Chapter 375 - Close Friend

To know the truth can either enlighten one or burden another. For Elizabeth, it was both… She was pleased to know the truth but upset that her father knows all about Yun Shen yet he kept everything from her.  It was normal that her father keeps a secret from her mother but never with her. Even all business-related and top-secret works, her father would normally share it with her. But now, her father is acting without her opinion.

Yun Shen realized how puzzled the girl was and decide to give her some time on her own. So, he decided to head back to the car and left the girl without any words.

"You do know because of you I am in a mess…" Elizabeth spoke as she looked at the tomb in front of her. "I feel in love with a man who resembles someone I know but does not remember who I am. Whats worse, he is someone whom my father does not want for me and your daughter whom I love so dearly is suffering as well."

"I'm curious as to why you never revealed who Little Yan's father is? I mean, yes his a member of the underground society. One would not reveal such man if he is either so powerful that it can affect the hierarchy in the system. Could the man be someone so power or a nobody that you are so ashamed of? Where you r.a.p.e and tortured that you don't wish to speak about it? But, in the end, if that is true, you won't want to keep Little Yan but you did."

Elizabeth didn't need to hear it coming out from Little Yan's mother. She can already distinguished what happened. Someone, she found it strange standing in front of Little Yan's mother's tomb.

"Yun Shuyen."

"Shuyen?"

Elizabeth continues to stare at the name on the tomb, somehow… Strangely, deep within her memory she someone heard the same name before.

"Why does your name sound so familiar yet I can't recall from where?"

She didn't ponder on it any further and paid her respect to Yun Shuyen before heading back to the car.

On her way back, she paused for a while and took a breathing of the beautiful scenery around her. She realizes Yun Shen must really be so grateful to Yun Shuyen that he creates such a beautiful place just for her. She wonders though if Grandpa, President, and Madam Yun know about the place? Has Little Yan also visit the place?

"Li Zi?"

Elizabeth turned and saw Yun Shen walking towards her cautiously. She understands why the man acts in such a manner. She has been giving him the cold shoulders and has distant herself as well. She put on a bright smile on her face and said, "This is a beautiful place, you must love your sister a lot."

"I do, I use to visit her in the hospital when she was young. She was so sickly and hardly left the hospital. It was only once when she runs away and never came back."

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth curiously asked.

"She has this friend, I don't really know who she is but she was the reason as to why my sister suffer and now she is gone. Not only did she brought my sister to hell back then, but she also took her life." Yun Shen answered with so much hatred in his words for the person who causes such misery to his sister.

"Wait, you're saying someone took your sister out of her intensive care treatment? Why?" Elizabeth was baffled to find out such an event happens. She too soon became upset about what happened and found the person responsible for such crime revolting.

"My sister has lived her whole life in the hospital. So one time, she became friends with this girl. I don't know much about the girl nor do our family know of the girl's background as well. We expected the girl to be in the underground society for we found no records of her when we went and investigated her. Back then, our family does not have much connection in the underground community."

"And so, what happened?" Elizabeth was eager to know.

"They became close friend, my grandmother told us she would visit my sister often and bring her so many gifts. They became best of friends… And one time, I don't know what my sister said to the girl to do such an act and was even able to take my sister out without us knowing. Both of them vanished. Then my sister came back a few months later and she was pregnant with Little Yan."

"Did you see the girl again? I mean, the person who kidnap your sister?"

Yun Shen shook his head from side to side. "Nope, we never did and grandfather disappearance back then was due to her as well. He went in search of the person responsible for my sister and grandmother's death. For three whole years and more, my grandfather wasted his time just to find that person. But still, he returned empty-handed."

Elizabeth became even more intrigued about the Yun family secrets. Who would have thought another mystery would arise for her to solve. As she pondering on the situation a very important question flash into her mind: "Does dad knows about what happened to Shen's sister. I mean, he knows more of the Yun family affairs than the Yun themselves. I beat her knows every little secret…"

Yun Shen notices once again how deep in thought the girl was, he wonders what she could be thinking and directly asked her. "What's wrong?"

"I'm just curious, I wonder if dad knows about your sister's situation back then. I mean, if he does, it could only mean he does know about the person responsible for your sister's death as well."

The thought never occurred to Yun Shen. What if Lord Knightley does have access or has information of what happened back then. This would help his grandfather finally get some peace. As he contemplates on the thought, even more, deeper, he became agitated and his emotion got the betterment of him.

Elizabeth was fl.u.s.tered when Yun Shen sudden grab hold of both her arms. It dumbfounded her as she stared at both hands holding onto her tightly. "Shen?"

"Li Zi, you have to help me? I have no such power and you do. Please, I know your father would only allow me to gain such knowledge with a great consequence. I mean, I want to know the truth back then but I can't live without you as well. Li Zi, my grandfather has suffered for years because of the person. I need to know what happened back then, please… You have to help me, Liz."

It was the first time Elizabeth saw such weakness within Yun Shen's eyes. She realizes how much Yun Shuyen means to Yun Shen. Even though he stated he can't live without her but she felt like Yun Shen was willing to give up his pride and love for her just to know what happened back then.

She wishes to help him but right now she has more things to handle and seeing her father would mean being locked up in the tower. She would really turn into Rapunzel just like in the fairytales. Even though her father is not an evil witch but she was a hundred percent sure once she returned to her family her father would do the same thing.

"Shen, I'm sorry… But I can't go back."

"What?" Yun Shen taken aback by what he just hear, didn't the girl became sick and everything because she wanted to see her family. But now, she apologizing to him as if she never intended to go back to them. "Li Zi, what do you mean? I thought you plan to go see your family."

"Shen, I'm sorry, everything I did, I didn't mean to hurt you and Little Yan. I just needed to get my freedom back. You cage me as if I'm a bird just like my father. Now, now that we are here… I'm sorry Shen, but I need to go."

Before Yun Shen could even act, Elizabeth attacked him and knocked him out. As his vision of the girl's silhouette faded, he couldn't even utter a word as his mind totally went blank of what just happened.

Elizabeth grabs hold of Yun Shen and slowly placed him on the ground. She notices from a distance a few men watching her before she makes any further move, she took a deep breath and looked at Yun Shen for the last time.

"I'm sorry"