Every Mother's Dream

Chen Rumin felt an anger was building up in her heart once she had that thought. If only by allowing the Zhengs' name entered in to her thoughts already fouled her mood, she would be ready to explode if such thing happen to her daughter. She blinked her eyes few times to get rid all the thoughts and released a long breathe to cool down herself. She needed to be in calm state as water to cool down her daughter. Although her daughter calmer this time, but she still shuddered at her daughter's earlier response.

"Well, it's because I sometimes met with them at a gathering with my friends. I saw how they act in public few times, so I somehow just could evaluate their character and judgement ability. Han Meirong and Lu Zixin would occasionally accompanied their mother to social meeting. Bai Yumin and Ren Linna rarely go to such occasion, but I've met them once. I've only met Da Chunhao once when she played piano for an opening ceremony at Chenhe. Furthermore, when parents met other parents, it was inevitable for us to talk about you kids. So sometimes I heard about the rest." Chen Rumin stopped to catch her breathe before continued. While explaining, she stepped closer approaching her daughter and pulled her daughter who was still eating, into her embrace. Without the need to look at her daughter's doubting face, she could at least be at ease talking without restraints.

"I am truly grateful that you got good classmates and they don't even mind much about you less spending time with them. As your desk-mate, I would pay more attention to Han Meirong. But among your friends, in term of presence oneself, Ren Linna stood out the most. Bai Muyin stood out the second but he's not the type who would enjoy such meetings. Han Meirong and Lu Zixin would have to train themselves get accustomed with it since it was necessary for their career choices. Oh, don't try to look for a fight with Wan Zhen. His family is quite scary. No....it's much on his cousins," Chen Rumin calmly explained to Chen Ziyi hoping that was enough for her daughter to accept.

To her surprise, her daughter listened attentively and nodded accepting it. 'Is that it?' Looking at her daughter who continued enjoying her salmon like there was nothing happen just now, she then felt at ease. Although she was perplexed of her indifferent response, she later escaped herself to her bedroom after giving a soft kiss on her daughter's head.

Looking at her mother's figure went to her bedroom, Chen Ziyi chuckled at her mother's funny reaction. After washed all the dishes, she stepped to her bedroom to start packing her things. The mother-daughter had lived at the apartment unit for almost ten years and there were just so many things that she need to sort and organize from clothes to toiletries. While at it, she planned to sort the clothes according to which she will use and which she would donate as there were few ones that she believe it's not her size anymore.

'this sure will take a week'

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[Another twenty minutes , we will be there]

[Okay]

The next day, when Han Meirong texted her, Chen Ziyi had already took her shower and were drying her hair. Twenty minutes were enough for her as she did not need to wear so much skincare yet on her teenager face. Her 15 year old only need baby powder at most.

Kids her age should not be ready yet to wear too much advance skincare as they still growing and doing so would only interfere with their natural skin growth cycle. Cosmetic was out of their option as well. They just have to keep their face hydrated and clean by having shower regularly and washed their hand if they want to touch their face by their bare hand.

She put her Iphone into her silver sling bag just in case if she forget to do so later. There was small embroidery of 'CZY' in blue colour on the bag compliment to her soon-to-be wear blue dress.

She pat few taps of the body powder onto her body before put on her undergarment. She then slipped into her dress and adjusted the dress to fit with her body shape. The knee-length dress was a simple plain Maya blue with black and silver beads circling her front waist and a ribbon to be at the back. It was her used-to be favourite to have a ribbon to be tied on the back for each dress she possessed when she was child. She almost forget those if she did not find this dress.

She was trying to tie the ribbon when her mother entered her room asking which shoes she was going to wear.

"I am going to wear my ankle sneakers. The white one. Mom, can you help tie this for me. Make it a nice ribbon, okay?" Chen Ziyi turned her back against her mother. After Chen Rumin tied the ribbon, she took her daughter to sit in front of the dressing table and combed her daughter's soft hair. Chen Ziyi's straight hair was in a pure black colour and just slightly reached her bra strap level.

Chen Ziyi watched her mother grooming her hair neatly before helping her adjust the dress. Her mother then looked at her reflection in the mirror with her affection looks. Afterwards, her mother gave her a hug from behind before giving her a kiss on the head.

Chen Ziyi then looked at her back reflection in the mirror to see whether the ribbon was good at the back. Her face then had distress look before she untied the ribbon.

"Why did you..."

"It's not at the center position. And one of the ribbon was one way bigger than another," Chen Ziyi complained, cutting off her mother from finishing her protest. Chen Rumin heard that, crossed her arms over her chest and squinted her eyes towards her daughter who seemed trying the ribbon by herself.

"Lets see how you do the ribbon by yourself." Chen Rumin smugly provoked Chen Ziyi.

"Mom, help me. Why are you being so childish?" Ignoring her mother's antic, Chen Ziyi already stand facing the mirror with her right hand hold the ribbon at her back.

"Oho~ here I thought you changed already. It's only two weeks and you already changed back. I wonder whether the decision yesterday was for a whim too?" Pouting, Chen Rumin still walked closer to her daughter.

"Here. Don't change the position." Chen Ziyi hand was still holding the ribbon even when her mother's hand already hold the ribbon.

"Then, what if the ribbon still not good? One big and one small."

"Then, we do it again." Chen Rumin can see her daughter was smirking at her from the reflection at the mirror.

"You. I didn't know that you are so attentive and detailed like this." Chen Rumin expressed her clearly unsatisfactory when she had finally made the ribbon that her daughter wanted. She couldn't believe that she could feel tired by just trying to tie a ribbon.

'Not too loose. Not too tight. Let it still have balance. Don't make the ribbon too small. Not too big.'

She then sat at the bed, looked at her daughter who finally seemed satisfied with the ribbon. She massaged her temple that was not even in pain.

"You look great, honey." Chen Rumin said, proud of her daughter's effort to make her first meet up work. It was a dream for every mother to dress their daughter like dressing up a doll. Chen Rumin bought quite an amount of dress for her daughter but they rarely get to spend on such dressing up moment as Chen Ziyi always unwilling to accompany her to go for an outing.

Her daughter would often prefer to stay at home hoping that her father would suddenly wanted to spend time together. She also felt that her daughter was not that ready for her go to social gathering as any negative occurrences could hurt her daughter in every way.

"Later, you can tell the friend, praise him for his good choice." Chen Rumin was flustered for a moment when Chen Ziyi mentioned 'he' in her comment.

"How do you know it was a 'he'?"

"I don't know. I just say."

Chen Ziyi ignored her mother's flustered reaction then took out a long pale yellow cashmere coat to put on her after she slipped the sling bag onto her body. The bag was put on the right side. She turned to see her reflection in the mirror again and asked her mother, "Should I tie my hair?"

"You would be cold if you tie your hair. Let it be like this." Chen Rumin put part of Chen Ziyi's hair to the front and put some hair cream to make them neat.

"Done. Oh wait, there is something that I want you to wear". Chen Rumin took out a dark blue casket that she brought from her room just now and opened it, revealing a silver pendant, with a small glass locket hanging on the center of the pendant and there was dried purple trump-shape amaryllis locked inside the locket. Chen Ziyi took a glance at the locket her mother put it on her.