Remarriage to a Rich Famliy

During the night, an overly frightened Cheng Lydia woke up countless times from her dreams in a cold sweat.

She sat up from the bed and twisted her head against the dim night to look at the sleeping Shen Ron, she wiped the cold sweat off her forehead with a tissue and leaned quietly towards Shen Ron as she lay back down.

In fact, what she wanted to do was to hold him as tight as she could. Because that was the only way she would stop feeling scared and not have nightmares.

Cheng Lydia also unscrewed the bedside lamp to make the bedroom look less dark inside.

A lightly knitted brow caught in the light, Shen Ron opened her eyes in a daze, adjusting to the light in the room before snapping her head sideways to survey her in a cold sweat, “What’s wrong?”

“Had a nightmare about being taken by that drunk.” Cheng Lydia breathed softly and drew another tissue to wipe away the cold sweat.

“Don’t be afraid, he can’t get you with me.” Shen Ron leaned in and slid his arms across her chest to take her into his arms, then closed his eyes and went back to his slumber.

Held suddenly, Cheng Lydia froze motionless in his arms, noticing that he hadn’t moved before turning her head silently to find him asleep again.

Looking at his peaceful and quietly handsome face, Cheng Lydia was sleepless and wondered in her heart if he thought she was Yang June again. That’s why he said such a gentle comfort to her?

She had never seen him treat herself with such tender care since she had known him.

With his arms around her, she always slept soundly for the next half-dozen long nights, and no longer woke from her sleep.

The next day was the weekend and Shen Ron was already out when Cheng Lydia woke up.

As she sipped her water, she casually asked Amy, who was tidying the house, “Where did the youngest go?”

“Went to pick up medicine for Ms. Yang at the hospital.” Amy replied quickly, only after answering did she realize that she was too straight, and after stealing a glance at Cheng Lydia she laughed uncomfortably and dryly, “Don’t mind you, young lady, it’s usually the eldest young master himself who goes to the hospital to get the medicine for Ms. Yang, it’s become a habit.”

Cheng Lydia smiled at her indifferently and turned to leave the bedroom.

With nothing to do, Cheng Lydia paused in her tracks as she exited the bedroom and turned in the direction of the air corridor.

After the lesson learned last time, Cheng Lydia knocked on the door this time and got an answer before pushing the door and walking in. Jenny was the only one in the room, and when she saw Cheng Lydia enter, she greeted her politely and withdrew.

In fact, Cheng Lydia didn’t need her to avoid it, she was just bored, so she thought of coming over to see Yang June, who had lost some weight recently and looked paler than before, compared to the first time she saw her.

She didn’t know what Yang June used to be like, but she could feel the subtle changes in Yang June over the past month or two; after all, being a doctor, she was a little more subtle in her observations of human health than anyone else.

Is Yang June’s transformation due to the fact that she is nearing the end of her life span?

Cheng Lydia took a step forward and leaned down to close the distance to her, noticing that Yang June’s complexion was pale with a show of dullness, a very abnormal phenomenon.

As she asked, she ran her hand over Yang June’s carotid artery and took her hand out from under the covers to study her nails again.

Yang June’s fingers were slender and long, her nails neatly and beautifully trimmed, and she didn’t look at all like a patient. But a closer look reveals a dullness under the nail caps that matches the dullness on her skin.

Out of curiosity, Cheng Lydia pulled open a drawer in the bedside table and retrieved a tube of blood sampling pen from it. After adjusting the needle, she carefully stuck it on Yang June’s finger, and from the naked eye, the color on the blood bead was normal.

Cheng Lydia searched inside the drawer again and did not see any blood collection kit, so she had to use a cotton swab to stop the bleeding of Yang June’s finger, and then put her hand back under the blanket.

She had planned to take the blood sample back to the hospital for a test, so it looks like that will have to be rescheduled.

After helping Yang June put the quilt back on, Cheng Lydia intends to leave, but turns around and is almost paralyzed by Shen Ron standing behind her.

“When did you get in?” She patted her frightened, bursting heart as she surveyed the bemused Shen Ron in front of her, then swept the half-open door to the room outside.

He opened the door himself? And she didn’t even feel it!

“What are you doing,” Shen Ron asked rhetorically, sizing her up.

He had just returned from the hospital to get his medicine, and from afar he saw Jenny standing guard at the door, as if afraid of his reproach, and Jenny took the initiative to report to him that the young lady had come over and was inside.

He was curious as to what Cheng Lydia’s purpose in running to Yang June’s bedroom was, and as it was, he lightened his movements and came in silently. And what Cheng Lydia just did, he saw it all in his eyes.

Cheng Lydia was worried that he misunderstood her intention and was busy saying, “I … just came to see Ms. Yang, nothing else.”

“See anything?” Shen Ron placed the medicine in his hand on the table.

“It feels like Ms. Yang has lost weight.”

“Really, Jenny and Gina both said they didn’t think so.”

So he saw it too! Sure enough, the beloved one is just different from others.

Cheng Lydia scanned the medications he had placed on the table and asked, “What kind of injections do you usually give her?”

“Nutritional fluids and anti-inflammatory.”

“Why don’t you just stop the medication for a while.”

“Why?” Shen Ron raised his eyebrows slightly and stared at her.

Cheng Lydia surveyed Yang June’s pale face and said hesitantly, “Do you think she’s not only thinner than before, but her face has also turned darker, so I think we can break it off for a while to see.”

Feeling a skeptical look from him, Cheng Lydia was busy adding, “But you can listen to the attending doctor, I’m just making a suggestion.”

“Today the primary care doctor said it might be the cold weather and switched me to an anti-inflammatory medication.”

“Oh … you’d better listen to him then.” Cheng Lydia smiled at him and turned towards the bedroom door.

Walking out of Yang June’s bedroom, Cheng Lydia is slightly surprised to see Ho Gina, who was not there, standing outside the door at some point, but eventually just walks past her and Jenny without moving.

Walking on the air corridor, Cheng Lydia remembered the last time Ho Gina put her hands behind her back and looked at herself with a frightened face, and associated with Yang June’s gradually dull complexion, her heart could not help but be a little suspicious …

Given how much Ho Gina hates herself, there’s no way she’s going to like Yang June!

Cheng Lydia returned to her bedroom, her mind still racing with questions about Ho Gina, and the more she thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed.

Not long after, Shen Ron also came back to the first bedroom and saw Cheng Lydia sitting on the sofa and asked casually, “Are you free this afternoon?”

Cheng Lydia, however, did not answer him, but instead raised her little face to stare at him and asked, “How did you arrange for Gina to take care of Ms. Yang?”

Shen Ron didn’t understand why she suddenly asked that and said casually, “Gina and Jenny are the most flexible helpers inside the mansion.”

“You trust her that much?”

“What do you mean?” Shen Ron turned his head to look at her.

“Uh … nothing meaningful, just curious.” Cheng Lydia smiled and shook her head a little, although she was suspicious of Ho Gina’s character, she couldn’t say anything until she had proof, saving the impression that she was a master who liked to ostracize her servants.

Before Cheng Lydia could even finish her thought, Shen Ron threw a comment at her, “You’re the youngest grandmother of The Shen Family, do you have to mess with a little girl?”

Cheng Lydia’s breath caught in her throat and she was speechless, she knew it would be misunderstood, and it was!

Shen Ron doesn’t like to meddle in the family’s chores, but Cheng Lydia doesn’t get along with Ho Gina, and he more or less knows it.

Cheng Lydia was about to explain that she didn’t have the idea of bullying Ho Gina when Shen Ron suddenly threw her a set of car keys and said, “This is a new car for you, so you can travel a little easier and safer in the future.”

Cheng Lydia catches the car keys he throws at her and picks them up, an Audi A4.

She raised her head in surprise and looked at Shen Ron who was picking up a glass of water to drink. He bought her a car? Not a flashy Ferrari, or a remote Bugatti, but an Audi A4 for a few hundred thousand dollars!

Turns out he understands her, he knows she can’t drive one of those expensive cars, he knows she doesn’t like to be inviting remote!

“For me?” Cheng Lydia pointed a finger at herself.

“It’s new this year, so go for a test drive sometime this afternoon.”

“Thank you.” Cheng Lydia said those two words to him with emotion and sincerity.

She was happy, she was touched, not by the fact that she had her own car, but by Shen Ron’s feelings for her.

She knew Shen Ron didn’t want her to have to go through something like last night again, which was why he’d bought her the car in the shortest possible time, and with it, she’d never have to walk back from the station, never have to be chased by those crazies again.

Shen Ron looked at her moved to almost hot tears, his heart was a little surprised, when he called LILY last night, he had struggled for a long time what kind of car was good to buy. Too expensive he was afraid she would not dare to drive to the hospital and company, too cheap and afraid she disliked, but he finally chose the cheap.

It really is much easier to travel to work when you have your own car.

Cheng Lydia pulled up to the entrance of the theater and before she could get out of the car she watched Chung Grace look incredulous, ogling her white Audi A4 while tsking, “You said Shen Ron bought you a new car, this can’t be it?”

When she called Cheng Lydia today to ask her to watch a play with her, she asked her in passing if she wanted to be picked up from the hospital, to which Cheng Lydia replied that Shen Ron had bought her a new car, so she didn’t need to be picked up.

At the time, Cheng Lydia sounded so happy that she thought Shen Ron had bought her a Phantom.

“Yeah, any questions?” Cheng Lydia flung the car door shut and smiled.

“This Shen Ron is too stingy, isn’t he? It’s a $300, 000 car, and he can’t afford it. Even if he doesn’t love you and doesn’t care about your feelings, it’s his The Shen Family’s face you’re disgracing by taking a cheap car out, can’t he even think through this common sense issue?”

Chung Grace is still tsk-tsk-tsk-ing, really not understanding how in the world a man can be so stingy as to give Cheng Lydia a car that her ex-wife abandoned before and now a bargain.

“That’s what you don’t understand.” Cheng Lydia pressed the crank lock and took Chung Grace’s arm to head inside the theater.

Looking at her with an extremely good mood, Chung Grace couldn’t help but snicker, “Yo, look how pretty you are, looks like you and Ron are getting along pretty well lately.”

Every time I’d seen her before she’d either had a bitter face or a soulful one, rarely had she appeared with a smile on her face like she did tonight.

“Did you?” Cheng Lydia touched her face, was it that obvious?

These days she and Shen Ron are not very good or close, but at least they no longer meet and make snide remarks, or look at each other like enemies.

She wasn’t sure if this shift was a good thing for herself, but one thing she had to admit was that the days were finally not so watery.

At the breakfast table, Mrs. Shen sized up Shen Ron and Cheng Lydia before turning her attention to Shen Ron and saying, “I heard LILY say you’re going to Japan tomorrow on business?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Well, go for three days.” Shen Ron replied with his head bowed.

Mrs. Shen turned to Cheng Lydia again, “Lydia have you ever been to Japan?”

Cheng Lydia looked up and shook her head, “Don’t remember.”

“That means you’ve never been.” Old Mrs. Shen smiled, “Just in time, you can go with Ron for a few days tomorrow.”

Shen Ron finally looked up to meet Cheng Lydia’s eyes and said, “Grandma, I’m going to work, not play.”

“Lydia is your secretary, it’s okay to fill in for Assistant Peng.” The old lady patted Cheng Lydia’s hand, “Lydia right.”

Cheng Lydia looked at Shen Ron, she didn’t like the idea of going to a country where she was a stranger and didn’t speak the language, and she had to work tomorrow, but she couldn’t say no to the old lady, so she had to leave the decision to Shen Ron.

Just before Shen Ron could make a decision, the old lady grabbed a whack and said, “Then it’s a deal, I’ll call LILY to book the flight later.”

“Then I’ll be grateful to Grandma.” Shen Ron smiled a little far-fetched, but the old lady couldn’t stop smiling, “No bother, no bother at all.”

She loves to do this kind of thing all day long, the more work the better!

Next to her, Shen Belle smiled and said, “I’m going too, I’m going to Hokkaido to see the snow!”

“What are you doing there?” The old woman gave her a cross look.

“I’m going to see the snow.”

“When you find the one you’re meant to be with, then let him accompany you.”

“Humph! Grandma’s biased again.” Shen Belle’s little mouth tilted in displeasure.

The old lady nodded her forehead with her hand, with an unpleasant look on her face, “You, you’re not young and you don’t know how to get a boyfriend, be careful you won’t be able to get married when you get old.”

“It’s best if you don’t get married and stay home with Grandma for the rest of your life.” Shen Belle wrapped her arms around the older woman with another smile on her face.

The old lady laughed, “How many years does Grandma have left to live? You’re different, you have a long life ahead of you.”

“Grandma … can you stop being such a fanboy this early in the morning?”

Cheng Lydia couldn’t help but smile along with her as she watched her grandparents and grandchildren bicker, a bond that everyone envied, a bond that she had never felt before …

She got up from her chair, smiled and said goodbye to the group before walking out of the restaurant.

Cheng Lydia returned to her bedroom and changed her clothes and came out of the dressing room just in time to see Shen Ron walk in. She stood in the doorway of the dressing room looking at him and said, “About going to Japan … If you find it difficult, I can find a better excuse to put it off.”

“I was afraid it would be difficult for you.” Shen Ron swept her off her feet and pulled an overcoat from inside the closet and put it on.

“I’m okay.”

“It doesn’t look like you’re having a hard time either.” Shen Ron grinned at her mockingly.

“I’d better go talk to Grandma then.” Cheng Lydia said and headed out.

Shen Ron reached out and held her back with one arm, looking down at her askance, “Come on, don’t pretend, remember to pack a few extra thick clothes for the night.”

Throwing that down, Shen Ron turned and left the bedroom before her.

Cheng Lydia stared at his departing back, her small mouth half open in a dumbfounded way.

Standing behind the floor-to-ceiling window, she watched Shen Ron’s car drive out of The Shen Family mansion before Cheng Lydia turned back and took out the blood sample collection tube she had prepared earlier from inside her bag and headed for Yang June’s bedroom.

Only Jenny was in the house, and after a slight hesitation Cheng Lydia pushed the door in, Jenny greeted politely, “Young lady.”

“I came to see Ms. Yang,” Cheng Lydia said, acting deliberately unhurried and unhurried.

It was only after Jenny then retreated as usual that she hurriedly took out the colored blood tube hidden inside her coat pocket and rolled Yang June’s sleeve up to her upper arm, skillfully drawing a tube of blood from her body before pulling her clothes back on and covering her up as quickly as possible.

The whole thing was swift and skilful and took no more than half a minute.

She sighed in relief and was about to turn to leave when Ho Gina’s voice suddenly came from the doorway, “Why are you standing outside? Aren’t you cold?”

“The young lady is inside.” Jenny lowered her voice and said, “Gina you’re just in time, I’m going to the bathroom.”

“What’s she doing here again?” Ho Gina said this as she pushed open the door to the room and stepped in.

Cheng Lydia hears her voice and quickly slips the blood collection tube into her pocket, not wanting to move too panicked and drop it on the floor.

Both women were stunned at the same time, and Ho Gina looked down to see the blood collection tube she had dropped on the floor and rushed up to pick it up, questioning as she did so, “What is this?”

Cheng Lydia stooped down to pick up the blood collection tube first, but Ho Gina didn’t want to give up and pounced on her to grab it.

“What are you doing?” Cheng Lydia avoided her clutches and glared at her with an indignant whisper.

“I should be the one asking what you want, shouldn’t I? What do you want to do by drawing the young lady’s blood?” Ho Gina looked at her with cold eyes, then acted as if she knew, “Do you want to end the young lady’s life in this way as soon as possible?” Cheng Lydia, you are too vicious, aren’t you?”

Cheng Lydia snorted, “You know in your heart who is more vicious than who, and what you have done to Ms. Yang others may not be able to see, but I can because I am a doctor.”

She hung the blood collection tube out to dry in front of Ho Gina, “Run away before the Young Master finds out, so you don’t have to try to escape when I get the test results back.”

Ho Gina’s face, is turning pale little by little.

She never expected Cheng Lydia to find out what she had done, let alone that Cheng Lydia would secretly take a blood sample from Yang June’s body and take it for testing.

If the Young Master finds out that she’s been poisoning Yang June, she’ll die a horrible, horrible death!

Seeing Ho Gina frozen in place in shock, Cheng Lydia is almost certain that her suspicions are not wrong, Ho Gina is indeed secretly doing something to hurt Yang June.

She stopped paying attention to Ho Gina, took the blood collection tube and set off.

Ho Gina clenched her lower lip and paced back and forth in Yang June’s room in a six-paced state of confusion.

She didn’t want to be scolded by Ms. Ke for her poor work and stupidity, but she didn’t want Shen Ron to know that she had secretly poisoned Yang June; Shen Ron didn’t feel anything for her originally, and if he knew about her poisoning, he would surely loathe her for the rest of his life, and then everything she had done all these years would be in vain.

Instead of being hated by Shen Ron, let Ms. Ke call him out on it.

With her mind made up, Ho Gina went back to her bedroom, took out her cell phone and dialed Ms. Ke’s number, which rang for a long time before being answered. Ms. Ke sulked for a moment after hearing her intermittent sobs, and finally chided in annoyance, “Yang June’s blackened face is a sign of poisoning that an insider would know at a glance, and Cheng Lydia would suspect it was only a matter of time.”

“Ms. Ke sis how do you know that Yang June face hall is dark?” Ho Gina asked suspiciously.

Ms. Ke on the other end of the line was mute and paused before saying uncharitably, “I guessed, an overdose of that drug is supposed to darken a person’s complexion.”

Such an explanation sounded logical, but Ho Gina’s mind still felt a little skeptical.

“Suspend the medication for now, and remember to call me if you have anything.” Ms. Ke seemed to be deliberately avoiding her questioning, and hung up the phone after a hasty delivery.