Hello, Mr Li Chapter 25 - Standing Before Lucifer

Sara always left during noon so Li Muchen had not expected Sara to still be in his apartment since it was past 6 in the evening.

Heya threw herself happily into Minde's arms when she saw him.

"Bro Minde, when did you get back? Why didn't you tell me?"

Li Minde was her favourite cousin. Although, he had a younger brother who was around her age, She wasn't really close with him because he was always too serious.

Since Minde was the 'bad sheep' of his family, his parents had invested more resources into taking care of his younger brother Li Hoy, Instead.

So Li Hoy even acted more matured than other people his age.

Li Minde laughed as he gave her a half hug.

Since he was still carrying the shopping bags, he could not only place his forearms on her side.

"So Big bro finally allowed you to stay with him?" He asked since he knew all the tactics she had been using to get Li Muchen to allow her stay with him.

She gave a cheeky grin as she raised her head and answered

"Yea, sure!"

She pulled out from his embrace and that was when he finally paid attention to the other person there.

Sara had always prayed for this day to never come even in her dreams.

When Minde was busy with Heya, several thoughts filed through her mind. What was she going to do?

Should she feign ignorance?

Should she pretend to faint? or run inside the house?

If he ends up telling CEO Li about her 'gangster' behaviour, he might end up firing her. And she had already promised to get a lot of things for Joreen and even buy her family a new house after she was done with this.

She had even totally forgotten about Li Muchen who was still standing there, looking intently at her.

She was completely focused on her thoughts.

Should she just allow things play smoothly? Smoothly? Nothing was going to play out smoothly!!

She couldn't help sighing in resignation.

She was sure that although she could 'fool' Li Muchen since he only saw her once and she was putting on a hood that day, the same could not be applied to Li Minde since they both knew each other and he had been on the receiving end of her tyranny that day.

Li Minde finally noticed Sara standing there.

He looked her up and down and was wondering what a girl who was dressed like that was doing in his cousin's apartment. He was about to ask Heya whether Sara was her friend when he looked at her closely. She seemed to look familiar. Really, really familiar. And he was not getting good vibes from this strange looking girl at all.

When Sara saw the way he was looking at her, she averted his gaze and finally looked at Li Muchen.

She was suddenly startled by the way he was looking at her. She desperately wanted to know what he was thinking. Is he suspecting something? she wondered.

"Good evening Mr Li" She said with a forced smile and bowed slightly.

As usual, he gave her a small nod and didn't say anything else. He only looked at her up and down.

This att.i.tude still annoyed Sara. But she could not probably hit him right? Who was he to look at her like she was filthy? If he thinks his money gives him the right to look at her that way, she would slap him on his face with it and quit her job.

But when she remembered Joreen's happy face when she had handed her a list of the things she needed to buy, She just had to swallow everything and entertain his behaviour. She might probably lose her job soon though.

When Muchen looked at her, he noticed they were both putting on grey and black outfits. To him, It really looked like a couple's outfit. A smile almost crept into his face but then, he suddenly realized why the atmosphere suddenly changed when he saw both their expressions.

It had totally skipped his mind and he had not been able to plan ahead for this day.

After Sara greeted Li Muchen, she turned to face Li Minde with the same fake smile plastered on her face.

Heya, who did not notice the awkwardness, thought Sara did not know how to address Minde so she spoke.

"Sara, This is my Cousin Li Minde. You can also address him as Mr Li."

"Good evening to you too Mr Li." She bowed slightly.

Minde's mouth fell open in disbelief.

He did not want to believe it was her, but it was really her? Sara? of course, Even before he heard her name, he knew it was her but was still in denial. He remembered her! Who wouldn't remember the girl that had appeared in their nightmare severally? After she had promised to come back for him, he had imagined several scenarios of her, coming at him with a knife just like Chucky.

Why was she here? In his brother's house?

He was about to say something when Li Muchen who had been observing everything suddenly interrupted.

"Come with me Heya" He said as he led her by the hand into the house.

He knew if he remained there, Li Minde would expose everything. For some reasons he did not know about, he did not want Sara to know that he remembered her from their first meeting two years ago.

"Bro! Bro! he called after Muchen's retreating figure. He wanted to know what was going here. But the front door was already shut.

When Heya and Muchen entered, His lips curved up slightly.

He trusted Sara to handle the entire situation.

This time, Sara was thankful that Li Muchen suddenly left. This was the first time she actually appreciated his aloofness towards her.

Sara who was still 'smiling' looked at Li Minde who was still trying to get Muchen's attention behind the closed door.

She spoke through gritted teeth

"Shut the h.e.l.l up! you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!"

When he heard her, and saw her 'smiling' face, there was a sudden chill in his spine.

He really felt like he was standing before Lucifer!