102 Hugged Her Tigh (2/2)
”It took me a whole day to find out that you're living here now. Rui'er, you don't want your stepfather, now you don't even want me too? I shouldn't have given birth to only you, I should have had a few more children.” Every word that Mrs. Chi uttered upset her badly.
She retorted sarcastically, ”Yeah, you should have given birth to two more daughters, for your dearest husband to have for himself.”
Mrs. Chi flew into a rage upon hearing this and gave her a slap on her cheek. ”You… how could say that! Although both of you are not related by blood, he raised you since you were young. Not only are you not grateful towards him, how could you still insult him like that!”
The raw anger and pain cut deeper into Chi Rui'er's wounds.
She looked down helplessly and did not say a word. The insult to her that was so deep made her unable to tell her mother the truth. She knew clearly that if her mother were to learn about it, it would be a huge blow to her. It might even trigger her to have a heart attack.
Thus, she could only bear it inside.
”Mother, you should go back with him, I want to rest.”
Mrs. Chi was taken aback. Seeing her lie down and turn her back on her, she was at a loss for words.
”Did you become someone's mistress?”
”No.”
”Then why are you living here and not going to work? Where did the money come from, and all those nannies who clean and make food and the guards around here?”
”A friend is taking care of me.” It was evident that Chi Rui'er was reluctant to say more. ”Go back, I want to sleep.”
Mrs. Chi turned and left. Looking at her in that state, she was actually in no mood to have a conversation with her.
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When Jin Qingyan was driving back, he passed by a hotpot shop and immediately stepped on the brakes.
As it happened, he'd seen his wife's car. His gaze was fixed on the entrance of the shop as An Xiaoning and Gu Beicheng came out together.
An Xiaoning was walking as she wrapped her scarf around her. It was probably not wrapped properly, so Gu Beicheng helped her with it.
The flame that was instantly spurting out of Jin Qingyan's eyes was so strong that he wished he could set Gu Beicheng on fire.
Seeing that An Xiaoning had gotten on the car, he finally decided to make a move first and reached home before her.
When An Xiaoning's car arrived at home, he had just come out from the garage and was walking out steadily in his suit.
”Where have you been until this time?”
”I went out to eat. Have you eaten?”
”I've eaten long ago.” He folded his hands into his pocket. ”Did you have a good time eating with Gu Beicheng?”
”Yes.” An Xiaoning walked towards the living room while looking at him. ”It's so chilly outside at night and it's snowing, what were you doing in the courtyard? Don't tell me you were waiting for me?”
”Do I look like someone who'll wait for you in the courtyard?”
She laughed. ”Well, no, you don't.”
When they reached the entrance, Auntie Chen greeted them. ”Young Master and Young Mistress are back.”
An Xiaoning frowned. ”He just came back too?”
Auntie Chen had not yet realized that Jin Qingyan was signalling him with his eyes, so she replied, ”Yeah.”
She remarked as she changed her shoes, ”Just now, who was the one asking me why I'm back so late? So I see, you were back only a few minutes earlier than I was. Tell me, where were you at this late?”
”I was already back quite early, but there was something I had to attend to so I went out.” He touched his nose casually as he changed the topic. ”Why did both of you take so long to eat?”
”We just kept chatting and didn't realize that so much time had passed. He just came back from B City, he'd been away for business.”
An Xiaoning went upstairs and took off her scarf and gloves. She then turned on the heater with the remote and did some simple stretching exercises.
Just as she was raising both her arms, she was hugged from behind by him, giving her quite a scare.
She turned her head to the side as Jin Qingyan said, ”Actually, when I was driving back, I saw you. At the entrance of the hotpot shop.”