Days passed and into weeks they went, Blooming into months, Tang yi had completely changed, He cut off his hair, changed his attitude, A year passed away quickly and since he was now the CEO of his family's company, He became very cruel,buried himself in his work,had his guard up that made women fear him. He had searched for Liliana for the past one year but couldn't find or track them. it was like she had suddenly vanished into thin air erasing their traces off the surface of the earth. He hated her,but at same time she was the only woman he'd ever love and would continue to love. what was the point of love? loving someone who didn't want to love you back, someone who went far,far to the ends of the earth to be away from you💔.. she was really good at disappearing. if he ever found her again,
"I'd keep her by my side even if it was forcefully, even if I have to keep you in a cage all the rest of our lives" he thought. what hurt most was that, his children were going to grow up without him. The thought of someone else replacing him in their lives made his heart burn and everytime this happened, his eyes became bloodshot red.
"Bao bei..." lei yi rushed into his office and hugged him. he gently pushed her off
"I'm working.." he said without looking up at her.
"i know your heart still is with that bitch, but I'll make you forget her soon, we belong together" Lei yi thought to herself as she paused, suddenly her face lit up at the thought.
"Ah yi, you've been working too much lately, why don't we go out and take a breath of fresh air?" she said as she massaged his shoulders gently.
he sighed "okay.." he said still buried in his work. he had only agreed because he knew how persistent she could be and that could also help the publicity of their companies new sub-merging deal.
"pick me up at 8" she squealed in silent victory, her plan was coming to life.
"let's see how you escape this one this time" she thought and giggled as she walked out of his office leaving him alone behind with a sigh.
Liliana stood by the airport exit, she breathed in the smell of fresh air, she was carrying her 4 year old daughter AÄ« with one hand and holding her 8 year old son Yuan with one hand as a Roll royce boat tail rolled to a stop right in front of them. The man at the front seat smiled as he rolled down the car rear window.
"Ah li, Ah yuan, Ah AÄ«!" the man who was dressed in expensive suits had come down from the car to hug both mother and her children.
"shu shu!!" The two children echoed in unison rushing away from their mother to embrace the man.
"Huang Jingtang,you haven't changed much apart from the fact that you look stressed out" Liliana smiled brightly at him.
"i missed you too" Jingtang smiled back at her embracing her tenderly. He had left them behind in Germany not too long ago. Liliana was done with law school and had become quite famous in her field of work. she never thought her dreams could ever come true but she was determined to scale through it. Thank God for the people sent from heaven that had surrounded her in the last 5 years. Mrs Yu had moved to Germany a month after she had left to help her take care of the kids while she continued from where she had stopped in furthering her education and getting a law degree.
Jingtang and chennai had been the fatherly figures for her two children making sure they never felt void of a father's love. Although both men had their lives to live, they always came running when she needed help. chennai had found a wonderful Philipina and was married to her now, after they welcomed their first child Haoyi, they moved to stay in Germany permanently where he had applied for a transfer from beijing to the hospital's branch in Germany. His wife Calista was now pregnant with their second child.
Liliana was moving back to beijing, they had rebuilt the Yu's family house where she and her children would stay with Mrs Yu because now that Chennai had his own family and had moved away, they didn't want the older woman to feel lonely. Coming back to beijing brought a pang of memories,they were certain people she didn't want to see or run into. she didn't want to ever get involved with the Tang family again but she worried, Tang yi was as stubborn as a mule. over the past five years, he had tried to reach out to her severally asking her to marry him. she had blocked him on all of her social media platforms because she wanted to focus, she had left the old life behind but now she was back and hoped it would be different. now that he was married to Lei yi. they had a four year old son and she was happy for them but ,she never wanted to run into them because she didn't really know how to face Tang yi if they ever ran into each other.
five years passed in a blink of an eye and Tang yi was now married to Quang lei yi. since that night she had drugged him and slept with him then got pregnant for him. For the past five years he had buried himself in building his family legacy and raising his son mùyáng. He still thought of Liliana everyday of his life, he tried to be a filial husband to lei yi but since that day she had drugged him, they had not been intimate for the past five years. He preferred to stroke himself in the showers thinking about Lillian than being intimate with Lei yi. outside to the eyes of the world, they were the power couple,but behind closed doors, Tang yi preferred burying himself in his work in his home office. He was 30 years old now and all of the events of his past life had turned him into a reserved and quiet man. He was now more mature in his thoughts and decision making.
for the past five years he had tried to forget her after she had blocked him everywhere. but he couldn't, day to day, he wondered how there were doing,what's she was doing,what they had eaten and if they were living well. He badly wished he could see his children, he baldy wished he could watch his children grow. since he couldn't he directed all of his fatherly love and attention onto mùyáng.
"Lao gong(husband), Mùyáng is being bullied at school" Lei yi said walking up to massage Tang yi from behind.
"I'll send zhiyu to go check it out with you", He replied without looking up at her.
"why can't you go with us, he's your son" she said upset. All these years, he still clearly hadn't forgotten about that woman. they had been married for over five years but he still prioritized things that concerned her the most.
"I'm busy.." he answered still focused on the laptop in front of him
"you're always busy when it comes to us but never too busy at the mention of anything that concerns that woman" She said her eyes begining to well with tears Her chest swelled, she thought it'd get better and He'd finally put her and mùyáng first but five years had past and he hadn't forgotten about that woman.
"I'm the one that loves you,the one that loved you enough to stay by your side all these years" she yelled in tears and this time Tang yi looked up at her. His eyes were devoid of any emotions. He knew what she wanted,he knew what she was doing. She was a cunning woman and he knew that well. He had been living under the same roof with her for the past five years and he could now clearly read her like an open book. She was manipulative and would try to use mùyáng or cry her way to cuddle up to him or get favors from him. Although they were married and to the eyes of the public were a power couple,they lived like strangers under one roof.
"She left you, you think she had forgiven you? you took advantage of me but i forgave you and was willing to marry you" she said and suddenly Tang yi stood up from his seat and grabbed her by the neck.
"your tricks won't work on me. you were able to trick me that night but i won't ever let you get your way again" He said with a scary expression.
"How dare you compare yourself to Liliana? you're nothing like her and will never be" He said before roughly pushing her to the ground. she quickly stood up and ran out of his office. The mention of Liliana in that way made his mind boil with anger. He threw off everything on his desk in rage.
"Dad."A little voice called from behind him and he pulled himself together and put on a big smile before turning to find mùyáng standing there looking up at him with is Big round eyes.
"Mùyáng...go to mama, daddy is cleaning up okay? " He said, Although he cherished the boy, he neither spoilt him nor pampered him.
mùyáng nodded before he started to walk out but then stopped in his tracks turning around to look at at his father.
"Does daddy not love mùyáng?" He asked innocently. His father never took him out to spend time together or came to pick him up at school like other children's dads did.
"of course daddy loves mùyáng" Tang yi Bent over to ruffle the boy's hair. unlike Yuan, he never really felt any connections to mùyáng.
"Mommy said daddy doesn't love mùyáng and he wont come to mùyáng's school" the little boy said bowing his head low.
"daddy will come okay?" Tang yi Drew the boy in for a hug. why didn't this child Atleast look a little like him? he didn't even look like Lei yi. He if only that child resembled him a little like Yuan did.
Liliana looked at Her daughter AÄ« for a long time and marveled at how much she looked like Tang yi. why didn't any of her kids ever looked like her. why was Tang yi's gene so strong? Almost every where she went,Alot of people would constantly question her maternity to her kids. As she sat and admired them her mind drifted to Tang yi for a moment and she tried to shake him off but then began to wonder if he was still the same Tang yi from five years ago or he had changed. it didn't matter wether he had changed as long as he gave them peace and space.
"Ah Li, Jingtang said to ask you if you wanted him to accompany you to register the children at school" Mrs Yu asked interrupting her thoughts. She looked up at the older womañ who walked to where the kids were playing and began to play with them
"oh yes. I'll call him now my phone fell in the bathtub while i was bathing AÄ« this morning" she said searching for her other phone which was her work phone.
She dialed jingtang's number but it took her to voicemail.
"Má can I use your phone for a bit." i can't reach him with my work phone.
Jingtang's phone rang, he was in the office eager to finish up his work and go over to see liliana and the kids. every day he looked forward to seeing them after a long hard day's work. He had been in love with Liliana since she had started working at the tang's family mansion 9 years ago. His biggest regret was not pursuing her years back but now he felt it was too late but he was willing to stick back and care for her and protect her and the kids. To him being able to be besides them and put up the figure of a protective uncle was enough for him. Maybe he'd eventually give up and find someone else like chennai and create a happily ever after.