She thought about his words and she realized that he was right. "What do you want from me Caihong?" she asked. "Now you're talking," he said and he added," I want us to go on with our plan. Come with me before he finds out about what you did, Li Fei." "It is your plan not ours," she reminded him. "Yes, my plan. I want you to ask him to go visit your parents just like the last time. We shall take that opportunity to leave China for good and start a new life together," he said smiling from ear to ear as she looked at him. He looked so pathetic right now and it made her wonder if this is how he always was or if something happened to him.
"And who tells you that I want to leave China and start over with you?" she asked. "Your options are limited in this case Li Fei. They are only two. You either do as I say or I call and tell him everything ," he said and taking a deep breath, she said," Okay. Give me sometime though." "I will give you two weeks," he said. "Come on! I need at least a month," she bargained. "A month is too much Li Fei. I can't wait to live my life with you. Two weeks that's it," he said. "There's no way he will let me go soon when I've been sick," she reasoned with him. "He's so caring, isn't he?" he asked sarcastically before adding," The most I can give you is three weeks. If it's not enough then I will be pleased to go back to two weeks."
She attempted to leave the car when he stopped her and said," Take care of yourself for me. I will be calling to remind you." "There's no need for you to remind me. I can't forget the betrayal of someone I considered to be a friend," she said. "You know, I've always wanted to be more than that to you but you didn't let me. But don't you worry. I promise that everything will be fine the moment we leave." She glared at him and asked," Who gave you that information Caihong?" "Why don't you guess? It's someone you trust so much," he said and the only person that came to her mind was Liling. She had also betrayed her. All these years of friendship were a lie.
Caihong said this so as to create a misunderstanding between them because he knew that it would be easy to control her when she had no one to help or advise her. She pushed the door open and she walked back to the house. Tears fell from her eyes but among all these, Liling's betrayal hurt her so much.
She was alone once again with no one but herself. She entered the house and the moment she opened the door to her room, it was pitch black as the lights had been switched off. Did she remove the lights before leaving? Maybe, she thought before going to switch them on but the moment her eyes fell on the bed, she gasped loudly nearly screaming. Jin Liwei was sitting on her bed and it's probably him that removed the lights.
"M-Mr Jin Liwei, you scared me," she whispered touching her chest. "Where are you coming from?" he asked. "I-I went outside to get some fresh air," she said. Standing up, he went to where she was standing and he said," I see. Do you like him so much?" She looked at him confused and asked," Huh?" "The one you had gone to meet," he said looking at her. He noticed that she was from crying and it made him wonder if it was the crazy doctor's doing. "I-I don't like him," she whispered looking at him. His gaze was so penetrating that she looked away. "But you sneaking out of the house this late to see him says otherwise. You even lied to me when I asked," he said looking at her. He got a strand of her hair and started to play with it. "But he likes you, doesn't he?" he asked. "I-I don't know," she replied. With him standing so close to her and playing with her hair, she found it so hard to concentrate. "You should be careful with that crazy doctor," he said before letting her hair strand fall back. "Has your health improved?" he asked and she was quick to reply," Yes. Thanks for asking Mr Jin Liwei." "Okay," he said before turning and left the room.
Li Fei sat on the bed sighing with relief that Mr Jin Liwei wasn't offended because considering the problems she had, she didn't want to pile them. She remembered what he asked about Caihong, she has never loved him much less liked him and now that he had threatened her, she was beginning to hate him. How could she live with someone like that? But if she didn't, he was going to report her. Liling! She betrayed her yet she had trusted her completely. Perhaps she would have done this on her own without involving anyone had she known.
Her phone rang and it was none other than Caihong calling. "Have a good night sleep," he said the moment she picked. "Quit calling my number Caihong. You almost got me caught," she said. "I will be calling you more often from now on Li Fei checking on your progress," he said. "You don't have to keep bugging me because I know what I have to do," she said before hanging up.
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The following week, Li Fei went back to work. She wasn't completely fine but she needed to get busy so as to get her mind occupied. Liling had been calling her multiple times and sending her messages but she didn't answer.
She was so hurt by her betrayal. Sitting at her desk, her mind was elsewhere. The thought of leaving Jin Liwei's life didn't sit so well with her but she had to remind herself that Jin Liwei was not her man and never will he be. Her ringing phone disrupted her out of her thoughts and she saw that it was Liling. She muted the call and decided to get some work done.