Chapter 129: Chen celebration banquet: Breaking all the shackles (3)

Over at the banquet hall, everyone’s patience was running out. It was almost an hour but there was no sign of the electricity coming back any soon.

The Chen family was fiercely glaring at the manager.

Chen Liling said furiously, “What went so wrong!? My future daughter-in-law is missing and we cannot even go look for her. What are your technicians doing!?”

“T-They are checking on it, Madam Chen.”

“STILL checking?”, she emphasized shooting daggers at him.

“Please forgive us, Madam Chen. The technicians said that the wiring is a hell lot of messed up. If they did anything wrong, our systems and generators can stop working for good. If that happens, then we will never get the electricity back.”

“I don’t want to hear anything! I want to find Nana and that is it.”

“Madam Chen, this hotel is very big with over 600 rooms. In this pitch-black darkness, it will be dangerous to search for anyone. I promise. Please give us two more hours. We will definitely fix it by then. Just two more hours.”

“The hell we will give you two more hours. We are calling our guards right now.”, She said.

Just then, Jianyu’s phone rang. “Mom. It’s Nana!”

He quickly picked it up. “Nana. Where are you? We are all worried about you.”

Chen Liling said, “Give me the phone.”

“Dear, are you alright?”

“Yes aunt, don’t worry. I’m fine. I was just feeling nervous meeting all the big CEO’s and other guests, so I got a little tired.”

“Oh, dear. I told you not to worry about them. But where are you? Jianyu will come to pick you up.”

“No, it’s fine. My phone is barely working and it may shut down at any moment. I called to tell you that you don’t need to look for me. It is dangerous. I will come back myself once the power is back.”

“But…”

“Trust me, aunt. I’m okay.”

She sighed. “Okay. If you say so.”

“En. Ah, the battery is hardly 1 percent-“, and the line went dead.

“What did she say Mom?”, Jianyu asked worriedly.

She told her what they talked about. “It’s alright. I could make out from her voice that she is okay.”, she looked at the manager sharply, “What are you still waiting for!? Get going.”

The manager quickly ran away.

—

Standing at a corner, the manager dialed a number. “It’s done. Madam Chen has agreed to wait for two more hours. What did you do? Thank God the call came at the right time, or else she was just a call away from summoning the Chen family guards.”

The man wearing a black leather jacket said, “En. I had anticipated this. So, I was ready. Don’t worry. There will be no more hiccups.”

“Okay, and please don’t forget to put a good word for me to the Chen’s alright? As much as I cannot offend you, I cannot provoke the Chen’s either.”

He chuckled. “Don’t worry. I won’t let this affect your business.”, and he hung up.

The manager sighed. On one side was Chen family and on the other side was…

—

Yukito was walking along the hallway with his flashlight when he bumped into someone.

He just got the news from Jianyu that Nana is okay. The twins were relieved. Yukito excused himself for the restroom when he crashed into someone.

“I’m so sorry. Are you hurt?”, Yukito asked. He raised his head to look at the man and was stunned.

What a tall man! Even if he was a boy himself he couldn’t deny his good looks.

Damn, he is a threat to people like me. I can never hope for a girlfriend if people like him will exist. Sob.

The young man in front of him stared at Yukito. He said nothing.

“Excuse me. I asked are you okay?”

That man smiled.

Handsome but weird, Yukito thought.

“Are you okay?”, he asked once again.

“No, I’m not okay…”, the man said dreamily.

“What’s wrong? Where are you hurt?”, he asked worriedly.

“My heart.”

Yukito blinked his eyes. “Your heart?”

“Yes. My heart. I have fallen in love.”

Huh? Yukito looked at him speechlessly. “Love? With whom?”

“With you.”, he straightaway said without any reservation.

Yukito just blankly stared at him like he was looking at an idiot. “W-with me?”

“Yes. You are the one.”, he grabbed his hands. Yukito widened his eyes. “I felt it right now. You are the one meant for me.”

Dude, we seriously just bumped into each other for the first time! And you fell in love?

Yukito tried to smile, “Haha, nice joke.” He tried to remove his hand but the man firmly held it.

“This is not a joke. I love you.”, he nodded furiously.

“We have just met for the first time. It has hardly been a minute. How can you be so sure?”, he asked exasperated.

“Instinct!”

His mouth twitched. The hell of an instinct you have!

Yukito pursed his lips, “You can clearly see that I’m a guy, right?”

“So what? Love transcends all gender bias.”, he proudly said.

Yukito’s eyebrows twitched. What a cheesy line!

“Are you gay?”

“No.”

“Bisexual?”

“No.”

“So, basically straight?”

“Was. Was straight until now. But now I found you.” He pouted looking at him with his big, sparkling eyes. “Are you prejudiced?”

“Hey! Don’t you give me that sad puppy look, okay? And I’m not prejudiced. But I’m into girls. I’m sorry.”

“Ah, that is not a big problem. And how do you know you cannot love a man?”, he waved his hand. “Once I’ll kiss you, you will forget all the girls ever existing on this planet.”

Overconfident much?

“I don’t know about the kiss but my hands are itching to punch the hell out of you.”

“Gladly. But look here. I’m such a fool. I didn’t even introduce myself.”

He said, “I’m Liu Jing. Your future husband.”

Liu?, he frowned. And what future husband!?

“Liu Jing…Are you related to Mr. Liu Jinhai?”

His eyes shone. “You know my big brother? Look, this is called fate.”

Fate my ass! I see, so he is his little brother.

Yukito then looked at him from top to bottom. “Liu Jing. There is no electricity. People are literally sweating. Why are you wearing a leather jacket?”