After few hours Han Meixiu was already boarding the plane to Country K with her best friend Li Xiaozhi.
"I can't believe you're really leaving everything behind." Xiaozhi who's sitting beside her finally initiated the talk after they settled down in their respective seat. She's her roommate and eventually became her best friend.
They avail a business class seat. She normally wanted first class but her stingy best friend went against it saying a flight less than four hours is simply not worth it.
"I need to find my mother. She's my only family now." Han Meixiu simply answered. Although it's the primary reason, she just really wanted to be freed from the Han family's claws.
Her parents divorced when she was 5 years old and she left her paternal family with her mother. After leaving her paternal family, within a month her mother disappeared. She then lived with her grandparents for twelve years.
When her grandparents died because of an accident three years ago, she was invited back to her paternal family. She was already seventeen by that time. Though she went back, she didn't live in the main house and was satisfied to live in a dormitory until she graduated few months ago.
She only visited the main house and meet the Han Family during special occasions.
From being a free individual because her maternal grandparents were spoiling her, she couldn't tolerate the controlling Han Family. She was constantly being singled out and her dear father was no where to be found. She never met him, not even once and nobody told her his whereabouts. Maybe because she also didn't ask and most importantly, she wasn't interested.
Normally she could live by herself but her grandparents requested her to go back to the Han family. According to them, she should give them a chance to be part of her life.
When it comes to finances, both Han and Zhang Family are almost equal. Han Family specializes in IT industry while Zhang Family is in Finance.
Han Meixiu received some inheritance from her grandparents just like her other cousins. She also has shares from their family company managed by her oldest cousin Yu.
She's actually interested to both IT and finance but given her lazy persona, she didn't want to be part of a chaotic corporate world. Her shares are more than enough for her to live comfortably as long as the her cousin does his job.
After graduation she already plan to look for her so called mother. Her grandparents told her before they died that their good-for-nothing daughter is in Country K based from the last time they received her mother's call. That was four years ago. Even when her grandparents died, her mother didn't come. So in her graduation, only her cousin Han Mingxia attended.
She normally wanted to asked permission from her paternal grandfather to go to Country K to look for her mother but who would have thought she would be bestowed with a fiancé instead.
Chen Dewei, originally the fiancee of her cousin Han Mingxia became hers. He is the third master of the Chen Family, one of the prominent family in Q City.
Both Han Meixiu and Han Mingxia weren't actually aware that the latter has a fiancé. This cousin of hers was always a no-show in family gathering. She only found out that they were cousins in one of the party organized by a common friend.
Although she wanted to be just like her, a no-show, she somewhat still wanted to please her paternal grandfather in behalf of her good-for-nothing mother so occasionally she attended some important events in the main house.
Her hyper active cousin, Han Mingxia, married herself off to her long term secret foreign boy friend who visited a month after their graduation without the blessing of the Han Family. She then flew out the country and settled with her boyfriend in his native country.
When she visited the Han's main house, she wasn't aware that Han Mingxia has already left leaving only a letter for her and their grandfather. It was also the day that Chen Dewei visited the main house.
After she read the letter, she didn't think much of it since there's actually quite number of female candidates that can replace Han Mingxia as Third Master Chen's fiancé.
She vividly recalled what happened a month ago.
After her grandfather gave her the letter he busied himself reading some documents and just gave her a gesture that she could leave first.
She would just wait for a couple of hours to see her grandfather again to discuss her plan of leaving the country instead of working in one of Han Family's companies just like her other cousins.
Han Meixiu left the study and went to the garden to re-read carefully the letter she received from her grandfather and an email sent by her best friend Li Xiaozhi.
The email from Li Xiaozhi mentioned about her mother in K Country thus confirming her late grandparents words.
Li Xiaozhi also asked her that if she wants to confirm everything, she can go with her to K Country a month from now.
While she was still contemplating on what she would say later to her grandfather, a maid came and told her that she needs to go to the study.
"Grandfather, you're looking for me?" she politely asked after she came in not noticing that there's an additional person inside.
"This is my grand daughter Han Meixiu." She heard her grand father said not even answering her thus she followed his vision and saw a man standing near the window.
He was standing against the light so she couldn't see his face clearly but based from the outline she's pretty sure he's a fine and an attractive man that possesses a regal aura.
"Meixiu, this is Third Young Master Chen, Chen Dewei, your fiance," her grandfather continued.
The man looked at her intently and she felt being sized up and down.