As Promised

After they finally settled in back home, Liu Zijian went to his study while Han Meixiu took a bath.

Inside the study room, he started to check the information he asked Ye Ming earlier. The faster he resolved this, the better. He's planning to leave for Q City early morning and let his brother take over his responsibilities in K Country for another day . He knew how torturous desk works were for Liu Zilong so he would give a good compensation in return after he settled everything.

Han Meixiu fell asleep almost immediately when her back touched the soft bed even though it was her first time sleeping on his bed.

It was already past three in the morning when Liu Zijian came inside the room and saw how peaceful his wife was sleeping. Her breathing was even and her chest was moving slowly up and down seemingly inline a rhythm created by a secret lullaby.

He silently prepared and he normally wanted to leave without informing her but he changed his mind.

He slowly advanced and bent to capture her luscious lips. At first there was a resistance but since he was persistent, it slowly opened and he was able to deepen the kiss.

Han Meixiu never imagined that a kiss could actually be an effective alarm clock. Her sleepiness was changed into a light fire slowly burning her being making her extra attentive.

"I'll be leaving, now." He said as he caught his breath.

"Where?" She asked sounding a bit hesitant because the kiss somewhat ended abruptly.

"Q City. Do you want to come with me?"

She thought for a while before she answered. "No. When will you go back?" Q City meant nothing to her. She didn't have anyone to visit nor to miss.

"Maybe tomorrow. Be good." He said and kissed her forehead before he stood up and prepared to leave.

"I'm always good." She answered as she collected herself and went out the room following Liu Zijian.

"Go back to sleep." He instructed as he saw her following him to the door.

"I'll send you off." She answered. For some reason, this scenario was the same when her mother left and eventually didn't come back. She actually wanted to change her mind and come with him to Q City.

"Zijian…"

He stopped and looked at her, wasn't it the first time she called him this way?

"Hm?"

"Come back tomorrow as you promised," she said looking down and biting her lips.

"Yes, I will." He said and pulled her into his embrace indulging himself with her scent.

After he left she couldn't sleep anymore. She took out her phone and check the picture of the crime map they did before. She wanted to keep herself busy as her emotions were starting to turn into turmoil.

Up until he reached the airport, Liu Zijian was subtly smiling as he was pleased with Han Meixiu's reaction. It was actually a nice feeling when someone was sending him off. It was totally different from his mother's endless reminders every time Madam Liu sent both him and his brother off when they were younger.

With that particular incident, he's more resolute to finish the issue in the soonest possible time so he could come back right away. He also talked to his brother to visit Han Meixiu to check on her and asked him to assign a female domestic worker for her. Although Liu Zilong complained at first, he still agreed in the end.

*

In Han family's main house

"Father, when can I see my daughter?" Han Fengxia asked her father. It has been almost a week since Han Meili was married as Han Meixiu to the third young master of Chen Family. Her daughter was chosen because of the close resemblance of her run away niece. She couldn't seem to wait to talk to her daughter to ask for a few favors.

Though she was originally against the idea of Han Meili posing as Han Meixiu, she couldn't really object her father. She knew that women in Han family were bound to be married off for expanding their influence and power. Besides, she could definitely get enormous benefits from agreeing to send her daughter to Chen Dewei.

Han Meili has also been eyeing the young master since she was in high school thus she was more than willing to be part of the plan. The idea was to make the man fall in love with her and eventually reveal her real identity and some pitiful 'story' so they could erase Han Meixiu existence to Chen Dewei. The latter, for some reason, only agreed to be married to that hateful daughter of her ingrate brother.

"It's not even a week yet. Let them enjoy themselves first." He calmly replied. Now that there was already a union from Han and Chen, the future of Han Family's businesses would be unlimited. He couldn't even control himself as he smiled satisfactorily while he imagined the future.

"What if Han Meixiu found out?" Han Fenxia curiously asked. They didn't know where that girl disappeared to so her father should at least prepare a counter measure, right?

"What could she do?" He responded with scornful tone. A mere young woman who didn't even know how the world works, she couldn't make a ruckus even if she wanted to.

'Like father like daughter, both were so hard-headed and didn't know how to listen and follow orders.' He was greatly disappointed to that son of his. He had great potential if only he was obedient; he could have inherited his position.

"But father, what if she insists to be the wife of third young master Chen?"

"Then we should not simply give her a chance." He dismissively answered. A Han member that couldn't be controlled would be treated as a flaw that needed to be eliminated.

"But what if Third Young Master Chen finds out she's not the real Han Meixiu?"

"He won't. They only meet briefly when I introduced them. Besides, didn't you tell me that when you saw her sleeping with a man, she only showed her eyes? You saw him when we handed Han meili over, he didn't react much."

"Yes, but what if…"

"Fengxia! Why are you being so negative?! We just have to wait for good news! I also ordered already to watch out if anyone would see Han Meixiu. We can retain her once we find her." That granddaughter of his always reminded him of his unfilial son not to mention that daughter of the Zhang's that made his son worse. Good thing they both disappeared.