106 In A Good Mood (1/2)

Nevertheless, it was a good opportunity for her that she should not miss. Han Jie took a deep breath.

”Wait here.” She muttered to Jonah and strode over to where Suzuki Kyou was standing.

When she was in front of him, Han Jie saw him frown, while his driver stepped back. There was no one else around them now.

”I know you don't want me here, and I'm sorry for lying to you. But I had to do whatever I could to help my family. So I accept responsibility, and I'm willing to take whatever punishment intended for my family.” Han Jie rushed out in one breath.

Suzuki Kyou tilted his head as he stared at her a while. This, of course, made Han Jie feel nervous and awkward.

”We can talk more in the office. I'll tell assistant Ye to get you some sweets.” He said, and just as he did that, the elevator door opened.

Han Jie appreciatively smiled as she stepped in the elevator with him. 'He must be in a good mood. I hope the same for the entire talk…' She thought to herself hopefully.

***

Han Jun woke up slowly, his body adjusting to the daylight and the liquor he'd drank last night in the privacy of his room.

He turned his head slowly without opening his eyes so he wouldn't feel dizzy or nauseous when he opened his eyes. Finally, he opened his eyes when he was sure he was facing his alarm clock on his bedside table.

'Six am.' Han Jun smiled with pride. Han Jun liked to celebrate every achievement, although everyone thinks that he is a grumpy dude.

He didn't care if the people around him thought him to be cocky and arrogant. He celebrated every achievement with a proud smile, sometimes a little too smug, but he let the world know he was proud of himself. Like now, or every morning he woke up on time.

Han Jun may have conditioned himself to wake up at a usual when he had just been thirteen years old, but every time he woke up and beat his alarm, he took it as an achievement, so he celebrated even at twenty-five.

Just because he didn't set the alarm anymore didn't mean he still couldn't wallow in his pride.

Han Jun sat up slowly, proud smile still in place as he stared at the glass of water and painkillers he had left for himself the night before.

He swallowed the painkillers and gulped down the water. The hangover he'd anticipated this morning was not as bad. But then he'd been well prepared for his night of drinking, eating copious amounts of bread during dinner alongside his very well balanced food.

Han Jun made sure to never mess with his health, and this was also added as an achievement. At this age, most people would have gone to the hospital at least once for alcohol poisoning but not him.

Never him.

His father had been Han Feng's younger brother by about two years, but that hadn't made them close. Han Jun's father had been bitter. Bitter that his brother had been the golden boy, bitter that Han Feng had been his parents pride taking their barely floating company and turning it into a multi-billion company.

Han Jun's father hadn't cared that his brother had had to drop out of college so he could go. He hadn't cared that his brother had worked himself to almost an early grave for his family to have a better life.

All Han Jun's father had cared about was the fact that Han Feng had taken the girl he wanted, the girl he believed he loved. Han Hua. Han Feng's wife.

The woman who had worked just as hard to help Han Feng realize his dreams. The woman who had put her massive inheritance on the line in the name of love. But Han Jun's father hadn't understood that love was all aunt Hua had always wanted.

Han Jun's father had just wanted her inheritance. When aunt Hua had rejected him for his brother, he married Mira's best friend and Han Feng's former lover in a fit of jealousy and with the hopes that she would cause issues in his brother's marriage. But that hadn't been the case.