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Chương 28: The Guardian Angel

Liang looked at the sharp-eyed woman sitting in front of him.

Why does he feel an urge to spill everything about him whenever he meets those deep black eyes. He was confused, but chose to remain unaffected by her questions.

"You know my name, Liang. It is Dai Liang. And I am sorry that I can't disclose any further details about me." Liang said with a straight face.

"The only thing you should know is that you are safe here."

He seems genuine.

But there is something mysteriously odd with him. Li Juan looked at him in caution.

Okay, don't disclose any details, Let me find it myself- Li Juan decided in her mind.

"So you say this is your house?" Li Juan looked all around the room and asked him.

"Yes."

"I see." There was a glint of a smile in Li Juan's lips. "I'm sorry that I misunderstood you as a doctor. You know, your skills were pretty clean," Li Juan appreciated him.

"I will take that as a compliment." Liang smiled upon realizing that Li Juan is trying to find who he was, like the way how he played with her just a moment ago. He willingly agreed to play along with her.

He always wanted to test the intelligence of the renowned Li Juan, the ace of the archaeology department.

"You are not a doctor, at least not in practice. I see plenty of books here and I haven't seen a doctor who gets enough time to read.

Not to mention that these books are of various genres, history, medicine, architecture, politics economics etc, that means you are a hardcore reader."

"Haha. Reading helps me in my business." Liang said casually.

"Yes, it is. But nobody builds bookshelves in their bedroom unless they are a hard-core reader who studies by their own. Your University marks should be a record." Li Juan said in an elated tone, praising him.

"Yes. Indeed." Liang suppressed his amusement and tried to keep a calm face.

"I hear the chirpings of birds and rustlings of leaves and the air is surprisingly fresh and pure. I guess we are in the countryside or maybe we are no longer in Xi City.

Winter was almost over in Xi city, here I can smell the floral scents in the breeze, that means we are somewhere near the tropics were plants started blooming and maybe on an island." Li Juan expressed her thoughts on the place where she was staying.

"To be precise, my vacation home," Liang corrected her.

"Oh, that's cool. You own a vacation home on an island, reads a lot, well mannered." Li Juan scanned Liang top to bottom.

His tall stature and well-built physique reminded her of an aloof bodyguard, but the haughtiness hidden under his eyes shows that he is a leader who sets rules for others.

"I don't think you are a stalker." Li Juan flashed a smile. "I can definitely strike out the option of a bodyguard too.

You don't even look like a person who is willing to work under other's orders. Maybe you are just helping someone by keeping me safe."

Li Juan smiled confidently.

"You wanted to make sure that whoever tried to attack me, must believe that their target is dead. That's why you shot me in the first place."

Li Juan looked directly into Liang's deep eyes. She saw an overwhelming surprise and amusement in his face.

Liang was expecting Li Juan to be scared or throw tantrums when she founds that he is the one who tried to kill her. But she did exactly opposite of what he expected of her. She carefully analysed the circumstances and concluded that he was trying to help her.

The moment Liang helped Li Juan to disinfect her wound, she realized that misunderstood the person whom she met in the dream.

He wasn't an enemy.

His gentle touch and kind gestures were enough to prove that he is a protector.

He shot her in order to keep her safe.

He was her saviour.

He followed her everywhere like a shadow and protected her like a guardian angel.

"It was a clear cut flesh wound. That means you are an experienced shooter and you know how to treat a bullet wound." Li Juan stopped for a moment.

"You had your military training, hadn't you? maybe a front runner in that too."

Liang was at the epitome of Amusement. He never thought that Li Juan could find about him by noticing the little details around her.

"And we've met before, on the way to the monastery and you had a beard, na- a stubble beard." Li Juan unknowingly smiled her best smile.

Liang involuntarily touched his clean shaved chin. He shaved his beard off on this very morning.

Liang looked at Li Juan, despite the tiredness in her face, the morning sun rays had made her honey-coloured skin brighter and livelier. Her big black eyes were sparkling.

And her smile, Liang never seen someone with such a beautiful smile.

She looked like a goddess.

Liang was mesmerized with her beauty that he took a moment to realize that his mind is wandering somewhere else.

Hey, what are you thinking, Focus? Liang cursed inside.

He quickly regained his consciousness.

"I must say that I'm impressed, Miss Li Juan. I was wondering what would've made Tang Wei Sheng to still hang upon his first love even after living in abroad.

And I am sure that if they had kidnapped you, Tang Wei Sheng, would've traded everything to get you back." Liang continued with a soft smile. "it is an honour to meet a peerless genius like you, Miss Li Juan."

Liang sounded genuine in expressing his feelings.

"You are flattering me, Mr Liang." Li Juan chuckled in embarrassment. "I would be happy if you tell me who you are?" An evil but cute grin appeared on her face. Li Juan tried once again to know the truth about him.

"Oh please. Why don't we keep it simple?" Liang told her when Li Juan switched the topic to his identity.

"I am Liang and you are Li Juan, that's it. Trust me, knowing too much will become a burden for you. So why don't you trust me and stay here for a while?" Liang proposed a fair deal.

"Okay, I agree. But what about Wei Sheng Ge, Is he alright?" Li Juan was worried. She assured him that she will return as soon as possible and look at what happened now?

"Yes. He is still in Jing City. Let us wait for a while to calm the sea. Then I'll reach out for him." Liang assured her.

"Can I talk to him?" Li Juan wanted to hear Tang Wei Sheng's voice. She wanted to make sure that he is alright.

"I am afraid that's not possible." Li Juan looked at him with anxious eyes when she heard a negative response.

"I think someone is tracking his phone calls. Please wait for a while and I will look for a solution." Liang seemed well aware of the seriousness of the situation, so Li Juan didn't want to persuade him anymore.

"Okay. So only two of us are living here?" Li Juan asked to clarify. She was the only girl in the research team and she didn't find it difficult in staying with men. There were only a few female archaeologists in the field and they were always alone with a bunch of male colleagues.

But in the current situation, it felt a little awkward for Li Juan. After all, He was a mysterious man who knows many secrets about her.

"Practically yes; But since you are here, I asked one of the neighbours to help you out.

Do you need to refill it?" Liang looked at the empty bowl in front of him and asked Li Juan.

"No. I' am full. Can you remove the needle?" Li Juan asked him.

"Yeah, sure, let me keep this away."

Liang took the empty bowls and left the room and came back in a minute. He sat beside Li Juan and held her arm. And slowly removed the cannula from her arm and pressed the cotton to avoid any further bleeding.

Li Juan kept her lips pursed and was busy checking her tousled hair.

Liang looked at Li Juan's clumsy actions and she was trying to tie her hair with one hand.

"May I help you?"

"If you don't mind," Li Juan looked at him with an apologetic expression.

Liang slowly stroked her hair and tried to tie it into a ponytail. Li Juan's voluminous hair was slipping down from his palm.

He was having trouble holding her hair. Li Juan noticed the confusion in Liang's face. Dr "Liang, Do you know how to tie hair?" She looked at him with a smirk.

"I know, I have done it before." Liang confidently stated.

"But your hair is too voluminous." Liang loosened his grip on her hair and it fell beautifully into Li Juan's pretty face.

"Wait a minute." Liang went towards the closet and brought a scarf. Li Juan looked at the piece of cloth in Liang's hand.

It was a pretty pink scarf with prints of plum blossoms in it- it was evident that a macho man like him doesn't own this cutesy scarf.

The owner of the scarf must be a girl. Li Juan was curious.

Liang sat beside Li Juan and tied her hair into a ponytail with the scarf.

His enigmatic face perfectly hid the clumsiness while tying Li Juan's hair. Liang said that he has done it before, and yet his hands were shaky.

Li Juan looked at him and tried to control her laughter.

"Done." Liang rose from the bed.

"Thank you. Dr Liang, can I take a look around your house?" Li Juan asked him.

"Of course, feel free to make yourself home." Liang looked at Li Juan and prepared to help her get out of the bed.

Li Juan slowly removed the quilt covering her body to find her bare beautiful legs. The oversized shirt dress she was wearing only reached slightly above her knees.

Liang avoided the stunning view in front of his eyes.

"I will get you some clothes," Liang told Li Juan without looking at her.

"It is fine, where did you keep the clothes which I wore before?" Li Juan asked him.

"I think aunty Hu took care of it, let me ask her." Liang walked towards the door, suddenly he stopped in tracks.

"There are some clothes in the closet. I don't know whether it fits you, just try them." Liang told her and went out.

Li Juan slowly rose from the bed; she supported herself with the wall and walked towards the closet. There was a full size mirror in the closet and Li Juan looked at her reflection. Her complexion looked pale and face showed tiredness.

Around her neck and collar bone, there were faded hickeys.

The hickeys were left by Tang Wei Sheng, before returning to Jing city.

Her face reddened with shyness and embarrassment.

Liang would have noticed it earlier. It would be better if she takes a hot bath to lose the dizziness. And of course, try to remove these hickeys.

"Young Miss," someone called her from outside.

"I'm here," Li Juan replied loud enough to hear from the closet and a woman in fifties came looking for her. This must be the neighbour that Liang has mentioned.

"Hi, I am Li Juan," Li Juan introduced herself.

"My name is Hu Lan Xi," the neighbour said with a cold face.

Upon seeing Li Juan next to the shelves, she assumed that Li Juan was looking for clothes.

"Young miss, clothes are kept on the last shelf."

"Oh, thank you." Li Juan smiled to show her gratitude.

"Are you going to shower?" Hu Lan Xi asked her.

"I wish!" Li Juan looked at the wound at her shoulder.

"Let me help you." Hu Lan Xi came forward.

Huh? Is she going to help her to bathe? Li Juan was in confusion.

"I will prepare a hot bath for you." Hu Lan Xi swiftly ignored Li Juan went inside the washroom.

Okay, the neighbour seems like a cold person. Does she have to keep her boundaries with Aunty Hu?

Li Juan let out a sigh and opened the shelf. The shelf was filled with different types of women clothing including inner wears and sandals.

The dresses hung in the shelves were beautiful bright Boho style clothes which gave perfect vacation vibes.

"Young miss, your hot bath is ready." Hu Lan Xi came out of the washroom and notified.

"Aunty Hu, whose clothes are these?" Li Juan asked her.

"Young master brought them for young Miss."

"For me?" Li Juan was spellbound. Liang brought clothes for her, that too vacation clothes including inner wears?

Hu Lan Xi cleared her throat, "For his girlfriend."

"Does he have a girlfriend?" Li Juan was surprised.

"Do you want me to help you to undress?" Hu Lan Xi immediately changed her topic.

"No. No thanks," Li Juan got flustered. "I can handle it."

"Fine, don't let the water enter into your wounds." Hu Lan Xi told her.

"Okay." Li Juan took the bathrobe and went inside the bathroom.

The bathroom was spacious.

There was a shower area as well as a bathtub.

Hot water was filled in the tub with some essential oils and flower petals. Li Juan smirked.

She felt like she has been treated like a princess.

"Princess Li Juan!!! it sounds good!"


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Don't jump into conclusions that easily, Ah Juan! Take your time to understand people.

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Chương 29: The forgotten memory of Dai Liang

When Li Juan came out of the room after the shower, the whole house was quiet. Only Li Juan's footsteps on the wooden floor heard in the room. She slowly looked around the house.

It was a cottage built in rustic style,

Compared to Tang Wei Sheng's villa in Xi city, this vacation house was smaller. It was a one storey building with perfectly designed two bedrooms, a living room plus dining area and kitchen.

The vacation home was not grand, but the minimalistic and cosy feeling of the house gave a warm and welcoming vibe.

Li Juan liked the design of the vacation house, she felt that it fits the concept of her dream home. She never wished to have a large and spacious house. She always wanted a small and cosy home where she can live with her family.

But meeting Tang Wei Sheng has changed her dream of living in a small building. Well, he was the heir of Tang Corporation he would never live in a small apartment.

Li Juan suddenly remembered Tang Wei Sheng's words. He wanted her to move in with him, and wanted to ask her hand in marriage. She looked at the jade ring in her hand and couldn't believe what happened between them in the last few days.

Li Juan came out of the house looking for Liang and found out that there was a huge garden and pond in front of the cottage.

The well maintained garden had many flowering plants as well as fruit trees.

There was a wooden table and bench kept in a patio in the garden.

Liang sat on the bench, focused on something on his laptop. He wore a pair of glass which took away his original devilish charm to replace it with soft angelic looks. He looked extremely handsome and poise in a white shirt and tan chinos. Whenever Li Juan saw him, Liang always wore black clothes, which gave him a dark and cold aura. However, today he looks relaxed and casual. She walked towards him at a slow pace.

"Dr Liang."

Hearing her voice, Liang averted his gaze from his laptop and looked at her.

She was wearing a white sweater and blue midi skirt, which made her look like a teenager. A small smile flashed in Liang's lips as he greeted her.

"Did you take a shower?"

"Yes. But don't worry I didn't let anything happen to the bandage."

"Come, sit." Liang offered her a seat.

Li Juan sat opposite to him and observed the surroundings.

It was a quiet neighbourhood. The whole place was filled with various plants and trees.

The only sound heard was the bird's chirpings and rustlings of the leaves. Upon first sight, anyone can identify that this vacation home is designed to give the guests a wonderful holiday.

"You have a beautiful vacation home. It is simple yet beautiful." Li Juan genuinely expressed her thoughts. "Its design is somewhat similar to my dream home."

"Oh, thank you. Here have one of these." Liang handed over a fruit basket filled with oranges.

"It is grown here."

"Oh, you even have an orchard. You amaze me with new information." In Li Juan's mind, Liang looked like an owner of an underground mafia gang, but in reality, he was just an owner to an orchard.

"What happened to my laptop?" Li Juan looked at Liang's laptop and wondered about her luggage, especially her laptop.

"I have given it to the service centre. They are trying to fix it."

"What about my bag?"

"It is kept in your room, you didn't see it?"

"No," Li Juan said with a confused face.

"Your cellphone is lost, if you uploaded your contacts and photos into the cloud storage, we can try recovering it into a new phone."

"Hmm, yes." Li Juan got lost in thoughts as Liang continued to look at his laptop.

"Can I ask you something?" She gathered his attention after a few minutes.

"Yes!"

"How long did I sleep?"

"Less than 48 hours," Liang replied casually.

"Was it a critical injury?"

"Not really, it was more like you got shocked because of the gunshot."

"Hmm, So I missed New Year?"

"Yes, I'm sorry for not waking you up." Liang apologised for not waking her any earlier.

Li Juan's face turned gloomy as she recalled that she was supposed to move in with Tang Wei Sheng after the new year evenings.

"So what do you want to do for the rest of the day?"

"I wanted to take a look around this place, but." Li Juan paused and hesitated. Liang observed her thoroughly.

"Can I take a look at your book collection?" Li Juan asked him.

Liang chuckled as he expected the same from her. What else can amaze a bibliophile like Li Juan? "Of course, you can.

I heard you are looking for a lost city. So there might be something that interest you."

"How do you know?" Li Juan asked out of curiosity but then recalled his earlier words and pouted. "Ah never mind, you know everything."

Looking at her pouted lips, he couldn't help but think how much she had changed. As far as he knows, Li Juan was a silent girl who never initiated a conversation with a stranger. But the moment Li Juan woke up from the sedation, she is chatty with Liang as if they know each other.

"Hey, it comes under my work. You should have some knowledge about the case you are dealing with." Liang explained.

"So you know everything about me?" Li Juan asked him.

"Well, I know a little bit about you."

"What do you know about me, let me hear it?" Li Juan persuaded him.

"Is that necessary?"

"Yes. It is. Let me check whether the information is correct or not." Li Juan replied in an excited voice and banged her fist on the table.

"Hey easy, easy." Liang stopped her over enthusiastic self from hurting her hands. "I never knew that you are a violent person."

"That's why I told you to check the facts." Li Juan smirked as if she was challenging him.

"Okay then. I will tell you the first thing I found about you. You appear timid and silent. But when you begin to talk about history, your behaviour takes 180-degree turn and becomes the most talkative person."

Even though Li Juan heard this several times, hearing it from him made her grin ear to ear.

"Your teachers and friends thought that with your grades, you will become a doctor or a scientist. But they were wrong, you were interested in archaeology.

Is that right?" Liang asked for confirmation.

"Yes. Please continue, Dr Liang."

"How long are you going to call me Dr Liang? You know that I'm not a doctor."

"Ok. Mr Liang, please continue what you were saying."

"Are you seriously curious about this?" Liang looked at the girl in front of him.

"Yes. I like to hear things about me from a different perspective." Li Juan's face remained expressionless, but her eyes looked curious.

"Oh really," suddenly Liang's words were interrupted by his mobile phone. He attended the call and began to converse in the K language.

Though Li Juan doesn't know the K language, she could understand a few words.

"Excuse me." Liang apologised to Li Juan and walked away with the phone.

"What did you find?" Liang asked over the call. "Who were they?"

"It is the Red Dragon," A crisp male voice replied to his queries.

"Red Dragon, are you sure that it is them?" Liang doubted as he heard the name of one of the notorious groups of Hitmen in the country.

"Yes, Boss. They were rookies but still, they are part of the mafia."

"Hiring the red dragon for a commoner like her is too mysterious. After all, she is a mere research scholar." Liang was talking about Li Juan and the people who tried to kidnap her.

"Do you think that she is used as bait for trapping Tang Wei Sheng?" The man from the other side asked.

"Most probably, Yes." Liang confirmed as per his assumptions, "What about him? Did he find out that his girlfriend is missing?"

"No. He might've tried to call miss Li a few times, but since we lost the mobile..."

"Hmm, there is something suspicious about the whole attack and the aftermath of it." Liang shared his doubts.

"I don't think that Tang Wei Sheng would remain calm if he learnt about the attack. Maybe someone is trying to cover the fact that Li Juan is missing."

"I will look into it." The other person endured before ending the conversation. Once he was done with the phone call, Liang came back to the place where Li Juan sat eaferly.

"Do you know the K language?" Li Juan who happened to listen tiny bits of his conversation asked. "I didn't eavesdrop though,"

"Yes. It was the K language."

"Did you study it in college?" Li Juan was curious as it was

"No. I am a native speaker."

"You are from K country?" Li Juan was awestruck. "I thought you are from the Mainland?"

"I lived in Mainland and H city for more than twenty years," Liang replied casually.

Li Juan looked at Liang. He was still in his late twenties. If he lived in C country for more than twenty years, that means he is a refugee from north K country- It was the first thought went to Li Juan's mind.

"Don't you tell me that you are from the other K country?" Li Juan shared her concern with him.

"Other K country?" Liang looked at her.

"Don't you know which K country is situated near to the Mainland?"

"Are you?" Li Juan hesitated to complete the question. "Are you a refugee?"

"Is that a problem?" Liang refuted her question.

"No." Li Juan was embarrassed. She had heard the news about how people escaped from their own country to have a peaceful life.

"Never, I was thinking that it must have been a difficult journey for you, to endure all those things and look at you now. You are well accomplished. You must've worked very hard."

"So you feel bad about me?" Liang asked her in a serious tone.

"No, I was just thinking." Li Juan was looking for words. She realized that she took a sensitive topic to talk.

Cut it off Juan are you stupid? She reminded herself.

"I have a friend, he is also from K country." Li Juan tried to change the topic.

"The other K country?" Liang didn't seem like he wanted to change the topic.

"No, no he is from Soul city." Li Juan clarified her words.

"Oh, that guy who you are close with?"

"Did you know about Tae Min too?" Li Juan was dumbfounded.

"Yes. Everybody knows that ice-cold prince of humanities department only talks to you." Liang explained whatever he knew about Li Juan. "Even your professors have doubted that you and Tae Min are in a relationship."

Li Juan was well aware of that rumour. Tae Min was the most handsome guy in the whole humanities department and it was obvious that girls would go crazy for him.

Whenever he assists Professor Han on lectures and conferences, even the girls from other departments will come and attend it. And some brave girls even approached him to start a relationship with him.

But with his stern face and ice-cold behaviour, Lee Tae Min ignored them and only cared for Li Juan.

Even though Lee Tae Min had a cold behaviour with Li Juan, he was a warm sweet person who always took care of her. And it was obvious, for outsiders to believe that they were in a relationship.

"And what do you think?" Li Juan asked for Liang's opinion. What does he think of herself?

"Professor Han and his research scholars adore their only female colleague.

Lee Tae Min and Cheng Tao are like your bothers. Especially Tae Min, you love that kid a lot.

You don't have a brother and he doesn't have a sister.

You guys fill each other's voids.

Well, I don't find anything fishy in your relationship." Liang stopped for a moment and smiled.

"But Tang Wei Sheng suspects him. Doesn't he?"

Li Juan was surprised to hear that. Tang Wei Sheng was jealous at Lee Tae Min because Li Juan was more close and attached to Lee Tae Min than him.

But she made sure to clarify his doubt.

"I was wondering what made Tang Wei Sheng think that his childhood sweetheart will leave him for a younger boy. After all, you guys grew up together."

Liang shared his opinions on Tang Wei Sheng's attitude with Li Juan and those who are close to her.

"He knew that he is the only boy you would ever have a conversation and still he beats up kids from other schools."

Liang looked at Li Juan with a smug smile.

"You know all these things! It is impossible!"

Li Juan's eyes were wide with shock.

These incidents happened seven years ago and how come he know about this?

Is he also an alumnus from Silver Oak High school?

No wonder he looked so familiar.

But why there is no memory of a student named Dai Liang?

or

Does his name belong to the forgotten memories from seven years ago?


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Brain cell 1: did you hear that? He is from Ah Juan's forgotten memories.

Brain cell 2: So what?

Brain cell1: that means he is the second lead.

Brain cell 2: No he is not.

Brain cell 1: Yes,

Mango: No, he is not the second lead.

Li Juan: did you say second lead?

a flustered Mango curses her brain cells in silence.

Li Juan: Mango-nim, I don't want anyone else than Zhi Jun, please make Zhang Zhi Jun the second lead of my story.

Mango: What!!!!

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