Chapter 144 - Missing his late father

Shu Yi returned home after a long day at work at Yinan Industries and then another shift at Sakura Hospital where he worked as a lab technician. 

He looked down at his phone and smiled as he saw a sweet text from the cute girl he'd been seeing. Mei was a breath of fresh air in his stifling life, living with his stifling family. 

Sometimes, Shu missed his late father. His mother was an extremely controlling prideful woman and still tried to manipulate him. 

And his sister…sometimes, he had no words for the girl. The only reason he loved her was because she was his own flesh and blood. 

Thanks to Lina, Shen had twice overlooked Sara's nasty behaviour and the trouble she had caused Madam Moshi. After some budget cuts and negotiations, Shu had finally arrived at only a slight disadvantage, but saving their contract with Moshi Corporation. 

But even as he entered his home, he heard his sister's shrill complaining. 

"That horrible bitch! What right does she have to be the mistress of the Moshi household? Look at what she has done to my beautiful hair! She is such a bully, hurting a defenceless girl like me!" 

Sara had been throwing tantrums regularly since Lina chopped off her hair for torturing and beating the designer, June at the mall. 

Moreover, to her shock, she turned out to be her beloved Brother Shen's new, mysterious wife who she had beaten up at the masked ball. 

But Sara still didn't repent, despite spilling a c.o.c.ktail on her and ripping her dress buttons off in from of everyone at the University fair. In fact, she had just become more vindictive. 

Her hatred had grown, but so had her fear. 

Even though she couldn't seek Lina out to teach her a lesson, she could still throw tantrums at home. 

When she saw her tired brother come home and smile at his cell phone, she flew at him in a rage. 

She beat her tiny fists on his broad chest and wailed. 

"How can I forgive you for treating me so brutally at the University fair! You should have stood by me and punished that horrid bitch for assaulting me and ripping my hair out! How can you be my big brother, my own flesh and blood?" she screamed. 

Shu rolled his eyes, held her wrists firmly and peeled her away. He bent down to her eye level and looked at her angrily. 

"Behave yourself. You're not a child anymore, conduct yourself like a lady." 

The scene was quite funny, the maids held back their laughter. Their crazy-looking miss had bright make-up runningg down her face and was still dressed in pyjamas since she never really left the house these days.

Thanks to her patchy head. Nothing could make her hair grow back faster. Rich, or poor — no matter who it was, nobody could make hair grow spontaneously. Only if perhaps, Jack sowed his magic beans in her head and made hair sprout like the gigantic beanstalk. 

At her brother's harsh words, Sara wailed even louder. Why was everyone so nasty to her! What had she done to deceiver this treatment in her own home? 

Shu sighed. He had had enough of his sister for one day.

He quietly walked to the table hoping to find dinner prepared for him. He was starving. 

But he found a bare table, with his mother sitting upright at one end, a mean glare in her prideful eye. 

"Traipsing around at peasant hospitals again, are we?" she asked, her voice cold and unchanging. 

"It's none of your business" Shu replied in a low voice. He was in no mood for another confrontation with his difficult mother. 

Ever since his father had passed, Madam Yi had become even colder and more overbearing. 

"How about you focus on taking down your rivals before you lend yourself to charitable causes? Do something for your family and legacy, perhaps?" her words were laced with sarcasm. 

"Mother! Please watch what you say!" Shu���s anger rose in his chest. 

Madam Yi stood up, her eyes flashing in anger. 

"I hear you let Shen Moshi get the upper hand in the latest deal?" she shot back at her son. It was nothing short of an insult to her. 

Because of Moshi Corporation's public silence, Madam Yi pretended to the media and other close friends that it was they, Yinan Industries, who had called off the deal with Moshi Corporation. 

However, much to her disappointment, there were witnesses at the masked ball who clearly remembered that it was Shen who had done so in defence of his wife. 

Moreover, everybody knew that Yinan Industries wasn't holding up as well as they once had during the leadership of the old Master Yi and was in no position to go around calling off deals made with the flourishing Moshi Corporation. 

At such words, Shu couldn't gold back his anger and agitation either. 

"Mother, you should be thanking me at saving some face because of my friendship with Shen. Perhaps you should focus more on teaching Sara how to behave instead of accusing me of not doing my job!" 

"Your 'friend' Shen Moshi almost collapsed us! How could you call him your 'friend'?! He was so harsh to your sister, and yet you stand by him? Whose son are you?!" Madam Yi raged on. 

Shu realised there was no point arguing with his arrogant mother. She was power-hungry and greedy, never satisfied with his father's achievements, she had eaten away at his self-esteem over the years. 

"I am my father's son" Shu said quietly as he walked away and out of the house. 

He was too angry to remain home. He couldn't stand the sight of his mother or his sister.

Shu Yi felt more alone than ever, and all of a sudden he found his heart grieving once again for his father, his mentor…his most trusted companion. 

'Am I not doing you proud enough, Father? Am I not preserving your legacy well?' he asked his father inside his mind. 

Suddenly, his stomach grumbled. He sighed. He had walked out of his house too quickly, and now didn't feel like going back him. But his stomach was begging for food. 

He pulled out his cell phone and quickly dialled the last number he texted. 

A cute voice answered at the other end. 

"Shu! What's going on? It's so late, aren't you in bed already?" Em spoke into the phone. She was excited to receive a call from the kind, handsome lab technician she was seeing. 

"I would ask you the same question but I'm sure you're still grovelling for your revered boss even at home, aren't you?" he laughed. 

Meimei made a face. Did he have the guts to insult her great boss? 

"Grovelling isn't the right word, Mr. Yi. I'm simply assisting her in achieving great heights. A person as fantastic as her —" 

But Shu cut her off, laughing, knowing that if he let Meimei talk about the great Madam Moshi, she would probably never stop. 

"Yes, yes I know, your boss is the best, and there is nobody greater than her. But have you eaten, yet?" he asked. 

Mei had indeed long forgotten about the needs of her poor, empty stomach as she focused on the current hubbub regarding the Country A case at the Consultancy that Lina had everyone so focused on. 

"Oh…no, I haven't! Do you want to go somewhere to eat right now? Your voice sounds hungry" Mei giggled. 

Shu was surprised that this normally shy girl had taken the initiative to ask him to go out with her for food.

"Meimei, is there a reason you're so eager tonight?" he teased. 

Mei suddenly blushed. She hadn't thought twice about what she had been saying. 

"Oh wait, I just remembered, I already ordered in some chicken. Don't worry, we don't need to go anywhere to eat!" she quickly tried to cover up, internally chastising herself. 

Shu laughed again. She was truly adorable. 

"I'll meet you at the Sushi place near your apartment in half an hour!" he replied to her lousy cover-up without waiting for an answer.