Chapter 97 - You Go Girl

UNEDITED- PLEASE WAIT FOR SOMETIME

As soon as the morning broke in the Imperial city, painting the skies in the brightest shades of yellow, Han Ze Min left his penthouse in the Skyline condominium, getting all ready for their trip to Gui Xiang. 

Even though he couldn't fall asleep last night, he seemed to be in high spirits as he got inside the elevator, dialling Ming Yue's number.

All night, he was thinking about her, to be honest, he was worried about her staying alone with Wan Yi Jun. 

No matter how many times she had refused their relationship, Han Ze Min couldn't ease his mind as he felt that there might be something fishy going around in that house. 

Even at midnight, he woke up multiple times, thinking about returning to Wisteria gardens. Even he doesn't know how many times he cursed his decision not to stay with Wan Yi Jun. It's fascinating for him to realize that Ming Yue has made her way into his heart after a long time. 

The way she talks, more precisely, she argues and fights. It was impossible to believe that she was a maid. 

If they met each other in some other circumstances, he would have definitely mistaken her as a headstrong young miss of some wealthy family, a perfect match for him. 

If he had met Ming Yue before Wan Yi Jun, he would have already taken her to the civil bureau to register their marriage. 

But unfortunately, he had to win her over. 

With a hum on his lips, Han Ze Min dialled Ming Yue's number, hoping to start his day on a good day. 

After two rings, the call got connected and Ming Yue's tired hello was heard from the other side.

"Did you decide?" It was the first thing Han Ze Min asked even before greeting her properly,

"About our deal? No, I couldn't sleep well, that's why I'm calling you early in the morning. There is going to be an important function in my family, so I should have a girlfriend by that time. I told you to take your time to think properly. Bye then, see you soon."

Just as he walked towards his car in the parking lot, a car harshly pulled before him and an angry Zhi Lan got out of the car, 

"Oh, Hi, good morning, Lanlan." Han Ze Min waved his hand while flashing a big fat grin at her,

However, other than shooting fuming glares at him, she spoke nothing.

"It seems like your morning is not that good. Tell mem Zhi Lan, which one of your friends got into trouble this time? Don't tell me, it is Xie Na." He teasingly added while pointing upwards, "I haven't seen her in a while. She didn't kill anyone, right?

"Why didn't you tell your family that you are not interested in the engagement?" Zhi Lan tried hard not to lose control as she listened to his scornful words about her friends. 

Actually, she came to visit Xie Na, who lives in the same building as Han Ze Min. However, she didn't expect to run into him, and the very first moment she saw his smiling face, all of her frustration just erupted like a volcano. 

Watching her reaction, it took a moment for Han Ze Min to gather his thoughts about their alliance.

"I did tell my family, and my mother even started to look other proposals for me. I thought my uncle might have informed your dad. He didn't?"

Han Ze Min replied in a playful tone, only to receive silence from Zhi Lan, who appeared agitated.

It seems like the Zhi family is not aware that Han Ze Min has backed off from being a potential suitor for their young miss.

"Ah, whatever. I'm seeing someone. So I will be officially out of the list, and you will be free from this arranged marriage or whatever our family wants us to do." For some reason, Han Ze Min's words put Zhi Lan's mind at peace as she agreed with him with a gentle nod.

"Maybe my uncle must have considered his other nephew as your suitor. Maybe that's why he didn't technically call off the alliance,"

As soon as those words fell from Han Ze Min's mouth, Zhi Lan felt she got struck by a bolt of lightning.

"You told uncle about Yi Jun?"She asked in a puzzled tone, unable to trust Han Ze Min, who tend to act like a total jerk sometimes.

"Well, I also need a reason to reject you. So I just admitted that you are already in a relationship with the good for nothing son of the Han family. By the by, did you make up with your boyfriend? That day, Cai Hong made quite a daring revelation." Han Ze Min stated as he recalled Cai Hong's words about his cousin and Zhi Lan's relationship. 

In front of everyone, Cai Hong revealed that Wan Yi Jun never reciprocated Zhi Lan's feelings even after all these years.

"Does it gives you immense pleasure to see others in pain?" Zhi Lan, whose eyes glinted in anger and pain, harshly refuted the man who stood before her, seemingly mocking her.

"Hey...I'm not a sadist," Han Ze Min shrugged his shoulders as he opposed her accusation with a smile, "Well, at least not to you. How can I hurt you, Lanlan, you are supposed to become my 

"If you could have made it clear to my dad that you are not interested in me in the first place, none of these wouldn't have happened." 

"You could've told your father that you like Wan Yi Jun. But you didn't. I know that you love your father, but it is your life. Everyone knows that you love my cousin, including your father.

So you should talk to him and figure out things."

"But Yi Jun said that...he doesn't..."

"I know him more than anyone else. Though he acts like a lone wolf, he actually is a homeboy who cares a lot about family and feelings. He hesitates because of your father."

"I don't know what went wrong with him and your father, but somehow your father hates him.

"You also know about this.?"

"Wait a minute, you don't know about this?"

"Yi Jun did tell me that my father...dislikes him."

"See, Lanlan. You are the only person who could solve this issue between your boyfriend and your father. As long as that conflict lasts, you will have no luck becoming the Wan family's daughter in law.

So good luck solving that."

"Also, aunt Sienna is coming home, and I and my grandma has been forcing her to visit your father. 

So it's better that you take charge and hurry things.

"Ahhh...also say Hi to Xie Na. It's been a while since I saw her, even though we practically live next door."

"Bye then, I have to rush."

can just go and search there just

"Something might have happened to the perpetrator's family…or to someone he loved and cherished more than anything else in this world…. That's his reason." 

Though Wan Yi Jun spoke as if he was talking about the perpetrator of the murder, nobody knew that whatever he said was meant to Han Ze Min, too. 

Just like Shu Li Li's case, Han Ze Min's motive to kill his cousin would be personal vengeance- to avenge the death of his first love. 

If it wasn't for their family, he would have killed Wan Yi Jun long ago,

"You mean the perpetrator murdered Shu Lili and created havoc in the imperial city, just because he lost someone he loved?" Lao Yating added in a doubtful voice. As he thought more about it, his face got crooked as if heard something weird and looked around to check whether everyone think the same.

"Well. For some people, family is all it matters, and they will do anything...even if it is a murder." Ming Yue added so casually, without even a slight change in her face, 

"I would do the same if I ever meet those people who destroyed my family..." Her sharp eyes narrowed on the mere thought avenging her parent's death,

"But there is a judicial system in this country, there is a law and order system...If everyone decides to take the weapon and avenge their loss," Lao Yating argued to the woman, who sounded as if she was in support of violence.

"What if you lost his trust in the judiciary and the so-called law and order system? Someone who had no other option, no one to help him bring the justice his family deserves, you cannot simply blame him if you have a heart."  Ming Yue didn't hold back as she ran her mouth to present her side like an experienced lawyer, without even caring about others' reactions to her.

"Yes, we need to find the culprit before we start talking about justice and injustice," Holding, Lao Yating's shoulder, Fei Yan also tried to ease the heated air in the room.

"These are mere guesses.." Han Ze Min spoke as if he was the mediator of the debate and tried his best to save themselves for another awkward moment.