Nan Chen went back to his seat after hanging up.
Then, he stayed silent.
Ning Ran was about to go insane.
He wasn’t leaving, nor was he saying anything. How much longer would this silence go on?
She didn’t know if she could hold back much longer.
“You can really just go. I only have a fever right now, and it’s not even that bad,” Ning Ran said.
Nan Chen still kept quiet and let the silence play on.
At that moment, Ning Ran’s phone rang. The call was from Erbao.
Ning Ran was a little frazzled as she didn’t know what to tell the child.
She didn’t want them to worry, but she couldn’t keep hiding things from them and lying about it, either. She felt super guilty, especially because of how they were both such reasonable kids.
“Pick up the call,” Nan Chen reminded Ning Ran.
Ning Ran finally woke up from her daze. “Honey?”
“Mommy, where are you?” Erbao asked.
“I’m working,” Ning Ran replied.
“What time will you come home?” Erbao asked.
“In a little while, sweetie.”
Ning Ran was taken aback when she said that.
That was an awfully casual lie she had just made up. She was still in the hospital! She didn’t even know when she was going to come home. How had she lied to them so easily?
She was facing this problem quite often recently. She wouldn’t think before speaking, then she would come to regret it.
Was she slowly becoming less intelligent, or had she just never been that smart?
Nan Chen frowned.
How could this woman lie to everyone, including her own children, so brazenly?
Erbao was overjoyed to hear that her Mommy was coming home.
“Okay. Mommy, remember to bring some good food for me! I’m hungry.”
“Yep, of course, sweetheart,” Ning Ran replied.
After she hung up, Ning Ran looked at Nan Chen helplessly.
“Are you always this dishonest?” Nan Chen asked coldly.
“I wasn’t being dishonest,” Ning Ran protested, feeling wronged.
“What do we do now? You just lied to the kid!”
“I didn’t lie to her! I really do want to see her. I miss them; I miss them a lot,” Ning Ran said.
“Why?” Nan Chen didn’t really understand.
“I don’t know! Whenever I get nauseous or feel like blacking out, I’ll start missing my kids, a lot. I just want to see them again.” Ning Ran was getting pretty worked up.
Nan Chen thought about it. Maybe people really did miss the ones that they loved the most whenever they were the weakest.
chose to trust this woman one more
doctors. If it’s
started to zone
bring you home.’ Those words struck her like
around with only her children. She’d never had anyone who wanted her home
so believable,
her face
having pretty bad control recently. Why am I blushing and getting all
out of the room and started
came
go back, you can. However, you need
Well, that was that.
his jacket off and laid it over Ning
It’s not cold, anyway.” Ning
can’t get a cold,” Nan Chen said with a
I dirty it, I won’t be able to pay you back
How practical is this woman? How
pay me back,”
I’ll
on her shoes,
her
you need me to carry you?” Nan
No, there’s no need. I’m fine on my own,” Ning
patients need to be carried,
was certainly rather unaware of most
terms of food or the roof over
I
“Okay,” Nan Chen answered.
that, Nan Chen started
keep up with him, but
legs, no less. One of his steps equaled to two of Ning Ran’s, so o even if she were feeling perfectly fine,
her steps were wobbly and uncertain. Of course, she wouldn’t be
something was wrong. He turned around to see Ning Ran holding onto the wall for support as she tried to keep up with
honestly. Even if I don’t need you to carry me, at least help me
I said you didn’t need to carry
mon’s mouth sounded so believoble,
her foce turned
bod control recently. Why om I blushing ond getting
of the room ond storted tolking to the
while, he come bock with the
you need to moke sure you stoy worm. You mustn’t cotch o cold. Then,
Well, thot wos thot.
ond
It’s not
you con’t get o cold,” Non
oble to poy you bock for the domoge,” Ning
Chen didn’t know whether to frown or lough. How procticol is this womon? How is she still thinking obout money ot o time
don’t need to poy me
I’ll toke
smiled ond put on her shoes, getting
her heod wos no longer
need me to corry you?” Non Chen
I’m fine on my own,” Ning Ron soid
oll potients need to be corried, right?” Non Chen
certoinly rother unowore
terms of food or the roof over his heod. He didn’t
bod, ond I feel okoy.” Ning Ron turned him
“Okoy,” Non Chen onswered.
Chen storted
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