Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours and just like this, the beautiful sapphire sky began merging with the night, welcoming the hour of sleep.
Jiang shuxin stepped in her own house, burned out from the work. She strode forward, walking towards the stairs as her eyes fell on the figure on the couch,
"Have you eaten yet?" she halted in her place, at the stairs,
"Not yet." Jiang li replied while she sat contentedly at the cozy lounge scrolling her phone,
"Let's eat then," She invited her, as she began to step up the stairs.
At the dining table, only the two of them sat, facing each other. Jiang shuxin obliviously picked up her bowl and started to fill it up from the utensil placed in front of them, in the middle of the dining table.
The two figures opposing each other sat on the expansive 6-seat dining table, the space around them silent, calm and comforting. The sound of cutlery eliminating the silence accompanied by the voice of movements made by jiang li as she also started to pick up the cutlery from the table, and filling it from the utensil.
She held the chopsticks close to her face, staring at shuxin for some moments, ate the food and picked up one more bite, she continues to eat the food while stealing glances at shuxin as if trying to conclude what to say.
"Just say it." Shuxin said, eating from the bowl without looking at her.
"I am going to sichuan." Jiang li stated while picking up food from her bowl and eating it.
She paused, expecting a reaction, but all she got was a hum. Upon hearing her response she nodded slightly, the atmosphere went back to silent and comfortable as they both ate their food with silence.
At the same hour, on the road was racing a black, polished phantom car, it's speed on par with the winds screaming in protest. The engine's sound illuminating the silence of night.
The long-awaited day finally arrived, jiang shuxin was stepping out of the residence, her printed floral dress dancing with the wind, tightly embracing her.
Her hairs joined along as the wind greeted them once again, her existence being glorified by the wind, and behind her was tingsheng; he was walking with a phone in her hand, his eyes switching between her and the device in his hand as he walked behind her.
His white smooth satin-finish shirt moving with the breeze, complimented by the grey trousers he wore; a not-so typical formal attire but used in formal settings.
His long legs quickly crossing shuxin's as he strode forward opening the rear passenger door for her. She settled inside, he closed the door with ease, slow and seamless, pacing back to the driver's seat he got inside, fastening the seatbelt around him, he glanced at the lady on the back from the rear-view mirror and drove off.
Sichuan had become a magnet of the attention of the visitors and media; the streets particularly bustling with the visitors, media took most of the place and view in the streets of sichuan,
"We are currently standing in front of the famous restaurant of actress Qin yanli, which now belongs to Mrs. lin shuyi, as you can see.." The anchor holding the mic stepped sideways for the camera to focus on the entrance which buzzled with activities.
"A lot of people have arrived here" She added while showing the crowd with her hand,
In the frame of the camera, at the side appeared a man, middle-aged in formal clothes, his steps steady and confident as he walked towards the media,
The media stepped forward, surrounding him asking questions of several forms and shapes,
"Sir, is it true that this restaurant was started by Mrs. lin shuyi and Mrs. Zheng yan together?" The girl holding the mic quickly surrounded him asking him this question followed by other anchors, the man glanced at the reporter and moved forward towards the media, who dashed towards him,
"May we know why the restaurant is not expanded?"
"What would you like to say about the will?"
And other questions which were difficult to decipher;
Meanwhile,
Inside the restaurant was shuxin, seated on a place from where all the voices of outside could be heard, or perhaps the voices were too loud for everyone to hear.
She sat there, her presence stood out among the ones who were chasing drama and those, who were simply chasing a meal there.
Her dress was simple, her actions were the one which made her feel different; the way she was eating the food, respectful and formal. She had elegance of a young woman around her.
In front of her was seated tingsheng, he was eating the food with the same slow manner, enjoying the taste and fragrance of the food.
He had a mature face and sturdy build. There he sat in the formals, eating food at a restaurant which had just received it's worldwide fame.
At the same time, a car stopped in front a company, a person opened the door for the man.
Yusheng,
he stepped out of the car and went inside the company followed by the man who was accountable for many tasks given by yusheng. They both wore formal suits, stepping into the familiar office yusheng sat at his chair.
The man read out his plans for the day,
"Today, final accounts are to be reviewed by the finance department and there is also a conference meeting regarding this." He listed out,
Yusheng nodded and opened the file placed by the side at his desk. he began unsealing the file as the man facing him began,
"And, Ms. shuxin is in sichuan right now." He gave him the leftover report of the inquiry handed to him
Yusheng continued his actions and hummed in response, taking out the documents inside the seal.
"Have the finance department review the budget for recent projects." He ordered,
"Yes" The man opposing him replied, and walked out of the office. Yusheng looked at the façade windows for a moment before focusing back on his work.
Another daughter of the jiang family, Jiang li was sitting on a chair at a place, vast and decorated which seemed like a hotel or a banquet hall. The chairs were placed accordingly in a systematic and clear manner. She was behaving the same as shuxin, refined, slow and steady movements adding up to her behavior.