Chapter 542 - Till We Meet Again (2)
Not that anyone could blame her. Zhang Jiren thought. It hadn't been easy for Tang Moyu to try to gain her parents' approval, not knowing that it was futile. Zhang Wuying would never be able to accept her because she was her husband's child with another woman.
What the young empress failed to realize was that she was loved by their father, albeit in his own way. Tang Lixue knew he was lacking as a father for so many reasons, but he truly loved Moyu.
Zhang Jiren could see the hesitation in his father's eyes. It seemed like he didn't want to let his sister go, but Tang Moyu decided to leave. Perhaps she also understood that she needed to stand on her own feet, to be independent in order to be free. Living in a foreign land alone wouldn't be easy for her. She would need to do everything on her own, as her nanny wouldn't be able to accompany her this time.
"Okay. Take care of yourself, Moyu. If you feel that you cannot do it anymore, just give me a call and I'll bring you back as soon as I can." Tang Lixue told the young empress.
"Don't be silly, Father. I'm not that weak to succ.u.mb to homesickness." Tang Moyu said nonchalantly. She didn't have a place she could call her home. Many years from now, she would gain one, but not this time.
"Right. Because our Moyu is the best!" Li Meili agreed with her. "Moyu, come back as soon as you can, okay? You have to call me everyday, no matter if you are busy or not." She pleaded to her best friend.
"Okay. I will listen to you." Tang Moyu let out a small smile and held Li Meili's hand. "But you better watch your back while I'm not here. I wouldn't be here to clean the mess you started."
"Moyu!" Li Meili pouted, which made Tang Lixue and Zhang Jiren smile listening to their conversation. These two were truly close with each other and had a better relationship than those of blood sisters.
"Anyway, I should go now." Tang Moyu pulled her luggage with her and held her passport in her right hand. "Be careful on your way back home," were her parting words before she totally disappeared from their eyesight.
"Let me take you home, Meili." Tang Lixue led the still crying Li Meili out of the airport.
"Thank you, Uncle." Li Meili said before thanking Zhang Jiren, who passed a clean handkerchief for her to use to dry her tears.
Years had passed since then. Tang Moyu was able to get her certificate for her bachelor's degree and came back to Shenzhen, while Zhang Jiren remained for another year in Beijing to gain working experience before joining the Zhang Corporation.
Since her return, Zhang Jiren had tried to keep tabs on his sister. He heard that she had recently joined Feng Conglomerate, along with her fiancé, Feng Tianhua, and had done a good job in saving the failing company.
Zhang Jiren was proud of his twin sister, of course. Tang Moyu truly lived up to her name as the empress. Wherever she went, people talked about her and praised her. With her soaring popularity, it was only natural that people had set high expectations on Tang Moyu.
It took some time before Zhang Jiren was able to finish his work in Beijing. He was eager to go back to Shenzhen and be reunited with his ailing father and his twin sister. His father had been diagnosed with cancer, and Zhang Jiren needed to return by his side, now more than ever.
However, what greeted him once he arrived in Shenzhen was the news about how the mighty empress of Shenzhen had fallen.
The Feng family severed their connections with the Tang family. Feng Tianhua humiliated his twin sister in public by announcing that she was pregnant with a bastard that wasn't his, and proceeded to marry another woman, which had been a slap on Tang Moyu's face.
Zhang Jiren had never felt this angered before. Was he too late again? It seemed that the Zhang family wasn't the only eager ones to sign their death warrant. The Feng family made it to the list as well.
Zhang Jiren immediately drove towards the Tang Estate, fear gripped his heart as he wondered what had happened to his twin sister. He had only arrived in Shenzhen an hour ago and had driven straight to the Tang Estate.
There, he witnessed a pitiful scene that further fueled his anger towards Feng Tianhua and the Tang family. Tang Moyu was just kicked out by the Tang family, while their father was in the hospital, lying on his sick bed.
The once formidable and beautiful empress of Shenzhen was now soaking wet, trembling from the coldness that hit her as the rain continued to pour. Pregnant with a bastard they say, but how was this even possible?
His twin sister, who kept men at an arm's length. Even Feng Tianhua was no exception. Zhang Jiren would have known at once if his sister was seeing another man, but there wasn't. Who was the damned bastard who i.m.p.r.e.g.n.a.t.ed his sister?
If Li Meili hadn't arrived on time and took his twin sister away, Zhang Jiren wouldn't be able to stop himself from taking her away right then and there. He didn't care if his father would be angry at him, but Zhang Jiren was sure as hell that Tang Lixue would also snap and be angered upon seeing his daughter's pitiful state.
Zhang Jiren remained inside his car as he watched Li Meili help his twin sister, wrapping a coat around Tang Moyu's shoulder before helping her to get inside her car.
Even after the two women left, Zhang Jiren remained unmoving inside his car. His eyes rimmed red, his whole body was shaking, but he couldn't contain the scream that erupted from his lips.
"Feng Tianhua… you'll regret bullying my sister. I'll let you know what despair truly feels like."