Chapter 447 - NEGOTIATION: PART I

A few days have passed by since Elizabeth has woken up. She has been living her days as if she was a child. She was always accompanied by her mother and father and no one else. If ever she is to go out of her room and visit the garden to walk. Neither her family nor the servants dare show up in front of her. 

But it is not as if they aren't watching her. 

She has always noticed her family watching over her from the windows as she takes her scroll with her parents. It pained her to see them like this but she was not ready at the moment. She needed more time. 

May it be in the morning or night. Her father or mother always take time to accompany her because they know she is currently unfamiliar with everything and they hope it will help block unnecessary memories for her. 

That was the main reason why the couple always took time to be with their daughter. For they worry that if they leave her she might take some time to think about things and recall those horrid memories of her past. 

If there was a way to block it forever and even remove it they would have already. However, the person who can do that was nowhere to be found. 

"Darling, is there anything you wish to eat for breakfast?" 

"Hmm, I was actually thinking why not have breakfast with everyone." 

Lady Zhao was speechless and could not respond at all. As if her brain suddenly experienced a sudden glitch making her unable to process everything. 

"Darling, you wish to have breakfast with everyone? You mean including mother and father?" 

"Hmm, of course, Jackie must join as well. I know she is dying to speak to me already. I can sometimes feel like knives are being thrown at my back whenever we are out for our walk." 

"Ha-ha." Lady Zhao couldn't help it and burst into laughter. Her daughter really has a way with his words. 

"If you are sure about it, I shall inform everyone about your plans. Then, is there anything else you need before I leave?"

"No, you can go and rest mother. I am fine and I'm tired as well." 

Once the sun set, Elizabeth was already pretending to be tired in order to give her parents a break and time for themselves. She was always an early bird so before she woke up her parents were already by her side. It made her worry that they might not be getting enough sleep because of her. Especially her father since she forced him to go back and handle the company. But still, he takes time off to be with her. 

"Alright then, you rest well darling if you need anything. Don't hesitate to call me." 

"Hmm." 

She kissed her mother on the cheeks good night as her mother kissed her on her forehead. 

"Sweet dreams darling." 

Lady Zhao deam the light as she quietly left the room. As soon as her mother left, her eyes were all wide open. 

Elizabeth went to her desk and got her notes out. She has no access to the outside world for if she uses her phone to check on anything it will surely send a notice to her father of what she is doing. So all she could do was write what she remembered at the same time and sketch them. 

This past few nights, she has been having a strange dream about that night. What she thought she recalled suddenly felt off with what she was dreaming. Somehow, the people in her dream and what she recalls looks different. What was more strange was the fact that the situation was different. In her memory, she recalls she was trying to run away and look for the professor but was not able to do so because she met up with Yun Shen and Feng Xiaotong leading to their doom by the hand of the old man. But recently, in her dreams she was not in search of someone but instead was massacring everyone for they took something important to her. She has not yet what that is but she was sure that the thing they took away from her was something very precious to her. 

Not only has she remembered what happened that night, she has also realized that both dreams seem to have happened in different locations as well. The scene which she thought was in the forest of estate turned into another place in her dream but she can't clearly picture it out yet. But one thing she was sure of, she never went inside the tunnel.

'I better find a way to go back to China. What should I do to convince them to allow me to go back.'

Elizabeth needed to negotiate with her family to let her return to China. She was a hundred percent sure her family will never allow her to return to the country for that was the beginning of everything. It was the place that made her leave them... But, it was also the place where she met the person whom she loved. She may not have understood her feelings before but now she truly can say that Yun Shen was indeed a person whom she loved and she hopes he is still alive. 

For a person who has lost memories of her life made it hard for ELizabeth to even understand her own feelings. She knows her father knows the truth of everything but will never tell her for it was the best way to protect her. Even without asking her father she was sure that he'll say that. 

I did it to protect you. 

Such memories are not needed. 

Those words have continued to repeatedly circulate in her mind. It has been a bother but what can she do? Her father holds her freedom and it'll be hard for her to get it back. 

"Hmm, I wonder what I need to do for them to let me return to China?"

As she continued to ponder on it, she did not realize that it was almost midnight. 

"Damn it." 

She hurriedly hid her thing and she went back to her bed. For at any moment, someone is to visit. 

"Is she asleep still?"

"Why don't you go and check?" 

"What if she is awake and will scare her." 

"Oh well, let not bother then. We will see her tomorrow anyways." 

"But I really wish to see her now, I've long to hold my granddaughter." 

"Be patient my love, soon you'll be able to squeeze her like a lemon."

"You devil. I will not harm my own granddaughter."

"As if you won't do it."

"Hmm, I'm leaving. You'll be sleeping on the couch."

"Huh, wait... Darling." 

As the voice vanished... Elizabeth tried her best not to laugh aloud. She couldn't help but overhear her grandparents' quarrel. 

"I miss you too Granny and Grandad." 

Elizabeth continues to lay rest in her bed. For her grandparents are not the only visitors who come to check on her in the middle of the night. 

As time passed by, it passed midnight already and headed close to one in the morning. She continues to check the time and another hour passes. 

'Hmmm, seems he won't be visiting then.'

The person whom she was thinking of that normally visits her at night is her father. Despite she has not seen him personally she was sure that her father always stayed by her side at night and watched her. Which explains why he is always by her side once she wakes up. 

As time continued to tick by, soon Elizabeth drifted off into a deep sleep. She must have been so tired that she did not notice the time and slept. 

"Hmm, seems you're having a nice dream?"

The man just returned from work and instead of checking on his wife first, he directly went to his daughter's room to be with her. 

One of the main reasons why he decided to visit her always at night was to check on something his daughter was doing behind his back. He knows his daughter well and he was sure she was already on the move to find a way out. 

He went to his daughter's desk and pulled open the drawer. Inside was her mini sketch book with written notes of her dreams and what she recalls. At the same time, a sketch of a person with no face. 

"You must be the person she was with then."

He stared violently at the man in the drawing. How he wished he had a clear view of who he is so he could find him and kill him at once. 

"I'll break you once I find you." 

As he finished checking on his daughter new notes. He placed it back to how it was to make sure his daughter does not notice something odd. Afterwards, he went back to his daughter's side and kiss her on her forehead. 

"Don't worry, I'll make sure those people will never see light of day."