Xia Sha sat on the corner of her bed. Her chest rose and fall as she looks at her prom dress on the ground. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fist.
Pang Ze Tian and Xia Xiang get more and more brazen each day. They even dare to take out the prom dress that she stores nicely in her dressing room. She has two separate closets, the one in her bedroom is for her everyday use, while the one next to her room is a dressing bedroom for formal events.
But still, invading her personal space was equivalent to challenging her standing in Xia Manor.
She took out the phone from her bag, calling her mother straight away. Wait, she can't. She makes her mother upset at the last meeting and it's will hurt mommy Shen more if she knew about this. So in the end, she called Kai Xin and Zheng Shuang.
"What the hell? She dares?" Kai Xin fumed angrily.
"She's lucky we've graduated from Imperial." Zheng Shuang scoffed.
Both of them naturally make Xia Sha felt better, but after a while, she becomes sad instead. "I don't even know what's left for me in this house. Should I consider moving out?"
"No! If you move out you are just going to give the cruel de vile and her ugly daughter more power and privilege. They will control your father completely! Definitely can't move out." Zheng Shuang said almost instantly.
Xia Sha look at the family portrait on the wall and sighs. After a few moments of silence Kai Xin utter her opinions. "What makes you stay on that manor for the first place anyway?"
"I..." She did not want to say it out loud. But three of them knew why Xia Sha painfully holding in Xia Manor even though she felt suffocated there. She is hoping for Xia Qi Feng to reconcile with Shen Xia Fei.
She wanted the fairytales. Impossible Relationship according to Edward Lewis on Pretty Woman, starred by Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. But in the movie, Edward climbs out through the white limousine. Ascended the fire escape to be with Vivian anyway.
"I don't know." She mutters at the end.
"I'm sorry if what I said might hurt your feelings. But you have experienced it yourself, Xia Sha. Just like Ling Guang, your father is the same hopeless case. Moreover, even though they are your parents, you don't own their lives."
Xia Sha lowered her head and took a deep breath before she falls into a daze. She knew she is tricking her mind, thinking that her father and mother still love each other. Maybe another reason why she considering forgiving Ling Guang after what he did.
Because unconsciously, she believes in those fairy tales.
"I understand," She whispers and scrambling a random circle on her pillow.
"You are welcome to say at my house, you know that." Kai Xin said in the end. Cracking a small smile on Xia Sha's beautiful face.
"If Xia Sha's coming, I'm coming too! We can have a sleepover like we used to have in the past!" Zheng Shuang chimed in excitedly. Xia Sha smiles and ends the call. Maybe she really to clam herself for now.
She brings her suitcase and business attire for tomorrow as she locks her bedroom door and dressing room. Father Xia is on the way to his office when he saw his daughter dragging her suitcase with her. He frowned, "What are you doing?"
Xia Sha turns her head and looks at him nonchalantly before she said, "Oh, I'm locking my door, there are thieves everywhere in this house."
Xia Qi Feng calms his fury inside and tries to be gentler. "Okay, I know you are angry. But where are you going? Did I teach you to run away from the problem?"
Xia Sha rolls her eyes. "I'm going to Kai Xin's house."
Xia Qi Feng throws a rough breath and nods his head. "Fine, but I need to discuss something with you."
Xia Sha has finish locking her door and put it on her bag. She looks at her father Xia with a cold face. "Personal or business matters? Because If it's business let's discuss tomorrow in the office. But if it's personal I don't feel like talking to you after what just happened downstairs."
Father Xia exactly wanted to discuss something personal with her. He pitched his bridge of the nose and look tired. "I know you are stubborn, but I don't know you are unreasonable. Just like your mother."
"Unreasonable? Do you think I could talk to you like an obedient good daughter after you let that fake daughter of yours destroying my dress?" She scoffed and prepared to walk away.
Father Xia stop her by coughing her wrist, look at her with a dissatisfied face. "Xia Sha! Is this how to talk to your father? you have no politeness at all! even Xia Xiang knows better than you! and how you act downstairs? I haven't scolded you for that!"
"Of course, she needs to act politely. She is after all only a fake daughter," she answers savagely. Xia Qi Feng paused and try to gain his composure. But before he could talk, Xia Sha has free her hand and walk away.
She did not give him any face at all.
"You know dad? I'll give you time to enjoy this house with your new happy family. But just tell your dear wife and daughter, when I came back, I'll make sure they regret stepping their feet here."
Xia Qi Feng just watching his daughter angry back silently. That time, he thought she was throwing a tantrum. He never thought three days after Xia Sha moves out from the Xia Manor.
He was so angry that he is almost faint!
***
Pang Ze Tian and Xia Xiang were naturally very happy that Xia Sha moves out from the manor. Apart from facing grumpy Xia Qi Feng at night time, they did not have any threat at home anymore.
They finally can rule the Xia Manor because Xia Sha has left!
The first thing Pang Ze Tian did was changing the kitchen menu. This whole time, the kitchen prepared food according to Xia Sha's likeness. And that weird rich brat likes to eat Chinese food. What a waste of personal chef!
They should be eating more expensive and classy food, like french!
The next thing she changed was pictures, she removes all picture that contains Shen Xia Fei's. She did not dare to throw it away, just in case, she told the maid to store it on a storage room instead.
It's always been a sensitive thing for Xia Qi Feng.
The last thing she always wanted to do is enter the famous 'secret room' of the Xia family. She did not know about this and Xia Qi Feng did not tell it her either. But she had heard it from his rich friend.
Xia manor has this secret room where they store all their treasure things inside. The most legendary things are the rare blood jade that Shen Xia Fei wore the day Xia Sha born.
Xia Xiang was standing next to her when Pang Zhe Tian interrogate Aunty Bai. Pang Ze Tian really wanted to fire this old woman when she acts so arrogantly in front of her.
Who is she? She is the madam of Xia Manor! but this maid did not even want to listen to her words when she asked, "Where is the secret room?"
Xia Xiang who desperately wanted to replace Xia Sha place, try to copy her style whenever she talks. "Hah, you dare to ignore my mother? Do don't want to work here anymore?"
Aunty Bai chuckles. She did not even want to look at them as she jeered. "Do you think I wanted to work for you? Dream on!"
Pang Ze Tian was so furious that she laughed. "Xia Xiang, look at these lowlifes looking down on us."
"Mom, since she doesn't want to work for us, then just fire her already!"
Pang Ze Tian knew she couldn't do that. Because one, there will be time Xia Sha come back, two Xia Qi Feng would ask for aunty Bai and three only she knew where the secret room is apart from Xia Sha and Xia Qi Feng!
Aunty Bai is not stupid. She knew what Pang Ze Tian is thinking and laugh. "Fire me then! I won't mind. I would never be working for someone as shameless as you!"
"What did you say? Do you think your beautiful Ms.Shen is not shameless too? She sleeps with young meat when she's still married. How dare to look down on me?" Pang Ze Tian ignited.
"Uh-huh, do you really think it was the truth? Oh yeah, you probably will think that too because you are stupid!" Aunty Bai did not even try to soften her choice of words.
Xia Xiang roll her eyes lazily at her stupid mother before she called someone because she was bored. "Hello? Brother Guan. It's me Xia Xiang...." her fake tones make aunty Bai wanted to puke out.
"Yeah, em it was like this... sister Xia moves out from the manor and my mom wanted to... ah? I think she goes to her friend's house."
"Yeh.. wait! brother, I haven't finished..."
It doesn't take a bright mind to know the other person has hung her up. Her face was bleak and was not in a happy mood. Aunty Bai look at her and shook her head.
"Hah, my miss Xia Sha will never lower her level to chase a man. Hey third party, you should teach your daughter to be more classy. Sign up for a class if it's needed."
And with that, aunty Bai is officially fired from the house.
But before she completely comes out, she has left them (Pang Ze Tian and Xia Xiang) a present. When father Xia come home and find out, he exploded.
Aunty Bai had push Pang Ze Tian and Xia Xiang to the depth of hell. Oh wait, Aunty Bai under Xia Sha's commend was the exact word.