Chapter 233 - 232: Whose House-II

Once Mrs. Jin and Jin Nu Yuan had left, Li Lian asked the maids to clean the teacups and not long, the door of the house was opened again. This time, Li Jun Wei and Li Xiao Chen was the one to enter the house. While Li Jun Wei walked toward Li Lian after taking his coat, Li Xiao Chen turned his head back at the door which hadn't yet closed.

"I think I saw aunt's car. Did aunt came here, sister?" asked Li Xiao Chen, turning his face at Li Lian.

"Yes she did." replied Li Lian and she added, "It was chaotic a moment ago, the just left by the time you two come."

"Did she do anything?" asked Li Jun Wei, getting straight to the point and his hand went to touch her cheeks. It was warm and not hot. If either Mrs. Jin and Jin Nu Yuan had slapped Li Lian which he doubt they would be able to, he would have left to bring his aunt back and teach her to use her hand to a better use.

Li Lian wasn't sure about telling his family but what had happened was something she had to tell, like what she had always did to him. "They came and said that we married through a contract, a marriage contract for mutual benefits. Mrs. Jin then offered me a checkbook and said that I could write any amounts I would like to divorce you and leave Li Family."

"What?!" Li Xiao Chen exclaimed, not believing that his aunt would be daring. "I know that auntie is always trying to make her way up to gain more exposure to the company but she asked you to divorce?"

"What else did she tells you?" asked Li Jun Wei, his hand that held her cheeks slowly rubbed the skin as his eyes narrowed in a thought. Anger had reached his eyes that he managed to kept down as he was with Li Lian.

"She said she knows about Xie Family. The rumors are available anywhere so I think it must have stemmed from the past." Before Li Lian was famous amongst the people in Xie Family for reasons of being an unladylike girl who always play pranks and embarks embarrassment to her family. It had been a year, rumors should have died down by now, but it didn't.

Li Jun Wei's retract his hand from her cheeks, he gave her a smile but his eyes stopped smiling when he said, "I will talk with her tomorrow. She must have come because of what happened this afternoon."

"What happened in this afternoon?" she asked, her neck craning to look up at his expression as he had stopped leaning forward.

"Nu Yuan came to my office." replied Li Jun Wei, "She had become bolder to request me positions to become doctor in Imperial Hospital which I rejected. Aunt Jin heard the news earlier from Nu Yuan and came to confront you. They are worried that I would not be able to controlled anymore, seeing that I don't agree with Nu Yuan's request." Li Jun Wei turned his head to Li Xiao Chen and tipped his chin. Li Xiao Chen was curious but seeing his brother's indication he nod to show that he knows and went to walk.

While Li Xiao Chen went, Li Lian felt Li Jun Wei wrapping his hand smoothly on her back and lead her to ascend the stairs.

"Were they always like that?" asked Li Lian, raising her legs she trotted her way up to the stairs.

"You mean my aunt and cousin sister." Li Lian gave her head a nod for him to see, "I also wonder why?" Li Lian's eyes fall at him and they stared at each other after his reply. "The corporation had come from generations to generations and more than you thought I have a lot of families, from my uncles' side or aunts' side. My father is the first born. The corporation was given to the first born when the time was chosen by their parents. For example my grandfather, he had retired early for my father to take the company and that include the shares, wealth, and the authority. Remember the wealth I mentioned you before? Everyone wish that could be theirs. As you know when the money came, desired grow and it overthrows the family ties between people, turning them to carve for the wealth no matter what the price."

Li Lian pursed her lips at this. Families were people who thoughts one another with love and care at least that was what she wanted to believe when she was young. She knows how much love between family is needed and to hear Li Jun Wei's words she felt lonely for him who is always targeted by his own family.

"When my father died, the company fall temporarily to my second uncle until I came of age. They were happy of course, but it didn't last long until I grew older and the company came to me. They craved for more, and even tried to set me up many times for their use. They did say once someone taste a little sugar, they would want more and the craving turn to greediness." A glint Li Lian recognized passed by Li Jun Wei's eyes, "Aunt Jin and Nu Yuan is no exception. They believe I would do everything as they requested me to because they took care of me a little when I was still young. After the accident with my hand." added Li Jun Wei and Li Lian's eyes trailed down to his right arm. The same right arm, Li Lian believe was the same as the wound the boy who saved her had.

"When did you parents died?" asked Li Lian, her words were said softly as she touched the sensitive subject of Li Jun Wei.

"It had passed twenty years now, I think, a little less." Li Jun Wei didn't mind the question with time passed, he couldn't remember much of his parents either.

As Li Jun Wei had replied most of her question, she took the liberty to ask more about him, "How did they die?"