Early the next morning, Yang Lin had to drag himself from the bed, wincing from the splitting headache that came from having an hangover after the previous day"s alcohol consumption.After showering and changing his clothes, along with other grooming and a nice pair of black shoes, Yang Lin was now ready to meet with the man he spoke on the phone with the night before.
Bit of the conversation filtered through his mind, as his body stiffened from the thought that the other man could be someone be had to watch out for, a part of him rejected the thought that Lu Yi would rekindle his bond with the Zhang heiress and possibly lead to a deeper relations.h.i.+p.
Shaking his head to clear such ridiculous thought from his mind, Before walking out of the simple tidy s.p.a.cious room of cream tone.
During the s.p.a.ce of time when the Zhang heiress was locked away and at court, Zhang Corporation under the directive of Zhang Tianyu, sent the search and acquisition team to beginning placing red tags on items within the Zhang villa that had to be repossessed.
As Yang Lin walked out from his room towards the main entrance, his eye caught the red stickers that littered the furnitures in the living room. This caused a feeling of guilt to form within him, as he walked out through the main door, pa.s.sing by a butler at the door without a word from the both of them.
Taking the car that be usually rode with Zhang Mi, after taking off the red tag on the winds.h.i.+eld, Yang Lin rode out through the gate, towards the designated meeting place, Annabel"s a place known for its rich coffee and confectionery, popular for casual meet ups and dates.
The light atmosphere with its trendy decor, made so many return again and again.
When Yang Lin pulled up to the one story building with deep red panels and clear cut gla.s.s, the light streaming from the interiors casted a faint glow from the outside.
The building was located in a shopping center with few other business centers around, making the place not to appear congested, the s.p.a.cious parking lot was an additional bonus that was highly appreciated by all.
When Yang Lin got out of his car, he could barely make out the people that were inside, pulling the metal silver handle of the double gla.s.s door, that was he saw them clearly.
Meanwhile, Lu Yi sat facing the door at the far right of the restaurant, dressed in an oversized white s.h.i.+rt with part of the edges tucked in the band of his black pants with a white sneakers on both feet. His dark glossy hair casually rested on both sides of his face.
Whenever someone walked through the doors, they couldn"t help but notice the young man in white s.h.i.+rt, his clean handsome looks drew their gazes to where he sat. Lu Yi dark lashes veiled his expression from being seen, this created an air of mystery around him.
Each time Lu Yi heard the door open and close, he would take his eyes from his phone and look up to see if it was the person that he was expecting and each time he was met with disappointment and had to return back to what he was doing.
Hearing the tinkling sound by the door, Lu Yi looked up again, expecting to be disappointed, only to see a man dressed in corporate black, step through the door, he had on a guarded expression on his face.
Already, Lu Yi knew it was Yang Lin, having seen the picture that the PD sent to his hotel suite that was located very close to the airport. Fan"Yu a decent ten story building with fair high price for booking, having chose the place based on its online reviews and rating.
Yang Lin"s eyes scanned around, seeking out the person he was supposedly meant to meet, the promised time was nine in the morning, but Yang Lin woke up late, thereby making him to be almost an hour late for his appointment.
When Lu Yi saw the way the other man looked about, he deliberately took his time to wave at the other man, as a way to get back at Yang Lin for making him wait for that long, before showing up.
When Yang Lin saw the hand waving at him, that was when he slowly relaxed as he made his way to where the other man was seated.
After exchanging pleasantries, they both gazed at each other, as though trying to figure out the other person. It lasted momentarily, before Yang Lin with an impa.s.sive look on, began talking to Lu Yi.
"You said you want to help Miss Zhang, why now? As far as I know you haven"t kept touch over the years!"
Lu Yi was expecting that kind of response from Yang Lin, instead of replying immediately, he motioned with his hand for the server to come to their table, before placing his order.
"What would you like to order? Just a Cappucino for me and a Velvet loaf cake."
The server was a teen in all black with a red ap.r.o.n that had the company name imprinted on the top left corner of her ap.r.o.n, her dark hair was pulled back. Yang Lin was struck speechless at first, by the casual approach Lu Yi was taking with the discussion. At first he wanted to take offense, but remembered that the other man lived abroad, this easier for him to dismiss Lu Yi"s att.i.tude.
When Yang Lin saw the server was awaiting his order, he asked for an espresso and Iced lemon loaf cake.
The talked while eating, as each listened keenly to what the other was saying, Yang Lin asked if Lu Yi already had a lawyer in mind that will be helping with the case, to which Lu Yi said he was still looking around and hadn"t made any commitment with anyone. That was when Yang Lin suggested Tao Jun, the reason why Lu Yi sought out Yan Lin was purely based on gut feeling, that the other man despite what was said about him in public, he would fiercely protect the heiress to the Zhang Corporation.
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Outside Fan"Yu, an unlicensed obscure dark car parked in one of the parking s.p.a.ces along with other cars, as a man whose feature was carefully hidden, watched the two men dinning within the restuarant.