"I didn’t come with Zhi Ruo. I happened to meet her at the airport when I came out of the flight. I didn’t even know she was on the same flight as me. As we both were coming to the same place, I offered to come in my car, That’s it", Lu Qiang replied casually as it didn’t matter if she came with him or not.
Lu Feng and Jiang Yang didn’t doubt him as they knew, Lu Qiang never did anything in hiding and he never cared about what others will think. Moreover, his love for Jiang Yuyan was something that won’t let them doubt Lu Qiang, so they didn’t ask anything further. To see both of them silent, Lu Qiang spoke again, "Trust me, that girl has no interest in me. She has her own problems and she is busy in handling them."
"What problem? Is she in any kind of trouble?" Jiang Yang asked.
"Her own personal things which I can’t share with you guys right now, so don’t be affected by her presence here or around me. She trusted me, so she came here to get help from me. Only this much I can tell you guys at this moment."
"Hmm! No problem, as long as she won’t affect Yuyan and your relationship", Lu Feng said as he was not interested to know about Zhi Ruo.
"She won’t, Lu Feng." Lu Qiang replied.
"But why didn’t you look at Yuyan even once? Why were you avoiding to look at her as she was not present here and you were guilty of doing something wrong", Jiang Yang asked?
Lu Qiang gave out of deep sigh and said, "Yes, I am guilty."
Upon hearing it, both Lu Feng and Jiang Yang looked at him. Then, Lu Qiang spoke, "I am guilty of hurting her by not being able to explain her all the things. I am guilty of not talking to her or calling her even once for all these days, after our fight, I am guilty of making her feel not being loved by me and i am guilty of not even able to take care of her when she was not feeling well, instead, I hurt her. I am guilty about so many things and for that, I will apologize to her soon"
Lu Feng and Jiang both continued to be silent as there was nothing they could say because Lu Qiang already said everything. Lu Qiang continued, "And the reason I didn’t look at her because I wouldn’t be able to control myself from going towards her and hug her in front of everyone, after looking at her sad face and moist eyes. I might have kissed her too which she might have not liked, as everyone was here."
Jiang Yang and Lu Feng were just listening to him as they didn’t want to disturb him from everything he said and the things, he was going to say. They knew, he must have missed her a lot. Lu Qiang looked lost in his thoughts and said, "I didn’t talk to her for these few days and I felt like my heart was empty and I have nothing to do in my life. Everything in my life starts with her and ends with her, so how can I stay away from her even for a single moment. I never thought It would be this much difficult for me to stay away from her."
"Instead of waiting to see her, outside of her university by hiding yourself, why didn’t you come and talked to her directly. Her condition was exactly like you. Her body was present in the house but her soul was wandering somewhere to look for you."
"I wanted to whenever I saw her. I wished to run towards her, hold her hand and take her back with me but this time, I don’t want to let it go." Lu Qiang then looked at both of them and said, "I am sorry."
Both looked at him in surprise to know, why he said sorry. Lu Qiang said while looking in their eyes, "I am gonna trouble her for some time so already apologizing to both of you."
"Are you doing this just because she denies, she confessed to you." Jiang Yang asked
"Hmm! She denied it two times in the fit of anger as giving an excuse, that I was drunk. This time I want her to confess when I am sober and we would be together happily. Enough of this distance now. I don’t want to be away from her even for a moment but for that, I need to maintain distance with her for some time." Lu Qiang said with determination in his voice.
"I hope you won’t do anything extreme and make her cry Lu Qiang. I think, we won’t forgive you if you hurt her," said Lu Feng with a worried expression on his face. Jiang Yang too was worried about his sister. Seeing her hurt, was the last thing he would ever want to see.
"That’s why I said sorry because I am going to hurt her a little but rest assured it would make her happy later. I am planning to give her one more chance. If she still denied it, I would have to do, what I planned for." Lu Qiang replied to assure them.
They didn’t know what to say and just nodded to give him the approval to do what he planned for. Also, it was something between both of them so they decided to leave it to Lu Qiang and trust him. Jiang Yuyan was as important to both of them as she was to Lu Qiang, so they had a right to think about her well being and the right to take care of her.
Even if, it was Lu Qiang, if these two happened to notice, he is hurting her, they might not think twice before confronting him.
They decided to go back to their rooms as it was late. All had rooms on the same floor. Lu Qiang went in front of his room’s door and asked, "Which one is Yuyan’s room?"
Jiang Yang pointed towards the door, which was exactly opposite to Lu Qiang’s door. Lu Qiang looked at the door just then Zhi Ruo came out of the room, next to Lu Qiang’s room.
"Is it your room?" Lu Qiang asked
"Are you that happy to see me next to your room? I won’t mind if you come to my room in the middle of the night, just make sure not to disturb my sleep." She said and turned to leave.
"I did what you asked me to, so rest assured." Lu Qiang replied.
"Great!", she said without even turning to look at him and left.
Jiang Yang was surprised to see her attitude and the way she talked to Lu Qiang, without being affected by him like other girls did while Lu Feng was not surprised at all as he knew her since she worked in Lu Corporation and he was aware that she was not like other girls who would drool over Lu Qiang because of his status and his money.
He asked Lu Qiang about why he was with her, it was just because he felt bad for Jiang Yuyan and he didn’t want her hurt even if Lu Qiang didn’t do anything wrong. Seeing her hurt, was the painful thing for him too as he loved her. It was a different thing that he won’t be able to have her for him but the feelings he had for her were still there in his heart and those were genuine and always express itself in form care for her.