The Dragon Beside Me - Chapter 142

The two of them sat on the boat, enjoying their snack while chatting about this and that.

Earlier, Su Ruan was still too nervous to be around Long Fei. However, the man was a good talking partner and they could talk just about anything without feeling awkward.

Su Ruan began to feel more at ease and gradually lowered her guard against him.

“Is everything alright with your work?” Su Ruan asked. She saw him looking back at her with a puzzled look and explained, “Didn’t you say that you would be busy with work today?”

Long Fei was reminded of the event that happened earlier in the morning. As he thought of the elders’ faces when he left the dining hall, his mood became a little better.

Moreover, he had also heard that his father has been looking for him everywhere. He could picture how anxious his father would be when he could not find him.

“Mmm… it’s alright. The difficult part has now passed. I’m just waiting to see the result.”

“That’s good.”

Su Ruan could not help but worry when Long Fei told her that he had an important business to look after and would not contact her until it was resolved.

Thus, when Long Fei asked to meet her, Su Ruan had agreed to come out as she was worried about him.

Now that she can see that he was in a good mood, Su Ruan could finally breathe in relief.

“Are you worried about me?”

“Well, your voice doesn’t sound right when you mentioned that you would be busy.” Noticing the way Long Fei was looking at her, Su Ruan cleared her throat and looked away. “After all, you are considered my employer. If something happened to your company, I will have to worry about my paycheck, right?”

Long Fei laughed when he heard her words. He stretched his hand and messed with her hair. “I can assure you that you will have your paycheck as long as you work with my company. I have booked the flight to Capital City. When the time comes, I will pick you up and we will head to the airport together.”

Seeing that he had changed the subject, Su Ruan quickly figured that he did not want to probe further on his work matter.

“That’s good. Otherwise, I can ask my cousin to send me over to the airport and I will meet you there?”

“We are going in the same direction after all. Don’t waste your cousin’s gas money.”

Since he had said it that way, Su Ruan quickly agreed with his arrangement. However, she then started to worry about how she was going to explain this matter to her grandpa and her mother.

…

In the past few weeks, Su Ruan has been busy with her writing. As she was going back to Capital City to attend Yu Zhi Yi’s wedding, Su Ruan decided to stock up her articles so that she would have relaxing days ahead.

When her grandpa and mother heard that she was heading back to Capital City, the two of them began to worry.

Su Ruan has been staying in D Town for a few months and they were starting to enjoy having her around. Their heart was heavy at the thought that Su Ruan would not return to D Town again after she left.

When she saw that their expression did not seem right after her announcement, Su Ruan could immediately guess what was going on in their mind.

“Grandpa, Mom,” Su Ruan heaved helplessly. “I will be going back to Capital City for two weeks top. I promise I will come back after the wedding.”

“What kind of wedding require you to stay there for two weeks?” Ma Hao Dong asked.

“Grandpa, Yu Zhi Yi is my good friend. I promised him that I will come earlier to help around,” Su Ruan said. “The couple were going to have a western-style wedding. I heard that I will have to join some family gathering and stuff.”

Ma Hao Dong did not understand this stuff. However, seeing that Su Ruan had said that she will return to D Town after the wedding ended, Ma Hao Dong was more at ease.

He was still not ready to watch Su Ruan leave the town.

It was not easy for her to visit him. Naturally, Ma Hao Dong was a little selfish and wanted her to stay longer.

After talking with her family for a while, Su Ruan headed back to her bedroom to pack up a few stuff.

Just then, someone came and knocked on the door. As the door was wide open, Su Ruan could immediately see her mother.

“Mom, what’s wrong?” Su Ruan picked up a shirt and placed it into her bag before she looked up and meet her mother’s gaze. Her mother’s worried eyes puzzled her.

“Su Ruan, you did not tell me that Yu Zhi Yi is getting married,” Ma Zheng Zheng spoke. She walked over to her daughter’s side and stared at her face for a long time.

“Mmm… Well, he returned to the country last year and told me that he’s getting married. I met his fiance. She seemed like a very nice person.”

Hearing her daughter’s words, the frown on Ma Zheng Zheng’s face deepened.

As the mother, Ma Zheng Zheng often heard her daughter telling her about Yu Zhi Yi. When her daughter was in college, she would mention this boy each time that she called.

It was not hard for Ma Zheng Zheng to figure out that her daughter had a crush on this boy. She liked him very much that her voice would turn softer each time that she talked about him.

However, since her daughter had not said anything about it, Ma Zheng Zheng decided not to ask, lest Su Ruan would be shy.

Ma Zheng Zheng had the opportunity to meet Yu Zhi Yi once. She could see that he was a good man and her daughter was deeply infatuated.

But now that the boy was getting married to another girl, Ma Zheng Zheng could not stop worrying about her daughter.

“I always thought that you like him.”

The smile on Su Ruan’s face froze.

“I saw the way you look at him and the way you would talk about him,” Ma Zheng Zheng spoke. “Mom is also a woman. I know how it is when you like someone.”

Su Ruan lowered her head. Lin Qing always said that her feelings were too transparent. It seemed that her mother could also notice this thing. “Hmm… but it was all in the past. He did not like me that way.” Su Ruan looked up again and forced a smile.

“Are you… alright?”

“It hurt at the beginning. But I have already chosen to let it go.” Su Ruan pursed her lips into a thin line when her mother came to hug her. “Mom, I’m fine. Really. The two of us are meant to stay as friends and I have long accepted that.. As long as he is happy, I will be happy too.”