“What do you mean by proper family? Joey Xu is not proper anymore? It’s all because of you, it’s all because of you saying those nasty things that he wants to break off the engagement with me!” Zhao Yuanyuan negatively snapped at her mother.
Zhao Lanlan was a bit unable to see it, “Yuan Yuan, don’t be like this. If Joey Xu really loved you, even if mom went overboard, she wouldn’t have canceled the engagement with you.”
“Yeah, you know him better than I do! Aren’t you just trying to say that he loves you?” Jo Yuanyuan was now cursing whoever she caught.
“I don’t mean that!” Zhao Lanlan added, “He does have a woman he loves now, Yuan Yuan, when he has another woman living in his heart, you won’t be happy if you insist on marrying him.”
Ji Qingyue said, “Don’t be angry, we all know that Joey Xu wanted to marry you at that time, mostly because he wanted to be angry at your sister’s relationship …”
Speaking here, Ji Qing Yue seemed to realize that she had said the wrong thing and subconsciously looked at her eldest son-in-law. Xia Feiqing smiled slightly, smiling warmly, “Mom is telling the truth, it’s okay, just tell it like it is.”
Ji Qing Yue was thinking that he really didn’t care, so she said, “He initially said that he wanted to marry you just to get back at your sister, and now that he wants to cancel the engagement, mom naturally agrees with it 100 times!”
“I don’t approve! I disapprove 100 times!” Zhao Yuanyuan shouted lowly, “Just you wait and see, I’m going to get Joey Xu!”
With that, she burst into the room, crying.
“Eh, Yuan Yuan!” Ji Qingyue called out, but was rewarded with a loud bang of a slamming door.
“The boy!”
“Mom, don’t worry about it, it’s better this way. When she grows up, she’ll naturally know that we’re all doing it for her good.” Zhao Lanlan pacified her mother.
Ji Qingyue nodded.
In the next instant, the attention went back to the sparkling jewelry, looking away.
Xia Feiqing wrapped his arm around Zhao Lanlan’s waist and whispered in her ear, “Now that things are settled and you’re at ease, shouldn’t we go into the room and talk about our business?”
Zhao Lanlan shuddered, gripped her heart, and twisted her face to look at him. The smile he just had was no longer there, and in his eyes, was bone-chilling coldness and danger. Without waiting to think clearly, she was already tugged by Xia Feiqing towards her bedroom.
Joey Xu was immediately on fire when he went back and looked at the empty room.
“Sister Ann! Where is she?!”
Sister An was in the kitchen preparing lunch, when she heard Joey Xu’s voice, she rushed out, “You left on the front foot, Miss Jones left on the back foot!”
“Didn’t I tell you to keep her? How do you do things!”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Miss Jones only asked me if you are going to Qin’s house, and then she said she wanted to leave. Besides, Miss Zhao’s wedding dress and invitation are here, and she looks quite uncomfortable, I don’t know how to keep her …”
Joey Xu cursed dammit! He should have made things clear with her before he left!
“Okay, you go about your business.” He let Sister Ann go, and over there, pulled out his phone to call Sammy Jones.
But no matter how much the phone rang, there was no one to listen.
Joey Xu is cranky.
This woman, she must be angry about his early morning visit to Zhao’s house.
He grabbed the car keys and headed outside again, while instructing Sister An, “Pack up all of Ms. Zhao’s things and have the driver send them to the Zhao family. And these invitations, take them to me and burn them!”
“Burned?” Sister Ann was surprised.
“What’s the point of keeping the invitation when the wedding is gone?” Joey Xu said.
Sister Ann was surprised again.
You can’t have the wedding?
It’s really a thunderous thing to say no! I’m afraid Miss Yuan Yuan is devastated.
Joey Xu drove his car all the way down to Sammy Jones’ neighborhood, but no one answered the door after knocking for a long time.
Make a call and you can’t hear the voice ringing inside.
He was getting impatient, and with no answer on the phone, he almost didn’t just smash the phone. The not-so-light noise disturbed the next door neighbor. The neighbor pulled the door open and came out, and when he saw him still knocking, he said, “This is for Sammy Jones, isn’t it?”
Joey Xu stops moving, “Yes, isn’t she home?”
“It’s not there. I saw her first thing this morning when she called the movers to come and move all her stuff out, said she bought a new house and was going straight to her new place.”
A new house?
Damn it!
How come I’ve never heard this woman mention it before.
“And is there an address for her new house?”
“She didn’t say, then.” The other party said, “I think, also to move. A while ago, this place was very disturbed, and blood was thrown, and rats were thrown, that is, she wasn’t scared, but we were also scared enough.”
Joey Xu knows he’s talking about the time Sammy Jones was fighting the Quad Group lawsuit.
Thinking that Sammy Jones wasn’t here anymore, he didn’t stay long, said goodbye to his neighbor, and drove straight toward her office again.
But …
Unexpectedly …
It also turned out to be a punt.
The people at the firm had seen him go to Sammy Jones in person and hadn’t wondered much about what their relationship was.
Le Mei is closer to Sammy Jones, Joey Xu thought she knew the address of Sammy Jones’ new home, but Le Mei also said: “She only said that she would not take any cases in the next few days, and that she wanted to take a break and would not come to the office. She hasn’t told me about moving to a new home, so the exact address is not clear. However, you can ask her sister, she and her sister have a good relationship, so her sister will definitely be clear about it.”
Sammy Jones’ sister.
Joey Xu suddenly realizes that he actually knows very little about Sammy Jones, or at least, not even the only family member she’s ever had that he’s ever met.
Joey Xu didn’t go after Andrea Jones.
It’s not that hard to find Sammy Jones. Since he bought a new house, the real estate office always has a list of names to register. When I asked Goodben to check, he sent over 100 Sammy Joneses with the same name in two hours, but only one of them was recently registered.
Joey Xu took the address and headed for the car. Zenbon followed behind and reminded him, “Sir, you gave Zhao Jiangyan that list today, if he’s really active, people are bound to associate it with you.”
“Hmm.” He thought about how it would end. Pulling open the car door, while getting into the driver’s seat, he said, “There’s no room for regret when you’ve done something. Besides, after all these years, what big storms haven’t I seen?”
Goodburn nodded and said nothing more. He dared to do so, and obviously had the courage to take the consequences.
Joey Xu started the car and followed the address, looking for it.
New house.
The door, open and airy.
Sammy Jones is selling his stuff and unpacking Simmons to move to the bed.
Luo Mingfan, who was acting as a driver and horseman today, took a quick step over, “Don’t you flash your back, I’ll do it!”
Said, with two hands, he lifted the Simmons up easily, ‘pop–‘ a heavy sound, landed unharmed on the bed frame. Sammy Jones laughed, “Luckily, it was you who helped me, if I was alone I’d be dead for sure today.”
She hadn’t fully recovered from her cold, and she was all limp. Luckily, she went back to the house early in the morning and ran into him.
Sammy Jones spread out the sheet and grabbed two corners. The remaining two corners, which Luo Mingfan held with familiarity, the two of them unfolded rather tacitly, spreading it flat on the mattress. Sammy Jones plopped down on it and tucked in the corners, asking him as she did so, “Why did you happen to come over today? Looking for me something?”
“There’s nothing serious, it’s just that Luo Jing has been discharged from the hospital and wanted to say something to you.” Actually, this was nothing more than an excuse. To put it bluntly, one merely wanted to come and see her!
At the mention of Luo Jing, Sammy Jones couldn’t help but look at him twice more, “What’s her mood like now?”
“It’s okay. My dad’s ashes … also received back …”
Luo Mingfan’s tone was low, and Sammy Jones also felt depressed. There was a slight pause in his movements, and he continued to be busy again. Looking at him, he wanted to say something to comfort him, but, in this situation, it seemed that whatever he said would pale in comparison.
“Look at me, today is a good day for you to move, and I’m still talking about these spoilers!” Luo Mingfan was chagrined and blamed himself. Following that, he squeezed out a smile and said in a pretense of relaxation, “When you’ve finished packing up the house, go to my house for a meal, I’ll personally cook for you. It’s also good for you to accompany Luo Jing for a while.”
“Yes!”
Sammy Jones readily agreed. “By the way, now that your dad’s out of the way, what are your plans for the future? Still coming back to the US?”
Her mention of this issue made Luo Mingfan deepen his gaze.
Sammy Jones didn’t know he was looking at him, and just looked down and busied himself. Lormingfan said, “I don’t want to go back.”
“Staying in the country is not bad either. With your education and strength, you can still do well in China.” Sammy Jones sincerely retained.
Luo Mingfan smiled slightly, his smile warm, “I want to settle down as soon as possible.”
“Uh-huh.” Sammy Jones responded faintly.
“Sammy Jones,” Lormingfan called out to her suddenly.
“Hmm?” She looked up at him then. His gaze was deep, so deep that it made her a little uncomfortable.
“What about you? Any thoughts on future plans?”
Sammy Jones’ heart tightened slightly, but he lifted his lips and smiled reluctantly.
Looking up and around the whole house, “Here is what I intend to do! From now on, work hard, do only what I can, and then, in this house, live for the rest of my life!”
“End up alone?” Luo Mingfan laughed lowly. No man in her life plan?
“That’s certainly not true.” Kneeling on the freshly fluttered sheets of her Simmons, she replied longingly, “I have to find a man who truly loves me, who will love me well, protect me, and make a complete home with me, and live out my life here in peace and quiet.”
She couldn’t help but think of a certain man when she said that.
The further down the line I went, the more my heart ached.
Sammy Jones …
What do you want with him?
You can have any man in your future life, but not Joey Xu! That man, belongs to someone else!
“So what do you think of me?” Just as Sammy Jones was rambling on, Luo Mingfan’s sudden words jolted her back to her senses.
“… What?” She froze for a moment, as if she hadn’t understood.
“You said that you want to find a man who truly loves you, to love you and protect you. I think …” Luo Mingfan’s words, paused. He looked at her, his eyes sincere, every word he uttered was even more full of deep love, “I match every point.”
Sammy Jones had a moment’s wobble.
Luo Mingfan’s words surprised her, yet, they seemed to be taken for granted.
She couldn’t help but think of the warm hug Luo Mingfan had given her that night under her house. He defied Joey Xu and shielded her behind …
If one were to say, looking for a boyfriend, looking for a husband who would be with him for the rest of his life in the future, Luo Mingfan was undoubtedly really the best choice.
Sammy Jones moved his lips to say something, but, before the words could come out, he only heard a somber voice suddenly ring out.
“Try saying yes!”
This sound …
Both she and Luo Mingfan turned their faces expansively.
At the doorway, Joey Xu stood there, her face grim, the veins on her forehead throbbing, showing her burning anger at the moment.
Damn it!
She moved behind his back, the exact address is not even known to her coworkers, but Luo Mingfan is clear!
Not only is it clear, but the two are actually confessing and flirting now! She’s having so much fun!