49 Im courting her friend (2/2)
”Is this Miss Lee Liling?” A male voice spoke.
”..Yes.. ” Liling spoke after some seconds. She was scared, he sounded very professional and her instincts told her that something was very wrong.
”Please come to First Concept Hospital, your father Mr Lee Liang is currently in a critical condition... ”
Liling didn't hear the rest of the statement, her brain blanked out, she looked at Xin Yong who was still walking to her parents, suddenly turned back and started running out of the hall.
”Liling!, Liling! ”
Xin Yong screamed as she noticed that Liling was no longer following behind her. She was surprised at her sudden take off.
She wondered what happened all of a sudden to make her run away like that.
Though she didn't follow her, she was quite perturbed and planned to call her later on.
Xin Yong hugged her mom for a while not wanting to let go.
”Mom, I've missed you so much!! ” She exclaimed.
”So you haven't missed daddy? ” Her dad teased her. She suddenly retracted from her mom's embrace and hugged her dad amidst chuckles.
”You know I miss you too papa, so very very much” They all laughed heartily.
After sometime, her mom obliged for them to return home but Xin Yong was hesitant. She hadn't seen him but she didn't know how to tell her parents she was waiting for someone.
”Ehm, mom I'm a big girl now, you guys should go back. I'll be coming back later, .uh.. . I have something very important to do before I come back home” Xin Yong explained to her parents.
Her mom saw through her lies from the way she avoided eye contact but she didn't press on the topic. She smiled and agreed after kissing her cheeks.
When her parents left, Xin Yong scanned the whole hall but she didn't see him.
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That morning...
”Come on, why are you so stubborn, it's not as if I'm telling you to meet her? ” Jin Yue asked Liu Wei as they sat over a cup of coffee.
He came over to Liu Wei's house that Saturday morning to persuade him to go for the graduation ceremony. He had been sermoning him for almost and hour but Liu Wei didn't budge, just casually sipping his coffee while fondled with his phone.
”Okay, just accompany me, I have someone I want to see.. ”
Liu Wei shifted his gaze from his phone to Jin Yue for a second.
”I'm serious bro, I'm courting Liling's friend ”
This statement made Liu Wei pause his hand that was about to pick up the cup again for a split second.
He had been keeping track of Liling's business for quite a while now. He knew she was graduating that day, and he had just wanted to quietly attend the graduation and leave as soon as he caught a glimpse of her but Jin Yue came and made it very ambiguous.