Bab 67: Leave the rest to the professionals
When Lena woke up the next day, she suddenly regretted sleeping here. Her back ache and all her bones were semi sore. She spent a good ten minutes stretching her body before walking out to go take a shower.
James was already wide awake before Lena woke up. He was waiting by the door of her room.
"Morning James."
"Good morning, Miss. Shen. Secretary Han is still in bed."
"How late did he stay up?"
"He went back to the testing room and didn't fall asleep until a few hours ago even after all the scientists went to bed."
"Ok. Let's go find something to eat." Lena told James.
They both head down to the cafeteria where the morning workers were already up and going about their duties. A kitchen lady came out of the kitchen and asked what Lena would like to have for breakfast.
Lena knew that this was not a fancy 5-star restaurant, she just asked for a simple omelet for her and James. After their small breakfast, Lena and James head back to the testing room. Henry was still not awake.
Some scientists were already there working and they only spare a small moment to greet Lena. Lena head to grab a tablet and look at their progress from yesterday there instead. She did not want to bother them.
The lab documents all their progress so it was easy for Lena to follow their steps.
"I didn't expect to see you here so early." Henry walked into the testing room.
Lena turned back and smiled at him. "Where else would I be?"
He grabbed the table off Lena and looked at the report. "Things seemed to be alright now." Henry relaxed.
"They are sending the results in to produce a spray that will help coat the plant and protect it. For now anyways until they produce a bacteriophage that can kill off the infection." Henry explained.
"That's good." Lena replied.
"You can go back home tomorrow. You had done great work here already, leave the rest to the professionals."
"Are you pushing me away?"
"I wouldn't want you to miss Andy's engagement."
What Henry said was correct. Andy's engagement was coming up soon. Lena had still to prepare something to wear and gift them. Somehow, Lena felt uneasy about going back home.
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As per Henry's request, Lena left and went back to City A the next day. Henry was staying back for a few more days to make sure production was going smoothly. He will be back in time for the engagement though.
After spending a few short days in fresh air and serene, coming back to the city was unfulfilling. Lena did not know what future dangers awaited her, but she had decided to continue being herself.
Whatever problem was thrown at her, she will strive to hit it head-on. The past several misfortunes, she had done it that way and she can continue it like that.
Shen Milli already had a dress prepared for Lena. She knew that Lena would be busy and may not have had time to go properly to find a dress appropriate for the occasion.
Lena asked Gary to be her partner, but he said that he could not make it that day. Plus, events like that was not something he enjoyed. Instead, Lena called in for a favor.
"Your second favor?"
"Yes. I want you to my partner at the engagement unless you already made plans with someone else." Lena replied.
"That's fine. I'll come to pick you up then." Ming Zhao said.
Ming Zhao had not spoken to Lena since visiting her at the hospital. He heard that she went to City Z recently to deal with some problems with the Shen Company.
His mother had prepared her own list of young women that she had lined for her son to go with, but after he said that he was taking Lena Shen, Madam Zhao was okay with it.
When Lena and Andy got engaged, they went with a traditional theme because both sides had grandparents. The engagement was also handled by their mothers. However, with Eva, who had no family, Andy decided that a simple modern engagement was better.
The Madams of the higher circle knew that both Andy's parents were against this whole ordeal but they could not go against Andy once he made his decision. Elder Yang almost had a heart attack disputing with Andy, but even with that, Andy was still stubborn to continue with the engagement.
So in the end, the elder Yangs did not choose to attend the engagement, and Andy's parents distastefully did anyways because they still loved their son. They just smiled and went along with him.
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