Chapter 3 I Bumped Into Someone I Shouldn''t Have
The Ling family was one of the aplished families in C City. Their swanky independent vi
sprawled over more than 1000 square meters ofnd, surrounded by arge manicured garden area in
a tony neighborhood in C City. Leonanguidly passed her bicycle through a small door at the corner of
the garden. After parking her bicycle at its designated ce, Leona headed towards the kitchen. Nancy
had prepared a lot of food for Leona. All the servants working in the Ling household treated Leona very
well. Especially for Nancy, Leona upied a very special ce in her heart. She treated Leona like
she is her own daughter and tended to Leona every time she went into the kitchen!
However, just when Leona was walking towards the kitchen, she heard a strange sound behind the
rockery. Out of curiosity, she looked towards the direction. The moment she turned her head towards
the ce from where she heard the sound, she wentpletely red in her face. Leona found herself
awkwardly standing right in front of a man and a woman who were kissing each other. The sound that
she heard was the voice of the girl. Leona''s eyes widened as she recognized the girl from the back. It
was Jasmine. However, she could not recognize the man.
It happened in such haste that Leona did not even have the time to move away. Though unwilling, she
witnessed an act of passionate love when Jasmine put her arms around the man''s neck, standing on
tiptoe and trying to hold back on him. Since it was already past midnight and the man was under the
light, Leona couldn''t see his face clearly. It seemed like an angr face.
After recovering from the initial embarrassment, Leona suddenly spotted something that was not proper
in such a scenario. She had seen several couples embracing each other at H University. Yet there was
something weird between the couple here, in front of her. What particrly caught her attention was
that, in general, boys are found to have their arms around the girls'' waist. However, in this case, the
man had his hands buried inside his pants pockets. It looked like it was Jasmine who took the initiative.
After a moment of standing there in utter indecisiveness and amazement, it urred to Leona that
Jasmine might have recently met this young man who owned apany bigger than the Ling family''s
Suddenly, it dawned upon Leona that it was improper for her to peek into their private moment.
Jasmine would be deeply embarrassed if she saw Leona at this moment. What was more, Leona would
be dammed if Cynthia discovered her. The very thought of Cynthia''s wrath made Leona''s heart tremble
in fear. She made haste to move out of the ce as soon as she could. But as luck would have it, she
was tripped by a stone. Dong! She made a slight sound.
"Who?" Jasmine Ling said in a sweet voice as they separated immediately after hearing the sound.
Both Jasmine and her boyfriend looked in the direction from where the sound came. Jasmine''s eyes
widened in annoyance and embarrassment. ''Who is that to spoil such a good n of mine?'' Jasmine
thought in her mind. As it was very difficult to convince Greg Wei to agree to have dinner at home
tonight, Jasmine dressed up for a long time and did a spa this afternoon only to be able to spend some
quality time with Greg Wei.
Greg Wei was the CEO of the Wei International Trade Company. It was a much biggerpany than
the Mu Company. Greg had done his Master''s Degree from Harvard. He set up the Wei International
Trade Company which was running sessfully in America. He came to China in recent years. It was
said that Greg had started the Wei Group when he was still in college. Slowly he developed a small
company into a big internationalpany within a matter of five or six years.
All of 28, Greg was the most eligible bachelor in town and essentially a very good catch for Jonson. So
he had made great efforts to hook up with Greg at a party and introduced Jasmine to him. Since then,
Jasmine had fallen in love with Greg. She would go to any cocktail party he attended. Further, Jonson
even tried to encourage her to take the initiative. After all, they can''t allow such a golden bachelor to
slip out of their hands. And if Jasmine waited for Greg to propose her, it may bete. It could even risk
Greg being taken away by other women.
Since they started to meet very often, Jasmine took Greg''s politeness for his liking towards her.
Although Greg always pulled a long face, Jasmine believed that as long as she was more considerate,
she could win Greg''s heart sooner orter. Jonson had even suggested that since Jasmine and Greg
had a favorable impression on each other and were of simr ages and family backgrounds, they
should be engaged as soon as possible. Although the Ling family''s business was far from being even
close to the huge business of the Wei family''s, Lings owned just a medium-sizedpany in C City.
Nevertheless, it was a golden opportunity for Jonson to up his ante by establishing a rtionship with
the Wei family.
Initially, Jasmine and her parents were nervous to the point that they had their hearts in their throats.
They spent several sleepless nights fearing that Greg might think that they were trying to force him to
marry Jasmine. But much beyond their expectation, he agreed. Greg hadmitted to them that he
would hold the engagement ceremony as soon as he finished the few big business deals that he was
busy with. Jasmine''s happiness knew no bounds. She felt that she was in a dream. In excitement, she
ended up gulping down some wine to calm the adrenaline rush. However, in the process, she became
dizzy as she was not used to drinking.
What happened between Jasmine and Greg just now, was merely the influence of alcohol that made
her take the initiative to be intimate with Greg. However, she didn''t expect that she would be
interrupted in such an awkward manner. Jasmine turned in the direction where that voice came from.
Had it not been for Greg''s presence at that moment, she would have even let out a curse. Having
spotted Leona standing there, Jasmine became more furious.
But Greg had a certain nonchnce on his face. He had seen Leona when she entered the yard a few
moments back. As Leona rode her bicycle, the wind brushed against her face and blew up the hair on
her slender waist, and she looked like a fairy in the moonlight. Even at this moment, when Leona was
caught intruding into their private moment, the way she came out looking guilty, just like a kitten, she
looked very cute.
Being aware of the situation of the Ling family, Greg immediately knew that this girl was probably the
second daughter of the Ling family. However, what intrigued Greg''s inquisitiveness was that this girl
came in from the back door at midnight and was even pushing a bicycle silently like a thief. On one
thought, it looked like she was a night owl that liked hanging out at night. However, the innocent look on
her face defied that judgment. Greg had seen a lot of such girls before.
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Leona''s face turned red. She apologized to them immediately, "I... I''m sorry. I didn''t see anything. I...
I''m leaving!" Then she ran back to her room in a hurry, forgetting even to have dinner in the kitchen.
"Howe a girles back home sote?" Greg eximed on purpose.
"Yeah, I seldom see her at night. Only at noon when she just wakes up. Forget it. We''d better not talk
about her behind her back!" Jasmine lied point-nk to mislead Greg to think of Leona as a
promiscuous girl, and quickly avoided this subject. She didn''t want him to notice Leona. Leona did not
have to try too hard to get attention from men. It had been quite easy for her. She had been chased by
boys since she was in primary school, and it had remained that way all through these years.
Men fell for her very easily, especially with that pair of eyes that mirrored the purity of her soul. Jasmine
would sneak out to find Leona on purpose whenever Cynthia was not around. Then, as soon a Cynthia
found her out, Leona would be at the receiving end of her mother''s wrath. Cynthia would pinch and
beat Leona at that time. And Jasmine would pretend to be innocent and persuaded her mother not to
beat her. Jasmine pretended to be a good sister in front of Leona, but smirked at Leona in her heart.