Ming mansion, elder Ming’s room...
"Father, medicines," Zhang Jei instructed as she stood beside the chair on which elder Ming was sitting.
Elder Ming accepted it, and Zhang Jei sat on the other chair. "Father, what are you thinking about these days?"
"Nothing much," elder Ming replied.
"I can see there is something, and I wish father would tell me so that I can share the worry," said Zhang Jei.
"You always have been a good daughter to me that you know well what’s going on with me," the elder Ming commented as he smiled.
"I always try to be," said Zhang Jei as she waited for her father-in-law to tell her.
"My friend, Lu Huan, Told me something a few days back that I don’t know what to think about it and what I can do for my granddaughter," the elder Ming replied.
"I noticed, uncle Lu is not doing well too," Zhang Jei commented.
"How can he be well, when so many unfortunate things knocked on his door to ruin the peace of his life, and when he was struggling with his own health."
"True. What about Yuyan, father? Is there anything?"
Elder Ming narrated the incident from the village, and what happened after that. It shocked Zhang Jei as she felt lost for words.
"So was this the reason they sent Lu Lijun to England?" Zhang Jei asked
"Hmm! There was no other option," elder Ming concluded.
"Today, he is coming to see me, and I asked him to bring Yuyan with him. I hope I can see her."
"Hmm! I will prepare to welcome them."
When these two talked, Ming Rusheng happened to hear these two as he came to his grandpa to check on him. What he heard, shocked him too.
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Elder Lu decided to visit his friend Ming Shihong as he was not doing well with health. The elder Ming wished to meet Jiang Yuyan, so elder Lu asked Jiang Yuyan to join him, and she agreed.
When they reached the Ming Mansion, elder Lu was in his room, and they had to go there to see him. Elder Lu was resting on his bed while sitting as he waited for his most awaited guests.
"How are you, my friend," elder Lu asked as he sat on the bed beside his friend while Jiang Yuyan sat on the couch as Zhang Jei accompanied her.
"I am good as always," elder Ming replied.
"Then why are you lying in bed instead of jumping outside?" Elder Lu teased.
"At least I am not admitted in the hospital unlike someone who scared the hell out of everyone," the elder Ming countered.
"Cough! That’s long back, but see, I am perfectly fine."
"Hmm, I can see that," elder Min said as he observed his friend carefully.
Though elder Lu carried a smile on his face, his eyes didn’t look lively like before. They showed a silent silence that indicated he was sad inside.
"Don’t look at me like this, Ming Shihong. I know what you will say now, but it would be better if you won’t," instructed elder Lu and elder Ming agreed as he shifted his sight from his friend to his granddaughter.
"How are you, dear?" elder Ming asked.
"I am fine, grandpa, but I can see you are not taking care of yourself." Jiang Yuyan stood up and went to her grandpa to sit at the edge of the bed.
"My princes always cares for others," Elder Ming patted her head as he could see there was a change in her.
She looked calm while pulling out a light smile on her lips for grandpa’s sake, but inside she was cold, and her sight lacked that innocence, she carried just a few months back. Her face conveyed that she was the woman who had lots of responsibilities on her shoulder.
"Whatever you do, don’t lose yourself, the real you," elder Ming commented, and Jiang Yuyan could only nod. Only she knew that she had already lost herself when Lu Qiang left her.
They talked for a while, and Jiang Yuyan had a call. She excused herself to go outside of the room. She went to the gallery of the floor where no one was present, and she could talk without any disturbances.
Once she finished talking and turned, Ming Rusheng was standing at the entrance of the gallery, and it startled her though he was standing far from her.
Stepping towards her, he spoke, "I want to talk to you."
"Say it," said Jiang Yuyan coldly.
"Not here," he said.
"Then, leave it. Anyways I don’t wish to breathe the same air as you."
"Yuyan!" he exclaimed to stop her but got another cold reply, "I am already suffocating."
Not looking back at him, Jiang Yuyan stepped out of the gallery, even before Ming Rusheng could stop her but look at her retreating back.
Jiang Yuyan went back to her grandparents. They talked about Ming Lan, who went to another city for the studies and how well she was doing in her master’s program.
Jiang Yuyan and elder Lu left after having lunch with the elder Ming, and Ming Rusheng was thinking of how to talk to her. He tried so many times before, but she never received his call or didn’t answer his messages later his number was blocked.
It was not appropriate for him to go to Lu corporation as they didn’t have any business with each other, and it would be a topic for the gossip.
Jiang Yuyan had strict security around her that he wouldn’t have a chance to meet her if she didn’t want to unless it was an official meeting, surrounded by so many people. He didn’t have an option to go to Lu Mansion even as there too he wouldn’t get a chance to talk to her alone.
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Soon there was a business meeting in the city in the next two days, and everyone from the business circle had to join it. Jiang Yuyan was one of the invited VIP guests, and her presence was necessary, so she had to go there. She never liked to attend such kind of fancy meetings, but just for the sake of Lu Corporation, she had to do it.
Ming Rusheng thought it as his chance to talk to her, and he was determined about it.