69 Play Pretend (1/2)

”Mom… sniff...” Dongmei called out softly, sniffing as if she was about to cry. Guan Mei immediately realised that something was wrong with her daughter and replied worriedly, ”Dongmei, what happened…? Don't cry… Mommy is here, just talk to me...”

”Are you talking to Dongmei? What happened?” Guan Dong who happened to be near his wife quickly asked when he heard her but Guan Mei simply shushed him and asked again into the phone, thinking that she knew what going on, ”Dongmei, did you two had a fight?”

”Mhmm… Sniff… We had a big fight right now…” Dongmei covered her eyes with a pillow, sounding a bit abashed. She herself didn't know where this conversation was going to as she was only improvising. She wanted to help Wuxing and she decided that being direct about it would be much better.

Hearing the reason, Guan Mei exclaimed softly, knowing the pain of arguments too well, ”Ah, honey… It's okay… Every couple fight… I and your father fight all the time… How did this even happen? What did you fight about?”

”Actually… We fought two times in one day already… Sob...” Dongmei admitted before completely covering her face with a pillow, trying to silence her sobbing.

Guan Dong who was overhearing the conversation couldn't help but shout while performing a victory dance, ”Fuck yeah! I knew it will work, hehe.”

Guan Mei only rolled her eyes, happy that she covered her phone so that Dongmei doesn't hear him and replied after kicking her husband in the butt, ”Sweetheart, I know how you feel… Tell me what happened so that your mommy could understand and help you. Maybe it's not as bad as you think.”

”We argued when he picked me up from work and grabbed my butt in front of everyone I work with. I told him to let go but he didn't stop and I slammed him against the wall…” Dongmei explained shortly of what happened, not lying as she knew that her guards could report in details later.

”Ah, so that's what happened… Did you talk to him? Maybe he was just lonely. You can make him understand that there is always time and place for such things.” Guan Mei understood what they were doing right away but didn't show anything on her face, genuinely advising her daughter.

Dongmei only continued to explain further, recounting the following events, ”I did talk to him. I told him exactly what you said just now but it only led to an even bigger argument… I didn't want to argue anymore so I gave him what he wanted and we had a long reconcilation kiss. We somehow made up but I still felt bad about it…”

”Shit, I told him not to do anything funny but he didn't listen… He even touched her butt!” Guan Dong was super happy not a moment ago but after hearing what Wuxing did, he could not help but rage. Fortunately, there was an option to mute the microphone and Guan Mei was using this option quite skillfully.

”Can't you hear that she is hurt because of your stupid ideas?! She was happy but now you made Wuxing pretend to be worse and look at what you did. Now she is crying and it's all your fault.” Guan Mei didn't forget to scold her husband, using Dongmei as a tool for that. She already determined that her daughter was pretending together with Wuxing so she also started pretending in front of her husband for as long as she could.

”Don't feel bad honey… You made up, right? This is all that matters. It means that even such small fight can't stop your feelings.” Guan Mei returned to Dongmei and tried to help her understand that it wasn't such a big deal before switching to the next part, ”What happened during the second argument then?”

”I was trying to get some fresh air so I proposed to go for a walk and maybe shot some targets with the guns so I could relax a bit. I took a heavy rifle from the armoury and asked him to carry it for me but instead of helping, Wuxing said that my guards should carry it.” Dongmei recounted the scene and actually stopped crying, getting more annoyed the more she spoke about it.

”And? Did you get mad and decided to carry it yourself?” Guan Mei asked knowingly, already able to guess what happened just based on this part.

”Yes! I did get mad!” Dongmei quickly confirmed it as she exclaimed before adding, ”How can he talk to me like this? Only when he saw me carry it myself did he try to take the suitcase away from me to carry it instead but I didn't let him. What's more, when he finally let go, I fell to the ground and hurt my butt… I still can't believe what is going on with him.”

Guan Dong was once again in a good mood, hearing that everything is going in a nice direction. Guan mei could only ignore him and answer through the phone, ”He indeed deserves some scolding then… Did you tell him how you feel?”

”...He chased after me back to my apartment and we only talked through the gap in the doors… I might have said something I regret now…” Dongmei said while pausing as if she was recalling what just happened and without waiting for her mother comment, she narrated with a sad voice, ”Wuxing tried to explain that its how he is but I don't want it like this. I told him that and he proposed that maybe... I should find someone else then…”