Han Ziwei's parents!

After her father left her bedroom, Fan Xifeng once again was left on her own. She braved her heart to sleep without looking at the bathroom's door. What she saw inside earlier, she wouldn't want to think about it. She couldn't because it's....…. Fan Xifeng shook her head. Probably because of exhaustion from air travel, she was dreamless that night.

The next morning, Fan Xifeng was awakened by the blazing light from the opened balcony. Someone must have entered and opened the balcony to let the early morning sunrays to enter her room. But she chose to lie still and enjoy the sound of the chirping birds around. In a while she heard her bedroom's door opened and hearing the familiar footsteps, Fan Xifeng was surprised. To confirm, she turned her body around to face the approaching person. "Ma."

Fan Xifeng was astonished to see her mother pushing a meal trolley inside her room.

"It's good that you're awake." Jing Huaxi smiled. After stabilizing the trolley beside the bed, Jing Huaxi sat at the edge of Fan Xifeng's bed. Fan Xifeng rose to sat up as well and looked at her mother. Supposedly, she should be eating her first breakfast in the mansion together with her grandparents. That's one of the memory in her dream.

"Your papa talked to me last night. I hope you're not angry with mama for that burst out." Jing Huaxi looks sorry and realized herself wrong for snapping at her daughter.

Fan Xifeng move near the bed's edge to hug her mother. "I'm sorry too ma. But last night wasn't really intentional. Maybe because I was so exhausted and probably my period is approaching I'm having some emotional instability." Fan Xifeng reasoned to ease her mother.

"Good girl. Now get up and wash so you can eat your breakfast while it's still freshly cook."

"Wouldn't grandma and grandpa mind that my first breakfast here would be me eating it alone in my bedroom?" Fan Xifeng asked as she walked to the bathroom but she suddenly stopped as soon as she touched the doorknob.

Noticing this, Jing Huaxi called her out instead of answering, "What's wrong?"

"I remembered that when I used it last night, the toilet was clogged. I'll use the outside bathroom for the time being."

"Really?, then we'll have someone fix it later." Jing Huaxi replied. "Maybe because no one has ever used it for many years."

"I guess. But I will try to clean my messed there first. Also, do you think grandma would mind it if I'll have the bathroom moved to another place?"

"You want to renovate this room?"

"Not necessarily. I just want to move the bathroom as I felt it's quite stuffy inside."

"Whatever suits you. After all it's your bedroom. Your grannies won't mind." Jing Huaxi smiled warmly, "in fact they are spoiling you too much that if you want to convert the whole second floor as your room, they wouldn't mind."

Fan Xifeng laughed loudly with her mother. The mood between the mother and daughter turned to normal and as per Fan Xifeng's insisting, Jing Huaxi end up asking for another plate from the maid to join her daughter for breakfast.

Last night, after her husband talked to her, she felt sorry for having to snapped on her eldest daughter. It's because she as a mother already realized since then that her daughter doesn't seem to like Han Ziwei despite not even meeting the man. She also became aware that every time Fan Xifeng avoid talking to Han Ziwei on the phone or even turning down the invitation of her grandparents to spend vacation back in Country C, Jing Huaxi could clearly see the obvious.

While she wanted her daughter to be free with her every decisions regarding her own life, at the end, this marriage couldn't be changed even by her. It concerns aspect outside her own grasp. The Fan family's legacy and future depends on her daughter's marriage to Han Ziwei.

If only she were able to give birth to a son, her daughter wouldn't have to marry someone she doesn't like.

A scene from the past flashed in front of Jing Huaxi, aware of her fluctuating emotion, she excused herself right away.

Fan Xifeng didn't noticed the changed in her mother as she herself is lost in thought. She only heard her saying of going ahead because she needs to wash and Fan Xifeng only nodded.

"Sis!" Seeing Fan Xiaodan on the door, Fan Xifeng smiled at her.

"Come in." Seeing her younger sister looking at the meal trolley and the almost finished food in the food tray atop her bed, she asked, "Have breakfast yet?"

"Yeah." Fan Xiaodan looked at her. "What happened to mama?"

Fan Xifeng frowned in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Seeing her older sister's oblivious to her mother's expression when she met her from the door, she shrugged off. "Oh, never mind. I was just overthinking." To change the topic she asked next, "How are you? What happened last night?"

Fan Xifeng laugh quietly. "Just an emotional instability. Probably because of exhaustion and jet lagged." Noticing her sister in outdoor clothes, Fan Xifeng saw another flash of memory before her eyes so she asked back, "Are you going somewhere?"

"Well, I was planning to invite you out to shop. Can you please accompany me?" Fan Xiaodan said in spoilt voice.

Fan Xifeng once again laugh and nodded. "Okay. I'll have this first taken care of before I bath and change clothes." Fan Xifeng pointed to the food tray.

"Perfect! You're the best sis! Make it quick so we can leave early!" Fan Xiaodan then run towards the door and closed it but after some time, the door opened once again, Fan Xiaodan's head popped inside, "I already asked one of the maid to clean those," she pointed with her lips towards the food tray on her bed, "now wash up! Hurry!" She then closed the door and finally left.

Fan Xifeng shook her head over her younger sister's childishness sometimes. She's adorable when she's like this. It brings back memories when they're still both little and Fan Xiaodan would often follow her around to play. Fan Xifeng smiled softly but her smile cracked the instant she realized, "Oh God, they're happening for real!"

Fan Xifeng just returned to her room after washing from the bathroom outside when she saw a maid knocking on her door. "What is it?"

Seeing her in shower robe and the towel in her head, the maid was confuse. "Young miss you're here outside?!"

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Fan Xifeng didn't bother to explain.

"The Han elders just arrived. They're here to visit you. Old master asked for your presence downstairs."

"What do you mean Han elders? The grand elders?" Fan Xifeng asked in confusion.

"No miss, I mean young master Han Ziwei's parents. Master Han Boyuan and Madam Su Meixi."

"What?!"