Chapter 16: Goodbye, My Home
Next morning when Xing woke up, the sky was bright. She felt her headache had reduced and felt a bit better. She did her usual dressing up and tried smiling in the mirror she won’t worry others. When she came out, she saw a grand breakfast spread on the table. All were her favourite dishes.
" I don’t know how to console you but I’m sorry for your loss", Shurei said with a soft voice. She looked like she was hesitant and uneasy in Xing’s eyes. That can’t be allowed.
"Shurei, you don’t have to be too polite with me in the future. You are Haru’s wife and you two are of one soul in my eyes. So, I accept your condolence. My mother really was a great mother both to me and Haru. No one can replace her in my heart", Xing said patting at Shurei’s shoulders.
" I know ", she said and cleared her throat, " Big sis, you didn’t eat dinner. You should eat now. Huang Shengli was preparing all these dishes even before I woke up. He and my husband didn’t eat dinner too. I think they’ll eat only if you eat.", she said expecting Xing to accept her request.
"Hmm. Where are they?", Xing asked looking around and not finding Haru and Chenglie.
"They went out, didn’t say where", Shurei replied biting her lips. She was too shy to ask them and they didn’t tell her either.
"You shouldn’t let your husband leave without letting you know. He should at least know this basic thing. I’ll teach him properly", Xing said in a authoritative tone.
Shurei nodded with a blush as she felt the one in front of her is the mother-in-law.
" Did you eat?", Xing asked concerned.
Shurei shook her head saying no. Xing thought Shurei is cute and the corners of her mouth raised slightly. Haru is too lucky to have a wife like Shurei.
" Let’s eat, they’ll join us. They shouldn’t have left without informing us", Xing said and started serving food to the hesitant Shurei.
Shurei saw Xing serving her with interest. She couldn’t understand her. She was spaced out the previous day and now she was acting like nothing was wrong. But she only know that Xing and her husband share a strong bond that won’t be easily broken. They know each other like the back of their hands.They both depend on each other without even realising themselves. It’ll be hard for them to live apart ut distance won’t separate them either. It’s a blessing to have a person in one’s life like that. She felt like she didn’t know her husband better. But she’s only known him for a couple of days and they still have the rest of their lives to get to know each other better. She knew somehow, her husband will treat her well or else he’ll have to face Xing’s wrath. She felt protected with Xing around them.