Chapter 120: What Would Happen if You Lost Control?
Chapter 120: What Would Happen if You Lost Control?
Because Cheng Xi’s father was drunk, he slept very well through the first half of the night. But after that, he started making a big fuss, and grumbled about his head hurting for so long that Cheng Xi was forced to run out, buy him medicine, and then give him a massage. Only then was he able to sleep again.
So she woke up in the late morning, and the first thing she saw was her mother sitting by her bedside, holding her phone, and chatting endlessly with someone unknown.
And she must have been feeling pretty good, as there wasn’t even a trace of the evil stepmother’s face that she had worn until finally meeting Lu Chenzhou yesterday. She even greeted Cheng Xi particularly warmly. "Good morning, daughter."
Cheng Xi was caught by surprise, speechless.
She felt as if the mother in front of her was a fake. Her father’s behavior last night had made her mom deathly angry, but in the morning, she wasn’t even lecturing her husband, and instead even felt good enough to be waiting by her daughter’s bedside…… What was going on?
Cheng Xi rubbed her temples. "Good morning. How’s Dad doing?"
"Sleeping like a pig. I can’t be bothered to deal with him."
Cheng Xi stilled for a moment before climbing out of bed to check on her father. Good, his temperature was normal, his heart rate was normal, and his face was normal—despite causing a big fuss last night, he at least hadn’t damaged his body with his drinking.
Cheng Xi went into the restroom to clean her face and wash up, but she didn’t have a change of clothes prepared. So, she had to wear her old clothes from yesterday, though she was able to wash her hair, which was feeling gross and sticky.
When she came out, she saw that her mother was still chatting with someone on her phone. Cheng Xi found it strange, and sat down by her mother’s side as she dried her hair. "Mom, who’re you talking with……" When Cheng Xi glanced at the phone screen and saw that the nickname of the person in the chat was Sister Feng, one of her mother’s best friends, she relaxed. But then she heard a snippet of their conversation and became speechless again. "Why are you telling her about all this?"
Her mother was bragging to her close friend. "Ah, my daughter has a boyfriend now. He’s a really, really handsome lad, who even has a good family background……"
What happened to not rushing and taking things slowly?
Her mother fiercely responded, "What do you know? Your Auntie Yang said that it’d be very hard for you to get married because you’re too well educated and your job’s too good. So, I just wanted to provoke her a little." She pushed Cheng Xi aside. "If you’re done packing, then head back first. Go home and dress up. Aren’t you going to go on a date with Lu Chenzhou later?"
Cheng Xi was shocked. "How did you know that?"
"He told me. Look." She handed Cheng Xi her phone and tapped on another conversation.
Cheng Xi’s mother: Good morning, thanks for coming yesterday.
The other person: It was nothing.
Are you busy today?
Yes, I’m going on a date with Cheng Xi in the afternoon.
The nickname that Cheng Xi’s mother had given this other person was ‘Daughter’s Boyfriend, Lu Chenzhou’.
Cheng Xi caressed her forehead in distress. She didn’t even know that the two of them had added each other on WeChat, and this gave her a bad premonition.
In truth, her premonitions were startlingly accurate, because in the future, Cheng Xi’s mother and ‘Daughter’s Boyfriend, Lu Chenzhou’ would have many conversations, each of them simple and short, just like the following example:
On a certain day, Cheng Xi’s mother asked: Did the two of you not go out today?
Lu Chenzhou: We did.
On another day, Cheng Xi’s mother asked: No plans today?
Lu Chenzhou: I’m accompanying her to look at her patients.
And on yet another day, Cheng Xi’s mother asked: The two of you aren’t together?