Zuo Yue finally understood what it meant to abuse a dog after staying in A City for a few days.
She had never seen Zuo Hancheng and Gu Anhao abuse single people like this!
Zuo Yue was not only abused by these two people every day, but she also took on the task of getting up early to bake bread every day because of jet lag. Toasted bread was the only breakfast that she made herself that could be eaten smoothly. In the end, she was even despised.
A week later.
Zuo Yue was the only one in Liu Jing Yuanâs house. Zuo Hancheng and Gu Anhao had gone somewhere to fool around. Zuo Yue was happy, but her passport had been confiscated. She had nowhere to go now. She shut herself up at home every day to watch all kinds of Chinese television stations, watch all kinds of big and small domestic news, and read all kinds of melodramatic gossip about the mainland entertainment industry.
Her drunken life almost made her forget the reason why she left the United States until her mother suddenly called.
âHow is it? Are you getting along well with your sister-in-law?â
âMy brother and that Gu An havenât been back for a few days. How are we going to get along?â Zuo Yue said helplessly. Moreover, Gu Anhao had been busy with her exams recently. It seemed that she had other things to do.â
âThereâs nothing wrong with letting you go out and see the world. At least Iâll be more at ease with your brother.âXu Yuan said meaningfully,â I was going to send someone from the company to pick you up in City A, but the Zuo Corporation has a project recently, so I really canât spare any manpower. Since you have nothing to do in Han City, donât you want to relax? You can stay in City A for a few more days. Iâll arrange someone to pick you up in a few days.ââ
Zuo Yue rested her chin on one hand as she leaned against the sofa.âMom, do you know how old my sister-in-law is?â
âI know. Nineteen years old, almost twenty.â
âYou know, but youâre not surprised at all? Sheâs only one year older than me!â
âSo what? Itâs not like Iâm still a teenager. Since itâs your brotherâs choice, I believe in his judgment.â
Thinking of Gu Anhao, who was as childish as she was, and hearing her mother talking about her brotherâs so-called taste, Zuo Yue leaned back on the sofa and shook her head speechlessly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Although Xu Yuan did not hang up the phone after that, she seemed to have something to say.
Zuo Yue could hear the pause and hesitation in her motherâs words. After thinking for a while, she asked directly,âMom, do you have anything to say? Just ask me directly. Weâre on the other side of the ocean. If I did something wrong that made you unhappy, just say it. You canât hit me now anyway.â
Xu Yuan immediately laughed.â
Zuo Yue sighed.â Iâm bored now. Brother and Gu Anhao arenât coming back to accompany me. My passport and identity documents are with me, so I canât go too far to relax. Itâs freezing outside, colder than Los Angeles. Iâm too lazy to go out. Now, I suddenly feel that when you talk to me, you can more or less kill time.ââ
âNow you know the importance of your mother? I see that you usually donât even bother to call me.âXu Yuan smiled as she spoke. Suddenly, she said,ââZuo Yue, I want to ask you something seriously.â
âYou ask.â
âIs there nothing between you and your uncle?â
The smile in Zuo Yueâs eyes froze for a moment. She leaned on the sofa and did not move. Because her motherâs tone was too careful and cautious, Zuo Yue could feel her motherâs seriousness. She slowly sat up from the sofa and held her phone tightly as if nothing had happened.âWhat can happen between me and uncle?â
âZuo Yue, itâs not that Iâm suspicious. I just feel that thereâs something strange between you and your uncle. I didnât think so in the past, but after you and your uncle separated this time, every time I called him to talk about something, he sounded like there was nothing wrong, but he never asked about you. As an elder and having been by your side for so long, even if he doesnât particularly like your childishness, he should at least ask about you, but he never askedâ¦â
Zuo Yueâs heart ached, but she smiled and said,ââIf he doesnât ask about me, does that mean he has something to do with me? Mom, have you watched too many TV dramas? If he could still be tortured by those 8 oâclock soap operas in the United States, what was he thinking about?â
âIf thereâs nothing between the two of you, then what did you do to make him ignore you? I hate you that much?â
âBecause Iâm not sensibleâ¦â Zuo Yue answered vaguely.
âDid you do something to offend your uncle?â
â.. More or less.â
âWhat did you do?â
âI⦠I offended his girlfriendâ¦â
Xu Yuan suddenly fell silent for a while.
âMom, donât think too much about it. Uncle rarely answers me. Although I lived with him in Boston, he really rarely cares about me.â
âWhatâs with the row of little dolls at the bedside of your room?â
âThat was the birthday present I asked Uncle for two months agoâ¦â
Zuo Yue felt that she had lied again and again until she could no longer speak.
There was something in her heart that was beating fiercely at the most sensitive part of her heart.
Did he ignore her when he was on the phone with his mother?
Could she really leave so simply and completely?
Zuo Yue pulled the phone away from her ear. She took a deep breath and suppressed the redness that gradually appeared in her eyes. She then put the phone back to her ear and said,ââMom, Uncle is Uncle in my eyes. Although heâs tall and handsome, itâs not like I havenât seen someone more handsome than him. Since I was young, Iâve basked in a lot of light because Iâm the granddaughter of the Zuo family. Iâve seen many high-quality men, but Iâve never been moved.â
âIâm not thinking about those things either. After all, your little uncle has a calm personality. However, Zuo Yue, youâve been spoiled too much by us since you were young. You can do whatever you want. Weâre just afraid that youâll have some thoughts for a momentâ¦â âAlso, I want to make sure that nothing unpleasant happened between you and your uncle, right?â Xu Yuanâs tone was a little slow.â
â.. No, I donât.â Zuo Yue raised her hand and gently hammered her heart to relieve the sharp pain.
She felt that if her mother questioned her a few more times, she would really not be able to hold it in.
He was alone, enduring the pain of not being able to see each other again. He was alone, laughing and laughing every day as if nothing had happened. Why would he bring up these things to make himself feel bad?
Xu Yuan was silent for a while before saying,ââChengfeng has been in China for the past few days. He might go to City A this week. If thereâs nothing between you and Chengfeng, I can rest assured if he sends you back.â