their way toward the room with the video game, the same game that he had bought for her on Juju Ind. He wanted to take her to her room, the room with her memories but changed his n at thest minute. He would show her that room only when she would ept him.


    "Lets the game began. Today, I will not only win this game but also my date with you."


    Mu Yuehan dered that he was going to win tonight and picked up the controller.


    "You are not only going to lose the game but also the date."


    Zhou Liying too picked up the controller and looked at him with challenging eyes. She was not the one to lose, not in video games, which was once her favourite pastime.

 Chapter 232 How Can I Loss?

    "I don''t believe it. How can I lose to you?"


    The surprise was an understatement for what Zhou Liying was feeling right now. She was confident that she would win the game and Mu Yuehan would lose. But the result was something which she did not expect.


    She lost to Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan not only won the game but also the date with her which she did not want.


    "You cheated." She used.


    "I did not. You checked the game before we started. You have not found any problem in it."


    "So how can you win? I don''t believe that you won fair and square." Zhou Liying used. She was not at all ready to ept her defeat.


    "ept it sweetheart that I won the game. Now show some sportsman spirit. Don''t cry like a baby. Act like me. Don''t forget, I neverined even for once even after losing against you in the first two challenges."


    Zhou Liying huffed and looked at the screen which showed that she lost once again.


    Yes once again, it was their third game in which she lost. She was not ready to ept the results of the first two games, so being the gentleman who Mu Yuehan was, he let her y three rounds, but she lost in all of them.


    ''How can I lose to him?'' Zhou Liying thought to herself.


    There were three reasons that she lost to Mu Yuehan:


    The first was, that Mu Yuehan was ying this game for thest four years, in her memories. He wanted to be perfect like her in this game so that he could y the game with her, and his wish was fulfilled today.


    The second was, that she waspletely out of practice. Sure she yed video games as time pass, but it was hardly once in a month or two.


    The third being, somewhere her heart wanted to go on the date with him. So, unconsciously she was not giving her best in the game, making it hard for her to win it.


    "Now, don''t think of backing off." Mu Yuehan warned, afraid that she would still deny going on the date with him, even after losing from him.


    Zhou Liying knew that she was not going to win against Mu Yuehan even if she yed more rounds with him, so it was better for her to ept her defeat and go on a date with him.


    But she was not the one to easily ept defeat. Mu Yuehan was forcing this date on her. He even used her uncle. She was not going to leave him. She would have her revenge.


    "I am not the one to go back on my words. I have promised you that I will go on a date with you if you won in any one of the challenges and it means that I am going on the date with you. Tell me the date and time."


    Like the prouddy who she was, Zhou Liying agreed to the date. Mu Yuehan smiled upon seeing her tough persona. He liked this side of her very much. Still, her sexy side topped the list.


    "Thursday evening, at sharp five, I will pick you up. Ensure to wear something warm."


    **


    Zhou Liying did not know why she was getting ready for the date: correction- forced date. She left her office at two in the afternoon and arrived in her penthouse to get ready.


    Moreover, the dress which she was going to wear tonight was one of thetest piece designed by Zhou Bingbing. She had already decided her look and everything. She waspletely looking forward to the date, and one part of her hated herself for her this feeling.


    "Argh, what is happening to me? How am I losing control over myself?"


    **


    Mu Yuehan forgot to breathe when he arrived at the door of Zhou Liying''s house and when she opened the door for him. Hell, thisdy like always was going to be the death of him. He did not imagine her to look so beautiful for their date, a forced date for her.


    He blinked, blinked and blinked in shock. Finally, a smile broke on his lips. He felt happy that she dressed up so perfectly for their date.


    Zhou Liying was wearing a ck coat in which she looked like a queen from hell. Her long ck hair was straightened. She had done smoky look on her eyes and her lips were painted red. She looked enchanting.


    Zhou Liying too checked him out, but she did not lose her cool like him. He was wearing a ck shirt and ck pants, with the sleeves of the shirt rolled up. He was dressed up perfectly. He too looked dashing.


    They were coordinating their outfits with each other.


    "Wow. I don''t have any words to describe your beauty. You look¡­mum¡­..perfect." Mu Yuehan spoke with much difficulty.


    He was feeling like a teenage boy who was going on a date for the first time. He was shuffling on his feet. He was stumbling when speaking and was clearing his throat from time to time.


    "It may be a forced date, but I always look perfect. I never disappoint the other party." She spoke arrogantly and rolled her eyes at dishevelled Mu Yuehan.


    "Now stop acting like a fool. Don''t make me feel that I am going on a date with a little boy instead of a grown-up mature man, which you are not right now." She scorned.


    Upon hearing her words, Mu Yuehan came out from his trace. He shook his head and remembered that tonight was his chance to impress her. He could not act like a fool in front of her.


    "I hope you will not make me regret my decision to go on this date with you. You have nned everything."


    "Don''t worry. You will fall in love with the date. I am going to leave a good impression on you after this date." Mu Yuehan smirked and again a goofy Mu Yuehan was back and he was eager to take Zhou Liying to the date and impress her like always.

 Chapter 233 Date!

    "Limousine?"


    Zhou Liying looked at the car parked in front of her with a raised brow. She was surprised, impressed and confused to know that their ride for tonight was a limousine. It was quite outdated in her opinion.


    "Yes, Limousine. I know there could be some other car in ce of this but I don''t know why, but I wanted this car to be our ride for the night." Mu Yuehan shrugged innocently.


    He knew the reason for choosing this car to be their ride. Four years back, when they went on the date, this same car was their ride. He found this car to be a lucky car. That night, they had a lot of fun and a lot of romance. After all, that night they became one.


    Tonight too, he expected some progress in their rtionship. He knew bedding her was not possible tonight.


    Zhou Liying did not mind his choice of their ride for the night and entered the car. On the outside, she disyed her arrogant self, but from inside, she wanted to enjoy this date. A part of her was eager to cherish all the moments of the night, good or bad.


    They both entered the car and took their seat beside each other. Zhou Liying looked out from the window where Mu Yuehan was looking at her. He yet again started to feel nervous. He wanted to impress her, he wanted tonight to be perfect.


    He seriously had not expected that she would agree to go on date, even after losing a challenge to him. He had thought she would make an excuse or two. But here she was, seated opposite him.


    Till thest moment, till the time he rang the bell of her penthouse, he had expected some twist in the story, but to his good luck, he was going on a date with her and he wanted to make it special for her.


    "Shall we start?"


    "Huh?" Confused, Zhou Liying looked at Mu Yuehan.


    "I brought you on this date so that we can get to know each other. I am sure you want to ask some questions from me. So shall we start?"


    "I don''t have any questions to ask from you. And why should I, when I don''t even ept your presence in my life?"


    Mu Yuehan sighed when he heard her. He had expected something like this only from her. He wished that she would ask questions from him and would answer to his.


    He shook his head and opened apartment of the limousine, producing some papers. Zhou Liying raised a brow and looked at the papers with curiosity.


    "These are my property papers, the property which is transferred to your name after our marriage, plus our marriage certificate." Mu Yuehan answered her unasked question.


    Zhou Liying greedily looked at the property papers. She clearly remembered what Mu Yuehan had promised to give her after their marriage. She wanted it. But her arrogant side stopped her.


    "Don''t you get it that I don''t ept this marriage? So why have you transferred your property in my name? I am not epting it, not at any cost."


    Mu Yuehan sighed. The sadness appeared in his eyes. Somewhere, he had started to feel down whenever he heard her im again and again that she did not ept this marriage.


    "I have already transferred the properties in your name, and I am not taking them back, you ept them or not is your will. And about the marriage certificate," he forcefully thrust the marriage certificate he got in vegas into her hand, also their Chinese wedding certificate, "ept it. You need it. You have only few days left to im the will of your grandpa."


    "I am giving one copy of our Chinese certificate to you while I will keep the other safe with myself." Mu Yuehan spoke, focusing on words Chinese certificate.


    Surprised, Zhou Liying looked at him. She looked at the red booklet in her hand which was their Chinese marriage certificate.


    "Hey, from where the hell did you get our Chinese wedding certificate without my presence and my permission?" Zhou Liying barked.


    She did not remember going to civil bureau or getting her photo clicked with him. Then how did he get the said certificate?


    Mu Yuehan smiled when he saw her bbergasted expressions. He had expected this same reaction from her.


    ?


    "Don''t you know that I am Mu Yuehan? I can get whatever I want. Getting a marriage certificate is nothing for me." He smirked. "Now open the booklet and check our photo. You will get answers to all your questions."


    Without wasting any second, she opened the booklet and checked the photo. A surprised gasp escaped her lips. She recognised the time when this photo was the clicked.


    "You?"


    Zhou Liying wanted to p hard across his face. She felt cheated. She also felt ashamed. She was angry at him and herself.


    "Sweetheart, there is no use in regretting now. We are officially a couple and all thanks to you." Mu Yuehan smirked.


    "I will kill you." She fumed.


    "Sure, I am all ready to die in your hands."


    Zhou Lying red at him and thought for some apt reply to give to him, but before she could do that, they arrived at their destination and Mu Yuehan forcefully pulled her out of their car.


    Zhou Liying grumbled and stepped down from the car after him. After looking at the photo on the wedding certificate, she was no longer in the mood of dating.


    She realised that he was a cunning fox. He may act like a fool sometimes in her presence, but he was very sharp. It was her who always made a fool of herself in his presence.


    She realised that she always thought that everything was in her control, which was never the truth. He had taken full control over her life from the time she arrived in Shanghai.


    It was him who was controlling her and her every move and like stupid, she was falling deep in his n. Again and again, she was falling for his n. Her biggest stupidity was that she thought she was outsmarting him, where the truth was that he was the one ying her.


    And it scared her.


    She knew he would never harm her, but she was scared of falling for such a dangerous man!

 Chapter 234 Realisation.

    Zhou Liying again thought about the time the photo of their wedding certificate was taken. She pped herself for her foolishness.


    The photo was taken onst Saturday, the day of the drinking challenge.


    After Zhou Liying got drunk after drinking vodka, and when she becamepletely unconscious after dancing for long, before she had vomited in the car of Mu Yuehan, he had sneakily taken her to the civil bureau.


    It was closed in the dark of the night, no doubt, but he too was Mu Yuehan. Using his connections, he had called for the members of the bureau. They had to arrive at his summon and had to make a quick wedding certificate for Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying, without even caring that Zhou Liying was drunk.


    Zhou Yonge was also called. He was surprised when he saw the condition of Zhou Liying but he knew her for thest four years so he controlled his surprise. He acted as the witness for Zhou Liying, making the work of Mu Yuehan very easy.


    Zhou Liying too was very cooperative at that time, all because of her drunken state. Hence the photos were taken, their signatures were taken, any testimony needed was also taken and they were dered husband and wife, as per Chinesew too.


    "We are here." Mu Yuehan spoke in a sing-song manner and smiled at Zhou Liying.


    He knew her each nerve very well. So obviously he knew where she was lost. He knew she was thinking about the certificate.


    He knew that he had again cheated on her but what was he to do? He knew she would not agree to go to the civil bureau when conscious so he decided the time to get their marriage certificate. He too was forced, forced because of his love for her.


    Zhou Liying shook her head and came back to the present. She let the by gone be by gone. She could not do anything about her mistake now. She could only regret and now regret word was not in her dictionary.


    "Now I have to be more aware of him. He is not easy to fool. He is quite sharp and he knows what he is doing." She thought to herself and decided to enjoy tonight.


    **


    "What ce is this?"


    Zhou Liying looked around at the vast ground full of many colourful hot air balloons. She felt intrigued by looking at them, also confused at the same time.


    What were so many hot air balloons doing on the outskirt of the city?


    "Starting tomorrow is the hot air balloon week. This ground has been hosting balloon week every year, for thest five years." Mu Yuehan answered. "Tonight this ce is going to be the ce of our date."


    Zhou Liying nodded. Mu Yuehan gave his hand to her, which she epted without fighting him much.


    They walked on the ground, in-between many balloons. Zhou Liying was looking at them with excitement. It was her first time looking at them. She always wished to fly in one, especially on a night like today when the sky was full of stars and the moon was full and was shining bright.


    Mu Yuehan with her entered in one of the biggest balloons. He smiled at the manager of the festival who himself was present here to give him his guidance.


    He had already booked tonight''s date a month back. Each year, whenever there was a balloon festival, he had always wished to bring her here and tonight his wish came true.


    Soon enough, their balloon was flying in the sky. Many other hot air balloons too followed after them. They were empty. They were flown only to make the scene more magical.


    Zhou Liying looked out from their basket and at the sky which was now getting filled with many other balloons and then at the ground where many other balloons were glowing. This scene was serene. It soothed her soul.


    She liked Mu Yuehan''s idea of this date. It was kind of perfect. She also felt d foring here. Otherwise, she would have missed the chance to enjoy herself, enjoy so much calm.


    She was lost in her thoughts and was feeling peace when her peaceful moment was broken because of Mu Yuehan. He could no longer control himself from striking up a conversation with her.


    Sure, he was enjoying the calm on her face, but he had enjoyed it enough. Now he wanted to have a healthy talk with her.


    "What is your favourite ce for a holiday?"


    Zhou Liying knew that if she said a word, then Mu Yuehan would bother her again and her calm would be fully gone. So, she did not say a word, nor she answered him, nor rebuked him like always.


    "Come on, this date is to get to know each other. Please don''t waste our precious time by standing mum. If you want, you can ask me the first question."


    Zhou Liying looked at him and then spoke, "Tell me your monthly ie, and ie of Mu Corporation. Swear about the same."


    Zhou Liying knew he would not tell her his ie, after all, no one would, especially when they have to swear. That was why she had asked about the same.


    But to her utter surprise, Mu Yuehan replied to her question. He told her in detail about his ie and the true earnings of Mu Corporation, leaving Zhou Liying in shock.


    "How can¡­..?" her words got caught in her throat.


    She would never share her ie with anyone, not even with Zhou Bingbing who was closest to her, but here he was.


    "Don''t forget, you are my wife. You have full rights to know my ie. After all, at the end of the day, it is all yours, what I am earning is all yours. You have full right to know every single detail about me."


    And for the first time in a long, Zhou Liying let go of her ignorance, and with a fast-beating heart, she realised that she was falling for this man, correction actually, she had already fallen hard for this man.


    And for the first time, she felt that this man was never going to leave her, he was going to stay with her for forever.

 Chapter 235 Love You.

    The rest of the night was a blurry night for Zhou Lying. She had nned to have her revenge on Mu Yuehan, by leaving him naked in a hotel room, tied to the bed, all alone, but she forgot all about her n because of the realisation that she was in love.


    LOVE: she hated this four-letter word the most. She was running away from it, but today, this word had caught up to her.


    For a long, she and Mu Yuehan exchanged many questions. Mu Yuehan too was surprised that she was answering his questions and was asking some from him. But he did notment because he was scared of losing this moment.


    "Do you like to paint?" he had asked.


    "No." she had replied.


    Gloominess appeared in the heart of Mu Yuehan when he heard her reply. He remembered how much she loved to paint. He still held so many paintings painted by her. How could she change so much to not like painting anymore?


    ''One day, you will again like to paint.'' He promised himself and looked at her before answering her question.


    **


    "Do you want to drink?"


    Mu Yuehan asked after a long time. He pointed toward the set wine sses and the bottle of best wine.


    "Did you forget that you promised that there will be no drinks?"


    "I was just casually asking." Mu Yuehan raised his hands in surrender. "Any mocktail then?


    "Sure." She shrugged.


    Mu Yuehan prepared a mocktail for both of them. He served her and then they both had their drinks with a click of sses.


    They both looked out from the basket and at the vast sky. From time to time, they were stealing nces at each other.


    Mu Yuehan was mesmerised by her blowing ck hair, the charming smile on her lips, the way her eyes were focus-less, or the carelessness on her features.


    Zhou Liying was mesmerised by the way his hair were rogue tonight. Few strands wereing on his face, increasing his charm. The way he was gulping his drink, the way his Adam''s apple was bobbling, was enchanting her. He looked very charming.


    "Look there." Mu Yuehan spoke and pointed in a certain direction.


    With surprise-filled eyes, Zhou Liying looked ahead of her. A gasp escaped her lips when she looked at many hot air balloons with ''I Love You LILI'' written on them.


    Zhou Liying froze. She stiffened, she did not know what to do. She looked in the direction of Mu Yuehan and saw him kneeling on his knee.


    "Lili, I love you very much, more than anything, even more than myself. I can do anything for you. Please give me a chance. I promise to never break your heart and trust. You will never regret giving your heart to me. I will always keep it safe with me like a treasure."


    "Your dreams will be my dreams."


    "Your fears will be my fears."


    "Your sadness will be mine."


    "I will be the reason for your happiness."


    "Your each tear will be like a pearl to me."


    "I am not perfect but I will be one for you. I can do anything for you. Your wish will be mymand."


    Zhou Liying''s heart thumped at a fast speed. She started to have trouble breathing. Her new found feelings and his this gesture made her numb. For the first time in a long, she felt disoriented,pletely confused. She wished for her mother to be alive so she could take her advice.


    Zhou Liying got her best escape from this situation when her mobile phone started to ring. She sighed and thanked Liam who was calling her.


    "We have found the final source of the articles published a few days back. It was sent from an ind of India."


    In thest few days, many rubbish articles were published about Zhou Liying. They were removed quickly though. Liam and his team had a hard time finding the publisher, and finally today, they had sealed the location.


    "Are you sure? I don''t want any mistake like thest few times."


    "I am cent per cent sure."


    "Then send a team to India and that too fast. I don''t want to wash my hand over the person. Enough of this cat and mouse game." Zhou Liying spoke ruthlessly.


    "Noted."


    Zhou Liying ended the call and informed about the same to Mu Yuehan. She was sure, he was the one helping her from hiding. Her doubts were proven when without any dy, Mu Yuehan called his standby team and ordered them to go to India.


    **


    A man arrived on the ind of India. He rushed inside a house, hidden in the forest.


    "You have to leave. Hurry and pack your stuff. Zhou Liying has found you, Mu Yuehan too. Now they''re after you. Their teams will be here by any time."


    Thedy without any dy quickly packed her stuff. She was already prepared for today. She knew she could not hide herself from Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying for long.


    "I don''t want to go. I like it here." A child wailed loudly.


    She manhandled her son who cried, begging his mother that he did not wish to go.


    "Don''t you understand me?" She pped his face. "We are leaving means we are leaving."


    "Let''s go." She looked at the man.


    Just the way Zhou Liying had vanished from Juju Ind four years back, thatdy and her son too vanished from the ind before the arrival of Zhou Liying or Mu Yuehan''s team.


    **


    The date of Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying too ended on a happy note, at least for Mu Yuehan, who got to know a lot more about Zhou Liying.


    He was happy that Zhou Liying did not nitpick anything during the date, which was a big win for him, that she did not leave the date in between, or that she had her dinner with full gusto even after the call from Liam.


    He dropped Zhou Liying to her penthouse, like the gentleman he was. He wanted to kiss her, after their date, but his bubble was quickly broken because like always, Zhou Liying did not give him a chance.


    She closed the door on his face.


    Mu Yuehan sighed and looked at the door. He shook his head. "One day."


    He left the foyer while whistling for the sess of his date. He was sure to get a kiss from her one day.

 Chapter 236 She Is Gone.

    "Sweetie, for how long do I need to stand outside our house?" A man grumbled.


    "Five more minutes."


    The man sighed and looked at the closed door. He was hearing this same answer for thest thirty minutes. He was not allowed to enter in his own house.


    To his bad luck, today, he forgot to take the spare keys of the house, or we could say, his lover had sneakily taken his keys out from his pocket.


    "Okay, now close your eyes. I am opening the door. Dare of you if I see your eyes opened." She ordered.


    He sighed and closed his eyes. Finally, he would enter his house and see what surprise his love was nning for him.


    "Tan tan¡­.tadddaaa¡­.." thedy opened the door with a dramatical music and lead her lover inside. He opened his eyes and was left in surprise.


    The living room of their small house was decorated beautifully with red balloons, different coloured roses and scented candles.


    "What asion is today?" he asked with surprise.


    "Today is our first month of togetherness." She grinned and hugged him. "I am so happy today."


    "Not more than me." The man hugged her back. He leaned down and gently pecked her lips.


    The scene shifted: both man and thedy were now standing on a balcony. They were holding each other''s hands.


    "TianTian, I promise that I will never leave you. I will always stay with you, till myst breath and even after bing a ghost."


    "I too promise to never leave you. We will stay together forever."


    "I love you."


    "Love you more."


    She lovingly ran her hand on his face. His eyes were full of so much love for her. She could see her soul in his eyes. She knew this man was never going to leave her.


    They both shared an intimate kiss.


    The scene shifted again: thedy was seen running behind the man. The man was walking, ignoring her all pleas.


    "Please don''t leave me"


    "Please don''t go."


    "How can you leave me?"


    "You promised to stay with me."


    "I am not leaving you." The man spoke, without turning his face. "You are the one who left me. You did not hold onto me. You pushed me away."


    Thedy kept running, but the man did not stop. Soon, some shadows appeared behind thedy and covered her mouth. She kept yelling but to no avail. She tried to move her limbs but some force was stopping her.


    **


    "Please don''t go. Please......¡­.." Zhou Liying mumbled and opened her eyes with a loud shrink. She sat straight on the bed and gasped hard.


    She ran her hand in her sweaty hair, gasping loud for breath. It was just a dream, but a horrible one. It all felt real. She felt the feelings of thedy on getting the love of her lover and on getting separated from him.


    She felt as if this was the reality of her, maybe a fragment of her past. But why did she feel that thedy was herself and the man was Mu Yuehan, or was this an image of her mind, a trick which her mind was ying on her?


    "I can''t let a dream affect me." Zhou Liying patted her face, to wear off the effect of the dream. She took breath from her open mouth and removed sweat from her face using the back of her palm.


    She drank water. She stood up from her bed and walked toward the balcony. Many thoughts were running through her mind:


    "Thatdy and that man were so much in love with each other."


    "There was true happiness and love in their eyes."


    "True love truly existed in this world."


    "The man leave her not on his own will but because she pushed him away."


    Wasn''t she doing the same with Mu Yuehan?


    She shook her head and returned to the bed. She had finally calmed down. She just needed some sleep, to get done with her dream which had again evaded her nights.


    **


    The next morning, Zhou Liying woke up with the ringing of her mobile phone. It was a call from Liam. He sadly informed her about his failure of not being able to catch anyone on the ind of India.


    Zhou Liying angrily threw her mobile phone aside after hanging the call with him. She was angry at him, her team, and mostly at herself for her failure. She wanted to be the most powerful in the world, but this unknown force had already defeated her so many times.


    The same was the situation at the side of Mu Yuehan. He too was the most powerful man in the world. But again and again, someone was defeating him, first by kidnapping Zhou Liying and now again by targeting her.


    He had to get more information about this hidden enemy before he had to face any more losses because of them.


    **


    After getting ready, Zhou Liying reached her office. She gave a call to Zhang Wei, secretary of Qin Yanze, inviting him to her office. She also asked him to bring thewyers with himself. It was something rted to the will of Qin Yanze.


    Zhang Wei arrived at her office without any dy. Quickly, with the help of Liam, the marriage certificate was given to thewyers and Zhou Liying received all the properties and other things given to her in Qin Yanze''s will.


    "I am so happy that you got married, Miss." Zhang Wei said once all thewyers left the office of Zhou Liying, only he was left behind.


    Zhou Liying had stopped him from leaving.


    He was truly very happy about her marriage. He was especially happy that she got married to Mu Yuehan. He knew how much that man loved his miss.


    "Argh, what could I do? I was stuck. I did not have any other choice." She groaned. "By the way mister Zhang," suddenly the tone of her voice changed, and threat appeared in it.


    "Did you know about Mu Yuehan?" she asked warningly to him that no one would be worse than her if he lied.


    Mister Zhang sighed and bowed his head. "Yes, I did. But I could not tell you because of my master. He had my mouth sealed."


    "I can understand." Zhou Liying nodded. She was well aware of his loyalty. "I have one request to make from you."


    "Anytime miss."


    And then, Zhou Liying made a small request from him.

 Chapter 237 Tears Of Pain.

    "I don''t want anyone to know that I am married to Mu Yuehan, especially the Qin family." Zhou Liying half ordered and half requested.


    "Don''t worry about that miss. I have already asked thewyers about the same beforeing here. Mister Fan and Mister Qin had already approached me on multiple asions to ask about you. But my lips are all sealed. I was loyal to Master and now you."


    Zhou Liying nodded, trusting his words. He was one of the smartest person she knew and she knew, he would never disclose about herself and her private matters.


    "I have already built up a story which I will tell them about your marriage."


    They both talked for some more time before mister Zhang decided that it was time for him to leave, upon seeing how busy Zhou Liying was. He was happy from inside that Zhou Liying respected him so much as to give him so much time from her busy schedule.


    "Mister Zhang, always remember my promise that I am only a call away from you. You can always approach me for any type of help." Zhou Liying smiled at him and looked at the man on whom she trusted, on whom her grandpa had trusted and once her mother had trusted too.


    "I will remember miss." He gave a deep bow to her. "I will keep you updated with the happenings in the Qin family if only I get any news about them."


    Zhou Liying nodded and sent him off.


    **


    After receiving all the will documents of Qin Yanze, Zhou Liying did not wish to work anymore. She kept looking at the documents which stated that now she was the owner of the said properties.


    She sighed and looked at the keys of a particr locker of Shanghai bank. The locker held many memories of her mother and grandpa, left by Qin Yanze for her.


    "Min Yue, we are going to Shanghai bank." She called Min Yue to her office and ordered her.


    "But what about the meeting with Wilson''s?"


    "Postpone it."


    "We have already postponed it twice. We can''t do it again." Min Yue looked worried. "Otherwise they will cancel the deal."


    "Let them cancel it then. I don''t care." Zhou Liying stood up from her seat. "Let''s go."


    Min Yue nodded, well aware that nothing could change the mind of Zhou Liying.


    **


    Zhou Liying arrived at the bank. The managers and all the staff smiled when they received her identity from her. They wanted to give her the best treatment but she paid head to no one and made her way directly to the locker room.


    "It''s still the same." Zhou Liying sighed when she looked at the familiar lockers.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    This bank was one of the oldest banks in the city. And Qin family had all their lockers in this bank for thest twenty-five years.


    The locker in which Qin Yanze left the belongings for Zhou Liying once belonged to her mother. Zhou Liying used to visit the bank with her mother to operate the locker on multiple asions.


    After her mother''s death, this locker was taken over by her grandma, then her and then Qin Yanze.


    "Min Yue, go out." She ordered Min Yue before walking toward the locker. She opened it using the keys and pin given to her by Qin Yanze.


    Gloominess appeared in her eyes once the locker was opened. All of the sudden, she felt weak. With shivering hands, very delicately, she took out an antique-looking jewellery box.


    Drop by drop, tears started to fall from her eyes once she opened the box. Inside was her mother''s jewelleries, her precious jewelleries which she used to love. She loved to watch her mother wear them.


    ''Mother, I want this ring. Will you gift it to me?''


    A sob left her lips when she picked up a ring which she liked the most. She felt hurt upon looking at the jewellery not only because she missed her mother but also because most of the jewellery pieces were missing.


    She did not know why her grandfather was so forced to give them to Huang Jiayi. She knew he must have his reasons.


    ''Mother, I promise that I will get back all your jewelleries from Huang Jiayi. I will also have my revenge on her. How dare of her to snatch your jewelleries?'' Zhou Liying promised and roughly removed her tears.


    She took out rest of the stuff from the locker which included some old books and calligraphy painting collection of her grandpa. A small smile escaped her lips when she saw some of the paintings were painted by her.


    She too had learnt calligraphy once. She was not good at it but Qin Yanze had always treasured her paintings. He found her skilled and always praised her that she was amazing in calligraphy.


    "Love you, grandpa. Thank you for leaving this treasure for me."


    Zhou Liying collected everything. She called Min Yue and Aiden inside and handover everything to them.


    "Handle them with care. They are very precious to me." She bewared them, even though she knew how capable they were, only because the things in their hands were priceless.


    Zhou Liying excited the bank when she received a call from Zhou Bingbing.


    "Lili, tonight we are going to Laski club and you too are joining us. I am not going to listen to your excuse. You areing means you areing. We all girls will be wearing red dresses. You too will wear the same." Zhou Bingbing spoke without breathing. She did not even give Zhou Liying a chance to speak.


    "Complete whatever..."


    "Will you stop and give me a chance to speak?" Zhou Liying rebuked over a chuckle. "I will being. I need clubbing. I want some time with you, and others to cool down myself." She huffed. "So much had happened with me and my life. I need some break and I know, I can get that break with you only."


    "Cool. I will wait for you." And with that said, Zhou Bingbing ended the call.

 Chapter 238 Outing With Friends.

    Zhou Liying arrived in the club right on time. Min Yue was with her. Zhou Liying had tagged her along because she wanted Min Yue to have some fun in her life. She did not want Min Yue to spend all her life like a nun.


    They both were wearing red dresses as said by Zhou Bingbing. Both were looking bombs.


    "Miss Zhou is there." Min Yue pointed toward a table on which Zhou BingBing was seated.


    Zhou Liying raised her right brow in confusion and doubt. She made her way toward the said table. Zhou Bingbing, Kris and Tang Ying were seated there.


    "Are we going to sit at this table tonight, not in some private room?" she asked and took an offered seat, right beside Tang Ying and opposite to Kris.


    "Ask her." Kris pointed towards Zhou BingBing who happily eximed. "I wanted to sit outside, not in some private room. I am bored of them. Moreover, look at the deco of this club, the lights, the dance stage, the music, all this is so tempting."


    Zhou Liying rolled her eyes and ordered a ss of drink for herself. "Why this sudden get-together though?"


    This same question was in the mind of Kris and Tang Ying. They had asked her this question multiple times but she was tight-lipped, only saying that she will answer only at the arrival of Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Bingbing smirked upon hearing her question. "You are such a bad sister. You were not giving me a party, so I thought why not I throw a small party in your stead."


    "Party for what?" Zhou Liying asked with confusion, but soon it dwell upon her when she saw teasing expression on the face of Zhou Bingbing.


    "Guess what!!" Zhou Bingbing shrieked loudly. "Our Lili is f*caking married. She is no longer a single woman. She is now tied to the man of her dream, her husband." Zhou Bingbing said dramatically and sighed as if she had seen some romantic drama.


    "What?" Kris stood up from his seat in surprise. "Why did I not know that she is married? For how long is she married? Who is her husband?" he bombarded Zhou Bingbing with questions. "Are you ying any type of prank on us? Let me remind you, today is not April fool''s day."


    "I am not kidding." Zhou Bingbing grinned and lifted the hand of Zhou Liying with her wedding ring in it. "Look at this ring. She is married."


    "What?" Shocked, Kris stood up from his chair, not believing that Zhou Liying was married. He felt hurt that she married behind his back. He had always treated her like his sister. He loved her, even more than his real sister. He thought he deserved to know at least the name of the man to whom she was going to marry. He deserved to know when and where she was getting married.


    "You, why did you not tell me earlier? You always force me to share my everything with you, but you hide things from me, which is not done." Kris used Zhou Bingbing.


    "I was waiting for Zhou Liying to inform you." Zhou Bingbing shook her shoulders innocently. "This is her news, she should be the one telling it."


    "Then why did you disclose it now?" this time it was Zhou Liying speaking. She was not happy that Zhou Bingbing told others about her marriage. She wanted to share about the same by herself, at a right time.


    "Because I was fed up waiting for you." Zhou Bingbing rolled her eyes. "Day by day, it was bing hard for me to keep your marriage a secret from Kris."


    Zhou Liying shook her head. She knew how her cousin was. She could never keep a secret.


    Never!<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    It was a miracle that she had not shared about her marriage with Kris till now.


    "Now tell me, who is your husband?" this time Kris directed his question toward Zhou Liying. He was all in protective big brother mode. "Why did you not bring him here tonight to meet us?"


    He wrapped his arms around his chest.


    "You may have married behind my back, but that does not mean that I will not perform my duties as your brother. I will interrogate him before deciding if he is good for you or not."


    Zhou Liying smiled in gratitude when she heard him. She had expected this reaction from Kris. He had very seriously taken over the responsibility as her big brother.


    She had expected this reaction from Kris but what she did not expect was the reaction of Tang Ying. He paled, hepletely lightened and froze on his spot. She had expected some questions from him too but he was seated on his seat like a mute.


    "Are you all right?"


    "Yeah, I am." Tang Ying shook his head and cleared his throat. "Just a little surprised. I did not expect that you will get married so secretly and so fast."


    "Stop talking with him and answer my questions," Kris spoke with authority. "Who is your husband?"


    Zhou Liying sighed and shrugged her shoulders. She looked at her friends and she knew they all wanted well for her.


    "Mu Yuehan."


    "What?" Kris and Tang Ying yelled at the same time. "When? How? We want details."


    And with that said, Zhou Liying gave them all the details about Mu Yuehan, how he acted as her guard and then forced her to get married. Somewhere, she felt light after talking with them. For the first time, she was saying out aloud about the puzzling happenings in her life.


    In between, she also shared a lot of her feelings with them.


    "That is how I got stuck in this marriage which I don''t want. Now I don''t even have a choice but to ept that I am now married and wife of Mu Yuehan." She grumbled.


    Zhou Bingbing too grumbled beside her. She pped the shoulder of her cousin. "You cannot change Lili. Why are you still running away from Mu Yuehan even when you have feelings for him?"


    She then looked at her boyfriend. "Kris, I am fed up with this girl. She is pushing that poor man away from herself even when she has feelings for him. I have seen him and I know that man too loves her dearly. I don''t know what her problem is."


    "Can we please not discuss about my marriage? I am fed up thinking about it." Zhou Liying begged, pleadingly.


    Everyone listened to her plea because they all knew that Zhou Liying rarely begged.

 Chapter 239 Suitor.

    ?


    Zhou Liying was enjoying the night very much. After a long time, she had found some free to spend with her friends.


    Otherwise, for thest few days or we could say months, she was extremely busy: with her business, her grandfather''s death, and the threat to her life or Mu Yuehan.


    Sheughed from time to time upon listening to the happenings in other''s life. Tang Ying shared many funny incidents with his customers which made herugh, which was a rare sight.


    "I am not drinking anymore, I am done." Zhou Liying ced her ss on the table.


    "Lili, are you sick?" Zhou Bingbing asked surprised. "It was your fourth ss only and you are saying you are done. You usually drink ten sses!"


    "I am not sick. I am just trying to control my drinking habits. Myst two experiences drinking were not very good." Zhou Liying shuddered when she remembered the incidents, how she was fooled by Mu Yuehan.


    action


    "Don''t act like a scary cat now." She grumbled. "You know everyone would stop drinking with you."


    And that was what happened, no one wanted to drink if Zhou Liying was not. They drink not because of addiction but for fun, to pass time.


    They all decided to hit the dance floor.


    "Why are you noting to the dance floor with us?" Tang Ying asked Min Yue who did not stand up from her seat like others.


    "I will be there in five minutes. I have to send an important mail." She showed him her mail app on her mobile phone.


    Zhou Bingbing rolled her eyes when she heard her. "Lili has changed you. Now you too are a workaholic like her. Leave her here Ying. Let us hit the dance floor. I can see that Kris and Lili are already having their fun."


    Kris had asked Zhou Liying for a couple dances and she had readily agreed.


    "Are you angry that I hid about my marriage from you?" she asked, looking guilty.


    "Truthfully, I am. I hoped that at least you will share your heart with me. You know I always suggest you the best."


    "So many times I had thought of confining in you." She sighed. "But you know me." She shrugged.


    Kris sighed. He knew Zhou Liying hated to share about her heart with others. She acted strong and believed that she could make everything correct all by herself. She doesn''t need the help of others.


    "Meet me in private room number six. We need to talk." He gave her a stern brotherly look."Maybe my advice will help you out, and will clear your doubts."


    "Okay."


    "First let me have somefun with BingBing."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Kris walked toward Zhou BingBing where Tang Ying joined Zhou Liying, unhappily.


    "Why this sullen mood? Don''t tell me that you wished to marry me?"


    Tang Ying red at his friend when she teased him. "You of all the people know that I have feelings for someone else. You have no right to tease me."


    Zhou Liying chuckled. "Then tell me why this sullen face?"


    "How can you marry without informing me?" he yelled loudly in irritation. Others looked at him as if he had gone mad but he did not care. "And where is the grand reception? Your party, where I will cater."


    "I just suffered the biggest loss of my life and you are asking why I am sad and agree?" he scoffed. "For so long I had nned to theft you by doing catering for your wedding party. I wanted to earn a million but I lost that chance because you married without the party."


    Tang Ying was not concerned about her wedding but the fact that he lost one of his expected orders.


    "And to whom you married? Mu Yuehan. He too was my targeted customer. I nned to cater for his wedding this." He looked at her with disappointment. "I just lost my millions in a few seconds."


    Zhou Liying chuckled at his cute disappointed face. She knew how much he looks forward to her wedding and reception. She had already remised him that she would give her wedding catering to him. Even though she had no ns of marriage at that time.


    "Don''t be disappointed. You will be handling the catering of BingBing. You will be earning a handsome sum."


    "Not as much as I can earn in yours and Mu Yuehan''s wedding. She, what can I do?" he shrugged his shoulders. "I can only pray that one day you both will throw a grand wedding reception and will invite me to be your caterer."


    I have not even epted this marriage and you are already dreaming of our reception." She rolled her eyes.


    They both were dancing slowly to the music, unaware that a person standing hidden in a corner was clicking their photos. He had clicked many photos and was very satisfied with the result which he got.


    "Why don''t you confess your feelings to her?" Zhou Liying turned and looked at Min Yue who just arrived on the dance floor. "Confess before it is toote."


    "What is the use of confessing when I know that I will be getting rejection only?" he shrugged in defeat. "She does not like me. For her, I am a stranger, she knows me only because I am your friend. Otherwise, I am no one to her."


    lights¦­¦Ïvel He sighed sadly. "On Valentine''s day, I suggested to her that I can marry you, only to see her exaction, but she was not at all affected that I wanted t to marry you. I am no one to her."


    Zhou Liying felt sad for her friend. She knew how much he liked Min Yue. In the past, she tried to cupid them but failed and her failure was the reason that Tang Ying came to Shanghai.


    When she asked Min Yue to go on the date, she had expected that she would approach Tang Ying, but she was wrong. As said by him, Min Yue only treated him as her friend, nothing more.

 Chapter 240 Flop Plan.

    When Qin Yutong had nned her fake pregnancy, and about faking the baby of someone else as hers, she was feeling quite confident. She was sure that she would be able to fool everyone with her pregnancy.


    It was very easy for her to find a doctor who was ready to help her lie to her family that she was pregnant. Then to her good luck, she found a family with a pregnantdy, they were ready to vie their child to her. Everything was perfect .


    She nned to fake pregnancy, to get more love from the Fan family and to get their approval of her wedding, moreover, she did not wish to give birth. Giving birth meant changes in her body, which she did not want, especially not now when her career was rising in the film industry.


    She had also signed a movie where her role was of a nine-month pregnantdy. The shutting of the said movie was going to take ce in country T. She was to leave after three months when she would be six months pregnant ording to others and return after giving birth only.


    ''Her n was perfect; once in country T; no one would doubt that she was not pregnant.'' This was what she thought, but from the moment she had executed her n, she was facing new difficulties day after day, it was not easy to act pregnant all the time, even when she was a good actress.


    Moreover, now a day, she was facing problem after problem. She had to miss many good opportunities in her career because of her pregnancy. Fan Yifeng too was bing hyper to visit the doctor for ultrasounds every next week. Last time, she was able to fool him by showing fake ultrasounds but for how long?action


    Li Na too was bing a treble for her. She had put many limitations on her because she was pregnant.


    You cannot wear high heels.


    You are too allowed to eat this or that; the list was very long¡­


    You are not allowed to partyte at night.


    You are not allowed to travel...


    You need to take break from filming for the time being....


    You need to do this, you need to do that....


    h, h, h...


    She was fed up with being pregnancy act and it had been only three months. How was she to perfectly act for the next six months, especially when trouble will increase the next months?


    She looked around in her room which no longer looked like hers. The wall in front of her was full of baby posters. Her bedside table was full of various Chinese medicines. Many cute soft toys were ced here and there. This room was a room decorated for a pregnantdy.


    In her frustration, she screamed into a pillow.


    She had decided to give up on this act.


    She would fake a miscarriage once she gets engaged to Fan Yifeng.


    <novelsnext></novelsnext>


    **


    "I will take your leave now. Kris wants to talk about something with me." Zhou Liying took her adieu and looked at Kris. He was making his way toward the private room.


    "Go, go, and don''t make mister director wait. He is quite busy nowadays. He doesn''t have many ties, first, he has to finish the filming of his movie and then marry the love of his love." Tang Ying pushed her toward where Kris had gone.


    "Dint knows when he will get time again to talk with you. So talk with him, we can talk some other time."


    Zhou Liying shook her head at his drama and made her way toward the said private room.


    Kris stood by the gallery of the private room and looked at the dance floor. A smile appeared on his lips when he saw his love, Zhou Bingbing dancing like crazy. He loved her carefree nature the most. She was not scared of anything; she did what she wished to do and never did what she did not wish to do.


    She was stone-headed, she never listened to anyone, not even him, and she only listened to her heart. He loved her more than anything. He did not know what he would do without her. What he would have done without her. He probably would have died if not for her.


    Memories from his dark past surfaced in his mind. He clenched his fist, hating those memories. They did not haunt him like in his past, or he no longer felt the sadness or depression but he still hated those memories and no longer wanted to remember them.


    "Kris."


    He came out of his thoughts when he heard the voice of Zhou Liying. He turned and faced her.


    "Looking at my cousin, I see. You love her dearly, don''t you? You both are so lucky to have one another." She said from her heart. She was happy for both of them.


    "You too are lucky to have Mu Yuehan," Kris said. "I may not aware that you got married, but I knew all about Mu Yuehan from Zhou Bingbing. You know how she is."


    They both shared a chuckle.


    "She told me everything about him, the way he pursued you, or the way he celebrated valentine''s with you or the way he stood by you during your grandpa''s death."


    "Trust me, I am a man, I know it is not easy for any rich man to act as a bodyguard or driver and follow after ady, but he did. This all says that he loves you dearly. And you too love him, if not love then you have very strong feelings for him."


    "Huh!" Zhou Liying looked at him with surprise and raised her head.


    She knew he knows, and why not, they shared a good bond of brother and sister.


    "Give him a chance Lili, not for him but yourself. You need him. You need his love, your heart needs him. He will fill the vacuum of your heart, and then what are you scared off?"

 Chapter 241 Scared

    ?


    "Kris, you have no idea of how scared I am?" Zhou Liying sighed and let her strong persona crumble in front of him. "I am hell scared of the idea of falling in love. Hell scared."


    Kris wanted toment that he had the idea of her feelings, no one knew better than him, but he kept mum. He let Zhou Liying pour out all her feelings.


    "My past scares me. I am scared that what if he too leaves me like the man who left me in the past? I do not know if he is my imagination but my heart, inside of me always yells at me that someone has left me, abandoned me."


    "If he had not abandoned me, then maybe¡­." Her voice broke down and a sob escaped her lips. For so long, she wanted to rely on someone, to tell someone how she was feeling right now.


    So many times she felt suffocated. She wanted to run away. She wanted to leave this world. This unknown feeling was binding her heart. It was not easy for her to reject the love of Mu Yuehan again and again.


    "Maybe, he could have saved me at the time when I was kidnapped. I don''t even know if he too was behind my kidnapping. I always feel betrayed by him. I don''t want to suffer from that feeling again."


    "I don''t think that God has written the love word in my life. First my mother left me, then grandma, my friends, everyone leaves me and it scares the hell out of me. What if Mu Yuehan too leaves me? It scares me. You have no idea what I am feeling right now."


    "Do you think I have no idea?" He scoffed.


    "Lili," he said softly and took a seat beside her. He gently cupped her face. "You have no idea of how happy BingBing is that you have finally found the love of your life? She has met with Mu Yuehan and she can bet on her life that he is the one for you. He loves you more than anything. He can die for you without a blink."


    "And we both know how correct she always is with her love prediction."


    "But what if I end up like my mother? What if?" she finally yelled her true fear. "I am not strong like her to spend the rest of my life in the memories of my lover. I am not strong enough."


    Kris sighed. "Lili, we both know that your mother was happy with the few memories which she had made with your father. You yourself have told me that. Do you want to run away from happiness falling in yourp only because of this little fear of yours?"


    He pulled on her chin and looked into her eyes. He knew he needed to give her this lecture; otherwise, she would destroy her happiness with her own hands.


    "Don''t forget, you were not ready to give me, BingBing or uncle a chance, but you gave. Aren''t you happy now?"


    She nodded.


    "Aren''t you satisfied that you came to Shanghai to spend thest days of your grandpa with him? Aren''t thest memories with him one of the best memories?"


    She yet again nodded. She felt calm that she came back and spent some time with him, making some memories with him. She was left with no regret.


    "Same is the case with Mu Yuehan. Give him a chance and you will be happy. Otherwise, what will be left with you will be regret only. You will regret your decision for the rest of your life if you leave him, if you let him go."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Someone out there is waiting for you; to love you, don''t push him away. Otherwise, you will always regret your decision and will not be able to bear the pain."


    He ced his hands on her shoulders. A small smile appeared on his lips when he realised that his lecture was having the needed effect on her.


    action


    "Learn from my story of Veronica, having BingBing in my life was my best decision. Think of your mother, even though she had lost your father, she was always happy to have made some memories with him, wasn''t she?"


    Zhou Liying nodded. She had already told him about her mother and her feelings.


    "Now look at Uncle Zhou. He married for business. Business was always first priority for him; he never tried to find love even in his wife. After her death, he was left all alone. And today, we all can see how unhappy he is."


    "He mayugh and spend time with us but we all know that he is all alone. He needs someone in his life and the same is your case. You need someone and that someone is Mu Yuehan."


    "Don''t immediately fall for him. Give him some time. Try to understand him and his feelings. Check if he is for you or not. You can progress slowly but please don''t block him out."


    Zhou Liying sighed and removed her tears.


    "Why are you so good to me? What was I to do without you? Thank you for helping me out Kris, thank you." She hugged him.


    Kris smiled and patted her back. "Now be a good girl and give me good news fast. I can''t wait to see my sister happy."


    Zhou Liying stood up from her seat and made her way toward the washroom. She threw water on her face and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked into her eyes which were crystal clear.


    Kris was right, why live in regret, why destroy her happiness when it was right in front of her?


    She would ept this happiness. She had made up her mind.


    She walked out from the fresh room and they both made their way toward the dance floor.


    They were on their way when Zhou Liying heard a familiar voiceing from a private room. Curious, she paused in her steps and eavesdrops on what was going on inside that room.


    "Ah, having fun without me."


    A smirk appeared on her lips with a n forming in her mind. The party inside was now going to face Zhou Liying.

 Chapter 242 Seducing Someone.

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    "Thank you my dear friends foring here tonight."


    Fan Yifeng''s friends cheered for him. He was standing in the centre of the private room of a club, and was looking at his friends. There was clear happiness on his face which could not be hidden from anyone.


    Tonight he had thrown a small get-together to celebrate his happiness:


    One being, he got a huge project from S country. Even though he got it from a connection, his mother''s brother gave it to him but he still was happy.


    Second being, he was hopeful that his idea for theke city project will get in the eyes of Zhou Corporation and that he would get a deal with them.


    Another being, he was going to be a father.


    And thest being, soon, he was going to get engaged to his love Qin Yutong. Marriage would soon follow after.


    "I can''t wait to have this much fun at my engagement party." His friends again hooted for him.


    Zhou Liying frowned when she heard the engagement word. She hadpletely forgotten about the invitation given to her by her aunt.


    She now remembered that she had received a notification that the engagement and the birthday party of Qin Yutong was postponed because of the death of her grandpa. Later, she received new details about the said party.


    "Yutong never forgets to throw a birthday party, even if it is three weekste." Zhou Liying rolled her eyes. She turned and looked at Kris. "Kris, you know photography."


    He rolled his eyes. "Of course, I do. Don''t forget that I am a director and I have cameraman''s skills too."


    She smirked. Shebed her hair using her fingers, to make them messier. With an alluring smile on her lips, she entered the room where the party of Fan Yifeng was going on.


    Silence fell in the room with the arrival of Zhou Liying. The eyes of every person present were on her. She looked seductress.


    Many people who knew her were surprised by her presence, the ones who did not know about her thought that she was some escort, invited to the party to fire it up.


    "Isn''t she Qin Tian?" a friend sitting close to Fan Yifeng whispered in his ears.


    Fan Yifeng did not reply. His eyes were glued on Zhou Liying. She was still the same. She still had the same charm from six years back. She still looked like a young girl whereas Qin Yutong had turned into aplete woman of her age.


    "Ah, handsome boy." Zhou Liying reached toward the seat of Fan Yifeng and ran her nail on his cheeks, and then at his chest, not covered by his shirt.


    "Missed me?" She purred and wrapped her arms around his neck. She seductively smiled at him and ced herself on hisp.


    He gulped. She was looking enchanting tonight. No man could escape from her charm. His friends hooted for him when they saw a beauty on hisp.


    "My friend, enjoy thest days of your bachelorette to the fullest. Enjoy this angel in your arms."<snext></snext>


    "Fan, why don''t we have an affair again like before?" She sounded sexy. She was slowly running her hand over his body, seducing him. "Think about the past, of the time when we had an affair. If not for my traitor friend, no one was going to find out about it."


    "I have another proposal for you. Why don''t you marry me in ce of Qin Yutong?"


    She leaned toward his neck and whispered in his ears. "Think about the growth of your business, beaches and other properties left to me by Grandpa. That will be all yours."


    With much difficulty, Fan Yifeng was able to control himself, especially when he heard her offer. It was tempting. He knew Qin Yutong would nevere into his use regarding his business but Zhou Liying could. She had business skills, and the properties left for her were amazing but he would never ept her offer.


    He was a man of his words, and he always listen to his heart. He loved Qin Yutong, he had promised to marry her. He would marry her only, especially now, when she carried his baby.


    "Stay away from me." He pushed her away. He breathed hard. He adjusted himself in his pants.


    "Who wants to marry you?" he yelled out his frustration. "No one would marry a girl like you, a shameless girl, who can climb on another''s lover''sp for her benefit. Disgusting."


    action


    Zhou Liyingughed when she heard him. If only he knew that she held the biggest thigh in the country. She was not of his league. She was just ying with him, weaving him in her n.


    "Don''t you want the beach houses?"


    "I don''t need to marry you to get them." He spat. "Soon I will get them because I know you are still single and you don''t have much time left. The clock is ticking fast. Now leave."


    Zhou Liying gave a sly smile in his way. "You sure." She tilted her head mockingly. She then left the room.


    Once she was gone, Fan Yifeng grumbled angrily and threw his ss aside, making a loud bang.


    "You are something." Amused Kris looked at Zhou Liying when she came out. "You can beat any actress with your acting as a seductress."


    "I know." She smirked with pride. "After all, acting sexy, seducing others is in my blood. I am born with this talent."


    Kris shook his head and passed her mobile phone to her. "Here is the video recorded for you. Check if they are up to your expectations or not.


    She took her phone from his hand and looked at the photos and videos. "Wow, Krissy, you are amazing."


    "Yuck, please don''t call me with this name. I hate it." He made a disgusting expression and she chuckled.


    They both made their way toward the dance floor where their friends were waiting for them.


    On the way to the dance floor, Zhou Liying shared the videos and photos. Now she had to wait for the bomb to explode. She can''t wait to hear about it.


    She thought for some time, before sharing the photos with another contact too, to see the reaction of the said party.

 Chapter 243 Bomb Blasts.

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    Three bombs exploded in the city when Zhou Liying shared the photo.


    The first bomb exploded in the Qin family when the members saw the photo in which Fan Yifeng was seen getting intimate with Zhou Liying, akka Qin Tian. She was sitting on hisp and they both were enjoying themselves in a private room, no other person could be seen in the photos.


    "How can he again cheat on me with Qin Tian?" Qin Yutong angrily threw away a vase; it broke into millions of pieces. "That Qin Tian is again trying to snatch my happiness from me. You will fail, again you will fail."


    Her parents too arrived in the room. They were worried. They can''t let Fan Yifeng slip out from their hands, he was their golden eggying hen. Their business depended a lot on him and the key to him was the baby in the stomach of Qin Yutong.


    "Calm down princess, you cannot get angry in this condition. Think about your baby. Your anger will harm him only." Huang Jiayi tried to coax her daughter who began to cry in her arms.


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    Qin Yutong felt frustrated. Everything had gone wrong in her life from the time of the arrival of Zhou Liying in the city. She started to have trouble with her baby n, had problems in her career, lost a share in her grandpa''s property and now this.


    She was nning to end her n but now she thought, she had to continue acting pregnant to gather the attention of Fan Yifeng. Otherwise, he may leave her.


    "I am calling Fan Zixin right away. He needs to answer me for the action of his son." Qin Yihong angrily mumbled and dialled the number of Fan Zixin, father of Fan Yifeng.


    **


    The second bomb sted in the Fan family when Fan Zixin received the call and then photos from Qin Yihong.


    "How can he do this?" Li Na yelled with surprise. "I don''t mind him having an affair, but how can he have an affair with Qin Tian? Why are the standards of my son falling by each passing day?"


    Li Na was not concerned that her son was having an affair. What she minded was that the girl was not of their standard.


    She did not like Qin Yutong much. She would happily agree if Fan Yifeng agreed to break the marriage arrangement for a girl from a family of their standard or standard higher than theirs.


    "Li Na, can you stop being selfish for once?" Fan Zixin grumbled. "Think about the child in Qin Yutong''s stomach for once. He is your grandchild. What if something happens to it because of this scandal?"


    "I don''t care of the child. I only agreed to this marriage because of Yifeng. Otherwise, I would have long ago fixed his marriage with another girl of our status and you know that." Li Na yelled in her frustration. "I am only waiting for a moment when Qin Yutong wouldmit some mistake and Yifeng would break up with her."


    Fan Zixin dialled a few numbers on his mobile phone. "I also have to worry about media. What if someone leaks the video of Yifeng enjoying himself in the club? He is a public figure; many enemies are waiting for a chance to degrade us."


    **


    Next and final bomb sted in the car of Mu Yuehan. The climate of the car was already very cold because of the mood of a certain person, and when he received a set of photos of Fan Yifeng and Zhou Liying, his mood became worse.


    It was hell-freezing in the car.


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    "Boss was already in a bad mood, what has happened now to worsen his mood to a further extent?" Li Tao thought and gulped.


    You must be wondering, why was he in a bad mood, already?


    So you have to go an hour back.


    ¡­.One hour back¡­.


    Mu Yuehan was rxingly sitting in his office and waspleting his work. A lot of work had been pilled up in thest few days which needed his attention. He needed to check and sign many documents. Sure his brother and friend were looking after the corporation in his absence but they could not rece him.


    Tonight, he had nned toplete all his piled-up work and some of his future work to free his schedule. He had asked Li Tao to not disturb him.


    He was sipping his ck coffee from time to time, and was looking at the photos of Zhou Liying to refresh himself.


    Ting, Ting¡­.


    His phone pinged with notifications, but he ignored them. His mobile phone again lit up and this time he picked up his phone. His eyes widened when he saw photos of Zhou Liying, in the arms of Tang Ying.


    Mu Yuehan had left some of his men after Zhou Liying. They were there to protect her, as well as to spy on her. He always felt protective and insecure when it came to her.


    His men were the ones who had clicked the photos of Tang Ying with Zhou Liying.


    F*ck....he cursed and angrily stood up from his seat, his seat flew back and collided with the back counter with a loud bang.


    "I only left her for some time and she is already falling in the arms of another man. Not done, not done." He angrily muttered and flew out of his office in a rage.


    "Li Tao, prepare the car. We are going to Laski club."


    Mu TianYu and Zhan Wei both looked at him with shock and surprise-filled eyes.


    "What happened to him all of the sudden?" Zhan Wei asked. "Wasn''t he saying that he willplete all his work by today with all dedication, h, h, h, then why is he running away now?"


    "Don''t know." Mu TianYu shrugged his shoulders. "It might have something to do with sister-inw."


    "Maybe." Zhan Wei sighed. "Only she can break the cool of Mu Yuehan and pump him up like this."


    Mu Yuehan walked toward the car and closed its door with a loud bang. He could not wait to reach his naughty girl and punish her for her actions.

 Chapter 244 Test.

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    After returning to her private table, Zhou Liying again started to drink, against her conscience.


    After having a heart-to-heart talk with Kris, she wanted to get drunk, without caring about the consequences. Drinks were always her weakness from the age of seventeen. She hated it but could not avoid it.


    So many times, she had wished to stop drinking but always ended up getting drunk. If only she had someone to help her out from her addiction.


    "And someone was saying that she will not get drunk." Zhou Bingbing teased with a roll of her eyes. "You my girl can never change. Drinks are made for you and you are made to enjoy the drinks."


    "You know how addictive I am to drinks." She shrugged her shoulders and had a few more drinks. Her drinks got mixed and that was why she started to feel a little buzzy and lightheaded.action


    "Tang Ying, do want to have a dance with me?" Zhou Liying offered. She wanted to dance but did not wish to go on the floor all alone.


    "Nah, I have already danced a lot when you and Kris went god knows where." He shrugged dramatically.


    "Come on, one dance, please. A rocking one. I need a partner." She whined. "Listen to the song. Don''t you wish to dance on it, with a sexydy like me?" She winked and made a sexy pose. She walked closer to him.


    "No, please leave me. Go and find someone else to dance with. I am noting."


    Zhou Liying huffed and was about to leave when a heavy arm was wrapped around her waist and Tang Ying was pushed away.


    With wide surprise-filled eyes, Zhou Liying looked at Mu Yuehan. He had his arm around her waist and was standing very close to her.


    ''Am I dreaming? What is he doing here?''


    "Hey, who are you? How dare of you to push me away? And how dare of you to wrap your arm around my friend?" Tang Ying yelled, looking concerned more for Zhou Liying.


    "I am her husband, Mu Yuehan."


    "What?" surprised, Tang Ying shouted and looked at Zhou Bingbing who nodded her head in confirmation.


    "So you are the mighty Mu Yuehan, husband of our fighter here." He pointed at Zhou Liying.


    "Yes, I am, and you are?" Mu Yuehan asked with hostility in his eyes. He looked at Tang Ying as if seeing his lovepetitor. His hospitality was not hidden from Kris, Zhou Bingbing or Tang Ying.


    Tang Ying instead of bing scared of Mu Yuehan, decided to show a strong front. He wanted to test this man who was the husband of his best friend.


    "I am her boyfriend." He said.


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    No one said anything about his lie, well aware of what he was doing. This group was a tight-knotted group which was aware of each other''s actions.


    "Oh really." Mu Yuehan gritted, feeling anger in his veins.


    He thought that Zhou Liying had found a boyfriend tonight and Tang Ying was the one. He forgot all about the presence of Kris, Min Yue or Zhou Bingbing.


    He wanted to punch hard on the face of Tang Ying, who was looking at him with smug. He wanted to lock the girl in his arm in his house, to not let her go anywhere. How can she make a boyfriend so fast, right under his nose?


    "Leave my girl now. We still want to enjoy our night." Tang Ying smirked boyishly and pulled back Zhou Liying in his arm. Zhou Liying too pushed Mu Yuehan away and fell in the arms of Tang Ying.


    "Leave her right now. She is my wife. You have no right to touch her." Mu Yuehan yelled over the loud music. Tang Ying shivered for a second when he heard him.


    "Your wife, so what? She does not love you, she loves me and I love her. Right, Lili." He asked her and she too smiled at him.


    Mu Yuehan saw red. He roughly pulled back Zhou Liying and this time wrapped her tight in his arms, so no one could take her away from him.


    "Dream on, man. She loves me and me only, and I love her."


    "Can you prove that?" Tang Ying provoked.


    Mu Yuehan wanted to kill the man in front of him who was provoking him. But he did not want to create a scene here. He was not even interested in answering his question. That was when his eyes fell on Zhou BingBing and he realised the presence of others and soon, their game n came into his mind.


    He realised that he was being tested here. This question was to test him, to know how much he loved Zhou Liying. The man in front of him was a friend of Zhou Liying and if he was not wrong, then he may be Tang Ying about whom he had read in her reports.


    "Proof of my love?" Mu Yuehan smirked. He ced Zhou Liying on a chair. Stylishly he removed his office coat, undid the buttons of his shirt and removed it.


    On his chest was a tattoo of Zhou Liying''s name, the same tattoo he got in Vegas.


    "Zhou Liying is my everything; I am notplete without her. Each beat in my heart is for her. I am taking breathes only for her. I can die for her and even kill anyone for her, even myself....." he said a few romantic words for Zhou Liying which he always confessed when in thepany of Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying had always ignored his confession, or we could say, she had never listened to his words. She did not wish to slip on his cheesy words. But tonight, she was listening to him with concentration. She felt happy, loved and blessed.


    "Oh my god." Zhou Bingbing shrieked when Mu Yuehan ended his speech.


    The mouth of Tang Ying was hung open in shock. He had heard the confession of someone for the very first time. Kris rolled his eyes. He found this scene too dramatic. He had shot such scenes many times.


    He could only say that Mu Yuehan was saying these words from his heart and loved Zhou Liying. He was happy about the same. He could only wish for their future filled with love and happiness.

 Chapter 245 Drunk Her, Again!

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    "He is Kris, the renowned director of the country." Zhou Liying introduced Mu Yuehan to everyone.


    At first, Mu Yuehan became surprised when Zhou Liying decided to introduce him to everyone, butter he realised that she was drunk and now he knew why she was not pushing him away, and why she was being sofortable with him.


    If only he knew that she wasfortable in his presence not only because of her drunkenness but because she had decided to give him a chance. She felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted off from her shoulders.


    She was not going to push him away anymore. She would give him a chance. She would test him.


    "We have met before." Mu Yuehan took the hand of Kris in a firm grip.


    "We have when you were acting as her driver." Kris nodded, analysing the personality of Mu Yuehan. Mu Yuehan did the same.


    "Mind you. I treat Zhou Liying as my sister. I will not hesitate in killing you if you brought any harm to her." Kris warned.


    Mu Yuehan smiled. He liked him. He liked his protectiveness. "I will kill myself before bringing any harm to her." He promised.


    Kris nodded and invited Mu Yuehan to join them.


    Mu Yuehan was in no mood to join them. He wanted to take Zhou Liking away from here and wanted to enjoy her by himself She looked killer tonight, like usual. He had died so many times because of her hotness. He still was not immune to her godly beauty.


    "So, tell me something about yourself."


    And just like that Mu Yuehan was interrogated by Kris, Tang Ying and Zhou Bingbing too. Sure she knew a lot about Mu Yuehan but she still did not leave this chance to learn more about him. After all, the question was about the life of her cousin.


    After spending two or more hours in theirpany and after answering most of their questions with honesty, Mu Yuehan decided that it was time for him to leave, with Zhou Liying.


    "You are not taking her. I will drop her at her house." Kris tried to stop Mu Yuehan from taking away a drunk Zhou Liying.


    "Ohe on. Now don''t be so overly protective." Zhou Bingbing punched on the chest of Kris. "He is her husband. He has all the right to take her away."


    Zhou Bingbing now fully supported Mu Yuehan, especially because she knew that he was the man from the past of Zhou Liying.


    Moreover, Zhou Yonge had done an investigation upon Mu Yuehan. She had read the same reports. After reading them, she now fully trusted him. She only waited for the day when her cousin would ept him or would remember her past, her memories with him.


    "What were you doing with Fan Yifeng?" Mu Yuehan asked once they were out of the club. He covered Zhou Liying with his coat because it was cold outside.


    Inside, he had forgotten all about Fan Yifeng when he saw Tang Ying, but now he remembered about him and her photos with him.


    "Oh¡­with him." She smiled with naughtiness and much to the surprise of Mu Yuehan, epted his coat andpletely covered herself with it. "Having fun."


    "You...." He pinched her cheeks in instinct. He found her smile captivating.


    "Ahh." She shrieked. "Bad boy. You are a bad boy. I am not talking with you."


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    Mu Yuehan shook his head. He knew there was no use in talking with her right now. He would need to use his sources to find out what she was doing with Fan Yifeng and who took their photos and sent them to him.


    Somewhere he had a hunch that it was one of her friends, because they had an idea about his presence. But he wanted to be precautionary too, what if those photos were sent to him by some gang like the eagle gang?


    Poor Mu Yuehan, he was thinking of so far, he attached danger with those photos. If only he knew that those photos were sent by his naughty wife only.


    They both entered the awaited car of Mu Yuehan. Once inside, Mu Yuehan lifted the partition of the car to separate the driver''s side from the back seat. Right now, the driver was a driver from Mu Corporation, not Li Tao.


    Li Tao had to urgently leave for another city because of some personal issues.


    "It was so cold outside." Zhou Liying murmured once inside the warm car. She removed the coat of Mu Yuehan and ced her palms in front of the heater.


    "It is." Mu Yuehan nodded and looked out from the window and at the city which was now being washed by rainwater.


    It was drizzling outside. The weather was very beautiful and the city was also looking beautiful covered in lights and water.


    Zhou Liying ced her cheeks on the window pane and started to draw on it. She was enjoying the weather.


    "Yuehan, can you do anything for me?" she mumbled. Her eyes were getting drippy.


    Mu Yuehan shifted toward her and wrapped his arm securely around her waist. "Anything. You only have to ask."


    "I am hungry. I want to eat." She requested.


    "What do you want to eat?" Mu Yuehan checked the time and it was three at the night. He knew most of the restaurants got closed by this time, especially when it was raining tonight.


    But he still would feed her whatever she wanted to eat. After all, which restaurant would not open for him?


    "Surprise me." Zhou Liying grinned excitedly.action


    "On one condition." Mu Yuehan smirked. "Tell me what were you doing with Fan Yifeng?"


    "Oh no," Zhou Liying grumbled.


    She was feeling lightheaded, sleepy and hell hungry, even when she had just eaten dinner with her friends. That was why, without thinking, she told Mu Yuehan about her n. She also told him that it was Kris who took the photos.


    "You should have seen the face of Fan Yifeng. I can''t wait to hear about the aftermaths." Zhou Liyingughed.


    Mu Yuehan knocked on her head. "Naughty girl." He hugged her and pulled her on hisp. Protectiveness came over him.


    "You can make as many ns as you want, but you are not allowed to touch or hug any other male."


    He was sure she would not listen to him, so he was to make sure that she would not get close to any male in the future.

 Chapter 246 I Love Rains.

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    Instead of taking Zhou Liying to some restaurant, Mu Yuehan brought her to his penthouse. He wanted to fill her tummy by himself. He knew some dishes which he could pull effectively without wasting much time.


    "I am impressed with your skills," Zhou Liying was now seated on the bar stool on the kitchen ind and was looking at Mu Yuehan. He was mixing pasta in the sauce and was making garlic bread at the same time.


    With the sleeves of his ck shirt folded up, hands mixing the pasta, he looked very handsome and sexy. She felt as if she was watching some cooking show.


    "Haven''t you heard that the way to your girl''s heart is from her stomach, I am just testing this saying?" Mu Yuehan smiled at her and served the now prepared dishes in serving bowls.


    "I am feeling hungrier after inhaling this aroma and seeing the presentation." She mumbled greedily and hungrily.


    Mu Yuehan ced the dishes on the tray. He also ced one of the best wine bottles in his collection and two wine sses on it.


    He took the tray to the patio on the balcony. He decided to have dinner on the balcony while enjoying the rain and looking out at the city. His penthouse gave one of the best views of the city.


    Zhou Liying followed after him like a moth, and once they were seated on their seats, Zhou Liying shamelessly dug into the food.


    "Careful, it''s hot." Mu Yuehan warned but he was toote. Zhou Liying had burnt her tongue, but she did not care.


    "Tasty, very tasty," she took another bite. Mu Yuehan shook his head.


    Guess what, his girl was very hungry, he thought. What he did not know was that, his girl liked his cooking and was now enjoying the food cooked by him.


    The environment on the balcony was very romantic. Dim lights of the city, drizzling and music of rain was making it cosy. Two love birds very enjoying their dinner over sses of wine.


    "Yuehan, I want to go and dance in the rain." Mu Yuehan''s eyes widened when he heard her and saw her looking at the rain with craving.


    action


    "No, Lili, you are not going under the rain. It''s cold, you will catch cold."


    But Zhou Liying was not the one to listen to anyone. She ignored the warning of Mu Yuehan. He tried to hold her but she pushed him away and sneakily ran away in the rain. She spread her arms like a bird and let the cold water of rain wash over her.


    She shivered because of the cold water. Goosebumps erupted on her skin.


    "Shit," Mu Yuehan cursed and ran after her, until the area which was covered by roof. He did not dare to enter in the rain. He called for Zhou Liying.


    "Lili, be a good girl ande back. Otherwise, you will get cold."


    "I am noting back." She poked out her tongue and teased him. "I love rain." She started to twirl.<snext></snext>


    Zhou Liying started to y in the rainwater. She was enjoying this weather very much. She loved the rain. The water from the rain was so pure, and it made the environment so pleasant.


    She jumped, sshing the water. She wasughing like a kid. She also tried to collect some water in her palms.


    Mu Yuehan shook his head. He knew she was not going back by herself, so he too stepped in the rain after her. He shivered badly when rainwater hit him.


    "How is she able to withstand this cold water?" Mu Yuehan mumbled with concern and ran toward her.


    He had taken military training, he had trained his body to withstand any weather but still, he felt a little cold. He could not understand, how she was dancing in rain in this weather.


    "Sweetie,e with me, please." Mu Yuehan begged and back hugged her.


    "No, no, no," she mumbled childishly and rotated in his arms, to look at his face. She shyly smiled at him.


    They both looked into the eyes of each other and their breaths hitched. They both remembered their first night at Juju Ind, yes both, Zhou Liying too.


    Zhou Liying at that moment reminded Mu Yuehan of herself from that day four years back, on that day too, she was wearing a red dress, and was drenched in rain like this.


    That night was still the best night of his life. That day he gotpleted when Zhou Liying fully epted him. No other night couldpete with their first night.


    The breathing rate of Zhou Liying picked up when she looked at Mu Yuehan. Many vivid images started to y in her mind. Images of Mu Yuehan drenched in rain, images of herself drenched in rain, or kissing the hell out of him.


    She was always scared of images from her past. She had tried to push them away, but not today. She breathed hard, and to control the anxiety building in her stomach, she threw herself in the arms of Mu Yuehan and kissed him hard.


    He froze in his ce with her sudden kiss. His eyes budged out from their socket. He sucked in a long breath before kissing her back. He wrapped his arms around her torso. He was shocked when he realised how cold she was, she was freezing.


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    Her lips had turned blue. Her face was pale. There was a shiver in her body.


    He cursed and broke the kiss. "We will continue in the room." Before Zhou Liying could fight him, he picked her up in his arms and made their way to his room.


    He felt relief washing over him when they left the balcony and entered the heated lobby. He looked at Zhou Liying, she was shivering. He shook his head.


    Who could say that thedy in his arms was twenty-six years olddy, the identity behind the sess of Zhou Corporations? She was so childish sometimes.


    And he loved that she was childish only in front of him.

 Chapter 247 I Have A Son.

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    "Yuehan, ce me down. I can climb the stairs by myself."


    Mu Yuehan looked at his lover in his arms, his very precious wife. He had promised himself to always treasure her. He would devote his whole life to her.action


    She felt so light in his arms. He could keep carrying her like this in his arms for his whole life, without anyints. So, climbing the stairs, with her in his arms was nothing for him.


    Considering his stamina, he could quickly climb the stairs carrying a very heavy weight. So climbing on it with Zhou Liying was nothing for him. Slowly, he started to climb the stairs.


    "Let me serve our madam. Stay quiet and enjoy my services."


    Zhou Liying smiled when she heard him. She ced her head on his chest.


    "Yuehan, how much you love me?"


    "Very much."


    "Will you ept all my ws and crimes done by me in the past?" she asked and looked up at him with expectations.


    "I will."


    Mu Yuehan smiled and remembered how she had asked this question to him in the past too. She was always insecure that he would not ept her after knowing her ws or crimes.


    But if only she knew, he knew her each nerve. He knew her better than she knew herself. He had epted her with everything. For him, her crimes and ws were her strength.


    "What if I had snatched the fianc¨¦ of my cousin?" she asked. "Do you want a wife who is a fianc¨¦ stealer?"


    "Yes, I do. I love girls who are the viinous type like you." He winked at her. "Besides, I am sure that you have had your reasons."


    Zhou Liying smiled upon hearing his answer. "And what if I had killed someone?"


    "Again I don''t care, because I too have killed many people."


    Due to his old underworld link, he too had ruthlessly killed many people. When he was looking for Zhou Liying, again he had killed many people.


    He knew what Zhou Liying was dealing with. It was not easy to maintain high status in the business world, especially when some unknown force was nning to kill you.


    "What if I had a boyfriend in the past?" Zhou Liying was referring to the man in her forgotten memories. "What if hees back and has feelings for me? What if I too get feelings for him?"


    Mu Yuehan stopped in his steps. He looked deep into her eyes. "You are mine, only mine. No one can snatch you from me. You only have feelings for me. If someone wants to snatch you from me, then he has to fight with me, in which no one can win."


    Zhou Liying smiled with satisfaction. She too did not want Mu Yuehan to leave her. She no longer wanted the man from her past toe back. Mu Yuehan had already filled the vacuum in her chest.


    Mu Yuehan carried her to their room and the bathroom. He gently ced her on the chair and then opened the faucet of the bathtub to let hot water flow in.<snext></snext>


    At the time the tub was getting filled, he very gently removed the clothes of Zhou Liying. She let him do so without any fight.


    Mu Yuehan smiled. Guess what, it was going to be a ritual for him to give a bath to her. First, he gave a bath to her when she became drunk after losing to him in the vodka challenge and, second, right now.


    Once her clothes were removed, he cleaned the makeup from her face using the removers and cleanser. He had already ced everything she needed in the bathroom. The brands on the products were the same as used by her.


    He had taken note of everything when he had visited her penthouse thest time. He wanted to make herfortable here. He did not want her to miss anything.


    Once done with her makeup, he gently ced her in the tub and bathed her. He smiled when she moaned from time to time with relief because of his massage. The temperature of her body was also rising. She was no longer shivering like before.


    "Who taught you how to dry the hair of a girl?" she asked when she noticed how expertly he was drying her hair.


    Mu Yuehan smiled and remembered how she was the one, who had once taught him how to dry her hair. That night, he was pampering her. He had given her a hot oil massage and then washed her hair, followed by drying thempletely.


    "I learnt online." He lied. "I want to be perfect in everything only for you."


    "Impressive." Zhou Liying grinned.


    Mu Yuehan carried her out of the bathroom in his arms. He clothed her with his T-shirt and shorts. He grinned widely when he saw her in his clothes.


    He could not wait for the day when she would start stealing his clothes and wearing them, feelingfortable in them only.


    He then gently ced her on the bed and tucked her under the covering sheets. He was about to leave her side when she gripped his hand, she mumbled sleepily, "Will you ept me even if, I was pregnant with the child of someone else?"


    Mu Yuehan froze in his steps when he heard her. His eyes became moist and he remembered their lost child.


    Did she know that she was pregnant before?


    Did Zhou Yonge not say that she did not know about her pregnancy?


    "Will you ept me even if I have given birth to a child of someone else?"


    Confusion filled in the eyes of Mu Yuehan when he heard the next words of Zhou Liying. He frowned and looked at her.


    "What do you mean? What child?"


    He didn''t remember about reading about any child when his team gave him a full report about her. Nor was he told about any child by Zhou Yonge or Zhou Bingbing.


    But then we considered that, many details about her were sealed lock. He was not a fool, he knew many details about her were created by his investigator team. He had just let them go.


    "I have a child, a son, a two-year-old son."

 Chapter 248 Will You Accept Us?

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    "Will you ept me even now when I have a baby? Will you ept my son too, son of some other male?" Zhou Liying asked and looked deep into his eyes.


    Mu Yuehan took a deep breath. It was not easy for any man to ept the child of some other man. But same was not the case with Mu Yuehan.


    "I will ept you and your son." He took a seat beside her and pushed away her hair from her face. "To me, he is not the son of some other male, but he is your son. I will ept him, I will give him my name."


    "Really? Promise?" she asked hopefully.


    "Promise."


    "Now tell me, where is our son?"


    Mu Yuehan wanted to ask many questions regarding the presence of this son. He failed to believe that she gave birth to a child, but after looking at her habit of sleeping around, he could not neglect that she may have gotten pregnant and have given birth.


    He first decided to ask about the whereabouts of the child to bring him home.


    action


    "London, in thepany of a close friend. She is looking after him right now."


    "Give me theplete address tomorrow. We will bring him back. It is not good for a child to stay away from its parents."


    "You will ept him?" hot tears appeared in the eyes of Zhou Liying when she heard him. She could not believe that he would ept her with her son. No man was so daring to do so.


    "Of course. Now, do you want me to give an agreement to you?"


    Zhou Liying shook her head.


    "Now sleep. Hmm. We will talk more tomorrow." He gently ran his fingers in her hair.


    "No." She shook her head. "I want to tell you one more thing." She looked at him with determination.


    Mu Yuehan sighed. He knew she was not going to fall asleep before telling him what was in her heart.


    She took in a deep breath before saying, "I can''t be a mother anymore. I had someplications while giving birth to my son."


    Taken aback, Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying. His breath started to came in pants. It was as if her words had sucked the energy out of him. He felt broken at that moment.


    He failed to digest that she could no longer be a mother. He knew she was not kidding or lying. She was drunk and when drunk she was always frank with him.


    He felt heartbroken.


    He was not broken for himself but her. He knew how much she loved children. How much she wanted to give birth to his children. She always wished for her child to have siblings unlike herself.


    "Leave me, I can''t give you a baby."


    "I don''t care."


    "Don''t you understand that I can''t give you an heir? Don''t you want your own child, your own blood, heir of your mega-corporation?"


    "My brother can give me an heir, or we can make your son, sorry," he immediately corrected himself, "our son the heir of ourpany. If we want, we can adopt children in future. I don''t care if you can give birth or not."<snext></snext>


    Zhou Liying started to weep when she heard his words. Mu Yuehan felt a pinch in his heart when he saw her in tears.


    "Don''t cry," he removed her tears and that was when he noticed that her body had started to burn. He knew it was the effect of drenching in the cold water of rain.


    He cursed under his breath. "Stay here. I will be back in a few minutes."


    He stood up from his seat and rushed toward the kitchen, wherein one of the shelves he found a Chinese medicine, suggested to him by a doctor expert in treating the fever. He followed all the instructions and returned to the room with it.


    When he entered the room, he found Zhou Liying to be fast asleep. He shook his head and walked toward her. He did not want to, but he had to wake her up, to feed her this medicine otherwise she may fall sick.


    "Sweetie, wake up. You need to drink this." He whispered lovingly in her ears and ran his fingers in her hair.


    He coaxed her and tried to wake her up but she was fast asleep, not listening to him. He released a deep breath and decided to give her medicine mouth to mouth.


    He filled his mouth with the bitter medicine. He then pulled on the chin of Zhou Liying and then kissed her hard. With his tongue, he pushed the medicine into her mouth.


    He sighed in relief when Zhou Liying gulped down the whole content of medicine. Then he ced the utensil aside and looked at her for thest time before making his way to the bathroom.


    He too was wet from the rainwater and now he had started to feel cold.


    He took a hot shower, before changing into fresh pair of clothes. He too sipped some medicine, because precaution was always better than cure. He did not want to fall sick. He hated falling sick.


    He walked toward Zhou Liying and entered the bed. He cuddled her in his arms and fell asleep with her.


    **


    "Cold, it is so cold here."


    "Cold."


    "Take me out."


    "I can''t bear this much cold."


    Mu Yuehan woke up when he heard the faint mumbling of Zhou Liying.


    He opened his eyes and found that she was mumbling something in her sleepy state. What scared him more was that she was shivering and her body was burning hot.


    "Shit, she is sick."


    Mu Yuehan without any dy called for his doctor. He regretted not calling him when he caught the first sign that she had caught cold. Instead of giving her Chinese medicine, he should have consulted the doctor.


    "Hello doctor, Mu Yuehan here,e to my penthouse right now. There is an emergency." He called their family doctor.


    When Mu Yuehan called the doctor, he was fast asleep. Moreover, the weather was so harsh that it did not permit a person to travel, but who was the doctor to deny Mu Yuehan?


    Without wasting any time, the doctor got all ready and made his way to the penthouse of Mu Yuehan.

 Chapter 249 How Can You Cheat On Me?

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    On the other side of the city


    In the very renowned hospital in the city


    The environment in one of the VIP rooms of the city hospital was very calm, it was calm before some cmity. There were six people in the room but no one was speaking. It was pin drop silence.


    It was so suffocating as if someone had died in there.


    Everyone was waiting for the arrival of a certain person. He was the reason that they were here in the hospital, and when that person arrived, the calmness was gone and it was the time for cmity.


    The person to arrive was none other than Fan Yifeng.


    When Zhou Liying left him in his private room, he lost all control over himself. He so wanted to bring her back and hug her, and this feeling troubled him. How could he get attracted to her when he was going to get engaged and then married soon?


    Feeling conflicted, he started to drink more, forgetting about his limits.


    He was enjoying himself to the full when he received a call from his mother that Qin Yutong nearly had a miscarriage and they were at the hospital.


    Without wasting any second, he rushed to the hospital. He stumbled down the stairs of the club in his drunken state. His state was noticed by Zhou Liying but she had notmented anything on it and was enjoying her night.


    He called for his driver who was the one to bring him safe and sound to the hospital.


    When Qin Yutong had received the photos, she felt cheated. She did not know what was she to do to get back Fan Yifeng under her control. She thought of only one way and that was to act that she nearly had a miscarriage.


    Now, the Fan family and Qin family including Qin Yeteng were collected in the room. Qin Yeteng had no idea why her parents called her to the hospital. She was good at home, having her beauty sleep. She did not want to see the drama which was going to unfold now.


    "What happened Yutong?" Fan Yifeng entered the room and looked at hisdy love with concern.


    When Qin Yutong saw him, she started to cry bitterly. She shouted, "Leave, leave right away....I don''t¡­want to¡­see¡­your face. How can¡­can¡­you cheat me¡­and that too with¡­Qin Tian¡­.leave¡­.leave."


    Confused Fan Yifeng walked toward her. He had no idea about the photos. No one had shared them with him, even if they had, he was not in the mental state to check his mobile phone.


    "What happened?" he asked.


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    "You are asking what happened?" Qin Yutong and Qin Yihong said at the same time.


    Qin Yihong was full of resentment toward his future son-inw. He gritted his teeth and angrily walked toward the man who was acting ignorant. He pulled his cor and roughly shook him.


    "You are asking what happened? Don''t you know what happened?" he pushed him back. "How dare of you to cheat Yutong?"


    "I did not cheat. When did I cheat?" he waspletely clueless.


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    Entry of Zhou Liying to his room, having a lot of drinks and fun with his friends, now this news had made him numb. He felt tired and was in no condition to understand the happenings around him.


    "Liar." Qin Yihong was no longer able to control himself. He pped hard on the face of Fan Yifeng.


    Pang!!


    A loud sound rang around in the room.


    "How dare of you to p my son?" Li Na came to the rescue of her son and red at Qin Yihong. "Was I not saying that the photos can be photoshopped? Maybe my son has no idea about what happened. How can you p him without rifying everything first?"


    Li Na was hell angry with this family for creating so much trouble for her.


    "Mom, what had happened exactly?"


    Li Na then showed him his photos with Zhou Liying. With wide eyes, Fan Yifeng looked at them. His mouth drop opened.


    "Mom, this all is a misunderstanding. This is not what you understand. Trust me."


    He could not believe that he had fallen into the trap of Zhou Liying, she had sown seeds of distortion in their families.


    "Qin Tian was the one who threw herself on me. It is her n." Fan Yifeng tried to exin himself.


    "You are lying, how can I believe you? You are cheating on me." Qin Yutong threw a tantrum.


    "No, I am not, trust me." Fan Yifeng walked toward her.


    He felt hurt that Qin Yutong did not trust him and was using him of cheating. Did she not love him enough to have full trust in him?


    Qin family started to nder Fan Yifeng for cheating Qin Yutong. Fan Yifeng tried his best to exin but they were not ready to listen to him. They were stuck with the mantra that Zhou Liying was trying to snatch Fan Yifeng from Qin Yutong like in the past.


    The ego of Fan Yifeng was hurt but he still tried to pester Qin Yutong that he was not cheating, only for the sake of the baby in her stomach.


    "Stop using my son." Li Na could not tolerate the Qin family''s usation anymore. She red at her husband who was standing silent before walking toward Qin Yutong.


    "My son is saying that Qin Tian was the one to fall on him, then that''s it. My son did not cheat." She snarled and looked at her son. "Did I not tell you that Qin Yutong had trust issues, but you never trust me? Now, look at the result. Why are you still together with her?"


    "Mom, she is carrying my baby." He looked at his mother and then at Qin Yutong. She was crying bitterly while hugging her mother.


    Fan Yifeng walked toward her and again tried to console her. "Trust me, baby, I did not cheat on you. I swear on our unborn child."


    Li Na red at Qin Yutong who acted pitiful. If only she could still control her son. If only, then she would have thrown this bee away from her family a long ago.

 Chapter 250 Vegetable Market.

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    "Baby, baby, baby¡­" Li Na red angrily. "This girl has tied you around her little finger because of the baby. I don''t even know if the baby in her stomach is even yours."


    "How dare of you to use my daughter? She is not a cheater like your son. She is very pure." Huang Jiayi barked and rushed toward Li Na. She wanted to p her but control himself.


    "Pure? Which pure girl gets pregnant before marriage?" Li Na said with sarcasm.


    "If my daughter is at fault then your son is also at fault."


    And just like that, both families started to quarrel with each other. Qin Yeteng rolled her eyes at this vegetable market and very silently left the room. She knew what was going to happen soon. It was happening of every six months.


    First, both families fought over small things and then resolved their matters within small period. They both were selfish and wanted to use each other for their benefit.


    Qin Yutong too looked at the situation. She did not expect their families to fight. Now they were fighting over her wedding dress and then the properties left by Qin Yanze. She started to feel scared that if this went on then this situation may get out of control.


    Moreover, soon she was hosting her birthday party. She could not let this matter affect it.


    She knew from the start that he did not cheat on her, when he told her his side of the story, she was only acting to be heartbroken. Now it was time for her to stop acting. So she stopped crying and pitifully looked at Fan Yifeng.


    "I am sorry Yifi. I don''t know what happened to me. I became so insecure after looking at the photos, I forgot about anything and used you of cheating." She hugged him, still crying.


    action


    Qin Yutong acted weak and meek like always, melting the heart of Fan Yifeng. She said a few sweet words to him and he forgot all about his ego hurt.


    His father was standing aside and shook his head at his son''s attitude. He called him a man with a weak backbone, a man who was a puppet of ady''s finger. He did not raise his son to be like this. He needed to do something to brings his son back, to make him stronger, the way he wanted him to be.


    When Qin Yeteng noticed that silence had fallen in the room, as usual, she knew that the matter had been solved. She released a breath from her mouth, plugged airdrops in her ears and continued to listen to music.


    **


    In the penthouse of Mu Yuehan


    "She is having a seasonal flew. I have prescribed some medicines, she will be alright after taking them."


    The doctor was quick to arrive and quick to check on Zhou Liying, He examined her condition and prescribed her some medicines. He was carrying some sample medicines with himself which he gave to Mu Yuehan.


    He had very seriously checked on her.


    The doctor was an old friend of Mu Jichen. He had seen Mu Yuehan grow up.


    So when he saw the concerned expression on the face of Mu Yuehan for a person of the opposite sex, he was a hell of a surprised. He never knew that this boy had this side in himself that he would fall in love so hard, especially after looking after him for thest four years.<snext></snext>


    He knew thisdy was very precious to Mu Yuehan and that was why he examined her vital with care.


    "You too take this medicine. Otherwise, by tomorrow morning you both would beying on this bed." Doctor ordered with concern and worry for Mu Yuehan.


    He maybe strong, but he too had started to show symptoms of falling sick. The climate outside was changing, and catching a cold in this weather was not good for a person.


    Mu Yuehan nodded and obediently epted the said medicines. He trusted the doctor.


    "I will see you out, uncle."


    The doctor politely denied him. "No need, stay here with yourdy. She needs you more. I will see myself out. Call me again if you need me."


    Mu Yuehan nodded and watched the doctor leave his room. He then looked at Zhou Liying whose shivering had stopped because of the medicines given to her by the doctor.


    He took deep sadness and regret-filled breathes. He med himself for her falling sick. He should not have taken her to the balcony to have dinner. How could he forget that she was drunk and she loved rain?


    "Sorry Lili, you fall sick because of me."


    He ran his fingers in her hair. A teardrop fell from his eyes. He was feeling sad for her. He could not bear that she was sick and in pain.


    "Don''t worry, I will soon bring you back to health." He promised and pecked on her forehead.


    **


    That night neither Mu Yuehan was able to fall asleep, nor Zhou Liying. Zhou Liying was having nightmares. She was feeling cold and weak. She got conscious and then unconscious again and again. Mu Yuehan could not fall asleep because he was looking after her.


    He was very worried for her. For the full night, he kept removing the sweat from her forehead or rubbing her palm or feet, to give her some relief. He also massaged her back. He was checking her temperature from time to time.


    He also applied wet sweeps on her forehead, to give her some relief.


    "Don''t worry sweetie, you will get alright." He mumbled and sent a quick prayer to god to make her good.


    It had been hardly six hours that she was sick but he could not watch her sick, even for a second.


    "Please God, if possible, transfer her disease to me and make her all healthy." He prayed and wished if he could take her all sufferings to himself and make her well and healthy like before.


    It was true love, where a person was ready to take the sickness of his other half.

 Chapter 251 Tang Ying.

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    ''What the fuck was that?''


    Min Yue cursed out aloud the moment she opened her eyes. Last night, the sage had a lot of fun, like really fun and now she was having the side effects of having such fun.action


    Her head was spitting hard. She was feeling an unbearable headache. She felt as if her body was not her own. She wanted to fall back on the bed and fall asleep again.


    She had already vomited her guts out three times, but still, she was feeling ufortable.


    "Last night was hell.'' She murmured to herself and pulled hard on her hair. She took a deep breath.


    Last night, she had vested the club, even though she was not much interested. But Zhou Liying had pulled her with herself. She was asked to have some drinks which she has because of her etiquette.


    When everyone climbs onto the dance floor for a dance, she did not wish to go, so she made some excuse that she wanted to reply to some email. But soon, she had to join everyone on the dance floor because of Zhou BingBing, who called her.


    She was her employee after all. It would be rude of her to ignore that request Zhou Bingbing again and again. So, she climbed on the dance floor.


    And the moment she was on it, Tang Ying pulled her for a dance, and for the rest of the night, she kept dancing. She lost count of the dances she had with Zhou BingBing, Tang Ying or even Kris. They were dancing like mad and had joined her in the fun too.


    They had lots of drinks and all thanks to Zhou Bingbing who wanted to get drunk tonight. When Zhou Liying left, instead of leaving like her, they had more fun while drinking and dancing.


    She was enjoying this buzz in her body which was maybe because of drinking. After a long time, she was feeling free of any worries.


    She was also mentally free because today Zhou Liying had given her a break. She need not think that she had to go to the office in the morning.


    "God, how can miss drink so much." Min Yue groaned and again pulled on her hair. "Hats off to her. Now I know why she always keeps some hangover pills with herself. I too need to buy some."


    She released a breath from her mouth, regretting not having a hangover pill.


    She turned toward the bedside table to have some water when her eyes fell on a ss with water and¡­..a hangover pills. She frowned, not knowing from where the pills appeared.


    Soon her frown turned into surprise. Shocked, she turned her gaze and looked toward the rage couch in her room. A shrill cry escaped her lips.


    Thud!


    A man was peacefully sleeping on the couch in her room. When she cried, surprised and scared, he turned and fell from the couch with a loud thud.


    "Ouch."


    He messaged his head and took a sitting position. With half-opened eyes, he looked at thedy seated on the bed. "What happened? Why are you crying like this?"<snext></snext>


    Instead of replying to him, Min Yue again cried.


    "Arch, can you stop shouting? I am having a headache." The man chided and covered his ears with his palm. "Geez girl, you know how to shout?"


    "What the hell are you doing here? How did you enter my room?" Min Yue asked while covering herself tightly with the covering sheets.


    She was no longer feeling dizzy. Her headache was also gone after looking at Tang Ying who was peacefully sleeping in her room.


    "Don''t you remember anything fromst night?" he asked and adjusted himself in afortable position, a position in which he could see the sleepy face of Min Yue.


    Min Yue gulped and tried to remember the full happenings ofst night. Most of the memories were blurred.


    Tang Ying looked at the frown in between her brows and a smile escaped his lips.


    Oh, how much he loved this expression on her face.


    He had met her for the first time when he had visited the office Zhou eying, a surprise visit. He did not have any appointment; so obviously, Min Yue who was the new secretary of Zhou Liying at that time had stopped him.


    Her tone, her posture, her everything was speaking professionalism. He quite liked her personality. Upon the father''s inquiry, he got to know more about her and her family. How she was working hard to earn for herself and her brother.


    He liked her more when he realized that she was working from the age of fifteen when her parents died. He liked this independent woman very much.


    From time to time, as an excuse of visiting Zhou Liying, he started to visit her. Using Zhou Liying as his shield, he tried to pursue her. He gave her many gifts and cooked many dishes for her, but all was in vain. She never had any feelings for him.


    For her, he was probably a friend of hers miss. Nothing more.


    Zhou Liying, Zhou BingBing, Kris, literally everyone in their close friend circle was aware puff his feelings for her, except for this stupid girl, who did not see anything in front of her work.


    For her, the order of Zhou Liying was everything. Her work was her first love. So, much time he got jealous of her work and wished to be her work.


    But she too was notpletely at fault. Tang Ying too was at fault. He failed to express his feelings to her till now. He always used some cover or lie was pursuing her, giving her wrong signals.


    Moreover, the situation in which she had grown up, her present ambitions, and her dream of providing proper education and then a future to her brother, always forced her to keep working. She wanted to earn as much as she could.


    Hence she always ignored any distraction, which he was.


    "Let me remind you the, what happenedst night!"

 Chapter 252 I Helped You.

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    Heart rate Min Yue picked up when she heard teasing in the voice of Tang Ying. Last night, she was drunk. She failed to remind what she did in her darnel state.


    She was slightly scared of doing something which she should not have done.


    "So, what happenedst night was thaaaaaaaattttt..." he teasingly starched. "Thaaaattttt...we¡­.."


    "Oh, can you please be fast and tell me." Min Yue chided with irritation. "Don''t test my patience."


    bender


    Tang Yingughed. He was enjoying this moment with her. For the first time, he was being so casual around her, or we could say, she was so casual around him. Otherwise, she always acted as a cold and stiff secretary.


    She only disclosed her true self in front of either Zhou Liying or her brother.


    "I think I too forget." He dramatically stretched his forehead and a pillownded on his face.


    "Oh, pleasemon. Stop your drama and tell me. If not, then you are free to leave my house. I don''t have much time to waste upon you."


    Today was Sunday, and she did many house chores today which she could not do on weekdays. She also called her brother who mostly gets time to talk with her on Sundays only.


    "Ah, is this how you treat your helper, by throwing him out of your house? I am hurt." Tang Ying chided and another pillownded on his face.


    He chuckled, but soon he raised his hands in surrender when he saw the frustration on her face and noticed that she was about to cry.


    That was his weakness. He could not see jeer sad, not only her, he could see no one sad. And maybe that was the reason, there were many customers in her restaurants. He tried to make everyone happy, from children to old people.


    "Nothing happenedst night." Tang Ying sighed. He stood up from the floor and sat on her sofa. "You were drunk, so BingBing asked me to drop you at your house. Being the gentleman who I am, I decided to drop you here."


    "Who age you the pin to my house?" She narrowed her eyes and looked at him. She wanted each detail. This was a habit she learnt from her miss.


    Tang yang pped his head. "You remember nothing." he shook his head.


    "You give me the code."


    A smile lest his lips when he rememberedst night how she got to drink so badly. She was in no condition to walk. He carried her and brought her out of the club. It was the best feeling for him, to have her in his arms, so close to her. It was like dreame true.


    By the time, he ced her in the car, she was fast asleep. She had no idea of happening around herself, using this chance; he had livingly pecked her forehead, his little secret. He so wished to keep looking at her cute and innocent face.


    He so wished to keep kissing her but he controlled himself. He did not have any right to do so.


    She was stuck to him like a ko when he brought her home. She was sleeping, in no state to smasher to him when he had asked for the code.


    <novelsnext></novelsnext>


    He had simply run her mod and tried some code. Vo, one of them worked.


    That was one of the best moments of his life. But he was not going to tell her that.


    "It is your brother''s birthdate."


    "Oh, then why did you stay at my home? Why did you not leave after dropping me?"


    "Geez, girl. You want to know everything today."


    "Aren''t you acting weird today?" Min Yuemented when she noticed his casual nature today. Otherwise, he was a little reserved around her.


    "Don''t forget, I too had lots of drinkst night, which makes the personality of a Peron quite rxed."


    Min Yue nodded, believing his exnation. "Now tell me, why did you jot leave?"


    He did not leave because he did not wish to. For the first time, he was so close to her. Moreover, he was scared that she might feel ufortable during the light and may need his help. So he stayed.


    He made a couch in her room his bed and fell asleep on it, even though he hardly got any sleep because he was concerned about her.


    "You vomitedst night. So to help you out, I stayed here."


    Min Yue nodded, believing his exnation. He did not doubt him because she knew she may have omitted, one of the side effect pouffe drinking a lot.


    "Now can you please leave, I wish to get freshen up to start my day? I am sure; you too have a lot of work, instead of sitting here for the whole day."


    Min Yue rarely had any guests at home. So, she was not experienced in how to treat them. So without betting around the bush, not so very politely, she asked Tang Ying to leave her house.


    Moreover, she was feeling dull and down. She had no energy at all. She wanted to take a shower to wash away a little of her tiredness. It was getting hard for her to keep sitting here. She wanted to run to the bathroom.


    "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, you are no good Min Yue. I did not expect this behaviour from you." He stood up from the couch, well aware that she was in no condition to serve him. He too did not want to disturb her.


    He was all ready to leave. He knew if he pushed her buttons a little more, then she would push him away from herself.


    "But since I am a good friend of yours." He said carefully and smiled inwardly when she did not rebuke that he wasn''t her friend, "I am taking your leave. See you on some other day."


    Tang Ying had more than enough in one night and day. He was satisfied with it. So he left her house without any regret.


    Once he was gone, Min Yue too rushed into the bathroom to get freshen up.


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 Chapter 253 His Brother.

    Zhou Liying felt as if she wasying on a cloud. She felt as if her body was flying. She felt weightless, but at the same time, she felt as if her body was breaking apart. She was feeling weird pain.


    She felt she was a statue. Her limbs were not moving. No part of her body was moving. She tried to move her hands, but in vain, move her limbs and again in vain. She felt as if she hade to a different world.


    One second she was feeling cold and at another, she was feeling warm. She did not know what was happening to her.


    The only good thing about her subconsciousness was the presence of a man who was cing wet wipes on her forehead from time to time, or who was feeding her medicine or liquid food. His warmth was also soothing to her and she liked it.


    **


    Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying and a painful sigh left his lips. He was feeling a weird pain in his chest, pain for not being able to see her unconscious like this.


    She was suffering from a bad flu. It was the effect of getting drenched in the rain, or maybe the effect of thinking a lot, or the effect of working nonstop without any break from thest few days, that was mental fatigue, the reason could be anything and that scared him.


    He could not see herying unconscious like this!


    From the morning itself, he was sitting beside her and looking after her without any blinking. He had not moved from her side. He had not even taken any rest, even though his body too was aching.


    He had called his servants to clean the house and prepare light food for Zhou Liying.


    He wanted to prepare food for her by himself, but his heart was not ready to leave her side, so he decided to call the servants. He had given his cook strict instructions on what he was to prepare for her.bender


    And then with much difficulty, as if she was a baby, he had fed her in her unconscious state.


    He had ignored all the mobile phone calls which he was receiving from the morning. Even though it was Sunday today, still he was very busy. Like usual, he set aside all his work for her.


    He had not even answered the call from his father, who usually called him on Sunday. He thought that talking with him would waste the time he could spend in taking care of Zhou Liying.


    Zhou Liying too had received many calls on her mobile phone. He had answered none of them.


    The screen of Mu Yuehan''s mobile phone lit up again and he sighed. He knew who was calling him. He was sure it was Zhou Yonge. He released a breath from his mouth and decided to answer the call.


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    Zhou Yonge usually called Zhou Liying on Sunday evenings, to look after her and to get updated on the daily happenings in her life, because he knew she would be a little free on Sunday evening.


    He was very caring toward her. He may miss to call Zhou BingBing, his daughter, but he always ensured to call her and have a healthy chat with her, no matter what!


    He had always felt guilty toward her, from the time he had found her.


    He loved his big brother, Zhou YingJie very much. They both were twins and Zhou YingJie was elder to him only by five minutes.


    His elder brother was his ideal, his saviour, his best friend, his partner in crime, a father figure to him, his everything. He always looked up to his brother who was ready to do anything for him.


    Even though they did not have any age gap, but still his brother spoiled him as if he was a little child. His every demand, his every wish was always fulfilled by his bother. He only needed to speak a word.


    He did not remember the care of his father much because he was always busy extending the business but he remembered the love of his brother.


    Like his daughter, he too never wished to join the family business. He wanted to be a movie star. His father was very much against this decision of his, but his brother was the one who supported him and pursued his father to let him be a star.


    ''Dad, I am here to look after business. Let Yonge do whatever he wants to do. I am sure; he wille back one day to me, in case I need his help.''


    He still remembered the words of his brother; he pushed him toward his dream and took over the business, forgetting about his dream which was to be a painter.


    No one couldpare it with the painting skills of his brother. He was very talented in his art. He had won many national and internationalpetitions by the age of twelve. Many renowned painters of that time had praised him, but he gave up his dream of being a painter for him.


    He could never forget this sacrifice of his brother. He would also never forget about the sacrifice of his brother, the sacrifice which he gave with his life.


    He had always med himself and would always me himself in future for the death of his brother.


    Now he wanted to repent for his crimes by looking after the daughter of his brother. He would do anything for Zhou Liying, just the way his brother had done everything for him.


    The reason he prepared Zhou Liying for this business was somewhere that he believed that this business belonged to his brother and after his brother, to his daughter. He had always felt that he was only looking after this business as a caretaker. He had happily handed over this business to his brother''s family after her return.


    Now the only motto of his life was to see Zhou Liying getting settled in her life, and for her to stay safe forever.


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 Chapter 254 Death.

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    The day his brother Zhou YingJie died was the most unfortunate day in the life of Zhou Yonge. He still vividly remembered that day. He would never forget that day.


    It was the day when something in him too died when he lost his right hand, when he lost his best friend, when a part of his world was snatched from him. It was the worst day of his life.


    He still remembered those painful feelings from that day, the cries of his parents, his painful cries. For three days he had not eaten anything and had himself locked in a room, ming himself for the death of his brother.


    It should have been him dying, instead of his brother. He should have died.


    If only he was not selfish. If only for once, he had not once again let his brother sacrifice himself for him.


    Thirty years back, theirpany used to deal in some illegal business. But when his brother took over the business, he slowly withdrew from all those dealings, against the will of their father.


    His father was against this decision because they were earning quite a huge chunk from that illegal business.


    His brother withdrew the dealings but behind his back, his father continued to make deals and contracts in the illegal market and one day, he got stuck.


    The leader of one of the illegal markets, who was also a close friend of their father, reminded their father of an old promise in which one of his sons was required to be secretly sent to another illegal market to make some deals.


    His father had denied him because it was dangerous to send someone to another illegal market, but he was forced to. Otherwise, many secrets and many past crimes of their corporations were to be leaked.


    It was a dark phase of their corporation.


    His father had decided to send one of his sons secretly in between the illegal dealers, to find out any mole in them. He had specially prepared a team of fully trained men to protect his son and that son was Zhou Yonge.


    The task was a little risky so Zhou Yonge, as usual, had selfishly denied him. Not for once did he think that if not him then his father had to send his brother.bender


    Only when his brother had left for country Z, the country where most of the dealings in illegal business took ce, did he realise the blunder he had made. Instead of himself, he had sent his brother on a very risky mission.


    Even if he knew that his brother would be safe with the help of the team sent by his father, he still felt worried for his brother, and his worries came true when he received the bad news of the demise of his brother.


    In country Z, his brother was living a life as a secret agent. He did not contact with them much, scared that his identity would be exposed. In thest eight months of his life which he spent there, he rarely had anymunication with them.


    In thest message which he had sent to them, he had shared how he had fallen in love with a youngdy, and how they got married. He also informed to them that his mission waspleted. He would soon return home with his wife and would share with them the details of their wedding.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    His father got hell angry when he received the news that his son got married behind his back. The son who always listened to him had taken such a big decision without sharing anything with him.


    His father was all ready to punish his favourite son on his return but who knew that after three days of the said email, they would receive another message about the death of their son?


    Zhou Yonge removed a tear from his eyes and took a deep breath. He still remembered that dark day.


    On that day, the business which belonged to his brother became his duty and responsibility. He vowed to fulfil all the vision and mission of his brother, the dreams which his brother had seen for theirpany.


    He left his dream of bing a star and threw himselfpletely into the business.


    He had always wished to have a love marriage, but when his father introduced a girl to him from a strong business background, he married her without any hitch, because he had already married business and he was already in love with his brother.


    He never fell in love with his wife. Sure she loved him and gave her everything to him, but he failed to feel anything for her because his whole focus was on business.


    Zhou Bingbing too was a result of an ident of his weak time. Otherwise, he had not nned to start a family, not until he achieved a certain benchmark.


    Truthfully, his feelings for his daughter started to build only when his wife died because of cancer. Otherwise, he had rarely given any time to his family. It was his mother, who had looked after his wife during her deathbed, or had consoled his daughter when she cried in distress for the love of her parents.


    He knew he was heartless, but it was a punishment which he had given to himself for killing his brother. If only he had gone on the mission then his brother would have been alive.


    His brother had given up his life for him.


    Today, he worked hard in the corporation, only for his brother. He had given his blood and sweat to it. Blood and sweat to achieve the dream of his brother.


    He always believed that this corporation was of his brother and he was only a caretaker. And that was the reason; he did not hitch in handing over thepany to Zhou Liying. That was the reason he never said a word whenever she made a decision which was not liked by him.


    Because for him, it was her legacy. She was the daughter of his brother and he knew her brain worked like his brother''s.


    He believed all the decisions were made by his brother, not her.


    He promised to always stand behind her like her father.


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 Chapter 255 Trust Me.

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    Zhou Yonge was the happiest man alive on the earth when he found Zhou Liying. She was a miracle that happened to him. He always tried to find the family of his brother and he finally found her.


    When his brother died, alongside handling the business, Zhou Yonge tried to look for thedy his brother had married.


    He had contacted all true members of the team which was sent with his brother but no one had the idea of where his sister-inw had vanished.


    Even the death of his brother was very mysterious.


    First, the dead body of his brother was never found, who died in a helicopter crash.


    Second, no one knew what his brother was doing in the said helicopter when he should have been travelling by the specially arranged car.


    Third, the mystery of his sister inw. She had imed herself to be a localist. His brother had loved her dearly but on his death, she hadpletely vanished. All her identities were fake, everything about her was fake. It was as if she never existed.


    He and his mother had always looked for her, only toe across failure. They had no idea of the existence of Zhou Liying. She was a surprise for them, a good surprise.


    From the moment he found her, he promised himself to treat her like his daughter, to give her the love his brother could not.


    He had secretly built a team to look into the death of his brother, after realising the identity of his sister inw and after knowing how Zhou Liying was kidnapped. He had his doubts that maybe her kidnapping had something to do with the death of his brother.


    **


    As usual, Zhou Yonge decided to call Zhou Liying. It was evening so he was sure that she would receive his call. He wanted to call her in the morning, but from Zhou Bingbing, he knew that they had partiedtest night and he did not wish to disturb her early in the morning.


    ''The person you are trying to contact is not answering your call.''


    Zhou Yonge frowned when he heard the same message for the fifth time. He had already called her five times in an interval but she was not answering his calls, it was first.


    Otherwise, she usually picked up his call only on the first time.


    Worried for his daughter, he called Zhou BingBing who informed him that she had left with Mu Yuehan. Without any dy, he called Mu Yuehan who again did not answer his call.


    He tried both their numbers but in vain.


    Scared like hell, he called Aiden who informed him that Mu Yuehan and Zhou Liying were both in the penthouse of Mu Yuehan. He too was posted outside the penthouse for their safety. There was nothing to worry about.


    They may be asleep or doing something else that they were answering the calls.


    But how could he not worry, especially when he knew the danger to the life of Zhou Liying, and especially when he knew how Zhou Liying did not like thepany of Mu Yuehan, so what was she doing at his ce for the whole day long?


    He waited for some time and again dialled the number of Mu Yuehan, nning to barge in his ce if his call was not answered this time.


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    Ring!


    Ring!


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    Ring!


    Ring!


    Ring!


    He was losing his calm with each passing second. He had just picked up the car keys from the coffee table when his call was finally connected and he heard the smooth voice of Mu Yuehan, "Hello Uncle, how are you?"


    "Mu Yuehan, why were you not answering my calls? Do you know how scared I became? And where is Lili? Why is she not answering my calls?" he barked in an angry voice.


    "Lili is with me, at my house. Our phones were on silent mode so I did not notice your calls." He lied smoothly.


    "How can you be so responsible?" he gritted his teeth but then he remembered that Zhou Liying never silenced her phone. "You are lying. She never puts her phone on silent mode. What is going on, tell me?" he paused. "No, you don''t tell me, but give me the phone to Lili; I want to talk with her."


    "She cannot talk with you right now." Mu Yuehan looked at an unconscious Lili. She was not shivering like before.


    He stood up from the bed and walked toward the window, to talk with Zhou Yonge, to not disturb her.


    "Why can''t she talk with me? Where is she?" Zhou Yonge felt something fishy.


    Why was Zhou Liying not talking with him? He knew something was wrong but he did not know what. Only Mu Yuehan could tell him right now.


    Mu Yuehan could hear the fear and worry in his voice. He knew how much Zhou Yonge loved Zhou Liying, so without any dy, he informed him, "She got sickst time. I have given her the medicines prescribed to her by the doctor. For now, she is sleeping."


    "I aming to your house." The heart of Zhou Yonge squeezed when he heard that his precious was sick and without any dy, he decided to visit the house of Mu Yuehan, only to be stopped by him.


    "No need, she is fine for now. She is having a rest. Your presence will disturb her only. I am here to look after her."


    "I am her uncle, I need to visit her. I need to see how my daughter is doing."


    "And I am her husband. Trust me, I can look after her." Mu Yuehan sighed. "For now, you need to look after the corporation in her absence. She will need rest and you know how she is, she will not like for her corporation to be left without a leader."


    Zhou Yonge too sighed, knowing well that what Mu Yuehan said was true. He needed to look after thepany where Mu Yuehan was looking after his niece.


    "I will visit you tomorrow, when she will gain consciousness." He then ordered, "Look after her with care, otherwise, no one would be worse than me."


    "No worries uncle. You can trust me."


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 Chapter 256 Get Well Soon.

    When Zhou Liying was kidnapped, the main worry of Mu Yuehan was that she was alone and that no one was there to worry for her, but he was so wrong.


    In thest four years, when she was not with him, she had made a new identity for herself, new friends and a new family. She was never alone. She had people around her, who loved her and cared for her.


    Today, Zhou Liying received many calls. He ignored all of them for the whole day, but once he answered the call of Zhou Yonge, he decided to answer the rest of the calls which Zhou Liying received.


    He first answered the call of Zhou Bingbing who was worried that her cousin was kidnapped because she was not answering the call. After ensuring her that she was all safe with him, he answered yet another call.


    It was a call from Aiden, who decided to check on Zhou Liying. He too became concerned as to why she had not left the house of Mu Yuehan till now.


    He then answered the call of Tang Ying, Kris and Min Yue. They all wanted to know if she was alright or if she was having a hangover after having fun thest night.


    They all showed their concern toward her when informed that she was sick. They all wanted to visit her and check after her, but Mu Yuehan denied all of them.


    From his experience, Mu Yuehan knew that they were truthfully concerned for her and were not faking it.


    She now had many friends, who looked after her and he was happy about the same. He need not worry about her. She had changed and he was happy for her.bender


    **


    Zhou Bingbing looked at the man sleeping with peace beside her. Oh how much she loved this man, she loved him dearly and very much. He was everything to her.


    She took a deep breath and remembered the happenings of thest night. Howst night, Kris had shivered multiple times and whispered out a name, a name that scared her.


    She was hearing this name from his mouth after such a long time. She had thought that he had forgotten about her, but guess what, he had not. He still remembered her and tonight he was having a dream of her.


    "Calm down Kris, she is no longer in our life. She is no one to us. No one. Forget about her. Forget." She ordered him in a strict voice.


    She had loved this man from the time she had set her eyes on him, that was from the age of six.


    At the age when kids were ying games, she had fallen in love and that was too deep. But to her bad luck, the man whom she loved had loved someone else. For him, she was just his best friend, nothing more.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    He had never crossed that line of friendship and she had never disyed her true feelings to him, until that one day, she could call it the best day in her life and the worst day in his life that she got a chance to cross that line and be his love, his true love.


    They were official from the age of seventeen, and thest nine years were the best years of her life, with his love. Now no one was in-between them, especially her.


    She shuddered when she remembered her, her biggest fear, her biggest nightmare. She was scared that she might return one day and would destroy her happiness, would snatch Kris from her. She would never let him go, he was everything to her.


    Possessively, she hugged tight on Kris. Kris too instinctively hugged her tight, soothing her. She knew he was hers, he no longer loved the viin in their life, and he would never leave her for her, but still, something always scared her.


    She was scared that one day her happiness would be snatched away from her and she would lose him, and she knew that day would be thest day of her life; she did not afford to lose him. He was the centre of her life.


    "I will never let Veronica return to our life, never." She promised herself and hugged him more tightly.


    **


    Zhou Liying did not know for how long she had slept. It all felt like a dream. Her head was bursting and her body was aching badly. Her throat was dry and sore. She was burning. It felt as if she was waking up after dying.


    She opened her eyes and everything in front of her was blurred. She blinked her eyes again and again. They were dropping. Her body was breaking apart. It was hard for her to even lift her little finger.


    Soon, she felt the presence of a man beside her. She tried to pry open her eyes clearly and look at him but failed. Her mind was also cloudy.


    "You are up, thank God." She heard a very familiar voice. "Let me feed you first, then you can have a rest again."


    Mu Yuehan smiled in relief when Zhou Liying opened her eyes after a rest of two days. Even though her eyes were focusless, he felt relief washing over himself when she looked at him.


    Without wasting any time, he first decided to feed her some food. Now that she was up, it would be easy to feed her. Otherwise, thest time when he had tried to feed her in her unconscious state, she had vomited all over him.


    He called his servant to bring the already prepared porridge for her. In the meantime, he helped her in a sitting position. He adjusted her on the bed. She was moaning with each movement which pinched the heart of Mu Yuehan. He again felt pain for her.


    Only he knew how tough thest few days were for him. It was not easy to see her in pain, see how she was not having anything, or watch the doctor injecting her with many times. The glucose attached to her hand was also paining him.


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 Chapter 257 Worry For Her!!

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    Last night, when Zhou Liying again puked at Mu Yuehan, he had called the doctor who had attached glucose to her hand. The needle was attached to her hand and it was paining Mu Yuehan.


    "Sir, here is the porridge." His staff served him a bowl full of porridge.


    Mu Yuehan epted it and looked at Zhou Liying.


    By now, Zhou Liying had be half-conscious. Her eyes had also be focused and she knew that Mu Yuehan was the one sitting beside her and that she was sick. Very sick.


    "Try to have some porridge." Mu Yuehan ced a spoon-filled with little amount of porridge in front of her mouth.


    She felt like vomiting when she looked at the food. She did not want to eat, she wanted to sleep again.


    "No," she frowned when she heard her voice; it was very throaty and weak. Moreover, her throat burned like hell only by speaking a single word.


    "You need to eat this sweetie; it will be good for your health. Now be a good girl and open your mouth. Ahhhhh¡­.." Mu Yuehan coaxed her as if she was a baby.


    She groaned. She did not want to eat, she want to sleep again. It was hard for her to sit like this and look at the food.


    "Please eat for me," Mu Yuehan begged.


    Very reluctantly, Zhou Liying opened her mouth a little. She felt pain in her lips when she parted them. They werepletely dry. Her mouth was dry.


    Soon she felt hot liquid in her mouth. She had a hard time gulping it. Her mouth and throat both pained in the process.


    "Don''t worry sweetie, you will soon get well, but for that, you need to eat this."


    She again opened her mouth and epted the food.


    Even though she was having a hard time eating, she was feeling better after having something in her stomach.


    Spoon by spoon, very slowly with patience, Mu Yuehan fed her porridge. He fed her half a bowl of porridge; he stopped only when he realised that she could no longer have food.


    He felt happy that she at least had some real food. He was also happy to have fed her and that she had food from his hands.


    After feeding her, he wiped her mouth and gave her medicines. She had a yucky face when having it. He smiled. She was acting like a baby at that moment.


    He then again adjusted her on the bed. He covered her with covering sheets. He massaged her head a little and just like that, she again fell asleep.


    **


    After sleeping for one more day, Zhou Liying again opened her eyes. This time, she was not feeling weak like before, in-fact, she was feeling refreshed. It felt as if she had woken up from a proper sleep of a night.


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    She gulped saliva to check her throat and to her relief, they were not aching likest night. She was having only a small difort. She was also not feeling any headache any more. She moved her fingers and she did not have any trouble in moving them anymore.


    Sure, she still felt that her body was breaking and that she needed to rest. She knew this was the effect of recovery from fever. She was lucky to have someone beside her, to look after her, to help her in recovering from such the bad flu.


    Mu Yuehan!


    She thought about the man who was beside her, worried for her for thest three days. The man, the reason behind her recovery was him.


    She may not be conscious in thest days but she had vague memories of them.


    She could still hear the chants which he was whispering in her ears from time to time:


    ''Get well soon sweetie, I cannot see you sick like this.''


    ''This pain will soon go away, trust me. I am here with you.''


    ''Get well soon, get well soon, get well soon...''


    ''I love you very much, more than anything. I can''t wait for the day when you will ept my feelings for you.''


    ''Get up sweetie; I still have to do so many things for you.''


    From time to time, he was massaging one or another body part of hers very gently, soothing her and giving her aching body some relief. It was as if he was in her service for twenty-four seven.


    She clearly remembered him feeding her food or medicine. She also remembered how she had vomited all over him multiple times, but he had not said anything to her. He had still gently fed her. He cared for her more than himself.


    He treated her as if she was a baby.


    For the whole night, he was seated beside her, changing her wet wipes. When she was cold, he was continuously rubbing her palms or feet.


    All this care from him made her feel loved. And this was the best feeling in the world. She wanted to enjoy these feelings.


    Zhou Liying yawned and stretched her body.


    She looked here and there in the room, checking out the room of Mu Yuehan. And that was when her eyes fell upon the man seated on a couch opposite to her, with aptop on hisp and an air pod attached to his ears.


    He was on a video call and that was the reason that he failed to notice that she was up and now was gawking at him.


    Mu Yuehan did not wish to, but he had to attend an important video call. This call was with the president of county U and was nned a month ago. There was no chance that he could miss it, so unwillingly he had to attend it.


    Not able to leave the side of Zhou Liying, he decided to attend the call in his room itself. While attending the call, he was checking at Zhou Liying from time to time. He was also speaking in a low and soft voice as to not disturb her.


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    "Hey, you are up!" He spoke up the moment he noticed that she was up.


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 Chapter 258 258 You Are Up!

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    "Hey, you are up." Surprised, Mu Yuehan looked at Zhou Liying who was looking at him.


    He was quite happy to see her up and refreshed like this. He then looked at the screen of hisptop and the person talking with him.


    "Mister President, I have taken all your ideas, I will inform my team about the same. They''ll contact your team soon." Not giving any face to the other party, he ended the call.


    He had already given his two hours to the said president. Most of the issues were already discussed. He no longer needed to chat with him. For now, his priority was Zhou Liying, his wife, who was sick.


    "How are you feeling now?"


    Mu Yuehan ced hisptop aside and walked toward her. He ced his palm on her forehead to check her temperature. He breathed in relief when he noticed that her forehead was not burning like before.bender


    He then ced his palm on her neck and then on her wrist, to find her body temperature normal. He released a breather from his lips.


    "I feel fine now and all thanks to you." She passed him a small smile.


    "Good to hear that." He took his seat beside her. "You have scared the hell out of me. You don''t know how scared I got when your fever broke. You know how to scare me."


    "You did not go to work?" she asked, trying to change the subject.


    "I did not, how can I when my wife is sick?" He spoke smoothly and her heart fluttered in her chest. Again a smile left her lips and again she felt loved.


    "Who was to look after you if not me? So how can I go to the office?"


    "But what about your work?" She asked with concern, she had an idea of how much work must have piled up in his absence.


    "You are my priority, not work. Don''t forget, I have stayed by your side as your bodyguard, for so long without working. Moreover, I was working usingptop and mobile phone. Don''t worry." He cleared her worries.


    Zhou Liying smiled at the way he had romanced with her and at the same time had cleared her worries.


    "For me, working is a waste if I cannot look after my wife. Why am I working then and what for?"


    Mu Yuehan like usual again said some cheesy lines, impressing her. She must say that he could be a hit romance writer if he tried to do so. Many female readers would read his book and she could bet that they would too fall in love with him.


    "Now let me go and prepare lunch for you. I will go ande back soon."


    Earlier Mu Yuehan wanted to feed her cook cooked food. But when he noticed that she was all fine, he decided to cook for her by himself. He wanted to feed her.


    He stood up from his seat, but before he could take a step further, he felt a grip on his wrist. With a frown and surprise, he looked at Zhou Liying who was holding onto his hand.


    Zhou Liying looked at the man standing in front of her and looking at her with surprise and worry at the same time.


    With a lot of courage, she shoed away her hesitation, cleared her throat and spoke in a low and soft voice, "I am ready."


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    With wide eyes, not believing her words, not believing that what he understood was correct, he looked at her. "You are ready for??" he questioned her.


    He did not run his brain here or there. He did not want to raise his hopes that she was ready to give him a chance. This was what he thought.


    "I am ready to give us a try, give you a try, to see if we can work or not!"


    "I think you still have a fever. That is why you are talking like this. Maybe the medicines given to you had a lot of drugs."


    Zhou Liying pouted when she heard him. He was not ready to believe her. But it was not his fault too. She had hung him for so long. How was he to easily believe that she was ready to give him a chance out of blue?


    "I am not drunk or something. I am saying this in all my consciousness. I am ready to give you a chance, give us a try. "


    He still was not ready to believe her. He felt as if this was a dream. Was she ready to give him a try? Had he crossed a hurdle in their love life?


    Had he reached near to her heart?


    Would he finally have her heart?


    Was she ready to ept him as her husband?


    Was she ying with him and his feelings?


    Was she ying some prank at him for troubling her?


    So many questions ran through his mind. It was one of the most waited moments of his life; hence he was having so many doubts.


    It was the same as when you achieve your dream but you still fail to believe that you have finally achieved it. He had achieved his biggest dream.


    Zhou Liying was looking at the changing expressions on his face. She knew what was running in his mind.


    "Do you want me to sign somewhere to make you believe that I am ready to give us a try?" she spoke sarcastically. "From so long you are working so hard, still you don''t believe that I will get ready to give you a try."


    "But when? When did you decide to give me a chance?"


    Acting stupid in front of her like usual, Mu Yuehan asked. Zhou Liying rolled her eyes.


    "In the club. After thinking from a cool mind, I have decided to give us a chance."


    Again thinking that he was dreaming, he pinched himself hard. He yelped in pain in surprise when he felt a pinch and realised that he was not dreaming.


    His biggest wish had finallye true.


    She was ready to give them a chance.


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