Translator: Fringe Capybara

Chapter 76 - Video Chat

Chi Ying was tensed the entire time until they arrived at a private residence that was remotely located.

She finally felt relieved after she bid the two men farewell.

The private residence has a very long hallway. The décor was retro and the brick and tile was carved and decorated carefully. Being away from the liveliness of the night market, the white moonlight casted down and it was tender and serene all over.

Chi Ying’s room was the end of the first floor, right next to the backyard. Outside the sliding glass door was bright green and resilient bamboos. They perfectly blocked out all interruptions from the outside world. The moonlight poured down and casted irregular shadows on the wall.

The extreme silence allowed her mind to race through the darkness.

How was it possible that Lu JingYan had believed the stupid excuse that she had made up? To a point that he had taken her to a fortune teller. Even if the fortune teller was on his payroll, she still clearly saw the worst reading. A relationship that was not blessed by fate would bring about tragedies.

After Chi Ying had turned the light on, she went to remover her makeup in the bathroom. Her eyes were starting to hurt from the contacts that she had been wearing the entire day.

When she turned on her cellphone, it was already past 9 o’clock. She wonder if Chi Cheng had already gone to bed. She video chatted Jing Zheng.

Her call was picked up quickly and the milky voice of a child came over. “Mom!”

Chi Cheng didn’t know that one’s face would appear small with the camera angle from the bottom up. He had his entire head over the cellphone screen.

As such, Chi Ying’s screen was filled with the little kiddo’s chubby cheeks and his delicately soft skin. There were sparkling little stars in his eyes.

“ChengCheng had been waiting for your call since his shower. He wouldn’t even go to bed.” Jing Zheng’s voice came over with a sense of blame. “Call earlier next time. We don’t want ChengCheng to stay up too late.”

“Don’t say that, Grandma,” said Chi Cheng as he cocked his little head and explained to Jing Zheng, who was not on camera. “Mommy didn’t call earlier because she was busy. She didn’t do it on purpose.

“Right, Mommy?”

Chi Cheng covered up her lips and smiled. “Thank you for being so understanding, little ChengCheng. Mommy will call you earlier tomorrow.”

“Okay,” said Chi Cheng as he nodded docilely.

Then they started exchanging the events of the day.

“Mommy, YueYue invited me over to her place today and that’s when I found out that it was her birthday. I didn’t have a gift for her and she seemed unhappy. I didn’t know this was her birthday. I just made a card for her and I plan to give it to her on Monday. Does Mommy think she’d like it?”

Chi Ying knew that YueYue was the little girl who was grabbing onto his shirt when school let out the other day.

Thinking about the card that Chi Cheng had made, Chi Ying chuckled. “Yes. The card that ChengCheng made was very pretty and filled with thoughtfulness. All girls will like it.”

“You think she will forgive me then?”

“She didn’t tell you it was her birthday so it wasn’t your fault. But, when Mommy gets back, let’s put all of your friends’ birthdays on a notebook, so you won’t forget in the future. What do you think?”

“Okay!” said Chi Cheng as he clapped his hands happily. “What about you, Mommy?”

“Mommy came to a very pretty place today. There are mountains, waterfalls, flowers, grass, and also a lot of little birdies.”

Chi Cheng rested his chin on his palms and started picturing what Chi Ying had told him. “I want to go there too.”

“Mommy can take you here when school is out. What do you think?”

Chi Cheng frowned a little. He wanted to go right now; that way he could keep his mommy company when she worked. But he’s growing up now and he needed to go to kindergarten so he had no choice but to mumble, “Alright.”

Catching the disappointment that flashed through his eyes, Chi Ying said to him, “I’ll take some pictures for Chi Cheng tomorrow.”

“Okay!”