Chapter 823 - Solid Proof (1/2)

Su Xixi thought for a while before she followed her daughter and stepped into her room. Ying had just laid down when she saw her mother at the door and instantly sat up. ”Mom, what are you doing here?”

Su Xixi didn't reply to her as she locked the door of the room. Ying's gulped at the sight.

”Mom, why did you lock the door? Are you gonna beat me now?”

Su Xixi gave her a disdainful look before she moved to the french windows and checked the balcony before locking the windows. Then she even checked the bathroom. Seeing her mother moving around in her room so cautiously, Ying felt apprehensive.

”Is she really planning on beating me? Is that why she is making sure there is no one around?”

Su Xixi rolled her eyes at her daughter saying, ”If I had ever touched you in your life, you wouldn't have been so willful today. Besides, I don't dare beat an old lady like you. What if you cracked a few bones? The only guy who likes you might also run away.”

”Mom, how can you call your own daughter an old lady?” retorted Ying unhappily.

”You're the one who complained to me last time that you were having back pain and your joints hurt. Doesn't that mean you're an old lady now?” Su Xixi shot back.

”If I am an old lady, what does that make you?”

”Oh, sorry! I neither have back pain nor joint pain. I'm a very healthy person.”

Ying couldn't find anything to retort to that. When she complained about that back pain, it was the time when she was put on desk work. She wasn't used to sitting down in one place, obviously, her back would hurt from so much sitting. Who knew she gave her mother another reason to taunt her? She really dug her own grave by sharing it with her mother.

Clearing her throat, she said, ”It doesn't matter. Even if I have a few cracked bones, my boyfriend will still be with me.”

Su Xixi squinted her eyes at her daughter before she pulled a chair to the side of her bed and sat down. She crossed her legs as she leaned back languidly in the chair with her eyes on Ying's face.

”Anyway, why did you lock the door?” asked Ying changing the subject.

”Because I don't want to disturb us and I don't want anyone to listen to us,” replied Su Xixi straightforwardly.

”That's why you're doing the thorough inspection?” questioned Ying. ”But did you really think someone would tap my room? And that too in Zizi's villa?”

Su Xixi shrugged her shoulders, ”I have always been a cautious person. Just because your think it's a safe place, doesn't mean it is. I guess you haven't learned anything on the field in all these years.”

”Mom, would you stop trying to tell me what is wrong with me?”

”If I won't say it, how else will you fix it?” retorted Su Xixi making Ying's eyes widen in surprise. ”Magically? I don't think you're that magical enough to figure out what's wrong with your conduct. That's why I have to keep reminding you from time to time.” She took a pause before adding, ”That's the only thing I can do because of the distance you put between us.”

Ying pursed her lips and stayed quiet in reply. Her mother would never let a chance go to remind her that it was her own choice to stay behind. It wasn't her parents who left her behind, it was her who chose to stay. Usually, it's parents who abandon their children, she was the child who abandoned her own parents.

”How's dad?” asked Ying trying to change the topic yet again. ”I heard he bought an island and was busy with redevelopment plans. How is it going?”

”Isn't that old news now?” retorted Su Xixi. ”The construction is almost done now.”

”Oh,” was all Ying could say. ”Did you have something to say to me?”

”No,” replied Su Xixi and Ying heaved a sigh of relief or at least tried to but before she could completely relax, Su Xixi added, ”But I have something to ask you.”

Ying coughed slightly before saying, ”What do you have to ask me?”

”You have been looking for Chen Hana,” stated Su Xixi making Ying avoid looking at her face.

”How do you know that?” she asked.

”Is that something you should be concerned about right now?” retorted Su Xixi. ”Your concern should be on explaining why you're looking for her.”