Granting You A Second Life

Yao Changying: "YingYing said she would pay for our next meal! Anything we want regardless of quant.i.ty and cost!"

Ren Daiyu led them to the front door and joked: "Really? I"ll have to find the most expensive restaurant where even the water costs a fortune because it"s spring water that contains trace elements of gold, processed through diamonds and favored by celebrities."

Yao Changying seemed intrigued: "Does that water exist?"

Li Xiuying interrupted the two: "Can I have the two invites they gave you?"

Ren Daiyu was a little confused by the sudden request "Erm sure, I think they"re still in my trashcan. I"ll go and get them now." She ran upstairs.

Li Xiuying and Yao Changying were waiting outside when Ren Daiyu ran back: "Here. Why do you want them anyway?"

Li Xiuying only let half her intentions be known: "So you don"t look at them."

Ren Daiyu waited on the porch and watched her friends leave.

Yao Changying stuck her arm outside the window and waved: "I"ll text you later with the details!"

When Ren Daiyu could no longer see Li Xiuying"s car she turned to walk back inside. Ren Longwei was waiting in the foyer.

Ren Longwei closed the door behind them: "Yu, you"ve made some pretty good friends."

Ren Daiyu nodded smugly: "I"m very lucky." They both started making their way upstairs.

Ren Longwei flicked her forehead: "Why are you looking so smug for? They may be good to you but it seems like their thinking is somewhat skewed right? I mean come on, who casually picks a lock to enter a house apart from a burglar?! And who the h.e.l.l talks about "taking care of someone" are they mafia hit-men? I think they"re a little er.."

Ren Daiyu:"Crazy?"

Ren Longwei smirked: "So you do know that they"re bat ... "

Ren Daiyu had a sly look on her face as she interrupted: "Ge, do you know what an orchidectomy is?"

Ren Longwei looked confused: "Is it something to do with maintaining orchids?"

Ren Daiyu sn.i.g.g.e.red: "Let me tell you what my friends offered to do..."

Ren Longwei paled and slightly clenched his legs together as he listened to Ren Daiyu happily tell him about the most gruesome operation that any male could possibly face.

...

Jiang Huan"s apartment

Jiang Huan was currently in her small living sitting on the sofa with a blanket wrapped around. She was surrounded by tissues, chocolate bars and empty ice cream cartons. She was sipping on a gla.s.s of wine and she kept looking over at her wall clock.

Jiang Huan muttered: "It"s almost midnight why isn"t Tingzhe here yet? What"s taking him so long?"

She picked up her phone and called him for the umpteenth time.

Jiang Huan waited until she heard the familiar voicemail voice before hanging up.

She slouched in on herself wondering how she got int her current predicament.

Jiang Huan began musing out loud: "Tingzhe isn"t ignoring me right? S*** is he abandoning me? Was he just using me all this time? No it can"t be that. It can"t be. He wouldn"t do that to me. Maybe something"s happened to him. Was he in an accident?"

With the thought of Tingzhe being seriously hurt, she picked up her phone and messaged him yet again: [Tingzhe are you okay? Please just message me, I just want to hear from you. I"m really worried about you. Has something happened? Please just send me message, even if it"s just one word. Please let me know you"re okay].

She poured herself another gla.s.s of wine and drained it within 2 breathes time.

Jiang Huan was just in the middle of pouring herself another gla.s.s when she heard someone at the door. She put the bottle down and threw the blanket off as she ran to the door.

Jiang Huan looked at the screen of the intercom and saw it was Tang Tingzhe. She immediately pressed the b.u.t.ton to open the door downstairs.

She unlocked her front door and anxiously waited for Tang Tingzhe.

It wasn"t too long before Jiang Huan spotted Tang Tingzhe walking through the hallway towards her. She finally felt a sense of relief knowing he was safe and that he was here to help her.

Tang Tingzhe: "Baby why are you waiting outside, its freezing. Quick let"s go inside."

He wrapped an arm around Jiang Huan"s shoulder and led her inside closing the door behind him.

On seeing the state of the living room Tang Tingzhe said: "Oh honey, what"s all this? Come on tell me about what happened today." He took his coat off and throw it over the arm of a chair before sitting down and motioning for Jiang Huan to join him.

Jiang Huan immediately crawled into his arms and laid her head on his chest. Her voice was small: "Why didn"t you pick up or reply to any of my messages? Did something happen?"

Tang Tingzhe pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed her the screen: "Did you call me? Ah I didn"t realize that my phone had completely died. I"m sorry for worrying you. There was a car accident and the the traffic was diverted away to some long winded route. That"s why it took me forever to get to you. Forgive me?" He tightly hugged Jiang Huan to him.

Jiang Huan nodded.

Tang Tingzhe: "Do you want to talk about what happened today? We don"t have to if you"re not feeling up to it. "

Jiang Huan clutched his s.h.i.+rt as she recounted the events of the day. She of course omitted certain details that would cast her in a bad light.

Tang Tingzhe: "I think Li Xiuying was being too harsh. How can she just hire someone behind your back and then humiliate you like that?"

Jiang Huan nodded again: "I felt so ashamed at being manhandled by those 2 security guards. Dr Li didn"t even let me tell my side of the story before she threw me out."

Tang Tingzhe frowned: "Why are you even bothering to call her Dr Li? Even after everything she"s done to you, you still want to treat her respectfully? She doesn"t deserve it."

Jiang Huan: "You"re right. It"s just habit I guess. Oh Tingzhe what am I going to do now? She blacklisted me as a personal a.s.sistant? How will I ever find a job?" She strongly believed that everything was Li Xiuying"s fault and she just used Elder Qin"s name in order to blacklist her.

Tang Tingzhe: "Don"t worry baby. I"m here now aren"t I? I"ll sort everything out."

Jiang Huan felt rea.s.sured by Tang Tingzhe"s words. She was glad that she had someone on her side.

Tang Tingzhe: "Okay baby let"s go to bed. It"s getting late and you"ve had a rough day. Everything won"t look as bad tomorrow, you"ll see."

Jiang Huan got up and started walking to her bedroom, she looked over her shoulder: "Aren"t you coming?"

Tang Tingzhe: "I"ll follow you I just need to wash up first."

Jiang Huan nodded: "Don"t take too long."

Tang Tingzhe went into the bathroom and locked the door. He turned on the shower. Before turning his phone on and sending a message [Seems like j.a.panese imports no longer has a use here. Bridges have been burned and re-entering the territory is not possible].

He received an immediate response [j.a.panese imports still has its uses. The law may help them with future trade]

Tang Tingzhe [1 month before legal representation can be sought. Prices for middle men may need to increase because of the increase in the level of difficultly].

This time the response was a little slower: [Results are needed before balances can change].

Tang Tingzhe [I will set j.a.panese imports in motion]. He turned off his phone once again.

He smirked as he took off his clothes and got in the shower. Although he was tiring of Jiang Huan and her clingy nature; he was willing to tolerate her for the right price. Tang Tingzhe felt smug "Ah Jiang Huan I guess you will have a lengthy legal case ahead of you."

He snorted as he thought of the nickname he had given her "j.a.panese imports". He chose that name because he had taken her j.a.pan so it was easy to remember. He always spoke in code because his employers were not people who could be trusted, especially his current employer who seemed to score extraordinarily high on the treachery scale.

He stepped out of the shower dried himself off and then made his way to where "j.a.panese imports" was laying in wait.

Tang Tingzhe muttered under his breathe: "I have to sacrifice my beautiful body yet again."

Meanwhile across the city someone else was also unhappy at the circ.u.mstances they had found themselves in.