Chapter 81 - We need to talk.

Chunlan stood in front of her boyfriend the next morning fiddling with his necktie sheepishly.

Luckily for her, his fingers guided her to the end where he checked himself in front of the full length mirror with a smile. She could feel his breath on her forehead as he said. "Very good. This will bring me the good luck I need today."

She smiled. "I am sure you won't be needing that." She placing her hand on his shirt, dusting the non existent dust of this shirt. "Be careful."

"Are you worried about Wen Qiqiang?" He grabbed her fingers and brought them to his lips. "Don't be. The Japanese ambassadors will also be coming with me so that means the President will do everything to ensure our safety."

"Okay. " She wanted to ask how his uncle was but when she thought about how she failed to keep her promise to protect him, she felt too ashamed to ask so she said. "Is your cousin coming with you?"

Jihai was looking at the mirror above her head as he said. "Yes, he is. He is too vivacious to be left alone, it's best if I keep an eye on him."

He looked down when he saw that she suddenly kept quiet. "What's wrong, Lan'er? Are you okay?"

"I am so sorry, Jihai." She lifted her head to reveal her eyes filled with crystal tears. "I couldn't protect your uncle as I promised."

Jihai sighed and engulfed her into his arms, frowning as he discovered that Chunlan had truly changed. Ever since that incident with the pool, she had been always apologetic to him, like she was filled with so much regret. He wanted to question her but he feared that she might shrink away so he restrained himself. "There is no need to feel so bad about it. Things like this happen without our consent. I don't want you always be remorseful towards me. We shouldn't live our lives this way. "

"You are right but...." How do I explain to you the reason I am being this way? She lowered her head. Every night, she was haunted by the memories of their past lives of how she behaved towards her family and friends and how she aborted her twins. With everyday that passed, she realized that it was getting difficult to love with this feeling that threatened to consume her.

He lifted her head up with his finger on her chin. He tried to look into her eyes but she avoided him. He said. "There are some matters that is currently hanging between us. I want to know why your eyes are always filled with guilt when you look at me, why you are somewhat uncomfortable with me since I returned from Japan. Is this my fault? Did I do something bad that made you unhappy?"

"No, it's not that....." Chunlan tried to explain herself but she couldn't say anything. "Let's talk about this later when you return."

He agreed when he saw how sad she had become, feeling like a jerk. He intertwined his hand into her hair as he pressed his lips to hers, tasting her slowly. "You are right, let's talk later. Will you walk me to the car?"

Chunlan's lips glistened with saliva, making Jihai's eyes darken with dėsɨrė, stealing another kiss. "Alright."

They walked down to the living room where Sakai Natsuhiko was waiting for them. He looked at the couple that was descending down and grumbled. "You two are too much, making us wait for you like this. I don't care what you people were doing, even a quickie shouldn't take that long..."

Chunlan's cheeks burned when she heard his coarse statement, realizing that she shouldn't stay in the same room with this man. She mumbled. "I think it is best that you to along with your cousin now. I will see you later."

Jihai glared at his cousin who was chuckling as he watched her take fast but careful steps on the stairs, running away. Natsuhiko wiped the tears of mirth off his eyes and said. "Ah, she is so adorable....."

"Ani!" Jihai spoke in Japanese, afraid that she would hear him. "You can't keep tormenting your sister-in-law!"

"Yes, I can." Natsuhiko replied in Chinese so that she could hear him. "Why? Because I am your senior and there is nothing you can do about it. Besides you two are both ȧduŀts, there is no need to be ashamed!"

Jihai was very close to strangling his cousin but he said expressionlessly. "If you are through teasing her, I will meet you in the car."

He looked up to hear the abrupt sound of the door closing so he left his cousin laughing. His cousin joined him a few minutes later and the car left the compound.

Chunlan sat down when she heard that the car had gone and she opened her ŀȧptop, rejecting the urge to cover her face in pure embarrassment. Even though Natsuhiko's words were untrue, she was still blushing fiercely. This was all Jihai's fault!

She drove the thoughts

from her head and expertly typed on her ŀȧptop, making a video call. She had learnt a set of skills that would enable her to get about as a blind person and she was able also operate her ŀȧptop through voice command. The recipients of this video call were her little sisters, Chunhua and Chunying. They greeted her. "Good morning, Jie Jie!"

She smiled. "Good morning, it seems like you both don't have classes?"

They responded. "We don't!"

She knew that they were lying to her but she did not call them out on it but instead advised them. "You must take your studies seriously so that in the future, our parents can rely on you."

Chunhua stopped her twin who was looking down in guilt. She should have know that Chunying couldn't be trusted. "We know, Jie Jie. We won't disappoint you, anyway we have the documents that you said we should get....."

For the past few months, she and her sisters had been stealing the company documents that should be signed by their father and they had been signing them instead. Chunhua and Chunying would read them to her while she explained the details to them and Chunhua who had learnt to forge her father's signature would sign them if the deals were favourable.

This way, she was doing her part as a senior sister by teaching them about the business and she was also fulfilling her role as a filial daughter and the successor of Tang Hotels.

During midway of their discussion , she suddenly heard a knock on her door, halting their conversation. "Who is this?"

A female voice told her. "Chunlan it is me, Shen Ji.. We need to talk."