Janet saw the Bentley car, which was not that far ahead. The window of the back seat door was open, and she saw that there was a woman sitting inside.
She pointed at the woman, and said, "Mother*, let everything be as it should be!"
(*TN: Here mother means sworn mother.)
Janet understood Lola's high expectations, but she didn't understand what she had to do with her feelings.
Looking towards the direction where Janet's finger was pointing at, Lola saw Daniel walk towards his car, and as he approached it, the woman got out of the black Bentley and happily threw herself into Daniel's arms.
Holding Kate's waist, they came towards Lola and Janet and they stopped in front of them, Daniel said, "Father, mother, this is my girlfriend, Kate Song."
'Kate Song?' "CEO of Changsheng Co., Ltd." Harry, who stood beside them, on seeing her had already known of her strong background.
"Hello, and indeed, I am Kate Song, the CEO of Changsheng. Pleased to finally meet you." Kate made decent greetings to the two elders. Her politeness and sweet smiles made Janet feel kind of uneasy.
She finally discovered one fact, and that was that most girls, such as Nicole and Kate, behaved very decently and composedly in society. But, unlike them, she was always crazy and in a bad temper, and very, very wayward...
Lola simply returned her a smile, and Harry said something more, "Miss Song, you have a good reputation in the business circles, that you are always composed and decisive at work. Daniel is the same. I wonder if it really is suitable for you two strong individuals to be together."
... Kate's smile became rigid at one moment, and then said, "Mr. Si, I would restrain myself and be the woman behind Daniel if that is his true wish."
Obviously, Harry didn't agree that this woman be his son's girlfriend. He again broke off his usual silence, and said, "But I have recently heard of your engagement with Mr. Feng, and you're now saying to us that you are Daniel's girlfriend. Could you explain?"
Kate's face instantly turned pale. She had forgot about one essential thing, that the Si family was at the top of C Country society, and that if any girl would happen to approach Daniel, his father Harry was sure to investigate that girl's background to the bone.
Janet looked at Kate, shocked. 'Daniel's girlfriend already had an engagement with another man. So did this mean that Daniel would rather have a girlfriend who had already been engaged to another man than me approaching him?'
Janet seemed to know how much Daniel hated her.
"Mr. Si, I will solve this engagement problem. Leon Feng is thirty years older than me, and I absolutely will not agree to marry him," replied Kate. Kate took a deep breath and then gripped Daniel's hand. 'Why won't Daniel help me? Say something!' she thought.
Lola then smiled and looked at Kate: "There is no need to do anything with your engagement, actually. I think it's too much going on between you and Daniel, and so Daniel will make the engagement with Jane instead, and I'm sure that Jane is the perfect daughter-in-law for me."
Janet wanted to speak, but Lola gripped her hands tight, and gave her a look that indicated only silence.
Kate was well aware about her position. She looked at the little girl and tittered in her mind. She then said, "Mrs. Si, I love Daniel very much, and I will make any efforts needed for our relationship to stay strong."
Daniel finally uttered some words: "Father, mother, we'll go first; Kate will stay with me tonight..."
Then they left.
Lola was shocked, and she wondered, 'Does my son really love Kate that much? He really is taking her to his own mansion!' she thought.
This was not a good sign. She said, "Jane, I hate Kate, but you are closer to Daniel. Go and get that girl away from Daniel!" Lola was certain in her heart that her son had some special feelings not yet unearthed towards Jane, and she was certain she wasn't wrong about this.
"Me?" asked Jane. She looked at Lola with surprise, and thought, 'Isn't it better if his own father and mother go out and stop him? Even his sisters, Nicole and Sally, would be better persons to do this. Why me, an outsider, has to do this?'
"Yes, Jane, go. Last time you spent a whole night with Daniel in his mansion, right?" 'Jane, you stupid kid. Why not give it a try?' Lola thought. Judging from the fact that she was brought home by Daniel, Lola quite understood what her son was really thinking about.
Harry looked at the girl, who was now in a daze. He smiled, and said, "Jane, go!"
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