Chapter 143 Her Mother Was So Proud Of Her.

Zhou Liying closed her eyes, imagining herself as someone else, someone who had a man to rely upon. She imagined herself to be a weak lady, a lady dependent on someone else and that someone else was Mu Yuehan.

"Why are you so good to me?" she mumbled and inhaled his spiky, woody smell mixed with his macular smell.

Mu Yuehan smiled. He did not answer her. He kept running his fingers in her hair.

"You should go. What if someone comes in? They will get the wrong idea." Zhou Liying tried to push him away but he kept his arms wrapped around her.

"No one will come, trust me. It's raining and is dark. Anyone will be a fool to come at this hour. So, relax. Now try to sleep." Mu Yuehan again pulled her on his chest.

Zhou Liying sighed and let sleep take over her senses. She was feeling tired and was in a dire need of sleep.

**

"Wake up, it's morning. I shall leave now." Mu Yuehan gently nudged her cheeks.

Zhou Liying mumbled and slowly opened her eyes. She groaned. She looked at Mu Yuehan and frowned. She mentally slapped herself for falling weak last night and sleeping in his arms. It was first because she never slept with a man.

Zhou Liying was about to harshly push him away, like the way she did with all her boyfriends, but then, her eyes fell upon the packed meal placed in front of her.

"I asked someone to deliver breakfast for you, also a water bottle." Mu Yuehan informed and separated his body from hers. He read the emotions in her eyes and he knew, it was time for him to leave. "I will ask one of your shadow guards to get lunch delivered for you."

Zhou Liying simply nodded her head, not knowing what to say to him. She was ruthless toward him but here he was, so caring toward her.

"I shall take your leave now." Mu Yuehan stood up from the floor, and that was when Zhou Liying noticed that he was all decked up in a black suit. It also looked expensive.

She frowned. "You own expensive suits? Huh?"

"I do. Two. You see, I have VIP clients and sometimes I am required to wear something expensive like this." Mu Yuehan lied smoothly, already expecting this question from her.

Zhou Liying nodded her head, believing him. "Will you come tonight?"

"Sure. Why not?"

"Then bring a change of dress for me and also some toiletries." She ordered.

She was again turning cold toward him and Mu Yuehan noticed it. He didn't comment on it. He simply picked up the stuff from the last light and left the hall.

Li Tao was waiting for him outside the hall.

"Did you drop the food at the lab?" Mu Yuehan asked and entered the car.

"I did. Reports will be out by the afternoon."

"Good."

**

Soon enough, the Qin family arrived at the hall. They were shocked to see a conscious Zhou Liying, especially Huang Jiayi. She muttered under her breath when she noticed that Zhou Liying was looking all good, not tired at all.

"Did someone come by?" she narrowed her eyes and looked at the packed food placed in front of Zhou Liying.

"Yes, my friend did. At least, my friend is not as heartless as you." She mocked.

Huang Jiayi wanted to ask about the identity of the friend but she stopped herself on the arrival of Qin Yanze's younger sister.

"Did she stay here for the whole night?" the new arrival gasped in shock when she saw Zhou Liying.

"Third Aunt, do you seriously think that Qin Tian would stay here all night? Don't forget who she was? She is a girl spoiled by father." Huang Jiayi scoffed and then she started to spout lies. "She was up the moment you all were gone. It was Yeteng who stayed here all night. Poor girl, she froze due to cold."

Huang Jiayi made a sad face as if concerned for her daughter. Her aunt frowned. "But why is she still in the same dress from the last night?"

"That's because she does not have money. We gave her money but don't know where she used them." Huang Jiayi again lied.

Zhou Liying smirked when she heard her aunt spouting lies in front of the relatives, and the funny thing was, they all believed her blindly.

Huang Jiayi was continuously calling her poor, a miserable spoilt brat. She was also acting as if a caring and concerned aunt.

Zhou Liying would have laughed hard upon hearing her lies if only she was not sitting in front of her grandpa.

"Brother and Lijuan were so proud of her. They always believed that she'd do something big but look at her, she is worthless."

"After all the embarrassment which she brought upon us when she ran away, I thought she will do something big but here she is, all unfortunate. Uncle was so proud when saying that his TianTian was doing well."

"Her mother and grandpa both were such great businessmen but she is so miserable. So what if the Qin family no longer helped her? Could she not earn some money for herself?"

Zhou Liying clenched her fist when she noticed how everyone was again targeting her mother and grandpa. She did not show her wealth and all only because she did not want to be a topic of the talk of her relatives but here they go.

Was she the only topic of their discussion?

'I guess, my decision to stay low was wrong. They'd only respect me and grandpa after seeing my true wealth and powers.' She thought to herself.

Many of her relatives walked toward her. They attempted to spark a conversation with her but Zhou Liying ignored them or only answered them in one word or two.

She knew they all wanted to make fun of her and what better they could do?

They were treating her as Qin tian, they did not know that now she was Zhou Liying.

Zhou Liying thought that now was the time to show them the new her, Zhou Liying. They had already seen Qin Tian for enough time.