It is two o'clock in the afternoon in Country Y and exactly ten o'clock in the evening in Country S.
During the lunch break, Yu Zenan took Xia Xingchen to the mall to pick out swimwear, in preparation for the hot spring party in the evening. All employees would be there tonight.
Men's swimwear is easy to choose, and Yu Zenan has a good figure, so he looks good in anything. It didn't take him much time to buy it. As a result, he followed Xia Xingchen directly to the women's clothing area.
He acted in a nonchalant manner, but Xia Xingchen felt awkward and embarrassed. Fortunately, this was abroad and no one knew them.
At this moment, her cell phone alarm rang. She looked at the time and it was exactly ten o'clock. She had to call her son, because if it was any later, Dabai would be asleep.
"You go around first, I'll make a phone call." Xia Xingchen said, stepping aside. Yu Zenan didn't care, and said "hmm", and carefully picked out women's clothes for her with his hands behind his back. His eyes fell on her for a while, and then on women's clothes, looking at them seriously.
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presidential palace.
In the hall, Xia Dabai was sitting on the carpet with his legs crossed, playing video games with a pouty mouth.
Someone was flipping through documents on the sofa behind him with a sullen face. Xia Dabai knew that Xiaobai was in a bad mood, no, very bad, extremely bad, so he was not having fun playing video games, and had to hold back when he wanted to cheer. He grinned carelessly, and someone shot him a look, which made him feel extremely disappointed.
This is so annoying! If the atmosphere at home is still like this tomorrow, I might as well go play with my grandma!
Xia Dabai thought depressedly. At this moment, a ringtone broke the silence of the night and suddenly rang in the Presidential Palace. Xia Dabai almost immediately dropped the handset and ran to the phone, shouting, "It's Dabao! Dabao said he would call me on time at 10 o'clock!"
Bai Yeqing paused while flipping through the documents, and his expression changed slightly. But, that was only for a moment. The next second, he continued to flip through the documents. However, his speed was obviously much slower than before. He couldn't turn a page for a long time.
"Hey, Dabao..."
It's really her!
"Are you happy? If you are happy, that's good..." The child's voice was sweet, but to someone's ears, his expression became even colder.
happy
Is she really that happy to be having fun abroad with Yu Zenan
"Me? I'm very happy too! Well, I missed you so much. Well, when will you come back? Okay!"
Xia Dabai sat at the other end of the sofa, swinging his little carrot legs, holding the phone and talking to her sweetly. The depression of not being able to enjoy playing video games just now completely dissipated at this moment.
Bai Yeqing just felt annoyed. He threw the document away and glanced at his son, "What time is it? Go to bed!"
"But, Dabao and I haven't finished our call yet!" Xia Dabai held the phone reluctantly.
"What else is there to talk about? There's no class tomorrow?" Bai Yeqing stood up expressionlessly, walked over, took the phone from him, and put it to his ear. Xia Dabai saw it, and muttered, "If you want to talk to Dabao, just talk to Dabao, why are you pretending! But Dabao doesn't seem to remember you at all, he didn't even ask you!"
"Xia Dabai, you are so long-winded!"
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Xia Xingchen was about to say something to Xia Dabai, but before she could open her mouth, she heard this sentence coming from the phone. She was startled, her heart tightened, and a sour feeling inexplicably rose to the tip of her nose.
“…” The words she was about to say were stuck on her lips.
The two people, on both ends of the phone, were silent for a moment. Then, he was the first to speak: "Do you have anything else to say?"
Her breathing became heavier, and her hand holding the phone also tightened. Her lips moved, but before she could speak, an increasingly cold voice came over, "If not, hang up, he's already at bedtime!"
“…Okay.” She tried very hard to make her voice sound normal.
Over there, Bai Yeqing's hand holding the microphone was tense. His joints were a little pale. There were some things he wanted to ask. However, his natural pride made it difficult for him to speak. It seemed that he really couldn't bear it anymore. His thin lips moved and he was about to speak...
"Hey! How about this one?" Yu Zenan's voice came through the other end of the line. "Bikini. Why are you blushing? Your figure can barely hold it. How about it? Do I have good taste?"
"Yu Zenan, stop it! I don't want to wear it!" Xia Xingchen's voice was clearly angry and embarrassed, but it sounded completely different to Bai Yeqing's ears.
Seems shy and like a coquettish person.
It's just flirting!
Moreover, Yu Zenan was actually picking out bikinis for her, and he had never had one!
When did they get to this point? What point have they reached? That point... too
Countless questions popped up in Bai Yeqing's mind, and an unprecedented jealousy also jumped out of his chest. Are the two of them really in love as written in the newspaper? !
If that was the case, what position did this damn woman put him in? Was he being played? ! That was why she could tell him so rationally and calmly that day that even if they slept together, there was no future for them!
In fact, there is no calmness and rationality, it is just... 'not caring' and 'not loving'!
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After Xia Xingchen walked around Yu Zenan, he heard a few beeps and the call was hung up by him on the other end.
She listened to the cold mechanical sound, leaning against the wall, her expression somewhat gloomy and lost.
Yu Zenan put the swimsuit back and ran over to urge her, "Don't just keep on talking on the phone. There's no time. Hurry up!"
Xia Xingchen came back to her senses and put her phone back into her pocket. She forced a smile and followed Yu Zenan, ordering a swimsuit at random. She had no thoughts at all...
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The call was immediately hung up. That sound was particularly frightening in the quiet presidential palace.
Xia Dabai, who was playing video games again, turned around and saw someone with a gloomy face. What happened? Why did Xiaobai's mood... get worse and worse after answering Dabao's call
"Xiaobai, did Dabao make you angry?"
"No!" He replied coldly, grabbed the documents and went upstairs. At this moment, Leng Fei called to ask for instructions: "Sir, Miss Lan asked you to have lunch tomorrow at noon. Do you have time?"
"Yes! Tell her that not only tomorrow's lunch, but also dinner time is hers!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone. On the other side, Leng Fei was surprised again. Could it be that Miss Lan really had extraordinary charm? The President actually agreed to it!
Bai Yeqing hung up the phone, turned around to look at Xia Dabai who was still playing in the living room, and said in a cold voice: "Go to bed, I'll take you to see someone tomorrow, she might be your stepmother in the future!"