"Daddy!! Is there something happening in this house that we don't know?!" Zan Mengyao and Zan Yichen grabbed their father's hand.
"No. Why are you asking me like that?!" Did they find out?! He pondered.
"Well... Mommy and grandpa is so happy. Including our house helps. Our home is getting painted, even new things were bought into. Why?!"
"Well..... Your mommy likes to do this kinds of things. And we paint our house occassionally." Zan Tengfei gave them a vague answer.
"But daddy..." Zan Mengyao sat near her father. "We painted our house last year. We usually paint between three years...."
"Stop questioning your daddy like police and go to your school!!" Bo Ehuang pushed two bags into the hands of her kids. "Don't disturb your father and go!! Go!!" She pushed them out of the house.
"Haa..... Okay!! We are leaving!! But don't worry!! We will find it sooner or later!!" Zan Yichen warned his mother.
Both kids left to school in their cars.
Bo Ehuang shook her head and reached back inside. "Father. The kids have left. Please come to the dining hall." She knocked elder Zan's door.
Elder Zan opened the door.
The three of them sat in the breakfast table.
"Its hard to keep secrets from the children." Grandpa Zan smiled.
"Yes. You had to hide in your room." Zan Tengfei looked at his father.
"Husband. So when are you leaving?!" Bo Ehuang looked at her husband.
"She will reach here in 12 o'clock. So I had to be there much sooner." Zan Tengfei answered.
"Mmm. Then be careful on the road. And eat something before both of you come back." Grandpa Zan reminded him.
"Yes father." Bo Ehuang nodded.....
***
In the airport.
Zan Tengfei looked among the passengers in the recieving area. Where is she?! He looked around.
"Daddy!!! Daddy..." Someone waved at him from far.
Its Yingying!! Zan Tengfei looked at the hands which was waving from far. He waved back. The girl of 18 years old ran towards her father and hugged him happily..... Her waist length hair swayed....
"You look more cute than from video call." He hugged her back.
She smiled. He pinched her round face.
"Ouch!!" She cupped her face. "How are you daddy?!" Zan Guiying asked.
"I am fine Yingying. Everyone is wait for you in home." Zan Tengfei opened the car's door for her....
The car started....
I am back... Looking outside the window, Zan Guiying smiled.... "Our city changed within three years!! Is it right daddy?!" She asked.
"Mm!! Yes! Yes! The city is not like you used to know. In every few months, new new things happen here." He backed her.
Did you change too..... Big brother Jun.... "Yes! Yes!!" She laughed. "What about my cuties? Did you tell them?!"
"No! No! We are keeping it as a surprise! But you know your siblings. They smell things like this..... Today they pestered me to reveal what we were hiding."
"Is it?! Then what happened?!" She turned at her father.
"Thankfully your mother came and helped me. Otherwise.... You know what will happen!!" Zan Tengfei laughed.
"Haa!! I know I know!!" Both of them laughed.
"And Yingying. We can have lunch and go back to the home. Okay?!"
"Mm... Okay. I am hungry too!! Let's go to a Chinese restaurant."
"Haa. Okay." Zan Tengfei wheeled the car to the left.
***
"Grandpa!! Mommy!!" Zan Guiying ran to the people waiting for her outside the villa.
"Ha! Ha!! My princess had grown much!!" Grandpa Zan hugged her.
She smiled and blushed.
"Welcome back Yingying!!" Bo Ehuang hugged Zan Guiying.
"Mommy!! Grandpa!! I missed both of you!!"
"Then come inside. Don't stand there." Bo Ehuang grabbed Zan Guiying's hand.
All of them walked inside.
"Now. Go and freshen up. Okay?! You would be tired." Zan Tengfei stroked her head.
"Hmm!!" She nodded and walked upstairs.
***
The room never changed.... Zan Guiying sat in her bed. The sheets and curtains changed. It must be mommy!! She laid down in the bed and rubbed it with her palms.
After lying for sometime, she got up and opened her wardrobe. The cloths were changed too. According to my size. She took a bunny printed pyjama and her innerwears. Opening the bathroom, she removed her clothes and stood under the shower for sometime.... Washing away her tiredness....
***
After taking bath, she again sat in the bed. Then she opened her wardrobe again. There was a small trunk inside it. Should I open it or not? Looking at the trunk, she pondered. It had some of De Longjun's gifts for her. All of them were expensive. So she couldn't throw it away. His other gifts were stored inside her storeroom in the bedroom. She had took the keys with her when she left to Spain.
The keys were with her..... For this three days.... Always reminding her of him.... Sometimes she wanted to throw it away, trying to make her mind believe that it's lost.... But she couldn't... She knew she would break the trunk with a hammer.....
Zan Guiying stopped looking at the trunk again and closed the wardrobe.
Lying in the bed, she closed her eyes again.... Finding solace in the familiar environment...
***
"Sisteeeeeeerrrrr..." Zan Guiying woke up hearing familiar calling. She opened her eyes. It was her siblings.
"Sis!! You are back!!" Both kids jumped into her arms. "When mommy and daddy said to take your book from your room, we should have guessed it!!"
She smiled. "I was sleeping."
"When did you came back?!" They asked.
"Around lunch time!!" She answered.
"It was the surprise they planned!!"
"Yes!! Did you two like it?!"
"Mm.... Very much...…" Both of them hugged their sister tightly. "Sister..... We missed you...."
"I missed you too...." Zan Guiying kissed their temples and began to stroke their head.
"Now sleep with me for some more time...." She yawned.
"Mm... Okay!!" Her siblings smiled....
***
Dinner time.
"What is this father?!" Zan Tengfei asked.
There were five boxes in the tea table.
"All of you. Open it." Giving them the designated boxes.
They took and opened it. There were traditional cloths for all of them.
"Wear it and come with me tomorrow." Grandpa Zan instructed.
"Yes father."
All of them nodded.
***
Next day.
"Welcome. Your guests are waiting for you." A staff welcomed them into a private room.
Why are we in a restaurant? All of them thought.
Elder Zan walked in front. The staff opened the room's door.
Followed by her families, Zan Guiying was the last person to enter the room....
Inside the room was the person she longed to see the most.... In those group of people, Zan Guiying's eyes only saw the person she tried hard to forget....
De Longjun.....
Big brother Jun.....
Time stopped.... Both of them looked at each other.... Stuck in the moment....
"Welcome..... In-laws..." Elder De's words brought them back....
In-laws?
All of them looked at each other....
"Little Yingying.... You and De Longjun..... Do you agree for the marriage?!" Elder De asked.
"WHAT?! MARRIAGE?!" Shocked, Zan Guiying looked at De Longjun...