The door is locked. Ye Qing Xin is still slurping the noodle. She turns her head and looks at Jing Bo Yuan.
She asks: “Why are you here? I’ll leave soon after this.”
Jing Bo Yuan just watches her, he leans back on the door.
Ye Qing Xin feels somewhat embarra.s.sed, she lowers her head and looks at her s.h.i.+rt. She notices that her sleeve is open wide. She raises up her left hand to cover it up. She says unnaturally: “Yesterday night I rushed over to take the flight back home that I hadn’t showered. I felt so uncomfortable so I took a shower here. I forgot to take the clean clothes with me inside, so….”
“Finish it quick.” Jing Bo Yuan cuts her off.
“……” Ye Qing Xin finishes her noodle. At first she is okay with eating the noodle, but suddenly she feels something else.
She is silent for a while, she once again turns her head to look at Jing Bo Yuan. “Can you….. not look at me with that kind of gaze?”
This time Jing Bo Yuan’s gaze makes her uncomfortable.
Jing Bo Yuan stands up and comes over.
Ye Qing Xin has no time to respond, she is pulled up and taken to that man’s warm embrace.
“Shhh….” Ye Qing Xin is in pain.
“It’s painful.” Her both b.r.e.a.s.t.s are full of milk. It’s hurt to let it b.u.mps into something.
Looking at her painful expression, Jing Bo Yuan also feels the pain. He makes some s.p.a.ces between them. He raises up his hand to touch it lightly. The n*ppl* is hard as rock.
He carries her up and places her on the bed. Then he undoes the b.u.t.ton of her s.h.i.+rt.
Ye Qing Xin looks at the ceiling, she can see both of their reflection on the chandelier above the bed. She even can hear the sucking noise. Her face is really bright eyes.
The pain is gone.
She cannot help to stroke his head. His hair is messy, his s.h.i.+rt is even messier.
After a moment, the serious matter turns unserious.
That man’s lip is so hot, it kisses her neck. Ye Qing Xin closes her eyes and feels his lips praise her body. That man starts to kiss her and explores her lips, she hugs his neck.
Their breathing rhythm turns rush. She feels the hot kisses on his body. She cannot help but to silently criticize his calmness before. He is really good at pretending to control his emotion and action.
She waits for action after having acc.u.mulated power, Ye Qing xin takes out a box of are the d*r*x that she bought before on the way.
Jing Bo Yuan takes and tears it open, he looks at his young wife’s face. He asks: “You are come prepared?”
Ye Qing Xin answers: “I want to give you a surprise. Who knows that you were not that affectionate than I imagined. I really think that these days when I was away, you didn’t miss me.”
She sounds resent and delicate.
Jing Bo Yuan wears the c*nd*m and pats her bottom. “Whether I miss you or not, I’ll let you know it.”
Outside the door, Luo Feng is bringing a pile of folders for Jing Bo Yuan. Secretary Mi looks at him and stands up. “Chief Jing has business to do. Luo Zhu Li (a.s.sistant Luo) if you need something, you can tell me.” She continues. “These all are for Chief Jing? Let me help you to give it to him.”
“Someone is inside to discuss business with Chief Jing?” Luo Feng asks.
Secretary Mi smiles: “Tai Tai is here.”
Luo Feng is startled and suddenly realizes. “Then I’ll not disturb him. Later on pa.s.s it on to Chief Jing to sign all of these.”
Inside the room.
Ye Qing Xin is laying down on the pillow, her face is buried on the pillow. Jing Bo Yuan’s body is tightly pressing down her back. Jing Bo Yuan is heavy it somehow makes her little unable to breath.
The room is silent, there’s only the sound of their breathing. Ye Qing Xin can feel Jing Bo Yuan’s heartbeat.
Jing Bo Yuan pecks on her neck. Both of them are sweaty.
“I saw the video.” Ye Qing Xin says. “I thought you’d forgotten it, I didn’t expect that you still remember it.”
Ye Qing Xin looks at him. “Bo Yuan, you are really great.”
Jing Bo Yuan flips her over and kisses her lips. Ye Qing Xin responds to his kiss with the same affection.
When everything is turning calm and tranquil, Ye Qing Xin looks at the watch. It’s already five p.m. “I want to go and look at Wai Po and Nai Nai.”
Old Madame Yan is still at the hospital, Old Madame Sheng is quite okay. She just mental problem so she was discharged yesterday.
Jing Bo Yuan gets off the bed and carries Ye Qing Xin up to the bathroom. “I’ll go with you.”
They both clean up. Jing Bo Yuan drags Ye Qing Xin’s suitcase and goes out. Ye Qing Xin follows behind him.
“Chief Jing, these are from Luo Zhu Li, you need to sign it. ” Secretary Mi is an experienced woman. With just a glance, she could notice something is different from this young Tai Tai, she even notices marks on Ye Qing Xin’s neck.
She knows that that her boss’ wife just gave birth to kids, both boss and his wife might have pa.s.sionate long for each other.
“Put on my table.” Jing Bo Yuan says. Secretary Mi nods. “Okay.”
Jing Bo Yuan holds Ye Qing Xin’s hand. “I’ve something to do so I’ll go back soon. If you have nothing to else, you guys all can get off work early.”
Secretary Mi is thankful. “Thank you, Chief Jing. Chief Jing, Tai Tai, take care.”
Jing Bo Yuan takes Ye Qing Xin to the elevator. The elevator takes them directly to the first floor of bas.e.m.e.nt parking area. Ye Qing Xin remembers about her fas.h.i.+on show. She looks at Jing Bo Yuan and says. “This time fas.h.i.+on show in Paris, it is so great that it creates sensation and publishes in the newspaper headline. I am so surprised.”
Jing Bo Yuan drives the car out of the parking area.
“Because of the media’s attention for J & Y, a lot of people make orders for it. The sponsor will make a batch production, they want to make J & Y as a brand.”
Ye Qing Xin says her plan.
J & Y, is a brand that she chose casually and randomly. It isn’t so casually, but she indeed she has a quite of motive.
J & Y = Jing & Ye. It is the same pattern as Yan Tong and Sheng Wen Juan’s initials on the blue diamond necklace.
The sponsor has helped Ye Qing Xin to create the logo for J & Y. Thinking of this she plans to do something.
“Tell me do you think I should use this kind of opportunity and make J & Y as an official fas.h.i.+on brand?”
Jing Bo Yuan holds the steering wheel and looks at him. He says calmly. “The time is not right.”
Ye Qing Xin is confused. “What do you mean?” Is he disapproved her plan?
“Do you know how to establish a brand? Establis.h.i.+ng a brand means that you need to register your company? Do you know how to manage a company? Now you are not yet graduated, you are also still in breastfeeding period. How much energy can you give to manage the company?”
Ye Qing Xin’s high motivation falls down.
Yes, she really doesn’t know how to manage a fas.h.i.+on company. Even her experience in design is indeed still limited.
She still has duty to finish her degree and kids also need to be taken care of.
In the past she kept on dreaming about establis.h.i.+ng a brand like Pear, she wants to open up her own store and has her own fas.h.i.+on show.
It’s just a successful man like Jing Bo Yuan, he should wish that his wife can a.s.sist him to take care of the kids….
Jing Bo Yuan looks at Ye Qing Xin’s face and continues: “I said those things to you, not because I disapprove your idea to establish your own fas.h.i.+on brand. You are young, this time the most important thing for you now is your study. For anything you do, the most crucial thing is having a strong foundation, then you can handle everything.”
“You can take everything that you learn at university about how to make your own brand. As for how you manage your own company, now you are working at Pear, you can use that as a good chance to study how to manage your company. If you have something that you don’t understand, you can directly ask for Chief Chen. I think she will be happy to teach you about it.”
“Do sufficient preparation first. Then it’ll be easy for you to establish your own brand.”
Ye Qing Xin looks at Jing Bo Yuan. Her eyes are bright. She nods. “Em.”
Jing Bo Yuan wants to her really educates herself first before doing anything. She should be happy that the man that she married are guiding her in a good way.
Before taking Ye Qing Xin to the hospital, Jing Bo Yuan takes her to eat dinner first.
Old Madame Yan is already taken to the VIP room. The time they both arrive, w.a.n.g Li Ta is peeling an apple for Old Madame.
Looking at Ye Qing Xin, Old Madame Yan, who is laying on her bed, smiles happily that her tears fall down too.
“Xian Sheng, Tai Tai, you guys are here.” w.a.n.g Li Ta stands up and moves chairs for them.
Old Mister Yan is in the room too, he is sitting down on the bedside.
“Wai Gong, Wai Po.” Ye Qing Xin greets the elders. She then goes near the bed. She holds Old Madame Yan’s hand and asks: “Wai Po, are you okay?”
Old Madame Yan looks tired. Her hair is all white.
“Xin Xin, Wai Po feels very sad. My Tong Tong that time was still very young, she just pa.s.sed away. I never thought that it was an accident. I have let her down. Xin Xin, tell me, how can I have dignity to meet her in the future? It’s no wonder that she hasn’t ever come to meet me, she should blame me to not avenge her…”
Old Madame Yan’s tears start to fall down again. Ye Qing Xin also feels so sad.
“No, Wai Po. It’s not right. My Mama should not wish you to be so sad. She doesn’t come to meet you should be because she doesn’t dare to see you to be so heartbroken. She loves you so much.” Ye Qing Xin sits down on the edge of the bed. She holds the old Madame’s hand. Her eyes are red.
“Don’t cry. Xin Xin just returned home. Don’t make trouble for her.” Old Mister Yan says. He goes to sit down beside Jing Bo Yuan on the sofa.
“Yes yes yes, it’s my Wai Po’s carelessness. Xin Xin, don’t cry. Wai Po will not cry too.” Old Madame Yan wipes her tear. She says to w.a.n.g Li Ta. “Have you peeled the apple? Give it to Xin Xin to eat.”
“Xin Xin, have you had your dinner?”
Ye Qing Xin takes the apple and pa.s.ses it to Old Madame Yan. “I just had my dinner before I came here. I cannot eat this, you can eat.”
“I also just had my dinner. I cannot eat it.” Old Madame Yan has no appet.i.te.
Ye Qing Xin takes a fruit knife and slices the apple into two. She pa.s.ses one to Old Madame Yan and says. “We eat one each.”
Old Madame Yan smiles. “Okay, each person eats half.”
Ye Qing Xin stays with Old Madame Yan for a while, then she notices that Old Madame Yan coughs once in a while.
Before she leaves, she asks w.a.n.g Li Ta about it. w.a.n.g Li Ta says that because Old Madame Yan’s health is weak, she has been prescribed with a cough medicine. It’s getting better.
Ye Qing Xin is worry, she asks w.a.n.g Li Ta to take a good care for Old Madame Yan, she asks her to call her anytime if something happens.
w.a.n.g Li Ta nods. She glances at Jing Bo Yuan briefly.
Ye Qing Xin is worried about Old Madame Yan’s health that she doesn’t care about anything else.
They walk toward the corridor to exit the hospital.
“Bo Yuan, I’m very worried for Nai Nai’s condition.”
Before Old Madame Yan spitted out blood, it’s not a minor thing considering her age.
“She is old, she might have illness. If one day, you cannot do anymore any your filial duty, you shouldn’t be so sad. Everyone will have that kind of day.”
The time she hears it, it sounds like a comfort but Ye Qing Xin feels something is weird too, Jing Bo Yuan seems like warn her about something.
“Bo Yuan, what do you know? Is Wai Po really ill?”
Ye Qing Xin looks at him tensely, she wants to see something from his eyes. But that man is really calm, he shows now expression so she cannot see anything.
“Don’t think too much.” Jing Bo Yuan strokes Ye Qing Xin’s neck and says: “Let’s go, go to Sheng family residence.”
Ye Qing Xin still doubts it but she doesn’t ask anything.
On their way out, they b.u.mp into Cheng Ru Yu. Cheng Ru Yu is wearing his white robe and holding folders. He seems to be unfocussed. He doesn’t realize that he b.u.mp into Jing Bo Yuan and Ye Qing Xin.
“Cheng Yi Sheng (Doctor Cheng).” Ye Qing Xin’s voice pulls him from his daydreaming action.
He looks at them and smiles. “You guys come to visit Yan Nai Nai?”
“Em.” Ye Qing Xin smiles, “Cheng Yi Sheng, you need to raise your head up, you will b.u.mp someone.”
Cheng Ru Yu smiles and doesn’t reply, he just says: “I’ve something to do, I’ll not chat with you anymore. Goodbye.”
Cheng Ru Yu pa.s.ses by both of them and goes to the inpatient department.
Ye Qing Xin looks at his back figure, Cheng Ru Yu seems to have something on his mind
Ye Qing Xin’s phone rings the time she reaches the parking lot.
She answers it. It’s a call from Song Jiu. Song Jiu says excitedly. “Xin Xin, I get into the top-ten.”
After the triplet’s one-month-old birthday, Song Jiu doesn’t return back to T City. She said that she wants to join a singing compet.i.tion. Ye Qing Xin lends her apartment to her.
“Congrats.” Ye Qing Xin smiles. Song Jiu loves to sing since she was little. Her dream is becoming a singer. Song Mu (Mother Song) didn’t want her to leave home, but now she finally let her go.
“Are you still in Paris?” Song Jiu asks.
“You call my local number. How can you ask me whether I am in Paris or not?” Ye Qing Xin’s local number cannot be used in Paris.
“Oh right. I forgot about it.” Song Jiu laughs. “I will go and practice now. The time that I win, I’ll treat you a meal.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for it.” Ye Qing Xin smiles and hangs up.
Now everyone is striving to achieve his/ her dream.
The time Ye Qing Xin goes to Sheng family residence, both Old Mister Sheng and Old Madame Sheng are having their dinner. Old Mister Sheng asks the maid to prepare two other bowls and chopsticks.
The atmosphere is cold. Ye Qing Xin wants to say that she has eaten but she doesn’t say it. She just sits down together with Jing Bo Yuan and accompanies both elders to enjoy their meal.
“Xin Xin, you just returned back this afternoon?” Old Madame Sheng asks Ye Qing Xin.
Ye Qing Xin looks at Old Madame Sheng. In just half month, Old Madame ages a lot. She looks sad and heartbroken. She tries to cover it but somehow Ye Qing Xin notices it.
She used to know that her son’s death is an accident, but suddenly it turns out that her son’s death is planned and it’s planned by her own daughter. She should be shocked.
“I arrived around one p.m.” Ye Qing Xin smiles and replies. “I was too hurry that I forgot to bring any gift home for Nai Nai and Ye Ye.”
That time she was speeding home with her heart, she just wanted to meet Jing Bo Yuan quickly that she didn’t think about anything else.
“You just went home and spared time to visit me, it makes me happier than getting a gift.” Old Madame Sheng picks a pig’s feet with her chopsticks for Ye Qing Xin. “Eat more.”
“Nai Nai, you need to eat more too.” Ye Qing Xin picks a mushroom for Old Madame Sheng as Old Madame Sheng has high blood pressure, it’s good for her to eat more mushroom.
After the dinner, four of them move to the living room.
“Where are Biao Ge and Gu Fu?” Ye Qing Xin asks.
“Tonight A Xin has a friend gathering, Yu Wei is at the company.” Old Madame Sheng answers.
This period of time, both of them are avoiding both elders.
Old Madame Sheng cannot control her tears. “My worst lifetime mistake is giving birth to an evil creature. Wen Jun is her biological Di Di. I admit that I might be biased. Wen Qiong is strong and has bad temper. I like Wen Jun more as he is more sensible and understanding. But how can she just kill her Di Di? She didn’t admit her wrong action until the a.s.sa.s.sin showed evidence. If it’s not Yu Wei’s action of “placing righteousness before family” by testifying, perhaps till now she still justify herself.”
Old Mister Sheng looks at Old madame Sheng.
He thinks the same way. He knows clearly that his own daughter has her own wild ambition but she is lacking of ability. She doesn’t have guts, she is not smart so she can be planned by someone to do bad things.
Before Sheng Wen Qiong is captured, she keeps on screaming that she got influenced by Yu Wei so she did wrong. Old Mister Sheng doesn’t think that she want to avenge Yu Wei so she told Yu Wei’s involvement.
He also notices Yu Wei’s wild ambition.
“Nai Nai, it’s all in the past. We have captured the killer. The killer will get punishment. Don’t be sad anymore.” Ye Qing Xin holds Old Madame Sheng’s hand.
“She deserve whatever punishment she will get.” Old Madame Sheng cries.
According to the police investigation and based on Chen Ke’s confession, that year he got involve in business dealing with Sheng Wen Qiong, then together they planned to kill Sheng Wen Jun and his whole family. Afterwards, he fled out of the country with five million. Eighteen years ago, five millions is a big amount of money.
In those ten years, Chen Ke had a successful business but without notice, his business goes bankrupt. He has a lot of debts that makes him return home.
At first he didn’t plan to look for Sheng Wen Qiong, but they b.u.mped on the road by accident. The time he noticed how terrified Sheng Wen Qiong when she saw him. He suddenly thought of a plan.
He didn’t expect that Sheng Wen Qiong will be that ruthless that she looked for someone to kill him. But luckily, Chen Ke is strong that he just threw the killer to the river. Then he wanted to revenge Sheng Wen Qiong.
If Sheng Wen Qiong didn’t listen to Yu Wei to look for a.s.sa.s.sin to kill Chen Ke, Chen Ke would not leak it all out.
Shen Wen Qiong never expects that the day that she will be punished will come that fast.