Chapter 241: Doubts
Madam Liu's birthday celebration was held twice. First was a family outing to visit her twin's grave where Han Meixiu was introduced for the first time.
Xu Yi Yi, the name of Madam Liu's twin, died just a month after their 7th birthday.
After Han Meixiu greeted the tomb of her Mommy Yi's twin, she went towards Liu Zijian who was couple of steps away and standing beside Mr Liu. They let Mommy Yi stay longer in front of the tomb.
In a soft whiper, Mommy Yi talked to her twin like she always did.
"Yi'er...I'm going to be a grandmother soon. You see, Meixiu dear is having twins, like us. I'm going to have a granddaughter and grandson." Madam Liu paused before she continued. There was a slight smile on her face. "I don't need to worry. The medical field is advanced now. The doctor also said, they are both healthy."
Han Meixiu from a distance saw her Mommy Yi wiped her tears away. She felt emotional looking at the older woman. She's used to seeing her smile and laughing. But now that she's weeping, Han Meixiu's heart was being squeezed as well. The rim of her eyes started to get wet and Liu Zijian noticed her emotions were starting to surge.
"Come, let's leave first." Liu Zijian whispered. He saw his father walking towards his mom.
There would always be a time like this when Madam Liu would be emotional. They could only wait for her to calm down before continuing the celebration. But perhaps, compared to the previous years, today was exceptionally more melancholic.
Liu Zijian while half hugging his wife as they walk towards the parked car was thankful that she was pregnant this time around. The movement of the twins could be monitored as well as the overall situation of Han Meixiu. He knew that his mother was probably worried about his wife and his kids.
One of the reasons why he wanted to stay by Han Meixiu's side was to also assure his mother that her daughter in law has been well taken care of. As long as he's around, nothing would happen to his family.
He lowered his eyes and saw the sniffing woman in his embrace. The bump on her tummy was now visible. Sometimes, he still feels surreal that about everything.
Everytime he sees the development of their twins on the monitor during check ups, there's an unexplained happiness bursting in his entire being.
It's good that the twins are developing well.
After about half an hour, they saw both Mr. Liu and Madam Liu came out. The latter's eyes were a bit swollen but her mood was considerably good already. She was back in her usual self.
The family enjoyed luxurious and private lunch within the area before they went back home where Madam Liu opened her presents. Among the presents, Han Meixiu's gift was considered the most well thought. Maybe because she's a woman or she was Madam Liu's favorite, the brooch that she personally designed was the most favored by the celebrant.
The family was laughing as they talked several incidents in the past. The day ended blissful.
The second celebration was held for publicly and Liu Family invited important people to celebrate with them. Both Han Meixiu and Liu Zijian didn't stay too long.
After two days the two went back to K Country.
*
In the middle of the night, Han Meixiu woke up and found out that Liu Zijian wasn't around. She could clearly remember that he was beside her when she slept an hour earlier.
The moment she opened the study she saw the man staring seriously at the screen of his laptop.
Hearing the door opened, Liu Zijian found Han Meixiu walking in.
"Are you hungry?" The question was the one he would always ask thus without even pondering about it, it automatically slipped out.
"No." Han Meixiu answered smiling. "If you continue to feed me I'll become a round ball in no time." She added.
Han Meixiu already gained weight because of Liu Yu Yao. The chatterbox did her best to give her delicacies of Q City. Surprisingly, their taste actually matched thus they could enjoy the food together.
"I can accompany you to exercise. Just don't be lazy."
The smile on Han Meixiu faced disappeared instantly. The word 'exercise' was something she didn't want to hear. She was too lazy to do it. There was even a time she idiotly asked Liu Zijian if he could do it for her. of course, he flatly answered her, no.
"Why are you still busy? I thought Brother Long is helping?" Han Meixiu changed the subject. If she would let him continue the talk about her pregnancy, her ears might turn deaf.
"There are some information I need to analyze before Brother Long can finalize and make a decision. Why did you wake up? If you're not hungry, do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"
"No. I'm fine. I am wondering why Brother Long wanted 92's service. He already has his own men…"
"I don't know either. Maybe for a change or he's suspecting 92 about something."
"Suspecting about what?" Han Meixiu was surprised. What did Han Mingxia do to make her Brother Long weary about her?
"I'm not clear as well. That is just my assumption. I maybe wrong. I'll be done in a minute." He said wanted to dismiss the topic about 92.
"I'll wait here."
As the silence enveloped the entire room, Han Meixiu was a bit worried for Han Mingxia. In the midst of her thinking, she felt an incoming message from her phone. Before , she normally didn't pay attention to her own phone but after meeting Liu Yu Yao, the latter would always message her thus making her phone a bit busy.
She seldom replied but she would always read them.
'She's still awake?' Han Meixiu murmured. Realizing that Liu Yu Yao was still in her third year in university, it's pretty much normal to stay up late.
Looking at her message with full of emoticons, Han Meixiu recalled Liu Yu Yao expressions and she could clearly imagine her reaction while telling her stories.
"Do you like her company?" Liu Zijian gently asked after sitting beside her.
"En."
"Even though she probably has motive of getting close to you?"
"I expected as much. Did you investigate?"
"Yeah. A little. I just need to know if she's up to no good."
"She probably wanted to be in our goodside after what happened." Han Meixiu answered without lifting her gaze on the phone.
"Her family is really low key. She has an older brother that is the General Manager of a resort in the south of Q City."
"Her parents?"
"Her mother owns a cafe. She's a pastry chef. Her father is Dad's cousin. He had a restaurant before but it closed down. He's now assisting his wife as their cafe is getting more popular. What did she send you?"
"She told me to watch a certain drama. Red Palm Resort was the location. Is it where her brother works?"
"En. Being seen in a drama is a good marketing strategy." Liu Zijian calmly said as stroke her head.
"Indeed." Ha Meixiu replied before she turned off her phone.
"Do you want to sleep now?"
"Not yet. I want to know your view about my grandparents 'accident'. You only gave me a vague idea about it." She asked.
"What do you know about it?" Liu Zijian wanted to know how much Han Meixiu knew about her grandparents accidents.
"There was a landslide on the highway they were taking. The driver lost control and eventually the car turned over resulting in their death." Han Meixiu answered. That was what she was informed. As a kid, she never questioned it.
"It was acceptable since the weather wasn't really good at that time. Besides, there was construction on going that made it look like an accident. They said there was no problem in the car and the driver has been with the old Zhangs for more than a decade."
"If that's the case, then why did my mom and cousin believe it wasn't an accident?"
"The road they took wasn't the original way they wanted to take. That's the first one. Based from the record LCG got, that road was supposed to be closed especially during that time, remember it has been raining. A landslide was to be expected. Then why did they still take that road?"
"Either they were deceived or asked to take that road. But who would tell them to do it? It should be someone they know and trusted. What about the driver? Was he really innocent?"
"Mmm. He's innocent. Second, the report said the car was fine. But LCG was able to ask one of the members of the police officers that first arrived at the crime scene…"
"There was inconsistency?" Han Meixiu heart was pounding as she voiced out her question.
"Yes. The car wasn't check thoroughly. The captain barely looked at some areas and declared there was no problem at all. Besides, the coincidence that they were patrolling nearby could already raise a doubt."
Han Meixiu was silent for a time. It was not what she expected. There was a fire started to burn inside her heart.
"Jian,.. I want to participate in this as well...Do you think..."
"Not for now. Your Mom specifically told me not to let you worry about this. She will handle it. We can only give her additional information if ever we encounter one."
That's right. If there's a person that surely wanted to get to the bottom of it, it would be her mother. But as a granddaughter who was pampered by Old Zhang, she also wanted to help.
Liu Zijian sighed. Han Meixiu's thoughts were clearly visible on her face.
"After giving birth, you can help look for some more clues."
Her eyes lit up. "Thank you."
"Only after you…"
I know. I know. I need to focus on my situation first. I get it." Han Meixiu answered. She knew that he was saying it for her own good. She could only yield for the time being. Besides, she trusts her own mother.
She just deeply hoped that nothing would happen to her while she was uncovering the truth about her grandparents death.
Unconsciously, she touched her tummy. Her priority would be the twins.
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