Chapter 2278 Mother-in-law Visits Son-in-law

On the phone, she confessed her love to senior Qingze, whom she had admired for many years, and told him that it didn't matter even if he didn't like her. She just wanted him to know that she had liked him since she was a teenager, and had always been serious about it, and had really worked hard for this relationship.

After she finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then she heard Qiao Qingze say, "I would rather you say these words to me in person."

Ling Ying's heart was beating so fast, and her brain seemed to be frozen. She asked him stupidly, "What do you mean?"

"That summer, in your room, I did lie to you..."

The person you secretly love also happens to like you. What could be happier than this?

But Ling Ying really couldn't understand, "Why lie?"

He smiled bitterly: "My family is not well off, and there is a huge gap between our family conditions. At that time, I felt very inferior and unworthy of you. I wanted to at least wait until I had enough financial resources before..."

"What now?"

"I've already received an offer from AM Company, now it's OK..."

If he were in front of her, Ling Ying really wanted to beat him up and say, "Aren't you afraid that I'll be with another boy? There's always a line of boys chasing me."

"That's why I've been watching you."

Ling Ying raised the corners of her mouth. She looked at the sky outside the window, tears streaming down her eyes. They were tears of joy, tears of grievance, tears of happiness, and tears of indignation.

He actually lied to her for so many years!

"Qiao Qingze, you are so cruel."

"I'll make it up to you when I get back, okay?"

"The rest of your life?"

He smiled and said, "If you agree."

Ling Ying also smiled, "Then when will you come back to atone for your sins?"

“It was originally scheduled for next week, but it can be changed to tomorrow.”

"See you tomorrow then."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

…

This was her last phone call with Qiao Qingze.

After saying "See you tomorrow", they never saw each other again.

Over the years, Ling Ying has never been able to let it go.

She always thought that if she had waited until he came back before confessing to him, he would not have changed his flight and nothing would have happened. Or if he had not asked to change his flight at that time, nothing would have happened.

Or maybe she should have confessed her feelings earlier, should have admitted it openly during the summer vacation of her first year in high school. Maybe her and Qiao Qingze's story would have been rewritten...

But she doesn't have a time machine, so she can't go back to the past or change history.

After experiencing thousands of nights of pain and regret, she could only force herself to forget the past and divert her attention.

Just hearing the words "I'm not in love with you" again, countless suppressed thoughts and the past that she thought she had forgotten, all came out wantonly, even clearly as if it happened just yesterday.

She seemed to be back in the summer vacation of her first year in high school, as if Qiao Qingze was right beside her.

My mother was still outside the door and could come in at any time.

She murmured, "But I love you. I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, but I didn't tell you..."

Actually, there are still many things she wants to say. For example, she wrote him a love letter but threw it in the trash can. For example, in order to create a chance encounter with him, she refused to let her father's driver take her home and got up early every day to take the bus. For example, when he didn't dare to say love because of his low self-esteem, she also felt low self-esteem because she was not good enough...

"So...you don't care about what happened last night."

Ling Ying was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at the man behind him.

Looking at this handsome, yet not-so-familiar face, she came back to reality.

"What?"

Ah Fei stared at her for a moment and said seriously, "Okay, don't cry, I get it."

He reached out and wiped away her tears.

Ling Ying realized that he had made a mistake and caused Ah Fei to misunderstand him, so he quickly explained: "Don't misunderstand me, I just made a slip of the tongue..."

Ah Fei nodded: "Put on your clothes first."

"I really made a slip of the tongue..."

"I see." He smiled.

She suddenly felt like she had no way to defend herself.

After Ling Ying put on her clothes, the two of them walked out of the room together and came to the living room in front of her mother.

My mother was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room at this time. When she heard their voices, she turned around.

Ling Ying introduced: "Mom, this is Yi Fei."

Ah Fei took the initiative to greet him and said, "Hello, Auntie."

The mother glanced at Lingying, then looked at Ah Fei, and said with a smile: "Hello, Xiaofei, let's go to the sofa."

"Okay, Auntie." Ah Fei politely made way for the corridor and let Ling Ying's mother go first.

Ling Ying's mouth twitched, Xiaofei?

How come you're so friendly right after meeting each other...

He silently stroked the goose bumps on his arms and walked towards the sofa area with Ah Fei.

At the same time, I also had an ominous feeling...

Afterwards, the three of them sat down in the sofa area. The mother sat on a single-seat sofa chair, while Ah Fei and Ling Ying sat side by side on a three-seater sofa.

Ling Ying's mother asked about Ah Fei's personal situation very kindly.

First ask him how old he is and what his zodiac sign is.

Ah Fei told the truth about his age, and it turned out that he was three years older than Ling Ying.

The mother smiled and said, "Three is just right. I've always wanted Xiaoying to find a slightly older boy. She's too willful and needs someone to take care of her like a brother. One or two years older won't make a big difference, but five or six is ​​too old. Three or four years older is best."

Ling Ying blinked, "Mom?"

Her mother made a "tsk" sound and told her not to interrupt. Then she continued asking about her hobbies, whether she had any brothers or sisters, what her parents did...

The ominous premonition in Ling Ying's heart was becoming stronger and stronger. She felt that her mother's next question would be, "Do you have your household registration book with you? Is it convenient for you to go and get the marriage certificate this afternoon?"

However, before the conversation developed to that point, Ling Ying remained silent and listened to Ah Fei's answer.

He introduced his situation sincerely, but Ling Ying actually hoped he wouldn't be so sincere.

However, Ling Ying also got to know him for the first time.

It turned out that his parents were also fishermen, and they unfortunately died because of a storm while fishing at sea. Later, he and his sister depended on each other for survival, but his sister encountered some accidents and unfortunately passed away. After that, he became a lonely man.

His family experience is very similar to Qingze's, the difference is that Qingze has no younger sister. After his parents passed away, it was Grandma Qiao who raised him and educated him into a successful person.

After hearing Ah Fei's experience, his mother sighed repeatedly, "I never thought you were such a miserable child."

Ah Fei smiled calmly: "It's all in the past anyway, and I met a lot of people who helped me later, otherwise I wouldn't be who I am now."

Ling Ying stared at Ah Fei blankly, her mind wandering again. His tone was too much like Qiao Qingze's, so gentle, so humble...

Is this really the bastard who carried her back to the room this morning and almost broke her apart?

The mother said cheerfully: "Yes, it's all in the past. From now on, we are a family..."

Ling Ying came back to his senses, blinked quickly, looked at his mother, and then looked at Ah Fei, "A family?"