111 The Innocent Victim 2 (2/2)

”Hi, mom!” Sylvia called out cheerfully from the door.

Joann turned around and saw the camera that hung from her daughter's neck. She knew Sylvia probably just came back from one of her assignments and Joann tried her best to not let the frown that threatened to surface on her face appear as she greeted her daughter back, ”Good evening, Sylvia.”

”Have you had your dinner?” Joann asked.

”I had some when I was working but thanks.”

Sylvia unloaded her equipment at the table. It included her camera and her laptop. Instead of going straight to her room like she usually would, Sylvia lingered in the living room, standing next to her laptop.

Then an awkward silence stretched between them. Joann had explicitly stated that if possible, she did not want to hear a thing about her job because it went against her moral code. However, Sylvia just had a scoop that she desperately wished to share with her mother.

She did not know how to bring it up without seeing like she was trying to get information from her mother. It was truly a thin line to thread.

Noticing the awkwardness on her daughter's face, Joann decided to be the bigger party this time. Perhaps she was in a good mood from the good energy that recently pervaded the Xu household or perhaps she too wanted to find out what was on her daughter's mind, in any case, Joann sighed and asked, ”Is that so? What was your work about?”

After all, celebrities were normal human beings and there wasn't many normal female humans out there who were immune to the allure of a good gossip.

Sylvia's eyes brightened. This was the first time her mother had shown active interest in her job, and just right when she needed it as well.

Sylvia opened her laptop and plopped down on the sofa next to her mother. ”I actually just came from Lee Mu's place.”

Sylvia noticed the frown that appeared on her mother's face when the name of her co-star was mentioned so she moved over that as quickly as she could. ”In any case, that is not so important. Mom, what I want you to see is this. I want to ask for your opinion.”

Sylvia clicked a few buttons on her computer and she turned the screen around to face Joann. It was a picture of someone Joann could recognize.

”We took this at the Starbucks near Lee Mu's apartments,” Sylvia offered as explanation.

Then Sylvia asked the same question that was on her mother's mind...