123 Sister An (1/2)

Chen Fan stood near the entrance of the house and waited quietly.

Half hour… one hour… two hours… finally, a black VW appeared at the end of the road and was closing in.

The VW pulled over near Chen Fan, and two women emerged from it. One was an attractive middle-aged woman, and the other was a coy looking girl in her early twenties.

The middle-aged woman wore only very light makeup and custom-tailored black business dress. On her face, she wore black-rimmed glasses, eyes glinting, and chin up. She gave off the energy of a strong and capable businesswoman.

The moment she saw Chen Fan, her eyes grew soft and a pleased and surprised expression emerged on her face.

”Xiao Fan, why are you waiting here?”

She was Chen Fan's mother, the CEO of Jin Xiu Group. Her name was Wang Xiaoyun, the future Queen of Jin Xiu.

”Mom.” Chen Fan's voice was trembling and was laced with anticipation and fear.

He gazed at her familiar face and felt the motherly love in her eyes. Five hundred years of longing and expectation had all turned into this one silent look.

”What is it?”

Wang Xiaoyun came up to Chen Fan and rubbed his forehead and asked.

”Are you afraid that I am going to talk to you about you skipping school at Chu Zhou City? Humph, Auntie Tang had told me everything. Exchange Student at Qingang Middle School, wasn't it? Those lies could only fool Auntie Tang but not your mom.”

”Of course. Mom is right; mom is great; mom is the big boss of a big company.” Chen Fan gathered himself and jested like a child.

However, he didn't move his gaze away from his mom.

She was as pretty as he remembered. The tiredness on her face made Chen Fan feel sad.

Chen Fan had spent most of his past life with his father. By the time he left the world at the age of thirty, his father had been mostly overcome with grief and was ready to live peacefully for the rest of his life.

Both Chen Fan and his father were reticent and were not very good at talking about their feelings.

Chen Fan was in the fourth year of university when his mother died in a car accident; he felt as if the world was falling down on him when that happened.

His mother had always been the backbone of the family. Although she only returned home once a year and didn't stay long even during her visit, both Chen Fand and his father relied on her mother's income. The tightly knitted family had lived happily and peacefully for over twenty years.

Therefore, when Chen Fan met Wang Xiaoyun again after five hundred years, his mind was overtaken by poignant emotions.

”Mom, aren't you tired of running the company all by yourself? Why don't you come back and live with us?” Chen Fan asked out of the blue.

”We haven't traveled as a family for a while. I really want to see the grand canyon and the tropical jungle. It would be so much fun!”

”What are you talking about?” Wang Xiaoyun pulled a taut face. ”Who is going to put the bread on the table if I give up the company? Can you eat fun? Your dad's wages are not even enough to pay the mortgage, do you want to be homeless?

”And you! With your grades, you will never get into a good university. You will even have a hard time finding a wife. So tell me, how could I not work hard?”

Wang Xiaoyun pointed her finger at Chen Fan's forehead and refuted.

”Mom, don't put him down. I bet he already knew what you are going to say.”

The coy looking girl covered her mouth to suppress a giggle.

”For your Sister An's sake, I will let it slide.” Wang Xiaoyun glared at Chen Fan and said hotly.

Despite her angry voice, her gaze on Chen Fan was soft. Chen Fan laughed in his mind and felt her hard words warming his heart.

In his past life, he hated his mother's preaching. However, when he wanted to hear it again, his mother was no longer alive. He had to carry the guilt and regret for the rest of his short-lived life on earth.

Sister An was his and his father's only solace after the accident. Chen Fan knew his father was in as much pain as he was, but his father had proven to be a much stronger man of the two. He had devoted the rest of his life into his work and became a renowned government official.

The thought of Sister An, made him turn to look at the kittenish girl.

The girl looked back, and the two held each other's gaze for a second. The coy girl's lips curled softly into a smile, and her eyes gleamed with affection and fondness.

”Sister An.”

Chen Fan was at a loss for words as old memories flooded into his mind.

An Ya was not Chen Fan's biological sister. Her mother and Chen Fan's mother were BFFs ever since childhood. Although the An family was not as powerful as the Wang family, it was reputable in Jin City.

Sister An's biological mother fell in love with a man at university and had a baby before they were married.

In the early eighties, having a baby before marriage was a huge taboo. Big families such as the Ans were particularly intolerant of such a scandal.