2 Chapter 2: The New Apartment in Shanghai

Romina's father looked at the facade of the skyscraper which would be the new home of his daughter and his. A highly modern building in the financial center of Shanghai. A luxury for both. - My little angel, you see how beautiful is the building in which we will live, there on the ground floor - Romina's father exclaimed enthusiastically and pointed to the window of the apartment in which they would move. Romina broke the silence that she maintained for many hours. -Papa, it is wonderful, our old apartment is beautiful but very simple and this is very impressive because everything is very modern, it will surely have an elevator-exclaimed Romina with enthusiasm. - Yes, our new home is much better than our old home and you also have your institute just one street away so you will not have to walk as much as when you had to walk eight streets to get to your public school, also your institute is I pay and you will have to wear the national uniform - Romina's father exclaimed with great affection towards his daughter. - Good, I'm looking forward to joining to meet the other students because here in Shanghai I don't have any friends - Romina exclaimed with some concern. - Don't worry, we've just arrived in China, be patient - Romina's father exclaimed enthusiastically. - Okay, I'm so glad to be here, the skyscraper is so beautiful from below, I'm just about to go inside the apartment - Romina exclaimed with great emotion. - Now we will enter - Romina's father exclaimed with much affection towards his daughter as he took out the key to the main door of the building, inserted the key, opened the door, held it while Romina passed quickly and entered with the two suitcases in the hand. The door was yanked shut. Romina ran down the hall while she passed a Chinese family; a father, a daughter and her mother. Romina's father with the two suitcases in his hands followed Romina as best he could but when he passed by the side of the Chinese family he greeted them in English and they also greeted him and later left the building outside. Romina ran to a door and stopped there, her father caught up with her in time to alert her. - Romina, that's not our apartment, - Romina's father exclaimed quickly. The building concierge quickly appeared and approached Romina. - Hello, you must be the daughter of the new tenant, that is not the right door, the Cheng family lives there, their son is the same age as you, he will surely go to the same institute as you, the Cheng family's son is called Hu, sure that at first you will get along well, Hu is not very friendly but surely he will be friendly - the concierge exclaimed quickly. - Surely, Hu must be a Chinese name ?, I suppose - Romina exclaimed with intrigue. - Yes, Hu is a Chinese name, I am Xian Donald Dong, councilor of this building, I was born in Pekin, I grew up in New Jersey where I was born, my mother who is American had grown up that explains that my middle name is Donald. My father is Chinese from Shanghai. And you? where are you from? - Asked the building concierge. - I am Romina, I was born and lived in Hamburg until yesterday and now I am living in Shanghai from today," Romina exclaimed with great enthusiasm to start a new stage in her life. - Very well, I wish you a good start here in China - exclaimed the concierge and approached Romina's father. - Hello Mr. Hagenhof, you and your daughter are welcome in this building, I thank you for deciding on our building, it is an excellent decision. Here we have an excellent quality security system and we have surveillance cameras in the corridors, and if you need something, I am here to serve you, you just have to enter the code written down on the landline and tell me what happens and I will be at your disposal immediately repair of the shower or the clogging of the bathroom, which was then call me and I will come immediately from the hours of ten in the morning until ten in the afternoon, after ten in the afternoon or before ten in the morning the other will be Concierge at your disposal, I hope you have an excellent stay in this building and a wonderful beginning for your new work stage, greetings and rest - exclaimed the concierge with kindness and left Romina and Romina's father. Romina and her father approached the correct door. Romina's father left the two suitcases on the side next to the door and took out the key to the apartment. Romina was jumping with excitement because she was about to see her new apartment in Shanghai. - Dad, I have a lot of emotion, do you think it will be wide? Maybe it has more space than the old apartment in Hamburg? I don't want to wait any longer. Open the door - Romina exclaimed very impatiently. Romina's father stopped before finding the corresponding key, although he had the key ring with many keys, he could not find the correct key to open the apartment door. - Be patient, you will see the new apartment in a few minutes - Romina's father exclaimed patiently. "Okay, I'll wait," Romina exclaimed, obeying her father's orders, but inside her she continued uneasily. After a few minutes she finally found Romina's father the corresponding key and found a way to open the door. Romina's father raised his arm with the key in his left hand, inserted the key in the lock, turned the key to the left and pushed the door out but it did not work so he repeated the same process but this time pushing the door back. outside and finally managed to open the door. Romina quickly took her impatience outside, ran into the apartment like a rocket of speed. Romina's father slowly entered the apartment and carried the suitcases into the hall, then took the key out of the lock and put it away after closing the door with a strong jerk. Romina went all over the apartment. There was not much space, just a small bathroom with a shower and no bathtub but with a sink and bathroom mirror, a small kitchen that also served as a dining room because there was a small table and two chairs and it also had a microwave, a dishwasher and an oven. There was a long corridor and two rooms, one at the entrance of the apartment to the left and the other room was next to the bathroom. Both rooms are the same size, very small but just what is necessary to be able to stand and rest. Romina kept running through the apartment. - My little angel, now we are going to unpack and organize everything to make this apartment our home - exclaimed Romina's father with enthusiasm. "Yes, now I'm going," Romina exclaimed with enthusiasm and obedience to her father. Romina and her father finished organizing everything.