"I hate to break it to you but Mo Jingzhe is not an obedient puppy." T4 jumped in. He already had all of Mo Jingzhe's information. "He is the hidden boss of Blue Galactic, a company that specializes in private international flights and space tourism offering suborbital flights for civilians. They also engage in underwater tours.
On the surface, they are squeaky clean but beneath the surface, they are sketchy and by that I mean Mo Jingzhe is the secret boss of a group of space pirates. His secret crew mostly targets space ships belonging to Space M, Mo Liang and Mei-Mei's company."
Chi Lian snorted, "Space M was gobbled up by Mo Liang, Mei-Mei is now left with six percent of the shares. Anyway, let me have a conversation with Mo Jingzhe first."
"It must be why Blue Galactic has been targeting Space M everywhere. They even blew their satellites recently and sabotaged their contract with a company that wanted them to transport miners back and forth from earth.
Mo Liang and Mo Jingzhe have an enmity, the kind that is created when a bastard husband has an extra marital affair, kicks his mistress aside when she gets pregnant and she dies after giving birth.
The child is thrown into an orphanage but he is adopted by a single woman, she raises him with love, he grows up to be a genius and a reporter interviews him at the age of six.
Bastard husband sees the genius child, decides he wants the child back so he uses the law to take the child from a loving woman and brings him into a family where he is unwanted. His wife abuses the child, his son oppresses the child everywhere and pays schoolmates to bully him. They frame him for the death of his father at sixteen and send him to juvenile detention.
When this child is released from detention after two years, he vanishes for three years and when he returns, he has somehow found a way to start a company which gobbles up others slowly and is worth three billion now." T4 took a deep breath after sharing the details of Mo Jingzhe's life that he had discovered.
"As impressive as this sounds, is he a criminal ....I am not sure what to make of him. Can we trust this man with our daughter?"
"Yes." Chi Lian and T4 answered together.
"She is not your daughter T4." Muyang grumbled.
For peace of mind, before her system and husband could get into an argument, Chi Lian sent out her husband and invited Mo Jingzhe inside. As soon as he entered the private ward, he moved to Mei-Mei's side and grabbed her hand.
"Mei-Mei." he whispered her name. He rubbed his cheek against the back of her bony right hand. His eyes were red, beneath them was anger and sadness.
"Ahem!" Chi Lian cleared her throat. "For a stranger, you seem to be awfully concerned about my daughter's well being."
There were five chairs in the room, she sat down in one and invited Mo Jingzhe to take the one opposite hers.
"I am sorry princess Chi...." Jingzhe nervously started but Chi Lian stopped him.
"You don't need to apologize for anything, you saved my daughter's life. If you had not arrived on time, I am afraid that we would be invited for Mei-Mei's funeral tomorrow." She gripped her hands on the bag which she was carrying in her lap. "Mo Jingzhe, how much do you love my daughter?"
Mo Jingzhe seized to move, he could not be sure that he had heard the question he had been asked. "I don't understand what you are asking?"
"How much do you love my daughter?" Chi Lian repeated the question.
Mo Jingzhe looked at the wall, then he looked at the floor and finally at Chi Lian. "She is my sister-in-law, how could I dare....."
"How much do you love my daughter?" Chi Lian growled out.
Mo Jingzhe clenched his jaw and fists, as if he was not tired of denying it, he blurted out the truth. "I would die for her. I love her so much that I would do anything for her."
Chi Lian's heart was gladdened. If Mo Liang was a hero and Mo Jingzhe a villain, she would take the villain over the hypocritical hero. One was willing to kill her and one was willing to kill for her. Mei-Mei would be blind not to see which brother was worthy of her.
"What about Mingzhu, do you love her or do you hate her by extension because she is Mo Liang's daughter?"
Jingzhe's eyes widened. "I love Mingzhu, she is Mei-Mei's daughter so how can I hate her? Mingzhu is a sweet child, she is nothing like her father. I don't see Mo Liang when I look at her, I only see Mei-Mei."
This answer also satisfied Chi Lian.
"Jingzhe," Chi Lian leaned forward, hands folded together. "This is my final question. Are you willing to seduce my daughter and make her fall in love with you?"
Jingzhe jumped up and stumbled back quickly, bumping against the bed. His first instinct was to check on Mei-Mei to ensure that he had not shoved her in any way.
As he checked on her, Chi Lian mouthed, 'thank God' to the sky. This man had bumped against the bed and his first instinct was to make sure that Mei-Mei was okay. Heaven had really sent Mei-Mei a blessing.
"I met you once at Mei-Mei's eighteenth birthday party. I was passing by a bathroom when I heard a fight and peeked inside. Four boys were in there, two were holding one up and one was beating up the one being held up. The boy that was being beaten up did not make a sound.
It was you and the one beating you was Mo Liang. I remember that the boys mocked and laughed at you because you had a crush on Mei-Mei. You had come to the birthday with a love letter and a gift."
"I didn't put my name on the letter." Mo Jingzhe blurted out. Then he winced and looked down, blushing slightly because he was embarrassed.
Chi Lian laughed, Mo Jingzhe was truly cute. "I have never forgotten you and over the years I have kept an eye on my daughter so I know of all the help you loaned her secretly. Even that flower shop where she works, you own it."
Mo Jingzhe scratched the back of his neck. "I am not stalking her...." he mumbled. "I was just trying to help."
"You are the one man that has chosen my daughter over and over again. You have been devoted to her for so many years, hiding your love secretly. I know that Mingzhu calls you dad when the two of you are alone." Chi Lian sniveled and wiped tears from her eyes.
Mo Jingzhe handed her a handkerchief and she wiped her eyes. As she handed it back to him she said, "Jingzhe, aren't you tired of hiding in the shadows? Do you want to see her die at Mo Liang's hands?"
He shook his head. "I will kill him first."
Chi Lian opened her back and retrieved a green colored book which she handed to him. The book was titled: The Art Of Cooking Green Tea.