At Mu family's house
Bang! Bang! Bang! Loud crashing sounds could be heard from Lena's bedroom. She had raged
around, flinging everything she could lay hands on and breaking everything into pieces. Only when her
anger calmed a little did she flop down on the bed, exhausted.
She looked around at the mess she had made and that worsened her mood.
Her resentment against Ashley grew. She thought furiously, 'Ashley! You will pay for what you have
done! You will be reduced to nothing, and your name will turn to dust!'
Peggy heard the frightening noise from upstairs and couldn't help but wonder, 'What's wrong? Lena
has been in her bedroom for so long. What's she doing? Why doesn't she come downstairs?'
Peggy went up the stairs, worrying about Lena. She walked up to Lena's bedroom, knocked on the
door, and asked concernedly, "Lena, are you okay? You can talk to me if you're worried or disturbed."
Peggy waited for a long time, but she got no reply and began to think that Lena wasn't in the room. But
just as Peggy turned to leave, Lena's voice came from behind the door, "Mom, I'm alright."
Peggy heaved a sigh of relief at Lena's words. She smiled and said, "Come downstairs. It's time for
lunch."
Lena answered that she would, and Peggy went down, reassured.
Lena had never allowed anyone, not even her parents, to enter her bedroom, which she considered to
be an offense to her personal space. Peggy respected her daughter's privacy and didn't think that
staying away would be a problem. So they almost never went into Lena's bedroom except when it was
absolutely necessary.
But if Peggy had become too worried to remember this unwritten rule, she would definitely have
jumped out of her skin at how messed up the room had become. She wouldn't even have found
anywhere to stand.
Lena walked out of the room and came across a housemaid who was about to do some cleaning. She
stopped her and ordered, "Go to my room and clean it. Don't let my mom or dad know, or you know
what you will be up against." She stared viciously at the maid to make sure she did as she was told.
"Yes, Miss Mu," she said obediently.
This happened often.
When she went downstairs, Lena saw her mother settled comfortably on the sofa watching TV. Peggy's
swelling had subsided and her anger had calmed down. As she saw this, Lena thought that her parents
must have made peace with each other.
As soon as Peggy caught sight of Lena, she called her to come over. "Lena, come here. Why do you
lock yourself in the bedroom all day long? Didn't you hang out with Raymond today? Why did you come
back alone?"
Lena was infuriated by the last question. Anger swelled within her as she thought, 'Why did I come
back alone?
That's all thanks to Ashley! It's her fault, the nettlesome Ashley!'
Her eyes turned cold and venomous for a moment.
She recalled how Raymond had refused to fully trust her after the scene. She had tried to clear her
name and thought that she had convinced him. But she knew that deep down in his heart, he didn't
give any credit to her explanation. And proof of it became clear when he didn't accompany her back
home.
She couldn't explain all of this to her mother so she said glumly, "Nothing really. It's just that the
weather isn't agreeable so I stayed in my room to avoid the heat. And Raymond was talking to his
parents when we were about to start for home. It looked like something had happened, so I let him
attend to matters at home first."
Peggy seemed to believe her daughter and said, "Oh, I see."
"What about you and Dad? Are you getting along better? You have made peace, right?" Lena asked
with some concern, though she knew that her parents must have made up already.
"We have been married for so long that the quarrel was nothing, really," Peggy responded as if it wasn't
a big deal.
"Oh, your brother's coming back! Let's pick a nice restaurant and have a big feast to celebrate our
reunion. Think about it. Your brother has been abroad for so many years, and he's finally coming home
now!" Peggy said excitedly.
Lena nodded in fake surprise and joy and spoke as if she were looking forward to her brother's return.
"Really? Is my dear brother finally coming back?"
Peggy replied, "Yeah, Spencer told me about this. It couldn't be truer. Your brother must have told him
directly and now, our family will soon have a reunion!"
Lena mumbled incoherently in response.
Lena had no affection for her brother, who had always shown more fondness towards Ashley. He had
always backed Ashley when Lena had played tricks on her.
She resented the fact that her brother treated Ashley as his sister more than her. He always sided with
Ashley and ignored her.
In fact, this explained a large part of her hate towards Ashley, who she thought had taken away her
brother's love that was supposed to be solely for her. She hated Ashley for stealing everything from
her.
At Andrew's company
Andrew had just arrived at his office. Johnny followed him while briefing him about his business points
with a huge pile of documents in his hands waiting to be reviewed and approved. They had almost
reached the office when Johnny was about to say something else.
He hesitated for a few seconds but finally decided to say nothing.
He thought it might be better for Andrew to find out for himself.
Andrew frowned as he smelled a faint, unfamiliar perfume while stepping into the room. The sight of
Lesley sitting on the sofa told him that she was the source of the disgusting fragrance, and he glared
coldly at Johnny.
Johnny's face drained of color. He was so scared, he almost stumbled on the floor and began to
explain to Andrew, "Mr. Lu, Miss Feng has been waiting here for hours. She said that she had
something important to talk to you." Johnny thought, 'She just declared that she would wait in the office
and as she has certain prestige as the future CEO of the Feng Group, I couldn't possibly decline her.'
Lesley was wearing a pure white dress, her hair fashioned into natural-looking curls. Her face was
exquisitely made up, showing how much she cared for this meeting. She smiled and said softly,
"Andrew. I'm glad to meet you."
She looked at Johnny and then back at Andrew, a bright smile spreading on her face, and then
explained why she had come. "It's not Johnny's fault. I insisted that I should come in. I now serve as
the representative of the Feng Group to negotiate all ties between you and our family. Father has let
me take over this project." She spoke carefully, her words measured, as if she cared much about how
Andrew would react.
She also tried to please Johnny, fathoming that he must be close to Andrew and a trusted confidant.
Establishing a friendly relationship with those around him would probably help bring her closer to
Andrew.
"You can leave now," Andrew said to Johnny.
"Yes," Johnny said and did as told. He placed all the files on the desk, threw a glance at Lesley, and
left.
Andrew sat on his chair, fixed his eyes on Lesley and asked, "Are you in charge of the project now?"
She beamed and said, "Yes, I am, dear Andrew."
Andrew frowned and said coldly, "Don't address me that way."
Lesley looked a little upset and said, "But I have always talked to you like this."
Andrew didn't care what Lesley said in response. He picked a file from the mountain of documents and
threw them before her.
Knowing that Andrew hated disturbances at work, Lesley turned to page one of the file and started to
read through it, marking down highlights from time to time.
Lesley majored in the same areas as Andrew and was excellent at what she did. She had been
determined to marry him since she was a child, so she deliberately learned everything related to
Andrew's work, hoping that that would make her a better partner for him.
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