Chapter 292 - 293: Sparks-III

Last time Li Jun Wei put down the matter where Li Lian was offered money by Mrs. Jin but it didn't mean he would forgive the woman for doing so. Now that his aunt was right here it was also the right time to warn her. If she is not stupid, her aunt would know when to stop but he could tell that his aunt Jin isn't bright on her head, seeing that despite what she did last time, Mrs. Jin still have the gall to press her words at him.

"It was just a possible rumors coming from outside, Jun Wei." Mrs. Jin replied, "As a family member, I would not do anything that could harm Li Lian or the family. It is best to prepare ourself from the rumors outside as people that are nit our family would not care about our feeling."

"It's good to see that you think so much about the family, aunt Jin." Li Jun Wei narrowed down his eyes if Mrs. Jin wasn't his family, he would have done worse and perhaps last time he had been too lax with his punishment which he wouldn't do again. "Even after seeing that you have offered Li Lian money to leave the family. I didn't expect you would care for her."

"That's a misunderstanding but I believe we have cleared the matter together, have we, Li Lian?" asked Mrs. Jin, her eyes directed at Li Lian, there was a subtle warning in her eyes while she stared daggers at Li Lian that Li Jun Wei took a step forward to stop the woman from looking at Li Lian.

"Whether it is a misunderstanding there is no next time." Li Jun Wei warned, and he took Li Lian's hand to bring her closer, "Before you forget aunt Jin, in this house, Li Lian hold more authority than you, I will expect you to treat her like the mistress of this house as she is. She has to be respected." Then Li Jun Wei looked down to his cousin, "Nu Yuan, do you hear my words?"

Jin Nu Yuan clenched her hand, gritting to her teeth on Li Jun Wei's instruction that she had to respect Li Lian who was just a mere singer. She managed to keep her anger down and nodded, "Yes."

"We will leave now until dinner." said Li Jun Wei before leaving the place with Li Lian to let Mrs. Jin and Jin Nu Yuan who was both angry to drown in their anger. Walking upstairs, Li Jun Wei lead her inside to where his room was, the same room where Li Lian had entered this morning. When they entered the lights had turned on, that had Li Lian wondered if the servants were the one to turn the lights on as the state of the room was dark when she left before.

Closing the room, she saw Li Jun Wei pulling his necktie to loosen, an air of him was angry even though she couldn't read his expression, she could tell it by the way his poise gave off. "Is it a habit for you not to show expression?" Li Lian asked, curiosity staying at her eyes.

Li Jun Wei didn't expect the question, turning his body, he placed the necktie to the couch aside of him which was near the old table he used long ago. "A little. I find that showing emotions would make others to be relaxed shen they're with me and I needed to be the opposite. With people who wants to make use of me, I can't have them use my emotions either."

Li Lian could tell from meeting Mrs. Jin that the family was superficial not most of them but perhaps apart from Madam and Master Li, all of them set their eyes on the wealth Li Jun Wei. She had only seen the other relatives for a brief and tomorrow she would be meeting the rest of the families.

"Mrs. Jin was threatening you earlier." Li Lian lightly brought the conversation as she walked from beside the door to make her way to sit on the bed. As fluffy it was once Li Lian sat, she felt her legs and bottom sank on the bed which felt good. "Does she often to that?"

"Some times but she had never done it obviously in front of grandmother only when she's with me. She thinks that by showing me her place I would be scared and out of respect heed to her words." replied Li Jun Wei when he turned his back again to place the suit beside his necktie when he saw that his books in the desk slightly move.

Long before when he was still in his teen, Li Jun Wei recalled how he was strongly against the maids to touch the book on his desk and they had kept their work without touching his book. He could tell that this time the person who had moved and touched the books weren't the maids but Li Lian.

Li Lian hummed as she thought Li Family's member was not as peaceful as others from outside would see or think. "She wants you to be her doll." Li Lian uttered with a frown. Like how rotten Xie Family was, Li Jun Wei's family wasn't too much different.

"All of them wants me to be their doll." replied Li Jun Wei who then walked toward her, taking a seat beside her on the bed, he then spoke to shift the conversation, "If what He Chang Min said is correct, we will need to find his mother's background. To find out which family she came from and if she had a hand to help Xie Hue Lin in her killing attempt." He said to receive a nod from her.

"It could be a great reveal if Hue Lin is as we thought working together with people from Japan who is trying to kill me." Li Lian said, her eyes looking at Li Jun Wei to realize how light his eye color was, seeing his face, Li Lian could see that he took his mother's features. "In the party last time, I bluffed at her saying that a friend of mine from Japan stayed on the hotel."

"Was she surprised?" Li Jun Wei asked her, guessing that if fear appeared on Xie Hue Lin's face, it would proof that the woman knows something, and his thought received confirmation from Li Lian who spoke,

"Even more than surprise, she looked scared and ran away from the hotel as soon as I pressed her a little." Li Lian replied, "She must be scared that she would die knowing that I could kill her if I found out who she worked with in her attempt to kill me." Remembering her own accident and her mother's that was orchestrated by the same person, Li Lian's hand clenched. Xie Hue Lin had to go so far to attack her and as if it wasn't enough she had to kill her foster mother too.

"There is something that I found weird since before." hummed Li Jun Wei, gaining Li Lian's gaze that carries a look of quizzes, he continued, "Why was your sister was in a very hurry to kill you and kick you out of the house? It may be her preference but she could have kicked you out without having to bet her own life in order to kill you."

Li Jun Wei may had said the word kill lightly but Li Lian could sense well how there was raw anger and unkept ire he kept in his words. Seeing his expression, Li Lian still couldn't tell what he expressed in his heart but somewhere, she felt she had slowly understood him.

Like now, the way he felt anger on her sake, Li Lian felt her heart elevated to know his anger that came from his love from her.

"It does seem like she is hiding something." Li Lian murmured wondering what it was as Li Jun Wei who had stared at the side of her face reached out his hand to take the lock of hair that fell to cover the side of her face. Pushing the hair behind her ears, he then heard him continue, "Could it be that she have something to hide and with me she is afraid that the secret would soon be found out."

"That is one thing to think of. It is plausible." replied Li Jun Wei, when their eyes met he smiled, "It would seem that we need to invade the secrets of Xie Family. There is also some possibility that Xie Hue Lin push you to be disinherited so she could hide the secret she has forever to the family." After he said the words, Li Jun Wei make a phone call to connect to his secretary and Li Lian heard him spoke to request the person to dig through Xie Hue Lin's pasts and any smallest rumors that ever followed Xie Hue Lin.