Two weeks later, it was the day of my birthday. I went to work as usual and Dave waited for me at the next intersection across the company to take me home like we usually did.After I got in the car, he took me to his stylish team.My make up was done smoothly and the evening dress he had gotten for me complimented me perfectly.After I was ready, Dave drove to the hotel.In the restaurant, when the waiter opened the door for us, I stood at the door and saw that there was only a table with a small candle on it in the large dining hall...Dave made a gentlemanly gesture beside me, signaling me to go in first.In fact, I was a little scared.I was scared of the dark. I looked at the shaky candle in the middle of the table, feeling like it would go out in the next second!"Don't be afraid."Dave, grabbed me with one hand.I, whose hands were originally trembling, seemed to feel a little better after feeling the warmth coming from his palm.I summoned up my courage and stepped into the d
"Dave, have you forgotten what happened back then? Have you forgotten why I chose to commit suicide?"I didn't understand Lita's words but I still exposed her, "Stop pretending. You didn't commit suicide nor loose a lot of blood. Everything was forged by the people at the Hospital whom you bribed. Mr. Mitaka found it out but he finds it embarrassing to expose you."I didn't know if Dave had figured it out but my words obviously irritated Lita."I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!" Lita pulled Dave and said, "Dave, believe me. Reed just wants to sow discord between us.""Yes, I just want to turn you against each other. After all, Mr. Mitaka prepared a birthday surprise for me here. What are you doing here?"Lita explained feebly, "I don't know. I just want to tell Dave about my pregnancy...""Now that he knows. You can leave."I was driving Lita away.Lita surely wouldn't leave.She grabbed Dave's arm and said with tears, "Dave, don't, don't you want our child? Then I'll go and kill him rig
Sitting in the car in a daze, I soon realized Oogway's car wasn't heading in the direction of Unit No.1. I looked at the strange scenery outside the window and asked, "Where are we going?"I probably trusted Oogway. Even though we wasn't on the way home, I didn't doubt that he would hurt me.Oogway smiled and said, "Your feet surely have been injured. Originally, I was on duty at the hospital and went home to fetch something. I didn't expect to meet you on the way back. I'll treat the wound on your feet first then drive you back home."I indeed had a cut and needed to have it treated.Not long after, Oogway parked the car at the entrance of a small private hospital. I looked up and saw the name, Way Hospital at the entrance.Oogway opened the car door for me. I got out of the car thinking the wound on my foot wasn't serious however, the moment I stepped on the ground with my left foot, I was in pain.I took a deep breath. Oogway squatted in front of me and said, "Come on. I'll carr
Amelia was two years younger than me. She, who had just graduated, was simple minded.It was probably because of the people I had got in touch with and the things that had happened to me that I was somewhat vigilant. I looked at her and said, "If that's the case, won't I become a mistress?""Huh?"Amelia was obviously stunned by what I had said.She waved her hand right away and explained, "That's not what I mean! I didn't think so!"Looking at her, who was embarrassed, I shook my head, "It indeed wasn't me. It's probably not me who you saw yesterday. It should be my sister.""But..."I stared at her and said with certainty, "It was not me!"The news that Dave and I were close was going around. Even if Amelia didn't overthink it, someone with ulterior motives surely would make a scene out of it.Amelia seemed to have realized something. She nodded desperately, "Yes, yes. It's not you, It's not you!"After getting off work in the evening, I walked out of the company and unconsciously
Kim had good body figure.She was a natural beauty who had never done any cosmetic surgery so she naturally was far better than the beauty beautified by cosmetic surgery in front of her.In the face of the provocation in the beauty's eyes, Kim didn't give a damn about her as she responded, "Who am I? I am just a passer by. It's your Mr. Desmond who insists on chasing me. How come you question me instead of blaming him?""Don't glorify yourself. Mr. Desmond...""Yes, yes. I'm the one who is chasing after you."Before the 'beautiful woman' could finish her words, Desmond's words discouraged her.Desmond looked at Kim with an apologetic smile and said, "Where do you like to buy your clothes, beauty? I'll take you there right now!""Not need."Kim pulled me, intending to leave.Desmond should have realized Kim was different from the other women so he wasn't infuriated by her attitude instead, he chased after her happily and said, "Don't, don't. I have an important message for the beautifu
It was obvious that Desmond admired Dave very much. Now that he heard what we had said, he probably was so angry that he didn't catch up with us.After we came out of the cafe, Kim glanced at me and asked, "How are you feeling?"I blurted out without hesitation, "I'm fine. I'm free now.""Don't lie to yourself.""I'm not." I lowered my eyes and was silent for a moment then I added, "In fact, the reason why I was with him was to have my revenge against Lita. As long as he won't marry Lita, I won't disturb him and whoever he will marry. I will also draw a clear line with him.""What if he continues to pester you?""He won't." As I said so, I didn't sound any confident but Dave hadn't contacted since my birthday.Didn't that indicate he had already decided to give me up?That day, I accompanied Kim shopping in other malls and had dinner with her. It wasn't until at 9 p.m. that we went home respectively.Before going to bed, I took out the skincare products Kim recommended. I was ready
The bodyguards looked at each other awkwardly.They wanted to take further action but the security of the residential quarter came over and asked, "What's going on?"At the sight of the patrol team of the residential quarter, the bodyguards turned around and left.They let Lita be.Lita cried, "Thank you, Mr. Oogway!"As she said this, she wanted to jump into Oogway's arms but Oogway, who had sprained his foot, was pushed two steps backward by Lita's move and he almost fell.I helped Oogway on the side and said, "I'm leaving."As I spoke, I intended to walk back home however, Oogway stopped me, "Please do me a favor."I looked back at him.Oogway continued, "Call her an ambulance. When the ambulance arrives, I'll go back with you."When Lita heard his words, she was dumbfounded.She thought to herself, Does this mean he doesn't intend to help me any further?Lita said with some embarrassment, "But... But I don't have money. Neither do I have my cell phone."I could care less as I call
After that day, my life went on as usual.I was assigned with a project related to a small sized western restaurant.The western restaurant was located in the bustling area downtown. On the first day, I went there to have an inspection.After I came out of the restaurant, I was pondering on where and what to have lunch when I looked up and saw a familiar figure.Dave!We hadn't seen each other for weeks.He looked glorious as usual in his gem blue shirt and casual pants with a woman by his side.The two of them were walking towards the jewelry shop next door.That store was specialized in selling diamonds, mainly diamond rings for weddings.Although I only saw the woman's back view, I was very sure that was not Lita.The woman's hair was black and shiny and Lita's hair was permed all year around. Moreover, I thought of the date when Lita had said she was pregnant last time. If there was no accident, Lita surely had been pregnant for three months and she surely couldn't wear high hee
Soon, we arrived at the floor where Jessica's ward lay. When we went over, a nurse happened to come out of it. Upon seeing us, she greeted Oogway respectfully, "Dean Oogway.""Yes." Oogway nodded and asked, "How's Miss Jessica?"After Jessica was transferred here, Oogway completed the registration for her under the name of Jessica Drake.As for this, I didn't raise any objections about it. Because in my opinion, the Newman Family no longer regarded her as a family member.The nurse replied, "The patient has fallen asleep. I measured her temperature just now. It's normal. This afternoon, we examined her, only to find that she is seriously malnourished. She suffers from a low degree cataract in her eyes. More heinously, there are parasites inside her body. Besides..."Standing there, the nurse told us about the situation of Jessica roughly.Hearing the ins and outs, Kelvin looked serious on the side.Oogway asked, "Can we go in and have a look at her?""Yes. But she has fallen asleep. H
Kelvin spoke loudly over the phone.Moreover, it was pretty quiet inside the car. Oogway seemed to hear his words and glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes, "Is Mr. Kelvin coming over?"I nodded.Oogway immediately said, "Then I'll arrange a room for him on the top floor of the rehabilitation center.""Well, sorry to trouble you."I was grateful for Oogway's attentiveness.As we were about to arrive home. I suddenly remembered something and said to Oogway, "Can you take me somewhere?""Yes, I can." Oogway nodded.I got an address online and sent it to him.Oogway immediately turned the car around and drove there with me.As he turned the car around, he raised his hand and looked at me with some displeasure, saying, "In the future, wherever you want to go, just tell me directly. You don't have to ask my opinion first. I will always be available for you."I nodded. Only after that did I tell him where I was going.It was a light and textile market selling cloth and hand made craf
I went up and supported Jessica readily. Fearing that she wouldn't accept it, I said, "Aunt, can I bathe you? By the way... I can bathe your baby too.""It sounds good!" Jessica accepted it happily.All the nurses looked at me with strange looks.Ignoring the looks, I stepped forward and helped Jessica take a bath.The rehabilitation center of the Way Hospital was in a good condition. There was a Jacuzzi. After I finished pouring the water into the bath, I let Jessica sit inside.I cleaned up the doll first. Seeing that, Jessica became quite obedient.I bathed her with scented soap first and then rubbed her with a bath towel little by little.It had been a long time since Jessica took a bath, making her body covered with a layer of shell like and hard skin. Seeing so, I asked Oogway to fetch me some white vinegar. After that, I bathed her bits by bits.Sensing that the water turned cold, I scooped the cold water out with a basin and added hot water in.Because it had been years sinc
I stood still and said to her, "We won't do that. We... we'll transfer you and your child to a better place. She... She..." I hesitated for a moment and said, "She is all grown up. And she will have to go to school soon. It's not good for her to be here. She has to go to a better place where there are teachers to impart her knowledge, which is good for her."Upon hearing this, Jessica stared at me with her pair of clear and bright eyes as if she had understood my words and suddenly became as obedient as a child, saying, "Really? Is it true that someone will teach her?""Yes, it is true. The teacher is great and experienced. Any child who follows him can learn a lot and become smart." I tried to persuade her.Jessica nodded desperately, "Okay, okay. That will be so great." She looked at the doll in her arm, "Reed, did you hear that? You can learn soon.""Yes, yes." I echoed. And my tears kept falling.Oogway patted me on the shoulder and said, "Come on, let's go transfer her to another
The nurse took us inside and said, "To be honest, before you, nobody visited the patients here. Generally speaking, the reason why people send patients here is that they have a guilty conscience. They are too embarrassed to kill them and yet find them a burden. So they send them here and pay for their stay here to keep their conscience at bay."The more the nurse said, the more upset I felt.It was quiet on the fifth floor as well.I saw that there was a small window on the door of each ward. With the window high up on the door, someone my height couldn't see what was inside.However, Oogway was taller. He looked around with a frown and a dignified look on his face.Seeing him look like this, I was worried."Bang!" When we were going, a sound rang all of a sudden.I was so frightened that I shrank backward and looked at the door where the noise came from, only to find a face attached tightly to the window on the door.The face was black, dirty, and skinny.The pair of eyes above were
Oogway and I arrived at the gate together.As expected, there was a security guard at the gate . We went over and saw the old security guard laying there in a thick military green overcoat, listening to music.The sound of the music was quite loud.It wasn't until we called him for a long while that he heard us.Looking at us in discontent, the old guard got up and opened the window of the gatehouse, leaving it ajar."Hello, we want to...""No visit is allowed during the New Year."As soon as I opened my mouth, the guard snapped. After that, he closed the window.He was afraid that we would harass him. Then he locked the window from inside.I became anxious all of a sudden.Oogway beside me wasn't in a hurry at all.He reached out, took out his wallet from his pocket, and took out a stack of pink banknotes before putting them in front of the window.The security guard's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the money. Instead of opening the window, he came out directly from the gatehouse, o
I glanced at it and found that there seemed to be an inkstone in the first box.But what was different was that the inkstone wasn't black but red.I was confused. However, as soon as the Master of the Newman Family saw this, his hands began to tremble. Placing his hand a few meters away from the inkstone, he seemed to intend to touch it but dared not do so.After a long while, he asked, "Is this for me?""Of course, it is a red silk inkstone I got by chance. I don't know about this kind of inkstones. It will be a waste if I keep it by my side."Oogway said casually.Although he spoke lightly, I could tell that this inkstone should be quite rare."Thank you, Mr. Oogway." When the Master spoke, he had been staring at the inkstone. It wasn't until a long time later that he gently caressed it with his hands.His expression showed that he loved it so much that he couldn't bear to let it go.After that, Oogway said to the maid, "Open this too."Hearing his words, the maid opened the secon
There was a cold and determined look in his eyes. Confirming that he wouldn't say it, I wouldn't force him further.Moreover, I knew well that I couldn't control what they were going to do.What I could do was to protect Bryan well in case he would get hurt.I nodded lightly, "Okay. Then I'll go and accompany Bryan."As soon as I intended to open the door, Dave directly pulled me from behind with force. I was caught off guard and fell backward.The next second, I directly sat in Dave's arms.My face turned red. And I said, "No." I struggled to get up. However, Dave restrained me firmly in his arms and placed his other hand on my waist. Holding my waist with both hands, he said to me, "Turn around.""No. I'm leaving.""You can't." Dave refused.I closed my eyes, thinking about Oogway's words and my own identity.Although I wanted to be closer to Dave, I couldn't do it with my identity.I was Oogway's fiancee. Regardless of the excuse, the identity, or the reason. I made up my mind,
It was night. Even so, I could clearly feel Oogway kept staring at me closely with his pair of profound eyes.Oogway patted me on the shoulder and left.After he left, Bryan, who had been following Dave, suddenly ran over, "Mom, let's set off fireworks together!""Ah... Okay." I nodded.At this moment, Jamin, who had been standing outside all this while, turned around and entered the room.In the blink of an eye, only the three of us were outside the house.We set off most of the fireworks. By the time it was 1 a.m., Bryan was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes. Thus, we stopped setting off the fireworks.The maid took the fireworks into the room.Holding Bryan in my arms, I said to Dave, "Then we will go back."After that, I turned around, intending to ask the driver to drive us back, only to be suddenly pulled by Dave. Then, I heard his magnetic voice, "Stay here tonight."My heart thumped."Being here without Oogway.. Won't that mean..."In fact, I didn't want to leave a