Murong Yunxi nodded and then said, "Well, I haven"t finished writing the script yet, so I want to finish what I"m doing first. And I don"t want to give up writing even if I start managing our family business. I"ll keep writing in my spare time."
Murong Ye nodded and said, "Good, I will wait for you at any time. You can do whatever you want, and I"m always behind you."
Murong Yunxi turned her eyes to Gong Yu and asked, "Gong Yu, what do you think? I will listen to your suggestion."
Gong Yu embraced Murong Yunxi"s shoulder, grabbed her, and kissed on her head. He softly said, "Whatever you want to do, I will unconditionally support you and be your solid backup force."
Murong Yunxi sweetly leaned on Gong Yu"s shoulders, feeling happy at the time. The feeling of being loved by everyone around her had been lost for a long time, but now she got more.
In the following days, Gong Yu returned to the crew, and Murong Yunxi stayed at home to finish writing the script.
It seemed that everything was at peace again.
What happened in Murong Yao and Jing Zhongfei"s wedding had spread in the upper circle. The mysterious Yun Muxi became a person that people dared not to provoke because they all knew that Murong Family was her support, and because of this, people were curious about her. More and more people began to ask about this legendary girl from the people they knew but suddenly found that only a few people knew her, which made them even more curious about her.
One day, Murong Yunxi suddenly received a call from Ding Xueqi. She picked up the phone in surprise, "h.e.l.lo?"
Over the phone came Ding Xueqi"s soft voice. "h.e.l.lo, school sister! I am Xueqi."
"Yes, I know! Long time no sees."
"Yes, you always came and left without a trace at school, so it was hard to see you. And now, you have graduated, so it is even more difficult to see you."
"Hha, you can call me if you want to meet me."
"Really? Can I ask you out?"
"Of course."
"That is really great. In fact, I miss you very much. I want to invite you to have dinner with me sometime."
"I"m quite free recently. It depends on you, but I want to invite you instead."
"Now, I stay at home in the summer holiday, bored with nothing to do."
After making an appointment with Ding Xueqi, Murong Yunxi hung up the phone.
Niannian sneaked in her room at the time.
"Mommy, when will daddy come home? I miss him already."
Hearing that, Murong Yunxi couldn"t help missing Gong Yu. He had gone for work more than a week but hadn"t made even a call to her.
As Murong Yunxi did not speak, Niannian asked again, "Mommy, when will daddy come back?"
Murong Yunxi said softly, "Honey, I don"t know either."
"Shall we go and see papa then?"
"I"m afraid we can"t because we will interfere with his work."
"Mommy, we now have WeChat or something to make a video call. Shall we do that?"
Murong Yunxi hesitated for a moment, and said, "But we do not know whether dad is at work now."
"Let"s just try. If he"s working, he won"t answer."
"Well, alright."
After saying that, Murong Yunxi picked up her phone to find Gong Yu"s WeChat ID, and launched a video chat.
Murong Yunxi and Niannian felt even a little nervous when facing the screen of the phone at the same time.
After a long time, the dark screen was finally lit up. Gong Yu"s handsome face came into their view through the phone. From the looks of it, he was in his hotel.
Niannian cried excitedly, "Dad, it"s Niannian. I miss you."
Gong Yu chuckled and said, "Well, Well, I miss you, too. Do you listen to your mommy at home?"
"Of course, I am very well-behaved."
"Well, be sure to listen to Mommy"s words. I"ll bring you a gift as a reward when I get back."
Gong Yu looked at the silent Murong Yunxi, missing her even more.
"Xiao Xi, why didn"t you talk?"
"Niannian said she missed you, so I just watch you chatting."
"Oh, have you missed me?"
As Niannian"s gaze moved between them, Murong Yunxi was a little embarra.s.sed, and she just smiled without a word.
Seeing that Murong Yunxi did not answer his question, Gong Yu urged her and asked again, "Hey, do you miss me after all?"
"Uhm!" Murong Yunxi finally summoned her courage and snorted softly.
"Uhm? What does that mean?"
"I miss you." Murong Yunxi blushed at last.
Gong Yu chuckled and seemed to be in a good mood.
Just at that time, Murong Yunxi heard a woman"s voice through the phone. "Gong Yu, please help me get a bath towel."
Murong Yunxi"s expression froze immediately.
Gong Yu put down his phone and left for a while. When he came back, the screen of his phone was dark.
Suddenly, Gong Yu was filled with uneasiness.
When Murong Yunxi heard the woman"s voice, she suddenly had a heartache, which made her uncomfortable.
When she looked down, she saw Niannian confusedly looking up at her. She did not have time to think further and hung up the phone at once.
"Mommy, why is an aunt talking over there?"
"Uh, Niannian, dad must be at work. The aunt should be his colleague."
Although she said those words to comfort Niannian, she discovered she couldn"t comfort herself with the words. She recognized that it was Fang Xinting"s voice. Why did she need Gong Yu to help her take a bath towel? Murong Yunxi could help but wonder.
Niannian nudged Murong Yunxi and asked, "Mommy, why don"t you answer me?"
Murong Yunxi came to her mind and said, "Oh, what did you say just now?"
"I just asked mommy why you hung up the phone. I didn"t finish my words."
"Oh, daddy must be working. Let"s not bother him."
"But dad just answered the video chat."
"But after we hung up, he didn"t call back. If he were not working, he would definitely call back."
"Niannian understand. Okay, mommy, please play with me. Little Cutie is downstairs in the garden. I want to play with it for a while."
In the garden downstairs.
Niannian circled around Little Cutie, who hopped up at her feet. Suddenly, it tripped over Niannian, and Niannian then fell to the ground.
With the pain, Niannian wrinkled her nose and looked up at Murong Yunxi, only to see that Murong Yunxi was plucking the petals from flowers one by one and looking ahead blankly, lost in thought.
Originally, Niannian puckered her mouth and wrinkled her nose, wanting to cry out for Murong Yunxi"s comfort. However, she now found that Murong Yunxi was not looking at her, so she immediately put away all her grievances and rushed to Murong Yunxi.
Niannian hugged Murong Yunxi"s shank, lifting her small head to look at Murong Yunxi, who was still lost in thought. Niannian suddenly poured all her grievances out and burst into a cry.
Murong Yunxi was finally awakened by Niannian. As she bowed her head and saw the crying Niannian, she hurriedly hugged her and asked, "What happened? Honey?"
"Oh... I got a nasty fall. My legs got hurt. But mommy, you still ignored me."
"Oh, sorry, honey, I"m so sorry! Now, show mommy where it hurts."
Hugging Niannian, Murong Yunxi sat down on a chair. Niannian pointed to her knee and continued to cry.
It was slightly bruised blue, but the skin was not broken. Murong Yunxi gently blew on Niannian"s knee and comforted her in a soft voice. "Let me blow it, and the pain will go."
At dinner time, Murong Ye talked to Murong Yunxi, but Murong Yunxi did not respond at all. Looking up, Murong Ye suddenly found that she was picking the rice in her bowl with a blank expression. The rice had already fallen all over her part of the table.
Murong Ye slightly frowned his eyebrows and tapped Murong Yunxi"s bowl edge.
Murong Yunxi came to her mind and softly asked, "Brother, what happened?"
Murong Ye frowned and asked, "No, I should ask you what happened. You have been in a daze all the time. And see—you have dropped out much rice on the table."
Murong Yunxi looked down and saw the rice scattered on the table. She hurriedly took out tissues from the side and began to wipe the table.
When Niannian saw it on the side, she couldn"t help but complain. "Uncle, you don"t know. Mommy has been in a daze since the afternoon."
After listening to this, Murong Ye asked, "Oh? Do you have something in your mind?"
Murong Yunxi rolled her eyes at Niannian, pretended to be indifferent and explained, "No, don"t listen to her nonsense."
Niannian was very dissatisfied with the words and said, "I"m telling the truth. Mommy, you have been like this since we had a video chat with daddy this afternoon."
Murong Ye frowned and asked, "What happened to Gong Yu? What"s wrong?"
Murong Yunxi shook her head. "Nothing."
Murong Ye found that she didn"t want to tell him, so, he did not force her. "If there is anything, you must tell me."
Taking a bite of rice, Murong Yunxi said, "Alright, I know."
Murong Yunxi knew her mood was affected by the thing that happened in the afternoon. She wanted to adjust it but still could not control her mind. She had to keep telling herself to trust Gong Yu.
However, she still felt grieved and panicked, lost in various conjectures.
It was already very late, but Murong Yunxi still couldn"t get into sleep while lying on the bed.
Murong Yunxi wanted to call Gong Yu, but she hung up at the last moment when it was about to reach Gong Yu.
She took out her mobile phone and switched to Gong Yu"s WeChat. Gong Yu"s Moments was empty. He, like Murong Yunxi, seldom used WeChat and didn"t like to share his moments, so he had no Moments at all.
Murong Yunxi texted in the chat frame: Gong Yu, are you busy? This afternoon, I heard Fang Xinting"s voice in your room.
As soon as she finished texting, she clicked the delete b.u.t.ton and deleted the whole text.
Murong Yunxi texted again: I want to hear your explanation about what happened in the afternoon...
But the text was deleted by Murong Yunxi again.
After repeating this many times, she still did not send any message to Gong Yu at last.
Finally, she fell asleep, unconsciously.