34 Curiosity killed the cat

When Li Muchen heard Heya's question, he wanted to say something but he heard Sara speak softly.

"She was my friend"

"Was? Why did you both drift apart?" Heya asked curiously.

"Li Heya, you shouldn't ask people personal questions like that" Li Muchen interrupted with his gaze still fixed on the road.

Even though he knew that Weiyoung was Sara's friend, there was more to it and he did not want Heya to open up a closed wound.

Joreen kept quiet and just looked outside the car's window. She knew that this time, this was not a place for her to step in.

Li Muchen looked at Sara through the corner of his eyes and he could clearly tell she was a bit sad.

Sara was quiet for a while then spoke with a sad smile.

"She never really liked me. She was with me because she didn't see me as a competition... I guess" She added skeptically.

Li Muchen took a quick glance at her. He was lost. What did Sara mean by that? Was there more to actually just stealing her boyfriend?

He saw her sad smile and couldn't help feeling sad for her.

"Really? She thought so?" Joreen was the first to ask Sara as she moved her attention from the window to Sara's direction.

"Are you serious?" Heya also asked.

Sara just looked at the both of them and smiled without responding.

A deep masculine voice was suddenly heard as the car came to a stop,

"You are better than her..... if you ask me."

Sara was shocked when she heard Li Muchen. 

What was wrong with Mr Li today?

She looked at him to see him looking straight at the road. She didn't know what to say in this situation.

Heya and Joreen were both quiet also. No one said a word.

Sara finally realised that they had gotten to her place. She had given him the address earlier when she entered the car.

What she didn't know was that even if she hadn't given him her address, he knew where exactly she stayed and if she ever asked how, he could easily point it to her résumé that she had submitted and also the fact that Ms Long had picked her up on the day of her interview.

Sara and Joreen quickly got down from the car. Heya and Li Muchen also did same for courtesy sake.

Heya took a longer look at the tiny apartment and couldn't help wondering how they coped there. The entire apartment was probably same size with her room in the Li Family's mansion. 

"Mr Li. Since I just informed you today about workingout with us during the weekends, you could skip tomorrow and just join us on Sunday or the upper week" Sara remembered to tell him.

Li Muchen had been happy when Sara suggested that he workout with them during the weekends since the next day was a Saturday but what was Sara saying now? To skip tomorrow? Why would he do that? Why should he do that?

"There's no problem. I could still join whenever I'm less busy tomorrow" He said with a nonchalant shrug.

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Sara and Joreen waved goodbye to them and entered their apartment while they drove off.

"Bro, what do you think about Sara?" Heya asked Muchen who was driving.

He hesitated for a while before also asking.

"Why do you ask?"

"I don't know, I'm just curious." She admitted. 

"Curiosity killed the cat" He replied bluntly and smiled when he saw her pout.

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Later that night, Sara was in her room surfing the internet, trying to gather more information on Song Changyu, when she heard a light knock on her door.

It was just past 11 and her father usually returned around past 1 in the morning. Since he had a spare key, he could always easily enter whenever he came home.

She quickly shut the laptop and moved to open the door to see Jianjun Wang standing there.

"Dad, You are early today. Are you okay?" Sara asked worriedly.

Jianjun nodded and peered inside the room.

"Jo is asleep?" He asked in a whisper.

"Yes" Sara nodded as she turned back to look at the fast sleeping little girl whose legs and hands were widely spread apart.

"Has her mother called her yet?" He asked.

"Not yet." Sara shook her head.

It was always very difficult getting in touch with Cixi Wang since she did not have a permanent line, they always had to wait for her to call first before they could reach her.

"Can we talk now?" He asked her patiently.

Sara looked at him quizzically but nodded and shut the door behind her as she followed him to the living room.

"Is there a problem?" She asked after they both sat down.

"The Li kids are quite nice" He praised.

Sara chuckled and spoke.

"Addressing them that way is rather inappropriate. They are both adults after all"

Jianjun Wang laughed lightly and replied, "You all are still kids before elders like us"

"I guess you could put it that way" Sara agreed with a short laugh.

Jianjun Wang then looked intently at Sara as he asked.

"By chance.... You don't like Mr Li right?"