Siren Song 41 Paradise Viii

"So I was sitting at the table, drinking the tea, waiting for you when I heard a crash in the kitchen. I was worried about your mother so I rushed in to help her. I would never have guessed she was lying in ambush. When I went in I saw gla.s.s on the floor but didnt see your mother, then all of a sudden I felt a smas.h.i.+ng pain on my kneecap. Which rather caught me by surprise and doubled me over for a moment. Which was all she needed. She went feral and started bas.h.i.+ng me with a pan or something." Jian's cheeks had a slight red hue to his face recounting the embarra.s.sing story. "She beat me until I was incapacitated and then tied me up in the center of the kitchen. Your mother is quite terrifying when she wants to be."

"Heh. Tell me about it." Chang couldn't help giggling at that and seeing his putoff expression. Li Hua closed her eyes and lifted her chin proudly smiling tightly at the two of them.

"Under duress I told her that I was your husband, that I was just looking for you as we were in the middle of a dispute.

Your mother didnt believe me at all, eventually I was able to convince her though, thankfully. I brought Hao Jin Ying over to America with me and had her attend your mother, for whatever she might need. As the two are fairly close in age they hit it off quite well and Hao Jin Ying has been more of a companion for her while you have been gone."

Hao Jin Ying heard that and wanted to complain, she had been working so hard over the past year, and certain things couldn't be told to Chang as of yet. Also what did her boss mean by close in age she was almost ten years younger than Li Hua! How rude!

Chang averted her eyes, guilty. Jian's concern overwhelmed her a little, 'wow I cant believe he went through so much for me.' She gazed into Jian's eyes with a new light in her eyes. Jian gazed into hers deeply and she found herself drawn to him closing her eyes as she kissed him lightly.

Liang Jian Amal was surprised this had been the first time while sober she had initiated a kiss between the two of them.

It was only for a brief moment as she felt he was not kissing her back, Chang came to herself, and she pulled away suddenly. She put a hand over her lips remembering the soft warm touch of his to herself.

Liang Jian Amal shared a look with Li Hua, the last part of the story had not been entirely true, and he was glad she had bought it.

Li Hua had indeed ambushed him shrieking like a banshee as she bashed him repeatedly with a metal pan, after having stumbled him with the cheap shot to his kneecap. He tries to defend himself from her attacks without hurting her while explaining himself. She just kept on whaling on him until she staggered back, and blood began to drip from her nose. Jian was stunned as the middle aged woman staggered back, dropping her weapon before fainting. Jian had caught her before she fell to the ground and immediately phoned an ambulance for her. It was there he learned of Li Hua's predicament and was able to gain her trust. She begged him not to tell Chang when he did find her that she would tell her herself when the time was right. He aquisced to her demands and summoned Hao Jin Ying from where she attended the company's matters in his absence to attend to his mother-in-law. Hao Jin Ying was very skilled in medicine among other things, and even had a nursing degree. He immediately hired a competent replacement for her whom he then summoned to LA to help him with his search for Chang and had attending to loose ends.

"So as you can see, you may need to learn to help defend your husbabd." Li Hua piped in teasingly.

Chang knew for a fact that Jian was highly skilled in martial arts, as well as being an expert marksman. She had never seen him with a weapon but had seen the way he brutalized the two thugs in the alleyway. She in fact could learn a thing or two from him, even with a few years of jujitsu under her belt.

"Uh mom, I dont think sneak attacks exactly count, that's kinda the whole point about them, you're surprising them with an attack. Plus cast iron versus human flesh is a cheat in and of itself, you're lucky you didnt really hurt him." Chang chided her mother lightly.

"It's fine, it was just some bruising that faded away soon enough. Though I'm glad that you're concerned for me. He took her left hand and lightly pressed her knuckles to his lips.

Chang felt her heart flutter a bit but was able to keep her composure. She looked at her right hand held by her mother, and her left in Jian's and felt at peace.

After chatting with her mother for a little while longer she reswitched seats with Hao Jin Ying, and sitting beside Jian, watched a movie together to help pa.s.s the remaining several hours of the journey. After a couple she found herself falling asleep again with her head leaning on his shoulder and his right arm wrapped around hers.

'I must be becoming a pig..' Were her last thoughts before she drifted off.

She slept through the landing even when they touched down early morning on an drizzly Republic of Lahat.