When I First Met You - Part 3

Time quickly passed by before he realised it was already late. The staff left for home, one by one, while he remained in his chair, lost in his thoughts.

A knocked on the door and his assistant, Tseng Kuan-Yin's head pop in. "Hey boss, if there's nothing else, I'll leave for the day, okay?"

"Sure thing." He replied. He was a man with few words. But he was competent in his line of work. He had a lot of work as the president of a significant enterprise company.

Although, his assistant helps out a lot, he did most of the work; Yang Tian-Xu needed to read over the documents and sign them. Once he could find a proper replacement for Manager Jiang, his workload would lessen, but for now he had to monitor the projects on the seventh floor.

The plane disappearance was massive news in the country, but people's' lives must go on, with work seemingly endless, Yang Tian-Xu needed a break for a minute. He thought about how it could have been, if he was on that flight instead of Manager Jiang Fei, he would have been the missing one.

"Life is too short..." he thought, as her smile reappeared in his mind. By the time he realised how late it was, he took his laptop and a USB drive and place them in his suitcase as he left his office, the entire floor was already empty as he walked out.

The current time was 5:32 p.m. as he walked into his car in the underground parking lot. He got in and started the engine, and drove out to the gate, he paused for a minute to remember the girl from this afternoon. He thought about how bright her smile was as she helped the elder-lady push the cart, and how sweet her smile was as she patted the dog's head.

As he shook his head, bothered by his thoughts. "What the heck am I thinking about?!" Feeling a little frustrated with himself, he lifted both his hands up to ruffle his hair. Then he closed his eyes for a minute. He calmed down and continued to drive himself home.

An expensive car, with a costly mansion at the top of a hill with the most beautiful scenery of the city, he looked as if he was born of a wealthy family, which he was. Yang Tian-Xu, the only heir of the Yang Family household. His shoulder bears a lot of pressure. The Yang Family had stretching history since the Song Dynasty. Their family was one of the most powerful households in China now. this pressure was ten times heavier on his shoulders compared to his work.

Among these powerful families, three of them had power and status equal to the Yang. These families were the Tong, Pan, and Cheung family. Since the Song Dynasty, the Pan and Yang families were like enemies. Although it's been thousands of years ago, they still remained as enemies. A thousand years old grudge cannot be resolved with ease; enemies remained as enemies no matter how long time passed.

Comparing the Cheung family and the Song Dynasty's emperor would be a farfetched comparison. However, as the mayor of City Y; their influence in political matters within the city would be like a king. City Y's current mayor was Cheung Wai-Ma, who was the head of the Cheung family, he was also Yang Tian-Xu's grandfather.

The Pan and Yang family were both semi-related now through the Cheung Family. Mayor Cheung's first daughter, Cheung Yun-Er married Pan Rong; who was head of the Pan family, and Yang Tian-Xu's father, the eldest son; Yang Fei-Hung married Cheung Lan-Er, who was the second daughter of Mayor Cheung. Cheung Lan-Er gave birth to Yang Tian-Xu, which made Pan Rong; Yang Tian-Xu's uncle by marriage. Although considered as families, the Pan and Yang family still harboured a secret hate among each other.

Yang Tian-Xu was the mayor's grandson, and the relationship gave the Yang family a significant boost in power. The Pan family had the same amount as power and wealth as the Yang family. However, unlike Cheung Lan-Er, her sister Cheung Yun-Er was in fact, childless, even though she was the eldest daughter of Mayor Cheung.

Mayor Cheung and his second wife had a son, twelve years older than Yang Tian-Xu, named Cheung Yun-Bo. Yang Tian-Xu was still the mayor's only grandson. Cheung Yun-Bo was someone unmarried for the moment and had no intention of getting married any-time soon.

Cheung Lan-Er worried about her son, what if he wishes to stay unmarried like his uncle? She wanted her Tian-Xu to marry someone she could be proud to have as a daughter-in-law. Someone, who was like Tong Yue-Yan. Belonging to another powerful and wealthy household that can match the Yang family.

The Tong Family had more power in City A than they do in City Y; however, they were still thriving in City Y as one of the four largest Family-operated business in City Y, and their family head was currently the Mayor for City A. The second largest City in the Country. If Yang Tian-Xu marries Tong Yue-Yan, it would be like a cherry on top of a cake. It would be just too perfect.

Yang Tian-Xu opened the front door and was greeted by his mother as he entered. Cheung Lan-Er had Tong Yue-Yan with her as a house guest. Both his parent and Tong Yue-Yan sat together in the living room chit chatting while having tea and biscuits that Tong Yue-Yan had brought with her as gifts from City A.

"Tian-Xu, my son. You sure are home late today." She gave him a disapproving look for being so late, "Did something happen at the company?"

"Mother, it's only 6:00 p.m, it is still pretty early. I have a few urgent contracts I need to go over before returning home." He said, as he hugged his mother, she would give him a peck on the cheek, as he was her one and only child.

Even though, he was a little later than he should be, but that was because he was busy with thoughts of the girl he met today, and he kept dozing off at every red light while consistently being honked at. However, that reason, he would keep to himself.