Chang"s hunger had built up over the day,with the stress masking it, and she quickly emptied her plate that had been full of food, only to have Jian scoop more onto it. Chang blushed feeling like a glutton, as he piled more food onto her plate. He had ordered her favorite sweet and sour pork ribs, moo goo gai pan1, lo bak go2, he had even poured a bowl of egg drop soup3 for her mother and herself."Where did he even get the dishes and food from? And how did he bring it in, I didnt think the hospital would allow that. Should I even still be surprised by the things this man does?"
Chang chewed on the end of her chopsticks pondering this.
"Xiao Xie, eat eat, you"ve grown so skinny, how will you fulfill mama"s wish if you"re so thin!"
Chang was confused for a second, then it dawned on her what her mother meant, it was the topic from earlier being brought up again! What a spoon! Stirring up trouble was her mother"s forte.
"Hmm I concur, you should eat more, I like it when you have more to hold onto." Jian whispered the second half into her ear, causing them to turn red.
She put down her chopsticks fuming and stared at the two of them, both nonchalantly eating as if they hadn"t been teasing her a moment ago! She got up and stalked into the private adjoining bathroom and slammed the door shut.
Li Hua snorted and laughed seeing her daughter"s fl.u.s.tered reaction. "Such a child still in so many ways."
"Mm." Liang Jian Amal replied his eyes twinkled while his lips were curled into a smile.
Li Hua brightened seeing his reaction, "I"m glad she found such a caring man like her father, good job!"
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In the bathroom Chang ran cold water to splash on her face and neck. Eventually her face stopped burning and she only had a hint of rosiness on her cheeks. "Ah good as it gets."
Chang dried her hands and exited the bathroom swiftly her dress swirling around her knees with her quick motion. She sat down back in her chair to eat more, dammit she was still hungry and would just have to brave through their wicked ways!
As she sat down her mother was eating a lo bak go cake and looked at her daughter, Li Hua dropped the food from her chopsticks and stared in wide-eyed shock at what she saw.
Chang was confused as to her mom"s reaction but followed the line of sight to her neck, where she"d unb.u.t.toned her collar a couple b.u.t.tons while she splashed water on her neck.
"Wait, my neck!" Chang instantly slapped a hand over the area her mother was staring at and glared at Jian. "this is your fault!"
Li Hua coughed lightly and eventually tore her eyes of the marks on her daughter"s neck. "It appears I need not say anymore, I had no idea my daughter was so filial. I will be patient and await good news soon."
"Hmm look forward to it." Liang Jian Amal replied smirking at Chang.
Looking for a change of topic desperately Chang cleared her throat, "So mom how come you"re here? You didn"t hit your head on a cabinet or anything did you?"
Her mother scowled at that, that had happened before but only once. She had stood up too fast while working in the kitchen and knocked herself out. Chang"s father had panicked seeing his wife on the floor after the loud "Bang" and rushed her to the emergency room. Her mother was a bit of a klutz at times though and would find herself in the hospital for one reason or another. She was always a worry to her husband, though he always said it was a blessing.
"Ah speaking of things to worry about you, I worry about your husband and his ability to defend himself and you!"
Chang was confused by the statement and became curious looking at Jian who started to choke a little hearing Li Hua"s words.
"Please don"t tell her that mother!" He managed to choke out.
Now Chang was super curious, "what happened?"
"Hmm I guess I will have mercy for now. Well have plenty of time on the journey. Oh yes when will we be leaving?" Li Hua turned her attention to Jian as she changed the topic.
"Journey? Where to?" Chang felt like there was another conversation going on that she was completely unaware of.
"I"m going to take you and mother someplace special tomorrow. We will need to prepare some things until then."
"Where?"
"It will be a surprise."
"Mom, where?" Chang immediately turned to her mom as she wasn"t getting a satisfactory answer from Jian.
"Like he said sweetie, itll be a surprise."
Chang pouted but aqcuicsed, there was nothing she could do about these two.