Chapter 20 - Familiar Voice (1/2)

Li Qin Yao stood on her toes and craned her neck as she looked for her boyfriend.

Last night, Chen Hao had agreed to see her off at the airport before she departed to the Capital City. There were five more minutes before she will have to step in into the departure hall, but Chen Hao has not arrived.

Li Qin Yao took out her phone and made another call. It was as she had thought, her phone call was not answered. Qin Yao glanced at the time and then towards the entrance as she weighed her decision whether she should wait a while longer or not.

Just as she turned around, Li Qin Yao heard someone called her name. As she turned around, Li Qin Yao saw her boyfriend among the crowd. He waved as he ran towards her. Chen Hao stopped before her and bowed with both hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath.

”Chen Hao, are you alright?”

Chen Hao lifted his head with a guilty expression. ”I'm sorry. I almost could not make it.”

Looking at how her boyfriend was gasping for air made Li Qin Yao's heart softened. ”You could give me a call.”

”I was in a hurry. My mother asked me to accompany her to breakfast this morning, and something happened, and it took longer than I expected,” Chen Hao said with a sigh. ”And I can't find my cellphone. I probably misplaced my phone somewhere.”

”What happened?” Li Qin Yao asked with concern. ”Is your mother alright?”

”It's nothing,” Chen Hao patted his girlfriend softly on her hair. ”We coincidentally met a friend of my mom during breakfast. You know how it is when two girls haven't met for a long time. They just won't stop talking.”

Li Qin Yao felt a tug in her heart. Ever since her last conversation with her best friend, Han Yue Xiu, she began to notice that every time she made plans with her boyfriend, Chen Hao would either canceled or showed up late for their date. His mother would always show up with a different reason as if she wanted to stop them from meeting each other.

It was as if his mother did not like her.