Lena was not mad at Kris. She guessed that this was karma for her highly intense s.e.xual desires. Luckily though, in the end, she didn"t spend a lot of time horse riding. The men did their own races, everyone losing to Kris, obviously, while the woman just drank some tea and watched the men ride around.
"I had a dream." Grandma Shen spoke first. "In my dream, we were fis.h.i.+ng. My young self with my husband. And in that dream, we caught a big fish. But we let it go. But the fish didn"t go when we release it, instead, it stayed and swam around our boat in circles."
Lena continued to drink her tea but then she realized that her grandmother and mother was looking at her. She quietly placed down her cup of tea and looked at them.
"What?" She asked.
"Fish dreams usually mean that you"re pregnant or someone close to you is."
"I am not pregnant!" Lena claimed.
She looked down on her stomach and touched it. She couldn"t be... she just had her first intercourse a little over a week ago. And she"s still on her birth controls... she couldn"t be..., right? How early does one know if they are pregnant or not?
"Mother must have had a dream about me." Aunt Ma spoke.
Everyone"s eye widened and looked at her.
"I am 5 weeks pregnant. We weren"t going to tell everyone yet until we find out the gender."
"Aiya! Is that why you were not drinking yesterday. Sister, congratulations!" Shen Milli smiled.
"That"s great news! I hope it is a girl." Grandma Shen replied.
"When are you going to find out about the gender?" Lena asked.
"Well, it has been a busy week and with the family gathering too, we didn"t find the right time yet. We were going to visit the hospital after we go back home."
"That"s good!" Grandma Shen was happy.
Shen Milli was also happy. She was not able to have a big family, but she was glad that Shen Yue (Aunt Ma) was able to have a big family. She was still young to have one or two more children.
"Don"t tell Shen Ma yet, he wanted it to be a surprise for everyone." Aunt Ma smiled.
"The kids will be very happy to have a younger sibling." Lena added.
"I hope the triplets will be better behaved knowing that they will be older brothers."
Everyone laughed.
"Lena... when are you going to get married and start your own family. I married your uncle when I was around your age and only got lucky with two pregnancies. The triplets just made it a big number."
"I... maybe when I find what I want to do first."
"You"re stepping down from LUX after the partners.h.i.+p release, are you not?"
"Yes. I was only helping my mother manage it for a while. There are better candidates to be president of the company."
"You"re marrying Kris Li, anyways. You can follow your dreams instead of following your man"s dream this time." Aunt Ma said, referring to how Lena chased Andy to business school instead of following her pa.s.sion.
"Yeah."
The women talked more about clothes and fas.h.i.+on before it was time for dinner.
Lena had considered following her pa.s.sion after leaving LUX. The original Lena had just really dreamed of being an amazing wife and stay at home mother. However, Lena... Shen Qian, pursued her major in graphic designs and arts.
Shen Qian was stuck doing web and project designs because it was a good-paying job. Well, at least before Erik fired her.... But her young self really wanted to pursue a career in graphic novels.
After dinner, everyone went to the springs. The area not only has a large natural gra.s.s field for the horses but a good part of the area had natural springs. The men went to their own area while the women stayed separated from them.
Although Lena and Kris did not spend much time together, they both enjoyed the nice little vacation. Kris had a good time with the Shen family. Of course, grandpa made sure to remember his name correctly this time and never stopped to remind Kris when the wedding date will be.
Shen Mao was saying he wanted a small wedding but Shen Ma suggested a big wedding. Shen Mo, on the other hand, was mostly silent.
Kris felt that he got along well with almost everyone... but there was just something about Shen Mo.
Everyone had left the water early. Kris left too but he came back after seeing that Shen Mo was still there.
"I thought you would be gone already. We"ve had stole you for the whole day, you must be missing Lena." Shen Mo spoke as Kris got back into the water.
"I miss her every second I am away from her, but it"s not every day that I get to spend time with the other people she cherishes."
"Hmmm..." Shen Mo nodded. A good reply indeed.
There was a long silence as both of them sat in the water.
"I feel that you don"t like me." Kris bluntly asked.
Shen Mo opened his eyes and looked at Kris. He smiled. "I don"t like your family."
"I don"t too."
"Good. It should stay that way."
"Why do you not like my family?"
"Some things are best if you just don"t know. Like everyone else here... they can look at you and be happy with you. Every time I look at you... I see your father and your grandfather. But I don"t know you. Are you your father? or your grandfather? I should not let a parent"s sin be their child"s."
Shen Mo got up from the water. "So I am not exactly disliking you but I am just not as accepting as the others. But don"t worry, if Lena truly loves you, then there is no need for me to worry. I only hope you truly love her back."
Shen Mo started walking out but he stopped. He looked back at Kris. "There is one thing though..."
Kris looked at him.
"Be wary of the Zhao family. A Li can never trust a Zhao." And with that, Shen Mo left Kris alone in the water.
"Zhao...?" Kris try to process the words that Shen Mo spoke. There had always been tension between the Zhao and Li family... each family had always been wary of each other.
"Hugh...." Kris looked up to the night sky. But, He can always trust Hugh.
Shen Mo said that it was better for Kris not to know... but Kris felt like he needed to know. What is his parent"s sin? His family had done many horrible things... he included.... does any of them have to do with the Shen family?
Kris got up from the water and walked out. He put on his robe and walked to his room. Everyone mostly had separated room. When he opened his door, he immediately spot Lena lying on his bed, texting on her phone.
"Oh, you"re finally back."
"How did you get in?" Kris asked as he closed and locked the door.
"Through the window."
"...." This was the fifth floor. And there is no balcony.... did Lena really come through the window?
"Naw... I picked the lock on the door."
"You"ve been watching too many movies." Kris took off his robe and put on his sleeping clothes. He crawled into bed with Lena. "You"re not sleeping here right?"
"No... my mom will probably come to check on me later." Lena smiled and gave Kris a kiss. "I just wanted to see you before I sleep tonight."