A few days later as Li Fei was organising the closet, she suddenly remembered that she was supposed to call Yin Chen and she first left the work before she could forget again.
Calling on her number, she answered almost immediately," Li Fei oh my God! How are you?" "I'm alright Yin Chen. How are you?"
"I miss you. The house feels empty without you. You suddenly disappeared and I had no idea that it was the last time I was seeing you," she said. "I understand. Please forgive me for taking long to contact you. I hope everything is alright there."
"Not at all. The young master has not the been the same without you," she said and Li Fei didn't say anything.
"He only came back once ever since you left and he didn't spend that night either," she added.
When she got no response still, she continued," Li Fei, I heard what happened but I'm sure that the Young Master truly loves you."
"Yin Chen, I only called to let you know that I'm okay and that I truly appreciate everything you did for me. I have to go please," she said before hanging up.
If he was not returning home, it was probably because he had gotten a new place to live with his woman, she thought.
Still in thoughts, she heard a knock on the door and she immediately wiped her tears. Jianyu came in with a bouquet of flowers and he made way to where she was sitting.
Taking a seat besides her, he said," You've been crying, why?" "It's nothing. I just remembered something, that's all," she said and he immediately understood what it was about.
"Welcome back. And what's with the flowers?"
"They are yours," he said. "Mine? Why?" she asked. "Nothing. I saw them and they reminded me of you, then I decided to buy them for you. You like them?" "Yes. They are beautiful roses," she said examining them before placing them on the bed.
"I want to talk to you about something, but I don't know how you're going to take it," he said. "Tell me," she said giving him her full attention. "Ah..I decided to come with you to Shenzhen." "What?! Why?"
"First because, I have businesses in Shenzhen and secondly, by the time you came back from Shanghai, I was already planning on leaving Beijing. Although I wasn't going to Shenzhen initially, I thought it was a good idea if I come with you."
Not knowing what to say, Li Fei said ," But Jianyu, let me be honest with you. I don't want to give you any false hope. Coming with me to Shenzhen won't change the way I feel about you nor my answer. I will always see you as a friend." "We both know that I like you, infact, that I love you but I won't pressurize you. I want to be close to you and perhaps, I don't like it that you're going to be in a new town alone. I promise not to cross my limits but please, don't deny me the opportunity of staying next to you. After all, it's all I will ever get, isn't it?"
"I honestly don't know because I wanted to start a fresh and leave everything behind."
"And I won't trouble you, I promise."
"Oh Jianyu. I don't know what to do with you," she said clutching her hair frustratedly.
"Please say yes," he said pleadingly. Taking a deep breath, she said," Okay. We will be leaving next week."
"Thank you," he said smiling.
When silence reigned between them, he said,"
I know that I shouldn't be asking about this but, please let me. With everything that happened, do you ever regret meeting that man?" She took a while before saying," Honestly, I don't regret it because even though to him everything was fake, to me it was real. It was the realest thing that has ever happened to me.
I got to experience what being in love is and I'm sure that I will never feel that way again. For that, I will forever be grateful to him." Jianyu just nodded his head in understanding.
The next day early in the morning, Li Fei got dressed and as she was styling her hair, Jianyu knocked on the door before opening it.
"You're going somewhere?" he asked the moment he saw her. "Yes. I'm going to see Mom," she replied. "Oh! I had come to let you know that I prepared breakfast but since you're going, let me drop you off at your Mom's."
"It's okay. I will use a cab," she replied. "I insist. Let me drop you," he said. "Okay then. Let's go."
Reaching her mother's, Jianyu wanted to go in and say hello but she asked him not to.
Standing in front of the door, she knocked on it and later, it was opened. "Is mother home?" she asked the maid who had opened.
"Yes. Please come in," she went and took a seat at the couch as they went to inform her of her presence. "FeiFei, what a surprise," she said coming with her arms stretched wide for a hug.
When they parted, she asked," Did you have breakfast already?" "Not yet," she replied. "Let's eat together. They are just from preparing it."
In the middle of breakfast at the table, Li Mei asked ," When did you come?"
"Sometime back," she answered. "I'm glad you came to see me. I really missed you."
"I missed you too Mom," she replied. "How have you been?" she asked clearly examining her. "Great," her answers were short. When they got done with the breakfast, she led her to the bedroom and asked," So, how far with the wedding preparations?" "Ah, not bad," she replied looking down on the floor.
Li Mei took a while to say," I know you too well. Tell me what's troubling you. Did you two have a fight?" she asked.
When she shook her head, she said, "Then what is it? You're not fine." "Uhm Mom, the truth is that...we are not together anymore," she confessed and her brows raised in question.
"Why? What happened?" she finally asked. "Ah...I don't want to go into details Mom but I thought to let you know," she said. "You mean to say that there's no wedding?" "Yes, there's no wedding," she replied, tears gathering in her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she looked at her and asked," He hurt you, didn't he?"
With the question, the tears that had gathered in her eyes rolled down her cheeks and she slowly nodded her head.
"Come here," Li Mei said as she inched closer and embraced her devastated daughter. Li Fei's emotions got the best of her and she sobbed in her mother's arms.