Chapter 262 - 261: Are You Really My Wife?
Why did Mr. Laurent reacted this way?
The International Prison was not solely controlled by the Interpol. Though the Interpol had some sort of influence, there's an independent body who controls the prison.
And these people were non-partisan to make it fair.
It was hard to persuade them. Even the most wanted criminals imprisoned inside found it hard to escape the place. And also, no one had known where this prison was.
Only Mr. Laurent and some other high-ranking officials knows where it is.
"Don't worry about me when I get there." Eunji told him.
"For now let's double our efforts in ticking the boxes beside the names of people included in my list. Wait for my signal as to when we're going to start." Eunji told him.
After this meeting, Eunji and Mr. Laurent would have the most productive collaboration.
Eunji left Mr. Layrent and Denis in the coffee shop as she headed towards the airport where her private plane was waiting.
Eunji then got out of the car and she was welcomed by the pilot and the cabin crew.
"Chairman!" They greeted her.
"Let's leave immediately." Eunji instructed.
Everyone moved their a** immediately as they knew every instructions that their chairman would say should be executed immediately.
As Eunjin went back to South Korea, Iris and Alice's wedding was held successfully the following day.
Of course, she had arranged someone to send the wedding present for the couple to receive when they go home to Beijing.
While the reception party was near on its end, something unexpected happened.
Someone showed up to celebrate the wedding with them.
"Eunji?!" They cried in chorus after they saw the woman entering the reception venue.
The adults immediately gathered around her as they welcomed her with hugs and kisses and she also reciprocated their enthusiasm.
Everyone approached her except for Nathan who was looking at the new arrival from head to toe. It was like he was checking her...verifying her identity.
"Oh my God! Eunji! You're alive! We really thought that you're already dead!" Mei said as she was happy to see her precious daughter-in-law again.
Everyone had the same sentiments with Mei. In fact, they had a lot of questions in mind and they were all eager to get the answers from her.
"Oh my God! Eunjiyah!" Kelly exclaimed in pure joy as she saw her most favorite person in the world whom they thought to be dead was actually alive and she was standing in front of them.
She smiled at Kelly and then she said, "Hello Kel, I'm happy that I got the chance to meet you...again. Everyone! I'm sorry if it took me time to be back." She meaningfully said as she looked at Alice and Iris who was walking towards them.
"EL!"
"Miss-- Eunji!"
Alice and Iris greeted her respectively.
Iris had become emotional especially that she had blamed herself for the death of Eunji.
And to know that she's actually alive, it's like a huge thorn was being pulled out of her chest.
She felt relief.
"Congratulations on your wedding! I'm so happy that you finally tied the knots." She said.
She then took something from her bag. It was a small red pouch which was tied with a gold string.
She then gave it to the couple.
"Here...this is my wedding present for you both." She said as she gave it to Iris.
"No, Eunji...the fact that you're actually alive is already a big wedding gift to me and Alice. Your presence alone is already a gift for us." She said.
"That's sweet of you. But I insist! You should accept this." She placed it on the pouch of her female tuxedo making Iris to accept it.
"Wait...how did you? If you're alive...then who was the body that we cremated and we held funeral then?" Hua Zhang Wei finally asked the question that everyone had in their minds.
They were anticipating for her answer but that question won't be answered that day.
The children were puzzled as to what was happening but when the Bai brothers saw the face of the woman, Li Wei and Li Jun immediately ran towards the crowd but before they could do so, Nathan stopped them.
"Wait!" His voice echoed inside the reception hall.
"Son! What are you doing?" Mei asked him in puzzlement.
Everyone thought that Nathan would be the first person who would ran towards his wife and shower her with hugs and kisses.
That Nathan would delighted to know that his beloved wife was back but who would have thought that they would witness a different reaction from him?
Instead of joy and happiness, they could feel caution and hostility from him towards the woman.
"Nate, don't you recognize me anymore?" She asked him.
"Are you really my wife?" Nathan answered her question with a question of his own.
"What kind of question is that Onii-san?!" Celine interrupted.
She angrily scolded his brother for treating her favorite sister-in-law that way.
"She can answer it if she wanted to. She had a mouth and she could use it in answering my question." Nathan coldly told his sister.
Everyone gasped in surprise as they didn't expect to hear this from Nathan at all.
"Brother! Are you in your period?" Hua Zhang Wei teasingly asked him but immediately zipped his mouth when he saw Nathan's dagger gaze towards him.
"It's okay. I know he's been hurt badly when he learnt that I am dead." She told Celine then she shifted her attention to Nathan who was criticizing her with his gaze.
"I am your wife Nathan. It's me! Can't you recognize the woman you married?" She asked him.
"You said it...but why did you leave me and our children alone?" Nathan suddenly threw this question to her.
"I don't have a choice! I know you had an idea of the reason why I did it." She said as she tried to challenge Nathan.
Nathan's expression softened a little and he then took his sons and his daughter with him as they left leaving everyone speechless.
"Dad! Is she really our mommy?" Li Wei and Li Jun asked him in chorus as they looked up their dad.
"Watch your steps. Let's talk about this later." Nathan sternly told his sons.
"Nathan! Come back here! I didn't raise you to mistreat your wife!" Mei scolded her son.
Nathan halted as he turned around and spoke to his mother.
"If she's really my wife! She knew where to find us, why didn't she show up when our son celebrated their first birthday? Why now?!" Nathan threw her another question.
"Because...because I had an amnesia!" She cried at him.
"The car accident made me lose my memory. I just recalled them recently." She explained fully.
Nathan somehow softened when he saw her pained expression.
If Nathan had not known his wife well like the back of his hand, he would surely believe her words. Her argument was possible given that Eunji suffered a great trauma in the head as what the doctor told them before.
But then...he knew his wife so well. And he could not feel it in her.
Though he could feel something towards her, it's a different feeling. Far different when Eunji was around him.
Nathan then suddenly thought of something.
If this person was an impostor trying to be his wife, then she could be the only person who could help him in finding the real culprit behind these schemes towards his family.
Nathan then adjusted his mood almost instantly and he softened his face.
"If you're indeed Eunji, let's go home. We have a lot of things to talk about." Nathan told her.
Nathan and the kids walked ahead towards the exit of the hotel.
While Eunji or rather the woman, looked at the people around her. They were looking Nathan in disbelief. That they didn't realized that she was balling her palm into a tight fist.
Mei and the rest then turned their sympathetic gaze towards her.
"Go ahead. Nathan could be this heartless when it comes to the people who had wronged him but I know that he would eventually softened his heart on you. At the end of the day, you're still husband and wife." Mei consoled her.
"Thank you, Mom." She said to Mei.
Everyone thought that she would eventually follow Nathan but she actually didn't.
"But I also know him, mom. The more I push him, the more he will be stubborn. I'll give him time and space to accept me again. My abrupt departure must have hurt him deeply. A wound that would take time to heal." She said as she looked towards the direction where Nathan and the children left.
But no one noticed the glint of coldness in her eyes as it disappeared immediately.
The three kids gathered around their father when they reached inside the limousine that would bring them to the airport where their private jet was waiting which would send them back to Beijing.
"Daddy? Is she really our mommy?" Li Jun asked his father.
"She said she is but can you feel it?" Nathan asked his sons and daughter. Evelien made a small pout which made Nathan's heart to soften.
He didn't know if Evelien could understood on what was happening or not. Maybe she thought that he was scolding her brothers again.
So, he pinched her fluffy cheeks and said, "I'm not scolding your brothers."
"Okay." She answered cutely and smiled.
The two then looked down as they gave their father's question a thought.
"Well, she looked like mommy when we based it in the photo you have lend to us and aunt, grandma and the rest recognized her as Eunji and isn't it mommy's name? Then...she's our mommy." Li Jun commented.
"Midori, do you feel the same way?" Nathan asked his youngest son.
Li Wei tried to remember the woman's face whom introduced herself as their mother and he studied her from head to toe based on how he remembered it.
Then he tugged his father's tuxedo and Nathan knew that he had an answer.
His son then beckoned him to lean forwards as he wanted to whisper his answer to his father.
"She did resemble like mommy, but I can't feel it. I can feel it from the woman I bumped in the tower...but not from her." He honestly said.
"I believe you, son." Nathan whispered back on his son's ears.
She could fool them but she could never fool Nathan and Li Wei. He knew that Li Jun was also having doubts with this woman.
"But the rest are believing her. Is she going to live with us then?" He followed up his dad.
"It depends. But if she would, I want you to be on guard." Nathan gave his instructions.
"Okay Daddy. We will guard mommy's position in our hearts with our life!" Li Wei and Li Jun vowed.