"I know, but you can decide to change at any time, after all, change they say is constant.
In fact, I prefer taking you by surprise" Zhang Min concluded.
"Really? that's because you know you are the only friend I've got, so if I am not with you who else could I possibly be with?
If I'm not at home, that means I would be at work.
You see why taking me by surprise works for you."
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He realized when he got home that he had not asked for Wang Fang's phone contact either had she.
He began to wonder why she had earlier acted the way she did. He got out of his couch he had seated on since he got back to the house and went straight to the bathroom to have a cool shower.
Just as he was having his shower, he heard his phone ringing. Who could that night caller be? he didn't know who to guess was the one calling he had all his friends and family knew that he hated to be called when it is already late.
Not that he doesn't make night calls, but he actually preferred to be the one who's calling and not the other way round. The sound of his phone ringing at night pissed him off
When Jinyong was done taking a shower, he quickly grabbed his phone to see who had been calling. He discovered he had had up to four missed calls already. He was then tied between returning the person's call immediately or rather do that the next day.
Come to think of it, it was past 11 pm already and that caller had given him four missed calls already with an unknown number and no caller's identification.
For the person to have called, it shows it was something very urgent and important, so He Jinyong concluded on dialing the number.
"Hello?!" The person on the other side spoke.
He Jinyong had waited to hear the person's voice, to know if it was a familiar voice or not.
Although it was a female voice and he wasn't familiar with that voice.
"Hello, I missed your call so I thought it wise
to return it, may I know who am speaking with?" He Jinyong finally uttered.
"Yeah, this is Li Jing Sir." The lady at the receiver's end introduced herself.
Li Jing worked as a housemaid at the He's family house. She had been working for the family for less than six months now and not for once had she called the Young boss, He Jinyong. He Jinyong on his own had never asked for the new maid's number.
He was quite flowing well with the old maid
Li Xiu Ying before she left the He's family house. Li Xiu Ying was an aunt to Li Jing, she was married though but still answered the Li's family name. Li Xiu Ying worked for the family even before He Jinyong was given birth to.
So just when she told the old mama and papa He, that she was leaving the family, she was pleaded upon to stay with them more they offered to increase her pay to the amount she would want to be paid. She calmly forfeited the offer making them understand her reasons for leaving the family.
"Li Xiu Ying, is there anything we have done wrong to you that you're not telling us?" old Mrs. He Al had asked her just when she told them she was leaving the He Family.
"Not really Mrs. He. This family has treated me not as a maid but as one of you. But is time for me to go to my own family, I need to be with my husband as am married now."
"I see... what if we offer you and your husband accommodation in one of the He's
family houses here?" Old Mrs. He Al asked, expecting to get a 'yes' for a reply. The reverse was the case as Li Xiu Ying's mind was already made up.
although the family had treated her like one of them the truth is that she was married a few months before this day and needed to stay with her husband.
So she turned down the offer made by the family. She did that respectfully without amounting to quarrel or misunderstanding.
"I don't think that will be necessary Mrs. He Al My husband would not welcome that idea.
But not to worry, I will bring my niece here to work for this noble family and I believe she will like it here." Li Xiu Ying convinced Mrs. He Al about her leaving. When she promised to bring her niece to them, that already made Mrs. He Al a bit at rest about her leaving. She had already set a good image of her own family in the heart of the He's family by the way she did things with the family.
That was how Li Jing started working for the He's family.
"Li Jing, is there a problem?" Jinyong asked with concern.
"There is a little problem Master Jinyong."
"What is the problem?"
"Your mother isn't feeling too well, and she had forbidden me from calling the family Doctor, so I thought calling you would be the best option.
"For my mother to stop you from calling the family Doctor, that shows the illness is not that serious. Nevertheless, I will be at the He's mansion first thing tomorrow morning."
"I think she is just feeling under the weather. Just come and see things for yourself."
"Alright, thank you. Goodnight."
"Goodnight Sir." Li Jing responded as she hung up the call.
The health condition of Mrs. He Al got Jinyong pondering throughout the night. He had always pleaded with the mother to allow the family Doctor to check up on her, but she had completely refused.
The Doctor only carried out his duties on her only when He Jinyong called her and made sure the mother was forced to oblige.
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The next morning, He Jinyong hurried into his car and drove straight to the Hes Mansion to see his mother.
Before doing that, he had already placed a call across the family Doctor.
"Mother, how are you doing this morning?" Jinyong asked as soon as he got to his mother's room, while he placed his palm on his mother's forehead.
"Son! I am doing great. why have you come this early morning?" He Al asked out of surprise. She least expected her son to be with her that early. Even though she was happy he came around, she still believed someone must have told him about her ill health.
"Mother, I know you are not feeling too well, you can't deny it because It's obvious. Why don't you stop pretending to be fine when you're not?"
"Son, Believe me when I say I am good. By the way, you're coming to the house this morning was based on this?"
"What do you expect mum? that I stay back after being informed that you're not feeling too fine? you know..."
He was still talking when a lady in her late twenties walked into the room. It was the family Doctor, but specifically for the mother.
She had come to carry out some tests on Mrs. He Al to Ascertain what was wrong with her this time around in order to place her on medication.
"Good morning Mrs. Al, Morning He Jinyong" The Doctor greeted both mother and son smiling at them both.
As soon as Old Mrs. He Al saw the Doctor, She quickly averted her gaze to the other side of the bed. She hated the sight of a Doctor, She felt they always see What does not exist when it comes to her case.
So she did not reply to the Doctor's Greetings. Although, the Doctor was used to that kind of attitude coming from her, and she understood quite well why she does that.
"Good morning Doc Chen. Please do well to carry out your duty." He Jinyong replied to the Doctor's greeting and asked her to commence on what had brought her to the He Mansion.
Doctor Chen then asked Mrs, Al, to lie flat on her tummy to enable her to carry out her duty effectively.
Mrs, Al reluctantly carried out the Doctor's instruction only because her son was there. She hated to be checked and carried tests on.
When Doc Chen was done with the check-up, She wrote on a piece of paper and hands it over to He Jinyong. on the paper were the names of some prescribed drugs by Doc. Chen.
"You have to make sure you get those drugs for her. Her health condition isn't that bad anyway, mind you, you still have to get those drugs and make sure she takes them." Dr. Chen Instructed before leaving the He's Mansion.