7 years laterAt one of the biggest and popular malls in Beijing, Zhuang Yue is shopping with a child, YingYue, for the child"s clothes and toys since she promised Yingyue that she will buy her clothes and dolls before the child go home the day after tomorrow.
"Ying"er we"re already done buying your clothes. Do you want to buy your dolls now?" Zhuang Yue asked YingYue while smiling. The child just nodded at her while smiling with sparkling eyes. It was like she"s really antic.i.p.ating the moment of buying her dolls. Zhuang Yue just smiled helplessly seeing her like that.
"Then let"s go and buy your dolls. After that, we can eat and then go home after, okay?" She said while holding Yingyue"s hand as they walk towards a doll store.
"Okay, Mama," Yingyue said as she nods to Zhuang Yue. But right before they enter the store, Yingyue pulled her to a nearby ice cream shop and looked at her with a pleading expression and puppy eyes like she was asking Zhuang Yue to buy her an ice cream before they buy the dolls. Zhuang Yue just sigh at the sight of this.
"Okay. Mama will buy you some but promise me that you will eat it slowly and not to dirty your clothes okay?" Zhuang Yue told Yingyue. Zhuang Yue said that because the child is capable of doing that. Although Yingyue is just a 7 years old child, she"s not like that other child who always disobeys their parents. Yingyue is an intelligent and obedient child. Yingyue nodded at her signaling that she understands.
After that Zhuang Yue bought a scoop of ice cream in a cone and gave it to Yingyue. Yingyue accepted the ice cream happily.
"Mama, we can walk to the doll store while I"m eating," Yingyue told Zhuang Yue looking pleased by the thoughtful child Zhuang Yue just nodded as they start walking towards the doll store.
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*At a suit store beside the doll store
Feng Qiang just bought his Boss" new suit for the next meeting and he is just waiting for the sales lady to pack it up. The sales lady that accommodate him earlier walk to him and gave him a black paper bag with the suit inside.
"Here"s the suit you bought, Mister Feng. Thank you for buying a suit here." The saleslady told Feng Qiang. After that Feng Qiang got the paper bag and just nodded to what the saleslady said.
Right after getting the black paper bag, Feng Qiang quickly went out of the store and thought that "If it wasn"t for the Boss needing this suit immediately I will not buy his suit here since all of the Boss" are tailored just for him. The boss doesn"t have enough time to get a new suit that"s why he asked me to buy a suit near the company."
Because Feng Qiang"s lost in his thoughts he didn"t notice a child walking in front of him and he suddenly b.u.mps into her causing the ice cream in the hands of the child dirtying his pants.
"I"m sorry Uncle! I didn"t notice you." Yingyue immediately apologized and bowed to Feng Qiang.
Feng Qiang looked at his pants and frown but he knows he is also at fault here that"s why he looked at the child and says "I"m sorry too, Little girl. This uncle doesn"t pay attention to his surroundings I will just buy you another ice cream, okay? And it"s okay. Don"t mind it." After saying his piece, the little girl that b.u.mp into him open her mouth to answer but just before that a calm and lovely voice can be heard near them.
"No, it"s alright. She"s almost done eating the ice cream anyway so it"s alright. No need to buy her another scoop. We"re sorry for not paying attention to our surroundings too." Hearing that near them that"s the only time Feng Qiang noticed the woman beside the child holding the other hand of the little child.
Just as Feng Qiang was to reply back to that woman who talked his eyes stared at the woman beside the child. He was so shocked by what he is seeing right now. Zhuang Yue noticed the shocked look of Feng Qiang that"s why she asked him. "Do I know you or did we met before, Mister?"
"No. We don"t know each other and we"ve never met before." Feng Qiang replied honestly because they really haven"t met before and he just know her because of his Boss.
"Oh, I see. Okay. I thought you know me because you looked so shocked at seeing me, Mister." Zhuang Yue said and then she smiled at Feng Qiang.
"Am I seeing a Ghost?" Feng Qiang thought. He was so shocked that he just swallowed back the words he"s going to say as a reply to what Zhuang Yue said. He was looking for this woman for 7 years! 7 years of searching for her and he didn"t get any information where she is and now she is right in front of him if his Boss knows this he will be very happy. Oh right. Boss needs to know this. I need to get back to the company asap and….
Before Feng Qiang finished what he is thinking he heard the lady talk again but now she was talking to the child.
"Ying"er let"s go buy your dolls now." Zhuang Yue said and then both her and Yingyue bowed to Feng Qiang and then they start walking towards the doll store but just before they could take a step Feng Qiang stopped them and asked Zhuang Yue a question.
"Miss, may I know your name?" Feng Qiang asked just to make sure. He made it looked like he is just asking for her name casually.
"My name"s Zhuang Yue." Zhuang Yue said and then they said Goodbye to Feng Qiang and both her and Yingyue went inside the doll store.
Feng Qiang was left there in a daze after recovering he immediately ran to the parking lot and drove as fast as he can to their company.
"Boss needs to know this good news as soon as possible. He"s been looking for her for so long. If it wasn"t for the Chairman, Boss will turn not just Beijing but the whole world upside down." Feng Qiang thought while driving.
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Author"s Note:
Hi! I"m thankful to those who put this novel of mine in their library. :) I"m really thankful. Please continue to support me and motivate me! Everyone is free to leave a comment and a review for me to know if I need to change something and if I made a mistake. Anyway, I don"t know if everyone is aware of the fact that I changed the names I mentioned in the prologue to Chinese names. If not I will say it again here. Zackery Christian Alberghi Lee will now be Xia Wei Alberghi and Maria Katherine Kim will now be Zhuang Yue. I"m sorry again for my English. I"m not that good in English because it is not my mother tongue and I do not have an editor that"s why please bear with my English. Thanks!
PS: I"m sorry in advance to those who are waiting for an update. I"m just busy with school stuff these days because school"s gonna start again soon and I"m writing as a hobby and to release some stress. My updates will not have a regular daily update but I can promise you that I will do my best to make an update here! That"s why I came to a decision. The decision I"m talking about can be read below in the author"s thought box. Thank you!
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