Chapter 295 - 296: Short Dinner-III

Li Lian wondered what Li Jun Wei was watching of. Her gaze shifted slowly to follow from his eyes toward the place where he was watching at. It was a large panel of window, tall that reached up to the ceiling that also connected to the third floor where on the top of the ceiling Li Lian saw the chandelier that emitted golden color.

She noticed what Li Jun Wei was watching of with his expression emotionless and void was the glass. Li Lian why would he stared at the glass or if it was the garden outside where a large pool was that covered by leaves that hanged from above like creepers to add a cool feeling. Staring at the window then Li Lian brought her left hand up which was connected to Li Jun Wei's right hand.

"Is this the place?" asked Li Lian, her eyes on him slowly turned with an expectation that made her heartbeat to race. "Where your hand had an accident?"

Li Jun Wei's eyes were sharp, "This is the place," he confirmed and as he was talking her hand, he lead her to walk at a place nearer to the window and stopped at one spot that now was covered by grayish carpet that felt soft on her feet, "Grandmother told me I was found here, at this spot. By the time she found me, I was already lying with my hand covered with glass that pierced my hand and meanwhile, the rest of my body was fortunately avoided the glass hail."

That was fortunate in a way as Li Jun Wei didn't have to suffer from wounds on his stomach or head that would be worse. If it was true, Li Lian felt herself imagining little Li Jun Wei she saw from the portrait hanged on the wall lying on the ground with blood and her brows were pulled tight.

She didn't know how much Li Jun Wei had to went through pain that she could understand the reason why he slowly locked himself away from others in action to protect himself. It was said that each people had their own way to protect themselves and often times, their body or mind would be the one to take action. Li Jun Wei's emotions was locked perhaps not only because he had taught himself not to and was perhaps Li Jun Wei's mind doing in order to protect herself from any possible harm coming in his way.

"It must have been hurt." said Li Lian as she continued to imagine, Li Jun Wei saw his kind wife being in sadness on his sake. He pulled her closer, taking her eyes away from the ground.

"I hated walking to this side of the room. There are many other ways where I could go to the dining room and avoid walking in this place, It give me an indescribable emotions when I came here that I rather not to feel." Li Lian heard his words quietly, to let him speak and know what he felt at the time. "At least, that was what I believed before. Now we have a chance of possibility that this may not happen."

Madam and Master Li's secret, thought Li Lian to herself, "Why do you think they would lie?" She spoke of the question that was on the back of her mind the entire time. "Is it so you wouldn't feel traumatic?"

"Perhaps it was but there is a limit for them to hide. Not all in this world is sweet and I don't expect them to be. And to me, it is better to feel a bitter taste than knowing nothing." If he was the boy Li Lian was searching for the entire time, that was even more so, he would rather suffer from the pain than to forget what he did with her.

Li Lian also agreed at his words. She didn't want to be keep in the dark either if it was about herself. "Shall we continue?" asked Li Jun Wei and when responded by a nod of her head, they continued to walk toward the dining room.

Mrs. Jin and Jin Nu Yuan had seated themselves primly on the seats. After vocalizing some anger on their own way, Mrs. Jin felt better but she didn't forget the words and grudge she held against her nephew and his wife. It seemed that Li Jun Wei loved Li Lian more than Mrs. Jin weigh them to be.

Mrs. Jin has undoubtedly eyeing on Li Jun Wei's emotion which was hard as the boy himself since a very young age had mastered the art of secluding his emotion. Compared to the a.d.u.l.ts around him, Li Jun Wei had the best poker face in the family that had never changed even when he faced a great trouble. As his aunt, Mrs. Jin had witnessed everything by her own eyes.

When Li Jun Wei grew older, after seeing that countless approach from women toward him ended up of no avail, Mrs. Jin found herself a light to usurp and have a taste of the heir position by using the wife to be Li Jun Wei. Knowing that he didn't hold any interest at anyone or possibly all women, Mrs. Jin guessed that he wouldn't put any stress in finding himself a bride. Since then, Mrs. Jin made her plan. She doubtlessly and persistently told Madam Li of how Li Jun Wei needed a wife and even showed her a few women she recommended who all worked and was obedient to her.

But when Li Lian came, her plan was shattered to pieces. In fact, Mrs. Jin could have succeeded half way if Li Lian wasn't kicked out of the house. Knowing that Li Lian was his only love, Li Jun Wei would have mindlessly took any woman as his bride but being himself, Li Jun Wei would have keep a tab on the woman that steered away from Mrs. Jin's plan.

Mrs. Jin was impatient after learning that the two love each other. If like her words Li Lian was infertile it would have been again her chance but what if she wasn't and had a child? All her plans would be useless!