Chapter 263 - Lost in thought (1/2)

”Why is everyone acting weird today?” Joreen murmured to herself.

She had woken up with a scare when she saw Sara looking like a Zombie while staring blankly at the window. Her hair was scattered, her eyes, lifeless, and underneath it were dark shadows to prove she did not sleep at all last night.

Even when she had shouted in fright, Sara still did not turn to look at her. It was as if she did not hear her at all.

It was when she tapped Sara gently to ask what she was staring at, that was when Sara managed to look at her but said nothing and just continued looking outside.

After going out to go check on her father so he would come check what was wrong with Sara, she saw him sprawled on the bed with his panda eyes looking at the ceiling.

She scratched her head in frustration of not knowing what to do. No one had heard from her mother. She had used Sara's phone to call her but it was still not reachable.

She heard her stomach growl and knew there was soon going to be a war inside, if nothing was done to fill up her stomach.

A few minutes later, Sara and Jianjun appeared inside the kitchen when they heard the loud clattering sound of plates breaking.

When they both entered, they saw Joreen looking at the floor in shock and blood dripping from two of her fingers.

”Jo...what happened?” Sara asked in shock when she saw the blood.

Joreen looked at the both of them who finally looked like they were living people, and began to cry.

”You both scared me. I don't know what is wrong with you both today but I wanted to make breakfast and this happened.” She said in between tears and cried even harder when she looked at her bloody hand.

”I'm really sorry Jo. It's my fault. I am so sorry” Jianjun apologize as he hurriedly went to stand in front of her to comfort her.

Sara had already pulled her into a hug and she didn't know what happened next but she soon found herself crying along side Joreen.

Jianjun apologized one more time before going to get the trashcan and dustpan to take care of the messy floor.

As Jianjun prepared breakfast, Sara helped Joreen administer first aid on her fingers.

When they were all done and it was time to eat, everyone was quiet.

Sara and Jianjun did not even see how the other was looking to realise that something was wrong. They were simply lost in their own  thoughts.

Sara continued to weigh both options.

It was the reason she had not wanted to date Muchen in the first place. She had been so scared of something like this happening in the future; where he would have to find out about her past.

She had taken a bold step by falling in love with someone as perfect as Muchen and now, there is nothing she could possibly do about it other than to accept her fate and pay the price.

Jianjun also had a lot on his mind. The thought of him hating Changyu for the past decades because of a stupid misunderstanding drove him crazy.

He did not think she was lying. She could be anything else but a liar. Besides, why would she lie about something like that?

He had thought about going to her family's house to confront her parents. But he knew it was not wise to do so.

They had ruined his family before, they could still do it again. He had to protect his family. If her parents wanted to do something bad to them now, he did not have the power or connection to protect them from their attack.

He remembered how some members of an agency in charge of food and drugs regulation had come to his parents' restaurant to charge them for using an illegal substance in his meal to get people addicted to it.

They had all been surprised by such outrageous charge but because they knew they were innocent, his parents had granted them a free access to check everywhere.

But unfortunately for them, not only did they find the drug they were talking about, they were even able to detect it with a device in the food they had just finished preparing.

Till date, he had no idea who had done that amongst all the employees there at that time.

He sighed when he thought about Changyu. She must have really suffered a lot. He wanted to ask her more questions, but he knew it was not the right time to do so now.

They both needed time to heal and accept the fact that they had been idiots for not trusting each other.

Yes, he had been an idiot. He should have trusted Changyu's love for him. He should have believed she would not have been able to send that kind of letter out of the blue.

But what about her? How could she ever believe that kind of stupid message? How could she believe he would send something like that to her for any reason?

She also did not trust him. In fact, hers was even worse. She could have easily believed his mail was hacked. But she had used her own writing to send her letter. So it was even more difficult for him to not believe hers.

Tears threatened to escape his eyes and so he quickly excused himself and went back inside his room, leaving his meal completely untouched.

Joreen's eyes followed him before she turned to look at Sara who also had not touched her food.

”What is wrong with you? You are scaring me? Did something happen to you and dad last night?” She asked with a worried expression.

Sara turned her pale face to look at Joreen.

”Jo...I want to ask you a question” She said in a hoarse voice.

”What is it? Ask me anything” She sat up and gave her full attention to Sara.

”If you by chance...hear that I am a bad person...that I have done unimaginable things.... How will you react to that?” She bit her lower lip and waited for Joreen's answer.