"He didn't come back with me." Sang Chi's palms were sweating as he explained dryly, "Brother Jiaxu happened to be coming to Nanwu as well, so he came along. And then my brother was drinking, but he wasn't, so he helped send me back."
Li Ping said casually, "You drank too."
Sang Zhi gestured with her fingers, "A little bit."
"Don't drink anymore in the future." Li Ping frowned and said, "Forget it this time, your brother is here, but when you are out alone, don't drink if you can. You have to be careful."
Sang Chi nodded obediently.
The two entered the elevator.
After the elevator door closed, Li Ping mentioned again, "Zizi, Mom called you once before. At that time, I heard you say that Duan Jiaxu was sick and had an operation."
Sang Chi groaned in a daze, then quickly remembered, "Yeah, that happened last year."
"No." Li Ping's voice was very soft, "Mom will just ask."
Li Ping's reaction made Sang Chi a little uneasy. She didn't know what to say, so she could only nod again and pretend to be calm. "Oh."
The atmosphere in the small elevator was a little heavy.
Li Ping chatted with her normally, and there was nothing wrong with her mood. "You two often met in Yihe."
"Just occasionally." Sang Chi's tone was also very normal, "I'll go out for a meal or something."
"Why haven't I seen him come to Nanwu before?" Li Ping said, "Why did he come here suddenly this time?"
Sang Chi was not very good at lying, so he just wanted to get away with it. "I don't know either, so I didn't ask."
"You too, your brother was drunk and couldn't send you back, why didn't you call your parents?" Li Ping spoke slowly, gently scolding, "You had to trouble someone else to send you back, it's a rare opportunity for us to get together."
The elevator arrived just in time.
Sang Chi followed Li Ping out, saying, "His hotel is nearby, so it's on the way."
Li Ping: “Yeah.”
For some reason, Sang Chi always felt that she was a little strange. This strange atmosphere, inexplicably like pressure, made Sang Chi even want to confess. Her heart was beating fast, and she asked cautiously, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Li Ping smiled and opened the door with the key. "Go take a shower. You smell like alcohol."
After entering the house, Li Ping went into the kitchen and continued to pack things.
Sang Rong was taking a shower in the bathroom of the master bedroom.
Sang Chi wanted to go to Li Ping to help, but she was chased out as soon as she entered the kitchen, and told to take a shower and go to sleep. She felt that she could not help much, so she had to go back to her room, get her clothes, and go into the bathroom.
Thinking about the conversation with Li Ping, Sang Chi felt a little uneasy. She felt like she had discovered something, but it didn't seem like it, and her reaction was a little different from what Sang Chi had imagined.
Because she kept it a secret
Sang Chi exhaled, feeling a bit suffocated as if a stone was pressing on her chest. She hesitated whether to take advantage of the next two days to tactfully mention this matter to Li Ping.
It doesn’t feel like a difficult thing to mention.
Because she was so worried, Sang Chi didn't know how long she had been bathing. When she came out of the bath, the lights in the living room were turned off, and only the light outside the bathroom was still on.
In this light, Sang Zhi went to the living room to get a glass of water. When she passed by the master bedroom, she heard Li Ping and Sang Rong talking about something, but she couldn't hear clearly through the door.