Chapter 119: Assistant Xin discovers the truth

The sun shone brightly in the sky and with that, the big day finally arrived, but poor Assistant Xin was busy collecting all the papers from the official archives that Jinhai signed around the time Grandma Liu was hospitalized.

“Alright, I guess that’s it.”, and he placed the stack of files on his desk.

He sat down and meticulously started checking each and every one of them. But, even after twenty minutes, he didn’t find anything suspicious. Those were all the usual confidential documents of the deals that Liu Corps was involved at that time.

Strange. There is nothing wrong with any of these papers. So, what does the fourth letter mean?

Then his sight went onto his computer where he had the record of how many documents Jinhai had signed that day. He has a habit. He always makes an official note of the total count of only those very important and confidential documents that Jinhai signs sometimes.

Wherever sensitive information is involved, Assistant Xin is always extra careful.

Wait. The count said that there are five sets of papers, but I just checked now and there are only four of them. How is it possible?

He thought he made a mistake somewhere so he checked again. It was still four sets of papers.

He frowned. Did somebody tamper with these papers? I’m sure I cannot be wrong with my count.

He immediately dialed an extension number. “Bring me the security footage of 4th May, XXXX right now.”

After five minutes, the security chief gave him the recording.

He inserted the CD on his laptop and pressed on the play button. He fast-forwarded the footage to when he was dealing with those papers.

The timestamp was at 2.42 pm. He saw himself checking the documents and at 3.01 pm, he arranged them all into a neat stack. Then his phone buzzed and he went out to attend the call. He still hadn’t entered the count.

A minute passed by and then he blinked his eyes rapidly. He thought he was seeing things.

Huh?

The next scene dumbfounded him. At 3.03 pm Huian sneakily entered his cabin holding some papers in her hand. She quickly put her papers among the rest of them he had arranged. Then she quickly got out.

Xin rewound the tape again and again.

He narrowed his eyes and zoomed in on the papers she held.

Certificate of marriage.

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At Nana’s side, Mother Chen took her to China’s best and the top fashion designer, Kang Chang. He is a legend in fashion designing and has created masterpiece dresses and suits that have been sold in billions.

He is the main inspiration for Liu Jing to pursue fashion design.

Today, Nana will officially appear as Chen Jianyu’s fiancé in front of the whole media. Obviously, her dress and makeup should be top-notch.

“Ah, Mrs. Chen Liling. The dress for your future daughter-in-law is ready. Miss Nana, please try it on.”, Kang Chang said.

She nodded.

After two minutes she came back. Mother Chen was stunned. It was a royal blue colored knee-length cocktail dress. The backside of the dress had a long cut compared to the front till it reached a short of ankle length. The border was studded with beautiful and elegant embroidery.

“So beautiful…Nana, you look gorgeous and just perfect!”

Nana felt shy. “Thank you…”

Kang Chang also nodded. “That’s right. Your beauty and this dress’s elegance has blended just perfectly. No other woman can do justice to this dress.”

Mother Chen felt proud. “Of course. Nana is the best. She looks good in whatever she wears.”

They were happily chatting not knowing that a woman was secretly looking at them the whole time hiding her face.

“Enjoy it, Nana. Enjoy this happiness while it lasts. Because today is the last day you will be this happy. Your miseries will start tonight.”

—

After shopping for her dress and jewelry, Mother Chen wanted to take Nana to the beautician she had appointed for her makeup.

“Aunt. If it is okay, can my friend do the makeup for me? Actually, she is busy with her new job and it won’t be possible for her to attend the banquet. So, she wanted to do the makeup and hairdo for me as a little compensation.”

Serena was wailing like a child today morning. It was her best friend’s engagement but she was caught up in the big project that she bagged after so much hard work. Today was a very important meeting with a client and she couldn’t miss it. Otherwise, her rival was just ready to snatch the project from her.

Nana couldn’t force her because she knew how hard she had worked for this project.

But, Serena definitely wanted to do something for her, so she said that she would do the makeup. No if’s and but’s.

Nana said, “Don’t worry. She does absolutely beautiful makeup. She knows everything about it.”

Mother Chen smiled. “Sure. She is your best friend. You trust her so I trust her too.”

Nana sighed in relief. “Thank you, Aunt.”

She pouted, “You should start calling me Mother now.”

She awkwardly smiled. “Yes…it’s still a little…”.

She patted her head, “I understand.”

—

In the evening just as she promised, Serena took charge of her hairdo and makeup. She tied Nana’s hair into a round bun with a beautiful hairpin holding onto them. She curled her front locks of hair to sway on her cheeks. Her makeup was flawless too.

Serena looked at her emotionally how a mother looks at her daughter when she is about to be married.

“Now you are ready. Damn Nana, you are making me want to marry you.”

Nana chuckled.

Serena hugged her and said, “I’m so sorry I couldn’t be with you tonight. But my best wishes are always with you.”

She hugged her back. “I know.”

Serena saw her eyes shining with tears. “Hey! You will ruin the makeup. Silly, don’t cry. Everything will turn out to be just fine.”