Planning to leave

The next day, Elder Yi came to Flower District to visit his son and the entire family that had migrated there for a while, until Yi Zhoujan got better and was able to move.

He acted quite strong about the situation before to encourage his family but he also wasn't sure. It was all a risk. Now that they had gone through it all and saved many lives, he was glad too and it further increased his trust in Yue Ling's ability to take over. She was the perfect person to replace him once he was gone.

"At your age, you are still resting in bed at this time," Elder Yi spoke.

His voice brought back everybody's attention to his direction.

They knew he was coming soon but hadn't clearly been told exactly when.

Yi Zhoujan who was lying on his bed comfortably sat up immediately. Lu Ximei was seating near him and she flinched anticipating him to hurt himself as he wasn't fully healed yet. Mostly his joints and muscles.

"What is wrong with you?" she said slapping his back.

"Haha, that is what he gets for trying to act strong," Elder Yi mocked. He was actually teasing the man when he spoke about him lying down freely. The Elder knew his son's condition and understood it but Yi Zhoujan understood things the wrong way and concluded he was being told to get up.

Yi Zhoujan was sensitive to pain given his condition so Lu Ximei's slap hurt a bit.

"Does it hurt badly?," Lu Ximei asked regretting her actions.

"Mother, now why did you hit him knowing that he isn't well?" Yi Bingbing spoke,amused by her own mother.

Lu Ximei was a slim lady but she was very strong given her training in the military, in their home, Lu Ximei controlled Yi Zhoujan who was fully ready to comply. Lu Ximei handled everything roughly, she hit her son, occasionally hit her husband whenever he was being stupid and she didn't pity Bingbing and hit her too.

The Yi family did value females but given that Lu Ximei was strict about upbringing and was a woman,she was unlike the men who didn't punish the girls.

If Lu Ximei wanted to hit Bingbing, nobody could save her.

Thinking of this, Bingbing didn't go too close to her mother.

"Bingbing, come here," Elder Yi called.

He loved his grandchildren and knew how hard it must have been for them. As he hugged his granddaughter,he saw Yue Ling standing at the door watching them quietly. She was wearing a white coat with a stethoscope hanged around her neck.

He knew Yue Ling worked alot so she must have come from seeing her patients. Something changed about her, this was the one feeling he couldn't shake off.

Seeing her standing and watching them, it looked like she didn't want to interrupt them, like she was a stranger.

Yue Ling had just entered and witnessed the whole scene. She was still waiting for the right time to interrupt when she saw her grandfather looking at her.

"Grandfather, how are you doing?" Yue Ling spoke.

Everybody in the room noticed she had come.

"I am fine,my child,come here," Elder Yi said. He hugged Yue Ling too.

"Actually,I am here to check on uncle," Yue Ling said.

She went to her uncle's bed and examined his heartbeat and blood pressure, convinced that he was okay,she assured the rest that he was okay.

"Dear, where did you meet Bai Yuoran?" Elder Yi asked.

"He's a friend of mine, grandfather," Yue Ling replied,she assumed he was curious because Bai Yuoran was given credit for solving the problem at Flower District.

Elder Yi looked at his granddaughter carefully, his question was "where" and she answered that he was a friend, it was clearly her avoiding the question indirectly.

" Ling, I am proud of you for being able to accomplish this, what bothers me is why you aren't letting your hard work be acknowledged, it could be really useful along your career if you get your hard work acknowledged, are you planning to leave?" Yi Rong couldn't help but ask.

Yi Shuyan and Yiren were just entering when the old man spoke.

Originally, Yi Shuyan wanted to leave when she heard him because she wanted to keep avoiding her father. But when she heard his question,she needed to be there. She needed to hear Yue Ling speak, needed to know her answer.

Yiren was holding the plastic bags that contained the food he and his aunt had just bought. He too heard the question and noticed his aunt's discomfort afterwards.

He knew she was planning to leave when she handed him the bags she was holding when they reached and heard Elder Yi because his aunt didn't get along with his grandfather.

Now,she had opened the door and entered. He didn't know if the outcome would be good or bad, even he didn't know why Yue Ling did what she did.

Yue Ling was surprised by her Grandfather's question. All her family members were now staring at her waiting for her response and she didn't know what to say.

"Are you leaving?" Yi Shuyan asked. She was ready to stop Yue Ling this time.

Yi Rong was happy to see Yi Shuyan, he hadn't seen her personally in so many years. When he heard her question and noticed the pain in her eyes, he remembered the question he had asked his granddaughter.

The right thing to do would have been to ask Yue Ling about her thoughts in private. He chose to do otherwise because he knew that wasn't the right way to go about the situation. As a family, they all had the right to know about it.

Yue Ling sighed in defeat. She couldn't blame anybody for thinking the way they did.

"As you all know, the Lin Family research hospital was also here, Lin Meilin was here too,"she said.

They all realized that Yue Ling's other family was involved too. Everybody seemed to have left out that one big part.

"Mother,you know they wouldn't leave is in peace if anybody got to know about us, our involvement with the Yi Family, I was wrong to have left before and I'm not doing it again, that is why I called Bai Yuoran to divert the attention," Yue Ling added on.

Everybody couldn't help but hate the Lin Family members a little bit more.

Yi Shuyan felt both guilty and relieved. How can she ever forget Lin Meilin and the trauma that girl caused her? The girl even ripped her family apart.

Since Yi Zhoujan was responsible for the security of the family, he knew about the threats and troubles caused by some of the members of the Lin Family. He didn't act out of respect for his sister. He couldn't help but think he was showing too much mercy.

Yiren and Bingbing knew quite a bit but could only silently look, it wasn't in their place to get involved in the conversation.

Elder Yi suddenly thought of the perfect idea.