Once they were done with dinner, Yue Ling and Lu Tian sat on one couch as the other three sat on the one across. As for Liu Shan, the a.s.sistant had been put to sleep in one of the two guestrooms.
"You see, we figured something was bothering him, so we went to see him. However, the man was worse than what we had thought."
Lin Hui went into detail as he summarizes what had happened.
After their brotherly moment, Liu Shan didn"t want to stay at home. It was then that Xu Long came up with the idea for them to go have a little drink despite the sun still being out.
Lin Hui and Qi Li protested against the idea, but Liu Shan wanted to go. He said as long as he can get away from his place, he didn"t care where they went.
So, being the good brothers that they (Lin Hui and Qi Li) are, they decided to go too.
When they got to the restaurant, Liu Shan, who is a weak drinker, finished three bottles of hard liquor. Lin Hui and Qi Li drank too, but their alcohol tolerance was higher.
Even Xu Long who is considered to be a weak drinker could hold his alcohol better than Liu Shan.
However, into their drinking, Liu Shan blurted out everything to them. His feelings and Ling Ni"s story.
The three of them knew it was something they shouldn"t have heard, but they still listened to him vent his heart break. It was the least they could do for him.
When Liu Shan finished, that was when the situation took a new turn. He wanted to go find Ling Ni and ask her to give his heart back to him.
They don"t know the woman, but they know that if they were to let Liu Shan go, he will only have his heart broken again.
As they tried to stop him, Liu Shan who is great with his fists almost knocked all of them out and escaped. Luckily, Qi Li had fast reflexes and dodged all the punches. He was also able to stop the a.s.sistant from reaching the point of no return.
When they tied the man down, they didn"t know what to do from there on.
However, knowing that there is only one person who can talk some senses into the a.s.sistant, Lin Hui decided.
"And that is how we ended up here."
Lin Hui ended the story. He sat between Xu Long and Qi Li. Both his hands clasp together and settled on his lap. He looked like a person who was sitting in the middle of an important job interview.
The reason he suggested for them to come here is because of Yue Ling. She was always the one who could calm the a.s.sistant down with words.
He doesn"t know how she does it, but he thinks it has to do with the calm air that she has. No matter what situation they are in, she can always calm a person down.
Yue Ling listened until he finished, and she sighs. She had been trying to figure out her own problems that she forgot her own a.s.sistant was having his own.
She had once told him to seek closure, but if she had known this closure would break his heart so much, she wouldn"t have suggested it.
However, this is for the best. With this closure, even if it hurts at first, he will grow to accept it and move on from it.
Taking a deep breath, she looks at Qi Li, then Lin Hui and finally Xu Long.
If they had not gone to see Liu Shan, they would never know that he is going through this heartbreak.
"You guys did good. If you want to go home you can, but you are also welcome to spend the night here."
Her words fell as she stood up from the couch. Looking back at Lu Tian, she gives him a smile.
"I"ll go check on how Liu Shan is doing."
As she walked away, Lu Tian does not say anything, neither did he get jealous. He knows that Liu Shan is a very important person to his wife and if anyone were to talk to him, his wife is the person.
Standing up from the couch, he glance at Qi Li and Lin Hui then to Inu who was laying down at the side.
"Outside."
Hearing the man, Inu quickly got up and follows Lu Tian towards the backdoor. However, unlike the Samoyed, both Qi Li and Lin Hui were at a loss for words.
Why did Lu Tian look at them with such a menacing look then suddenly say outside?
Is he planning to kill them for what happened earlier?
Oh! My! G.o.d!
Seeing their confused look, Xu Long rolled his eyes. How did he become family with these idiots?
Shaking his head, he waves his arm in front of them and spoke to them like they were really idiots.
"h.e.l.lo! My boss is asking if you two want to go have a cigarette outside with him."
Hearing the a.s.sistant, Lin Hui and Qi Li turned dumbfounded. They could not believe they let their thoughts get carried away. Both men glance at one another, then stood up and follows in the direction Lu Tian and Inu had gone.
Being left alone in the living room, Xu Long sighs and also stood up. He"ll go outside too, but since he doesn"t smoke, he"ll just join Inu in the gra.s.s.
While Lu Tian and the others stayed outside, Yue Ling arrived at the door to the guestroom Liu Shan was staying in. She doesn"t knock on the door as it had been left opened.
She poke her head in and sees that the lamp by the bed had been turned on. Even the blinds for the window had not been shut. However, to her surprised, Liu Shan was already awake, but the man did not say anything to her.
He only stared blankly up at the ceiling as he immerse in his own world.
Seeing him this way, she sighs inside and lightly knock on the door then enters the room.
"How are you holding up?"
Liu Shan"s eyes finally blink as he turns to look at his boss. He force a smile and chuckles in self-pity.
"I guess they told you what happened."
She didn"t want to admit because she rather it be him who told her, but what else could she do. If Lin Hui and the others did not tell her, he (Liu Shan) never would.
"They were worried about you."
Arriving by the bed, she sits down near the edge and looks down at him like a mother who was comforting her son from his first break up.
"Did you find the closure you wanted?"
Liu Shan stares at his boss and he smiles a nod to her. However, s.h.i.+fting his gaze back to the ceiling, his eyes turned moist.
"But why does it still hurt?"
His brows furrow together, and he press his lips together to keep them from trembling.
"Why does love even exist?"
The thought of him hurting inside, Yue Ling thought back to the day they met. His girlfriend at the time left him all because he couldn"t shower her with luxurious things and now, he has to go through this.
He didn"t show it in front of others, but she knows that deep inside, he must have been suffering alone and there was no one he could talk to.
Not because he didn"t want to, but because he always appear as the carefree and energetic person, he doesn"t want others to worry about him.
She avert her gaze from him to the open window and stares at night sky outside.
"Love… it is nothing but a word that only knows how to hurt us."
Her soft voice calmly spoke like a soothing sound to one"s heart. She looks back at Liu Shan and faintly smiles.
"But when you meet the right person, it becomes more than just a word."
Hearing her words, Liu Shan force himself not to cry. He stares up at the ceiling so that his tears will not fall, but they still found their way from the corners of his eyes.
He is only hurting now because he thought Ling Ni was the one for him. However, she is right.
His pain right now is only a small part of everyone"s life that they have to experience to move on. It"ll hurt for now, but when he meets the right person, everything will get better.
Just like his boss.
If anyone knows pain from the word love, it would be her. All the people she had loved were taken from her and now she only has a few of those she love left.
Not only that, she even gave up on love when s.h.i.+n pa.s.sed away, but within time, she was able to meet Lu Tian.
He also thought about what Lin Hui, Xu Long, and Qi Li had said to cheer him up. He wipes his tears away and put on a strong face.
"I"m sorry you had to see like this."
Yue Ling sighs a smile and shook her head. Reaching a hand to him, she gently pat his head like an older sister to her younger brother.
"I may be your boss, but I am also your friend and sister. Know that no matter what you go through, you have me and everyone else here. We, of all people will never judge you."