The Apple of My Eye

"Don't worry about it." Charles stretched out his hand and touched Autumn's head. He continued, "You have me. I won't let anyone hurt you."

"Didn't you say that you wanted to buy Cindy some gifts? Let's go to another place." Charles took Autumn to another nearby shopping mall. While Autumn was choosing the gifts, Charles went to another corne and dialed David's number. He asked David to block all of tomorrow's box news on Rachel and him.

'Many passers-by must have taken pictures of Autumn. Nowadays netizens could easily search a person's information online. It's okay for me to expose our real relationship. But I don't want to put Autumn in any awkward situation, ' he mused.

"One more thing." After a short pause, Charles continued, "Contact all of our cooperative partners. Tell them to change their spokesperson immediately. If I discover that Rachel endorses any of their products, we will stop our cooperation with them instantly."

David frowned slightly and asked in an irresolute tone, "Mr. Lu, are you sure about this?"

"Do as I say." I have been giving her chances because I didn't want to destroy the status and reputation she has earned. Now that she doesn't care about these things, she can't blame me for what I am going to do.' He added, "Besides, tell those directors that Rachel isn't a qualified female lead. And ask them to refuse to work with her if she uses my or Shining Company's references."

David answered, "Okay, I will." This time Rachel must have really pissed off Charles. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made those decisions,' thought David to himself.

He hung up the phone with an angry look. But when he turned around and watched Autumn picking out clothes, his anger faded away. 'She is the woman that I swore to protect for the rest of my life. I will never allow anyone to hurt her, ' Charles told himself.

Autumn selected a pink blue dress, and she asked as she held the dress, "Charles, do you think will Cindy like this dress?" Charles nodded and replied, "If you think this one is fine, then take this."

Autumn took another pair of blue jeans with a belt which was of a different style to that dress. This one looked cool. She raised her eyebrow and said, "But I also like this one."

"Then, take them both." Charles took a doll and then paid the bill. He walked up to Autumn and said smilingly, "Let's go. We don't have much time now."

When Charles and Autumn arrived at the entrance of Hong Fu Restaurant, they met Andy, Abby and Cindy, who was in Andy's arms. When Cindy caught sight of Autumn, she asked Andy to let her down. She hugged Autumn as she joyfully asked, "Pretty big sister, did you miss me?"

Autumn answered with a bright smile on her face, "Of course I did. I haven't seen you for half a day."

"I missed you too." She then kissed on Autumn's cheek.

Andy and Abby came forward to greet them with a smile, "Well, let's go inside."

They walked into the compartment which they had booked in advance. Andy said smilingly as he gave the menu to Autumn, "Please, order whatever you like. Sam called earlier to say that he would arrive later for he has something to deal with and he asked us to eat first."

Autumn nodded, "Okay." She was at ease in Sam's absence.

Autumn and Cindy sat close together to order the food. Charles placed Autumn's tableware nicely and poured tea for her. Noticing this, Andy said, "Mr. Lu, you treat your wife so well." 'Even though this is small act, it shows Charles' affection towards Autumn.' He continued, "Your wife is a fair and amiable girl. I was wondering who would be lucky enough to win her heart. To my surprise, she is already married." Abby had accepted the truth that Autumn had gotten married. As she reflected on how affectionately Autumn had treated Cindy, she said with a smile on her face, "Mr. Lu, you should try harder on having a baby. Your wife likes kids very much. If you two have a baby, it would look cute."

'Autumn is beautiful, while Mr. Lu is handsome. Their kid will surely be pretty, 'Abby pondered.

Autumn's cheeks flushed as she was about to say that they had no such plans for children right now. However, Charles replied as he held her hand, "I will try harder."

Autumn's face turned redder when she heard this.

Cindy gazed at Autumn and asked with a grin, "Pretty sister, are you going to bring me a younger brother?"

Autumn was amused by Cindy's innocent and cute look. She said, "Sweetheart, if I have a baby boy, you will have to call me aunt."

After pausing for a moment, Cindy said reluctantly, "Then I don't want a younger brother anymore."

Cindy's words set them roaring with laughter. At that moment, the door opened. Sam stood outside the door, with an embarrassed look.

Their laughter subsided immediately in the compartment. Sam greeted, "I'm sorry. I am late." Andy hurried to get up and walked up to him. He took Sam by the arm and intended to seat him on a spot. He said, "It doesn't matter. Take a seat. We arrived just few minutes ago."

Sam sat down and squeezed a smile towards Autumn. After hesitating for a moment, Autumn asked gently as she stared at the wound on Sam's hand, "Sam, how is... the wound on your hand?"

Sam replied with a light smile, "I'm feeling better."

An uncomfortable atmosphere filled the whole compartment. Andy started first, "To protect Cindy, Mr. Lin got hurt. You two are the saviors of our daughter. I will return the favor back one day. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help."

"Mr. Xu, I just did what anyone in my place would do." Sam said with a light smile, "We both like Cindy very much."

Andy said seriously, "No, we will keep your kindness in our mind. We will leave tomorrow. But we will return to Y City soon. Perhaps we will meet each other again in Y City. Please contact me if I can be of any help."

Autumn had never expected to see this family again in the future.

The waitress placed the dishes on the table. All three men started to drink wine. Although they didn't speak a word, Charles and Sam tried to prove that they were good drinkers. Charles was always a sensible and composed man. But when it came to Autumn, he would act like a boy.

The three got drunk and began to call each other their buddies. Abby explained to Autumn as she shook her head, "I'm sorry. Andy doesn't usually act like this unless he gets drunk..." Autumn said as she looked at Abby, "It seems that Charles is no better than him."

It was the first time that Autumn had seen Charles drink so much. Most men became friends after drinking.

Autumn asked, "Is your flight tomorrow afternoon?"

Abby replied with a nod, "Yes, it is." "We have finished our work ahead of schedule, so we need to go back and get things done. If everything goes smoothly, we will meet each other soon." Abby observed Autumn discretely and wondered, 'Are you the one I'm looking for?'