Lahat ng Kabanata ng Love You For A Long Time : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

"Well, look who's here." Someone had said in a dismissive tone, just behind Adam's back. Hearing that voice, Adam had felt a shiver run down his spine. He had turned with a feigned expression of carelessness to face the familiar voice. And found himself facing, in the flesh, the nightmare that had haunted his darkest dreams for the last few months. Not to feel inferior to him, Adam had stood up. Although he was tall and fit, he realized for the first time that Shàng Wèi surpassed him in both height and muscle mass. Considering that he had two equally well-built boys at his side, he felt slightly intimidated but no less combative. "Apparently, bad grass never dies." So he had said, looking at him mockingly. "What's with the grass?" The boy next to Shàng Wèi asked. "It's a Western expression." He had explained. "Ahhhh!" The young man replied with a not-so-bright expression. Although they were just talking, they had attrac

The following day Shèngli got up with a severe headache. Hearing no noise from the next room, he went downstairs, expecting to find Claire in the kitchen. He entered the large, brightly lit room but saw no sign of his hostess. He tried to look in the living room; she was not there either. With a strong sense of unease, he looked out the front door; the two new security guards got out of the dark sedan parked outside the house. Shèngli approached them. "Has Miss Carter left yet?" He asked them. "No, Mr. Lin. We came to relieve our colleagues at 06:00 and have not moved since." The younger of the two replied. Shèngli re-entered the house and started calling her loudly. There was no answer. Agitation was taking over. With a cat-like sprint, he climbed the few steps leading upstairs. He opened the door to Claire's room. Everything seemed to be in order, everything was in place, and the bed had been made. Then, however, a strong suspicion crept int

Adam woke up around 3 a.m.; it had taken all the stamina he had to knock Shàng Wèi out. He felt somewhat debilitated, but he had a mission to accomplish. First, he checked that the man lying next to him was fast asleep, then went back into the living room. His mobile phone lay on the floor near the window. Shàng Wèi must have dropped it during the first assault. Adam picked it up and typed in the pin code. Fortunately, he had managed to peek at it the morning they had gone to Kan Te. Of course, he looked at the messages and e-mails first, but nothing was strange or shocking. The address book didn't seem to contain any alarming numbers either. All he had to do was look at the call log. The last number that had called him had an area code of +44, the British legend. It certainly wasn't the number of the security agency he had reached the day before, nor was it Shéngli's because the numbers didn't match. Who else could have called there? Whose unknown nu

The surprise had been great when a few nights earlier, Chun Chu had found himself within walking distance of Adam again. That evening at the embassy, he had found out a lot about the Carter family. He had unwittingly witnessed a great deal of praise for them. From the comments of some of the guests, his son-in-law was a very influential person, and his three grandchildren were outstanding in the academic, artistic, and professional fields. All worthy of praise and respect. He could not say that about the four family members at his side. Chun Chu turned to look at his daughter's anxious face, nodded abruptly, and said, "Shàng Wèi does not sanction any union." "What does that mean? What does that deviant kid have to do with it? You should talk to Old Lin about this." The woman remarked in annoyance. "Old Lin said we can't expect anything from his firstborn." "Well! There's still Shèngli. After all, he's going into the family business too. Plus,

The flat was only three blocks away in a newly built building. It was a two-story house; the ground floor contained a beautiful modern kitchen, a large living room, a comfortable lounge with a fireplace, and a study. A wide marble staircase led to the upper floor, where there were four large bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. Although visibly uninhabited, Adam noticed that many of the items in the room belonged to him. They were either things he had left at his grandfather's house seven years earlier or things he had bought with Shàng Wèi and abandoned in his flat. Only the authors he loved the most appeared in the studio library. The same could be said for CDs, vinyl and DVDs. Only the artists he followed and listened to. The house seemed to be his. It was even furnished the way he liked it, a perfect mix of modern and vintage. It was almost like his flat in Soho, except that this house was more than twice his own size. He followed the two Lin brothers up