Sara had guessed it. She had suspected something was up with her father and Changyu. But hearing her admit it like this, she looked at Changyu in surprise and sat up immediately. Changyu's head was still thrown to the side and didn't bother to look at Sara as she admitted it.

This woman. This powerful woman loved her father?

Sara didn't know what else to ask. And she had to be careful in order not to ask something that would make Changyu to stop talking.

It was as if Changyu knew she was at a loss for words because she suddenly turned to look at Sara with a sad smile. 

"It's all in the past. Just a teenage love and that was it. Apparently, he loved your mother."

Sara took note of the sadness in her voice.

She felt there was something wrong somewhere. 

If it was as simple as that, then why was everyone beating around the bush?

Jianjun could have just said Changyu liked him back then and that was all. Why did both of them have to lie about it?

"What about now? Do you....still like him?"

Sara didn't like to a.s.sume. She could have just easily a.s.sumed that Changyu wouldn't like someone like her father now. She was rich. She was powerful and influential. Her father on the other hand was far below her in the social ranking.

  He ran a small unknown restaurant and he also didn't want to be in the spotlight.

He only fancied a simple and quiet life.

It was why he had refused to expand his business or work in a bigger place despite the offers he had received from people.

Sara had to hear it directly from Changyu to be sure. She was sure the woman still liked her father. It was probably why she was nice to her.  Also why she had collapsed in front of their home. 

Changyu crossed her arms in front of her chest leisurely. She was now looking less emotional than a few minutes ago.

"It would be crazy for me to still like him. How could you possibly still like someone after he rejected you for another? That would be crazy wouldn't it?" 

Sara relaxed her body on the chair and looked at Changyu as she spoke. 

Was the woman indirectly calling herself crazy?

"It might be crazy. But people do crazy things when it comes to love. For some reason.... I think my father must have liked you also" 

Changyu laughed before lifting her coffee mug to have a sip.

"I'm serious. I'm sure he must have liked you also. I saw how worried he was when you collapsed in front of our apartment. And I believe —"

"Weren't you worried also? What about your aunt? Wasn't your aunt and everyone in the house worried when they saw me? My dear, it's a normal reaction everyone gets when they see something like that. No one would want another person to die in their house."

Sara was quiet. 

She bit her lips and looked down at her own coffee.

She was being pulled to this woman. The force was strong. She felt her father must have been pulled to her also. Or was this woman her mother in her previous life? 

The sound of Changyu's ring tone made her raise her head to look at the woman and their eyes met. It seemed like the woman had been staring at her also. 

With a tiny smile, Changyu answered her phone. After a couple of seconds she said an "Okay" and ended the call.

"I should leave now Ms w.a.n.g."

"Call me Sara. Sara is fine by me" Sara stood up immediately Changyu did. 

"Alright. Sara. Let's talk some other time. I have business to attend to. I'm sorry I wouldn't be able to drop you off." She apologized.

"Oh. It's fine by me. You can just do your thing. I'll take care of the bills" Sara urged when Changyu offered to pay for it instead.

"I owe you for the ride the other day and for your company today. It's the least I could do. It's actually fun chatting with you" Although she was sad that Changyu had to leave now, there was nothing she could do about it.

Oh—" Sara quickly took out her phone from her bag. "Can I...have your number? Sorry I misplaced your card" She asked unsurely. 

Changyu quickly took her phone and typed in her number then, dialed the number to call hers and her phone began to ring.

"Here, you can call me when you just want to hang out. If I'm free, I'll come join you. You don't mind me also calling you once in a while right?" 

What the heck! The Almighty Changyu was offering to call her.

"Not at all. You can call me anytime" Sara smiled widely. 

"Oh...and here..." She opened her bag to take out a flier before handing it to Changyu.

"When you are free, you could come eat there. It's officially going to open tomorrow. I'm sure it would make you feel nostalgic. And.... Our new apartment is just upstairs." 

Sara gave her the flier for Jianjun's new restaurant with the hope that she would visit one day. 

"And whenever you're there, call me. I'll rush down to welcome you"

She really hoped it worked. She wanted to see what her father was going to do. 

After Sara waved her goodbye, the smile disappeared from her face and she sighed in resignation. 

If she was older than her father,  she would have smacked his head. Who did he think he was to break her heart?

She was very sure something had happened between them. 

Did they perhaps date and he broke up with her to date Helene? 

As much as she wanted to take her mother's side, she felt bad for Changyu. 

The woman obviously still liked her father. And he was playing hard to get? 

She shook her head. Something didn't feel right. But she didn't know what is was. But no matter what, she was going to make sure Jianjun falls in love with her.

But what if he truly was in love with her? She remembered that day. The day Changyu had appeared in front of their apartment.

She had seen the look on his face. She had seen the worry in his eyes.

When she collapsed, he had quickly reached for her with widened eyes. For about 30 seconds, he said nothing but only stared at her. He looked at her like he couldn't believe she was actually the one he was holding.

Very gently, he had tried to shake her awake. 

And in a very terrified but low voice, he had said the words. 

"Changyu... Are you playing a prank on me right now?" 

"I...s.....is that Miss Song Changyu?" Joreen had asked with a gasp but no one paid attention to her.

Mr Chu and Bilike had no idea who she was. But since Sara and Joreen had talked about her a couple of times, Joreen obviously recognised her at first glance.

Sara had looked at Cixi who looked like she was struggling with something within her. She didn't pay much attention to her but turned to look at her father again.

When he still got no answer from Changyu, he swallowed hard. 

"Please.... Wake up" He pleaded in fear. 

Sara had been scared also. The woman looked very pale like someone who had died already. She hadn't bothered to think about why the woman was there at that time. She had only feared for the woman's life.