As Changyu continued to throw questions at him, Muchen just stared back without knowing how to answer.

He seriously thought about the question.

What was so special about him aside from the fact that he was a young CEO?

There were other CEOs even younger than him.

But at a young age, he was able to make a great impact in the country's economy so that should count right?

But they were not talking about the whole country right now. Neither were they talking about business.

They were talking about the girl he loved and wanted to marry. Why did he think he deserved her?

"How can you ask him those questions? What's not perfect about him?" Sara asked back almost angrily and looked at her father so he would say something to stop her from asking further.

She did not like the fact that Changyu was making Muchen uncomfortable. Even if no one else saw it, she could see how uncomfortable and confused he was.

Muchen almost sighed in relief when he heard her come to his rescue but he did not. Changyu on the other hand, quickly brushed her off.

"My dear. This is for you. Trust me"

Once she finished saying that, she resumed her questions.

"How sure are we that you won't get too busy and always ignore her? What about when you keep going for business trips? How do you expect her to stay by herself without you? And can we trust you that you will never cheat on her?"

Sara paused to also think about it. Her questions did make sense. She was certain he would not cheat on her. But what about him traveling all the time?

She was not sure she could live alone for weeks without him.

When Muchen saw Sara seriously thinking about it, he too felt puzzled.

"I love Sara." He admitted boldly.

"She comes first before anything else. Keeping the Li Corporation is my responsibility to my family. But once we get married, Sara becomes my priority. If possible, I would take her with me to every business trip and meeting I attend because I also, do not wish to part from her for even a single day. And I swear to never cheat on her."

Yes, he knew he would never do so.

In fact, ever since he met Sara, he could not count the number of ladies that had tried to make passes at him and he simply told them. "My girlfriend is quite scary. You should save yourself the trouble of crying while explaining the reason you flirted with me"

And thankfully, they all took his advise. He was sure most of them thought Sara was from a big and powerful family with the way he told them about her.

Jianjun sighed in relief when he heard Muchen's answer. He did believe Muchen and he knew he was sincere about his daughter from the first day he saw him in his shabby restaurant some months back. He had even known first that he had a thing for his daughter before his dumb daughter even knew about it.

Sara's smile was bigger than Cixi's and Joreen's smile put together.

"Told you I made the right choice" She said excitedly and poked her father's arm.

Changyu was still quiet.

Although she did not mean to make it difficult for Muchen, she thought it was necessary to ask those questions.

She had been a young girl in love, and she knew what heartbreak was capable of doing to a girl who genuinely and sincerely loved a guy.

She did not want Sara to ever experience even a half of what she had experienced.

When Jianjun noticed she was about to say something again, he covertly pinched her gently but she pushed his hand away.

"I must warn you..." She faced Muchen again

"If you dare make her sad....it won't be difficult to end the Li Corporation. You can ask my parent's about it."

She warned with a dark smile that made even Heya to shiver.

"Please trust me with your daughter." Muchen stood up and bowed deeply to all of them.

"Alright then. Welcome to this family. You can make yourself at home" Changyu finally smiled warmly at him.

"This is not even your home" Jianjun mummered which earned him a dark glare from Changyu.

If he thought she was going to leave, then he was dreaming.

She knew she was supposed to leave one day since the headquarter of her company was not in Country B but in the country she had stayed.

But she had capable hands handling everything and sending the details to her.

She also had many capable workers apart from Hani and Driver Yen who overseed other branches in different countries and sent her the reports on a daily basis.

All she had to do was to go through the revised reports. And that job, she could do from anywhere with her laptop. Even from this house.

She was also taking care of a huge project right now.

She only hoped it would make Jianjun happy once she was done.

And there was something else she needed to check on, and that was to make sure her parents remained in jail since more charges were still being raised against them.

She felt a bit bad for them, but she would never help them cover their sin.

---

"Now I know why people always said mother-in-laws were scary." Muchen said to Sara immediately they got to the stairs that would lead them out of the apartment.

"It's going to be a huge problem when she clashes with grandmother. I already feel an headache coming" Heya added before looking at the stairs dreadfully.

"Pretty good way to exercise." Heya said before using the stairs. "I'll be waiting downstairs" She informed Muchen since she was sure they needed privacy.

"I'm sorry about all that. But for some reason, it made me feel warm—to have a mother. Someone who thinks really far for you and worries about your future."

Muchen smiled before pulling her into a hug.

"I am also glad you have someone like that who can threaten to ruin the company. I should really watch my back from now. Your mother is scary. Honestly" He confessed.

She laughed and began to take the stairs but he gently pulled her back.

"You'll have to climb back up if you go down."

He explained why he did not want her to go down with him.

"I had no idea you all take this kind of stairs." He said in horror.

The stairs were not only unequal, they were also tiny and just too many.

"I'm used to it." She admitted.

"You shouldn't get used to things like this. Let me not keep you here for long before she comes out. Remember we'll be meeting grandmother tomorrow morning. I'll come pick me up."

"Morning? Hello? I work. I thought we were going in the evening?"

"You should skip work. It's not like your employer would ever fire you anyway" Muchen answered her.

Sara began to laugh. And when she finally agreed to go inside, she heard someone call from behind her

"CEO Li...?"

They both looked at the person and Muchen was surprised to see her there.

"Oh it's you.. Hi" She also greeted Sara familiarly and in suprise to see her standing beside Li Muchen.

"Miss Kim? You live here?" Sara asked in surprise.

"No. I only came to run an errand for an uncle of mine." She explained to the both of them.

"You know her?" Muchen asked Sara in surprise to see her talking to Kim Eva like they both knew each other very well.

"I do. You know her also?" She asked Muchen since Eva had called Muchen first.

"Yes. She works in Li Corporation. Minde's team leader."

"Oh really? I had no idea" Sara looked at her in surprise.

"She is my fiancee" Muchen proudly introduced Sara to Eva.

It was Eva's time to be surprised.

"Oh, wow! I am happy for you. Never would I have thought you were the girlfriend CEO Li talked about during our meeting one certain time."

Sara smiled happily when she heard that.

Another brownie point for him!

After Eva left, Sara explained that they both took the same fighting classes. It was how she had met Eva who always fought like her life depended on it.

Muchen was surprised since Sara had only told him about the etiquette class and not the fighting class.

That was when it also crossed her mind that she had not told him about how Mo Jinyoing had sent some men to drag her to him.

"I'll explain all of it to you tomorrow"

Since they had already spent more time there and Heya was waiting outside they decided to call it a night.

***

That night, just like Changyu had predicted, Jianjun planned their sleeping arrangement.

He asked Sara to sleep with Changyu. While he would use the couch.

"It's big enough to contain the three of us. I can sleep with my aunt and Joreen"

Sara whispered to Changyu. They both looked like thieves planning to attack.

Changyu smile mischievously before kissing Sara on the cheek. "Good night princess"

---

Sara joined her Aunt and Joreen in the bed.

Both women had to sleep on each ends to stop Joreen from rolling out of the bed.

"I thought you are sleeping with your mother?" Cixi asked Sara who was still smiling naughtily.

"I want to sleep here tonight."

"You are both planning something aren't you?"

"We are." Sara admitted with a laugh.

"Now tell me aunt" She used a hand to raise her head from the bed to look at her aunt, with her elbow on the bed.

"Who is he?"

"Who?" Cixi feigned ignorance.

"The man whose sweater you wore. Is he a suitor?"

"Pffft... Suitor my foot. I am obviously older than him."

"Oh yea.. I checked the laptop and found nothing at all inside. Don't you think it's weird that the laptop is empty?" Cixi asked Sara with her head also raised but her voice low so she would not wake Joreen up.

Sara pursed her lips and was quiet for a moment before saying.

"Let's just let it remain in the past. No one would dare hurt us now. I'll be getting married to Mr Li plus Miss Changyu is now a part of this family. Things would change from now on. So let it slide please..."

She did not want her aunt to have anything to do with the Blacks since they had been the ones who gave the orders to mess with Joreen.

Cixi hissed before resting her head on the bed again.

"So tell me about him. Even if you are older than him, doesn't mean something cannot happen"

Cixi remembered the gentleman that helped her twice; first, he helped nurse her back after she collapsed. Secondly, he offered her a ride when she was stranded.

After he picked her up that day, she asked him to take her to the hotel she usually lodged at.

Once they got there and she was about getting down, he asked her a simple but unexpected question.

"Do you believe in perfect coincidences?"

She had looked at him in confusion before answering..

"Maybe. Maybe not"

She thanked him and when she was about leaving, he stretched his hand to take the sweater from his back seat.

"The car is warm. But outside is really cold. You should cover properly so you wouldn't catch a cold and fall sick again. And remember to go for a check up Mrs Doctor"

She was not ready to correct him again on the 'Mrs'. So she simply took the sweater from him, thanked him again and closed the door but he did not drive away. Instead, he spoke again.

"If you really want to apologize, then you should apologize to the one you wronged and stop moping. Goodbye" He waved her and finally drove off.

Cixi did not tell Sara anything but was deep in thought.

The little time she spent with him, she was able to guess that he had problems also.

Since he helped her out, she was also going to help him out. Thankfully, she knew his house even if she did not have his number.

***

As Jianjun carried his blanket and pillow from 'Changyu's room', she was quiet and said nothing to him at all. In fact, she acted like she did not see him enter and continued using her phone.

Ordinarily, he would have felt bad that she was ignoring him. But he knew this woman!

And he was very sure she was up to something and he knew it was not going to be something good.

He dragged his feet from the room to the sitting room with his blanket and a pillow in hand.

And as he settled himself on the longest couch he usually slept on, he jumped and shouted in shock.

The entire couch was soaked with water. Cold water!

As Changyu heard how he shouted, she dropped her phone and began to laugh.

"Did something happen to him?" Cixi asked Sara who was also busy laughing.

"Ignore him. He'll be fine." Sara assured Cixi who was about getting up to go check on her brother.