The person on the other end of the phone: ...
After a moment of silence, he gave a bitter smile:
"You said the most dangerous place was the safest place... I was in so much danger, how did you even notice??"
"Nonsense, you still want to hide it from me?" Lu Chaoxi scoffed.
"You found out, yet you still didn't stop me from transferring money to him—you've been hiding it from me too." The person on the other end of the phone chuckled, "You're not being sincere; you should reflect on that."
Lu Chaoxi sighed and returned to the main topic:
"Lu Yibei has found someone who can love him properly. I hope she can make up for his hard work over the past two years... Ultimately, I still hope that someone else can make up for our mistakes."
"Maybe not."
The person on the other end of the phone said, "I've been thinking about something lately too."
"…What?"
"Right at the very beginning."
The person on the phone thought for a moment and then said, "Brother Bei told us he received his royalties, and only then did we harden our hearts and let him live on his own, right?"
"Um."
Indeed, Lu Yibei's "manuscript fee" made the two of them think of such a possibility.
Lu Chaoxi nodded: "...Speaking of which, could you change how you address your son?"
"But thinking about it now, the timing of when he received the payment was just too coincidental."
The person on the other end of the phone sighed and said, "I now suspect that the kid already had the payment for his writing, but only chose to tell us at that particular time. He's been telling us in his own way to do what we love and not to pay attention to him."
Lu Chaoxi: ...
She opened her mouth slightly.
…
—If a top lawyer can't even see through the thoughts of a little kid, then her career will be in trouble.
But then again, kids have all sorts of quirky ideas.
Who can possibly guess what they're thinking?
Just like now.
Lu Yibei had absolutely no idea what Ji Qingqian was thinking.
Lu Yibei had a feeling that his mother had told his girlfriend some little secret—but it was too much of a secret. Even though he asked her many times, Ji Qingqian just joked around and didn't say anything.
"—Damn it, what is that?!"
…
Let's move forward in time.
After Lu Chaoxi confessed her true purpose for "studying abroad" to Ji Qingqian, the image of the "evil mother-in-law" was almost completely stripped away.
There's not much else to say.
Lu Chaoxi only said one sentence at the end: "After his father comes back, I will take you to see him."
The accident happened at that moment.
At this moment, Lu Yibei's father made a video call.
Lu Chaoxi smiled and said, "Perfect timing, the phone just rang. Let him see you too."
Ji Qingqian responded with an "oh" and tidied her hair slightly.
Then the two of them appeared together in front of the camera.
As for Lu Yibei's elderly father, he also made his official appearance.
The fact that neither Ms. Lu nor Ms. Ji had noticed was exposed by the old father with a single sentence: "...In the bathroom?"
Lady Ji: ...
Ms. Lu: …………
The elderly father said, "No, Sister Chaoxi, you're a lawyer, you should know that taking a video call in the bathroom means—"
Then Lu Chaoxi hung up on him with a click.
After hanging up, she casually said to Ji Qingqian, "Forget about it."
Ji Qingqian: ...
"Don't tell Lu Yibei!"
—This sentence is somewhat laced with resentment.
In order to conceal this secret, Lu Chaoxi was even willing to exchange it for another secret.
You know Zhou Zhou, right?
Lu Chaoxi said, "I went home before National Day. At that time, her photo was still in Lu Yibei's room. When I went back for National Day, it was gone. Later, I heard from Lu Yibei's grandparents that Lu Yibei had only gone home once during this period, and when he got home, you went to the third floor - I guess you saw that photo."
Ji Qingqian nodded.
Lu Chaoxi added, "I met that girl when I attended a parent-teacher conference for Lu Yibei in high school."
Ji Qingqian: "...Ah, and then?"
“I told Lu Yibei that I would not have any objection to the girlfriend he found.”
Lu Chaoxi continued, "But actually I lied to him. I hate that girl."
…
"Abei~~"
Ji Qingqian practically jumped onto Lu Yibei's back, affectionately wrapped her arms around his neck, and rubbed against him like a kitten.
Lu Yibei found it both funny and helpless, and could only carry his little girlfriend on his back as they strolled leisurely around the hospital entrance for a while.
as well as.
By the way.
Out of consideration for Ji Qingqian, the lawyer's fees were ultimately not paid.
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P.S. It's a bit late, but there's a lot of content.
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