Su Xiaofei woke up to the sound of pounding waves. Next to her, Lu Qingfeng slept with one arm propped over her belly, his nakedness barely covered by the tangled sheet. Through the thin curtains, she could see the sunlight piercing through it, illuminating their suite.
She sighed as she realized that they only had a day to enjoy themselves here and needed to return home. She had no doubt that the amount of work waiting for her would be astronomical. Thankfully, her assistant was capable of rescheduling the meetings she had, and she wouldn't need to bring those paperwork home.
She laid on her side, staring at her husband's handsome face. Lu Qingfeng was obviously younger than her, but he was more mature in thinking that sometimes, she couldn't help but rely on him. When she was reborn, she was filled with bitterness and anger, but now, she only wanted to be a better daughter to her mother and be the good wife she could be to Lu Qingfeng.
Her fingers lightly traced the side of his handsome face, marveling at how beautiful he was. He looked utterly masculine and young at the same time. His cold countenance only added to his charm. Su Xiaofei would have never thought that they would have such an amazing connection. She had obviously ignored this before.
She moved her husband's hand carefully and rose. Her muscles ached pleasantly, reminding her of how attentive her husband was the night before. She stood up to take a long shower and hummed a song she had sung in her previous life. No one knew the title of the song nor its lyrics because it had been her who had written it out of her despair during the time when Lu Qingfeng had fallen into a coma.
She had been washing out the shampoo from her hair when the door of the shower stall opened, revealing her husband. He stepped in and joined her in the shower, starting his day a little later than usual.
"You could have slept a little more. Did my absence wake you up?" She asked as she helped him scrub his back with a washcloth. Standing behind him, it was easy to tell that he was towering over her.
"No. I don't sleep much, Feifei." Lu Qingfeng ran a hand on his hair, pushing it away from his face.
That was true, Su Xiaofei thought. She couldn't remember the last time she had seen Lu Qingfeng going to bed before midnight or sleeping in.
Twenty minutes later, they were dressed casually and went down to see if Yun Qingrong or Xi Qian were up and having breakfast. They only found Yun Qingrong enjoying her meal as she looked peacefully at the waves in the sea.
"Morning, Mom." Su Xiaofei kissed her mother's cheek and took a seat next to her. "Have you seen Qian today?" She asked, while her husband took a seat across from them and gestured for the helper to serve their meals.
They came back with trays filled with scrambled eggs, fresh fruit slices, a cup of black coffee for Lu Qingfeng and mocha for his wife and some croissants with warm butter. Su Xiaofei's eyes lit up and she quickly dug in, not waiting for her husband.
"I asked around," Yun Qingrong's lips curled up seeing how her daughter eagerly devoured her meal. "It seems like she isn't up yet."
"That's good." Su Xiaofei nodded, moaning at how delicious her croissant was. Perhaps her late night activities with her husband had made her a glutton for a big breakfast. "It's alright for her to sleep in once in a while. I would rather she not drink a cup of coffee while she's here."
Aside from her husband, Su Xiaofei knew that Xi Qian enjoyed her coffee to keep her up and awake during work and her studies. It was certainly one of the reasons why Xi Qian had trouble sleeping ever since she tried balancing her work and reviewing for her exams.
"Feifei, how could you say such things?"
The trio turned their heads and saw Xi Qian joined them in the dining area. Xi Qian unceremoniously sat next to Lu Qingfeng and snatched a croissant from his tray.
"I'm merely saying that you should take advantage of this short trip, Qian. When was the last time you took a real day off? I wouldn't doubt if you are keeping your notes under your pillows at night." Su Xiaofei said in defense.
"Don't worry. I haven't touched them since we got here." Xi Qian assured her, which was true. She was too preoccupied to think about it.
Just as she thought that she was able to unwind here, her recent conversation with Li Xiran kept her awake late at night. She had been wondering if she was being too hard on herself, and denying herself of things that should be enjoyable.
What was wrong with being friends with your employer's son anyway? It wasn't like she and Li Xiran were close in the first place. She had to admit though, that she was amazed by his dedication to his work and how he struggled to keep their company afloat while mending his relationship with his father.
Xi Qian thought that it was admirable, because not many would swallow their own pride and admit their mistakes to their own parents. On her part, it wasn't like she was the one who needed to apologize to her parents. They were the ones who abandoned her, and they had been absent throughout her life since their divorce was finalized.
Little Qian had no place in their new families anyway, and she had promised not to become like her mother, who only trapped her father in marriage just because she had fallen pregnant. Her father had never once failed to remind her that she was the unwanted child anyway, while her mother deemed her as the biggest mistake of her life.
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