*Pffft* Joreen spat out the water she was in the middle of swallowing.
"You... you are saying that Mis...Mister Li agreed to meet me?" Joreen asked stupefyingly.
"I wonder when this bad habit of yours is going to change" Jianjun said as he tried to clean his s.h.i.+rt.
They were in the middle of having breakfast on the Chu"s dining table with Jianjun sitting directly opposite Joreen while Sara was sitting beside her.
"What exactly happened?" Jianjun asked.
"Well, Mr Li asked me to make whatever wish and he"ll grant it. So I asked for that" She said with a smile.
"Wh... what? He really asked you to make any wish? Why?" Joreen asked what Jianjun was about to ask.
"He said he enjoyed the meal and it made him feel better so he wanted to reward me. That"s practically all" She said with a shrug as he used her chopstick to pick vegetables and placed it in her mouth.
Jianjun laughed. He couldn"t say his daughter was dumb. But she was sure naive. He remembered the conversation he had with Muchen last night when he saw him and Sara outside. He had asked Sara to go in then went on to ask if he was responsible for buying their house.
The look on Muchen"s face gave him away when Jianjun asked him that question.
After thinking about the issue over again, he could only come to the conclusion that Li Muchen was actually responsible.
"No matter how hard i think about it, You are the only one I can think of that is responsible for the incident with the Liu"s. Besides, You were outside my apartment the entire night" Jianjun had told him.
Muchen did not deny anything. He agreed to have been the one responsible and even said he did not regret his actions.
"I"m sorry Mr w.a.n.g, if you think I"ve crossed the line." He apologised.
"You really did cross the line Mr Li. We can perfectly take of ourselves. We don"t need anyone helping us in the background. Don"t you know It"ll make people look down on us more?"
"I really only wanted to help. Besides, Sara is my employee and..."
"You like Sara" Jianjun interrupted.
His statement startled Muchen. He knew he liked Sara to an extent. But hearing it from someone else was something entirely different. How did he know?
"Am I wrong?" Jianjun asked, giving him a challenging look.
After keeping silent for about half a minute, he spoke.
"You are not wrong. I do like her" He confessed.
Jianjun had not expected him to actually admit to it. No, he had not expected it to be true either. But here he was, faced with the truth. "Why her? There are a lot of girls in your circle, why Sara?"
"Why her?" That was the question he had asked himself also. But he still couldn"t find the answer. How was he supposed to answer her father. That answer, he needed to figure it out.
"Dad, Why are you laughing?" Sara asked him.
Did he know why he was laughing? He had no idea. Mr Li never ceased to bother him. He was complaining about one just few hours back and now, here was another.
"Sis, why didn"t you ask for something else? Something better? Don"t get me wrong. I really appreciate and I love you very much but you should have at least asked for a house or something" Joreen complained.
Sara thought about it. She really didn"t think about asking Mr Li for anything else other than that. "Jo, that would be too much to ask. I was even worried he might refuse when I asked him to meet you."
Joreen looked down sadly. She was supposed to be happy, but for some reason, she was sad. This would have been a good opportunity for their family.
"Jo, if you start working in G-Global, you"ll buy us a bigger house. Right?" Sara asked with a smile. "Lest I forget, he"s also paying his employees including me our salaries in advance. So you see? Everything is working fine"
Jianjun sighed. He had never seen anyone like muchen in his life. He just watched the girls converse. He had no idea what to do.
They sent Joreen off to school. Thankfully, her school bus also took the same route so it was easier for them. Jianjun went in first. Sara was about to go in when she suddenly remembered last night.
She turned around and found Muchen smiling at her. A really bright smile. Sara"s heart skipped. As if transfixed, she just stood there and stared at him for a while.
He gradually moved to where she was standing and stopped before her. "You really turned back" He muttered with a smile still plastered on his face
"What is he talking about right now?" She asked herself in confusion.
"Why did you turn?" He asked softly.
Sara wondered what was up with him all of a sudden. She smiled awkwardly and pointed at the front seat of his car "I forgot the food pack inside"
And just like that, the smile on his face vanished.