Chapter 360 - Cold war

What made her tongue tied was the fact that he was right. Out of the people she had trusted in the past, most of them ended up hurting her. Still, there were some who didn't hurt her, right? Like her sister, her mother, Lu Shaoting and him.

"I only did it for my daughter." "I'll do everything I can to save her in time" She suddenly said. 

"Isn't she my daughter too and don't I want to save her? But that's exactly why I can't do something I'm not too certain about."

"Where's the other pill? I want to take it too."

"Somewhere you'll never find it." was she dumb? If the Qians really had no connection with them, they could as well come up with something else to make Wan Jia trust them. How could she not consider this?

"Lu Aotian!" her tone was slightly raised.

"That will no longer be my name if I ever let you get it."

Wan Jia didn't talk to him anymore and fell asleep. She would look for it. If she didn't find it, Doctor Qian wasn't dead.

This could be considered their first disagreement since they reunited. One was willing to take risks to save the one she loves, while the other wasn't willing to let the ones he loves take risks.

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The next day, Lu Aotian left for work before Wan Jia woke up. Wan Jia had retreated from Elite Fashion World so she had all the time to complete her project, take designing lessons from her mentor, train her martial arts and play with Little Jia. Compared to when she was the top designer of Elite Fashion World, she had much less work to do.

When she woke up, Little Jia was cheerfully chatting away with her grandfather. Her baby voice filled the air as she talked about her experience in school and how much she loved it.

"Mommy!" she ran to Wan Jia when she saw her.

"Baby, did you miss me?"

"I missed mommy very much." She had slept early the previous night and didn't get to see her mother. This morning, she asked to stay and wait for her so they could go home together.

Hugging her cute daughter, Wan Jia forgot all about Lu Aotian and his weird temper.

On another note, Su Ling had gone to the office. She was now working for Xiao Rong. Although she was still being taught a thing or two by her mentor, she was a mentor too. She wanted to groom Xiao Rong into the next top designer.

Looking at her past designs that were in Ming Rui's name, Wan Jia could tell that they were half-hearted. It was as though she was being forced to do it. Her first series ever since being officially hired into Elite Fashion World by Wan Jia exploded in popularity.

People even said that in a few years, she could be like Wan Jia. Of course, Wan Jia didn't mind that sort of comparison. It only meant that she was brilliant enough to become a goal for other designers. If Xiao Rong ever broke her record, she would be proud of her. Before then, the position of top designer would still belong to Wan Jia in name.

On Su Ling's first day working for Xiao Rong, she practically had nothing to do. She had to beg her new boss to stop doing everything herself and send her instead. She was so used to being a designer and assistant at the same time that she found it strange to have Su Ling run errands for her.

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Meanwhile, Lu Tongyan wanted Little Jia to accompany him a little more. "Those two punks are too busy. I don't know what to do about them anymore. If you're not too busy, you should pay me a visit more often."

Wan Jia laughed. "Su Ling and Shaoting will be here to keep you company for the next one week. With Little Jia here too, will you even look at me?"

Lu Tongyan was elated about Little Jia staying. Little Jia was happy too. Who wouldn't want to stay with their grandpa? Not to mention her uncle would be there too.

When that was settled, Wan Jia went to check on her project's progress. When she went back to Southside, Lu Aotian was still out. He didn't return until it was her bedtime and even then, he went to the study where he stayed until she was completely asleep. He had once again left by the time she woke up.

Just like that, a week passed. They didn't see eye to eye during this week. Lu Aotian spent all his time either in the office or playing with his daughter in the Lu residence. He kept evading his wife because he knew she was finding a chance to ask for the pill.

Wan Jia knew what he was thinking. The eight day since the star if their 'cold war', Wan Jia grew impatient. She gave a call to Qian Li in the morning.

"Where are you, can we meet?"

Qian Li on the other side sounded tired. "Are you a demon of sorts? The moment I come to Country C, you give me a call."

"Why don't you rest a little and have a meal with me? I'm treating."

Qian Li couldn't wait. "Sure."

"Provence Restaurant at noon. I'll make a reservation."

After setting up a meeting with Qian Li, she took her car keys and left for the Lin Residence. She had to ask her mother something before meeting Qian Li.