Mu Yuehan entered the bathroom to have a shower where Nian Tian went to the kitchen to pack some light appetisers for him, like a dutiful wife.
Mu Yuehan came out of the bathroom and smiled at her. He was going to miss her and that too badly!
Nian Tian walked toward him and gave him his packed box. With a forced smile, she looked at him. "Come back soon."
"I will." He leaned toward her and gently kissed her lips, well aware, that if he kissed her rough, he'd not be able to stop himself. His heart was heavy because of the coming parting, even if for a short time.
"I should leave. I will call you once I arrive in Shanghai."
"Hmm." Nian Tian nodded her head and sent him off.
She closed the door after him and leaned against it. Tears started to fall from her eyes. She had never thought she'd get so close to him one day. This small separation felt like a knife to her heart.
She wanted to open the door and run after him, to beg him to take her with himself. She'd bear everything to be with him but she knew, Mu Yuehan was not in the right mental state.
She'd act as a burden on him by going back with him to Shanghai!
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"Why are you so lost today? And where is Zhan Wei?" Marta asked and entered the kitchen.
"His father had an attack, so he had to return." Marta felt her sadness and patted her back. "Don't worry, he will come back soon. He loves you so much. He can't stay away from you for long."
"I know. It's just that I am missing him already." She shrugged her shoulders. "It's hardly been three hours since he left but I am already missing him."
After four hours, instead of preparing the dish for her customers, Nian Tian was looking at her phone. The flight from juju island was of seven hours and she knew Mu Yuehan's flight would be landing at any time by now.
'Will he call….' She was not done with her thinking when her phone rang, making her jump.
She picked up the phone and smiled to see it was a call from Mu Yuehan.
"Have you arrived?" she asked excitedly, eager to hear his smooth, velvety voice.
"Mm. My flight landed just now. I am unbuckling my seatbelt right now." Nian Tian gasped when she heard him. He stood on his promise. He had called her the moment he reached.
Mu Yuehan stood up from his seat and nodded to his guard. With the phone pressed against his left ear, he stepped out of the plane.
He was missing Nian Tian. He was missing her so much. This seven-hour-long ride was boring for him. He wanted to return and hug her tight, locking her in his arms.
"Don't be worried about your father. He will be alright."
"Mm." He nodded to his guards and walked toward the custom authority. "Did I ask you before leaving that you should start looking for the next owner of your restaurant?"
"What do you mean?" Nian Tian frowned and Mu Yuehan chuckled.
"What I mean is that my dear, after coming back, I will be proposing to you. Then I will bring you here. So, wouldn't your restaurant need another owner?"
"You are serious about the proposal?" Nian Tian placed her head against the wall and took her lower lips in between her teeth.
"Dead serious. I will not rest till making you my wife and bring you home. I…." He paused and nodded to the guards of his father, waiting for him at the arrival. "I need to hang up. I will call you the moment when I can."
"Mm. Take care."
Mu Yuehan ended the call and put back his phone in his pants pocket. He then greeted the old butler from their house who was here to receive him.
"How are you uncle Fang?" he asked in a soft voice.
"I am all good, young master. After two months, I will retire." He informed and Mu Yuehan smiled for him.
He entered the car which was driven by butler Fang.
Mu Yuehan was glad that butler Fang was here to receive him. He was close to the butler and he may need his support now.
When the mother of Mu Yuehan died, butler Fang was the one to look after him. He stood in the shoes of his father and mother both when his father, Mu Jichen was grieving the loss of his wife.
"It's his first attack, right?" Mu Yuehan asked. He was looking out from the window.
"No, young master. It was the second one."
With wide eyes in surprise, Mu Yuehan shot the next question. "When was the first attack? Why do I not know about it?"
Seeing that the butler was silent, Mu Yuehan spoke again, "Uncle, tell me everything. When did he have his first attack? I want to know everything. And if not from you, I have my other sources."
Butler sighed and started to speak. He knew Mu Yuehan would know what he wanted to know.
"One month back, he had a minor stroke. We didn't inform you because of the orders from the master. He did not want to worry you. Besides, it was a minor one."
"Any reason?" Mu Yuehan shot, looking out from the window angrily.
His father had an attack before and he was not even informed about it! He was feeling angry, hell angry at his father and himself!
"It was because of some words spoken to him by the brother of madam."
"What words?"
"He accused sir for not treating second young master like his son. He was angry that the second young master started his career as a simple employee instead of getting a high-class job."
Mu Yuehan muttered under his breath and cursed the man who badmouthed his father. His father always treated him and his siblings equally, without any discrimination.
"And what about today's reason?"
"That I don't know." Butler sighed. "Second young master must know about it He was with the master when he had the attack."
Mu Yuehan gave a stiff nod and looked out from the window and at the city, without any emotion on his face.