433 A Wedding Proposal (2/2)

”Sooner the better,” replied Zhao Wei in a way that her husband didn't dare to argue again.

”And here I thought my son would be the one getting married first,” Francesca sounded slightly depressed to think about how her son was still not proposing her daughter-in-law. What was the hold up now?!

At this point, one could say that Francesca was more eager than anyone else to get Darren and Xiu married. She even planned on taking a good class of that son of hers who always acted smart but was being a real loser when it came to proposing a girl.

Standing against the wall of the door, Ying placed her hand over her mouth and kept repeating to herself, 'Don't you dare cry! You can't keep cry for someone who wasn't yours! You knew it from the very beginning. You're the one to blame for hoping for a different result.'

”Miss...”

Ying looked at the maid who was about to call her name and shushed her. ”Keep it down, Miyabi. No need to tell everybody I'm here,” she said in a hushed tone. ”I'm just here to get... Something I left in the room. There is no need to disturb anyone for that.”

She smiled at the maid as she made an excuse before running up the stairs. Of course, she had nothing to get from the room. She only came to Xin Villa because she had something to discuss with Xin Zimen but she couldn't do so now.

She touched her face and took deep, calming breaths.

Inhale...

Exhale...

”Everything is okay. Everything is really okay.” Patting her own cheeks in a comforting manner, she opened the window and jumped over to the branch of the tree that was closest to the window. It wasn't her first time doing it, so it didn't take her long before she was sitting on the branch leaning against the tree in a very languid manner.

She had only sat down to take a breather to look at the full moon finding it beautifully enchanting tonight. Or perhaps, the moistness in her eyes was making everything seem painfully dreamy tonight.

Ying was lost in her own thoughts when a small pebble hit her shoulder all of a sudden. It didn't hurt but it startled her to the point that...

*CRASH*

”Aiya, Ma! My buttock hurts! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”