Chapter 9 - Fate Can Manifest Itself In Such An Interesting Way (1)

"You are soon going to have two more sisters," said Fang JunRong to her son Li ShiZe after she put down her chopsticks.

Fang JunRong made the announcement officially over dinner. Li WangJin expressed that both kids listened to her more and asked Fang JunRong to take on the task of announcing the news.

The slight smile on Li WangJin froze on his face. He casted a dubious look in Fang JunRong's direction and asked, "I thought it was just one?" Who else other than Jiang YaGe? How come he didn't know about it?

Fang JunRong gave him a perfect smile, cheerfulness radiated from her eyes and brows, and brought up Zhong Yi to him. "That kid is so pitiful. She had no parents to help her out, so I want to help her." She also briefly talked about Jiang YaGe.

Li ShiZe didn't care too much about it either way. As far as he was concerned, having two more sisters just meant two more mouths to feed. The thought of the inheritance didn't even cross his mind. The way he looked at it, his parents would never leave their inheritance to any outsiders.

Li XinYun pouted unhappily. "Are they going to be living with us?" She didn't like it that way. She felt that her personal space at home had been encroached upon.

Li WangJin frowned. "She works at White Crane"? What kind of a nice girl would work at a place like that?"

There was a hit of distaste in his voice. Obviously ,he looked down upon someone of Zhong Yi's status, but more so than that, he was disgruntled that his wife wanted to adopt another girl without even running it by him first. For a family like theirs, adopting a child was more than just adding an extra pair of chopsticks. When they get married, they would for sure have to prepare some dowry.

Fang JunRong chuckled to herself; ah, the world's #1 double standard man, Li WangJin. Didn't Jiang YaGe work at the same place? In his eyes, she was the goddess who was not corrupted by an environment like that. She was a kind and strong girl. Granted, there was a good chance that he didn't know all about Jiang YaGe's past. As it wasn't something to be proud about, Jiang YaGe most likely did not share with others willy-nilly.

Fang JunRong suddenly looked forward to the day of Jiang YaGe's arrival.

As much as she was talking sh*t about Li WangJin, she maintained a tender look. "That kid only works there to pay for her grandmother's medical bill. That's why I wanted to offer her an opportunity.

"Her story was much sadder than that of Jiang YaGe's. Since we are already adopting Jiang YaGe, I don't mind having one more daughter. Besides, I have consulted a master fortune teller. Zhong Yi's birth date will bring fortune to our family." Of course she just made up that last part on the spot.

There was more that Li WangJin wanted to add, but after hearing about Jiang YaGe, he compromised – after all, Zhong Yi's past did sound worse than that of Jiang YaGe's. He opened his mouth and finally said, "I just don't want you to be fooled was all. It's not about the money; I just don't want you to be hurt emotionally. If you like her so much, let's take her too. I still don't trust too much the character of a girl from a place like that. I will for sure observe her closely for a while."

His mouth was as smooth as it always was. He obviously didn't want to take in Zhong Yi, but the way he put it, he was just trying to protect Fang JunRong and nothing else. The more time she spent with him, the more she was disgusted by his hypocriticalness.

After that, he shared some stories that he had heard in the business world. They more or less summed up to how some girls from the club were manipulative and became the men's mistresses. And the more talented ones were able to force away their wives and take their spots.

A few stories later, he was able to label everyone from a place like that as "manipulative" or "money-grubbing", etc.

Zhong Yi wasn't even here yet, but judging from the looks on both her son Li ShiZe and her daughter Li XinYun, they've already had a poor conception of Zhong Yi. Li WangJin was indirectly faceslapping Fang JunRong, but Fang JunRong wasn't upset at all.

Oh yeah? Go on. Say some more. Everything that he said now would turn into slaps that would land on Jiang YaGe when the time came.

Chapter 10 - Fate Can Manifest Itself In Such An Interesting Way (2)

Speaking of, the way that Li WangJin loved and protected Jiang YaGe made Fang JunRong wonder whether Jiang YaGe was his biological daughter. She did a DNA test behind their back and the result came back negative.

That was another point that she had never figured out.

After Fang JunRong returned to her room, about half an hour later, her precious daughter Li XinYun finally came over. Seeing her look with "unhappy" written all over it, Fang JunRong only felt that she missed that a lot.

Smiling, she said, "You waited half an hour before you came over this time. That's an improvement."

Li XinYun grunted with a slightly prideful look, "When mom has two more precious daughters, I would be worthless."

Fang JunRong shook her head, "You will always be my more precious treasure. Nobody can measure up to that."

"Not even older brother?"

"Of course," said Fang JunRong without any hesitation. Had she transmigrated to 20 years earlier, she'd have just aborted that slab of pork directly.

Surely, Li XinYun's look mellowed down. A baffled look on her pretty little face, she asked, "What made you suddenly want to adopt daughters, Mom?"

Fang JunRong knew that her daughter wasn't good at playing games. If she found out before the divorce, she just might slip and let something out. Plus, Li WangJin had always played the role of a good father up until the point that Jiang YaGe had joined them.

She patted her on her head and said, "Mom will tell you the truth in six months' time."

She'd for sure have the divorce taken care of in 6-months' time. Plus, once Jiang YaGe had joined them, XinYun would more or less pick up something.

As she was given such a specific time frame, Li XinYun couldn't help but feel that her mom had her reasons. She had no choice but to accept it.

"Okay. If it's just 6 months' time. I can wait." She balled her hands up into fists. Her cute look made Fang JunRong laugh. Her biggest purpose after her rebirth was to protect her daughter's smile.

"This is a secret between the two of us, okay?"

"Okay."

After placating her daughter, Fang JunRong had freed herself up more to take care of other matters. The next few days, most of what she was doing was to purchase stuff and another place to live.

She had expected Zhong Yi to reach out to her quickly after she had given her her business card. When she hadn't heard from her until Thursday, she was quite surprised.

Fang JunRong thought about it for a little and decided to make a trip to White Crane and talk to Zhong Yi directly. Sure enough, Zhong Yi was at work today. After seeing Fang JunRong, Zhong Yi was stunned for a little while, and then she teared up in the next second but she quickly wiped that away.

Choking back her tears, she said, "Boss Fang."

Fang JunRong had a slight smile on her and said, "I thought you'd be giving me a call."

After she had wiped away her tears, her cherry-blossom eyes were even brighter than they were before. She said to her, "I put your business card away the other day, but somehow I wasn't able to find it again. I have spent so much time looking for it..."

She thought she had lost her chance for good. She never expected Fang JunRong to show up in front of her again, seeking her out herself. She had contemplated whether Fang JunRong had other ulterior motives. But then again, she was just a normal girl, what could Fang JunRong possibly get from her?

She dare not reach out to Fang JunRong without the business card.

Fang JunRong was a little dubious, "I thought you'd save my phone number."

Zhong Yi sniffled and said, "I lost your business card and felt like I had lost the invitation. I didn't dare to contact you..."

Fang JunRong could understand how she was feeling. All in all, Zhong Yi felt too many uncertainties, plus her inferiority complex.

She recollected herself and said to her, "There will be a banquet at my place on Sunday night. Why don't you come by then? Give me your address, I will send a chauffeur to go pick you up. You can quit your job here now."

"Okay."

She casually brought up Jiang YaGe, "Oh, right, where's your friend? Is she off today?" She paused a little and added a plausible explanation. "She looked like someone that a friend had been looking for for her magazine. I thought I could refer her to my friend."

Zhong Yi shook her head. "YaGe took the day off. But I will let her know."

Fang JunRong was just asking. Judging from the fact that she had taken the time off, more likely than not, Li WangJin had already told her that he'd be adopting her.

Chapter 11 - Fate Can Manifest Itself In Such An Interesting Way (3)

"Did you lose the business card at home?"

Zhong Yi shook her head and said, "No, I had it in the pocket of my uniform. It was gone the next day." She regretted so much not bringing it home with her.

Fang JunRong thought of something. After she had returned, she called up Ning Qing, the owner of White Crane. Ning Qing and her were acquaintances, and she trusted that there would be security cameras in the employee's lounge. The business card couldn't get lost by itself. Perhaps, someone didn't want to see Zhong Yi's luck changed.

Fang JunRong hung up the phone with Ning Qing after promising to take her to lunch someday.

After that, Fang JunRong waited till Sunday's arrival. Both Li WangJin and the kids would be home that day. Fang JunRong took Li XinYun for a makeover early that morning and made her look glamorous and perfect.

She pulled out a ruby necklace that she had purchased a couple of days ago and put it on her daughter. She had been spending a lot of money as of late. Perhaps Li WangJin had a guilty conscience, so as much as he wasn't happy about it, the most he'd do was to prompt that they should save some money for their son to start his business.

Like Fang JunRong cared what he had to say about it.

Li XinYun liked the necklace a lot. Even though she owned a lot of jewelry, a gem this size was still rare. That truly convinced her that her mother loved her the most and also made her able to remain calm and composed when her two new sisters arrived.

Zhong Yi arrived before Jiang YaGe. When Fang JunRong sent someone to pick her up, she also hired a makeup artist to help doll her up. She had on a fuchsia colored ball gown. She looked as glamorous as a peony in her dress and her being in and of itself was a gorgeous scene. It was obvious that she was a little nervous and was gripping onto her dress reflexively.

Obviously, her look wasn't the type that Li WangJin and Li ShiZe father and son duo could appreciate. Especially Li WangJin, he had already frowned deeply.

Fang JunRong, on the other hand, was in a good mood. "Come over, Zhong Yi. This is your younger sister XinYun."

Her voice slowly calmed Zhong Yi's nerves. She walked in front of Li XinYun and said in a somewhat appeasing tone, "XinYun-meimei."*

Li XinYun nicely curved her lips up a little and said, "Jiejie."*

(T/N: Meimei - younger sister and jiejie - older sister)

Li WangJin said indifferently, "Now that you have joined the Li's, you must keep in mind your status. You must lose those bad habits that you have picked up at those shady establishments."

Obviously, he wanted to show who was the boss there.

Zhong Yi turned a little pale but dared not talk back.

Fang JunRong, on the other hand, wasn't happy about it. She said, "I say Zhong Yi looks pretty good. She is pretty like a flower. Just looking at her is pleasing."

Li WangJin said no more but just looked in the direction of the front door. He was obviously waiting for Jiang YaGe to show up.

In his desperate wait, Jiang YaGe finally arrived. She had on a white dress today and even her makeup was that of a young girl, fragile, pure, and attractive. Her lips that were the color of cherry blossoms made her appear especially lovable.

Li WangJin's frown disappeared immediately when he saw Jiang YaGe. His voice couldn't be any more tender, as though he might startle her inadvertently. "YaGe, you are here."

Zhong Yi looked at her in disbelief. She didn't know that her good friend, too, was being adopted by the Li's.

Fang JunRong put on a surprised look at the right time and said, "Oh, hey, it's you."

Li WangJin asked, "JunRong, you have met YaGe before?"

Fang JunRong said in a most cheerful tone, "Oh yes. I met her at White Crane. She was working there alongside Zhong Yi. What a coincidence. Fate can manifest itself in such an interesting way."