553 Surprise! (1/2)

-Next Morning-

”I finally got rid of him! Hurray!”

”Ying, are you alright?”

Yan Ying immediately put her hands down at her sides and stiffened when she heard that voice. She had just waved goodbye to Han Bohai with a bright smile. In her excitement, she completely forgot that she was still standing before the elevator.

When she looked back to see Francesca, she smiled awkwardly. ”Morning!”

”Morning to you too,” said Francesca as she stepped up to her side. ”But what's with this excitement? Won a lottery or something?”

”It's nothing like that.” Ying rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. ”Oh, what are you doing here? Aren't you staying at Qiu Family house? Your son and daughter-in-law are not even here.”

”I know,” answered Francesca. ”After shopping with Nora and your aunt, I was super tired so I came here with Nora. I can understand Nora's passion for shopping but I didn't know your aunt could be so passionate about it as well.”

”You went out shopping with my aunt?” Francesca nodded her head in reply. ”My aunt Feifei?” She nodded again. ”Are you sure? That woman only knows how to work.”

”Yes, I've been told,” answered Francesca. ”I originally went out with Dylan but we just ran into each other. And when your aunt asked for help, I just joined her. But it was very tiring.”

”HA!” Ying laughed strangely before saying, ”Aunt Feifei doesn't just look young, she really is more energetic than people in their twenties.”

”I can tell.” Francesca shook her head. ”We are the same age but she seems a lot more active for some reason. Even though we are both working women.”

”You shouldn't think about it,” said Ying while patting Francesca's shoulder. ”My aunt loves two things; work and exercise. I guess that's why she is so active.” Looking at the things in Francesca's hands, Ying asked, ”Are you going back to the Qiu Family?”

Francesca nodded, ”Yes, I promised Sister Wei that I'd stay until the wedding.”

”Let me help you,” said Ying as she took the things from Francesca's hands and pressed the elevator's button.

”Don't you think something is missing.” Francesca suddenly spoke up when the elevator arrived.

Ying paused to turn as she asked, ”Did you forget something?”

Francesca shook her head as she followed Ying and entered the elevator saying, ”It's not that I forgot something I just feel like, without my son and daughter-in-law, something is missing. It's strange though. I'm used to living alone. It must be because today is...”

”Today? Is something special today? Am I missing something?”

Francesca looked at Ying, ”Today is Regi's... Forget it. Even if he said he'll be back on this day, I shouldn't think about it.”

”You shouldn't be feeling so down. He has spent this day with you for over twenty years, now it's time to let him enjoy with the person he is going to spend this day with for the rest of his life.”

Francesca smiled slightly at Ying as she said, ”I'm not upset about that. He just said he'd come today so I was looking forward to it.”