And finally, the sun blooms on the horizon, beginning to warm the day with a chirp of birds. The curtain shone an orange hue on Suyin's face, adding a perfect glow to perfect sunrise.
"Ugh…" groaned Suyin, feeling a splitting headache ruining her morning. With face crumbled like a paper, she slit open her eye only to dig deeper into the warmth next moment.
'Argh….What is this throbbing pain in my head? Damn you, Long Tao'
With her palm holding her head, she cursed her assistant who was responsible for sourcing a strong liquor to let the opposite party blurt out the truth. But it looks like he overdid it.
Slowly she forced herself out of drowsiness; her eyelashes fluttered as she slides the blanket down her face but all she saw was beautiful chandelier hovering above.
'Huh? It was not there yesterday!'
Hold on! Where am I?
She warily scanned the tastefully decorated room that's foreign to her.
What the hell happened? Where am I?
She squeezed her eyes shut trying to recall last night's incident but could only remember walking on the streets… what happened after that?
Supporting her body with an elbow, she tried to get up but soon felt like crap. Not only an axe was constantly hitting her brain, mounting the pressure, but there was an unexplainable pain in her lower body.
Especially hips!
Why hips?
Reflexively, her head snapped to the right to make sure nothing like in novels or movies happened where she would find a CEO sleeping.
Phew…. Empty bed!
Slowly she stepped out and walked barefoot to the vanity mirror. "What the f*ck!" She was dressed in a white shirt, hanging loosely on her petite frame. And it definitely belongs to someone of the opposite sex.
Reflexively, she raised the hem of the shirt to check her panty.
Surely, it was not hers but of someone else.
Opposite sex!
As the shame crawled into her skin, Suyin wanted to drill hole and go into hibernation forever.
"Oh, you woke up!"
A sweet voice snapped her out of a daze, and she saw a woman in late fifties standing at the door, holding a black paper bag.
"Whose underwear is this? Is it used?" Suyin desperately asked the question she was most concerned about. A yucky feeling crept into her. She could not wait to take it off. But damn, wearing something was better than roaming without one.
Wardrobe malfunctions are common!
To add to her miseries it was continuously slipping from her waist.
Her questions caused Li's eyes to widen, but at the same time, she felt the situation funny. Isn't her questions should be 'where am I? Who brought me here? Who are you? Who changed my clothes?' But instead, all she was worried about was underwear.
Underwear!
"Relax mam! My name is Li, I work as a cook." Li introduced herself first and then held Suyin's shoulder and made her sit on the bed. " 'It' belongs to our young master, that's why it's loose. And no, it's not used."
"Young master?" She had a bad feeling about it.
"Oh! His name is Wang Shi. Last night he found you on the street and brought home. I helped you with clothes and bath. Since there's no woman in the house, he gave me his clothes to cover you as your clothes were not wearable."
Suyin "…."
Who cares about the rest of the sentence? Suyin's brain already stopped working beyond the word 'Wang Shi'...
She was in 'his' house! In 'his' clothes! IN 'HIS' UNDERWEAR!
Underwear!
Just kill her already!
With a face as red as a beet, she lifted the hem of the shirt, the small black clothing gave her a teasing look and she dropped the hem instantly.
"Mam, these are new clothes I arranged for you, toiletries are in the bathroom already. Please get ready, the master is waiting for you at the breakfast table."
"What floor is this?" Li was about to leave when she heard her ask a strange question.
"It's a penthouse on the 78th floor. Do you need anything?" Although confused, she answered anyway.
'Poison!' Suyin cried internally at her bad luck. Now she can't even think of escaping through the window unless she wants to die.
"No thanks, I'll there in no time."
As soon as Li left, Suyin buried her head in her palms and groaned, 'Out of millions of men on earth, why only he? How am I supposed to face him? ARGH.... My image...!!!!!!!!!'
Crying, she grabbed the bag Li left for her and looked for the most important thing….
'Underwear'….
Lacy with floral designs!
'Thank god, this time they gave me women's.'
*****
At the dining table, Wang Shi and three other people waited patiently for the person who was taking forever to get ready.
They carried different expressions, starting from calmness and annoyance to curiosity and drooling over steamed buns.
"Who are we waiting for?" A childish voice that belongs to a girl broke the silence.
"A weird duck." Another childish but cold voice answered, but this time it belongs to a male. Surely it was honey, Wang Shi's son.
"Can I take a bite of this tutty-fruity bun?" A cute voice belonging to another female pointed her stubby finger towards the bun, calling for her attention. She was least bothered by anything else.
"Yuyu, are you carrying a well instead of the stomach? Just now you had two buns."
"Ouchh…. Lan, it would be because of your evil tongue that my tummy would hurt later."
"Not me, but because you have no self-control. Behave like a lady." Lan rose her tiny nose up in the air.
"Hmpf…. Talking the one who received a spanking from mom for stealing ice-cream last night." With puffed cheeks, Yuyu said proudly, trying to win the argument.
"That's because you ran away, leaving me hanging on the fridge." Lan protested while she rubbed her buttocks. It still hurts whenever she sits.
Contrary to the argument between the two girls, Honey was sitting with puffed red cheeks, brows twisted together and grumpy.
He was still offended by last night's incident! The woman dared kiss him, such a shame!
Last night, he took his own sweet time to bathe, especially scrubbing his delicate cheeks eight times ending up reddening them to the extent it looked like he's slapped.
"You two, no fighting at the table." Wang Shi was about to pick a bun from the basket when a small hand rushed before him.
"Don't scold my sisters," Honey placed a bun in Yuyu and Lan's plate, showing fangs to his own father. The entire family knows how much he adores the two naughty girls who are his dearest cousins. Like a protective mama bear, no one can say anything to them in his presence.
Wang Shi "…." 'From which eye he saw me scolding?'
Wang Shi felt helpless yet happy for the cutest and strongest bonding they share. Its true kids learn the same thing they saw their parents doing.
Just like he's close to his maternal cousins of Feng family, his son, Honey was following the same path, even doing much better as they were girls.
Ah! Protective brotherly feeling!
Zhao Suyin heard this as she descended from the stairs, she could not help up but squeeze her cheeks in her palms, "Ah! Such cute litter of puppies! I'll take them home."
Unknowingly, she voiced it out loud in her excitement.
Honey cast an accusing look to Wang Shi, "Grrrrrr..."
Wang Shi "…"
"Cough…" Suyin realized, covered her mouth to hide embarrassment, and walked to the table only to be greeted by strange expressions including Wang Shi. "Good morning everyone."
She forced a smile at Wang Shi, but retrieved within seconds when the image of 'underwear' crossed her mind.
After scrambling in the washroom for like infinity, she muttered all her will power to come out and behave like nothing happened. After all, as a drunkard, she remembers nothing, and she was sure a gentleman like Wang Shi won't mention things that could embarrass her.
Least she was aware the house has a 'little man' who was anything but a gentleman!
"Um… Dr. Wang-"
"Later. Let's eat breakfast first." Wang Shi stopped her, he knows she wanted to talk about last night. But right now they were with kids, it's would be bad to talk about that. Suyin understood Wang Shi's eyes and sat down at the table.
"You are late," Honey snorted.
"Yes… I'm sorry, it took me extra time in the washroom." She looked at the child's extraordinary red cheeks as if someone has slapped him. Her eyes narrowed at Wang Shi, his image went down by several points.
Wang Shi could not understand the reason of her hostile gaze.
"Are you the weirdo duck?" Yuyu asked, blinking her big eyes innocently.
Suyin "…"
"Stupid, does she looks like a duck? She is pretty..... just like me." Lan excitedly jumped off her chair and took the seat beside Suyin. "My name is Feng Zhilan, I'm three years old. She is my annoying twin, Feng Xiuyu, and he's my handsome brother Wang Qiang but you can call him honey just like we all do."
Suyin's hand itched to pinch the chubby cheeks of the girl. Just a few sentences and she's sure this litter of puppies was not only cute but naughty.
"No, don't call me anything." Honey raised his palm, shuffling his chair back. He's yet to recover from last night's assault.
Suyin felt hurt. Kids are her weakness, especially the ones who are cute and fluffy. If abduction was not a crime, by now she'd had abducted all the cute kids of the city and hide them in her home.
And the kid before her was no less than a grumpy fairy, a little version of Wang Shi. Shiny, silky, jet-black hair, oval face with exquisite features, and a little pale skin- she just wanted to kiss him. He was beyond words.
"Why? Am I so bad" fluttering her eyelashes, Suyin made a sad face, not shying away from using the cuteness attack. Of course, if she showed her original self, which kid would dare come closer!?
Wang Shi looked shocked, in his knowledge the social worker Zhao Suyin was fierce and cold. She is specifically warm towards kids but this cuteness attack was unbelievably out of blue.
"Hmpf… Don't try to act cute, I'll never forgive you." Honey said in his usual annoyed tone, his right hand went to touch his cheeks.
"Why? What did I do?"
"You-you-you…." He was too shy to say it aloud, "Dad, just tell her."
Wang Shi: "You kissed"
"WHAT? I KISSED YOU?" She got up in shock, directing the question at Wang Shi. Was she expecting an affirmative reply? Oh, yes!
Definitely!
Only regretting she remembers nothing!
Wang Shi "…." Trapped under the scrutinizing gaze of two girls.
Honey "….."