Mama's Princess Is Daddy's Beloved

Li Xue was feeling all fresh after getting a calm and peaceful sleep from last night. All her stress and memories from the last day seem to have disappeared from her mind as they have never happened.

As any usual day, she turned to her side to get the sweet morning look of her princess but a sharp clanking voice out from the kitchen, disrupted her. Her eyes widened in horror as it moved to look outside her room. "Am I missing something? Is there someone at home?"

She tried her best to remember but however she tried, everything came blurry in her memories. She popped her head a little to her sides, remaining seated at her position to look outside but still no one got into her vision. Everything has again gone silent as if she has heard no sound moments before.

"Ummm … who is outside?" She turned to look at her empty bedside beside her and then mumbled again, "Where did she go? Is she out there?" Lifting the duvet, she got down from her bed. She was surprised to look at herself in the new pair of nightdress that was raked in her cupboard more than a month now but she has never taken out to wear. 'When did I wear this?" she mumbled softly thinking of beautiful - weird air, she was finding herself in.

She shrugged off those thoughts for the time being and then slipping her feet in the slippers kept perfectly by the side of the bed ready to wear, she quietly took her steps out of the room. The more she took her steps towards the living hall, the more she could whiff the aroma of savoury dishes in the air. "Whoa! What's this?" she said as she quickened her pace to reach the kitchen.

Li Xue was feeling her stomach growling inside but at the same time, she was getting a strong feeling of strangeness around. Her little princess was not beside her on the bed and now this delicious fragrance of the food when she has yet to cook in the kitchen. For a moment thought of someone breaking into her house got into her mind but then again thinking its level of impossibility due to the high security inside the housing society, she ignored her thoughts.

But never in her life, she has thought that she would be greeted by something like this. She felt her breath getting hitched and throat running dry when her eyes spotted the person, who was bringing such strangeness in her house. She rubbed her eyes to check if she was not seeing things and then confirmed the reality from the dream by pinching herself sharply on her arms. "Ouch!!"

This was not a dream rather a reality. Feng Shufen was standing behind the kitchen counter, working for his hands swiftly with the things over there. Looking at him now, no one can tell that it was his first time cooking. He looked quite professional with an apron wrapped at his waist and spatula in his hands. His hair looked a little messy and slightly sticky due to the thin layer of sweat but that was not at all hindering the charms of his beauty, rather it was enhancing his masculinity more.

He was dressed in his casual clothes that were slightly showing his tight fitted body muscles, making the woman gulp the lumps inside her throat. Li Xue was unable to move her eyes from him like her gaze was getting magnetized by his heavenly beauty magnet.

Suddenly the man looked up at the living stanchion standing in front of him. His lips curved beautifully upwards and the woman felt her eyes getting blind. 'This man! Is he really from this mortal world or has transmigrated from some other world to spoil her eyes', she said in her heart as she also directed a morning awkward greeting smile to him.

"Haha … President Feng, Good morning! Though I don't remember properly how all this happened, I still know how to apologize for my mistake. I am really sorry for troubling you. I should not have broken into your house. And even if I did, you shouldn't have to be on formality to accommodate me inside"

President Feng! The man's mood got dampened when he heard her going back to the point from where they had begun. Last day when she called him by his name, he felt like his name looked more beautiful when it came out from her lips. He has thought that they have taken a step ahead but here this woman was again running back to the starting point.

Li Xue too felt the sudden change in his mood but she assumed it in the other way. "Sorry, President Feng! I will take my leave now" she said as she readied herself to take her steps towards the exit but suddenly halted to look back at the man, "Ahh! I forgot to ask. Li Wei, is she here too? … I mean …", she paused again as her eyes found the same fruit jam jar at the counter which she had bought for her princess. "This …", she initiated her words with utter confusion and then looked around the house.

"Aye … why I feel that I am not mistaking the place. This seems to be my house, not yours President Feng!"

"This is your place, not mine", the man said as he turned again to give his attention to the Chinese Jianbing (Savory Crepe) in the pan. "And last night, since WeiWei was too tired Yi Lan did not bring her back, rather took her to her place. Check your phone there must be a text message left for you by her", he informed her, gesturing towards her phone that was kept nicely on the table in the living hall.

Her place, not his!

At his words, Li Xue felt like she was struck with thunder. Her eyes widened in horror as she half yelled at the man, forgetting the professional relationship they share. "What are you doing here then?"

Feng Shufen was also taken aback with her voice and tone. His eyes once again turned up to look at her. "Making breakfast for you!" He plainly replied to her as if there was nothing wrong with his presence at her place, this early morning.

"You … this …" her eyes looked down at the counter, where several dishes were kept prepared, plated beautifully to be served. At the look of those dishes, she could not control her stomach from giving another growl, loud enough to be heard by the two people.

Seeing the response her senses were giving to his prepared dishes, the man felt satisfied. His lips hinted at the smile of satisfaction as he said, "That's fine. You must be hungry since you have not eaten anything from last afternoon. Go back in your room and get freshen up first. There is still some work left here, we can talk about everything after breakfast".

Li Xue looked at him. It was true that she was hungry but she just couldn't let things slide off the way he wanted. There was no doubt that she was feeling tempted for the food he had prepared but she won't be having it until she gets to hear things clear from him.

"No, first tell me. What are you doing here? And …" she paused suddenly, realizing the other fact she was missing. Crossing her arms over her chest, she continued, "And this … why can't I remember changing to these pyjamas?". Her eyes got horrified at him.