Chapter 272 — Take Care of Yourself

Tian Yan glanced at Xiao Wang, as if trying to judge whether he was telling the truth or not, but his gaze was so placid that Xiao Wang could not read its meaning. "You can go. I'll eat when I'm hungry—it's just that I'm in a bad mood right now and don't want to. There's no need for me to spite a father like that. You understand what I mean!"

"Good. If you can eat, then I'm relieved." Xiao Wang nodded. Tian Yan had already given him his marching orders, so there was no need to linger.

Xiao Wang had come here only to get Tian Yan to eat; he had not intended anything else. With Tian Yan safe and sound, he had completed the task Tian Long had assigned.

After leaving Tian Yan's room, Zhang Jinguo had the door locked. Xiao Wang walked along the corridor toward the main gate. As he passed the room where the Sun family was confined, he paused slightly, but then immediately quickened his pace and hurried away.

Xiao Wang wanted to see the Sun family, but if he truly did see them, he would not know what to say. Better not to meet at all than to face such awkwardness.

Zhang Jinguo had a fair idea of what Xiao Wang was thinking. He knew the course of Xiao Wang's life these past years well, and seeing him so downcast, Zhang Jinguo patted him on the shoulder by way of comfort.

Xiao Wang nodded. He understood what Zhang Jinguo meant. People like them could only let fate choose them; they had no right to change fate.

……

"Xiaolu? Brother Yang?"

Yang Ce and Jing Yu were in the middle of talking when Ge Xinyao's voice suddenly reached them. They looked up to see Ge Xinyao leaning out from the booth beside theirs.

"What is it, Sister Xinyao?" Jing Yu turned and asked.

"Bi Hai's been gone a long while now. Why hasn't he come back?" Ge Xinyao said, a little worried. "How about you come with me to check on him?"

"Ah!" Jing Yu glanced at the film, which had already been running for quite some time, and only then realized that Bi Hai had indeed been gone for a while. By any reasonable reckoning, he should have been back long ago.

"Let's go together. The film's just about over anyway. We'll find Bi Hai and leave together," Yang Xu said, having caught Ge Xinyao's words, and rose to his feet as well.

Jing Yu had already felt happy enough tonight—dining and watching a film with Yan, and most important of all, she had learned Yang Yongjin's little secret and could even help Yang Ce with his plans. That was what thrilled her most.

Jing Yu's aim was to be a woman who was of help to Yang Moyi, not a mere ornament. Only thus would Yang Ce come to rely on her; and one day, Yang Ce might discover with a shock that he could no longer do without Jing Yu.