"I will go with you."
When Lin Yitian heard that Song Jia was leaving, he didn't hesitate anymore to accompany her.
The last time she left him on his own, it nearly made him crazy. This time, even though he knew he couldn't tolerate the noise and the crowds of people outside the mansion, it would still be better than her leaving him.
"Yitian, I'll be back after two hours. I promise. You won't even miss me."
"I'll miss you." He began to slowly panic. He grabbed her wrist. "Jia, let me go with you."
Song Jia looked helplessly at Wang Han. The old butler shook his head and gave her a subtle wink.
Song Jia knew that Wang Han had thought of a way to convince Lin Yitian, so she gave a fake sigh of defeat.
"Alright, I won't go out."
Lin Yitian's whole body relaxed. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead.
"Jia, as soon as I'm cured, we'll go out as much as you want. I promise."
Song Jia smiled sadly. He had a chance of being cured, but as for this body...
Counting the months ever since she arrived, she estimated that Su Jia had less than a year left.
...
"Miss Su, you're certain that you'll be gone for only two hours? And that you can safely jump from the second floor?"
"Yes, I'm sure."
While Lin Yitian was inside his study, Song Jia and Wang Han held a secret conference inside the kitchen.
"Then, Miss Su can escape while having her morning bath. I'll tell second young master that Miss Su had eaten something bad during breakfast and would be taking a long dump in the toilet."
Song Jia, "..."
Can't you think of any other excuse?
After her initial shock from Wang Han's plan had disappeared, Song Jia said, "He might burst in and take me to the hospital."
Wang Han fell silent. "Yes, that is a huge possibility."
But Wang Han's plan was good, they only had to modify it for a bit.
"Tell him my auntie came, and I'm doing 'womanly' stuff inside the bathroom. He won't ask anything after that."
Normal men would avoid that kind of topic at all costs.
But Wang Han vetoed her idea.
"According to my understanding of second young master, he'll search it in Baidu, and still take you to the hospital. He'll also count the number of days along with you."
This time, it was Song Jia's turn to become silent. It was true that Lin Yitian wasn't a normal man.
"Just tell him I'm feeling sad and want a bubble bath. He can't disturb me at all costs or I'll go into depression. He can't guard outside the bathroom, or go inside the bedroom either."
After thinking of all the things Lin Yitian would probably do, Song Jia finally told Wang Han her idea.
Wang Han nodded. If it was about Miss Su's physical health, second young master would probably break in and take her to the hospital. But if it was about Miss Su's emotional well-being, as a person who can't control his own emotions well, second young master could only become helpless.
Song Jia discussed the finer details of her escape with Wang Han and went to Lin Yitian's study. Because of her sad expression last night and her request to leave the mansion earlier, Lin Yitian was a bit nervous to see Song Jia.
"Jia, are you still sad?" He turned his chair around and pulled her into his arms. He inspected her expression. Song Jia's lips were still tilted in a downward curve.
Song Jia looked up at him. She gave him a half-hearted nod.
Lin Yitian's heart sank. He didn't like to see Song Jia listless. "Jia, what can I do?"
He liked her smiling expression the best.
After a minute of thinking hard, Lin Yitian's eyes finally lit up. "I have a story to tell Jia. Does Jia want to listen?"
Song Jia's interest was piqued. A story? She put her head on Lin Yitian's shoulder and said, "I want to hear."
"There was a heavy rain that day. Because of it, two monks had returned to the monastery already late in the evening. They were clutching the hem of their robes because there were puddles of water on the road sides."
A tiny crease wriggled its way between Song Jia's eyebrows.
"Suddenly, they saw a beautiful woman unable to cross because of a huge puddle of water. The senior monk went up to her, carried her, and left her on the other side of the road. Then, he continued his way to the monastery.
"That evening, the younger monk came to talk with the senior monk and told him, 'Sir, as monks, we cannot touch a woman. But why is it that you lifted that woman on the roadside?' The senior monk smiled at him and said..."
"...'I left her on the other side of the road, but you are still carrying her.'" Song Jia finished the story together with him.
Lin Yitian was surprised. "Jia knows this story too?"
Song Jia's lips was quirked in a wry smile, "I know, such a coincidence."
To be comforted by the same story she once told that bastard emperor...was there such a crazy coincidence in the world?
Lin Yitian was dismayed to see that his story made Song Jia's mood take a turn for the worse. That night, he was also well-behaved and did not do anything except hug her to sleep.
He wanted Song Jia to be completely belong to him, but he also wanted to see her smiling expression.
Although Lin Yitian felt it was a hard decision to choose between the two, in the end, if Song Jia was unhappy, he would also become unhappy.
Lin Yitian hugged Song Jia tighter and imagined her smiling at him. He also began to smile, "If Jia smiled again, that would be good."
He kissed her forehead and was finally free of his worries. He fell asleep with her soft body inside his arms.
...
Early that morning, Song Jia executed her plan perfectly.
When Wang Han told Lin Yitian that she could become even more depressed if he disturbed her morning bath, he reluctantly waited for her in the living room, counting each ticking of the clock. As if his daily morning jog wasn't enough exercise for him, he kept pacing around the room.
Occasionally, Lin Yitian would sit on the sofa and as soon as he saw that the bedroom door was still closed, he would start pacing again.
Wang Han felt tired just by watching him.
The old butler was also confused to find that while the second young master was pacing, he kept throwing glances at him. His heart raced inside his chest. Did second young master managed to find out about their plan?
Finally, Lin Yitian stopped in front of him. He opened his mouth and asked, "You have a wife, right?"
Wang Han was confused. But he still respectfully answered, "Yes, second young master."
"Then..." Lin Yitian's eyes lit up. "How do you coax your wife when she's sad?"
He had searched for the answer in Baidu yesterday, and it had already failed him once today. He told the kitchen to prepare them sweet desserts after breakfast, but Song Jia still did not smile at him. In fact, she was very fast in eating her food and did not touch a single piece of dessert.
The other method he had read about was to give Song Jia a bouquet of flowers. Since he already gave the flower garden to Song Jia, Lin Yitian wanted to order red tulips for her from the best flower shop in the city. He had read in Baidu that the number 1314 meant 'always and forever,' so that was also the number of red tulips that he wanted to order.
When the flower shop owner heard the absurdity of Lin Yitian's order, she nearly had a heart attack. Not to mention that ordering 1,314 flowers would already cost him a huge sum of money, tulips were very expensive as they were seasonal flowers. She nearly wanted to ask him what mistake did he commit to have to coax a woman to this level.
After a while, she could only tell him the sad news, "Dear customer, I don't think any flower shop in the country could handle such a huge order."
Was this customer crazy?