Once Officer Mu informed Hou Yi and Anna Jones that he would recommend having Anna charged for wasting police time if she did not proceed having Lu Jinhu and Yang Ling charged, he stopped the recording, handed them a USB copy and left via the elevator.Anna stopped and looked at Hou Yi, slightly pulling out of his embrace. "Please give me a little s.p.a.ce."
Hou Yi looked at her, wondering what was going through her mind. Their deal was that they would present an image as a couple before people, and she must realise that the household staff would be wandering around and could observe them at any time. "Are you OK after dealing with that?"
"Not really. I thought Australian Police could be painful to deal with. It offends me so much, that I am being threatened as the victim of a crime here that if I do not charge Lu Jinhu and Yang Lin quickly I will be charged. It goes beyond the pale. I think the only reason he did not do so immediately, is because you are my husband. If I was married to someone else, I could imagine that I would have already been arrested and charged, simply due to the fact that I was still shaken about what occurred."
"Do not worry about it. Many police here want charges, arrests and convictions as they see them as a way to advance in their career. I am guessing once he starts to get evidence that their actions are much wider than simply this act, for example the Feng"s incident, then they will likely give us all the time necessary to make a decision."
"Hopefully you are right, but it really grates on me as a lawyer that I came out of the whole process feeling so disrespected, like I was the criminal not the victim. Could they have gotten to the police first and convinced them that I was the criminal?"
"Unlikely. Firstly, how would they know where you were be. Secondly the most they could have done is lay out their allegations that you stole items from Lu Jinhu, you a.s.saulted them and that you were a stalker. They would have to prove their allegations. You can prove you owned the electronics. There would be no CCTV footage of any a.s.sault on them, unlike you, so the best they could do is claim it is in an area without CCTV footage. Finally, proving you stalked them would be difficult, as there is witnesses in Australia as to your relations.h.i.+p, bookings would exist to show your travel here and accommodation, as well as other evidence. Nothing there that shows you are a stalker."
"You are right."
"Anna do not let it worry you. We will deal with what comes. Remember I made a promise to you before we married about dealing with them, which I will keep." Hou Yi paused for a few seconds. "Let us just sit here for a few minutes, and then we can start dealing with a few other things that we need to deal with."
With that Anna and Hou Yi sat quietly, thinking about what had happened during the day. However before too long they were both interrupted by Butler Ge, who entered the lounge, and handed a package to Hou Yi. "Young Master, this was delivered from Fengs for you. When Young Madam"s items had arrived from the car, we simply placed the bags in the Master Suite, as we did not have the combination lock code. As to the items from M Mall, the dress in its bag, has been pressed, and hung up for Young Madam to access. The rest of the items have been put away. Young Madam, can you please let me know the combination for the suitcases, and I will arrange for everything to be cleaned, pressed and put away as soon as possible."
"The Suitcase code is 853 and the other bag is 742."
"Thank you, Young Madam. Young Master, what time do you need the car for."
"Just have it ready in 20 Minutes. What time we take, will simply be what time we take."
"Fine Young Master. I will leave you now." With that Butler Ge left the lounge area.
Hou Yi, opened the parcel from Fengs. In it there were two separate ring boxes and a box that clearly had a necklace. Hou Yi handed to Anna the necklace box directly. He then proceeded to open one ring box which had the engagement ring in it. He sat it aside for a minute on the table, and Anna placed the necklace box on the table.
On opening the second box, Hou Yi took out both rings. He handed the larger ring to Anna, keeping the other to him. "Could you hand me your left hand. While here we traditionally wear wedding rings on our right hand, I think in this case we will keep with the Western Tradition of them being on our left hand, at least at the moment."
Hou Yi, placed the empty box on the table, and took out of the other box the engagement ring. Anna handed to him, her left hand, he slipped on both rings, and while keeping the hand in his, took it to his lips, and pressed a kiss on the palm, and then where both rings rested. He then handed Anna his left hand and she slipped the wedding ring on his hand, and mirroring what he had done, kissed both the palm and where the ring lay on his hand.
Anna, as soon as the rings were on her finger, felt that they belonged, she belonged, and for an even more strange reason that she had a real chance of love in a relations.h.i.+p. However she dismissed these feelings before saying anything, because for her they could not be right, and she could not be loved by anyone.
Hou Yi reached over, and picked up the necklace box, stood up and reached down to take Anna"s hand to help her up. He quietly said, "Come with me, and I will show you the way to our room."