26_Why Did It Turn Out Like This?

As it was dangerous for Li Yao to go back home with a public transport, Mu Lihai had banned her from taking one. He decided that he would pick her up from work starting today. She had no choice but to listen to him.

As he waited for her in the car, he was busy checking his emails. He just finished his work in record time again and it wasn't hard for him to go back home early everyday due to that.

"Hey." he looked over his girlfriend who just got inside the car with a smile.

"Something good happened?" he inquired.

"Yep! I got another case from the head attorney in my division." she said with a smile.

"Do your best okay?" Mu Lihai beckoned her to inch closer and he kissed her on the cheek since she was obedient.

After he sent her home, Mu Lihai suddenly got a call from his parents. He went back home immediately after that.

When he arrived home, he saw Xu Cheng sitting with his parents for dinner.

"What are you doing here?" he had a frown on his face.

"Hey, don't make it as if I'm not invited." Xu Cheng rolled his eyes.

"You didn't come home at all last night and went straight to the company at morning." it wasn't a question Mu Zhi said to his son. Rather, a statement.

"So..?" he looked at his parents' face. Why was it a big deal? He was not a kid.

"I asked Zhu Kang but he said you will deduct his pay if he says anything." Mu Ruan had this look of mischief in her face.

"And you decided to ask him instead?" Mu Lihai pointed at Xu Cheng.

"Don't point at me!" Xu Cheng scolded his friend.

"Yes! Guess what we found out?" Mu Ruan's smile went big.

"That you have a girlfriend." her husband finished the word for her. Mu Lihai groaned in frustration at how easy for his friend to betray him. He would make sure Xu Cheng pay for it later.

"Why did you tell them? I was planning on telling them myself." Mu Lihai glared at Xu Cheng.

"Don't blame me. Your health improves significantly this one month and your mood is good too. They're just curious." true to Xu Cheng's words, Mu Lihai didn't get sick again although it was winter. He got lesser nightmares this past month and he always appeared calm too.

"So, when are you going to introduce her to us?" Mu Ruan probed further. She really wanted to see the girl who could help her son take better care of himself. She had a good feeling about this girlfriend of his.

"It won't be long." Mu Lihai said as a small smile appeared on his face though he tried not to show it. He looked happy and his parents inwardly approved of his relationship as they nodded to each other.

When they had dinner together, Mu Lihai's parents decided to move earlier than planned as they had no more worries for their son. The development project of their company's branch abroad was already in process and it would be done in one month time.

Mu Lihai promised them that he would take Li Yao to meet his parents before they moved abroad and left the house to him.

Mu Lihai had this indescribable tingling feeling within himself. He couldn't wait to show the love of his life to his parents. He wanted Li Yao to be much closer to him and his family.

*

Meanwhile at Li Yao's apartment after Mu Lihai dropped her off, the area in the living room turned livid.

Li Yao almost couldn't stand on her feet as her knees grew weak. The shock was just too much for her to handle and she felt so lost.

She just opened the email that she got from midnight two days ago. Li Yao thought it was the usual message from the telco but it was not. She almost forgot about it but as soon as she opened the message written in the mail, her heart stopped, her legs wobbled.

It was a report of her long-time investigation of her mother's death six years ago. She had entrusted this investigation to her only best friend whom she met during her studies in college. This best friend was the only person she chose to be close with after she cut off all contacts with her previous friends in highschool.

Wobbling and almost falling to the floor, Li Yao took heavy breath but her heart couldn't stop beating vigorously. The report was crumpled in her hands.

She now knew the person who was responsible for hitting her mother with his car.

It was none other than the only child of Mu family.

Mu Lihai.

Her own boyfriend.

And the man she loved.

.. Why did it turn out like this?