Jianjun still found it hard to believe that he had actually allowed his daughter to leave the house to go see a man. What was he thinking? He knew there was nothing he was going to tell her that would make her change her mind. She was like that. And she had inherited that trait from him.
When he came out to see Joreen speaking on the phone with Muchen, he had wanted to take the phone and stop Joreen from saying further. But he knew it was too late. Joreen already told him Sara bad gone to look for him. Was he supposed to say something to counter that? Everything was just frustrating him.
His phone beside him rang and he was desperately praying for it to be Sara who was calling. She had accidentally dropped her phone while climbing up and didn"t bother to ask for it again and just left.. So there was no way he could reach her.
He looked at the phone to see it was Mr Park calling.
"I saw your daughter all over the news. Is she okay?" Mr Park asked immediately he took the call.
"Yes she"s... wait! What?" Jianjun asked in shock. "How did you know she is my daughter?"
Mr Park was beginning to wonder whether Jianjun really had amnesia "Didn"t you tell her to come say h.e.l.lo to me today? She came over."
The atmosphere in the car was awkward for Sara. Muchen on the other hand, was quietly sitting on the driver"s seat, staring at Sara who was also quietly sitting on the pa.s.senger"s seat without trying to hide the fact that he was staring at her.
She was too embarra.s.sed. How could she have cried in his arms like she was a baby? She was always so strong. Never had she let anyone see her cry except her family. But she had cried before him, twice!. Things weren"t looking any good for her when her stomach growled. She bit on her lower lips and used both hands to press down on her stomach as if it was going to stop the sound.
Muchen smiled at her and ruffled her hair. "Let"s go home. I"ll make you something to eat. I"m starving also." He said.
Sara was shocked. "Did he just ruffle my hair?" She asked herself. It felt really strange to her since no one had ever dared to do that and the last time her father did that, she was still a little girl.
"Home?" She asked when she came out from the shock.
"My place." He corrected.
"Your place?" Her eyes widened. "Why..your...place?" She had never gone there at night and never had any reason to do so. So why were they going there all of a sudden?
"I heard reporters are all over your place. Are you going to take the roof again?" He teased with a grin.
"Wha..what are you saying?" She asked in shock. "How did he know that? Who told him that?"
He pretended to think for a while before he said "I"ll really love to watch you go in through the roof. Should I just drive you to your place now?" He asked.
"I.. don"t know what you are talking about" She eyed him and faced the window by her side.
Muchen delighted in seeing her flushed cheeks.
"Why were you in the hospital?" She asked without bothering to move her gaze from the window.
"Minde is here" He answered plainly.
"Something bad happened?" she finally looked at him.
"Nothing really." He suddenly smiled brightly and gently poked her cheek. "Were you that worried about me?"
"I wasn"t" She denied and turned to face the window again.
"I think you were though"
"I said I wasn"t Mr Li" She said firmly, still facing the window.
He suddenly became quiet. His face, expressionless as he looked at her. Sara was beginning to wonder why he was quiet, so she turned her head to look at him and wondered what he was thinking about. Then, she heard him say "It"s fun watching you act like you do not care" He moved a hand to her face and gently tucked some strands of her hair behind her ear.
Muchen remembered the picture of Sara smiling happily with Weiyoung. He couldn"t remember whether he had ever seen Sara smile genuinely like that. But he had never seen that smile. But instead, he had seen her cry because of those irritating people. He tried to suppress his anger and gently smoothen her rough hair.
Sara wondered what was up with him and her hair. She was glad she didn"t tie her hair. He would have gladly yanked the band off. "Does he think hair bands are cheap these days?" She almost screamed at him.
Muchen noticed her change in expression and wondered what Sara was thinking about.
He withdrew his hands and started the car.
"Let"s get you something to eat first then you"ll tell me what to do about those people"
"People? Who?" she asked in confusion.
"Mo Jinyong and Liu Weiyoung"
"Weiyoung? What does she have to do with this? It was Jinyong who said all of that to probably clear his name" She said.
Muchen looked at her in amazement. He didn"t know whether to laugh or to cry. But he couldn"t help chuckling a bit. "You act all strong yet, you"re so naive." He ruffled her hair again and this time, she blew up.
"Why do you keep smoothening it if you are just going to end up ruffling it anyway"
Muchen was surprised by her outburst and tried not to laugh "Young lady, Why are you getting angry? it"s not as if your hair was neatly combed anyway" He teased.
Sara scoffed but decided to put it aside. "What did you mean about me being naive?" She asked.
Muchen. accelerated the car then said to her "Never mind, I do not want to ruin your innocence yet"
His words shocked her as her mouth fell wide open and she stared at him.
He looked beside him while he drove and saw her reaction.
He burst into laughter and shook his head "Your mind is so dirty" He said.