Chapter 220 - Fighting for love (III) (1/2)

Apparently, the beautiful lady had started her own small store in a small countryside. She became quite famous locally because of her stunning appearance, yet despite a long line of suitors, no one managed to snag her hand in marriage.

Young Master Lu visited the tiny yet cozy store a few times. He disguised himself as an Asian man who had come to love the place, treating it as his resting spot every weekend. He visited her once a week. He got to chat with her casually.

From getting her name personally until occasionally having small chats with her with random topics like 'how's the day?' or 'how's the business?', they became friends eventually, with the passage of time. Their relationship back then was akin to a loyal patron and the owner of the store.

Young Master Lu unconsciously formed a habit of spending his weekend in that place. He would especially fly from Asia to that place just to have a few moments of chat with her.

She was initially guarded, but polite. Until slowly, they began to warm up to each other.

It had been more than a year since he started visiting the store every week.

But for the first time, the store was not open.

Young Master Lu asked around. The neighbors said that in this time of the year, Prescilla's store usually was closed. They did not know where she always went but the next day, she would be back to business again.

Young Master Lu was worried, so he combed through the town. Finally, by the seaside, he found her staring blankly at the ocean. Her silvery strands flowed behind her back as it was blown by the cold wind. Her silent figure screamed of loneliness and sorrow.

Young Master Lu knew at a glance that the woman in front of him was different from the usual owner he saw at the store, who smiled politely and spoke in a cheerful voice.

He knew that Prescilla had been truly hurt by that cold hearted man.

He took a step nearer, but then stopped. He wanted to call out to her, yet he was afraid that she would show her fake smiles again.

So, the man who silently fell deeper in love stood far and watched his beloved woman stare blankly at the sea until the sun completely vanished.

It was then that he had vowed to do everything to heal her heart.

”Gradma was in love with Master Xiong?” Lu Yin Ze gaped at this shocking information, his mouth opening slightly.

Who would have thought that the Xiong family and the Lu family had a hidden history like this? Was that the reason why both heads of the families did not get along well?

Master Lu nodded in confirmation.

”Your grandma fell in love with the wrong person. In the end, she was ruthlessly abandoned. That cold hearted bastard prioritized his family's surname more than anything else, thus, he chose his family elder's offered fiancée. Tsk. In the first place, he should have not brought my dear wife to the Xiong Mansion if he did not have the guts to actually marry her!” Master Lu said angrily.

In his memories, those blank eyes of his woman staring at the ocean every year gave him so much pain and distress for her. Screw that bastard Xiong!

”But to be honest, I am relieved that he had left her. If he had not, I would not have grabbed my chance,” Master Lu added while reminiscing the past.

”Did you have a hard time getting Grandma to love you back?” Lu Yin Ze curiously asked, his blue eyes filled with curiousity.

”Of course, child! Sigh, it took me almost five years tirelessly pursuing her to finally have her heart open up to me. After that, when we were finally together, it again took another couple of years to convince her to come here.”

”That long?” Lu Yin Ze was stunned. Five whole years? That must have needed so much will, determination, courage, and effort.

”Well, your grandma is quite traumatized by what had happened with that bastard. And, ahem, well, I also happen to have a fiancée back then.”

”Eh?!”

Lu Yin Ze was shocked. His grandpa had a fiancée but he went behind her and chased another woman? Not to mention that the woman he was pursuing happened to have a trauma involving her ex-boyfriend getting another woman as his fiancée. This is really… Lu Yin Zhe did not know whether to admire his grandfather's courage or shake his head in disapproval.

”Cough. Don't give me that look. I did not cheat.”

Lu Yin Zhe could not help but look at his grandfather with dead fish eyes. He already had a fiancée but still saying he did not cheat?

”What I meant was, she was not my official fiancée. The other's family persuaded my father to set an arranged marriage for us, but it was all talk and there was no official engagement,” Master Lu explained when he saw his grandson's dubious look. At that time, he was just as shocked after hearing his father announce that he had a fiancée.

He had fought with his father a lot because of that.

On the other hand, Lu Yin Ze noticed another detail. ”Someone actually persuaded our Lu family to arrange a marriage with them? Are they from one of the eminent families?”