Andy did not answer Lena.
Lena sighed. "If I knew you were going to be useless, I should have just let you died and then maybe Gary would be going a better job with the company right now."
Andy turned around. He stared at Lena and walked to sit with her. "I am fine."
"You sure? You don"t look fine."
"I don"t miss any of them." Andy replied.
"So what is bothering you?"
Andy laid back on the sofa and rested his head on the back as he stared to the ceiling. "Work."
"Yes, absolutely. I believe that 100%." Lena sarcastically commented.
"How did you do it?" Andy asked.
"So what?"
"Move on and find love again. Will I ever be able to trust anyone again? Do I even deserve to love someone again?"
"Ahhh... So you are having a love crisis. You will be able to find love again." Lena smiled at him. "If she"s the one, then you would no doubt to trust her again. Everyone deserves to be loved if they are willing to accept it."
Lena picked up the potted tree and handed it to Andy. "I gave you your second chance, don"t let me down a second time." Lena patted his shoulder. "First love is not always meant to be. But the fated one, it"s forever. Don"t let your first experience define the great possibilities of the future."
Lena stood up. "I wasn"t planning to stay long but I can stay if you want me too?"
"No. I am good. Thank Lena, for giving me a second chance."
"Of course. But let me warn you, Andy, I won"t let go so easily again if you dare cross my path the wrong way again."
Lena walked out of the office room. "And please, make sure you eat. The poor can"t afford to eat and you are here starving yourself for no reason."
Lena closed the broken door and left. A few minutes later, Sophia brought in some food for Andy and he ate it.
Lena got into the car and James drove out of the Yang company.
"Take me to the Shen mansion. I would be staying over there for a while." Lena spoke.
She had been giving people advice but she herself needed to take care of her own concerns. James dropped her off and she quickly went up to her room. She laid on her bed, trying to decide when it would be a good time to talk to her mother about her concern.
She heard her parents coming home. She went to look out the window. Her mom was cheerfully laughing with her dad. Lena really wished that her married life would be as peaceful and wonderous like her parents.
She decided that she will talk to her mother tomorrow. She went down and greeted her parents.
The next day, Lena went to work as usual. James picked her up and she arrived at SHYNE. Lena made sure she was texting and talking to Kris whenever she was available. She missed him and she did not want him to suddenly sneak into her bedroom at the Shen mansion again.
Lena stayed late at work and had dinner herself as she tried to finish more projects. When it was 8 p.m., she left and James dropped her at the Shen mansion again.
Aunt Mary asked if Lena was going to have dinner but she told her that she already did.
"Where are my parents?" Lena asked.
"Your father is in his study and your mother is in the library."
"Ok. Thanks."
Lena walked up to her bedroom. She went to take a shower and changed into some comfortable sleeping clothes. After drying her hair, she walked down the stairs to go to the library. In the large dark room, only a small lamp was lit by the sofa where her mother was sitting.
She was reading a book. Shen Milli looked up when she heard someone entered the room.
"Lena."
"Hi, mom." Lena walked over and sat on the ground. She rested her head on her mother"s lap.
Shen Milli put her book down. She moved Lena"s hair behind her air. "Something bothering you?"
"Kind of." Lena replied.
"Hmm.. tell me what is bothering my sweet daughter."
Lena lifted her head and looked at her mom. She placed her hand on Shen Milli"s lap. "Mom, tell me about my older sibling."
Shen Milli"s heart stopped beating for a bit but she took a deep breath. "Since when have you known?"
"A few years now."
"It"s not that we did not want to tell you, it"s just that I don"t want to remember the sad things in life." She patted Lena"s head. "But if you want to know, I can tell you."
Lena rested her head again on her mother"s lap. "Sorry." Lena did not want to bring back the sad memories of her mother"s life.
"It"s fine. We"re not kids anymore." Shen Milli replied. "There is not much to tell actually. It was a girl. When your father and I first found out that I was pregnant, we were very happy. We found her gender after four months. She was a very healthy baby."
Shen Milli started getting teary. "It was just after her fifth month that I lost her."
Lena got up and sat with her mother. She hugged her. "How did she go?"
"They didn"t know. She..." Shen Milli paused and took a deep breath. "She was perfectly a healthy baby, and she went away... so quietly. The doctors said that I might not be able to have another baby."
"But you still had me."
"Yes, I did. You were a miracle." Shen Milli hugged Lena back. "Before you though, your grandmother took me to the shrine, the one near the old mansion. I was praying for the soul of your sister and for good health. That day, a met an old lady."
Lena looked at her mom. Lena also saw an old lady at that shrine too. She continued to listen to what her mom had to say.
"The old lady said that my baby was a blessed child. That her soul was not meant to be in this world, but her fate was here. I don"t know what she meant, but she said that my daughter was in a better place. And that if I keep my good prayers, I would be blessed with another child."
Shen Milli did not understand what the old lady told her, but Lena did.