Her Future Prediction

Her thin daughter who was looking like she also had a tough period to make such decision, was also chewing her food slowly. Chen Ziyi's eyes was looking at the dishes in front of her ignoring her mother's surprised and curious staring. She could never managed to make a lie to her mother if she was looking at her mother eyes knowing her mother could detect all her worries and feelings.

If her mother managed to catch all that, she would be forced to tell her of her sudden change until her mother get the real answer. It was impossible for her to just tell her mother that she came from the future and wanted to live a different life. As if her mother would believe her. Even if her mother chose to believe her, Chen Ziyi felt like she could not afford to face her mother's kind face trying to believe her when it was a thing that could not be explained with no concrete evidence.

She also felt she should not do so as she had made a promise to not to, with the girl who brought her here. Her purpose for returning back to her past was to live her second chance- to choose a different path, and that was what she was going to do.

The silence and staring continued until they finished eating their breakfast. Chen Rumin finished her drink and took her plate to the sink and washed the dishes. She washed her hand while at it and later dried her hands at the napkin hanging on the side of the stove.

She then sat at the same seat just now and put both of her hand on the table indicating that she would love to have talk with her daughter at that time. She looked at her daughter with her worried expression.

"It is not a sudden decision. I had my thorough thinking. I want to follow you. I don't want to move into the Zheng's. Just take me away from this city, mom," Chen Ziyi said, initiated the talk, making it easier as Chen Rumin did not need to find words to ask her daughter.

Chen Ziyi's face showed a soft yet determined look. Chen Rumin at one point was surprised that her daughter called the Zheng's as Zheng's, not her father. Usually only her would call the Zheng's as Zheng's and her daughter would dearly called them as 'dad', 'father', 'big brother,' and 'second brother'.

This is the time where Chen Rumin would ask 'Why? After the fight we had, after years of yearning for what you want, WHY?' But looking at her daughter's determined face which faintly had some ambiguous resolve to come to such unexpected decision, she dropped the idea to ask that. 'It was just two week ago we had a fight and now she was a bit- why does it feel a different?' Sighing, she rubbed her temple thinking of her daughter's suddenness.

Chen Rumin feeling worried about her daughter, stood up from her seat and walked to in front of her daughter. She caressed her daughter's hair softly and asked "Are you okay? Have you take your fever medicine?" After Chen Ziyi nodded, Chen Rumin later hold her daughter's face with both her thumbs caressed Chen Ziyi's right and left ear softly.

"I-I always want to take you to visit my relatives and friends despite of our busy schedules. But we just never have unoccupied time since the travelling distance are quite far from here. My friends are scattered around the globe but most of them are working near the Capital Province and coincidentally, whenever they wanted to meet up, they would choose either Capital Province or Province Y. When we had fight last two week, you were asking me whether I am purposely want to distance you from your dad. Well, it's true I that I am taking advantage of this offer to get out from this city with you, but I am merely want us to have a new life. I want you to be able to have life without the need to worry about some useless pest and mosquito. They.. they don't deserve you. In the next city we are going to live, there a ton of worth things to worry about. You can have new friends, neighbors, boyss-" They both chuckled.

"In fact, most of your friends would not even stay at this city for the rest of their life right? I am worrying that if you go that school that you choose, the Zheng brothers would not even care to act as the big brothers despite of your blood ties. What will happen later when the girl entered as a freshman? I bet both of them would be so protective to tell to the whole school as they have such annoying pretentious younger sister that must not be bullied-"

"Mom!" 'God. I never know mom are like this. But, heaven! All she said had already happen in the future,' Chen Ziyi looked at her mother with her big eyes. Yet, she felt warmth by what her mother nagged.

Her mother also never called Zheng Shuyu's name, but giving her few nasty nickname like pretentious child. It was the same with Zheng Haoze and Zheng Haozu. She would introduced them as Zheng's young master and later mentioned they were Zheng Rong sons with his first wife whenever people asked her.

"What I am saying, if I leave you alone here, you would be bullied and that school doesn't deserve you. You are not like genius or outstanding to receive such big recognition, and I never expected for you to be like that, but you deserve better honey. You just need to work hard and I am going to bring you to a place where you will be able to grind your full effort and potential to the extent that you feel 'yes, this is my life."

Chen Rumin again asked, looking at her daughter eyes, "But are you sure about your decision? As a mother, I am indeed having an expectation and wishes upon you, but I am concern for your willingness. I want you to feel the need to do something for yourselves. Not for me. But for you." Chen Rumin looked at her with hopeful expression hoping that the decision made by her daughter was a truly final say.

"Mom. Don't worry. I am making the decision from my heart. I am following you," 'I just want to stay with you mom'. Chen Ziyi looked firmly at her soft yet firm mother's face.

Chen Rumin can still detect the ambiguous expression that came from her daughter, but listening to the firm resolve from her daughter's own mouth, Chen Rumin smiled and pulled her daughter into her embrace. "Lets see for another three years and I bet you will be grateful to me and say how good to leave this town."

"Hmm." Chen Ziyi said while also put her both hand around her mother waist, reciprocating the embrace. Although Chen Ziyi had hugged her for the past week, Chen Rumin still stiffened for a moment that her daughter reciprocate her hug. Yet, she felt happy about it and her hand softly caressed her daughter's head.

They stayed in each others embrace, enjoying the warmth until Chen Rumin realized that she was late for her work. "Don't forget to take your medicine after lunch. You can take your time packing your things after you have your nap," Chen Rumin went to take her black -white stripes tote bag and walked to the shoes cabinet to put on her shoes. She did not forget to kiss her daughter's head before stepping out of the house.

Chen Ziyi closed and locked the door once she saw that her mother had entered the elevator. She took her plate to the sink and washed the dishes. She later took the wet napkin hanging at the napkin holder on the left side of the sink, rubbing on the dinner table to clean any dirt left behind on the table.

After that, Chen Ziyi walked to her bedroom to put on songs on her iphone before put it on the second loudest volume. She then put the mobile phone on the rack beside her toiletries in the bathroom before removed all her clothes and went into the shower.

In her past life, it became one of her daily routine to take shower while listening to songs played on the Iphone. At first, it was just one of her way to spend time whenever she had hard time in studying or working. But later it become a habit to do every time she had shower regardless of whether she had good or bad time.

There were sayings that said 'The time that people should take time to enjoy one own time was when they have their shower'. She somehow felt at ease and enjoyed her bath more when her shower was accompanied by music especially when there was her favourite song was played.

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"Teacher Chen"

"Oh Hi. How can I help you, student Peng?"

Chen Rumin was barely arrived on time despite of no traffic along the road. It was because she took quite a time before she started driving when she get into her car to go to the university. She still felt for what happened during the breakfast was quite unconvincing. But later, she calmed herself before started driving.