It was Feng Tinglin’s voice.
Rong Ci looked toward the source of the sound.
It was Feng Tinglin and Feng Tingshen.
Her footsteps came to a halt.
Feng Tingshen was smoking, remaining silent.
They were far apart, and since Feng Tingshen had his back to the light, Rong Ci couldn’t make out the expression on his face.
Feng Tinglin said, “Actually, I can understand you.
I’ve met Lin Wu a few times.
I heard she’s only twenty-five now, yet she’s already earned a PhD from a top-tier global university.
She also seems to handle the family business very well.
She’s beautiful, and her personality is wild and untamable.
Her excellence and brilliance are indeed things most women lack; she certainly has the capital to attract you.
But her background isn’t exactly spotless.
Tingshen, have you thought this through?
You—”
Feng Tingshen replied, “I know exactly what kind of woman I want.”
“But—”
Feng Tinglin frowned.
Although she didn’t think highly of Rong Ci, she didn’t think highly of Lin Wu either.
She wanted to say more, but seeing the displeasure in Feng Tingshen’s eyes, she couldn’t be bothered anymore.
“You’re so protective of her that I can’t say a single word against her.
Fine, I won’t say anything else, alright?”
Hearing this, Rong Ci clenched her fists, her cheeks stinging painfully in the night wind.
She gave a bitter smile, losing all interest in listening further, and turned to leave.
As soon as she walked away, Feng Tinglin remembered something.
“Oh, right.
I heard Rong Ci say she submitted her resignation and is preparing to leave the company?”
Feng Tingshen said, “The day before yesterday afternoon, Cheng Yuan told me she had made a mistake.
Cheng Yuan was quite angry, so I told him to follow company procedures and terminate her.”
Feng Tinglin let out a scoffing laugh.
“I see.
When she brought it up before, she sounded as if she had resigned on her own.
I was wondering…
with her clingy, flypaper-like personality, how could she possibly bear to resign voluntarily?
Turns out she was fired.
Haha~”
Feng Tingshen didn’t respond, as if the matter had absolutely nothing to do with him.
As Rong Ci went upstairs, heading back to her room, she nearly collided with Feng Tingyi, who was coming down.
Both of them were startled.
Once they recovered, Feng Tingyi apologized first and asked with concern, “Sister-in-law, are you okay?”
Feng Tingyi was the only person in the Feng family, aside from the old matriarch, who treated her well.
“I’m fine.”
When Rong Ci and Feng Tingshen got married, Feng Tingyi was still young and didn’t know the full story of many things.
Having known her for so many years, he had always thought Rong Ci was beautiful and gentle.
After marriage, she never once picked a fight with his older brother and had always been incredibly tolerant of him.
If his future wife were like that, he would definitely treat her with the utmost care.
For this very reason, even after growing up and learning the whole truth, he still quite liked Rong Ci.
Seeing that she seemed unhappy, he assumed it had something to do with his older brother.
He scratched his head and said sincerely, “Sister-in-law, you’re so wonderful.
My brother will definitely see that one day.
Don’t be too sad.”
Rong Ci paused.
Feeling it inappropriate to explain that they were on the verge of divorce, she smiled and said, “Mhm.
Thank you, Tingyi.”
“I’m going downstairs to get something to drink.
It’s getting late, sister-in-law.
You should rest early.”Rong Ci smiled.
”
Okay.
Goodnight.
Back in her room, Rong Ci turned off the main light and turned on the dim bedside lamp before lying down.
She had just lain down for a moment when she heard the sound of Feng Tingshen’s footsteps entering the bedroom.
Rong Ci opened her eyes.
Feng Tingshen looked at her as well, and the two met each other’s gaze.Rong Ci looked at him.In the past, she would have actively gotten up to hang up his discarded suit, happily found his pajamas, and gone into the bathroom to draw a bath for him…
But now, she had no intention of getting out of bed.
Instead, she slowly closed her eyes.
Although Feng Tingshen didn’t care for Rong Ci and had always despised her usual attentiveness, the stark difference in her attitude now made him naturally notice her coldness.
He was somewhat surprised.
However, he assumed she was just throwing a childish tantrum and didn’t pay much attention to her abnormal behavior.
He didn’t even want to know why she was throwing a tantrum.
He said coldly, “Xinxin’s enrollment procedures are done.
You’ll take her to school tomorrow morning.”
Rong Ci replied, “Understood.”
Feng Tingshen said nothing more, turning toward the walk-in closet to find clothes and prepare for a shower.
This was his attitude toward her.Watching his back, Rong Ci thought about their divorce.
She wanted to ask when they could go get the divorce certificate.But Feng Tingshen really did have a lot on his plate.
Knowing his personality, once all the procedures were handled, he would take the initiative to contact her without her needing to rush him.
After all, compared to her, he was the one who wanted the divorce more.
Precisely because of this, she had quietly waited for his news over the past half-month without urging him even once.
Just then, Feng Tingshen’s phone rang.
Rong Ci saw him answer the call.
His tone was gentle.
Rong Ci almost instantly guessed that the person on the other end was Lin Wu.
As she thought this, she had no idea what was said on the other end, but Feng Tingshen let go of the wardrobe and said, “I’m coming over right now.”
Without looking back, he quickly left the room.
Rong Ci watched him leave, making no move to call out to him.
A moment later, she heard the sound of a car engine.
Feng Tingshen had left the old estate.
Rong Ci closed her eyes, calmly turned off the light, and went to sleep.
The next morning.
Because she had to take Feng Jingxin to school, Rong Ci woke up a little after six.She was alone in the room.
Feng Tingshen hadn’t returned after leaving the night before.
Rong Ci no longer cared.With a normal expression, she checked the time.
Learning that Feng Jingxin hadn’t gotten up yet, she went over to wake her.
Feng Jingxin’s door was still locked.Rong Ci had no choice but to knock.
After a long while, Feng Jingxin finally got up and opened the door.
Seeing Rong Ci, Feng Jingxin pursed her little lips and said unhappily, “Mom, why are you knocking so loudly?
You’re giving me a headache.”
She had told Auntie Wuwu about the situation last night.
Although Auntie Wuwu had said that Mom was her mother and it was only right for her to take her to school, her tone had sounded so disappointed.
Feng Jingxin felt extremely guilty about it.
She had even had several nightmares during the night.
Now, being woken up by Rong Ci, she was in a terrible mood.
Seeing her daughter throwing a tantrum at her, Rong Ci didn’t get angry.
She said calmly, “It’s far from here to the school.
If you don’t get up now, we won’t make it in time.”
Since Lin Wu wasn’t taking her to school, Feng Jingxin didn’t even want to go.
She let out a(muffled hum) and didn’t say anything.
But as willful as she was, she knew she couldn’t be unreasonable about going to school.
She lay on the bed and said sulkily, “I know.”
She lay there for a moment without moving, then looked at Rong Ci.
“Mom, squeeze the toothpaste for me.”
Rong Ci said, “Mhm.”
After Rong Ci went into the bathroom, Feng Jingxin picked up her phone, sent a good morning message to Lin Wu, and only then went into the bathroom to brush her teeth with the toothbrush Rong Ci had prepared.
As Feng Jingxin was almost done brushing, Rong Ci warmed a towel with hot water, wrung it out, and handed it to her to wipe her face.
She opened the wardrobe, took a look, and asked, “Which outfit do you want to wear?”
Feng Jingxin looked and said, “Mom, I can change my own clothes.
You can go out first.”
Rong Ci closed the wardrobe.
“Okay.”
After Rong Ci left, Feng Jingxin took out the clothes she had specially brought from home yesterday and put them on.
It was a super cool camouflage outfit that Auntie Wuwu had picked out for her yesterday.
She was going to wear this outfit today to cheer for Auntie Wuwu!