Feng Xinying was very excited to meet them. When she reached there, he aunts came running to her. They took Feng Xinying inside with a lot of enthusiasm. "Omo! Look who is here?" They called all her cousins. Feng Xinying was flabbergasted when she saw that she had very cute two brothers and two sisters who were younger than her by a year or two. They giggled and sat beside her.
While they were talking to her excitedly, suddenly a girl wearing a very short skirt and tube top entered the main room. She was barely five feet in height, but her high five inch heels were giving her a very tall look. She had a bag that was hanging across her chest. With huge hoopla earrings and a dense maroon lipstick she looked like cluttered. She looked with narrowed eyes at Feng Xinying. They she turned to her mother and said, "Have you shown her that letter?"
Her mother bit her lip and replied, "Shu Ning, you are just being extremely absurd. This is not the way you greet your elder sister!"
Shu Ning looked at her mother as her face became red with anger. "Mother, did you show her the letter or not? You told me that once Feng Xinying comes homes, you would show her the letter!"
"Shu Ning, behave yourself and say h.e.l.lo to your sister now!" she scolded her daughter.
"Since when is she my sister? You were Feng Zhantian"s step sister. I barely see any relation to her!" replied Shu Ning indignantly.
Feng Xinying was in utter shock at the events unfolding in front of her. So this was the purpose, her aunts had come to meet her? There was a hidden intention. Never did her aunts actually came and met her before she announced her marriage to Xie Yuansheng and now they suddenly show their face. Feng Xinying wanted to leave the house there and then because she knew that if she stayed, she would end up insulting one of them, which might be very rude.
Her aunt Feng Jiao Long had three children, of which Shu Ning was the eldest. She was a twenty year girl who was extremely haughty and when things don"t go her way, she usually ended up throwing tantrums.
Feng Jiao Long was very angry with her daughter, Shu Ning"s behavior. She scolded again, "Shu Ning, if you cannot have a normal conversation, you can go to your room, but you cannot insult guests."
Shu Ning became all the angrier and she stomped out of the room. Feng Xinying watched her leave. She turned to her aunt and asked, "Am I missing something? What letter are we talking about?"
"Nothing my dear," replied her aunt. "Here, have some sweets. I have made this rice cake and you will surely like it."
Her cousins started speaking again with her after Shu Ning left the room. They joked as to how hotheaded Shu Ning was and that Feng Xinying shouldn"t feel bad about her. Not even fifteen minutes had pa.s.sed when Shu Ning came back in the room. This time her mother got up from her sofa, held Shu Ning"s hand and dragged her out of the room.
Feng Xinying probed, "What letter is she talking about?"
The boys out there shook their head and said, "Big sister, it is nothing. Shu Ning is a little arrogant. She will be okay soon. Ever since she had seen the announcement of your marriage with Xie Yuansheng, she had been insisting mother to show you a letter."
Feng Xinying wondered what the letter was, when suddenly her phone started ringing. It was Xie Yuansheng.
"Baby, the auction is over. Where are you? If you are still at your aunt"s place, I will come and pick you up."
"Xie Yuansheng, I have come with the driver and so I can come on my own," she replied.
"Xinying, do you want me to miss the opportunity to meet your cousins? How many cute sisters do you have? As far as I remember there should be three of them," he chuckled.
"How do you know?" she asked with a surprise.
"Your aunt used to visit the house when you were in America sometimes along with her daughters. She and Xie Weihui had become friends."
Feng Xinying was surprised by this information but she didn"t say a word about it. Instead she said, "Okay, see you soon…"
"Okay baby, I will be there within the next thirty minutes."
She disconnected the call and picked another one of the delicious rice cakes. Suddenly, she heard Shu Ning shrieking and running out in the main hall. She had an envelope in her hand. She came and stopped right in front of Feng Xinying and handed it to her.
Her aunt came and tried to take that letter away from Feng Xinying. She said, "Xiao Ying, that letter is useless. I didn"t know that Shu Ning was still holding it so dear. I had thrown it away but it seems that she had picked it up from the trash. Please don"t read it."
Feng Xinying became all the more curious.
"This is an important letter Feng Xinying. Read it carefully and you should take responsibility," said Shu Ning looking very serious.
Feng Xinying frowned. She looked at her aunt and said with a smile, "Don"t worry, and let me read the letter." She opened the envelope and took the letter out. Shu Ning in the meanwhile walked and sat down on the sofa opposite her. Her aunt sat with Shu Ning, looking anxious.
Feng Xinying opened the letter. It was from Xie Weihui.
"Dear Feng Jiao Long,
For a long time, I wanted to talk to you about something I am thinking from a long time. I really like your daughter, Shu Ning. Not only she is cute, she is as chirpy as a bird. I think she would be a perfect match to my son Xie Yuansheng. So please accept my humble request and accept my son"s hand in marriage to your daughter Shu Ning.
This decision is not on an impulse, but I have come to this decision after thinking a lot about Xie Yuansheng. He is a lonely child and really needs love. Shu Ning would fill that loneliness in his life."
The letter went on stating things about Xie Yuansheng. In the end there were Xie Weihui"s signatures. The date was when Feng Xinying was in America.