Fan Xifeng shivered and sneezes. Feeling cold she decided to return back in her bedroom. While closing the sliding door, Fan Xifeng heard some knocking on the door. Fan Xifeng felt a sense of déjà vu like this exact moment also happened! That she was closing the sliding door and she heard knocking on her bedroom's main door.
Fan Xifeng paused as another waved of memory from that dream flashed. The knocking continued and she no longer dwell with that memory from that dream. Opening the door, she saw Fan Xiaodan already smiling. This younger sister, although doesn't have any similarity with her or from her parents, grew on her heart. After all, she's her younger sister. The only thing she's sad for her about is the obvious biasness of their grandma towards her. She already talked this out with Fan Xiaodan to not mind it because sometimes grandma is more bias towards the first born and her younger sister smiled like she really understand in return. "Xiaodan? What's the problem?"
"Uhm sis, may I come in?" Fan Xiaodan asked sheepishly.
Fan Xifeng widened the door's opening allowing her younger sister to come in. "Wow, sister! Your room is indeed very big! It's really fit for a princess!" Fan Xiaodan exclaimed childishly as her eyes sparkle. Fan Xifeng laughed to this and paused, 'Wasn't that the same line Xiaodan uttered after entering my room?' Fan Xifeng glanced at her younger sister and said,
"You're talking like it's the first time you saw this room."
Fan Xiaodan whose face was facing the walls away from Fan Xifeng's line of sight held a flash of contempt. Smoothening her face, she looked back at her older sister with innocent eyes. "It is."
Fan Xifeng once again paused and replied, "Hmm, haven't you check this place every time you went for a vacation here?"
"This room was securely locked. Well it's natural because it's your room and since you're not around, grandma would have lock this place. Sis," Fan Xiaodan paused and Fan Xifeng saw her moving her head left to right as if absorbing the room to her memory, "grandma really loves you."
Fan Xifeng nodded her head, it's weird because this was the exact conversation she had with Fan Xiaodan from that dream.
Fan Xifeng through the years turned down every invitation from her grandparents to visit and spend her vacation back in Country, it is so she could avoid having to meet Han Ziwei. Fan Xiaodan on the other hand, every given chance would return here.
Hearing Xiaodan's words, Fan Xifeng felt uncomfortable for the first time around her younger sister. She has to take a second look at her to see her expression. It's the same line as in her dream, "grandma really loves you", but this time, Fan Xifeng felt her senses heightened but then, Fan Xifeng remembered that it's natural for her to sound jealous because it is a given fact that indeed, her grandma is really bias over her.
"Xiaodan." She called her out and when her younger sister turned towards her, she pulled her hand to sit on the opulent traditional victorian upholstered sofa to talk to her. Something she didn't do on that dream.
Fan Xiaodan grinned like nothing happened as if assuring her not to mind her. "Sis, don't worry. I remember what you said when we were still younger. I could still remember it."
"That's good." Fan Xifeng smiled back at her, warmth in her eyes.
"Sis?"
"Hmm?"
"Can.. Can I ask you about something?"
Fan Xifeng paused and reply. "About my engagement with Han Ziwei?"
"Yes…" Fan Xiaofan paused in surprised, "How do you know?"
Fan Xifeng laughed. "Silly, it's expected."
Seeing Fan Xiaodan made an "Oh" sound, Fan Xifeng continued, "Why what about it?"
"Have you finally decided to marry him?" This is actually a personal question but between sisters, Fan Xifeng didn't put much thought into it. From that dream, Fan Xifeng could remember that what she said was a convicted "No." However this time, she put much thought in this question and replied, "Honestly, I don't know anymore. I'm not saying that I would just become a dodder flower and marry him as how every one wishes me too….however, there's also a part of me who wanted to get to know him first. Maybe, after knowing him, I may have a change of heart."
"You would just let other people to decide for you?" Fan Xiaodan took her hands and enclosed it with her. This shocked Fan Xieng and understand that her answer on that dream was very different by what she said now. Now as in now!
Fan Xifeng tried her best to ignore her straying thoughts and pulled her hand away, surprising Fan Xiaodan. "I'm sorry, sister is just feeling uncomfortable. It's cold and your hands felt colder." Fan Xiaodan ignored this and said,
"Sister, you are a very outstanding woman. You finished your study in Country A's most prestigious university. Business corporations' invitations for you to be their private research specialists are constant proving you're in demand in your field. And then, you would just end up being tied to a marriage with an arrogant man who called your gift tacky and bad-mouthed you before! Sister you must protect yourself against that bad man!"
Fan Xifeng felt bad by feeling uncomfortable to this younger sister who only thought nothing but her welfare. She put her hand above hers. "Xiaodan, I know you are genuinely worried about sister. But don't worry, with the credentials you mentioned I possessed earlier, rest assured that sister won't let anyone deceive me. Okay?"
Fan Xiaodan turned silent. "Sister, don't always be this assured and confident. Because it may caused you to overlook some things." Fan Xifeng hid the surprised in her eyes and nodded before gazing at her.
Fan Xiaodan had been gone for a time now and yet, Fan Xifeng is still lost in thought by two things. First, how she, she must admit, felt really uncomfortable around her younger sister and two, same as with that dream, exclude the other talk, purposively, it is the same night from that dream that Fan Xiaodan persuaded her to wear that disguise on her birthday and engagement celebration as, if she's not brave enough to go against their parents and grandparents wishes, then plan something so that the family's groom would instead cancel the engagement.
The plan is good however, from that dream, Fan Xifeng recalled it led to many unfortunate events like Han Ziwei's accident, her father's disappointment of her that also caused for their family's company's stock to dropped and her grandma's weakened health. Not to include, although she's not sure if it was related, as the caused of her...…. death.
'But how? What is this? How come? Has that dream really happened but fortunately I returned back in time? Or was it a precognition? A rebirth? What is going on?! But at the same time, why was it part of that dream is familiar yet at the same time, I couldn!t claim them as my own? Like it's not really my own experience but it also felt real I could fell the emotions from the incidents in it?!' Fan Xifeng once again is extremely confused.