17 Retaliation (1/2)
The next day being Sunday Su Li knew all three of them would be at home. She had deliberately asked for the lamp during last night's dinner. Afterall, if a play was to be enacted, she needed her intended audience to witness it first hand. If the information was passed later on by word of mouth it wouldn't be that impactful.
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It was still quite early when she went out for a run around the garden. She felt the most relaxed in the garden since she had always loved all kinds of fauna and flora. As soon as she completed her run she saw Zixi standing at some distance. She knew he must be waiting for her since the orders would have been conveyed to him yesternight. Without giving him a chance to speak she walked towards the entrance, ”Make sure the lamp is all cleaned and in working condition and bring it to the sitting room after breakfast.” Finishing her words she carried on to her room.
She had an anticipatory feeling inside her so during breakfast she talked to Yu Jian about a few inconsequential things and even deigned to give Yu Yan a slight warm smile. Recalling the information she had received from the system she also told Yu Jian that the Feng Corporation was also trying to vie for the underground sea canal project the Yu Corporation had an eye upon. Since she had a non - compete clause with Yu Jian, she had taken an initiative on her own to try her level best to help him in any endeavours he was interested in.
For a moment Yu Jian had admonished her for talking about business in the dinning hall instead of the study, moreover, at the breakfast table but there was a faint gleam of pampering and doting in his eyes. She was taken aback by that look in his eyes and had been reminded of her own father who would always say to them not to pay attention to anything else while eating.Later on, she had rationalised that all parents would have that kind of look for their children.
Yu Jian had a bittersweet feeling in his heart when he saw Yueyue giving a faint smile to Yanyan. When Yueyue informed him about theprobable tussle they might have with the Feng Corporation in the near future, he wanted to ask her how she knew about it. It wasn't that he didn't believe her information to be reliable, he just didn't want her to take any unnecessary risks for the company. He could still shoulder most of the responsibilty of the company until she grew up into a more mature person. However, before he could say anything he saw Yueyue looking at his eyes in a daze as if being reminded of someone else and there seemed to be slight tears at the corner of her own eyes. Without further inquiry he could understand that she must be thinking about his late wife. He didn't want her to be too upset thinking about it so just patted her shoulder in consolation.
Soon she came out of her daze and gave him an apologetic smile and lowered her head. He wanted to take her mind off those memories so he asked how she knew about it.
”Feng Zi Jin goes to the same college and I inadvertently heard her alluding to it.”
He replied, ”Really muddle headed to talk about any business dealings or decisions outside.”
After breakfast just as he was about to get off the table, Yueyue held his hand, ”I asked the person to bring the lamp to the sitting room. Please come with me to have a look.”
He knew it must have taken a lot out of his daughter to ask him to accompany her since generally, she didn't like showing her weakness to anybody. She had an unreasonable thought that showing weakness infront of others was akin to asking other people to pity you in front and mock you in the back. He went along with her wishes and readily agreed.
Su Li knew from Yu Jian's face expression that he would send Yu Yue back to her room but how could she allow that to happen. For an act to continue onwards, it required all the actors along with the audience to be present. Therefore, she just held and squeezed his hand to indicate that she was fine with having Yu Yan's presence. Soon afterwards Zixi brought the lamp into the room and placed it on the centre table.