Back in City J, Rex has quit the legal profession for three years.
All business of Han Yu Law Firm which he and Orson co-founded is left to Orson. He tries to totally
remove himself from the legal firm, but Orson doesn’t permit and threatens to unfriend him. At the end
of each year, Orson conventionally remits a great amount of dividend to him.
But Rex never touches this money.
During these three years, he goes to many places, most of which are underdeveloped. He does charity
and makes investment in these places with his savings. He doesn’t intend to gain something, but what
he does truly benefits a lot of people.
When someone excels in philanthropy, he becomes an excellent investor, too. Maybe he was born to
be a business man. After three years’ work, he is now one of the top men in the field of philanthropy
and investment.
In this April, business takes him to the second largest city in South Africa, Cape Town. He only shows
up at a meeting once and then leaves all business to his subordinates. He himself goes to the juncture
of South Atlantic and Indian Ocean, Cape of Good Hope.
There is the purest blue sky and ocean here. Seawater clashes against cliff, stirring up waves which
come and go. The spectacular sight is beyond all description.
He stays away from the crowd and stands high to look at the horizon. Apart from the sea and sky,
sometimes he can see tropical animals like chimpanzees and stags. With sounds of waves and wind
around his ears, he just keeps staring. His hair has grown a lot, which covers half of his face with wind
blowing.
Black sunglasses sit on his prominent nose. Even if his face can’t be seen clearly, his forbidding lips
and charming chin can catch your eyes.
The allure he has makes you want to tear his clothes apart and explore him.
When Rex is indulged in this peaceful moment, the personal phone in his pocket rings.
These years he keeps a boundary between work and personal life. Off work, he never brings the work
phone around. And only a few people know his private number.
Rex takes out the phone and sees a domestic number which is neither strange nor familiar.
He frowns and hangs out without thinking. Before he puts it back, the annoying sound is up again.
Rex impatiently puts the phone by ears and answers, "Didn’t I tell you? Stop calling me."
"I know! I know......you don’t want me to call you, but I don’t know what to do." The woman at the other
end of the phone chokes.
But Rex doesn’t care, and whatever happens to her is none of his business.
She realizes he is going to hang up and says instantly, "I know you don’t care about me, but what about
your grandma and grandpa? Your grandma had a heart attack today and just checked in Karl’s
Hospital. I am calling you because I am afraid bad things will happen."
Rex freezes at hearing this. Ever since Lily’s accident, his family have forced him to accept the truth of
her death and persuaded him to come back to the company. Therefore, he begins drifting away from
them. But they are still his kin, so he keeps fulfilling his responsibility for them behind the scenes.
Rex asks loudly, “What did you say?"
"Your grandma is sick from acute myocarditis and is now in ICU!"
With that, Rex turns around immediately and walks towards his car.
"You take good care of her. Notice me if anything goes wrong. Go find a man called Karl. I will get back
on the first available flight."
...
The next day, a plane from Cape Town lands on the parking apron of City J.
In front of the airport gate, a baby-sitter car is already waiting. At the sight of Rex, the driver quickly
gets off the car and opens the back door for him, "Mr. Rex, please."
Rex gets in the car without uttering a word.
The car speeds up and drives towards Karl’s Hospital. Exhaustion and worry weigh on this man,
making him look tired and anxious.
It almost takes them two hours to get to the hospital.
Right after Rex gets out of elevator, he sees the woman waiting in the corridor.
With long curly hair and light make-up, she is wearing a red skirt, totally standing out in the plainly white
hospital. She is indeed a beautiful yet inappropriate sight.
Rex doesn’t look at her and walks straight to the ward as if she didn’t even exist.
The woman is wearing high-heeled shoes. Rex marches quickly, and she has to trot along.
"Don’t...Don’t worry. The operation was just finished and she is stable now." she gasps, with her
delicate face full of ingratiation.
While the man walking ahead just ignores her.
The woman bites her lips. What can she do? Even if she is holding grudges, she can’t show them. The
man is not interested in her, so she can only menially fawn on him.
Her suffering is nothing if only she could get what she wants.
He is everything she dreams about a man.
Opening the ward door, Rex sees Amelia sitting beside the bed and Florence in a sport wear.
He stops for a few seconds and then walks in, saying with a stiff and unnatural voice, "Mother."
Then he looks at Florence, "Florence."
"Brother." Florence says politely. She is still in the freshmen year of college, and her uncomfortable
feeling is clearly shown on her face.
When Florence was young, she met Rex several times a year at family reunions. After she grows up,
she only sees him once or twice a year. She mainly knows him through her mother Amelia. In her eyes,
Rex is a capable brother who is good at making money. As for his personality and preference, she
knows nothing. But he always seems so serious, so she dares not to talk too much.
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