A Piece of Her Past

"Where to, Miss?" asked the cab driver as he turned around to face me.

I was a bit breathless because of the running. From the music shop to the mall entrance, it was quite a distant. In addition, I had just got discharged from the hospital. My body was still in a recovery state. Hence, I could barely muster a voice while trying to catch my breath at the same time.

However, the crucial thing in the moment was, where should I go?

My head was beginning to hurt from the accumulated exhaustion on my body. I guessed I had quite an eventful day for my first day of discharge.

Drowsiness had slowly started to hit me as well. My eyelids were drooping every now and then. Right now, I just wanted to lie down. So, currently, I didn't mind where, I just wanted to go.

I was about to tell him the address for the Huang family's house when out of reflex, I spelled, "City View Apartment" instead.

"Right away, Miss," the driver said.

Then, he turned back to his wheel and began driving, while I was flabbergasted by my own words. It just came out naturally like muscle memory. The weird thing was I didn't recall any apartment that was owned by Li Fei. At least, none that I could think of.

For these two years, she had only gone back and forth between the Huang family house and the Lu's. And even before that, she had stayed with her family.

So, I began to wonder at what point had this Li Fei owned an apartment?

Then again, she had completely forgotten about her investments. She had put her focus too much on her marriage that she abandoned her ambition.

As the car drove through the highway in a steady pace, I leaned back against the car seat whilst trying to remember the existence of this mysterious apartment.

That was when it clicked. A piece of Li Fei's past flashed into my mind.

The girl had only bought the apartment in a whim. That day, Hua Ling had visited the manor where Li Fei had stayed after her marriage with Lu Tianfeng. Although the husband had only gone there once in a while, there was one particular day when grandpa Lu had told Tian Feng to return home since Li Fei had been sick for the last two days.

If there was ever one person who could tame the stone cold man, it would be Grandpa Lu.

So, as soon as the man got off the plane from his business trip, to appease the sulking grandfather, Tian Feng decided to return to the manor where Li fei was staying at.

However, just Li Fei's luck, Hua Ling had 'ambushed' the man at the arrival gate. It didn't take a genius to guess where this supermodel had found out when Tian Feng would be arriving back to the country.

Madam Lu and the Matriach was her biggest supporter. Mr. Lu might not seem like it but he was also leaning more towards Hua Ling since her father was Mr. Lu's friend. Though, he never bothered himself with the ladies business too much.

Thus, in the end, Hua Ling went with Lu Tianfeng to the manor with the reason that she was worried about Li Fei's health as well. Not hearing any rebuke from the man, Hua Ling let herself into the car.

On the other hand, Li Fei was already excited when Grandpa Lu had informed Li Fei about Tian Feng's return.

Disregarding her fever, she jumped off the bed and went straight into shower. She dressed up all nicely and put on a little bit of makeup to make herself appeared more rosy and vibrant, so that when her husband saw her, he would think of her as beautiful.

She was already imagining how happy Tian Feng would be when he came home to a gorgeous sight of his wife. But, that was not near enough for her. She wanted the best possible service to welcome her husband home. She wanted him to think that it was nice to return to this home to the point that he would return more often.

So, she climbed off the stairs and went into the kitchen. With her own effort, she made him a scrumptious lunch and a refreshing juice because she thought he would be ravenous after a long flight. The juice would also help ease his tiredness and perhaps his jetlag as well.

With all the meals set nicely on the dining table, she gave herself one last look at the mirror before she went outside to greet him.

Fifteen minutes of waiting at the front porch and she saw a black Maybach approaching from the gate.

Her heart was pounding excitedly at the expectance of seeing her husband. The husband that she had always been waiting at home.

Then, when the car door was pulled open by the driver, out with it a breathtaking beauty. The young girl put on a pretty smile as she stood in front of Li Fei.

"Sister," the young girl called.

Fifteen minutes of waiting at the front porch and Li Fei's heart had been utterly crushed.