Changyu"s PA, Jang Hani looked at the pale looking woman that was lying on the bed.

Hani had been working for Changyu for four years. She remembered when she was about applying to work for Changyu at the age of twenty four. She heard rumours about Miss Changyu being a very difficult person and had a bad temper.

At that time, Hani still decided to apply for the job because the pay was high and she needed the money to pay for her younger brother"s tuition. She suspected she was able to get the job easily because she was from the same country as Changyu.

The first month after she began, Hani realised that Changyu wasn"t as bad as people had painted her to be. Most people did respect her and salute to her influence and intelligence but since she was a very direct and straightforward person, rumours couldn"t help flying about. 

At one time, Changyu had paid her brother"s complete tuition when she didn"t even raise the issue to her at all.

When she tried to confirm from Changyu if she really paid his tuition, she simply said "I don"t like my a.s.sistants working for me with troubled hearts. I believe you"ll relax and do your job right. If you make anymore mistakes, I won"t hesitate to fire you. If you understand, you should go rest at home. I"ll see you tomorrow" 

From that moment, Hani had made up her mind to be loyal to Changyu for the rest of her life and follow her to wherever she wanted to go.

Looking at her sleeping figure on the hospital bed, Hani couldn"t help wondering what was up with her again. 

She had been shocked when she heard a sound like something cras.h.i.+ng and when she came inside to check, she saw Changyu was collapsed on the floor. She had actually thought it was blood she saw everywhere but after taking a closer look, she figured it was red wine. Though, she had bruises on her hand as a result of the broken gla.s.s on the floor.

Ever since she came back to country B, it was always one problem or the other. She had visited the hospital countless times more that she did abroad. Hani had been doing all the digging so, she was able to link it with the man that had visited her in the hospital the other day. Since her boss met that man, her emotions had not been stable. 

She really felt bad for her boss. Most people saw her as cold and unapproachable even  while abroad, she didn"t have friends or hang out. Hani had never even seen her smile happily except the "evil smirk" she usually gave. 

For the first time, she decided to take matters into her own hands and do something she believed was right.

After they were done with cleaning the apartment, they moved downstairs to clean up their restaurant-to-be. 

They all complained about the many stairs that were too tiny and close to each other.

Bilike had added that whichever architect or engineer responsible for this needed to be stoned to death.

It was as if they were climbing a hill. No wonder the room was vacant. Sara realised that three of the rooms were also vacant meaning they had only 4 neighbors; that"s if they"re single.

"Aunt.." Sara pulled Cixi to a corner and whispered. 

"What"s up with you?" Cixi asked curiously. 

"The thing is.... What kind of gift can I give to a woman in her 70s for her birthday?"

"Who"s celebrating? Mr Li"s grandmother?" Cixi asked pointedly.

"Wow! That was so accurate. How did you know?" Sara looked at her Aunt in awe.

"Who else do you know that"s that old? It"s not like you have any friend who has a grandma. But....you want to give her a gift? Does she approve of you now?" Cixi couldn"t help worrying for her little neice.

Sara grinned excitedly. "Mr Li wants me to MC her party."

"Wow.. You both must have really gone completely nuts." She chipped in.

"Maybe I have. But don"t insult my Mr Li" Sara playfully scolded her aunt. "You should get a boyfriend soon aunt. Seems you"re getting too jealous lately" Sara teased.

Cixi laughed and waved a hand "I"m too old for all of that. Besides, who would want a 45 years old woman?"

"Don"t say that. We look like age mates if you ask me. You"re still so young and vibrant" Sara smiled widely at her. "Even younger guys may doubt you"re up to 35 and try to woo you."

Cixi raised a brow at her "Then can we try it with Mr Li then? I do like him" She teased back.

Sara"s smile faded and she eyed her Aunt. "Don"t even think about going near him" 

She eyed her again before returning to clean, totally fogetting she needed an advise on the gift to buy for Madam Li. 

Jianjun looked at the both of them suspiciously, wondering what they were both whispering about and why Sara"s face suddenly changed. His eyes met Cixi"s then she laughed and waved a hand at him and mouthed that he shouldn"t worry about it. 

"I only teased her a bit" Cixi said when she got closer to him. "She doesn"t seem to like it when someone makes a joke with her boyfriend. So possessive!" 

"She should be. Don"t make jokes about him again if she doesn"t like it" He scolded her. He didn"t care to ask what she had said to her because Sara was always right.

Sara turned to see the both of them staring at her. She laughed and spoke loudly so they could both hear. "I"m not angry or sad. What am I? 12 years old?" She smiled and continued cleaning the counter. 

Jianjun smiled to see it wasn"t something serious and was about to say something to Cixi when he heard his phone ring so he took off his gloves and reached for it in his trouser pocket.

"Yes, this is w.a.n.g Jianjun, who is this?" He asked the feminine voice at the other end of the line. 

"Are you acquainted with a Song Changyu?" The lady asked. 

Jianjun"s eyes darted sideways. He could vaguely guess from the look on Cixi"s face that she heard the question. 

He took a few steps away from close to Cixi before answering in a low tone. "I do. What is the matter?" 

Cixi eyed him suspiciously. She was very sure she heard the person say "Song Changyu" what was that woman planning again? She had just caused a stir by cutting ties with her family now, she was still reaching her brother?

She saw the state of shock her brother was in after the call ended and moved closer to ask in a low tone so the others wouldn"t hear. "What was that about?" 

"She"s in the hospital. She collapsed." He was aware his sister knew already so there was no point in hiding anything. 

"Why would she suddenly collapse and why did they reach you instead? Oh...because she no longer has a family, they chose to reach you instead?" She said in irritation.

"What do you mean by she no longer has a family?" Jianjun peered curiously. 

Cixi sighed at her brother"s reaction. "You didn"t see the news this morning? She cut ties with every member of the Song family. Not like it should concern you though." Cixi concluded. She didn"t want to believe her brother still cared for that woman.

He looked sad and confused but he agreed with her. "Yes.. It doesn"t concern me at all....it doesn"t concern me one bit" 

He repeated it over and over again and Cixi was able to tell that he was more like trying to convince himself. 

"Brother Jun... Come to your senses! You won"t go see her in the hospital right?" She asked hopefully. 

He looked at her with sad eyes. Cixi saw the answers in his eyes even before he ran out of the building.