After finishing their meal, they stayed in the old mansion for a while before Rex declaring that he has to
go back to the company. His grandparents don’t have any intention to delay them especially seeing that
Lily is still somehow awkward in front of them. Before they depart, the elders keep giving high
compliments to the tea leaves given by her, and Lily is able to appreciate their sentiments.
On the way back, Lily looks outside the window at the changing sceneries without saying a word.
Rex averts his gaze in her direction and lays eyes upon her pointed chin and tender profile. He says
gently, “What’s wrong?”
Lily comes back to her senses when he hears his voice. She pauses for a while before answering, “I
always thought that they had ill intentions, but now they appear to be perfectly fine for me.”
This feels like an overturning of impressions when someone who always appears bad suddenly
becomes a good person. It is a contradictory feeling.
Rex watches her conflicting expression and smiles helplessly, “People changes according to their
environment all the time.”
Lily nods, “You’re right, but I suddenly feel like there are no absolutely good or bad people in this world,
there are only those who harbours goodwill or ill intentions towards you.”
Rex’s grandfather has always been stout and stubborn, but after he has surprisingly agreed to them
being together, her previous impression of him evaporates just like that.
Rex holds Lily’s chilly hand and coaxes her, “Instead of thinking about this, you should look forward to
the time when we finally get our marriage certificate.”
The marriage certificate
When Lily registers these words in her mind, she pulls back her hand from his grip and replies, “I have
told you that I won’t easily agree with you on this matter.”
They have known each other for almost six years and they have been growing apart and getting back
together multiple times. In the duration, they never register themselves as an official couple, so she is
exceptionally excited when she thinks of the day she is going to earn the marriage certificate.
Rex loosens his grip on her hand and snorts, “Sooner or later you’ll be mine.”
After that, he shifts his gaze onto her body and suddenly says while Lily is puzzled by his gaze, “You’re
very thin now, so you should eat more, if not it won’t feel good to touch them.”
Lily follows his gaze and finds that he’s looking at his breast…
He flushes red and glares at him “Please be serious!”
“Why should I be so serious when I’m with my partner?” He retorts nonchalantly.
Lily is still blushing as she scolds, “Who do you think your partner is?”
“We have met each other’s family, and we have a child at the moment. There’s no way you’re anything
else other than being my partner.” Rex stops the car at the traffic light junction and squeezes her face
while waiting for the traffic light to turn green. “What are you so hard-headed? You’re only better when
you’re on bed.”
Although they’re by themselves, Lily is not as open-minded as him, so she swats away his hand
angrily, “Rex, what are you talking about?”
The traffic light turns green, and Rex decides not to tease her anymore. He changes the topic, “When
are you going back to England?”
He is undeniably anxious about her regretting getting back together with him as long as her matters
have not been settled in England.
Lily has planned everything in advance, “I have checked the flight tickets and it seems that I will be
flying in the afternoon the day after tomorrow.”
He approves of her decision, “I’ll accompany you to travel there. I’ll let Fraser get things in order.”
“There’s no need to do that.” Lily rejects him without giving it any thought as she has already made up
her mind, “It’s too tiring to go back and forth like that since it’s taking more than ten hours for a single
trip. I’ll return alone.”
Seeing that he’s going to protest again, she immediately adds, “I’m not bringing Adair along this time,
it’s too torturing for him to take flights. If you are really concerned about me, you should help me look
after him.”
She has given this a lot of thoughts before coming to this conclusion. If it was two weeks ago, she
would never let Rex take care of the child alone, but Adair is seeing him in a new light lately, so she
can be rest assured to let him take care of Adair for a few days. After all, it is too tiring to let him follow
her around.
Rex is really surprised at her answer. She is always very protective of the child and she used to be very
cautious of him whenever he’s around. Instead, she is giving him the rein to take care of Adair fully, and
this fact has delighted him to the maximum, “Are you serious about this?”
“Yes.” Lily shoots a glance at his face, “You have to take good care of him.”
Rex suddenly turns around and cracks a joyous laughter, “He’s my son, of course I will take good care
of him.”
His face is written with extreme happiness as he says that. His infatuated and gentle face makes Lily’s
heart skip a beat.
She coughs slightly and mutters, “Well, I’m glad you understand that.”
Rex doesn’t respond but the corners of his mouth are raised very high. On the way home, they
continues the conversation about their child and intimate topics too. It has been a while since he is in
such high spirits. He even feels like the road in front has opened up to him. He tightens his grip on
Lily’s hands as he wishes that their journey home will never end.
…
On the other hand, Vivian has somehow learnt from Belinda that Adonis had given his blessings to Lily
and Rex. She is in a frenzied state at the moment.
She has been disrespectful towards Belinda as if she is not her mother at all. Her father can’t endure
this anymore as he slaps Vivian hard on her cheeks. This is the breaking point for her.
She stops throwing a tantrum and crying and closes up herself in her room for the whole night. She
never utters a word and never sleeps for even one second. All the life has been sucked out from her.
The next morning, she goes around her usual routine washing up and having breakfast before
returning to her room. After that, she peeks at the clock and makes a call to an unknown number.
The call is connected quickly but there is no sound from the other end. Vivian stares at the clock in the
corner of her room and says coldly, “You’re Clarence, aren’t you?”
After saying that, there is finally a soft and low breathing sound coming from the other end of the
phone. A hoarse and distorted sound came from the other end indicating that his voice had been
modified by a voice changer, “Are you Vivian?”
“Yes, I am.”
Clarence hesitates before replying, “Anything I can help you?”
“Of course.” Vivian gets straight to the point in a chilly tone, “I heard that you’re good in tracking people.
I want you to track someone for me, is that okay?”
Clarence snorts while answering, “Who do you want me to track?”
“Track…” Vivian drags her reply while images of Lily and that innocent-looking child flash across her
mind. She pauses briefly before saying in a cold voice, “I want you to track Adair, Rex’s son.”
“Are you kidding me?” Clarence retorts immediately, “Do you know who Rex is? And you want me to
track his son? Are you pranking me?”
“Are you afraid now?” Vivian shifts her gaze to her nails as she plays with them, “You’re just working for
money, I will double your fees…”
“Haha.” Clarence suddenly laughs maniacally, “I am just afraid that I won’t live long enough to be able
to spend that money.”
“You don’t need to worry too much, I’m just asking you to track him, not doing anything else. You just
need to report to me that child’s movements, that’s all.” Vivian senses that he’s going to reject her
again, so she immediately adds, “I will give you one million Yuan after you complete your task.”
A silence descends on the other end of the phone after she says that.
Vivian knows that he is contemplating at the moment, so she decides not to rush things. She asks
again after half a minute, “How about it? Are you up for the task?”
Clarence’s breathing becomes jagged, “You must promise me not to tell anybody about this.”
Vivian gives him her word, “You can be rest assured, there’s nothing for me to gain by telling anybody
about this.”
After a long silence, finally he replies again in a clear voice, “Alright, deal.”
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