This woman was dangerous; he could not let her stay in house any further. "I have some work to finish up in my office.
You should go back to your house now, I am sure your parents are worried about you."
"I am a big girl, I can handle myself." She said. However this wooing thing was supposed to be taken slow. She needed to boil Jun Muyang slowly like a frog in warm water. If she pushed too hard, he would freeze her out. She got up and carried Mei-Mei. "Good night Muyang." She winked and walked out.
"A_da," Mei-Mei waved at him as they left and Chi Lian giggled.
"You really like him my girl, don't you?" she asked the baby who gazed at her in confusion. "Should mummy make him your daddy?"
As she walked the short distance home, she wondered if she could really succeed in making him fall in love with her. If she did, would he accept Mei-Mei? Perhaps the first thing she should be concerned with is how to ease the relationship between the two. As long as Jun Muyang fell in love with Mei-Mei, he would accept her as his daughter.
Her family was sitting down for dinner when she entered the house. "You are back." Her mother moved toward her and took Mei-Mei away. "I was just about to send Zimo to look for you. How can you take long to return knowing that your daughter has to eat? It's okay if you want to starve, but don't starve my grand-daughter as well." she complained.
"I did not mean to take so long, Mei-Mei was eating fruits and she refused to leave before that plate was empty." She lied.
"Sis, how can you use Mei-Mei like that?" Chi Wei asked. "You were busy wooing that man from next door just admit that you lost sight of the time." Chi Rui advised.
"Why should I admit to anything?" Chi Lian sat down and prepared a plated of rice, chicken and vegetables for herself. "It smells so good." She said.
"Mother, don't allow Mei-Mei to over eat. She has already stuffed herself on cookies and fruits." Mei-Mei was already complaining because she could not reach the chicken which was the target of her appetite.
"If everyone is free tomorrow, I was hoping that we would all take a trip to the orphanage now that everything has settled down."
"That's a wonderful idea; I have been waiting for you to bring it up." Mama Chi was excited to finally do something.
Everybody at the table agreed to go.
"Oh, and just so you all know, Jun Muyang may be coming along with us. Please don't embarrass me tomorrow. And I mean you Zimo." She pointed at him specifically.
"Heyyyy_" Zimo who was chomping on a chicken thigh complained. Why was he catching stray bullets out of nowhere?
"Don't act like a hooligan and stay off your phone. That man next door is not in our class, we have to be on our best around him." Her father said. He had already searched for Jun Muyang's information on the internet the moment Chi Lian went over to his house for the first time. He was a wealthy young man who was related to the royal family. He could not understand why that man was allowing his daughter to get close to him.
He often wondered if the man was planning to just use and dump his daughter.
"We will leave in the morning at around nine. The vans with all the supplies will meet us there. If any of you wants to make personal contributions to the orphanage you can talk to Principal Wang when we get there." Chi Lian reminded them.
After the beautiful Daosi paid her, she had sent five hundred thousand to each of their personal accounts. She would continue sending them money until they started earning salaries, after all, she was the one who told them not to look for jobs or abandon the jobs they had.
"Chi-Chi," her father called, "I have been meaning to ask why you bought so many cars?" "One car for each member of the family, those are not too many dad." Her father looked at her like as if he was trying to make sense of her, even in the old days; they had only three cars in the family.
"But that brat Zimo does not need a car, he will stay in the dorm when school resumes and my leg is injured so I don't need a car as well."
"I am planning to hire a driver for you. If Mei-Mei needs to go for play dates or parks, a car, driver and nanny are all required. I have already found suitable candidates; they will be arriving on Sunday to resume their duties."
Mama Chi's face drooped; she was offended that her daughter did not trust her to care for Mei-Mei that she had found a nanny without talking to her.
Chi Lian noticed and told her mother, "Mum, I am going to need your help at work. You cannot stay at home and take care of Mei-Mei all day. That's why I am getting a nanny."
When her father heard that he looked at her like a toddler being left at home unwillingly while the adults went out to have fun. "You too dad, I am going to need your help." He smiled happily, "That's wonderful." Finally, he would be helpful to the family again.
Mama Chi left the table to give a yawning Mei-Mei her bath and put her to bed. Chi Lian, who still had to go out and do her paparazzo work personally because she could not access her drones until the punishment ended left the table reluctantly.
"I will be back soon." She announced as she left.
She got into her new car and drove off. How she longed for her motorcycle.
As she drove around aimlessly, she wondered where she could possibly find paparazzo worthy shots at this time of the night.
"You have an inspiration capsule." T4 reminded her. "Right! "she had not stored her capsules in her virtual storage. She carried them around candies in case of emergency. She took an inspiration capsule and waited to see what miracles it could work. Over thirty minutes passed and she could not feel any difference.
"T4, I think this capsule doesn't work."
"Give it time." He said.
A few minutes later, an expensive Rolls Royce went by speedily and Chi Lian felt the desperate urge to follow it so she did. The Went through security and entered an exquisite building.
"T4, what's inside this building?" "A law firm that deals with divorce and a cosmetic surgery hospital." Chi Lian pulled out the one camera she had and observed the environment around her. Two more cars showed up and went through security.
Chi Lian decided to head in and when the guard asked where she was going, she claimed that she had an appointment with the law firm so she was let in.
With T4's help, she took pictures of all the three women who had entered the building. Using facial recognition, T4 identified them as, Zhang Lili a wealthy madam of the Zhang family, Su Qing a top actress and Miss Chu who wanted to marry Jun Muyang. She left the building, parked her car and posted.
The mighty little peep star: [A wealthy madam, a top actress and an heiress walk into a building in the dead of night. Each of the three visited either a divorce law firm or a cosmetic surgery hospital. The question is who visited where?]
The attached pictures were foggy so that people would guess who was who.
The post went viral immediately.
Peep star 1: [That is a certain actress whose name starts with S but if I say the name her fans will kill me.]
The mighty lion: [Making a list of all heiresses in the empire right now]
Fire baby: [I am sure the actress is visiting the cosmetic surgery hospital]
Jun Muyang's wife: [Who cares? Just tell us if Jun Muyang is dating Lady Chi or not]
Sasha die hard:[Cant you mind your own business you nasty paparazzo?]
Peep star fun 1: [ I am not afraid to say that is the actress Su Qing. Kill me if you can, I am at home in my bed.]
The lovely baby;[ I went to school with Chi Sihua, I would know her figure from anywhere.]
Fire baby;[ Show us their faces clearly. A paparazzo should have no fear]
With her mission for the night accomplished, she went home and slept off immediately.
Thanks to the long night, Chi Lian was like a zombie come morning. She woke up late, almost dropped her head in her breakfast cereal and moved sluggishly when it was time to head to the orphanage.
Chi Zimo could help but laugh at her pitiful sight. It was ironic how she had emphasized that he should be on his best but here she was, embarrassing herself.
Luckily for her, Mei-Mei was sleepy as well so the two of them slept off in the back of the range rover where they slept off as her elder brother drove.
Jun Muyang and his entourage were right behind them. He had even brought a couple of bodyguards along for security just in case they were needed.
When the cars arrived, they were let in by the newly employed security guard who had been recommended by Wang Bolin. He was a retired veteran who was injured in an explosion when they were raiding a rebel area a few years back. He had lost a leg in that raid which made it difficult for him to hold down a proper job.
The ex-veteran or old Jiang as the kids called him was so grateful for the opportunity to find steady work again. And the best part was the way the children loved him and accepted him without judgment.
Old Jiang had read about the woes of the orphanage online and seen the news about the corrupt mayor who was holding back money to feed the children. He was so grateful to Lady Chi who was the benefactor and savior of the children.
Knowing that the Chi family was coming for a visit, he had put on his best clothes and waited anxiously by the gate. He even saluted them in excitement.
After the cars entered, a big truck which was carrying a large container followed them inside. It was filled with goodies Jun Muyang had told Wenzhe to prepare for the children.
A yawning Chi Lian got out of the car with Mei-Mei in her arms.
The doting grandmother mama Chi immediately came and took her from Chi Lian. The little girl was looking exceptionally beautiful today.
She was wearing a fluffy pink dress and her hair which was folded into two buns was held together by two shiny diamond studded head bands.
Chi Lian waved to principal Wang who was hurriedly walking toward them.
"Good morning principal Wang," She said and yawned again.
Chi Zimo shook his head as if her uncontrollable yawning was disappointing.
"Good morning Lady Chi, we were not expecting you to arrive so soon. The kids will be disappointed; they wanted to welcome you with flowers and a song."
Chi Lian laughed, that sounded like the kind of welcome they used to give special guests like politicians visiting a school or foreign country in her previous life.
"That's not necessary, we are not special visitors and besides children should use their weekends to rest."
Looking around, Chi Lian was impressed with all the visible changes in the environment of the orphanage. It was clean and bright red and yellow flowers had been planted next to the walls. The old buildings had been re-painted a bright yellow color. There was a new van labeled Sunshine children's home parked under one of the old trees.
"I love what you have done with the place." Chi Lian told Principal Wang.
Blushing at the praise, principal Wang looked away and said, "It's all thanks to your donations and hard work. Ever since the corrupt officials were arrested, all the money which was held back has been distributed to us. I bought some new clothes, books and other supplies for the children. We are even sending them to school now in a car."
"They must be a handful; you are doing great work here." Mama Chi joined in on the conversation.
Chi Lian suddenly remembered that she had not yet introduced principal Wang to her family and Jun Muyang so she set out to redeem that immediately.
"Principal Wang, these are my parents and my brothers."
One by one she mentioned their names.
"Such handsome young men," Principal Wang praised them, "Are they married?" she asked.
"No, they are single and available." Mama Chi announced a lot louder than necessary while frowning at her sons who looked anywhere but directly at her.
"What about that one?" she whispered to Chi Lian.
"Oh, "she pulled on Jun Muyang's arm, "This is Jun Muyang. He is my….uhm…friend."
The way she said it sounded more like a question.
Jun Muyang pulled away from her and looked at Wenzhe.
Quickly, Wenzhe pulled out a business card from his pocket and handed it to principal Wang.
"This is young master Jun Muyang, the CEO of the Jun corporation, please feel free to contact us if you ever need help." He said. His words represented Jun Muyang's words.
Principal Wang held the card with trembling hands. Who in this empire did not know the Jun Corporation? What was this golden young master doing in a run-down place like theirs?
"See, I am not the only one that is nervous around him." Papa Chi said to his wife.
Pointing at the container, Wenzhe said, "These things are for the children. The Jun Corporation is also going to fund a new building on this property."
Tears run down principal Wang's eyes when she heard this news. The children would finally have a new worthy home.
"Thank you master Jun." she cried.
Wenzhe guided the delivery men as brought down the supplies Jun Muyang had told him to buy. Some of the things included sacks of rice, flour, beans, toilet paper, sugar, books, pens, toys, clothes and so many other things.
Two brand new refrigerators, mattresses and a very large television were also included.
"Damn!" Chi Zimo said. "That's a lot of stuff."
"He is such a wonderful boy." Mama Chi looked at Jun Muyang appreciatively.
"Let's go and find the children."
Chi Lian pulled on Jun Muyang's shirt and led him inside the building. The rest of the family followed.
Principal Wang, her daughter, old Jiang and the two female care takers Chi Lian hired stayed behind to oversee the offloading process.
They found the children eating breakfast noisily in the dining area.
When they saw Chi Lian, most of them dumped their breakfast and run to her. They all tried to hug her at the same time, which was impossible.
Some of them were more excited to see Mei-Mei. She had been the youngest and most loved in the orphanage before she was adopted.
Chi Lian introduced the children to her family members and Jun Muyang.
Some of them shrunk away after Jun Muyang gazed at them with an unsmiling face.
"Smile or relax a little." She whispered to him.
"Who wants to paint the building wall?" Chi Lian sounded like a nursery teacher teaching toddlers.
"Me…me…me." The kids screamed.
"Follow me."
The kids followed her and she took the painting supplies that she had brought and distributed them to the children.
They were divided into groups and each group was led by an adult. They painted all sorts of flowers, animals and other things on the wall.
Jun Muyang told Wenzhe to have special food ordered and delivered to the orphanage.
Even the children who were previously scared of him approached him happily after eating the delicious food.
After one full day of playing around, they bade goodbye to the kids with promises to return.
As they left, they all stuffed Mama Chi with cards filled with cash to run the orphanage.
Chi Lian and Mei-Mei took the return trip in Jun Muyang's car. She had been expecting him to reject her when she asked but surprisingly, he agreed.
The most shocking part was that he was carrying a sleeping Mei-Mei on his laps. The little girl was shamelessly drooling all over his shirt.
Chi Lian was laughing so hard because of the expression on his face. He looked like he had just bitten into a bitter fruit.
"Give her to me."
"You will wake her up." He rejected her. "I would prefer her to be this quiet as compared to having her screaming or jumping up and down in my car."
"Did you have fun today?"
"It was not so bad." He said after a few seconds of silence.
He had enjoyed himself more than he thought he would. Spending time with her was not a bad thing. It calmed him. He liked her wisdom, bravery, selflessness and ambition. His interest in her piqued some more. He thought to himself that perhaps it was a passing fancy which would fade with time.
"Thank you for agreeing to come. I hope we will get to come again together." She looked at him hopefully.
"I will think about it."
To Chi Lian, that statement was enough to let her know that it was a yes.
As usual, the mighty little peep star posted pictures of Jun Muyang and Chi Lian playing with the children. Somehow, Jun Muyang looked dashing as he was painting a sunflower on the wall.
[Isn't this a beautiful sight, a flower painting a flower?] She posted.
As always, the post went viral.
One follower fire baby came so close to guessing Chi Lian's identity but he would never know.
Fire baby:[ Am I the only one who thinks this paparazzo is too obsessed with Jun Muyang and why does Lady Chi always appear in those pictures? Could she be the poster?]
Lord royal;[Why wasn't I born with such a handsome face?]
Jun Muyang's official wife:[Lord royal, post your picture and I will judge your looks.]
Lord royal:[I can send it to you in private]
Princess meow:[Will that couple take their love else where?]
Jun Muyang's only wife:[Has anyone seen the hairbands in that little girls hair..those are real diamonds]
Beauty Queen:[I saw it too. The baby is richer than me...sob sob]
Mommy for life:[Where can I buy them from and how expensive are they because my daughter wants them now?]
Fifefly:[ The most important question is whose child is she?]
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