Lu Feng : "What are you doing here alone?" He asked while lowering his sight to look at her face. He was standing few steps away from her.
Jiang YuYan lifted her face to look at him. She was surprised to see him suddenly in front of her as she couldn't realised when he came. She looked up and said, "Just wanted to be alone for some time."
Lu Feng : "Am I disturbing you?"
Jiang YuYan : "No!"
Lu Feng just stepped forward and sat beside her on the other corner of the bench. Everyone saw this and didn't bother to call Lu Feng again. They knew two old friends were meeting after a long time so they must have too many things to talk about.
Lu Feng : "Don't worry I didn't smoke today." He said with a little smile on his face.
Jiang YuYan : "Huuu! Otherwise I might have started to cough till now." She smiled too
Both didn't talk after that. They kept staring at the empty and quite dark space in front of them which was far away, at the other corner of the garden. Both were smiling with the memory of their last night's encounter. The atmosphere around them turned to normal from the awkward one. After few minutes, Lu Feng excused himself and went to his grandpa as he had called him before.
After his conversation with everyone, in which he just kept humming to everything what others said finally he excused himself to meet his childhood friend who was sitting in the patio with Lu Qiang.
Lu Feng never entertained any guest at Lu Mansion. He always avoided everyone except for few close relatives. But Jiang family was an exception as it was the family of his childhood best friends and also in the past he shared a good relationship with their parents too. He respected Jiang Peizhi and Jiang Ruolan.
When he reached to the patio, Jiang Yang and Lu Qiang welcomed him with a smile. He sat on the another semicircular table in the patio opposite to both of them. Lu Feng was happy to see Jiang Yang after so many years but still there was a little awkwardness between them as he was not the same Lu Feng he used to be and also they were meeting after long time. Jiang Yang never liked the silent and awkward atmosphere around him so he started the conversation.
Jiang Yang : "Nice to see you after such a long time, Lu Feng!" And he smiled.
Lu Feng : "Huu! How have you been?"
Jiang Yang : "I am just like before, always happy-go-lucky kind."
Lu Feng just smiled. Lu Qiang too was happy to see Lu Feng there. It was the first time he came to meet someone on his own and was conversing too, even if it was a not much.
Jiang Yang : "I hope we will get along well just like in the past. What you say?" He said and looked at both of them.
"Huuum." Both brothers hummed at the same time with a light nod.
Jiang Yang : "That's great then. Tell me when can we go out together. I don't have any friends here other than you two so it's your responsibility to entertain me. I don't care how much you two are busy." He said being back as his old self while showing his full rights on his friends.
Actually, after meeting these two, he understood that this is the only way to make things just like before between them. He could guess that things had changed in their lives. He wanted these two brothers to be like before too.
Lu Qiang : "Huum! Whenever you say."
Lu Feng : "Sure!"
Jiang Yang : "Ok then be ready to rock this city. Let them see how does it feels to see three extraordinary handsome men together."
Lu Feng and Lu Qiang both had wide smiles on their faces to see Jiang Yang behaving like his old self. Both missed this friend of theirs.
After sometime, Jiang family bid a farewell and left for their home. In the car Jiang YuYan didn't talk anything. She just closed her eyes and leaned back to the sit. It was too late in the night when they reached home so everyone went to their rooms.
As both siblings reached upstairs Jiang Yang asked, "Are you sleepy?" Jiang YuYan just nodded with sleepy eyes. "Will you be fine on your own?" He asked again to which she nodded again.
"Ok! Good night. We will talk tomorrow then." He just stood outside of the room and waited for her untill she entered into her room.
"Brother Yang!" Just as he turned to his room a voice stopped him and he turned back.
It was Jiang YuYan. She walked in his direction then hugged him and said, "Good Night Brother!" Then she returned back to her room. Jiang Yang just smiled and went to his room too.
After sometime there was a knock on Jiang Yang's door. Door opened and that was his mother. She entered inside and saw that her son was standing near the window while staring outside. He looked totally opposite to his usual playful personality. He seemed to be thinking about something and she understood that it must be related to his sister. He looked at her mother and again continued staring outside of the window.
"Is she ok? Is she upset because she has to stay at Lu Mansion?" She asked while standing next to him.
"I don't think so." He replied while looking outside.
"Then? Is she having trouble because of the past incidence and is it that she don't want to stay away from her home."
"Might be but don't worry she will be fine soon." He said and gave out a deep sigh.
"I am thinking to come back to China too. I am planning for my resignation." She knew her daughter might need her and today after a long time she saw her upset and she looked lost.
"No need, Mom." He said with firm voice.
"What if she needs us?" She was having a worried expressions on her face.
"Still No!. Now it's time for us to leave her on her own and it's also the time for her to open new pages of her life. We have to isolate her from us and being in Lu Mansion will be best for her." He looked very serious.
"You know her better than us and all the decisions of her life were taken by you so I guess this time you are right too." She didn't argue with him. She always trusted her son when it came to her daughter.
He didn't say anything. She wished him good night and left. When his mother left, Jiang Yang stood near the window for long time while staring outside and said, "I hope this time she will be able to get out of that abyss forever."