Chapter 231 - A day before Christmas. (2/2)

”What? Embarrass me? Why would you say or think that?”

”Look Sara. I'm not a good Aunt. It's bad enough that they do not consider you good enough for their son and my presence there would only worsen things for you. I am a woman who never got married and even had a child outside of wedlock. Do you—”

”Please stop it Aunt.” Sara cut her off in displeasure.

”Do I look like I care about any of that? You are my family. You are all important. Who cares about what anyone says about you?” She said angrily.

”Sara....” Cixi called sadly.

”Aunt.... Please...” Sara took her hands in hers ”If you are not coming because of the laptop issue then I'll perfectly understand. But I won't accept it if you look down on yourself because of me. You'll make me sad” Sara pouted unhappily.

Cixi blinked back tears before pulling her into a gentle hug. ”I am very sorry Sara. I'm so sorry” She apologised while blinking back tears.

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Sun cocked her head to the side as she watched Hoy stutter.

She kept wondering what this young man was suddenly up to. None of them actually came to see her on their own except she called for a family meeting so why was he here saying something about a hang out?

”The thing is.... You are not always available and since I'm very sure you'll be traveling back soon, I just wanted to hang out with you before Christmas” He managed to say.

Sun looked at him in obvious surprise. This was the first time a member of the family was asking her to go out together. Was she beginning to hear things? Was this one of the symptoms of her illness?

She looked at her maid beside her and saw the woman also looked surprised. The surprised look on her face was soon replaced with a grin.

”You....want me to go out with you?” Sun asked skeptically. ”That sounds weird” She added.

”Yes.” He answered her first question politely. He must confess, this seemed pretty awkward for him but he had to manage. Everyone was counting on him.

”I got you this. I thought it might look good on you so I bought it. Tell me what you think” He handed her maid a box which she carefully placed beside Sun and opened it.

Sun saw an Indigo flower-patterened suede Cheongsam.

Her eyes lit up as she carefully lifted it to see it was long and would probably end at her ankles. Also inside the box, was an elegant, silver mid heel shoe.

”It is pretty.” She said with a tiny smile.

It was also the first time she was receiving a gift like this before Christmas. And today just happened to be her birthday even though none of them actually knew about it.

Hoy looked at his watch and noted it was just a few minutes to four. It meant it was almost time to start leaving with her.

”Can you change into it so we can leave now?”

He asked carefully.

”What's the other box beside you for?” Sun asked curiously.

”Oh.. This is for you Aunt” He handed the box over to the maid. ”You should also come out with her”

If she had been smiling before, her smile got bigger this time. She was really happy that someone was finally caring about Li Sun.