534 The Secret About the Past 152 (1/2)

Staring at Song Yan, Mrs. Ling said agitatedly, ”I think you're a much better option too. You're unmarried and childless. I too think it's a shame that you and Ciye are no longer together. Song Yan, that's all for today. I'll go look for Ciye now.”

”Auntie, don't get angry. Talk things over with him calmly.”

Mrs. Ling nodded and rushed out with her purse in hand.

Song Yan remained in her seat and stared out of the window at Mrs. Ling's figure, a malicious look in her eyes.

She sought help from a fortune-teller to change her fate, but to no avail.

Yet, Song Yan still refused to resign herself to fate even until now.

She really did not want to.

She seemed to be able to imagine what Mrs. Ling's confrontation with Ling Ciye would be like. In fact, she hoped that Mrs. Ling's intervention would give him some pressure.

Things did turn out the way she hoped for them to, actually.

Mrs. Ling called Ling Ciye directly. However, he lied and claimed to be away from A City at the moment due to the fact that his wounds had yet to recover.

Mrs. Ling questioned him about his relationship with Jin Qingyue.

He told her that he would explain when they meet.

Mrs. Ling could already guess what was going on after hearing his answer.

He ended the call before she could even lash out at him.

Mrs. Ling was boiling with rage. Not only was she angry at the fact that her son was dating Jin Qingyue, but she was also furious that Jin Qingyue actually lied to her!

Since her son was not in the city, she decided to call Jin Qingyue and vent some of her anger on the latter.

Little did she expect that Jin Qingyue had switched off her mobile phone.

She had no choice but to head home, overwhelmed with exasperation.

She obviously did not know that it was her son who told Jin Qingyue to switch off her mobile phone.

Jin Qingyue put her mobile phone away and asked, ”Will your mother show up here all of a sudden?”

”No, I already told her that I'm not in town.” Ling Ciye let out a long sigh and continued, ”I'll go back and come clean with her once my wounds heal in another few days.”

”Really?” Reminded of the lie she told Mrs. Ling, Jin Qingyue said, ”I should've just told her the truth right from the start, at least she wouldn't think that I lied to her.”

”It's not your fault. I'll explain it to her clearly,” Ling Ciye comforted her.

Gazing at him, Jin Qingyue said, ”Brother Ciye, you seem to have changed…”

”How did I change?”

”You've become much manlier, but… I like it,” Jin Qingyue answered with a smile.

Ling Ciye raised his brows and asked, ”So I wasn't originally manly?”

”You were, but you're so much manlier now.”

She climbed onto the bed naturally, just like she had been doing for the past few days. Although they had not made any actual progress despite sharing the same bed, Jin Qingyue felt that they were only one step away from progression.

After pulling the blanket over herself, Jin Qingyue leaned against the headboard and whipped out her mobile phone to find that she had received an unread text message.

It was from Shi Shaochuan.

She opened the text message to read its contents, which sounded as if he was ordering her around. ”I'll be visiting my parents' and Grandma's graves tomorrow. I don't want to worry them, so come along with me and Bao'er.”

Jin Qingyue quickly replied, ”What right have you got to make me visit your family's graves just because you don't want them to worry? I'm not going.”

”I'll wait for you at my doorstep at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. If you don't turn up, forget about seeing Bao'er ever again. Even if you hold the rights to her custody, what can you do if I don't return her to you?”