Marvel At It All

Liang JianAmal, with the help of Hao Jin Ying, assisted LiHua off of the plane as she had weakened during the journey, in part due to another attack.

After letting her properly rest, they would take her to the medical lab first thing. The Republic of Lahat had a state of the art medical and science institute, built as part of the agreement between his grandfather and father. Liang International had truly started from here after having received his grandfather's substantial backing.

After escorting Lihua off of the plane and into a black limo that had arrived to shuttle then from the airstrip to the palace proper, Liang JianAmal went back inside for Chang. Still curled up in her seat, with her feet tucked to her side, Chang leaned in her seat. The only difference between when he had left her and now was that the blanket had partially slid off of her as she drowsily rubbed her eyes with a hand, struggling to wake.

"Go back to sleep love, it has been a long journey." Liang Jian Amal scooped her up into his arms with the blanket, smiling tenderly at her as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"No I dont wanna, I've slept enough." Chang pouted and mumbled before falling back asleep. Liang Jian Amal chuckled hearing her tiny petulant voice and pressed his lips to her smooth forehead before carrying her out.

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Chang felt the warm rays of sunshine tickling her face as she woke dazed and confused. Cracking her eyes open, Chang smiled as she woke, loving the warm comforting feeling. Instantly she had to put a hand to her face as a strong beam of sunlight blinded her barely opened eyes. Adjusting herself, eventually opened them again to take in her surroundings.

She was sitting in a bright room, alone on a large bed placed near a large white wall that had been cut into, revealing a detailed design of flowers and lilies. The light from the sun shone through the design lighting up an expansive room.

Overhead hung a large chandelier in the shape of a globe, which she presumed was made of crystal, which was unlit with the daylight. The whole expanse of the ceiling was tiled in varying shades of turquoise, dying the white walls with hints of blue. The room was massive but mostly featured empty space beside the bed and a few larger potted plants that looked like lacy palms. Chang gaped for a moment at the astounding foreign sight before getting up to explore her surroundings and to find a room to relieve herself.

She soon found the bathroom to her right, an equally expansive room with another door inside. After relieving herself she let her curiosity take over and opened the door to find a large bathing room on the other side. The room was tiled on all four sides even across the doorway, forming a motif so that when it closed it would seems as if you were in a tropical forest. The room very high walls and close to the ceiling, the walls were cut through with geometric patterns that let the light in.

Near the middle was a large spa or bathing pit, more accurately, the thing was bigger than her bed back home. The bath was cut into the ground, almost looking like a small swimming pool, with its size. Chang was absolutely shocked by the opulence of it all and shook her head as she exited.

Wandering back into the room that she awoke in, Chang decided to continue exploring. There was a door that led to her left, one behind, the bathroom to her right and slightly behind, as well as a curious indentation in the wall to her right which let light in.

A part of the wall that had the flower relief cut into, had light streaming through at a section in the shape of a peaked doorway. Curious she walked forward and pushed on the part inside the cuts. Fluidly it opened on unseen hinges, opening her sights to a beautiful garden.

'Ooh secret doorway and garden, hella cool!' Grinning broadly, Chang walked through the hidden doorway, marvelling at it all.

The smell of jasmine and orange blossoms hit Chang with the breeze as she stepped out into the warm sunshine. It was a fairly substantial courtyard garden surrounded by walls on all sides. Lining the walls were large trees, some of which were blooming large scarlet plumes brightening the dark green border.

A myriad of other plants filled in the space between the trees and a tan gravel walking path which surrounded a pool. The only ones she recognized were some roses closest to the edge, blooming in several shades of peach, red, and purple.

A long rectangular pool lay about ten feet in front of her, placed as a center piece to the garden, around 20 feet long and 5 feet wide. Here and there water lilies were blooming along the surface in shades of pinks and yellows. In the center a pump pushed the water up into a small fountain shaped like lily pads, created a soft burbling, lapping sound as it cascaded, from pad to pad, and back to the water.

Chang felt her breath being taken by the stunning sight and drew near to the water. As she leaned closer she realized there were gold fish in the water. She kneeled down and couldn't resist putting her fingers to the water, which was fairly warm to the touch.

Chang giggled as the fish came to nibble on the edge of her fingertips, looking for a snack. As she was sitting by the waters edge she noticed a silhouette on the water's edge near her that she had not seen before. Chang was shocked and drew back to see a large older man dressed in a white robe and pants with a gold trim on the edges. He had his hands clasped firmly behind his back as he looked down his large hooked nose at her.

His expression was firm and his black eyes unreadable. He had a white turban wrapped which cast a shadow on his eyes further hooding them.Chang was shocked momentarily, then remembered her manners and introduced herself respectively as her mother had taught her when she was younger.

She stood tall and straightened her spine before clasping her hands together at her thighs and gave a slight bow as she introduced herself. As she lowered she felt a hand come to her shoulder and straighten her back up. Chang was confused and looked at the older man, who stared back at her. Looking back and forth between the man's hand and face, Chang felt uncomfortably confused

'What do I do? Who is this guy?'

"Um excuse me, my name is Chang Dumont, do you know where I might find my husband Jian- Liang Jian Amal?" Chang was slightly embarrassed saying the word husband but she did not know what else to do than ask for him.

All of a sudden the man staring at her with the dark expression began to smile hearing her ask about her husband. Like storm clouds rolling away to reveal a bright sun the older man began to beam at Chang, much to her bewilderment.