Days pa.s.sed and as Lu Yuanjun expected, Li Xueman"s mother and sister had no intention of leaving. Yuanjun who was patient for a month talked to Xueman about it and it seemed like she still hadn"t reached to a decision. As they sat on a rock on the cliff with the separated cliff in front of them, watching the sunset, Yuanjun looked at Xueman, sitting beside him and gently ma.s.saged her shoulders.News about her involvement with the fourth young master of the Lu Family got out and the Li Enterprises" situation have gotten better.
But there was still a frown between her brows. After that night she spent with him, he never stayed with her again and they only go on dates outside and he"d drop her in her house afterwards. He didn"t bring up their wedding again too. She knew it was because he didn"t want to be in the same place as Weiye but still she couldn"t come to a decision. The situation in her home was now worse with her mother always blaming her for taking the chance for a better life for Weiye. She really didn"t want to deal with her mother and wanted her out of the house but with the Gao businesses failing, she didn"t want to throw her mother to the curb.
Also she felt like they are planning something and wanted to keep a close eye on them. Weiye always was talking secretly to someone and Xueman felt something was weird.
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"I"m still jobless..." he said wrapping his arms around her neck while holding her from behind and she chuckled.
"Become the CEO of the Li Enterprises. For now there won"t be a good pay, but you can earn a lot in the near future," she leaned on his firm chest.
"But I want to be your secretary," he nibbled on her ears as his hands slipped inside her s.h.i.+rt. She could only moan as his lips captured hers and both of them hugged closer as they kissed.
"Stay with me tonight, Yuanjun," she said in a pleading tone. Her hair was dishevelled by the strong sea breeze and her face was flushed by the kisses they shared.
"No," he said firmly and the mood between them get spoiled as he stood up. He didn"t want to be in the same place as Weiye.
"If you agree, the construction here can be started. The people from Tian Feng Real Estates will keep everything secret, making the employees sign an NDA..." he held out his hand to help her up but seeing her in deep thoughts he sighed.
"Manman, you are not punis.h.i.+ng me this life for not properly taking care of you the previous life, are you?" he asked. The past life even though he didn"t want to be Emperor, he chose to be one and got tangled in the mess of Weiye and had to keep Hanmi at a distance. This life she is keeping him at a distance for Weiye.
" What are you saying, Yuanjun? " she was exasperated.
"Nothing. It"s getting late. Let me drop you home," he walked in the front. He knew it would create problems between them if he stressed about it now.
"Do you even want to marry me anymore?" she asked and he paused his steps and he looked stressed and angry with his hands balled to fists as he turned back to look at her.
"Do you? Manman? Do you? You seem to care more about your family more than me," he took a deep breath trying to compose himself.
"Well, you are the one who bought that house for me. So you do have a say in who lives there. Do you want the house back then? If you... " she paused seeing his face twitch in anger. She knew she has crossed the line. His intentions were never to control her.
" I"m sorry, "she held his hand and he rubbed his forehead and sighed deeply, " I"m sorry for bringing up our past life too. But Manman, I want us to get married soon and... "
" I know you bought my house back for us to build our family there, Yuanjun. But I fear that Weiye is planning something and I wanted to keep her close to me to have an eye on her, " without knowing, she was sobbing and Yuanjun"s heart melted away seeing her in tears.
" Come on now, Manman. Don"t cry. I really cannot handle your tears," he hugged her close.
"You think she is planning something?" he asked after she calmed down.
"She wants this land and also you... I fear she might hurt you if she doesn"t get what she wants" she rubbed her face in his sleeves and pouted.
"I"m sorry," he kissed her forehead. He got really angry at her today. This is not their first fight, but they never fought this intensely before.
"Since she wants me, let her think she has a chance and make her act upon her plans soon," he said with a smirk and after hearing his plans, Xueman hugged him around his neck and kissed him.
"I really want to take you to bed," he said gritting his teeth, trying to hold back.
When he dropped her in her home, she got down from the car herself, unlike usual when he"d open the door for her and slammed the door shut making a banging noise.
"What did you do, woman? My poor baby is hurt! You scared her... " Yuanjun gently patted the steering wheel as he screamed at Xueman. He really was worried for his car. Just because he asked her to pretend they are fighting, she actually hurt his poor car?
" Yeah! Your baby! " she walked with her ponytail swaying as she took larger strides. "Marry your baby then! Leave me!" she shouted back at him while kicking a pebble at his car and strode inside the house and locked the door.
"Wow! This is scary!" Yuanjun thought as he could feel the door slamming shut on his face.
"If her fake anger is this intense, I never should anger her for real! Who knows what the consequences will be? "
Yuanjun reversed his car rashly and almost knocked at the flower pot by the side as he could see Weiye watching from above. Even in not much light, he could see her lips curling up through the rear view mirror.
They postponed their development of the Li seaside property and even stopped calling each other whenever Weiye was there making her believe that those two had fallen out and this time it clearly was serious. Xueman even pretended to cry alone and when Weiye would come to her pretending to comfort her would say her entire life is her family, those who are related to her by blood and that she"d do anything for them.
Yuanjun also joined the excavation crew of Zhong Yanchen after he got permission to dog in the area marked by Yuanjun. Yuanjun just made his exit from the city open and kept his return secret and lay low in his parents house.
Weiye actually believed that those two broke up.
And just as Li Xueman predicted, even before a month pa.s.sed, Li Xueman received a call from Weiye"s phone. But it was a ruffian sounding guy who spoke on the other side and he threatened to kill her sister if she informs anyone and asked her to bring ten million Yuan or something of that value to some address. He even made her sister scream into the phone, crying for help.
"Sister... Sister... Please... I"m scared... Help me... "
Gao Weiye"s screams almost made Xueman doubt if Weiye is actually kidnapped.
But in case of she is actually kidnapped, it would be better to inform others and so she informed Lu Yuanjun and Huang Qian before she left to that secluded warehouse taking the car she bought recently.