Chapter 291 - Leftover Like Me

After much contemplation, Jun Li Na said, "Just stay and watch the show. You being there might complicate things even more. Besides, I’d like to see what your mother-in-law is up to." Xu Mey thought that her advice was the right one. Her presence might not be as helpful as she was thinking. Also, it was a matter He Susu had to deal with herself since Zhou Ning was her own ex-best friend and Ye Jie was her own son.

Thinking this, Xu Mey decided to stay rooted where she was with Jun Li Na. Since the VVIP exit area was vacated by the police, Xu Mey could only watch the show from afar.

Soon, Xu Mey could see Zhou Ning coming out of the exit doors with a group of assistants following behind with her luggage. She had a bright and radiant smile on her old face and a look of haughtiness.

As Zhou Ning made an attempt to leave, a female police officer blocked her way and addressed her, "Mrs. Zhou Ning?"

Zhou Ning frowned a bit unhappily but replied, "Yes."

The female officer showed her badge and said with her solemn face, "I’m detective, Xi and you’re under arrest."

"What? Officer, do you even know who I am? On what basis are you arresting me?" Zhou Ning yelled at the female officer who simply chose to ignore her.

"On the basis of stealing my son." Hearing the answer coming from someone behind the female officer, Zhou Ning was left dumbfounded as she stared at He Susu.

"You..." Getting her composure back, Zhou Ning tried to act all nice as she said, "Susu, what a pleasant surprise. When did you come to the country? And what did you say? Your son? Didn’t he die back then."

A loud slap echoed as Zhou Ning fell on the ground because of the impact of this single slap. "Don’t you dare curse my son! Because of you, I missed out on thirty years of my son’s life. Do you even know how much I loathed myself for not being able to save my son?" He Susu’s eyes had turned red from all the buried up anger.

"Madam Zhu, you shouldn’t be violent here. That’s below your dignity. Let’s handle it according to the law as we decided earlier." The chief of police tried to placate the situation since he could clearly see the murderous look in He Susu’s eyes.

"I don’t want to dirty my hands any further than this as well." He Susu again turned to look at Zhou Ning as she said, "You played with my sincerity because I was too kind. Now, I’ll show you a mother’s wrath."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

After that, Zhou Ning was hurled out of the airport by the detectives and He Susu followed them for follow up procedures.

A long moment of silence went by as both Xu Mey and Jun Li Na stood with their mouth agape looking in the direction where the entourage had left.

"Wasn’t that..." Xu Mey started but didn’t know what to say.

Jun Li Na understood her predicament as she finished her sentence, "Too boring?"

Both friends looked at each other and nodded. It really was boring for their taste. "I expected it to be thrilling since she came with all those people but it just ended like it was nothing." Jun Li Na voiced out in disappointment.

"Hmph! This is ridiculous! I expected more than this from her. I understand that there was no catfight since Mrs. He Susu comes from an aristocratic family but this was too simple." Xu Mey also said with utter disappointment.

"I had high hopes for this live drama, after all, not being able to see your son for thirty years is a big deal. Giving her over to law enforcement to deal with is letting her out way easily," said Jun Li Na. "Come let me buy you some coffee." She took Xu Mey with herself towards a small cafe inside the airport.

Xu Mey had seen way too many thrilling acts of revenge in her life and that’s why she found this revenge to be rather disappointing. As for Jun Li Na, she came from a family whose job was to exact revenge and for her, this was akin to being excessively merciful.

Thinking about something, Xu Mey asked, "I almost forgot, what are you doing at the airport?"

"Oh... I’m catching the flight to Italy." Jun Li Na answered honestly.

"Italy? You’re going to meet your grandmother?" asked Xu Mey.

"Nope!" Jun Li Na popped the ’p’ as she took a sip of her Latte. "I’m going to stay with her."

Xu Mey shot up from her seat with a look of surprise, "You’re going to inherit your grandmother’s position?"

Jun Li Na smiled at her reaction and nodded her head. "Yes..."

"Why? You wanted to stay away from your family business. That’s why you opened that nightclub to live like a law-abiding citizen. What changed now?" Xu Mey inquired anxiously.

"I chose to stay as a law-abiding citizen because I wanted that jerk to find me normal. I didn’t want to be called Mafia Princess at least not for him. But..." she took a brief pause with a slight melancholy in her eyes and added, "Now, things have changed. I can’t run from reality. I was born with this fate. I made myself weak for a guy and now, it’s time to become strong for my family. My Grandmother is not that young anymore."

"But what about Jun?" Xu Mey couldn’t help but ask.

"Meymey, be honest with yourself... Your brother-in-law really deserves someone better. He had seen me at my worst and he stood by my side. I’ll always be thankful for that but he and I belong to two different worlds. Help him in finding someone who is worthy of his sincere and kind heart." Jun Li Na held Xu Mey’s hand trying to persuade her to let this matter go. "It takes time to heal. I might need longer than other people. Ye Jun shouldn’t waste his time and effort on a leftover[1] like me."

"He won’t agree with this," remarked Xu Mey knowing Ye Jun’s nature and his feelings for her.

"Promise me that you won’t tell him about my whereabouts. That way with time, he’ll forget me." Xu Mey was reluctant to promise her such a thing. "Just for the sake of our friendship, don’t let me down." Seeing her imploring eyes, Xu Mey had to nod in agreement with a heavy heart.

[1] "leftover": This term is used in Chinese for women who don’t get married until the age of 27. More or less, like a spinster I guess.