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Chapter 307: Chapter 307 Huang Mengxue
After purchasing the train ticket, Si Boyi intended to notify Tong Yao right away, but it was Zhou Lei who answered the call, informing him that Tong Yao had gone to the branch store.
Si Boyi was incredibly worried, helpless, thinking to himself, ’If my mother suddenly shows up in Kyoto, won’t it give my brother and his wife a shock!’
Moreover, his mother rarely travelled, a stranger in Kyoto, and wasn’t literate. What if she got lost? 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Si Boyi, preoccupied with the situation, called the store again that night. However, he still could not reach Tong Yao. His anxiety was like a burning fire, not allowing him to have a peaceful sleep.
At the same time, Tong Yao, unaware that Lin Fengying had already bought a ticket, was sitting on the bed, discussing with Si Chen about Lin Fengying wanting to come over to take care of Si Xiaohui. She did not express her opinion and wanted to hear Si Chen’s thoughts.
"I guess that Mother learned that Xiaohui has gone home so she wants to take care of her here. She wants us to find a house for her, preferably close to Xiaohui’s home. I think she was quite adamant about it. I didn’t agree straight off, telling her that I would consult with you first."
Hearing that Lin Fengying wanted to come, Si Chen’s face turned dark, he said, "You call home tomorrow and tell her that if she wants to take care of Xiaohui, we will send Xiaohui back to her."
Tong Yao noticed that whenever Lin Fengying was mentioned, Si Chen’s attitude turned cold. She blinked and asked, "Do you mean you don’t want Mother to come?"
Si Chen said, "Xiaohui’s home is in enough chaos, what’s she coming here for?"
Tong Yao nodded, "Then I’ll call her tomorrow! But I can’t guarantee that I can stop her. She seemed quite determined today, and I guess she really wants to come over."
"No problem, you call her first, I will call her back tomorrow night after work."
Si Chen’s eyes showed a complicated emotion tinged with a hint of chill.
Tong Yao carefully looked at the wound on his back, showing concern, "Does your wound still hurt? And how are things with Xiao Zhengguo?"
"It doesn’t hurt anymore." Si Chen rubbed her hair and said lightly, "Xiao Zhengguo intentionally injured someone and should be sentenced. His wife was buried today. There might be some commotion at the hospital in the next few days, so you better not come and see me."
Si Chen was worried not for himself but for others discovering that Tong Yao was his wife and causing her trouble.
With their mother dead and their father in jail, Xiao Zhengguo’s children coming to the hospital to cause a ruckus was to be expected. Tong Yao nodded and said, "Then be careful. Judging by Xiao Mingqiang’s refusal to sign the surgery consent form, he is quite a difficult person."
Si Chen nodded, "You go to sleep first, I’m going to read for a bit longer."
As the postgraduate entrance examination was approaching, Tong Yao didn’t want to disturb him. She had been quite busy at the store recently and was quite tired, so she fell asleep within minutes of lying down.
Once she was breathing steadily, Si Chen directed the fan towards her and covered her with a blanket. With the blanket on and fan blowing, Tong Yao seemed comfortable and even let out a content sigh in her sleep.
After a good night’s sleep, when Tong Yao woke up the next morning, Si Chen had already gone to work. After tidying up, she went to the store. On the table, there was a note from Zhou Lei telling her that Si Boyi tried to reach her several times. Upon learning this, she quickly called him back.
"Sister-in-law, it’s good you finally returned my call, I was worried." Si Boyi, who received the call, finally heaved a sigh of relief, then hesitated as though he had done something wrong, "Sister-in-law, our mother has taken the train to Kyoto. She came to the shop yesterday afternoon and mentioned going to Kyoto. I tried to persuade her not to go, but she started crying. I felt so bad that I ended up buying the train ticket for her. She boarded the train this morning."
In fact, on the way to the railway station, Si Boyi also tried to persuade Lin Fengying not to go. However, Lin Fengying rebuked Si Boyi for his lack of compassion, accusing him of not having Si Xiaohui in his heart, and called him a callous son.
She even threatened to disown him.
Si Boyi had no choice and reluctantly escorted Lin Fengying onto the train.
"..."
Upon learning that Lin Fengying was coming, Tong Yao’s lips twitched. She said suggestively, "Mother sure knows how to stir things up. She’s so old, but she still behaves like a young girl." Like a youngster in love, she would travel thousands of miles for it.
It’s not like Tong Yao wasn’t aware that Lin Fengying’s coming to Kyoto to take care of Si Xiaohui was just a pretense; her real intention was to meet Si Xiaohui’s dad.
Knowing how much Si Xiaohui’s dad doted on Xiaohui, they were aware of the complicated relationship. This illicit affair might be related to the cause of her father-in-law’s death. that’s why Si Chen was so cold to Lin Fengying.
Si Boyi, being single-minded, failed to catch the hints in Tong Yao’s words. He wondered aloud, "I don’t know what’s got into our mom recently. Now that life is better, she seems to have changed. Her temperament has become weird and her temper is growing."
Lin Fengying seldom lost her temper in the past. She would negotiate and never resort to crying.
Tong Yao remarked, "Maybe she is going through menopause. I have something to do, so I’ll hang up now. I have to pick up Mother in the afternoon."
After hanging up the phone, Tong Yao sat in the store doing her accounts. Not too long after, Deng Wenwen showed up in the store. Seeing that Zhou Lei and Gu Hongwei were not on duty today, Deng Wenwen looked somewhat disappointed. Since she started her job as a ticket seller, she had rarely seen Zhou Lei. Her disappointment was written all over her face.
Seeing through her intentions, Tong Yao chuckled to herself, "You hang out here for a while, and I’ll treat you to lunch." Deng Wenwen had run back and forth several times to deliver messages to her last time. Tong Yao had been meaning to thank her, and this was the perfect opportunity.
Upon hearing about lunch, Deng Wenwen immediately cheered up and laughingly said, "Then I shall obligingly accept your kind invitation!"
At noon, Tong Yao chose a nearby restaurant for lunch. Deng Wenwen didn’t have many friends, so she was always excited to chat, happily sharing funny stories from work and about odd passengers. The two were having a good time when Deng Wenwen suddenly looked towards a couple entering and her face changed.
Curious, Tong Yao looked back and was stunned.
Seeing Tong Yao and Deng Wenwen, Zhou Lei was also surprised, but he immediately greeted them with a big smile, "Yaoyao, Wenwen, you’re here eating as well?"
When Zhou Lei first started working at Tong Yao’s store, he called her boss. But Tong Yao felt that, as they were more or less the same age, formalities were unnecessary, and asked everyone to call her Yaoyao instead.
Given that they had run into each other, Tong Yao invited Zhou Lei to join them for lunch. Zhou Lei didn’t hesitate and sat down. After that, he introduced Tong Yao to the girl beside him, and introduced Deng Wenwen as just a friend.
Deng Wenwen felt a pang in her heart. Being young, she was not good at hiding her emotions, and her unhappiness was written all over her face.
