The next morning they both woke up at 8 o'clock. He got dressed and said his good byes to her. He took his duffle bag and laptop. This time he didn't leave anything behind. Evelyn felt sad watching him go. She knew he was respecting her wishes and he wouldn't be coming back tonight.
She took a shower and brushed her teeth. She tied her hair up in a ponytail and allowed a few strands to frame her face. She curled the ends. She put on a light amount of makeup and then went to change.
Evelyn put on a pair of dark blue jeans and a white long sleeve v-neck shirt. She completed her look by putting on a brown belt and waited for Zain, Phoenix, and Chloe to show up. Phoenix showed up first, then Zain, and finally Chloe with Driver Chung.
They drove to the shopping district where they had dim sum for breakfast.
Mingxi had called while they were at the restaurant and told her that the cleaners were at the apartment and that they would be done in four hours. So they would be done by 2 o'clock.
That worked for Evelyn. It meant she could start having things moved in before the end of today.
After breakfast the four of them drove to Royal Furniture. Driver Chung dropped them off and they walked inside.
"I'm so excited!" Chloe said looking at everything. She started roaming around away from the group.
Zain broke off to look at the selection of studies. Phoenix stayed with Evelyn.
"Look," they both said and pointed to a bedroom set. The bed was king sized with a padded headboard. The entire room had a gold, ice blue, and ivory design. Evelyn really liked this color scheme. It had light fixtures and an ottoman at the foot of the bed. It had ivory dressers and a small section of the wall was a full length mirror. It was a very elegant design that Evelyn loved.
She flopped onto the bed to test the mattress much to the sales lady's dismay.
"Miss! You can't do that," the lady exclaimed. Evelyn hopped off the bed. The bed mattress was too soft and didn't offer much back support.
"Sorry. I want to buy this bedroom set but not the mattress or pillows." Evelyn said when her feet touched the ground.
"That's great but you won't be getting a discount just because you don't want those pieces," the woman said snidely. Evelyn blinked she got the hint that this woman didn't like her.
"That's fine," she said.
"Well follow me, you can place your order." The sales lady said. Evelyn looked at Phoenix and Phoenix shrugged.
"Is it possible to deliver today?" Evelyn asked.
"It's an extra 25,000 yuan" the lady said. She handled the transaction nonchalantly. Simply going through the phase.
"So the total is 1,000,000 yuan." The lady said entering it the data into a computer.
"Is there an instillation fee?" Evelyn asked. The lady sighed.
"It's an extra 20,000 yuan." She replied. Phoenix couldn't take it anymore and snapped.
"What's your problem?" She gently shoved Evelyn out of the way.
"What? I'm just doing my job. Look are you even going to be able to pay?" The lady asked looking Evelyn up and down clearly judging her casual clothing.
"Is something wrong?" Zain asked.
"Mr. Li! I didn't know you would be here. Give me a moment and I'll close the store for you," the sales lady said.
"Excuse me ladies but we're going to close up shop right now." The lady came out from behind the counter like she was going to kick them out.
"Evelyn!" Another voice rang out. It was the owner of the furniture store.
"Auntie Huang, how are you?" Evelyn asked. The sales lady looked confused. Auntie Huang was a childhood friend of her mother's. They had both gone into interior design.
"I'm well, how are you? How are the kids?" Evelyn asked.
"Oh they're such a handful. The oldest is college soon. The younger is in her second year of high school." Auntie Huang said. The sales lady looked between the two of them.
"Uh Mrs. Huang, who is this?" The sales lady asked her boss.
"This is Evelyn Wei. Deming Wei's daughter." She gave her employee a look.
"Was there a problem," Auntie Huang inquired.
"No not at all. Just that this employee of yours being condescending to Evelyn." Phoenix said.
"Phoenix," Evelyn hushed.
"It's okay," Evelyn said to Auntie Huang.
"Hmm," she narrowed her eyes at her employee.
"Auntie, I just bought a new place and I need to furnish it. I was buying this bedroom set," Evelyn said pointing to the display.
"Ah an excellent choice," Auntie Huang said. She moved to the computer and continued the transaction.
"Aren't we here for more than just that room?" Zain asked.
"Yes, I needed a new study, another bedroom, living room, and some outdoor furniture." Evelyn said counting off her fingers.
"Well feel free to keep looking. I'll Just ring put this order through." Auntie Huang said. Zain led Evelyn and Phoenix to a Study that he thought she might like.
He showed her a luxury home office design. It had espresso colored wood furniture. There was a reddish brown rug. There was a love seat and single seaters of black leather. Evelyn liked this one.
Phoenix tugged her toward another home office display. It was white and blue designed. The table was made of glass with silver legs. The book cases were white and would fit perfectly in her small study. The coffee table was the same color and had light blue and ivory colored place settings. The place settings matched the rug. The couch was an ivory leather. It had a more feminine touch. She preferred this one particularly because it was much different than the one she had than her previous home.
"I'll take this one." Evelyn said.
"Okay," Auntie Huang said making a note of it.
Chloe then pulled her to look at a red and gold designed bedroom. The furniture was mahogany colored and had mahogany dressers. The bed however was queen sized. The curtains were a red and gold design as was the rug.
"This would look nice for your guest room!" Chloe said excitedly. Phoenix chimes in with her agreement as well. Of course red and gold were Phoenix's favorite colors. Evelyn happened to agree that the design was exquisite so she added that to her list as well.
The living room she chose was simple. It had ivory colored sofas with an ivory loveseat. The coffee table was made of glass similar to her study desk. The rug was a rich brown color.
Zain helped her pick out simple outdoor furniture. Metal furniture with red cushions and a white umbrella with elaborate red designs.
Auntie Huang told her that because the two bedrooms needed to be painted and wallpapered the furniture wouldn't arrive for those rooms until tomorrow. Today they could have the painters paint and wallpaper the bedroom. The office and living room could be put together today.
Evelyn called to confirm that the cleaning would be finished on time today. Once she did she told Auntie Huang that it could start the work today and finish tomorrow. Evelyn spent a hefty amount that morning on furniture.
They walked out of the store and Zain reminded Evelyn that they needed mattresses and pillows since they decided not to buy the ones from Royal Palace.
Evelyn, Chloe, Phoenix, and Zain walked two blocks to a mattress boutique. They picked out a king and queen sized mattress and pillows to go with it. When they finished it was about 1 o'clock and they went to have lunch.
Zain was in the mood for a good hamburger and the girls agreed. They called Mingxi and she said that they were almost done. After lunch Zain and Phoenix would go to her apartment to over sea the guys paint and move furniture into her apartment. Chloe and Evelyn went to shop for other things.
They went to get her towels, lamps, cookware, kitchen appliances, TVs, clocks, and some other things. Driver Chung had to help them carry things.
He drove them to her apartment and helped bring everything upstairs. It was 5 o'clock when they got up to the apartment. The rooms were painted and the living room was set up. The workers left for the day and said they would be back tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
Zain helped her set up the appliances. They left the TVs for the bedroom in the living room as they didn't want to put things in until the furniture came.
"Let me treat you guys to dinner," Evelyn said when they finished. They all declined saying they were tired. So Driver Chung drove them back to Mingxi home first, then to the hotel since Zain and Phoenix has left their car there that morning.
They parted ways and Chloe said she would go with her tomorrow for the rest of the instillation.
Evelyn went back up to her room and nearly slumped down as soon as she walked in. She was exhausted. She changed her clothes then called for room service.