Ceo And His Empress.. - Volume 1 Chapter 199 196. Reverted Back To The Past..

Nobody knew what was going inside her head because Meilin didn’t say anything… but if one had to point something out, it would be that Meilin was calm… too calm.

After that moment when she was finally told about the situation, Meilin hadn’t spoken a single word.

Her grandparents were out of danger and were simply resting inside with Qin Mingyu by their side, Meilin’s eyes turned cold… colder than usual, as she entered the ward.

They noticed her presence, but no one said anything.

Even they were not sure what to speak about…

Meilin stared at them for a long time before opening up, ” I’ll clear everything before the media. Nobody needs to comment on anything. Take a good rest. You can leave the hospital and stay at the mansion. I’ll handle everything.”

Her words were clear without a tremble, it was the same tone she used when she dealt with business partners, the ‘her‘ right now was indeed looking at everything from a bystander’s perspective, at the last second before she lost everything and became a beast, she just chose to become a soulless doll.

ZiXuan was her everything and going to find him was her instinct… but since the time, her grandparents told them about the past, Meilin couldn’t do that…

This pair has lost too much for her to act selfishly now… she can’t leave them at a time like this…

It wasn’t her work and relations before love… but simply her choosing to be on their side than to haphazardly create havoc without having a hold of the situation.

She simply chose to bury her own heart…

Watching them like this, even Meilin could see that they were enduring it and looked a little older than she remembered…

Their son had once left them like this, Meilin couldn’t do the same… these two who gave their everything to her, didn’t deserve this… but be as it may, she couldn’t show what she was really feeling inside… if she lost control of that beast for even a second, she was sure that she won’t be able to stay here… at that point, it will be instinct over reason and madness over sanity… whatever she has built up till this date… will be lost; she will lose the core of Qin Meilin and will just become ‘Meilin’.

She might have given up on anything a while back, but the first time, she knew the weight of being a Qin and to shoulder it, she had to lose her heart… well, for now.

The three elders saw her unable to stand but still being as strong as ever and couldn’t help but lament, this child has suffered too much.

With fame and money, of course, the responsibility increased manifold, but they had wanted for their children to be able to choose freely… it also became a reason why Lev and Elaine didn’t enter the business… but in the end, it was not the same for Meilin, as an heir apparent, she realised it from a young age that, she had to build herself in a way to endure everything.. and they couldn’t stop it…

They too were at a bind, even though they didn’t want her to endure everything, someone had to do it and because she chose to do it, they just used it as an excuse to calm their hearts, even though they knew that she must be burdened, they still told themselves, ‘it was something that she chose for herself…’

It seems everything from back then was coming to hunt them down, the girl had lost something very precious as a child, she was just like an AI*1, she could learn everything faster and absorbed knowledge like a sponge, but the range of her feelings was fairly small.

When ZiXuan first came to her life, something had definitely changed.

The girl would smile a little, the girl would talk a little, the girl would rest a little, something that they couldn’t do for her was made possible with ZiXuan’s presence.

For better or for worse, one among the many unseen reasons Qin Mo had decided to take that child under him back then was because he would have liked to add another possibility in Meilin’s life… it was probably a way for him to repent for what he had subconsciously pushed her to do…

Indeed she had changed, with the passage of time, she got used to smiling a little more, she talked to them a little more and even though she had to take care of ZiXuan, it was definitely her heart’s choice and the result was she became meticulous with taking care of her own self…

But now it felt like they were watching the girl from back then… she had reverted back to a time, when all she knew was her work, what she was supposed to take care off… her cold tone reminded them of their failure as an a.d.u.l.t, once again.

Qin Mo gave her a look, even though she was looking at them, he couldn’t see anything beyond that, it was like looking into the depths of the abyss, but he still wanted to try, if possible, he wouldn’t like for Meilin to go back to the her after ZIXuan came into her life, “xiao–”

He was cut off as Meilin raised her hand and spoke, “I’ll take care of the rest. It was supposed to be like this in the first place”, yes, she had been running from this for a while now and even when she came back, she again took care of it from the shadows… it was high time, she took care of all this, “I won’t be able to do anything else in the meantime. I hope you guys stay put in the mansion for some time and not act otherwise. Lev will come with me and Elaine will have to go there, I want you to take care of it”, it was spoken to Qin Mingyu, who gave her a look before accepting… even at a time like this, she could still do everything mechanically, somehow… ‘it was a pity’, he thought and internally sighed.

Meilin looked back at her grandparents again, ” I just want you to inform the family heads to lay low and not comment until further news, this is an absolute order from me… and I’ll be taking over as the Chairman proxy for now… Grandfather, Grandma… get well soon…”

He voice was very cold, but they could still feel that slight tremble to her tone at the end, she had come this far and started to feel again… but everything was for nought… this was probably the last minuscule of emotion she will feel for the time being…

The moment she went out, Xia Jingyi couldn’t help but cry… this was what they forced her to become… even crying was a luxury for them, that child won’t be able to even do that…

It was them, who made her like this and so, they didn’t have the right to say anything otherwise.

Even the highly revered Qin Mo couldn’t help but feel that guilt crushing him down… more than 20 years ago, he was left alone to face this world by his own son, but he hadn’t told him to do either wise… but unconsciously, he had put everything that he should have been burdened with.. on the tiny shoulders of this young child…. It seems it was time for them to face this storm, the one that they have been neglecting for years.

Qin Mo held his wife and even his eyes reddened, he had become fairly old… as well and couldn’t reverse the time.

The child he took as his own son after the child’s father died serving him was also gone, he had let Old Feng down… even though he promised to take care of that child, that child still faced the same end as his father; similarly, the child he would have liked to enjoy everything that the world had to offer had also gone back to the pre-destined path she had to walk on.

In the end, the wheel of fate just came back to haunt them… and everything was reverting back to the past.

But, he who had faced many storms, right now, didn’t know what to do anymore… he felt helpless, he felt very powerless.

…

Meilin sent Elaine back into the room and took Lev with her.

The journey was embraced with silence.

It was fairly late, to be exact… it was the next day already and just over midnight… the road was fairly quiet… but considering what storm was to break tomorrow, no one dared to be complacent.

The moment they reached the QMX building, as expected, the PR was doing overtime…

The news of the accident still broke out, the core of this foundation was shaken with no one to rely on, but they were still working to keep it down, as much as possible still, even they weren’t sure of the future…

The moment Meilin was pushed inside by the bodyguard and with Lev by her side, everyone paused for a second…

In this world, a man was the most vulnerable to power… at times, they felt envy from these with it, but when they were at their wit’s end… they sub-consciously followed them.

Not many liked Meilin, this third-generation heir of this giant empire for many reasons, envy was probably the word to sum it all up and the subconsciously also wanted to support the underdog ZiXuan who faced many odds to be at his position, they felt that if he could do it, there was still some hope for them… but ironically, at this point, they felt more relieved that the one to come back was this woman…

~ END of Volume1~ Artificial Intelligence… ;(