He looked at her and thought of the right words to use and he said,"Li Fei, you will never be a bother to me. Infact, I do everything with pleasure. I had decided to take a break at work because I knew you needed company but if it will make you feel better then I will go back to work. But please, don't leave." When she didn't reply, he continued," If you have ever appreciated me for anything, please stay." Li Fei ended up agreeing and he left to let her eat.
After the meal, Li Fei thought of Jianyu's words about locking herself in the room and she went out. Going to the living room, she caught sight of him sitting on the couch, doing some work on the laptop.
She came and took a seat in another couch.
"You're working?" she asked him, trying to create a conversation. He looked at her and said," Kind of. I'm glad you came out of the room." She nodded and her eyes went to look at the screen which was switched on.
"When are you planning on letting your family know that you're here? Li Jiang was worried about you. He said that your phone is not going through," he said. "I don't know. But soon."
"You know I'm always here for you right?" he asked and she nodded.
A long while later when he looked at her again, he saw that she had dozed off at the couch and he closed the laptop before getting up to where she was.
He gently made her lay down and he went to get a blanket before covering her with it.
He squatted and clearly examined her. He was a man just like any other and he had desire for the woman he loved. His eyes settled on her slightly parted lips and he felt the urge to touch them. He brought his fingers and just when he was going to touch them, he was startled by a knock on the door and he immediately pulled away.
Standing up, he went to open the door and seeing who was standing behind it, his eyes widened. "I'm sorry for dropping by unannounced but I was from getting my wife's favorite pancakes nearby and I decided to drop by," he said as he went in.
"I can see you have co- " He couldn't complete his words when he saw that the company he was speaking of was his own sister. He turned his head to look at him questioningly and he asked," What is Li Fei doing here?!"
"Keep your voice low I don't want her to wake up. Let's move outside and I explain everything to you," he said and Jiang hesitated before stepping outside as asked.
Jianyu followed and closed the door.
"You really owe me an explanation. When did she come back? I thought she was in Shanghai," he looked at him with questions filled in his eyes. "She came back almost a week ago." "Why is she at your place in all places?Why didn't you inform me?" "She asked me not to tell you because she didn't want to worry you, that's why." "Will you tell me what exactly happened. Why is she here? And her fiancee, Mr Jin Liwei?" He hesitated for a while before saying, "I didn't want to tell you but I guess it's of no use now since you've seen her."
He explained everything that happened between the two and how she wanted to commit sucide.
"That bastard," said Jiang as he gritted his teeth. His palms balled up in fists as he tried hard to control his temper.
"I couldn't believe it too," commented Jianyu. Taking a deep breath to calm down, Jiang said,"It is partly my fault. I wouldn't have approved of the relationship."
Jianyu took a while to say," You did it for her happiness. Just like I let her go with him so that she could be happy."
"I'm so disappointed in myself. It is my duty as her brother to protect her but I instead encouraged her to go to him," he said covering his face with his hands. "It was her decision and nothing could change that at the time," replied Jianyu.
A while later as Li Fei was sleeping, she felt someone stroke her hair and she slowly opened her eyes to see that it was Li Jiang and she sat up immediately.
Looking at him, she was at loss of words at this particular time. "Jiang, what are you doing here?" she asked looking at him. "I came to collect some documents," he replied.
He squatted down in front of her and he said," They told me what happened. I'm so sorry."
With the words, she looked at Jianyu who gave her an apologetic smile and she looked away. With Jiang's presence, it became hard for her to control the tears that were forming in her eyes and he leaned closer before hugging her tightly.
Seeing this, Jianyu excused himself and left the siblings to have a time for themselves.
Li Fei sobbed in his embrace as he rubbed her back assuring her that everything was going to be okay. A while later when she stopped, he pulled away and looked at her to say," You would have told me about this. Let's go home."
"No. I don't want Mom to see me like this," she said wiping her tears with the back of her hand. "I meant my house. Xinyi will be more than happy to have you stay with us."
"No Jiang. I don't want to intrude your space. You need your privacy. I'm okay here."
"You will never be an intruder. The house is big enough and you will be comfortable," he insisted. "I will stay," she insisted too.
"That man! He will have to hear from me."
"No don't! Don't bother them," she said. "He has to pay for making a fool out of you," he said.
"Please Jiang. I want to forget everything about him, and you fighting with him won't help things. And perhaps, I'm at fault too for believing his lies," she said. "Okay. As you wish."
A while later, she asked,"Jiang, do you think this happened to me because I don't listen to my parents? I think it was my punishment for being stubborn all the time."
"Don't talk like that. You were in love with him and you did it sincerely," he replied.
"So then, what are you going to do? Don't you think you should go for a vacation? I think it will help."
"I was thinking of the same thing."