In the end, James Lu did not return to South Lake villa. Although Elizabeth Liang knew that it wasn't very likely for him to return to his old home, she still made a phone call to them just in case. Of course, it was in the name of greeting Mr. and Mrs. John Lu. Meanwhile, John Lu and Lydia Song were having dinner. Lydia chewed on her food as she told Elizabeth to come to their house for dinner with James, and she went on and on about a very delicious soup that Auntie Chang had made... Elizabeth politely turned down Lydia's invitation. Seeing that James still wasn't home, she looked around the well-lit interior of South Lake villa as she felt a little disappointed, but also slightly relieved at the same time. Elizabeth had no idea how to face James if he came home. Even though she had learned from Evelyn Wu that he had saved her, and she was truly grateful for that, she didn't know what had happened after the rescue. How did he cure the drug in
As soon as Elizabeth Liang finished her part-time job at Kuture, she rushed to the cafe where Charlotte Dong wanted to meet up with her. Just as she walked to the door, she was in such a hurry to go inside that she unexpectedly bumped into someone who was coming out. "I'm sorry." A gentle male voice spoke by her ear, and he even chivalrously reached out to hold her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Elizabeth apologized profusely before looking up. "Doctor Bai?" Isaac Bai looked at her and realized that she was his good friend's new wife. "Sis?" Isaac raised one eyebrow. "Why are you here?" "Um..." Elizabeth smiled awkwardly. "I'm meeting someone here." "Oh, I see." Isaac nodded. "Go ahead." Elizabeth wanted to ask him if he knew where James Lu was, but after some thought, she decided against it. She didn't want others to laugh at her for not knowing her lawfully-wedded husband's whereabouts and having to ask his friends about where he went.
"What does Miss Superstar Josephine Liang have to do with me? You think too highly of me, Mrs. Dong." Elizabeth Liang sat back down and said slowly. "It wasn't you?" Charlotte Dong clearly did not believe her. "I'm telling you right now, Elizabeth, don't try to play dumb with me!" Elizabeth was unfazed. She looked at Charlotte who was sitting across from her with a furious expression, then said in a sardonic tone, "It might've been me if I were still the heiress of the Liang family. But you guys kicked me out, remember? Do you honestly think that I'm capable of doing that in my down-trodden state?" Elizabeth would've never been able to say something like this in the past. Perhaps it was thanks to James Lu's influence that she was able to easily form sarcastic and derisive sentences like this. "Hmph! You might be powerless, but that doesn't mean whatever sleazebag you hooked up with is the same!" "What do you mean?" "What do I mean?" Charlotte hateful
"Ah—" Two female customers in the cafe saw this scene and couldn't help but exclaim. Elizabeth Liang had been precautious against Charlotte, so when Charlotte's ready to pour coffee on her, she instinctively turned her head to the side. Although the coffee was not directly splashed on her face, her hair and clothes were stained. At this moment, she was somewhat embarrassed. The clothes on her left shoulder were wet, and the coffee on her head was dripping down from her hair. Her white face looked a little funny at the moment. She stared at Charlotte, who was in front of her, with rage. Charlotte was intimidated by her rage, but she felt her fury ventilated. With a tinge of the triumph of victory, she said, " Look at you... Ah - you deserve this for giving me a hard time!" Charlotte hadn't finished her words yet before Elizabeth directly picked up the glass of orange juice and splashed it on her face, straightforward and decisive. Elizabeth only
"Ah?!" Charlotte Dong's eyes widened in disbelief. "So much..." How could she drink it all at the moment? Moreover, the coffee just served, hot with steam... Elizabeth Liang's eyelids twitched. " Too much coffee." She wondered. She then hesitated for a moment but spoke in the end, "James ... Or we let her go?" "Hush. Just listen to me, okay?" He gazed at the coffee and frowned thoughtfully. "Hey!" After a while, James finally accepted her proposal not so willingly. "Yeah, it seems that there are a lot of them." Charlotte hastily nodded. But before she could speak, James said again, "Since you don't want to drink, then pour that on you!" "What?!" Charlotte shouted gallingly. She would be shamed to death if all the coffee would be poured on her. "Didn't you see what you did? It's not fun enough to just see her clothes ruined, don't you think?" "..." Charlotte clenched her fists. She's fidgeting and scared, trying very hard to hold bac
Elizabeth Liang sat on the sofa, staring at her favorite cartoons, and felt that she was not interested in it at all. She didn't know how many times she picked up the phone. Looking at the dark screen, she felt a little disappointed. In fact, she thought he should have given her a phone call after today's incident. Or at least, a message. But now it was nine o'clock, she did not receive any calls, not even a message. She had checked with Samuel and James had gone to Los Angeles. A place with time difference of fifteen hours with China. Now, it should be five o'clock in the morning. He has fallen asleep, hasn't he? Her slender white fingers stroked the screen of her mobile phone. She hesitated for a while and then turned off the phone. She stared at his WeChat's name and head portrait. She didn't know whether she should send him a message. Although she's still hesitating, her fingers were more honest than her heart. She quickly
At the Liang estate. The housekeeper stood outside the master bedroom and gently knocked on the door. "Mrs. Ma, get up and eat something? Miss Liang asked me to prepare some tonic for you..." Before she could finish her words, Charlotte Dong shouted in the room, "Get out!" "Mrs..." "Don't you hear me asking you to go away? You want me to fire you?" The housekeeper pursed her lips and embarrassedly withdrew her hand, and restrained herself from knocking on the door again. "My mother still doesn't want to get up?" Josephine Liang came from the stairs and looked at the closed door with some worries. "Yes..." The housekeeper nodded. Josephine frowned with a headache and reached out to knock on the door. "Didn't you hear me ask you to get out of here?" "Mom, it's me." Hearing this, there was no more shouting in the room. "Leave me alone. I want to be quiet." "But Mom, you haven't eaten anything for so long. How can you
On the way home, Elizabeth Liang deposited 1,500 yuan to pay back the money she owed to Evelyn Wu. And now only 300 yuan remained, Elizabeth raised her eyebrows and planned how to use the money. When she got home, she ate dinner alone and cleaned up the house. It was still early. She thought for a while and went out with the remaining 300 yuan. Today, it was the first time for her to get a salary. Although there was not much money left, she still wanted to do something meaningful. She wanted to buy something for James Lu! ****** She walked around the mall, went through the men's clothing and watch area, but didn't go in. Those brands were calculated by a unit of at least 1,000 yuan, and the money in her hand... She kept walking until she reached the door of a brand of men's clothing on the second floor. She stood in front of the window and looked at the light blue shirt worn by the model. She's hesitating. She like this shirt at first gla
Time went by so quickly. In the blink of an eye, John was already sixty years old. He didn't like complicated things and didn't like to celebrate his birthday. However, Lydia insisted on holding a birthday party for him. Considering that he liked quiet atmosphere, Lydia didn't celebrate his birthday in style. She only invited some close friends. Benjamin and Isaac naturally went there. Arvis was already five years old. He was much more lively than a few years ago, but he was not particularly noisy. Adele was pregnant again. The child was less than five months old, but Isaac was very nervous and followed her everywhere. He was so careful that James and Benjamin couldn't stand him anymore. That day, James teased him, "Say, Isaac, why are you so cautious? Adele is not a porcelain doll. If you want to please her, you don't have to be so affected." Isaac handed a piece of apple to Adele. After she finished eating, he replied, "I love my wife.
John didn't expect that she would mention this matter on her own. He fell in love with her first and said that he wanted to get engaged to her, but she proposed to get married first. Was it even? However, he wasn't a strait-laced person. Besides, wasn't it a good thing that his beloved girl couldn't wait to marry him? If they got married, he could see her as soon as he got home from work, and she would accompany him for meals. If he worked at home, she would stay with him. When he woke up in the morning, he would see her sleeping face at once and say good morning to her. At night, they could sleep together. What a wonderful thing! They got married in early August. The wedding was very grand, and there were many guests. Almost everyone who had something to do with the Lu family and the Song family attended their wedding, and some even came from afar. The three floors in the most luxurious hotel in A City was filled to capacity. John would always
"Happy birthday to you!" She sang the birthday song softly. Her voice was dulcet and soft, and it was very pleasant to the ear. The candlelight on the cake flickered as she moved, and the fruit on the cake gleamed in the candlelight. As Lydia approached John step by step, he felt that he was going crazy. She preferred to wear dresses, but all her dresses were lovely. Sometimes, she wore like a read lady. But at this time... She wore a long black lace dress that only reached her bottom. It was so flimsy that he could see her underwear... Her bra and pants were red and sexy, which only covered the most important parts of her body... At this time, John was obsessed with her, and he was hot all over. He felt that all the blood in his body was boiling, and his head seemed to be a little dizzy. "John..." Lydia came to him and looked at him shyly. "Today is your birthday." He looked at her bright and affectionate eyes and couldn't help but
John's birthday was coming soon, and Lydia was very distressed, because she hadn't decided what to buy for him. It was in the dark ages of computing. There was a computer in her house, but the network was not very developed. Therefore, she only asked a few close friends about it. They told her that she could buy him tie, cuffs, and clothes, but she denied these ideas at once. John was born in a rich family. After he grew up, he became a very excellent businessman. He had received many expensive birthday gifts, let alone something like a tie. As his fiancee, she couldn't be perfunctory, could she? So, she went to the mall, but she didn't see anything she liked. It seemed that giving him a special and novel birthday gift was not easy. She didn't know how to make handwork or paint. She had learnt piano when she was young, but she gave up later. After thinking about it for a while, she suddenly felt that she was so stupid. Except for the fact that she co
With the permission of Lydia's parents, John travel with her abroad for a few days. After coming back, he hired someone to teach her at home. Lydia had a feeling of freshness at the beginning. After all, she used to attend classes at school. At this time, she could learn knowledge at home. Moreover, the teachers were very careful and very patient. However, the next day, she was not willing to study like this, so she went to find John. "Why?" John was puzzled, "Is it because they can't teach their lessons well enough? If that's the case, I'll change new teachers for you tomorrow." "No!" She kept waving her hand, "They are very good teachers and they're patient, but..." She looked at him cautiously and thought twice before speaking, "They are just too patient, and they take good care of me as if I'm a child. I feel... a little stressful." John was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled, "Is this the reason?" "Yeah." Lydia nodded, "But I am not a chil
Lydia really didn't go to school anymore. Although all the misunderstandings had been clarified, she didn't want to go to school again. On the second day after she went through formalities, Nina came to her and asked for her forgiveness. At that time, John was there, but later he found an excuse and went out. Lydia looked at Nina who had suddenly become much more haggard and sighed in heart. Why did Nina have to provoke her back then? "I'm sorry." Nina said softly. "Oh." Hearing this, Nina immediately got unhappy and glared at her with hatred, "Lydia, are you very smug now?" She was apologizing to Lydia, but Lydia actually replied to her so indifferently. Lydia shrugged her shoulders, "Do you think I'm smug now?" "I'm apologizing to you!" "I heard it. Didn't I answer you as well?" "You..." Nina sneered, "Is that your answer?" "What do you expect?" Lydia was puzzled, "How do you want me to answer you? Should I thank you w
Nina's voice came from the stereo around the playground. She had said a lot. There were so many people on the sports ground, but none of them spoke. They were all shocked and stunned. "As for what I said to Lydia, it was my prank. Actually, Lydia's fiance has nothing to do with me. I... just envied her for having such an excellent fiance and I was jealous. Therefore, I did that to her that day..." After she said this, the crowd, which had been quiet, suddenly burst into an uproar. "Oh my god! How could it be?" "I heard that she was very excited that day. She cried, knelt in front of Lydia and begged her. But she said it was a prank?" "She couldn't do that even if she wanted to prank on Lydia, could she? That is Lydia's fiance." "I don't think it's a prank. I was in the dormitory at that time and I saw it with my own eyes. Nina looked really sad. In my opinion, Lydia must have put pressure on Nina, so Nina has to do this." "Lydia's family
As soon as Lydia entered the school, she walked with her head down, because she was afraid of meeting acquaintances. Besides, with John holding her hand, she did not have to worry that she would fall down. After what had happened yesterday, she... had become quite well-known in school. "Lydia, look up." His voice was very soft, but she was somewhat pressurized. She gave him a resentful look, "Do you even want to force me to raise my head?" He chuckled, "Didn't you listen to my words carefully just now?" "Yeah." Lydia snorted, "But I came in here, didn't I?" She said, "You said those words indeed, and I think it makes sense, but... John, it's hard for me to do it, okay? I know I'm not wrong, but I'm very worried. You are not me, so you won't understand my mood." John sighed lightly and didn't know what to say at the moment. Although he didn't talk much in ordinary times, he did things in a decisive manner. Perhaps, he really had no way to
"John, you're here?" Nina ran into the house with great joy. Just now, she went out, but when she knew that he had come here, she rushed back, for fear that she would miss him. Fortunately, he had not left yet. Looking at John who was sitting in the living room, she was very happy, and her heart jumped very fast. John was very excellent, and she was infatuated with him. Although she had done such a thing, she didn't regret it at all. As long as she could be with him, she couldn't care about so much. That day... why on earth did he come here? Was it because Lydia couldn't stand it anymore and broke up with him? Had he found out how good she was? John raised his head and took a look at her. His eyes were very bland. When she was about to walk over, John stood up. He arranged his suit and said to her father, "I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer as I said. I hope to hear it tomorrow." Her father's face darkened, but he didn't dare to lose