Chapter 1241 - Don't Want Her To Leave
While going upstairs after returning from Ming Mansion, Lu Lain came across Jiang Yuyan on the first floor.
"How did everything go?" Jiang Yuyan asked.
"Just as it should be," Lu Lian replied as she looked a little hesitant and said, "I want to talk to you."
"First get fresh and rest then we can talk," Jiang Yuyan said and Lu Lian agreed.
Lu Lian went to her room while Jiang Yuyan came downstairs as she heard the elder talking and laughing about something. She was sure, grandpa Lu must be teasing others.
Seeing her, elder Lu spoke, "Come, dear. Have a seat."
Yuyan sat next to elder Lu and looked at Lu Jinhai, "Father, I wished to talk to you about something. In fact, with you all."
"Tell me," Lu Jinhai spoke.
"I think now we should decide on giving the president's position to Lu Lijun," she said.
This is what everyone was waiting for so many years but when Jiang Yuyan said it, everyone turned silent. The only thing that came to their minds was if Jiang Yuyan would leave this family if she handed over everything to Lu Lijun.
She sensed the sudden silence and asked, "Is there any issue?"
"Why so suddenly?" Ning Jiahui, who just returned and heard Jiang Yuyan, asked.
Jiang Yuyan looked at her, "He is doing really well that no one of us could achieve all this in such a short time. The current project he managed to get for the first time for Lu Corporation and the way he is carrying it out, there won't be any difficulty in handing over him the president's position."
"Still, he is so stubborn and acts recklessly. He needs to learn more," Lu Jinhai said, "We can't just hand over everything to him. The one who sits in that chair is also a leader of this family and the other side that only the president has the power to control. Though he is good with business, I don't think he can handle the responsibility of family and that other side. It wouldn't be good to give him that power." Lu Jinhai added. "He can't even yet take decisions of his life properly."
Jiang Yuyan listened to it quietly and said, "Unless we give him responsibility, how will we know?"
Lu Jinhai looked at her, "Yuyan, he is stubborn and does what he feels is right. You know it better than anyone that he thinks only about himself but not about others. His nature is to get what he is adamant about getting and for that he can do anything. You know it better, don't you?"
Jiang Yuyan felt speechless as she felt like her father-in-law was talking about her and Lu Lijun but got that thought out of her mind as no one knew about it. It was just a general prediction of one father for his son but he was so right about his own son.
Lu Jinhai continued, "If you give power to such a person so soon, he can only use it for his own benefits. Let him take his time and see other aspects of life. Let him fail and face the bitterness of life and realize that nothing can always go according to what he wants. He needs to learn to accept defeats and find his way out of them. He needs to learn to put everyone else before himself."
"He is right, Yuyan," Elder Lu said, "Though Lijun is doing good, he is yet to learn things in life. To handle everything, one needs to go through a lot and experience the hardship of life to understand others, just like how your father-in-law, you, and Lu Qiang had gone through. He has got everything easy. Let him learn more."
"I think the same," Ning Jiahui said, "His behavior is still the same as he doesn't consider others' feelings and thoughts. Like this, he can't be the one to handle this family. He has been like this since he was a kid and will take time to change."
When everyone said this, Jiang Yuyan could only sigh inwardly. They didn't know what she was going through. She needed to go away from Lu Lijun before it's too late and he could create trouble for everyone. She was silent for a month because of what was going on with the Ming family and thought to not give another shock to both families. She wanted to leave for some time so she could stay away from Lu Lijun, hoping he would forget her. Also, if he gets busy with business and family, he might not get time to even think about her, and eventually, he will end up forgetting what he had in mind.
Seeing her dazed, Lu Jinhai said, "Yuyan, we know for all these years you have been handing this huge burden of business and family and you must want to get away from it…."
"No Father, I don't mean it like that," Jiang Yuyan interrupted and she felt guilty, "This is my family so it was never a burden. I just want Lu Lijun to get what his brother had dreamed for him."
"We know, dear," Elder Lu said, "But I feel like you should take a break from work and let others handle it for some time," Elder Lu said and looked at Lu Jinhai, "Don't you pay enough to your employees to handle everything in her absence?"
"Father, they can handle it but the presence of a leader is always needed," Lu Jinhai said and looked at Yuyan, "I think you should take a break too but for that, you don't need to leave your position. You can just stop working and leave it to others. Just go somewhere out, visit your parents and do what you couldn't do till now."
"Your father is right, Yuyan. You should take a long break. Maybe go on a long vacation. No need to leave your president position. Should I book it for you?" Ning Jiahui asked. "I will say you don't even need to work even after your vacation. Just leave work on Lu Lijun without making him President. That way he will learn faster."
Everyone agreed to it and once again Jiang Yuyan's plan to make him president soon and go away from him, was postponed just like this. She could only agree to the wishes of family and said, "Lian wants to talk to me about something. I will go to her."
Others permitted and Jiang Yuyan left. Once she disappeared from their sights and she couldn't hear them, all turned tense and looked at each other.
"Do you think she is planning to leave?" Elder Lu asked his son.
"Seems like it," Lu Jinhai replied.
"I don't wish her to leave," Ning Jiahui said and she looked worried.
"No one wants her to leave but we can't stop her if she wishes to," Lu Chen said.
"That's why I suggested to her not to leave her position. Once she steps down from her position, she will definitely leave," Lu Jinhai said.
"We can't be selfish and tie her here forever," Grandma said.
"We are not trying to tie here. She is our family and I don't wish her to leave. She can always be with us unless she gets married to someone else. But once she gives up on everything, she will leave everything and we won't know when we will get to see her."
"Do you think so?" Elder Lu asked.
Lu Jinhai nodded. "After being by her side for all these years, I understand her more than I can understand my own daughter Lian. I want her to live like a daughter of this family, not doing anything and just enjoy her life. If she leaves, she will be alone as she always likes to be lonely. Sad thing is that she still couldn't forget Lu Qiang or things would have been better."
"But one day Lu Lijun will take that position then what will happen?" Grandma asked.
"We can hope till then she will find something meaningful in her life and won't leave us.. I want her to see like how she was when Lu Qiang was alive," Lu Jinhai said and everyone prayed the same.