Over the past few days, she had picked up her cell phone again and again, only to put it down time after time, unable to make up her mind to call.
Time slipped quietly by in her indecision, and tomorrow was the day of the class reunion.
Chuxia had been absent-minded all day long. She didn’t even feel like eating. From the moment she got up, she sat on the living room couch in a daze, virtually lost in thought the entire day. When she finally snapped back to reality, it was already past ten at night. She stared blankly at the clock on the wall, then startled, she jumped up from the couch.
It was already past ten... She still hadn’t decided whether she should call Che and ask him to accompany her to the reunion.
If she waited any longer, she might indeed have to go to the reunion alone.
It wasn’t Li Qian she feared, but Mrs. Shi. If she embarrassed the Shi Family, she wouldn’t know how to face Mrs. Shi’s fury.
In her mind, two faces appeared suddenly, half was Che, and the other half was Mrs. Shi. Both were immense mountains pressing down on her, making it hard for her to breathe.
Chuxia anxiously ran her fingers through her hair and paced back and forth on the floor, forcing herself to calm down and properly analyze the situation.
If she were to ask Che, the worst-case scenario would be enduring another round of Che’s humiliation, but for the sake of the Shi Family’s face, he would accompany her to the reunion no matter what.
Yet, if she didn’t plead with Che and skipped the reunion, Li Qian would certainly not miss the opportunity to humiliate her. She would spread word far and wide about the rift in her and Che’s relationship, leaving the Shi Family’s reputation in tatters, and Madam Shi might very well replace her, the daughter-in-law who shamed the family.
After much consideration, Chuxia realized that she really had no choice.
Chuxia sank back onto the couch, feeling defeated. She sat in silence for a while, then reached out, took her phone, and gently caressed the screen. She unlocked it, then dialed the number she knew by heart, biting her lip, her finger trembling as she pressed the call button.
She thought to herself that she had already endured so much of Che’s cold words, so even if this added one more time, she would be able to bear it.
The phone rang once, and then it was picked up.
Chuxia was completely taken aback, disbelief flashing in her eyes. Apart from the time when they were newlyweds, when Che received calls from her, he would either not pick them up, reject them outright, or only pick them up after they had rung for a long time, clearly annoyed. He had never, like now, picked up after just one ring.
But even before her surprise had subsided, a soft, coquettish voice came from the other end, "Hello?"
Chuxia’s breath caught, and her eyes widened abruptly. She instinctively looked at her phone to check if she had dialed the wrong number, but how could she possibly misdial Che’s number?
This was Che’s phone... Yet, the person answering was a woman with a flirtatious voice.