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"No, but I want to see if she will actually wait and be there when I return." Without slowing or looking back Liang JianAmal responded in a dispa.s.sionate voice.

"Sir? Then would it not be better to return. Are you not worried that your father or someone loyal to him would come and take her while you are away?"

"He is not that bold. If he tries anything it will be something more furtive, he will not attack openly." Snorting Liang JianAmal shook his head.

"Sir?"

"No. Is Hao Jin Ying still here?"

"Yes, she is actually waiting at the meeting."

"Fine then I shall be seeing her shortly, I shall tell her myself."

Looking back one last time in uncertainty Luo Jun could faintly hear the sounds of sniffling coming from the open door and looked at his boss. He looked to be completely unaffectd until he saw the man miss a step as a slightly louder sob came from his office.

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After she was certain Jian had left, Chang curled onto her side and drew her knees up as far as they would go. Burying her face Chang felt her shoulders shake with the weight of the hurt inside.

The possibility that he would respond like he did had been in her mind, but it did not ease the pain from him actually respoding as he did. His every word and look had been a sharp hot blade cutting into her already soft and weak self. All the confidence and fire she had built up in coming to him.

Laying on her side Chang tried to expel the crushing pain. Several times she heard the sound of clicking heels or shoes as people came to look at who was making all the sound in their CEO"s office, but Chang did not care.

Holding her knees like she was, it caused her hands and knees to throb, but it was a better feeling than the deep ache inside. Shivering Chang laid there after crying all she could, numbly waiting for him to return and say whatever he was going to say.

A part of her wanted to get up and run away, afraid of any more pain, but she stayed.

"I haven"t been able to stand by my word any other time, I should at least stay and wait to here what he is going to say. I owe him that." Sighing Chang mindlessly examined the fabric weave beneath her cheek.

"If I"m being honest with myself, I just want to see him too. Even if it"s only for a little bit longer and it only hurts me I want to be here with him. I"ve missed him so much. I wonder if he felt the same?" Feeling like the room was faintly tilting Chang lay there exhausted and numb as she heard the sound of footsteps returning.

"Chang? It is you I did not believe him at first and had to check, I am glad I did. Why are you here, crying like this?" From the doorway the clear sound of a woman"s voice came through.

"I"m not crying." Without raising her head Chang responded in a low mumble.

"What do you mean, you are not crying when everyone is talking about it outside, and I can already hear it in your voice. You should not lie, especially when it is so obvious." Lightly chastising her, the clear voice moved closer to her.

"JinYing, is it really you?" Recognizing who it was Chang tilted her head up slowly in surprise.

In her usual style Jin Ying had her fine black hair pulled back into a high tight bun and wore her half-rimmed metal gla.s.ses. Wearing a navy dress long sleeved dress and jewelry, she till had her no-nonsense look but was no longer as business-like as she once was. A few silver streaks graced Jin Ying"s hair now showing the marks of time.

"It is indeed. It has been a long time." Sitting by her head Hao JinYing smiled and put a hand on the younger woman"s head.

"You look pretty with your hair in that color, with your hair dark like that it makes you look more like your mother."

Looking up at her Changs lip trembled hearing her mention her mom.

"Are you going to continue to cry, you know it would break Lihua"s heart." Smiling gently Jin Ying shook her head at her.

"No... I just miss her so much." Pausing Chang had to reclear her throat to speak.

"I do too. I miss Lihua greatly. I am sorry I could not be there with you two until the end."

"It was not your fault Jin Ying. I"m glad to see you here now, I was worried that Liang Ju-Long had something bad planned for you too after everything else that day."

"Oh he did." Smiling mysteriously Jin Ying looked away and did not speak further on it.

"What happened?" Sitting up straight, Chang put her hand on Jin Ying"s.

"Nothing that I could not handle." Smirking slightly Jin Ying refused to elaborate. "What has happened to you though? Who hurt you?" Pulling at Chang"s hand that had covered her own, Jin Ying looked at the scabs forming in worry.

"Jian"s father, of course. He was very adamant about me not being able to see Jian. You know how he is with me." Withdrawing a little Chang lamented on how it was. "I don"t understand why he hates me so much."
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"I am unsure as well, it goes beyond logical reasoning. Come sit up straighter, let me look at your injuries. I am surprised that JianAmal did not treat them already, he is generally not as careless with you."

"He started to look at my knees but he stopped right before he left to go to the meeting. It"s ok Jin Ying, don"t worry about them, they"ll heal on their own eventually." Pulling her hand away Chang declined.

"He stopped?

"Yeah." Speaking in a small voice Chang looked at her hands curled together.

"Do not think too much into it, he has been overworking himself since he returned from the Republic of Lahat. Although he did take a vacation over a month ago, he has not been back since then, so I am sure more has built up for him."

"That"s because he came for me. A little over a month ago he came and spent a week with me and tried to convince me to return with him."

"Why did you not come back then? Would that not have been what you wanted? We both read the letter you left in your home, but I figured you had only spoke out of extreme hurt."

"I would say more than hurt, I was so disappointed with Jian then, I understand now though. And I did, more than anything, but I didn"t because I am afraid of Ju-Long." Steeling herself Chang asked a dark dear that had started to come up in the back of her mind since he walked out." Do you know Jin Ying, does Jian hate me now?"

"No I think" --halfway through her sentence the ringing of a cellphone interrupted her. Chang knew it was not hers as when she had awoken it was no longer on her person and had most likely been taken by Ju-Long or his men.

Seeing the indignant look on Jin Ying"s face from having been cut off by her own cell, Chang would have laughed if she had not been so miserable.

Without even looking at her phone Hao Jin Ying hung up on the call and resumed.

"No I do not think that he hates you, you would not be here if he did. Neither would he have taken the time to even partially treat you as he did. He also would not have gone to get you from Liang Ju-Long"s either. These facts alone could show you logically." Holding up her fingers Hao Jin Ying used them to mark her points.

"You"re right, but I-" twisting her fingers together Chang was interrupted this time by the cell phone"s chiming. Startled she looked at Jin Ying.

"Sorry I will take care of this." Pulling her phone out of her clutch, Hao Jin Ying hung up on the call only for it to start ringing immediately again. Annoyed she looked at the unknown number continuously pestering her.

"You should answer what if it is someone important." Smiling Chang softly urged her, rubbing the side of her arm as she nursed her own thoughts.

Answering her phone with a slightly perturbed expression Jin Ying went silent. Halfway through she gave a worried side look at Chang before giving a few affirmations to whoever was on the other end and hanging up.

"Who was that, that did not sound too good."

Wide eyed Hao Jin Ying looked back at the young woman silently, shocked.