Chapter 272 - Just what if...? (2/2)

”A bit okay. Sorry about everything.” He apologized with sad eyes.

”Sorry about mummy. She is not a bad person”

Joreen apologized with teary eyes. She felt that her mother must have done something to really hurt Jianjun for him to look this sad.

He furrowed his brows before shaking his head.

”This is an issue for the adults Jo. I do not want you to butt-in. But do not worry, your mother is going to return soon.”

Joreen nodded and a smile finally appeared on her face after hearing those words directly from him.

They all suddenly heard Changyu make a noise like she was crying in her sleep. She snuggled even closer to him and mumbled some incoherent words.

They all looked sadly at her as she kept shifting about.

Sara felt strange looking at her now.

What if... Just what if...?

”You should let her sleep comfortably inside the room. I am sure she would feel better then”

Joreen nodded in support of Sara's suggestion since the woman obviously did not look comfortable.

Gently and carefully, Jianjun lifted her.

To him, she was so light. As light as a feather that he began to wonder whether she ate at all.

He was carrying her towards the ladies room before Sara shook her head and asked him to leave her in his room instead. Claiming that theirs was a bit stuffy and was probably going to make her feel uncomfortable.

He was not in the mood to argue with her since he wanted Changyu to rest well and so he carried her inside his own room. Sara helped him open the door wide while Jireen helped carry her shoes and purse.

He felt he was lucky to have arranged his room and messy bed while waiting for Sara to come home. Else, it would have been a bit of a problem right now.

After slowly lowering her on the bed and using a pillow to elevate her sprained foot, he heard her say a few other inaudible words before she finally settled and began to snore lightly

”Can we talk for a bit?” Sara asked Jianjun after he turned to face them.

”Sure. Let's go out.”

”Jo. Can you help us watch Miss Changyu? I want to speak with dad for a bit.”

”No problem. You can go on.” Joreen said to them.

Jianjun and Sara both left the room after looking at Changyu one more time.

She had questions for him. Although she felt they were absurd, she still had to ask anyway.

They both went over to the dining and after Jianjun sat down, she sat opposite him.

”I overheard your conversation earlier” Sara started.

”You must have been shocked right?”

”Truth is, I actually know most of it already. Aunt told me about what her parents did to grandparents.”

Jianjun looked at her in surprise. He had hidden that from her all these years. Why did Cixi have to tell his precious daughter about their dark past? He did not want her to start having other thoughts that rich people always behaved that way. Especially now that she was dating someone from a wealthy family.

He was about to assure her that something like that was never going to happen to their family, but she spoke first.

”I am really sorry. Sorry that you had to go through all of that. Sorry that I was not there to protect you all” Sara said with glistening eyes.

Jianjun laughed dryly. ”Don't be silly. You should not be apologizing for things like that. It's all good. It's in the past.” He assured her with a smile when he noticed she was about to tear up.

”You seem to like Miss Changyu a lot” Sara suddenly mentioned.

”It's not what you think. How are you? What happened to you last night? The distractions have been making them skip my mind.” He suddenly changed the topic.

”I am fine. And don't change the topic right now. It is very easy to know you have feelings for Miss Changyu.”

”I don't” He denied.

”There wasn't a question mark after my sentence so, it wasn't a question dad.” Sara reminded him.

He avoided eye contact with her, embarrassed to be talking about something like this with his daughter.

”Why did you marry mum?” She suddenly asked out of the blue.

”I heard grandparents liked her. Were you forced to marry her?”

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