Chapter 1005 - Let’s Be Strangers! (2/2)

“How can you still laugh? You unfilial child!” The Old Madam seemed to react one step slower, asking immediately after she shouted. “What did you just say? I will have a grandchild tomorrow? What happened? Did you have a b.a.s.t.a.r.d child outside? You irresponsible a.s.shole! How did I educate you since you were young…?

“You must be lying to me right? Alright, I won’t say too much for you. I have a suitable candidate that suits you, come back tomorrow and I’ll introduce you to her.”

Before Helian Xiao could say anything, the Old Madam hung up.

The atmosphere in the car instantly turned slightly frozen and quiet.

Helian Xiao put away his phone and coughed awkwardly. “My Mother is old and is in a rush to find a daughter-in-law and have grandchildren. You should understand that!”

An Feng hummed in agreement.

“So, will you go back with me tomorrow?”

Now, An Feng could feel his warm and heated gaze on her. She looked down. “Mr Helian, I think that we should continue to be strangers! It’s alright as long as you’re nice to Zhizhi, you don’t have to care about me.”

Helian Xiao pursed his lips tightly, staring at An Feng intently. He could not see any feelings she might have for him in her eyes.

Perhaps, he had overestimated his charm in the first place.

When she had been hospitalized recently, he went to find out about what happened to her in the past. He found out that she didn’t like men like him. At the masked ball back then, the teenager she planned to confess to was the same type as her ex-husband.

The thing that could not be forced the most in this world was probably feelings!

At their age, he didn’t want to force a person that didn’t like him either. How would that be different to what he had done to her in the past?

He took out a cigarette, lighting it up as he narrowed his eyes to smoke.

As he stared at An Feng’s quiet and calm side profile, he was silent for a few seconds before he nodded. “I told you before, if you really don’t want to, I won’t force you.”

An Feng turned towards him, their eyes meeting as she heard him say hoa.r.s.ely, “Let me apologize once more about what happened back then. Of course, the harm has been caused and it’s not something that can be made up with an apology. However, I will treat Zhizhi properly in the future.”

An Feng’s lips moved. “That’s enough.”

They fell silent once more.

Halfway through his cigarette, An Feng broke the silence. “I’ll leave first.”

He hummed, his expression dark and unreadable. “Good bye.”

With that, An Feng pushed the door open. She was about to get off the car when she heard the man’s low and rich voice. “I’m not young anymore, and it is indeed time for me to start a family. If I go back and agree to my Mother’s matchmaking session, are you alright with it?”

Instead of turning back, An Feng merely said, “That’s your own business.”

She closed the door and left.

…

Just as An Feng requested, after Helian Xiao brought Nan Zhi back to M Country, he never looked for her again.

But Nan Zhi would call An Feng at least twice everyday. She didn’t know what her daughter was thinking, as she mentioned Helian Xiao often in the calls.

One example was the second night after An Feng had returned to Ning City. Nan Zhi told her, “There’s an elite lady in her thirties that came over today. She’s really knowledgeable and pretty. They had a meal together and he even sent her back.”

An Feng changed the topic. “Did Helian Zhu cause trouble to you after you returned? And the Old Madam, does she like you?”

“Helian Zhu didn’t return to the Helian family. The Old Madam is a cheerful and nice person. When she saw such an old granddaughter appear in front of her, she was very pa.s.sionate and likes me a lot! Mom, don’t worry about me! You, on the other hand, have to take care and stay safe outside!”