Qingbao didn’t notice Zhong Teng’s face was abruptly severe. He babbled, “Yes, he is in France. That dad buys Qingbao birthday cake every year.”
Zhong Teng jumped to his feet. Dizzy from his long squat, he rubbed his eyes and sat down on the sofa.
No wonder the woman couldn’t wait to return to France, where she had already made her home!
The phone in his pocket rang again. Zhong Teng took it out, steadied himself and went to the balcony to answer the call.
“Teng, that’s all I can do for you. Tonight you can only fight alone to win sister-in-law’s heart.” Zhong Ze’s slyly youthful voice was on the other end of the line, with no sign of having been in the emergency room.
“Stop thinking about all this nonsense…” Zhong Teng’s tight brow loosened slightly, but the words still showed his dissatisfaction.
“I’m really worried about you, a guy with a super IQ and zero EQ. Well, give the phone to Qingbao and I’ll tell him.” Zhong Ze sighed as if he were a father figure.
Without thinking, Zhong Teng just wanted to refuse. When he turned around, he saw Qingbao looking at him curiously with his black jewel-like eyes flashing.
“Is that my uncle’s phone call?” Qingbao seemed to be expecting something.
“Yeah.” As if by magic, Zhong Teng turned on the speaker and handed it to Qingbao.
“Uncle?” Qingbao snapped.
“Call me brother!” Zhong Ze acted like a big brother in front of Qingbao.
“Brother Uncle Ze…” That’s Qingbao’s bottom line.
“Turn off the speaker so your dad can’t hear the rest of our conversation.”
Zhong Ze discreetly instructed Qingbao, as if realizing that Zhong Teng would be overhearing his conversation with Qingbao.
Zhong Teng changed his countenance. Just as he opened his mouth to say something, Qingbao has slipped away to the children’s room holding the mobile phone like a small loach and closed the door.
The voice coming through the door was so weak that Zhong Teng could only vaguely hear Qingbao keep saying “I guarantee to fulfill the task”.
His eyelids twitched and he felt a little uneasy.
“Do I really want to turn a blind eye to Zhong Ze’s bad behavior with Qingbao?” He thought.
Still, it wouldn’t be a bad idea for him to help mend fences with Mo Xiaomo.
Zhong Teng was thinking so, lying on his back on the sofa, thinking about how to communicate with Mo Xiaomo about the future when she came home.
The doorbell rang. Zhong Teng bounced and ran to answer the door.
“What are you doing here?” Seeing Mo Xiaoxiao outside, Zhong Teng’s voice turned cold sharply.
“Teng, we haven’t seen each other for a while.” Mo Xiaoxiao spoke softly and her eyes were slightly red.
She didn’t know if Zhong Teng knew the truth. She was just thinking that hasn’t her company touched Zhong Teng over these years?
Mo Xiaoxiao wasn’t convinced, but she wasn’t sure, so she had to bet that Zhong Teng had feelings for her.
“I’m busy. What’s up?” Zhong Teng stopped at the door with no intention of letting her in.
“May I come in and say, I want to talk to you……about my sister.” There were already tears in Mo Xiaoxiao’s eyes so she couldn’t see clearly.
Zhong Teng caught Mo Xiaoxiao’s sinister side that day. She was pitiful at that moment but he wasn’t moved at all. However, her words drew Zhong Teng’s attention.
After thinking for a moment, Zhong Teng let Mo Xiaoxiao into the room.
“What do you want to talk to me about Mo Xiaomo?”
Zhong Teng gave Mo Xiaoxiao a glass of water and cut to the chase.