Long Tian 2

"I'll try. But Lu Jin, don't have too much hope. My father is a Commander in and out. His words and his decisions never change. If he promised his friend to accept his daughter as a daughter-in-law, then there's no way he'd change his mind."

"It's fine, Tian Tian. I want to at least try convincing him to accept us. It's better than the family falling apart." She nodded tearfully.

"Okay. I'll try to convince him. If he doesn't accept, we'll get married in court, okay? Now, stop crying."

"Hmm! Tian Tian, I trust you. It's a little late and I'm a bit tired. If that's all you wanted to say, then can we leave now?"

"If you're tired, then we'll leave. Come, I'll drop you home." Pushing out of his seat, Long Tian pulled Lu Jin to her feet and handed her her purse.

"Thank you, Tian Tian."

"Hmm! Let's go."

Walking side by side, the two exited the Disco Club and entered the Open-Air Parking Lot.

Riiiiiiinng!

Right at this moment Long Tian's CellCom ringed and seeing it was a business call, he connected it with his AirCom and placed it on mute.

"Lu Jin, give me a minute. I have to take this call." The call concerned TianYue's new sale launch, so Long Tian couldn't ignore it. Stepping to the other side of the lot, he connected the call.

"Hello, Mr. Wyne..."

On the other side, the moment Long Tian left, Gu Yan got out of his car and approached Lu Jin.

"What happened? Why are you guys out so quickly?" He was worried that they had argued.

"Gu Yan! Why are you here? What if Long Tian sees you?" Lu Jin panickily looked around and held Gu Yan's arm, leading him away from the Open-Air Parking Lot.

"He won't see. I only came out after seeing him leave. Now answer me. Why are you guys out so quickly?"

"Sigh...he wanted to tell me his father fixed his marriage with his friend's daughter."

"What!? How can that be? Wouldn't all our hard work be for nothing, then?" Gu Yan shrieked in disbelief. How could Long Tian marry someone else? His eyes erratically rolled about as he held his head and paced around anxiously.

His plan of 3 years...was going to be reduced to nothing!

All his plans and schemes would scatter apart like a dock of cards!

How could he allow that to happen?

He turned and roughly grabbed Lu Jin's arms.

"What did you do? Why is he telling you about his marriage to another woman? Shouldn't he be taking you home instead?"

"Gu Yan, you're hurting me. I didn't do anything. It's his old man that made the decision. But don't worry. Long Tian already promised me that he'd only marry me. If his father fails to accept it, he'll leave the Long Mansion."

"Really?"

"Of course! Do I have a reason to lie? Now let me go."

"Haha...Babe, you're awesome! You have that foolish Long Tian wrapped around your finger! Haha..." Laughing uproariously, Gu Yan picked up Lu Jin and span her around.

Lu Jin yelped in surprise and held his shoulders.

Then a proud smile surfaced on her face.

Even she felt she was awesome. Otherwise, how could she make the son of the Great Commander so devoted to her, that he would willing to leave his family behind?

Smiling complacently, Lu Jin raised her head higher.

"Of course. Someone like Long Tian is the easiest to control. I just need to shed a few tears and act innocent. Then, he'll come running to me like a dog...Hahaha!"

"Da** right! My babe can control even the Great Commander's son. What can you not accomplish? Come, I'll reward you for all the hard work." Setting her down, he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her.

"Lu Jin...?" Long Tian was stunned by what he saw and heard...

Hearing the familiar voice, Lu Jin froze as if turned to statue.

No...this can't happen...

Not right now!

Shivering as if she was standing in the middle of an ice storm, Lu Jin shakily turned her head and stared wide-eyed at the man standing less than six feet from them.

"Tian...Tian?" She stammered.

"Heh...you were playing with me all this time?" Long Tian's voice was impassive, without a hint of anger or rage to be found.

But it was this calm voice that scared Lu Jin. Because she knew the quieter Long Tian appeared, the angrier he was. And the angrier he was, the more explosive his temper would be.

Horrified at being caught in the act, Lu Jin couldn't respond for a long time. When she returned to her senses, she panickily disengaged herself from Gu Yan's arms and fearfully, took tentative steps towards the dark-faced Long Tian.

But what was done was done, and Lu Jin couldn't reverse time to fix her mistake. So she could only grit her teeth and makeup excuses on the spot.

Either way, she had to vehemently deny everything to the end!

"Tian Tian, listen to me. It's not what you think."

"It's not what I think? Then you tell me Lu Jin. What I just saw and heard right now...what was it? A figment of my imagination?"

Lu Jin...

Lu Jin was playing him?

The thought itself made his heart twitch in pain.

The Lu Jin he met when he was only a little over 18 and mistrusted women was a fake?

The one who gave a handicapped kid medical aid in a hovership crash.

The one who made him believe in the existence of sincerity in a world cloaked in deceit and publicly proposed to him and vowed to never love anyone else?

She was fake?

The one he believed to be different from the girls that slept around and had ambiguous relationships with multiple individuals.

They were all fake!

"Heh...haha...Lu Jin...well done...very well done...you'd managed to successfully make a fool of me, Long Tian, the distrustful and skeptical son of Commander Long."

"Long Tian, I...I was forced! He forced me!" Lu Jin never expected one careless action on her part would reveal her truth to Long Tian. Not only that, but he also heard how she and Gu Yan were playing him!

Was she going to lose Long Tian and the status of Madam Long?

No! She wouldn't allow herself to fall from grace so easily!

Her eyes gleamed with a fierce light and she shot a glance at Gu Yan.

Then steeling herself, she covered her eyes and began bawling like it was the end of the world.

"Waaahhh! Tian Tian, Tian Tian! Listen to me! Please, just listen to me! He forced me! He really forced me!" She could only throw the dirty water on Gu Yan and hope the man understood her intention.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be any way to salvage the situation...

Unfortunately, Gu Yan wasn't on the same wavelength as her. He turned to the bubbling woman with an astonished expression on his face and when he heard her words, he broke into a towering rage.

"Lu Jin, what the flaming heavens are you saying? Me? force you? What is your status for me to force you? If it weren't for me, you would still be serving at clubs to pay for your daily meals! Besides, we've been in a relationship for six years. I know you in and out. So how could I force you?" He leered, his gaze roaming unrestrainedly over her figure.

"No, Tian Tian! Don't listen to his nonsense. He is trying to sow discord between us. He forced me!"

This da** Gu Yan! He didn't get her hint and was aggravating the situation. Thanks to him, Long Tian also came to know her dark history of serving in clubs!

Gu Yan smirked and folded his arms. He had said everything that needed to be said. He wanted to see if Long Tian would still be interested in used goods.

At first, he'd wanted to act like a hooligan and take everything on himself. After all, this was his plan of three years. How could he accept defeat when they were close to victory?

But Lu Jin's sudden change in attitude opened his eyes.

The girl wanted to dump him and leave with the rich man. How could he be willing to see that happen?

As for Long Tian, he just felt ridiculously pathetic.

How had he not seen this side of Lu Jin? How was he so blinded that he couldn't see the hypocritical mask on her face?

He recalled the event a day ago.

Before the Ivy Club, the woman had screeched and screamed like a shrew at an innocent girl. She had accused her of intentionally approaching him to trap him for his money.

At that time, Fu Ji Ren had asked her how she knew the girl was trying to trap him. He questioned whether she had experience in the field. But at that time, Long Tian felt displeased with his friend.

He thought Fu Ji Ren was purposely targeting Lu Jin because he didn't like her.

Now, however, he realized that his friend had seen that which he failed to see.

Lu Jin dared to question the other in such a way because she perceived the other to be the same as herself, purposely approaching him with hidden intentions.

It wasn't love that she was guarding.

It was the power and money of the Long Family that she'd schemed and trapped him for.

No wonder she wanted him to convince his father...

A mocking sneer appeared in the man's eyes as he coldly looked at the two-faced woman.

"Oh, he forced you? But from what I heard, the two of you are coworkers in this business, no?"

"Tian Tian, you're misunderstanding! He forced and threatened me to approach you. If I didn't, he would've made my life miserable. You know I don't have a good family to turn to for support." She bowed her head and bit on her lip, her appearance one of a pitiful and wrongfully accused woman.

If it was usual, Long Tian would've gone and consoled her immediately.

But now, he only watched her performance with a cold expression.

And this time, as he viewed Lu Jin from different lenses, he couldn't help but want to shoot himself in the head.

For three years.

How had he failed to see her true form for three years?

Disappointed at his bad judgment and disgusted with the woman before him, Long Tian clicked on his black button and a hologram screen popped up.

Lu Jin was expecting to hear Long Tian's hesitant voice.

After all, she had already squeezed out every ounce of skill she had to put on her best performance. As long as the man showed even the slightest bit of hesitation, she planned to shed a few more tears and aggrievedly run away.

By then, Long Tian would certainly run after her and she could put on fainting from too much distress act and recapture his heart.

But what she expected didn't happen.

Confused and dazed, she raised her head and saw him...call Commander Long?

Why was he calling Commander Long?

"Long Tian, do you know what time it is right now? Why are you calling me this late?" The moment Commander Long came on screen, he roared at his disappointing son.

"Father, I'll marry your friend's daughter." With that, Long Tian disconnected the call.

Looking up, he indifferently swept his gaze over the stunned Lu Jin and her lover.

"Lu Jin, from now on, you'd better stay away from me. Otherwise, I'll see to it that you're behind bars for fraud and harassment." With a cold look on his face, Long Tian moved past the couple to his black hover.

Lu Jin slumped to the ground. Her vacant eyes stared at her empty hands as a sharp pain flashed through her heart.

"It's over...everything is over...Long Tian...I've lost him forever."

It was only when she lost him that she realized how much he'd grown on her.