Jokes apart, now Lee Jianguo was curious. Why would the butler call him if his princess did not request him to do so. No one ever dared to order him around apart from his little princess.
Lee Jianguo asked the maid to call the butler to the living room. As soon as the butler Chen Feng heard that master was looking for him, he hurriedly entered the living room. Lee Jianguo raised his head and gave a stern look to the butler. The butler was an old man serving his family from decades. All the generations of his family have been serving the Lee family. He didn't doubt the loyalty of the butler. But he also knew that his little princess never lies. Butler Chen was not scared or guilty, he looked at his Master calmly. He was also curious why Master had called for him. Usually, only Madam will have conversation with him on a daily basis regarding the house maintenance things, Master was rarely involved in anything. Today, for Master to call him something must have happened.
"Butler Chen, who instructed you to call me back home today?"
Butler Chen was puzzled by Master's question and answered quickly, "It was Miss. Meirong who asked me to call you to pass on the message on behalf of the Miss. Lijuan".
Lee Jianguo was not prepared to hear this answer. He looked at Lijuan questioningly,
"Oh! so it's Meirong. Actually daddy, I wanted to ask you for a favour on behalf of Meirong. That's why she would have asked the butler uncle to call you."
Lee Jianguo focused on the main point in what his daughter said. He asked again,
"Butler Chen, is it Miss. Meirong who asks you to call me all this while?"
Butler Chen nodded his head, "It was indeed Miss. Meirong who asked me to call you every time to pass on the message on behalf of the Miss. Lijuan".
Lee Jianguo looked at Lijuan to confirm if she asked Meirong to call him,
Lijuan shook her head and said, "No dad. Whenever me and Meirong discussed something and I took the initiative to speak with you, everytime you came back home early. And I thought you came back home early because there was no work and so I would directly tell you what I wanted. I would be excited and happy to see at home, and Meirong must also be in a hurry to talk with you, so she must have asked Butler Uncle to call you. "
Lijuan knows her father the best. She knows how he thinks and he did not become a business man without a deeper mind. Whatever she wanted to convey has been delivered to her father. He will understand the matter in a different angle and investigate it on his own. And what is about to happen today, will force my father to be warry of Lu Meirong.
Everyone was quite in the living for a while and each one had their own opinion on the matter just occurred. Lu Meirong entered the living room at this time. She was prepared to see a fight at the door but she didn't hear any commotion so she came down to look for herself. What she saw was a quite environment. She assumed that may be Lijuan already stated her requirements and Lee Jianguo is in deep thought thinking about how to fulfil her demands. However, contrary to her expectation what occurred was different.
Seeing the main character arriving at the trap, Lijuan started her acting.
"Meirong, you came at the right time. I was just about to ask dad about his opinion on the issue at our hand. Come and sit here. Will discuss the matter with dad and mom right now. Let's see what solution we can get".
Lu Meirong was stunned for a while; she did not expect Lijuan to drag her into this mess. She looked blankly at Lijuan who turned her attention back to her father,
"Dad. It's like this, Meirong's friend and his family have recently moved to Capital City. They seem to be in some sort of trouble related to their business and her friend's education. Meirong is also worries about her best friend's future. They helped Meirong a lot when her family was in trouble. So, she wanted to do something for them but she is helpless. We discussed about this matter in the afternoon and decided to tell you about this. If you can do something to help them dad, it will be great. We would also be able to help Meirong to repay their kindness."
After telling her piece, Lijuan became quite and started at Lee Jianguo and Hua Mulan with sparkling eyes, she didn't care about how Lu Meirong was feeling. She wanted to see if her parents would agree for it.