Chapter 405: The last trick up Jinhai's sleeve

The next day, the Liu and Liang families gathered in Nana’s ward as they were ready to leave.

“Zou, you have packed all things, right?”

Liang, Zou nodded. Last night, Liang Xiao Dan came to him and said that Nana wanted to go back to the Liang villa with them, which made him confused.

Didn’t Jinhai say otherwise?

But he shrugged it off. No matter what, he was happy to have his daughter back with him, so he didn’t mind.

On the other hand, the Liu family was saddened to let her go. They really missed her, but they knew that they couldn’t force her.

“Sister-in-law!! I will keep bothering you and my nephews in the Liang villa too!” Jing pouted and said with a pitiful expression. “You cannot escape the clutches of your adorable brother-in-law!”

“Shut up, Jing!” Grandma Liu hit him with her stick.

“Ow! I said nothing wrong!” He whined.

“Brat!” Liu Hai snorted.

Jing stuck out his tongue at him.

Liu Chunhua helplessly shook her head. “Stop it, you two. I want Nana to come back. I feel that I cannot handle you two all alone now.”

Grandma Liu nodded. “Hmph! They are well-behaved whenever Nana is present.”

Liu Hai and Jing sheepishly grinned.

Liang Xiao Dan chuckled, seeing their funny antics.

“Baaaaaaa…”

Jian and Nian scowled at once.

We are here too!

“Awww, are you feeling lonely?” Liu Chunhua carried Nian while Jing picked Jian in his arms.

Now the twins seemed happy and satisfied. “Baaaaa, baaaaa…” They giggled.

“Heh! Such attention seekers.” Liu Hai harrumphed.

“Shut up, Hai. Don’t say anything about my grandsons, or I will beat you up.”

Liu Hai felt wronged. “That’s not fair…”

But contrary to the harmonious atmosphere, Nana didn’t seem so happy. Instead, she looked serious and grave, and a depressing aura loomed around her.

Shin asked, concerned. “Nana, are you feeling okay? Any discomfort?”

Nana snapped out. “Huh? Oh…No, big brother. I am fine…”

“You don’t seem like it.” He frowned.

She faintly smiled. “I am okay.”

Liang Xiao Dan came up to her and asked, “Nana, are you ready? Shall we leave?”

Liang Zou said, “The driver is ready. Let’s go.”

Nana said nothing.

“What happened?” She asked worriedly as Nana didn’t respond.

Nana fiddled her dress with her fingers. She didn’t know how to break it out to them.

“I…I…um…”

“Yes?”

“Nana is coming back with me.”

Jinhai’s voice resounded from behind. He entered the ward, wearing a crisp, black coat covering his navy blue shirt.

Nana clutched her dress harder, and her gaze dimmed.

Everybody was shocked.

“Huh?” Liang Xiao Dan blinked at him questioningly. “What are you saying? Nana is coming with us. She said so yesterday herself.”

Jinhai smiled, and he looked at Nana. “No, mother-in-law. She is going with me back to the Liu villa. Isn’t it right…Nana?”

Nana slightly froze.

“That is impossible. Nana, what is he saying?” Liang Xiao Dan asked.

Nana slowly said, “I am…I am going back with Jinhai.”

Silence.

“Huh?” Liang Zou and Shin were equally shocked. “But weren’t you against it? When did you change your mind?”

Nana glanced at Jinhai, who was calmly looking back at her with a sly smile lit on his lips. And then the memories of last night came back to haunt her…

*Flashback to last night*

Nana was resting on her bed after she put Jian and Nian to sleep in their crib. She softly sighed as she closed her eyes.

A few hours later, almost in the middle of the night, Nana’s brows furrowed. She felt someone was gently patting her head.

Hm?

She blinked and opened her eyes and was taken aback to see Jinhai looking back at her. His gaze was warm and filled with love for her.

“Y-you…what are you doing here?” Nana looked at the time. It was almost two in the morning.

“Can I not come to meet my wife?” He whispered since the twins were sleeping.

Nana shook off his hand to which Jinhai didn’t mind.

“Why are you here?” Nana asked without much change in her expression.

Jinhai scooted a little closer to her. The moonlight shone through the window and landed upon Nana’s pale face that made her look even more ethereal. He was mesmerized for a moment by her beauty. He felt a strong urge to kiss her, but he held back.

“Nana…Please come back with me tomorrow. Let’s live together again in our home with our children.”

Nana narrowed her eyes. “If this is what you wanted to say, then leave. I am not going back with you.”

Jinhai bit his lower lip, and the contours of his face tensed up. “Nana, please. Please come back. I-I will do anything you want. After what happened at the banquet, I don’t want to live apart from you anymore. I want you where I can see you. Nana, come back, no? Nana, please, return with me.”

Nana gazed in his black orbs that were earnestly pleading her to return. She felt the pain and sadness in his eyes. It might have melted her heart before but not now, knowing that her children could have been dead.

“No.” she firmly said with the intention of not budging from her decision.

Jinhai trembled. A dark storm was brewing in his eyes. He wanted to be nice to her. He thought his sincerity would make her change her decision.

“Come back, Nana.”

Nana ignored him. “I already gave you my answer. Now, leave.”

The warmth and gentleness in his expression disappeared, and something sinister greeted his face.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.”

Silence.

Jinhai tilted his head and sneered. “Well, if this didn’t work, I am sure the next thing would.”

Nana furrowed her brows, noticing the sudden change in him.

Jinhai took out a file and smiled. “This will surely make you come back to me.”

Nana glanced at the file. “I am not in the mood to look at anything. Take it away.”

“Even if it is regarding Jian and Nian?”

Nana widened her eyes and quickly grabbed the file from him.

She opened the file and read through the papers that had a government seal on them.

Parental Custody Agreement.

Nana’s hands shook as she read the title.

It said that effective from the next morning, dated XX.XX.XXXX, Liu Jinhai, will have the complete custody of Liu Jian and Liu Nian. Mrs. Liu Nana will have whatsoever no rights on them. If Mrs. Liu Nana wishes to meet Liu Jian and Liu Nian in the future, she must discuss it with Mr. Liu Jinhai first, and only after he permits her will she be able to do so.