The Tender Flower {Meteor Garden 2018}

Chapter 23

"B-B-Bà?"

The man set his eyes upon the young woman and even though he hid it well, the shock was evident on his face.

"Fang Jingye?" He responded, taking a few steps towards her. He scanned the room and every person in it. "Why are you here?"

Ju's eyebrows furrowed when he asked her that. She quickly glanced at Meizou to see if he was alright. Her heart broke when she saw what had happened to him.

"Why am I here? Why are you doing here?" Ju retorted, folding her arms to look intimidating. She hadn't seen her father in three years.

"I have some business to take care of," he replied smoothly, buttoning his suit jacket. He peered at the two siblings, smiling at Meiza but giving a pained look at Meizou. "What happened to him?"

He pointed to Meizou and the four American boys froze in their place.

"I thought I gave strict orders not to touch them," the man demanded.

"What do you want with them, Bà?" Ju asked but he ignored her question.

"Connor?" The older man called out. Connor stepped forward and bowed a bit. "Why is he all bruised?"

"It wasn't our fault. That's how he was when we kidnapped him. He had had a small bar fight," Connor lied. Harvey sighed in relief and Vince shook his head slightly.

The older man nodded and walked towards Meiza who was still crying as Harvey held her tightly.

"Jiao, I missed you," he said to her smiling. Meiza frowned at the name and squirmed in Harvey's grasp.

"Bà? What the hell is going on?" Ju pressed further and her father turned around on his heel.

"Jingye-"

"It's Ju, now," Ju interrupted making him pursue his lips.

"Ju," he said with force. "Meet your younger sister."

Ju's body froze.

"What did you just say?"

"Fang Jiao, is your sister!" Her father exclaimed. "She was taken from us by my best friend! We were never allowed to see her! Don't you remember!?"

Ju's mind was in a frenzy. She was trying to recollect her entire childhood but it was hard to remember her mother who died... died during childbirth.

She suddenly remembered her mother was pregnant at one point and it made her very weak. She remembers Meiza being brought home but only getting to be with her for a few hours.

"Ju, is this true?" Ximen nudged her slightly. Ju blinked at her father.

"Yes," her voice sounded small. Ju remembered that she locked away all her memories of her mother once she passed. That's why she couldn't recognise Meiza or the thought of even having a sister.

"Ju?" Meiza called out, her voice muffled from the gag in her mouth. Meiza was as confused as ever. She looked at Lei and his eyes softened when she did. Then Meiza's eyes moved to Meizou... her brother?

"Meizou," Meiza cried when she saw him. She didn't want to believe any of this. She wanted to go back to her family, the Feng one.

Meizou seemed to be fully conscious now as he stared intently at Ju. He already knew about this. The revelation of Meiza not being his sister didn't shock him. Rather the fact that Ju was her sister, did.

"Meiza, it's okay. It's true," Meizou exhaled. His face was so bruised that it hurt him to even speak.

Meiza's eyes watered when she heard those words. It's true. Her whole life was a lie. A big fat lie.