Chapter 45 - It's Either 'You' Or 'Me'

Li Na woke up like waking from a death bed. She was still shocked by yesterday's event and that dream...

Li Na's smile? Was it truly hers or...mine. It was just a nightmare.

She never took dreams seriously. Always overlooking.

Momentarily, she shook her head as her mood turned sullen. She pulled her sheets and walked inside the bathroom. She went to sink and washed her face as she looked up and saw her reflection on the mirror. A handprint clearly visible for nȧkėd eyes and a cut on her lower lip then she directly stares into her own eyes. Her brows furrowed and her lips tightly pressed. No wonder, Li Na and Mei-Xing have the same pair of unique eyes inherited from their ancestors. And now, Little Tiger also has it.

Taking a deep breath she splashes a handful of water on her face. Suddenly, she recalled that she fainted in the car.

Did Lu Jianjun help her again? Obvio... She sighed defeatedly as her shoulder fell off.

'I am being too dependant on that guy? '

'He stood by my side when Elder Li slapped me and also helped her before. Intended or accidental, he was there but Li Na...'

...

In a daze, she stepped out of the room. Still, thinking about yesterday's event and her expressions turned gloomier.

While being Little Tiger's mother she was already troubled about Zhang Han and now her ȧssociation with Lis is making it worst. She wasn't feeling confident and hopeful to ever return back to her family. There is no way to reach them. She knows her family better than anyone and how protective her parents are against Lis.

After having her breakfast, she was called to the conference room on the top floor.

Where, Lu Jianjun, Lu Junhui, and Bai Tian were present.

As soon as she entered, the two young men glare accusingly at her like she doomed their entire life. In reality, they were harshly bashed by their boss for not doing the given work. They were punished wrongly. They spent the entire night, kneeling out in the rain while their big boss kept an eye on them. Although Lu Jianjun was doing his own work sitting under the shades as he just couldn't sleep knowing that girl was sleeping next to his room.

Li Na glanced over Lu Jianjun who was unfazed by her presence.

"Miss Li Na, please take a seat." Lu Jianjun said without looking at her as he was looking out of the window.

After a while, slowly he turned around and said, " I think, there's a lot of things you need to know, before, we could talk about us."

Li Na's heart skipped a beat when she heard him say 'talk about us.

Instantly, she opposed. " Mr.Lu, There is no 'us' between you and me. It's either you or me. Keep it simple." Li Na said looking straight into his eyes. The temperature dropped as they stubbornly stare at each other eyes. No one was ready to step back.

'Why is she getting so furious? Is not like I rȧpėd her?' But her behavior is really resembling his mothers' reaction as if she was his mothers' student.

His eyes drop as he remembered his mother's word when she gets to know the whole situation. Still, she charged him. ' Lu Jianjun, she is fifteen, not fifty. A child carrying a child inside her, because you lost control on yourself. Don't you dare look at me.'

Frustrated, Lu Jianjun looked at Lu Junhui and Bai Tian with a warning gaze, he stood up to leave the room as he grabbed his coat. "You two behave and complete the given task."

Li Na stared blankly at the two chicken heads nodding their heads obediently in sync. Then her eyes trace Lu Jianjun out of the door. " I just hate that guy," she said loudly before turning back and froze when she saw the same hatred in two pair of eyes.

"We hate you, woman." Her eyes lowered immediately because she didn't forget Lu Junhui's word from yesterday and the weight of his disdain for her. True, a mother always loves her child but she didn't. Well, it wasn't for her but it was directed towards her. But being a woman she really feels shame that her own child doesn't regard her.

...

Before going aboard, Lu Jianjun gave them a few orders to collect everything about Li Na's past history and help her in adjusting. Somehow, Lu Jianjun knows how it feels to be lost and clueless.

As Lu Junhui knows the whole history of Li Na for the past five years and her work life whereas Bai Tian is her classmate in the Academy and he knows a few friends she used to hang out so he can help her with college life.

But to Lu Jianjun's surprise, his two boys chose to behave themselves rather than helping her because he warned them to behave. Obviously, they planned to misguide her by taking advantage of her condition to get rid of her but they couldn't step over the boundary. Resulting in their knee scraped.