Chapter 37
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Lin Yao looked happy but quickly he shook his head, very mature he refused Er Xiao Feng good intention: “Brother Earl, my sister said we are not close to the point you can do to this extend. I cannot accept the thing that Brother Earl gave to me, thank you brother Earl, later when I discharge from hospital, I can take several stuff and do it at home. I know where to take those stuff, I can make flower, one day I can earn ten to twenty yuan. Later when I have enough money, I will buy mobile phone for my mother, her phone is too old, it often broken, or lost signal.”
Er Xiao Feng’s face twitched, Lin Yi taught her younger brother not to accept his presents, did she think to make distance with him?
But the way Lin Yao acting really heartache him, he smiled and stroke Lin Yao’s head again, “Xiao Yao, you are so mature, your mother must be so happy when she knowing it. But Xiao Yao, you have reached school age, you don’t have to be in rush taking all the stuff to home and working, you should go to school, study well and gain knowledge and fill your brain with knowledge.”
The moment he brought up about going to school, Lin Yao’s pair of eyes brightened up, but inside that bright eyes, soon there was also a gloom, he knew very well his family financial situation, moreover he just done operation, his mother must have spent so much money for this medication bill, furthermore it will be so hard for them to pay all the debt if only relying to his mother’s salary, then how possible for him to go to school, right?
Even if his sister can go to work and earn a sum of money, but no one know how long his sister would stay, then the exact amount they willing to pay his sister.
There was worry expression on Lin Yao’s face, more Er Xiao Feng sees more wrenches his heart felt, this little boy is only seven years old, but he could see the worries expression which not supposedly shown by this young boy.
Therefore Lin Yao never brought up about going to school with Er Xiao Feng, it is because his sister did tell him, they are not close to Er Xiao Feng, furthermore he has helped them too much, if he mentioned about going to school, he knew Er Xiao Feng would help but his sister might feel unhappy.
Er Xiao Feng also didn’t tell Lin Yao, when November comes, he would arrange Lin Yao to go to school, he just want to surprise Lin Yao.
Lin Yao back to the ward and have rest.
The moment when he saw Lin Yao getting inside, quickly he turned and left.
Without any sound, Ling Po and others were following at his back, the moment when they have walked quite far from ward, Er Xiao Feng stopped, the moment when he turned, he has already shown his dagger eyesight to Ling Po, Ling Po knew his dereliction of duty, he didn’t dare to look at his young master, it still his fault didn’t do his works well watching of Miss Lin Yi and even himself deceived by Miss Lin Yi.
The moment when he recalled Lin Yi asking him about the route for getting to rent house, quickly Ling Po told Er Xiao Feng.
After he said, Ling Po whispered to him: “Young master, I have kind of feeling, perhaps Miss Lin Yi wanted to draw distance with you. So that she didn’t want you to come and ask to bring her to there, moreover she also didn’t want me to help too.” Recently these days, every nights young master comes to take Lin Yi and stay in Ming Liu Yuan, but tonight Lin Yi left alone, didn’t this mean that she is trying to make distance with young master, she doesn’t want to keep going on with young master?
For once again Er Xiao Feng glared him, quickly Ling Po down his head, he didn’t dare to let out any words.
“You guys keep staying in here, take care of Xiao Yao, don’t let Xiao Yao find out if Lin Yi was going out by herself, I don’t want he become worried.” Er Xiao Feng glared Ling Po for few minutes, but he didn’t let out any blaming words to Ling Po, Lin Yi is stubborn person, it seemed that she has planned to go back to the rent house by herself, even Ling Po tried to stop her, the most he might accompany her to go there.
He asked Ling Po and other men to stay, then he left in rush with two men whom he brought with him before.
“Later you drive slower when heading to Lin Yi’s rent house when we are going to go same route, looking for her. She cannot see, moreover she walked alone, at this moment she might not yet arrive there.” Er Xiao Feng instructed his men while he was walking.
“Yes.”
Er Xiao Feng was driving his car alone, he drove directly to Lin Yi’s rent house only to find out whether she was there or not.
Along the way, Er Xiao Feng was thinking about what did Ling Po tell him before.
Did Lin Yi really want to make distance with him?
She has already touched the will her mother left for her, she has guilty feeling toward him, moreover today Lin Dong and his wife did come to Ming Liu Yuan, angered his father, his father even said very harsh words to her before he left, could it be Lin Yi get hurt?
Er Xiao Feng felt little bit frustrated but worried more.
He also not knowing whether Lin Yi is arrived safely or not? She really bold person, she cannot see, but she still dared to walk alone and for long time to her rent house. The best is she must arrive safely, if something happened to her, he would blame himself, punish her for disobedience, and wouldn’t let those people who hurt her.
His gentle and warm side, it inherit from his mother, also the way how he raised by Zhang Xiao and Mu Ya, but his ruthless and merciless side, it raised by his father, if he really anger, he might cause havoc too.
Er Xiao Feng almost arrived in Lin Yi’s rent house, he looked up to the top, there was no light, he thought Lin Yi cannot see, perhaps she didn’t turn in the light only to save the electricity bill, therefore he went up to check on her.
He still used his mobile phone torch as the light resource.
Er Xiao Feng was running, he run to the top room, the moment when he saw the room was locked, he didn’t care whether he lost his breath or not, he immediately turned and run to down stairs, that girl hasn’t come back!
After he got inside his car, Er Xiao Feng was calling his men, asking them whether they have seen Lin Yi or not.
“Master, we have arrived, but we haven’t seen Miss Lin Yi.”
Er Xiao Feng’s hand which holding the mobile phone turned to be tightened, he was so worrying to the point extremely angry.
“Okay, I got it. Instruct to the others, tell them to look for Lin Yi, even if you people should dig… No need anymore. I have seen her.” The moment when Er Xiao Feng wanted to instructed his men to look for Lin Yi, from his rear mirror he saw Lin Yi was walking so slowly heading over, thus immediately he hung up the phone call. He opened his car door, then he run very fast to Lin Yi direction.
Lin Yi walked so tiredly.
If she taking a ride, she only needs about ten to twenty minutes, but with walking she spent hours.
Fortunately she arrived safely.
The moment when she entered the familiar alley, Lin Yi finally could breathe relief, the first step she had started, she was accomplished by herself, first time she went home alone by herself.
So that, a blind people also can walk for such long route.
As she sensed there was someone coming over her, Lin Yi subconsciously stopped her footstep, she hasn’t differentiated the footsteps that coming over her, she has already being caught by a big hand, she shocked and raised her white cane, wanted to hit the person, but the moment she pulled into a familiar hug. The person was Er Xiao Feng!
The white cane that Lin Yi held slowly down, her body stiffened being tightly hugged by Er Xiao Feng.
“Damn it, are you trying to shock me to death? Lin Yi, you are really so bold, you are walking alone to here, do you know how dangerous it might become? After all you are walking to here from the hospital, What should I do if something happen to you?” Er Xiao Feng hugged her for while but soon he loosen his hug with his darken face he questioned her.
Lin Yi looked up, that pair of beautiful eyes showed peaceful but it because her eyes don’t have focus.
And then, her hand slowly and gently pushed away Er Xiao Feng’s hand which still holding her.
“Mr. Earl, I should take a first step, in order to learn to be independent.” Her peacefully words have already crazy Er Xiao Feng, he has almost scared to death by her, but she…
“Since I have decided to work, earn money and raise Xiao Yao, then I should learn to be independent, I cannot keep on relying to other people, Mr. Earl, I am so sorry to make you worry. Now I have arrived safely, this proven that I can do it, later, I can go everywhere by myself. I don’t need to troublesome anyone whenever I go.” She believed that she needed to give herself try doing everything, although she cannot see but she wanted to live alike any normal people.
Er Xiao Feng with his unhappy face looked at her for a while, suppressing the anger inside him, he still with his warm and gently voice said: “Lin Yi, could it because my father’s words have hurt you? My father is someone with poison mouth but very soft inside, he doesn’t really be little at you.”
Someone highly as the master of Earl family being said tofu heart, hah, Er Dong Hao, would you worth for this appraise?
“No, whatever uncle Earl said, all for the sake of my goodness.” Lin Yi wouldn’t blame Er Dong Hao for disliking her, actually in every words spoken by Er Dong Hao, he has hinted her that she should be independent. She also determined to be independent person, she doesn’t want to become a burden to anyone.
She did it not for getting favor from Er Dong Hao, she also didn’t do it because she want to stay with Er Xiao Feng, but Lin Yi did it because for herself.
She doesn’t know whether she would be able to gain her vision back or not, although the cornea transplant can make her to see, yet in order to be able to get operation, there should be cornea available. There are many blind people in this world, waiting for the operation, when it would be her turn? Since she still needs to be living in the darkness, then she should learn to adapt, face all the challenges and difficulties, she should make darkness into her vision.
She believed herself can do it!
Er Xiao Feng clearly knew in his heart, the attitude in which his father showed to her, asking her to be independent person, she should be independent and self-standing, he doesn’t oppose it, but she is blind person, he couldn’t let her to challenge herself in the dangerous environment.
“Lin Yi, you have walked for such long time, you must be so tired, let me bring you back to Ming Liu Yuan, you haven’t eaten, have you? I am calling uncle Zhou to prepare the food. Let’s us go home then we can have ours meal.”
At the last Er Xiao Feng didn’t argue with Lin Yi, but he chosen to change the topic, he intended to take out his mobile phone and called uncle Zhou.
“Mr. Earl.” Lin Yi precisely caught his hand, she stopped him to make the phone call. “Mr. Earl, I am not going to go back to Ming Liu Yuan with you. There isn’t my home, my house is here, I have stayed at your house for days, I must have given so much inconvenience to you, I feel so sorry, since I able to walk to here, later I will continue to stay in here with Xiao Yao.”
Er Xiao Feng frowned, the moment when she wanted to walk away, he held tight her hand, but Lin Yi tried to free her hand, he didn’t let her.
“Lin Yi, are you avoiding me?”
Because he confessed to her, he said he likes her, or because he was too compulsive kissing her?
“No, why am I avoiding you, Mr. Earl? Mr. Earl you are not an evil, on contrary you are such nice person.” A warm man.
Her heart often warmed by him.
It is only, the thing between she and him, there are too many things, he doesn’t care but she cares so much about it.
Whatever uncle Earl said was so right, Er Xiao Feng is very outstanding man, when he older a bit, he must be turned to be mature and reliable person, there must be many women who going to attract by him. There should be an outstanding woman who standing beside of him, yet not a blind girl like her.
“Lin Yi, I am really serious when I said I love you, I am not saying it because I feel pitied on you or just playing with you. I know two of us are still so young, I even know, in the present it doesn’t look alike realistic, but please believe me, two of are going to be good, you don’t have to avoid me, we should together facing the future.”
Er Xiao Feng domineeringly caught Lin Yi’s shoulders, he forced her to look straight at him, since she is blind person, until today she doesn’t know his look, Er Xiao Feng’s heart pain.
Lin Yi smiled, the smile that Lin Yi showed to Er Xiao Feng gave kind of sense, she is physically in front of him but her soul is wandering somewhere, her smile so faint, too light, even the way when she is speaking sounded so peaceful to no expression, her peaceful made Er Xiao Feng so restless: “Since Mr. Earl knew two of us are still so young, talking about marriage is something too early, thus why are you telling me this? Mr. Earl, it is almost late of night, you should hurry go back and have a rest, I should go upstairs, good night.”
For once again she was trying to push away Er Xiao Feng’s hand that holding her, Lin Yi just wanted to pass Er Xiao Feng.
“Lin Yi.”
Er Xiao Feng didn’t want to leave her alone staying in that broken rent room, for once again he caught her hand. “Lin Yi, this place is not safe, come with me to Liu Ming Yuan, I guarantee, in the future I won’t do anything offended you, I will respect you, if you want to be independent, I will support you, but can you give me a chance to be your eyes, can’t you?”
Lin Yi felt touched by his words, but she didn’t say anything, her lips sealed tight.
“Later, when you are working in Sister Mu Ya’s place, I won’t send you. You can go there by taking ride alone, at the most I will tell you the direction. But this place is really unsafe, you are a woman, moreover you cannot see. What if there is a thief coming to rob, what to do? Lin Yi, come with me to Liu Ming Yuan, now we are not going to talk about feelings and relationship, we are talking about works. Didn’t you promise me to help watering the flowers? There are many flowers in Liu Ming Yuan waiting for you to water them.”
Lin Yi biting her lips.
Why does he treat her this good? He is only older little bit from her, but his tolerance with her are thousand times bigger than her.
There is conflict inside Lin Yi’s heart.
Facing Er Xiao Feng warmness and his begging speaking tone, she really wanted to accept but at the same time refuse it.
Ming Liu Yuan, after all that place isn’t her house.
But now he was telling her that they are not talking about relationship, they just talking about works, she indeed promised him to water the flowers.
In order to let her have flowers to water, in short time he bought many flowers.
He did many things only for her.
That warm fingers tried to stop her biting her lips, from her ears she could hear his heartache and little bit blamed: “I have told you, stop to bite your lips, why you are so not obedient.”
Lin Yi sighed, “Mr. Earl, why you do this? Is it worth? There would be many outstanding women in your surrounding, they are different from me, this blind person.” She not even finished her nine years education, the different between she and he are too much, just alike sky and ground.
As Er Xiao Feng saw she has softened, his face showed gentler expression, warmly he said: “I have told you, we are not talking about feeling. I am an adult, I knew very well everything that I am doing, it worth or not. Regarding about women around me, Lin Yi, let me tell you the truth, now and even in the future, indeed there would be many kind and types of women would show up around me, and regarding to choice, I have my own decision.”
He has his choice and determination.
Just as what he said, whether it worth or not, his heart knew the best.
As long as she is not hiding and stepping back, the distance between them, it would only be shorter and shorter, due to her character, she would go higher, she would work harder, although he doesn’t wish she to do it, but he won’t stop her. She needs to have self-esteem, self confident, moving up, just alike normal people who can go to work, earn money, taking care her little brother, she would filled with satisfaction, be confident, he even believed she would learn many new skills and gains more knowledge.
Arrange her to work in Sister Mu Ya’s Sui Yue Jing Hao, he believed sister Mu Ya would teach her many things.
“Let’s go, we are heading to Ming Liu Yuan.” Er Xiao Feng holding Lin Yi’s hand, he took her away.
Lin Yi did hesitate.
Er Xiao Feng saw Lin Yi looked little bit hesitated, then he said: “Could it be, you are really avoiding me? Or do you still think staying at here, do you think by doing so, you can prove you are independent? Lin Yi, you want to prove yourself that you can live alike normal people, then you should go back with me to Ming Liu Yuan, in there you have your works, other that watering the flowers, you also can learn do many new things, if you have good work performance, I may rise your salary, remember, you are my gardener, someone I paid for taking care the plants.”
In his heart, she is his garden, she is his flower, he just waiting her to bloom after putting many fertilizer and watering her.
Lin Yi down her head, thinking for long time until she finally nodded her head, the moment when she did the gesture, Er Xiao Feng felt as if he could see her eyes brightened, as if there is new life, she smiles, that smile is a confidence smile.
“Fine, I will go to work started tomorrow, Mr. Earl, don’t forget to pay my salary.”
Er Xiao Feng smiled, “Rest assured, your salary won’t be less. As long as you are doing well, if you have good work performance I will even pay you a bonus. Tomorrow, I will ask my man to tell you, the characteristic of each flowers, there are few flowers that no need too much water, thus no need to water it everyday.”
Lin Yi nodded her head, “I will learn fast in order to know their characteristic.”
“The flowers in sister Mu Ya’s house are cared so well, ever years they bloom beautifully, my father is envying it, every times he would come to Mu family and with his poisonous hand ruining all the flowers. I wish Ming Liu Yuan’s flower can bloom beautiful alike those in sister Mu Ya’s house, every years they are blooming beautifully.”
Lin Yi tried to ask him: “Mr. Earl, when will your sister Mu Ya come back?”
She really curious about the person that Er Xiao Feng has thought as his own sister, she wondered what kind of woman that able to take highest place in his heart.
Ling Po did tell her if not because two of them have seven years gap, perhaps young master tried to compete with a man called Zhong Yang in order to get Mu Ya.
It seems the woman called Mu Ya, she must be very outstanding person, if not impossible for Er Xiao Feng who younger by seven years old did think about it.
“Sister Mu Ya and Brother Zhong Yang might be home in few days, when she back, you can directly go to Sui Yue Jing Hao to work. That place really suitable for you, very quiet, moreover those people who are coming to there, they have better attitude, never once cause a ruckus or problem. There also has many books, if you feel boring you can read book at there, actually I did think to find a special school for you so that you can have formal and proper education, but you are asking for job, but it’s okay, Sister Mu Ya is there, she can teach you, when you gain back your vision, you can have an examination in order to get certificate.”
Having him beside her, arranging everything for her, in order to get certificate, it is not a big deal.
Lin Yi automatically ignored his last words.
He and she are clearly understanding, he just wanted to make her feel comfortable staying in Liu Ming Yuan, but he was right, getting back she can learn many new things and skill, it does help her to grow slowly by slowly, it also can enlarge her circle.
The purpose Er Xiao Feng to let Lin Yi working at Sui Yue Jing Hao because he wanted to pull Lin Yi into his circle.
At last Lin Yi still followed Er Xiao Feng back to Ming Liu Yuan, but she doesn’t stay in the master building anymore, but she is staying in the left side building, although she is staying with other people, no one dares to have bad thought and intention toward her, moreover most of them have been thinking her as the future Young Madam.
The entire night, Lin Yi has decided to start her new life.
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