"Dad please. I really didn"t ask him to cook. I just went upstairs to change and saw him when I got back. I am innocent" She made sure to hide well behind Muchen so her father wouldn"t see her but hear her voice only.

"This is why ladies should date someone taller." She appreciated Muchen in her mind.

"It"s true" Joreen"s tiny voice spoke out. "Big sis did nothing. Mr Li even asked her to go out of the kitchen" After she was done saying her part, she muched on a carrot like nothing else concerned her.

Bilike nodded in support of what Joreen said. He could not believe his father took off like that when he had been in support of Sara leaving the kitchen. "What a shameless man" Bilike said in his mind.

"What are you doing? Go check what"s on the fire. I"ll take care of our guest" Cixi said to Jianjun. 

"You really don"t have to. I"ll —"

She didn"t allow Muchen to continue. She excitedly pulled him out of the kitchen. Totally exposing Sara to Jianjun. Muchen looked back at Sara and gave him a "I tried to save you" look before his figure completely disappeared.

Bilike and Joreen left the kitchen also. Since Jianjun was here. He was sure going to take care of everything but they would have preferred the Almighty CEO Li to cook for them.

"D..ad." Sara called pleadingly when it was just the both if them left in the kitchen.

He raised a hand and threatened to hit her arm but stopped midway and gave her a disapproving scowl.

"I can"t believe you"re my daughter" He walked last her to check what was on the fire. 

"I really would have cooked it well. Where were you anyway and why do your face look like that?" Sara tried to get a better look of his face from the corner. 

"Something came up" He said nonchalantly entirely focusing on what he was doing.

"Your eyes are swollen. Did you cry?" She asked in shock. 

Jianjun chuckled at her question. "Why would I cry? I was only sad because a friend of mine broke his arm so he couldn"t use it. I felt bad for him and helped out a bit" He said referring to the little bird earlier.

"A friend?" Sara gave him a questioning look "But you have no friends" She added

"Just go out already. As soon as we relocate to our new apartment, we"ll start your cooking cla.s.ses. I don"t want you disgracing this family like you did today." He said unhappily. 

"But dad...do you know I can be a better chef than you if I put my mind to it? Stop thinking you"re a boss. I can crush you down within a month" She narrowed her eyes and gave him a challenging look. With her ryes still on him, she gradually retreated with her back out of the kitchen.

Jianjun shook his head before a laugh escaped his lips. He wondered how his life would have been like if Sara wasn"t in it.

He couldn"t still believe that this crazy daughter of his would be someone"s mother one day. He felt bad for his future grandkids.

When Sara entered the sitting room, she saw Just her aunt, Joreen and her Mr Li happily conversing together.

"Aunt stop stressing him. He"s tired" Sara plumped down in between Cixi and Muchen on the couch. 

"I asked him to stay for dinner and he doesn"t mind" Cixi said excitedly. She still could not stomach the fact that this right here was CEO Li and he was sitting with her!

"He also said he"ll come to my birthday party on New year"s day" Joreen added happily. 

"Oh..." Sara looked at Muchen and saw him looking intently at her like she was the only one present there. His look made her feel b.u.t.terflies in her stomach that she no longer paid attention to what her aunt and Joreen was saying. 

"Excuse me." She said to him before pulling Cixi and Joreen along with her. 

"What is it?" Cixi asked when they  entered the room. 

"You both should remain here okay? Do this for me please" She quickly left the room and went back to meet Muchen. 

"They forgot to fix something" Sara said with a smile before sitting down close to him. She inched closer this time.

Muchen chuckled. He wondered what was up with her this time. With the kind of look she was giving him, he knew there was something she wanted to say. 

"What is it?" He asked her. 

"So....." Sara scratched her head awkwardly before adding while colour rushed to her cheeks "About what we discussed this morning" 

Muchen remembered she had asked them to both date now but he hadn"t given her an answer yet. "What did we discuss?" He feigned ignorance by giving her a confused look. 

"Stop acting like you don"t remember" She pouted unhappily. Did he think it was easy.for girls to raise topics like this?

She had always been confident but now she didn"t know what was wrong with her. She felt that the more she delayed, the more someone else was likely going to seduce him and she was going to die before she allowed anyone steal him from her. 

Was she the CEO of a s.n.a.t.c.h my boyfriend company? 

Muchen smiled at her lovingly and used a hand to carefully tuck some strands of her loose hair behind her ear. He had the urge to kiss her pouting lips but he knew he couldn"t do that here. "You"re pretty" He complimented her. 

"I know but that"s not important now" Sara quickly brushed it aside and held his hand. "We....are dating right?" She asked impatiently with a charming smile. 

"Dinner is ready" Jianjun"s voice rang out in the whole building and immediately, everyone came out from their sh.e.l.ls. The shameless Mr Chu and Bilike came out of their room while her Aunt and Joreen came out of the other room.

"I hate fried rice! Why did it have to be ready at this time" She complained through gritted teeth when Muchen stood up with a smile on his face and went straight to the dining table. 

She quickly caught up with him and whispered so only he could hear "Stop playing hard to get already" She then walked past him to help Jianjun serve the dishes. 

Muchen stopped walking and laughed out. Everyone turned to look at him wondering what was so funny. 

"Ah... sorry" He apologized before sitting on the seat Cixi offered him beside hers. 

Sara had no other option but to sit opposite him.

"Thank you so much for your hospitality" Muchen said to all of them. 

Jianjun gave him a tiny smile while Cixi didn"t waste time to say more pleasant things to him.

His eyes fell on Sara who was looking at Mr Chu on the Chief seat. He saw her mouth "Betrayer" to him while the old man chuckled. 

Muchen smiled at all of them. He could exchange his wealth to be a part of a family like this.

"So..since when did you start to like my wonderful niece?" Cixi asked out of curiosity.

It was one question they were all curious about whether they admitted it or not.

"Aunt... How can you ask him that?" Sara blushed. "Mr Li.. Don"t answer her just eat" 

"Hmm.."

When Sara thought he wasn"t going to say anything else, she heard him say  "That should be two years ago"

Sara choked!