It had been 7 years since she disappeared without a trace. He went to her house when she didn't come to school but he was greeted with silence and shut doors.
"Li Hua is gone."
One day Li Yan stood in the door waiting for him.
"What?"
"She's gone."
He couldn't believe it. What did she mean the Li Hua was gone? He had just seen her a few days ago.
Seeing the confusion on her face. Li Yan moves closer to him. Her expression changed to one of surprise.
"Do you mean she didn't tell you? She's known for a while now."
Not noticing the decrease in distance he continued speaking.
"Where is she?"
"America."
America? That was so far away. She knew she was leaving? Why didn't she tell him? His heart started to hurt.
Li Yan watched the truth settle in and found it incredibly funny. Was he so quick to believe her? Even if he didn't he wouldn't be able to find her.
It was just her luck. When Xua Rong returned from the airport the day Li Hua left, there was an emergency in the kitchen. In her haste she set down her belongings including an envelope on the table.
Li Yan had been nearby and noticed the letter. She took it and opened it. Never would she have thought she would find Li Hua's "love" letter.
Reading the content made her want to throw up. Of course that weirdo Li Hua would write something like that. Realizing the opportunity she had she took the letter and ripped it up and threw it away.
No letter would be sent on her watch. Bathing in her victory she quickly left the scene.
When Xua Rong returned she noticed that the letter was gone. Did she misplace it?! She looked around the area but could find nothing. When she realized she lost it she sighed, what would she tell the young miss?
"It's ok. Don't worry too much. It's pretty late are you hun-" Li Yan put her hair behind her ear and reached for his arm but he pulled away.
"I have to go."
Seeing him walk away, she was overcome with anger.
She thought that once Li Hua was gone she could sweep in and be a shoulder for him to lean on. Instead he was still hooked on that bitch.
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So she was back? The idea that she was back was good but also bad. What if she didn't want to see him? She obviously didn't want him to know that she left the country.
He looked up at Assistant Jiang.
Assistant Jiang had been absentmindedly staring at Su LingTian. Noticing his bosses stare he snapped back to normal.
"Yes sir?"
Su LingTian was silent for a moment, contemplating.
"I need advice."
This was the second time today that Assistant Jiang was taken back. He wanted his advice? Was Su LingTian not feeling well, he might have to order medicine later.
"Advice for what?"
"Love."
Assistant Jiang almost collapsed.
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When Li Yan made it to the hotel she threw herself on the bed. She couldn't wait to get some sleep. She tucked herself under the covers and was dosing off when there was a knock at the door.
Her eye twitched as she got up from the bed. Opening the door she was meet with the receptionist from downstairs.
"Are you Ms. Li?"
"Yes I am. Is there an issue?"
The lady pushed her glasses onto her face and cleared her throat.
"I'm sorry to inform you but we can not continue to serve you here."
The half asleep Li Hua felt a jolt of electricity.
"What?!"
"I'm sorry Ms. but certain....things have come to our attention. For any inconvenience you can stay here for 1 more week but after that you must leave."
Li Hua couldn't believe what she heard. She was being kicked out? Of a hotel that she payed for?!
Without waiting another second the receptionist walked away leaving Li Hua alone at the door.
She stood there for a few seconds before closing the door. Once she was hidden she fell to the floor.
They really want me gone....
She put her hands over her face and remained crouched. Her lips quivered and her eyebrows furrowed. She tried hard to fight back her tears. It was a long night.
When she awoke the next morning she was more tired then she was last night.
'Shit.'
She tried to massage her neck as she checked the news on her phone. Nothing special was happening. As she was about to turn her phone off she saw an article about stocks. She took an interest in stocks while she was in America, she liked to invest and see if the money was well spent or not. Usually not.
The stock market in China was doing pretty well most were high however she noticed there was one company that had a very high rate.
"Su Corporations."
Reading the name her eyes grew big, Su as in Su LingTian? Against her better judgement she searched the business online. There were countless of articles about how great the company was doing ever since the new CEO stepped in.
In one of the articles was a picture of a group of people. Supposedly the chairman of the company. She looked at the picture but she didn't need to try hard. She knew immediately who the person she was looking for was.
In the middle was a tall man. He was handsome with a groomed suit and hard face. The mole on his cheek eye catching. His face was more mature then she remembered. It looked good. Gone was the boy she knew and in his place was a man. Was he still the same?
She scrolled to the bottom of the page and saw another article.
"Heir of Su Corp. supposedly Gay?!?"
Li Hua almost dropped her phone.
"Gay?!"