Shen

Something grazes here cheek, her brows furrow at the sudden touch. Lily opened her eyes to see 935 sitting on the bed staring at her.

She blinked a few times, she saw 935 stretch his hand towards her. He picks up her phone that laid by the side of her face and looked at it, the call was still on 935 showed her the phone screen.

Lily looked at the caller ID and sat up, taking the phone from him "Did you knock?" she asked as she cut the call. "How long have you been sitting there?"

"I knocked a couple of times, then I let myself in, I have been sitting here for about..." he thought about how long he actually sat watching her "47 minutes" he replied.

Lily yawned "What time is it?"

"8:47" he replied.

Her eyes suddenly widened and she got up from the bed to pick up her bag, 935 watched her bring out a phone from her bag and turns it on.

"There's a truck by the gate" she heard 935 say, she turned to see him walking out the door.

So I didn't imagine it, Lily thought to herself, is it cause of the jetlag? she asked herself as she walked out of her room, i didn't even hear him get down from the bed or walk towards the door.

Her mind kept on reeling on him that she didn't notice he was walking behind her. Lily walked up to the front door, by the door was a system that showed her the people in front of the gate, she pressed some keys, the gate opened and they drove in.

Lily opened the door and walked out, the bright morning sun greeted her eyes, forcing her to put a hand over them like a shield.

Three truck and a bus drove into the compound, Lily watched as two people stepped out of each truck and all the people in the bus got down.

A chubby man walked over to her, him and there others were all decked in warm looking blue jumpsuits.

"Good morning ma'am" the chubby man greeted "I'm Stan" he introduced.

Lily could practically see his breathe through because of the cold, "Sorry for the delay, my son just woke me up" she said with a sheepish smile.

Stan chuckled "Where's the cute fella?" he asked jokingly.

"Why are they here?" they all heard a voice come from behind Lily, Lily froze and turned to see 935 behind her, she didn't even feel his presence at all.

Lily cleared her throat and said "They are here to fix up the house for us honey," she held his hand and faced Stan "This is my son, Kai" she introduced.

Stan snickered "You've got quite a ghostly presence huh" Stan said "So when do we start?" he asked Lily.

"Oh you can start as soon as we leave. Just let us freshen up and head out" Lily said as she pulled 935 into the house along with her.

Quickly, they both freshened up and met back in the living room filled with boxes. 935 had his headphones on, while Lily carried her bag. Stan and the other workers where there as well. Lily and 935 walked out of the house to see the same car that drove them yesterday in front of the house.

The same driver from yesterday walked out of the car, Lily and 935 walked up to him and he greeted them "Nǐ hǎo" the man said.

Lily smiled and collected the car keys from him, "Kai this is Shen, your personal driver and the person who will teach you Mandarin" she informed and put Kai in front of Shen.

She gave him a curt nod and 935 just blinked and looked up at Lily "Why do I need a personal driver? And why can't you teach me Mandarin?" He asked Lily.

Lily chuckled and looked at Shen "Liúyì tāmen, gàosu tāmen gāi zuò shénme" she told him and he walked away from them and into the house.

"Why is he entering the house?" 935 asked.

"I told him to go supervise the workers" Lily replied, "Kai, I will be busy, so I probably won't be able to drive you around like I used to" she added "So Shen would be here to take you where ever you want" Lily said as she opened the door for him to get in.

935 entered the car and shut the door. Lily entered after him "And besides Shen will not only teach you Mandarin, I will as well okay?" she asked with a smile and he nodded. "Good, now let's go eat and get you some new things, all those country clothes are well...for the country" she said as she started the car and drove off.

They went to a restaurant to get some breakfast and after that Lily took 935 to the mall, it was so much bigger that all the shops and boutiques the went to, it even had everything under one roof.

They shopped not just for clothes, but books and other items in the mall. Lily took 935 to the arcade and they played some games, they tried out everything in the mall that day. They got their dinner to go from one of the restaurants in the mall before leaving. As the walked out of the mall, it was already getting dark, the street bustled with people moving up and down.

He could barely see the snow on the sidewalk. The entered the car full of things in both the trunk and the backseat.

"Is this everything?" 935 asked Lily as he looked over at the backseat.

"Nope" Lily replied as she started the car "The other's have been sent home already." she added

"Lily" he called out to her and she looked at him "Do you ever run out of money?" he asked.

Lily smiled and said "My money can never finish as long as people are still living" she faced her front and drove off.

Lily drove back to the house as the stopped in front of the gate, Lily pulled out a phone and a card from her bag and gave it to 935.

"I already have a phone" 935 told her as he looked at the phone she gave him.

"This one's for the house, turn it on and put in the password so we can enter" she replied and told him what to do, 935 watched as the gates opened and the drove in "The card's yours, i put some money inside just in case you need to get somethings and I am not around" she added and he nodded, the pin is also on that phone, together with all the security passwords of the house.

"When are you leaving?" she head 935 ask as she pulled over in front of the house.

Lily turned to see him looking at her, "Tomorrow morning, but i'll be back the next morning I promise" she said with a guilty smile and he nodded.

"Shen will be at your beck and call, if anything call me if you can't reach him okay?" Lily asked and he nodded in response, "Oh one more thing, classes start tomorrow" she added.

"What classes?" 935 asked. That was when Lily explained the home school situation to him, he sat quietly as he listened to her. "Okay" he replied and got out of the car.

Lily sighed and walked out of the car after him. Shen was waiting at the door, 935 punched in the key code, the door opened and he walked in.

Lily walked up to Shen with the food they bought in her hand and handed the keys to him. Shen went to carry the things in the car while Lily walked into the house. She stepped into the living room and smiled.

Stan and his team had arranged everything perfectly.