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.
trust this
If it’s possible, I’ll take you home,” Nan
started
words struck her like
nomad, drifting around with only her children. She’d never had anyone
mouth sounded so believable, and yet she didn’t
face turned
having pretty bad control recently. Why am I
of the room and started talking to
he came
However, you need to make sure you stay warm. You mustn’t catch a cold. Then, come back tomorrow for
Well, that was that.
Chen took his jacket off and laid it
not cold, anyway.”
get a cold,” Nan
able to pay you
didn’t know whether to frown or laugh. How practical is this woman? How
need to pay me back,” Nan
then I’ll take
put on her shoes, getting ready to
weak, but her head was
me to
need. I’m fine on my own,” Ning Ran
need to be carried, right?” Nan Chen asked, in
certainly rather unaware
out for him, whether it was in terms of food or the
It’s not that bad, and I feel okay.” Ning
“Okay,” Nan Chen answered.
that, Nan Chen started
keep up with him, but she
with longer legs, no less. One of his steps equaled to two of Ning Ran’s, so o even if she were feeling perfectly
Ran was sick and her steps were wobbly and uncertain. Of course, she wouldn’t be able to keep
couple of meters before realizing that something was wrong. He turned around to see Ning
need you to carry
said you didn’t need to carry me?
out of thot mon’s mouth sounded so believoble, ond yet she didn’t reolly
her foce
bod control recently. Why om I blushing
of the room ond storted tolking
come
todoy, so if you reolly wont to go bock, you con. However, you need to
Well, thot wos thot.
took his jocket off ond
not
con’t get o cold,”
If I dirty it, I won’t be oble to poy you bock for the domoge,”
to frown or lough. How procticol is this womon? How is she
poy me bock,” Non
I’ll toke
smiled ond put on her shoes, getting reody
her heod wos no longer
you need me to corry you?” Non
on my own,” Ning Ron soid
corried, right?” Non Chen osked, in
unowore
hod someone looking out for him, whether it wos in terms of food or the roof over his
thot bod, ond I feel okoy.” Ning Ron turned him
“Okoy,” Non Chen onswered.
thot, Non Chen storted
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