Chapter 414 - Reassurance (1/2)
Early in the morning when Jie woke up and left his kids' room, the only thing that awaited him outside was silence. He looked for Xu Mey all around the house but not finding her anywhere, his expressions hardened.
He had thought about clearing up everything with her. He was willing to sit down and talk to her. He was even willing to apologize for the way he spoke last night but guess what she did? She ran! She ran away again!
Jie took a deep calming breath as he got ready and came downstairs to prepare breakfast. ”Morning, dad!” He instantly smiled at his twins when they came down to have breakfast already clad in their uniforms. He didn't even have to wake them up.
”Morning!” he replied and kissed them both before getting back to his scrambled eggs.
”Where is mom? Why are you cooking today?” Juan was the first one to bring this up. ”Dad...” Seeing how he was silent for a long while, she called him again.
”I've made pancakes for my Juan and scrambled eggs for my son. Eat up, I'll drop you both to school.”
Since he avoided the question, Bao and Juan shared a look and decided not to question him again. Whatever it was, they just knew he wasn't gonna share with them.
The three of them ate breakfast in silence. Since Jie didn't like too many people in the house, even now all the maids were not allowed to enter the main house without permission. That's why he had prepared the breakfast himself because he didn't feel like having any intrusion.
”Jie! Zhu Jie!” While Jie was collecting the utensils, he heard a loud voice calling him. He didn't have to guess who this voice belonged to though.
”Dad, why is grandma so angry so early in the morning?” questioned Juan.
”Maybe she woke up on the wrong side of the bed,” shrugged Jie nonchalantly. ”You both wait in the car for me, I'll be right there.” Both of them nodded and took their backpacks silently.
As the twins left, his mother finally appeared before him. He Susu was fuming in rage as she glared at him, ”Jie, what did you do to Xiao Mey?”
”What did I do? And who said something happened? Did she say something to you?” His voice came out stern even more than he intended it to. He already knew his mother was here as an advocate for her daughter-in-law.
”Xiao Mey went with Xiamu last night. Azalea told me this morning that she wasn't in a good mood when she left with them. But if I remember correctly, she was very happy at the party. That means something must have happened between you two.”
Jie frowned at his mother. ”And why don't you think that perhaps she wanted to visit her father and that's why she left?”
”I know her. She takes her responsibilities very seriously. She would never leave like that,” answered He Susu. Clearly, she wasn't in a mood to hear his explanations at all. But it's not like he wanted to explain anything to her. He didn't have to explain himself to anyone.
”Mom, even if something happened between us, I believe it's between me and my wife. And it's not a good idea for you to get involved in this,” he cleared his point straightforwardly.