Chapter 30

Su Yao shook her legs as she went to the balcony to make a phone call. She was wearing a shirt belonging to Liang Chuyuan, which was large and almost reaching her knees.

The phone rang twice before being answered.

“Yao Yao, what time are you coming back today?” 

Su Yao pinched her nose bridge, feeling a bit of a headache. “It might be tomorrow.”

“Why tomorrow again? You said tomorrow yesterday.” Mu Wei sounded somewhat reproachful. “Are you sick? Your voice sounds hoarse.”

As Mu Wei casually inquired, Su Yao nearly choked on her saliva. “Does it sound like it?”

“It sounds like a cold. You have to take care of yourself when you’re alone outside, you hear me? It’s very cold lately, don’t imitate those people…”

Mu Wei’s words went on endlessly, and Su Yao listened vaguely, until a gust of wind blew, and she realized she was only wearing a shirt standing on the drafty balcony.

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Rv oyp hlau nsze.

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Fbkhlakdt, pbl bwttle bla yaxp yde blyele cynj kdpkel. Fbl ayd kdvs Nkydt Ubwuwyd obs oyp nsxkdt swv vs qkde bla. Jlqsal bla qynl nswze oyax wr, pbl rskdvle vs bla rbsdl dlmv vs bla lya, pkzldvzu xswvbkdt, “Yu xsx.”

Psd’v osaau, lmnlrv qsa usw, ds sdl nyd blya xu hsknl.

Fw Zys oyp pvwddle, kv oyp vawl. Fbl rwv vbl rbsdl sd prlyjla yde bwttle bkx vs ycpsac psxl oyaxvb, pvydekdt sd bla vkrvslp clnywpl sq vblka blktbv ekqqlaldnl, bla qllv pvlrrkdt sd bkp kdpvlr.

Mbl vos sq vblx nblakpble vbl xsxldv kd pkzldnl, Yw Elk’p nbyvvla pllxle ldezlpp kd vbl iwklv xsadkdt, ulv prynkswp.

Gqvla y obkzl, obld Yw Elk qkdyzzu pvsrrle vyzjkdt, Fw Zys vssj vbl srrsavwdkvu vs cakdt vbl alnlkhla nzspl vs bla xswvb. “Ysx, R’zz cl cynj vsxsaaso, nyd ol vyzj vbld?”

“…Gzaktbv, alxlxcla vs nsxl cynj lyazu vsxsaaso.”

You’re leaving tomorrow?

Su Yao nodded, scratching his chin. “We’re going to be apart again.”

Liang Chuyuan looked at her. Can I come with you?

“If you want to meet my parents…”

“Not possible!” Seeing the disappointment in Liang Chuyuan’s eyes, Su Yao cursed herself for speaking too quickly. “I mean, it’s too early, it’s too early… Maybe in a while, it’ll be better.”

Liang Chuyuan lowered his gaze to conceal his emotions, he touched the softness of her waist and thought along with her words: Then let’s wait a while longer.

In the end, a deadline was set, not in vain.

To please him, Su Yao hugged his neck and kissed him on the cheek. “We’ve bought ourselves some time, what do you want to do today?”

Having sex was out of the question. Unless she wanted to spend another day away from Jiacheng tomorrow.

Help you move.

Su Yao was puzzled. “What?”

Yao Yao, move in with me.

*****

After passing the toll booth, the golden words “Welcome to Jiacheng” flashed by, and Su Yao relaxed a bit, feeling a bit less tired after driving for over an hour.

She got up early in the morning to hit the road, just hoping Mu Wei would say less to her.

As the car entered the city, it hit the peak hour at eight o’clock, and the traffic was terrible. Su Yao was forced to stop the car for the third time, with nothing to do, she sent a message to Liang Chuyuan: Are you awake?

Su Yao replied five minutes later, saying there was no progress in the traffic.

During these five minutes, Su Yao thought randomly. Why hadn’t Liang Chuyuan replied yet? Was he still upset? Just because she hadn’t agreed to live together? But moving was indeed inconvenient for her, what was there to be angry about?

But this line of thought wasn’t right either. In fact, Liang Chuyuan didn’t show any signs of anger yesterday, he didn’t even seem to think about it. It was her, she couldn’t forget the look on his face when she refused to live together, lost and despondent, like a child who had lost his toy.

While he was compromising, she felt guilty for this compromise.

“We live very close, just ten minutes away, so there’s really no need to move back and forth.”

After moving, she couldn’t deal with Mu Wei’s sudden visits, this was one of the reasons.

As for another reason, it was because she wanted the two of them to maintain a certain distance in the early stages of their relationship before considering further intimacy—

This intimacy didn’t refer to physical intimacy, but rather emotional intimacy.

The time they spent together was too short, and living together too soon, maybe for the first few days, they could be loving and affectionate, but she guaranteed that problems would arise soon. Conflicts came with great momentum, making the adjustment period of love difficult and dry, and in the end, whether they could have a result became unknown, let alone good or bad, it was all empty talk.

Living together was a test of a relationship, it had to wait until the relationship was more stable.

But Liang Chuyuan didn’t seem to think so.

Until last night before falling asleep, Su Yao was still thinking, maybe it was related to upbringing, she felt that Liang Chuyuan was a bit too clingy.

The questions in her mind repeated over and over again until the quiet cabin made a “ding,” abruptly stopping her thoughts.

Liang Chuyuan: I’m awake, looking at the ceiling.

Su Yao smiled: I’ve been stuck on the overpass for twenty minutes, so hungry.

Liang Chuyuan: Didn’t you eat breakfast?

Su Yao: I had a bun. Check the kitchen, I bought breakfast.

Liang Chuyuan: I’ll eat later. Once you are off the bridge, the road should clear up. Remember to buy some food after getting off, don’t starve yourself.

She replied with an okay, noticing signs of loosening traffic ahead. Su Yao didn’t check her phone anymore, her mood had improved a lot in the past five minutes.

…

Before returning home, Su Yao naïvely thought that Mu Wei urged her to come back because she missed her.

Little did she know there was another purpose.

“I’m not going.”

Mu Wei widened her eyes. “Why aren’t you going? Do you know how old you are?”

Su Yao felt frustrated, she glanced at Su Yuan secretly, about to send a distress signal, but was intercepted by Mu Wei. “Stop looking at your dad! This time he and I are united front.”

“…Mom, I don’t even know them,” Su Yao said weakly.

“Just have a meal, and you’ll get to know them. This mom is very satisfied this time, mother and daughter are in harmony, you’ll be satisfied too if you go meet them.”

“…” “…What a harmonious mother-daughter relationship, Su Yao covered her face and wailed. With no way out, she could only admit, “I have someone I like.”

To her surprise, Mu Wei suddenly raised her voice. “Who! The one who can’t talk?”