A Billion Dollar Exchange

''Then who was?! ''

He was quiet for a few seconds before he replied;

''I was. ''

He knew it would be easier to defend himself than to defend her, so he took the blame on himself.

There was silence for a few seconds; grandma was shocked at her son's admission; to think he would go to such lengths to support that lady? 𝙛r𝚎𝐞𝑤𝚎𝗯𝗻𝗼𝐯e𝚕.𝒄𝐨𝓂

''Why did you do it? ''

Grandpa asked; his brows creased in annoyance;

''I never intended to kill her; I just wanted to scare her away…''

''I'm sorry father…''

Liu Wei's father lowered his gaze; he couldn't bear to look at his father straight in the eyes.

''You should know more than anyone that this family has a lot of enemies and they are just waiting for the perfect opportunity to bring us down; and you should know that killing that woman wouldn't make your son marry the one of your choice. ''

''It won't happen again, father. ''

He apologized again, eyes still starting at the floor.

Grandma was not happy; now there was no way to help Liu Wei. Grandpa stared at his son for a few seconds before waving his hand;

''Leave…''

…

Xin Yong dismissed early from work since she needed to take her mom for a checkup; after making dinner, they sat together in the dining table to eat. She had been thinking of how she would break the news to them all day; and that moment seemed as the perfect opportunity.

''Mom, what do you think of me getting married? ''

She asked out of nowhere, making her parents to immediately look at her;

She had initially removed her ring before she got home the previous day so there would be less suspicion.

There was quiet for a while before her mom replied;

''Darling, it's okay to get married, but you have to take things easy from now on so you wouldn't make mistakes, okay? ''

She replied, rubbing on her hand which she placed on the table; Xin Yong forced a smile.

Now she thought about it; it was quite hard breaking the news to them; to even think that she was already married to him! They were going to get very mad!!

There was silence for another while, and then her mom asked again;

''Is there someone you're seeing? ''

Xin Yong pursed her lips before nodding silently;

''He asked me to marry him and …''

''And? ''

This time it was her dad who asked;

Xin Yong's gaze fell on her plate of food;

''And I said yes…''

The silent falling of her father' chopsticks made her quiver lightly; her eyes shut immediately;

''Do you hear yourself, young lady? ''

''You just came out of a toxic relationship, which cost you a child and almost took your life and you're already into another one and talking of marriage? Are you alright?''

He slammed his palms on the table making her quiver again;

''Xin Xin, tell us you are joking, this isn't true right? ''

Her mom asked, her eyes widening in shock;

Xin Yong really wanted to tell them that she was joking but she couldn't; the earlier they knew about them, the better;

She shook her head silently;

''Oh my god; '' her mom covered her lips in discontent.

''What were you thinking? ''

She asked; creasing her brows;

Thinking about it, it was quite impossible to bring up Jin Yue to them, they were surely going to snap;

''I love him mom, and he loves me too. ''

''Will you keep quiet young woman? What do you know about love? '' 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝒆𝘸𝚎𝙗𝒏oν𝙚𝘭.𝐜𝒐m

Her father blared angrily. He vividly remembered her state when she returned home after being messed up by Jin Yue, now she was sitting in front of them talking about love?

''I know enough to know when someone is in love with me, dad. ''

She raised her voice a little, and although it was a wrong move, she couldn't take it back;

''I'm sorry…''

She said after sometime when she noticed that they were not happy with her;

Everyone was quiet in their own thoughts before her father spoke up again;

''You don't have to rush things; I thought you learned from your past mistakes…''

''I love him Dad, ''

She cut him off; the earlier they accept her decision, the better for her.

Her dad stared at her for a while before bringing himself to ask;

She was quiet for a while; thinking about the best way to reply;

''He's coming to see us tomorrow…''

Finally she said; she knew mentioning his name would turn the house into a mini-hell, so she withheld his name;

''Okay, that's fine. '' Her father replied a bit forcefully; one thing he knew was that she was a grown woman and he couldn't stop her from making rash decisions; if that was what she wanted then he had to accept it;

…

Liu Wei couldn't wait for Liling to get home; he couldn't concentrate at work, so he quickly drove to X and summoned her to his office;

When Liling heard that the CEO was looking for her, she was puzzled;

If Liu Wei wanted to call her, he had her number, why send someone to call her? So thinking that there was something urgent, she quickly left for his office.

When she arrived, the door was slightly open and she could see that there was no other person in the room, just him; she knocked lightly and he waved her in;

''You sent for me? ''

She asked as she approached the table;