Daughter in law

"Cute potato, you should be more careful." Mr Chu said as he also tapped her back.

He was about to say more when he looked at Li Muchen who was busy staring daggers at him.

He choked back on his words and retracted his hand.

He was far older than Li Muchen but he couldn't help being afraid when he met his gaze.

"Sis are you alright?"

"Are you okay Sara?"

Joreen and Heya both asked when they realised she was still coughing.

Sara gradually stopped coughing and answered dryly, "I'm fine."

"Thank you" She said to Li Muchen without looking at him.

He nodded and also retracted his hand from her back.

"This is my boss Mr Li" She introduced him to Mr Chu.

Mr Chu took a closer look at Li Muchen as he asked.

"Your boss? Then why was he glaring at me like that?" He asked drunkenly.

They all looked at Li Muchen, expecting him to at least say something but he just poured himself a drink and after gulping it down, he continued eating slowly.

Why would Mr Li glare at Mr Chu? Sara wondered. 

She then concluded that maybe Li Muchen was not comfortable around Mr Chu or Mr Chu was probably imagining things since he was drunk.

"Mr Chu, you are over thinking things. Why would my boss glare at you?" Sara asked as she stood up to gently pull him away from their table. She didn't want him to create a scene, at least, not today.

"He did, I swear he did" He said firmly as he refused to be pulled away and held her hand.

He took a closer look at Sara's hand and then her face before he asked.

"You are becoming really thin my cute potato. Have you been stressing yourself?"

"I'm fine Mr Chu. You should leave now." Sara replied, still trying to make him leave.

He didn't bother answering her as he looked at her plate of food and spoke angrily,

"Cute potato. Why are you eating vegetables? You should eat good food. No man wants to marry a thin girl these days."

Heya and Joreen who had both ignored the both of them and continued eating, suddenly raised their heads when they heard him.

"What do you mean no one wants to marry her?" Joreen asked angrily but immediately lowered her head to focus on her meal when she remembered that Li Muchen and Li Heya were still present there.

Mr Chu didn't even bother looking at Joreen as he continued speaking with a smile now plastered on his face.

"My Nephew is coming home soon. You should gain weight before he comes around"

"Mr Chu, I've told you countless times that I'm not interested in your son or nephew"

Li Muchen who was still busy with his food, smirked when he heard Sara's response. 'Your cute potato just rejected you' He thought to himself smugly.

He picked up a piece of serviette from the table and wiped his mouth gently as he tried his best not to smile.

"Shuu! Don't say that" Mr Chu scolded Sara.

"At least, you should look like this cute potato here" He said pointing at Heya.

Heya blinked in confusion.

Did he just tell Sara to look like her? And even called her a cute potato?

"Me?" Heya asked in bewilderment.

"Yes, you! Cute potato. Are you single? Do you want to be my daughter in law? How old are you?" He asked as he moved to her direction.

Heya blushed. She really did not know what to say.

But one thing she knew was, she really enjoyed the warmth she felt there ever since she got there.

First, no one mocked her, she was welcomed politely, Mr Wang said she was pretty and here, someone else wants her to be his daughter in law.

She smiled widely and didn't mind that she was being called a potato. She focused more on the 'cute'.

When Li Muchen saw his sister's smiling face, he couldn't help shaking his head.

Mr Chu saw her smiling face and assumed she had agreed to be his daughter-in-law. He was about to say more when Li Muchen interrupted.

"We should leave now." He said as he stood up.

"Ah! I'm not done yet" Heya said sadly as she looked at the remaining food on her plate.

"You've eaten enough already. It's already late" He said in a cool voice.

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"Thank you so much Mr Wang. Your meal was really delicious." Heya said with a smile.

"We really enjoyed the meal Mr Wang. Please let us pay." Li Muchen said as he took out his leather wallet from inside his pocket.

"No.. no.. no.. you do not have to. I'm honoured to have you here. I can't ask for more"

"We should still pay you Mr Wang." Muchen insisted politely.

"No. Don't worry about it. I'm glad you are both treating Sara well. You can both come here anytime and I'll serve you well."

Jianjun Wang had been so busy that he didn't have time to eat with them. Even when Sara had offered to help him out, he had insisted on doing everything with his employee and asked Sara to have dinner with the people from the Li family.

After their back and forth banter, Li Muchen finally left without paying for the meal.

Sara and Joreen saw them off to where his car was parked.

"You are both going home right? We should drop you off." Heya offered.

"No, we are good. Besides, our place is not very far from here." Sara replied.

"It's late. Joreen shouldn't be walking by this time." Li Muchen chipped in. "Get in. I'll drop you both off" He said as he opened the back door.

Joreen happily nodded and followed Heya to the back seat.

Li Muchen did same and opened the front door to usher Sara in. Sara felt a bit awkward being treated this nicely by Mr Li. She carefully sat down while he closed the door.

As the car drove off, Heya suddenly broke the silence and asked.

"I wanted to ask earlier, who was that lady?"