"President Chen", Mian and Lifei called out excitedly standing outside Chen Lihua's room door, Chen Lihua who was laughing on a joke Yingbao cracked turned to look at the people she hadn't seen in a long time
"Mian, Qin Lifei you both are here", Chen Lihua said smiling happily, Mian and Lifei looked dazed for a moment, they couldn't remember the last time they saw a smile like that on Chen Lihua's face probably before her mother's death and that beautiful, yet cold face that gave people the impression of the goddess above mortals and her noble aura that could be felt from a thousand miles away, none of it could be concealed by the wheelchair she was sitting on.
"President Chen", Lifei burst into tears and jumped to hug Chen Lihua, she suddenly realized what she did but it was too late
"Why are you so emotional, did you miss me that much don't worry I am alive. Its not like you will ever find a boss as sweet as me", Chen Lihua teased with a small smile and Mian coughed vigorously
"Why are you coughing so much Mian?, did I lie?. Is there a boss like me?", Chen Lihua asked looking straight at her, although her tone was light and carefree with a hint of humor Mian and Lifei who had been with her for long could still detect the threat in her statement
"Of course President Chen there is no one like you. You are the great Boss of all time", Mian replied half bowing, whether she was standing or on a wheelchair the fear and respect they had for Chen Lihua was ingrained deep in their bones.
"Aah, I know", Chen Lihua said and everyone burst into laughter
"Zixi said you guys would be here in a few days how come you are earlier", Chen Lihua asked gesturing the both of them to sit in front of her
"We were able to leave earlier and we were really missing you as well", Lifei replied and Chen Lihua looked at the both of them with a deep gaze
"Thank you", she said and Lifei and Mian looked at each other thinking they heard wrongly, in the last five six years that they have both known Chen Lihua they have never once seen her apologize or be grateful to anyone but her mother, "sorry" and "Thank you" weren't words she would casually say to anyone.
Chen Lihua looked at the both of them amusedly she could understand why they had such weird reactions
"Thank you", she repeated and the both of them could finally confirm they hadn't heard wrongly
"Aunt Mishi said it was because of your fast thinking and action that am alive today, although I don't understand what she meant by me escaping death the second time I still want to say thank you".
"I have never said it but everything I did and achieved and how I remained alive after my mother's death were partly because of both of your support and I am extremely grateful, Thank you Mian, Thank you Lifei. I know the both of you are older than me but I am still your boss so I will always help and support you whenever you need me too", Chen Lihua said not once shifting her gaze from the two women in front of her.
"President Chen", Lifei murmured sniffing her tears everything they did was because of the love they had for her and to repay her mother's favour to the both of them, only they knew that both she and Mian wouldn't be here today without everything Bai Zhi did in their lives.
"I know you are touched but you don't have to cry, this is the second time you will cry in the last 20 minutes that you entered this room", Chen Lihua snorted she just couldn't understand while Lifei was so emotional and cried at any given chance.
"Okay tell me how is Paradise Entertainment", Chen Lihua finally asked the question she has been wanting to ask ever since she woke up she really missed her company. Lifei and Mian looked uncomfortably at each other
"Tell me how is Paradise Entertainment, I know the both of you are capable enough to handle it I just want to know how the company is that's all", Chen Lihua said thinking the both of them felt uncomfortable because they thought she didn't trust them enough to handle the company.
"President Chen a lot has happened in the last six months that you have been unconscious", Mian said gripping Chen Lihua's hand tightly
"What happened", Chen Lihua looked between the two of them getting anxious at their tone of voice.
"President Chen we aren't the one handling Paradise Entertainment", Mian said and Chen Lihua looked shocked before asking
"Then who is handling it",
"Director Mo and Miss Xie", Lifei said and Chen Lihua laughed relaxed
"Then what's bad about that. Its good that my close ones are the one handling the company in my absence".
"President Chen you don't understand, The company is no more in your name its now in theirs, the both of them have taken complete charge of Paradise Entertainment as well as Chen Mansion", Mian said and Chen Lihua could feel her breathing turn erratic
"Whaaat did you just say?"
"The company is no more in my name and my family's ancestral home, how did they transfer the properties I didn't do it",
"President Chen, do you remember the documents you signed two nights before your accident, the one you asked me to drop on Director Mo's table the day after", Mian asked and Chen Lihua nodded
"Those documents were the contracts of the newly signed artists but they had your property transfer papers in the middle", Mian said and Chen Lihua shook her head frantically
"No, No this is not possible. Mo Ting and Xie Yurin won't betray me like this, we love each other a lot. The three of us have been friends for almost ten years now",
"You were the only one that loved them President Chen, they didn't love you", Mian said and Chen Lihua could feel hot tears stream down her eyes
"But how did they get my property papers", Chen Lihua asked amidst tears
"Through your housekeeper Butler Ming, the both of them kidnapped her grandson and threatened her to steal the property papers from your room", Lifei said again.
"That's not all President Chen, the both of them..
"Were the one responsible for my accident, right?", Chen Lihua cut Lifei short
"President Chen how did you know", Mian asked shocked
"I remember seeing the two of them that night of my accident before I lost consciousness", Chen Lihua replied looking at the two of them, Mian and Lifei looked at each other shocked
"The two of them actually had the guts to be present at the crime scene, it only means they completely believed you wouldn't survive, when we went to tell them you had slipped into a coma two days after the accident we had eavesdropped on their conversation and that was when we found out about their evil plot" Lifei said and Mian continued
"We heard them say they would kill you again if you survived that was why Lifei and I used our quick reflex to change the truth and told them you had already died. After your death was broadcasted all over the world your Aunt Mishi contacted us and we told her the whole truth so she decided along with us to take you away from China and bring you here to the United States for treatment",
"So Mo Ting and Xie Yurin in fact the whole world believes I am now dead right", Chen Lihua asked and Mian and Lifei both nodded
"Unknown to you, Director Mo and Miss Xie were in a relationship for a long time since the both of them got married only a week after your fake funeral and the both of them along with the rest of the Mo family moved to Chen Mansion", Mian and Lifei watched Chen Lihua's face change several shades of color upon each of their revelations but she deserved to know the truth so those two evil people would be punished.
"Aaaahhhh, so my mom was always right about those two she could see it so clearly but I couldn't", Chen Lihua laughed mockingly at herself the only two people she thought she could call family had betrayed her so much.
Her mom always told her there was something fishy in the closeness of Xie Yurin and Mo Ting but she always chose to never listen to her so the both of them were actually in a relationship and Mo Ting claimed to love her. The truth was always right in front of her but she always chose to overlook it and if they found out that accident had actually not killed her they would have killed her again and again until she was no more. Was it all for her property?, why did they have to go so far?.
Chen Lihua always thought she was the worlds most ruthless and cunning woman as she had never had any regards for anyone but those two definitely proved her wrong.
"Lifei, Mian leave me alone for a while", Chen Lihua said and Mian and Lifei looked hesitantly at her for a while before standing up,
"I have already lost the things I cared about the most, now I have nothing more to lose, don't worry about me leave for a while", Chen Lihua repeated and looked at them with a deep unfathomable gaze, Mian stared at her for a while longer before they carefully stood up and walked out of the room locking the door behind them.