Elizabeth's face turned pale as she shouted furiously, "Did you not hear me? F*ck off?!" "What? Did you?" Theodore looked at her with a disgusted expression, then immediately grabbed her chin violently. "Don't gloat over f*cking James Lu, Elizabeth, you're still nothing to him, you're just his toy!" "Was tonight not exciting enough for you, Master Chao? Is that why you're looking for trouble?" James Lu, who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere, spoke calmly to Theodore, but his eyes were hostile. "James!" In Elizabeth's eyes, he looked like a shining knight. Theodore had no idea that James had followed him, and while he was in a daze Elizabeth gave him a forceful push. He stumbled two steps backwards before barely steadying himself. James walked to Elizabeth. "Are you okay?" Elizabeth nodded. "You call this okay?" He looked at the bruises on her shoulders that were Theodore's making, and his eyes darkened. "Theodore Chao, I had thought t
At the Grand Dynasty Hotel. "So uh, you called us over to watch you get wasted?" Isaac Bai teased. James Lu threw him a glare and poured himself another glass. "Tell us then, why are you so pissed?" Benjamin Cheng looked at him. James finished his wine in a gulp and slammed the glass onto the table. He exclaimed heatedly, "I can't believe how ungrateful that fucking woman is! I, James Lu, have already agreed to marry her, and she somehow has the gall to make demands!" Isaac was highly interested. "What demands?" "Hmph!" James snorted angrily. "She said that she only wants a certificate, and doesn't want a wedding. Is she f*cking kidding me?" "Uh..." Isaac was lost for words. Benjamin raised his eyebrows but said nothing. "You tell me." James pointed at Isaac. "Who does she think she is? I've already given her the honor of marrying me! No wedding? Ha, then what's the f*cking point?" "Are you sure?" Benjamin looked at him with a
But Lydia Song was still looking at her across the table! Elizabeth Liang made up her mind and picked up a piece of food from a nearby dish. When she was about to put it into James Lu's bowl, James suddenly turned his head and ate the food from her chopsticks. Not only was Elizabeth stunned, John Lu and Lydia also looked surprised. After a long pause, the shock disappeared from Lydia's face as she said happily, "Your dad and I couldn't believe it when you said that you were getting married, but... now I see that you've really found a girl you love, I'm so happy for you!" James raised his eyebrows. "Am I that untrustworthy? Well, do you believe me now?" Blushing, Elizabeth stared blankly at her chopsticks. Did they just touch his lips? If that's the case... then was that... an indirect kiss? After dinner, everyone sat in the living room, and Lydia made a pot of her best floral fruit tea. Elizabeth felt a little queasy as she sat on the sof
"..." Elizabeth Liang stayed silent, but well—she was pretty happy. James Lu took her to meet his parents, which meant that he was still going to marry her. His parents agreed to their marriage, and he agreed to hold off the wedding. It was like all her worries had suddenly disappeared. Of course she was ecstatic! Elizabeth felt like she had basically suddenly won five million dollars. "I'm glad you're happy, but I don't do things for free." James was going to make sure he got something out of it! "What do you want me to do?" "Well..." He gently tapped on the car door, thought for a moment, and said, "Since I helped you, shouldn't you show your gratitude?" "Huh?" Elizabeth paused. "How?" James slammed the door shut, turned around and leaned against the car. He looked at her with a sly smile and said, "Come on, give me a kiss." He pointed to his face. "What..." Elizabeth was completely bewildered. Was James still in character? He was
"I missed you so much Elizabeth!" Evelyn Wu said with a smile as she grabbed onto Elizabeth Liang, who had just come back to school, "Feels like it's been a lifetime since we last met! I'm like ten years older now!" Evelyn was one of Elizabeth's favorite classmates in A University, and a former roommate. She was a very petite and lovely girl. "Yeah, I've missed you too." Even though Elizabeth had gone through an unimaginably tumultuous week, at least she was finally back at school and seeing her only friend. That did lift her spirits up. Not counting the fact that it took her two hours to get here! "The dean is so freaking annoying, he said he was gonna make you write an apology letter for missing classes." Elizabeth smiled and said, "I'll just write it." "But seriously Elizabeth, what happened to you? You wouldn't tell me when I called you." Elizabeth lightly sighed and pretended to be unbothered. "Basically, I got dumped by Theodore and becam
The next day, Elizabeth Liang got up at the break of dawn. Her patron needed breakfast. She spent two whole hours simmering a pot of porridge. James Lu came downstairs just as she placed two bowls of it on the table. He wore a dark purple suit over a pink dress shirt, and a burgundy tie around his neck. His hair was carefully combed and hairsprayed, with each hair perfectly in place. At first sight Elizabeth found his attire rather excessive, but when she took a second look, she thought that it actually fit his appearance quite well. The colors suited his light skin, it looked neither too frivolous nor outdated. Elizabeth's always thought of him as good-looking, but he looked especially handsome and dignified today. "Breakfast is ready." Elizabeth set down the chopsticks and yelled at James. James walked over and looked condescendingly at the table. Placed on it were two bowls of soft and fragrant porridge, two boiled eggs and a plate of mixed radish
The weather became warmer as days went by. Elizabeth Liang still spent four hours a day going back and forth between school and South Lake Villa, and of course, she still made the ten dishes plus soup. Other than lecturing her about the virtue of frugality, James Lu barely talked to Elizabeth at all. After dinner, he either read the financial news or headed straight to the study to handle his business affairs. But on Friday, a change occurred. On that day, James returned home as usual, but he was taken aback when he opened the door. He had expected to eat dinner made by Elizabeth right away. However, not only was he not greeted by the light rumbling of the kitchen ventilator and the delicious smell of cooking, but Elizabeth was also nowhere to be seen! Why wasn't Elizabeth home? Puzzled, James looked at the time and saw that it was still early. He supposed that she might've went grocery shopping. But on second thought, she had always finished m
"Elizabeth, is the guy in the radio talking to you?" Evelyn Wu looked over at Elizabeth Liang somewhat confusedly, but her voice was weak and her face was quite pale. Elizabeth, who didn't look so well either, was also bewildered. "Is he?" "I heard him calling your name." "Maybe you misheard him?" She was an orphan with no family, who would possibly be looking for her through the broadcast? And what, daddy's taking you home? "It's been years since my daddy last took me home..." "Maybe." Evelyn nodded. "God, Elizabeth, I'm so tired from pooping I feel like I'm dying." Elizabeth felt embarrassed. "I'm sorry Evelyn, it's all my fault." There were a lot of leftovers from yesterday, so she brought them all to school and ate them with Evelyn after re-heating. But during the afternoon lectures, both of their stomachs were unfortunately defeated by the leftovers. The diarrhea made them both convulse and vomit all over the place. They had no