Mrs. Jin placed the teacup to the saucer lightly when Madam Li has went out of the room to take care of the garden which was her new hobby to tend nowadays. Jin Nu Yuan sat in front of her mother and her smiley face had now turn to a sulking expression. She looked at her mother, eyes with anger, "She was making things up and grandma likes her too much."
"We chose wrong things to do last ti." Mrs. Jin replied, looking at her daughter frown she then spoke, "No matter what she do from now on, Nu Yuan you are not to make a move or show your anger."
"Do you an I should be kind to her?!" Jin Nu Yuan couldn’t believe her mother was siding on Li Lian, the woman who is from a low family. She had also heard the rumors that tell Li Lian was from a countryside and that was enough embarrassnt for Jin Nu Yuan.
"Yes. That is what I’m telling you to until we could find soone who could take Li Lian’s position." Mrs. Jin’s eyes went on her daughter who was still in a brimming anger and she sighed, "Would you want to have her around all the ti, Nu Yuan? If you don’t then follow my words. Once we found a woman who could be on Jun Wei’s fancy, the woman he is searching for, proving Li Lian’s lies, and expose her dirty secrets, we then shall secure Jun Wei’s good side."
Jin Nu Yuan was still with a frown, "And how long would it take? I requested brother Wei to help to get to Imperial Hospital but he rejected even though he had never before. It is all because of her! I am sure she was the one who told brother Wei not to help us anymore!"
Mrs. Jin who had picked the teacup now placed it to the saucer with a loud clinic stopping her daughter’s words. "Stop raising your voice, Nu Yuan do you want everyone in this house to hear what you are saying of?" Her mother scolded her for Jin Nu Yuan to bite her lips in order to stop speaking but her anger was still clear in her eyes.
"But-"
"No matter how long it will take once we have Li Lian out of the picture we could replace the position with soone we could handle, soone who would follow our words and persuade Jun Wei to grant all our wishes and request. Would you not want that, dear? We have plenty of ti, we can let Li Lian to enjoy what she like and watch her suffer later." Mrs. Jin coaxed.
Although her words were true not all was without lies. Mrs. Jin didn’t only plan to have Li Lian removed. If she could, she would not only have the wife removed but also the husband to have complete control to the family. It was better to keep Jin Nu Yuan in the dark because even though her daughter was clever, she was still green and unable to hide her thought that could ruin their plan.
For once after hearing the plan her mother had, Jin Nu Yuan fell in silence. She didn’t agree to the plan yet as she had to wait which was sothing she wasn’t able to but when her mother ntion Li Lian would be gone and suffer, she felt sowhat satisfied. Even if the plan hadn’t yet happened, there was a chance and Jin Nu Yuan believe her mother would be able to put the plan she had to action.
"Do you an Ren Linliu?" asked Jin Nu Yuan, compared to before her voice lowered and she sat closer to her where her mother was, with curiosity in her eyes.
"Not Linliu, she is too clever for her own good and ambitious. We need soone who wish to repay our kindness and will forever heed to our words and instructions." smiled Mrs. Jin and slowly, her eyes narrowed down on the grin she had on her lips.
Jin Nu Yuan didn’t know who her mother was talking of, but hearing that her mother had already found a person she could use, she couldn’t help but break to a smile of happiness like her mother.
Li Lian anwhile, left the house and arrived at the place where the reunion was held alone. Once she arrived, she could see there was a few groups of people waiting for the rest to co which could possibly be the reunion group.
When her legs stepped out of the car many eyes were on her, starting from the hotel worker who had opened the door for Li Lian to co out. Seeing Li Lian, the man first narrowed his eyes at her face, thinking her had seen her sowhere when his mind suddenly rember who it is, "Singer Yue Li Lian!" The man gasped, attaining Li Lian’s eyes at him and she smiled in return for the person who had recognize her.
How could they not? The song was famous right after the first day it was released. With the song lody and lyric that stays over others, it was hard for people to not hear the song twice and thrice.
A single man who had been leaning on the pillar inside the hotel lobby had crossed his arm with his footsteps tapping down on the ground lightly. When he bend down his head, feeling the sunglasses he wore slipped down, the man pushed back the fra and waited for Li Lian to arrive when soone ca beside her.
"Zhuang Xuan," The woman called his na with a coquettish tone, "You’ve been standing the entire ti, let’s take a seat together." she said and her eyes fell to Zhuang Xuan’s large and muscular arm that was in the color of golden honey, "Or is there soone you are waiting for?"
Zhuang Xuan bend his neck down to let sunglasses fall to his nose, and his eyes went to see Li Lian who had walked down of the car. "There is." replied Zhuang Xuan to the woman, before leaving to go where Li Lian was.
Li Lian thanked the person who opened her door, the group of people then shifted their eyes at Li Lian, so was her classmates who attend the sa college as her and she could rember that a few had beco a singer like her. She smiled at the people, her eyes crinkling to greet them, "I’m Li Lian, is this the college reunion?"
The person who was asked by Li Lian looked at her first, without answer until he gave her a very quick nod, "Yes. This is the college reunion. Li Lian, do you rember us?" asked the person, seeming still surprised that she was here now, in front of their eyes. Although so of them had beco professional singers, there was difference between them after Li Lian had beco more famous than so of them.
"Of course I do, I am glad to be able to et you all again," said Li Lian with a polite smile.
The sa person who had asked her now, thought Li Lian to herself, she was the sa woman who didn’t want to speak to Li Lian years ago because she believe the rumors Fu Wanxi spread where she slept with professors for her perfect marks. Li Lian may not hold grudge to the woman but it didn’t an she forgot what they did in the past. And by her experience talking, it would be better to avoid people like her as they wouldn’t blink when betraying or badmouthing one behind their back.
"Can we-"
"Well, well, I see that the grudge years ago is finally resolved?" the voice ca by between Li Lian and the woman. Li Lian turned to see her friends Zhuang Xuan smiling at both her and the woman, "I rember in the past you really dislike Li Lian." added Zhuang Xuan, his hand pulled the sunglasses he wore from his face and placed it to the trouser pocket.
The woman stared at Zhuang Xuan, pursing her lips to set and awkward laughter, "I don’t think I have ever said anything about disliking Li Lian." The woman didn’t want to be in Li Lian’s bad side, knowing how Li Lian had steadily gathered her fan base and a na for herself. She wouldn’t want to be ostracized by others for having a hand to shunning Li Lian in the past.
"Everyone have bad mories, right Lian Lian?" Zhuang Xuan raise his eyebrow and wrinkled his upper lips as if he was disappointed.
"Don’t say that, Xuan." said Li Lian to the woman’s relief that stayed barely for a mont, "People forget what they did when it doesn’t hurt them though for the one who is hurt, it is different."
"You are right." Zhuang Xuan replied, shaking his head anc clicking his tongue before the man went beside the sa woman who now had a tense expression as people began to look at her in disdain.
Li Lian didn’t help her, she didn’t holds grudge but it doesn’t also an she would be by the woman’s side, supporting her by denying what she had never done when in truth at that ti, it quite affect Li Lian who had just left her country to an unfamiliar environnt.
"Shall I help you to rember? I do have a very strong mory and could help to fill yours that seem to be empty for the mont," Zhuang Zhuan offered and the woman shook her head imdiately after sending the pressure and the hidden warning underlaid in his voice.
"Please excuse ." The woman said before running and Li Lian could hear Zhuang Xuan cackling happily.
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