Ego
Ego
Moreover, she agreed on the point where Feng Dingxiong asked not to punish his son for his wrongdoings. Feng Jianyu had saved Xiu Mei's life years back; her resentment towards him diluted a little seeing him sincere towards her daughter. And above that, looking at her repo with the Feng family, it highly likely that one wrong step will push her away from Xiu Mei forever.
Mo Zhichan knew his wife was still sour towards Feng Dingxiong but he didn't force her to do anything that she didn't want to. Few things cannot be solved overnight....
It's an old wound… and will definitely take time to heal. Maybe with time, everything might return to as it was before.
Right now he was content considering she accepted Feng Jianyu, letting go of the thought of taking her back to Country T.
*****
A few days later at the airport of Country Z.
Philips Petrov and his wife came there especially to see off Xiu Mei and all the important personalities staying in his country.
"President XM, thank you for everything you did for me and Country Z." Philips Petrov's face was full of gratitude as he looked at Xiu Mei who was standing holding Feng Jianyu's hand.
She shook her head. "Don't mention it, Mr. Petrov. It's not a secret that I stepped onto this country with my own hidden motives. Whatever I did was for my own self. In fact, I should be the one thanking you for cooperating with me and simultaneously apologize for your granddaughter's kidnapping."
"You're being modest XM. You risked dividing your team into two in order to save my granddaughter." Philips Petrov bowed humbly. "My sincere gratitude as a grandfather. For your help, I, Philips Petrov and Petrov family will remember it forever."
Xiu Mei quickly helped Philips Petrov up. "Please Mr. Petrov, you're the Vice President of the country. Bowing in front of a normal woman doesn't suit you."
"President XM you are anything but a normal girl. Look at your side, you're the princess of Country T, granddaughter of Mo Weimin, and..." He looked at Feng Jianyu with a smile. "If I'm not wrong, either you already are or you are going to be Feng family's eldest daughter-in-law."
Feng Jianyu and Xiu Mei laughed….
Feng Jianyu placed a hand around Xiu Mei's shoulder. "Let me clear your suspicion…. She is my wife."
"In that case, my best wishes to you and your wife."
"Thank you, Mr. Petrov." Feng Jianyu nodded. He looked at Xiu Mei who has excused herself from them and is now talking to Philip Petrov's wife and their granddaughter who has accompanied her grandparents to say thank you to Xiu Mei.
He continued. "I know our motive to come here was Yang Sheng's destruction and save Mr. Mo from his clutches. But that does not mean whatever we said at the banquet was a hoax. We are genuinely looking forward to investing in Country Z."
It surprised Philips Petrov; he had long dropped the thought thinking it was definitely a hoax. He stood there rooted, his gaze on Feng Jianyu and Xiu Mei contained a deep admiration as he replied sincerely. "It would be my honor to welcome the two big companies in my country. My full cooperation is with you."
"DEVIL-ANGEL…." A small white bun came running from a distance and bumped straight into Xiu Mei, receiving a peel of laughter from everywhere. Even Philips Petrov looked at the little boy and smiled.
The little boy rubbed his nose feeling a sharp pain, looking at Xiu Mei with dove eyes.
"Hey, Alex…" Xiu Mei was about to pick him in his arms when Lu Xion picked him on her behalf. She was just out of the hospital, and can't lift any weight because of the stitches on her chest.
The boy named Alex felt wronged; he whined. "Uncle, let my devil-angel pick me. Why did you…."
"….. Do you want your devil-angel to fall sick again?" Alex shuddered when Lu Xion interrupts him, his head moved left-right continuously. "Good boy! Let her heal completely than I won't stop her."
"Aww…. So cute you are." Xiu Mei pinched Alex's cheek.
"Devil-angel, I know I promised to come with you but my grandfather is still in the hospital. As soon as he is fine, I'll come to you and then we will live together…. You, momma, daddy, sister, and these two handsome uncles. Okay?"
Xiu Mei can't control her smile.
Alex's heart skipped a heartbeat seeing Xiu Mei's smile. Why my devil-angel look most beautiful when she smiles? His face turned red, like a shy bride.
Feng Jianyu looked at the boy and mentally facepalmed. 'What this naughty boy just thought?'
Alex took out a handmade card of a family, where along with his own family he included her, Jianyu and Lu Xion in it. "This is for you. Thank you for scaring away bad uncle Sheng out of our life. Mumma said, now he will never trouble us."
"Alex….."
"Grandpa 2…." Alex answered hearing Assistant Jun's voice and went into his arms when the latter proffered his hands to take him from Lu Xion.
Assistant Jun looked at Xiu Mei sincerely. "I'm going to stay in Country Z until Zian and his father-in-law is out of recuperation. Thank you for the new life you gave it us."
Xiu Mei caressed Alex's hair. "The credit goes to my brother. He did the surgery on Zian and the President. As far as giving you a new life is concerned, I'm happy to see you all together. That's my greatest achievement."
Assistant Jun took out a red envelope from his pocket and placed it in Xiu Mei's hands. When he saw her declining, he stopped her. "Don't think of it as money but my blessings. My blessings for a prosperous and happy life with your newly found a family, and the first master."
Xiu Mei reluctantly accepted it when her gaze met with Feng Jianyu and the latter nodded.
After bidding goodbye, she went ahead to board the plane with her and Jianyu's family along with Kong Zhi and two dogs.
Other than Mo Weimin, Xiu Mei's parents and Zian, the rest of the Mo family went back to the country T to prepare for the grand welcome of the newest member of the family.
Though Mo family wanted to take back Xiu Mei and Mo Zhichan to Country T first, a very important person is waiting for a certain someone in Imperial City.
Xiu Mei can't wait to see Zeng shihong's face when he will see his daughter after a long time. Also, how will he react knowing he has a grandson, too?
"Ahh…."
"Mrs. Mo, careful." While boarding the plane Zeng Ruo staggered on the steps and Feng Jianyu instantly caught her.
Zeng Ruo said nothing, she lifted her silk qipao slightly taking care of the next step. Though the resentment against Jianyu is no more, but her ego collided.
Xiu Mei who was holding Feng Dingxiong's elbow looked over the shoulder and smiled. "So you did this?" She felt Feng Dingxiong patting on her hand, asking her righteously.
"My mom is not a bad woman, she is just angry over past things. Once she knows how gem of a person Jianyu is, she will accept him as her son-in-law."
"Sister Ruo has already accepted him; it's just her ego clashing. Rest assured it will get solved."
"Ego is just a three-letter word that holds you back from saying things your heart is dying to say. I don't want her to kill a big twelve letter word 'RELATIONSHIP' because of that."
Feng Dingxiong studied her profile for a few seconds; he muttered the courage to ask. "So…. Can we also try to amend our relationship? Don't exclude me out…. Anymore."
He saw her biting her lips as she lowered her head. Thinking he has asked too much he dismissed his hand in the air. "Pretend you didn't hear..."
"I-I'm willing…"
His body froze hearing those words, as he looked at her to confirm if it was his ear ringing or she actually said that. "Um…. Mei….."
"I-It's Xiao Mei for you."
Xiu Mei felt him squeeze her hands in response. He meekly whispered. "Gladly…