604: Concern

Concern

"I can apply it on my own."

Mo Roulan said calmly as she tried to take the cotton from He Jian's hands. The cotton had been dipped into the ointment prescribed by the doctor.

However, He Jian avoided her hands and said strictly

"This is not the time to act stubbornly, Lanlan. Let me apply it."

Mo Roulan exhaled sharply. She knew that he was angry at his father and if she tried to argue further, they might only be arguing for a long time. 

But her body ached because of fighting with a man who was physically stronger than her. She just wanted to rest after applying the ointment so she obeyed him silently. 

Anyway …applying ointment didn't mean anything. 

She closed her eyes when she felt the bruise churning because of the ointment.

"Does it hurt?"

She heard the gentle voice and opened her eyes unconsciously only to find He Jian looking at herself with distress-filled eyes. 

"No…"

She said but hissed instantly when the cotton touched the bruise again. 

"You can tell me the truth."

He Jian said gently and started to blow air on her cheek softly as he applied the ointment. The picture was something that Mo Roulan never expected to see in her life. 

Mo Roulan looked away when she felt her thoughts going in the direction they were not supposed to go. 

But as she tried to think about something else, she couldn't help but remember the man named He Zhing. 

So he was the illegitimate son of He family.

"That man…"

She whispered unconsciously. She never saw him or her son in her past life. 

He Jian who heard her words was silent for a moment before he started to speak.

"My grandfather was drugged by a woman once when he was in his twenties. The woman took advantage of his unconsciousness. Though she left after that, she returned a few months later…pregnant with my grandfather's child. My grandfather's mother couldn't bear to kill the child in the woman's stomach only so she gave the woman shelter in He family. My grandmother couldn't bear this and divorced my grandfather and then left China with my father. The woman died while giving birth to a son. My grandfather's mother nurtured the child on her own but my grandfather refused to accept the child. So my great grandfather gave him a part of the property from He family and then asked him to leave China."

He Jian paused for a moment before he continued

"I had also only heard about all this from my father but never saw them before."

Mo Roulan nodded her head deep in thought. 

She never knew that Grandfather He had such a history. She couldn't help but feel sympathy for the woman who was married to Grandfather He. Though Grandfather He was not at fault Mo Roulan could understand how she must have felt when she came to know that the man she loved had a child which was in some other woman's stomach.

"You should rest now."

She heard He Jian say and walked towards the bed. 

He Jian followed her. 

He himself tucked her in the blanket and was surprised that she didn't resist. Seeing the lost expression on her face, he sighed and said gently but firmly

"Don't think about anything else. Take care of yourself. I will definitely not let him go just like this."

He had been very merciful to those who had harmed his Lanlan before and this drifted them apart. 

Now, he would destroy anyone who would even dare to harm his Lanlan's single strand of hair.

He Jian dialed Chu Feng's number and ordered him to investigate everything regarding his so-called stepbrother and step-uncle's history. 

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The next morning, when Mo Roulan came down for the dinner, Grandfather He who had not seen her last night was surprised and shocked to see her face. 

Although the swelling of the bruise had gone away because of the ointment to a great extent, it could be seen very clearly that Mo Roulan had been hit on her face.

"Roulan, what happened to you?"

Grandfather He asked in a concern-filled voice. 

Mo Roulan opened her mouth and closed it a moment later wondering what she should say. Knowing how those men were related to Grandfather He, she didn't know if it was good to tell him the truth. 

He Zhuang who saw this looked at his father and said 

"Dad, I will tell you later. Have your breakfast."

Grandfather He frowned in confusion when he heard his son's words. Why couldn't he know everything now only?

However, he didn't ask again but still said to his granddaughter-in-law.

"Since you are like this, don't go to the office today and rest at home."

Mo Roulan shook her head when she heard this and said softly

"I have a deadline to submit the designs so I need to go to the office and work but I will come back early."

Grandfather He's eyes were filled with distress while He Jian was frowning deeply when he heard Mo Roulan's words.

"Deadline…are you working too hard, Lanlan?"

He Jian asked coldly and at the same time, his eyes went to his father. 

Didn't his father say this his grandmother will take good care of Lanlan? Then what was going on? 

He Zhuang coughed when he felt his son's gaze on himself and said to Mo Roulan.

"You can tell your boss that you need rest. I am sure that he or she will understand."

"But she has already been very generous."

Mo Roulan sighed when she said these words. 

Ji Zhen was already very generous with the deadline she gave. She was also certain that Ji Zhen would agree to extend the deadline if she told her about this. 

But Mo Roulan wanted to complete her work on time. 

It was just a bruise on the cheek. Her hands were still fine. 

Looking at the three men of He family who looked displeased with her words and wanted her to have rest, she felt goosebumps rising on her skin. 

Mo Roulan pushed the empty plate away slightly and said  0

"I should leave now."

Then without waiting for anyone to say anything, she ran out of He Mansion towards the car where the driver was waiting for her. 

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