"We're here for your engagement." Master s.h.i.+ answered from behind her. She turned around and greeted the elder accordingly; however, her face could not contain the shock and confusion from his answer.

"???!!!!"

"What engagement?"

"Oh, Xiao Rui you're here already, child." Teng Man Rui's mother greeted her. She descended from the stairs. The Teng Master followed behind the madame.

"Mom."

"Dad."

"Why didn't you tell us that you fancy the young master s.h.i.+? We should have arranged your engagement earlier." The Teng Madame acted a little upset from the late notice of her daughter's relations.h.i.+p status.

"But we're----"

s.h.i.+ Fan Hai cut her short, not allowing her to reveal their relations.h.i.+p's real score. "She must have been shy about it. It's my fault, madame, I should have gone here in your home formally a lot earlier for her."

Teng Man Rui gritted her teeth and glowered at the s.h.i.+ young master.

He smiled back sheepishly and shrugged off.

"But, I'm here now, to correct my past mistake. Actually, we are on cool off simply because of this."

"Milady, let's reconcile, mhmm? See, I even brought my father with me. They'll support us."

Teng Man Rui was shaking in anger. Her fists were balled tightly, quivering, and so ready to punch someone in the face if she would get violent. However, she's never violent.

"We're done aren't we?" She inhaled each word through seething anger.

"Mom, dad, I'm with someone else now. Not him."

"Oh?" s.h.i.+ Fan Hai scrunched his face, full of evident hurt. If it's genuine, no one could tell. But perhaps he could sense that Teng Man Rui was telling the truth. He raised one of his brows and his dark eyes turned sharper, more deadly.

"Am I indispensable to you, Man Rui? I thought our bond is strong, strong enough to endure the test of time and any challenge that will come our way… Master Teng, Madame Teng, my father and I would like to apologize for the earlier arrangement with the Xue's. See, I fought against it. That being all in the past, I could say, that I really fought against it."

'Yes, you fought against it by capsizing a whole cruise s.h.i.+p with at least one hundred crew members on board.' Teng Man Rui answered back spitefully, angrily.

'Yes, you fought against it by bullying your ex- fiancé's family and by keeping me by your side without any clarity of my status. You were determined to make me your mistress! And to even think that your ex-fiancé is my best friend!'

Teng Man Rui was silent all this time, but her chest heaved up and down in total disagreement and rebellion. The downside was, she couldn't really argue back openly. It was against proper decorum.

Old Master s.h.i.+ added fuel to the fire. "Seems that your daughter already found someone else to replace my son? How unfaithful. With just a small misunderstanding she easily turned her back against my son? Is that how you raised your daughter? I heard she's raised well, and I heard she's the perfect daughter-in-law. I'm actually disappointed with what I'm hearing today. Tsk."

Teng Man Rui gasped in horror. "Huh!" Then she turned towards the direction of her parents. They were frowning in disapproval.

"Xiao Rui, tell them it's not true."

Teng Man Rui pursed her lips. 'But it's the truth.'

She bit her lower lip and lowered her gaze towards the floor. 'Just when I'm so ready to get away from you… Why?'

'I don't want you in my life. Go away.'

Without saying anything, she rushed up towards her room. She threw one arm across her face to cover her sobbing face. She didn't realize that she had started crying.

The last thing that the Teng household wanted to experience was losing face, especially in front of their guest, especially inside their own home. This very instance, Teng Man Rui's actions deeply bothered them and caused such great humiliation to them.

"The children are just having a little lover's quarrel. The other perhaps misconstrued what the other meant. I'm hopeful that they will put their act together." The Teng patriarch commented rather optimistically.

"Especially our Man Rui. She's the most loyal person we have ever known. I'm sure you're mistaken, Master s.h.i.+." Madame Teng nodded apologetically.

"Let's give our children s.p.a.ce to fix it between them."

The s.h.i.+ father and son looked at each other knowingly. They couldn't help but snicker between themselves as they found their way out.

"That was easy." Old Master s.h.i.+ remarked, highly pleased with their meeting. "But the girl, she's showing resistance."

"I'll manage her." s.h.i.+ Fan Hai committed.

"Then I'll leave the rest to you." Master s.h.i.+ boarded the car and left. s.h.i.+ Fan Hai looked back towards the window on the second floor where Teng MAn Rui's room was located.