Unexpected Second Chance at Love

Liu Shan sat on the edge of his bed as he couldn’t help but think about what he just saw.

He was supposed to come back to get some things really quick then head back, but after what happened with Ling Ni, he lost track of time.

*Ring Ring

Suddenly, the sound of his phone rings inside the room as it woke him up from his deep thoughts.

Looking at the screen to see who it was, he takes a deep breath and answers the call.

"Sorry, I fell asleep."

He made sure he sounded normal so the person on the other line will not realize he had been crying.

["Really? You think I’m stupid? I know you didn’t fall asleep. You went to hang out with your pretty neighbor, huh?"]

From the other line, Lin Hui’s teasing voice chimes in as he knows about Liu Shan’s feelings for Ling Ni. However, he didn’t know that his words just crushed the assistant’s heart more than anything.

Liu Shan force a painful smile and chuckles.

"Ah, you got me, but I’m on my way now."

Quickly as his words fell, he ends the call and stood up. Grabbing for his packed bag at his side, he takes a deep breath.

As he reach the front door of his place, his hand froze when he touched the cold door handle.

Why does love have to hurt so much...?

Realizing his sad question, he drops his bag and got onto the floor. He starts doing some push ups to distract his mind.

This was a habit of his when he wants to clear his head.

After forty pushups, he stood up again and takes another deep breath. He cannot appear in front of Lin Hui and Xu Long like this. There are other more important things to do than worry about his broken heart.

Pulling the door open, he strides out in full confidence like he was not sad at all. However, the moment he closed the door, the one next to his opens.

"Liu Shan..."

From the side, Ling Ni’s voice calls out to him.

Usually the way she said his name would make him have butterflies in his stomach, but now, it was like a sharp pain to his heart.

Like someone was stabbing every part of his inside.

Telling himself to hold it together, he does not say a word to her, but nod his head in greeting. It was the same gesture he used to give her when they were only neighbors.

Without looking at her, he turns the other way and headed for the stairs.

Ling Ni had been waiting for him. She stayed by the door and listened for his door. Which was how she was able to leave her apartment the same time he left his.

However, seeing him ignore her and give her the cold shoulder, she felt an aching pain in her chest.

"Liu Shan, I’m really sorry. I never meant to—"

"Stop."

Before she could finish her apology, Liu Shan cut her off as his back turned to her.

"Whatever you do is your private life."

He clench his fists tightly and inhales a quiet breath. He slowly turns to look at her.

She was wearing a light pink dress and white trench coat. Her brown hair was tied in a low bun with loose strands of hair framing her face.

Seeing her look as pretty as always, Liu Shan faintly smiles to her.

"You look really nice."

His smile and compliment were very sweet, but one, especially Ling Ni, can see the amount of pain in his eyes and hear the heart break in his voice.

He engraves her face inside his heart for the last time before turning away and walks down the stairs.

Entering his car, he starts the engine and leaves the parking lot.

Watching his black car drive away, Ling Ni couldn’t hold back her tears anymore.

She covers her mouth with one hand and sobs her heart away at the pain she had inflicted upon Liu Shan.

"I’m really sorry..."

Never did she ever wanted him to see this side of her life. A life she had long wanted to escape from but never can as it continues to haunt her.

Unaware about the assistant’s heartbreak, Yue Ling laid on the hospital bed with her cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk.

Her bluish green eyes continuously glares at a certain figure as she heaves a sigh.

Sitting down next to her, Lu Tian ignores her eyes and sighs as he reads a report in his hand. However, knowing he can’t keep ignoring her, he place the paper down and looks at her.

A mischievous smile curls on his lip as he leans closer to her.

"Am I that good looking that you keep sighing?"

"..."

Yue Ling blinks her eyes as she turned flabbergasted at his shameless words. It was like her puff cheeks were balloons and were sudden deflated.

Sighing again, she sits up and looks at him with puppy eyes.

"Mr. Lu, you are indeed too good looking. How about we get away from this stuffy room so everyone can admire you with me? Hm?"

Hearing her words, Lu Tian touch his chin like he was pondering hard about her words.

"That’s not a bad idea..."

Seeing him like this, Yue Ling’s eyes spark with fireworks thinking she had talked some sense to him in letting her out of bed.

However, just when she thought she was going to win, the fireworks in her eyes were put out with rain.

Lu Tian leans his elbows on the bed and gives her a smile.

"But I only need my Mrs. Lu to admire me."

"..."

Yue Ling’s eyes turned heavier than ever as she could not believe what she was hearing. How could she forget that this man is like a statue and nothing can convince him.

Heaving a long sigh, she pout her lips.

"Tian, I don’t want to stay in the hospital anymore."

Her legs lightly kick under the blanket like an angry child making a fuss.

"I miss home, I miss my bed and I miss Inu!"

Lu Tian was going to refute her words, but hearing her say she miss home, he had to second think his decision.

Taking a deep breath, he leans back on the chair. Folding his arms over his chest, his dark pupil stares at her.

"Fine."

Hearing him agree to her childish tantrum, Yue Ling’s eyes shone as brightly as the moon.

She had always hated hospitals because it reminded her of the painful past. However, knowing that she can leave this sad place, she couldn’t help but scream in joy inside.

However, her sweet escape was quickly destroyed again by Lu Tian’s next words.

"BUT there are some ’THINGS’ you can’t cross."

"..."

Yue Ling’s moonlike eyes quickly lost their light when she heard his words. Each word he said was the exact words she had once said to him.

The words she had spoke when he ’forced’ her to let him move in with her despite them being neighbors at Jade Condos.

However, knowing that he is up to something, her eyes slightly narrows.

"What ’things’?"

The corner of Lu Tian’s lip twitch up into a smile, but he quickly kept his cool and maintains an indifferent expression.

"If I get Doctor Dong to discharge you from here, you have to behave yourself. Whatever you need to do, I have to do it for you."

Yue Ling’s lip twitch uncontrollably when she heard him explain the ’things’. Her eyes blinked and she stares at him in a long silence.

"So, you’re going to do everything for me?"

Lu Tian didn’t need to think about her words. He nods his head with a proud expression.

Seeing his response, she cross her arms over her chest.

"So, you’re saying, I can’t do anything. I’ll be like an Emperor waiting for his Eunuch to dress him?"

Hearing her words, Lu Tian quickly clears his throat to force back the urge to smile.

"Something like that."

"..."

Yue Ling sarcastically scoffs at his agreement and plops back to lay on the bed.

Last time, he referred himself as a concubine and this time he is a Eunuch. What’s next, he’ll be a Empress Dowager?